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Retailers are hiring seasonal, part-time workers in record numbers this year, despite early predictions for a flat holiday season.
Several chain stores already are hiring in record amounts. Walmart is hiring 55,000 and is switching another 35,000 employees from temporary to part-time status and another 35,000 from part-time to full-time status. Last year, Walmart hired 50,000.
Walmart's hiring already has begun in Southwest Florida, said Dan Houston, store manager of the Supercenter on Tamiami Trail in Osprey.
"We are filling positions at all four Walmarts in Sarasota County already," Houston said.
Macy's will hire 83,000 workers for the season, up 3.8 percent from the year before. The department store chain is recruiting 775 workers in this region to work in stores from Naples to Sarasota, spokeswoman Melissa Goff said.
Bradenton-based Bealls Inc. will begin hiring for seasonal employees in mid to late October, said spokesman Bill Webster, though the company does not yet know how many workers will be needed.
"What's different about this year is that we plan to keep on a lot more of our seasonal hires," Webster said. "Come Dec. 27, we switch gears from the holidays to snowbird season and with Easter at the end of April, we're in for a long season."
Amazon.com, the leading online rival of many retail chains, said it will hire 70,000 workers, a 40 percent increase from what the Seattle-based company hired in 2012. The Internet shopping giant does not have any operations in Southwest Florida now, but it is widely reported to be looking into building a distribution center in the Brandon area.
The hiring picture isn't all positive, however.
One exception to this year's increased hiring pattern is Target, which plans to hire 70,000, compared with 88,000 last year.
And a forecast by an outplacement research firm predicts that 2013 holiday hiring won't match last year's.
Department stores, electronics stores and specialty retail outlets hired 751,800 from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, making it the strongest holiday hiring season since 2000, survey data show.
But holiday hiring will hover in the 700,000 range this year, according to research by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
"There are several factors that could keep holiday hiring from reaching last year's level," said John Challenger, the company's chief executive officer. "While the economy and job market are improving, it has now been four years since the recession officially ended, and millions of Americans are still unemployed or underemployed.
"As a result," Challenger said, "consumers remain uneasy, which is evidenced by wide monthly mood swings in confidence surveys."
Retailers have taken notice, and they learned lessons about efficiency during the depths of the downturn.
"Whether it is related to increased online shopping or the shakiness in consumer confidence, the expectation that there will be fewer people in the stores could prompt some retailers to reduce the number of extra people they will need on the sales floor," Challenger said.
"The fact is that retailers are getting smarter about staffing."
Seasonal hiring may set records this year
Retailers are hiring seasonal, part-time workers in record numbers this year, despite early predictions for a flat holiday season.


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Elbow surgery may force Wagner to retire
For a man whose job it is to put fear into the hearts of Major League hitters– a job he's done successfully for 12 seasons– tears coming down the face of Billy Wagner at a press conference are a rare thing. But yesterday, as the New York Mets relief pitcher and Crozet resident announced he would undergo surgery on his left elbow that may end his career, Wagner just couldn't contain himself.
"Will, he was upset," Wagner said, speaking of his 10-year-old son as his eyes welled up. "He's not ready for it to be over."
Specifically, Wagner will have what's most commonly known as "Tommy John surgery." Named for the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher on whom it was first successfully performed, the procedure involves replacing a tendon in the elbow with tendon tissue from elsewhere in the body, usually the forearm, hamstring, knee or foot. While the surgery has saved the career of many a major league pitcher, the vast majority of them were relatively young and could more completely recover. Given the long rehabilitation process and the fact that he will be 38 on Opening Day 2010, Wagner's future as a major leaguer is very much in question.
If Wagner has played his last game, he ends with stats that might qualify him for the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has 365 career saves, sixth-most all-time and ahead of Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers, Rich "Goose" Gossage, and Bruce Sutter. According to the Baseball-Reference.com Hall of Fame monitor ranking, Wagner trails only the New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera, and the San Diego Padres' Trevor Hoffman in his worthiness for Cooperstown among active relievers.
What Rivera has that Wagner lacks is a World Series ring; however, Wagner vowed yesterday that he would get his before he hangs up his cleats for good.
"Somewhere down the road," said Wagner. "I'm going to help somebody win a championship."

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I didn't watch the inauguration. Instead, I hiked Raven Rock State park with the Reedy Creek Middle School Wildlife Club. Anyway, Matt Yglesias highlights this great defense of liberalism from Obama's speech:
And it's a good speech, too! A lot of it dealt with "social" issues or foreign affairs, but in terms of economics I would say this was the key graf:
We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.
There are a lot of ideas here and they attempt to offer a thorough response to the pseudo-Randian ideology currently ascendant on the right. He starts by rejecting the idea that the federal government has a fixed budget constraint that renders it incapable of meeting obligations to seniors and forward-looking public service needs of students and parents. You can raise taxes!
And then there's the twofold case for the welfare state. On the one hand, it's the right thing to do. No person is full master of their own destiny and everyone deserves protection against the vicissitudes on life. On the other hand, as a practical matter a dynamic market economic requires risk-taking. Policies to minimize downside risk facilitate risk-taking and increase rather than reduce the level of dynamism in society and the economy.
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Tuesday, April 30th - - In early afternoon I left Yosemite National Park and continued on to the coast arriving at Montaña De Oro State Park, a few miles southwest of Morro Bay. I fell in love with that area when I was stationed at Point Mugu (near Oxnard) in the mid-1970s.
website for the park states that Montaña De Oro is one of the largest state parks in California and features over 8,000 acres of rugged cliffs, secluded sandy beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills. I've stayed here before and enjoyed it very much. As you can see in the photos, it was rather cloudy and overcast - it was rather chilly too!
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Lindsay Lohan has been released from a brief hospitalization following a car crash Friday.
According to Santa Monica police, the star's black Porsche 911 slammed into the back of a dump truck at 11:42 a.m. on an incline on the 1100 block of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Lohan and the other as yet unnamed male occupant of the Porsche were transported to a local area hospital via ambulance.
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The hospitalization was just a precaution, her rep said in a statement, adding that Lohan was on her way to the set of "Liz & Dick" when the accident occurred.
"She is fine and was released less than two hours later and is already headed back to the set to resume work. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the accident."
Both drivers were checked for signs of impairment, but none were found.
The Porsche's front bumper was smashed along with the driver's side window.
The troubled "Mean Girls" star has a history of brushes with the law including two D.U.I. incidents and several stints in rehab. Lohan, 25, is currently trying to rebuild her movie career with a starring role as screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime biopic "Liz & Dick," currently being filmed in Los Angeles.


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The Digi-Mug is packed with 1MB of memory (not a typo) that allows you to store 50 or so images for playback on its 1.5-inch display. With a lithium ion rechargeable battery, you can view your loved ones (or just a simple clock) to your heart's content.
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AT&T, the only U.S. network operator carrying the iPhone, confirmed that Apple had provided a software update but declined to give details about what it was aimed at fixing.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday.
T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, said the software was available for users to download to their iPhones on Tuesday, but that it was not yet clear if the upgrade would fix all the connection problems.
