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6 International Sodas We Need To Try
Last week, we chatted about our favorite international sodas. Weird Fanta flavors, Irn Bru, and various ginger beers I've heard of... but some of these other ones? Sound totally crazy. Here are a few I want to try. What's on your must-try list?
Milkis - it's a carbonated beverage that is fairly popular in South Korea. Basically, it's soda and milk, and the result is something akin to cream soda. I used to find different flavors in the markets in the States (like strawberry and orange), but my favorite and the only one I've really found in Korea is the classic (original). It's label refers to it as being a "new feeling of soda beverage" ... how could you NOT love that???!—marciejo
Fiora vanti from Ecuador (fresa flavor). —misterhee
Has anyone else had that watermelon soda at the World of Coke... I wish I could find that somewhere. I believe it's called Smart Watermelon and it's from China.—thenbagis
Japanese Grape Fanta (purple and white), Peach Fanta, and Kirin juice drinks (grape, orange, apple, etc). —beth1
I was obsessed with Fanta Passion, a passion-fruit flavored version sold in east Africa. Still the best soda I've ever had. —shady lane
Korean lychee soda, I can't tell you the name because there's no english on the can but it comes in neat mini cans, which is good because it's super sweet. —kamlin898
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Place the whole oranges and lemon juice in a large preserving pan and cover with 2 litres/ 4 pints water. If this is not enough to cover the fruit, put it in a smaller pan. If necessary, weight the oranges with a heat-proof plate to keep them under the water. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer very gently for about 2 hours, or until the peel can be pierced easily with a fork.
Warm half of the white and dark sugar in a very low oven. Pour off the cooking water from the oranges into a jug and tip the oranges into a bowl. Return the cooking liquid to the pan. Leave the oranges to cool until they are easy to handle, then cut them in half. Scoop out all the pips and pith and add these to reserved orange liquid in the pan. Bring to the boil for 6 minutes then strain this liquid through a sieve into a bowl, pressing the pulp through with a wooden spoon; the result is high in pectin, which helps to ensure the marmalade has a good set.
Pour half this liquid into a preserving pan. Cut the peel into chunky shreds, using a sharp knife. Add half the peel to the liquid in the preserving pan with the warm white and dark muscovado sugars. Stir over a low heat until all the sugar has dissolved, then bring to the boil and bubble rapidly for 15-25 minutes until setting point is reached. Stir in half the whisky.
Take the pan off the heat and skim any scum from the surface. (To dissolve any excess scum, drop a small knob of butter on the surface, and gently stir.) Leave the marmalade to stand in the pan for 20 minutes to cool a little and to allow the peel to settle, then pot in sterilised jars, seal and label. Repeat for the remaining batch.
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Snoop Dogg is desperate to get out of the dog house after he was banned from the UK following his 2006 arrest for arguing with cops at Heathrow airport.
"I need to be there for my creativity," the rapper told the UK's Mirror in an exclusive online chat in January.
"This has become a minister defending a decision rather than a careful review" of the situation, Snoop's lawyer told a London courtroom late last month.
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Now he says he's enlisted David Beckham and Sir Paul McCartney to help him get his visa back. "Hell, I want to get the whole of the Beatles to help me get back in," the rapper told the Mirror. In case John Lennon and George Harrison aren't available, he has back-ups: "I'm trying to get through to Madonna as well. I'd love them all to write to the Prime Minister to change his mind."
"Snoop has missed out on several arena tour opportunities, many TV and festival opportunities, as well as a few proposed charity events," agent Brent Smith told the Wall Street Journal.
Video footage from the 2006 Heathrow airport scuffle shows police and Snoop's entourage arguing over how many members of his 30-person posse could enter the British Airways first-class lounge.


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Democrats made a clean sweep against the fake democrats fielded by the Republican Party of Wisconsin in order to force primaries and grant the republican incumbents an extra month to campaign…and grant them the opportunity to receive plenty of money via independent expenditures from the likes of Americans for Prosperity and other corporate-backed special interests.
Despite GOTV efforts by local republican parties, the GOP failed. Is Governor Walker paying attention while lounging on his taxpayer-funded patio quaffing cloyingly insipid Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, a beer/lemonade mix from Wisconsin's number one faux craft brewery. Gotta love a Wisconsin Governor who actively attempts to screw the vibrant and independent craft breweries at the behest of behemoth SAB MillerCoors. Never mind the deliciousness of him tweeting pictures of his sorority-girl style drink, then following it up with a photo of his…toothbrush. At first I thought his twitter account had been hacked. Unfortunately, he's that shallow.
Anyway, back to the recall elections.
A couple days before the election Wisconsin Right to Life sponsored 10's of thousands of robo calls to likely voters in what many democrats assert to be an attempt at voter suppression. Here's the script of the calls that democratic voters received:
"Hello, this is Barbara Lyons from Wisconsin Right to Life. I'm calling today to let you know that you will be receiving an absentee ballot application for the upcoming recall elections in the mail in the next few days. These recall elections are very important and voting absentee will ensure that your vote is counted and that we can maintain a pro-family, pro-life state senate. We hope that we can count on you to complete that application and send it back to us within 7 days.
Now why would anyone send an absentee ballot back to Wisconsin Right to Life rather than say, the county or municipal clerk? Looking a little deeper, the phone number used for the robo calls originates in VA, and it appears to be a number used by The National Right to Life Committee.
Barbara Lyons had this to say to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel when challenged:
In a telephone interview, Lyons said the calls, "as best as we know," were targeted to friends and supporters of the organization. She said tens of thousands of calls were made.
Right. That's why scores of democrats were called. Nice try.
Much thanks goes out to every individual and group who has been involved in the recall effort thus far. We Are Wisconsin just reported that they managed to field the volunteers necessary to knock on 37,857 doors during the Get Out The Vote campaign. This is huge.
By any measure, turnout in the recall elections was huge. Even when compared to fall primaries, it was impressive. Former Oshkosh deputy mayor Jessica King received nearly 20,000 votes against her republican-recruited fake democrat opponentJohn Buckstaff. In her first bid for senate in 2008 she received just 1849 votes in an uncontested democratic primary. In the 2008 general election that saw her pitted against the now sex-scandal-embroiled Randy Hopper, she received 41,688 votes-this during a presidential election that saw enormous turnout around the state.
Only one fake democrat had a respectable showing. Isaac Weix, of Menomonie, realized 46 percent of the vote against legitimate democrat Shelly Moore. This was in large part due to a GOTV effort by the St. Croix Republican party which used automated phone calls and emails to encourage Republicans to vote for Weix, the faker.
Rep. Jen Schilling, D-LaCrosse, won by over 70%. She'll now take on republican incumbent Sen. Dan Kapanke in the Aug. 9th general election.
The winners of Tuesday's Democratic primary include Moore; Shilling; Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo, who will run against Olsen; King, who will run against Hopper; former Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum, who will run against Cowles; and Rep. Sandra Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay, who will run against Darling.
Democrats Demand that Scott Walker and the Republican Party Must Reimburse Taxpayers for Primary forced by Fake Democrats.
In a press release issued yesterday, Mike Tate, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair stated "The Republicans have brazenly lied to Wisconsin and they must repay the taxpayers for their fraud," he added "For a party that pretends to care about the tax burden of working families, they are sure willing to spend their money to finance pure political gain. Scott Walker's GOP is sitting on mountains of corporate cash – they should put their money where their mouth is and repay Wisconsin for their outrageous conspiracy.
All six actual Democrats cruised to victory over their sham opponents. Reports have put the cost of these sham primaries at more than $400,000.
The next battle will take place August 9th, when the Democrats attempt to wrest control of the senate from the republicans. If successful, this will create a stalemate that will prevent the GOP from further remaking Wisconsin in Arizona's image. Then, it is on to the main event, The Recall of Governor Scott Walker.


