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Teams in the transtasman netball championship need to know the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic are back.
After dropping their first four games of the season, the perennial playoff participants registered their sixth-straight victory as they beat the Central Pulse 52-42 in Tauranga tonight.
The Pulse had been flying high in the ANZ Championship with three wins in a row of their own but they found a team who were a cut above when they met the Magic.
The Magic are stocked with Silver Ferns and despite being down by as many as six goals in the second quarter they powered home in the final two stanzas to bank another couple of competition points.
In netball circles the third quarter is known as the `championship quarter' and the Magic dominated that period 17-9 and swung the momentum back in their favour.
They trailed by three goals at the break but their key players came to the fore when they needed to.
International defender Casey Williams made life tough for Pulse shooters Caitlin Thwaites and Paula Griffin, while centre Laura Langman was again a ball of energy in the mid-court.
The game was vital for both sides who wanted to keep their hopes of making the playoffs alive and they came into the contest on 10 competition points each.
Any outside chances the Pulse had of making the top-four went up in smoke following the loss and they can look forward to the bye next week, while the Magic will aim to keep their season alive when they head to Auckland for a showdown with the Northern Mystics.
The Magic's ability to remain composed under pressure will serve them well in the coming weeks as a few crunch matches loom if they want to keep their streak alive of making the playoffs every season that the transtasman league has been in existence.
Langman said the team weren't getting ahead of themselves despite moving to fifth spot with the win, which leaves them one victory outside of the top four.
"We've still got a tremendous amount of pressure on us and it's just one week at a time,'' she said in a court-side interview after the game.
Veteran shooter Irene van Dyk will turn 40 later this month but continued to show no signs of letting up as she shot 34 from 35 and was tough to contain in the attacking end.
The Pulse meanwhile struggled with their consistency under the hoop as Thwaites and Griffin combined to shoot 42 from 55, which wasn't good enough to keep the visitors in touch.
Australian import Thwaites has been in fine touch for the yellow-clad Pulse this year but she would have been disappointed to miss seven shots as she finished with 27 from 34 as Williams and defensive partner Leana de Bruin kept her under pressure.
Ten goals wasn't a fair representation of the difference between the teams but the Magic finished a lot stronger and blew the game out in the fourth quarter.
In today's earlier games, the Adelaide Thunderbirds knocked over the Queensland Firebirds 54-49 in South Australia, while the NSW Swifts moved in to fourth spot with a 51-49 victory over the West Coast Fever in Perth.
The Northern Mystics can take an outright lead at the top of the ladder if they defeat the Southern Steel in Auckland tomorrow night.
Waikato/BOP Magic 52 (Irene van Dyk 34/35, Julianna Naoupu 18/23) Central Pulse 42 (Caitlin Thwaites 27/34, Paula Griffin 15/21) 1Q: 12-11, HT: 21-24, 3Q: 38-33


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San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke acknowledged Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine that Alex Smith likely will be shopped this offseason.
The Arizona Cardinals are emerging as one team interested in acquiring the 49ers' backup quarterback.
According to The Arizona Republic, there are decision-makers within the Cardinals' organization who are high on Smith. While Smith could "make a beeline to Arizona" if released, Republic beat writer Kent Somers doubts the Cardinals will actively pursue a trade. Perhaps the Kevin Kolb debacle left a bad taste in the organization's mouth.
If the Cardinals do end up parlaying that interest into a trade offer, would the 49ers be willing to deal Smith to an NFC West rival?
Assuming Cardinals general manager Steve Keim makes the best offer, there shouldn't be a hangup. Niners coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman designed a scheme that took advantage of Smith's strengths. It doesn't take a leap of faith to believe Harbaugh and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio also could design a game plan to exploit Smith's weaknesses.Follow Chris Wesseling on Twitter @ChrisWesseling.