"We have had complaints about connectivity in the Netherlands but have not had more complaints than usual for a 3G phone in Germany. Our technicians said today Apple has issued a software update but it is too early to tell if the problems are solved," a T-Mobile spokesman said.
AT&T Inc the only U.S. network operator carrying the iPhone, confirmed that Apple had provided a software update but declined to give details about what it was aimed at fixing.
Apple, which sold about a million iPhones around the launch weekend in July, was not immediately available for comment.
One of the key attractions of the latest iPhone is its faster, third-generation (3G) Web connections when compared with the first iPhone that was launched in mid-2007.
However, users around the world have complained about dropped calls and inconsistent Internet speeds, with the phone often reverting to a slower technology known as Edge even in 3G areas.
Nomura analyst Richard Windsor and media reports have blamed faulty software on an Infineon Technologies AG chip for the problems. Infineon declined to comment about iPhone but noted that its chips work on 3G phones from suppliers such as Samsung Electronics Co without problems.
The iPhone 3G has gone on sale in about 22 countries since its launch on July 11.
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Immigration groups target McCarthy
Labor unions say they are going to flood House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy's Bakersfield, Calif., district on Wednesday, in an attempt to persuade him to support a pathway to citizenship for the nation's undocumented immigrants.
Cars will caravan along the roughly 115 miles from Los Angeles to Bakersfield early Wednesday morning, ahead of a midday demonstration outside McCarthy's office, pressing the No. 3 GOP leader for a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a pathway. Organizers say hundreds of cars are making the journey.
Groups that assembled the event — which include a number of labor groups, like the AFL-CIO — have branded McCarthy as having House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) ear and the ability to persuade him to take up comprehensive immigration legislation.
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Lebanon is known for its diversity. It was the last Christian country in the Middle East up until the early to mid 1900s. It has both Catholics and Orthodox, Sunni and Shiites, and even Druze. The upper classes speak French just as well as Arabic. It is inspired by European-ideals like religious freedom and democracy.
The reason for Lebanon's diversity is geography. Lebanon is located in one of the world's crossroads and its hilly landscape makes it easy for embattled groups like Marionites, Druze, and Shiites to fend off greater threats.
The crossroads aspect is explored by National Geographic and an academic paper entitled Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Lebanon Is Structured by Recent Historical Events (PDF). The long-story short is that Christians in Lebanon are more likely to have European traits while Muslims and Druze have roots back to Arabia. The Ottoman Turk conquest of the 1600s apparently left little impact on the Lebanese genetic makeup. Turks conquered and ruled as an insular caste not mixing in with the locals. This was one of the reason that led to their decline.
Interesting note: Proto-Catholicgauze relatives of the M17 line are more likely to be Druze and Muslim than Christian according to the study. This makes sense because M17 is found more in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia rather than the Crusading states of Western Europe.


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An open Letter to all Canadian Cyclist Readers from Curt Harnett
First, let me apologize for being brief. I am rushing out the door to make a plane for Manchester. But, this is a very important message that needs your attention.
The CBC is currently doing a review into all of it's 'amateur' sports coverage. All sports and all coverage is under review and consideration. The goal is to determine the future of the CBC's 'amateur' sport coverage. What will it look like? What sports will get priority?
Now, the sport of cycling has, and will continue to provide television entertainment. No cyclist will argue with that. The CBC has committed substantial resources to bringing the sport to the 'airwaves'. But, that may change.
In this review, it is felt that the CBC may adopt a 'core-sport' strategy, where they cover a few sports (which they will call their 'core' sports) with increased resources and cover a number of others with limited resources. It is my impression that cycling is a sport (in all its aspects) that is on the cusp - it could go either way. Although many people I talk to enjoy watching cycling on TV, if they were to be asked on the street what sports they did like watching on TV - perhaps listing their top five - there is a good chance that cycling may not make it to that list.
We need to do something to ensure that the CBC knows that their efforts in covering the sport of cycling as appreciated.
This is where you come in.
I am asking you (obviously with the help of Rob and Tracy here at Canadian Cyclist) to write a letter to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with your support for the sport of cycling - whatever discipline you may prefer.
I wish I had the time to help formulate a letter, but more basic and positive it can be to the 'Corporation', the better.
Address your letter to:
Nancy Lee
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I think we can make a difference in the decision, so please send your response in.
Thank you,
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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced they have signed Chris Hemsworth to voice the title role and Tom Hiddleston to voice Loki in the upcoming action adventure Thor™: God of Thunder. Both actors' likenesses will also be used in the game, which is based on the legendary franchise from Marvel Entertainment, and marks Thor's first standalone appearance in a video game.
"Bringing in Chris and Tom to star in Thor: God of Thunder gives us AAA talent that will create a truly cinematic interactive experience," said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. "Mighty Thor and the trickster Loki will face off with real emotion while giving fans visual and vocal continuity between the video game and film adaptations of the Marvel franchise."
Thor: God of Thunder will take players through an original, epic-scale third-person action adventure for which Matt Fraction, the Eisner Award-winning writer and lead Thor comic book author, served as story consultant. In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology to save Asgard. Players will wield the iconic Mjölnir, Thor's legendary hammer, to fight enemies of an immense scale while controlling the elemental storm powers of lightning, thunder and wind to vanquish enemies. Thor must overcome monstrous foes lifted from the pages of the comics, including Ulik, Ymir and Surtur, as well as other daunting enemies.
Thor: God of Thunder is scheduled for release spring 2011 on all major video game platforms.
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth played George Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film before portraying the title role in Marvel Studios' Thor film and SEGA's upcoming game, and he will pick up the hammer once more in 2012 for Marvel Studios' The Avengers. He has also appeared in a variety of TV roles and in films such as A Perfect Getaway, Ca$h and more.
Tom Hiddleston graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has gone on to star in a number of critically acclaimed television productions including Return to Cranford and Wallander. He has also received universal praise on stage in a number of roles including a hugely successful production of Shakespeare's Othello alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor, and an Olivier Award-winning performance in Cymbeline. In addition to voicing the role of Loki in Thor: God of Thunder, he plays Loki in the upcoming Thor film adaptation from Marvel Studios and in 2011 will also star in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Steven Spielberg's War Horse.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The national campaigns backing President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are drawing even in their fundraising prowess, but new financial filings released show that the "super" political committees supporting the GOP candidate and his party are widening the money gap over struggling pro-Democratic party organizations.
The main pro-Romney super PAC, Restore Our Future, on Wednesday reported raising $8 million in May, giving it a total of $64 million so far. The group spent more than $55 million to defeat Romney's opponents during the GOP primary, and it is now reaping high-dollar financial aid from both veteran Romney supporters and from donors who once backed his rivals.
A political committee backing Obama, Priorities USA Action, posted its strongest one-month total by raking in $4 million in May, a sign that Democrats had begun digging deep into their wallets after months of hesitance. But the pro-Obama group was still left in the dust — not only by the Restore committee's strong performance but also by the latest tally from American Crossroads, a Republican super PAC formed by GOP strategist Karl Rove. It raised $4.6 million in May.
After early months that saw Obama reach impressive fundraising totals echoing his campaign's record-breaking $750 million haul in 2008, the changing calculus raises the prospect that he could become the first incumbent president outspent by his challenger. Romney's national campaign joined with the Republican Party in May to raise more than $76 million, outpacing Obama and the Democrats' $60 million haul during the same period.
Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash but are not allowed to coordinate their efforts with the candidates they support. The national presidential campaigns can devote their cash both to media and Web ads and to turn out party faithful, but the super PACs tend to spend most of their war chests on media campaigns. The new super PAC filings show not only the sweep of big-money donors, but also hint at the private interests motivating their largess.
The latest financial filings for the pro-Romney Restore committee show that while he was consolidating his position as the GOP favorite, backers of some of his opponents were shifting their financial allegiance to his cause — even as some of his loyal super PAC backers dug deeper to bankroll the committee's tough media ads now targeting Obama.
The biggest contributions to Restore Our Future in May came from a trio of firms linked to a Houston-based businessman who previously supported a Romney rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The disclosures show that three companies based at the same post office box office in Dayton, Ohio, each gave $333,333 to the pro-Romney super PAC. Corporation records show the firms are headed by Houston businessman Robert T. Brockman, who missed giving the super PAC a rounded-off $1 million donation by a single dollar.
Brockman heads the Reynolds and Reynolds Co., an Ohio-based firm that provides computer and software systems for auto dealerships. Brockman's personal website lists him only as chairman and CEO of the Reynolds and Reynolds Co., but his name is not listed with any of the Dayton donations. Calls to Brockman at his office in Houston were not immediately returned to The Associated Press.
Although super PACs are required to divulge all their donations, loose disclosure rules allow contributors to withhold their names and mask their donations by setting up limited liability corporations or other front companies. One of Restore's first donors, Edward Conard, made a $1 million contribution last year behind a front company, W Spann LLC, until public pressure forced him to acknowledge his name and affiliation with Romney's former private equity firm, Bain Capital.
Brockman's firm, Reynolds and Reynolds, was one of more than 60 companies that wrote to three Obama administration Cabinet officials last October, urging them not to overburden employers with "unnecessary expenses" as part of the new health care law. In the Oct. 21, 2011, letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Reynolds and Reynolds and the other firms — they included the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — also urged an extension of a deadline for them to provide health benefit summaries to U.S. agencies.
Before his companies donated to the pro-Romney group, another firm linked to Brockman had previously given $50,000 to Perry. The $50,000 donation to the pro-Perry Restoring Prosperity Fund came from Dealer Computer Services Inc., another Reynolds and Reynolds subsidiary. Brockman also gave more than $280,000 to Perry during his statewide races in Texas over the past decade, according to contribution files posted by the Texas Tribune.
Another top Restore donor was Rocco Ortenzio, who gave $750,000 to the committee. Ortenzio, who previously gave $250,000 to Romney, heads a Pennsylvania-based health care empire that includes private hospitals, rehab centers and clinics. Ortenzio has given to numerous Republican and Democratic officeholders, but donated regularly to Romney rival Rick Santorum when he served in Congress.
The filings show a $500,000 donation to the pro-Romney group by a first-time contributor, Warren Stephens, an Arkansas investment banker. And $67,500 was donated by another new Restore donor, Richard Mellon Scaife, a longtime conservative fundraiser who publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Scaife has funded conservative and libertarian causes for decades and aided conservative efforts to impeach former President Bill Clinton in 1998.
There were also new large donations to Restore from several prominent Romney supporters who previously funded the super PAC. William Laverack, a New York investor who previously gave the committee $350,000, added another $150,000 in April. Like Conard, Laverack had masked an earlier $200,000 contribution through a Connecticut limited liability corporation called Paumanok Partners. And two Florida super PAC contributors, developer H. Gary Morse and his wife, Renee, each gave $100,000 to Restore in May. That $200,000 figure added to $500,000 donated previously to the committee by Morse's wife and the Florida retirement community he runs, Villages of Lake Sumter.
The pro-Romney committee's roster of veteran GOP fundraisers was matched in May by Rove's super PAC, whose funders included some donors who have given copiously to both groups. According to filings released by Rove's committee late Wednesday night, Alliance Coal President Joseph Craft gave $1.25 million to American Crossroads in May after donating $500,000 to the pro-Romney super PAC. And Crow Holdings LLC, a holding company tied to Texas businessman Harlan Crow, gave American Crossroads $1 million in May after previously handing over $300,000 to the pro-Romney committee.
The super PAC supporting Obama showed new signs of life after months of subsistence funding. The group posted three donations of $1 million — from Houston personal injury trial attorney and longtime Perry foe Steve Mostyn, from Washington, D.C., developer and veteran Democratic Party insider Franklin Haney and from south Florida philanthropist Barbara Stiefel.
An intimate of former Vice President Al Gore, Haney owns commercial real estate across the southern U.S. He was indicted, and then acquitted in 1999, on charges of making illegal contributions to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign.
Meanwhile, Obama's national campaign reported $109.7 million in the bank at the end of May but spent more than it took in during the same period. The campaign collected $39.1 million and spent $44.5 million during the month. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, had $29.6 million cash on hand at end of the month, raising about $20 million during the period and spending $14.6 million.
Even as it has drawn even with Obama's financial strength, Romney's campaign is taking few chances at being outspent. His national finance team is hosting a retreat in Utah this weekend for contributors who raised tens of thousands of dollars for his campaign. GOP heavyweights like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are expected to attend.
Associated Press writers Jack Gillum and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The national campaigns backing President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are drawing even in their fundraising prowess, but new financial filings released show that the "super" political committees supporting the GOP candidate and his party are widening the money gap over struggling pro-Democratic party organizations.


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A University of California Irvine graduate who was raised in Palos Verdes is among the 16 contestants on the first non-celebrity version of NBC's "The Apprentice'' since 2007, which premieres Thursday with a two-hour episode at 9 p.m.
Nicole Chiu, 27, is among a cast an NBC executive described as mixing "talented and bright prospects who have lost their jobs with no hope in sight'' with "recent college graduates who currently have few if any prospects.''
All the contestants have "been hit hard by the economy and are fighting back,'' host and executive producer Donald Trump said.
Chiu told City News Service she had hoped to work as a prosecutor or in a city attorney's or county counsel's office after graduating from Loyola Law School and passing the bar exam.
However, with California government entities laying off employees instead of hiring them, Chiu was forced to turn to the private sector, being hired in May 2009 by a downtown Los Angeles firm, which she declined to identify.
Chiu began work in November, mainly handling insurance cases, but said it wasn't "the right fit for me.''
"I learned a lot while I was there,'' Chiu said "I just was doing a lot of behind the desk work, where I wanted to get in court experience.''
In April, Chiu went to an open call audition for ``The Apprentice'' in Universal City.
"I'd always considered working for Mr. Trump a great opportunity. That's why I competed in his pageants,'' said Chiu, the fourth-place finisher in the 2008 Miss California USA Pageant, part of the Miss Universe Organization, a joint venture of Trump and NBC Universal.
"There's no better person to know in business than Donald Trump,'' she sad.
Two hours after leaving the open call, Chiu said she was called back, "which led to a pretty intensive application and screening process.''
Chiu said she underwent multiple interviews with producers, had a psychological evaluation and screen tests.