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Researchers at Drexel University have developed a 40-centimeter-tall robot that can play any musical score at the drop of a hat. While this robot is versatile, his technique could use a smidge less rage. Check out Skynet's piano recital.
Alyssa Batula and Yougmoo Kim of Drexel built this little musical robot as part of a project to build a humanoid pianist. For now, the robot can only hit the white keys and is limited by a lack of fingers, but it can correct its wrong notes using a pitch detection system. Its creators hope to eventually construct two robots that can play together and a human-sized, five-fingered model.
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It was clearly just a matter of time after the word leaked Friday, and now it's official: Pete Carroll will be introduced Tuesday as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
The Los Angeles Times noted that USC players learned that this was official via text message on Sunday, at the same time Seattle Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke was in town to finalize the deal with Carroll.
Carroll was not the only coaching loss: Offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates is going to Seattle to have the same job under Carroll. Ken Norton Jr., USC linebackers coach, also will be headed to Seattle, according to reports.
The next question is: Who is coming in to USC?
Not Mike Riley. He was the hot name but the current Oregon State head coach signed a three-year extension Sunday to remain coach in Corvallis. So now it is on to Plan B for the Trojans. And maybe C.
Other names being thrown into the ring include Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher and Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, and both have USC ties. Other college coaches including Stanford's Jim Harbaugh and Boise State's Chris Petersen are said to be on the list. USC fans should not worry too much if they have to go a little ways down that list — remember Pete Carroll was way down the list back in 2000. USC fans were angry he was the choice then, they are angry he's leaving now. The same thing could happen with another quality coach.
The question now is: Do any of them want the job? This is one of the glamour jobs of college football, and the new coach will be taking on a storied program that is near its peak. The city loves USC football — win here and you are king. But there also is a lot of pressure and expectations, with some fans bordering on the unrealistic. One 9-4 season this year after seven straight Pac-10 titles had fans frustrated and a lot of empty seats at the Coliseum.
Then there is the potential of sanctions coming down on the program from the NCAA, tied to the investigation into any improper benefits Reggie Bush received while playing for the school. If it means a loss of scholarships and no bowl games for a year (or more), recruiting could take a hit. Making it tougher to win. Making the fans more frustrated.
Lots of pressure, lots of glory. Carroll thrived in that environment, but now he is off to the land of perpetual rain. Can the next person keep things sunny at USC?


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Eyebrows were raised when Jay Leno and David Letterman both failed to mention Conan O'Brien's new late night TV deal with cable station TBS, on their own evening shows last week, but at least one of the men is speaking out now.
Jay, whose own Kevin Eubanks announced his departure from "The Tonight Show" the day Conan announced his own news, told Access Hollywood over the weekend at the TV Land Awards that he wasn't surprised by his former co-worker's move.
"I knew he'd land on his feet," Jay told Access of Conan's new show.
"It'll be fun. Everybody will compete," Jay said, referring to the fact that Conan's new show, which premieres later this fall, will start at 11 PM, while "The Tonight Show" and "The Late Show With David Letterman" both kick off at 11:35 PM. "11 o'clock is now the most exciting place to be."
Jay is also expecting Conan to amuse fans.
"I think he'll be great," Jay said. "He's a very funny guy."
When asked what he thought of Conan's move from network to cable television (Conan was originally rumored to go to FOX), Jay said it wasn't a big deal.
"I didn't know what to think," he said. "I mean, well, FOX is network but they have cable too, so, you know, it's all sort of the same now… Everybody sort of reaches the same thing, but I think it's exciting. I think he'll do well."
In related Conan news, on Sunday, the New York Post claimed that George Lopez, whose show will be time shifted to midnight to make room for Conan's new program, isn't as supportive of his new late night counterpart as he's stated.
The paper claimed TBS bosses told George that his show would be canceled if he didn't support Conan.
"George was initially opposed to the idea of moving his time slot to make room for Conan on TBS," a source told the paper.
A rep for TBS, however, denied the claims to the paper.
"These claims are completely untrue. TBS has been unequivocal in its support for George Lopez," the rep told the paper. "Conan O'Brien and his team also fully support George's show."
George's rep also denied the report.
"This information is false and fabricated," his rep told the paper.
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Everyone knows how much I love trawling through old newspapers and earlier this week I received an email from Thomas, who runs a company that sells original newspaper gifts. How did he know? He offered to send me a couple of newspapers if I would write an article about them and/or link to his website.
Naturally, an unknown man offering to send me gifts in the post made me feel a little uncertain, but I decided to take him up on his offer – the lure of the old papers was just too much for me. He asked me what titles I would be interested in and I said "one of your oldest Scottish papers, please". This morning, the postie delivered this
And inside, wrapped in tissue, were two newspapers
I gave them a quick inspection. There was a copy of the "North British Daily Mail" from Saturday 7th January 1882 and a copy of the "Glasgow News" from Monday March 9th 1885. Brilliant – old newspapers I can read without cranking a microfilm reader handle until my hand falls off 🙂
The first thing I noticed was the size of these broadsheets. They're 18″ wide and 24″ long. In 1882, there must have been a lot of elbowing on the train as the men with bowler hats went off to work, or maybe the train seats were bigger too.
They smelled a bit funny (kind of like old newspapers) and a closer look revealed that they were slightly yellowed – surely not… surely not? Then the penny dropped that they are the actual ORIGINAL prints, not the reproductions that I had expected. 130 year old newspapers that managed to avoid the fish and chip shop or being made into firelighters. Amazing. Needless to say, I have been reading a lot today.
Does your cat need stuffing or a relative need burying?
Are you in need of tricycle training, turkeys or tweeds?
I fancy getting myself a Ladies maid. That would make me a Lady, wouldn't it?
I'm glad I took Thomas up on his offer as I'm going to have so much fun with these newspapers.
If you fancy having a look to see if Historic Newspapers have something which might interest you, I have been given a 15% off discount code to share with you, so if something catches your eye, enter the code 15TODAY. They have newspapers from all over the world, but the bulk of their archives are from the US and the UK.
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One big theme that we continue to see unfold is the pressure on the distribution part of the value chain. The whole value proposition of the Internet is that it allows you to connect with all of the customers you care about instantly, assuming you know where to find them or they know where to find you. That assumption, of course, does not hold for many and leads to many successful intermediaries. But we are seeing a ton of examples of people in the middle getting squeezed across industries:
- FOX withholding rights to content from Cablevision is a great (but not unique) example in the content arena. After getting killed in the advertising and market meltdown of 2008, many of the content producers now want to be a part of that lovely predictable subscription revenue stream. After a game of chicken, FOX got its deal. The recent Netflix deals are a great example from the opposite end of the spectrum.
- Online e-tailers versus brick and mortar retailers. The explosive growth of companies like Gilt Groupe, Bonobos, J. Hilburn, ModCloth and others are great examples of people choosing to either design directly to a captive audience base or bypassing the traditional fulfillment hubs. Reducing or eliminating distribution at large retailers who require their markups allows much better pricing as margin savings can be passed on and therefore value to end customers.
- American Airlines in its recent dispute with Orbitz as they push AA Direct Connect instead of going through traditional GDS systems. Initially, the aggregators and online pricing engines had better deals than airlines did at their own sites. Quickly, the airlines moved to low price guarantees for their own sites. And now this is the first salvo stepping into the traditional supplier link setup.
A number of people wind up benefitting from this trend. Many companies have grown on the backs of helping brands and retailers find those customers online. Fulfillment and logistics for physical items winds up being far more important, as the idea of buying and sending back gets ingrained in the psyche. As we continue down the path, however, we'll continue to see increasing pressure on people who solely sit in the middle.


