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I knit. Sometimes I crochet, and sometimes I sew, but mostly, lately, I knit. My Nanna taught me when I was a kid, and I've done it on and off ever since.
Sometimes people look at me funny for liking textile crafts, as if it were a strangely un-reconstructed 50s housewife sort of thing to be into. I disagree, but let's save that for some other time.
Instead, have some geeky things made out of string:
- Crocheted coral reef.
- Woolly Thoughts publish patterns for mathematically-inspired afghans, cushions, and more.
- On a similar note, the book Making Mathematics With Needlework: 10 Papers and 10 Projects.
- A hat shaped like the Tardis, R2D2, or of course the classic Jayne hat.
- Space invaders socks.
- Binary scarf — knit your own message in ASCII, or use Unicode for a wider shawl, I suppose.
- Tetris baby blanket.
- Captain Capacitor: "He's ready to save the day with his superhuman energy storing capabilities."
- Kara Thrace sweater.
- Stargate dishcloth or Star Trek potholders.
- The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Brain Art including a knitted brain. "While our artists make every effort to insure accuracy, we cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of using fabric brain art as a guide for functional magnetic resonance imaging, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, neurosurgery, or single-neuron recording."
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A tall stranger, told to keep out of the general's tent, turns out to be Lincoln
October 1955Volume6Issue6
Gen. Grant having decided to transfer his army to the James River, preparations began at once. . . . On Tuesday morning, June 14th, Warren crossed [the Chickahominy] at Long Bridge, with Hancock following him. Burnside and Wright crossed at Jones' Bridge four miles below Long Bridge. The advance of the army reached the James before night, and commenced laying pontons immediately. The crossing was effected near Charles City Court House on the north side, and Fort Powhattan on the south side of the James.
Generals Grant and Meade broke camp near Cold Harbor at 3:00 P.M. , Sunday, June 12th, and settled for the night at Summit Station. At six o'clock both were in the saddle, on their way to James River. On Tuesday afternoon, June 14th, Grant telegraphed from Bermuda Landing to Secretary Stanton, that the army was then crossing the river below, and that our movement from Cold Harbor had been made with great celerity and without loss.
I remained at Charles City Court House, while Gen. Grant ran up by boat to Bermuda Landing for a conference with Gen. Butler. The view from the front of my tent was among the most imposing I ever witnessed. As soon as the work of laying ponton bridges commenced, all navigation temporarily stopped. Vessels and transports of every description, loaded with army supplies, cast anchor and floated idly on the placid bosom of the James so far downward as the eye could reach, and still they kept coming. Many hundreds accumulated while the army was crossing. The troops were thrown across as rapidly as they could be moved, day and night, till all were safely landed on the south side of the river. As fast as they crossed by organizations, they pushed onward towards Petersburg with the hope of assisting to capture that place before Gen. Lee could send troops for its defense.
[The attack on Petersburg on June 15 was bungled, and Confederate reinforcements, arriving just in time, repulsed subsequent attacks with heavy losses. So Grant settled down to a siege. His army was now posted east and south of Richmond, and, with a numerical superiority of almost two to one, he pushed his lines steadily westward, forcing Lee to extend his thinner lines, until the two armies faced one another along a thirty-five-mile front.]
Gen. Grant's headquarters were established at City Point on the evening of June 15th and a few tents pitched for the officers. My own tent was under the umbrageous branches of a large mulberry tree which afforded protection from the blistering sunshine, until it had to be removed to conform to the general camp arrangement. By night of the 16th all was regularly laid out and adjusted. Headquarters proper were in the form of a parallelogram, with the two ends, and the north side closely filled with tents. The south side was open. The west end extended to the bluff bank of the Appomattox, perhaps fifty to sixty feet in height.
From the 17th to the 20th the James was covered with vessels and transports which had followed the army with supplies, and with them came swarms of civilians—employees of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions—sutlers—pretended volunteer nurses—and greedy sight-seers who managed to get there to gratify their morbid curiosity. They swarmed around the wharves, filled up the narrow avenues at the landing between the six-mule teams which stood there by the acre, plunged frantically across the road in front of your horse wherever you rode, plied everybody with ridiculous questions about "the military situation," invaded the privacy of every tent, stood around every mess-table till invited to eat unless driven away, and wandered around at nearly all hours.
They congregated especially in the vicinity of headquarters, standing in rows just outside of the guardline, staring at Gen. Grant and staff, pointing out the different members of the latter to each other, and seizing upon every unfortunate darky belonging to headquarters who came within their reach, and asking all manner of impertinent questions: "Does Gen. Grant smoke? Where does he sleep and eat? Does he drink? Are you sure he is not a drinking man? Where's his wife? What became of his son that was with him at Vicksburg? Which is Gen. Grant? What? Not that little man?" And so on by the hour. For several days headquarters resembled a menagerie.
On June 21st about one o'clock P.M. , a long, gaunt bony looking man with a queer admixture of the comical and the doleful in his countenance that reminded one of a professional undertaker cracking a dry joke, undertook to reach the general's tent by scrambling through a hedge and coming in alone. He was stopped by a hostler and told to "keep out of here." The man in black replied that he thought Gen. Grant would allow him inside. The guard finally called out: "No sanitary folks allowed inside." • After some parleying the man was obliged to give his name, and said he was Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, seeking an interview with Gen. Grant! The guard saluted, and allowed him to pass. Grant recognized him as he stepped under the large "fly" in front of his tent, rose and shook hands with him cordially, and then introduced him to such members of the staff as were present and unacquainted.