Chiu was told in the third week of May she had been selected for the show, resigned her job at the law firm the next day ("I felt that it would not be good integrity to stay employed when I went on a job interview that would be seen by the rest of the country,'' she said) and left for New York the following week.
Chiu said she hoped being an "Apprentice'' contestant will help her realize her dreams, which include working for Trump and being a television anchor or host.
"I went on 'The Apprentice' because I wanted to pursue every opportunity that came my way to find a job that I would love,'' Chiu said.
"The Apprentice,'' which premiered 2004, will have what NBC described as "a re-directed focus aimed at improving the lives of all of the candidates with more meaningful rewards.''
Each winning project manager will receive a one-on-one meeting with one of the nation's best-known business leaders or chief executive officers. The contestants will have the opportunity to network with sponsors, executives and guest stars in an attempt to create potential new career opportunities.
Production has been completed on all but the finale, which will be shown live in December, Chiu said. Her contract prohibits her from disclosing details about her experiences on the show.
NBC had originally scheduled the romantic comedy anthology "Love Bites'' for Thursdays at 10 p.m., but announced on July 1 that it was replacing it with "The Apprentice.''
NBC Entertainment Vice President of Program Planning and Scheduling Mitch Metcalf said that "for a number of reasons, it now makes sense to showcase 'Love Bites' a little later in the season.''
Palos Verdes Peninsula Native to be "Apprentice" Contestant
A University of California Irvine graduate who was raised in Palos Verdes is among the 16 contestants on the first non-celebrity version of NBC's "The Apprentice'' since 2007, which premieres Thursday with a two-hour episode at 9 p.m.


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The chest tattoos for men would be best displayed in cases where they can take their shirt off like in a beach or pool party maybe. Here are some ideas for designs for the male crowd:
- old school design like pin up girl, heart and skull
- tribal and celtic art
- animals like birds, dragon, panther and lion
- lettering designs
- angels and other religious symbol
Chest tattoos for women on the other hand are bent more on girly designs with symbolical meanings and feminine styles. Some examples of pretty designs are:
- flowers and vines
- stars and heart
- fairies and angels
- butterflies and dragonfly
- lettering and script designs
Chest tattoos for women
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Before deciding to get this type of body art, one has to make sure that the design is well thought of and at least meaningful to the wearer. This lessen the possibility of regretting getting tattooed in the end. Also, the chest is a large area to get inked on so there are ample rooms for creativity and imagination. To make the most of the possible great artistry on this skin canvas,


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Rusty Peters
1935 - 30 Jul 2020
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The Jirrawun Suite is a unique collection of 23 drawings and paintings by three prominent Gija artists - Hector Jandany, Paddy Bedford and Rusty Peters. The works were made in Melbourne in 1998 where the artists had access to a studio prior to an exhibition. These are seminal works on paper in gouache and pastel created by the Jirrawun artists in the early days of the establishment of the corporation by Freddie Timms. As such, they capture the energy of the period and are a strong affirmation of Gija culture and pride.
Rusty Peters was born at Springvale station south-west of Warmun. He grew up there, learning traditional law and worked as a stockman until he moved to Warmun after the introduction of award wages forced people off the stations. Peters helped start the bi-cultural school at Warmun with Hector Jandany and others and as part of the Gija cultural program he took groups of boys out bush to teach them traditional tool manufacturing and survival skills. He also worked in the Gija language maintenance program. In 1989 Peters moved to Kununurra and began work at Warringarri Arts where he assisted Rover Thomas and other artists and also worked packing the finished paintings, etc. He moved to Rugan (Crocodile Hole) and began painting for Jirrawun in 1997. The three works by Peters in this suite are representative of the first phase of his painting career using bright yellow as a signature colour. In the past two years he has changed his palette considerably as evidenced by the two paintings in our collection - 'Chinaman's Garden massacre' 2000 and 'Waterbrain' 2002.
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Two aspects of his work unify it. First, he has attempted to understand contemporary issues in a long historical perspective, whether that be the class coalitions that cemented the modern welfare state, the 19C public health strategies that provided the template by which the AIDS epidemic was fought a century later, or the battles over intellectual property stretching back three centuries that inform, indeed determine, our current battles over copyright, downloading and internet piracy. Second, he has studied the development of the state trans-nationally, using detailed and often archival sources in half a dozen languages to marry a broad comparative approach to rigorous empiricism. His books have dealt above all with France, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Denmark and the United States. He has published works on the comparative history of the welfare state, on social policy more broadly and on public health. Other interests have included Nazi Germany and historiography. His latest book is a trans-national political history of copyright from 1710 to the present. He has projects underway on the historical development of privacy, on the history of honor, and also a global history of the state.
PhD History Department, Harvard University, 1986
MA History Department, Harvard University, 1980
BA Philosophy Department, History Department, Yale University, 1978
Selected Publications
Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across Three Thousand Years (forthcoming MIT Press, 2021)
The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle (Princeton University Press, 2014)
The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe are Alike (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS (University of California Press, Berkeley, and the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, 2005)
Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930 (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
The Politics of Social Solidarity: Class Bases of the European Welfare State, 1875-1975 (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
Reworking the Past: Hitler, the Holocaust and the Historians' Debate , edited with an introduction (Beacon Press, 1990)
"Why are Universities Open Access Laggards?" Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, 63 (2018)
"Smug Britannia: The Dominance of (the) English in Current History Writing and Its Pathologies,"(with response by Richard J. Evans and a riposte in turn to that) Contemporary European History, 20, 3 (2011)
"America: A Reality Check," Kurt Almqvist and Alexander Linklater, eds., On the Idea of America: Perspectives from the Engelsberg Seminar 2009 (Stockholm, 2010)
"Globalization and the Welfare State," in Benjamin Z. Kedar, ed., Studies in Comparative History (Jerusalem, 2009)
"Can There Be a Democratic Public Health? Fighting AIDS in the Industrialized World," in Susan Gross Solomon, Patrick Zylberman and Lion Murard, eds.,On Shifting Ground: Health and Space in Twentieth Century Europe (University of Rochester Press, 2008)
"Beyond Weak and Strong: Rethinking the State in Comparative Policy History," Journal of Policy History, 17, 1 (2005)
"The Victorian State in Comparative Perspective," in Peter Mandler, ed., Liberty and Authority in Victorian England (Oxford University Press, 2006)
"Comparing and Generalizing: Why All History is Comparative, Yet No History is Sociology," in Deborah Cohen and Maura O'Connor, eds., Comparison and History: Europe in Cross-National and Comparative Perspective (Routledge, 2004)
"The Return of the Coercive State? Behavioral Control in Multicultural Society," in John A. Hall et al., eds., The Nation-State Under Challenge:Autonomy and Capacity in a Changing World (Princeton University Press, 2003)
"Welfare State and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization," in Andreas Føllesdal and Peter Koslowski, eds., Restructuring the Welfare State: Ethical Issues of Social Security in an International Perspective (Springer-Verlag, 1997)
"The Past Rise of Social Security: Historical Trends and Patterns" in Herbert Giersch, ed. Reforming the Welfare State (Springer-Verlag, 1997)
"Can We Define a European Welfare State Model?" in Bent Greve, ed.,Comparative Welfare Systems: The Scandinavian Model in a Period of Change (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996); revised version, "Der europäische Wohlfahrtsstaat: Konstruktionsversuche in der zeitgenössischen Forschung," in Zeitschrift für Sozialreform , 49, 1 (2003).
