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Anne Hathaway Gossip
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Annie & Bob holding hands
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Nancy Meyers's The Intern opens this weekend starring Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Last night was the NY premiere. So far the reviews haven't been great. They haven't sucked, and Forbes says it's "superb Full Story
Annie guns for EGOT
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Anne Hathaway has signed onto a limited TV series called The Ambassador's Wife. Adapted from a novel by Jennifer Steil, it's about a woman who is kidnapped in the Middle East. If this were 1982 I'd say it would be a derivative bodice-ripper full of dashing sheikhs and sexually repressed white women, but since it's 2015 I assume this will be depressing as sh*t and attempt to make us think about Who Is The Real Enemy, Anyway, and What Is War, And Why Do We Have It? The logline reminds me of Maggie Gyllenhaal's recent miniseries, The Honorable Woman, which is set in Israel/Palestine and is really good, but is also depressing as sh*t, and attempts to make us think about Who Is The Real Enemy, et cetera. Full Story
Can Anne Hathaway take a joke? She's trying to.
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One of the best laughs in Trainwreck comes at Anne Hathaway's expense. No spoilers here, but after Bill Hader's Dr. Aaron Connors wins a prize for his work with Doctors Without Borders, Amy tells him to stop walking around with his trophy because he looks like "Anne Hathaway walking around at an Oscars after-party. Full Story
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Gisele has a perfect birthday. What did you expect, a half melted ice cream cake and wine-induced crying in the bathroom? Agradeço a todos do fundo do meu coração pelas homenagens e mensagens de aniversário. Fico sem palavras diante de tanto carinho. Mandando muito amor a todos! #gratidão #amor ❤🙏😘 Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the birthday messages. I'm speechless. Sending much love to all! #gratitude #love Full Story
Annie & Bob: The Intern trailer
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The first trailer for The Intern, starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, written and directed by Nancy Meyers, was released yesterday. And my first impression is that… This movie is manipulative! Anyone who has an aging dad will be manipulated. Because how do you not watch this and not think of your dad? I think of my dad, I worry about my dad. Full Story
Anne Hathaway: Gold and hooded at the MET
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This is what being disliked gets you: Freedom. I'm not joking. Anne Hathaway knows a bunch of people have decided they can't stand her, as though this is the fourth grade. "Let's all hate Anne today, OK?" This is not new news anymore, and I'm sure she's gone through a wide variety of ways in which she no longer gives a f*ck. Full Story
Annie's Grounded reunion
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Anne Hathaway's Grounded, playing at the Public Theatre in New York until May 24, is receiving solid reviews. And even if critics aren't in love with the entire production, her performance, not surprisingly, is being widely praised. As if there was any doubt. Even those of you who can't stand her have to admit that she can act, non? Anne Hathaway has all the goods. Full Story
Annie vs Emily
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Is it surprising you that Lip Sync Battle is attracting some big name guests? Probably not. It's only 10 episodes and it's produced by Jimmy Fallon, John Krasinski, and Stephen Merchant. So, basically, they're just calling up all their friends. Krasinki and Merchant apparently invented the game. Full Story
Three of the Best
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Anne Hathaway stepped out last night in New York to support the Public Theatre where she'll be performing this spring. It's not…my favourite hairstyle on her. On the weekend, The Devil Wears Prada was on. Hadn't seen it in a while. I've decided I miss her with long hair. Full Story
Annie alone on stage
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But first, did you see Anne Hathaway on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night? She was describing her new film, Song One. And at the end of her lengthy explanation, Jon cracked up. And then she cracked up. And then we all cracked up. And it was light and likeable and fun and…the best version of Annie we've, maybe, ever seen. Full Story
Annie's glow
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Check out a super fit Anne Hathaway at the premiere of Song One in New York last night. Love everything about this look. The perfectly tailored white suit. The sheer underneath. The pumps. Her makeup. Especially the eye makeup. Mostly though… There's a glow, non? I'm seeing a really, really pretty glow. Full Story


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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
February 1, 2013
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Hanford High School Center Stage presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This high energy musical is sure to delight the entire family. Our production includes a Children's Chorus made up of elementary and middle school students from around the community and also a camel! So come dream with us!
WHAT: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
An Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice
WHO: Presented by Hanford High School Center Stage
Directed by Matt Leggett ▪ Vocal direction by Kelly Brown
Choreography by Kelsey Wehner ▪ Orchestra direction by Kevin Swisher
WHEN: February 1, 2, 8 & 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm; Matinee February 9 at 2:00 pm
WHERE: Hanford High School Auditorium
450 Hanford St
Richland, WA 99354
Tickets: All seats reserved $12 & $10. Advanced tickets available after January 23 at:
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• Hanford High School, Black Box foyer, M-F, 3 pm – 5 pm
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Capturing sports events for broadcast TV can be challenging, as events happen quickly and unpredictably. To do the job, the cameraman has to be ready to capture the action as it evolves, often over large open spaces and in all kinds of weather. And the camera needs to be robust enough to get banged around, rained on and dragged from field to post, all while performing reliably for each difficult circumstance. So it's no surprise that the cameras used to capture professional sporting events are professional cameras — largely Panasonic and Sony — that come with a reputation for ruggedness and high-quality HD signals. These cameras have also made sports acquisition tapeless, a change that debuted at the 2006 Super Bowl and has been a consistent feature of this event's acquisition strategy ever since.
Sony Electronics Director of Marketing Rob Willox says that Sony cameras will be "up front and center" at Super Bowl 2010. He also reports that NEP Broadcasting, a leader in mobile trucks, will be bringing 30 to 40 Sony HDC-1500s for a total of 60 cameras to Miami's Dolphin Stadium. "We're bringing 15 trucks to the Super Bowl," adds NEP Chief Technology Officer George Hoover. "The CBS coverage for the game will be entirely with Sony cameras." In fact, Sony developed its HDC-1500 in conjunction with CBS, Fox and the mobile production community. "CBS City was going to do a new live show for its customer Fox, and they wanted to invest in camera technology that would allow them to do production in 1080i, 720p or 1080/24 for productions in Europe," Willox explains. "We produced a camera that would do all of that." The Fox show was "American Idol," for which Sony hand-built 72 of the first HDC-1500s.
The HDC-1500 is also ideal for sporting events because it works with triax or fiber optics. "The difficulty in the transition between SD and HD is that most major sporting venues were triax, and many of them still are," Willox says. "Imagine bringing 25 cameras in, and having to lay fiber for all of them. It added a lot of days to the broadcast and was a precarious thing to do." It's not a simple task to feed an HD signal through old copper, but the Sony team found a way to accommodate both triax and fiber optics with the HDC-1500. Sports cameras also need to be able to take rough treatment. "They have to be over-built to take punishment," says Willox. "There were a lot of jokes about building a camera to military specs … but it would break down as soon as you gave it to a mobile crew. The HDC-1500 is that rough-and-tumble camera."
The HDC-1500 also brings the HD camera full circle to the SD cameras and their broad set of features that broadcasters were accustomed to. "[With] the first-generation HD cameras, a lot of features were left out because of complexity," says Willox. "The HDC-1500 is the first one that puts all the feature sets of the SD camera into an HD camera."
NEP Broadcasting recently took possession of the HDC-3300, a 3X-speed Super Motion camera, to replay elements for sports analysis. NEP's Hoover reports that the trucks will have six HDC-3300s at the Super Bowl, and the camera signal will go to two EVS file servers for replay. "Sports in this day and age is pretty much tapeless," Hoover adds. "We do a [tape] record for archiving and that's pretty much it."
NBC's coverage of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver will also rely on Sony cameras, one of which is the HDC-1400, a "brother" of the 1500. "I can send a camera with less frequency capabilities, since I don't have to worry about 24P," says Willox. "The camera has all the other features. It's in a lot of O&Os and is used in the "The Tonight Show." The second Sony camera that will go to the Winter Games is the HSC-300, a camera that can operate off triax in 1080. "It was designed primarily for broadcasters," says Willox. "If you didn't want all the accoutrements of the higher-end cameras but wanted something simple to operate with good capabilities and a mid-range price point, the HSC-300 is good for that."
