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One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. ~ Michael Korda
The Linaro 12.11 release is now available!
The Linaro 12.11 release cycle highlights the hard work of all the Linaro Teams – Working Groups, Landing Teams and Platform Teams – who have provide all the updates and new features that are integrated on top of our platforms during this development cycle. The 12.11 release is another example of how Linaro works together with its members, partners and community to continue to build the future of Linux on Arm.
Looking over the highlights for the 12.11 release cycle, it's easy to see how the momemtum and energy from LCE12-Copenhagen carries over and our teams consistantly meet and exceed the goals set in the Linaro Connect sessions. Our Android team has updated the platform to AOSP 4.2 on all our supported boards, and Android evdev is now upstreamed and used in AOSP 4.2.
As we look over improvements to the Linaro toolchain, it is notable that Linaro GCC now includes the arm/aarch64-4.7-branch (Armv8). The Developer Platform team reports that the initial GRUB support for Arm is now available, provided by our Linaro Enterprise Group (LEG) and marking its first component delivery.
The Power Management Working Group continues its progress on big.LITTLE MP by delivering the v11 and v12 branches, as the Graphics Working Group notes that there is a new GLMark2 release which demonstrates shadow mapping. Additionally our LAVA team reports that the NI Battery Simulator is now available in the lab and can now be accessed remotely.
"Linaro 12.11 includes a number of important contributions from the engineering teams, most significant are the v11 and v12 releases of the big.LITTLE MP tree. These releases integrate a number of feature patches required for commercial products in 2013. It is very satisfying to know the work our teams do will be put to good use in great products developed by our member companies," said Mark Orvek, Director, Kernel Working Group at Linaro.
"Bernhard Rosenkranzer developed a very exciting demo of a native VI editor and native gcc compilers running on Android for Connect. Perf support on android is improved and is now on the linux-linaro tree and builds for Origen 4412 were set up." said Zach Pfeffer, Linaro Android Tech Lead.
With 13 companies joining Linaro to become part of the newly formed and announced Linaro Enterprise Group (LEG), excitment continues to grow around the opportunity to accelerate developement in the Linux Arm server ecosystem. In a video interview during the 12.11 release cycle, Linaro's Director of LEG, Andrea Gallo, gave a more indepth explaination of what this new group is, how it works, and why the formation of LEG is important.
"LEG has been focused on creating our roadmap and drafting the first cards as we continue to build on the work that David Rusling initiated as part of the OCTO enterprise pre-work," said Gallo. "We've been busy working with Arm and Samsung on extending the Tianocore UEFI support to the Samsung platform beyond the multiple Arm Versatile Express variants already in place. Many thanks to Ryan Harkin, the Linaro Arm Landing team and Rony Nandy of Samsung for all their help and collaboration. Also, we are planning an invitation only UEFI mini-summit which is scheduled to take place on the 11-13 of December at the Linaro office in Cambridge," added Gallo."
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This therapy dog is making the country feel better this morning. Part of a crew sent to Boston, this friendly face was greeting runners this morning returning to pick up their gear left at the race site on Monday, said the person who posted the pic on Reddit. On social media, people admiring the dog's friendly face shared the photo widely.
Several of the dogs from this crew also helped to comfort children at Newtown, according to news reports.
Pastor Ingo Dutzmann of Boston's First Lutheran Church told The Huffington Post on Tuesday that a handful of golden retrievers and their handlers dispatched by Lutheran Church Charities near Chicago are in Boston to visit shaky people in hospitals, churches, and elsewhere.
First Lutheran Church, located just four blocks from the marathon finish, is hosting the animals, Huffington Post said.
This pooch's picture was also posted on Imgur, the online photo-sharing social media site, and received lots of love and appreciation for all the good work.
'Hello, I am made of love. Would you like some?' one commenter said.
These dogs always seem happy to help people, it's adorable, said another.

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Ellen DeGeneres has admitted it is impossible not to pick up the nervousness in the room on Oscars night.
The talk show host is back to present the ceremony this year for the second time, but said that despite knowing lots of the audience she still found it terrifying.
Ellen confessed: "Look, it's the greatest gig in the world. And it's also really, really hard. So, I wasn't going to do it, because I've done it before. And I thought, 'I don't need to do that again.'
"And then I realised I'm too comfortable and too complacent and I should scare myself and take a chance. So here I am, scaring myself and taking a chance."
Ellen explained that because there was so much nervous energy in the theatre during the ceremony, she couldn't help but absorb some of it herself.
She said: "It's live around the world, to a billion people watching, and every major person who is in the room that has done every major thing. I mean, I know a lot of them. So, it helps a little bit that I'm friendly with everybody. But it's still scary.
"It's the energy in the room. There's a lot of really anxious energy and, so, you kind of pick that up. You can feel all that when you walk out. So I'm trying to remain calm."
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Seal of approval.
the Joyce Pensato drawings, which were so shredded.
Boccioni sculpture... Unique Forms of Continuity in Space... plus Composer Bust.
Picasso made a baboon here reminds me of that and some other famous dudes who made stuff - back to archimboldi's fruit faces - and before that the "green man" of pagan lore - so this is a tradition that, increasingly divorced from...oh who am I kidding. It looks like fun. I honestly picked up a shell or two from the beach the other day - and I made a face out of a stone, a snail type dealio (he kind hermit crabs squat in) and some driftwood. Its freakin childsplay. WHat is this guy two? I know I am. But what are you.
