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Each week, Vanity Fair's fashion editors pick the best from what's in stores, from high to low. Today, Fashion Market Director Michael Carl shares his picks. Follow Michael on Twitter at @carlscrush.
Our fashion market director, Michael Carl, owed Giant Victor Cruz a solid after the Super Bowl winner helped him get an edge in his fashion fantasy-football league. So he took Cruz, noted for his uniform off the field as much as on, to the men's-wear shows in Paris. Here is their travel diary.
"Are those Phillip Lim?"
Victor Cruz had turned to an editor near him as we waited for the Dries van Noten show at La Halle Freyssinet and inquired about his pants. The editor was startled by the question. They were.
"I could tell by the stitching," he shrugged.
This is not what you expect when you bring a Super Bowl–winning wide receiver to the Paris men's-wear shows. But not every Super Bowl winner is Victor Cruz, the New York Giant who just re-signed with the team for five years at a whopping $45 million. Victor's knowledge of fashion extends far beyond big gold rings.
I knew Victor from seeing him around the scene in New York and owed him for helping me dominate my fantasy-football league. (My co-captain, Karlie Kloss, is also in his debt—a fact that doesn't even seem to bother his lovely fiancée, Elaina Watley.) So I decided to have him join me and Heather Shimokawa at the European men's-wear shows. Unfortunately, because of Amare Stoudemire's wedding in Miami, he wasn't able to make the whole trip, but he and Watley caught the first two days of Paris with me.
I mapped out our plan well in advance, sending Vic a copy of the schedule I'd chosen for him. We were set to see Valentino, Raf Simons, and Louis Vuitton, among others—huge stars of the week that I thought would impress Victor. After I sent him the itinerary, he called me up.
"Do you think it would be O.K. to attend the Phillip Lim show?" he asked. I'd left it off the schedule because it was early in the morning and he'd have just landed the night before. He wasn't worried about jet lag? I wondered. No, he said, he just wanted to make sure he turned out to support one of his favorite designers. (He's been photographed on the red carpet wearing Lim's 3.1 label.) No diva behavior so far from this star.
My colleague Heather Shimokawa and I were coming in from the men's shows in Milan and arrived a couple of hours after Victor and Elaina. While they waited, my friend Marie at the Park Hyatt made sure they were settled in, and we all met up for drinks at the Hotel Costes. Despite our collective jet lag, we all stayed out a little bit later than necessary and walked home in the wee hours through the Place Vendome. Over the next two days we were set to see five marquee shows, starting with Valentino.
Proving that the road of fascination between fashion and football is not a one-way street, Victor was peppered everywhere he went with questions about whether he was going to sign the long-term Giants contract. The first to ask was Ron Frasch, president and C.M.O. of Saks Fifth Avenue, who leaned over from his seat in the front row at Valentino to inquire excitedly.
Before the show began, I asked Victor about his first impressions. "Paris is different from Milan. Milan had kind of a subtle energy, whereas Paris has more energy and more excitement," he told me. "I love them both in different ways." Then he added, shifting his six-foot-one frame in his well-fitting Calvin Klein suit: "These seats aren't made for professional athletes." He's not wrong—if you've sat at a fashion show, you know the seats are barely made for people at all, much less people built to withstand tackling by 300-pound defensive lineman.
As the show progressed, with its slick tailoring, guys in shorts, and a strong military theme, Victor fell in love with a white military shirt and a peaked-lapel tuxedo. He also coveted the same camo sweater that Heather and I selected as one of our 25 Obsessions from this season, and all of the sneakers the models wore. (He's not alone there, either—the Valentino kicks have quickly become cult classics among sneaker aficionados.) "I just loved the sneakers because they had different color pops in 'em, they were very spring, and they were something you could dress up and dress down," he said later.