• The reference is to personnel of the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
It transpired that the President had just arrived on the City of Baltimore , and was accompanied by his son "Tad"; Asst. Sec. of the Navy, [Gustavus Vasa] Fox; Mr. Chadwick, proprietor of the Willard Hotel, as purveyor for the party; and the Marine Band. The conversation took a wide, free-and-easy range until dinner was announced. The President was duly seated, ate much as other mortals, managed to ring in three capital jokes during the meal, and kept everybody on the lookout for others, till the party rose.
He was naturally desirous of riding to the front, so at four o'clock horses were brought up. Mr. Lincoln was mounted on Grant's thorough-bred "Cincinnatus," the general on "Egypt," and "Tad," on Grant's black pacing pony "Jeff Davis." Accompanied by a large proportion of the staff, and a cavalry escort, the party rode to Gen. Wright's headquarters, where Gen. Meade and staff met them. The location commanded as good a view of Petersburg as could then be had from our lines. Maps were examined, the position of the army explained, its future operations discussed, the steeples and spires of the city observed as well as the dust and smoke would allow, national airs were played by the bands, the enemy's works on the opposite side of the Appomattox inspected, and after a stay of an hour and a half the party started on its return to headquarters.
On the way out many persons recognized Mr. Lincoln. The news soon spread, and on the return ride, the road was lined with weather-beaten veterans, anxious to catch a glimpse of "Old Abe." One cavalry private had known him in Illinois. Mr. Lincoln shook him by the hand, as an old familiar acquaintance, to the infinite admiration of all bystanders.


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Stop It!
by Meg Moss
What if you could stop a falling drop or freeze a running child in his steps? What would you see?
That's what Harold "Doc" Edgerton wondered, so he invented a way to stop motion with his camera. By lighting a moving object for a fraction of a second with a specially designed flashing light called a stroboscope and then taking a picture, Doc was able to capture individual moments of movement on film. In doing so, he revealed an amazing and often beautiful world.
In the 1930s, in a darkened lab he called "Strobe Alley" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Doc began taking pictures of anything that moved: water dripping, birds flying, balls bouncing. He created a way for his camera and strobe to work together so that when the strobe flashed, the camera took a picture. To time the picture accurately, Doc devised different ways to trigger the strobe, sometimes by sound and sometimes by the movement of the subject. To record a sequence of movements, such as the running boy above, Doc set his strobe to flash as fast as 300 times a second. At each flash, the camera took a picture.
To get the same effect, try this: Gaze at a turning wheel or fan and rapidly blink your eyes. See how each blink stops the action? If your eyes were strobe lights hooked to a camera, each time you opened them, a picture would be taken.
Doc's "motion pictures" show us many things human vision can't see. They help scientists study the way birds fly and the way people move. They picture what happens when one object strikes another, and how fast bullets and balls speed through the air. Strobe technology can even be used to examine fast-moving machinery, such as the moving parts of a car's engine. And Doc's inventions led the way to modern flash cameras.
Doc Edgerton's strobe photographs enabled us to see motion in a new way. Today, scientists rely on many kinds of photography to see things we can't see with our eyes alone. From the largest and most distant objects in the universe to the smallest and most ordinary ones, photography helps us picture our world.
- What action would you like to see photographed by a stroboscope? Why? What would you hope to learn by seeing photographs of this action? Write a few sentences to tell what you would like photographed and why.
[anno: Answers will vary.]


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Woods '93 Helps Companies Find Right Employeeby John McGaughey '11 • September 30, 2008 Share:
Steven Woods is a headhunter. But not the type who would be shrinking your head anytime soon.
Woods '93, President and founder of Fountainhead Inc., a recruiting company in Indianapolis, is a third party recruiter, or "headhunter," that recruits new employees for dozens of Fortune 1000 companies across the nation.
"Nobody sets out to be a headhunter," Woods said.
Woods towered above his fellow alumni at the Fifth Annual Big Bash Reunion. Woods hosted a colloquium, titled "The Subtle Art of Dating or Understanding the Interview Process from Either Side of the Desk."
"This is just how I'm dressed at the office," he jokes. "I don't shave, I don't wear a suit. Maybe just shorts and a shirt."
Woods, an English major, was also a Phi Delta Theta and Chair of the Board of Publications his senior year. His decision to enroll at Wabash was mostly influenced by his brother Andrew Woods '86 and his high school English teacher, both College alumni.
Inspired by his brother, a Franklin, IN., attorney, Woods was headed for law school after Wabash. However, a last-minute decision landed him working with classmate Mike Crnkovich '93 at Hoop it Up in Texas. He was an account executive, organizing three-on-three basketball tournaments, until he felt the call to recruit and returned to Indiana to work as a headhunter.
Then, in July 2002, Woods created Fountainhead Search, Inc. Located in a small office in Indianapolis, Fountainhead Search fills medical sales positions and represents a small number of companies on a national scale. Although Woods does little recruiting in Indiana, he does represent companies in large cities such as Chicago and Atlanta.
Woods returned for his 15-year reunion at the Fifth Annual Big Bash in 2008, hosting a colloquium on interviewing skills. Using the metaphor of dating to illustrate his philosophy on interviewing, Woods explained that, like a first date, an interviewer and interviewee must establish chemistry and get to know each other gradually, to see if there is any possibility of a "second date," or future career.