That and the simpsons - which pensato references in her postmodern pastiche of pop expressionism.
If you want I can can tear off a slab of whup ass, but then I;d have to fry it up, and that's work.
very interesting..would like to see more from this artists..like the use of old toys..


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Staff at Sheppard Robson have paid tribute to Warwick Small who passed away last week aged 63 following a stroke
Small – who worked at the Camden-based AJ100 studio as a technician for the past 28 years – was described as a 'character' and 'legend' by his former colleagues.
He was also praised for 'supporting a vast number of successful projects' by applying 'excellent technical skills quietly in the background'.
Born in 1949 in Sydney, Small settled in London in the early 1980s and was credited with mentoring 'generations of junior architects' at Sheppard Robson.
His hobbies included reading and carving wooden sculptures. Small is survived by his brothers Lance, Carl, Garry and Wayne and his sisters Vena, Yonnie, and Sharon.
Sheppard Robson associate Eugene Sayers said: 'Warwick had an irreverent streak and was a witty heckler, but he was also kind and generous with a strong sense of fairness. He will be missed by many.'
His funeral will take place at Lambeth Crematorium from 9:30am next Thursday (13 December).
Please send tributes to Anna FitzGerald of Sheppard Robson
Tributes to Warwick Small from colleagues
John Foat, former Sheppard Robson employee
I visited Warwick on Monday night and it seemed quite clear that this would be the unfortunate outcome. Very sad news but let's face it, the baldy b*****d would have made a horribly cranky old man! He taught me so much and was a good friend. I will miss him very much.
Adrian Lee, former Sheppard Robson employee
Like so many others before and after me, Warwick looked after and guided me during my time at Sheppard Robson. We established a Thursday night 'drinking club' and even after I had left Sheppard Robson, we all still got together with Warwick as a central figure overseeing 'proceedings'. With a wicked sense of humour and overwhelming generosity it was an honour to be part of his social circle. He came to my wedding and as you can see from the pictures he lit up the dance floor. As you would expect from Warwick he was the only one who heckled me during my speech! It's such a sad loss and he will be missed but never forgotten.
Julia Bengsch, former Sheppard Robson employee
Oh Wazza, I still got your beautifully carved little ducks on my desk – just in front of me. All handmade. Since last week I can't stop looking at them. All this memory and the fact that I will never see you again. What a loss – I will miss you. I can still see your fingers moving over my details for the ERB project solving the questions I had. I can still hear your laughter, your voice. For a German your special humour was always a bit of a challenge but I got it after all. You looked after my plant when I left SR and London and kept writing me about how happy or sad it looked… now you are gone – but you will always stay with me!
May Poon, former Sheppard Robson employee
Warwick in heaven:
Warwick must be SO embarrassed with his sudden departure and inconveniencing his lodgers, and smiling with a naughty grin.
Warwick must be SO embarrassed with all the fuss and love poured at him, and smiling with an even naughtier grin.
Warwick must be SO pxxxed off for the early departure because he hasn't put in the hot water heater in the house yet.
Warwick must be SO pxxxed off for the early departure because he hasn't finished painting X'mas cards for friends and family yet.
Warwick must be SO glad that life was full of knowledge, life was full of wonders, life was full of art, life was full of adventure, life was full of love, life was full of friendship, and most of all, life was full of passion of them all.
Warwick must be SO glad that you were all in his life. I cannot detail waterproofing like him, cannot drink like him, cannot write like him, cannot paint like him, cannot sculpt like him, cannot seek life with such intensity like him, but I can love like him. Warwick, I love (I refuse to use past tense) you more than you'll ever know.
We will meet again, but make sure you tell me which heaven you are at. Please try not to redesign heaven and take down all the walls and not put them back up. Oh, and make sure you have heating and hot water put back in before I get there.
Phyllis Agam, former Sheppard Robson employee
I was a long-time colleague of Warwick's at SR back in the 90's, and certainly remember him as a 'character'. Alan's story about the watch reminded me that in about 1995, we had been talking about coffee plungers (as one does?) and I must have mentioned that I didn't own one. A few weeks later, out of the blue, Warwick presented me with a package - containing a real (note, not fake) Bodum plunger type coffee maker. I was really moved. In return, I brought him home a nargillah from my next trip to the Middle East. I am sure that Warwick will be sorely missed. Sorry to have missed the drinks at The Spread - but it's a bit far from Melbourne. Best wishes to anyone who remembers me
Tori Jackson, Sheppard Robson employee
Warwick was such a special soul. His genuine, fun, warm, vivacious spirit was what made him so endearing. I will always remember fondly all of the cheeky jokes he used to come out with, the black hat that he loved to always wear, his mismatched dance floor moves (lol) and his smile. Warwick was always smiling. His sudden death is absolutely devastating and I will miss him very much. R.I.P Warwick
Claire Haywood, Sheppard Robson employee
I had the pleasure and fortune to work with Warwick on two projects, and sat next to him for about four years. In fact I recall that Mark Kowal eventually re-located one of us to another desk, as we kept distracting each other by swapping stories & laughing. Warwick was one of the first people I worked with at SR 15 years ago, and he taught me so much.