Panasonic cameras are used by many professional and university sports organizations that want the advantages of the solid-state P2's tape-based workflow. Most recently, the Big Ten Network, the first nationally distributed TV network dedicated to covering this high-profile collegiate conference, invested in multiple Panasonic P2 HD camcorders for field production at 11 campuses throughout the conference, as well as for production and promotion at the network's Chicago headquarters. Big Ten operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, covers 350 live sports events and reaches 75 million homes across North America. "P2 helps speed up the workflow," says Steve Cooperman, Panasonic P2 product line business manager. "The cards are high capacity — up to 64 GB — and the new series of cards are 50-percent faster and two-and-a-half times less expensive. With four slots, you'll have four hours within a single camera and you don't need to change cards." Cooperman adds that a card can be handed off to an editor while the camera is still shooting.
Having four slots in the camera also allows the videographer to dedicate each card to a specific task — in the case of football, the cameraman may reserve one card for offense, another for defense and a third for kicking. "Used with DVSport or XOS Tech, two leading coaching tools analysis software, the P2 cards give them instant access to the footage they're interested in," says Cooperman. "The file-based workflow allows you to get your content into the system more quickly, and production is sped up." That's how the Navy Midshipmen football and men's lacrosse teams use the cameras. Representing the U.S. Naval Academy in NCAA Division I college competitions, the organization bought six Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders, equipped with BT-LH80WU 7.9-inch color viewfinders/production monitors, to be used for coaching analysis with DVSport GameDay editing and data analysis software. (Both sports also exchange game videos with competitors over the Internet using the DragonFly STORM video-exchange system.)
John McGuire, director of video operations for the Naval Academy, says the P2 purchases replaced Betacam SP cameras. He puts two HPX500s on lifts focused on defense, with both cameras in the end zone, one shooting a wide angle and the second on a tighter angle. On offense, two HPX500s (one on a lift and one shoulder-mounted) shoot from the sideline. Recording to P2 cards, the video is broken down to offense, defense and kicks immediately after the first quarter. McGuire says that during training camp, says, the increased speed of working with P2 means finishing up at 7 p.m. versus 9:30 p.m. During the season, the offense, defense and kicking games can be printed out to DVDs for players and coaches. McGuire reports that while on the road for an away game, they were able to break down the game in a laptop from the P2 cards, copy the footage onto a removable hard drive, and let the coaches watch the game on the airplane.
Another organization that invested in P2 cameras is HuskerVision, the high-tech video production unit of the University of Nebraska's Athletic Department. The unit has added four Panasonic AK-HC931B HD studio cameras as well as two AK-HC1500G 2/3-inch multi-format 1080i/720p HD multi-purpose cameras, five AJ-HPX2000, two AG-HPX300 and two AG-HPX170 P2 HD camcorders. The HPX2000 P2 HD camcorders are paired with Telecast fiber, which record footage and deliver the video to the control room switching equipment. The HC1500G cameras are used as remote control "slam cams" at basketball and volleyball games, and the remaining P2 cameras are used to gather isolation footage at home and away sporting events.
The NFL's Arizona Cardinals also brought on two Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 2/3-inch 3-CCD P2 HD camcorders, which they're using along with an AG-HPG20 P2 portable recorder. The camcorders replaced tape-based digital cameras that were close to 10 years old. The Cardinals use the HPX2000s with the DVSport GameDay editing and data analysis software, and exchange game videos over the NFL's file-based CGE Exchange network.
Ikegami cameras are also used in sports acquisition. NEP's Hoover reports that the Super Bowl pre-game show will be acquired with Ikegami's HK-79EC cameras. And Boston College recently chose an Ikegami GF CAM HDS-V10 Flash RAM HD camcorder and two Ikegami HDK-77EC native multi-format HD CMOS field cameras. The 77EC cameras will be used as the main HD game cameras, outfitted with the 9-inch Ikegami LCD color viewfinders, Canon 40X telephoto HD zoom lenses and Ikegami CCU-890M camera control units operating with fiber connectivity. The HDS-V10 Flash RAM HD camcorder will be used as a handheld unit to shoot games and as a stand-alone tapeless HD camcorder for interviews with coaches and players.
Sports organizations have been quick to adopt new technologies that provide more capabilities and efficiencies. Given the handful of experiments with sporting events in 3D, it seems likely that these same organizations will choose the right time and place to take that technology to a new level. In the meantime, high-definition sports have arrived and everyone — coaches, players and fans — enjoy the higher-resolution view.


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Mercanti Fiorentini Bello Wingtip Oxford
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Authentic Italian craftsmanship looks like this! Lace up a pair of the two-tone Mercanti Fiorentini oxfords and experience why Italian dress shoes are so coveted.
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Bello Wingtip
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Location: North Carolina
May 29, 2012
He's in L-O-V-E!!!!!!
"I purchased these shoes for a friend of mine as a birthday present. Can we say that the man is in love. When they arrived, he wore them around the house for hours and could not take them off! Beautiful shoe, great construction, quite comfortable!! Terrific shoe!!!"
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"I love Mercanti's, and these shoes are a well made, classic design wingtip with a long toebox. However, the "antique" look is not well represented in the photo on the website. The shoes look scuffed and worn (hence the antique look) and unacceptable for tidy business attire. With jeans, on the other hand, they look very good. I may return these considering that I bought them for the office."
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Harkins Theatres Loyalty T-shirt and Cup
If you go to the movies often, these are deals you don't want to miss. Pay $20 for a Harkins T-shirt: Each time you wear it or bring it to the movies, you get a free medium popcorn. That's a savings of $4.50 each time. Go to the movie theater four or five times and you've paid for the shirt. Likewise, buy a Harkins cup for $4.25 and soft drink refills cost $1 each. You save about $3 with each drink; two visits and you've paid for the cup. If you go to the movies 10 times in a year, you save about $50 by taking the T-shirt and cup with you vs. buying the refreshments separately.
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While only one patent model for a protractor survives in the Smithsonian collections—from an inventor with a colorful personal history—several of the other objects also provide examples of technical innovation. For instance, some are manufactured versions of patented inventions. Others were named for the person with whom they were associated, even if that engineer or craftsman laid no claim to designing that protractor.
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Geometrical Protractor Invented by John Pool
- Description
- Even though American practitioners highly prized European craftsmanship, some Americans competed relatively early on in U.S. history with imported products by manufacturing, modifying, and marketing mathematical instruments. Between 1825 and 1828, brothers John (1796–1865) and Horace Minot (1803–1878) Pool established a firm in Easton, Mass. Using the name J. & H. M. Pool, they sold levels, compasses, and chains to surveyors, architects, and civil engineers. Within a few years, they had partnered with distributors in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
- On June 16, 1830, John patented a "geometrical protractor" in the form of the instrument depicted here. Like all U.S. patents issued before 1836, the patent was not numbered and the record was lost to fire. However, Ed Hands and Bob Vogel reported that the Pool family retained a copy of the patent which survives. Although the firm apparently was financially successful and their products were of high quality, John and H. M. parted ways in 1841 and established separate instrument businesses. The brothers and their sons maintained personal and financial connections—at least one of John's sons worked for H.M.—but both businesses closed by the 1880s.
- This quarter-circle brass protractor is graduated to quarter-degrees. The brothers devised their own form of a dividing engine to engrave the angle markings. The protractor is labeled by tens from 40° to 0° to 40° and from 50° to 90° to 50°, both in the clockwise direction. The left leg of the protractor is marked: J & H. M. POOL (/) EASTON, MASS. (/) PATENT; $8.00; 40. The protractor is mounted on a mahogany base that extends on either side as a rectangle with width 1-3/8". Unlike other Pool geometrical protractors, which have only the rectangle as backing, the wood on this instrument is cut in a wedge so that the back of the protractor is completely covered. A piece of brass is affixed to the lower edge of the wooden base.
- A brass arm is affixed to the protractor's vertex with a wing nut. The portion that slides over the protractor's numbers, as a vernier would, resembles a belt buckle. A curlique and arrow are engraved, perhaps by hand, on the inside of this part of the arm. The number 40 near the wing nut almost aligns with the number 40 on the left leg of the protractor. The extending part of the arm, which is over 14" long, is marked with a diagonal scale. The portion of the scale for measuring to 1/100 of an inch is labeled by ones from 1 to 7, 9 to 1, and 1 to 9. The remainder of the scale is marked by tens from 10 to 90. Ten units correspond to one inch.
