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"What's Going On?"
Revisiting A Serious Man, the most puzzling of the best-picture nominees.
Read the rest of Slate's coverage of the 82nd Academy Awards here.
Avatar is a model best-picture candidate: it's brassy and has a discernible point to make. You hardly need a Ph.D. in political science to get that James Cameron worries about military imperialism and the squandering of our natural resources. A Serious Man, also in contention this year, is a more unusual choice—even allowing for the fact that its creators, the Coen brothers, have slipped difficult fare into the proceedings before. Enigmatic to the point of inscrutability, A Serious Man leaves audiences in a state of interpretive uncertainty, popcorn uneaten, wondering what the Coens are getting at. The Times'A.O. Scott summed up the critical consensus when the film came out in theaters last fall: "The story is at once hilarious and horrific, its significance both self-evident and opaque." Horrific and opaque? The academy usually quarantines those qualities in the screenwriting category.
Arguably, the point of A Serious Man is to create confusion. But after watching the film a second time—it's just been released on DVD—it seems worthwhile to revisit some of the questions it raises.
Why Larry?
Larry Gopnik, the film's sad-sack protagonist, asks "What's going on?" no fewer than seven times, by my count. The viewer knows how he feels. Why are such terrible things happening to a nice, Midwestern physics professor raising two kids in the Jewish faith? Within a two-week period: A disgruntled student tries to bribe and then blackmail him, an anonymous rival sends nasty notes to his university's tenure committee, his wife asks for a divorce, and his lawyer drops dead right in front of him. Each ordeal is fairly banal on its own. But Larry (and the audience) can't help but wonder whether, taken together, they might indicate a cosmic source.
As just about every reviewer noted, the sudden disintegration of Larry's life is meant to evoke Job, whom God punishes—killing his family, destroying his livestock—just to see if he'll remain upright and holy. (Satan bets he won't; God bets he will.) As the saying goes, Job's patience is difficult to try; but the biblical character is actually quick to air his grievances. And when God makes an appearance at the end, it's to belittle Job for complaining. He delivers one of the more sarcastic lectures in Scripture: "I am going to ask the questions, and you are going to inform me! Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations? Tell me, since you are so well-informed!" The standard interpretation is that Job can't possibly understand the complexity of God's decision-making, and that it's presumptuous for us mortals to even try.
Unable to question God directly, Larry takes his problems to a series of rabbis, who push a Job-ish moral. The first rabbi, Scott, suggests, "You have to see these things as expressions of God's will. You don't have to like it, of course." When Gopnik complains to the second rabbi, Nachtner, that he just wants "an answer," Nachtner reprimands: "The answer! Sure! We all want the answer! But Hashem doesn't owe us the answer, Larry. Hashem doesn't owe us anything. The obligation runs the other way." It's the modern equivalent of, "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations?"
Sudden hardships aside, however, Gopnik isn't much like Job—an aggressive, willful character who rants until God grants him an audience. As The New Yorker's David Denby observed, Gopnik "won't take a shot at anyone, or try to control anyone, verbally or any other way. … [He's] a schlep and a weeper." That's exactly right and gets at a more earthbound explanation for Gopnik's misfortunes. Another of Gopnik's constant refrains is, "I haven't done anything." After his wife announces that she wants a divorce: "What have I done? I haven't done anything." On the phone with a representative from the Columbia Record Club, who's hounding him for payment: "I didn't ask for Santana Abraxas. I didn't listen to Santana Abraxas. I didn't do anything." During a conversation about his tenure prospects: "I haven't done anything. I haven't published." If at first Gopnik sounds wrongly maligned, eventually he seems weak. His insistence on inaction makes the viewer wonder if that very inaction is why so much trouble comes his way. Perhaps his are sins of omission. He is not a bad husband; he provides for his family; he's faithful—one could do worse. But there's no indication that he's particularly engaged. He may not be a bad professor, but neither is he an especially good one: As he says, he hasn't done anything, hasn't published anything.
Gopnik's irritating meekness is most obvious in his parenting. He launches the majority of his "What's going on?" queries at his kids, who never bother to answer. He has no idea that Danny's a stoner, or that Sarah's trying to finance a nose job by stealing money from his wallet. They're brats, but whose fault is that? When Danny complains that F Troop looks fuzzy, Gopnik climbs up to the roof and twists the aerial, but he never manages to fix the reception. So Danny calls his dad to whine, and Gopnik looks put-upon. Which is worse, Danny's shamelessness or Gopnik's spinelessness?
A physics professor, Gopnik knows that "actions have consequences," as he puts it to Clive, the student who's trying to bribe him. He adds, "Not just physics. Morally." It seems more difficult for Gopnik to grasp that inaction may have consequences, too. But, intellectually at least, he knows that's the case. When his brother, Arthur, complains that "Hashem hasn't given me shit," Gopnik replies, "It's not fair to blame Hashem. Arthur, please. Please calm down. Sometimes you have to help yourself." It's his truest line.
Why the Yiddish prologue?