Everything from the finer points of door detailing, to what to look out for on-site when you're snagging. He was exceptional at his job. But he always had the time & patience to help others with theirs.He was also a really good friend to me, like he was to so many others. And we enjoyed many a pizza on a Friday lunchtime at Parkway Pizzeria. He had an amazing memory and often asked me about things I had mentioned to him years previously………. including the ones I had forgotten. I will remember his as he always was; a big smile on his face and telling stories. He was unique and I will miss him greatly.
Rod McAllister, Sheppard Robson employee
When I started as a year-out student in 1984 I became aware of Warwick's willingness to prick pomposity and lighten the atmosphere whenever possible. He described a milkshake I bought once as 'Pink Poison' – I never bought one again! Strangers often found him baffling. But those who knew him warmed to his courtesy, honesty and inappropriate but well-timed humour. He will be much missed.
Mike Greatorex, Sheppard Robson employee
Always one with a rapier wit and a repartee to match. I shall always remember him sweeping up Parkway in his long black coat & Fedora. It always used to amuse him when I said 'He looked like he had fell off a port bottle ……. Sandeman's for the young! It was such very sad news that he didn't survive his stroke but the fondness and moving tributes shown to him today by the people he worked with proves what a truly great man he was. He had a great life and will be missed by many.
David Alleyne, Sheppard Robson employee
Warwick would walk past my flat on the way to work and comment on my window flower boxes. He has mentioned the vibrant colours lights up the street from a distance. On occasions we would have a race to see who would get to work first. Warwick would never get the bus to the station he would walk every morning. Not sure how….but he would get in before me. You will be missed!
Alan Shingler, Sheppard Robson employee
In 1998 Warwick took me under his wing and taught me all I know about piling and basement waterproofing. After a few weeks at Sheppard Robson I was trusted to attend a client meeting under Warwick's guidance. In this meeting we had 20 people in Stanhope's board room to discuss the piling strategy for 59-67 Gresham St. When the meeting started we went round the table in the usual way to give your name and role.
I decided the best way for me to remember these names was to write down next to their name the type of watch they were wearing. As we were returning to the office I remarked to Warwick that I was surprised to see so many people in one room wearing a Rolex and that clearly architects were the poor relation. 13 years on in 2011 Warwick gave me with a present bought while he was on holiday. It was a replica Rolex watch and he continued to recount that meeting back in 1998. I thought this story is typical of Warwick, always thinking of others. Although I probably didn't show it to him I was very fond of Warwick and I will miss his quirky humour.
Ian Rudolph, former Sheppard Robson employee
Message from Sorry to hear of this news - it must be a shock to all. He was such a vibrant and exciting character to be around and a pleasure to have known. The cooler definition of eccentric perhaps. One of the most interesting of the old guard at Sheppard Robson. Our thoughts are with all of you in Camden Town, and the rest of the Sheppard Robson Alumni.
Virginia Newman, former Sheppard Robson employee
I just did not put Warwick down as a person susceptible to a stroke. There but for the grace of God…It is so heart-warming to hear that SR was there through to the end. It was his family and a goodly part of his life, and reassuring to think that there were so many dear friends who cared for him. He was a wonderful, funny, strange, wild, mad, kind person who will leave a big hole. Please do let me know where/ when the funeral is. If I can get there I will.
Quentin Armstrong-Barr, Sheppard Robson employee
I will miss Warwick's zaniness and eccentricity. Two things which jump out at me …. The Thursday night drinking club mentioned by James evolved into Warwick's Thursday Ladies drinking club, I seem to recall…. just Warwick and his female fans from the office. He seemed to have a talent for attracting all the young ladies in particular. I remember him calling me and asking for a new Black and Red notebook … I gave him the usual choice of lined, no lines, or squares and he replied 'lines' and I said 'I thought being a rebel you would want no lines' and he said 'I want the lines so I can avoid them'
Rob Burwell, former Sheppard Robson employee
He was a Legend, taught me more than any other lecturer.
James Flynn, Sheppard Robson employee
Warwick gave me his mark ups to do in CAD when I was a DC on site at Shire and Milton House (or as Warwick called it - Sh!t and Muck house) about 17 years ago .. helping me progress fantastically. We worked together on and off for a long time after that, and had a regular Thursday night pub club of current and former colleagues - we probably covered every pub in the city and west end over about 4 years.
We had drifted apart a little a few years ago - like you do - but only recently had gone to the spread for some drinks - just last week he lent me a book of poetry. He leaves behind many friends across the country and the globe and he was a fantastic mentor to so many young people. My life is richer in many ways because of Warwick, and were all the poorer without him.
Bob Keenan, Sheppard Robson employee
I have been here as long as Warwick (longer, in fact). My memories are many and varied. The thing about him was that he connected with everyone. His humour was quirky but never hurtful. His knowledge of construction and building science was exemplary. He was adaptable and dependable. …and then there was the Hat. …and the fancy dress parties. When, in the mid-nineties, I was off sick for a couple of months, he sent me a hand written letter on six pieces of lined paper. It was a stream of consciousness - very funny and very uplifting … and perfectly timed. I wish that I could have done the same for him.
