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Paul Painlevé
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Paris, France
Paris, France
BiographyPaul Painlevé's father, Léon Painlevé, was a lithographic draughtsman. Paul was [3]:-
... brought up in the simple democratic atmosphere of French skilled artisan family life.Paul attended the École Primaire where he showed himself to be equally outstanding at both sciences and literature. By the time his secondary education was completed he was still undecided on the direction that he wanted to take in life, feeling that he would like to take up politics or engineering but in the end chose to embark on the research career.
He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1883, and received his agrégation in mathematics in 1886. While completing the work for his doctoral dissertation he went to Göttingen where he was influenced by Schwarz and Klein; he received a doctorate in mathematics from Paris in 1887 for this thesis. The standard career path for a leading French academic at this time was to obtain a first post in the provinces, then later to attempt to return to Paris. Painlevé followed this route, being appointed professor of mathematics at Lille in 1887, and then returning to Paris in 1892 where he taught both at the Faculty of Science and at the École Polytechnique. This was a rapid return to Paris and shows the high regard in which he was held. From 1896 he taught courses at the Collége de France and, from the following year, at the École Normale Supérieure.
Painlevé's first area of interest in mathematics was rational transformations of algebraic curves and surfaces. In this topic he introduced the notion of a biuniform transformation. He worked on differential equations, particularly studying their singular points, and on mechanics. His interest in mechanics was a natural one since this subject provided a natural setting for applications of the results which he had proved for differential equations. He solved, using Painlevé functions, differential equations which Poincaré and Émile Picard had failed to solve, showing, as Hadamard wrote, that:-
... continuing the work of Henri Poincaré was not beyond human capacity.For his outstanding mathematical work Painlevé received many awards. In 1890 he was awarded the Grand Prix des Sciences Mathématiques, then in 1894 he received the prestigious Prix Bordin followed two years later by the Prix Poncelet. In 1900 he was elected to the geometry section of the Académie des Sciences.
In 1901 Painlevé married Marguerite Petit de Villeneuve. Their son Jean was born in the following year and, tragically, Marguerite died during the birth.
Painlevé took a special interest in aviation, applying his theoretical skills to study the theory of flight. He approached the Chamber of Deputies in 1907 arguing that it was necessary to set up a branch of the military involved with aviation; he was successful and the military aviation service was set up. He was Wilbur Wright's first passenger making a record 1 hour 10 minute flight at Auvours in 1908, then in the following year 1909 he created the first university course in aeronautical mechanics.
Although less skilled in politics than mathematics he began a political career in 1906 which led to two periods as French Prime Minister. It may seem unfair to say he was less skilled in politics than mathematics when he achieved the highest possible office in politics, but this statement is more meant to comment on his truly outstanding mathematical contributions. Although Painlevé began his political career in 1906, this was not the year he left mathematics. It was the year in which he was elected to the Government as a Paris Deputy for the fifth arrondissement, the Latin Quarter [3]:-
He was soon distinguished both by the excellent matter of his speeches and by the interest he displayed in military, naval, and aeronautical affairs, and served on several Parliamentary committees concerned with the national forces.By 1910 he had given up all his mathematical posts and had become a full-time politician. His expertise in military affairs meant that after World War I started in 1914 he chaired many committees with a military remit, such as those set up to reorganise munitions, the navy, and aeronautics. He joined the Cabinet in 1915 as Minister of Public Instruction and Inventions. By early 1917 he was appointed as head of the Ministry of War and accepted, against his better judgement, the advice of his Commander-in-Chief to launch an all-out attack on the German lines. The attack rapidly failed and Painlevé had to replace his Commander-in-Chief.
After a disagreement with the French Socialists, Prime Minister Ribot was forced out and on 7 September 1917 and Painlevé became Prime Minister. He played a leading role in the Allied Conference at Rapallo in Italy, but was defeated after returning to Paris and he resigned as Prime Minister on 13 November 1917. He played little part in political affairs from this time until the election of November 1919 when he came to the fore as a strong critic of the elected Government. At the next election of May 1924 Painlevé was part of the winning alliance and was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. The alliance had been forged by Painlevé and M Herriot and the latter became Prime Minister.
Painlevé was put forward for election as President of the Republic but lost out to M Doumergue. He remained President of the Chamber of Deputies until April 1925 when M Herriot was defeated on a financial matter. Painlevé then became Prime Minister for a second time [3]:-
His new Government was weak from the first. Serious disorders in Syria further discredited it. His schemes for financial reform, which fell disappointingly short of what had been expected from a man of his ability, failed to meet with the approval of the Chamber, and on 21 November 1925 he had to resign.Painlevé still retained high office, however, for he returned to his position as Minister of War. In May 1932 his name was put forward in the election for President of the Republic but he withdrew before voting took place. After this he held the position of Minister of Air and in this role he made proposals for an international agreement to end the production of bombers in all countries, and for an international air force to be set up to be used against any aggressor. His plans could be taken no further after the Government fell in January 1933. This ended his political career.
In [3] his personality is described in these terms:-
Painlevé had a naturally simple and unaffected manner, and was possessed of a singular charm that few persons, even among his opponents, were able to resist. His energy was untiring ...
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- L Felix, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). See THIS LINK.
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Painleve
- Paroles et écrits de Paul Painlevé (Paris, 1936).
- R Hermann, The geometric foundations of the integrability property of differential equations and physical systems : Mechanics on affinely-connected manifolds and the work of Kowalewski and Painlevé, J. Math. Phys. 25 (4) (1984), 778-785.
- Paul Painlevé: essential biographical data, Painlevé transcendents, NATO Adv. Sci. Inst. Ser. B Phys. 278 (New York, 1992), xvii-xxvi.
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Does the NCAA Need Stronger Enforcement Mechanisms? Difficult Times Call For Radical Solutions…Posted by Chris Johnson on August 20th, 2012
Christopher Johnson is an RTC columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn.
The college athletic franchise has long championed itself as a strictly "amateur" system, with financial compensation for athletes standing as one of the cardinal sins behind an elaborate and unwieldy set of rules and regulations. The legislation preventing such illicit activity is diverse and wide-ranging, and several prominent athletic programs have been subjected to its punitive aptitude in the past decade. USC football received heavy sanctions in June 2010 including a two-year postseason ban and severe scholarship reductions as a result of a pay-for-play scandal surrounding former star running back Reggie Bush. Connecticut men's basketball lost its head coach, Jim Calhoun, for three games last season among other restrictive penalties for recruiting violations committed during the pursuit of highly-touted shooting guard Nate Miles. The list of transgressions in the past few years alone is considerable, but the retributive measures have done little to prevent other programs from repeating previous mistakes and inventing new ways to game the system. College sports' amateurism label is continually disgraced by programs willing to risk punishment for the end result of competitive advantage, whether that is through recruiting violations, pay-for-play, or some combination therein. And the NCAA, for all its intricately defined policing mechanisms and retributive wherewithal, remains largely impotent in preventing forbidden activity.
Instances of NCAA rule-breaking are revealed with frequent regularity, but the organization's monitoring policies have done little to stem the tide of illicit behavior in the world of power conference athletics. The lawless activity has remained a fixture in the seedy underground world of college hoops recruiting, from Michigan's dealings with booster Ed Martin to USC's illegal recruitment of O.J. Mayo to UConn's mishap with Miles. On Saturday, The New York Times' Pete Thamel provided another excellent example of the prevalent and deep-rooted iniquity that goes part and parcel with the process of courting the nation's top high school players. In fact, his story takes us back more than a decade ago and offers up detailed insight for just how pervasive and systematically entrenched the criminal activity has become. Jonathan Hargett, who is now serving a nearly five-year sentence on drug charges after a promising basketball career was derailed by agents, runners, drugs and a number of other regrettable choices, is the subject of focus. According to Hargett, who played one season at West Virginia under coach Gale Catlett, agents approached him seeking to engage in financial-based representation when he was 15 and ultimately steered him toward the Mountaineers. Hargett's wrongdoing was extensive, so much so that Dan Dakich, hired to replace Catlett (who retired shortly after Hargett's one season in Morgantown), recounted vividly the specifics of Hargett's institutionalized payment program: "They [agents] promised me $60,000 and only gave me $20,000," Hargett told Dakich, according to the now ESPN sportscaster and radio personality. And even as Dakich departed what he called a "culture of dishonesty" after just eight days on the job, the NCAA could not compile a substantial body of evidence to punish West Virginia.


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I've been experimenting with concoctions for a chicken inasal recipe ever since I read this article about the wonderful piquant barbecued chicken from the Visayas region. Just reading that article and imagining the smoky, well marinated, juicy piece of chicken heaven made me salivate so much. I had to have one and fast!
