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The mere thought of another movie based on Marilyn Monroe ('Marilyn and Me', 'Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair', 'Norma Jean & Marilyn') might send shivers down the spine of many admirers and cinephiles who chide at the feeble attempts from Hollywood to recreate The Blonde Bombshell's essence on screen. But 'My Week with Marilyn' should be the elixir to any and all types of derision. It is by far the best film of Monroe to ever be put on celluloid, mainly, due to the performance of Michelle Williams. She is Marilyn Monroe for all intents and purposes, and her performance will most assuredly be recognized by the Oscars with a nomination.
The movie is based on Colin Clark's two memoirs – 'The Prince, The Showgirl and Me' and 'My Week with Marilyn'. He was the third assistant director on the set of 'The Prince and the Showgirl', Marilyn Monroe's first film as both producer and star in which she played opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, who also directed. The book recounts the production's myriad problems, fueled almost exclusively by the lack of communication and understanding between the two stars: Monroe's erratic behavior and tardiness were exacerbated by her addiction to alcohol and prescription medication; while Olivier, a staunch traditionalist, refused to accommodate Monroe"s idiosyncrasies or her devotion to Method acting, which she practiced under the guidance of Paula Strasberg. In the second memoir, Clark affectionately remembers one enchanted week he spent leading the troubled Monroe on a tour of the English countryside. It offers an all-too-rare glimpse of the real woman beneath the carefully cultivated image, unencumbered by the busy machinery of stardom.
At its core, the film's best attribute is its plotline. It is one of the most appealing and interesting stories of the year in film. I mean, how did a world-famous movie superstar at the height of her fame end up spending an intimate week traveling across England with a gopher from her film set? This is the stuff that men dream of everyday. Monroe's clashes with Olivier, her anxiety about her marriage to Arthur Miller and her own insecurities about her talent made her deeply vulnerable. She was in need of a friend and through a series of incidents, she became very close and intimate in a platonic way with Colin Clark. He was always there and was non-threatening.
What also is undebatable is Michelle Williams performance. One of the toughest tasks asked by any director of his actresses is to embody Ms. Monroe. No one has been able to do it without evading some level of scorn, except Williams. She's so good that the talk amongst many film critics, including myself, is that only Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady', can depose her of a Best Actress award at next year's Oscar ceremony. Williams success lies in her ability to bring Marilyn to life by extracting all her complexities such as her mannerisms, vulnerabilities, diffidence, sexiness and vocal nuances. She did this while never raching the levels of impersonation.
Director Simon Curtis and scribe Adrian Hodges have done an excellent job in deftly capturing "the real Monroe" in her heyday, the backstage controversies of a movie shoot and an innocent love story. 'My Week with Marilyn' is one of my favorite movies of 2011. It awoke a dormant curiosity in me to know more about the surroundings of her death, what she really meant to the world and give her acting career another look. Was she really a great actress and not just a blonde bimbo? Fortunately for many of you, this film does a stupendous job in getting closer to that answer. If you love the 50's, glamour and romance, and of course, curious about Marilyn Monroe herself, then don't hesitate to watch this delightful and intriguing piece of film.


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March is "Women's History Month" and each year for the past nineteen years, we've celebrated with a guided tour of some of the best designing women we could find in the world. Some of these were actually sent in by readers, others were discovered online by staff. . Ladies and gentlemen, we present the 19th Annual Designing Women edition surf two :
* Gergana Plummer: You Don't Need A Computer
* Fanciful hand lettering we've seen before
* Eleanor Grosch long boards and a lot more
* Twenty-Five ways to love Jessica Walsh
* Lori dazzles you with happiness
* Andrea Kalfas
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Andrea Kalfas
Andrea Kalfas is a freelance illustrator currently soaking up the charm of Baltimore, MD.
She earned her BFA in illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Recently, she published her newest zine, "Warlow's Guide to Wizards, Sorceri & Familiars Arcane" a playful fictional guide to young magi in the selection of familiars, featuring original character and creature designs. Scout Books also recently released a set of blank notebooks featuring her cosmic cover art, available for purchase on their store here. (main page is a side scroller!)
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Fanciful hand lettering we've seen before
Yes, we visited with Katie once before, and we're delighted to be back again
Katie got our attention with a HUGE body of work including a lot of fanciful hand lettering. Problem is, she seems to have falled off the edge of the world. Her web site has fallen into the hands of an affiliate "Parked" page, and other references have gone dead all together. Her last blog entry was in 2012 -- But it was a good one! Where in the world are you Katie???
Full story : Katie Daisy
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Eleanor Grosch long boards and a lot more
Eleanor caught our attention because she creates wonderful art for skateboards and long boards -- which is what my son is into. So we decided to take a look.
Amazingly enough that's just a tiny sample of all the art and design she creates, for all kinds of clients all over the world. WOW... with a great big smile! (Don't miss this interview!) ...
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Adrift in hostile waters, during the last vicious battles of the Triad societies after explusion from mainland China, The Captain, William, is ruined. He has a shady past, a drinking problem and a dirty job to do - at the lowest ebb of his career, William has agreed to sink the Arabella for an insurance scam. A tale of lost men adrift on the high seas in a battle for survival.
Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges her big birthday party. The festivities soon come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is born. Three sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But the fe
When Bill Holloman's wife dies after a lengthy illness, he is racked with guilt and adrift without any direction in life... Until he meets a young woman, who gives him the reason to live again, and the opportunity to right a very dark wrong.
Adrift in misery, a heartbroken man lets the hitchhikers he picks up determine his direction and destiny. Everything changes when he meets a free-spirited woman who guides him on a journey of healing and self-discovery while hiding a secret of her own.
They were so stoned they forgot to die: two wastoids cut adrift in the Summer of '69. Now they're all washed up on the shores of nineteen-ninety-whatever. From baby boomers to doom and gloomers: undead hippie demons stalk the slackers they spawned!
A man chained to his Blackberry does the unthinkable for freedom; a stifled musician looks for purpose on the web; a 26 year old in Brooklyn unhappy with life searches for meaning through a Jewish dating website. Three stories of three men adrift, looking for answers and finding themselves.
Marooned on an ice floe far off the coast of Greenland, a crew of different national and ethnic identities of a failed polar expedition, fight to survive against starvation, a harsh climate and each other, while the ice beneath them melts with every day they remain adrift.
This shows Mrs. Taylor getting into the barrel, which is then placed in a boat and taken out to where it catches the current of the Horseshoe Falls and after being set adrift, is seen going over the falls. A very interesting picture, giving a good idea of the dangerous trip.
Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary System D, until the arrival of Marcus. Caught in a spiral, the difficult choices has to be done...
A ship is found adrift in space with no trace of its crew, or any signs of life at all. A psychic is brought into to try to "join" her mind with the memories lingering in the spacecraft so she can find out what happened to the crew and where they are now.
There are many Free and paid sites to watch Adrift online . And some of sites you have to login or signup but there is also some sites where login or signup is not required to watch Adrift for free.
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It turns out I was wrong on Friday: That "'small chemical explosion' in a UC Davis student housing complex" wasn't meth. The university researcher who set off the explosion, 32-year-old Ph.D. chemist David Snyder, was arrested over the weekend on explosives and firearms possession charges.
According to the Woodland, Calif., Daily Democrat:
The discovery of explosives came after a late-night visit to Sutter Davis Hospital by Snyder, who had apparently injured his hand in a small explosion while tinkering in his home laboratory. Hospital staff called police, prompting them to investigate the apartment.
UCD police evacuated about 70 Russell Park residents early Thursday morning and allowed them to come back early Friday. A total of 40 units had been evacuated, most of them fourplexes.
Following the explosion, campus police searched Snyder's apartment and discovered materials that can be used in making bombs, along with firearms. Some of the chemicals were found to be unsafe and were disposed in an open area east of campus.