"Welfare and social security, promotion of," in Seymour Martin Lipset, ed., The Encyclopedia of Democracy (Congressional Quarterly Books,1996)
"Beveridge in the Longue Durée," in John Ditch et al., eds., Beveridge and Social Security: An International Retrospective (Oxford University Press, 1994)
"The Welfare State for Historians," Comparative Studies in Society and History, 34, 4 (October 1992)
"Die sozialen Ursprünge des Wohlfahrtsstaates," Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 36, 11/12 (November/December 1990)
"Les classes moyennes et l'Etat-protecteur de l'après-guerre: Le cas français et le cas allemand," in Mission Interministérielle Recherche Expérmentation, Les comparaisons internationales des politiques et des systemes de sécurité sociale: Colloque de recherche, (Paris, nd); reprinted as "Class Interests and the Postwar Welfare State in Europe: A Historical Perspective," International Social Security Review, 3 (1990)
"Social Interpretations of Nazism: Renewing a Tradition," Journal of Contemporary History, 25, 1 (January 1990)
"Class, Interest and the Welfare State: A Reply to Sven E. Olsson," International Review of Social History, 3 (1989)
"Postwar Germany in the Longue Durée," German Politics and Society, 16 (Spring 1989)
"The Scandinavian Origins of the Social Interpretation of the Welfare State,"
Comparative Studies in Society and History, 31, 1 (1989)
"How Socialist is Solidaristic Social Policy? Swedish Postwar Reform as a Case in Point," International Review of Social History, 2 (1988)
"Zionist and Non-Zionist Jews in the Last Years Before the Nazi Regime," Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook XXVII, 1982
"Clausewitz in Nazi Germany," Journal of Contemporary History, 1981, reprinted in Walter Laqueur, ed., The Second World War: Essays in Military and Political History (London 1981)
"Liberalism, Nationalism and Degeneration: The Case of Max Nordau," Central European History, 13, 2 (1980)
Comparative history of modern Europe and the United States.
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Ingredients for The BEST Vegan Sundae!
All right, my fellow sugar fiends, I'm gonna keep this short and SWEET!
Key Ingredients:
- Vanilla Almond Dream
- Santa Cruz Organic Chocolate Syrup
- St. Dalfour Organic Blueberry Sauce
- Hot Cakes Vegan Caramel Sauce (Say what?!? You bettah believe I done did eat this ish right out of the jar!)
- Suzanne's Ricemellow Creme (OMG, sugar gods, THANK YOU!)
- And crushed, salty nuts!
Mush all this crazy sh*t together, and BINGE!
In case you're wondering where my pretty "after" pic is… well, my rumblin' tum-tum forbid me from wasting any time scarfing it down. Next time fo' sho!
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Love your blog 🙂 you are so wonderful to share all the tips, thank you 🙂 we don't have almond dream here but we have the rice dream cocoa marble fudge (not much variety when it comes to ice cream here, living in South east asia) the rice dream tasted really yummy, have you tried it before?
Ricemellow creme! Wish we had it over here in UK. What a great sundae.
Wow that looks so yummy! You sure know how to indulge 😉


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As usual the girls are already on their school holiday while their parents are still busy fulfilling all works before end of year. Since our domestic helper is also taking leaves and went back to her hometown so the girls are with me here and there, to the workplace, the meeting, the teaching, the dating with friends and closed by malls to calm them down.
Hubby's cousin had an engagement a couple weeks ago in Bandung. I know Bandung in school recess would be unbearable with the traffic and the crowd thus finally I decided to stay in Mason Pine Hotel at Kota Baru Parahyangan and stayed away from Dago and Lembang hustle bustle.
I guessed I made a right decision since the hotel turned out to be awesome. The girls love the atmosphere and their favorite part is the olympic size swimming pool. Zea is really into swimming now finally ...after she successfully took swimming lesson.
And other activity that we did yesterday was visiting Amped Trampoline Park in Kelapa Gading. I've been heard about this place quite sometime and finally had a chance to visit it. The girls were also super excited. I bought the one-hour ticket and promised the girls that they could extend the hour if they're still strong enough. However after one hour, the girls said it's ENOUGH. Jumping on trampoline for one hour non-stop turns out to be EXHAUSTING.
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Indian chickpea & vegetable soup
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- Freezable
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- Vegan
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- kcal168
- fat6g
- saturates0g
- carbs23g
- sugars10g
- fibre6g
- protein7g
- salt0.66g
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 tsp finely grated fresh root ginger
Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 1 tbsp garam masala
Garam masalagar-am mah-sarl-ah
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- 850ml vegetable stock
- 2 large carrots, quartered lengthways and chopped
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- 400g can chickpea, drained
- 100g green bean, chopped
Heat the oil in a medium saucepan, then add the onion, ginger and garlic. Fry for 2 mins, then add the garam masala, give it 1 min more, then add the stock and carrots. Simmer for 10 mins, then add the chickpeas. Use a stick blender to whizz the soup a little. Stir in the beans and simmer for 3 mins. Pack into a flask or, if you've got a microwave at work, chill and heat up for lunch. Great with naan bread.
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do (someone or oneself) a favor(redirected from do you a favour)
do (someone or oneself) a favor
1. To help someone else, typically at their request. In this usage, the person being helped is stated between "do" and "a." Hey, do me a favor and take these bags into the kitchen while I get the others from the car.
2. To do something to help or better oneself. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "do" and "a." Do yourself a favor and go to college—now that I'm older, I regret not having that experience. Because I knew that I had to get up at 4 AM today, I did myself a favor and went to bed early last night.
3. A request for someone to stop doing something bothersome or annoying. Can you please do me a favor and take your loud music somewhere else? I'm trying to sleep!
4. A response to a statement that the speaker finds ridiculous or stupid. ("Favor" is usually spelled "favour" in British and Australian English.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. A: "Katie seems nice." B: "Oh, do me a favour—she's one of the cattiest girls in school!"
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do someone a favorand do someone a good turn
to perform a helpful service to someone. Would you please do me a favor and take this letter to the post office? My neighbor did me a good turn by lending me his car.
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do me a favourused as a way of expressing brusque dismissal or rejection of a remark or suggestion.
1993 Merv Grist Life at the Tip Do me a favour, Webley couldn't even pass a mug of tea across the counter last season, let alone pass a ball.
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do someone a favourdo something for someone as an act of kindness. British informal
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1 (informal) used when asking somebody to help you: Do me a favour and answer the door, will you?
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After your courtesy pick up we head out to Windsor Castle where over 900 years of royal history are waiting for you. From William the Conqueror all the way through to our current Queen, successive monarchs have lived here and left their mark on what is now the largest continuously occupied castle in the world. Your ticket allows entrance to the castle, so you can see for yourself the splendour of St. Georges Chapel and the sumptuous state apartments. Windsor itself is a pretty town full of traditional shops and historic pubs. Shakespeare is said to have written his play The Merry Wives of Windsor in one of them! In the afternoon we return back to London to visit the London Dungeons with fast track entry.