Next up was Raf Simons, a whopper of a show that took place conveniently just outside Charles DeGaulle. (Anyone who knows Paris knows this is not convenient at all.) I was curious what Vic would think of this one, as a Raf Simons show is anything but commercial. This season, I'd describe the collection as Raf's take on a wrestler that likes to go to raves. It was pop-y and fun to be sure, but to call the collection "wearable" would be a stretch. When I asked Victor if onesies would be a part of his wardrobe next season, he shook his head and grinned. However, when he was interviewed by Tim Blanks for Style.com, I watched him wax eloquent about the designs and handle the questions like a pro. "I liked a black-and-white baseball jacket," he said. "I would wear it with plain jeans and sneakers, because the jacket's going to be so loud in itself." Victor also confirmed that even though he liked the show, we would definitely not be seeing a wrestling singlet in his future unless he had a drastic change of career. (Seriously, guys, stop worrying about that contract.)
That night we had a very late dinner at Kaviar Kaspia, a super-chic restaurant for those in the know in Paris. This old-school restaurant on Place de Madeleine has been the place "to be" since I have started going to the shows and will remain that way forever as far as I'm concerned. (Get the baked potato with caviar—to die for.)
The next day admittedly got off to a rocky start. Between Victor and Elaina's jet lag and a very rainy day in Paris (traffic in Paris on a rainy day makes L.A. traffic look like the Autobahn), we ended up running very late to the Phillip Lim show. We were so late, in fact, that they had to hold the show for us, but thankfully no one seemed all that upset as we did the "runway walk of shame" to take our seats. The rush (and shame) was worth it. As we sat, the clouds literally parted, the sun came out, and Victor loved many things about the Lim collection. I asked him to pick a favorite, and he named the short-sleeved crewnecks that came in green and black. After the show, we went backstage to congratulate Phillip, where he walked Vic through some looks and his inspiration boards.
Our next stop was Louis Vuitton, a knockout show with plenty of star power, where we sat with Marc Jacobs, Antoine Arnault, and David Beckham. (As I arranged a meet-and-greet for Vic and Becks, I was admittedly a little starstuck myself.) The show was enclosed in a giant glass case—which quickly heated up, causing me and more than one editor to shed our jackets. Not Victor, who looked as cool as a cucumber in his Calvin Klein–collection suit. "Do I have to just pick one piece?" Vic asked when I quizzed him on his favorite items. "I definitely loved the tuxedos at the end. I felt like they were all very, very good," he said. "I loved the tan blazer, too. I found the whole collection really great, and I see myself wearing all of it."
After Vuitton, we parted ways as Heather and I hit a few appointments and Victor did his own thing for a few hours. We met up at our hotel for our last show, Dries van Noten, which is sort of a cult classic for the European show circuit. As we sat in front of an empty drum set in anticipation of the show, a solitary figure emerged from seemingly nowhere. "Who's that?" Vic asked as the cameramen started to cheer. "I don't think it's anyone," I replied. "I think they are just getting anxious for the show to start."
Boy, was I wrong. It was Cindy Blackman Santana, who gave us a rockin' good time as we watched a stellar Dries show. Again Vic had a lot to say. "Everything was unique, everything was detailed, and it was just a really good show," he said afterward. So good, in fact, that he ended up placing a personal order—shh, don't tell. After the show, Victor commented on the venues: "They are all very elaborate and detailed, and the spaces they show their clothing in really coincide with what we are seeing on the runway," he said. "The amount of thought that goes into each and every show is impressive and different for me."
Victor said that he had no preconceived ideas about Paris and was impressed that the shows had "a fun, lovely, energetic vibe." It must be noted that at one point I stole Vic's lovely fiancée for a secret shopping spree, convincing her that she couldn't live without this black-and-white men's varsity jacket. She confessed that the one thing she had to do in Paris before they left was to have some crème brûlée. So we snuck down to the Park Hyatt courtyard for dessert and café while Vic took a nap, images of Dries and Vuitton—and no doubt a Giants contract—dancing in his head.


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Terrebonne Parish is holding a series of community meetings to get input from residents on changes to parish flood ordinances that aim to protect property and earn locals discounts on their flood insurance rates.
Terrebonne Parish is holding a series of community meetings to get input from residents on changes to parish flood ordinances that aim to protect property and earn locals discounts on their flood insurance rates.