Most of the recipes I read in the internet said not to scrimp on the spices. Most also suggest to marinate for 1 hour only. But I did get a lot of flavour when I extended that to 6 hours. It was great tasting!
One of the secrets, according to Mang Melchor, is in the vinegar. Use your best and most acidic 'native' vinegar and you cannot go wrong. A lot of people swear by the use of Star margarine or butter in the basting sauce. But on my two trials I used the rendered fat from the chicken itself with nothing but achuete to colour it and it came out good. Next time I'll put some butter and salt in it. We'll see ...
This recipe is still in the tweaking stage so the proportion and ingredients will most likely change later on as I continue to discover the best way of grilling these chicken delights.
Chicken Inasal
1 kg chicken legs
6 Tbsp vinegar
6 Tbsp calamansi or lemon juice
1 Tbsp sea salt
2 tsp brown sugar
3 Tbsp minced garlic
3 Tbsp minced ginger
1 piece tanglad (lemongrass) - chopped into 1-inch pieces
freshly ground black pepper
*Basting Sauce:
3 Tbsp rendered chicken oil or vegetable oil
1 Tbsp achuete (annatto) seed
- Trim excess fat and skin from the chicken and set aside. Make diagonal slits on both sides of the chicken legs.
- Combine all other ingredients then put in a plastic ziploc bag together with the chicken legs. Marinate for at least 2 hours.
- For the basting sauce, cook the reserved chicken fat and skin with a little water. Once the water evaporates, drizzle a little oil. Fry the chicken fat until well crisp.
- Remove the crispy chicken fat/skin and add the achuete seeds. Lower heat and cook for about 1 minute or until the achuete gives off its deep red colour. Strain the achuete seeds and discard. Set aside the coloured oil for basting.
- [Optional] Place the chicken legs in a baking pan tightly covered by aluminum foil. Bake at 180°C/fan 160°C/350°F for 25 minutes.
- Grill chicken on a charcoal barbecue while basting with the achuete oil from time to time. Cook until outside is crisp and well browned.
Note: If you skipped the oven-cooking, grill the chicken on indirect heat in the barbecue for at least 15-20 minutes to ensure that the inside is cooked. Then move it to direct heat for the last 5-10 minutes of browning.


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Street Food Profiles: Get Jerked! in Northern California
"Get Jerked! combines the authenticity of the Caribbean flavors with the familiarity of dishes we all know and like—tacos, burritos and burgers."
Name: Get Jerked!
Twitter: @getjerked
Vendor Names: Amira Jackmon
What's on the menu? Caribbean style tacos and sandwiches.
Location and hours? In and around the Bay Area in Northern California, primarily the East Bay in Oakland.
How long have you been street fooding? I've had the truck since 2007 but had it leased out to a friend. I was laid off from my job in March of 2009 and decided to take the truck on full-time myself. I spent the summer doing repairs and upgrades to the truck and coming up with the Caribbean fusion concept. My partner and chef is a native of Trinidad who previously owned one of the first all-vegetarian Caribbean restaurants in Brooklyn, New York. We took the truck out for trial runs in November to December of 2009, but officially debuted this February.
How has Twitter affected business? It's nice to have a quickly visible way of seeing how people respond to the location of the truck. The better locations tend to generate more new followers.
Why a mobile business over brick-and-mortar? My partner swore off owning another restaurant in his life. I convinced him having a truck would be easier. Maybe I was a delivery gal in a past life—I think I've always had a thing for delivering food to people in a truck.
It could date back to my years growing up in Fresno where Napoleon, the fruit truck guy, would come through our neighborhood about once a week in his old red truck that looked like it was from another century, loaded down with fruit, nuts, dishes and everything imaginable. It's a wonder he made it anywhere in that truck.
He had a special horn or else played his music full blast to let people know he was on his way. No matter if my grandmother needed anything or not, she always made it out to the street to chat with him about the latest news and us kids were always excited to take a closer look at the truck to see exactly how it was holding everything in place.
Later, I had dreams of serving soft-serve ice cream from a truck (this was unheard of back then as the ice cream trucks in my hood only sold popsicles). I actually rode around for half a day when I was 15 or so with an ice cream truck guy. The drudgery of rolling around in a hot, old oil-fume-filled truck in the 101°F Fresno heat was a bit too much for me. Thank God for cool San Francisco bay summers.
Who are your typical customers? We've been popular with the college crowd. People who know a little about Jamaican culture and like the idea of trying something new.
Describe a typical day from start to finish. Prep in the kitchen all morning long, sell for three to four hours, clean up all night long, more prep!
What were you doing before this? Lawyer doing public finance in a law firm, all day and all night long.
What makes your food so special? Can anything else like it be found in the city? Nothing else like it. These are the only Caribbean style tacos you'll find anywhere, as far as I know. You can go to some large chains that will pretend to have one "jerk" flavored dish or another, but unless you go to a real Caribbean restaurant, none of them taste very authentic.
Unfortunately, a lot of Caribbean restaurants in the Bay Area of Northern California haven't survived for very long for one reason or another. I wanted to offer people a chance to try Caribbean food without fear. Get Jerked! combines the authenticity of the Caribbean flavors with the familiarity of dishes we all know and like—tacos, burritos and burgers.
How would you define "street food"? Food for the common man prepared by those who just want to make an honest days' living.
The best street food city and why. I can eat bake and shark in Maracas Bay, Trinidad all day long. It's basically a sandwich and there's this one little stand on the beach that's always packed. The bread is a fried puri-like bread that's sliced in half and served hot. The shark, well you really don't think about the fact that it's shark. And the variety of toppings—from fresh pineapple to cabbage and pickled cucumber—ahhh, the thought of it.
The fact that you're eating it in between taking dips in the sea and sunning in the warm Caribbean sun with the soul calypso beat in the background doesn't hurt either. It's actually the inspiration for the Get Jerked! fried fish sandwich. As much as I love our fish sandwich, however, even I have to admit that it does not compare.
Your comfort food after a long day? Chocolate.
Advice for an aspiring vendor? Three words: location, location, location.
HubBub Coffee Company in Philadelphia
The Frying Scotsman in Portland, Oregon
LIBA Falafel in the Bay Area
The Green Gringo in Boulder, Colorado
The Grilled Cheese Truck in Los Angeles
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Whatever Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger Part 2: The Tragedy and the Comedy of Crutches
I like to think I can do anything I set my mind to. But there are times your body fails you, and it can be quite eye opening. My first day on crutches, I got up early after being up … Continue reading
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Garden ChairsContemporary Garden Chairs | Modern Patio Chairs | Outdoor Seating
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Garden chairs can come in many kinds depending to your needs and tastes. First of all, despite the different styles and looks, chairs can be fixed, folding or stackable. This makes a huge difference when deciding the kind of chairs you need for you garden. In fact, if you have a rather small space, then you should maybe go for the folding range, in order to keep them in a box or in a cupboard and take them out when you have guests. They are perfect to store during winter. But you also may like the wrought iron ones more, so if you feel like the space you are going to fill up with chairs is great, then go for it. We have products that can satisfy every need, so we are happy to present you the many garden chairs you may be interested in.
The garden plays a big role in the welcoming qualities of your house. In fact, of course it is important to have a well-kept and mowed lawn, with beautiful plants and flowers, but it is also important to dedicate a big space to people instead of nature. People should feel warm when they enter your garden, and the space that you dedicate to them should be cosy and welcoming. This is why choosing the chairs is extremely important. First of all, when you will have done your calculations on space, you need to figure out what kind of style you want to pursue. If your garden has already a vibe, than go for it and put everything in style, otherwise, if you need to choose the best models for you, don't hesitate to call us and ask for advice.
Anyway, there is not much we can do about your tastes - so only you can decide what are the best solutions for your own garden. Concerning folding chairs, we are really, really into Isa by Scab Design, which is just one among the many very elegant folding chairs - it is a demonstration that folding chair does not necessarily mean a casual, almost camping-looking piece of furniture. Isa looks very elegant and can be used both indoor and outdoor, in winter and summer. It's perfect if you want to buy chairs that you may want to use in different occasions and with different purposes.
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New Releases at ETS/SBL
Last week, I told you a little about our booth at the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). The pace was exhausting, but the energy and excitement in the booth were exhilarating. Here's a picture of the booth from the morning of the first day of SBL. Believe it or not, this was one of our least busy times!