- References: Donald and Anne Wing, "The Pool Family of Easton, Massachusetts," Rittenhouse 4 (1990): 118–126; United States Patent Office, A List of Patents Granted by the United States from April 10, 1790, to December 31, 1836 (Washington, D.C., 1872), 452; William Lincoln, "[Report from] Worcester Agricultural Society," The New England Farmer, ed. Thomas G. Fessenden, 9, no. 21 (10 December 1830): 164–165; Robert Vogel and Edmund Hands, The Pools of Easton, Massachusetts, http://home.comcast.net/~j_and_hm_pool/.
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- date made
- 1830-1880
- maker
- Pool, John
- Pool, Horace Minot
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- accession number
- 231764
- catalog number
- 317869
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Lyman Protracting Trigonometer Signed Crane & Vinton
- Description
- Josiah Lyman (1811–1889) patented this device on May 25, 1858 (no. 20,356) and made additional improvement no. 280 on May 15, 1860. A semicircular German silver protractor pivots on a thin metal arm (61 cm or 24 inches long) that resembles the base of a T-square. The arm is heavily tarnished. The protractor is divided by half-degrees and marked by tens from 20° to 90° to 20° and from 70° to 0° to 70°, both in the clockwise direction. The protractor is also marked for compass headings: W (at 20°), N (at 90°), E (at 20°). The protractor is slightly tarnished, and the number 30 is scratched near the 30° mark on the left side of the protractor. A vernier on the inside edge of the protractor, attached to the long arm, permits angle readings to one minute of arc. The number 89 is stamped on the front side of the housing for the screw that tightens the vernier from the back of the protractor.
- There is another screw at the right side of the protractor base. The base is marked: PATENTED BY J. LYMAN. (/) MAY 25, 1858. (/) CRANE. &. VINTON. (/) MAKERS. BRATTLEBORO. VT. According to the patent, the long arm should be marked with scales—these scales are what make the instrument a trigonometer. However, this particular object is not so marked. The number 79 is stamped above the pivot on the back of the protractor. The trigonometer is stored in a fitted butternut case. The case is marked ACPL 1848 (/) 11-3-TOP, presumably to indicate the location of item number 1848 in the Amherst College Physics Laboratory, the donor of the instrument.
- Lucius H. Crane (1807–1877) and John F. Vinton (1834–1889), machinists of Brattleboro, Vt., manufactured 100 protracting trigonometers for Lyman. Edwin Putnam, who worked in Crane's shop, probably made the ruling markings. Vinton's father, Timothy (1803–1889), was a prominent American paper manufacturer. Vinton served as a lieutenant in the 16th Vermont Volunteers during the Civil War. Despite testimonials from prominent professors and government surveyors, the upheavals of the war apparently prevented this device from finding a market. A 22-inch, German silver protracting trigonometer like this one was priced at $35.00 in 1862. See also 2009.0244.01.
- References: Josiah Lyman, "Protractor" (U.S. Patent 20,356 filed May 25, 1858), "Drafting Plotters" (U.S. Patent 38,904 filed June 16, 1863), and "Protracting Trigonometers" (U.S. Patent 149,590 filed April 14, 1874); Peggy A. Kidwell, "Josiah Lyman's Protracting Trigonometer," Rittenhouse 3 (1988): 11–14; Robert C. Miller, "A Lyman Protracting Trigonometer Made by Heller & Brightly," Rittenhouse 3 (1989): 129–131; Walton's Vermont Register, Farmer's Almanac, and Business Directory for 1875 (Claremont, N.H., 1875), 99; Mary Rogers Cabot, Annals of Brattleboro, 2 vol. (Brattleboro, Vt.: E. L. Hildreth & Co., 1922), i:450, ii:641; "Timothy Vinton," The American Stationer 27 (1890): 80; Josiah Lyman, A Manual of the Protracting Trigonometer (New York: Sheldon & Co., 1862), v.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1860s
- Associated Date
- 1858-05-25
- 1863-05
- maker
- Crane & Vinton
- Crane, Lucius H.
- Vinton, John F.
- inventor
- Lyman, Josiah
- ID Number
- accession number
- 277678
- catalog number
- 328738
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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In 2003, then Peoria County Bar Association ("PCBA") President, Robert H. Jennetten, formed the Diversity Committee ("Committee") with the charge of fostering diversity in the membership of the PCBA. The Committee developed a diversity pledge that many area law offices have signed. Those firms and individuals are included on this web page. On February 20, 2004, the Committee held its first Minority Job Forum in Peoria with fifteen students from Northern Illinois University College of Law ("NIUCOL").
On September 20, 2004, the Committee held its first Diversity Luncheon featuring American Bar Association ("ABA") President Robert J. Grey, Jr. Luncheon proceeds funded the first Diversity Scholarship, which the Committee awarded to University of Illinois College of Law student Timothy J. Bell.
In the summer of 2005, the Committee assisted Judge Stephen A. Kouri and the ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program ("JIOP"), which brought law students Dwayne J. Simpson, Rahul Kulkarni and Graciela Mata Zamudio to Peoria to work with the judges of the Tenth Judicial Circuit and the Federal Court. Later in 2005, former Attorney General and future U.S. Senator, Roland W. Burris, spoke at the second Diversity Luncheon.
In the winter of 2005, Committee members traveled to Illinois law schools in order to introduce the students to legal opportunities in Peoria. Also, the Committee began a pledge drive to fund the Diversity Scholarship. To view the list of those PCBA members who have made pledges click here.
During the summer of 2006, the JIOP interns, Sandra D. Delgado and Carlos Isaac, were both from Texas. In September 2006, the third annual Diversity Luncheon featured Bradley graduate Calvin G. Butler, then-Senior Vice-President of External Affairs at RR Donnelley. Beginning in 2006, the Committee partnered with Illinois Central College's Upward Bound Program in order to mentor area high school students.
In 2007, Peoria hosted JIOP interns Ike Emejuru and Quyen Thi Le. The fourth annual Diversity Luncheon keynote speaker was Peter Alexander, then Dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law. Scholarship recipients were Rocio Beceriril, Melodi Green and Shannon Taylor.
In 2008, the Committee welcomed JIOP interns Martelli Borieux, Miguel Larios and Evan Perigo. At the fifth annual Diversity Luncheon in 2008, the newly appointed President of Bradley University, Joanne Glasser, was the keynote speaker. Scholarship recipients were: Rocio S. Becerril, Brigette M. Lobacz and Duncan O. Ojwang.
In April 2009, the Committee partnered with the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism in sponsoring a professionalism CLE on diversity. The 2009 JIOP interns were Chaoyi Ding from China and Shante Sylvester from Peoria. Keynote speaker for the sixth annual Diversity Luncheon was Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney and then President of the Chicago Bar Association. The scholarship recipient was Ann-Kathrin Dudley. The Committee began working on restructuring the Diversity Scholarship in partnership with Bradley University's pre-law program.
In May 2010, the Diversity Committee and the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism again in a collaborative effort sponsored a professionalism CLE on diversity. Participation in the 2010 professionalism CLE on diversity greatly increased from 2009 and included a visit by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride, who observed and lauded the program. Feedback regarding the CLE has been overwhelmingly favorable, and the PCBA is considered to be on the forefront of professionalism training.
The 2010 JIOP interns were Jocelyn Neudauer and Olumide Idowu. Mr. Idowu and Ann-Kathrin Baker were recipients of the 2010 Peoria County Bar Association Diversity Scholarship. Raja Krishnamoorthi, former Deputy Illinois State Treasurer and Richwoods High School alum, was the speaker at the seventh annual Diversity Luncheon. The committee is continuing its collaborative efforts with Bradley University's pre-law program.


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Casa's Housekeeping manager scoops prestigious award
After just one year as Housekeeping Manager, Sandra Dean has scooped a prestigious award for her work at Casa Hotel, Chesterfield.
Sandra, 46, from Chesterfield, has been awarded runner up for the AA Housekeeper of the Year 2012, an amazing accolade as she has only been working in hotels for three years.