The London Dungeon
Transport yourself back to the darkest moments in the capital's history within the deep depths of the London Dungeon. Live actors, shows, rides and interactive special effects ensure that you face your fears head on in this unique experience. Everything that you see is based on real historical events from Jack the Ripper, to the Great Fire of London, torture and the plague. With two scary rides the London Dungeon provides a thrilling and fun experience that will leave your family screaming for more! Ninety minutes of thrills and chills… are you brave enough?
Are you brave enough to cross the threshold of Sweeny Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street? A short back and sides (1785 - style) could be just the thing to round of your visit...But will you get more than you bargained for? Keep your wits about you to make sure you don't become the next filling in Mrs. Lovett's famous pies!
Embark upon your last journey on Extremis: Drop ride to Doom! At the mercy of the hangman, you are at the very point of death and the end is drawing near... Taste the fear and feel the adrenaline pump as you drop, screaming into the darkness below...!
1888, and the fear rises inside you as you enter Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel. As you wander the stinking slums the true horror of his terrible crimes is reveled in bloody, graphic detail. And then a scream. the flash of a cloak and an evil smile as you come face to face with Jack the Ripper himself... will you survive?
The tour ends at the London Dungeon leaving you ample time to enjoy the attraction.
- Entry
to Windsor CastleFast
track entry to London Dungeons
- Professional Guide
- Transportation by Luxury
Air-Conditioned Coach
- Free Wi-Fi on board
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop offs (the tour
will finish at London Dungeon)
Please note:
- This tour will depart
promptly at 7:45am Victoria Coach Station Gate 19 - 20 (boarding starts at 7.30am) and will finish at London Dungeons (Central
- Return transfer back to
London departs Windsor Castle at 1pm (subject to change)
- During peak periods, additional vehicles without Wi-Fi may be used
- Victoria Coach Station (Gate 19 - 20), 164 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 9TP


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Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin — the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.
The Darwin Day Celebration website provides resources and publicity for individuals and institutions across the world to celebrate science and humanity every year, on, or near, February 12, Darwin's birthday. In addition to information about the life and legacy of Charles Darwin, this website provides practical examples, advice and templates for organizing and publicizing Darwin Day events. It also provides a directory of events where you can find celebrations taking place near you or register your own event for others to find
Recognizing science as an international language accessible to all individuals and societies, the Darwin Day Celebration provides a new global holiday that transcends separate nationalities and cultures. Darwin Day can be celebrated in many different ways: civic ceremonies with official proclamations, educational symposia, birthday parties, art shows, book discussions, lobby days, games, protests, and dinner parties. Organizers may include: academic societies, science organizations, freethought groups, religious congregations, libraries, museums, galleries, teachers and students, families and friends. In Darwin Day, we are able to recognize the diversity among us, while celebrating our common humanity and the universal understanding we share.


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We've heard of hackers shutting down the Internet, but this is ridiculous…
A 75-year-old woman from Georgia (the country) unwittingly used a spade to disrupt Internet service to the entire country of Armenia for half a day on March 28.
The woman was illegally foraging for copper to sell as scrap when she hacked through a fiber-optic cable owned by the Georgian state railway, according to The Guardian:
"As Georgia provides 90% of Armenia's internet, the woman's unwitting sabotage had catastrophic consequences. Web users in the nation of 3.2 million people were left twiddling their thumbs for up to five hours as the country's main internet providers – ArmenTel, FiberNet Communication and GNC-Alfa – were prevented from supplying their normal service. Television pictures showed reporters at a news agency in the capital Yerevan staring glumly at blank screens. Large parts of Georgia and some areas of Azerbaijan were also affected."
Local media called the woman the "spade-hacker," but it's not joke for her. She could face up to three years in prison for damaging property, although she's been released for now on account of her age.


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Jeremy Lin not happy with play, "I'm doing terrible"
For the first time since the Knicks traded him to the Rockets this past summer, Jeremy Lin will be stepping on the court in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
Hoopsvibe's quick call: Tonight's game could possibly be one of the most significant games of Jeremy Lin's career.
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Virtual-Reality Company Survios Gets $4 Million in Venture Funding
Survios, a Los Angeles-based virtual-reality company, announced a $4 million cash infusion Monday to help bring its first product to market next year.
The investment round, led by California venture-capital firm Shasta Ventures, marks the latest bet on virtual reality, which aims to trick the senses and immerse users in alternate worlds.
Virtual reality has been a hot topic in Silicon Valley since Facebook agreed in March to pay $2 billion for Oculus VR, a maker of virtual-reality goggles called "Oculus Rift."
Other virtual-reality companies have announced investments since then, including Jaunt, which makes 360-degree films designed for virtual reality, and Virtuix, maker of a virtual-reality treadmill. ANTVR, which launched on Kickstarter, has 326 backers and has raised $113,920, just over half its goal.


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In Full Bloom Wedding Cake Swags How-To
Download our PDF files for the ranunculus cake swag, and print clip art onto 8 1/2-by-11-inch cover-weight paper (send the monogram wreath to a calligrapher to monogram, or initial it yourself).
Cut out each swag and flower with scissors, leaving a bit of white space around the edges so shadows show. Apply a dot of royal icing to the ends of short swags, and attach the swags to the top and bottom tiers of a three-tiered cake.
Then, use a dot of royal icing to attach ends of longer swags to the ends of shorter swags. With royal icing, apply a single rosette to each point where the two swags meet. Cut out wreath with scissors, leaving a bit of white space around the edges. Wrap the middle tier with striped grosgrain ribbon, overlapping the ends in front; attach to cake and to each other with royal icing.
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Andy Schatz won the top award at the Independent Games Festival for Monaco, a wonderful four-player heist game. Backstage after the win, Kotaku learned Monaco's future, why Schatz might kick someone in the nuts, and ... I got Pokemon tips.
This is one of a series of Kotaku video interviews with many of the award-winners and special honorees from the Game Developers Choice Awards. Check out the rest of our GDC Backstage clips, featuring the creators of some of the world's best video games.
(This clip is the odd one out, in that it features the Seumas McNally Prize winner for the sister awards event of Game Developers Conference Week, the Independent Games Festival.)
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One With a Clear Conscience Does Not Fear Ghosts
Seeing He Zhong enter in a frenzy, the matriarch had a bad feeling. Who knew what she was thinking, as she subconsciously looked at Feng Yu Heng. However, she saw her leaning back with a cup of tea in her hand. A smile was on her face, and she was completely immersed in the celebratory atmosphere, thus she felt that she had over-thought things. Thus she said: "Housekeeper He, the manor has received honored guests today. What are you in such a panic for!"
He Zhong quickly saluted then anxiously said: "Elder madam, please forgive my mistakes. Master, please forgive my mistakes. This matter is truly very urgent. His Highness Prince Li has entered the manor!"
"Prince Li came?"
The matriarch, Feng Jin Yuan and Feng Fen Dai all spoke at practically the same time. Fen Dai was moved and immediately stood up, moving to run outside; however, she heard Feng Jin Yuan slam the table and loudly shout: "Stop where you are!"