One thing I couldn't tell you about last week was all the new products that were released at ETS/SBL. Because we take a number of our staff to the conferences and leave a partial crew to hold down the fort back home, we usually wait until we get back to publicize all the new releases. Now that our sales staff is back at full strength and recovered from the tryptophan-induced drowsiness of Thanksgiving, we're ready to tell you about all the new stuff.
GNT Papyri: For several years now, Accordance has been releasing fully tagged transcriptions of Greek New Testament manuscripts, beginning with the major uncial codices (Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, and Washingtonensis). This year, we've added fully tagged versions of the Greek New Testament Papyri based on the second edition of Comfort & Barrett's The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. The GNTPAP-M module contains the text of the papyri in manuscript order (P1, P4/P64/P67, P5, etc.), while the GNTPAP-C module presents them in canonical order. In other words, each verse of the Bible will be shown in every manuscript in which it appears. This allows you to display the manuscripts in parallel with other Greek New Testament texts. Finally, the GNTPAP-M Notes module contains Comfort and Barrett's introductions and notes for each manuscript.
Eusebius: Accordance has also been leading the way for some time now in releasing fully-tagged extrabiblical Greek and Hebrew texts. The latest of these is Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History. The current module contains volumes 1-5, with the rest to follow.
Coptic New Testaments: We also released the Coptic New Testament in both the Sahidic and Bohairic dialects, and the "Egyptian Greek New Testament." These are all untagged.
BDB Complete: For some time now, we've included an abridged edition of Brown-Driver-Briggs' classic Hebrew lexicon in the various levels of the Scholar's Collection. This edition included the English glosses and definitions, but did not include all the Scripture references and cognate language information. For those who need that information, we have just released the complete edition of BDB.
Ugaritic Data Bank: Okay, it's here that I get in way over my head! (Who am I kidding? I'm in over my head with Coptic too!) Anyway, the new Ugaritic Data Bank contains the cuneiform tablets from Ugarit in transliteration with contextual data, bibliography, and comments, edited by Jesus-Luis Cunchillos et al. For an English translation of many of these texts, you can turn to Context of Scripture.
Onkelos Glossary: This new Aramaic glossary by Ed Cook includes all the vocabulary of Targum Onkelos, with bibliographical references to cognates in other Aramaic dialects.
In addition to all the new stuff, there were significant upgrades to quite a few existing modules. The MT/LXX Parallel has been greatly expanded and revised. The Hebrew Inscriptions now include the text of 711 Hebrew seals. The Qumran sectarian manuscripts now contain all of DJD 37 and DJD 40. There have been refinements to the tagging of the Hebrew Bible, and the tagged Septuagint is now comprised of Rahlfs Revised Edition with formatting and punctuation. Swete's edition of LXX has been expanded to include Genesis through 2 Kings, and the tagged Vulgate is now complete. Finally, the CNTTS Apparatus of the Greek New Testament now includes everything except the Corinthian epistles and the book of Revelation.
As if all that weren't enough, there are two major projects which weren't quite finished in time for ETS/SBL. Volumes 1-11 of Galaxie Software's Theological Journal Library, and Volumes 100-114 of the Journal of Biblical Literature should soon be available.
As you can see, we had a lot of new material to show at this year's meetings. That, along with all the new features in version 8, helped generate a lot of excitement.


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Iran 'will get sanctions relief if it cuts nuke plan'
Almaty, February 26, 2013
Major powers will offer Iran some sanctions relief during talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week if Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear programme, a US official said on Monday.
But the Islamic Republic could face more economic pain if it fails to address international concerns about its atomic activities, the official said ahead of the February 26 and 27 meeting in the central Asian state, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"There will be continued sanctions enforcement... there are other areas where pressure can be put," the official said, on the eve of the first round of negotiations between Iran and six world powers in eight months.
A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the talks with Iran on behalf of the powers, said Tehran should understand that there was an "urgent need to make concrete and tangible progress" in Kazakhstan.
Both Russia and the United States stressed there was not an unlimited amount of time to resolve a dispute that has raised fears of a new war in the Middle East.
"The window for a diplomatic solution simply cannot by definition remain open forever. But it is open today. It is open now," US Secretary of State John Kerry said in London.
"There is still time but there is only time if Iran makes the decision to come to the table and negotiate in good faith," he added in a news conference in London. "We are prepared to negotiate in good faith, in mutual respect, in an effort to avoid whatever terrible consequences could follow failure."
It was not clear what he meant by "terrible consequences." Top US officials have repeatedly said the United States will not take any options off the table, code for the possibility of a military strike. They also fear Iran's getting a nuclear weapon could set off an arms race across the Middle East.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said there was "no more time to waste", Interfax news agency quoted him as saying in Almaty.
The immediate priority for the powers - the United States, Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France - is to convince Iran to halt its higher-grade enrichment, which is a relatively short technical step away from potential atom bomb material.
Iran, which has taken steps over the last year to expand its uranium enrichment activities in defiance of international demands to scale it back, wants a relaxation of increasingly harsh sanctions hurting its lifeline oil exports.
Western officials say the Almaty meeting is unlikely to produce any major breakthrough, in part because Iran's presidential election in June may make it difficult for it to make significant concessions before then for domestic reasons.
But they say they hope that Iran will take their proposals seriously and engage in negotiations to try to find a diplomatic settlement.
"No one is expecting to walk out of here with a deal but ... confidence building measures are important," one senior Western official said.
The stakes are high: Israel, assumed to be the Middle East's only nuclear-armed arsenal, has strongly hinted at possible military action to prevent its old foe from obtaining such arms. Iran has threatened to retaliate if attacked.
The US official said the powers' updated offer to Iran - a modified version of one rejected by Iran in the unsuccessful talks last year - would take into account its recent nuclear advances, but also take "some steps in the sanctions arena".
This would be aimed at addressing some of Iran's concerns, the official said, while making clear it would not meet Tehran's demand of an easing of all punitive steps against it.
"We think ... there will be some additional sanctions relief" in the powers' revised proposal," the official said, without giving details.
Western diplomats have told Reuters the six countries will offer to ease sanctions on trade in gold and precious metals if Iran closes its Fordow underground uranium enrichment plant.
Iran has indicated, however, that this will not be enough.
Tehran denies Western allegations it is seeking to develop the capability to make nuclear bombs, saying its programme is entirely peaceful. It wants the powers to recognise what it sees as its right to refine uranium for peaceful purposes.
The US official said the powers hoped that the Almaty meeting would lead to follow-up talks soon.
"We are ready to step up the pace of our meetings and our discussions," the official said, adding the United States would also be prepared to hold bilateral talks with Tehran if it was serious about it.
Ashton's spokesman, Michael Mann, said the updated offer to Iran was "balanced and a fair basis" for constructive talks. - Reuters


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The University of Arizona's Research Enterprise
The University of Arizona produces more than $530 million in annual research, is ranked as one of the top 15 public research universities in the nation, and is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), a group of 62 leading U.S. Universities distinguished by the breadth and quality of their programs in research and graduate education.
The University of Arizona has numerous world-class research groups working at the cutting edges of technology and translating research into practical applications. The UA is a research partner to businesses of all types and sizes – from technology startups to the most demanding global industry partners.
Prominent UA-Industry Alignments
At the UA, research competencies and collaborative experience are especially strong in the following areas:
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We've talked about what it takes to impress me, and what is often involved in creating award winning websites and blogs. For another look at what award winning website designs look like, check out E-Creative's Award Winning Freelance Website Designs.
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The website designs are dramatic and slick, though there are some lovely simple designs that won awards, too. They have a wide range of categories for site submissions, from automobiles to games, from photography to grunge.
If you are designing and developing your own website and blog, consider this another resource for inspiration.
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Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday May 29, 2009! It's our fifth Friday in May for 2009 and what a bustling month it has been for film. Every week has had a huge opening film from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, to Star Trek, to Angels & Demons to Terminator Salvation and continues this week with polar opposite wide releases of the new horror film Drag Me to Hell alongside the latest Pixar animated film Up. But of course it isn't just about wide releases is it?
In limited release this week we have a trio of Canadian films with age inspired 40 is the New 20, a what if?...John Lennon was alive film Let Me Him as well as Carl Bessai's latest Mothers&Daughters. We also have the historical comedy/romance Easy Virtue and inspiring friendship drama Goodbye Solo. Although each of those films pull interest, my pick of the week for limited release is most certainly Every Little Step, a fantastic documentary on A Chorus Line from the original creation to the Broadway revival. I can do that!
In wide release this week we have the strangely different however both compelling pair of Sam Raimi's return to horror with Drag Me to Hell and animated family faire with Up. I wonder how they will fair to their years past predecessors Spider-Man and Wall-E respectively. We won't have to wait long to find out!
