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- Any dropped catch will be compared to Warne shelling KP on the final day at The Oval.
- Any dropped catch will be compared to Warne shelling KP on the final day at The Oval.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"Ben Stokes, that most unlikely saint, worked the second of the two miracles he needs for his canonisation." - The Guardian's Andy Bell on the England all-rounder's Headingley ton
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Can't hold back the Freddie love any longer, his time is now (again)
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - JK Galbraith
"Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality." - Bob Hawke
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Is there any way I can stop getting ****tons of emails about this thing a day? Would be greatly appreciated, as I don't care.
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HmmmWho will take the most wickets?
Will: I'm going to take a punt and say Stuart Clark.
Well, my leading runscorer is correct so far
England had two fall to play ons today...think i only remember one maybe two inside edges past the stumps..not a great ratio given how much you see chinese cuts happen in cricket these days. Similarly i only remember a couple at most edges short of a fielder.
Thought Australia bowled well in periods but also at times bowled poorly...wouldn't say they were the better team by a country mile. They went missing for the whole of the middle session and had a very poor spell around the second new ball before coming back at the end.
Yep agree with this, and they (the Aussies) didn't actually look like taking a wicket at first until Cook did one of his trademark prods. Think there were massive periods of the game when we were comfortably on top and the Crims looked clueless.
but it's a game of opinions I suppose...
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
Yeah, think UC watching a different game to me. At least twice (with KP/Colly and Fred/Prior going) we were in the driving seat and then handed the initiative back with daft shots.
Australian fielding would get a pass mark at best too. Clarke shelled a difficult chance from KP, overthrows were conceded because of no backing up and twice Hughes allowed boundaries he might've stopped.
More to the point though, I'd say England played poorly because there's not a single contribution you'd be particularly happy with. Cook? Let's not go there. Strauss? Didn't score enough runs. Bopara? Looked like getting out, then got out. Colly looked solid, then lost his concentration when he could have been on for a big one. KP looked worse than I've ever seen him, but did well to get into the 60s before playing the most horrendous shot I've ever seen. You really want something more substantial from Prior and Flintoff.
Anyhow, I can only call it as I see it, and Australia definitely looked the better side to me. So it's a bit surprising to look at the scoreboard at the end of the day and see England in such a strong position.
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Our morning started of with Memorial Day pancakes. They are just like regular pancakes, but they felt a little more patriotic this morning.
And this is my view of my "feet"!
I got this red, white and blue dress at Walmart! 12 bucks! I am pretty fancy. It's not maternity, but since it's empire waist it works. I am hoping it will still fit my belly by 4th of July. It's not looking hopeful though.
Speaking of 4th of July. We went to Friday Night Fireworks at Grapevine lake! It's like it's Independance Day every Friday. Love it!
I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day!
And remember why we are celebrating!

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August 30, 2013
Dear Editor:
It's sad when good people trying to do their best for their community are the targets of untrue accusations as you relate in your column. Maybe the community immediately assumes guilt because we've become so accustomed to politicians actually being guilty of what they are charged with. Think Kwame Kilpatrick. Think Anthony Weiner. We found that even a member of one of the local school boards had a secret unsavory life.
However, we need to be fair and get all the facts before accusing people, especially those in local affairs, of wrongdoing. I learned that the hard way when I jumped all over several members of the County Commission for a vote they had taken and the reason behind it. I based my opinion on information and it turns out my information was faulty. However, before I knew that, I made some public accusations about the former chair and one of the present commissioners that I regret doing to this day, although I apologized to them in person and at a commission meeting.
I learned from my mistake though (or like to think I did so). I started attending the Commission meetings so I could get the information firsthand. I also started attending my township meetings for the same reason. I also found that people in positions of responsibility are there because they truly care about their community and want to do the best job possible. And many of them are new to politics. They are not professional politicians.
Bottom line: Get all the facts first and give people the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes, good people just make mistakes and sometimes, so do letter writers and citizens who are up in arms.
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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for Flourysh in web page design - custom.
Bezaleel provides a family and accommodation for orphaned children and for children who have HIV/Aids.
Refuge for children with HIV/AIDS
Desired Color Scheme:
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Fun look and feel, with a professional edge
Accepted File Formats:
High res jpg/png/gif plus photoshop files,
Site must have a fixed width of 760px
Download umbrella from logo over here: http://www.jws.co.za/client/bezaleel/logo.zip
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Have a look at the old site: http://www.bezaleel.org.za/index.htm
Bezaleel requires a new website which is bright and colorful and matches the colors in the umbrella logo. The site must still have a professional edge so that it appeals to sponsors - ie the site has fun design but the graphics are professional.
Home page
Home page must include:
* Umbrella logo with Bezaleel next to it
* Slogan under (or next to) the logo: "Refuge for children with HIV/AIDS"
* Welcome box for text
* Latest news box - will comprise of three titles, placeholder text for news items:
- Thabos birthday!
- Two new children!
- Thank you for the sponsorship!
* Include this scripture verse somewhere in the design:
"A father to the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.
God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell"
Psalm 68: 5,6a
* Include space for one large photo on the home page which will rotate similar to this: http://slayeroffice.com/code/imageC…fade2.html
* Prominent button/graphic on the home page - 'Partner with us and sponsor a child!'
* Include Mission Statement
To provide a refuge for children impacted by HIV/Aids where they can experience love and nurture within the context of a family
* add additional small photos to the design as needed
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Dave Nuber needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Mortgage loan officer seeking professional logo for personal branding.
Dave Nuber
I need a professional logo to personally brand myself within the home mortgage business. I am a mortgage broker / loan officer with 15 years in the business. I have spent the last nine years with the same company, but it is time to have a logo to brand myself personally rather than being tied to our company's logo so that it will be portable to myself wherever I work. I do not know exactly what I want so be creative and I will give as much feedback as I can.
- It is OK to use my initials in the design.
- Perhaps my initials with my name also incorporated in one logo would look nice.
- Could try to incorprate a spin on a house (or other?) design as part of the logo if it does not look too busy.
- I am open to various color schemes as long as it is rich looking.
- I do not want to have this look cartoonish - logo must convey professionalism, competence, and sophistication/class.
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dannyboymack needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 95 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We need a new web 2.0 logo for our web Designing company. Needs to be clean, modern and not too busy.
Website Shack
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Gold, black, turquiose, browns
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We need a new web 2.0 logo for our web Designing company. Needs to be clean, modern and not too busy.
The logo needs to have the wording 'Website Shack'
This can be joined like 'WebsiteShack' but the two words need to be readable if joined up.
It can also have '.co.uk' if needed but only small.
Colours - We like gold, black, blue/green (turquiose), browns.
You can mix colours but maximum of 2 combined.
We imagine having a 'shack' shape somewhere in the design.
The font needs to be modern.
There will be a chance of some further work with us for the choosen candidate!
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Listening to Your Inner Voice
Albert Einstein once said, "I believe in intuitions and inspirations. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." Does this surprise you that one of the most brilliant minds the world has ever seen, a scientist no less, touted that imagination is more important than knowledge? Although it may seem difficult to believe, the intangible things like a "gut feeling" play a major part in helping to guide our businesses.
Einstein was known for tuning into his dreams and through them, discovering many of his scientific theories. While intuition may not sound like a practical approach to decision-making, business leaders understand the importance of listening to that "gut feeling" to not only help lead them to success, but to also make a bigger impact on the world around them.