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With VPLEX and OTV, Cisco, EMC and VCE change the Mobility and Disaster Recovery Game (Part2)
Today, Cisco Live "World of Solutions " (the show floor) opens at 4:30 pm PDT in San Diego Convention Center. One of the marquis demos has been shown at EMC World with a lot of interest.
This blog is the second part of a two part blog dedicated to this Mobility and Business Continuance demo, created by Cisco, EMC and VCE. In part 1 (read blog here) I invited EMC Colin Durocher (@OtherColin) to share with us his perspective on the demo. As promised, I come back today with more details on the demo, including a video interview conducted by Cisco Daniel Bogda (@dabogda) with EMC Craig Chapman (@VirtualChappy) and VCE Tom Chatham (@tchatham). I asked also Tom, who already wrote here, to bring his perspective on the demo.
Tom Chatham is a Principal vArchitect with VCE Corporate Engineering responsible for delivering VCE solutions, customer solution testing, technical marketing events and evangelizing private cloud. 16 years of experience in the industry, most of that time spent focused on storage, virtualization and unified computing. Including extensive network infrastructure, systems architecture and business continuity.
"VCE is excited to kick things off this week at CiscoLive! Between our big booth, speaking sessions, and demos we've got a ton to talk about (www.vce.com/events/cisco-live).
Like we did at EMC World, for this year's CiscoLive! show VCE wanted to kick it up a notch with LIVE demonstrations of all the cool technologies we have at our fingertips.
Daniel Bogda, Craig Chapman, Tom Chatham
We have a number of VblockTM Systems going to Cisco Live! (and VMworld in August) so it made perfect sense to show off our Workload Mobility Solution. Besides, isn't cloud all about the ability to offer services from anywhere?
We have three Vblock 300 systems located in the VCE, EMC and Cisco booths. An additional network aggregation rack has been added to each Vblock system to house Nexus 7010 switches, EMC RecoverPoint appliances and EMC VPLEX engines. Panduit provided 1000 feet of fiber trunk cable containing 6 pair of fiber, which has been hung from the ceiling between booths.
The Nexus 7010 switches are providing our core network services, making each booth it's own data center. RecoverPoint and VMware Site Recovery Manager are handling traditional long haul disaster recovery. VPLEX Metro is providing Active-Active storage clustering capabilities. This is the ability to stretch a VMware vSphere cluster between two sites today, and up to four in the future. VPLEX Metro provides storage array block level LUN consistency and data availability while OTV on the Nexus 7000 series switches provide layer 2 network services.
Diagram: VCE Vblock WLM plan for CiscoLive!
Let's take a step back for a moment and look at what makes this "cool". Traditionally, migrating data and applications in or between data centers involves manual steps and data copies, where IT would either make physical backups or use data replication services to handle getting the data from side A to side B.
VMware clusters operate local to one data center, so moving VMs between data centers typically requires an outage, IP address change and time to bring up the services. To enable elastic cloud computing IT must find new ways to address deployment of applications across distance, including maintenance with little or no downtime, disaster avoidance, workload migration, consolidation and growth. IT also wants to be able to actively run workload across multiple locations using vSphere stretched clusters
In comes VCE Workload Mobility Solution
Excerpt from our solution document : "The VCE Workload Mobility Solution (WLM Solution), an integrated solution that enables fast and simple application and infrastructure migration in real time with no downtime or disruption, can help overcome these migration challenges.
Utilizing the Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, EMC VPLEX Metro, and VMware vMotion, the WLM Solution removes the physical barriers within, across, and between data centers to facilitate data center resizing, consolidation and relocation, technology refresh, and workload balancing. The WLM Solution provides mobility to virtual applications, virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual storage."
Diagram: WLM High level drawing
Our live demonstrations at CiscoLive! will show demonstrate how this works and what to expect in a production environment. We have three presentations that show what happens when a Vblock system protected by WLM experiences a failure (complete power off), and how to recover from that failure. We have setup two independent VPLEX clusters, Cluster 1 -VCE site A to EMC site B and Cluster 2 – VCE site A to Cisco Site B. However, using storage vMotion you can move VMs between all three sites, but they will only be protected between two sites.
Workload Mobility
We are featuring Workload Mobility in the Cisco booth which comes into play when you need to proactively vMotion VMs between sites. This lets you utilize precious memory, CPU and storage IOPS at both sites for the same workload at the same time. Maybe you want to update firmware, make changes and refresh hardware at one site. Move all the VMs to the other side and perform maintenance with no outage. VPLEX is keeping the VMware datastore in sync at both sites and the Nexus switches make sure network traffic to your VM keeps going.
Outage / EPO – Emergency Power Off
In the VCE booth presentation we are showing what happens when we kill the power on the Vblock system in the EMC booth and how VMs running on that system utilize VMware HA to restart on the surviving Vblock system and recover. VPLEX Metro has been keeping the datastore in sync and the Nexus switches now send network traffic to these VMs in the VCE booth. It takes about a minute for vCenter to register them as down and bring the VMs back up. Not a bad recovery time for a complete outage. VMware Fault Tolerance can take this a step further to keep the VM up during a host failure.
In the EMC booth we are demonstrating Vblock system restoration, highlighting how VPLEX resumes distributed data store replication and DRS, affinity rules and vMotion can be used to automatically move VMs back to a "recovered" Vblock system. VPLEX maintains a journal of writes performed while one site was down. This delta set of I/O transactions will be sent over the WAN once the VPLEX link is restored. VPLEX will show how large this delta set is and show time to completion. If your data center experienced a long outage you can still move VMs back to this Vblock system!
Demo Environment Detail
Each Vblock system has up to ten B200M2 blades installed in the UCS chassis and are broken up into clusters to support demo workloads for each booth. Our VMware environment has one vCenter Server running on the management pod in the VCE booth which manages three clusters with four hosts each. Two hosts come from the primary Vblock system and the other two come from the secondary forming stretched VMware clusters between the booths. HA and DRS are enabled on the clusters. Each booth has demo workstations connected to 1Gb Ethernet ports on the Nexus 7Ks and has access to vCenter in the VCE booth.
On the Vblock systems themselves we have a number of "demo pods". We have a CRM application simulator using Swingbench and an Oracle 12g database, as well as Microsoft Exchange, VMware vCloud Director, Cisco Unified Communication and VMware View environments running live.
Each cluster has storage protected by VPLEX Metro which manages the volume. This is called a distributed volume and leverages EMC's AccessAnywhere technology. Multiple VPLEX engines can be installed to protect and distribute these volumes. These engines are based on the same hardware as used in the VMAX, and they have the same cache, modules and reliability numbers for uptime.
Two directors exist in each VPLEX engine and they contain four back-end Fiber Channel (FC) ports which are zoned to the VNX storage arrays and four front-end FC ports which zoned to the hosts. Two 10Gb Ethernet ports or Four FC ports are used for WAN communication to the remote VPLEX. Note that using FC WAN/COM requires external FCIP switches such as Cisco MDS 9200 series. The VPLEX cluster has a management server which maintains a VPN connection to the management server at the remote data center. Up to 8000 volumes can be protected by a single VPLEX. Your data centers will need to provide WAN latency less than 10ms RTT which limits distance to about 100km but really depends on the quality if the link (could be shorter or longer).
A number of VLANs are set up on the switches to support the demos: management, vMotion, ESXi host, NFS, Workloads. These VLANs are all extended via OTV overlay interfaces between the Nexus 7Ks.
OTV runs over a Layer 3 network, which could be provided by the Nexus 7Ks or another layer 3 router. Multiple VDCs or Virtual Device Contexts are required to run OTV and layer 3 on same Nexus switch. A VDC separates the switch into multiple logical switches with physical ports allocated to each VDC. In order to pass traffic between VDCs ports on the same Nexus 7K we cross-connected ports from line card 2 and 3. For redundancy port channels are used to bind multiple ports together for layer 2 trunks and layer 3 interfaces. Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs) have been created on each switch for each VLAN using HSRP. We enabled EIGRP -Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, which automatically maintains a routing topology.
Diagram: Nexus 7010 switches, trunk connections and VDCs
A team of 5 engineers built all three Vblock systems from the ground up, configured VPLEX and the Nexus 7k OTV/L3 network in about 15 days. So come on by our booth and check out or demo so you can see how VCE can help you deliver new services into your organization!
Photo: Vblock racks at the Staging lab in San Jose, CA before heading to CiscoLive!
So if you are in San Diego, I invite you to visit the "world of Solutions" to experience and enjoy this demo and get answers to your specific questions . "
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Alleged Pedophilia Victim Arrested for Beating Priest
Police have arrested a man in connection with the May beating that sent 65-year-old retired Jesuit priest Jerold Lindner to the hospital—and the suspect, it turns out, is an alleged victim of abuse at the hands of Lindner.
Lynch, now 43, had previously accused Lindner of raping him on a weekend camping trip and forcing him and his bother to perform oral sex on each other when the boys were aged 5 and 7. They're not the only people who've accused Lindner—according to the AP, "nearly a dozen people, including his own sister and nieces and nephews" have come forward with allegations of abuse.
This particular chapter in the story happened on May 10 of this year, when Lynch called the Sacred Heart retirement home in Los Gatos, California and told the attendant that someone was coming by to tell Lindner of a death in the family. According to Rick Sung of the Santa Clara County sheriff's department:
"The Father shows up in the lobby, at which point he was asked by the suspect if he knew who he was. When the Father answered 'No,' that's when the suspect started attacking," Sung said. "He was punching him in the face and all over the body. After the Father goes down, then the suspect takes off."
Police used the record of the call—in which Lynch used his first name—to identify him as a suspect. According to the AP, he "harbored a fantasy for years of confronting the priest."
Lindner has never been criminally charged, as the allegations fall outside the statute of limitations, but he's been named in lawsuits, and the California Jesuits settled with the Lynch brothers in 1998 for $625,000.


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Boise Cascade's IPO Reboot Adds to Strong IPO Run
Even on a down day for the broader market, investors cheer Boise Cascade's return to the market as a slimmed-down wood-products-and-distribution company.
Shares have jumped 24% to $26.12 in recent trading. That comes after the company priced the deal above an already-boosted price range.
The IPO market has produced several solid debuts over recent weeks including last week's Zoetis deal that saw the $2.2 billion offering jump 19%. Bright Horizon's surged 29% late last month and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings jumped 30%.
Boise Cascade, backed by private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, was part of the old-line forestry-and-paper company Boise Cascade, which bought OfficeMax in 2003. Madison Dearborn sold many of its assets and is taking the plywood maker public at a time when the housing market is in recovery mode.
Builders like TRI Pointe have already gone public this year, and another, Taylor Morrison, is still in the pipeline. TRI Pointe shares rose 12% in its debut last week.
Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are leading Boise Cascade's IPO.