Have a great weekend!
Festival Watch
Silver Screens Arts Festival
Festival showcasing seniors voice in the arts
June 1 - 7, 2009, at various location in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Friday May 29, 2009 Releases
40 is the New 20
Dir: Simon Boisvert (Échangistes)
Cast: Pat Mastroianni, Claudia Ferri, Diana Lewis, Bruce Dinsmore
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page
Drag Me to Hell
Dir: Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-man)
Cast:Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Easy Virtue
Dir: Stephan Elliott (Eye of the Beholder, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
Cast: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Every Little Step
Dir: James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo (...So Goes the Nation)
Documentary on the casting of the revival of "A Chorus Line" on Broadway and the history of the original production
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Goodbye Solo
Dir: Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop)
Cast: Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West
Limited Release
Official Film Site, Trailer, IMDb Page
Let Him Be
Dir: Peter Mcnamee
Cast: Kathleen Munroe, Sean Clement, Graham Wignall
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, No IMDb Page
Writer/Dir: Carl Bessai (Normal, Unnatural & Accidental)
Cast: Gabrielle Rose, Tantoo Cardinal, Tinsel Korey, Babz Chula, Camille Sullivan, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Limited Release
Film MySpace Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Dir: Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and Co-Director: Bob Peterson
Voices: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of May 29, 2009**


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Monday, May 12, 2008
The Green Frogs
"The Green Frogs" tells the tale of a mother frog and her two sons, who always do the opposite of which she asks of them. It also deals with the death of mother frog, in a rather unusual way for a children's book, (but necessary for the story). So if you're an uptight adult, you may have a problem with it being a children's book. (The same way that many adults were afraid that children would be adversely affected by Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are", and I have yet to meet a kid that didn't love that book!) If you aren't uptight, then I highly recommend it, whether you have kids or not! The best part of the book are Yumi Heo's illustrations, done in oil and pencil, which are rich in tiny layered details and joyful patterns. I could look at these illustrations for hours, (and I have) and still continue to find something new.
8 comments:
- High Desert Diva said...
Looks like a fun book
- May 12, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Oooh, what gorgeous illustrations! Biggest criteria for me in selecting children's books.
- May 12, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Michelle Engel Bencsko said...
I'm not uptight, but I am a wuss... I will probably cry when the mommy frog dies :( How sad is that??!
I'll try to see if I can view this somewhere. I have many children books in my personal collection.
- May 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
- Mrs.French said...
looks as if I may add this one to the library.
- May 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- Karen said...
Hi Victoria. I find it really hard to believe that you ever had a problem using colour! Your work now is so vibrant. I too love illustration, oh how I wish I was talented with a pencil!
- May 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM
What great illustrations! :)
- May 12, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Very pretty illustrations and color! I would love to read it! Thanks for the tip! ;)
- May 12, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- Hey Harriet said...
Well I may need to track down a copy of this book because I love green frogs. & cute illustrated green frogs sounds too good to pass up!
- May 13, 2008 at 9:09 AM


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The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!
Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!
Stand by for insights so startling you will never look at the news the same way again.
NEWS BRIEF: "Official Border Inquiry Closed With Charges of Cover-up", by Scott Gulbransen, Strategic Jungle, 11/4/00, http://www.strategicjungle.com/scott/1104sg.html
"SAN DIEGO - The official inquiry of the October 24 incident in which U.S. Border Patrol agents were fired upon by what appeared to Mexican soldiers has been closed with no new light shed on why or how the incident occurred. Late yesterday, Border Patrol officials said there was no evidence that showed the agents were fired on and that Mexican soldiers crossed into the United States."
National Border Patrol Council Local 1613, who called for an investigation by the U.S. and Mexican governments, again reiterated their side of the story saying the incident was very real but for some reason the governments of both nations refuse to truly investigate it. 'The agents stick by their account of the incidents and they truly felt their lives were in danger,' said Keith Weeks, vice president of NBPCL 1613. 'We are all very disappointed that our own government refuses to see the severity of this incident."
"To Weeks and his agents, there's no question the INS is hiding something."
Now, what could the Immigration and Naturalization Service be hiding that is so important they will lie through their teeth in denying to the American people that American Border Guards were dodging real bullets? We all know that the Clinton-Gore Administration has proven itself to be the most dedicated Illuminist Administration in history. We all know that Clinton-Gore are doing everything in the conduct of their offices that the Illuminati Plan calls for them to do at this particular moment in history.
But, why lie like this, when the lives of your own men are at stake?
"The agency is making an attempt to minimize the incident and aim suspicion at our agents," he [Keith Weeks] said. 'They're not admitting there is a danger here for all U.S. agents for some unknown reason' ... A Border Patrol agent, who has spoken to the Strategic Jungle Syndicate on the condition of anonymity, was upset when learning of what he described as a 'political white-wash'. He offered no further comment and hung up the phone quickly."
"An official Border Patrol evidence crew scoured the area, located in Copper Canyon near the Otay Mesa port of entry, and said they found no shell casings or other proof to validate the story. Still, the agents and Weeks believe a cover-up has occurred and no one can offer answers why."
I find it highly interesting that Border Patrol agents who were on the scene are adamant that a fire-fight did occur, and that now a "political white-wash" was under way, involving both the United States' and Mexican governments. We all know that the Clinton Administration has proven itself to be most adept in carrying out a political white-wash.
But, then, Scott Gulbransen delivers the devastating news, toward the end of the article. After quoting Virginia Kice, a local spokesperson for the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Western region, where she officially denied any such shoot-out occurred, Gulbransen wrote that Asians and other non-Hispanics had been observed in the area! Listen:
"Kice would not comment on eyewitness reports that Asian soldiers and others of non-Hispanic descent were in the area as well ... answers to why this happened, and to accounts that claim Asian and perhaps other soldiers were also in the area, have fallen on deaf ears."
Asian soldiers were observed accompanying the Mexican soldiers? Could this possibly mean Chinese soldiers? If Chinese soldiers were accompanying Mexican soldiers in this shoot-out, then the Illuminist Plan for the Military Patrol of the United States is on track and on schedule.
We have written about an Illuminist plan to so eliminate national sovereignty that today's nations have been replaced by military patrol areas. In 1952, in London, the Illuminati sponsored a meeting to re-draw the world into military regions after the One-World Government had been established. In the early 1920's, Russian Communist leaders learned a very valuable lesson: they learned that ethnic troops could not be depended upon to be brutal to their own people . Therefore, Russian Communists devised a plan whereby Muslim Russian troops would be stationed in non-Muslim areas, and vice versa. Therefore, troops would have no difficulty oppressing, jailing, and murdering people not their own. As you will shortly see, this plan applies these lessons worldwide.
We have much to fear, as you will see in just a few moments.
In 1952, the World Association of Parliamentarians for World Government decided which areas of the world would be occupied and patrolled by which troops. These worldwide forces would be commanded by a World Director, who would have an organization of 8 zone directors and 51 regional directors. No regional director would ever be responsible for his own country, and no military troops would ever be stationed within his own country. [This information taken from the National Economic Council of New York City, 1962]
As we reported in NEWS1270, American troops were assigned to six (6) areas of the world, including Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Romania, and Bulgaria -- the Balkans Region [NOTE: Serbia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, and Macedonia were originally part of Yugoslavia.] This territory was assigned the number 55. Now, you know that the "little" war in Bosnia, Serbia, and Herzegovina was a ruse to get Americans on the ground in that part of the world to which they had been assigned in 1952.
But what about America? Has this wonderful country -- the land of Liberty -- been carved up into "military patrol" sections? You bet it has, and every President since Eisenhower has known of this plan and has done his part in moving the country to this goal. America was to be divided into five (5) areas, with Los Angeles down to the the Panama Canal being part of another military patrol area, a sixth area.
Let us now examine the troops that are to be stationed in North America according to this 1952 plan. View map.
1. Northeast -- Colombian and Venezuelan troops
2. Southern America all the way to California -- Russian troops. The line begins at Virginia and goes straight West to the border of California.
3. Midwest -- Belgian troops
4. Northwest, including California -- Irish troops
5. Canada -- Mongolian [Chinese] and Russian troops
6. Mexico -- Mongolian [Chinese] troops. I find it highly interesting that the Mexico portion over which the Chinese are to exercise control includes San Diego, California! In fact, this area might extend all the way to Los Angeles.
Foreign troops would be in total control of the entire North American continent. No sizeable American troops would be allowed in this country. Then, what needs to happen to the 1,146,959 American troops now stationed in this country? They will either have to be disbanded or deployed overseas. We believe this will occur rapidly as American troops respond to the combined crises in the Middle East, Korea, and China. Once American troops are emptied out of this country by these crises, and our cities explode in riot -- as is planned -- then foreign troops would be "invited" in.