There have often been times when Rex has shown me the power of listening to that inner voice. Intuitive leaders, like Rex, are exceptionally good at many things, including thriving when someone tells them they can't succeed, acting on their vision and making decisions confidently.
The most significant leadership trait I've learned from him is when it comes to making decisions, ask the right questions and make sure that the decision you make is one you can stand by. Having that confidence isn't attributed to being able to calculate whether it's the right or wrong decision, although certainly there are times when it's that easy. No, the most difficult decisions are the ones you have to feel from within.
When Rex looked at the Multi-Level Marketing industry, he knew there was power behind it. What he had yet to fully understand was the incredible power of Aloe Vera. As he tracked down the ultimate product that would be, unbeknownst to him, a world-wide phenomenon, he had doubts. He received pushback from naysayers and was told this type of business wouldn't succeed.
As a business owner, there is nothing more important than having strong belief. In some instances, failure is inevitable. However, the most important instinct you can tap into, is the one that is telling you that you're doing exactly what you're meant to be doing. If you can imagine it for your future, then it can happen.
2018 is a pivotal year for the Forever brand. As we prepare to share innovations and new products with you at Global Rally, we must appreciate our inner voice. Without it, we wouldn't be where we are now and certainly, we wouldn't be moving Forever forward. Find ways to let your imagination inspire your own business. Listen to your intuition and the next 40 years will be just as exciting as the last.
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Okay, so I got that out of the way, or maybe not. I may have a fake fan letter in me before I quit this post. But in the meantime, I have to say something again (that for strangers reading who don't understand the magic of Richard Armitage fandom) is the massive key to the fandom's appeal. It's about the friends. Oh make no mistake fandom can be a rough and tumble world. A bully or two exists, and sometimes there's some weirdness, but all of that is eclipsed by some wonderful people, who don't want to do anything other than be a friend. Love, love, love that. It is the stuff that makes the world go 'round. And all you need is love, and then you can die happy even if you're old and decrepit, and a lot of other things have gone to crap. If you have friends whom you love and they love you, that's enough. It makes a person rich in ways money can never touch. Money can never touch it…money can never touch it.
During my time as a fan, I've had the great privilege and pleasure to become friends with some really fine people. And if there is anything that I am thankful for the most in my time yukking it up with other Armitage fans, it's these friends. They are all unique, but they do share some things in common that I find highly satisfying. Of course they all like Richard Armitage. Duh. They all love to laugh — a lot. They appreciate good food. They all ponder much more than their frequent laughter would suggest. They care deeply about their family and friends. They all love going new places and meeting new people, so they are not afraid to talk to strangers. And that's where I came in. They talked to me, someone whom they had never met nor even heard my voice. But we had a point of understanding in our being moved by the performances of Richard Armitage and his continued effect on us and why, why, why were we so affected?!
And we still discuss that today after years of knowing each other. I'm not sure we will ever get the answer, and I don't know that we ever want to sum it up. It's too much fun talking about it. In that interest, one of the friends wanted me to see Love, Love, Love. I told her I her I would try, then I wasn't sure, and then I told her I couldn't. I am a tightwad by nature. I don't mean being stingy with others, but I learned at a young age how to say no. And so I said no to the Richard Armitage play. I had a business to run and cash flow to worry about and yes, some horrendous medical bills to pay off, so I could not justify taking a trip to New York to watch Richard Armitage in a play — no matter how lovely the thought.
But one day back in the summer, Armitage Besotted called me up and asked again, "Do you think you will come to New York for the play?" My answer was the same, and then she asked me what would keep me from it. Most of it had to do with not being frivolous with money, and she said, "Well, don't even think about it. It's on me." I immediately said, "No, no, I can't accept that. I appreciate it, but I can't accept that." I was overwhelmed by this. Seriously. It completely took me aback. I was not expecting anything like this, and I didn't feel I could accept. Then I remembered something my father said, "When a person is moved to give you something out of the kindness of their heart, and you know it's not manipulated, accept it. To not accept it is an affront. It's saying, 'You're not good enough to give me something.'" All of that ran through my head as she was saying this to me, and I was struggling with it because it was such a huge gesture. In fact, I'm still reeling from it and feel a great need to express how I feel about it all:
This fan letter is for you.
My friend, you will never know how much what you did moved me. I'm just sorry it's taken me three weeks to talk about it publicly. I do want you to know that even if you hadn't done it, I consider you a great friend. Whatever all this Richard Armitage stuff is about, I'm glad we know each other most of all.
And whether you realize it or not, God had a hand in it. I was able to facilitate the resolution of an issue that I didn't even know existed until I was coming to New York. It resolved rather satisfactorily and in a way that I could never have anticipated it happening. God's hand was all over it. So you and your big heart were a divine instrument. We can talk more about this later.
For now just know that it was a unique experience to be that up close and personal with Richard Armitage's chest. And how could I not when I was this close to the stage?!
And thank you for making it possible for me to meet some other fans whom I've conversed with online on several occasions and some on many occasions. In particular, thank you for the opportunity to meet Abby aka AwkwardCeleb. We've known each other online for a long time but had never actually met until we had dinner before the play. Thank you, thank you! Abby is a sweetheart just like you, and as so many others were who were at our table. I enjoyed you all and wish I could have spent much more time with you!
Your friend and fellow Armitage admirer
For those looking at that photo, just know I was on the front row (pretty much center) and that the stage was about three feet from my seat, so that the edge of it was eye level, and if I had reached out my foot, I could have touched it easily. In fact, I think I did that just for grins.
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Ag secretary touts 1.25% farm loans
After a stop to buy some farmers' market radishes, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with local growers Thursday to tout low-interest microloans aimed at helping new farmers get established and keeping small farmers afloat.
The federal program, which was finalized in January, offers loans of up to $35,000 with repayment terms of up to seven years. They currently carry an interest rate of 1.25 percent, and red tape is significantly less than with traditional farm loans.
They can be used for just about anything agricultural, such as sinking a well, renting acreage, or paying farmhands.
The United States' rural population is at its lowest percentage ever, as compared with urban dwellers, and the latest Census will likely show those who do farm are on average approaching retirement age, Vilsack said during an appearance at the Leon Valley Community and Conference Center.
"We need to figure out ways to encourage people to get into the business, and one way to do that is by making credit available," he said. "There was no program available for them at USDA, and it'd be very difficult to convince that commercial lender to provide a loan."
The microloans are ideal for mom-and-pop farms that grow for farmers' markets, which have increased in number by 67 percent in the last few years, he said, or for young people and veterans who would like to keep livestock or grow organic produce but lack capital to get started.
"Creating niche opportunities, expanding local and regional food systems gives that farmer, that small operator, a direct contact with the consumer," he said. "And what we're seeing is direct-to-consumer sales is a very fast-growing part of agriculture today. It's now a $4 billion or $5 billion dollar operation."
So far, 14 microloans have been approved in Texas, and seven more are pending.
Kevin Webb, a returning veteran who dreamed of starting a cow-calf operation, was one of the first to apply.
"I jumped at the opportunity," he said. "It allowed me to establish a basis. ... It's an operation that I'll eventually pass on to my children."
Juan Gonzalez, president of the San Antonio Farmers Market Association, said the loans sounded like good news to farmers like him, who has cultivated a healthy business selling herbs grown in their downtown backyard over the last five years. Celia Rios, whose family farm produced the radishes Vilsack purchased, said such a loan would allow her family to at long last buy a new tractor.