"Father!" Fen Dai was anxious and felt wronged, "His Highness the fifth prince came. Daughter must go to receive him!"
The matriarch became furious: "There are elders at home. Even if we were to receive him, it would not fall on you!" She then looked at Feng Jin Yuan and said: "Go take a look. No matter what is said, he is still a prince. We must give him a sufficient amount of face." Although the Emperor never liked Xuan Tian Yan, especially after the most recent event, which most likely caused him to remember the previous event, this was still his son. He never removed him from the position of prince or anything else. The matriarch knew that a government official could not avoid a prince.
What was there that Feng Jin Yuan could say. He could only apologize to Kang Yi: "Jin Yuan does not know why his Highness the fifth prince came so suddenly. I hope eldest princess will pardon me."
"It can't be helped." Kang Yi took the lead and stood up, "This one also met his Highness the fifth prince yesterday. I can also be considered familiar, so I will go out with Lord Feng to take a look."
"Fine." Feng Jin Yuan only said fine, but before they could begin walking out, they heard a hurried set of footsteps rushing towards the hall.
Feng Chen Yu said in a strange voice: "Heavens! Why has his Highness the fifth prince barged in like this?"
Fen Dai angrily glared at her sideways: "He is a prince. What sort of place can he not go?"
Feng Yu Heng interjected: "I have never heard of a prince casually entering the home of a government official. Moreover, father Emperor is extremely against the princes getting too close to the government officials."
Feng Jin Yuan also heard this and he could not help but feel his head begin to ache.
Kang Yi said: "Since it is for your daughter, it can't be helped."
While they spoke, Xuan Tian Yan rushed in. Behind him were two of his attendants, and behind them were all of the Feng family's servants.
Feng Jin Yuan waved to the servants, letting them retreat. He then took a few steps forward with everyone in the Feng manor to salute and pay respects.
Kang Yi and Ru Jia did not need to salute, so the two just stood in place and looked at Xuan Tian Yan. They saw that after he entered the hall, his gaze locked onto Feng Fen Dai. After that, his eyes never strayed again. Even when speaking with Feng Jin Yuan, he looked at Fen Dai "Lord Feng, this prince has already dispersed all of the women in my palace aside from my official princess. Not even a single secondary princess remains. I beg Lord Feng to take this proposal letter back."
He said this while handing over the proposal letter. After returning from the palace banquet, Feng Jin Yuan had dispatched someone to return it.
Seeing that the proposal letter had been sent back at some unknown time, she immediately began crying. This caused Xuan Tian Yan to truly feel distressed.
"Father." Fen Dai looked at Feng Jin Yuan with a face filled with grief, "Can you not cancel my engagement to his Highness the fifth prince? Fen Dai is begging you." Saying this, she looked towards Kang Yi, hoping that Kang Yi would help her plead her case. She could see that her own father was rather respectful of this eldest princess.
But this time, Kang Yi shook her head, telling her: "The marriage of a daughter has always been managed by the father. If your father does not agree, there is no possibility of this marriage happening."
"Then what can I do?" Fen Dai was out of ideas, and she was completely in a panic.
Feng Yu Heng, however, suddenly said: "It's not like there is nothing you can do." She looked at Fen Dai then smiled and said: "If the Emperor can sanction a marriage for fourth sister, then even if father does not agree, you will have to get married into the Li Palace."
Fen Dai was stunned. A marriage sanctioned by the Emperor? That's right! She could still look for the Emperor to sanction the marriage, but who would go speak…
Thinking of this, she turned her attention to Kang Yi once more.
Ru Jia was able to see through her thoughts and was completely dissatisfied: "What are you always looking at my mother for? If it weren't for my mother yesterday, you would have already lost your life, yet you're still hoping that the Emperor will sanction your marriage. I think that you should think carefully. Why did the Emperor become so mad when he saw that dance."
This was what Fen Dai did not understand, but there was nobody to give her an explanation, so she blankly stared at Xuan Tian Yan. Her eyes were red, and tears fell down her face. She appeared truly pitiful.
There was nothing Xuan Tian Yan could do against Feng Jin Yuan, who had resolutely refuted him. Holding the proposal letter in his hand, nobody went to receive it for a long time. In his anger, he simply went up and slammed the letter down on the table. This slam was forceful and caused the plates on the table to bounce, as he angrily said: "Prime minister Feng, if you agree, then you agree. If you don't agree, you still must agree. This prince only wants your fourth daughter to be my Li Palace's secondary princess. If you continue to insist on denying it, in the worst case, this matter will reach father Emperor. Either way, father Emperor did not do much for this prince. This prince wants to see. Is the prime minister more important, or is his son more important!"
Feng Jin Yuan's nose nearly became crooked from the anger, as he thought to himself, this fifth prince was acting shamelessly? He could handle reasoning with him; however, when faced with acting shameless, there was nothing he could do.
For a while, the hall was in a deadlock, and the silence carried on for a while.
When someone finally spoke up once more, the one who spoke was Feng Yu Heng. They heard her say: "Yesterday when eldest princess Kang Yi begged for fourth sister's forgiveness, she mentioned that practically all the dancers in Qian Zhou know how to perform this sort of dance. A-Heng will give fifth brother an idea. If you really like this type of dance, how about taking a trip up to Qian Zhou. Or, perhaps eldest princess can arrange for some dancers perform for you. What does fifth brother think?"
When Feng Yu Heng spoke, for some reason, the fifth prince felt a little guilty, and he did not dare meet her eyes. He only vaguely said: "This prince only wants fourth young miss Feng."
Fen Dai became annoyed by her statement and pointed at Feng Yu Heng, loudly shouting: "Feng Yu Heng, you have a vile heart!"
Feng Jin Yuan threw a vicious slap, dropping Fen Dai to the ground. Even some blood trickled out from the corner of her mouth. But he still felt that it was not enough. He raised his hand and was about to hit her again. Xuan Tian Yan was distressed and rushed forward to stand in front of Fen Dai to protect her. Even faster than him was Princess Kang Yi. She had practically squatted down at the same that Fen Dai had fallen.
Thus, Feng Jin Yuan's slap did not stray and landed on Kang Yi's shoulder. This slap was extremely forceful.
"Ah!" Kang Yi let out a coquettish scream. Gritting her teeth, it was clear that the hit had hurt.
Feng Jin Yuan was embarrassed. Letting out a surprised shout, he rushed forward. Reaching out, he held Kang Yi's shoulder and used an extremely concerned and warm voice to ask her: "I didn't do it on purpose. Are you hurt?" The feelings he had for Kang Yi were immediately made clear. The two looked at each other for a long time.
The matriarch felt more and more than something was off. She could not help but softly clear her throat. Only then did the two turn around, with Kang Yi quickly saying: "I'm fine. Prime minister Feng, do not get angry. Fourth sister miss is still just a young child. There are some things that she just does not understand."
What did an eleven-year-old child know about love, this was something that Feng Jin Yuan naturally understood. He definitely did not believe that Fen Dai truly loved the fifth prince, but could he tell Kang Yi that Fen Dai was vain and was entirely devoted to making friends in higher social circles? Could he tell Kang Yi that this girl originally wanted the ninth prince, but the ninth prince did not care for her. When she finally managed to have the fifth prince take the initiative to come forward, that was when she refused to let go?