"Now, more than ever, as federal policy threatens to make flood insurance out of reach for many of our residents, it is important that we do everything possible to reduce the risk of damage to our homes and businesses in a flood event and earn discounts on our flood insurance," said Terrebonne Parish Planning and Zoning Director Pat Gordon.
Terrebonne Parish participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System that provides flood insurance discounts to communities that pass building codes and enforce regulations aimed at reducing risk.
Discounts are based on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the best and receiving a 45 percent discount. A 10 is the worst, resulting in no discount. Participation is free and voluntary.
Terrebonne has one of the best ratings in the state at a 6, which gives residents a 20 percent discount on flood insurance, said Terrebonne Parish Recovery Planner Jennifer Gerbasi. Only East Baton Rouge and Jefferson Parish match Terrebonne in that rating.
But the Community Rating System will be releasing new guidelines that could change Terrebonne's rating, losing residents 5 percent of their discount, Gerbasi said. The parish is updating its flood ordinances to help enhance flood protection in the communities and help keep those discounts.
Proposed changes to flood ordinances include:
-- Requiring that sellers share the flood history of a property with buyers.
-- Prohibiting landfills and hazardous waste in a flood zone.
-- Requiring that new developments within floodplains provide storage for floodwaters.
-- Constructing new buildings higher than the base flood elevation for lower insurance rates and to account for future changes to the coastline.
-- Requiring that new buildings be constructed to withstand 100-year storms.
Gerbasi said response to the proposed changes has been positive so far, but the parish wants more feedback.
"We encourage residents to attend one of these public meetings to tell us which parish flood ordinance improvements they can support in return for better protection of their homes and businesses and savings of up to 20 percent on current flood insurance costs," Gordon said.
Here are the dates and times for the four upcoming meetings:
-- Noon Wednesday, Houma Rotary Club Lunch, 1800 Martin Luther King Blvd., Houma.
-- 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dulac Community Center, 125 Coast Guard Road, Dulac.
-- Noon June 25, Gibson Elementary School, 6357 South Bayou Black Drive, Gibson.
-- 6 p.m. June 25, Montegut Gym, 107 Recreation Drive, Montegut.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 1.2% at 3:30 p.m. in New York, posting its biggest gain in a month and returning to above its highest closing level since December 2007. Ten-year U.S. note yields jumped five basis points to 2.01%. The yen declined at least 0.6% against its 16 major peers after Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said he would step down next month. Oil rose following its biggest loss in two months.
Stocks jumped after slumping yesterday on renewed concern Europe's debt crisis will intensify. Companies from Computer Sciences Corp. and Estee Lauder Cos. in the U.S. to Munich Re and ARM Holdings Plc in Europe posted results that beat estimates. Data today showed service industries shrank less than initially estimated in Europe while growing more than economists forecast in the U.S.
"It's looking like we're getting into a 'buy on dips' mentality as people try to increase their positioning," Rex Macey, who oversees $20 billion as chief investment officer at Wilmington Trust Advisors in Atlanta, said in a telephone interview. "People have thought, 'Gee, I need to be in the market.' But they've been waiting for a buying opportunity and now they may be getting nervous that may not materialize and some money's flowing."
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The S&P 500 erased yesterday's 1.2% drop, its biggest since Nov. 14. Computer Sciences rallied 10% for the biggest gain in the S&P 500 after also increasing its 2013 forecast and saying "our turnaround is tracking to plan." Estee Lauder jumped 6.4% after the maker of Mac cosmetics and Clinique skin products topped the average estimate for adjusted earnings by 10% and lifted its profit forecast for the year.
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Thomas Jefferson:
"The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs." -- Letter to James Smith, December 8, 1822
"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this the most venerated reformer of human errors." -- Jefferson's letter to John Adams, April 11 1823
"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth." - "Notes on Virginia"
James Madison:
"What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; on many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not." - "A Memorial and Remonstrance", 1785
"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise." -letter to Wm. Bradford, April 1, 1774
John Adams:
". . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind."
"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it."
Thomas Paine:
"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst."
"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half of the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.
"What is it the New Testament teaches us? To believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married; and the belief of this debauchery is called faith."