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Dustbunny, Septra, Lord Pounce, Lady Whiskers, and Hearty are visiting us from our local Humane Association. They were weaned from their mother the moment they were lifted out of her enclosure and into our carrier, but they've been solid food champs from the beginning, they're darn good with the litter box as long as the girls remember to change it every morning...
...Oh, and we love them a lot:
But being babies, they're also lively and playful and fun and just stinkin' adorable and they make us so happy:
Our jobs as foster parents are not just to keep the kittens in fresh food and clean water and to change their litter, but also to socialize them to family life. By the time they're ready to go back to the Humane Association for neutering and adoption, they should be disciplined about their litter box, they should know that biting and scratching humans is unacceptable, they should be comfortable with as many different types of people and animals and noises and environments as we can introduce them to, they should welcome human affection, and they should be very, very, very used to being handled:
We've got that part nailed down already, don't you think?
We always love our foster kittens so much. We're their first family, in a life in which we hope they'll only need one other, and even knowing that we'll be giving them back in a month, we love them wholeheartedly. And more than all the training, all the discipline, all the discouragement from scratching our hands or pooping on our carpets, it's that background of being so loved (as well as their luck in being cute little kittens) that is our gift to them, that gives us hope that when we send them back and they're left to negotiate the world without us, they'll be okay.
Huh. Not terribly far off from raising kids, is it?
P.S. If you're curious, this is why we choose to foster kittens.


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Hamilton Russell was the first wine estate planted in Walker Bay, founded by Tim Hamilton Russell in 1975 and since that time has carved out a reputation for producing wines that straddle the old and new worlds. Only two varieties are grown: there are 22 Ha of Pinot Noir vines, and 30 Ha of Chardonnay. This contrasts with the usual new world model of growing perhaps 10 different varieties, with no attempt to concentrate on the varieties that best suit the terroir available. In addition, recent vineyard improvement (the old Champagne clones of Pinot Noir have gradually been replaced with better vines) is paying off with an increase in quality of the Pinot Noir. They've now expanded to include a second label – Southern Right – to produce a varietal Pinotage, and a Chenin-based white.
Tim Hamilton Russell was chairman of one of South Africa's leading advertising companies when he purchased a run down property in 1975 that was to become one of the finest wine farms in the country. In an industry not renowned for its progressive politics, he was a passionate advocate of minimum wages for black workers and was a prime mover in the abolition of the Dop system of paying wages in wine.
The estate is located only 3 kilometres from the Atlantic ocean and the cool breezes that come in off the ocean make this the coolest region for wine production in South Africa. Hamilton Russell wines are now only made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay,grown on low vigour, stony, clay-rich Bokkeveld shale slopes. Present proprietor Anthony Hamilton Russell and winemaker Kevin Grant produced exemplary wines that are restrained yet complex and, most importantly, express their respective origins and terroirs. Hannes Storm who worked with Kevin Grant before and worked at Sumaridge for a season has taken over the Hamilton Russell cellar.
When Anthony Hamilton-Russell returned in the early 1990s from a stint at Wharton Business School by way of the illustrious Elon College in Great Britain, he had big plans for his father's vineyard, which he purchased in 1994. His first task was to help make South African wines known around the world—a country-wide initiative that is still underway—and, more importantly, to put the wines of Hamilton-Russell on the map.
"At the time, no one knew what we had here in South Africa, whether it was desert or jungle," Anthony explained. "And they looked at our wines as we might look at Chinese wines today—although there's some good stuff there!"
Rather than trying to recreate wines from such mainstays as France and Italy, Anthony decided the main focus of Hamilton-Russell Vineyards would be to produce a wine that had a real sense of place, vintages that drew directly from Walker Bay's native terroir. He scaled back production at the vineyard to only two wines, a Pinot Noir and a Chardonnay, and prides his vintages as having "individuality and expression of origin."
Testing soil from across its 52 hectares, Hamilton-Russell Vineyards pinpointed the particular portions of the estate that produce the best cultivar and today only these particular sections grow Hamilton-Russell grapes. To reinforce this sense of place, the wine bottles are made locally. Anthony is even experimenting with drying his own oak right in the vineyard. The wood will then be shipped back to France and fashioned into barrels. Hamilton-Russell strongly believes in the power of wood, "If you cut corners on your barrels, you will ultimately diminish the quality of the wine."
Not surprisingly, quality is another big sticking point for Anthony Hamilton-Russell, who admits "the reason we became an estate was so that we could do stupid things financially in the name of quality." Following that line of thinking, Hamilton-Russell does not believe in reserve wines. "If you have a reserve, what does that say about the quality of your other wines? Why should you produce a lesser quality grape or a lesser vintage?"
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Adam Levine: People's Sexiest Man Alive 2013!
Adam Levine is suave in a white tee on the cover of People's Sexiest Man Alive 2013's issue, which hits newsstands on November 22!
"As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on the table," the 34-year-old Maroon 5 singer shared. "I was just amazed and stunned and it almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool."
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He added about his upcoming wedding nuptials to fiancee Behati Prinsloo, "I didn't think marriage was for me for a long time. I was ready when I was ready. That's about as simple as it could possibly be."
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For the first time in eight years there's a new No. 1 boy's name out there, according the list of Top Baby Names of 2013 released by BabyCenter on Tuesday.
The annual list says Jackson is the new No. 1 boy's name, ending Aiden's lengthy eight-year reign as No. 1 and bumping it now to No. 2.
For girls, Sophia holds on tight as the No. 1 name for the fourth year in a row.
Other boy's names that cracked the top 10 include, in order: Liam; Lucas; Noah; Mason; Jayden; Ethan; Jacob; Jack.
After Sophia, the top 10 girl's names include: Emma; Olivia; Isabella; Mia; Ava; Lily; Zoe; Emily; Chloe.
The annual list includes the top 100 baby names of 2013 based on the names of 555,000 babies born this year registered on the BabyCenter website. The full list can be seen here.
BabyCenter says family names are trending this year, with more parents looking to grandparents' and relatives' names for inspiration.
Still, pop culture also seems to have a major impact on baby naming trends, according to BabyCenter's research.
This year, the hillbilly hit series "Duck Dynasty" seems to be influencing parents. Like one of the series stars, the name Korie rose by 89 percent in 2013, followed by Mia with a 44 percent rise, Phil with a 32 percent rise, Sadie with a 23 percent increase and Silas, up 15 percent.
With a little influence from across the pond, the Royal family's little prince, George of Cambridge, has also influenced naming trends – but in an unexpected way. BabyCenter says the name George is up 37 percent, but as a girl's name. It's up 10 percent as a boy's name.
Also, believe it or not, the name Kanye – as in rapper Kanye West – rose nearly 40 percent in popularity this year, up 2,228 spots on the list. The name West is also up by 22 percent, while Kim, as in Kim Kardashian, is up 12 percent.
Still, few parents are naming their kids after the famous couple's baby girl, North West. BabyCenter says it doesn't have a single baby named North in their database.
The HBO hit, "Girls," is also impacting some parents' naming choices, with some of the characters' names gaining ground. Shoshana jumped up 67 percent in popularity, while Marnie rose 62 percent and Zosia rose 46 percent. Lena, as in "Girls" star Lena Dunham, is up by 26 percent, but her character's name, Hannah, is down by 10 percent.
Finally, stars behaving badly this year also saw a drop in the popularity of their names. The name Reese – as in Reese Witherspoon – plummeted 45 percent, Amanda, as in Amanda Bynes, dropped 37 percent, Paula, as in Paula Deen, slipped 20 percent and Lindsay, as in Lindsay Lohan, dropped 17 percent.
Oddly enough, however, the name Miley – as in wild child Miley Cyrus – skipped up 16 spots on the girl's list. Still, it didn't crack the top 100.
'Aiden' Bumped From No. 1 as Top Baby Boy Name
Until now, the name had been the most popular for baby boys for the past eight years, according to BabyCenter
For the first time in eight years there's a new No. 1 boy's name out there, according the list of Top Baby Names of 2013 released by BabyCenter on Tuesday.