Now, you know the significance of our Border Guards seeing "Asian" and other "non-Hispanics" in the area with the Mexican soldiers, firing on our guards. Why they opened fire is anyone's guess; the most likely scenario is that a drug deal or some other highly illegal activity was taking place in that vicinity and the Mexican soldiers did not want our guards to see it.
When the United States gave up control over the Panama Canal, the Chinese moved right in to control it. Thus, we know the Chinese are in this general area given them to patrol the territory assigned them in this 1952 Illuminist Plan. But, now we know the Chinese are evidently in the Mexico area, right up on our border!
Truly, the Illuminist Plan is on track, and on
Both Republican and Democrat parties are equally committed to the New World Order, so there is no one to turn to in this crisis. My sense of the whole matter is that the world does not have long until Antichrist is on the world scene. His appearance is the core goal of the Illuminati Plan, and all key leaders of the world are working in tandem to bring his appearance about -- America, Europe, Russia, China, Israel.
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.
If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.
We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.
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RIM's BlackBerry 10 is the long-touted software platform that hopes to turn around the company's fortunes.
Now we have a first look at how it's going to push new phones running the system, like the BlackBerry Z10, thanks to these leaked retail pictures shared by RapidBerry.net.
The in-store marketing materials—they look like posters for window displays—emphasize features like BlackBerry Balance, which lets you use the same phone for personal and business data without commingling them.
Other images showcase BlackBerry Messenger's video-chat, the built-in calendar, the Web browser, and other features.
So it's clear that RIM is going to be emphasizing its software in selling its new phones.
Click here to see photos of the new BB10 OS in action >
Check out the picture below, then head over to RapidBerry.net to see the rest.


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"Thanks to FUJITSU ETERNUS CS800 systems, the initial need to automate and centralize the disk backup process fitted in perfectly with our disaster protection policy."
Guido Gandino, Head of ICT Systems, SogeMi
SogeMi is a corporation that manages all of Milan's wholesale agrifood markets on behalf of the municipality (fruit and vegetables, fish, poultry and flowers). The company manages the premises and associated services, over an area covering around 6,800 square meters. About 8,000 people work within SogeMi spaces, buying and selling goods on behalf of their companies. About 500 trucks arrive each day to deliver various products, with around 4,000 buyers visiting to purchase goods to be distributed mainly to local markets, retailers and restaurants.
SogeMi works with around 220 companies, providing them with trading spaces to sell their products. Data on contracts, mapping of spaces being used, and information on access is a valuable asset for the company; conserving it requires efficiency and high levels of automation.
To streamline and optimize a backup process previously heavily dependent on manual operations, SogeMi opted for pair of FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS CS800 systems – a backup and deduplication appliance with automatic replication, bringing significant reductions in disk-space requirements and therefore also strengthening the company's disaster protection plans.
Read the full SogeMi case study (1.01 MB /A4, 2 pages)
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Ready for lift off? How interest rate rises impact stockmarkets
Ready for lift off? How interest rate rises impact stockmarkets
Rising interest rates: stockmarkets' friend or foe?
It is a general perception that when policymakers embark on a period of monetary tightening equity markets struggle.
Rising interest rates lead to higher costs of borrowing, therefore there is less free cash flowing through the economy, restricting consumer spending and impacting growth, which hits corporate earnings and profitability and is reflected in companies' share prices.
Whilst that may be true among individual companies it does not appear to have deterred investors in stockmarkets.
The graphs below illustrate that European, US and UK equity markets, on average, historically have all risen in the year after policymakers have begun raising interest rates:
• The UK stockmarket has risen on average 17.9%
• The US stockmarket has risen on average 3.4%
• The European stockmarket has risen on average 11.7%
Investors should research their investment thoroughly and consult their financial adviser. Investing for equity income places your original capital at risk.
The historic equity market performance above shows that investments in equities can be volatile.
Their values may fluctuate quite dramatically in response to the results of individual companies, as well as general market conditions.
Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested.
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The recent developments on judicial front give another message of alert to the
civil society of Pakistan.
Recent verbal assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan CJP Iftikhar Chaudhary
and by PPPP lead by Latif Khosa, pro-Musharraf groups and Former Justice
Abdul Hameed Doggar (Musharraf's PCO CJ of Doggar-Musharraf Court) are a signal that
current government,their bought analyst and other allies have never accepted the
reinstatement of judiciary on 16th March 2009 as a result of real consistent,honest and
determined struggle by lawyers,civil society and political parties like PTI,JI and other APDM parties.
The recent campaign by PPPP and allies against the judiciary seems to pressurize the judiciary
on the issues of NRO, Suo-motto taken against corruption and government supported land mafias and cartels.
The forces of status quo should know that if they tried to play another dirty game, people
will take them on with bare nuckles.


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"Sunni Anxieties and the Rise of Shiite Power," by Shahin M. Cole, Informed Consent, http://www.juancole.com/2005/01/guest-editorial-sunni-anxieties-and.html, 31 January 2005.
"Iran Expects to Benefit from Iraq Election," by Nasser Karimi, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4766740,00.html, 31 January 2005.
The occasionally off-balance Juan Cole is still informative, as shown by a link and a guest editorial
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran strongly criticized the U.S. invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein and opposed the American occupation of its neighbor, but with Iraqis voting Sunday for a new government, Iran stands to reap huge benefits.
"This is a unique opportunity, not seen for centuries, for Iraqi policy to go in Iran's favor," said political analyst Hamid Reza Jalaipour.
Iran's state-run television hailed the vote as "the beginning of democracy and the end of occupation and insurgency in Iraq."
Iran has good reason to celebrate. A sun of the Sunna is now a Shia satellite.
The election is likely to propel Iraq's majority Shiites into power for the first time since modern Iraq came into being in 1921, giving them the leading voice in shaping the country's future, which Shiite-dominated Iran hopes will lead to friendly relations between the two nations that fought a brutal war two decades ago.
Some Sunni Arab countries worry a new Iraqi government will form a Shiite alliance with Iran, but Iranians say they would be happy with a secular Iraqi government that will simply establish good relations. Most importantly, some said, Iraqis need to decide what they want.
But if the First and Second Battles of Iraq threw Iraq out of the Sunni solar system, for the Salafists it supernovad
Far from seeing the elections as a good thing to be emulated, the Sunni Arab neighbors of Iraq are likely to be alarmed at the rise of Shiite dominance. They will also be disturbed at any close Shiite-American alliance. Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and Salafi fundamentalists elsewhere in the Gulf (including Iraq itself), deeply disapprove of Shiite doctrine and practice.
It gets better
The Gulf monarchies are afraid of the Khomeini-inspired trend in Shiism to say that "there can be no kings in Islam.†If these Sunni hardliners had an "axis of evil,†the Shiites of Iraq and Iran would be in it. Many Sunnis fear Shiite power more than they ever feared Saddam's predations. Many of them also view the United States as an imperial power in the region. A Shiite-American alliance is their worst nightmare, and many of them will see the Iraqi Shiites as puppets of the US. The elections, which the Bush administration sees as the solution to a whole host of problems, have upset the sectarian balance of power in the Middle East, and may well bring new kinds of instability in their train.
Madame Cole believes this is a bad thing
The differences and conflicts between the Wahhabi branch of Islam (prevalent in Saudi Arabia and Qatar) and Sunnis (who account for ninety percent of the world's Muslims) are not widely appreciated. Sunnis and Wahhabis have often been at odds. The rise of a Shiite-dominated Iraq supported by American power could well create new alliances between Sunnis and Wahhabis that will radicalize both. The US CIA is already predicting that Iraq is becoming the new training ground for international terrorism.
Attacking radicalizes. Germans were much more prepared to shoot down Allied Aircraft after we bombed their cities. FDR's declaration of war on Imperial Japan had a similar effect on the Pacific.
We are at war with an ideology of murder. We wrestle with principalities and powers that oppress their citizens. We fight for a connected and global world — an end to national ghettos.
Every struggle must be fought differently. The war of ideas is a different type of confrontation than walking with slowly liberalizing regimes or supporting content flows. But this not an excuse for us to shy away.
The wahabis are salafists are already radicalized. Under al Qaeda and affiliated groups they have the will and capacity to bring war to our shores and death to our skies. We have decided not to appease our enemies, so they we must destroy them. We have identified radical wahabism as an ideology of death, and we know how to deal with those. State Shinto, the National Reich Church, and the Ku Klux Klan are just three of the cults we have destroyed. We can do so again.