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I didn't know Warwick at all, but I now recognise him as the man who passed me in Sheppard Robson's reception area on my one and only visit, and whispered, "Don't do it.."
I was very sad to hear about Warwick's untimely departure from this world.
Warwick was a fellow attendee of yoga classes. He made me laugh with his cheeky jokes and 'dancing' during balance poses when we were supposed to be radiating stillness and strength.
But apart from his joking around he was a friendly, sweet and kind person who made an effort to get to know you and be helpful. He even gave me tips on yoga poses though not the balancing postures.
Holding onto a thought...
He spoke with reason
Questioned the unquestionable
Misinterpreted for fun and leisurely enjoyed the 'small things' from his wide eyes crossing the globe
His attention to detail shaped his curiosity and stories of humble creations
A deeply proud and patient man his house now a shrine of his work
Practically minded he let his soul run
Over to origins, wondering into holdings to meet everyone
He was my mentor and a real inspiration in architecture and life
It was a pleasure to meet such a fine man who was forever young
Thanks for your teachings, time and energy
- Nyomi Rowsell, former Sheppard Robson employee
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School districts are now required by the Florida Department of Education to offer a virtual-school online learning option for students in kindergarten through grade 12.
Eligible students may register Monday, Nov. 23 for the 2009-2010 second semester of the Sarasota County School District's interactive, online learning option, known as Sarasota Virtual School.
Teachers will monitor student progress, communicate via e-mail and telephone and give assignments online and through physical materials shipped to and from students. Attendance will be monitored based on online activity.
"Students and their parents who have signed up for Sarasota Virtual School are finding that the school meets their needs," said Deborrah Metheny, supervisor of School Choice programs for the district. "They have lots of different reasons, but they're all happy to have this online option."
Sarasota Virtual School uses a state-approved curriculum with instructional materials that include a computer, Internet access and printed materials. Computer and Internet access may be provided at no charge to eligible students who meet family income requirements.
To be eligible, students must have been enrolled in a Florida public school (traditional, charter or alternative) since Oct. 1, 2008; be dependents of a member of the U.S. military transferred to the state within the last year; or be enrolled in 2008-2009 in a school district virtual-instruction or an approved K-8 virtual school program.
For more information on eligibility, registration dates or enrollment, contact the Sarasota Virtual School office at 927-9000, Ext. 32171, or e-mail [email protected].
School districts are now required by the Florida Department of Education to offer a virtual-school online learning option for students in kindergarten through grade 12.


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Clark v. State, No. 43S00-0810-CR-575 (Ind. October 15, 2009). [Download the opinion]
Defendant Clark killed his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter. At his murder trial, the prosecution introduced the following post Clark had made to his MySpace page:
Society labels me as an outlaw and criminal and sees more and more everyday how many of the people, while growing up, and those who judge me, are dishonest and dishonorable. Note, in one aspect I'm glad to say I have helped you people in my past who have done something and achieved on the other hand, I'm sad to see so many people who have nowhere. to those people I say, if I can do it and get away. Bullshit. And with all my obstacles, why the fuck can't you.
Clark was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He sought review with the Indiana Supreme Court. On appeal, the court affirmed the conviction.
One of the arguments Clark raised on appeal was that the trial court committed error when it allowed the jury to consider the MySpace posting. He claimed that it was improper character evidence under Indiana Rule of Evidence 404(b) which provides in relevant part:
Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.
The Supreme Court held that Rule 404(b) did not apply because "[i]t was Clark's words and not his deeds that were at issue." The posting was "solely evidence of [Clark's] own statements, not of prior criminal acts."
Moreover, Clark had made an issue of his character when he testified in his own defense. One theme of his testimony was that he had acted recklessly, and that had he intended to kill the victim he would have done more to conceal the crime. The court held that the bravado exhibited in the MySpace posting (in conjunction with a statement Clark had made to a detective upon his arrest, namely, "I will fucking kick your ass. I will send the Hell's Angels to kill you. Fuck it. It's only a C felony. I can beat this.") was probative in that it countered his argument of "mere" recklessness.


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A professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) has launched an intemperate attack on fellow professors who have an amorous affair with a university student. Professor Edward T. Wimberley, who teaches courses in philosophy, ethics and environmental public policy, labeled such professors as "unscrupulous, self-serving and narcissistic adults."
Unfortunately, Wimberley feels that it is OK to apply such degrading rhetoric to any professor who engages in such a relationship. Surely Professor Wimberley must know of some professors and students who had an affair and ultimately settled into marital tranquility and ultimately parenthood. In fact, it may be that some of the children of these relationships may even be in one of the professor's classes and now find that their esteemed professor labels their father as simply an unscrupulous narcissistic adult.
Of course, Wemberley totally ignores the likelihood that these relationships are often initiated by female students.
In fact, the whole anti-student professor relationships movement either ignores the female student or treats female students as children. The fact is that if female students were not attracted to some of their professors and did not consider these professors as eligible, there would be very few of these relationships. Remove female professorial attraction and the so-called problem in essence is resolved. But, of course, this will not occur since we do not live in an authoritarian therapeutic state.