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I learned from the KPAC blog that Saturday at 5 pm at Johnson High School the SUMMERBONZ concert will take place! What is Summerbonz? Check out their web site at http://www.summerbonz.com/.
It is a trombone "bootcamp" that the web site says includes "daily warm-ups, master classes, and trombone choir rehearsals. It's an opportunity to work on region music, region-jazz, and solos, get used to playing in front of other people in a relaxed, friendly, and supportive setting, and get advice on how to better your skills from WORLD CLASS TEACHERS."
San Antonio Symphony bass trombonist Ilan Morgenstern is one of the teachers and the creator of Summerbonz. Lee Hipp, the Symphon's tubist is also one of the teachers. So if there hasn't been enough TROMBONE in your summer, check it out.
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Canadian Veterans' Week will remember those Canadians who are, and have been, members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Veterans Affairs Canada, www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/veterans-week, is asking us to "Make remembrance more than something you feel. Make it something you do".
This Veterans' Week, take the remembrance challenge - "There are many ways to show that you remember and honour our Veterans". For instance -
- Pin a poppy above your heart.
- Attend the local Remembrance Day ceremony.
- Talk to a friend or relative who has just returned home from Afghanistan or who served in other areas of conflict.
- Listen to Veterans talk about their experiences.
- Create a mashup and share it on the Veterans Affairs Canada YouTube Channel.
- Visit the Veterans Affairs Canada Facebook fan page, write on our wall, and share how you remember.
- Follow Veterans Affairs Canada on Twitter and tweet about how you remember.
- Change your Facebook profile picture to a poppy.
- Blog, tweet or update your Facebook status about the importance of remembrance.
You can share the experiences of the students at Westgrove School from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the experience of Jason Peters from College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C., to the experience of Cindi Hachey from Maugerville, New Brunswick.
Visit the Events page at www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/veterans-week/events for more information on the events nearest you.
As the website says, "Together, it is our duty to pass on the legacy and keep the memories of our Canadian Veterans alive."
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Seriously, y'all. It's been a long, hard week. {That's what she said.} I've been putting in a lot of overtime. Coming in early.. Staying late.. Taking work home.. I am mentally and physically exhausted. Even my eyeballs and toenails hurt. Yep. That's totally a real thing. I read it on the internets.
I got to work at six this morning. That's right, SIX LADY ARE YOU CRAZY OH CLOCK. If it weren't for Starbucks and an unhealthy breakfast, I wouldn't be here. Thankfully, Monday is a bank holiday.


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SO what I have gathered it is Finnish Tikkakoski M28 of the Civil Guard pre-1930 for 1930 starting approx. with serial number 30,000 the Sako gear symbol was starting to be used. It has a 26 inch barrel.
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IDENTEC Ltd was created to design, develop and market RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems based on its own intellectual property.
Such systems are used in the identification of people, articles, animals and vehicles and to monitor their movements. They are also used in sports timing events, emergency evacuation analysis (of aircraft or buildings) and team data analysis as well as stock control. The company has been consistently profitable and invests heavily in the research and development of its core technology and in the protection of its intellectual property.
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Join us for the 2017 Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference!
Date: Friday April 28th 2017
Location: Akron Fairlawn Hilton, Fairlawn OH
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The Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) is a non-profit, university-based program established at Kent State University in 1987 to provide outreach, information, and preliminary technical assistance to Ohio employees and business owners interested in exploring employee ownership.
About the OEOC
The Ohio Employee Ownership Center, a non-profit outreach center of Kent State University, supports the development of business across Ohio and around the world by its efforts that are proven to save jobs, create wealth, and grow the economy. The OEOC's work rests on a simple philosophy: broader ownership of productive assets is a good thing for employees, communities, and our country.
The OEOC provides technical assistance, training, & outreach to the business community in 4 major areas:
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RAYMOND WEIL is proud to celebrate its first RAYMOND WEIL Music Day this year. As part of its ongoing wish to support music of all kinds, the Swiss family-owned and family-operated watchmaking Company invites its aficionados to take part in a unique contest on the Brand's website to win exclusive tickets for highly awaited music concerts around the world on June 21st, 2014.
Whether it be Eric Clapton in Glasgow, Vanessa Paradis in London, Zac Brown Band in New York, Maroon 5 in Montreal, L'Arte del mondo & Xavier de Maistre in Istanbul, Karen Mok in Changsha or Eason Chan in Xiamen, participants will have the chance to experience a unique classical, pop, rock or jazz concert on Music Day on June 21st, 2014. The contest will be opened from June 2ndto June 16th on RAYMOND WEIL's website (www.raymond-weil.com). Participants will simply need to register and choose the concerts they would like to attend. To further engage the community during this viral campaign, the Brand invites winners to share their experience on social media by using the dedicated hashtag #RWMusicDay, created specifically for this event. By sharing the information on social platforms, participants will increase their chances of winning. The winners will be contacted on June 16th and will then receive their tickets for the highly awaited music event of their choice.
Music is not only part of the Brand's DNA; it has been RAYMOND WEIL's source of inspiration since the beginning. Collections named after famous operas, partnerships with some of the most recognized concert halls, exclusive music award ceremonies, live music platforms and music-related charities or creation of limited editions with artists: music inspires every new product development or marketing orientation at RAYMOND WEIL. This year, the music-loving watchmaker further enriches its "music box" and celebrates its dear passion on the occasion of Music Day, setting the stamp of the first RAYMOND WEIL Music Day.
RAYMOND WEIL is proud to help promoting music of all genres internationally and thus please its community. Follow the beat of the Brand's musical universe and join RAYMOND WEIL in celebrating music on June 21st, 2014!