"He also had explosives in his possession as well as the ingredients for making explosives," said Yolo County Bomb Squad Commander Nick Concolino.
UCD police had several bomb teams assisting them including the ATF, FBI, Yolo County bomb team, Sacramento County bomb team and CHP. Concolino said the number of units was appropriate for the level of explosives that needed to be removed, taking a total of 20 hours.
If the bomb squad didn't take the chemicals out to a firing range for detonation, then I'm guessing the material was rather unstable. A 2011 story about bomb squad training indicates there's a range close by.
A local television station, News10, adds that:
Authorities won't comment on the quantity, or specific types of chemicals.
"We are talking about chemical mixtures that are primary explosives and also secondary explosives," Commander Nick Concolino of the Yolo County Bomb Squad said. "There was an evacuation done because of a clear and present danger to the public."
Snyder's apartment complex was evacuated along with five other housing complexes, and a daycare.
Police also wouldn't comment on the fertilizer and paper targets that were removed and won't say how or where he got the chemicals. Authorities would only say many can be legally obtained.
"A lot of the items can be obtained over counter and by themselves can't constitute a violation of crime but the mere fact they're put together creates an actual explosive," Carmichael explained.
As for a shaft of pipe that was venting out of the apartment bedroom window, News10 reports that it was just an "air conditioning attachment and is not considered suspicious."
UC Davis spokesperson Claudia Morain tells C&EN that investigators are looking into whether Snyder used UC Davis chemicals or equipment.
Snyder's education and work history, according to UC Davis:
Snyder received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from UC Davis in 2004 and a Ph.D., also in chemistry, in December 2011. After earning his doctorate, he held a temporary one-year research appointment through UCSF that allowed him to work at UC Davis. That position ended in November. His current temporary job with UC Davis began in December.
The specific charges are:
- Felony possession of an explosive, California Penal Code 18715
- Felony possession of any substance, material, or any combination of substances or materials, with the intent to make any destructive device or any explosive, California Penal Code 18720
- Possession of a firearm on campus, two counts, Penal Code 626.9(i) (aka the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995). The code doesn't say "felony" here but the punishment–"imprisonment … for one, two, or three years"–indicates that these are felony charges, too.
UPDATED because I forgot to include this bit from the Sacramento Bee:
But UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael said in a news conference Saturday night that there is no evidence Snyder, a Ph.D chemist working as a junior researcher in a campus lab, was planning an act of violence or represented a danger to anyone other than himself.
"There is currently no evidence to suggest that Mr. Snyder was planning any event on campus or in the community," Carmichael said.
UPDATED AGAIN, to add this bit from the California Aggie:
"Experts on the scene decided that some substances were not safe to transport a long distance, so bomb technicians found a safe space, off of Orchard Park, where they could destroy the substances safely," Carmichael said.
Assuming that means Orchard Park Drive, then the bomb techs definitely didn't move the explosives very far. The Russell Park apartment complex is basically on Orchard Park Drive.
AND ANOTHER UPDATE: Snyder was arraigned on Jan. 24.


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Last week was quite a doozy, and while many of us who were out of power and inconvenienced by Superstorm Sandy are back in the office today, many are still completely displaced (please donate to the relief efforts).
Among the more luxuriously displaced was Anna Wintour, who left her Greenwich Village townhouse and briefly moved into the Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side to weather the storm. I spent my week in pajamas and extremely comfortable clothes, but Anna Wintour proved she is always a fashionista and took her greatest items with her uptown. She's not known for carrying bags, in fact we have only seen her a few times with them, but this past week she was snapped with a gorgeous Reed Krakoff Atlantique Bag that has the fashion world talking.
With a custom name tag emblazoned withy her famous initials, Anna carried a Reed Krakoff Alligator Trimmed Atlantique Tote that was first released a little over 9 months ago. This exact version of the bag doesn't seem to be for sale right now, but when it was available the price was $7,150. Shop Reed Krakoff via Net-A-Porter.
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FREDERICK, Md. – The York College women's tennis team picked up their tenth victory of the year Friday evening with a 7-2 triumph over Capital Athletic Conference foe Hood in Frederick, Md. The conference win improves the Spartans' overall mark to 10-6 and 5-2 in the CAC while the Blazers drop to 3-9 and 1-6 in league action.
The Green and White picked up two of their seven points in doubles as the second and third duos captured wins. In second doubles, Arcondia Vlahos and Megan McCullin secured the victory courtesy of an 8-3 result. The third slot went to Stephanie Nelson and Nicole Olson as they recorded an 8-1 triumph. The tandem, joining together later in the year, has quickly posted a 5-1 record this season.
Singles play saw the York squad collect five points, sweeping the second through sixth slots.
In second singles, Katelyn Acker improved to a team-best 11-5 with an 8-2 win. The junior's 11th win of the year ties her personal-best of 11 triumphs set last season.
McCullin snagged the third singles point courtesy of an 8-4 pro-set win while doubles teammate Vlahos won her eighth match of the year as she won 8-2 in the fourth slot.
The fifth and sixth slots belonged to Nelson and Olson, respectively, as each won by 8-0 scores.
The Green and White now head into the CAC Tournament. York, the tournament's third seed, hosts Frostburg State in a 1:30 pm first round match.
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WALTHAM, Mass.- On Homecoming Day, the 12th-ranked Brandeis University men's soccer team fell to the 25th-ranked University of Rochester Yellowjackets in a hard-fought University Athletic Association (UAA) matchup on Gordon Field. After a scoreless first half, the goals flew fast and furiously in the second half with the Yellowjackets earning a 3-2 victory on the road to improve to 9-1-1 (2-0 UAA) while the Judges move to 10-2 (1-1 UAA).
In the first half, both sides struggled to break through as each squad notched just two shots on goal. Brandeis controlled the midfield for most of the period and was able to use the wings to their advantage but could not push a goal across despite earning three corner kicks to none for Rochester.
In the second half there were almost no missed opportunities as the teams combined for five goals in about a 20 minute stretch. The first goal came in the 56th minute when two senior captains connected to give the Judges a 1-0 advantage. Midfielder Kyle Feather (Pinebrook, N.J./ Montville Township) played a ball across the box to defender Ben Applefield (Avon, Conn./ Avon). Applefield fired a lefty shot past the diving keeper and into the bottom right corner of the net for his second score of the season.
The Yellowjackets answered in the 62nd minute when they earned a free kick in Brandeis' half. The ball into the box was flicked off the head of junior defender Keith Grafmeyer (North Royalton, Ohio/ Walsh Jesuit) and forced the Judges' junior netminder Joe Graffy (Concord, N.H./ Concord) into a diving stop. Rochester's sophomore defender Sean Daly (Cold Spring, N.Y./ Haldane) was there for the rebound and tapped it into an open net to knot the game at 1-1.
Brandeis struck right back only a minute and a half later to regain their advantage. A corner kick on the right side from sophomore midfielder Josh Hacunda (Hopkinton, Mass./ Hopkinton) found the head of classmate midfielder Jake Picard (Suffield, Conn./ Suffield). Picard's header forced a save from the Yellowjackets' senior goalkeeper Mike Moranz (Pittsford, N.Y./ Pittsford Sutherland) but junior forward Tyler Savonen (Orleans, Mass./ Nauset Regional) was there to clean up the mess with his fourth goal of the season.
The Judges' 2-1 lead did not last long when Rochester's junior forward Alex Swanger (Penfield, N.Y./ Penfield) blasted a shot from just outside the box in the 74th minute and past a diving Graffy for the equalizer.
Still, the Yellowjackets were not done and gained their first lead of the match in the 78th minute. Off of another free kick in Brandeis' half, junior forward Shane Dobles (Spencerport, N.Y./ Spencerport) found rookie forward Jeff Greblick (Langrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington) right outside the goalie box. Greblick's leaping header gave Rochester a 3-2 lead that they held despite a furious attack from the Judges in the final four minutes.