"Up until recently, the USDA didn't consider family farms worthy of dealing with," Gonzalez said. "The USDA is finally realizing that there's a huge segment of the farming community that is the small farmer."


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Edward Steichen Bequest Benefits MIA Collection
Edward Steichen, American (born Luxembourg), 1879 – 1973
Eugene O'Neill, 1932
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Bequest of Edward Steichen by direction of Joanna T. Steichen and George Eastman House 82.28.52
In 1982, the MIA received one hundred photographs by the great American photographer Edward Steichen (1879-1973), through a bequest from his widow, Joanna T. Steichen. Edward Steichen was a very prolific photographer, working over his long life in many genres, such as pictorial and war photography. The one hundred vintage prints that came to the museum were primarily from the 1920s and 1930s, when Steichen worked for the Condé Nast publications Vogue and Vanity Fair. They include striking studio portraits of such leading entertainers as Charlie Chaplin, Isadora Duncan, W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Paul Robeson, and Mae West.
Ms. Steichen initially made a large bequest to the George Eastman House (Rochester, New York), instructing it to distribute batches of her late husband's work to other museums that were committed to photography. The MIA was among a mere thirteen institutions chosen. Previous to this gift, the only Steichen pictures owned by the MIA were photogravures from Camera Work, a high-quality quarterly published by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 to 1917. Thus, this bequest greatly increased both the number and type of Steichen's work in our collection
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(CNN) -- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
There were no immediate reports of a tsunami.
The quake comes two days after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck the same region, triggering a tsunami that killed five people but didn't threaten the wider region.
READ: 5 dead after powerful quake strikes in South Pacific
Four elderly people and one child died after a roughly 1-meter (3-foot) wave hit the Santa Cruz Islands, an eastern region of the Solomon Islands, said Augustine Bilve, a director at a hospital in Lata, the main town in the area.
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Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Snow may limit vehicle access. Access free of charge.
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Mary Baldwin University is committed to the education of today's students for tomorrow's world. The athletic program is an integral part of the overall educational experience. It goes beyond the mere imparting of knowledge to the integration of knowledge and experiences from a variety of disciplines. The pursuit of excellence and success associated with competition serves as a model for goals set in academics and other endeavors.
Intercollegiate athletics offers athletes the opportunity to represent MBU at a high level of competition. Faculty and staff, as well as the entire student body, benefits from competition through the strong sense of loyalty and community that is generated.
Top priority for the Department is the student-athlete. The direction and administration of the program is focused on generating and maintaining a high standard of excellence both athletically and academically for all athletes. It is the responsibility of the entire Department to encourage and assist student-athletes in reaching their full potential in all their endeavors. As such, administrators and coaches must have a strong commitment to provide them with the tools necessary for success.
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Tomas van Houtryve is an artist, photographer and author. In 2006 he was named one of PDN's 30 Emerging Photographers. He was awarded an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 2008, and in 2010 he was named the POYi Photographer of the Year. His work has been exhibited solo and in collections around the world.


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And when no ears are there to hear,
We reach into our empty shells.
This is the hole I've dug for us, these plots are where we will sleep forever.
I buried myself with your last goodbye
This is an anthem for the broken
Struggle to stand as they push us back to our knees
Pulling for the strength to lift our heads reaching for the promise,
Bending to make an escape to the air below.
Now it's the fear that keeps us frozen
It's the apathy that holds me here
We bid farewell to the futures we will never find, An apology never mouthed. The earth, the sky, they follow us there.


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Simple retro stamps generator, which also includes Retro and Grunge social sites presets (8+8). Specifications:
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Westins 3rd generation of Round Steps, E-Series Bars are the ultimate in cross quality features that Westin has to offer. They are designed with the best of Signature and Platinum Bar features built-in. With functionality and longevity at the core, E-Series Bars put satisfying your needs, whether looks, longevity, or function, within reach at a competitive price. A lifetime shine is easy to maintain and Westins Lifetime Warranty seals the deal on the Polished stainless steel step bars. Also available in black powder coat mild steel to meet your detail matching needs. Westin offers a 3 Year Warranty on E-Series mild steel Bars.
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- Mineral, energy, agricultural, and fishery resources
- Low level of public debt
- Independence of the central bank
- Tourist destination
- Dependent on raw materials and demand from China
- Underdevelopment of credit (40% of GDP)
- Inadequate infrastructure, health care, and education systems
- Huge informal sector (70% of jobs)
- Regional disparities (poverty in the Andean and Amazonian regions)
Activity recovered ground in 2018, though some downside risks might materialize in 2019
GDP reported a bright improvement in 2018, after a 2017 marked by strong floods triggered by El Niño and by the suspension of public investment due to corruption scandals. Activity growth was also spurred by robust domestic demand. Investments rebounded, both private and public, backed by a stronger political environment. In addition, household consumption also gained strength on the back of a controlled inflation and accommodative monetary policy.
Activity should observe a similar rate of growth in 2019. Terms of trade should stay close to the levels of 2018, supporting exports and investments in the sector. In parallel, household consumption is expected to remain strong thanks to still favourable inflation and monetary policy. However, there are some downside risks related to the external scenario: namely, an escalation in the trade dispute between the United States and China (the two main destinies of Peru's exports) and a stronger tightening in US monetary policy. While there are some new domestic political tensions, a possible further escalation, should not cause strong impact in economic activity, as there is a broad consensus on pro-business polices in the country.
Strong external and fiscal positions
While most Latin American currencies depreciated in 2018 due to a shift in investors' mood towards emerging markets, the novo sol has remained broadly stable thanks to the country's sound external position vis-à-vis its peer economies. In the past two years, Peru has registered low deficits in its current account, driven by stronger trade surpluses due to improvements in terms of trade. In addition, the low external imbalance has been comfortably covered by FDI. Moreover, the country's international foreign exchange reserves are among the highest in the region relative to GDP, at 29.5% as of the end of 2017.The dollarisation of the banking system has fallen over the last decade to 29% of credit and 32% of deposits at July 2018 from 51% and 46%, respectively, at December 2008.
Peru also has low levels of public debt, thanks to the prudential fiscal policy in force since the start of the commodities super cycle back in the early 2000s. The government of President Vizcarra has started fiscal consolidation, reducing the non-financial public sector budget deficit targets for 2018 and 2019.
The new President advances in the fight against corruption, although investigations into new cases continue
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) of the centre-right Peruvians for Change party delivered his resignation in March 2018. Facing his second impeachment vote in three months, PPK's resignation was triggered by newly-discovered evidence of corruption with the Brazilian construction group Odebrecht.
As per the local Constitution, First Vice-President Martín Vizcarra (from the same party) took office. Responding to the widespread anger due to the corruption scandals, he has assumed a harder line with the opposition-run Congress (where the conservative party Popular Force has a majority). He has threatened to invoke a constitutional procedure to dissolve the house if it fails to grant him a vote of confidence to advance with four constitutional reforms to combat graft. In early October 2018 the Congress approved the legislation, representing a victory to the government. A referendum on the reforms was held on December 9.
However, a new escalation of political tensions is possible: in September 2018, the Attorney General reopened a corruption investigation into the failed contract of an airport, which had led Mr Vizcarra to resign as Transport Minister in May 2017. Moreover, in October 2018, Keiko Fujimori, leader of Fuerza Popular (opposition party with a large majority in Congress), was detained over allegations of illicit campaign contributions. In addition, while Ms Fujimori's popularity has declined in recent months due to the scandals, her party is likely to continue using its power in Congress to oppose President Vizcarra.