The movie opens with a Yiddish-language set-piece. Somewhere in the Old Country, a husband announces to his wife that Traitle Groshkover is coming over for soup. "God has cursed us," she says. Her friend sat shiva for Groshkover when he died three years earlier, so whoever's visiting is surely a dybbuk—a malicious spirit. When he arrives, Groshkover laughs off the accusation, as does the husband: "I, of course, do not believe such things. I am a rational man." But the wife's not having it: She stabs Groshkover with an ice pick.
One interpretation of this scene holds that the husband and wife are Larry's ancestors, and that Larry is being punished for their sin. "The troubles surrounding Larry Gopnik in suburban Minnesota many generations later can only be seen as the revenge of 'Hashem,' " writes Denby. "If that Old Country dybbuk was not God himself, he must have been in God's employ." Salon's Andrew O'Hehir advances the same theory: Maybe "the people in the 1960s story are still paying off the debt incurred by that couple in the Yiddish tale."
But perhaps it's not right to interpret the set piece so genealogically or even to assume that the couple did something wrong. What if the wife were actually a positive foil? Instead of sheepishly appealing to the logical impossibility of ghosts, as her husband does, or passively waiting to see what comes next, as Gopnik would, she takes matters into her own hands. "Good riddance to evil," she says when Groshkover walks out the door, bleeding. Maybe Gopnik would fare better if he had half of that gumption.
What does the ending mean?
None of this is to suggest that A Serious Man isn't primarily about questions and unknowability. It's tempting to see Larry's inaction as the root of his problems, but the Coens ultimately confound that interpretation, too. As soon as Gopnik finally does something—he accepts the student's bribe—his doctor calls with what is clearly bad news (though we're not privy to its precise nature). At the very same moment, a tornado moves in the direction of Danny's Hebrew school. There are two basic ways of interpreting the ending. Either God is punishing Gopnik for taking the bribe, or God will punish Gopnik no matter what he does for reasons beyond our comprehension. Larry can take the bribe or not take the bribe; it doesn't matter. He can no more control the decay of his body than control nature; the universe is too complex to hinge on petty decisions.
Or maybe the ending functions as a comment on Job. In the biblical story, God delivers his lecture "out of the whirlwind," then softens up and gives Job "double what he had before." It's a Hollywood ending. The Coens, indie filmmakers, seem to think a bleak story deserves an equally bleak ending.
Slate V: Dana Stevens critiques Oscar contender A Serious Man.
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AceGamez writes: "Until now, much of the hype surrounding the 3DS has (quite rightly) focused upon the handheld's unique stereoscopic capabilities — the system's ability to take two-dimensional images and transform them into mind-blowing 3D. However, as our recent hands-on with the device proved, the 3DS is a powerful piece of kit indeed. How, then, does the 3DS compare to its older brother, the DS? And does it still impress once stripped of its sexy 3D? AceGamez investigates…"
N3DS will be the best selling next gen(the one coming after psp and ds) portable console.
Yall better start Pre-ordering or stacking money because they gon fly off the shelves early.
This is going to be the ps2 of portables.
Its going to get shit loads of games in every genre, and every company will support it
Damn, the differences are huge. I really can't wait for the 3DS.

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Traveling as a nursing mom with a child is stressful enough. But Amy Strand, a high school vice principal from Maui, HI, who was traveling with her nine-month-old daughter, had a particularly stressful experience when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent would not allow her to board with her electric breast pump—unless she used it to prove it was a breast pump.
Plus: Woman Kicked Out of Church for Breastfeeding
According to KITV4, the TSA agent said that Strand could not board because the milk bottles were empty (um, what?!), and asked her to use the breast pump to demonstrate that the device was medically necessary. When Strand asked for a private place to pump, the TSA agent directed her to the women's restroom, where she basically had to pump in public (if you've ever seen an airport bathroom, you know they're not the most private of places).
"I had to stand in front of the mirrors and the sinks and pump my breast, in front of every tourist that walked into that bathroom," said Strand, adding that she felt embarrassed and humiliated by the experience.
Plus: AAP's New Guidelines: Breastmilk Exclusively for About Six Months
Strand was ultimately allowed to board, and the TSA later apologized for the incident in a statement: "We accept responsibility for the apparent misunderstanding and any inconvenience or embarrassment this incident may have caused her."
How would you have handled the situation in Strand's place? Do you think the TSA's apology is enough?


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A basic drawing and painting app for Android; you can't make that many adjustments to brush sizes but the price is right: free. There's 11 brushes, an eraser tool and a colour picker – just remember, you can't buy talent.
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Season Totals (with Tri-City): 34 GP, 16-17-1-1, 2.91 GAA, .916 sv%, 1 SO
Season Totals (with Green Bay): 9 GP, 7-2-0, 2.27 GAA, .918 sv%, 2 SO
Wilcox got another night off as the Storm, who were playing in their last regular season game, prepare for the playoffs.