"Ask questions," Woods said. "Interviewees also must be prepared to talk about themselves in great detail."
A lack of preparation can result in a poor date, or interview, especially when it comes to answering the question, "Tell me about yourself."
"Everyone, from college students to company VIP's, dreads that question," he said.
Woods suggested that interviewees form 120 second "commercials" of themselves for interviewers. Woods noted that six behaviors (communication, planning/organizational skills, accountability, empathy, competitiveness, and adaptability/coachibility) can be used to describe any other professional behaviors. The "commercials" can find their foundation in these behaviors.
A good interview must be conducted from both sides of the table, and both parties should actively listen. "We were given two ears and one mouth for a reason: we should listen twice as much as we talk." At last when the "date" is over, both parties must draw it to a close. The interviewee must move in for the "kiss" and end the interview with a trial close, such as, "I think I am fit for this job; do you think I am fit for this job?"
Apart from his recruiting business, Woods also officiates football for the National Collegiate Athletics Association in the Mid American Conference (MAC) region, which includes schools such as Ball State University in Muncie. A four-year Little Giant letter earner and co-captain of the football team, Woods blew out his knee senior year and spent much time on the injured roster, but returned to play in the Monon Bell Classic against DePauw.
Woods is an umpire, the official that stands behind the linebackers during play. "I played football all throughout college, so this is a way to keep that excitement going. I still feel that same rush when I go out on the field (to officiate) that I used to feel back at Wabash."
Wabash has a tradition of alumni becoming sports officials. This includes David Parry '57, who was an official for the National Football League and then became the first national coordinator for officiating NCAA football.
"Of course, my wife has been very patient with me," Woods said. "In the fall she becomes a football widow."
Woods is also pursuing a Master of the Arts Degree in English at Butler University.
"Wabash taught me how to think, and I wanted to keep that education going," Woods said. "So I am taking one class every spring. It won't affect me professionally in any way; I did it for me."
Woods, although he only graduated Wabash 15 years ago, finds himself today a modest but successful entrepreneur, while still finding time to follow several other passions.
"I don't claim to be a guru for interviews. I don't claim to have all the answers. But I can tell you a lot about asking questions, which I seem to be good at."


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Alexander Mackenzie, (born Jan. 28, 1822, Logierait, Perthshire, Scot.—died April 17, 1892, Toronto), Scottish-born politician, the first Liberal prime minister of Canada (1873–78).
Mackenzie emigrated in 1842 from Scotland to Canada West (now Ontario), where he worked as a stone mason and established himself as a building contractor at Sarnia. His interest in reform led to his becoming editor in 1852 of the Lambton Shield, a local Liberal newspaper. He became friendly with George Brown, editor of The Globe (Toronto) and leader of the Reform Party. Mackenzie supported the confederation movement. After the Dominion of Canada was created in 1867, he was elected by Lambton to the dominion's first House of Commons, in which he effectively led the Liberal opposition. When dual representation was abolished in 1872, he gave up his post as provincial treasurer in the Ontario provincial government.
Mackenzie became Canada's first Liberal prime minister after the fall of Sir John Macdonald's Conservative government in 1873. Lacking a strong party, however, he could not cope with the urgent economic difficulties of the time. Macdonald's protectionist policy was preferred to Mackenzie's aim of renewed reciprocity with the United States, and the Liberal government was defeated in 1878. Mackenzie also failed to complete the Pacific railway. He resigned the leadership of the opposition in 1880 but retained his seat in Parliament until his death.


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Giesen Estate Riesling 2012 wins more plaudits
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Giesen Estate Riesling 2012 continues to win accolades, this time at the Sydney International Wine Show2013.28 February 2013
Giesen Estate Riesling 2012 wins more plaudits
Giesen Estate Riesling 2012 continues to win accolades, this time at the Sydney International Wine Show2013.
The highly acclaimed wine was named "Best Aromatic of Competition," thethird time it has won the trophy – previously 2000 and 2003.
Among its other credits, the Riesling 2012 has also been named Champion Riesling at the Spiegelau International Wine competition, won gold at the New Zealand Wine Show, was rated five stars by Cuisine and also listed in the magazine's top 10 Rieslings.
Andrew Blake, winemaker at Giesen Wines, said the Riesling 2012 was a blend from 10 vineyards mainly located in the Waihopai, Hawkesbury and Dog Point areas of Marlborough.
In line with the highly successful 2011 Estate Riesling, the wine is a medium sweet style.
"The palate has a succulent sweetness and intensity, reminiscent of lemon curd combined with the vibrant flavours of mandarin. "
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UNICEF, acronym of United Nations Children's Fund, formerly (1946–53) United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, special program of the United Nations (UN) devoted to aiding national efforts to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children.
UNICEF was created in 1946 to provide relief to children in countries devastated by World War II. After 1950 the fund directed its efforts toward general programs for the improvement of children's welfare, particularly in less-developed countries and in various emergency situations. The organization's broader mission was reflected in the name it adopted in 1953, the United Nations Children's Fund. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1965. It is headquartered in New York City.
UNICEF has concentrated much of its effort in areas in which relatively small expenditures can have a significant impact on the lives of the most disadvantaged children, such as the prevention and treatment of disease. In keeping with this strategy, UNICEF supports immunization programs for childhood diseases and programs to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS; it also provides funding for health services, educational facilities, and other welfare services. Since 1996 UNICEF programs have been guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which affirms the right of all children to "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health." UNICEF's activities are financed by both government and private contributions.