Last update: February 2019
Electronic payment is prefered for both high-value and low-value transactions. Post-dated cheques are commonly issued in Peru. Credit transfers are used for both high-value and low value payment transactions. The majority of low-value electronic credit transfers in Peru continue to be made between accounts in the same bank, known as intrabank or "on-us" transactions. Bills of exchange are a commonly used payment instrument for debt collections.
Debt collection
The Peruvian judicial system is structured hierarchically. The Corte Suprema (Supreme Court) is the highest court, followed by courts that specialise in civil law, criminal law, constitutional law and labour law. These sit above the Corte Suprema in each judicial district, which deal with civil and commercial law cases. The Juzgados Especiales (specialised judges) are located in major cities in the country and deal with matters concerning, among others, civil and commercial law. Following this is the professional Juzgados de Paz (peace judges), located in major cities, and in charge of low economic value cases and other minor issues. Finally, Cortes de Paz (peace courts) are located in cities with lower populations, comprised of one judge who may or may not have the status of lawyer.
Amicable phase
The amicable phase in Peru is characterised by phone calls, written reminders, visits, and meetings, with the goal of settling the debt between two parties without triggering legal proceedings.
Legal proceedings
Conciliation Proceedings
Prior to judicial proceedings, Peruvian law requires of a conciliation process in order to reach a debt settlement agreement. The process constitutes two hearings, if an agreement cannot be reached, the proceeding ends, and both parties have to sign a conciliation act, which is then presented at the beginning of the judicial process.
Fast-track proceedings
The below text makes reference to the Unidad de Referencia Procesal (Unit of Procedural Reference), which is a reference value according to Peruvian law: each URP is 10% of the Unidad Impositiva Tributaria (UIT), which can be used in tax regulations to determine tax bases, deductions, limits of affectation and other aspects of taxes that the legislator deems appropriate. It may also be used to apply sanctions and to determine accounting obligations, The UIT is set at the beginning of the year by the Economic Ministry.
Two fast-track proceedings are available in Peruvian law:
- simplified proceedings (proceso sumarisimo) concern cases which the value is below URP 100. Juzgados de Paz have jurisdiction for amounts between URP 50 and 100. Defendants have five days to file a dispute after they received the notification from the judge. Within 10 days, the judge organises hearing for discovery, conciliation, evidence and judgment;
- shortened proceedings (proceso Abreviado) concern cases in which the value is between URP 100 and 1,000. Juzgados de Paz have jurisdiction for amounts between URP 100 and 500 and Juzgados Civiles have jurisdiction in cases for amount above URP 500. The defendant has 10 days to file a dispute from the admission of the petition by the judge. Discovery and conciliation will be examined during one hearing. If the conciliation was not successful, the judge mentions the disputed points and evidence to be provided or updated. Within 50 days of the conciliation hearing, the judge sets up an evidence hearing.
Executive proceedings
When creditors are owed an undisputed and certain debt, they can start executive proceedings. The debtor has five days from the notification to submit his defence. The judge will render a judgment, after which each party has up to three days to file anappeal.
Ordinary proceedings
Ordinary proceedings apply to cases with a value of over URP 1,000. The plaintiff sends a written petition to the court. The defendant can file a defence expressing the facts on which he intends to argue, within 30 days from the service of the writ. If the claim is complete (i.e. includes all the relevant information), the judge sets up a hearing for conciliation. If the parties reach an agreement, it has the same effect as a judgment. If an agreement is not reached, the judge organises a hearing within 50 days of the conciliation hearing. The proceedings end when the judge delivers his or her decision. The length of proceedings depends mainly on the nature of the conflict, the number of parties involved, the complaints that occur, and the caseload of the judge in charge of the process. Based on these criteria, a first-instance judgment in a typical commercial litigation case may take approximately twelve to 18 months.
Enforcement of a Legal Decision
A domestic judgment becomes final and enforceable once all venues for appeal have been exhausted. The first instance judge is in charge of enforcing judgments, and will issue a writ of execution ordering the relevant party to comply with the judgment within five working days. If the order is not complied with during the five-day period, the judge must order the seizure of the debtor's assets in order to sell them at auction. For foreign awards, creditors located in Peru must file a claim before the Superior Court located in the debtor's place of domicile. The Court will consider whether the foreign judgment is compatible with Peruvian law and any international treaties between the two countries. If it is found to conform, the judge shall authorize the enforcement of the judgment in the Peruvian Jurisdiction.
Insolvency proceedings
The Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Proteccion de la Propriedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) is the specialized administrative agency that deals with insolvency proceedings.
Out-of-court proceedings: preventive proceeding
Preventive proceedings aim to provide a forum for debtors to reach a consensual restructuring agreement with their creditors. It is intended to be a fast track process that only debtors can initiate.
If creditors decide to allow their debtors to restructure, they will be asked to approve a reorganisation plan within 60 days from the decision to proceed with reorganization. Both the decision to reorganise and the organisation plan must be approved by more than 66.6% of the allowed creditor claims. During the process, creditors decide whether to allow the debtor's management, to continue operating the business, or to replace the debtor's management. Once the reorganisation plan is approved and all the pre-publication claims are paid according to their terms, then INDECOPI grants a decision declaring the formal conclusion of the reorganization proceeding.
If the creditors decide to liquidate, then a liquidator will be appointed at the Creditors' Meeting from the list registered with INDECOPI. The will be asked to approve a liquidation plan for the debtor and decide whether the debtor should be authorized to continue its business during the liquidation. Whether voluntary or involuntary, the liquidator must follow a mandatory order in the payment claims. To conclude the liquidation process, the liquidator files a petition before the Public Registry in order to register the extinction of the company. However, if creditors remain unpaid, then the liquidator must file a petition before a civil judge to obtain a judicial bankruptcy declaration.


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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil´s President Dilma Rousseff must assume her share of responsibility for the controversial purchase of a refinery in Texas by Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the former chief executive of the state-run oil company said in an interview published on Sunday.
Rousseff chaired the board of Petrobras in 2006 when it approved the purchase of Pasadena Refining System Inc, near Houston.
Its high cost and losses later incurred at the refinery have put Petrobras at the center of a growing political scandal that began with bribery accusations and was fanned by the arrest of a former director in connection with a money-laundering case.
The fall-out could complicate a re-election bid in October by Rousseff, who has said she was not informed of two clauses in the refinery contract that made it an onerous deal for Petrobras.
Petrobras chief executive at the time, José Sergio Gabrielli, told the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper that both he and Rousseff were responsible for the purchase that turned sour.
"I was president of the company. I cannot escape my responsibility, and likewise President Dilma cannot escape her responsibility as chairwoman of the board," he said.
Gabrielli echoed statements made by his successor at the helm of Petrobras, Maria das Graças Foster, who told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that the purchase was a good deal at the time but world economic downturn turned it into a money loser.
"I still think that it was a good deal in 2006, a bad deal for the market conditions in 2008-2011 and it became a good business once again in 20113-2014," Gabrielli said, referring to the refinery operation that turned its first profit for Petrobras in the first two months of this year.
Petrobras bought 50 percent of the 100,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery for $360 million in 2006 from Belgium's Astra Oil in hopes of maximizing returns on Brazilian heavy oil shipped to the United States.
Gabrielli said the Petrobras board would still have gone ahead with the refinery deal even if it had been informed about the two clauses Rousseff said she had no knowledge of: a Marlin clause that compensated Astra for possible losses, and a put option that in 2012 forced Petrobras to buy the remaining stake as part of a $820.5 million legal settlement.
Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Bernard Orr


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Justin Bridges introduces himself by saying, "I am a vagabond, a wanderer and traveler by trade. I have made the sacrifices necessary to answer the call. I am a singer, songwriter, flatpicker, a chicken picker, a fiend for the blues, an audiophile, a student of American music and an entertainer. We can make a deal, you and I: I will play the songs you know and want to hear if you will open your heart to the ones I wrote and the ones I want to play." He always makes good on his promise and offers up an entertaining, engaging show, often filled with special guests, and guaranteed to leave a song or two stuck in your head.


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It's certainly a mouthful, but it's also the new name – and face – of Arctic destruction today. This giant Russian platform is set to be the first to try and commercially produce offshore Arctic oil anywhere on the planet.
Make no mistake: the Russian oil industry is not one to be trusted. Currently, on land in the Komi Republic, 30 million barrels of oil are spilt every year.
This is why today, at 70 degrees North in the Pechora Sea, activists are occupying this monster platform and preventing it from drilling.
Read Kumi's open letter to the people of Russia:
"Dear Russian friends,
You may be aware that this morning at approximately 4am, five activists and I scaled the Prirazlomnaya oil platform to take peaceful action against Gazprom's work in the Arctic, to highlight the dangers of its plans to drill here in the Pechora Sea." Read more...
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Last Update form the Arctic Rising - 18:30 CET : 15 hours after boarding the Gazprom Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea, and interrupting the platform's operation, the team of six Greenpeace International activists including Kumi Naidoo voluntarily left the platform to avoid unnecessary risk in these freezing Arctic conditions.The same cannot be said of Gazprom. The climbers were constantly hosed with water by Gazprom workers who appeared more intent on endangering the safety of peaceful activists than operating the platform above. This occupation was just one part of a new movement of more than a million people to save the Arctic. The bravery of all of these climbers has interrupted a major Arctic oil operation, and by doing so brought the world's attention to this era defining issue.
15:02 CET : Update from Kumi: "The hosing is now very intense and our team right now is doing our best to keep the water out. But we are going to stick it out as long as we can. At least the walruses below are good company, and a stark reminder of the risk an oil spill poses to the beautiful and unique wildlife here."
13:05 CET : Update from the ship: it seems that authorities hold their attempts to remove us - but they are harrassing the team with water - They need your support, spread the word, and become an Arctic Defender !
12:00 CET : Second helicopter en route to silence activists
11:30 CET : A coast guard helicopter arrived on to the rig ... More to follow.
09:30 CET Sini, Basil, Terry, Lars and Kumi (from Germany, Finland, USA, Canada, Germany and South Africa respectively) are currently safe and well, securely anchored in place to the superstructure of Gazprom's monster Arctic drilling platform the Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea. The climbers are in great spirits, have supplies to last for an extended stay and are in a good position for future re-supplies.
This morning at 4 am local time, a team of Greenpeace International activists including Executive Director of Greenpeace International, Kumi Naidoo, boarded energy giant Gazprom's Arctic oil platform Prirazlomnaya off the northeastern coast of Russia in the Pechora Sea, interrupting its operations.
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A Pakenham park bench in honour of teenager Cameron Lowe – killed in an unprovoked attack in 2010 – has been stolen.
Police believe that the bench was stolen from the front of Lilypond House Community Centre in Duncan Drive, Pakenham, between Saturday, 19 January and Thursday, 31 January.
The wooden bench, which has steel arms, bears a plaque affixed in memory of Cameron, who was 17 when he was killed.
Cameron went out to buy takeaway food with friends on November 6, 2010 when he crossed paths with a drunk 18-year-old man who punched him in an unprovoked attack.
Cameron was knocked unconscious but seemingly recovered and was helped home. However he suffered severe headaches and later died in hospital.
His killer was found guilty of manslaughter and will be released from juvenile detention in 2014.
Police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the theft to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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As Roy Erickson, MD, chief medical officer at Evercare, and Cheryl Phillips, MD, medical director of Sutter Medical Group, work to recruit physicians for their Medicare managed care populations in the next several years, they will be seeking physicians with expertise in how diseases and pharmaceuticals uniquely affect elderly patients.
Geriatricians themselves, Erickson and Phillips are looking for physicians with the specialized knowledge that will help them do a better job of managing old people in capitated plans. Phillips, for example, hopes to recruit at least one geriatrician in 2005 to care for Sutter's Medicare members, while Erickson will be seeking medical directors to play an active role in management teams across the country as Evercare, a Minneapolis-based managed long-term care company, expands into new markets.
Such specialists, however, may not be easy to come by, Erickson and Phillips say. Geriatricians are in short supply, and like medical directors around the country, Erickson and Phillips are devising strategies to use the skills of geriatricians in ways that derive the most benefits, such as having them design programs for Medicare members, assess patients, and educate other physicians. Medicare managed care products, now called Medicare Advantage plans, also rely heavily on internists and family practitioners who have experience with elderly patients but may not be certified geriatricians.
"All of the HMOs that are serving the Medicare population need to recognize the special needs of elderly patients. One of the questions is to what extent they have set themselves up to do that or not," says Marilyn Moon, vice president and director of the health program at the American Institutes for Research, a behavioral and social science research organization in Silver Spring, Md. "There ought to be specific programs aimed at seniors."
The need for geriatricians will grow if Medicare HMOs "start to care for more people who are sick," she adds. "The experience of a lot of the Medicare HMOs is that they have had a healthier-than-average population. And geriatricians and geriatric issues arise particularly when people have multiple conditions that need to be monitored and taken care of."
Opportunities for growth resulting from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 have drawn more insurers into the Medicare HMO business, and geriatricians are poised to play a key role, says Thomas von Sternberg, MD, associate medical director of hospice and home care for HealthPartners in Minneapolis. Several years ago, many Medicare HMOs failed because they didn't manage the care properly, he says. This time, however, they could get it right by relying on geriatrics experts' proven ability to direct the care of Medicare patients in an economic manner, he argues. "This is a huge opportunity for geriatricians."
While the MMA doesn't specifically mention geriatricians, many of the demonstration projects that the law calls for emphasize the skills that such specialists possess, says Paul McGann, MD, a geriatrician and the senior geriatrics adviser for the quality improvement group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Demonstration projects are designed to test ideas for future Medicare coverage and expenditures.
Geriatricians are trained to assess and identify how to improve physical function in very old people; to review and simplify pharmaceutical regimens, with an emphasis on reducing the side effects of medications; to evaluate and treat various cognitive and memory disorders; and to manage the chronic diseases of the elderly, McGann explains. "Those are the skills that geriatricians bring to the table, and the way the Medicare program incorporates those skills into our demonstration programs and other research is to build those characteristics into our requests for proposals."
The MMA calls for Medicare to establish demonstration projects in adult day care services and rural end-of-life care, for example, both areas that are important to geriatricians, McGann says.
Some of the most successful Medicare demonstration projects have been led by geriatricians, he adds.
Evercare, which is now owned by UnitedHealth Group, started out as a Medicare demonstration project. The company, among other services, provides care to Medicare Advantage members on a capitated basis. It focuses on avoiding costly hospital stays by providing more primary care through nurse practitioners and primary care physicians, says Roy Erickson, MD, a geriatrician and chief medical officer of the company. Evercare showed that its approach reduced hospital admissions by 50 percent.