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And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 6:7
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 6:12
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 7:15
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 John 4:1
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Jeremiah 50:36
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Zechariah 13:2
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Lamentations 2:14
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 13:9
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah 64:5
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 10:3-4
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.
Titus 1:10-13
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:18
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians 4:8
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But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
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Will Evans, California Watch, May 3, 2012
Leading financial firms over the past five years donated $1.8 million to successful school bond measures in California, and in almost every instance, school district officials hired those same underwriters to sell the bonds for a profit, a California Watch review has found.
The practice is especially pronounced in California, where underwriters gave 155 political contributions since 2007 to successful bond campaigns for school construction and repairs. One major underwriter, Piper Jaffray, has said it gets more requests for campaign contributions in California than in any other state where they do business.
The success rate of these underwriters is extremely high. In only five cases since 2007 has a campaign donor failed to receive a bond-selling contract from the school district.
School districts say they choose bond underwriters for their expertise and competitive rates and because they've served them well in the past. And underwriting firms say they contribute only after they've been hired to sell the bonds, avoiding any undue influence.
But critics say that no matter when the agreement is made, the campaign donations influence school districts' business decisions. They argue that pre-arranged underwriting contracts bypass a truly competitive sale, leaving in doubt whether districts got the best possible deal.
"If this isn't clear proof of pay to play, then pay to play doesn't exist," said Glenn Byers, Los Angeles County's assistant treasurer, who oversees some school bond sales but doesn't control the hiring of underwriters. "The timing of the payment is irrelevant. You paid and you got the job. That's pay to play."
Some states have banned the practice. Missouri, for one, outlaws donations to bond campaigns from companies with a financial interest in the bond sale.
In the past five years in California, five major underwriters donated $1.8 million to help pass 111 ballot measures, authorizing $15.5 billion in debt. A couple dozen other measures received underwriter contributions but failed at the ballot box.
Overwhelmingly, bond underwriters who donated to these campaigns were granted contracts by school districts.
In nearly all cases, the only underwriters that donated to a successful school bond campaign ended up working on the bond sale. Bond Buyer, a trade publication, found the same pattern in an earlier review of 2010 campaign contributions.
At times, multiple underwriting firms will donate to a single bond campaign. But even there, the success rate is high. In almost all cases in which multiple bond underwriters donated to the same campaign, they all were given contracts by the school district to market those bonds.
For donors, failure is rare. In only five cases out of 111 did an underwriter make a donation and fail to receive a contract to sell the bonds. In four of those, however, more than one underwriter made donations and the contract went to the firm that had contributed a larger amount to the campaign.
Former Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla, a Democrat from Pittsburg, tried and failed to pass a law in 2005 requiring competitive bidding of bond sales. In a competitive sale, which takes place after the election, the underwriter with the lowest bid wins the bonds.
Canciamilla said school districts instead negotiate underwriting deals before bond elections specifically to draw in campaign money. Districts are "in effect negotiating much more attractive deals for the underwriters in order to generate the money necessary to run the campaign," he said.
Under state law, school districts can't use their own funds for bond campaigns. That leaves other interested parties ˇV underwriters, builders and organized labor ˇV to pony up the necessary cash. For their part, underwriters have justified the practice to federal regulators by noting that bond campaigns simply need these contributions in order to convince voters.
Last November's $63 million bond measure for the Newark Unified School District in Alameda County, for example, raised money from architecture and construction firms, the financial adviser and the law firm working on the bond issue, and local construction unions.
The only underwriter to donate, Los Angeles-based De La Rosa & Co., gave $20,000.
"All the money was donated by outside companies," said Gary Stadler, a parent volunteer who was the campaign's treasurer. "We said, 'Hey, we're going to pass this bond to improve the schools, we need some contributions, are you going to contribute?' And of course they're going to, because they're going to work here."
The district's financial adviser, Oakland-based KNN Public Finance, had earlier considered proposals by four underwriters and ultimately recommended De La Rosa, said Newark Unified's chief business official, Elaine Neilsen.