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MLB Notebook: Kazmir among AL's best arms
From 1914 through June 18, 2014, the Athletics and Red Sox had gotten together to play a regular-season game on 1,663 occasions.
Over this stretch, Lefty Grove made 40 starts against the Red Sox. Catfish Hunter and Dave Stewart each had 24 while going for the Athletics vs. Boston. Vida Blue went up against the Red Sox in 19 starts while he was representing the A's. Oakland's big three of a recent vintage -- Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito -- combined for 29 starts against Boston. It goes on and on and on.
From 1914 through June 18, 2014, the Athletics and Red Sox had gotten together to play a regular-season game on 1,663 occasions.
Over this stretch, Lefty Grove made 40 starts against the Red Sox. Catfish Hunter and Dave Stewart each had 24 while going for the Athletics vs. Boston. Vida Blue went up against the Red Sox in 19 starts while he was representing the A's. Oakland's big three of a recent vintage -- Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito -- combined for 29 starts against Boston. It goes on and on and on.
At no point during this stretch of contests did the Athletics' pitching staff finish up a game vs. the Red Sox with a double-digit strikeout tally and no walks. It took game No. 1,664 to realize this feat, and it took Scott Kazmir -- making his first start against Boston as a member of the A's -- to lead the way.
A contrived approach to looking at things perhaps, but it's a way to offer additional appreciation for the exceptional season being authored by the Oakland southpaw.
Kazmir showing ace form
Kazmir allowed two runs on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings Thursday, and he improved to 9-2 in the A's 4-2 win over the Red Sox.
Kazmir ranks third in the American League in wins, second in the league with a 2.08 ERA (in 15 starts), and he owns the league's lowest WHIP at 0.947. He's on pace to become just the sixth AL pitcher since 1973 to have an ERA below 2.20 and a WHIP below .950 through at least 15 starts heading into the All-Star break. Jered Weaver (15 starts, 1.96 ERA, .900 WHIP in 2012) was the most recent to accomplish the feat.
Over his past five starts, Kazmir has gone 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA and has held opponents to a .515 OPS. For the season, his OPS-against stands at .550, tying the Angels' Garrett Richards for the second-lowest in the AL (Felix Hernandez leads, at .539).
Kazmir is holding opposing hitters to a .203 batting average, which leads the AL. In the DH era (since 1973), the lowest opponents' batting average at the end of a season for a qualifying AL left-hander belongs to Johan Santana (.192) in 2004. Santana is one of four AL southpaws since 1973 to qualify for the ERA title and finish the year below .200, with Ron Guidry owning a .193 in '78, Dave Righetti posting a .196 in '81 and Randy Johnson owning a .194 in '97.
Swisher slams Angels
After Albert Pujols gave the Halos a two-run lead in the top of the 10th with a two-run single, Nick Swisher delivered a walk-off grand slam in the bottom half of the inning and Cleveland defeated Anaheim, 5-3.
Over the past 50 seasons, this was the 12th extra-inning, game-ending grand slam to come with the batter's team trailing at the time of the homer. During this span of seasons, Swisher is the second Indians player among the dozen, joining Carlos Martinez. On Sept. 6, 1992, Martinez hit his slam off of the Mariners' Mike Schooler to erase a 9-8 deficit in the bottom of the 12th.
Nine feels fine for Polanco
In the Pirates' 4-3 win over the Reds, Gregory Polanco went 2-for-6, and he has hit safely in all nine games since making his big league debut.
Dating back to 1914, Polanco is one of 24 players to have at least one hit in each of his first nine games, and he is the only Pirates player on this list of 24.
Polanco's 17 hits through his first nine games are the most for any Buccos player since 1914, ahead of Jack Merson's 16.
Aroldis keeps mowing them down
In Cincinnati's loss, Aroldis Chapman faced four batters and fanned all four, giving him 37 strikeouts among the 65 batters he has faced this season in 18 1/3 innings. One pitcher -- the Braves' Craig Kimbrel in 2012 -- has finished a year with at least 50 innings pitched and fanned at least half of the batters he faced. That season, Kimbrel worked 62 2/3 innings and struck out 116 of the 231 batters he faced.
Wheeler rolls to first shutout
Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler posted his first career shutout -- a three-hitter with eight K's and one walk in a 1-0 victory over the Marlins.
There have been 119 shutouts on three hits of fewer in Mets history. Wheeler is the 45th pitcher to have at least one, with Tom Seaver's 17 the most. Among the 119 such shutouts, Wheeler's was one of 26 to come in a 1-0 game. The most recent had been R.A. Dickey's one-hit shutout against the Phillies on Aug. 13, 2010.
If one integrates age into the equation, Wheeler (24 years and 20 days old) was the youngest Mets pitcher since Jon Matlack (23 years, 201 days old) on Aug. 8, 1973, to hurl a shutout on three hits or fewer in a 1-0 contest.
Howard piling up RBIs
The Phillies won their fourth straight with a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals. In the win, Ryan Howard drove in three runs, and has driven in at least two runs in four straight games.
The past three times a Phils player had authored at least four straight multi-RBI games, Howard has been responsible. In addition to his current four-game streak, he had a four-game run in April 2013, and he had a five-game streak in May 2006. The most recent time any other Phillies player had at least two RBIs in at least four straight games was when Chase Utley produced a four-game run in July 2005.