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I am playing the waiting game. It's physically arduous, mentally exhausting and very very dull. I am now overdue by a week. But I have crochet to keep me on just the right side of crazy.
This is my second pair of baby bootees, made from scraps of wool from the baby blanket, using a pattern from Cute and Easy Crocheted Baby Clothes. They took maybe two hours each at the most to knock up, with lots of breaks.
I thought I'd hang them on the tree in anticipation of the new arrival. Check out this adorable little ornament my sister sent me too. What a keepsake. Thanks sis!
I've also picked out the colours and started work on my next granny square blanket. I'm using Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarn in Teal, Clotted Cream, Light Blue and Mink. Don't you just love the sounds of those colours?
I'm using the Cornflower pattern from Granny Squares and adding an extra round of treble crochets to increase the size, as well as using a 4.5 hook instead of a 3.00. The overall effect is chunky and cosy, just right for a blankie.
Today I've got an appointment with my consultant and hopefully getting a 'sweep' which might move things along a bit more. Wish me luck!


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The widow of Native American activist Russell Means has filed a lawsuit accusing doctors in New Mexico of overlooking his esophageal cancer.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that the lawsuit by Pearl Means in state District Court in Las Vegas, New Mexico, accuses doctors who work at clinics owned by Santa Fe's Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center of ignoring his symptoms and allowing his condition to worsen. He died in 2012 at age 72.
The hospital denied any wrongdoing, and it noted that the New Mexico Medical Review Commission found no evidence of negligence.
"Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Russell C. Means for their loss of a loved one," Christus St. Vincent spokesman Arturo Delgado said.
The lawsuit accuses doctors of failing to diagnose Russell Means' cancer during a series of visits between February and April 2011 to clinics owned by Christus, where he complained he was coughing, spitting up blood and having difficulty swallowing.
When Russell Means' symptoms persisted, he sought a second opinion from doctors at UCLA Medical Center in July 2011, and he was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus, tongue, lymph nodes and lungs. He underwent aggressive treatment, including radiation therapy through the end of the year, and in August 2012, he learned during a doctor's visit that his cancer had advanced, according to court records.
Means gained fame in 1970 when he orchestrated a Thanksgiving day event in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where Indian protesters seized a replica of the Mayflower. He shrouded President George Washington's bust on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, in 1972 with a sheet to protest broken treaties. The following year, he led a takeover and 71-day standoff with federal authorities at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Two Indians were killed in gunfire, and one agent was paralyzed.
Russell Means later served a year in prison for a 1974 riot in South Dakota. Over time, he alienated some in the Indian rights movement, who criticized him for putting his own interests above those of Native Americans.
He ran for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in 1987, but he was defeated by Ron Paul, who went on to represent Texas in Congress as a Republican and twice sought that party's presidential nomination.
During the latter part of his life, Russell Means became involved in acting and music. He had roles in the 1992 film "The Last of the Mohicans," "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and "Pathfinder" (2007). He recorded CDs of Indian-themed music.
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A sculpture made from nearly 1,000 pounds of butter was unveiled Thursday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, paying tribute to Pennsylvania's diverse agriculture industry.
The sculpture, sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, features PA Preferred, the official brand of agriculture products grown or made in Pennsylvania.
It depicts several of the state's top commodities including milk and dairy products, grapes and wine, Christmas trees, fruits and vegetables.
The eight-day Pennsylvania Farm Show opens to the public on Jan. 5. This year's theme is: "Made in PA. It makes a difference.''
"This year's Pennsylvania Farm Show will show how our farm families and thousands of agribusinesses provide an affordable food supply, keep money in local communities and create jobs," said Agriculture Secretary George Greig.
"More than 7,400 dairy farm families spend nearly 85 percent of their income close to home and recognize the importance of supplying quality products. They are making a difference," Greig said.
"Most milk consumed by Pennsylvanians is produced and processed within 100 miles of their grocery store," said Harold Shaulis, Somerset County dairy producer and chair of the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. "The butter sculpture provides us an opportunity to share our mission of producing healthy, nutritious dairy foods for our friends and neighbors to enjoy."
Crafted by Rosemont College art instructor and Conshohocken resident Jim Victor, the butter sculpture creation begins in mid-December and is finished just in time for the Farm Show. Victor also creates sculptures using chocolate and cheese.
At the close of the show, the butter, donated by Land O' Lakes in Carlisle, Cumberland County, will be given to a Juniata County dairy farm. The butter will be put through a digester and converted to about 65 kilowatt hours of electricity to help operate the farm.
Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program are funded by dairy farmers to promote milk and dairy products. For more information, visit www.dairyspot.com.
The Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, with 24 acres under one roof that feature nearly 6,000 animals, 10,000 competitive exhibits and 300 commercial exhibitors. Admission is free and parking is $10.


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The fifth years are partying hard as the job offers come rolling in. Cristina leaves the celebration to crawl into bed with Owen. She hugs him for a few moments then leaves. Later, Owen lets Teddy know that he slept with someone else. That's a big reason why his wife may be leaving Seattle Grace. Cristina lets Meredith know that Owen may be the reason she stays. He's her person. Cristina and Owen later make love. Afterwards, she tells him she's leaving. Surprise, surprise. Cristina is going to the Mayo Clinic.
Nick needs a last chance surgery. He'd rather live the final days of his life outside of a hospital since his best friend in the world is obviously avoiding him. Arizona finally comes by to convince him to have the operation. Things don't go well. The tumor has taken over Nick's heart. He's going to die. All Nick can do is kick himself for not coming sooner. All Arizona can do is hold him tight.
Richard lets Alex know that Johns Hopkins wants him for a pediatrics fellowship. They are creating a position just for him. Alex thinks Richard is pulling a prank. Then he gets the call. This exciting news even gets him a hug from Cristina. Hopkins is his dream gig, but Alex already made a commitment to Arizona. Richard gives him some advice on how to get more money and other goodies from Owen. Let the negotiations begin!
Owen matches the offer Johns Hopkins gave to Alex. Tough decisions had to be made to accomplish this. One of those involves April. Owen informs her that he can't hire her again. She's not the best candidate for the job anymore. This is crushing news since all of April's other job offers have been pulled. Seattle was her last chance. As for Alex, Arizona freaks out on him when she learns he's going after the Hopkins gig.
Ben is anxious to have lunch with Bailey. He even brought a crossword puzzle. Too bad Bailey is busy treating a man with a worm that's eating away his insides. The patient suffers sudden paralysis. Derek needs to operate. Bailey insists on assisting. This upsets Ben. He really wanted to do that crossword. So, Bailey does it during surgery. She's shocked to learn that it was a puzzle Ben created. One of the clues is a question. It asks, "Will you marry me?"
Yes, 21 across was Ben's way of proposing. At home, Bailey asks him to propose to her again. He's reluctant to do so because he just got a call to be a surgical intern at UCLA. Ben says everything is different now. In other relationship news, Mark responded to Lexie's declaration of love for him by thanking her for her candor. Mark's dilemma is that Julia will give him everything he wants, but he's in love with Lexie, who can't do that.
Derek wants Meredith to take the job she's been offered in Boston. That's because he as a $10 million dollar endowment offer from Harvard. They'll set him up with a full research team so that he can fulfill his dream of curing Alzheimer's. Meredith eventually let's Cristina know she's going to Boston. We see her sitting on a plane next to Derek. A short time later, we see Meredith lying on the ground. She's hurt. The plane she was on has crashed. Unfortunately, that's all we know at the moment.