Sandra became part of the Casa opening team in 2010 and was promoted the Housekeeping Manager after just one year of service.
Mrs Dean commented: "I wouldn't have been able to achieve this accolade without the help of my team. We're all extremely proud to work at Casa, and our fantastic reviews on TripAdvisor are testament to the hard work that we put into preparing every single room."
Stuart Downham, Operations Director said: "Well done to Sandra, we are very proud of all our staff and to have one of them recognised nationally is a great honour"
This is the second award in as many weeks for Casa, having been placed in the Top 50 employers in Hospitality by Caterer.com and being shortlisted in the category for best employer in the Medium independent hotel category.
The award was presented on Monday May 14th at St James' Hotel and Club in London. Now in its fifth year, the award recognizes outstanding commitment and performance, identifying a housekeeper who goes above and beyond the call of duty.
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Today I have an ebook giveaway for you guys. Thanks to Augusta Blythe who is giving away Winterborne and Ravenstroke to one lucky winner! GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED
Winterborne (Universe Unbound #1)
Sixteen-year old Mia Winterborne is destined to be special. Details are sketchy, though, as her dad disappeared with all the answers when she was five. Mia only knows that she'll inherit her kickass superpowers on her seventeenth birthday. Helping Mia prepare for her anticipated ascendancy is Loie Bryce, her best friend and eternal sidekick extraordinaire. The girls' intense friendship has never wavered until now, when Andreas arrives in Salcey Ridge. They both fall hard for the British hottie, who quickly becomes a fixture in their lives. When they discover that Andreas is not who he appears to be, the frightening reality of Mia's powers finally hits home. The nearer Mia's birthday draws, the more the danger escalates and long-buried lies are exposed, putting the girls on a path that they never expected.
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In Winterborne, Loie and Mia's seventeenth birthdays brought more drama and surprises than they ever expected. Now, in Ravenstoke, they are adjusting to the aftermath and struggling to keep those newfound powers in check. When Andreas is called away to England under mysterious circumstances, a new guy is sent to Salcey Ridge in his place. Cian is smarmy and cocksure and Loie wants nothing more than to unleash a hellhound on him. Unfortunately, Cian isn't the only complication in their lives as the girls must also contend with the reappearance of Mr. Winterborne himself and Loie's most dreaded fear of all – a part in the school musical. Can the girls survive the rest of junior year unscathed?


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Redlands Police Department
"iPhone has become a standardized piece of equipment for my officers. It helps them get their job done and keep the community safer."
Chief of Police Jim Bueermann, Redlands Police Department
On duty with iPhone and iPad.
When police officers in Redlands, California go on patrol, they're equipped with all the essential gear — including iPads and iPhones.
"Prominently displayed on every officer's belt is an iPhone," says Jim Bueermann, Chief of Police for the City of Redlands. "It's their information universe when they're out in the community, where people need to see them. It's as integral as their police radio, or any of the other critical equipment on their duty belt."
iPad and iPhone helps police officers monitor the safety of this thriving community of 70,000, a one-time railroad and citrus-growing hub 60 miles east of Los Angeles. "We try to identify problems before they turn into crime and disorder," Bueermann explains. "We use a variety of mechanisms, whether it's research or community partnerships or technology, to make things more cost effective, more efficient, and above all, more responsive to the folks we serve every day."
Protect, Serve, and Share
The Redlands Police Department relies on iPad and iPhone as two-way multimedia conduits that allow them to keep an eye on people, places, and situations that need attention.
"iPhone and iPad are really helping the Redlands Police Department make the community safer," says Lieutenant Chris Catren. "I think iPad has the potential to be adopted on a mass scale in law enforcement because of its portability, its ease of use, and its instant-on technology. This device is kind of made for law enforcement."
With its large, clear display, iPad makes it easy for the department's command staff, detectives, and officers to view details on maps and photos — and the onscreen keyboard lets them take notes anywhere. "iPad has become the center of my information universe," Bueermann says. "It has replaced the ubiquitous notepad I carried with me. Now I do all of that via iPad."
iPad also helps break the ice between police officers and the public, Bueermann adds: "With iPad, even if I'm in uniform it's very common for people to come up to me. It opens up a whole discussion about how the police department uses technology. You get beyond the badge and the uniform, and lower that barrier that separates police officers from the people they serve."
On the Beat with iPad and iPhone
Whether on foot, on a bicycle, in a patrol car, or on a Segway in the downtown district, Redlands police officers use iPhone and iPad to access, send, and receive the rich stream of data they need to keep tabs on potential issues. "It allows them to look at satellite maps, access the Internet, send emails, and take photos of victims or potential suspects." Bueermann says.
"Having all this information at your fingertips and being able to share it instantaneously with other officers in the field is invaluable," Catren agrees. "We have had many cases where officers have been able to quickly identify perpetrators, or transfer video that's led to the capture of suspects."
For Detective Leslie Martinez, iPhone and iPad are valuable tools that help crack property theft cases. "iPhone has changed the way I work," she says. "I communicate with the community in a better way and a lot more. It might be via email or texting, just getting information back and forth. Rather than setting up an appointment with somebody, I can send them a photo and say, 'This looks like that piece of jewelry you were talking about. Take a look and let me know if that's it.'"
She also uses her iPhone to help solve larger cases. "We had one where it was floor-to-ceiling full of stolen merchandise from a bunch of different retailers," she recalls. Using the RedLaser app on iPhone, Martinez scanned the barcodes to find out which stores the products might have come from, significantly simplifying a complex, time-consuming puzzle.
Civic-Minded Apps
The Redlands force uses several police-centric apps developed for iPad and iPhone, such as Field Contact, a documentation app that aids data collection in the field, and searchable editions of the California Penal Code and California Vehicle Code.
But many of the department's go-to apps aren't specialized law-enforcement tools at all, Bueermann says. "Sometimes the same applications that work in business or the rest of society work just fine for what we do."
For example, Bueermann and his staff use Keynote, which allows them to deliver professional-grade presentations via iPad, and Office2 HD on iPad to create and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents. "That app combined with the size of iPad has been invaluable, because it's big enough that you can type reports," Catren says. "Instead of coming back to the building, officers can handle these tasks in the 'hot spot' areas where crimes occur. It keeps them out on the streets and in the community for longer periods."
The New Peacekeepers
Deploying iPhone and iPad within the Redlands Police Department has been "completely seamless," says Bueermann. "We have had no problems, no concerns about the security of our data and how we access it."
And because the devices are so easy to use, training has proven completely unnecessary, Catren says. "When we issue iPhones and iPads to officers, nobody ever says, 'I don't understand how to use this device.' They're so intuitive, having the Multi-Touch screen and the ability to zoom in and out. iPad just works. iPhone just works. That's all we really ask of any device."
With iPhone, iPad, and the limitless apps available to do just about anything, police officers in Redlands are better equipped to collect and decipher field data, communicate key facts, and identify patterns to help keep their city safe.
"iPad and iPhone are the two most cost-effective technologies we can invest in to get this job done," Bueermann says. "Having an iPad with me means I do a better job. I'm clearly a better police chief, and I'm more creative in my vision of how we should provide services to this community. I would tell other police chiefs they're crazy to ignore this."
"I can't see myself coming to work without my iPhone," says Martinez. "It's always with me. It's readily accessible. And I'm constantly informed about what's going on. I believe iPhone is the cutting edge of technology for law enforcement."
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- 98 sworn officers and 100 civilian personnel
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"I can't see myself coming to work without my iPhone. It's always with me. It's readily accessible. And I'm constantly informed about what's going on."
Detective Leslie Martinez, Redlands Police Department
"I think iPad has the potential to be adopted on a mass scale in law enforcement because of its portability, its ease of use, and its instant-on technology."
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For an organization whose members are dedicated to providing affordable homes, Teller County Habitat for Humanity is at a crossroads. With a reduced staff, the result of a board decision to end the contracts of Robbi Ripley and Joe Monaco, Habitat is losing its family services coordinator and the site supervisor.
In addition, the executive director, Rick Shafer is working part-time while giving notice of his pending retirement. "I am paid hourly now," he said.