Professor Wimberley goes on to state-
Personally, I fervently hope that the very concept of permissible and acceptable consensual relationships between students and faculty will be rejected outright. As a parent and professor, I can see no situation where it is acceptable for an undergraduate student — particularly one younger than 21 years of age — to be engaged in a sexual relationship with someone significantly older who is legitimately expected to provide a wholesome role model to students. I suspect that a stronger case could be made for consensual relationships with older students — such as graduate students. However, given the poor self-restraint of so many of our FGCU faculty over the years, I would have to assume that the adoption of a consensual-relationship policy will implicitly sanction inappropriate relationships among university faculty and staff with students and will serve to perpetuate the idea that such relationships are acceptable as long as they don't violate the letter of university guidelines.
Clearly the professor regards students as children or childlike. If such was not the case, why does he invoke his parental status? Although he acknowledges the possibility of consensuality when the student is older, he still opts out for the draconian banning of all student prof intimacies at FGCU. Of course, the professor would have trouble confronting the fact that the average age of FGCU students in 2008 was 23 years old. No matter the reality that most students are adults at FGCU, Wemberley still speaks as an authoritarian parent who wants the university to apply his authoritarian values to all of the FGCU student children or "kids",a term often used to refer to students by authoritarian professors.
But there is much more to this story. It turns out that the ongoing evaluation of student professor relationships has been speeded up by the "revelation" that there is an investigation of a specific student and professor at FGCU.
The naplesnews.com has reported-
Professors in the counseling department filed a complaint against Associate Professor Patrick Davis, accusing him of being engaged to be married to a graduate student who he has advised and taught. They also raised concerns that he has retroactively changed some grades issued to the student, whose name was redacted from reports.
Note that the accusation as reported was that he was engaged to marry a student who he HAS advised and taught. As for the serious charge that he has prejudicially changed a student grade, such can be dealt with without banning all student professor intimate relationships. Prejudicial grading and grade changing is wrong, no matter as to whether there was or was not a sexual component. The fact that some apparently consider the student professor consensual sexual relationship issue as more important than the problem of prejudicial grading reflects the deterioration of academic ethics.
The best thing that the FGCU administration could do is simply suspend the effort to regulate/control intimate relationships between students and professors; if not such will inevitability lead to abuse of too many students and professors and the violation of their privacy. Of course, the FGCU administration should be vigorous in enforcing grading practices so that they will be uniformly non-prejudicial.
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by Lou Mancinelli
More than 20 years ago, a young University of Pennsylvania architecture graduate lived in a barn in Chestnut Hill without electricity struggling to make it as a painter. After a short time, he realized he would need more money than he had available to him in order to pursue life as an artist. It would take years, he thought, of diligent practice before he might be good enough to earn a living painting.
It came to pass that a friend suggested he paint a fabric design and try to sell the piece to an upscale New York City department store.
And so, Kevin O'Brien – now a reputable Old City fabric designer whose hand-made fabric Bette Midler wore on the Martha Stewart show in October – has been featured in magazines like Marie Claire, Home Accents Today and Town and Country. He sold his first fabric to Barneys New York in the early '90s.
O'Brien, now in his early 50s, will open a temporary shop this Friday in Chestnut Hill, at 8428 Germantown Ave. featuring discounted scarves, bedding, pillows, robes and other items usually found at retail stores like Saks, Neiman Marcus, and ABC Carpet and Home.
The goods are surplus materials, according to O'Brien, who said his workers always make ten percent more product than an order requires in case something goes askew and thought Chestnut Hill, known for its upscale aesthetic, could be a good neighborhood to sell his fabrics. The store will be open through December.
"To me the goal is to make things that last forever," said O'Brien last Friday in his two-floor Old City studio on Fabric Row where he's been for 15 years.
From the outside, the studio is a bland city building on 3rd Street tucked just around the corner from the cafés and bars on Market Street. It's a fine contrast to the inside where a team of skilled artisans – often art students who become longtime employees – work in a room toned with lush reds, greens, and bolts of silk. Sometimes they make pillows imbued with iridescent color schemes or designs that resemble patterns found on Persian rugs. At other times they create scarves and burnt-velvet shawls fit to don Lord Byron.
"It's more valuable if you don't have to replace it," said O'Brien, who lives with his wife, Myoshin Thurman, and 2-year-old son in a secluded home in Woodstock, N.Y., and travels to Philadelphia twice a week to be at his studio.
"If you want to do that it has to be beautiful and good."
If you can imagine a group of workers in Katmandu, an urban city in Nepal, sitting around a wooden rectangle maybe as big as a pool table, hand-weaving velvet (which only takes it purple hue after its dyed), you can visualize the beginning of the process of creating fabrics by O'Brien and his artisans.
About six years ago, O'Brien, the son of a naval officer who had seen many ports around the world, traveled to the Himalayas in search of fine materials for his fabrics. He wanted to find Pashima. After a series of unsuccessful meetings with sources who claimed they would produce for him the fine cashmere wool, O'Brien found a workplace he still works with today, where he employs 20 people.
The hand-wound velvet and silk travels halfway across the world from his workplace in the Himalayas to his studio in Philadelphia, where it's hung across the length of a waterproof room and painted by a device he patented, equipped with such an assortment of hoses and gages that it might have come from Willie Wonka's factory. Later, to the dyed fabrics, his artisans apply embroideries inspired by his sketches, often composed in the quiet woods outside his home in the Catskills.