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Kids, why not sew a simple apron for mother or father?
The unit is centimeter. 1 cm is 0.4 inches.
Cut a rectangle cloth. Remove 2 corners.
Stitch the lower hem.
Fold the lower hem for pockets.
Stitch around.
Make holes and attach eyelet rings.
Pass through cords.
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This has a patched pocket.
The reverse.
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Kids, why not sew a simple apron for mother or father?
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Fake Bunka doll
I have made several Bunka dolls.
Strictly speaking, they are not Bunka dolls.
Bunka doll is traditional thing.
There is the orthodox way on Bunka doll making.
Genuine Bunka doll's body is hard. Its clothes and bonnet are sewed to the body.
My Bunka dolls are soft. They are, as it were, enlarged "mini doll".
I use irregular method. I must not open it to the public.
You are free to make one in your own way.
Bunka doll has a characteristic face.
Whatever doll that has such features may be called Bunka doll (in broad sense).


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Vintage Leather Chesterfield Arm Chair
The chesterfield armchair is the perfect extra to a modern styled home, as a way to amplify the sense of comfort and style within a singular piece. This piece is available as a singular item or as part of a set with a 3 seater and 2 seater respectively.
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Readers, I recently borrowed an interesting book entitled Glamour, A History by Stephen Gundle, a British writer. It's a study of the concept of glamour throughout history; its origins and its varying definitions during different eras (the 1930s and 40s in particular), up to and including the present.
I haven't quite finished it but it has me wondering: Do women aspire to be "glamorous" anymore? Do you?
Glamour seems to me to be a dated concept, at least the way I've always thought about it. For me, glamour suggests drama, artifice, and exoticism — all missing in today's busy 24/7 media landscape and the (primarily) middle class, suburban culture which we (Americans at least) have been steeped in, even if we're not suburban or middle class.
I think contemporary life is too informal, too come-as-you-are, too frank about sexuality for the concept to hold any attraction for most people today. Is this true in your country too?
Most women I know want to be, first and foremost, healthy, then probably thin, and then some variation of pretty as they choose to define it — and ideally a combination of all three. Do they want to be glamorous? The very word evokes stylized images like these from 30s and 40s Hollywood — a very different, more formal world.
From left: Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo
By the postwar years, the 50s and the early 60s (a time of greater economic equality in the USA) the idealized woman was more likely to be girl-next-door types than glamorous and remote, at least in American popular culture. You wouldn't have caught Marlene Dietrich posing with a fishing rod like Debbie Reynolds.
From left: Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds
Today, apart from the ubiquitous red-carpet celebrity events and the people who make them happen, is glamour something anyone aspires to? How about in the pop music world — think Lady Gaga or Beyonce or Madonna? Do you consider them glamorous, or merely fashionable (if that)?
From left: Lady Gaga with Madonna, Beyonce
Readers, I ask you:
Does glamour have meaning in your lives? Do you consider yourself — or would you like to be considered — glamorous and how would you define it?
Who are your contemporary glamour role models?
Conversely, do you think the concept of glamour is dead? If so, what killed it? I'd love to hear what you think!
When native New Yorker Peter Lappin bought his first sewing machine two years ago to hem a pair of thrift store jeans, little did he know he was initiating a journey that would bring him fame and fortune. While awaiting his fortune he stays busy writing "the world's most popular men's sewing blog," Male Pattern Boldness, and now contributing to BurdaStyle.
"For more than twenty years I'd lived on the edge of the Garment District without even knowing what a seam ripper was. Now I rip daily!"


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Slideshow: Year in review 2011
Thu, 12/29/2011 - 3:30pm Anonymous
From Tropical Storm Irene to the opening of the new Champlain Bridge, 2011 was chock-full of groundbreaking events. Once you've caught up on the year's biggest developments in our Chronology Feature, make sure to check out some of the accompanying images taken by award-winning photographer Trent Campbell. For captions, click on the slideshow image or refer to the print version of Thursday's paper.


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Not much has changed, at least publicly.
President Obama spent Monday stumping in Michigan for higher taxes for the wealthy, and Republicans in Congress lamented there was still no "balanced approach" on offer from the White House.
That was Monday. Our National Journal Daily colleagues explain what that means for the fiscal cliff debate Tuesday. Here's Billy House:
The back-and-forth indicated that little -- at least publicly -- has changed in the standoff after the latest face-to-face meeting on Sunday between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Boehner's office said that talks are continuing, while White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president "believes a deal is possible."
At the same time, Obama used the bully pulpit to hold a campaign-style rally at a diesel plant in Redford, outside Detroit, to press the Democrats' case for freezing the planned tax hike for everyone but top earners.
"If Congress doesn't act soon, meaning in the next few weeks, starting on Jan. 1, everybody is going to see their income taxes go up," the president warned.
Subscribers can read more here.
NEXT STORY: GOP playing with fire on debt limit


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By Associated Press
Southwest Airlines added Atlanta to its growing national route map on Sunday, bringing its open seating and free checked bags policy to the world's busiest airport after years of eyeing the area.
The Dallas-based discount airline launched 15 daily flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, including routes to Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Chicago; Denver; and Houston, according to local reports.
Southwest officials have wanted a launching pad to Atlanta's airport for years, but the company couldn't get a foothold in the market until it bought out AirTran Airways, a rival discounter that based much of its operations in Atlanta.
AirTran will continue flying about 170 daily flights from Atlanta for now, but later this year Southwest will begin to gradually absorb AirTran jets into its own fleet.
Some travelers who valued AirTran's business class and assigned seats are frustrated with the airline's loss because both of those perks will disappear when planes convert to Southwest's all-coach setup with no seat assignments.
But Southwest also offers a much broader national network than AirTran with new options for local travelers.
Until Sunday, Atlanta was the largest metropolitan area without Southwest service. The airline wasn't ready in 1991 when the airport had to fill a vacuum left by Eastern Airlines, and it would have been difficult to compete with AirTran and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines with just a few gates in the bustling airport.
The expansion marks a shift in Southwest's strategy. Southwest has avoided major hub airports for much of its history, but it entered many of those markets as its network grew over the past 15 years. Atlanta stood out as a hole.
Chief executive Gary Kelly said when the AirTran deal was announced in late 2010 that the airline's business customers wanted an expansion to Atlanta. He said the AirTran acquisition is "very clearly a strategic move for us to fill that gap."