The district granted De La Rosa up to 1 percent of the bonds ˇV potentially $630,000 in compensation ˇV subject to negotiation before the bond sales. The company donated after signing the contract.
"De La Rosa & Co. respects and abides by the selection process of California's school districts," Chief Financial Officer Arthur Raitano wrote in an e-mail. "Accordingly, we neither discuss or consider contributions to bond ballot campaigns until such districts have selected their professional financing teams."
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Underwriters typically sign agreements with school districts before the election, and then give money for the political campaign that promotes the bond measure.
Underwriters act as middlemen, buying bonds from districts and selling them to investors. The underwriters buy the bonds at a discount from the district and then sell them at a higher price to their investors. Investors are essentially loaning money to the school district in exchange for regular interest payments and eventual principal repayment.
In February 2011, for example, the Glendale Unified School District picked two underwriters to handle a $270 million bond that would go before voters in April as Measure S. The money will be used to upgrade classrooms, science labs and libraries, and purchase computers, among other promises.
Instead of offering the underwriting contract to other companies, the district selected De La Rosa and RBC Capital Markets because it had worked with them previously, said Eva Lueck, the district's chief business and financial officer.
RBC gave $25,000 to the "Yes on S" campaign two days after Lueck signed the agreement, according to filings. De La Rosa donated $25,000 a month later.
Lueck noted the donations came after the contract was signed.
"We were very conscious of not crossing any lines," said Lueck, who also volunteered on the campaign. "We always look to, well, who would this benefit, and maybe they would be willing to contribute."
After the election, the district issued its first batch of Measure S bonds ˇV $54 million worth. The underwriters bought them at a .5 percent discount in order to collect $270,000 in compensation.
California Watch reviewed contribution data for the five underwriting firms most active in California bond campaigns: De La Rosa, George K. Baum & Co., Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets and Stone & Youngberg. (A Stone & Youngberg managing director for public finance, Tom Lockard, serves on the board of directors for the Center for Investigative Reporting.)
All of the firms profited from bond sales they had supported with political donations.
The list of school districts benefiting from underwriter donations ranges from the tiny Blue Lake School in Humboldt County to one of the state's largest districts, Long Beach Unified.
In a twist on the usual practice, Piper Jaffray last year contributed to three bond campaigns after the elections were over.
In one case, the Centinela Valley Union High School District in Los Angeles County hired Piper Jaffray in November 2010, the month voters approved a $98 million bond measure.
Well after the election, Piper Jaffray made a donation that may have indirectly benefited two school board candidates instead of the bond campaign.
In April 2011, Piper Jaffray gave $25,000 to Citizens for Better Schools, the committee that had championed the $98 million bond measure. The committee had cash reserves and no debt, according to campaign filings.
Later that year, the committee spent $53,000 campaigning for two school board candidates, one of whom unseated an incumbent.
Bond underwriters rarely give campaign donations to individual candidates or local elected officials. Federal regulations bar underwriters from doing business with a public agency within two years of giving campaign donations to an official of that agency.
A donation to a committee "that the contributor knows or reasonably should know" is backing an official is the same as giving directly to the official, according to an e-mail from Ernesto Lanza, deputy executive director and chief legal officer of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The self-regulatory agency's rules carry the force of federal law.
"It's those kinds of things, whether they're innocent or not, that create a certain appearance of impropriety that creates part of the problem here," said Canciamilla, the former assemblyman.
Neither the Citizens for Better Schools nor Piper Jaffray responded to requests for comment.
Piper Jaffray's official policy reads, "We will not make, or indicate a willingness to make, any financial contribution as a condition to being retained as an underwriter."
Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez said the district chose Piper Jaffray because of the firm's extensive experience, and the board unanimously approved the decision. He said he was unaware of the contribution.
"I don't know anything about that," he said. "We stay out of it."
The district's contract with Piper Jaffray specifies, "The Underwriter is not obligated as a result of this agreement to make a campaign contribution in connection with the bond election, nor has it otherwise committed to make a campaign contribution."