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(A space view on Earth as the narrator speaks)
Narrator- In the year 2023 the world was over populated and over population brings many problems, disease, hunger, crime and the Earth was in total chaos. Then came the day of The Miracle. In North West Africa there was a boy.
(A young African boy is walks along the desert sand when he sees a huge tree in the middle of the desert. The tree is very large and has white streams of magical energy flowing around it.)
Narrator-He was going on a daily patrol when he stumbled across something he has never seen before on this or any other patrol. A large majestic tree that will change not just Earth but the entire universe.
(The white streams of energy flows from the tree and into the boy)
Narrator-The tree made all humans faster, stronger, and with skin so thick it could withstand a bullet.
(Cuts to a meeting of world leaders)
Narrator-The world leaders have discussed many times the best way to cure over population on the planet Earth.
(cuts to men and women working on a shuttle pad)
Narrator- It was to colonize other planets and now with the new energy from The Tree of Eden. They had the strength and manpower to do so. Why did people leave Earth? To start a new life, to explore a new world, or maybe because staying on Earth only meant certain death.
(Cuts to people boarding two sets of shuttles)
Little girl- Mommy
Mother- Yes dear
Littler girl- Why are we on the ship to the poor peoples planet
Mother- (Lying) This planet isn't for the poor honey. Daddy and I just liked it better then the other planet
Little girl- I heard Tommy's dad say this planet was nothing but a big desert though.
(mother sighs in discomfort) (cut to ship landing on the desert planet) (In cockpit)
Ship Pilot- How its look captain
Ship Captain- (checking gauge) It's says the atmosphere will support oxygen.
Ship Pilot- So will we be able to breath out there?
Ship Captain- (sigh) I hope so.
(Door opens and The Captain, pilot and a crowd people step out the shuttle door next to an oasis. The Captain and Pilot walk over to the Oasis and the Captain bends down and takes a drink. Then he stands back up.)
Ship Captain- The water is drinkable!
(crowd cheers but there cheers are cut short when they when the look not far across the oasis to see 7 foot tall cat-like beast yet they stood up on two legs, upright like humans. The massive creatures looked very strong it had a lion like mane with cat-like claws, teeth, eyes and tails)
(cut to the other set of shuttles landing on the other planet. The doors open and people rush out on to the grassy plains cheering excited and happy to see land after being cramped inside the ship for so long. After a short celebration everyone notices on top of a hill in the distance stands beasts with demon like horns standing on hind legs they snarled and jeered at the site of the humans)
Narrator- They had stumbled across a beautiful planet with ugly natives. They called the beast demons because of there horns and there feast for human flesh.
(cuts to the desert planet)
Narrators- While one group of the Earth settlers fought there natives the others made friends with theirs
(Shows the Cat beast natives of the desert planet showing the land around to the humans then the to leaders shake hands in a sign of alliance) (cut back to the grassy planet as they battle the demons.)
Narrator- Months passed and the demons had been beaten back to the King of The Demons liar and he wielded a powerful sword. One swing and he could kill fifteen humans.
(Humans wield high tech swords made of sharp light weight steal. They slash at the demons as the demons try to rip at them with their claws.)
Narrator-Yet one man was bold and brave and he charged the king.
(King of demons swings his sword killing humans and across all the dead bodies one human charges the King in a rage and slashes at the king of demons and upon the slash from the brave human the king and all the other demons aura is absorbed into the king of demons sword. All the other humans look on the man in amazement.)
Human Solider- Jeremy defeated the King of The Demons
( Jeremy stood looking at the sword that had just absorbed the auras of The Demon King and his army He turned around and raised his own sword in victory and the army of humans cheered.)
Narrator- The people worshiped young Jeremy Jawran and grew up to be the planets king they even named the planet after him. The once grassy beautiful unnamed planet was now named Jawron.
(4 years later) (A shuttle from the desert planet lands in a landing pit on Jawron) (King Jeremy waits on the landing pit With two Jawran Officer) (The doors opens and out walks the cat beast)
Jeremy- What the!
Officer1- Demons!
( Both officer's unsheathe there swords) (A human runs out the ship waving arms)
Cat-Human- No No No stop! Put away your swords.
Jeremy- By god man what happen to you.
(The humans eyes are yellow and the hair from his head is so long it ran almost all the way down his back his finger nails are long and sharp like claws and his teeth where sharp like the cat beast he even had a tail. Every other part of his body was still human)
Cat-Human- Well I figured you would be surprised to see how I look but don't be worried. I am still Human
Officer2- Hardly
Jeremy- Now Now don't worry friend we have some of the best scientist and doctors here on Jawran.
Cat-Human- No It's fine we actually like it this way we have gained lion like strength and cat like speed.
Jeremy- But then your not even human!
Cat-Human- Well (Pause) We are half human
Officer2- But also half Demon?
Cat-Beast- (speaking very slow and choppy as if he because he is new to the language) Please the demons you meet on your planet where hostile but we are not.
Jeremy- Listen these things,(pointing at the cat beast) can not be trusted! Don't side with them!
Cat-human-You don't understand we already have.
Jeremy- Then you are no better then them. Get out of my site!
Cat-Human- (angry) Why you stubborn fool! FINE! we will leave and our people will build a even better civilization than yours. Half human and half demon makes us superior to you!
(Jeremy and officers begin to walk away)
Jeremy- (calmly) please leave
Cat-Human- That bastard ( turns to cat-beast ) I am sorry you had to see that my king.
(The Cat-Human bows to king)
Narrator- The cat beast demons of the desert planet adopted human culture. There language, food and way of life. The King even took the hand of a human and mad her his queen. (showing the King and queen hand and hand) The demon natives had changing culturally but the human immigrants had changed phyiscally, mutated by breathing the planet's air and drinking it's water the humans became more demon like with their long hair, fangs, long claw like fingernails, yellow eyes and tails. This was now a planet of half breeds. This was now the planet of the Damon's.
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In 2008 I am going to work on a blank piece of paper. It would be pompous to say that this solves the "EWaste" problem, but I initially labelled this a solution hoping to attract more attention to the suggestion.
The fees for e-scrap will be on the activity which causes the obsolescence, not the manufacturer of the product which became obsolete. I hope this provokes some others to investigate ideas like the following:
1) Earmark the bandwidth auction
This week the federal government got $19.6 billion dollars from the auction of TV bandwidth to cell phone companies. This was the bandwidth used for 'rabbit ear' TVs, many of which will now need a 'converter box' that will convert crisp HDTV broadcast into old analog pictures (like a 'converter box' which converts color TV into black and white images). Most expect some fallout, even if technically the old TVs can still be made to work. A portion of the $19.6B should be earmarked for recycling.
2) Fee on Operating System sales (Vista, Linux and AppleOS)
This week Microsoft also announced the demise of Windows XP, it will no longer be sold or supported with updates after 2008. That means anything lower than Pentium 900Mhz is headed for the junk pile. MS made more than $4.2B from Vista sales in the 4th quarter alone of 2007. If government collected an environmental fee from every sale of the Vista OS, it would give government a stake in fighting piracy. Microsoft should not only accept an environmental fee, they should actively be promoting it (note to self: be careful how the Linux language is written).
Fees on the bandwidth auction and OS sales would involve relatively few entities handling relatively large transactions. It would address the cause, rather than the effect, of obsolescence.
3) New Mining Land Lease and Royalty fees
Third idea, the General Mining Act of 1872 is FINALLY being revised (at least, it passed the House of Representatives, Heid of Nevada may hold it back in the Senate). The federal lands for 135 years were leased for $5/acre for metal mining, with no royalties for the metals paid for cleanup. It's worse than agriculture subsidies. The new royalties should earmark something for recycling, to clean up the waste lead, copper, etc. from a throwaway society made possible by the old subsidy. In fact, there is today a $900M cleanup fund to mop up old mining sites, that money should be used to avoid new mines by recycling old electronics.
I am getting lots of blank stares. But I am hoping with help to find a legislator willing to look at this seriously.


