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Warner Bros' 3D reboot retains top spot for second consecutive week, despite stiff competition from World War Z.
It might not be a bird or a plane, but it's definitely a hit. Man of Steel has scored an excellent second weekend in the UK to retain the number one slot.
Warner Bros' 3D reboot added $7.7m (£5.1m) to soar past the £20m mark after just ten days in play and has amassed $32.7m (£21.3m).
That tally makes it director Zack Snyder's best-ever UK performer, surpassing 300's $21.9m (£14.2m), and also saw it easily past previous Superman outing, Superman Returns, which took $24.8m (£16.1m).
This year's other superhero hit, Iron Man 3, stood at $37.8m (£24.6m) after its second weekend but that total included its $3.6m (£2.3m) previews. With its UK run nearing its end, Marvel's threequel is up to $56.7m (£36.9m).
Also for Warner Bros, The Hangover Part III has grossed $29.9m (£18.8m) following a $482,000 (£313,280) weekend and - barring an unlikely last-minute surge - will end its UK run as the trilogy's lowest grosser.
The Great Gatsby added $242,000 (£157,578) for $23.4m (£15.2m) to date.
While they won't be included on this week's official top ten, Universal's weekend previews of Despicable Me 2 were outstanding, grossing $7.3m (£4.8m) over Saturday and Sunday.
On those alone, the animated sequel has already recorded a bigger opening than its predecessor's $5.6m (£3.7m) with a £10m+ debut almost guaranteed.
Fast & Furious 6 added $243,000 (£158,000) in its sixth weekend through Universal as it closes in on £25m.
The sixth instalment in the action racing franchise is now up to $38.2m (£24.9m).
Despite failing to dethrone Man of Steel, Paramount's World War Z impressed on its UK debut as it charted second.
Marc Forster's adaptation of Max Brooks' novel scored a $6.5m (£4.5m) opening from its 487 sites for the weekend's best site average at $14,247 (£9,261). 47.9% of its gross came from 3D performances.
Also for Paramount, Star Trek Into Darkness is up to $39.2m (£25.5m).
In its third weekend of release, After Earth fell one place to third after grossing a non-final $685,000 (£430,000). Sony's sci-fi is now up to $8.9m (£5.7m).
Following almost unanimous critical praise, Before Midnight got off to a superb start in the UK with a $375,000 (£244,000) debut from its 106 sites.
That result marks the best opening of the trilogy, topping Before Sunset's $214,000 (£139,278) albeit from fewer sites (44).
Sunset went on to do around six times its debut, finishing at $1.4m (£932,259) in the UK and expect Midnight to follow a similar path with over £1m a strong possibility.
Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra continued its fruitful UK run through eOne, adding $563,000 (£366,500) in its third weekend from its 273 sites.
The Liberace biopic is now up to a sparkling $3.7m (£2.4m).
eOne also released Snitch in 304 sites, resulting in a $409,000 (£266,316) debut and a somewhat soft $1,345 (£876) site average.
Dropping steeply in its fifth weekend (potentially as a result of Despicable Me 2's strong previews), Fox's Epic added $381,000 (£248,125) for $19.4m (£12.6m) to date.
It's now likely to fall just short of Blue Sky Studios' previous original outing, Rio, which flew to $20.7m (£13.6m) in the UK.
Neither of Vertigo's new releases this week managed to make much of an impact on the chart.
Horror spoof A Haunted House scored a $236,000 (£153,805) debut, including $67,000 (£43,657) in previews, from its 227 sites.
Coming-of-age drama Spike Island could only manage $86,000 (£55,963) from its 99 sites.
This week sees saturation releases for Universal's Despicable Me 2, Sony's This is the End and Lionsgate's Hummingbird.
Entertainment's Stand Up Guys and Fox's SXSW closer The East both receive wide releases, while Dogwoof's The Act of Killing and Curzon Film World's Stories We Tell are among the films receiving a limited release.


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You're also grateful for Chomet being allowed to make his movie his way, resisting the current trend to let computers handle all the work and do it in glossy 3-D. No, he made "The Illusionist" the way it should to be made: in old-fashion, hand-drawn 2-D.
It's no fun becoming obsolete. I know because I work at a newspaper, probably the most endangered species this side of the giant panda. And when it's gone, I honestly don't know what I'll do because it's been my whole life.
I think that's why I relate so strongly to the aging magician at the heart of Sylvain Chomet's sleight-of-hand masterpiece, "The Illusionist." Like many of us, the nameless enchanter is a dinosaur, a guy who once packed houses from London to Paris, but now only packs his bags, forced to move on after every sparsely attended performance.
The year is 1959, and the place: Western Europe –– where rock 'n' roll and television have not so genially brought the curtain down on vaudevillian performers. But it could just as well be the U.S. in 2011, given the universality of Chomet's affecting tale of people and professions running out of time.
Remorse is The Illusionist's constant companion, especially in how it relates to his estranged daughter, whom he keeps close to his heart by placing her photo in the breast pocket of his trademark trench coat. But that does not erase the guilt, as evidenced in the rueful way he stares whenever he sees other people doting on their babes.
It's moving to witness; more so when you realize that the mournful magician is not just an animated character, he's the alter ego of French film legend Jacques Tati (the Oscar-winning "Mon Oncle"), who wrote "The Illusionist" for his long-neglected daughter, Sophie.
Tati even planned to make the film himself as a live-action feature. But, for various reasons, it never panned out. Then, after his death in 1982, the script ended up in the hands of Sophie, who, four months before her own passing in 2001, handed the screenplay off to Chomet just as the animator was about to receive worldwide acclaim for his deliriously offbeat "Triplets of Belleville."
Smart move, because Chomet has turned Tati's vision into an exemplary example of animation's power to not only dazzle the eye, but to swell the heart and stir the brain. Like Tati's "Mon Oncle," a Chaplinesque comedy satirizing modern culture, "The Illusionist" represents a changing of the guard. And in case you have any doubts about it, he slips in a throwaway scene of Beefeaters trading stations in front of Buckingham Palace.
Some might find that a tad indulgent on his part, but that's merely indicative of Chomet's surreal vision for a pitch-black comedy tactfully incorporating suicide, assaults and the grim reminder that there is little magic left in the world.