Graffy fell to 7-2 on the season despite making four saves while Moranz got the win with four stops on the afternoon.
The Judges continue their schedule with a non-conference match on Tuesday October 15th on Gordon Field against Massachusetts Maritime at 7:00 p.m. The Yellowjackets resume UAA play with a 5:00 p.m. match at Chicago on Friday October 18th.


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NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a major class action lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination against Verizon predecessor companies NYNEX and Bell Atlantic. Under the settlement, thousands of current and former female employees in 13 states and the District of Columbia will receive benefits estimated in the millions of dollars that were previously not made available to them for discriminatory reasons related to pregnancy or maternity leave. The size of the class and estimated value of monetary benefits make this one of the largest EEOC settlements of its kind involving pregnancy-related service credit adjustments.
The settlement, in the form of a Consent Decree, covers all women employed at any time since January 8, 1994, by any former Bell Atlantic or NYNEX (now Verizon) company located in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, and/or West Virginia, and who took a pregnancy or maternity-related leave of absence between July 2, 1965, and April 28, 1979, and/or a leave of absence for the care of a newborn child (CNC) between July 2, 1965, and December 31, 1983.
"We are pleased that Verizon worked so cooperatively with the Commission's New York District Office to resolve these lawsuits," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez. "In the months and years ahead, this agency will continue to work in partnership with our nation's employers to identify employment policies and practices that prevent women from competing in the workplace on a fair and level playing field. Further, we applaud Verizon's decision to take an aggressive, proactive role in promoting workplace policies that maximize success and advancement for all employees."
According to the settlement, which received preliminary approval yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin, thousands of class members will be given between two and seven weeks of additional service credit per pregnancy depending on when the leave was taken. Some class members who missed out on early retirement incentive opportunities may receive between four and 12 weeks of enhanced service credit adjustments depending on the type of leave taken and the time period in which the leave was taken.
The Decree resolves lawsuits filed by EEOC's New York office in 1997 and 1999 against Bell Atlantic and NYNEX (now Verizon) and their predecessor companies and related subsidiaries. The suits, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleged that the companies violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, by denying female employees service credit related to pregnancy and maternity leaves of absence taken between July 2, 1965 and April 28, 1979, and CNC leaves of absence taken between July 2, 1965 and December 31, 1983.
EEOC New York Regional Attorney Katherine E. Bissell said: "It is important for employers to understand that newly announced retirement programs that fail to give service credit to women for pre-1979 maternity leaves may, under certain circumstances, constitute a new act of sex discrimination."
The preliminary settlement package is subject to final court approval following a Fairness Hearing which is scheduled for September 13, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Therefore, precise figures on the size of the class and total monetary benefits will not be known until after the completion of a multi-step implementation process. Potential class members will be notified via mail within the next 60 days about the settlement and informed that a Fairness Hearing will be held. They will be asked to complete and submit a claim form and certification in order to receive an adjusted service credit. The settlement will be carried out through a process monitored by the EEOC. A toll-free hotline has been established for potential class members to call if they have any questions. That number is 866-312-9320.
Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination. In addition to prohibiting sex-based discrimination, Title VII prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. EEOC also enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; prohibitions against discrimination affecting individuals with disabilities in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the EEOC, including new contact information for the New York District Office, is available online at www.eeoc.gov.


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University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new process for 4D printing wherein composite materials "self assemble" into 3D structures. The method calls for integrating "shape memory" polymer fibers into composite materials used in conventional 3D printing.
"In this work, the initial configuration is created by 3D printing, and then the programmed action of the shape memory fibers creates time dependence of the configuration – the 4D aspect," said Martin Dunn, associate provost of research at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, in a statement from the institution. Dunn, who formerly served on the faculty at CU-Boulder, worked with project lead H. Jerry Qi, associate professor of mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder, on the new 4D design.
CU-Boulder's process builds on a concept originally proposed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology research scientist Skylar Tibbits. Tibbits' project joined a strand of plastic with "a layer of 'smart' material that could self-assemble in water."
"We advanced this concept by creating composite materials that can morph into several different, complicated shapes based on a different physical mechanism," explained Dunn. "The secret of using shape memory polymer fibers to generate desired shape changes of the composite material is how the architecture of the fibers is designed, including their location, orientation and other factors."
The location and position of the shape memory fibers within the composite materials determines shape memory effects, including folding, curling, stretching or twisting, according to the team's research. The effects can be manipulated by "heating or cooling the composite material."
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UPDATE: MotoGP riders after finishing FP2 said grip improved on the track, though anything off the racing line was quite slippery.
With MotoGP riders getting their first taste of the newly paved infield section at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the talk this morning after the Free Practice 1 session was about how the new track surfaces faired under the GP riders' scrutiny. Though weather conditions were pretty much optimal, there is a virtually unanimous opinion that even without the bumps and curbing issues, the IMS track has worsened since last year. While most riders took issue with the virtually glass like state of the asphalt, the problem at Indy really is two-fold. Not only is the freshly paved tarmac devoid of any rubber to help aid the grip, but the infield, which is used almost exclusively for the Indianapolis GP, suffers yearly from dirt and debris.


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Tae Kwon Do Starts Semester Off in High Gear
January 21, 2013 | Liberty University
The semester started off in high gear with the Liberty University Tae Kwon Do Club. Starting with the Lady Flames, Leah Deaton was the first student to test and earn her yellow belt in the newly organized taekwondo club. In addition, the first class of the semester started off with enough students to nearly fill the wrestling facility. This is great for the club as there were only nine at the beginning of last semester.
Another exciting moment for the Liberty Taekwondo Club is the formation of the Virginia Collegiate Alliance of Tae Kwon Do or VCAT. Since there are no formal leagues in the southeastern U.S. Liberty University has teamed up with VA Tech, University of Virginia, William & Mary, American University, and Virginia Commonwealth University to form VCAT and has already scheduled several scrimmage matches in which all colleges will attend. Currently there are three scrimmages set; Feb. 9 at UVA, Feb. 23 at William & Mary, and March 30 at Virginia Tech. The Liberty Tae Kwon Do Club will be attending the Feb. 9 and March 30 scrimmages. This will give our team a chance to develop their skills against other colleges while the coaches discuss ways in which to promote the growth of VCAT and organize official tournaments.


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Mark Regouby necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Obsideo Capital Management
Obsideo Capital is a startup company that is launching its web site along with two branded services, and needs a design for the company logo system that also brands two services.
Obsideo Capital Management is an investment advisory firm that provides specialized advice on employer retirement plans. Our target audience is employees of large firms where thousands of employees are participating in the company retirement plan.
Obsideo is small and friendly, but professional. We like to challenge conventional wisdom and go against the status quo, but we are still buttoned-up, smart, and reliable. (think GEICO). We know who we work for - we are on the side of the employee/consumer and will work to maximize their results.
Brands we admire:
GEICO http://www.geico.com/
TD Ameritrade http://www.tdameritrade.com
Ally Bank http://www.ally.com
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Obsideo Monitor (tm) is a monthly subscription service that allows users to register their employer plan and receive updates when we recommend changes to their portfolio.
Obsideo Manage (tm) is a portfolio management service that allows an employee to register and have us make changes on their behalf when market conditions require a change to their portfolio allocation.
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We do like clean, simple, yet warm and friendly. It needs to be professional. We don't like cartoons or really literal interpretations (like dollar-signs, paper money, or stock charts going up).
Company logo - The Obsideo Capital Management logo is the primary brand. It should be developed in a way that the words "Capital Management" can easily be dropped and morph into the service logos.
Sub-brand logo - The Obsideo Monitor (tm) and Obsideo Manage (tm) logos should clearly be related to the company logo, but should be able to stand alone as clean, simple product/service brands. It is important that the sub-brand logos can appear on the same page as the corporate logo without them appearing too much alike.