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[Note: We will be introducing the makers/ workshop facilitators/ presenters of the first Singapore Mini Maker Faire. First on the list is Mr Teo Shin Jen, a lecturer from Singapore Polytechnic's School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Stay tuned for the rest!]
When he was a teenager, Shin Jen used the Bulletin Board System (BBS)/ Internet to find "recipes" for experiments. Now, he makes use of this interest in experiments to aid him in teaching and connecting with his students at the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic.
To people who know him, Shin Jen is known as a code-monkey, electronic-hobbyist, experimental-electrician, monkey-wrench mechanic, driver (slave), baker, food warmer, swimmer, trouble-shooter, risk taker and soul hacker.
Read on to find out more about him!
His belief
Shin Jen shared with us that he is a "see-say-do-it" person who is very keen on experimenting with things that caught his interest bug. He said that he has always been an advocate of open source software and the GNU copyleft movement. In recent years, he also look upon writers of the MAKE and Instructables community for their passion of sharing what they make. Makers, writers such as Jeff Porter, and Chefs such as Heston Blumenthal inspire him to marry engineering and science for everyday use.
He felt that engineering and science can be fun, and that the toys he had created are useful in grabbing the attention of his students. He also felt that his students are able to better appreciate the inner working of stuff when he demonstrated certain electronic/computer principles through physical applications, and when they are directly involved in the process of making.
What are his barang-barang?
When asked to introduce his booth DIY Barang Barang, Shin Jen said that "Barang Barang" is a Malay word that describes items of any kind, and he will be showcasing projects including arduino, hardware hacks, software hacks, namely "DIY sous vide setup", "Arduino sound to light", "4 x 4 x 4 LED Cube" and a few other toys . Check out some sneak preview of his "barang barang" at his blog and Facebook page.
View on the local Maker scene and message to budding Makers
His sentiment is that the Maker scene in Singapore is generally optimistic, with Sim Lim Tower and Sim Lim Square at the "backyard".
The essence of The MAKE movement is inviting the public to R&D (Replicate & Duplicate), by sharing their methodology and parts used in the form of user guide to be consumed by all. A lay man's self- confidence can be gained through a successful R&D experience, and subsequently, self-actualization can be gained by inventing, hacking and improving.
He added that the internet can indeed provide lots of information such as "How To" and sharing of knowledge and experience. While a return of investment (ROI) would not be required, return of kindness (ROK) would be appreciated, so he encouraged discoveries to be uploaded and shared with other people online as well.
Check out Shin Jen's maker booth "DIY Barang Barang" at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012, showcasing a collection of DIY projects by him and his students. Shin Jen is a good case of interest being married with work.