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London closed out their conference semifinal series against Saginaw with a 5-3 road win. London is likely breathing a sigh of relief as the series was much closer than the 4-2 final game tally. London was down two games to one heading back to Michigan and got a big road win. Then Namestnikov made a strong individual effort in overtime of Game 5 to score the game winner and give London a pivotal win. Namestnikov has four points in his last two games after taking some criticism from the London fanbase for failing to make his mark early in the series. The Knights will await the winner of the Kitchener-Plymouth series. Plymouth leads 3-2 after shutting out the Rangers on Saturday.
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In 1998, he began his career as a sell-side financial analyst, firstly at CPR Finance then at IXIS Securities. In 2005, he was elected best financial analyst across all sectors (Agefi Extel Focus France survey). In 2006, he moved to the proprietary management team at IXIS CIB, which became Natixis, managing a diversified portfolio covering fundamental valuation strategies. Cyril joined DNCA Finance in 2009 to set up and manage the Absolute return fund range.
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Gabriel Wu 23:39, 27 January 2013 (EST): Minor point: Companies like biomatik are not included on the genspace list. Is it necessary to make a wiki page with a "more" comprehensive list?
Gabriel Wu 00:49, 28 January 2013 (EST): This is a nice anecdotal piece of information that shows some concrete numbers for what DNA synthesis might have cost in June 2011. Unfortunately, it's not really appropriate for the main wiki page, but I post it here to live for eternity! Also, if anyone finds a more legitimate way of presenting this kind of data on the main page, then this comment might actually be useful. [1]
- Aurko Dasgupta 20:51, 7 February 2013 (EST):I don't have any clear idea of the kind of budgets one should expect for making a 3000bp plasmid in lab, but getting 1 millimole of plasmid for ~$1200 actually sounds like a decent deal. Would it be reasonable to say that the labor and materials to make such a plasmid would amount to more than $1200, assuming a few mistakes along the way?
Gabriel Wu 13:10, 4 February 2013 (EST): These are notes to myself. They help illustrate techniques in cloning or trends in DNA synthesis
- Rob Carlson website and nature biotech paper on "The Changing Economics of DNA synthesis," report
- Practical example of DNA synthesis genscript, blog idt
- biobricks
- TA cloning
- Red recombineering
- Cre/LoxP
- In-Fusion
- Nathan's SLIC explanation
Gabriel Wu 18:23, 4 February 2013 (EST): Added an introduction motivating the page. Explaining the need for "putting together" DNA.
- Neil R Gottel 13:11, 7 February 2013 (EST):I was looking into Ginkgo Bioworks because this article at sciencenews mentioned they rely heavily on their own special CAD tools when designing their organisms, and found their blog. It hasn't been updated in a year, but their last post was talking about how slow and variable the turn-around times are for gene synthesis. They've got a chart showing the length of each order, and the time it took between when the order was placed, and when it was received. Some of their genes (or "synthons" as they call it, since some sequences are not whole genes) took more than two months to synthesize!
Thomas Wall 20:23, 7 February 2013 (EST): I had a formatting issue Gabe, You put CPEC and splice under gibson cloning, making it look like it is a subset of that when I think you mean for it to be a subset of overlap cloning.
Thomas Wall 20:31, 7 February 2013 (EST): This is a cool extension of CPEC I want to potentially start using in my lab (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21293463)
Assembling nonstandard bases
- Catherine I. Mortensen 22:07, 6 February 2013 (EST): I noticed you mentioned that nontraditional bases could be assembled... I'm taking genetics now so I may learn about this soon but could you give an example when a nontraditional base would be useful? I assume a nontraditional base refers to another purine or pyrimidine?
- Yunle Huang 10:02, 7 February 2013 (EST): One example I found was 2-Aminopurine. 2-Aminopurine is a fluorescent nucleic acid analogues can be used in nucleic acid research. Since it pairs with both thymine and cytosine, it can also be used for mutagenesis. http://www.pnas.org/content/83/15/5434
- Benjamin Gilman 16:02, 7 February 2013 (EST): Unnatural bases are often used in synthetic DNA oligos to broaden the range of binding interactions or chemistry available (like what Somalogic has done with DNA aptamers). Are there any applications where genes with synthetic, unnatural bases were used in vivo?
- Aurko Dasgupta 20:34, 7 February 2013 (EST):So I'm guessing they handle stuff like promoter/transcription factor binding affinity? Unless you use some kind of unnatural tRNA as well, I doubt you'd be able get that stuff translated.
iGEM connection
- Jeffrey E. Barrick 00:35, 7 February 2013 (EST):Someone mentioned that CPEC was started as an iGEM project. Can you like to the relevant team website as part of the topic so that we can take a look at it?
Thomas Wall 20:33, 7 February 2013 (EST): http://2009.igem.org/Team:Duke


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 21, 2012) - This press release is issued pursuant to a settlement agreement in the putative class action entitled Rosenman v. Green Genius LLC, Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc., et al., Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco, Case No. CGC-10-506899.
Between 2009 and 2011, Green Genius manufactured and sold plastic bags in California in packaging that identified the bags as "biodegradable" and "proven to biodegrade using ASTM D5511." Similar representations were made on Green Genius' website and on Facebook. Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Markets, Inc. (operating in Southern California as Whole Foods Market), Albertson's, Erewhon and the other stores identified on Green Genius' website also sold Green Genius plastic bags between 2009 and 2011 in their retail stores.