O'Brien laughs when he reflects how long it might take one person to craft one of his pillows or rugs from start to finish. He said that after the delicate and laborious process, and despite the retail prices of his goods (pillows can range from $100 to $300, rugs from $700 to $1,000), when his employees are paid and costs accounted for, he is still an artist struggling to make money.
"If it was about making money I would have done something else," he said. "The challenge is to make something relevant but not be cold. You can have fine workmanship but still be modern."
The Kevin O'Brien Studio's Chestnut Hill shop opens Friday, Nov.12. It is open Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m., and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. For more information call 215-923-6378 or visit www.kevinobrienstudio.com.


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Lights, Camera, Heart!
This week, members of Lexington Medical Heart Center's team participated in interviews and a webinar on WLTX in Columbia. Here are a few segments from their visit to the TV station.
Darci Strickland interviews LMC dietitian Susan Wilkerson about how to turn our favorite Southern cuisine into a heart healthy meal.
Andrea Mock talks to cardiologist Dr. Amy Epps about heart disease.
Darci talks to LMC Cardiac Rehabilitation Manager John Leech about the benefits of cardiac rehab.
Darci Strickland interviews cardiologist Dr. Michael Roberts about women and heart disease.


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Miami Beach Police Tried To Destroy Video From Bystanders, Holding Them At Gunpoint
from the the-right-to-film-police deptDannyB was the first of a few folks to send in the latest story of police massively (and dangerously) overreacting to people filming them in public. This case involves police in Miami Beach, who filmed a fatal shooting by the police. Apparently, the police didn't like such things being caught on camera and reacted about as poorly as you can imagine:
First, police pointed their guns at the man who shot the video, according to a Miami Herald interview with the videographerTurns out the last laugh was on the police. The guy whose phone it was had removed the SD card from the phone, which contained the video, and had it in his mouth the whole time. The video itself is now available on YouTube. It's pretty intense (and NSFW with the sound on). It shows the initial shooting, and then all the way up to the point where the same police who just opened fire on someone else are pointing their guns at the guy doing the filming, as he sits in his car. I have no idea how he was able to get the SD card out and in his mouth before police seized the phone:
Then they ordered the man and his girlfriend out the car and threw them down to the ground, yelling �you want to be fucking paparazzi?�
Then they snatched the cell phone from his hand and slammed it to the ground before stomping on it. Then they placed the smashed phone in the videographer's back pocket as he was laying down on the ground
And finally, they took him to a mobile command center where they snapped his photo and demanded the phone again, then took him to police headquarters where they conducted a recorded interview with him before releasing him.
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Texas man gets 35 years in Super Bowl bet death
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say an 18-year-old Fort Worth man convicted of murder for orchestrating the killing of a man over a $40 Super Bowl bet has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
A Fort Worth jury arrived at the sentence for Edward Washington III on Wednesday after convicting him Monday.
Investigators say 20-year-old Jarami Thomas was fatally shot in March 2011 in the parking lot of an Arlington convenience store.
Prosecutors say Thomas had placed a bet with Washington on the February 2011 game, played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, via Facebook. When Thomas didn't pay, Washington threatened him.
Clevin Earl Brown Jr., a friend of Washington, shot Thomas and last April was sentenced to 50 years in prison.


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Welcome Back
It's that time of year again, you know where you haven't a clue what to get someone and every time you turn on the TV you are reminded just how close Christmas/the Holidays are now. If you have hoarded lots of cardstock over the years or want to make your gift wrapping really personal then these gift boxes will be ideal for you. They are quick to make, make a pile and let the glue set up over night and you will soon have pressies like they have on TV.
You Will Need
- A4 Card stock 220 gsm for strength and stability. (Centura pearl looks nice)
- Scoring board
- Cutting Mat
- Scoring tool
- Steel Ruler
- Craft Knife
- PVA glue
For detailed instructions on how to assemble the box, please check out my earlier tutorial; Small Gift Box. It includes a couple of videos that show the entire process all the way through.
This box is a standard milk carton construction and here are the dimensions you need for your cardstock and where to place your score lines.
Options/Added Extras
- Why not use your favorite stamps to decorate your cardstock before you score. Use pigment ink though, to ensure the wet glue won't make the inks run.
- How about making panels from printed toppers from your favorite Crafting CDs or create your own designs and background papers in programmes like Photoshop and Craft Artist.
- Add your favorite ribbons and co-ordinate with your Christmas card for a really professional look.
Video tutorial of how to score and assemble your gift box.
If you are giving some one a gift card or even a cheque this holiday, why not add a few sweets in a gift box like this, so they still have a gift they can open and enjoy on the day. If you are really counting the costs, these gift boxes also make one of those big sweetie tins go a long way to share between more than one family and still look a personal gift.
Best wishes and thanks for reading see you soon
Billie 🙂


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Leighton Meester is optimistic about finding that special someone but not about to kill herself trying.
"I think there is someone out there for me," the "Gossip Girl" star told Seventeen for its upcoming February issue, on newstands Jan. 4. "But I'm not on some crazy hunt for that right now."