Yet, as depressing as it sounds, the movie itself is often funny and charming. But what truly makes it the best animated film of 2010 (sorry, "Toy Story 3"), is the amount of feeling it summons in observing the odd but beautiful relationship that develops between The Illusionist and a young naive Scottish lass named Alice, who will become his surrogate daughter.
They meet on the remote island where Alice grew up immune to the corrupting influence of pop culture. She's a virgin in every sense, which explains why she believes the tall visitor in the too-short pants is capable of making things appear –– and disappear –– with a wave of his long, bony hand.
She straightens up his hotel room and washes his shirts. He buys her a pair of new red shoes, which she mistakenly believes he conjured out of thin air. And it grows from there.
The Illusionist knows her adoration is misplaced, but he's just so grateful to have a fan –– any fan. So it's no surprise that he fails to discourage her when she stows away on a ferry and follows him to his next gig in Edinburgh. There, they share an apartment in a rundown rooming house catering to fading vaudevillian performers, like the suicidal clown upstairs and the mouthy, red-haired ventriloquist down the hall.
The lot of them forms an odd but functional family of marginalized artists fighting not just for jobs, but simply to be noticed. It's both beautiful and wrenching. And as the tears begin to well in the film's final act, you cannot help but mourn the past and question if advancement and technology are all they're cracked up to be, especially when weighed against the human cost.
In many ways, "The Illusionist" reminded me of that much-loved 10-minute segment of "Up" chronicling the wonderful life Carl and Ellie shared before cancer took her away. And although "The Illusionist" is very much an original, it captures those same feelings of joy, sadness and loss –– and does it similarly without a lick of dialogue.
Yes, in this instance, pictures do speak louder than words. And what "The Illusionist" speaks loudest about is the notion that what we do for a living is not nearly as important as how we choose to do our living.
Tati realized this late in life and so, obviously, has Chomet, who fills "The Illusionist" with so much love and attention to detail that it almost seems a privilege to bask in its brilliance.
You're also grateful for Chomet being allowed to make his movie his way, resisting the current trend to let computers handle all the work and do it in glossy 3-D. No, he made "The Illusionist" the way it should to be made: in old-fashion, hand-drawn 2-D, with all its imperfections visibly intact. Sure, it can look messy, especially when the lines start to blur and the colors bleed, but who ever said life was perfect? It's not, as "The Illusionist" so eloquently reminds.
Al Alexander may be reached at aalexander @ledger.com.

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The Wombles are small furry creatures who live together in an underground burrow on Wimbledon Common. They collect all the rubbish left behind by untidy humans, and recycle it into something useful.
"Underground, overground, wombling free, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we"
Whether it's the 1970s books by Elisabeth Beresford that you remember best, or the original Wombles TV series animated by Ivor Wood and narrated by Bernard Cribbens, the pop group masterminded by Mike Batt, or the Wombles memorabilia that's accompanied all of these – welcome.


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Stories on Stage: Another all-star lineup in 2011-12
Stories on Stage's newly announced 11th season will again boast an impressive array of local and national professional storytellers.
Among those who will be lending their voices to Stories on Stage's live programs held from Denver to Boulder to Lone Tree are Tony-Award winning Broadway actor John Rubinstein; Robert Gossett of the TNT TV series "The Closer"; "L.A. Law" TV star Jill Eikenberry; and Broadway veteran Jacqueline Antaramian, who performed for nine years with the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Also returning from olden Denver Center Theatre Company days: Bill Christ and Aaron Serotsky.
That's not to mention Mare Trevathan, Gabriella Cavallero, Steven Cole Hughes, Jeanine Serralles, Frances Sternhagen, Ben Hammer, Candy Brown, Timothy McCracken, William Denis and a host of other familiar faces.
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Sinclair Oil Corporation
|Public until 1969
Subsidiary 1969–1976
Private since 1976
|Oil and gasoline
|May 1, 1916
|Harry F. Sinclair
|Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Key people
|R.E. Holding, CEO/President
Charles Barlow, VP, Finance; Treasurer
Clint Ensign, VP, Gov't Relations[1]
Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum corporation, founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916, as the Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation by combining the assets of 11 small petroleum companies.[2] Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976.[3] The corporation's logo features the silhouette of a large green dinosaur.
Sinclair has long been a fixture on American roads with its dinosaur logo and mascot, a Brontosaurus.
During September 1919, Harry F. Sinclair restructured Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation, Sinclair Gulf Corporation, and 26 other related entities into Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation.[4] In 1932, this new entity was renamed Consolidated Oil Corporation. In 1943, it was renamed Sinclair Oil Corporation.[5]
Near the beginning of the Great Depression, Sinclair sold the remaining interest in its pipeline subsidiary to Standard Oil Company (Indiana) for US$72.5 million (Standard Oil had purchased a 50% interest in the pipeline subsidiary in 1921).[6] With these funds, including an additional US$33.5 million from an additional common stock issue, Sinclair retired a number of promissory notes and prepared to weather the Depression with the remaining supply of cash.
During the Great Depression, Sinclair saved a number of other petroleum companies from receivership or bankruptcy, and acquired others to expand its operations. In 1932, Sinclair purchased the assets of Prairie Oil and Gas's pipeline and producing companies in the southern United States, and the Rio Grande Oil Company in California.[7] The purchase of Prairie also gave Sinclair a 65% interest in Producers and Refiners Corporation (or Parco), which Sinclair subsequently acquired when Parco entered receivership in 1934. Lastly, in 1936, Sinclair purchased the East Coast marketing subsidiary of Richfield Oil Company, which had operated in receivership for several years. Richfield then reorganized, resulting in the creation of the Richfield Oil Corporation. Sinclair was instrumental in transferring capital and managerial assets into Richfield. Thirty years later, Richfield merged with Atlantic Refining, located on the East Coast, forming Atlantic Richfield.[8]
At the Chicago World's Fair of 1933–1934, Sinclair sponsored a dinosaur exhibit meant to point out the putative correlation between the formation of petroleum deposits and the time of dinosaurs, now a largely discredited misconception.[9] The exhibit included a two-ton animated model of a brontosaurus. The exhibit proved so popular it inspired a promotional line of rubber brontosaurs at Sinclair stations, complete with wiggling heads and tails, and the eventual inclusion of the brontosaur logo. Later, inflatable dinosaurs were given as promotional items, and an anthropomorphic version appeared as a service-station attendant in advertisements. Some locations have a life-size model of the mascot straddling the building's entrance.