Although Green Genius contends that such labeling is lawful in 48 of the 50 States of the United States, California law (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §43557 et seq.) prohibits labeling plastic bags sold in California as "biodegradable." Plaintiff contends that, in California, use of the term "biodegradable" on plastic products is inherently misleading, unless the claim includes a thorough disclaimer providing necessary qualifying details, including, but not limited to, the environments and timeframes in which the biodegradation will take place. Green Genius contends that, given the complex nature of biodegradation and the inherent constraints of marketing claims, including limited space on the plastic product, there was no reasonable ability for Green Genius to provide a disclaimer qualifying the use of the term "biodegradable" without relying on an established scientific standard specification for biodegradability. No such standard currently exists. ASTM D5511, relied on by Green Genius, is a testing methodology, not a specification. Green Genius apologizes for any confusion.
Green Genius ceased the manufacture and sale of its plastic bags after this lawsuit was filed. Green Genius no longer is doing business in California or elsewhere. Further, Green Genius' total sales in California were not significant and do not justify an extensive class notice program.
In light of all the foregoing, the parties have agreed to resolve this matter on the following terms. Green Genius is out of business, and if Green Genius ever re-enters the plastic bag market in California, Green Genius agrees to comply for California sales with all applicable California state and federal statutes and regulations, including statutes and regulations regarding the labeling of plastic bags, and to periodically review its policies and practices to ensure compliance (product sold in other states will comply with those states' laws). Further, Green Genius also has agreed that all persons or entities who purchased any type of Green Genius plastic bag in California (including Green Genius plastic garbage, freezer, slider, sandwich and snack, and storage bags) between 2009 and 2011 may request a refund by contacting Green Genius directly at 1-800-515-1605. Refunds will be for the actual purchase price of the product without sales tax. Proof of purchase is required for all refunds which includes a copy of the original receipt from the retailer showing at least the cost and date of sale. Given Green Genius' financial condition and other considerations, refunds are limited and not guaranteed. The total amount available for available refunds is $5,000, and will be distributed on a first-come-first serve basis. All claims for refunds must be submitted by September 20, 2012. After that date, no refund applications will be accepted.
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So the wiki has been up for a while but not much seems to be going on with it.f2s wrote:I've added a basic layout, please feel free to write and expand on the current pages ...
Motivation for me doing this is that it's just such a pain to get a general overview of components for building a DIY bike by trawling through the forum for answers.
Link is:
Can I ask the admin's of endless-sphere, please for the name of all that is good, can you make sure this site is backed up on a daily basis and is tested thoroughly before this starts taking off. Nothing worse than loosing wiki data
I think importing the information that is on ES regarding product specs and different standards will go a long way towards getting the ball rolling. So much of what is on the forums is related to this kinda thing. Maybe start with building blank sub-groups of different components.GCinDC wrote: What'll it take to get people motivated, organized, and writing/editing?
Should we break up into teams? Recruit volunteers?
I've just been thinking about going to 20" or 24" fat rims, and lord knows there's a ton of info on ES about them in everyone's threads, but it'll take a lot of research... whereas if brands/sizes/specs etc were on the wiki....
and then spoke info...
I'll take you up on that. I just had to google goped and it seems I would call them "Razor-type scooters" .z50king wrote:I can write anything about gopeds if you want me to. I know a lot about the history and current models of electric gopeds. I also know a lot about the aftermarket parts, because they're many!! Haha
Let me know how I can help
Sure.headwind wrote:Hi, what do you think about adding a page something like "Watch-its for Ebay e-bikes"?
My intention isn't to poo-poo the sellers/bikes, just provide a list of stuff that people should look out for, especially on the more "budget" kits floating around. For example
- quality of wiring
- kit voltage (there's plenty of 36v kits getting around with unrealistic speed claims)
- battery weight
- replacement cost of propriety batteries
- lack of technical support from the vendor (eg they just resell the stuff and have no idea if something goes wrong)
Do you think it is worth having a wiki page like this?
Thanks, I've added it to that page. Hope what I've written is ok!marcexec wrote:Sure.
Guess you might want to expand on http://www.endless-sphere.com/w/index.php/EBike_Kits.
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One of the defining characteristics of modern classic furniture design is dual functionality and space consumption. Many modern classic furniture designs were created with space limitations in mind and as a way to save money as well. These limitations allowed designers to become more efficient and creative with their pieces and these influences can still be seen in homes and offices throughout the world.
A perfect example of this convergence of space and function is the sofa bed. The sofa bed was created as a way to save space and money by combining a fairly simple sofa design with a pull out bed that, together, could be used during the day and at night. The sofa bed made it possible for consumers to save space and money by having two pieces of modern classic furniture in one.
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Pottery Barn Inspired DIY Desk
When Nicole fell in love with a Pottery Barn desk she knew she could not afford, she decided to create her own DIY version. Using her existing Effektiv desk from IKEA and two wooden filing cabinets she found on Craigslist, she was able to build a new desk that mimiced the look of her Pottery Barn inspiration.