The 24-year-old actress opened up only months after a break-up with "Gossip Girl" co-star Sebastian Stan in April. But even good things come to an end.
U.S. & World
"I've only had one experience where it was really hard and I was really sad when it ended," Meester said of splitting with Stan, who plays bad-boy Carter Baizen on the CW series. "I've never really liked anybody before. Even when I would date guys, it would sort of be on the surface and it was always a relief when we broke up."
But looking back, Meester said the split was the right decision. She added that she wants to start a family someday, and needs love in her life, even if there are some bumps along the way.
"I think that the importance of love is really strong for me in my life, whether it's a guy or a friend or just my puppy," she said. "I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from it."
Meester plays a beauty-queen turned singer in the film "Country Strong," which opens Jan. 7.
Selected Reading: People, CNN Entertainment, OK!


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Naimah Hassan can summarize how she met her husband in one simple sentence. She was at a jazz club in New York, he worked the door, eventually they got married. Steve Epstein, on the other hand, tells a different tale.
"She didn't tell you the whole thing," said Epstein, who's been married to Hassan, a black woman, for 27 years. "When you work the door, people never wanted to pay the cover charge. She told me she was black, and since it's black music, she shouldn't have to pay."
Not surprisingly, Hassan's tactics didn't work.
"I made her pay. And she did come back and baked me cookies. As a form of a bribe. I'm very tough. I still made her pay," Epstein said. "Once we got married, she got in for free."
Both Hassan's ethnicity and Epstein's Jewish background are essential to the couple's story. So essential, in fact, that the two decided to base a comedy show around it. About 12 years into their marriage, Epstein and Hassan became a comedy duo known as the Black and the Jew. Their performances focused on something called black/Jew/love technology.
"It's a technology that improves relationships," Hassan explained.
"We had been married 12 years. We realized even though we had no money, we lived in a small apartment, our marriage was very successful," Epstein added. "Many of our friends who had big cars, lots of money, their marriages were failing. We decided to give advice."
The two, who are based in New York, decided to take their advice north of the border and will be performing at the Toronto Fringe Festival until July 12 in a show called, appropriately, She's Black, He's Jewish, They're Married, Oy Vey.
"We're teaching people if a black and a Jew can find love, there's hope for everybody in the world," Epstein said.
The two added that their performances are like mock workshops that cover everything from how to take control of your own wedding to how to keep a relationship strong while taking care of a sick parent.
And, of course, sex is covered as well.
"We teach people what you can and cannot say during interracial sex," quipped Epstein.
The show is 18 plus, after all.
Epstein admits that their shows get a mixed reaction from the Jewish community.
"We always tell people our show is about a mind set," Epstein said. "Some Jews love that, some Jews don't."
"We're celebrating inclusion," Hassan added. "Not to become the other. Not to disown what you are. But to include."
Beneath the comedy, the show has an important message.
"Love will concur all. If you're the kind of person that doesn't believe that, then you're going to have some discomfort with the show," Epstein said.
While the two admit being an interracial couple has gotten easier in the past 27 years, they still face prejudice.
"The racism in the United States is the worst it's ever been since I have been around," Epstein said. "It's a very challenging thing to be an interracial couple in America. We were in Harlem and a guy yelled at Naimah for dating a black man."
Epstein and Hassan's relationship wasn't always easy for their families to understand either. Epstein's parents "grew up basically in a Jewish ghetto," he said. "(My mother) had a hard time handling our marriage. When we decided to get married in the beginning, my mother said that what Hitler was not able to do, Jewish kids are doing to themselves."
Eventually, Epstein's mother changed her mind.
"Over time she realized we had a lot of love in our marriage," he said.
Hassan's father was also skeptical of the union.
"My father could not believe I was marrying a Jew with no money. He was like, 'All Jews have money. Check their shoes,'" Hassan said. "We started off like that. Both of our parents being protective, not understanding. Through the years, they were our biggest supporters. They came to our shows."
For more info on She's Black, He's Jewish, They're Married, Oy Vey, visit fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/shes-black-hes-jewish-theyre-married-oy-vey.


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Laurence Hegarty
Originally from London Laurence Hegarty has lived in New York for more than two decades. Initially trained as an artist Hegarty's interests have wandered over the years leading him to pursue film studies and psychoanalysis as partners in the conversation that shapes his studio practice. Hegarty has trained as a psychoanalyst and he now maintains a private practice in New York City. Though the two disciplines –studio art and psychoanalysis– are not integrated in any way, it is the overlaps and collisions between them that shape Hegarty's art making. Often staged as parades or processions his installations employ found objects jostling for space alongside figures hoisting flags, batteries of rubber cameras, weapons, carriages and sundry domestic objects. Frequently used are photographs and fragments of writing plundered from poems, psychoanalytical texts, European art cinema, and liquor commercials. The general tone is theatrical, the loose organizing principle narrative while the references trade in allusions to popular culture, political turmoil, clinical horror and drunken reverie.
Hegarty is also a writer, curator and teacher.
His work can be seen at: Laurencehegarty.com
Cinema (Re)reinvented
Independent Study (Spring 2020)
New Wave Cinema (Spring 2021)


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Hummm... I suppose that the car that she is driving counts as metal. =)
The image is stamped on PTI's Stamper's Select White cardstock, colored with Copic markers then cut and embossed using a Standard Circles Large die with the out-of-frame die cutting technique.