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The following is copied from the Belfast Telegraph today (7 December 2013). It relates to contact between the Communist Party of Ireland, the Provisional IRA and the MK [Amkhonto we Sizwe or Spear of the Nation], the military wing of the African National Council in South Africa.
Some details of IRA aid to MK, ANC's military wing were revealed by Kader Asmal, a South African minister, in a biography published in 2011.
While living in exile in Dublin, Mr Asmal was a member of the ANC, but opposed IRA violence and had no links to Sinn Fein.
So, when the ANC asked him to secure military training from the IRA, he turned for help to Mick O'Riordan, leader of the Communist Party of Ireland.
He wrote that after Mr O'Riordan contacted Gerry Adams, IRA explosives experts gave MK militants a fortnight's training at camps in Angola.
IRA members later carried out reconnaissance on south Africa's Sasolburg oil refinery in preparation for an MK attack.
This raises a number of points:
(1) The Communist Party of Northern Ireland and then the Communist Party of Ireland kept a low profile in the years leading up to the Troubles and indeed throughout the Troubles. They played a significant role in the early years, particularly in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, but generally stayed under the radar. Nevertheless any study of the civil rights movement and the early years of the Troubles must take account of the CPI, including those members who transferred to the Official IRA.
(2) This revelation by Kader Asmal, who also played a role in the civil rights movement, is another very tiny piece in the jigsaw of the Troubles and probably that is how the jigsaw will develop. As the years go by one little piece after another will emerge. However many of the pieces will never emerge and will be taken to the grave as more and more of the protagonists die.
(3) Gerry Adams was able to supply IRA explosives experts to the ANC.
(4) While he was in Ireland, Kader Asmal was a member of the ANC and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. He was not a member of Sinn Fein but he was one of the people involved in the formation of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, along with members of Sinn Fein and the CPI.


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My daughter and I are huge Seahawks fans but we live in the northeast. There is no way we could afford to go to Seattle for training camp (although it's on the bucket list). Her birthday is coming up and I was hoping I could get someone over there in Seattle, who is going to training camp, to get us an autograph. Doesn't matter which Seahawk signs, preferably someone who will actually make the team but it doesn't really matter. I will gladly pay for shipping or anything.
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Discover the city
What distinguishes Stuttgart and what makes the city so likeable? Everyone is sure to have a different answer to this. For us it is primarily the people from over 170 nations who live together peacefully and collectively organise the activities and initiatives.
More than half of all children and young people in Stuttgart come from a migrant background. There are many parks and green areas, a great cultural scene, iconic city districts with a bustling club scene, vineyards in the heart of the city, mineral baths for relaxation and much more - in short: the city is all about a high quality of life. Stuttgart is modern, urban, cosmopolitan, sustainable and sometimes also a little edgy. A great city with that certain something and a great place to live. In any event, we want you to discover "your" Stuttgart and gradually embrace this city with your people, because we want Stuttgart to be your home.
Stuttgart's city districts
Stuttgart has 23 city districts. Each one of these city districts has its own charm and character: ranging from metropolitan to rural. Many Stuttgart residents have a strong affinity with their city district.
City Hall
Stuttgart City Hall is located on Marktplatz in the heart of the city. The Lord Mayor, Fritz Kuhn, has his office here. Public council meetings are held every other Thursday in the large chamber of City Hall. Stuttgart has 60 city councillors who are elected every five years. They make decisions on all the important matters in the city and set the framework for the actions of the city administration led by the Lord Mayor.City Hall is an open house for its visitors: you can attend many events and exhibitions there.
Culture, Festivals and Nightlife
Stuttgart's rich culture programme will surprise you: Stuttgart Ballet, the State Opera, National Gallery and Museum of Art, numerous theatres, concerts and museums. Furthermore the many concerts, festivals and celebrations shape life in the city: starting with Cannstatter Folk Festival, Weindorf Wine Festival and the Christmas Market through to the International Animated Film Festival or the Summer Festival of Cultures - and if you still have energy after these, you can burn the midnight oil in the trendy clubs and bars in the city centre.
You can relax in many different ways and places in Stuttgart: in the mineral baths or Wilhelma zoo and botanical garden, on a wine trail, on Lake Bärensee or in Killesberg Park.
Sport has always played a major role in Stuttgart. State Capital Stuttgart and over 400 sports providers therefore offer opportunities for people of all ages in all walks of life to be physically active - and there are plenty of sporting events taking place here.
The Sports Guide is a search tool for anyone wanting to take part in sport or looking for sporting events to watch.
The Sports Guide is only available in German. The team at the Welcome Centre will be happy to help you if you are looking for a club, association or sport close to your home.
Clubs and associations
Whether it's sport, music, art, politics or the promotion of specific projects - Stuttgart residents spend a large part of their lives in the clubs and associations in the state capital. Our Guide to Clubs and Associations provides all essential information about clubs and associations in Stuttgart.