On average, nurse practitioners saved about $88,000 a year in reduced hospital use, beyond the cost of employing them, according to the final report on the project, which was issued in 2002.
To lead Evercare's networks of nurse practitioners and primary care physicians in each of its markets today, the company has set up management teams that include medical directors with experience in geriatrics, Erickson says. Of the company's two dozen medical directors around the country, about 75 percent have advanced training in geriatrics. Their main role is to coordinate the clinical care teams and offer education and resources regarding care for the elderly, Erickson says.
Geriatricians also are important in developing formularies because some medications are not indicated for old people and new drugs are coming out to address the problems of dementia, he says.
The physiology of the elderly, especially those who are frail, is very different from the general adult population, especially when dealing with pharmaceuticals, says Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MBA, executive director of the Health Policy Institute at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and medical director for St. Agnes LIFE, a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. "Those nuances are very important when you develop a formulary and the need for authorizations and appeals for medications. And unless people have been trained in that or have dealt with it to a large degree, it's going to be difficult for them to appreciate the subtleties that exist."
Formulary management is one major reason that geriatricians are well equipped for leadership roles in managed care organizations, says Stefanacci. "With the introduction of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the need for geriatric leadership will be tremendous. We are never going to have enough geriatricians to be direct care providers to all frail elders," he says. "Geriatricians need to be at the higher level where they are managing a team that is caring for individuals. So instead of one geriatrician taking care of 1,400, they are able to take care of 10,000 through the team."
Geriatricians are trained to lead networks of care providers, Stefanacci says. In clinical practice, they manage their patients using dieticians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurse practitioners, social workers and other resources.
"A significant percentage of the frail elders wind up in hospitals for nonmedical reasons, so unless you have a full team of people who can assess the problems and put in solutions, you wind up in a downward spiral. For example, we have a lot of patients who live independently and have a large number of needs, including access to meals. Our social workers are able to put them in touch with community-based programs so they get those needs met. When a physician doesn't have that team available, a patient may keep winding up in the emergency room because she's not eating properly or because of other things that aren't clinically related."
All elderly health plan members should have access to physicians with experience dealing with their special needs, medical directors say. Many internal medicine specialists and family practitioners have received advanced training that fills that bill, says Randall Krakauer, MD, an internal medicine physician and national medical director for Medicare at Aetna. When hiring Medicare medical directors, Krakauer looks for physicians with significant practice experience with older populations. Board-certified internists who have such a background serve as Medicare medical directors in Aetna's northeast, mid-Atlantic and west regions, he says. Their role is to lead specialized geriatric case management units that include nurse case managers who also have training in geriatrics.
More than 10 percent of the Medicare population requires case management, compared to less than 3 percent of younger populations, Krakauer says. "We have integrated disease management for heart failure and diabetes into our geriatric case management program and we have seen some very impressive results in terms of quality of outcomes and in terms of utilization. We have substantially reduced heart failure admissions in the last couple of years by focusing on this area."
Convincing health plans and provider groups that care management and other programs for Medicare managed care beneficiaries are worth funding requires that kind of evidence, says Phillips, the medical director of Sutter Medical Group and regional director for chronic disease for Sutter Health, a not-for-profit company based in Sacramento, Calif. The medical group has established a case management program that serves the Medicare risk population cared for by Sutter Health in the Sacramento area as well as an evaluation process that ranks the health risk factors of each patient. Sutter enrolls people of all ages with chronic diseases in disease management programs.
"This is where managed care becomes a useful vehicle," Phillips says. "When you can coordinate care for frail elders, you spend less. So why not use some of the managed care dollars to coordinate services, rather than deal with a patient every time she breaks her hip? In regular fee-for-service Medicare, there's no way you can do this, because you can't bill for it."
In the Sacramento area, Sutter has about 4,000 patients enrolled in its care management program, 80 percent of whom are Medicare HMO patients, says Phillips, who was recruited to help manage Sutter Health's capitated Medicare population. "When we compare high-utilizing, high-risk patients in our program and similar patients who are not in the program, we save on average $600 per member per month for each one in our program. We are starting to save some real money."
An early step in setting up programs for Medicare HMO members is stratifying the population, Phillips says. "One of the things that a geriatrician can do is to help the health plan or the provider group understand differences in Medicare beneficiaries. For instance, there is a group of healthy seniors who have no chronic diseases. A second group has multiple chronic conditions like arthritis, or heart problems, but they are doing very well. A third group has the burden of functional impairment and is at risk for frailty; their limitations are increasing. And a fourth group is very frail. They may live in nursing homes, and may be in advance stages of illness and looking at end of life."
Once an organization has identified which categories Medicare members fall into, it can develop programs for each group, Phillips says. "And geriatricians become a key element in helping to drive that process." Geriatricians can do everything from identify which interventions are needed to take care of highly frail, high-cost patients to setting up programs to keep the healthy members healthy, such as exercise and wellness programs, says Phillips, who is on the board of directors of the American Geriatrics Society, a professional organization.
Developing programs for elderly individuals is one of the important roles geriatricians should play in Medicare managed care plans, says von Sternberg of HealthPartners. The others are assisting other physicians in managing their aged patients and providing clinical care for the most frail and most complex patients, he adds.
At HealthPartners, von Sternberg wears all of those hats. He cares for patients, advises the health plan on geriatrics issues, and has helped create clinics that focus on the elderly, such as a unique aging and memory assessment clinic.
"The clinic is a nice partnership between neurology and geriatrics," he says. While neurologists assess elderly patients for dementia, the geriatrician assesses those who are frail. The geriatrician conducts a pharmacy review and offers a depression screening. Both specialists emphasize a family conference where goals and priorities are discussed. "When a family asks if it's safe for a patient to be home any longer, that's my side of the evaluation," he says.
HealthPartners also runs a clinic staffed entirely by geriatricians who offer assessments, create care plans for patients, and provide educational material to patients and their primary care physicians, von Sternberg says. Of 150 primary care doctors at HealthPartners, 40 are board-certified geriatricians. HealthPartners cares for 25,000 seniors, 14,000 of whom are Medicare Advantage HMO members.
Geriatricians can help Medicare HMO members stay focused on the fact that the issues of old age are more complex than the issues for younger people, says Robert N. Butler, MD, president and CEO of the International Longevity Center–USA and professor of geriatrics and adult development at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
"An older person can have a heart attack without any chest pain whatsoever, can have thyroid disease without the usual manifestations of thyroid disease, and can have appendicitis without any of the pain associated with it," he says. "There are the issues of distinguishing Alzheimer's disease from drug reactions or nutritional deficiencies, and plenty of other complicated issues. You need the sophistication of the geriatrician."
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On the outside it's classic 1915 Georgian style. But there's a surprise inside this Hancock Park home. Because when Marnie and Howard Owens, their two soccer-playing girls, and one big Labrador moved in, so did a fresh, youthful attitude—and some new decorating, courtesy of interior designer Jennifer Culp. "While we paid respect to the architecture, we wanted to funk it up a bit," Culp says.
Everything heavy and dated was booted to the curb like an old kickball as Culp ditched the darkness and formality of the home's interiors. She ripped off leather-embossed wallpaper, painted over blood-red and hunter-green walls, and tore out clunky built-ins to make way for Marnie's relaxed, bohemian style—and the soulful collections of art, photography, and furnishings the couple had gathered over time.
Photography: Dominique Vorillon
Interior designer: Jennifer Culp, J/C Studio, 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 420, Los Angeles, CA 90036; 323/930-0441, jcdesignstudios.com.