Of course, he could not. That was why he could only helplessly say: "I have allowed eldest princess to see something unseemly." He then personally helped her up, but the hand that was on her arm was a little reluctant to let go.
The interaction between the two was seen by An shi, Han shi and Jin Zhen. Who was incapable of understanding what was happening! An shi did not think much of it, only shaking her head helplessly, as she only viewed as entertainment. But Han shi and Jin Zhen became infuriated. One angrily trembled while hugging Fen Dai, and the other lowered her head and wiped away tears.
Feng Yu Heng, however, had wandered over to the matriarch's side at some point, quietly saying: "If the eldest princess enters the manor, perhaps the most important person will become her, right?"
The matriarch froze then coldly said: "The Feng family definitely will not bring in a foreign princess."
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "That's right. The previous madam, Chen shi, only passed away half a year ago. Normally, no matter who father chooses, he will need to wait one year."
"Correct." The matriarch's faith was even more firm. Although the feelings between Feng Jin Yuan and Kang Yi were very clear, this one was not a daughter-in-law that she could control, thus she would not want her.
The fifth prince, Xuan Tian Yan did not notice these things. He was still focused entirely on Fen Dai. Now that he saw Fen Dai get hit, his heart began to ache, as she sat on the ground and wailed loudly.
"Fifth brother." But at some unknown time, Feng Yu Heng had actually arrived at Xuan Tian Yan's side. Being called fifth brother, Xuan Tian Yan completely froze.
"Yo-younger sister." He spoke up and called her; however, he did not dare look at Feng Yu Heng at all.
Feng Yu Heng asked him in confusion: "A-Heng has not offended fifth brother before, right?"
"Hm?" Xuan Tian Yan became even more afraid. He had always known that his ninth bro's wife was not someone to offend lightly. Especially after breaking iron essence and promising to provide the method for producing steel at the banquet, the Emperor now had to give all that he had to protect people, but he… "Yo-younger sister, what are you saying? This… fifth brother does not understand."
"Hehe." She suddenly laughed, "My meaning is, why does fifth brother look away whenever you look at A-Heng? Is it A-Heng that is too ugly? Ugly to the point that fifth brother is afraid just from seeing me!" The last phrase came with a sudden change in tone, as it was said with a frigid tone.
Xuan Tian Yan subconsciously retreated a few steps. When he was finally willing to look at Feng Yu Heng, he stared straight at her, trying to find an answer from her gaze.
Unfortunately, Feng Yu Heng's eyes did not express her true feelings. The earlier frigid tone was only used for an instant. In the blink of an eye, she returned to her normal state.
"Fifth brother, don't worry about it too much. A-Heng does not have any other meaning. You came today for Fen Dai, so we will talk about Fen Dai. As for other things, we can slowly sort them out later." She glared over, her sharp gaze appearing like a scorpion, which caused Xuan Tian Yan's heart to freeze. But in a quick turn, Feng Yu Heng's poisonous gaze had already been replaced with a concerned expression. He heard her say: "Doesn't fifth brother feel that this matter is a little doubtful? Fourth sister is nothing more than the daughter of a concubine from a government official's family, and she has not entered the palace many times. How could she manage to have the palace's eunuchs and palace maids put in so much work for her dance? It must be known that just transporting all of that heavy snow is quite a great deal of work."
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Developments this week
After trading above $100 a barrel in NY last Friday and above $118 in London, oil prices plummeted this week, losing $9 a barrel to close at $91.98 in NY and $108.02 in London. The general reason for the drop was that oil prices had reached a four-month high last week on the euphoria over bond buying by the US Fed and the ECB. The widespread demonstrations in the wake of the Muslim video also provoked fears that oil supplies could be affected. When not much happened over the weekend, prices began to fall. The final blow to prices came on Wednesday when the EIA announced that US crude inventories had risen by 8.5 million barrels last week as opposed to the 1-2 million barrels analysts had expected. The inventory surge was largely due to imports arriving at the highest rate since January in the wake of the hurricane and the restoration of Gulf production. US gasoline futures are down about 20 cents a gallon from highs touched last week. Natural gas prices continue to fall as cooler weather sets in.
Trading officials are puzzling over sudden price drops on Monday when oil declined $3 in one minute and again on Wednesday morning. Some are suspicious that trades improperly entered the computer, known as the "Fat-Finger" error, sparked the rapid decline.
Another factor in this week's decline may have been an announcement by the Saudis that they are producing about 10 million b/d and will produce more if customers demand it. The Saudis hold that the ideal price for crude is$100 a barrel and that last week's prices were not supported by fundamentals.
Middle Eastern turmoil continues apace with suicide bombers killing seven near Baghdad's Green Zone; Prime Minister Netanyahu continuing to pressure Washington for a definitive red line; Israeli armed forces conducting the largest exercise in years; and Iran claiming that efforts were made to blow up power lines running to its enrichment facilities. The EU says that a meeting with Iranian officials about restarting the nuclear talks was "useful and constructive." The Syrian situation was little changed with both the refugee and body count continuing to rise.
Brazil has fined Chevron $17 million for some 3,700 barrels of oil that were leaked last November. The company also faces additional charges as well as criminal and civil lawsuits.
In the Arctic, Shell has abandoned efforts to drill any wells off Alaska this year after a containment dome that is deemed vital to the safety of the operation was damaged. The company will drill a series of "top holes" in preparation for next year's drilling season.
The European Commission said it plans to limit the use of biofuels derived from food crops to 5 percent of the EU's transportation fuel. This is a radical change in policy and comes in response to growing concerns about global food shortages.


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The hexagonal terra cotta tiles that cover the floors of Metrorail stations are among the more distinctive features of the subway system serving Washington, D.C., and its neighbors.
Several years ago, the board in charge of Metro debated whether to replace the original hexagonal tiles with square ones. The terra cotta tiles had proved treacherous when wet, and manufacturers of safer tiles apparently made squares but not hexagons. And slicing off corners to turn squares into hexagons would be costly and wasteful.
In the end, Metro decided to test precast concrete paver tiles as a replacement for the original terra cotta tiles. Now, the verdict is in. The pavers proved more durable and did not become as slick when wet. Metro will use the new tiles in the construction of all future Metrorail stations and install them at other stations as part of its ongoing platform maintenance program.
The pavers are said to be square, but to help preserve the original look, they are imprinted with a hexagonal pattern and have a vaguely terra cotta color.
The new tiling unit is shown above. Its inscribed pattern consists of eight complete hexagons and parts of several others, for the equivalent of 14 hexagons. But there are other ways to divide a hexagonal tiling into "square" units. Is the chosen tile pattern the best one to create the desired repeating arrangement?
A side-by-side comparison of the original (right) and new tiles. WMATA
Metro describes the new pavers as being 2 feet by 2 feet. But can the pavers really be square, or is Metro (or the paver manufacturer) cheating a tiny bit to make it possible to create a hexagonal tiling out of "squares"? If the hexagons are truly to be regular, I get a slight difference between the height and width of a paver.
June 18, 2009
From Hexagon to Square
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