When Iran preaches freedom, they are right. When the Wahabis see a free Iraq as a threat to their rule, they are right. When they see American intervention as protecting rituals and beliefs they deeply disaprove of they are right.
Our big bang strategy has forever altered the constellation of the most repressive region of the world. They tyrants hate this. Good.


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
An Agent's Inbox #10
8 comments:
- Leigh Ann said...
Query - Love love love. All of it.
Two nitpicks. I'd change "Decisions. Decisions." To "Decisions, decisions."
And "make them have powers" to "give them powers."
I love love love your first page, too. A little something was rankling me, and on the second read I realized - I can't tell whether Hadley is terrified, horrified, or just grossed out. Even when the taser appears. Maybe throw us half a line to clarify?
Awesome, polished stuff. Wishing you so much luck!
- September 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Jenny Kaczorowski said...
I agree with the revisions Leigh Ann recommend, but otherwise I love it! I love the title, I love the premise. Great twist on the whole fight club thing and great potential for some good, bloody fun ;)
- September 28, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Kim said...
I love the premise here as well as the voice in the sample. I can see Hadley is a bit sassy and the opening line grabs me from the get go!
- September 28, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Not a lot of comments here. The query feels strong and interesting, though for my personal taste paranormal is less compelling than other genres.
The opening pages are intriguing too, though I wonder if the tone is not too light for the subject matter. Though jarred by the dead body, the character doesn't seem that surprised or thrown by it--which may work just fine given the context, but gives me a little pause as to narrative tone starting off.
- September 28, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- Unknown said...
I enjoyed the first page. The voice is great, and there's already tension building. The query seemed a little disjointed to me. You go from a healer to the campus hottie to fight club. I think maybe I'd cut the part out about the campus hottie.
I'd read more.
Good luck!
- September 28, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Jackie said...
Thanks so much for the suggestions!
You guys rock!
- September 29, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- gretchen said...
I liked your query alot...it was straightforward, full of voice and succinct. Though I don't tend to read alot of paranormal, I would have definitely kept reading after those first 250 words!
The only thing that gave me pause was the line, "In your mind, command him to heal." I wonder if it would add to the tension if you just "showed" Hadley doing her thing, at just had the doctor say something like, "Heal him. Now."
Either way, great stuff here. Hope to read more!
- September 30, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Rebecca said...
I guess I'm a little late to the game, so I don't have much to add. You're query was great, loaded with tons of information,but not overly done. I like how the voice carries through the query, letting us know it will be a fun read.
Great job!
- September 30, 2011 at 11:13 AM


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Dear All,
I hope your summer is going well. I am preparing for a presentation and reading in DC next weekend and then a few weeks of rest in Istanbul, Turkey in the month of July. So, I predict the month of July would be somewhat quieter. That is to say, you will – most probably – receive fewer windows. Before the July slow down, however, I have news for you.
My Recent Book On "St. Louis on the Air"
I don't usually promote my own work in these windows. However, something special is coming up. Tomorrow morning at 11:00, Don March the host of "St. Louis on the Air" FM 90.7, NPR will be talking to me about my latest book Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran. Here is the link to an on line description of the book if you are interested. Do listen to the show tomorrow, if you can. I will be talking about the book and many other Iran related issues, I am sure, as the callers call in: http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jun/1221.html
NY Times Does it Again!
It looks like we need a permanent section in these windows to correct and clarify the NY Times reporting on Iran. Take a look at the letter that my friend Professor Ghamari (Univ. of Illinois) wrote to the editor, about an article in today's NY Times called "Iran Cracks Down on Dissent":
"Dear Editor:
The photograph used in the story about "Iran Cracks Down on Dissent," in the Sunday June 24 edition is misleading. While disturbing on its own right, the picture has nothing to do with the crack down on dissent. This episode happened in late May as part of Tehran's Police Department anti-corruption project to secure the safety of "rough neighborhoods" in the southern part of the city. Those who were paraded in public, as shown in the picture, had nothing to do with "western style clothing or haircuts," as Neil MacFarquhar asserted. They were thugs and drug dealers who had terrorized these neighborhoods. After the publication of these pictures, the Tehran Police Chief acknowledged that the methods used in these operations were unjustified. While residents of those neighborhoods supported the crack down on gang members, they were also scandalized by the disgusting public humiliation of these thugs perpetrated by the police. I would appreciate it if you publish the correction."
Visual Delight
It is often assumed that Iran consists, mostly, of hot and arid
deserts. While central Iran does have desert areas, the north is lush
and green with forests, rice fields, and tea plantations. I made a
slide show for you of photos of northern Iran circulated by my friend
Bahar Bastani. Click here: Northern Iran. Enjoy.
Current Issues:
The U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan rejected the charge
that Iran is getting arms to the Taliban fighters for the second time
in less than two weeks.
Iranian Women in Sports
If you read Persian you can check out the online Iranian Women's Sport
magazine Shirzanan. If you don't, just look at the latest photos of
the Iranian women athletes. Iranian women skaters constitute 60% of
all the skaters in the country:
Kickboxing and Kung Fu are among popular sports among Iranian women
Mahdiyeh Montazeran won the first international gold medal for the Iranian women in fencing:
And, finally, Iranian women won third place in the rowing competitions in Bulgaria: http://www.shirzanan.com/spip.php?article218.
Until the next window, have a great week.
Fatemeh Keshavarz, Professor and Chair
Dept. of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
Washington University in St. Louis
Tel: (314) 935-5156
Fax: (314) 935-4399


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Peter, Here is a response to your public-comments message of Oct. 19th. Apologies for the delay, it was a long message. Thanks for the feedback, many of your suggestions were incorporated into BLD: > Questions and Comments on RIF Basic Logic Dialect > (undated version, downloaded 15 October 2007) > Peter F. Patel-Schneider > > I have a number of questions and comments (mostly questions) on the RIF > Basic Logic Dialect document. Answers to the questions may result in > further comments. > > I downloaded the document on 15 October 2007, which should have gotten > me the frozen version. > > 1/ The presentation of the RIF Condition Language is made unnecessarily > complex by its division into two parts. I suggest presenting the > language all at once. The reason was that while "2.1 Positive Conditions" presents a language closer to Pure Prolog, "2.2 Slotted Conditions" presents a language closer to Pure Production Systems. These parts thus reflect two major communities addressed by RIF, lowering their barriers to entry. The next version will have these parts merged however. > 2/ The RIF Condition Language has a very complex syntax. However, the > condition sublanguage of the RIF BLD does not use this complexity. > I suggest removing the development of the RIF Condition Language and > instead just presenting the condition sublanguage of the RIF BLD. > Alternatively, but less desirable in my mind, would be to present the > RIF Condition Language in an appendix. > This has been taken care of in the current draft by splitting off the "Framework for Logic Dialects" (http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/FLD/). > 3/ Why is it obvious that different symbol spaces cannot share an > identifier? By definition. > 4/ Why are built-in derived XSD datatypes like xsd:int not required RIF > symbol spaces? Why is xsd:integer the only derived datatype in > required RIF symbol spaces? Why are xsd:date, xsd:boolean, > xsd:float, and several other built-in primitive XSD types not in the > required RIF symbol spaces? I suggest expanding the required RIF > symbol spaces to cover all the useful built-in XSD datatypes. There is no strong technical argument for the restricted set, other than WG agreement to start small in this WD and expand as needed. Clearly the set of "all useful XS Datatypes" varies depending on who you ask. > 5/ How do the intended meanings for rif:iri and rif:local affect the > semantics of the condition sublanguage of the RIF-BLD? They are part of the semantics of BLD and are intended for different purposes. > > 6/ Following the pointer to the list of builtin predicates in the > W3C-style version of the document results in a 404 error. Fixed. > 7/ What is the arity of the builtin symbol > http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions#Imadethisup ? Since this isn't a pre-defined builtin nor valid RIF syntax the arity would be determined by the uses of that symbol. > 8/ Where are the semantics for the builtin predicates? They will be given fixed interpretations much like for SWRL builtins. > 9/ Since the condition sublanguage for RIF-BLD can distinguish between > individual symbols, predicate symbols of each arity, and function > symbols of each arity by context, why not include this distinction in > the presentation syntax? Why is it necessary? > > 10/ Is it true that disjunction can be eliminated in *all* rule > formalisms (including operational ones)? Disjunction cannot be eliminated in some operational languages - however BLD is a basic logic dialect, and this statement should apply to rule languages based on BLD or its "core". > > 11/ Is the restriction in the condition language of the RIF-BLD relating > to the appearance of quantified