At the New York World's Fair of 1964–1965, Sinclair again sponsored a dinosaur exhibit, "Dinoland", featuring life-size replicas of nine different dinosaurs, including their signature brontosaurus. Souvenirs from the exhibit included a brochure ("Sinclair and the Exciting World of Dinosaurs") and molded plastic figurines of the dinosaurs featured. After the Fair closed, Dinoland spent a period of time as a traveling exhibit.
Two of the replicas are still on display at Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, Texas.[10][11] Another, a model of a Trachodon, has been displayed at Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago, Illinois.[12]
In 1955, Sinclair ranked 21st on the Fortune 500; by 1969, it had fallen to 58th.[13]
ARCO era
In 1969, Sinclair was acquired by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). Federal antitrust provisions required the new entity to divest itself of certain Sinclair assets, and as a result, the East Coast operations of Sinclair were sold to BP (which has since purchased ARCO). After the acquisition by ARCO, the dinosaur was phased out, but at least one service station, in Winona, Minnesota, retained the original look through the 1980s. Many Sinclair stations in the Midwest continued to use the dinosaur logo along with ARCO's "diamond spark" logo. At least some Sinclair stations partially retained the Sinclair brand for a time, using ARCO's blue rectangular logo including the "spark" graphic, but with the word "Sinclair" substituted for ARCO.
Holding era
In 1976, ARCO spun off Sinclair by selling certain assets to Robert (Earl) Holding. Sinclair has been owned by the Holdings since 1976. Assets divested in the spin-off included ARCO's retail operations in the region bounded by the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, and the rights to the Sinclair brand and logo, resulting in many stations along Interstate 80 keeping the dinosaur logo. The ARCO stations in Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and some portions of Oklahoma were not affected by the divesture, and they continued as part of ARCO until ARCO pulled out of those states in the 1980s.
Currently headquartered in Salt Lake City, Sinclair is the 51st-largest private company in the United States.[14] There are 2,607 Sinclair filling stations in 20 states in the Western and Midwestern United States. As of 2010, the corporation currently operates two refineries — one in Casper, Wyoming, and one in Sinclair, Wyoming. Sinclair operated a third refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma until it was sold to Holly Corporation on December 1, 2009. Sinclair's other operations include 1,000 miles of pipeline.
Sinclair continues to use the green dinosaur, affectionately called "Dino", and markets all its products under the logo. Sinclair patented the gasoline additive SG-2000. The high-octane fuel blend is called "Dino Supreme" and regular gas is "Dino", trade names used since 1961, when many oil companies still used trade names for their fuels instead of generic terms such as "regular," "premium," or "unleaded". Prior to that time, Sinclair's trade names for its gasoline products included "Power X" for high-octane fuel and "Sinclair H-C" for regular gas. Sinclair also has marketed products such as Dino, Dino Supreme and Opaline motor oils.
Sinclair Trucking Company
Company-owned Sinclair Trucking [15] provides distribution for Sinclair Oil fuels and other related products. Terminals are located in:
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Denver, Colorado (Henderson, Colorado)
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Kansas City, Kansas
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Casper, Wyoming
- Sinclair, Wyoming
Grand America Hotels and Resorts
Sinclair Oil Company also owns and operates Grand America Hotels and Resorts, which has hotel properties in Salt Lake City, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Little America, Wyoming; and San Diego, California, in addition to the Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts.
The brontosaurus logo is parodied in the Toy Story and Cars franchise films as being the "DinoCo" gas station chain, perhaps an allusion to gasoline and its creation from fossil fuels.
The TV series Dinosaurs featured several characters with names derived from fossil fuel companies. The main character and his family had the surname Sinclair.
See also
- ↑ "Sinclair Oil Corporation". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/page_05.html Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, Corporations Division. Search keyword = Sinclair. 2nd page. CID 198000134254. Retrieved January 12, 2007. Archived August 2, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/page_24.html Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/page_30.html Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/page_29.html Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ Jakle, John A.; Sculle, Keith (1994). The Gas Station in America. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4723-0.
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- ↑ https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/page_32.html Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ Nersesian, Roy L. (2010). Energy for the 21st Century, A Comprehensive Guide to Conventional and Alternative Sources, Second Edition. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharp, Inc. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7656-2412-3.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Dinosaur Valley State Park
- ↑ Roadside America Article on Dinosaur Valley Park
- ↑ http://gombessa.tripod.com/scienceleadstheway/id32.html
- ↑ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500_archive/snapshots/1969/3533.html Retrieved March 29, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/companies/sinclair-oil/ Retrieved Nov 19, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sinclairoil.com/trucking_services.asp
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Hey guess what? they closed down another abortion clinic here yesterday... theirs only one left and people will not hardly go there.Pensacola has blown up and burnt down more clinic's than anywhere, they have shoot and killed 2 Doctors and one escort and made all the other Doctors quit in fear of their lives.cool huh? That should get you started Teeheeheeeeheeeee
The counts were 13 and 31 this am, and shooter still recovering, not talking yet.
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I know you are just "pushing buttons" but no it's not cool. I'm glad they are out of business but I don't want to see anybody get hurt.
A very important caution here... Anyone who knows me knows what I think about Islam as a religion. But I'm hearing things that go beyond what we can or should say. There is such a thing as an ex-Muslim. There is such as thing as a non-practicing Muslim. And there is such as thing as a professing Muslim who is only minimially observant of Islamic practices and one who does not agree with key doctrines of Islam. If you doubt that, think of the large number of ex-Catholics, baptized Catholics who rarely if ever go to Mass, professing Catholics who go to Mass on Christmas and Easter, and professing Catholics who **DO** practice their religion but are in complete disagreement with the Pope on major issues such as abortion. Would any of us say, "once a Catholic, always a Catholic?" We simply cannot say that we can never trust a person because "once a Muslim, always a Muslim." Yes, I'm very much aware that terrorists have advised their followers to stay away from radical mosques where they could be observed and to deliberately do things like eat pork and otherwise try to convince people they are not Muslim. However, Islam is not like evangelical Christianity in the sense that "God has no grandchildren." Islam really is a religion that you're born into (Judaism is the same way, BTW, and so are some other faiths). That means there are huge numbers of people who call themselves Muslim but are not in any serious sense of the word practicing Muslims. That means we simply cannot assume that everybody who has ever been a Muslim in name is a potential terrorist. We need to treat people as individuals. And under our Constitution, if somebody claims to be a professing Muslim and still supports the United States Army, we can't keep them from enlisting. Even though I sincerely believe that it is not possible to be a good Muslim and a good American, it is very possible to be a good American and a bad Muslim.