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Have you ever wondered about how dentists (and their employees) feel about cupcakes? Well, they love them--and there's proof, as proven by Brittany Blanchard, who works for a dentist by day and is the proprietress of Portland-based custom cupcake business Brintini's by night. Want to find out more? Here's the interview:
CakeSpy: Tell me more. What made you decide to start a custom cupcake business?
Brittany Blanchard: I decided to start a custom cupcake business because I have always really loved cooking but I especially love baking and I have the most ridiculous sweet tooth of anyone I know. Really it's just an excuse to eat delicious dessert every single day.
CS: Are you interested in opening a retail shop at some point, or do you intend on focusing on the custom orders?
BB: I would eventually like to open a shop in Portland but for now I will focus on custom orders. I will also be slinging cupcakes in local farmers markets after the new year.
CS: Rumor has it you work in the dental industry as well as making cupcakes. Would you consider your cupcake-self your Peter Parker/Spiderman style alter ego?
BB: I do work in the dental industry! You know, I get similar questions all the time.I was recently asked if I had a contract with the dentist I work for to bring in my clients with cavities. It does seem funny that someone promoting good oral care would be promoting sugary treats as well but what can I say, it's job security. Just Kidding! I think its okay to enjoy a treat from time to time(or in my case all the time), if you take good care of your mouth.
CS: ...you mention that dentists buy your cupcakes. What flavor do dentists go for when they go to the dark (sugary) side?
BB: The dentist I work for has ordered the Snickerdoodle and Red Velvet. He actually bribed me for the Snickerdoodle and Buttercream recipes because his son loved them. He is so cute, he can't say cupcake so he calls them Pupcakes. His son I mean. He calls me the Pupcake girl! I also recently made an order of Gingerbread Cupcakes for a local dentist. Apparently dentists can have a sweet tooth too.
CS: While you offer the typical flavors, you also have some seasonal/specialty ones (Plum spice, etc!). How do you decide on new flavors?
BB: I get inspired to create new flavors by other desserts that are delicious, for example: I have cupcakes inspired by Rocky Road Ice Cream and Snickerdoodle Cookies. I also like to get ideas from family and friends on what flavors to experiment with, so I have a huge list of different flavors to try out!
CS: If you had to replace one meal with a cupcake every day for the rest of your life, which flavor would it be?
BB: If I had to replace a meal with a cupcake for the rest of my life it would be the Vanilla Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting. Believe it or not, my favorite flavor is vanilla! Other flavors I love to have in moderation but if I had to eat the same flavor daily it would definitely be vanilla.
CS: What are some of your favorites from your current menu?
BB: My favorite flavor to eat off my current menu is the vanilla velvet, but I have some new experiments involving vanilla that may soon be on the menu so we shall see how long that lasts. My favorite flavor to make though is the Red Velvet. I think Red Velvet cake is so pretty that I am always excited to bake it!
CS: What's next for Brintini's?
BB: What's next? Hmmm...I guess Farmers Market will be Brintini's next destination and hopefully maybe a cute little cupcake shop following that.
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FLASH SPECIAL: ONE NIGHT STAND Gets On Its Feet, Featuring Four Familiar Faces
Today we are highlighting ONE NIGHT STAND, a riveting new documentary tracing the creation of a handful of original musicals over an impossibly short 24-hours as part of the 24-HOUR MUSICALS celebration - from collaborators meeting for the first time, through to conception, creation, casting, execution and actual onstage enacting before a live, paying audience, featuring a seriously talented assortment of Broadway and Hollywood stars. From gifted behind-the-scenes creatives such as A CHRISTMAS STORY composers Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, as well as recent InDepth InterView participant Lance Horne and directors Trip Cullman and Sam Gold, to Broadway and West End onstage talent like Cheyenne Jackson, Mandy Gonzalez, Nellie McKay, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Roger Bart, Richard Kind, Rachel Dratch, Tamara Tunie, Michael Longoria and many more, ONE NIGHT STAND offers a rare glimpse into a world many of us may be intrigued by, but upon which little light has ever been shone - that is, until now. Tracing the creation of these musicals from the ground up over such a short, intense period of time, especially with all of the accompanying exhilaration, exhaustion and excitement generated by and experienced by those involved once the shows are up on their feet, mere hours later - whether or not they are really ready to be - is a uniquely compelling conceit on which to center a documentary film and ONE NIGHT STAND is a truly tremendous accomplishment in that regard.
Over the course of the briskly-paced endeavor, we are taken right inside the minds of the music makers, into the hearts of the stories and their characters as they are being created and into the souls of the actors playing the roles as they all strive to make magic happen under a deadline, which is certainly no easy feat in any field, let alone perhaps the most difficult to craft of all of the creative arts, musical theatre. Indeed, ONE NIGHT STAND stands on its own as a thoroughly engaging and ultimately richly rewarding viewing experience for fans of theatre as well as anyone interested in viewing unbelievably talented craftsman create instant art before our very eyes, with true triple-threat talent employed to enact and act it all.ONE NIGHT STAND plays in select cities nationwide on Wednesday, January 30, at participating Fathom-equipped movie theater locations. More information on ONE NIGHT STAND is available here.Also, don't miss InDepth InterView: Mandy Gonzalez for even more on ONE NIGHT STAND as well as her own illustrious career, available here! One Night OnlyKicking off our clip collection, first up, here is the trailer for ONE NIGHT STAND.So, let's focus our gaze on four especially familiar faces to Broadway babies who all play a pivotal role in the drama, comedy and artistry that is on ample display in ONE NIGHT STAND, which undoubtedly is an illuminating and entertaining slice of theatrical life like none other - Mandy Gonzalez, Cheyenne Jackson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Roger Bart!Mandy GonzalezFrom her astonishing Broadway debut in the epic DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES to her creation of a central role in Lin-Manuel Miranda's multi-Tony Award-winning masterpiece IN THE HEIGHTS to her fondly remembered replacement work in Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA and the mega-successful Oz-themed Stephen Schwartz musical WICKED to her lesser-known work in the Off-Broadway Laura Nyro revue ELI'S COMIN' and far beyond, Mandy Gonzalez is one of Broadway's top-tier talents and ONE NIGHT STAND is an excellent showcase for her many abilities, most of all her distinctive and powerful instrument - her stunning audition with Whitney Houston's THE BODYGUARD classic "Queen Of The Night" is one of the highlights of the spectacular documentary. See and hear Mandy make magic out of Jim Steinman's eternal "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", which she originally sang in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES with Michael Crawford, live.Next, sample what a Mandy Gonzalez EVITA would sound like with this thrilling "Rainbow High" from a live Sirius/XM concert.Get a glimpse of Mandy Gonzalez's turn in WICKED as the green-faced Elphaba with this winning "The Wizard & I" from BROADWAY ON BROADWAY 2010.Lastly, Mandy makes a major mark in musical theatre history with her role in Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary rap musical IN THE HEIGHTS.Cheyenne JacksonFrom his debut as the Elvis-esque protagonist of ALL SHOOK UP through to his memorable turns in XANADU, FINIAN'S RAINBOW and his own solo concerts, Cheyenne Jackson has proven his fierce theatrical abilities time and time again on the Great White Way, yet his crossover success in properties like GLEE and 30 ROCK act as clear-cut proof that the most talented of the bunch can still rise to the top ranks of showbiz - and ONE NIGHT STAND gives him the opportunity to bring all he's got all the way to the world's stage, up on the big screen. Cheyenne scored with the musical theatre standard "Old Devil Moon" in the most recent revival of the musical theatre chestnut FINIAN'S RAINBOW.At the 2008 Tony Awards, Cheyenne skated away with the hearts of many thanks to his stupendous XANADU performance.Tina Fey's multi-award-winning 30 ROCK has featured Cheyenne in many episodes, but he is at his absolute best whenever sharing the screen with fellow crossover Broadway/Hollywood star Jane Krakowski. See this energetic vocal warm-up for a live 30 ROCK show below. Having appeared on GLEE, 30 ROCK and even Larry David's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM since his last Broadway bows, Cheyenne has proven he can clearly do it all - and does; even pop music. As evidence, here is the video for his catchy newest single, "Don't Wanna Know".Jesse Tyler FergusonTreasured Off-Broadway mainstay all the way to beloved Broadway star of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, Jesse Tyler Ferguson's recent ascent to the top ranks of TV comedy byway of his iconic role on the mega-hit ABC comedy MODERN FAMILY was quite predicable to those lucky enough to have caught him onstage in any of his many memorable roles over the years. Now, ONE NIGHT STAND is the ideal way to see him at his best, giving his rare brand of comedic flair to a tremendously funny hospital-themed mini-musical. Jesse joins his MODERN FAMILY onscreen mate Eric Stonestreet in this guffaw-inducing specialty song from a WGA event.Taking on Lady Gaga's "Alejandro", here is an inventive tongue-in-cheek reworking of the dance hit performed by Jesse with some help by Kenny Mellman.Jesse gives his all to the classic Stephen Sondheim showstopper from COMPANY - a show which was another sensational Fathom event once upon a time, as a matter of fact - "Not Getting Married Today", with some help from fellow crossover stars Laura Benanti and Barrett Foa.Joined by an all-star cast the likes of which we rarely see, now or ever, Jesse was a standout in Dustin Lance Black's landmark play all about Proposition 8, 8. View his performance below.Roger BartStarring in both of Mel Brooks's Broadway musicals, THE PRODUCERS and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the latter of which he originated the lead role, is quite a leap from Snoopy in YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Tony Award notwithstanding) and the voice of Disney's HERCULES, yet such has been the wholly unique career trajectory thus far for Roger Bart. Additionally, besides his many Broadway turns, there is his ubiquitous presence on TV and in films, having appeared in an extensive arc on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in addition to appearing in movies such as AMERICAN GANGSTER, THE STEPFORD WIVES and last year's remarkable EXCISION. Bart can do it all, but, when given the chance to share the stage with talent as titanic as that of Cheyenne Jackson and Jesse Tyler Fergusen, as in the case of ONE NIGHT STAND, the result can be combustible. Roger Bart joins the rest of the original Broadway cast of THE PRODUCERS at the 2001 Tony Awards in a spellbinding performance medley from the record-breaking musical phenomenon. See him share the screen with Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler in this funny clip from the 2004 remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES.Roger Bart sings the emotive anthem "Go The Distance" from Disney's HERCULES below.
Lastly, here is Roger Bart singing the amusing "Roll In The Hay" with Broadway superstar Sutton Foster, from the original Broadway cast recording of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.As a special bonus, enjoy this interesting Q&A with cast members from ONE NIGHT STAND - including Cheyenne Jackson, Richard Kind and Michael Longoria - in this footage from a July screening. So, what is the most arresting aspect of ONE NIGHT STAND as it appears to you in preview? Is it the sterling assortment of talent involved, the chance to get a glimpse behind the curtain or the overall excitement inherent in the prospect of witnessing a handful of original musicals being constructed, created and performed live all within a 24-hour period of time? Whether all, one or none of those reasons are why it is worth a look for you, ONE NIGHT STAND is one of the most singular and exciting Broadway-based documentary films in years.


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Fab Recap Week of Nov. 18, 2012
Fab Recap: Holiday Dressing, Packing, and Irresistible Gift Guides
Fab Recap: Holiday Dressing, Packing, and Irresistible Gift Guides
So you're getting ready for Thanksgiving but you don't know what to wear? Thankfully, this week on Fab we had you covered with not only what to wear, but also how to pack, and keeping in the festive spirit, we also supplied you with some irresistible gift guides. We also kept you up to date on all the best looks from the week: the MTV EMAs, Keira Knightley's stunning Anna Karenina red carpet looks, and the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. It's been a busy week at FabSugar — catch up on our best stories of the week now!