Reporting campaign donations
In 2010, in response to pay-to-play concerns, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board began requiring underwriters to report bond measure donations to the self-regulatory agency. The board is analyzing the data reported so far, before determining whether additional regulations are necessary, Lanza said.
The correlation between contributions and school district contracts "adds to the evidence that there's certainly something to be looked at," he said. "It sounds like there's a little bit of smoke there."
Some firms decline to make donations, such as O'Connor & Co. Securities, which is underwriting a bond passed last year in Monterey County.
"As a firm policy, we avoid participation in campaign contributions solely to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, even though at times this could put us at a competitive disadvantage," said company President Will O'Connor.
The one case in which an underwriter made a contribution but the contract went to firms that didn't give money occurred in the San Mateo-Foster City School District in 2008. Piper Jaffray gave $25,000 to support a $175 million bond measure there.
But after the election, the district instead selected Stone & Youngberg and RBC Capital Markets to sell the bonds. Those companies, neither of which made donations, simply offered a better deal, said Micaela Ochoa, the district's chief business official at the time.
Ochoa said she solicited donations as a campaign volunteer on her own time, but made it clear that contributions wouldn't guarantee a contract. Some firms didn't want to give without any promises, she said.
"People would ask me, 'Why are you even calling them?' " Ochoa said. "It is harder, but it's also cleaner."
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|v. 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: An emotional FDR delivers his "State of the Union Address" after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.--
Sir Winston Churchill: The eloquence of the world's greatest orator is seen and heard as he captures the spirit of the English people during WWII. --
General Douglas MacArthur: "Old Soldiers Never Die ..." speech before a joint session of congress. --
Harry S. Truman: The "Give'em Hell, Harry" President is seen and heard delivering his fiery political rhetoric. --
John F. Kennedy: JFK speaks of "new frontiers" and the renewed faith in the American dream. Includes his inauguration speech "Ask Not" and "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" before millions in Germany. --
Rev Martin Luther King, Jr.: Perhaps the most inspirational speaker of all-time. Rev. King is featured giving two memorable speeches, including his last. --
Robert F. Kennedy: Interrupting a campaign stop in Indiana, RFK delivers a stunning impromptu eulogy of Martin Luther King shortly after hearing of his death. --
Malcolm X: Controversial, outspoken and as poignant as ever, Malcolm X delivers a speech in Harlem. --
Richard M. Nixon: "I will resign this office effective noon tomorrow ..." was the last and most dramatic speech Mr. Nixon gave in the oval office. --
Ronald Reagan: President Reagan begins and ends his presidency with two of his greatest speeches. v. 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 1st Inaugural Address featuring the famous " ... fear itself" address (March 4, 1933) --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Answers the assertion that he feasts on "Grilled Millionaires" (December 5, 1938) --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Teamsters Union Banquet, Hotel Statler in Washington D.C. (September 23, 1944) --
Richard M. Nixon: As running ate to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the future Vice President addresses the TV audience with his "Checkers Speech" (September 23, 1952) --
John F. Kennedy: Proposing a "Test Ban Treaty" at American University (June 10, 1963) --
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Speaking at Brown Chapel in Selma, Alabama (March 8, 1965) --
Barry Goldwater: The nominee for President addresses the Republican National Convention in San Francisco (July 16, 1964) --
Ronald Reagan: Making an early political speech in support of the Goldwater-Miller G.O.P. ticket (October 27, 1964) --
Ronald Reagan: Address at the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall) during the president's second term (June 12, 1987) --
Mario Cuomo: Speaking at the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco (July 16, 1984) --
Jesse Jackson: At a political rally in Tendley Baptist Church, Philadelphia (January 16, 1984) --
George H.W. Bush: Address to Joint Session of Congress and the Nation following Desert Storm Victory (March 6, 1991) --
William Jefferson Clinton: Speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion (June 6, 1994) --
William Jefferson Clinton: 2nd Inaugural Address, Washington D.C. (January 20, 1997). v. 3. Will Rogers, Campaign rally with FDR (1932) --
Huey Long, Addressing Congressional staff members of the "re-distribution of wealth" (Dec. 11, 1934) --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second Inaugural Address, Washington D.C. (Jan. 20, 1937) --
George S. Patton speaking in Los Angeles for war bond support (June 12, 1945) --
John L. Lewis, Congressional testimony on mining disaster and calling for the ousting of the Secretary of the Interior (Apr. 3, 1947) --
Attorney Joseph Welch, representing the Army, faces off with Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Apr. 22, 1954) --
V.P. Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev inspecting an exhibit of a "modern kitchen" at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (July 24, 1959) --
Hubert Humphrey addresses farm workers during the presidential primary race (Mar. 14, 1960) --
John F. Kennedy speaking to the nation on the introduction of civil rights legislation (June 11, 1963) --
New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller addresses the Republican National Convention (July 14, 1964) --
Robert F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City (Aug. 27, 1964) --
U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan speaking during the impeachment hearings of Richard Nixon (July 25, 1974) --
President Gerald Ford announcing to the nation a pardon for Richard Nixon (Sept. 8, 1974) --
Jimmy Carter from the White House addresses the nation on the growing energy crisis (July 15, 1979) --
President Ronald Reagan at the National Association of Evangelicals Convention (Mar. 23, 1983).