Dating back to 1914, Howard's five-game streak in 2006 is tied with six others for the longest for any Phils player.
Here and there
• Yovani Gallardo allowed one run in seven innings and picked up his fifth win of the season as the Brewers defeated the D-backs, 4-1. For his career, Gallardo owns a 7-0 record with a 1.86 ERA in 10 career games (all starts) against Arizona. Among pitchers with at least 10 starts against the D-backs, Gallardo's ERA is the second lowest (after Kaz Ishii's 1.59), and Gallardo is the only pitcher with an undefeated record (Tim Hudson is 9-1).
• San Diego's Huston Street worked around a couple of hits and produced a scoreless frame to record his 20th save in 20 opportunities this season. Street's streak to open the year is tied for the third longest for the franchise. Trevor Hoffman owns the longest with 33 straight conversions to open the 1998 season. Street had a 23-game streak in 2012, and Hoffman ('02), and Rod Beck ('03) also had 20-game streaks.
• The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays to notch their 16th consecutive home win against Toronto. Since 1914, the Yanks' longest home winning streak against any one franchise stands with their 20-game run against the Senators from July 4, 1939 through April 26, 1941.
• Making his Major League debut at the age of 30 years and 175 days, right-hander Yohan Pino gave Minnesota seven innings of five-hit, two-run ball in a no-decision, as the Twins topped the White Sox, 4-2. In franchise history, Pino was the oldest starting pitcher to allow two or fewer runs in his debut since John Martina (34 years and 286 days old) went the full nine in a nine-hitter for a 7-2 win against the Yankees on April 19, 1924.
Roger Schlueter is senior researcher for MLB Productions.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 90 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
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By Matthew Heimer
Tax hikes on the wealthy—including both new taxes and the expiration of tax cuts for top earners—got the biggest headlines in the wake of the New Year's compromise that ended the "fiscal cliff" showdown. But the demise of a less widely-discussed tax break has certainly affected far more households. The employee share of the Social Security payroll tax rose two percentage points, to 6.2% from 4.2%–discontinuing a temporary tax cut that passed in 2011. All wage and salary earners pay that tax on the first $113,700 of their income; economists estimate that the increase will shave $115 billion off of workers' paychecks this year.
Bankrate.com, a personal finance research and publishing company, today released the results of a survey in which it asked consumers if they were feeling the pinch of the tax increase, which took effect Jan. 1. Of roughly 1,000 people surveyed, a majority—55%–said either that they hadn't noticed the change or that it hadn't affected them. But 30% said they were spending less as a result of the change, while 8% said they were saving less money and 3% said they had scaled back on their retirement-plan contributions.
The spending cutbacks, in particular, seem to affirm the anxieties of retailers like WalMart, who had aired their fears that mid- to lower-income people would pull back in the wake of the payroll tax increase. But interestingly enough, Bankrate's Sheyna Steiner writes, lower-income people are the most likely to say they haven't noticed the tax hit. Steiner points out that the tax hike trims about $20 from the biweekly paycheck of somebody earning $25,000 a year, an amount that's relatively easy to overlook. A six-figure earner, on the other hand, may be more likely to notice his or her $200-a-month setback.
Whatever the overall impact of the tax hike, it's worth noting that so far consumers have steadily increased their spending in 2013, as MarketWatch's Jeffry Bartash reported this week; new consumer-spending data from the federal government is due out on Friday. In the meantime, it's modestly encouraging to see that most people are choosing to cut back spending before they trim their retirement savings, since–as noted in a study of "retirement confidence" released last week–most households' nest eggs are still well behind where they need to be.


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3:48 Thu Nov 9
BFS has a pop...........
"Sam Allardyce slams 'disgusting' West Ham leak and reveals unhappiness with Jack Sullivan conduct
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West Ham stars who leaked information about a private phone call with Slaven Bilic have been branded 'disgusting' by Sam Allardyce.
The Daily Mirror has revealed Bilic phoned players to ask where he had gone wrong after being axed as Hammers boss on Monday and was said to have been told he was not tough enough on the squad.
Allardyce told talkSPORT: "I don't know who leaked that in the press. Whoever did is disgusting.
"Slaven ringing up one or two of the players for a private conversation and it ends up in the press.
"If he has been too soft, then they have opened themselves up for a more disciplined regime [under David Moyes] and they can't complain about it."
Allardyce went on to open up about the difficulties he faced during his four-year reign as West Ham boss with stories and inside information being leaked.
Jack Sullivan, the son of co-owner David Sullivan, is renowned for releasing Hammers news on Twitter before the club have officially announced it and has been highly critical of players in the past, including former captain Kevin Nolan.
"I couldn't control David Sullivan," admitted Allardyce. "He is the owner of the football club and however negative you told him those comments might be from Jack, he was always going to give Jack that information and let him tweet it.
"You pull your hair out at the beginning and in the end you have to accept it for what it is and move on and accept that it is going to happen.
"Some of the time those tweets were really unacceptable, particularly the one about Kevin Nolan, who was an outstanding captain for West Ham.
"When it gets too personal towards one player particularly, it needs to be reined in. But you can't stop it."
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10:44 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Yes and on the matter in hand, the kids acting as de facto PR agents for the club, unless I am imagining it, we were in a state of constant fucking ire over it
I was for sure, still am as it goes - absolute rank piss poor corporate behaviour
10:40 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Not really having a pop when you are stating the obvious is it?