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I bought 'what if' for it a few months ago.
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This is so beautiful I can hardly stand it. The gallery behind her, the minimalist volume. The little flat white shoes. That dress!
She's amazing! Great style and great look. I love the use of black in summer, very courageous.
such a refined and beautiful figure
she's beautiful, but its hard to tell with all that formless material.
this is just adorable!!!! love the way she combines all the things together!!! the dress makes me dizzy<3
i love the shoes, the dress, all!
I really liked the dress especially the color !
My goss, what a godess!
I love the tough attitude she gives off.
She makes me want to shave my head.
The dress is smashing. The hair – or lack of it – is genius and the bag seems right hiding behind all that black.
The shoes ruin this for me. I don't mind the pale color – it's the shape of the toe. It looks just TOO vintage Nine West. Maybe if she lost the leggings with it because that's such a trendy move and the silhouette of the dress is really so renegade. Not too many women would wear that shape.
Or even could.
I'm a sucker for a shaved head! Love the look!
p.s. When are we going to get to see the new SartoriaLists and Shopping Guide?!!
That´s a lovely lady! I love the way she has combined black and blue with white. Really elegant and her expression fits the overall melancholic impression. Ageless and very contemporary at the same time.
Oooh what a beautiful outfit she looks absolutely stunning – I wonder where she bought it?
Really love the dress,
but dislike the shoes and legging!
They make the dress look enormous with very small legs.
oh, my.
This is the part of fashion I don't get. Yes, she is beautiful, and I appreciate the dress for what it is. But these clothes don't make her look good. They are not the least bit flattering. And the trendiness overwhelms me in a bad way. Lose those leggings and it's a *tiny* bit better. But still not good.
This is simply one of my favorite all time pics you have taken. Just gorgeous!
I don´t like her shoes at all. They look so long. A metallic bronze with a small heel would have made the otherwise original outfit chic.
Have to disagree with the" formless material" comment.
Women don't need to wear garments that hug their body to be beautiful or fashionable. See Paul Poiret, who early last century released women from corsets and bustles. His clothes draped and wrapped women in beautiful shapes and were comfortable and very fashionable. Very curvy women like Mae West wore his clothes.
This dress comes right out of that aesthetic.
She looks fabulous and its called sophistication. Not obviousness.
i looove the shoes. are those lanvin? this woman is amazing, such an inspiration!
Great dress and sweater but not sure about the leggings and shoes though. Perhaps a pinch of color.
This is an amazing picture.
Definetely a "favorite".
*Love* the dress and shrug, not so much the leggings and shoes. Shame – there was an opportunity there for some great footwear.
I just love her attitude, the shaved head is very chic, not many ladies can pull it off, i think she is very cool, i just don't like the tights.
she looks really familiar–is she a model?
Is that dress Bottega Venetta?
I was getting so bored of leggings, but something about the length of the dress makes the whole look so interesting. Amazing personal style.
Love the colour-combination, love the shape of the dress and the present-absence of hair… But for deeper psychological reasons leggins will always remind me of my younger self, hopeless in the gym-lesson… That dress is long enough to be worn without them anyway, and it's summer, after all!
Hell YES. That blue & black with her skin tone! Breathtaking.
The proportions are wonderful, the voluminous skirt on the bottom and the little shrug on the top, the little flats to keep the outfit down to earth. I love it. I love that there are women out there confident enough to not expose as much flesh as possible and still look sexier than every chickie in a micro mini.
She is a beautiful and striking woman, I do admire her hair choice, it really works on her and her posture is excellent. So much presence.
She's so beautiful! I love this look and her attitude. Bella!
perfect 10 i wish i knew her
I love the play of shapes and volume, of her body and the clothes—she's turned herself into a work of art, yet it's an outfit that also works in "real life."
The debate generated by this outfit is in itself a fashion success.
Like others, I'm not keen on the leggings (i just think of them as being uncomfortable, especially in warmer weather) but that is a very minor quibble in the bigger picture. I think her look is inspiring. This is volume done with individuality and intelligence.
This is one of my fave photos right now. LOVE this whole look! I'm really salivating over that dress. Where can I get one like it?
its so feminin anyway!
Stunnnnnniiiiiiiiiggggg.oh my gosh
Wow–beautiful and dramatic. Love the voluminous effect of her dress contrasting with her minimal hair. She looks like she could be a dancer (maybe it's the leggings and flats)…
if i wore this… it would look ridiculus:)
i love it!
i think her shaved head is so empowering! black women look great bald. i think more women (black, white, asian, middle eastern) should go bald! absolutely great find! :)
I love it all — volume, leggings and flats. It's a nice contrast/companion to yesterday's stylish senior lady!
Absolutely stylish!!! cool!
Is her name Lilith? That's the file name. My daughter's name is Lilith, and I've never encountered another person with this name.
As for the outfit, I love it, minus the leggings and shoes.
this is perfect!
i love it all.
(a side note – the legging trend, which, judging from some of the comments, is tapering off, does not define or motivate all use of leggings. some people wore leggings before the trend and they shouldn't have to stop just because of it. the leggings look wonderful here.)
there is a brilliance to the balance this woman found to cocoon herself and at the same time put forth a strong fashion presence. she has armor that expresses her. hidden and revealed.
a love the versatility, works anywear, evrywhere! lovely just lovely simply!
I'm guessing she's a model? The fashion (as well as personal style/grooming) is easy to appreciate but I can't see myself wearing this.