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Twins Drop Another Game To Royals
The Royals sent the Twins to their fourth straight loss Wednesday night with an 8-1 win at Target Field. The Twins are now 57-74 on the season, while the Royals improve to 68-64.
Minnesota rookie Andrew Albers kept the Twins in the game, giving up three runs on six hits in seven innings of work, but the bullpen caved in and allowed five runs in the eighth and ninth innings combined.
Royals starter Danny Duffy pitched 6.2 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out seven to improve to 2-0 on the season. Catcher Salvador Perez had a pair of home runs in the game for Kansas City.
The Twins and Royals will wrap up their three game series Thursday afternoon at Target Field. Sam Deduno will start for Minnesota opposite Kansas City's Bruce Chen.


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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Getting Experience, Enchanting, and More
The seventh title update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will come with a host of additions, including an experience system, animal breeding, and more.
4J Studios has been updating the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft with regularity, and has at least two more major updates in the works. Update 7, the next planned batch of upgrades, will bring with it the aforementioned features, but will also add brewing and enchanting to the mix. There will also be Nether Fortresses and a Mushroom Biome coming, as well as skin animations. Updated tutorials for all the new features and items (like blaze rods, lily pads, and cauldrons), will also be implemented.
Along with all of those actual game updates, 4J is planning to release a new skin pack this Wednesday. For $1, anyone who purchases the Festive Skin Pack will get access to 24 new skins. Among the additions are Santa and Mrs. Claus, Bad Santa, Marley's Ghost, and a Zombie Turkey.
There's still no date in sight for update 7, but 4J Studios should have news to share about its release in the coming weeks. Then it's on to update 8, where fans will finally get to experience "The End."


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Rengan Rajaratnam, the younger brother of imprisoned hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, was taken into custody by FBI agents yesterday when he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on a flight from Brazil, a person familiar with the matter said.
Rajaratnam was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges he took part in an insider-trading scheme tied to his brother's fund, Galleon Group LLC. Rengan Rajaratnam, 42, is accused of conspiring with his brother Raj to trade in 2008 on material nonpublic information about Clearwire Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.
Rengan Rajaratnam was accompanied on the flight by FBI agents who arrested him once on U.S. soil, said the person, who asked not to be identified because they aren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Rajaratnam is set to appear today for an initial hearing in Manhattan federal court.
Prosecutors alleged that Rengan, while working as a fund manager at Galleon, made almost $1.2 million from trades that occurred on March 24 and March 25 of that year based on tips provided by his brother and his Rolodex of insiders. He was implicated during his brother's trial, where wiretapped conversations between the two men were played in court.
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"Rengan Rajaratnam and his brother shared more than DNA," Bharara said last week. "Along with his brother Raj, Rengan Rajaratnam was allegedly at the heart of an insider-trading scheme that swept up an unprecedented number of people."
Bharara's office has charged and won convictions against more than 75 people over the past 3 ½ years as part of its broader insider trading crackdown, including more than two dozen people tied to the Galleon probe.
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Today Google Earth updated the Panoramio layer adding around 600,000 new photos. Selected images up to ID 7,980,000 are now in Google Earth. The next update is on April 12th and will include photos reviewed until March 26th.
Yesterday we moved to a new server and the site was not working for a couple of hours. Also during the day some uploaded photos and comments were delayed. Now those problems are fixed. I am sorry to say that the tag's page is still disabled and it will take around 1 month to be back. We could just switch on the tag's page again, but this will make the whole site very slow.
The good news are that we are almost done with a couple of new features:
- Change of copyright licenses: You will be able to choose the type of copyright license you prefer for your photos, standard copyright or any license from Creative Commons. You will be able to change the license for all your photos by once or select the license for single photos.
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PITTSBURG — Police arrested a 24-year-old Pittsburg man Monday night after he allegedly hit a woman and two small children, injuring all three, then drove off, police said.
The woman and the two children had non-life threatening injuries, Pittsburg police Lt. Ron Raman said. The children, ages 7 and 1, were treated and released Monday night; the woman, 29, was expected to be released from a hospital by Tuesday morning, he added.
The unidentified woman and children were crossing Crestview Drive while walking west on the Delta de Anza Regional Trail around 5:45 p.m. when they were hit, Raman said. The 7-year-old girl was riding a bicycle, while the 1-year-old boy was in a stroller. They were all inside the crosswalk.
After hitting them, the driver drove away. Witnesses to the collision helped police track down the car police believe the suspect was driving at the time.
Noe Delgado, 24, of Pittsburg, was arrested less than an hour later, Raman said.
Delgado didn't show any obvious signs of intoxication, Raman said, but the investigation is continuing. He is being held on $50,000 bail at County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of felony hit-and-run.
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By missmatch
from Twin Cities, MN
Comments about Epson MovieMate 85HD:
Easy set-up; easy to operate. I use it to project DVD movies on a wall at home--no screen necessary. The image quality is excellent. My only complaint is that I cannot use either of my two sub-woofers with it. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoy my movie-watching experience in my home. Oh, and it's easy to take along to another location, and comes with it's own travel pouch. Pricey, but worth it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Anonymous
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Love all the options and portability. Great for indoors or outdoors.
Best Projector for Home Movies on the Deck
By Christian
from Newburgh, NY 12550, USA
We have had this Epson projecter for 4 years. Easy to set up on the deck. We use the Apple TV to Stream in Movies and just added a sound bar. Man O Man, we have the best movie nights ever on the deck
Moviemate 85HD
By Young
from Hawaii
I bought this second moviemate projector to teach religion classes and it is well suited for my purpose. I can play movies with sounds (2 speakers 10 watts each) or do slide presentation with this machine. It has HDMI, VGA, and regular video video/audio inputs. The remote control is easy to use and you can project over 15 feet without picture degradation. EPSON is a reliable brand and I highly recommended it if you have a need for this machine.
By NanC
I love watching movies, sports, music videos and doing karaoke. I purchased this projector about 10 years ago and it continues working very well. I am happy and satisfied in purchasing the MovieMate.
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moviemate 85
By 35/70 movieman
from shreveport,la
i think the moviemate 72 that i have is much better. all you have to do is put the new lamp in the old m/m 72 and let go. the led screen on the m/m 72 is a plus for time of the movie and chapters..also the lens adjustments need to be on the m/m85...you might want to think about these things...this is my 3rd or 4th moviemate and looking for the 85 with all the things that the 72 has....don't omit the good things that the 72 has!!! 35/70 movieman
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The MovieMate
By Eyepoppins
from Boise
I bought this as a birthday present for my wife who loves sitting on our covered patio. We walked around the corner on her birthday to see a 120 inch screen playing her favorite movie. The MovieMate is the perfect portable indoor/outdoor solution for big screen movies. Speakers are good enough right out of the box. Keep in mind this thing cast a picture nearly equal to the distance it sits from the screen. So if you want a 10 foot diag. pic, place approx. 10 feet back. Its that simple and because the bulb doesnt have to throw the light so far the colors are great. I tried it at 10Am and its was a little washed out but still watchable.
Love this projector!!!