Nicole painted the desk and filing cabinets (only $75 for the pair) in Timid White by Benjamin Moore. She removed the legs from the Effektiv desk and created
mental metal braces to attach the pieces of the desktop together and to secure it to the wall in the corner. The side portions of the desktop simply rest on the top of the file cabinets. The change between the before and after is dramatic, and Nicole's finished product is a DIY inspiration.
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Shiffrin, Miller make Sochi skiing 1 for the ages
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — From Mikaela Shiffrin to Bode Miller, from Mario Matt to Henrik Kristoffersen, Alpine skiing at the Sochi Olympics was one for the ages.
The 18-year-old Shiffrin already was pegged as the sport's face of the future, and she established herself as a star of the present by becoming the youngest slalom champion in Olympic history.
"It's going to be something that I chalk up as one of my favorite experiences for the rest of my life," the precocious Shiffrin said. "But my life's not over yet."
Yes, she seems to be just getting started.
Her U.S. teammate Miller, meanwhile, took home a bronze in the super-G, his sixth Olympic medal. At 36, he is the oldest Alpine medalist ever.
Matt, who turns 35 in April, won the schedule-closing men's slalom on Saturday night for Austria to become the sport's oldest gold medalist. Krisoffersen, 19, was third in that race, making the Norwegian the youngest man to win an Olympic Alpine medal.
"Guys like Bode and guys like Mario definitely are validation that you can continue on into the later years," said Ted Ligety, the American who won the giant slalom.
"I plan on continuing on," said Ligety, who would be 33 at the 2018 Olympics.
Here are five things to know about the Alpine events on the Rosa Khutor slopes:
AUSTRIA'S BACK: Four years ago, Austria's skiers left the Vancouver Games with four medals, zero earned by their men. This time, the ski-loving nation led everyone with nine medals, starting off with gold from Matthias Mayer in the opening race, the downhill, and capping things off with a 1-2 finish by Matt and Marcel Hirscher in the slalom. Anna Fenninger won gold in the super-G and silver in the giant slalom.
U.S. RECOVERY: Midway through the Alpine schedule, the U.S. had won one of 15 medals, Julia Mancuso's bronze in the super-combined. U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml's assessment then? "We probably expected a little more, to be honest," he said, adding that he was certain his skiers would fare better the rest of the way. He was right. Less than 24 hours later, Andrew Weibrecht's stunning silver and Miller's bronze in the super-G got the team going. Then came golds from Ligety and Shiffrin, helping a team missing the injured Lindsey Vonn finish with five medals. "I said halfway through, 'It's not over yet,'" Riml said. "And the next day, the guys pulled something out."
SVINDAL'S STRUGGLES: Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway arrived with high expectations, having won three medals in 2010. But skiing what he called "the worst races I did this year," the two-time overall World Cup champion was fourth in the downhill, eighth in the super-combined, and seventh in the super-G. He left early, citing allergies he thought were caused by "the concrete that's in the air."
OUT OF NOWHERE: Weibrecht never has finished better than 10th in a World Cup race and yet he now owns two Olympic medals, including a bronze in the 2010 super-G. A month later, he hurt his shoulder, and wound up having four operations in the past four years. He wasn't the only surprising medalist this time: Dominique Gisin of Switzerland shared gold in the women's downhill, the first tie for first in Olympic Alpine skiing. Gisin has only won three World Cup races, owns zero world championship medals and has had nine knee operations. "It's the story of my career. Up, down, forward, backward," Gisin said. "Every little tiny bit, I (fought) for, and it makes me proud that finally I made it to the top."
SAYING GOODBYE: The other women's downhill champion was Tina Maze of Slovenia, who also got gold in the giant slalom and finished in the top eight in all five races. Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany left with two medals, too — gold in super-combined and silver in super-G. Maze is 30, Hoefl-Riesch is 29, and both said they won't be at the next Olympics. Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, who earned his fourth silver, and Benjamin Raich of Austria, whose four medals include two golds from Turin in 2006, both indicated their Olympic careers are done, too. Kostelic is 34, Raich turns 36 on Friday. As for how long Miller will keep at it? "You never know about Bode," Riml said with a laugh.
AP Sports Writers Pat Graham, Graham Dunbar and Andrew Dampf contributed to this report.
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Beach Picnic Playlist
By: Andrew Wintner
Nothing says summer more than the beach. Some people like to lie out and relax, read a book or just take a snooze.
But here at The Beat Advisory, we tend to turn our trips to the beach into daytime disco parties.
So in between bites of the Peach Salad With Tomatoes and sips of Strawberry Pina Coladas, get down to some of our latest and greatest summer grooves, including new tracks from Daft Punk, Capital Cities and Empire of the Sun.
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Gettysburg girl
Added Mar 8, 2013
by servareginae
Stillwater, Okla...