Classic Entry
The home's classic architectural details such as the large central entry and window-filled rooms create an ideal setting for the impressive art collection that Marnie and Howard have lovingly assembled. Central to the collection are two paintings by Marnie's great-grandmother, notable portrait artist Marie Danforth Page. The first is a large portrait of a woman playing the cello. That one went over the fireplace "as a good family centerpiece," says Marnie, who majored in art history and has been collecting since her days as a chef, when she would visit galleries and make payments on pieces she loved. The other Page piece, a portrait of a little girl in a blue dress, hangs atop the staircase.
A vintage rug from Nicky Rising and a blue runner from Melrose Carpet on the stairway create a colorful welcome.
Chandelier: original to house.
Area rug (vintage Pictorial Khotan, similar available): Nicky Rising Ltd., nickyrising.com.
Carpet on stairs (custom, "Jute Boucle"/Light Teal, with inset "Jute Boucle"/Orange): Melrose Carpet, melrosecarpet.com.
Painting at top of stairs (by Marie Danforth Page): owner's collection.
Vibrant Living Room
With just-right shades of whites, pinks, and grays, Culp created a lively gallery-like setting in the living and entertaining areas to highlight the couple's artwork while layering in surprising furniture, lighting, and fabrics.
The couple buys one sizable modern photograph a year to enliven their walls. Of note is the portrait of an African woman in a field by Jackie Nickerson, which contrasts interestingly with the refined cellist painted by Marnie's great-grandmother.
Culp chose a magenta-and-yellow Indian silk sari rug and a peacock-blue linen from Osborne & Little to harmonize with the artwork.
Wall paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Sofa: custom.
Sofa fabric (linen, stonewashed, color, Parchment): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Blue throw (vintage Kantha quilt): Karma Living, karmaliving.net.
Pillows on either end of sofa ("Khotan"/Rubia, by Zak + Fox); small quilted red pillow (vintage); terra-cotta pillow ("Luxor"/Pompeii on Cream, by Lisa Fine Textiles ); gray and yellow woven pillow (Indian, vintage): Hollywood at Home, hollywoodathome.com.
Photograph over sofa: by Jackie Nickerson, jackienickerson.com.
Art Adviser: Shannon Timms Art Advisory, Los Angeles; 323/633-1972; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Chandelier: original to house.
Coffee table (custom, with walnut top): Lawson-Fenning, lawsonfenning.com.
Pair of blue chairs: vintage.
Chair fabric ("Brero Lino" #F1723, by Designers Guild): Osborne & Little, designersguild.com.
Sherpa stool (vintage): Hollywood at Home, hollywoodathome.com.
Area rug (Indian Sari rug, silk blend): Lawrence of La Brea, lawrenceoflabrea.com.
Traditional Kitchen
A Saarinen table gives a modern nod to the more traditional kitchen. Black trim—original to the house—pops against white cabinetry.
Paint, cabinetry paint ("Ivory White" #925): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Black trim paint; cabinetry; cabinetry hardware; sink; faucet; hanging light: original to house.
Table ("Saarinen Round Dining Table," vintage): 1stdibs, 1stdibs.com.
Counter stool: owner's collection.
Round counter bench (vintage): GoodWood, goodwooddc.com.
Breakfast Room
Light pink chairs circle around the bleached oak dining table in the breakfast room. Overhead, an original chandelier brings the drama.
Wallpaper: grasscloth.
Trim and ceiling paint ("Oatmeal" #268): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Dining table (custom, bleached oak): John Cortese, 7th & Seventh Designs, seventhdesigns.com.
Dining chairs (in original fabric): vintage.
Chandelier; cabinet by window; hardware; sconces: original to house.
Wood-Paneled Dining Room
"We brought in some modern elements and unexpected pieces," Culp says. One such surprise is the custom brass star light fixture she commissioned, which hangs from a pale-pink ceiling in the wood-paneled dining room. It illuminates a long wood table surrounded by Danish midcentury-modern chairs. Antique rugs brighten the areas. Though the dining room was clearly once a drippingly formal space, the Owenses use it as their everyday eating area and homework center. It's also the favorite sleeping spot for their 11-year-old black Labrador retriever, Wilson.
Ceiling paint ("Pink Ground" 3202): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Trim paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Chandelier (custom, "Nautilus Star"): by Jason Koharik, collectedby.com. Through Lawson-Fenning, lawsonfenning.com.
Dining table (vintage): Paul McCobb, ebay.com.
Dining chairs (by Hans Wegner): R & Co., r-and-company.com.
Area rug by dining table (vintage): GoodWood, goodwooddc.com.
Upholstered sofa (vintage, by Florence Knoll): Rooms and Gardens, roomsandgardens.com.
Footstool (vintage); wooden chair (vintage, "Thonet Bentwood Chair"): 1st Dibs, 1stdibs.com. For reproduction ("Era Chair," by Michael Thonet): Design Within Reach, dwr.com.
Floor lamp (vintage, painted): owner's collection.
Bold Music Room
Culp chose wild prints to invigorate tame furnishings, such as the pair of formal settees she re-covered in a zigzag pattern of lilac, teal, and orange for the music room. "We found these loveseats at the Pasadena Antique Mall, and Marnie and I both wanted to cover them in something crazy," Culp says, laughing.
In the music room, another large-scale art piece—Liza Ryan's I push a petal from my Gown, the title taken from an Emily Dickinson poem—shows a young woman breathing out towering orange flames, continuing the subtle subject matter of strong women created by female artists. The amazing art mingles with casual flea-market finds in a "don't-try-to-pinpoint-our-style" kind of look that keeps the house feeling playful and light. Georgian light.
Wall paint ("Stonington Gray" #HC-170); ceiling and trim paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Hanging light ("Akari Light Sculpture"): Noguchi, shop.noguchi.org.
Area rug ("Abetone"/Lilla #1563, wool): Melrose Carpet, melrosecarpet.com.
Pair of sofas: vintage.
Sofa fabric ("Adras Ikat Print"/Caravan #174821 by Martin Lawrence Bullard): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Coffee table (vintage Milo Baughman): 1st Dibs, 1stdibs.com.
Barrel chairs: owner's collection.
Chair fabric ("Shabby"/Vermillon #F2484026): Pierre Frey, pierrefrey.com.
Lounge chairs: custom.
Lounge-chair fabric ("Klint"/Cayenne #27064.24, colorway discontinued): Kravet, kravet.com.
Pillows on lounge chair ("Saga" #1010386558): Zimmer + Rohde, zimmer-rohde.com.
Photograph: by Liza Ryan, lizaryan.com.
Art Adviser: Shannon Timms Art Advisory, Los Angeles; 323/633-1972; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Square table by lounge chairs (vintage); reading lamp: owner's collection.
Table lamp: GoodWood, goodwooddc.com.
Brass sconces (attributed to Chapman): The 2nd House Objects Inc., the2ndhouse.com.
Chest by window (vintage): Rubbish Interiors, rubbishinteriors.com.
Lamp on chest (vintage): Rewire, rewirela.com.
Art: owner's collection.
Upstairs Landing
One of the home's surprise elements juxtaposed with a classic Georgian signature is the Vivienne Westwood orange squiggly wallpaper lining the walls atop the very classical central staircase, which was left in its original dark wood stain.
Wallpaper ("Squiggle," colorway discontinued, Vivienne Westwood Collection from Cole & Son): Lee Jofa, leejofa.com.
Ceiling paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Chandelier: original to house.