variables carried over into the RIF > condition language? There is only one condition language for BLD, which the text occasionally refers to as the RIF condition language. > > 12/ Why do constant symbols used (only) as predicate and function > symbols > have to have a denotation in the model theory for the condition > language of RIF-BLD? Symbols used as individuals also must have denotations. > > 13/ Why are mappings for predicate symbols (IR) partial? What happens > in the semantics for predicate applications that are not in the > domain of the predicate? Do you mean why are the mappings in IR not total mappings? If they were that would address the second part of your question. Perhaps they should be, restricted perhaps by the signature. > > 14/ Why is the treatment of datatypes different in RIF from their > treatment in RDF? I suggest using the same treatment. It has since been decided to semantically homogenize the treatment, with the distinction that RIF implementations are required to recognize all datatypes used in a rule sets, or reject the rule set. There is still a distinction in the syntax: RDF has four kinds of constant symbols: three kinds of literals and IRIs. RIF has one kind of constant symbol: pairs of strings and symbol space IRIs; different symbol spaces correspond to different kinds of constant symbols and different data types. > > 15/ It is not really the case that slotted terms have "named" arguments, > because the argument "names" are interpreted. Instead slotted terms > have paired, unordered arguments. I suggest using some other > wording. It has since been decided to not interpret the names. > > 15a/ Is t() a slotted term or a regular term? It is both positional and slotted. > 16/ Why is "assumed" used in the definition of signatures for slotted > terms? Either the order is immaterial or it is not. Fixed. > > 17/ Why are the first part of the arguments to slotted terms not allowed > to be slotted terms? Actually, even the use of positional terms for slot names was an overkill. The next version will simplify slotted terms even further. > > 18/ Suppose that name and age are constant symbols with the same > signature, e.g., term{}. Then either both or neither of > Person(name->"a") and Person(age->"a") are well-formed. Why cannot > signatures make a distinction between these two terms? Most > languages that allow named arguments can make these distinctions. Fixed. > 19/ Why are the signatures of the terms used in membership, subclass, > and frame formulae not used to determine the well-formedness of > these formulae? Fixed. > > 20/ Why are slotted well-formed terms not allowed in membership, > subclass, or frame formulae? Slotted terms as class names seem not be needed in RIF 1.0, so we simply use TERM ' # ' TERM | TERM ' ## ' TERM. > > 21/ Why are frame formulae that include other frame formulae part of the > basic syntax? They are stated to be shorthand, but only > half-defined as such. Why not make them really into shorthands? Cannot understand the question. What do you mean "half-defined"? > 22/ It appears that the signature mechanism cannot capture the syntax of > the condition language of the RIF-BLD. Is this the case? Again, the question is quite unclear. Please elaborate what do you mean by the inability to "capture" the syntax. > 23/ Are the mappings for ISF, etc., total or partial? Total. > > 24/ It is not just that slotted function and predicate applications can > have the first element of their pair arguments map into the same > domain element, it is also the case that these first elements can be > repeated verbatim, as in married(spouse->Jack,spouse->Jill) or even > married(spouse->Jack,spouse->Jack). Yes. It is not clear why this should be precluded. > 25/ The use of set notation in the definition of Itruth for slotted > function and predicate applications is unfortunate, as these are > bags, not sets. Yes, we should make it clearer notationally, or at least textually, that these are bags or multisets. > > 26/ V*U and V*PL turn RDF names into constant symbols in symbol spaces. > V*TL is defined as turning RDF names into constant symbols not in a > symbol space, but later constant symbols that look like the result > of V*TL given as if they were in a symbol space. What is the status > of V*TL? (I'm assuming that it does map into a symbol space.) Indeed, typed literals are mapped to symbol spaces. Note, however, that the definition of the set V*TL has been removed in the [http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-rdf-owl/ current working draft], because its definition was redundant. It can be seen from condition 7 in [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/#head-7bc418db41931aa0bec2cdadef81be12759c6807 section 22.214.171.124] that symbols in symbol spaces are interpreted in the same way as typed literals. The example below the conditions shows one thing which is implied from this correspondence and the correspondence between IRIs in RDF and symbols in the rif:iri symbol space in RIF: in combinations with RIF: IRIs and corresponding literals with the rif:iri data type are interpreted in the same way. > > 27/ Given that RIF-RDF combinations need datatypes, why not just only > define the combination for D-entailment? It is at the moment not clear which entailment regime(s) will be useful for RIF. It might be the case that we decide to use only D-entailment. See also the second last paragraph in the [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/#Overview introduction]. > > 28/ Point 4 of common interpretations is not very well stated. What is > the set of datatypes used? Is it all the datatypes in D? No, it is the set of all datatypes supported by RIF. Note that, in case D-entailment is used, LV will include all values spaces in D, due to the definition of D-interpretations. > > 29/ RIF-RDF combinations appear to add extra entailments on the RDF > side. For example > "abc"^^xsd:decimal ex:a ex:b . > appears to RIF-RDF entail > http://www.w3.org/2005/rif/rdf-ill-typed-literal/uri-encode("abc"^^xsd:decimal) > ex:a ex:b . > I don't think that this is a good idea, and suggest that it should > be the case that RIF-RDF entailment matches RDF D-entailment when > there are no rules. There was already general skepticism in the working group about using such an IRI encoding of ill-typed literals. It was decided to remove this encoding, so that it is no longer possible to directly use ill-typed literals in RIF rules. See also the example in [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/#RDF-Compatibility section 2]. Note that it is, however, not the case that RIF-RDF entailment matches RDF D-entailment when the set of rules is empty; see the example at the bottom of [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/#head-7bc418db41931aa0bec2cdadef81be12759c6807 section 220.127.116.11]. > > 30/ Why is rdf:type is not related to membership formulae (i#c) and > rdfs:subClassOf not related to subclass formulae (c1##c2)? I > suggest that they should be related. In the [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/ current draft] they are related; see [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-rif-rdf-owl-20071030/#head-0d9bc055f4ca271102e7b53420888f3818628265 section 18.104.22.168.1]. -- Dr. Christopher A. Welty IBM Watson Research Center +1.914.784.7055 19 Skyline Dr. email@example.com Hawthorne, NY 10532 http://www.research.ibm.com/people/w/weltyReceived on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 15:27:20 UTC
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Jim Nabors unable to attend 2012 Indianapolis 500
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- Actor and entertainer Jim Nabors will not be attending the Indy 500 this year but don't worry, he'll still be singing "Back Home Again in Indiana."
A film crew will be traveling to Nabors' home in Hawaii this month to record him singing the song that's made him a Month of May tradition to race fans. The recording will be played over the public address system and video boards during the pre-race festivities.
Nabors is having heart-valve replacement surgery on Memorial Day weekend.
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Ross has finally found his Rachel.
Former "Friends" star David Schwimmer tied the knot with British girlfriend Zoe Buckman this past June in a private ceremony, reports Entertainment Weekly.
The 43-year-old actor met the 25-year-old photographer in 2007 while he was directing "Run, Fat Boy, Run." The couple got engaged in the spring of 2010.This is the first marriage for both.
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Comparing combination therapies for advanced head and neck cancer shows no improvement
A team of scientists, including Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, report results of a clinical trial comparing treatments for this cancer, the seventh most common tumor type in the United States.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is a potentially curable disease in nearly every patient at the time of diagnosis, yet despite the most aggressive efforts, up to 30-50 percent of patients may ultimately succumb to the disease. For diseases where outcomes are so uncertain, medical science frequently addresses the need by intensifying therapy. In the case of head and neck cancer, one of the great questions of the current day is whether or not addition of multiple drugs to radiation therapy is superior to the current standard of care therapy with one drug and radiation. In particular, physicians have wondered if the addition of the more tolerable targeted biologic therapy to chemotherapy results in improved patient outcomes. Unfortunately, the data suggests that it does not.
A team of scientists, including Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, report results of a clinical trial comparing treatments for this cancer, the seventh most common tumor type in the United States.
Standard therapy for SCCHN is a combination of the drug cisplatin and radiotherapy. The clinical trial compared this combination to the combination with the addition of a small-molecule inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor called Erlotinib. EGFR is a therapeutic target for this type of cancer and at least one other EGFR is approved for multiple uses in the treatment of head and neck cancer, including in combination with radiation. To date, no data has been published on the use of EGFR inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy and radiation.. The goal of the current study was to determine if adding EGRF inhibition improved efficacy when combined with standard of care radiation. Unfortunately, it improved neither clinical response rate nor progression free survival.