My daughter will wear this dress to the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg which will take place in July. I used Simplicity pattern 3725 (A) as a fitting pattern. To make the dress more historically accurate I lowered the sleeves off the shoulders. I also cuffed the sleeves, and I cut them out wider in the back to imitate the classic L shaped sleeve of the mid-19th century. I took the yoke out of the front waist, raised the waistline, and I replaced the zipper with glass buttons and bound button holes. The dress is underlined with muslin, the bodice is lined with broadcloth, and the hem is faced with cotton twill tape.
Material Notes
cotton print shell, cotton muslin underlining, poly/cotton broadcloth, glass buttons, cotton crochet lace
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Mar 9, 2013, 12.47 AMby flowergirl22
really nice,, what made you choose this colour? is this the colour they used to have?
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Mar 14, 2013, 11.12 PMby servareginae
Thank you. These kinds of simple flowery prints were the style back then. Also, plaids and stripes.
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AL Capsules
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yu Darvish struck out 10 while allowing only three hits over seven innings for Texas, and the Rangers had their biggest inning of the season in a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
In his first start in a week, and 33rd in the major leagues, Darvish (3-1) had his 10th career 10-strikeout game.
Jeff Baker put Texas up 1-0 with a two-out solo homer in the second off Joe Saunders (1-2). The Rangers added a six-run fifth, scoring twice as many runs as they had in any inning this year. The seven runs overall matched their season high.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Peter Bourjos had three hits and three RBIs, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols drove in two runs apiece, and the Angels slowed the worst start in franchise history with a victory over Torii Hunter and the Tigers.
Pujols had three hits and Brendan Harris added an early RBI double for the Angels, who had a season-high 16 hits. Their 5-10 start still matches the 1961 expansion team's miserable beginning.
Tommy Hanson (2-1) and four relievers combined on a rocky 10-hitter for the beleaguered Angels pitching staff.
Hunter extended his hitting streak to 12 games after receiving a standing ovation in the former Los Angeles outfielder's first night back at Angel Stadium.
Anibal Sanchez (2-1) pitched into the seventh inning for Detroit, giving up 11 hits, but avoiding major trouble.
TORONTO (AP) — Andy Pettitte pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Travis Hafner homered and had two RBIs, and the Yankees beat the Blue Jays.
Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells also went deep against their former team as the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games.
Scratched from his previous scheduled start because of back spasms, Pettitte (3-0) was pitching for the first time since April 9 at Cleveland. He showed few signs of rust, however, striking out four in a row at one stretch in his 7 1-3 innings.
Jose Bautista returned to the lineup as the designated hitter after missing the previous four games and hit a two-run homer.
Brandon Morrow (0-2) remained winless in four starts, allowing seven runs, five earned, and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer and Ben Zobrist had a pair of RBI singles to help Tampa Bay beat Oakland.
Jose Lobaton also drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to back the pitching of Alex Cobb (2-1), who allowed three runs and 10 hits over 7 1-3 innings.
Brandon Moss and Jed Lowrie, who went 4 for 4, had run-scoring singles off Cobb in the first for the A's. Starting pitcher Brett Anderson (1-3) left with an ankle injury after Tampa Bay scored four times in the bottom half of the inning.
HOUSTON (AP) — J.D. Martinez and Rick Ankiel hit back-to-back homers in the second inning and the Astros held on for a win over the Indians.
The win snaps a five-game skid for Houston and extends Cleveland's losing streak to five.
Houston starter Lucas Harrell (1-2) allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings before three relievers combined to shut Cleveland out the rest of the way.
Closer Jose Veras allowed one hit in the ninth for his first save in two tries.
Carlos Pena walked with one out in the second inning before Martinez got Houston's first hit by launching a homer in the stands in right field off former Astros pitcher Brett Myers (0-3).


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Posted 1.29.2013
2013 marks the third consecutive year where a team from the Weatherhead School of Management has placed second at the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup.
Cheng Gu (MSM-Finance '13), Patrick Kelly (MBA '13), Shane Rourke (MBA '13), Dale Stewart (MBA '13), and Mengying Xu (MSM-Finance '13) won second place in a fierce case study competition hosted by the Cleveland Chapter of the ACG. The competition attracted teams of graduate students from Case Western Reserve, Cleveland State, Kent State, Baldwin Wallace, the University of Akron and Ohio State University. A team from Kent State finished first and a team from Baldwin Wallace placed third.
Two other teams from Weatherhead competed this year:
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Charles Brown (MBA '14), Yun Chen (MSM-Finance '13), Joseph Masrud (MBA '13), Peter Newstrom (MBA '13), Yi Shi (MSM-Finance '13)
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Meghan Finneran (MSM-Finance '13), Philip Larinto (MBA '14), Stella Li (MSM-Finance '13), Reuben Mabishi (MSM-Finance '13), Praful Nadella (MBA '13)
Each team had a week to prepare their analysis of a real-world merger case created by the boutique investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey. The competition was then held at the Union Club in downtown Cleveland where each team presented their case to a panel of judges that included senior professionals from investment banking, consulting and private equity firms.
The second-place team will attend the 17th annual ACG Deal Makers Awards Reception where they will have the opportunity to connect with more than 700 professionals from around the region--many of them proud Weatherhead alumni.