Shafer, who has diabetes, has been ordered by his physician to get more exercise to reduce the negative effects of the disease. "Working part-time has a two-fold benefit; I have more time to spend on my health and the ancillary benefit is reducing the expense for Habitat," he said.
However, the Habitat board plans to hire Shafer's replacement.
Still in charge, Shafer has halted all building, including the completion of the remaining three townhomes in Las Casas at Forest Edge. "What happened before is that we had to delay the move-in because we didn't have enough money; it wasn't fair to the families," he said.
The three homes are estimated to cost $400,000. Habitat has about $150,000 in the bank. "People have been supportive of Habitat but I think it would be foolish for us to think we're going to get $250,000," he said. "I have to look at this from a business standpoint. And the most efficient thing we can do is to have the financing available before we start. We learned a hard lesson."
The loans for the three completed townhomes were picked up by the USDA, said Deb Petty, the board's treasurer. "We don't want to do that again," she said. "We've got a good start but with the budget cuts in Washington… If we are not going to build this year we have no reason to have a site manager and with no families for the homes, we have no reason for Robbi."
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Where do we go from here?
Clearly, Ripley and Monaco are disappointed in the board's decision. Over the past decade, for instance, Ripley has distinguished the organization with her fundraising prowess through her former business, Woodland Floral, while volunteering and leading the Women's Build Habitat project in Teller County.
"I believe in helping these families. I'm very disappointed that we have five families who haven't been communicated with nor is the community communicated with as to what our plans are," Ripley said. "There is money in the bank. We could borrow from our line of credit. I was told that was going to happen. We're just kind of out-there, a void."
Ripley's feelings are echoed somewhat by Petty and Shafer. "It's sad because Robbi did a lot," Petty said. "But it's tough economic times."
Shafer, too, is concerned for the families waiting in the wings. "I will miss Robbi," he said. "She's terrific with the families' I'd say she lives and breathes trying to help people."
With his white beard and a twinkle in his eye, Joe Monaco, whose card says AKA Santa, is the face of Habitat. General contractor and carpentry teacher for the volunteers, Monaco is torn between moving on and waiting for Habitat construction to begin.
"Bless his heart; I understand that it would be his decision. We'd have to find somebody else and that's not going to be easy," Shafer said. "He's great with our volunteers, does a wonderful job."
But Monaco remains in construction limbo "The issue right now is that we don't know," Monaco said. "We need people to write grants and people to make donations so we can move forward."
In addition to the townhome project, Habitat has two lots in Cripple Creek and two in Sherwood Forest. "We are very dependent on donations to keep the projects going," Petty said. "We are working on new ideas, some other fundraisers to try and bring in more money."


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Skip to comments.In Lean Economic Times, Toy Advertising Under Fire
Posted on 11/29/2008 3:36:08 PM PST by Batrachian
NEW YORK In a season that inspires earnest letters about toys, one notable batch is being sent not by kids to Santa's workshop but by parents to the executive suites of real-world toy makers.
The message: Please, in these days of economic angst, cut back on marketing your products directly to our children.
The letter-writing initiative was launched by the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, which says roughly 1,400 of its members and supporters have contacted 24 leading toy companies and retailers to express concern about ads aimed at kids.
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These stories better stop soon. The Republican won't be in office for long. In the meantime, stop your whining, MSM. We may be in a recession, but we've still got more toys than we know what to do with.
the real problem? weak parents that spoil their kids and give in to every demand. Banning commercials won't make a difference.
What's the matter with wimpy parents these days? I grew up watching ads for toys on TV, and I wasn't traumatized by a commercial-filled childhood. Back then, parents controlled the TV and could say NO without feeling guilty.
Yes, our children should instead get gemutchleikeit by serving die furher Obama!
Parents need to be parents and turn off the stupid TV and start interacting with their children if the advertisments are sooooo terrible.
I also suspect this as a false story.
Mom Ping.........
aka Campaign for Socialism
Psht, that's my kid's favorite excuse! The other one is "That toy is the ugliest, most obnoxious piece of crap I've ever seen, and I wouldn't bring it home if you traded your leg for it."
They seem to have survived thus far...
Old TV commercials for toys:
Who are these whiny people?!? One of the great joys of my life is saying, "Are you out of your mind? There's no way on earth I'd buy you that, and you can't buy it with your own money, either! Obviously you haven't been paying attention for the last 8 years in our home, so you can clean all the bathrooms for the next week in order to focus your mental processes!" (Have a nice day ...)
I think I also say, "No, we're not getting another snake!" at least once a day, and you can't blame that on advertising.
I got the "wait until Christmas" line!
AH-HA.........So now I know where that "pet" idea is coming from..........
"We want pie! We want pie!"
I grew up in a middle class to sometimes upper middle class family. Every year we'd ask Santa for way too much crap for Christmas and every year we got some (maybe most) but not all of it. Somehow we survived w/o getting everything we wanted.
It also shows how maybe the best gift you can give is cash. Let the kids see how much stuff really costs, and then see how much they really need when it's "their money" that's being spent.
Would you like a snake? Tom could help you find one!
I'm sure Tom could, but thanks anyway, Jax is quite capable of finding them herself....
I have to keep reminding her the reason I keep feeding the cats, and allowing her to have more is because they keep the mice population controlled -— I don't need snakes for that anymore.
Then you have pets already!
Oh, I've got pets alright........5 cats (for the moment), 1 dog, 1 child, and 1 husband.........
Only the cats live outside :(
You need reptiles. Would Jax like a dragon? We're thinking of breeding ours next year.
They don't have a problem saying no. What they have a problem with is the Joneses up the street buying toys for their kids. They want to go into the Joneses living room and mandate to them what toys are equal and fair to buy. Oh, and that global warming big screen TV the Joneses just bought has got to go.
I'm sure she would love a dragon -— getting it past mom is another story!!!!
Reptiles are definitely NOT my thing. The cats keep the mice population down, which in turn keeps the snake population down, so feeding the cats is well worth it. It also keeps coolbreeze from shooting anymore holes in the barn roof when he finds a snake in the rafters.
They're just eating rodents! Tom would be very sad.
Dragons are really nice, if you don't mind feeding them crickets. My parents thought they looked horrible from the pictures (hard to tell the scale, for one thing), but thought they were cute in real life.
In the rafters???????
Tom would be very sad.
Then please don't tell him coolbreeze's attitude about snakes. According to him there are only 2 kinds, dead ones and ones he's never met.
Thank you for the kind offer of a dragon, but no thanks. I have no interest in being the caregiver to yet another critter that another member of this household desires.
I don't know how we got talking of living gifts on a thread about limiting kids and their Christmas wishes --- but what the heck, hijacking threads never bothered me before :)
I don't know how we got talking of living gifts on a thread about limiting kids and their Christmas wishes
The thread was about advertising, and nobody's advertising dragons for Christmas gifts. We're talking about getting what you want, as opposed to what a corporation says you should want.
I am so GLAD I'm done battling this stupidity.
Moms? Just. Say. No. Early and often. And that goes for our uber-consumer HUSBANDS, too! :)
However, one of our boys was a total Early Bird, who was up at 4am every morning, and once he could turn on the TV, he became an 'Infomercial Zombie.'
It wasn't unusual for him to wake me up in the wee hours asking if he could use the phone and my credit card. It's funny now; not so much so back then, LOL!
We didn't have any catz the last time he shot holes in the barn roof --- I got the cats to prevent that from happening again :)
The thread was about advertising, and nobody's advertising dragons for Christmas gifts. We're talking about getting what you want, as opposed to what a corporation says you should want.
Good point!
We're big into "need" as opposed to "want" in this house, so the advertising plays little role part in wish lists.
Jax actually has an "Auntie Mame" who has no children of her own and seems to dote on sending Jax the "latest greatest." She's actually my "Auntie Mame" as she is my mother's older sister and I have called her Mame all of my life. She never married and has lived all over the world.
We had been talking, via email, about the difficulties I had around here finding reasonable back-to-school clothes, particularly pants, for Jax. Mame went shopping --- holey moley. My never married, never a mom, 70something aunt was more in tune with the mindset of my 10yo than I was when it came to what she picked out and sent.
We get stuff from my parents, although this year I asked them to send Wolferman's muffins, because we don't have room for more Stuff.