She looks great! Her dress is amazing!
Love the tattoo on her foot.
Love your pics
Here and on style.com
I am a new yorker with my own style but have to give it to England, paris and sweden.
New York street style. 100 to 500 dollars
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London, sweden, paris street style
With girls with style this fantastic walking the streets of New York, I'm glad to be in London.
Really carries this off to perfection. Elegant and clean.
Sophisticated, simple, and fierce all at once. Amazing!
black is beautiful…but not in the summer heat!!
I think Claris nailed it when she said "beautiful and dramatic".
I love the shape of the dress
I love the gallery in the background
I love the image
but, espescially, I love the girl's eyes. they're just fascinating.
and I love Your photos,thank You for this art (as this is what I call 'art')
she kinda looks like nena from top model – is she?
She looks so stunning and confident….and that's a great dress.
Just my style. I too have been wearing leggings with all my black japanese clothing and love this look. I absolutely love the dress, kind of Marni-ish and Comme-ish and so fresh and modern. I was wondering if anyone knows who makes the dress she is wearing? I can't place it.
it's cold in nyc today, tricky dressing weather. i felt the urge to cocoon and wear black and navy, too. maybe she wore the leggings to keep warm!
yes! gurrl ! i know ms. sesi thang! she gives style 365 of the year! . wrrk! fashion at its best.
wow, she looks amazing.
She's almost like an artwork.. simply beautiful..
she's inspired me to leave a comment….
That is so right!!!
love everything…the dress..the colors…the flats…some people just don't even have to try and it shows.
she is beautiful and looks absolutely divine in this look which has been totally individualized by her. Very IT.
It's so powerful in its carefree message! Imagine putting on these clothes: the free-form dress, the jumpy leggings and flats that allow you to move quickly! Her personality comes out through her eyes and that inner strength must have been fortified by her outfit. This may not be the most beautiful outfit I've seen on this blog but it's a perfect display of what I love about fashion right now.
wow. that dress.
I love the contrast between the shaved head and the puffy princess dress, simply outstanding!
i love her hair! such confidence and that dress… the loose sillouette is so effervescent for summer!
lol to anon 6:27. just because she is black and balled doesn't mean she's nena from top model :p
Someone said formless. Huh? That outfit is going to drape and billow and waft, and you're going to see her gorgeous figure in the patterns it makes. You can tell, even from a still picture.
The perfect combination of oversized dress, leggings and simple ballerina shoes.
Her shaved head and clean face makes it even more great.
Wow…….. This is so unique. Who is this goddess? I love the low hair.
In case anyone's wondering, the dress is from the Lilith boutique at 227 Mulberry Street between Prince and Spring. I was just in the store the other day and was overwhelmed by all the beautiful and avant garde clothing they have. It's a lovely shop.
black is definitively beautiful !
A different kind of beauty.But her look is sweet and natural.
I love her shaved head! So tough and wonderful!
The Frock is quite Fabulous
It takes a very good Designer to use Volume with such effect
This woman wears it well
she has a great Vibe
Cooly Confident
with the stance of a Dancer
Poised and Elegant
ready to Pirouette down the sidewalk…
MMMMMMM Dreamy
beautiful. tough and feminine.
The word "dignity" comes to mind.
If my experience is any indication, as a black woman on the street in New York City, if you are adventurous in the body-conscious contemporary style that is so much fun to explore (as the Sartorialist illustrates so well) you are quickly made aware of the ubiquity of men who will speak possessively, without invitation, to women on the street, women they don't know, sometimes following along the sidewalk, usually not threatening but often, if not always, really disrespectful.
To enjoy this city of such tremendeous stylistic creativity and freedom, if you prefer to walk and ride the subway or bus as I do, you have to either get used to men hissing at you, usually from the side as you pass, or behind you, that they like your shape, etc.—as if I asked!—or discover a satisfying sartorial tone somewhere between submitting to this and not showing any shape at all.
So to add to all the positive comments here I must say she achieves this balance brilliantly, and without giving anything up. Wow!
I can't truly express to you how much I love this woman's clothes and overall look. Thank you Sat for finding beauty in so many different types of beauty.
I imagine this young lady would have an absolutely killer smile. Wish she'd shown us – I think it would have totally made this outfit.
Seriously? this is perfect. Absolute glamour.
Thanks Scott for posting this gorgous pic. It is because of you that I now own the very same dress!!!
This woman embodies my personal style and I did know of the Lilith boutique, so when you named the pic "Lilith", I was clued in to the dress' origin. Little did I know that the gorgous woman that you shot is Vicky who works at Lilith! And anyone else who loves this as much as I should definitely check out the Lilith boutique on Mulberry St in NYC. They have amazing things that are literally works of art. FYI, Lilith is a French designer, short for Lily Bareth (not sure of the spelling).
Love the dress and the shrug, but not together. That dress should be about contrasting proportions, and the baggy shrug doesn't do it justice.
something's wrong…maybe the shoes
however I still like the look and the way she glances at you
Lillith rocks!
she's stunning with that dress and also the flat white shoes. awesome. I relly like the dress.
nice dress. I like it !
wow. she's absolutely stunning. 110%.Oh and the dress is nice as well. love the white flats
Can we revisit this? It's excellent.


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The core gameplay of Sleeping Dogs consists of giving the player an open world environment in which to move around freely. Sleeping Dogs is played as an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective action-adventure game with role-playing elements. The player controls Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer, as he goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organization. On foot, the player character has the ability to walk, run, jump, climb over obstacles and swim, as well as use weapons and martial arts in combat. Players also drive a variety of vehicles including cars, boats, and motorcycles.
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The Chicago and North Western Railway was chartered on June 7, 1859. It had purchased the assets of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad five days earlier. On February 15, 1865, it officially merged with the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, which had been chartered on January 16, 1836. Since the Galena & Chicago Union started operating in December 1848, and the Fond du Lac railroad started in March, 1855, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad is considered to be the origin of the North Western railroad system. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad was added to the network in 1867.