"All of our teams should be commended," said faculty coach Scott Fine, Professor of Banking and Finance. "They upheld our reputation as the leading school in the region and as 'the teams to beat'."
Congratulations to the three Weatherhead teams and to Professor Fine!
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Ever wonder what happened to all the mules that once adorned our towns throughout Bucks County and beyond? Since 45 mules were auctioned off in 2003, and many were moved to new locations, the Mules have been hard to find.
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An Official Website of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky's Open Door website rated best in the nation – againFRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear's groundbreaking e-transparency website, Open Door, has once again received top honors as a comprehensive, searchable portal that enables taxpayers to explore how government money is being spent. For the second year in a row, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest advocacy organization, has recognized the site, online at http://www.OpenDoor.KY.gov, as a leader in setting the standard for spending transparency on government expenditures.
Governor Beshear Announces Matching SBIR-STTR Grants for Kentucky High-Tech Small BusinessesCOVINGTON, Ky – Gov. Steve Beshear today joined state and local officials to announce that 14 Kentucky high-tech companies will share more than $4.22 million in state funds as part of a Kentucky initiative to attract and support technology-based small businesses. Through the state's competitive SBIR-STTR Matching Funds program, Kentucky matches federal SBIR-STTR awards received by Kentucky companies and those willing to relocate to Kentucky. The eighth and ninth rounds of the state awards supplement more than $8.7 million in federal funding the recipient firms have brought to Kentucky.
Kentucky Moves Ahead with Efforts to Adopt Electronic Health RecordsFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 8, 2011) – Governor Steve Beshear announced that Kentucky continues to forge ahead with efforts to adopt electronic health records (EHRs), with more hospitals and providers receiving monetary incentives for EHRs and linking to the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE).
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New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement
(Cornell University Press, 2014)
While New York is the nation's most highly unionized large city, its unions, especially in the private sector, are in steady decline, and the city today is home to a large and growing "precariat": workers with little or no employment security. In thirteen fine-grained case studies, this book documents the efforts of community-based worker centers to organize this expanding segment of the workforce. These campaigns involve taxi drivers, street vendors, domestic workers, and middle-strata freelancers, all of whom are excluded from basic employment laws, as well as supermarket, retail, and restaurant workers. The book offers a richly detailed portrait of the city's new labor movement and recent efforts to expand it on a national scale. Ruth Milkman is a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center; contributors include doctoral students and alumni from GC programs in sociology, anthropology, earth and environmental sciences, history, political science, and public health.
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Nats' Gonzalez homers, helps shut out Marlins again
Washington, D.C. – Gio Gonzalez spun six scoreless innings and smacked a solo home run in the fifth, as the Washington Nationals blanked the Miami Marlins for the second consecutive game with a 3-0 decision on Wednesday at Nationals Park.
Gonzalez (1-0) fanned five and allowed just two hits and two walks, while Ryan Mattheus and Drew Storen each tossed a scoreless frame in relief before Rafael Soriano closed the door in the ninth to secure his second save of the season.
"It's not really hard to fathom. I look at this staff and that's what I expect," Mattheus said of his team posting back-to-back shutouts. "I think there's going to be a lot of shutouts."
Denard Span and Ryan Zimmerman each added an RBI for the defending NL East champion Nationals, who have won their first two games for the second straight season.
Kevin Slowey's (0-1) only misstep came on Gonzalez's home run, as the Miami right-hander gave up just four hits and three walks over 5 1/3 frames for the Marlins, who remain in search of their first run of the season after being shut out by the Nats, 2-0, in Monday's season opener.
"We've got a couple of guys that may be pressing a little bit," Marlins rookie manager Mike Redmond admitted. "We've just got to continue to go out there and keep grinding it out and get that first run across and take a little pressure off the guys."
Miami's only extra-base hit of the contest came in the fifth when Justin Ruggiano ripped a leadoff double and Miguel Olivo followed with a walk.
Gonzalez quickly worked out of the jam however, as he induced a 1-6-3 double- play groundout from Casey Kotchman before fanning Adeiny Hechavarria to end the frame.
The lefty hurler then helped his own cause in the bottom half when he jumped on a hanging curveball from Slowey and deposited it over the wall in left field for his second career home run and a 1-0 lead.
Washington added an insurance run in the seventh when Danny Espinosa reached first on an error, moved to second on a bunt and then found third on a wild pitch.
Pinch-hitter Chad Tracy then walked to put runners on the corners before Span slapped a grounder to second that scored Espinosa to make it a 2-0 contest.
After Storen retired the Marlins in order in the eighth, Bryce Harper scorched a leadoff double off the right-field wall and quickly scored on Zimmerman's single to center to push the lead to 3-0.
Soriano served up a one-out single in the ninth before walking Giancarlo Stanton, but the Washington reliever induced back-to-back pop outs from Placido Polanco and Ruggiano to end the contest.