The patterned paper is from Konnichiwa 6x6 Paper Pad by BasicGrey and the sentiment comes with the Going Places set.
Also, for this week's Frugal Friday Specials, Gabrielle, Wednesday, Monique, Little Summer Boy, Biking Buster and Lots of Love 1 are on sale for 40% - 50% off!
That's all from me. Please go and check out what the other Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests came up with for this challenge and the details for the challenge here. Hope you can join us this week! =)
cardstock: (white, kraft) Papertrey Ink
rubber stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
patterned paper: BasicGrey
dye ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
archival ink: (Jet Black) Ranger Industries
accent: (pink button) Papertrey Ink
die: (circle) Spellbinders, (doily) My Favorite Things
tool: (die-cut machine) Provo Craft, (sewing machine)
other: (foam tape) 3M, (foam squares) Recollections
Copics used:
skin: E11, E01, E00, E000
hair: E29, E27, E25, E23, E53
top, headscarf: YR09, YR04, YR02
sunglasses: R27, R17, R14, W9, W7, W5
car: R27, R17, R14, R12, YR09, YR04, YR02, BV29, BV25, BV23, Y26, Y21, Y11
ground: E59, E37, E35, E33, E31, E30, E0000, 0


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Little Bao Bao has been doing her media rounds the past few days and she could not be more adorable. I decided to get in on the cuteness and make some panda marshmallows to celebrate! I went to the woman who literally wrote the book on marshmallows, Shauna Sever, for my first foray into the treat. I used her basic vanilla marshmallow recipe and then added my own panda flair.
Can I just say something? Everyone seems to hype up how hard the marshmallow is to make. I had been scared of it for years! You just need to set up all ingredients before doing ANY steps, have an accurate candy thermometer that you do not step away from, and resist the urge to put your fingers into anything lest you get the sticky goop all over everything! And for easy clean up, immediately get any tools into soapy hot water after using.
To make the marshmallows, there are three basic parts. First, the gelatin must bloom, dissolve, and then get a bit of a work out in the mixer. Next, the sugar, water, and corn syrup mixture must be heated to exactly 240 F then immediately yet slowly (and carefully!) poured into the gelatin and cold corn syrup in the stand mixer. Finally, the mallow has to be whipped into submission. Start on a medium speed then work your way up to the highest setting; the mixture should triple in volume of the course of 10-15 minutes.
For the pandas, I poured the finished mallow into a well greased rimmed baking sheet then sprinkled a coating of cornstarch and powdered sugar mixture (to prevent sticking) over the top. I probably should have used an offset spatula to spread it out evenly, but I kind of liked the rustic look at the end. After letting the marshmallows dry for at least 6 hours, I cut out bear shaped with a teddy bear cookie cutter, patted cut surfaces in the coating, and let dry for another hour or two.
For the panda look, I dipped the arms and legs into melted dark chocolate and let set on a sheet of waxed paper. I used a bamboo skewer (how appropriate!) to outline the ears in more dark chocolate. The result was an adorable little panda teddy bear perfect for popping into a hot chocolate while waiting in line for the panda exhibit. Of which the lines will be very long, get there early!
Welcome to the world, Bao Bao!
Panda Marshmallows
Minimally Adapted from Shauna Sever's Classic Vanilla Marshmallows
Classic Coating:
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cornstarch
Gelatin Bloom
4 1/2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
1/4 cup light syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Melted dark chocolate (I used about 2-3 oz)
Essential Tools: rimmed baking sheet, candy thermometer, stand mixer with whisk attachment, waxed paper, bamboo skewer
Begin by sifting or mixing together the coating. Grease the baking sheet with a flavorless oil.
For the bloom: In a microwave safe bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over the water, whisk, and let sit for five minutes.
While the bloom is sitting, start the syrup by combining the water, sugar, corn syrup, and sugar in a medium saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Heat over medium high heat, watching closely. Bring to a boil; your target temperature is 240 F.
While the syrup is coming to temperature, heat the bloom in the microwave for 30 seconds on high, until dissolved. Add the dissolved gelatin and 1/4 cup of light corn syrup to the bowl of the stand mixer and turn on the lowest setting. Keep on in preparation for the syrup.
Once the syrup has reach 240 F, slowly pour into the still mixing bloom.
Increase the speed to medium and mix for 5 minutes. Increase the speed to medium high and mix for another 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract, increase the speed to the highest setting, and mix for another 1-2 minutes.
Pour into the greased baking sheet. Smooth over with a silicon spatula or an offset spatula. Sift the coating evenly over the pan and let dry for at least 6 hours.
When set, use a cookie cutter with classic coating on it to cut out the teddy bear shapes. Cover the cut surfaces and bottom with the classic coating, shake off the excess, and let dry for another 1-2 hours.
To make the teddy bears look like pandas, dip the "arms" and "legs" into the melted dark chocolate, let the excess drip off, and let set on a sheet of waxed paper. Use a bamboo skewer to outline the ears and add eyes.
Drop in your favorite hot chocolate and enjoy!