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After the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) stopped operating on March 31, 1980, the North Western won a bidding war with the Soo Line Railroad for purchase of the roughly Script error: No such module "convert". "Spine Line" from the Twin Cities to Kansas City, Missouri, via Des Moines, Iowa. The North Western's bid of $93 million was approved on June 20, 1983, by the ICC. The line was well-engineered, but because of deferred maintenance on the part of the bankrupt Rock Island, a major rehabilitation was undertaken in 1984. The North Western then began to abandon the Oelwein to Kansas City section of its former Chicago Great Western trackage, which duplicated Spine Line service.
In April, 1995, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.[2]
Chicago and North Western locomotives continued to operate in their own paint schemes for several years after the merger. As of 2011, two locomotives remain on the UP with CNW logos and reporting marks, GE Dash 9-44CW locomotives #8646 and #8701. Union Pacific has decided to leave these 2 locomotives in their current condition until either of them suffers a serious mechanical problem, in which they will be overhauled and repainted at Jenks Shop in North Little Rock or retired, depending on how bad the failure is. In addition to this, many former C&NW units have received "patches" with a new road number and reporting mark to match their new owner's roster. Approximately 40 "patched" units remain on the Union Pacific and several others work under different owners. However, it is still possible to find untouched C&NW units in service. For instance CNW 1518, CNW 411, CNW 414 (METX 308), CNW 4160, and CNW 6847 are preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum, CNW 4153 now works at a grain elevator in Fremont, Nebraska, and several other GP7s, GP9s, and a few other C&NW locomotives are owned by various regionals, shortlines, or industries.
Union Pacific continues to follow its new tradition of releasing "Heritage" units to represent the paint schemes of companies absorbed by UP. After completion of painting at the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad's Horicon, Wisconsin shop, UP 1995, an EMD SD70ACe locomotive painted in a "Heritage" C&NW paint scheme, was unveiled on July 15, 2006, at North Western Station in Chicago, Illinois. North Western Station now serves as UP's Metra terminus (although the station is officially designated the "Ogilvie Transportation Center", many locals still refer to the station as the "North Western Station", or as the "CNW Station"). The unit was then placed in dedicated service on former C&NW trackage, sometimes paired with the C&NW 8646 and 8701.
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CNW eventually renamed the first 400 to the Twin Cities 400 as the CNW labeled almost all of its passenger trains with variations of the 400 moniker, including the Flambeau 400, Rochester 400, Valley "400", Shoreland "400", Dakota 400 and the Kate Shelley 400.[4] CNW ceased running the Twin Cities 400 in 1963, and all intercity passenger service on CNW ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971.
Amtrak bought a dozen of C&NW's bilevel railcars and were repainted into Phase III paint. They are not in use today.
In conjunction with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, the North Western operated some long distance passenger trains including the Overland Limited, City of Los Angeles, City of San Francisco, City of Denver, and the Challenger. These services lasted from 1889 to 1955, after which the CNW route to Chicago was changed to the Milwaukee Road's on account of poor track conditions.
Chicago and North Western also operated commuter train service in the Chicago area, where they developed what was perhaps the first cab car. A modified gallery car was built in 1960 with locomotive controls to allow push-pull operation. Today, it is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.[5] The C&NW also pioneered the concept of Head End Power (HEP), generating 480V electricity from the locomotive to power the air conditioning, lighting, and heating on the new bi-level cars. This eventually became the standard for all railroads in the United States.
Three commuter lines radiated from North Western station, terminating in Geneva, IL; Harvard, IL; and Kenosha, WI. All three are still operated by Metra. At Crystal Lake Junction, some trains branched off to Williams Bay and Lake Geneva, WI. The West Line also had branches to Aurora, Freeport, and Crystal Lake. A fourth commuter line operated on the KD Line between Kenosha and Harvard until 1939.
In 1974, responsibility for the commuter lines and equipment ownership was transferred to the newly formed Regional Transportation Authority, later branded in 1983 as Metra. A "purchase of service" contract was signed with the C&NW, by which the railroad would be paid to maintain the line and operate trains on behalf of the RTA. This arrangement continues with the Union Pacific today.
All three C&NW commuter lines live on in the Metra system, with the Geneva line having been extended to Elburn, IL, however service on the branch to Williams Bay was gradually cut back over the years (also resulting in changes to the name of the branch). In 1965, service was abandoned between Williams Bay and Lake Geneva. In 1975, service ended between Lake Geneva and Richmond. In 1981, service between McHenry and Richmond ended. Rails and ties north of the Cargill plant in Ringwood were removed during the 1980s, and the right of way converted to a trail.
Additional notes
The CNW was known for running "left-hand main" on double track mainlines. In other words, traffic was routed by default to the track on the left rather than the track on the right. In the United States, most railroads followed the "right-hand main" operating practice, while "left-hand main" running was more common in countries where British companies built the railroads. According to a display in the Lake Forest station, the reason for this was a combination of chance and inertia. When originally built as single-line trackage, the C&NW arbitrarily placed its stations on the left-hand side of the tracks (when headed inbound toward Chicago). Later, when a second track was added, it was placed on the side away from the stations so as not to force them to relocate. Since most passengers waiting at the stations were headed toward Chicago, the inbound track remained the one closest to the station platforms. The expense of reconfiguring signals and switches has prevented a conversion to right-hand operation ever since.
The railroad operated what was once the largest "potato yard" or potato market, at its Chicago Wood Street yards. Potatoes came to the yard from every point in the United States to be bought or traded by produce dealers and brokers. While the facility came to be known as the "potato yard", it was also a site where other vegetables could be bought, sold or traded.[6][7]wigwag signals at many of its crossing in the 1920–1940s. Almost every town on their route had at least the main crossing in town protected by them. The most common style were the Center Harp shorties. They were almost iconic to the CNW. Many of them, which were grandfathered in after the Federal Railroad Administration ruled them inadequate protection in 1949, survived until the 1970s and a few remain on lines in Wisconsin that have been sold off to other railroads. Lack of available parts and upgrades to roads have replaced all but a few of them.
The railroad also purchased a great deal of its equipment second-hand. CNW shop forces economized wherever possible, earning the railroad the nickname "Cheap and Nothing Wasted." Sometimes employees referred to the condition of equipment as "Cardboard and No Wheels."