Pair of chairs (vintage): 1st Dibs, 1stdibs.com.
Fabric on chairs ("Jiri-Birch"/Blue #6898): Diamond Foam & Fabric, diamondfoamandfabric.com.
Pillows on chairs: Lulu & Georgia, luluandgeorgia.com.
Master Bedroom
Culp skillfully combined Marnie's favorite shades—lilac, green, and pink—in the fabulous master bedroom.
Wall paint ("Hampshire Rocks" #1450): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Arsenic" #214, high gloss): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Chandelier: original to house.
Area rug ("Song Cotton Carpet"/Lilac): Madeline Weinrib, madelineweinrib.com.
Drapery ("Crillon Linen"/Lilac #2011136.10, by Suzanne Kasler): Lee Jofa, leejofa.com.
Bed: custom.
Bed fabric ("Kazak"/Orange, Pink on White #302830C-06W): Quadrille, quadrillefabrics.com.
Long bolster pillow ("Primrose Bolster Pillow"): John Robshaw Textiles, johnrobshaw.com.
Orange pillow ("Shabby"/Vermillon #F2484026): Pierre Frey, pierrefrey.com.
Table light ("Industrial Task Table Lamp"/Polished Nickel): West Elm, westelm.com.
Dressing Room
A pair of vintage wing chairs are upholstered in complementary fabrics—a lilac linen from Lee Jofa and an overscale pattern from John Robshaw.
Carpet (Moroccan): Lawrence of La Brea, lawrenceoflabrea.com.
Sheepskin rug: Pacific Hide & Leather, pacifichide.com.
Wing chairs (vintage, stripped): 1stdibs 1stdibs.com.
Wing-chair fabric, back ("Kumara Brinjal"/Eggplant #JRL 94-64): John Robshaw Textiles, johnrobshaw.com.
Wing-chair fabric, front ("Crillon Linen"/Lilac #2011136.10, by Suzanne Kasler): Lee Jofa, leejofa.com.
Table between wing chairs (vintage): 1stdibs, 1stdibs.com.
Guest Bedroom
Culp accentuated the original green millwork with a patterned wallpaper from Quadrille.
Wallpaper ("Persepolis"/Fig, Taupe on Off White #HC1490W-02WP): Quadrille, quadrillefabrics.com.
Wall paint; sconces: original to house.
Bedside table (vintage); bedside lamp (vintage): Pasadena Antique Center, pasadenaantiquecenter.com.
Bed: custom.
Quilt: Pottery Barn, potterybarn.com.
Yellow Ikat throw pillows ("Sassari Ikat"/Sun #2007125.40 ): Lee Jofa, leejofa.com.
Guest Bath
Culp continued the green pattern from the bedroom on the ceiling of the guest bath.
Tile; flooring; sink; faucets; medicine cabinet: original to house.
Ceiling wallpaper ("Persepolis"/Fig, Taupe on Off White #HC1490W-02WP): Quadrille, quadrillefabrics.com.
Striped towel ("Fouta Bath Towel"): Scents and Feel, scentsandfeel.com.
Elephant table (vintage): Circa Who, circawho.com.
Area rug (vintage): Lawrence of La Brea, lawrenceoflabrea.com.
Playful Loggia
An orange daybed from Plain Air mixes playfully with rattan pieces from Harbinger. The hanging pendant is from Design Within Reach.
Hanging light ("Nelson Ball Pendant Lamp"): Design Within Reach, dwr.com.
Rattan sofas and ottoman (vintage, painted): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Cushion fabric on sofas ("Ravenna Outdoor"/Blue): Christopher Farr/Cloth, christopherfarr-cloth.com.
Striped throw: owner's collection.
Blue pillows on sofa ("Saga"): Zimmer + Rohde, zimmer-rohde.com.
Yellow garden stool: Circa Who, circawho.com.
Orange daybed (powdercoated stainless steel): Plain Air, plainair.com.
Orange-patterned pillow on daybed ("Luxor"/Pompeii, Ivory, by Lisa Fina Textiles): Hollywood at Home, hollywoodathome.com.
Round end table (vintage): Good Wood, goodwooddc.com.
Backyard Pool
The 1915 Georgian exterior belies the interior's bohemian aesthetic.
Marnie and Howard Owens with Riley, 12, and Miller, 8, in the family's backyard.


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SWAT crashes open Hard Rock hotel doors in training exercise
Renovations on the upcoming Hard Rock Hotel & Casino kicked off Wednesday with the South Lake Tahoe SWAT team ripping open the building's doors.
The SWAT team was performing a hostage situation training exercise at the hotel, one of many training drills being performed by first responders and law enforcement at the site.
Warner Hospitality, which is managing the hotel, and the Park family, which owns it, welcomed the emergency response teams to use the construction site for training as part of their ongoing commitment to support the community, according to a release.
The $60 million renovation already calls for significant demolition; so emergency responders took advantage of the situation.
"The opportunity for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department to engage in critical incident scenario training in a commercial structure such as this one is invaluable," Police Chief Brian Uhler said in a statement. "This is a rare opportunity and could not be possible without the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's cooperation and generosity in supporting local first responder incident training."
The department's K9 unit has also been able to use the building for training purposes over the last several weeks. Sgt. Josh Adler said the opportunity has been tremendously beneficial.
"Our team has been able to enact agitator trainings in lighted and blacked out scenarios with both the K9 trainers, handlers and the SWAT team," he said.


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U.S. Monitors Uganda Violence
Kizza Besigye, president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) opposition party placed blame for the violence "squarely on government†The Monitor reported.
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A spokesman at the United States Department of State said American officials are monitoring developments in the East African country of Uganda
after as many as 10 civilians were reportedly shot to death by security forces during protests today.
Other media outlets reported seven deaths while the BBC reported two.
"We will have more to say tomorrow," the spokesman at the State Department told The Black Star News this evening. "We will not have anything to say until tomorrow."
Local newspapers in Uganda report that protests erupted in the capital city of Kampala and beyond when security forces blocked a senior official representing the hereditary king of Buganda, the Kabaka Ronald Mutebi II, from visiting an area in Buganda.
The Kabaka --who is the King of Buganda, the hereditary monarchy within the state of Uganda-- is due to visit Kayunga region, within Buganda on Saturday. The Kabaka's supporters say the Central government has stirred dissent against the Kabaka in Kayunga, and now claim it is blocking his visit in order to prevent violence.
The Kabaka's prime minister or "Katikiro" John Baptist Walusimbi was prevented from visiting Kayunga today, in advance of Mutebi II's Saturday trip, by security forces.
Rumors that the Katikiro had been arrested ignited angry reaction from youth who support the Kabaka, local media reported.
Clashes erupted between the youth --who threw stones and burned tires-- and security forces. An Associated Press photographer reports seeing at least seven killed. The figure of 10 is reported in The Daily Monitor, the country's largest independent newspaper.
Mutebi II's government has been on a collision course with Uganda President General Yoweri Museveni; the Kabaka favors a federal system while Uganda's ruler wants tighter central government control. Tension also escalated when the government this week replaced the Kabaka's security detail with new bodyguards.
Kizza Besigye, president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) opposition party placed blame for the violence "squarely on government" The Monitor reported.
Despite his autocratic regime and massive human rights abuses Museveni had been backed by the U.S. when he declared himself an ally in the "war of terror." Opposition leaders say Museveni has been stirring domestic crises as a divide-and-rule strategy in preparation for 2011 presidential elections.
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