By JT the mom
from Santa Clarita
About Me Movie Enthusiast, Technically Challenged
So easy to use, my 10yr old sets it up!!The only issue I have had is that it isn't easy to find the connection for auxillary speakers. The newer speakers don't use coaxial!
love it
By hockeymom
from longlac ontario
we've had ours for almost a yr We have it set up in the basement we use a soundbar with subwoofer for sound its just better for music and movies we have a 100" electric screen for it and we just recently put it on a shelf close to ceiling and wired the dish receiver and soundbar to it through the ceiling we have not changed a bulb yet but we do not use it for day to day tv its for mostly movies music specials and concerts and play off hockey the kids have hooked up the xbox to it on special occasions also and also i have plugged my laptop to it to view certain things. we brought it to camp and set it up outdoor to watch the hockey playoffs outside by the campfire with friends we actually just purchased another 100" manual screen for next spring playoff hockey Go Bruins Go it is very easy to transport and set up
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Kids Stay Home
By JasonH
from Pittsburgh PA
So, I'm just a guy that likes cool things and can't speak to all the technical specs of this device. However, let me tell you my experience. Out of the box, it was plug/play with brilliant and crisp picture. The speakers are great and the HDMI input is 1-2-3 easy. But the cool factor is 10/10. My teen daughters were going to their friends houses the night I turned it on to test it out on an off white textured wall. The first impression for all of us was incredible. When my daughters saw it, they asked things like; "Is this ours?" and "This is so cool, what is this?" and they stayed home to watch movies with their mom and dad. Let me repeat; my teens stayed home to watch movies with us. If that's not incentive enough, I don't know what is. This unit is 100% awesome from start to finish. The DVD player is great, speakers are great, HDMI input is easy to use......I mean, this is a plug and play device that is 100% everything it is said to be and more. You will NOT be wasting money with this unit. Worth every single penny. Jason


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There's a huge variety of power monitors on the market today, most of which do a wonderful job of reporting when and what kind of power anomalies occur in a facility's distribution system, such as surges, sags, transients, and harmonics. But they stop short of identifying the root cause of the problem. That's where the ZM100 Distribution Analysis System from San Jose, Calif.-based Z Meters comes in.
Unveiled at the October 2005 PowerSystems World show in Baltimore, the ZM100 will hit the market in early 2006 with a retail price of about $10,000. It takes voltage and current measurements on all phases and the neutral at the source and at the connected load to identify and locate conditions that can lead to voltage anomalies and power loss, such as loose wires, carbonized contacts, undersized transformers, harmonic loads, parallel loads, and non-linear impedances. Simply put, the ZM100 takes voltage and current readings from two separate points and then calculates the voltage drops and distribution impedances for each phase and neutral.
Moore is a 40-year veteran of the power quality industry and president and CEO of Z Meters — a company he recently formed to launch this new product. Moore also founded and presided over four other companies prior to this endeavor, including Basic Measuring Instruments and Reliable Power Meters (RPM), which he sold to $4 billion conglomerate Danaher in 2003.
For anyone who has ever used a voltmeter, Moore's design may seem fairly simple, but he explains why implementing the concept was more complicated than it sounds. "Somebody could say, 'Gee, I could do that with two voltmeters, and put a voltmeter here and put a voltmeter there, right?' Well, the problem you have is that the electricity is always varying subtly, so the voltage varies by small amounts from cycle to cycle," he says. "You're looking at 1/60 of a second, and your eyes can't follow anything like that. Also, to get accurate data it's necessary to distinguish between the natural supply variations and the differential voltage."
To design the ZM100, Moore used a hardware platform developed by power quality monitor manufacturer Summit Technology, Inc. for displaying and capturing information. Z Meters modified the hardware with additions such as a neutral-to-ground channel and a proprietary cross-correlation algorithm. "What we do is we take the two signals — one from meter one and one from meter two, and we shift them in time until we're assured they are absolutely in synchronization. In this fashion, the natural supply variations are zeroed out, and a true differential measurement is accomplished," Moore explains.
The ZM100 incorporates both Bluetooth communication and memory card storage to provide for either wireless transmission or memory card download of collected data to a personal computer. To maximize the amount of relevant data the device can store, truncation and decimation algorithms are used to select and store only data from cycles that contain abnormalities. Once the data has been downloaded to a computer, the ZM100 Windows-based software performs calculations and correlation of the data in order to characterize the distribution system's impedance. Using these results, abnormalities can be identified so that corrective measures can be taken before a power failure occurs.
Bruce Lonie, president of PowerCET, a power quality consultation firm based in Santa Clara, Calif., believes much of the demand for the ZM100 will come from high-tech manufacturing; however, he says Z Meters is going to have to spread the word before the approach catches on. "They'll have to educate people in looking at it [power quality] in a whole new way, because nobody's ever really approached it from this standpoint."
Lonie's partner Tom Shaughnessy, the vice president of PowerCET, characterizes the ZM100 as a step in a different direction from traditional power monitors, because it's going back toward looking for root causes. For example, when running infrared inspections on circuit breakers, Shaughnessy says it's common to find a hot breaker. Currently, there is no single tool to determine whether the breaker is just hot because it's carrying a load, or if it's hot because it has internal problems. "Right now when I test breakers I make three or four separate measurements to arrive at that data," Shaughnessy says. "So I would see it as a beneficial tool in that respect."
Designed for distribution systems in industrial and commercial facilities, Moore says the medical industry — where power reliability is a matter of life and death — has shown an early interest in the product. "Right now, they basically kind of root around to see if they can find out what the element is that's causing the anomaly," he says. "It's kind of like Easter egg hunting."
For more information, visit www.zmeters.com.


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by Len Lear
Woodmere Art Museum announced the appointment of Matthew J. Palczynski as its curator on Jan. 23 of last year. Palczynski, who had most recently held the position of Staff Lecturer for Western Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, received his Ph.D. from Temple University's Tyler School of Art with a dissertation on the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko. He specializes in art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
"We had over 80 candidates for the position," said William R. Valerio, the Patricia Van Burgh Allison Director and CEO of Woodmere Art Museum, at the time, "and Matt was the best fit for Woodmere. His superlative credentials as an art historian, coupled with his experience in museum education will support Woodmere's commitment to making connections between our visitors and our great collections of the art of Philadelphia."
"This is a city with a long history of art and a thriving art scene," said Palczynski when he took the position. "More and more young artists are choosing to live and work in Philadelphia, and I am thrilled to be part of an institution that is dedicated specifically to exploring and interpreting this new vitality. At the same time, there are so many established artists in the region, and I look forward to giving these artists the greater attention they deserve."
Palczynski's job was to oversee the Chestnut Hill institution's collection, which spans four centuries of Philadelphia art, representing a living history of Philadelphia's artists, past and present. Much of Woodmere's collection is now available online at woodmerecollection.org. The collections database offers an interactive forum where ideas, knowledge and stories can be shared.
We ran an article in the Local on Feb. 28 of last year about Palczynski's hiring, which included an interview with him in which he said, "Art is how people communicate at the deepest, most sensitive levels. It is also a language of human rights … You have to rely on data from other people; we have thousands of years of art. You can't interview Picasso."
As for Woodmere Art Museum itself, Palczynski was positively ebullient. "The number of works in its collection (3,000) is growing. So are the levels of connectivity to the city, region and state. It's widely agreed that Philadelphia is a major art center," he insisted.
Recently, however, a reader of the Local called Woodmere and asked to speak to the curator to see if the museum was interested in receiving a donation of several artworks. No one replied, so she told us she tried emailing and speaking with the registrar. She insists that again, no one replied. So we looked up the website and discovered that Matthew was not listed.
As a result, we contacted Megan Wendell, a public relations spokesperson for Woodmere, who informed us that Palczynski left his job last July. When he was hired, Woodmere sent out a press release to the media announcing his hiring, but when he left, there was no announcement, so we did not know he had left until now.
Thus, we asked why "the best fit for Woodmere" out of more than 80 applicants, according to the museum, left in July, just six months after being hired. And we asked why there was no information about it sent to the press — and thus, to the public.
According to Wendell, "Matthew resigned and did not supply a specific reason for doing so. He was not let go. We did not issue a press release because there's very little to say about such a departure, and as I said in a previous email, Woodmere has not 'officially' advertised for the position but rather has been working with a number of guest curators recently. The guest curators have offered a variety of viewpoints and curatorial voices in the recent and current exhibitions …
"However, we did make sure that any members of the press who were writing about the exhibition that was opening around that time (last July) and who might reference Matthew in an article were informed of his resignation … but I don't really have any additional information about Matthew's departure."