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Infection Control
ENA has partnered with the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to train U.S. nurses in infection prevention and control. The goal of this partnership, the Nursing Infection Control Education Network (NICE), is to provide real-time, tailored infection control training to nurses and improve infection prevention and control practices known to be effective in preventing exposure to emerging infectious diseases.
Nurses are the front-line of defense against infections spreading in the U.S. healthcare facilities. Moreover, the increasing number of emerging diseases often forces nurse to take on roles outside their normal duties, such as roles in environmental cleaning and waste management. With the evolution of emerging threats and ongoing issues such as healthcare-associated infections, nurses need to be equipped to understand and follow infection control procedures to not only protect themselves, but also to protect their patients.
The purpose of the Enhancing Education and Training on Infection Control for U.S. Nurses project is to:
- Provide real-time, tailored infection control training to nurses
- Improve adherence to infection prevention and control practices known to be effective in preventing exposure to emerging infectious diseases, and
- Enhance the confidence of nurses to care for patients with other highly contagious diseases through effective education and training
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This pre-session is free; participation is limited and requires pre-registration.
Please join us in St. Louis, Missouri for Emergency Nursing 2017 and an opportunity to participate in a hands-on training session on infection prevention and control.
ENA is partnering with the National Ebola Training & Education Center (NETEC), whose members are experienced faculty and staff from Emory University, the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine, and the New York City Health and Hospitals/Bellevue.
In the workshop, participants will review infection control principles and personal protective equipment (PPE). Applying those principles, participants will navigate clinical scenarios while maintaining staff safety. Presenters will discuss basic concepts of infection control and prevention, review core principles for selecting appropriate PPE, and compare varying levels of PPE. Guided by specially trained nurses skilled in highly contagious diseases, all participants will have an opportunity to experience hands-on simulated clinical care skills while wearing PPE.
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Lessons from an Outbreak Investigation, presented in April 2017, is available online from the CDC. The webinars Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan and Tune In to Safe Healthcare: Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries can be found on ANA's website.


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The small band of strikers that has effectively shut down the nation's busiest shipping complex forced two huge cargo ships to head for other ports Thursday and kept at least three others away, hobbling an economic powerhouse in Southern California.
The disruption is costing an estimated $1 billion a day at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, on which some 600,000 truckers, dockworkers, trading companies and others depend for their livelihoods.
"The longer it goes, the more the impacts increase," said Paul Bingham, an economist with infrastructure consulting firm CDM Smith. "Retailers will have stock outages, lost sales for products not delivered. There will be shutdowns in factories, in manufacturing when they run out of parts."
Despite the union's size — about 800 members of a unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union — it has managed to flex big muscles. Unlike almost anywhere else in the nation, union loyalty is strong at the country's ports. Neither the longshoremen nor the truckers are crossing the tiny union's picket lines.