Their results were published in the early online March 4, 2013 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Dr. Hayes, associate professor of medicine, explains, "There has been great enthusiasm and some confusion about the combinations of chemotherapy and biologic therapy such as EGFR inhibitors in conjunction with radiation in the treatment of squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. For the moment, the data are clearly showing no added benefit. Since the study was initially designed, it is interesting to note that novel theories have emerged about subgroups of patients who might be more likely to benefit from the specific therapies under consideration. Future investigations will clearly rely more on patients selected by the molecular tumor characteristics."
Between December 2006 and October 2011, 204 patients with locally advanced SCCHN were recruited to the study. Participants were assigned to receive either cisplatin and radiotherapy or the same chemoradiotherapy with Erlotinab.
Other institutions participating in the study were the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington; Multicare Health Systems in Covington, Washington; University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston; the University of Miami in Florida; Coastal Carolina Radiation Oncology in Wilmington, North Carolina; and the University of Tennessee in Memphis.
Funding for the study was provided to the University of Washington by Genentech in San Francisco, California, and Astellas Pharma Global Development in Northbrook, Illinois.


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I found a Blackboard booth… ironic isn't it?
If you combined Second Life with Blackboard, you'd get… anyone, anyone?
Our experiences with blackboard have been somewhat limited. Their communication and chat tools didn't work very well. There system seems fine for people who only want to communicate via e-mail or forum, but that is so 1990's. I found it interesting that they had a booth presence in Second Life.
Well, on the other hand, it's good to know that Blackboard is at least aware of Second Life.
So far in my exploration of Second Life I've come the following conclusions about introducing or applying Second Life for educational purposes:
1. Makes sure initial participation is voluntary – the learning curve on Second Life is so high that it will frustrate even those with moderate tech savvy abilities. Draw in the people who are really curious and motivated to use it first. Grow this group of people as SL experts and mentors. Still, encourage all folks to try… just because something is 'hard to do' doesn't mean that it isn't worth while.
2. Teach students how to teleport to a location – give them initial instructions on how to get to the first meeting point.
3. Provide interesting orientation activities – take a field trip as a group in the "NMC Orientation" to learn the basics of moving, talking, using inventory, changing appearance, etc. As a leader you can provide a walk through tour of the orientation area (just to show students where everything is). But you should also encourage students to return and practice some of the things on their own. You can even set up a task list of things that participants need to complete by week 1, etc. Also have appointed meeting times in SL so participants can interact with each other and even share what they've learned or made.
4. Participate socially – attend live learning events in SL through the SLED calendar. The best part of Second Life is interacting with other SL inhabitants and even learning from them.
5. Encourage students to share their learning with each other – Second Life and the tool interface is so complex that one person can't effectively and quickly learn all the features. If learners share what they've learned with each other they can ramp up quickly.
I would love to set up a social learning group in SL that focuses on how to communicate and build things. I'm thinking I can get a few people to do this. I'd even be willing to help orient some people on how to use the features and tools.
One thing, that sort of perturbs me is the land costs. From what I've read, land costs in SL have grown because of speculation. Crazy isn't it? I guess virtual ain't free.


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Caterpillars have it easy; weave a cocoon, go to sleep, and, voila! wake up a butterfly. I, on the other hand, have my work cut out for me.
My ten-day fast was intended, not only to cleanse my body and short-circuit some bad eating habits that had developed, but also to give me the chance to "strip down to the chassis" and start over. Before the fast, I wavered between 156 and 158 pounds; about ten pounds over the ideal weight for my 5′ 7-3/4″ frame; most of the extra was around my waist. I wanted to take the extra strain off my legs and come out of the fast ready to become stronger, faster and more durable.
Yes, this was an all-out declaration of war on Father Time. And, yes, I know it is a conflict I will ultimately, some day, lose. But there a lot of battles that I can win before that day comes.
Eight days have gone by since the end of the fast. My strength has grown every day. On each of those days, I've added additional core exercises and reps, started doing push-ups, ate healthier… and I feel better than I have in a long, long time. The arthritis in my hands has still not returned. My legs are still pain-free. I have returned to what I consider my "ideal" weight of 147 pounds (from a low of 141).
My run yesterday was everything I hoped it would be at this stage; ten relaxed miles that did not feel as fast as they were. My stride was lighter and smoother and the pace was quicker than any run since my marathon on September 17 and this run was easy. A 3:15 Boston marathon is within my grasp if I stay the course.
I am struggling mightily (and, in part, unsuccessfully) to avoid falling back into the black-hole of snacking. For now, I'm managing to stick (mostly) to healthier whole nuts, but I know I have to dig deep and find the discipline to limit even these to healthy-size portions. And there are some good habits I would like to acquire, mostly having to do with stretching and self-massage, things that I know can help me stay injury-free.
All-in-all, I am pleased with the rebuilding project so far. There may have been a bent nail here and there; some of the walls still need to be squared-up. But I've squeaked by the first inspection and hope to do better on the next one.


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Street Style NEW YORK HAS SARAH JESSICA PARKER; LOS ANGELES HAS THE COORS TWINS. But where do locals turn to find the essence of Portland style? We asked the bright lights in our creative firmament to step into
hermetically sealed style lab and dedicate their wattage to defining our local look. After weeks of exhaustive clinical trials, heated confabs and unintelligible scrawls on the white board, here are their conclusions:
"Portland style is all about having a sense of humor and dry feet. With so many fantastic designers turning out one-of-a-kind creations in boutiques all over the east side, there isn't any reason to look like a cookie-cutter from the mall. Portland is the amazing place where wearing a vintage Lilly Pulitzer skirt and beat-up Converse works just as well as sporting Sigerson Morrison flats and a Pendleton shirt. The mixture of old and new, practical and quirky, is ageless and completely unique."
--Katie Miller Paul, designer, Pom Pom Girl Designs
"There's a sense of freedom in Portland's fashion scene. You can wear what you like without catching a lot of flack--it's not so uptight that it stifles experimentation. (But) I don't see Portland really following a particular trend--there are a lot of young creative people living here, a lot of individuality, which keeps it fresh for the most part. And not only are there a lot of talented local designers, but it's always exciting to see how much support turns out for the local fashion shows."
--Coco Corral, jewelry designer, Loving Anvil
"Portland style is REI meets Dolce & Gabbana. We are the forest people, who look good."
--Justin Lowe, filmmaker
"The vibe here is pure eclectica. It's the combinations that make P-town's style interesting. Only in Portland can button-downs co-exist with goth garb, hippie threads and indie-rocker haircuts. Acceptance prospers here: People can dress as individuals without being gawked at. A cashmere sweater, an Italian suit, Kangol caps and thrift-store '70s picks all feel comfortable together in the same room."
--Gabe Kean, graphic designer and art director, Born Magazine
"Portland style does not appreciate designer labels that are usually cherished in other fashion conscious cities. But designer labels can be acceptable if they are discreet and paired with something 'down home.' The local fashion community makes a conscious effort to promote popular style without bowing to it. And for that I am thankful, because now I can wear heels to work--with old jeans, of course.
--Julie Hosler, marketing director, Curiosity Group
"There are no rules here. That's one of the great things about this city. People do what they want. You don't have to be a victim to high fashion here."
--Sandra R. Haugan, hair designer
"Portland is ruled by strippers, artists, musicians, hipsters and the rock-and-roll crowd, so you can imagine how cool everyone must dress here. You have the gothic vinyl fetish crowd to your Bettie Page cheesecake pinup girl walking down Hawthorne. You even get the modern flower child that knows the definition of cool: dreadlocks, nagchampa and patchouli oil will always be in fashion. You may even see an occasional suit and tie looking very hip in that Reservoir Dogs kind of way. You cannot forget about your punk rockers who sport mohawks, leather jackets, pierced and tattooed flesh covering most of their bodies, and Doc Martens boots. Portland is a melting pot of cool, hip fashion. For anyone who says otherwise, they obviously have not visited our cool little city!"
--Zero & Zen, models, a.k.a. the Porcelain Twinz
"PDX style equals laid-back and sassy. Always on the prowl, P-town fashionistas and fashionistos alike look for comfort (read: my favorite Joe Jeans) with a little bit of flair (read: my fave Manolos). Portland is all about accessorizing--jeans and a cute white button-up, with a sassy hat and necklace from a local artist. The great thing is that anything goes here."
"Portland's style distinction lies in the details. Layers--insurance against the spontaneous weather patterns. Color--are you a black-gray-red person or a denim-khaki or a fuchsia-chartreuse? Everyone owns a piece of fleece. Most important and revealing is a practical pair of shoes, ones that are rugged enough for walking around puddles, and distinctive enough to make a statement of your own style (whether you intend to or not)."
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