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
This activity shows how reading a mathematics problem three times, with a different focus question each time, can help students make sense of a problem.
Draw three-dimensional figures on two-dimensional isometric dot paper. Try holding the cubes in different orientations so you can see the possibilities in both the three-dimensional "real world" and the two-dimensional representations on paper.
This activity demonstrates the range of ways that a primary source can be adapted and modified for students at different grade levels and reading levels.
Access more than 3000 items including visual art, audio files, primary source materials and additional texts supporting and enriching the understanding of American Literature.
Examine how elements of teaching for understanding are incorporated in a lesson. Enter your examples of how the element is used in the lesson, and then compare your answers to other teachers' answers.
Read the project description for students creating a children's storybook. Analyze the text based on five elements (describe task, achieve authenticity, establish criteria, clarify strategies, communicate rubric).
Observe a veteran teacher and her fourth-graders in a mini-lesson on adding detail to narrative writing. Consider the purpose and effectiveness of each part of the lesson and compare your observations with those of another teacher.
Analyze historical artifacts by applying the same methods historians use to evaluate everyday items - from dishes, to clothing, to weapons - and consider what that data can tell you about the past.
In this activity, annotate an excerpt from Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave and then provide a written response about the passage.
Read descriptions of two different classrooms. Identify which of the guidelines for creating a positive writing environment are best represented in each example and compare your answers to samples answers provided.
Explore the contemporary approaches used to understand, treat and prevent psychological disorders. Learn about these approaches and then put each into practice with a patient.
Determine your standards (logic, creativity, structure, etc.) when assessing student writing. Evaluate three essays using an analytic or holistic rubric and see how your standards compare with your peers.
What opportunities for learning are offered by having students work on a problem using both arrays and fractions?
Decide whether or not using an array is the best way to solve a problem.
Pair artifacts with appropriate literary texts, and find tips for using them together in the classroom by selecting movements and disciplines with this handy tool.
Watch a video of two student peer conferences and compare your evaluation of those conferences to another teacher's.
Read a fable and listen as two students retell the story in their own words. Assess their comprehension using the Retelling Guide provided.
Assess two drafts of students' letters using criteria presented as a four-point-scale rubric.
Review primary sources that examine historical events. Choose several sources that represent different perspectives of the era and create a narrative that represents a balanced view.
View more than 1500 items, including photos, documents, maps, and other items, ready for your research and classroom use. Browse by unit title, region, and/or time period.
Build a bridge between two disciplines by identifying a connecting concept, or idea that has value in both disciplines. Complete the structure by adding instructional activities that build students' understanding of the concept, within and across disciplines.
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Atherton girl beats rare blood disease, becomes a YouTube singing sensation
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As Reagan Smith sits behind a baby grand piano in her Atherton home, the 11-year-old's winsome voice fills the room with the song she wrote about living with a rare blood disease.
One line in the chorus captures the fifth grader's perspective of her battle: "This is a bump in a very long road that leads you to your destiny."
Reagan's road, it turned out, would include a brush with fame when one of the songs she sang -- "I Wanna Know" -- became a YouTube hit with more than 2 million views.
The road initially took a turn for the bad when in first grade she began getting large dark bruises all over her body. Reagan's mother, Sandra Smith, said she immediately took her daughter to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. After running some tests the hospital determined Reagan had immune thrombocytopenic purpura, or ITP, a disorder in which the immune system destroys the platelets essential for blood clotting, putting the patient at risk for internal bleeding.
A simple bump or fall could have meant death for the Sacred Heart Schools student.
"Her activities were severely restricted, she couldn't swing, she couldn't go out at recess, she couldn't ride a bike or roller-skate, or anything," Sandra Smith said. "And she was a very active little run-around kid. When you think of first or second graders, they are always bumping their head. That was the biggest fear."
During most of her time in first and second grade, Reagan spent recess in a classroom, sometimes helping her teacher with prep work like photocopying while other kids played outside.
"It was hard for me," Reagan said.
But after two years of treatment, including chemotherapy and surgery to remove her spleen, Reagan's disease is now in remission and her fate has taken a different turn.
After winning a music competition last year, she was signed by pop-music producer Patrice Wilson and soon became a YouTube sensation with her "I Wanna Know" song, which is also available on iTunes. Reagan donates proceeds from the song's sales to the Bass Center for Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases at Packard Children's Hospital.
To date, more than 9,000 songs at 99 cents each have been sold, Sandra Smith said, adding that the family will round up the donation and present a check to the hospital this month for $10,000.
Reagan's singing success sprung from her rare disease. Because she couldn't engage in physical activities, Reagan's parents encouraged her interests in singing and performing.
"I have always loved to sing, but when I really started singing was when I got sick and had ITP," Reagan said. "Singing got me through that."
Stanford Dr. Bert Glader, who treated Reagan, called her "phenomenal." He said that as a patient she was friendly, though sometimes a little shy.
"When I first saw her on stage I thought, 'Wow, is this the same kid?' " Glader said during a phone interview last month.
Now, like a young Taylor Swift, Reagan is enjoying writing songs about her life experiences. During a visit with a reporter, she pulls out her pink-covered iPhone, on which she's written the lyrics to a new song about a struggling friendship.
But singing isn't her only hobby today. With her doctors' approval, Reagan plays volleyball and soccer, rides horses, runs track and enjoys jumping on the family's backyard trampoline.
She's also planning to ditch fame at some point to become a surgeon. Reagan said she was inspired by the doctors who helped her regain her health.
"I bet they have a good feeling when they cure a patient," she said. "I still want to keep singing. I want to be a surgeon and kind of sing on the weekends."
Watch Reagan Smith singing "I WANNA KNOW": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7egKtbQqKA&feature=player_embedded
Source: Contra Costa Times


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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Kawaii Chika-san's Incredible Studio!
Oh My Goodness today was so inspiring!
My friend Shimizu-chan and I went to Asakusabashi to visit Higashi Chika-san's amazing shop and gallery Le Lieu but we when we arrived Chika-san asked 'Hello Sandwich-san desu ne?' and she gave us a beautiful tour of her studio!!! It's a four storey converted studio building which she shares with her super cute five-year-old daughter and two other creators. At the very top of the spiral staircase is this amazing space which I am so excited to share with you today! I hope you will enjoy this studio tour!
Chika-san makes these beautiful umbrellas (and parasols) and stunning scarves (below).
You can also see more on Chika-san's website Coci la elle.
Chika-san's adorable daughter and the gallery shopfront.
Sometimes I find myself in situations like this where I have to pinch myself to believe that I-am-in-an-amazing-studio-in-Tokyo-and-they-are-speaking-to-me-in-Japanese-and-I-want-to-live-here-forever!
The moral to this story is that you really won't want to miss a trip to this gallery and shop if you're in Tokyo! Of course this will be in the new Hello Sandwich Tokyo Guide PDF coming soon!
Thank you so much Chika-san for such a delightful day! You're such a cutie!
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that studio is amazingggg!ReplyDelete
i absolutely love the scarves and umbrellas!!!
What an inspiring, beautiful, wonderful place to work. Wow, just wow!ReplyDelete
wowwwww, she really has an amazing space!ReplyDelete
and i LOVE all the umbrellas and scarfs, want them all!!!!!
super duper niceeee :DReplyDelete
I hope that I get to visit someday, the place looks amazing! And so photogenic, ha ha!ReplyDelete
Wow! Beautiful space. Love the drawers. And her work is awesome too!ReplyDelete
aww cute!! she looks a nice lady, and I love the bookcase ^^^ReplyDelete
I want to buy or what ever your guide, maybe someday I will travel to Japan
the interior is so beautifulReplyDelete
amaaazing!! sugoi!! <3ReplyDelete
really enjoyed this studio tour & very much inspired! thank you for sharing & looking forward to your next tokyo guide. :)
Beautiful and inspiring!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2012 at 6:10 PM
AAAAaaa! You have hand cream 'made in Poland'. I'm from Poland :DReplyDelete
I want a studio like hers. I just love how Japanese people can organize many things in a little space. And that comfy chair is wonderful!ReplyDelete
Her studio looks so inviting and cozy. Love the space. And would love to have some of her scarves or an umbrella!ReplyDelete
Very cute and warmy places! Her work is sooo pretty! Want some umbrella :DReplyDelete
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It's s great to see a studio that is actually used. Not just a picture perfect one. Very inspiring.ReplyDelete
oh my.... such an incredible space!!!ReplyDelete
That leg/scarf photo is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
what a fantastic space!ReplyDelete
wow kawaii!!ReplyDelete