Housed in a 19th-century stone Victorian mansion on six acres at 9201 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, Woodmere first opened to the public in 1940. The building, grounds and the nucleus of his permanent collection were the benefactions of Charles Knox Smith (1845-1916), who wished "to awaken the spirit of, the appreciation of and the knowledge of art … in the City of Philadelphia and surrounding territory."
Woodmere's core collection includes important paintings by renowned artists such as Edward Redfield, Daniel Garber, Walter E. Schofield, Benjamin West, Frederic Edwin Church, Violet Oakley, Arthur B. Carles and many more. In the George D. Widener Studio, a converted carriage house, a year-round roster of classes provides art training to children and adults. The Helen Millard Children's Gallery also showcases exhibitions of student artwork from local schools.
For more information, visit www.woodmereartmuseum.org or call 215-247-0476.


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Lucy Doo Giveaway
{The Sunday Showcase Party and Giveaway end tomorrow}
If you have not had a chance to check out Lucy Doo yet, here's another little peek…
The adorable matching earring and necklace sets are just $16 to $19!
Jewelry is one of my summertime favorites to quickly dress up sundresses and tees – aren't these sets cheery and fun!
The necklaces and pendants range from $9 to $16 – The 'Be Still' pendant {upper left} is one of my favorites.
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The wife gets back from Vegas this afternoon. We will see if I make it. The Pittsburgh Steelers' game isn't until tonight Mike so you can be there. Happy Veterans Day to Howie, Bill, Bob and all who served in the armed forces! Thank you for helping us keep our liberties! Please come to chat. Here are the times when the fun gets started: at 4 p.m. Eastern Time; 3 p.m. Central Time; 2 p.m. Mountain Time; 1 p.m. Pacific Time; 9 p.m. in the UK; 10 p.m. in Italy, France, Germany, and Sweden; 11 p.m. in Finland and Israel; 8 a.m. Monday in Sydney and environs; and 10 a.m. Monday in New Zealand. I believe these are all corrected for standard time changes. If I am off, let me know. Please let me know when the time changes in your neck of the woods so I remember to make the appropriate changes.
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Mercury: From Source to Seafood
A ten minute web-based film explaining how mercury gets into the seafood we eat, why it is important to eat low-mercury fish for good health, and the need to keep mercury out of the environment.
Please take a short survey about the movie "Mercury: From Source to Seafood"
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Information About Seafood and Nutrition
The Gelfond Fund for Mercury Research and Outreach
Washington State Department of Health
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We reported last month that WordPress was working on update v1.6 for BlackBerry. Now, WordPress is allowing users to join in the public beta and download v1.6! This new version has a revisited UI and some great new features that trumps the previous v1.5. Let us know how this version works for you, and don't forget to leave some feedback!
Note: If you are using OS 7.1 you may get a "907 invalid COD" error if trying to download via OTA. To fix this, you may need to copy the jad and all cod files to your memory card, and then open jad from there in order to install. Thanks to Greg @alwaysaterrier for figuring this out.
Here are also a few words from the developer on what to look for in this beta release:
Some things to test:
- Are all of your blogs still in the app if you upgraded?
- Try to post a quick photo.
- If you have a WordPress.com blog in the app, try out the new Read function. Change filters, like some posts, view Freshly Pressed, and more.
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1. Real estate agents file $6-million suit over 'CSI' episode
3. How Rough Is Too Rough Between the Sheets?
4. Beyond Vanilla Sex
5. Outside the bedroom, BDSM practitioners can't take punishment
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
May 24, 2009
NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US
newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant
mention of SM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics.
These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate - or
anywhere in between.
NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers a comprehensive look at what
media outlets are writing about these topics. NCSF permits and encourages
readers to forward these Updates where appropriate.
Real estate agents file $6-million suit over 'CSI' episode
by Harriet Ryan
The Los Angeles Times (CA)
May 23, 2009
When married real estate agents Scott and Melinda Tamkin read about an
episode of the hit crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" that
featured dirty-dealing, S&M-loving real estate agents named Scott and
Melinda Tamkin, they didn't need to consult a forensic expert for an
A house sale involving the Tamkins and a "CSI" producer had fallen apart
four years before, and the producer was listed, in the same online
description, as the co-writer of the episode.
On Friday the Tamkins filed a $6-million defamation and invasion of
privacy suit against the producer, Sarah Goldfinger, saying she humiliated
them and cost them potential business "by creating from whole cloth
characters engaged in a reckless lifestyle of sexual bondage, pornography,
drunkenness, marital discord, depression, financial straits and possibly
even murder."
The couple contacted CBS after Scott Tamkin did an Internet search for his
name and discovered the "CSI" episode descriptions. The network tried to
remove some of the postings, including pages where references to kinky sex
ascribed to the fictional couple linked to pornography sites, said the
Tamkins' lawyer, Anthony Glassman.
To read this entire article, go to:
Event Offers Sex Info, Activities, Free Condoms
by Jordanne Pascual
The Daily Nexus (University of California, Santa Barbara)
May 21, 2009
Dildos, vibrators, whips and handcuffs adorned the Student Resource
Building lawn yesterday for the annual UCSB Sex Affair, which cautions
students against unhealthy sexual practices.
Reaching its climax only once a year, the annual event is put on by Sex
and Relationship Peer Health Interns to provide students with information
on sexual health. Topics up for discussion ranged from available birth
control methods and information about STIs, to suggestions for making anal
sex work in a relationship.
Moreover, participants at the event were offered the chance to tickle
their fancies with kinky sex toys and S&M bondage gear and were quizzed on
the different sex organs.
Dulce Sotelo, a first-year undeclared student who partook in the event,
said she had fun experimenting with the various sex toys.
"[My] favorite table was the [Kink University Fetish Fellowship] table
because there is a lot of different toys that seem like it hurts but is
arousing", Sotelo said. "People are not too embarrassed and are willing to
answer questions and give us information on sex".
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How Rough Is Too Rough Between the Sheets?
by Judy McGuire (advice and opinion)
Seattle Weekly (WA)
May 19, 2009
[Q.] Dear Dategirl,
My girlfriend and I are starting to realize that she is a masochist, or at
least interested in very rough sex. We are both pretty open-minded people,
so experimentation in bed is not uncommon. However, in recent days, we
have talked about rougher sex. She seems very into the idea. I won't lie,
I can't help but feel turned on by her wanting to be fucked harder. But
I'm no sadist and feel totally lost when it comes to giving pain. She
clearly wants to be hit, but what does that mean? (Spankings are already
in my tool bag, FYI.) What are my limits? I tried asking her, but I get
the feeling that she doesn't know, and the act of talking it out and
planning it takes away from the whole point.
-Over My Head
One thing I'm certain of is that good communication is generally the key
to great sex, but it's never as important as with BDSM. I mean, someone
could get hurt! Because I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to rough stuff,
I called in an expert to help you kids figure things out.
Lolita Wolf is an emeritus board member of the Eulenspiegel Society, and
has been an active member of the BDSM scene since you were in short pants.
Not only that, she's written two books - one on cock-and-ball play, in
case your girlfriend gets the urge to turn the tables. You can check out
her blog at www.leatheryenta.com.
Of your girlfriend, Wolf says, "Just liking rough sex by itself does not
make her a masochist. Not everyone gets off with gentle loving. Some of us
need a bit more stimulation."
Hear that? Don't be so quick to classify. But whether that stimulation
comes from nipple clamps or an inner-thigh flogging, what's clear is that
by not talking about what you expect from each other, you're asking for a
world of pain. (Not the kind that gets you off.) Wolf agreed, saying there
has to be an agreement between you two: "If they are doing resistance
play, then a formal safeword is a good idea. If she likes to resist and
say 'Stop! Stop!' but doesn't really mean it - and that can be very
exciting - then they need a word like 'red' or 'aardvark'...something that
makes it clear that the action has to stop."