In 1891, the CNW adopted the famous "ball and bar" logo which survived a few modifications throughout its 104-year existence. This included the changing of text:
- The North Western Line (1891-1902)
- Chicago & North Western Line (1902-1944)
- Chicago & North Western System (1944-1957)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (1957-1971)
- North Western: Employee Owned (1971-1982)
- Chicago & North Western System (1982-1995)
The Cowboy Trail is a rail trail which follows the abandoned CNW line between Chadron, Nebraska and Norfolk, Nebraska. When completed, it will be 321 miles in length.
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Finally, the CNW has a following of more than 3,000 members of the Chicago and North Western Historical Society.
Notable employees
- William Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago and the first President of the C & NW.
- Clarence Darrow, noted attorney. Mr. Darrow was a former Chief Counsel for the C & NW.
- Fred H. Hildebrandt, U.S. Congressman from South Dakota
- Abe Saperstein, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- Charles Ingalls, De Smet, South Dakota (1879–80); father of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Carl Ingold Jacobson, Los Angeles, California; City Council member, 1925–33.
- Merritt Clarke Ring, Neillsville, Wisconsin; lawyer and politician.
- Perry H. Smith, Chicago, Illinois, politician and businessman.
See also
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- ^ "Chicago & North Western 1385". midcontinent.org. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ^ Feder, Barnaby J. (1995-03-11). "COMPANY NEWS; Union Pacific to Buy Chicago and North Western". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ^ Chicago And North Western System [Time Table]. Rand McNally, March 14, 1948
- ^ Scribbins, Jim (2008) [1982]. The 400 Story. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816654499. OCLC 191760067.
- ^ Dave Phillips (September 1999). "C&NW Gallery Cars". Rail & Wire. Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "World's largest potato yard found in Chicago". The Ellensburgh Capital. 2 January 1948. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Murray, Tom, ed. (2008). Chicago & North Western Railway. Voyageur Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-7603-2546-4. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- Grant, H. Roger (1996). The North Western – A history of the Chicago & North Western Railway system. Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL. ISBN 0-87580-214-1.
- Grant, H. Roger (1984). The Corn Belt Route – A history of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company. Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL. ISBN 0-87580-095-5.
- The Trains staff (November, 1990). Timeline. Trains, pp. 21–47.
- (1973). Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States. Rand McNally & Co. p. 53.
- Piersen, Joe (2004). "Chicago and North Western- A Capsule History". Chicago and North Western Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicago and North Western Transportation Company.
- Chicago & North Western Historical Society
- Chicago and North Western Photographs collections at the University of Missouri–St. Louis
- List and Family Trees of North American Railroads


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Insurance portfolio management has traditionally been a slow, sleepy, backward-looking process. Michael Reilly, managing director in Accenture's Insurance Strategy Practice believes that faster and better insights will give insurers the ability to better understand what is going on in their portfolios and improve their speed in responding to potential issues.
Q: Managing the portfolio effectively is critical to a carrier's profitability, yet it remains a slow and inefficient process in many carriers. Why is this the case?
While we have seen step changes in the technology and processes of many insurance functions, little about the portfolio management process has changed in the last three decades.
Many carriers continue to review individual lines of business each month, quarter or year, usually relying on outdated data spread across multiple spreadsheets in an effort to show the growth, profitability and claims trends.
Managers regularly examine their portfolio's performance to determine the actions that are required. Less frequently, actuarial does a more thorough analysis to assess pricing.
Q: Why should insurance providers be paying more attention to portfolio management?
Portfolio management is a critical, yet neglected function at most carriers. It is the key to profitable underwriting. A carrier that can respond quicker than its peers to emerging threats, or aggressively pursue profitable sectors of the market, will significantly improve its underwriting profitability.
If you review the performance of the top 50 commercial carriers over the past decade, you'll find a consistent set of winners. The difference in performance between them and the rest of the market is primarily due to world class loss ratios while achieving above-market growth rates.
The high-performance insurers created substantially more economic value than their peers through consistent profitable growth across market cycles. This indicates that the ability to manage a portfolio of business over time can be a source of competitive advantage.
Q: How should carriers evolve portfolio management to become more profitable and competitive?
We recommend that they emulate the high performers and utilize new analyses, new data sources, and new analytics and visualization tools to explore and assess portfolio opportunities and deficiencies. The best carriers will be able not only to better assess their portfolio's performance, but to act appropriately.
When it comes to new analyses, insurers must consider how automation, predictive models, and complex operations and distribution structures affect the portfolio. Carriers need to understand not only how the portfolio has performed historically, but how each of these innovations affects the portfolio.
Another great opportunity lies in enhancing basic data with new external sources. This can include new demographic information on companies, individuals, or neighborhoods. This type of data can help the carrier not only better understand its current portfolio, but also look forward to possible actions in the future.
The new analyses and data are accompanied by new tools to assess and analyze the data, including analytics engines, machine learning and data visualization. These tools better assess enhanced static views of performance. They also enable continuous, exploratory assessments of the portfolio to identify areas of risk and advantage in a test-and-learn approach.
Q: How do insurers leverage new tools and technologies to maximize opportunities and reduce risk?
As important as the new tools and techniques are, the critical advance lies in the speed and methods with which portfolio management can act. We recommend that insurers embed the new tools and methods in the portfolio management process so that the insights they produce can be rapidly integrated into ongoing operations to improve performance.
Let's consider this from three perspectives. Firstly, in developing rules-based workflows for underwriting, portfolio management needs to be built out as a feedback mechanism.
This feedback should be used to constantly evaluate and adjust the workflows for optimal efficiency and effectiveness in terms of flow, path and outcome.
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Thirdly, insights into the profitability of different types of business from a specific broker can help underwriters and business development leads identify where they should expand or restrict business with the broker. Here, the most important change to make is to decentralize the insights generated by portfolio management.
This evolution is not just about having better data and analytics. It is about improving the nervous system of the underwriting organization to be able to sense, assess, and respond to the market faster to produce superior underwriting results.
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Who doesn't love a crunchy samosa? Crispy, warming, filling yet easy, they're always a crowd pleaser. This cheat's version takes no time at all, and is cooled down with the addition of a creamy coriander raita and cucumber salad.