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Chief Justice Says Cameras in Court Rule Works
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson says a rule allowing news cameras and electronic recording equipment in trial courts is working as intended.
Gilbertson says news organizations have received permission to use cameras or audio recording devices in about two-thirds of the requests that have been decided so far.
The Supreme Court approved rules allowing those recording devices in circuit court hearings and trials beginning July 1, 2011.
In his State of the Judiciary speech Wednesday to the South Dakota Legislature, Gilbertson said judges and attorneys have agreed to full access by cameras and recording devices in seven cases, and judges granted audio access in 21 other cases.
He says electronic access to circuit court proceedings was denied in 18 cases.
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Su Shi who came from China was bamboo's lover, even for a moment can not be detached: "I prefer not to eat meat, can not live without bamboo, meat makes thin, bamboo is vulgar." I do not know in front of 65 in Florence, Italy, M. Guccio Gucci is not subject to the influence of Chinese culture, infected with a warm tribute to the Oriental Bamboo? In 1947, he courageously decided to use bamboo, this Is the new material in the production of Gucci bags.At that time, the end of World War II, the war ended, but the raw materials, lack of state caused by the war has not ended. Guccio Gucci boldly "bamboo", which represents the oriental style of material to replace the metal, imported from Japan, bamboo, through heating roasted to soften and bend into a single "U", and then through a metal ring in series connection with the history of Gucci Boston bag of this classic design as well.
From a design standpoint, the cortex Gucci Boston Bags with bamboo handle, Gucci Top Handles bags,in line with the "real materials" and "form follows function", both coming to the fore in the Arts and Crafts movement, has been widely accepted principles aesthetic. leather and bamboo, matching material from both conflict and harmony, exotic bamboo handle, with natural materials, they kind of strange feeling of coordination – both practical and romantic package Bamboo is popular range. bamboo bag is very popular in the 1950s and 1960s, the glamorous Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman's mysterious, and love the package by the British theatrical drama of the bone at the actress Vanessa Redgrave are users of bamboo.
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Eller scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd, Pacioretty has 4 points; Canadiens beat Stars 6-4NHL.com @NHLdotcom
DALLAS - Lars Eller put a stop to Montreal's third-period meltdowns.
Eller scored the midway through the third period after Dallas scored twice to tie it, leading Canadiens to a 6-4 win over the Stars on Thursday night.
"It was just one of those crazy games," said Eller, who scored by putting a shot over Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen's left shoulder to the short side. "Usually we don't score a lot of goals, but the last two games it seems like the puck is going in more."
Max Pacioretty added an empty-netter in the closing minutes as the Canadiens finished their longest road trip of the season at 3-2-1.
On Tuesday night at Carolina, the Canadiens led 3-0 going into the third-period but lost 5-4 in overtime.
"It's a big win, but I've got to look at the road trip," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. "We had a chance to make a good road trip, and this is exactly what we did.
"This (Dallas) is a good hockey team, and they were playing well lately," he added, "so it was a good challenge for us."
Pacioretty had two goals, giving him a team-high of 19, and two assists. P.K. Subban had a goal and three assists. Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais also scored for Montreal (24-14-4).
Valeri Nichushkin converted a penalty shot for Dallas. Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Brenden Dillon also tallied for the Stars (20-13-7).
Dallas lost in regulation for the first time in eight games, ending its longest streak of games with a point this season at 5-0-2.
"I was concerned after going through the stretch we went through with a couple real emotional wins that we might get loose, and we were loose," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "Parts of this game, I thought we gambled on the offensive side and gave up some real good chances that we normally don't give up."
Seguin, whose goal and assist gave him club highs with 21 goals and 41 points, said the Stars didn't deserve to win.
"I think we got a little complacent after having a soft few games in a row," he said. "We gave 'em a lot, gave 'em a lot of opportunities. Our goalie made some unbelievable saves. (We) kind of left him hangin' out to dry, including myself."
Seguin scored at 7:42 of the third period on the power play and Dillon followed 47 seconds later to tie the score at 4.
Subban called them lucky goals.
"Don't get me wrong; they worked hard and they created opportunities for themselves," Subban said. "But two knuckle pucks, and they're very deceiving or fortunate."
Then Eller netted his 10th of the season at10:39 to put Montreal ahead for good.
Nichushkin, taken down by Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges near the crease, beat goalie Carey Price to his glove side on the penalty shot to tie the score at 2-2 early in the second period.
Subban scored at 6:30 to put Montreal ahead. Price got his second assist of the season on the goal.
Subban earlier made a backhand pass while wheeling through the left circle to set up Desharnais in the slot for a shot that beat Lehtonen, who was screened and falling in the crease, to give Montreal a 2-1 lead.
Benn opened the scoring with his 14th goal of the season at 6:12 of the first period. He struck a one-timer near the right point following a cross-ice pass out of the left corner from Seguin.
That extended Benn's streak of consecutive games with a point to five, including goals in four.
The Canadiens tied the score at the 11-minute mark of the period. Pacioretty took an outlet pass at the red line from Subban, raced in alone on the Dallas net and scored to Lehtonen's glove side.
NOTES: Montreal wing George Parros, sidelined since Dec. 14 with his second concussion of the season, left the team on Thursday morning and went to the University of Michigan to seek an opinion of a concussion specialist. ... Canadiens centre Daniel Briere, the 36-year-old former All-Star, was a healthy scratch for the second straight game.


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The Modern Racist Paradigm [Full Documentary]
Documentary was released in 2007. This is a well researched documentary that exposes the "White" Media's long-term agenda to standardize Caucasian people as the "social ... all » norm" for general society. Through the globalization and centralization of the "White" media and its constant propagation of repetitive images depicting Caucasians in positive roles and as protagonists while usually depicting Non-Caucasians as background characters and antagonists -- which are often connected to negative themes and stereotypes -- the media elite have been able to effectively condition general society into subconsciously adhering to a racist social hierarchy in which Caucasian people are at the very apex. The documentary addresses many modern-day internalized racist psychological dispositions (subconscious forms of internalized racism) which are unknowingly passed down from generation to generation due to the globalization and pervasiveness of "Whiteness"; a cultural assimilation process of which, is directly derivative to historical European expansionism, colonialism, and imperialism. For more detailed research, please go to: http://opposingdigits.com/racistparadigm/ &IP=126.96.36.199
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