10:36 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Sam is correct - undeniable cunt but let's have it straight, he delivered to job spec'
Nolan was butchered but was by all reports, great around the club. Sure being on the piss and convenient red cards didn't help but his contribution in dragging us up can't be forgotten - he never took the bait either
Whomever is involved in Slavgate deserves the managerial blackballing heading their way - I hope Rob you are wrong and it was not Noble
Hammer and Pickle
10:32 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
The atmosphere at the club is toxic therefore the fish-head eater can't waste the opportunity to give it a stir and offer an unsolicited comment on a leak.
Mr. Burns
10:22 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
And watch them now start moaning they are being overworked and run into the ground Swindon. Cunts the lot of them.
swindon hammer
10:20 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Not good whoever leaked the phone conversation with Bilic.
The news of this and the lack of public support/gratitude on social media for Bilic from any of the players suggests that although they probably liked him as a person they didn't respect him as a manager.
The players are due a kick up the arse.
10:06 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Poor form from noble leaking that phone conversation. Really let himself down.
british is best
9:53 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
yes allardyce has a point . the sooner the diddy daves fuck off the better . but make no mistake he knows who hes trying to please . the amount of spurs fans in the london press and on here is staggering . just look at the spurs real thread on here last week .
Sven Roeder
9:50 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
I'm no fan of BFS but he is right that this is despicable behaviour & the antics of the Sullivan sprogs is cringeworthy crap that makes us look two bob.
That said I've always thought 'Jack' & 'Dave Jr' don't actually exist and are just Dave with a different hat on spouting nonsense
White Pony
9:39 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Surf - I know I called you a complete cunt the other day, but you're right about this.
See, Prancer? You can generally think someone is a cunt but agree with something they say. It's what grown ups do.
Sorry Surf for using your cuntishness to illustrate my point.
9:29 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
'Kevin Nolan was an outstanding captain for West Ham'
9:01 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Not generally disagreeing with most of that but Jack Sullivan didn't say anything about Kevin Nolan, that was his brother Dave Sullivan Jnr.
8:46 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
I wonder if BFS regrets our owners running down his contract rather than being sacked and copping loads of compensation.
Hermit Road
8:43 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
That's not true Comma, there's a substantial difference between letting someone do their job, then sacking them with a pay off if they fail, as opposed to constantly under,inning them while they're doing their job, then putting all the blame on them when they fail.
If it wasn't clear that I was talking about our owners being the second category, it should be now.
jack flash
8:40 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
BFS is exactly correct
Maybe we are a difficult club to manage not just because of our fans demanding good attacking football but mainly beacause of our obnoxious directors stabbing their manager in the back & constantly interfering
8:38 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Whatever way they do it owners, all owners, regularly throw managers under buses. And each time the landing is cushioned by mattresses filled with ten pond notes.
Hermit Road
8:34 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
I couldn't stand BFS by the end and would've been done with my season ticket if he'd have stayed, that being said, the chirping behind his back by the board was pretty disgraceful and I've got no doubt has been a massive contributor to decent managers probably not being inclined to want to work for owners who aren't shy about throwing you under the bus when it suits their purposes.
8:23 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
We were speaking about this several years ago and before BFS ever mentioned it.
So for me BFS agrees with us.
Lertie Button
8:16 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Big Sam is spot on - fucking disgraceful unprofessional behaviour from Sullivan and his fucking idiot son.
Once a fucking pimp always a fucking pimp - and he has the police record to confirm it
8:09 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Alladyce has it spot on.No problems with what he has said.
El Scorchio
7:54 Thu Nov 9
Re: BFS has a pop...........
Oh, and it's completely disgusting that someone leaked the details of a private conversation with Bilic. Talk about kicking an honourable bloke when he's down and breaking his trust.
To be honest I'd like them named and shamed.
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Twilightish hosted this week's "New Face Friday" interview, which introduces Guri Weinberg, who portrays Stefan of Romanian Coven!