Wolf understands your discomfort with inflicting pain. "All their lives
guys have been taught to not hit girls. But some women want to be
manhandled!" She suggests that you "remember that there is a difference
between hurt and harm." When you give your girlfriend what she's asking
for - even if it looks uncomfortable to you - you're making her happy.
Just be sure you don't cross the line and harm her while you're hurting
her. Capisce?
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Beyond Vanilla Sex
by Jordan Osserman
The Dartmouth (Dartmouth College)
May 15, 2009
A few days ago, Dartlog (The Dartmouth Review's blog) pasted the text of
the mass e-mail advertising "Bondage 101", a rope-tying workshop organized
by a number of student groups on campus. Brian Nachbar '12, the author of
the blog post, wrote, "Note that the event is funded by [the Council on
Student Organizations]- I'll leave it to the reader to assess how
responsible a use of the College's money this is".
Having helped to organize the workshop, I was actually happy to see the
blog post - as they say, all publicity is good publicity, and I don't
doubt that Dartlog contributed to the enormous turnout Tuesday night.
Nevertheless, the workshop was only one part of a larger conversation
about sex that needs to happen on campus, and I'd like to contribute to
that by responding to criticisms like Nachbar's.
For starters, if Nachbar wants to curb excessive College spending, he'd do
better leaving the kinksters alone. Putting together the entire event -
paying for rope, publicity and the trainer's fee and lodging - cost just a
little over $400 in total.
To contrast this with another College-sponsored event, consider the
undergraduate advisor program: Dartmouth spends thousands upon thousands
of dollars each year to feed, house and train UGAs - many of whom are
returning for a second year in the program - in a weeklong training
program that many argue could be condensed into a day or two.
But I know that's not what Nachbar is really getting at. Why, he wonders,
should the College even spend a dime on an event like the one I helped
organize? The answer is simple: because our student body has a
pathetically low IQ about sex and sexuality, and it's about time Dartmouth
allocates some student activities funds to educate a campus that is,
paradoxically, both hyper-sexualized and sexually clueless.
At its core, bondage is about playing with power - about dominance and
submission, pain and pleasure. As such, it can potentially be problematic
- the risk of abuse and harm is real, and should not be ignored. But, like
all sex, bondage can also be a source of liberating ecstasy.
Sex does not have to be egalitarian in order to be "acceptable". Power
dynamics and differentials will always exist within sex, and as sexual
beings, we owe it to ourselves to carefully explore how we want to utilize
power in our erotic lives. Bondage certainly is not the answer for
everyone, but for some, it can provide an opportunity to channel
experience with control and subordination into sexual satisfaction.
The key is for participants to know what they're doing and know what they
want. Tuesday night's workshop addressed a part of that - it taught
students some basic ways to tie their partners up with rope, while also
addressing important safety and consent issues.
Heterosexual students interested in practicing basic, vanilla sex don't
have to look very far for guidance - though it can be an awkward subject
for some, it's not particularly difficult to get a group of friends to
talk (or brag) about their sex lives. Beyond that, however, learning about
sex at Dartmouth can get a little tricky. A great deal of stigma and shame
surrounds gay sex, kinky sex and BDSM, and it's often only the brave who
are willing to own up to their non-normative sexual desires.
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Outside the bedroom, BDSM practitioners can't take punishment
by Matt Smith
SF Weekly (San Francisco, CA)
May 12, 2009
When pondering ... signs of American weakness, I used to say to myself:
"Thank goodness for sadomasochism porn enthusiasts." These brave heroes
are willing to be blindfolded, tied up, choked, hung by their pierced
nipples, smacked, pinched on their genitals with live battery clamps,
bludgeoned with chains and clubs, half-drowned, impaled with motorized
nightsticks - and come back begging for more. As long as America had these
hard-bitten souls among our ranks, I imagined, we'd dominate a submissive
At least that's what I believed until April 21, day one of the Great San
Francisco S&M Whine-Fest, when seemingly tough-as-nails bondage and
discipline specialists became a squawking gaggle of unwilling victims.
Their supposed tyrant was a newspaper column that used the apparently
verboten term "torture porn" to describe performances such as videotaped
"You are the one doing victimization here," the first of hundreds of
outraged Web commenters wrote. "We who live in San Francisco are proud of
our diversity, which includes [the] BDSM lifestyle."
The reaction splattered from Internet comments to angry columns on several
local blogs, a local TV news segment documenting the pornographers'
outrage, posters announcing an SF Weekly boycott, at least two T-shirts on
sale condemning SF Weekly, plus dozens of articles, essays, blog posts,
and other infuriated Internet flotsam demanding "accountability" for
supposedly "irresponsible journalism."
The column in question ["Whipped and Gagged," April 21] noted that local
S&M pornographer Kink.com had finagled nearly $50,000 in employee training
subsidies from the state government. After my inquiry, the state Employee
Training Panel halted the funding - which Kink.com employees had used to
learn to better produce and edit porn videos - because the agency didn't
previously know the nature of the company's business, and its rules
expressly discourage sponsoring training for pornographers. My column
parsed the question: Was it right for the government to halt the porn
subsidy? I quoted three pro-porn-subsidy people, one anti-porn-subsidy
person, and three law professors who discussed whether the government was
permitted to discriminate against pornographers.
The funny thing is, I don't really care if people do this kind of porn. I
have no aversion to pornography in general, and that's why I didn't
condemn it in the column.
But it was a legitimate - and funny - news story that a state agency was
paying to train S&M pornographers. I used the word "torture" in that story
because it's a realistic way to describe people being strapped to a table
and shocked on their genitals.
Judging from the response, a lot of people with the guts to withstand
clubs and electrode punishment have thin skin when it comes to tolerating
anything but the PC jargon term "BDSM." Even wimpier was a line of
critique that said I should not have revealed Kink.com's state subsidy
because agency officials' decision to rescind it "harmed the community."
It was as if any act that didn't adhere to an alternative lifestyle
community's party line was somehow an attack.
To read this entire article, go to:
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1850s View of Barcelona by unknown photographer. Early view of Barcelona; port city at time of prosperity 1850's; naval view of harbor on Mediterranean Sea; 6-part panorama. DFAC
1877 View of Prague
1877 View of Prague by Fridrich, Preuss and Hoflieferant. Vltava River view of Prague. Five-part panorama. DFAC
View of Stockholm
View of Stockholm by William Eurenius, photographer of the royal court of Sweden. Four-part panorama.
View of Kyoto, Japan
View of Kyoto, Japan by Kusakabe Kimbei. Two-part panorama.
View of Ceylon Port of Colombo
View of Ceylon Port of Colombo attributed to Scowen. Two-part panorama
View of Yokahama Japan
View of Yokahama Japan by Uchida Kuichi, pioneering Japanese photographer from Nagasaki. Respected as a portrait photographer; the only photographer granted a sitting to photograph the Emperor Meiji. In 1866 Uchida moved his studio to Bashamichi in Yokohama, then in 1869 moved the studio to Tokyo. Four-part panorama.
Clarence Wortham Shows - Carnival
Clarence Wortham Shows - Carnival by McDermid Studios. Best of class panorama image; five-part - fine condition of the classic carnival; summer location in Edmunton Canada.
Conklin Garrett Shows - Midway Carnival
Conklin Garrett Shows - Midway Carnival by Gibson Photo, Saskatoon. An American midway company in 1924.
Ku Klux Klan 1931 Burning Crosses at Night
Ku Klux Klan 1931 Burning Crosses at Night by unknown photographer. New Haven CT, 1931.