Since we don't have broadcast TV, the children aren't really effected by advertising. They want things because they want them - cars :-), drums, snakes, books, and lots and lots of paper "so we can draw a whole zoo." I think I'll wrap a ream of printer paper for James (4) for Christmas. He'll be thrilled!
With no cable or satellite, commercials on TV around here are pretty mundane -— the latest mattress sale, local car dealers, etc. Of course the national ads are there, but since program pickin's are slim, the box isn't on that much.
Her Santa wish list pretty much reflects the lack of inundation as much as it reflects Mommy and Daddy's willingness to use the word NO.
I know what you mean about no room for more Stuff. I may have more land than she does, but Mame doesn't seem to comprehend that my whole house could fit in her living room and she just keeps sending me STUFF. The major problem for me with the things she sends is that it is primarily things of my grandparents or hers that I remember from my childhood and I am loathe to part with it.
I mean really, there are only so many South American alpaca hand embroidered throw pillow covers a person can use, and considering my sofa is a futon and I have no other "upholstered" seating, I really have little use for 10 of them.
OTOH, the Bolivian and Peruvian blankets are a blessing -— and she sure as heck doesn't need them in south Florida.
Our boys make Activities out of the sofa pillows, so we have to replace them about once a year. Wal-mart.
You evil anti-union woman you..........shopping in WalMart. How dare you!
Yes, I'm irredeemable. Turn me in to the Brownshirts ...
Will do -—— as soon as I get back from WalMart :)
No. It is a two letter word signifying a refusal. Parents should learn to use it.
We don't have cable or satellite, either. The TV is rarely on so my kids aren't really asking for much. However, I get a million toy catalogs in the mail. I give them to the kids and have them circle the things they like. It's fun for them and then I have an instant wish list for the grandparents. They know they'll never get most of the things circled but they have fun doing it. My husband is in advertising. He's a writer and it pays our bills. I'd apologize to all of you but he doesn't write commercials for toys. :0)
I'll only blame you if he writes advertisements for front-loading, high-capacity, low-water-usage washing machines.
I wrote my fair share of commercial ads back in the day, so I have noting against those that do it, including those who write them for toys.
The "toy" catalogs that show up in my mail are not children's toys, yet our 10yo finds more stuff in them she claims to want than mommy and daddy combined -— and they're OUR catalogs! Go figger.
No, right now he's writing travel ads to high end places I'll probably never get a chance to visit. Of course, he gets to go check out most of them so he knows what he's writing about.
Speaking of washing machines. I've begged for two washers and dryers at the next house if we can pull it off. Wouldn't that be dreamy? I actually picture a laundry mat in my house instead of a laundry room. Just line the walls with washers and dryers. I could be done with laundry in a couple of hours.
My oldest daughter loves to browse the seed catalogs. She's a funny girl! I caught my son looking at his dad's gun catalog. Funny how they gravitate to certain items.
It would be great to be able to wash more than one load at a time. I think I did six loads on Thanksgiving, don't know where it was all coming from.
If you do get more than one, make sure it's a ground-floor laundry room, on a slab if possible. The front-loaders shake so hard that more than one would rattle the upstairs to pieces! We just have the one, and it sounds like a helicopter assault when it spins. Anoreth sometimes hums the "Ride of the Valkyries" theme from "Apocalypse Now" :-).
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Dove Cameron is Liv AND Maddie!
Dove Cameron is the 19-year-old actress who plays the parts of Liv and Maddie on the show called . . . Liv & Maddie, (also Kayla in Cloud 9, and Maleficent's daughter in Disney's Descendants)! It's totally crazy to me how Liv and Maddie can be in the same room talking to each other but it's really only one girl. How does she do that? We got to talk to Dove about her experiences on the show, and we found out why she changed her name to Dove!
Q: What's it like to play identical twins?
Dove: It's a tremendous experience. The whole novelty of playing two people was sort of terrifying at first, but it is probably the best training and experience I'll ever have. It's a completely different feat, and especially doing it on television, because, it's a much faster pace than film. The last time one girl played twins on television, I think it was 60 years ago on The Patty Duke Show. It is a little bit daunting at times, but it's just been the most incredible experience for me as an actor, and as a person getting to explore two different characters at the same time.
Q:Does it ever get confusing? Do you ever start doing Liv, and come out with Maddie kind of stuff?
Dove: You know, I don't, because originally, our show used to be called Bits and Pieces. I only played one girl, and then Disney decided it needed more of a solid plot, and so I became twins. Since I never actually auditioned for either of the twins, I got to completely create them from the ground up. I've known these characters really, really well for the better part of six months now. There's no confusion around that, just because they're so concrete in my mind. They're like real human beings to me.
Q: You're 5'2″, and you can dunk now. What is your basketball training like?
Dove: We didn't have basketball training in the beginning, but I used to work a couple of times a week with this tremendous basketball coach in Hollywood. I actually really love it. Among the long list of things that this show has given me, it's also given me back my love of sports, and honestly exercise. I love basketball. I wish I had more time to play it, and I think it's a great workout. I'm really, really happy it's been brought back into my life through this show.
Q: Is it true that the writers sometimes put a personal detail of your life into the script?
Dove: I'm obsessed with Doctor Who and Doctor Who references show up in a couple of episodes. There was an episode where we do show choir and I used to do show choir back when I was in high school. There have been some references to something that I'm also very passionate about: I make a lot of my own clothes. I have a teddy bear that I bring to set a lot, that my sister gave me, named Stanley, and so there was a little creature named Stanley on the show, and just things like that. They have a fun time messing with me.
Q: How did you get the name Dove?
Dove: I was actually born with a different name [Chloe Celeste Hosterman], and my father gave me the nickname Dove when I was an infant. I got it before I even turned a year old, and then it was Dove, and Dovey, and Dove-Love, and that was literally just my name. My family called me that; all my friends called me that. My birth name is actually on year books and my birth certificate, but other than that, I have nothing to do with it.
Q:What is your all-time favorite book?
Dove: Oh, wow. To be honest, my all-time favorite book is actually a collection of Edgar Allan Poe poetry that I was given by my grandfather when I was very, very young. I still have it. The spine is crooked and frayed, and all my favorite pages are basically worn through, but I'm a huge Poe fan.
Q: Do you have a pet?
Dove: I do. I am a huge animal lover and I have a 13-year-old cat. Her name is Fern. She's very fluffy, and she's got vibrant green eyes, and she's been with me since I was 4. I think she is a Maine Coon.
Q: Do you have a first day of school memory?
Dove: I make a lot of my own clothes, and I have been doing so since I was very young. So, I think most of my back-to-school memories are always staying up until all hours of the night before to finish my outfit, and debuting it. First day back at school was always such an exciting day for me. I love the first day back in school because that's where you meet everyone, and you look in the eyes of all the people who you're going to be spending the most of a year with. You know your teachers, and you get integrated, and there's that exciting buzz. I love first day back at school.
Q: What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to you?
Dove: I decided, when I was 12, to cut my own hair, and then dye my own hair. I remember looking in the mirror and thinking, "You know what? I want bangs," and so I grabbed the scissors from the kitchen, and I gave myself bangs. Except I cut, like, halfway back on my head, and so I gave myself half a bowl cut. [LAUGHTER] And then I dyed it black. I think I was going for, like a Zoey Deschanel. [LAUGHTER] It was like a German school boy's look, 70s sort of look. It was really bad.
Q: Is there any food that you could not live without?
Dove: Oh, grapes. I could not live without grapes.
Q: What would your definition of a perfect day be?
Dove: I would have gotten 10 hours of sleep. I would have woken up and had a gigantic breakfast. It would be 75, breezy, sunny, and I would spend most of the day either reading or writing, getting in a little bit of studio time recording a song, and cooking a huge dinner, and baking some lavish dessert.
Q: Are you working on a CD?
Dove: Yes I am. Music is actually an equal if not greater passion of mine, than acting. I have always been a singer, ever since I was very small, and I actually have a strange voice. It's a voice that was meant for opera, but since I'm a pop singer, I have to be constantly working on it, or else I can burn it out. It's very delicate. Keeping your voice in shape is like training for a marathon; you have to constantly be feeding it and keeping it in shape, and taking care of it and worrying about it, catering to it. But yes, I have been working on music since I was very young, and I just recently started working on an album.