Question: What did you think of your costume and your makeup the very first time you saw yourself fully decked out as your character?Guri: Well I loved it. I mean it was a little freaky but I loved it. It was exactly what Michael, who is the head wardrobe guy wanted when we first met and we put on the wardrobe. The eyes were a little weird, cause I don't wear contact lenses, so it took them half an hour to put them in and then it took me another good half an hour to see through them. So when I actually figured out what I looked like, I was pretty happy with it.Question: You had never worn contacts before? That's got to be a crazy situation.Guri: Ya, it was awful. But because we had a whole department of people that handled the contacts and put them in our eyes. The first two weeks it would drive them crazy because it would take them a good half hour to put them in my eyes and they said you know we are never going to get through this and I said well you should try to be me.Question: You had posted a lot on your blog about working on set with cast and your experiences from the set and since then. What kind of fan interaction have you had a result of that?Guri: What kind of fan interaction did I what?Question: I am just curious what kind of fan interaction you have had as a result. A lot of people don't get into stories about the set. That's kind of given us an inside look. So I was just curious if you had any fan reaction from that.Guri: I always get, oh hey no disrespect but Go Fuck Yourself and it's like how is that no disrespect?Question: On your blog you made a mention that you got the twitter account and bought the blog and you started all the social media after you were cast. So do you think that Social Media has changed acting in a sense because of the way that you can interact with fans?Guri: Well it hasn't changed acting it's more changed how actors interact with fans. It almost feels like a second job which I kinda don't appreciate cause I don't get paid for it. But it's been really cool cause, joking aside, cause you get to know the fans, the fans get to know you. What I found most great about it is I got to know more about my character then I ever knew just reading the book, from the fans.Question: What sort of things did you learn?Guri: I've learned his past about losing his family, and this is where it wasn't even in the book. Which is interesting because that's part of one of the things that I came up with before I found out all of the rest of that information. As an actor you gotta take a character and sorta build their past, present, and how their past affected them in todays time. How they react to things. So it was very interesting to hear fans perspective, about my character and how they felt about it. And knowing about what we did in the movie makes me giggle cause a lot of it they got right and some that they didn't.Question: Did you do a lot of that character building before hand with Noel Fisher or did you build on your own and tell him "Hey this is what I came up with?"Guri: I don't want to speak for Noel, but I will speak for myself, I did it by myself at first. Noel and I met briefly in wardrobe fitting in LA, and then in October we had to go to Baton Rogue to camera, lighting tests, makeup tests, you know with Bill Condon, with everyone else. And so what happened was we had a meeting regarding our character. He wanted to hear what our ideas were and he wanted to let us know what his ideas were. And out of that meeting, really all three of us talked about what we wanted. We flushed it out and that's how we came to be on the same page.Question: We saw a still with you guys sitting around the campfire and it looks like they are looking at you and Noel as Vladimir, will we get to see some of that backstory looked upon? Like his war story that he's talking about at the campfire?Guri: I don't know how much I am allowed to reveal, but Im just gonna put it more on the wide scope where we all talked about our experiences. You are not going to be able to pull it out of me.Question: How much did you have to give Mackenzie in the swear jar. You are the one that kinda started it with her. How much did you have to give her?Guri: Well I was lucky enough in the spirit that I didn't have as much money as Rob and Kristen did, so she let me get away with it. But I was the one that told her to start a swear jar cause I felt that I was not a big help. She's like a ninja, the way she comes up you don't hear her. So at first you think it's just us adults and then Mackenzie is there looking at you with that really disappointed look.Question: How much did she charge?Guri: I am not quite sure, because she never charged me. You are gonna have to ask her about that?Question: We'll have to save that for the next time we talk to her.Guri: ExactlyQuestion: I know that you did a couple of conventions and then you ended up at Comic Con with all the rest of the new vampires. How was the experience been acting face to face with the fans? Have you found it overwhelming at all?Guri: Ya it's very overwhelming. Especially you think you aren't in the whole saga, no one knows who I am, they haven't seen the whole movie yet, and it's the opposite because they do feel that they know who you are because of the character that you are playing. They are so warm and open with you. It's kind of overwhelming to step into that and, well you know I am just going to say love, cause it's like "You haven't seen the movie, give it a second, you might not like me so much." It's been great. I love it. I love the fans. I think Twilight fans are probably the most special fans that I have ever encountered.Question: Ah, well thank you.Guri: No, well thank you. I didn't do anything, you guys did it.Question: Do you think that you could spend thousands of years with Noel Fisher like Vladimir andStefan do together?Guri: I don't think I can spend thousands of years with myself, let alone someone else for thousands ofyears. So no. The answer to that is no.Question: How did you wrap your head around someone that lived for like 3000 years or something else like that? Not only that, everyone else is coming to defend the Cullens and Renesmee and you have someone who is just really bent on revenge more then anything else. How do you build that character that is so old and his this burning desire to have revenge?Guri: For me it was actually a pretty interesting road to get there. When I got the part, well before I got the part I did some research about how did Romanians live 3000 years ago and then I found out that the Romans were in charge 3000 years ago and everyone hated the Romans because they were viscious. So my whole thing was, when he was a human, when he fought the romans, he lost his family to the Romans, he died, and became a vampire. That's why the Romanians took over. For him it was a show of power against the Romans, but next thing you know the Volturi come again, and to him it's like the Romans again. The Romans destroyed everything he had once again. For him it happened twice in a row. Anyone can understand when you have had everything that you love taken away from you, it's just instinctual to have rage and want revenge. 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Earlier this week it was reported that nude photos of out British Olympic diver Tom Daley leaked online. U.K. tabloids, who often cover Daley and his relationship with his husband Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, reported the athlete was in "anguish" over the pics, which were reportedly taken in 2016.
Now, there's a new chapter to this saga: Underwear brand Andrew Christian allegedly used the leaked nudes in an email blast sent out to fans and customers Wednesday. Websites like Intomore and Towleroad obtained screenshots of the blast, which features Daley's face and a blurred out image of his alleged nudes. Twitter users also took screenshots of the email. The subject line reads "TOM DALEY LEAKED NUDES!!"
Attempting to go to the URL on Andrew Christian's website brings a 404 error. The company's blog linking to Daley updates is also down.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Thursday testified that her husband was eager for her to sell the NBA team and pleased when she was able to fetch a league-record $2 billion.
Shelly Sterling, 79, told a probate court in a trial over the disputed sale of the Clippers to former Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer that her husband did not want the NBA to confiscate the team and sell it at auction after the league banned him for life.
"Every day we talked about what I was doing and who I had talked to," Shelly Sterling said about courting bidders, adding: "He was on the same page as I was ... He was very happy and very proud of me and said, 'Wow, you really did a good job.'"