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Most agree that Newt Gingrich's win over Mitt Romney in South Carolina had to do with what the pundits are calling "unforced errors" on Romney's part—a series of gaffs, blunders, and obfuscations relating to Romney's wealth, his unreleased tax returns, the fortune he amassed at Bain Capital (as well as how he amassed it), and his offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. While in 2008 comedians compared Romney to the Muppet Guy Smiley, in 2012 Romney is looking more like a cartoon cut out of the corporate stereotype—the top-hatted villain in countless American political cartoons of the last 100 years.
While Gingrich is more of a hard scrabble upstart when it comes to his family story, he certainly belongs to the inner circle of the super rich today. And if you have been following Rachel Maddow's coverage of Gingrich, you know that she has successfully argued that he is little better than a scam artist, using his run for president to sell books written by himself and his wife Calista and using his consulting firms as tax write-offs, for example. But whatever Gingrich's millions or his ethical problems, he has been able to paint Romney—with Romney's considerable assistance—as the only nervous, goofy, out-of-touch super rich guy in the race.
As the Republican primary continues on its strange course, I am convinced that Occupy Wall Street deserves a great deal of credit for our ability to see Romney as a purveyor of "vulture capitalism." While the idea of the 1% wasn't even on the radar during the Iowa Straw Poll in August, since then the Occupy movement has shifted the conversation, and the blame for our current economic crisis, to the wealthy. Even now that the Occupy movement has been forced into hibernation for the winter, it has resurrected the grammar of the iconic rich dude in all of his manifestations—a visual grammar with a rich and complicated history. That image of the 1% has been applied most effectively in this campaign season to Romney. We've seen this hundreds of times, in articles and blog posts, and perhaps most iconically in this disturbing photo taken when Romney was the head of Bain Capital.
Given the pervasive use of the super rich caricature, I thought it might be useful to take a look at its cultural history. One of the oldest negative 20th century stereotypes of the rich is the fat cat. The term in its current usage, as an insult for wealthy businessmen, was first coined by Frank Kent writing for H.L. Menken in The American Mercury. By the 1930s the term was used to insult specifically those wealthy businessmen who bankrolled politicians. The fat cat in political cartoons is usually represented as an obscenely fat orange tabby cat standing on two legs. He is always masculine, humanoid, and he towers over everyone else in the image—all the while wearing a dark suit, a cigar, and a sneer. In recent years the fat cat has been used by political cartoonists and activists in the US and around the world. Wisconsin-based cartoonist Mike Konopacki has a nice fat cat, and here's a larger-than-life inflatable fat cat strangling a worker at a protest in front the World Bank. The fat cat is not to be confused with the black cat, an image used by Progressive Era IWW cartoonists to symbolize worker sabotage and resistance which has been making a comeback by way of Occupy Wall Street.
The robber baron is a close cousin of the fat cat. He is always male, top-hatted, holding a cigar, usually fat, and often very tall in scale compared to other figures in the image. The modern day iconography dates back to the 1870s era cartoons of Thomas Nast, poking fun at Andrew Carnegie and Jay Rockefeller, but the term is much older. According to Wikipedia the term dates back to Germany in the Middle Ages, when powerful Catholic bishops were allowed to collect tolls from passing ships on the Rhine river, sometimes stringing iron chains across the river. At times they overstepped their boundaries, and were perceived as "robbing" more than their fair share of tolls.
The Monopoly Man got his start as "Milburn Pennybags," the capitalist icon of the best selling Parker Brothers Monopoly game in the 1930s. Mr. Pennybags is in considerably better shape than his fat cat/robber baron brethren. He is trim, agile, and more benignly comic. Like them, he does wear a top hat and a tux coat, but he usually holds a cane and has a monocle. In recent years Milburn Pennybags has become a counter-revolutionary icon, especially in the hands of LA street artist "Alec." The New Yorker seemed to be channeling a rioting horde of Milburn Pennybag-types with its cover mocking the 1% last Fall. According to internet rumors, Mitt Romney always chooses to be the top hat when he plays Monopoly.
When it comes to animated comic images of the super rich, we have many figures to choose from, including Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Magoo, and Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. But one of more unusual icons is that of the child millionaire Richie Rich. He was born out of the comic series "Little Dot" in 1953, and, according to Wikipedia, he was Harvey Comic's most popular character for much of the 1960s and 1970s. Richie Rich is usually dressed in blue short pants, an Eton collar, and a large red bow. Unlike his adult counterparts Richie Rich likes to give away his millions. He was turned into an animated television cartoon in the 1980s, and a live action film starring McCauly Caulkin in 1994. In 2011 Ape Entertainment re-licensed Richie Rich, making him into a globe-trotting do-gooder.
There are almost no animated icons of the super rich in feminine form, except perhaps Cruella De Vil. She was created in 1956 by British novelists Dodie Smith (the daughter of a bank manager) whose novel about Dalmations was adapted by Disney in 1961. In the original story Cruella was a London heiress with a 6 million pound fortune (or 1 billion dollars today, according to Forbes Magazine). As a school girl she was expelled for drinking ink. It has been argued that some of De Vil's extravagances were based on those of the actress Tallulah Bankhead. In the original story, she is married to a furrier who comes off as a hen-pecked husband, but in the Disney version she is definitely a single lady. Her name can be easily parsed. Cruella stands for "cruel," and "De Vil" is "devil." She is something of a fashion icon, copied recently by Lady Gaga, and for some inexplicable reason there is a facebook page called "people who think that Nancy Pelosi looks like Cruella De Vil."
There are many more icons of the rich, of course, and some personal favorites include Thurston Howell, III from Gilligan's Island, Bruce Wayne (Batman), Willy Wonka and Jed Clampett. But I was surprised to see that the idea of the filthy rich fictional character has become so embedded in our culture that for the last ten years Forbes Magazine has been tracking the fortunes of the 15 wealthiest rich icons. Daddy Warbucks, Santa Claus, Laura Croft, and Jabba the Hut have all appeared on this tongue-in-cheek list.
All this leaves me with more questions than answers. On the one hand I believe that attention must be paid to these burlesques of the super rich, if only to acknowledge that Americans have a penchant for ridiculing both the higher and lower orders in our comedic traditions. It is not just the blue collar bus driver (Ralph Kramden), or the nuclear plant worker (Homer Simpson) that is the butt of the joke in American culture. But for all the laughs we might have at the expense of the super rich, how is that they still have so much power? Is the comedic icon a mere distraction, like everything else in our culture, drawing our attention away from the streets and the voting booth? Or can the representation of the banker as ogre have genuine political impact on the American electorate? If Newt Gingrich becomes the nominee, will his status as a secret member of the "Van Dough" family finally be revealed?
What is your favorite icon of the rich and famous? And what do you think it means?
Kathy M. Newman


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Now that we have page display and editing working, lets put a bit of polish on this wiki and add page linking and creation. Before we do that, though, we'll address the ugly query cruft on our URLS. We'd much rather see /Foo instead of /?pagename=Foo.
Luckily, this is really easy to do. We just add a default method to our Root controller. The default method is called when no other URLs match and provides one way to implement our clean URL scheme:
# ... @expose() def save(self, pagename, data, submit): page = Page.byPagename(pagename) page.data = data turbogears.flash("Changes saved!") raise turbogears.redirect("/%s" % pagename) @expose() def default(self, pagename): return self.index(pagename)
We've also changed our redirect in the save method to match our new URL scheme. But this raises the question, what sort of wiki doesn't have a way to link pages?
WikiWords have also been described as WordsSmashedTogether. A typical wiki will automatically create links for these words when it finds them. Sounds like a good idea, and this sounds like a job for a regular expression (and we'll ignore the having two problems comments).
We'll start by pulling in Python's regular expression engine into our controller:
#... from wiki20.model import Page from docutils.core import publish_parts import re class Root(controllers.RootController): #...
A WikiWord is a word that starts with an uppercase letter, has a collection of lowercase letters and numbers followed by another uppercase letter and more letters and numbers. Here's a regular expression that meets that requirement:
#... from wiki20.model import Page from docutils.core import publish_parts import re wikiwords = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z]\w+[A-Z]+\w+)") class Root(controllers.RootController): #...
Then, we need to apply it to our formatted text and convert the matches to links.:
def index(self, pagename="FrontPage"): page = Page.byPagename(pagename) content = publish_parts(page.data, writer_name="html")['html_body'] root = str(turbogears.url('/')) content = wikiwords.sub(r'\1' % root, content) return dict(data=content, page=page)
Now if you've been wondering about the tg.url(), you can configure TurboGears so that it doesn't live at the root of a site. This allows you to combine multiple TurboGears apps on a single server. Using tg.url() means that your links will continue to work when this happens.
For those of you new to Python, the r'string' means 'raw string', one that turns off escaping, which is mostly used in regex strings to prevent you from having to double escape slashes. The substitution will also look a bit weird, but is more understandable if you recognize that the %s gets substituted with root, then the substitution is done which replaces the \1 with the string matching the regex.
Go ahead and edit your front page to include a WikiWord. When the page is displayed, you'll see that it's now a link. You probably won't be surprised to find that clicking that link produces an error.
It's time to add a check for pages that don't exist. Our approach will be simple: if the page doesn't exist, you get an edit page to use to create it.
In the index method, we'll check to see if the page exists. If it doesn't, we'll redirect to a new notfound method. We'll add this method after the index method and before the edit method. Here are the changes we make to the controller:
from wiki20.model import Page from docutils.core import publish_parts import re from sqlobject import SQLObjectNotFound wikiwords = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z]w+[A-Z]+\w+)") class Root(controllers.RootController): @expose(template="wiki20.templates.page") def index(self, pagename="FrontPage"): try: page = Page.byPagename(pagename) except SQLObjectNotFound: raise turbogears.redirect("notfound", pagename = pagename) content = publish_parts(page.data, writer_name="html")['html_body'] root = str(turbogears.url('/')) content = wikiwords.sub(r'\1' % root, content) return dict(data=content, page=page) @expose("wiki20.templates.edit") def notfound(self, pagename): page = Page(pagename=pagename, data="") return dict(page=page)
The index code changes illustrate the "better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" pattern which is favored by most Pythonistas. We're also leaking a bit of our model into our controller. For a larger project, we can create a facade in our model, but for a 20 minute hack, that's more trouble than it's worth. Notice that we can use the redirect() to pass parameters into the destination method.
As for the notfound method, the first line of the method adds a row to the page table. With SQLObject, just instantiating an object is enough to insert it in the database. From there, the path is exactly the same it would be for our edit method.
With these changes in place, we have a fully functional wiki. Give it a try! You should be able to create new pages now.