Q: Do you have a personal motto, or a favorite quote?
Dove: Yes I do. It's actually a Mother Theresa quote. "If you judge someone, you have no time to love them." That one's affected me for quite some time because it rings so true for me. I am the kind of person that cannot hold a grudge. It is very easy for me to forgive someone, and I have a very hard time not giving someone the benefit of the doubt. I love people so immensely that I just don't have room to walk around with judgment hanging around my ankles and dragging that with me wherever I go. I would much rather be free of all of that and be able to express my love to people than to feel the burden of my heavy thoughts.
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Lowering the bar put Maker's Mark bourbon in a bind
AnalysisFebruary 19, 2013 6:15 AM
The main message being drawn from the decision by Maker's Mark bourbon's producers to reverse track and undo plans to reduce its alcohol content is: Don't mess with bourbon drinkers.
But behind the decision is an interesting lesson in how the overarching strategic needs of big global companies can lead to bad decisions for lovers of the products under their umbrellas.
One of the tricky things about making and selling good whiskey is that it takes time; Maker's is a blend that is around 6 years old. Which means that the people at the Maker's Mark distillery in Loretto, Ky., and their corporate overlords at what is now called Beam Inc. were having to make decisions back in 2007 that determined how much Maker's Mark they have to sell now. And, it would seem, they guessed wrong.
They didn't properly foresee the booming worldwide demand for the supple, nectar-like perfection of Maker's. Sales of the bourbon rose 14 percent in 2011, and 15 percent in 2012. This is part of a broader trend: Some 16 million cases of Kentucky and Tennessee whiskey were shipped in 2011, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, up from 14.7 million cases in 2006; the revenue earned on that whiskey soared more than 25 percent in that span.
That is normally a problem -- too much demand for a product -- that a company loves to have. The simple answer to that problem would be to raise prices to whatever level will make the market clear. Maker's didn't do that, and the result was predictable: Shortages of the bourbon in some markets.
The problem is that Beam Inc., the parent company of Maker's Mark, has crafted a role for Maker's as one of its "power brands," along with the likes of Jim Beam bourbon, Sauza tequila and Courvoisier cognac. It is supposed to be one of the major drivers of the company's sales, a standard that can be found at every decent bar in the world (or, as Beam Inc. puts it in its annual report, the power brands are "our core brand equities, with global reach in premium categories and large annual sales volume").
Having those power brands ensures that Beam Inc. has relationships with distributors around the world who need its products, in turn giving Beam Inc. the leverage to ensure that its "rising star" brands also earn a place in distributors' warehouses, on liquor store shelves and behind the bars.
The "rising star" brands include both some marvelous whiskeys (Laphroaig Scotch, Knob Creek and Basil Hayden's bourbons) and some mass-market products that seem better-suited for a sorority party than a proper bar (something called Pucker Vodka, another called Skinnygirl Cocktails). What such diverse products have in common is that they are fast-growing. Basil Hayden's saw a stunning 35 percent increase in sales in 2012. And Beam Inc. can ensure that they get distributed and have a fair shot in the marketplace because liquor distributors know they need Maker's and the other power brands.
What does all that have to do with Maker's Mark's supply shortfall, and the ill-fated decision to dilute the bourbon a bit to keep up with demand?
Most companies would simply raise the price of Maker's until the market cleared. But Beam Inc. depends on Maker's Mark to be one of its mainstay products -- and if it raised the price too quickly, it could lose that status.
Many higher-end bars now use Maker's Mark as their standard go-to bourbon for mixed drinks, and at many mid-tier places, it is their standard premium option. If the price of Maker's gets too out of whack with other bourbons of similar quality, they might rethink that practice and turn to less-pricey options. And if that kind of change happened on a large enough scale, it could cost Maker's its status as that go-to powerhouse brand that helps underpin a company that sold $3.1 billion worth of liquor last year.
So it might be a little wary about raising prices further. It also doesn't work if people can't get hold of a "power brand." Hence, the decision last week, now reversed, to reduce Maker's Mark from 90 proof to 84 proof (or 45 percent alcohol to 42 percent alcohol). It would stretch the company's existing supply of bourbon further, without either increasing prices or having shortages.
The company seems not to have anticipated the degree of anger the move would prompt from loyal Maker's drinkers, and, as the statement from Rob Samuels and Bill Samuels Jr., who lead the distillery, put it Sunday: "You spoke. We listened. And we're sincerely sorry we let you down."
So what now? The underlying problem is still there. And now, it's decision time for Maker's Mark and Beam Inc. Are they really going to allow shortages of Maker's at times, meaning they would be essentially charging a below-market price? Are they going to hike price and risk Maker's status as a go-to mass market bourbon brand? Or are they going to find other, sneakier ways to get more supply of whiskey that is less blatant than diluting it and thus reducing its alcohol level, such as introducing even younger whiskey into the blend?
Ironically, for Maker's Mark drinkers, the best outcome they can hope for is that the bad press that surrounded the short-lived reduction in alcohol content will lead to a slump in demand for the product, so the answer might be none of the above.nation - libations


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Nail Yakupov's pair of goals (including a dandy) and the KHL's Top 10 goals, saves, and hits of the week
Steve Dangle
October 27 2012 05:59PM
Warning: These highlights may gets you pregnant. If you're an Oilers fan? Twins. And you'll name them both Nail. That's how good this kid is. Seriously.
We also have the KHL's Top 10 goals, saves, and hits of the week! Wait - there's two others games, too?!?! Shut the front door!
Nail Yakupov scores two goals in a thrilling OT win. He gives a Jagr salute on the first goal, and I want to take the second goal out for drinks, ask it out, develop a long-term relationship with it, and eventually make it my wife.
KHL's Top 10 Goals of the Week!
KHL's Top 10 Saves of the Week!
KHL's Top 10 Hits of the Week!
Semyon Varlamov gets his first KHL shutout as Lokomotiv beats Severstal.
Lubomir Visnovsky's solid outing wasn't enough to stop Randy Robitaille and Novokuznetsk.
October 27 2012, 06:18PM
October 27 2012, 06:47PM
Send the Edmonton City Council a highlight package of Yakupov.. Send Bettman and Fehr a highlight package of Justin Schultz.. That is all.
October 27 2012, 07:09PM
Pregnant! TWINS!!
Indeed SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
I was wondering when someone would try that.
Стакан водки лучших родины для вас сударь!
Gary and Don, I don't who is right and who is wrong. Get it done. I want to see Yak and Schultz in Oiler blue. That second goal by Yak makes my day. What is that for him? 8 in 11, or 12? Makes my Saturday. Keep these highlights coming.
Wow, that goal totally reminded me of Omark!
Where is Omark, anyway?
October 27 2012, 08:52PM
Wow, that goal totally reminded me of Omark!
Where is Omark, anyway?
Was there a 2nd Omark that actually scored Goals in the NHL?
October 27 2012, 09:32PM
I was wondering when someone would try that.
Стакан водки лучших родины для вас сударь!
Did you miss my first couple like that?
that second goal with the fake slapper reminded me of Gretzky more than anything.
October 28 2012, 09:48AM
damn, i got tickets to see the sarnia sting
хорошая работа, ребята!
Koooooop of the Neftahemicks!!
Omark is second in scoring for Zug with 23pts in 16 games,6 goals and 17 assists.
October 28 2012, 12:54PM
sad thing is...Nail could be scoring like this or close to this right now for the Oilers if they were playing! :(
Thanks for the highlites !!!
October 28 2012, 06:44PM
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Skip to comments.Early snow kills thousands of cattle in SD
Posted on 10/07/2013 6:29:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during the unseasonably early blizzard.
Meanwhile, utility companies were working to restore power to tens of thousands of people still without electricity Monday after the weekend storm that was part of a powerful weather system that also buried parts of Wyoming and Colorado with snow and produced destructive tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa. At least four deaths were attributed to the weather, including a South Dakota man who collapsed while cleaning snow off his roof.
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Looking for silver lining...
I'll get the BBQ sauce if someone has the charcoal and beer.
Get that global warming off my lawn.
This was a bit unfortunate.