Game Notes
Kotchman left the game in the fifth inning with a left hamstring strain. He is considered day-to-day ... Gonzalez's first career home run came on Aug. 8, 2012 at Houston ... Miami went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base ... Harper and Zimmerman each finished with two hits.


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Donor Forum Preview and Opening Reception for Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu
Donor Forum members join artist Hung Liu and OMCA Director & CEO Lori Fogarty to celebrate the opening of this important retrospective. Liu introduces traditional Chinese pictorial motifs into photo-based media, enlivening and deepening their effect. Images of birds, flowers, plants, and landscapes borrowed from Chinese art history and suspended across painting surfaces evoke an offering of respite to the spectral, disembodied remains of past lives and cultural experiences. Liu's works summon the material presence of memory and highlight the transient nature of history. We view Liu's work and see more deeply into the human condition.
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Dialogue "Amy Waldman: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" The author-journalist discusses her work with host Marcia Franklin. Waldman's first novel, The Submission tells the story of a jury, in charge of selecting a ground zero-like memorial from among anonymous submissions, and the reactions when it chooses a design created by a Muslim-American architect.G
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★ Don't forget to check out my graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea!
A new page every Wednesday!
Preview to upcoming post, "Experience of EBABZ (East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest)":
Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
Tuesday, December 4th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Sent out some more fellowship/internship/job applications.
- Worked on the second rough draft for Elias & The City of Cats.
Wednesday, December 5th
- Under the weather!
Thursday, December 6th
- Was supposed to go on a date with Wes, but I caught a nasty cold. (;へ:)
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
Friday, December 7th
- Recovering from cold!
Saturday, December 8th
Sunday, December 9th
- Today, was nominated again for the Very Inspiring Blogger award! Updated information on this post.
- Hired to do a small freelance translation job (English to Japanese). Began working on first assignment!
Monday, December 10th
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked with client on translation job.
Tuesday, December 11th
- First day of cat sitting!
- Sent out some more fellowship/internship/job applications.
- Worked on The Flea script.
- Received e-mail informing me I have a phone interview, yay!!
- Worked with client on translation job.
- The Poet and the Flea: 53 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-24, 27-30 completed, and 25-26, 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- The First Reich: about 1-10 pages of illustrated work in progress.
To Do:
- Add more information to my Coroflot.com profile.
- Continue adding blog content to The First Reich.
- Continue to work on The First Reich.
- Continue to work on Elias & The City of Cats.
- Complete script for The Poet and the Flea.
- Schedule next meeting with Gabe.
- Sign up with Top Web Comics: Comic Rankings.
- Sign up with OnlineComics.net.
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What an appealing slice-of-life California town, an easy day trip by car or train. Come for the history, stay for the food. This restaurant-intensive ranch town is the oldest community in Orange County. If San Juan Capistrano — or SJC — had a dating profile it would say: "Self-deprecating, authentic, still likes a good time."
The bed. Choices here are limited, though a new hotel is on the way. Till then, you have the Residence Inn Marriott, with one- and two-bedroom suites starting at $179 (33711 Camino Capistrano; [949] 443-3600). It gets the edge over the only other choice, the Best Western (27174 Ortega Highway; (949) 493-5661, starting at $129).
The meal. This is a pretty accomplished restaurant town. Cedar Creek is one of the go-to places for classic American cuisine (26860 Ortega Highway; [949] 240-2229; dinner entrees from about $14). El Adobe has been around so long that Richard Nixon used to go there for burritos (31891 Camino Capistrano; [949] 493-1163; dinners from about $20). The rustic old Ramos House is popular for weekend brunch (31752 Los Rios St.; [949] 443-1342; weekend brunch $35). Sarducci's is a stylish stop for a romantic dinner (26701 Verdugo St.; [949] 493-9593; from $16). Though the place gets mixed marks, the portabello lobster appetizer I tried was first rate ($14).
The find. Well, there's that famous mission, which draws a constant stream of school buses and tourists ($9, ages 4-11 $5; [949] 234-1360). And the swallows, which don't come back each spring like they used to, but still are reason to celebrate in March, when the Swallow's Day Parade rolls through town (first Saturday after St. Joseph's Day). Swallow's Inn is a landmark honky-tonk, with live music six nights a week and one of the most welcoming vibes in California. Ask for Steve, the owner, or Scott, a cool bouncer (31786 Camino Capistrano; [949] 493-3188). This is not a boutiquey town, but there are several antique shops on Los Rios Street near the train depot, one of the oldest residential streets in the country. Also check out the O'Neill Museum for a glimpse into life a century ago (31831 Los Rios St.; [949] 493-8444; $1 donation requested).
The lesson learned. This friendly town always seems to be one wine bar away from becoming the next Carmel. Thankfully, it stays true to its cowboy heritage, which dates to 1769. Don't be put off by the fast-food joints off the freeway. Make your way into town and knock about for a day, or make a lunch stop on the drive to San Diego. Either way, you'll have a glimpse into California's past.
The tab. From L.A., a tank of gas will get you there and back. On Amtrak, a round-trip fare from Union Station runs $20. So a day trip for two, with lunch, can be had for around $100.


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