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team fell in the Northeast Conference Championship match on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Devils (18-13, 12-4 NEC) played LIU Brooklyn in a close four set match, which had each set decided by three points or less. LIU wins the NEC Championship and is now 25-7 on the season and has not lost to an NEC opponent.
The Blue Devils captured the first set behind eight kills from senior Emily Cochran and solid blocking from junior Veronika Ban and sophomore Rachel Dunlap. Dunlap and Ban had three crucial blocks, including the final point of the set. In addition to Cochran, the Blue Devil hitters connected for 17 kills with just four attack errors for a .325 hitting percentage in the set.
LIU rebounded in the second set. The Blackbirds trailed early, but rallied late in the game to win. LIU was behind 20-17, but closed on a 8-2 run to win the set. Neither team was able to get much going on offense, but the BlackBirds were able to use four blocks to help take the lead.
The Blue Devils fell in an exciting third set, which saw CCSU and LIU continue to challenge each other. CCSU trailed 16-14, but Cochran and Dunlap and then Dunlap and Ban posted back-to-back blocks to tie the score at 16. Central trailed again late in the set, 24-19, but CCSU again rallied. This time with a kill by King and an ace by sophomore Brittany Schumacher. Rademacher followed with another kill, but the Blue Devils were unable to overtake the Blackbirds in the set.
The fourth set was as exciting as the third, but LIU was able to win the set, 25-22, and the match, 3-1. The Blue Devils blocked LIU's first attempt at match point, but the Blackbirds were able to close out the game on the next rally.
Cochran and Lommori earned NEC All-Tournament honors for their performances in CCSU's two tournament matches.
Cochran finished the match with 20 kills, 10 digs and a block. King also had a great game on the attack with 17 kills and a .353 hitting percentage.
Lommori finished with 46 assists, seven kills, a .412 hitting percentage and 12 digs.
Senior Allyson Porter led the team with 21 digs. She did not make a receiving error in the match. Schumacher (17), Ban (12), Lommori (12) and Cochran (10), along with Porter, all reached double-digit digs.


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Zika virus: What you need to know
The outbreak of the Zika virus in certain parts of the world has many mothers-to-be wondering if they're at risk — and how they can protect themselves during pregnancy. Whether you're looking for facts and details or just want some piece of mind, here's what you need to know about the virus.
What is the Zika virus?
The Zika virus is an infectious disease that's linked to birth defects. While the virus doesn't cause serious problems for most people who get it, it may be very dangerous for unborn children. If a pregnant woman gets the virus, it may cause birth defects in her baby, including a smaller-than-normal head and certain developmental problems.
How does Zika spread?
The Zika virus spreads mainly through bites from infected mosquitoes. It can also spread through sexual contact, and, very rarely, through blood transfusions.
Where is Zika spreading?
For the latest updates, including information about prevention, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
Protecting yourself during pregnancy
You shouldn't travel to any area affected by the Zika virus while you're pregnant — or planning a pregnancy — and neither should your partner.
If either of you must travel to an affected area:
- Call us for instructions before you go.
- Avoid mosquito bites during your trip — use insect repellent on all exposed skin and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants whenever possible.
- Do not have unprotected sex during travel or after you return. If you have sex, use latex condoms correctly and consistently throughout your pregnancy.
- When you return, call your doctor for additional recommendations.
Learn more about Zika and pregnancy from the CDC.
If you or your partner recently traveled to an affected area and have symptoms or think you've been exposed, please call us for instructions.
However, if you reasonably believe you're experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital.


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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble plans to trim more non-manufacturing jobs through 2016, on top of cutting 10 percent of that workforce by the end of June, as the world's largest household-products maker tries to reinvigorate what has become a sluggish organization.
P&G also said it may increase stock repurchases to $6 billion from $4 billion, but said such additional buybacks should not have a big impact on earnings per share. The company maintained the forecasts for sales and earnings for the current quarter and the fiscal year it had given in late October.
P&G remains on track to eliminate about 5,700 non-manufacturing jobs by the end of this fiscal year, which will end in June. It now plans to reduce another 2 percent to 4 percent of its non-manufacturing jobs each year during fiscal 2014, 2015 and 2016.
"These are all continued steps in the right direction, but we wish they had taken bolder ones like even more aggressive cost-cutting," said Sanford Bernstein analyst Ali Dibadj, who attended P&G's bi-annual analyst meeting at the company's Cincinnati headquarters on Thursday.
Shares of P&G, a component of the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI, were down 0.2 percent at $66.38 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers has been working for months to improve its structure and cut costs. It has admitted that recent innovations were not as strong as successes from years past such as Swiffer and Crest Whitestrips.
"The reality is that the pace of our disruptive innovation has slowed over the past decade," said Jorge Mesquita, P&G's group president of new business creation and innovation and global pet care.
P&G did not outline exactly where it plans to cut jobs but it would like to trim more positions in developed markets than in developing ones, where it has "significant growth opportunity," Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller told reporters after the meeting.
"We realize that we can't get the next round of productivity just from squeezing harder, we need to really look at our organization's design," he said, adding that P&G will maintain a strong presence in Cincinnati.
Competitors such as Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB.N) and Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) are also trimming their ranks as the industry contends with weak economic conditions in major markets such as the United States and Western Europe.
Some industry watchers have suggested that P&G consider splitting up, separating its beauty businesses from mainstays such as diapers, paper goods and detergent. However, P&G contends that its scale, including more than two dozen brands that each generate more than $1 billion in annual sales, is an advantage.
During the meeting, P&G highlighted some success it has had in emerging markets, such as seeing the Indian diaper category increase fivefold since it started selling Pampers there five years ago. At the same time it is promoting lower-priced items, including Gain and Era detergents, to attract cost-conscious U.S. shoppers it has lost to rivals such as Church & Dwight Co Inc (CHD.N), known for its ARM & HAMMER products.
P&G has been under pressure to show improvement following the investment of activist investor William Ackman, who may want to see P&G Chairman and Chief Executive Bob McDonald pushed out of his job. Even before Ackman's involvement, P&G was proceeding with that $10 billion restructuring and other changes.
McDonald spoke only at the beginning and end of P&G's meeting on Thursday, allowing Moeller and 11 others to address the crowd, showcasing the company's strategy and its deep bench of long-time executives.
When P&G unveiled a plan to cut $10 billion in costs over five years back in February, it said $6 billion in savings would come from its cost of goods. Now, as it tweaks product formulations, works with local suppliers and takes other steps to trim costs, it should see more than $6 billion in such savings, said Global Product Supply Officer Yannis Skoufalos.
The company said it expects to deliver annual improvement of 5 percent in its manufacturing operations, measured by the number of cases of products produced per person, per year.
Back on October 25, a better-than-expected quarterly report drove P&G shares to their highest level in four years.
P&G stood by the forecasts that it gave at that time, calling for core earnings per share of $1.07 to $1.13 in the current second quarter and $3.80 to $4 this fiscal year. It still expects organic sales, which strip out the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange, to rise 1 to 3 percent this quarter and 2 to 4 percent this year.
On Wednesday, Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed that it raised its combined stake in P&G by 27.4 percent to 27.9 million shares as of September 30, while Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings 11.4 percent to 52.79 million shares.
Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Cincinnati; editing by John Wallace, Maureen Bavdek and Andrew Hay