While Climate Change Channel was heartbroken over the fail of Karen, they were able to switch panic mode to Winter Storm Atlas.
Awful. Meanwhile, here in Vermont, so far it's been warmer than usual. We have had several frost warnings, but as yet not a single solid freeze, which is very unusual in our part of the state.
The Farmer's Almanac and the woolly bear caterpillars are both forecasting a colder winter than usual. Well, I hope we don't get anything like this storm in South Dakota. Cows are still out here. They don't usually leave the pastures until after the first snowfall.
From my trips through W SD, they could use more "loafing" sheds.
Just out of curiosity, what do they do with the cattle during the usual winter snow and cold?
Not funny
If they're like most places with four seasons they bring the cattle into the lower or closest pasture to the barn, shelter them there and feed them hay over the winter, as opposed to grazing in upper pasture and overnighting there in warmer weather.
Ahh, I'm just the fourth player but, I'm bettin as a fourth player in this hand Paladin2 has the Royal Flush.
We live just 10 miles west of Rapid City, SD. It looks like Armageddon here. We finally got electric power about three hours ago..............but so many do not have power yet. We have 12 foot drifts around our house. Thankfully, we have a snowplow and generator. This is such a heavy, wet snow. On our forty acres, we counted about 700 trees (ponderosa pine) down. Anyone need firewood? I'm a "prepper", so we have plenty of food and water stored, but so many don't. We were finally able to make it to town late this afternoon for milk, bread, produce, etc., but the shelfs were nearly bare. The stores are hoping to get supply trucks in sometime tomorrow. We were able to help some of our neighbors with essential groceries.
This was a "wake up" call for every one to "prep".
I miss Rapid City. Was stationed for 3 years at Ellsworth.
My favorite place in the world was Randy's Pizza Barrel.
Prayers up for the ranchers.
Joe Bastardi says the wet east coast US and the massive snow cover right now in Siberia, means you will get clobbered this winter. Hoping for 10 feet of snow in DC myself.
BTW, if the farmer's almanac can predict a cold winter, I think the animals know it's coming.
Cattle caught out on open range during a blizzard can and do die en masse. I recall seeing footage of hay being airlifted by helicopter to stranded herds in the past. Even a thunderstorm with large hail can kill quite a few. They're hardy, tough animals but they're not invincible. They can be rather lacking in instinct.
Cattle can take wet, they can take wind, but they can't typically handle both at once.
So you get them some windbreaks. Typical cattle operators will bring cattle down out of the higher or more remote pastures to where they have improvements to over-winter the cattle. Above all, they need forage - lots of fiber in the forage, too, because that's how cattle survive cold weather. Their digestion process of breaking down fiber in their food creates heat.
The trouble was, this storm was wet, it was moderately cold, and the winds were up over 60MPH. Cattle that are wet, out in the open and have their forage snowed over are going to be dead in a couple of days. They simply must have a way to get out of the wind if they're to survive a storm like this - and then they must have some hay supplied to them in the second day, to keep them alive as the snow melts.
These cattlemen are suffering from a real failure in prediction by NOAA and their local WX forecasters. Some of them were in no way ready to bring in their herds, but some might have been able to get some hay pre-positioned to mitigate the losses.
Now, here's a little dark humor in this situation:
It was only last Wednesday when here in Wyoming, as we were watching the Rapid City TV stations, the RC forecasters were talking about what their weather models were churning out. The RC/SD TV forecasters (not terribly excitable people, on the whole - excitable people don't last long in the Dakotas' winters) said that the models were predicting over 4 feet of this filthy, heavy wet cement posing as snow.
The Rapid City weather folks said that they didn't believe the models. They just hadn't seen the set-up in the weather patterns for 4 feet of snow, which would have been equivalent to over 4" of rainfall. That doesn't happen over wide areas in this country.
We got about 9 to 14" of this crap over here just east of the Big Horn Mtns in Wyoming. It fairly hit the model forecasts - and here, the models have been mis-overestimating snowfall for the last five years. We easily got 1.5" of moisture out of this storm.
As the storm progressed eastwards, the snowfall kept going, and going and going. They got upwards of four feet. The models came out about right - except for the timing, which was a bit later than predicted.
Here in Wyoming, there are people hauling away trees all over the place due to how many trees got snapped in half or seriously pruned by the snowfall.
I miss Randy's Pizza Barrel. It was the best. It is now the Golden Phoenix Chinese restaurant. It's good, too.
You wouldn't believe how Rapid has grown and changed over the past few years.
Go back and read up on the winter of 1886 to 1887 in Wyoming, Montana and eastern MT.
It was what inspired Charley Russell to write the postcard "Waiting for a Chinook" that launched his career.
Here in Wyoming, there have been winters that killed 10's of thousands of sheep. Much of Johnson County smelled for months of rotting flesh come spring after one of these winters.
So the cattle are still alive? Go buy em then.
Cattle are not migratory animals.
If cattle could predict every disaster, then not a single one would be killed by other catastrophic phenomena, e.g. volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes et al.
Lots of rain followed by four feet of snow did break records. But yes, the latter is seasonable, even if the volume is historic.
That winter was tough all over, my grandfather told of removing the wheels from wagons and mounting runners on them so they could take them down the creek to get to town for supplies, impassable otherwise. In central North Carolina. Frozen bodies of water during winter is not unusual, but it's a good way to drown, it seldom gets thick enough to support the weight of a man, let alone horse and wagon.
Preppers' PING!!
There is no silver lining. My aunt (by marriage) family was hit really hard, losing almost a half a million dollars in cattle (over 200 head). This is a real hit for many ranchers who live on thin margins.
You see any pictures of the dead cattle? They aren't migratory? Ever hear of a cattle drive cowboy? You might want to read some history about cattlemen.
Were not talking about physics reading hear.
They go to the fence lines, get stuck and the snow drifts over them. They can survive flooding, but the blizzards can be bad. Regular snowfall is survivable, it is the wind with the blizzards that is rough.
If it is light snow, you make sure their noses are clear so they don't suffocate, also hay bale walls provide some protection. My family would move all the cattle to the 'yard' (160 acres) and make sure they didn't suffocate. Cattle can stand cold alright but blowing snow can be a real problem.
Was there no weather-person predicting LOTS and LOTS of rain? Those clouds off in the distance, a-comin' this way HAD to mean something. Hard to believe that the modern gadgets to forecast the weather were SO FAR wrong.
Oh well, their insurance will pay up. And, the price of meat will rise. "Poor" farmers and ranchers AREN'T going to lose.
Stay safe. My mother is far enough west she didn't get snow but the wind blew some trees down in town including one right outside her house - she was lucky it didn't blow into her roof.
I think the rural folk are better prepped than those in Rapid though. Everyone where my mom lives is a prepper - just part of living in rural SD.
The ranchers didn't KNOW that the cattle wouldn't survive "a couple of days"? Where were they?
Amen to that.
Usually South Dakota gets flurries and light snow in October, not this kind of dumping with the winds - that is February weather.
There was NOTHING that the sheep ranchers could do to save their flocks/herds?
You would think that, knowing the weather forecast in advance, there would be something that could be done. Are there no shelters, no valleys, no place for the sheep? What a shame...for the sheep to die that way.
This came fast and most ranchers didn't have time to move all their head. You may want to try living on a ranch.
Got it.
Wow you don't have a clue. Most ranchers live on thin margins and the insurance doesn't cover it. No amount of price increase in meat is going to save some of these ranches or cover the losses.
If they were migratory they wouldn't need to be driven, now would they?
Oh wow! Those are drifts we use to have here in Pa over wild winters....
This sounds pretty bad for the folks there....and to think if it took down 700 pine trees it's gotta be really heavy!
Lord God..Be with these people as they struggle to get things up and running. And keep those in the back hills etc. safe until someone gets to them.
In Jesus name...Amen...
Just because you haven't seen a pic doesn't mean it is BS. I know a lot of ranchers who lost cattle because of this storm.
It's my guess that there are just too many sheep/cattle to move quickly. And, there are no shelters, valleys or protection for the animals. There is obviously no emergency plan or place for these kinds of catastrophes. The rancher just gets the insurance to pay up...and then has to hire help to come in and bury/burn the carcasses. I guess.
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