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Heat a good drizzle of olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot and potato and cook, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes, or until tender. TIP: Add a dash of water if the filling is sticking to the pan! Add the garlic and curry powder and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Remove from the heat, add the salt (see ingredients list), crumble in the fetta and gently stir to combine.
Lay 1 sheet of filo pastry flat on a clean surface. Brush the filo with some of the melted butter, then lay another sheet on top. Spoon the samosa filling (1/4 for 2 people / 1/8 for 4 people) on one side of the pastry. Fold the long edges into the centre, and then fold in the left short edge. Keep folding to enclose filling, ending seam-side down. Repeat with the remaining mixture and remaining filo sheets to make 4 samosas for 2 people / 8 samosas for 4 people.
Place the parcels, seam-side down, on an oven tray lined with baking paper. Brush each parcel with some of the melted butter and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until golden.
While the samosa parcels are baking, finely chop the coriander. In a small bowl, combine the coriander and Greek yoghurt. Season with a pinch of salt, sugar and pepper. Set aside. Cut the cucumber into 1 cm chunks. In a medium bowl, combine olive oil (1 tbs for 2 people / 2 tbs for 4 people), the vinegar and the honey. Add the cucumber and mixed salad leaves and toss to coat. TIP: Toss the salad just before serving to keep the leaves crisp.
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"Boomer & Carton" to Debut January 2014 on CBS Sports Network
CBS announced today that beginning January 2014 CBS Sports Network will simulcast "Boomer & Carton," the popular morning show broadcast on CBS RADIO's WFAN-AM/FM. Combining these two powerful assets within CBS will result in national exposure for the local radio program and premier weekday content for the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports. The four-hour morning show is hosted by NFL ON CBS studio analyst Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton live Monday-Friday from 6:00-10:00 AM, ET.
"Boomer & Carton" debuted on Sept. 4, 2007, and features local sports talk, news headlines, and interviews with current and former sports icons, league personnel, and a variety of national celebrities from the entertainment and music industries. The show originates from CBS RADIO's WFAN studio in New York City.
"The addition of the "Boomer and Carton" show significantly enhances our on-air line-up adding hours of live and relevant programming to CBS Sports Network each morning," said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. "It is great to be able to welcome one of the nation's top sports talk radio shows to the Networks of CBS Sports."
"Boomer and Carton have created one of the industry's best sports talk programs that captures all the drama and excitement of New York sports," said Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBS RADIO. "Together we look forward to presenting the show to the CBS Sports Network audience of enthusiastic sports fans."
CBS Sports Network is available across the country to more than 99 million homes through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 221 and DISH Network Channel 158. The Network is widely available throughout the New York metropolitan area on Time Warner Cable channel 457 (SD) and 467 (HD); Cablevision channel 143 or 412 (SD) and 793 (HD); Comcast channel 183 or 274 or 732 (SD) and 854 or 1721 (HD); Verizon FiOS channel 94; AT&T U-Verse channel 643 (SD) and 1643 (HD); RCN channel 380 (SD) and 575 (HD); Mediacom channel 171 (SD) and 762 (HD); Service Electric TV channel 114 or 176 (SD) and 614 or 676 (HD); and Blue Ridge Cable TV channel 204 (SD) and 629 (HD). For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
Esiason, who quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals during a 14-year NFL career, joined CBS Sports in February 2002 as a studio analyst for THE NFL TODAY, the CBS Television Network's NFL pre-game show. In addition to hosting WFAN-AM/FM New York's morning program, Esiason can be heard providing commentary on CBS Sports Radio as part of the network's "CBS Sports Minute" feature, and calls Monday Night Football, Playoff and Super Bowl broadcasts for WestwoodOne.
The four-time Pro Bowl selection was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1988 and awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 1995 for his philanthropic work. He has raised in excess of $100 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation to fight cystic fibrosis since 1993, when his son was diagnosed with the disease.
Radio veteran Carton, who interned at WFAN during college, has spent more than 20 years in the broadcast industry working for various stations around the country, including notable stops in Buffalo, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Denver, New York and New Jersey, before coming full-circle and returning to his hometown to co-host WFAN's morning show.
During the course of his seasoned radio career he has been recognized by numerous publications including the National Association of Broadcasters, Cynopsis, Philadelphia magazine and Talkers, as well as ranking on Politicsnj.com's Power List of New Jersey's most politically influential personalities, during his time hosting afternoons at NJ 101.5. Carton serves as the voice of the passionate New York sports fan, while providing comic relief, and getting behind some of the biggest sports stories in the tri-state area. In 2013, he released his first book, Loudmouth.
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CBS Sports Network is available to more than 99 million households across the country. The Network airs more than 400 live games annually, showcasing an array of men's and women's sports, as well as in-depth studio shows, documentaries and original programs. NFL programming includes the studio shows NFL MONDAY QB and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW, the Network's fan-focused Sunday pregame show. CBS Sports Network also provides extensive shoulder programming around CBS Sports' Championship events, including the Super Bowl, The Masters, PGA Championship and US Open Tennis Championships. The Network serves as the national television home for the Arena Football League (AFL) and Professional Bull Riders (PBR), and features myriad other sports, including professional lacrosse and AVP beach volleyball. Weekday news and commentary shows include ROME and LEAD OFF.
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WFAN-AM/FM is the original and longest running sports station in the nation, celebrating its 26th anniversary this past July. With more listeners than any other station of its kind, The FAN provides audiences across the tri-state area with live and local programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is home to award-winning personalities Mike Francesa, Boomer Esiason, Craig Carton, Joe Benigno, Evan Roberts and Steve Somers. The station is the flagship broadcast home for several area sports teams, including the New York Giants, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Nets, and New Jersey Devils. Listen to WFAN on-air, online at www.wfan.com and via the Radio.com app for a variety of mobile devices.
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Graduates from the North West step out into the professional world of design with their annual showcase of new talent. As ever, this eclectic group of creative thinkers demonstrate their unique diversity which encompasses animation, graphics, interaction design, film, 3D digital content, product and the interplay therein. Larger groups such as schools or company specific visits can be arranged where a guide can meet you to discuss the work on exhibit.
Creative Arts Showcase
Ulster University's Creative Arts Showcase in Derry~Londonderry showcases the creative talents of our students in Music, Drama and Design.