Donald Sterling, 80, was banned by the league for racist remarks made in private that were taped and published. He has been deemed by physicians to have early Alzheimer's disease and unable to conduct his own business affairs, handing his wife control of the trust that owns the Clippers.
Shelly Sterling has asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas to confirm her as the sole trustee of the family trust that owns the Clippers and to back the sale to Ballmer.
Sterling has contended that his wife and her attorneys misled him into submitting to the medical examinations and has vowed to block the sale of the pro basketball franchise.
Levanas will decide whether Shelly Sterling acted in accordance with the family trust, and if Donald Sterling's move to revoke the trust after the deal with Ballmer would invalidate the sale.
Closing arguments in the trial, which was scheduled to end on Thursday, were pushed back to July 28, ending any hope that the Clippers sale would be finalized by July 15, according to its term sheet. The next scheduled trial date is July 21.
Ballmer's attorney, Adam Streisand, said Ballmer would extend the sale's deadline to Aug. 15.
Shelly Sterling moved to sell the team because it would have had diminished value at an NBA-forced auction and that players did not want to play for Sterling.
"My fear was that the players weren't going to play," she testified. "They were going to strike. The sponsors wouldn't sponsor."
Under cross-examination, Shelly Sterling said there was no plot to oust her husband as trustee by arranging for doctors to examine his mental fitness.
"I wanted to know what was wrong with my husband and his mood swings, his yelling and cussing," she said. "I had no other purpose in mind. He had given me permission to sell the team."
Sterling, who was combative in two previous days on the stand, said he believes the Clippers are worth up to $5 billion.
The NBA has said it could seize the Clippers from the Sterlings and put the franchise up for auction if the deal is not approved by Sept. 15.
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Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Aurora movie shooter James Holmes, they announced Monday.
"For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death," District Attorney George Brauchler said in court.
The decision was, in many ways, not a surprise – and doesn't remove the possibility that the two sides may reach a plea bargain down the road to avoid a lengthy trial.
That Mr. Holmes was the shooter is not really in doubt, though his defense team has repeatedly emphasized his questionable mental state in their filings, and it's all but certain that they will pursue an insanity defense. (At his arraignment last month, the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf after his lawyers said they weren't yet ready to enter a plea.)
The nature of the case – a bloody attack during the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," that killed 12 and wounded 58 others – made the decision to seek the death penalty likely. "But all plea bargaining possibilities are still open to the parties," says Daniel Recht, a prominent Denver criminal defense attorney.
In the case of Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, for instance, prosecutors also initially said they were seeking the death penalty before ultimately accepting a guilty plea in exchange for life in prison without parole.
That's the same deal that Holmes and his attorneys offered in court filings last week in this case, but prosecutors dismissed the offer as a publicity stunt. In a written response, Mr. Brauchler said the move was improper at this stage, and "was filed for the intended purpose of generating the predictable pretrial publicity."
Prosecutors have also said they lack the information they need to seriously consider such an offer at this point, and that the defense has refused to give them the information they've requested to evaluate a plea deal.
Most likely, that information pertains to Holmes's mental state at the time of the shooting, says Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor who is now a defense attorney and professor at the University of Denver's law school.
"Right now, the indication is that they don't believe there is anything out there that is mitigating against the death penalty being appropriate," says Ms. Steinhauser. "I'm certain that when and if they see any mitigation, they will take that into determination."
Since 1977, when Colorado's death penalty was reinstated, the state has executed just one person, and has three people currently on death row. (All the state's death penalty cases have come from the same Arapahoe County jurisdiction where Holmes is being tried.)
The fact that a full trial would be very lengthy, involve numerous appeals, and the statistical chance that Holmes would ever actually be executed even if he is initially found guilty is a prime reason that prosecutors might be open to a plea deal, says Mr. Recht. Victims' families often want closure and finality, and may not want to see the case drag on.
The second reason for a plea deal is the chance that Holmes could be acquitted if the evidence for mental illness is strong enough. "By not entering into an agreement, the prosecution runs the risk that the jury will find Mr. Holmes not guilty by reason of insanity, and then not subject to the death penalty or any penalty," says Recht.
Going forward, a big factor in prosecutors' decision is likely to be the wishes of the victims and their families, says Steinhauser, noting that those wishes may change over time, as the reality of a lengthy and uncertain trial settles in.
"As this case progresses, they'll be seeking and getting more input from victims and victims' families in this case as to what the families want," Steinhauser says. "The district attorney makes the ultimate decision, but they are absolutely going to listen and take into consideration what the people most affected by this case want."
Anecdotal evidence has suggested a range of feelings among families currently. "My original thought was 'thank goodness, I am so glad this is happening,' " Bryan Beard, a friend of one of the Aurora victims, told the Associated Press Monday, after the announcement that prosecutors were seeking the death penalty.
But Pierce O'Farrill, who was shot three times at the theater, had a different view. If the case goes to trial, "all of us victims would be dragged along potentially for years," Mr. O'Farrill, told the AP. "It could be 10 or 15 years before he's executed. I would be in my 40s and I'm planning to have a family, and the thought of having to look back and reliving everything at that point in my life, it would be difficult," he said.
Currently, the trial is scheduled for Aug. 5, but it's unlikely that that will take place. Far more likely are either that a plea deal will be reached, in which prosecutors accept a guilty verdict in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole, or that the defense files a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, which would slow the whole process down significantly.