1911 California Oil Boom, Kern County
1911 California Oil Boom, Kern County by Pacific Photo Co., LA
Miss America Atlantic City 1949
Miss America Atlantic City 1949 by Central Studios, Atlantic City
Group Portrait of Young Women
Group Portrait of Young Women by unknown photographer
49th Annual Session, A.A. on M.S.
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Packing Crew American Fruit Growers Inc.
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Women of the KKK, Realm of Virginia
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View of Sitka Alaska
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Aviation Montage, Lakehurst NJ
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Chattanooga TN Fire Department 1920
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HIH lottery winner 2/20/10: DooDonDanDee - 02-20-2010 , 06:42 PM
1. Tell us a bit about yourself.
I'm DooDonDanDee, I've been floating around this forum since about the time it came about. I've been playing games since my parents got me an N64, and I've never put them down since. I've lived in Washington since I was born, along with most of my relatives; as a result I haven't really been around much. Because of my constant gaming, I've always had a fascination with computers and such.
2. How did you find High Impact Halo, and when?
I found out about High Impact Halo about the time when the Xbox came out, and Halo with it. Which is kind of funny, considering I never actually owned the game. I played it at friend's houses mostly or borrowed it, and somehow through that I found Ducain's old videos and they were a whole lot of fun to watch.
3. What is it that you like about Halo tricks, and what kind of tricks are your favorite to do or see?
There is something immensely enjoyable that I can't really explain and that I'm sure we've all experienced when we find out there are totally awesome things we can do when we aren't supposed to. My favorite might have to be back in the first game when I would collect grenades under a warthog and see how far I could blast it. Also, when I finally pulled off the Halo 2 glitch required to obtain the famous scarab gun by luring a banshee all the way through that tunnel and boarded it at the perfect time.
4. Have you discovered any Halo tricks or glitches yourself?
No I have not, I always left the discovery to the more experienced players, the fun part for me was pulling off the same trick they had discovered.
5. What is your favorite game from the halo Series?
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this question. I liked the first game for its campaign and split-screen/system link multiplayer. I liked the second game because it gave me some of the great friends I have today through matchmaking and random custom games. The glitches were also possibly the most fun for me because I could do them online with friends. Those two are my personal favorites in the series.
6. What other hobbies do you have?
I don't really have many big hobbies other than building computers for close friends/family, which reminds me I need to get a job... I also do some reading from time to time.
7. What do you take with you to the beach?
The water is too cold here and it is always cloudy, so I bring a warm jacket, sit on a log, and watch the waves roll in. 8. If you could go on vacation for a month where would you go?
Scotland, I've been there once and I love that place.
9. (From last week's winner) So, a First Lieutenant and a Colonel, Grade 2 get into a bar fight. Who wins?-Zee-V70
Depends. Who has the biggest bar?
10. If you could ask the next lottery winner one question, what would it be?
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I am still new to HTS and I am sorry if this post is unnecessary or stupid.
However, I submitted a short bug report (just a tiny CSRF, http://hts.io/fg). Now, weeks later, the view status is still "new", the bug was neither fixed nor commented.
Yes, it's just a small problem and not really dangerous. But it's a thing of principle... why could I want to submit a report if it'll be ignored?
So, please tell me whether I forgot something, did something wrong, or the bug is not reproducable or anything else is wrong.


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More MacT Gold….
Tencer has a summary of the MacT phone interview with fans from yesterday. Read here.
I absolutely love that he was as honest as he was about some things, namely the goalie situation, and to an extent, Shawn Horcoff. I've always liked Horcoff, but I can't help but think he's replaceable with some names out there. That would give a fair bit more salary for the team to work with too. I hate to say it, because I've always been a big supporter of his.
The big thing for me in that interview was recognizing the goalie issue we have here. Pre-MacT, we would have heard all about how good Khabi was for us the past couple years, and how Dubnyk is blossoming into a great goaltender. However, MacT said exactly what I've been seeing, and what I wanted to hear…. Khabi is great in the games he played, lately, but the fact is, he's broken. He can't play enough games to be a consideration for our backup. That's a huge concern. Dubnyk is looking better each year, but even in him, there is room for improvement.
I think MacT will look for a #2 for Dubnyk, but he mentioned they'd be looking for AT LEAST a couple goaltenders. So, you could take that as meaning that they're shoring up the goalies in Oklahoma too, but I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to land someone who could push for starter here. I still say that Mike Smith is the best guy for this job, although he won't come cheap. But the one aspect of Dubnyk's game I can't tolerate isn't the "one bad goal a game he gives up"… it's that he's an awful puck handler. This kills our breakout. Having a guy like Mike Smith back there firing the puck up will speed up our break out immensely. Our skill players are only going to score goals if they get out of our zone… Dubnyk hinders that, Mike Smith facilitates that.
There is more to a breakout than just the goaltender, obviously.. we need the right defense to help in that regard too. But I think if you look at this team player by player, you are almost fooled. You'll say "well Horcoff isn't bad is he? Ryan Jones should be doing better… Ryan Smyth was good once… why can't he work? Corey Potter has showed flashes of brilliance, and isn't a bad 6/7 guy… etc, etc.". Simply put, there are plenty of guys who look "good enough" on the surface. And I think we won't necessarily looking for giant improvements in certain areas, but rather minor improvements all across the board, save for possibly our bottom six. Every little change is going to help in some regard, I think. If an area can be improved, I think MacTavish should put the effort in, in doing so. This is why I think picking up a guy like Mike Smith would really help here. He might not be all that much better in net than Dubnyk, but when you add up all those extra times he helps the D break out of the zone quicker, coupled with the minor tweaks across the board, it could equal one giant improvement.
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Very refreshing to hear most of what I have been thinking the past year or two is right up the same alley as MacT is saying. Yes getting rid of the dead wood could open up a lot of holes throughout the lineup but that's what mangement gets paid the big bucks to deal with! Adding a few good 2nd & 3rd liners like Horton & Stalberg, trading for a top 2 & 4 Dman, & getting a Mike Smith type goalie could go a long way towards putting our speedy skill guys into a position to finally succeed on a significant level.
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1981 Toyota 4x4 Pickup - The Phoenix ProjectPosted in How To on March 1, 2008
You never forget your first truck. I've still got mine. I purchased my '81 Toyota 4x4 pickup over 10 years ago, and it's been growing on me like a fungus ever since. The association of the name "Toyota" with the term "reliability" is usually a hand-in-glove fit. This particular truck missed the boat. To those who say, "you can't break a Toyota with a stone," I counter: you can fry the engine with a clogged radiator, you can have an L-45 transmission shaft fail when you least expect it, and you can have a rear axleshaft snap during street driving. The clogged radiator was my fault, so I have to own that, but caring for this truck has shown me that when you paint a picture with broad strokes, you're bound to miss a few nooks and crannies.
As of this writing, the Phoenix Project has been sitting with a dead engine since late '03. Why resurrect this thing? The reasons are part sentiment and part practical: I've grown attached to it, I already own it, and it's still got a lot of untapped potential.
When the Phoenix Project finally rises from its current bed of ashes, I envision a truck that's much more powerful than before, more comfortable to drive than in the past, and will beat the terrain beneath instead of the occupants inside. Let's get started.
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Westheimerdentist needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 215 designs submitted by 69 freelance designers.
Dental office wants to create a logo to put on it's website, business cards and mailouts/brochures. Westheimer is the street on which the office located. The dentist is a general dentist. We want to create a friendly, but professional look.
Dental office wants to create a logo to put on it's website, business cards and mailouts. We use westheimerdentist because the website name is westheimerdentist.com. The office is located on Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. We want to incorporate into the logo the words: cosmetic, restorative and family dentistry to let the public know, this is what we do. The office is staffed by two young female dentists and they both have the first name Jennifer and are often known to their patients as Dr. Jennifer. The office is not too formal and we want to convey a friendly but professional attitude.
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