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Sustainability 2.0 – Part 2/2: Social Analytics for Sustainability Competition
In part 1 "Sustainability 2.0 – Driving Sustainability Engagement through Social Media," I discussed the importance of promotion in sustainability on the social web. While promotion of sustainability is essential to spread outreach, analytics can be used to fuel the fire for sustainability activism, while maintaining statstics-backed accountability for those who are taking action to care for the world we live in. People are motivated by competition. E-services, including video games, are increasingly being used to motivate people, a theory which Carlos Dominguez of Cisco calls "gammification." Dominguez discusses how it's been proven to succeed, as companies like IBM are taking on this virtual approach to drive competition in the workplace.
Social media e-services are no different – they provide a centralized, virtual meeting place to ignite competition.
Lucid Design Group launched the Building Dashboard Network as a social network for sustainability monitoring in buildings. Harvesting water, energy and other metrics from physical meters throughout the buildings, the real-time data is shown within their cloud-based platform in user-friendly visualizations.
Most importantly, the Building Dashboard incorporates social media promotional tools into the analytics system itself. Facebook and Twitter widgets allow users to engage in competitive conversations, or just simply promote sustainability activism.
The employment of social analytics has led to positive results in environmental activism. Oberlin College launched Residence Hall Energy Competitions to reduce campus-wide energy and water waste. To this day, the Building Dashboard platform is used as an accountability measure among students, to visually and publicly display how much electricity and water is consumed by each dorm building. Competitions are organized around these metrics to reward students in buildings with the lowest energy consumption. I have provided public energy consumption data for the past 30 days on Oberlin:
According to Lucid, studies have shown that competitions have led to reductions of 56% in energy consumption during competition timeframes. New social media based competitions are being deployed regularly among institutions, as more organizations realize the importance of web 2.0 elements in their sustainability strategy.
Overall, we see how sustainability 2.0 can reach optimal exposure as a two part social strategy: front-end promotion with back-end analysis. We will continue to see a development in sustainability 2.0 as social media platforms evolve and continue to connect the physical environment we live in, with the virtual communication channels where activism is sparked.
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How to get rid of those tele-pests
If you get a nuisance SMS, you should contact Trai. After the regulator has satisfied itself that the complaint is genuine, it should fine the offending telecom company R50,000 for every nuisance SMS received by every phone user. Vir Sanghvi writes.columns Updated: Aug 15, 2010 01:11 IST
Some weeks ago I wrote about the menace of unsolicited calls and text messages from telemarketers. I wrote that even though I had enrolled in the do-not-call register that should prevent the telemarketers from phoning or texting me, I got innumerable (around 15 a day) text messages advertising products (mainly property but also a 'Sauna-Slim Belt' which obviously isn't selling because the telemarketers keep flogging it with a persistent desperation day after day) as well as several calls from people trying to sell a variety of financial services, including insurance.
Something, I said, needed to be done because there was a huge nuisance factor. Each time our phones beeped we checked to see who was messaging us only to discover that it was either someone called 'JP' who was "launching Kensington Boulevard Apart @ 2850/ft on DP next to Golf Course…" or Jyotish sending Hindi messages in Roman script ("CHANDRA MANGL ke MAHALAXMI YOG ka kya asar padega…") bragging about its astrological prowess, a claim considerably weakened by Jyotish's inability to predict how much we would hate receiving its unsolicited texts and how much abuse we would despatch in its direction.
Consequently, many of us had started keeping our phones on silent because we did not want to be distracted by beeps caused by commercial messages. In the process, we often missed genuine texts that went unnoticed because our phones were not beeping.
Worse still, these texts cost us money. I gave my own example. When I travel, service providers in other countries charge me up to R30 per SMS that is forwarded via the roaming mechanism. Thus each time BESTECH texts me to tell me that it is "Launching its New Project Park View ANANDA…" I pay R30 for the benefit of receiving this unnecessary information. With 15 unsolicited texts arriving every day, I pay R450 per day and so a ten-day trip costs me around R4,500 in charges for these rubbish messages alone.
I spoke to J.S. Sarma, the head of Trai, the telecom regulator, who told me that Trai was seized of the problem and had put a consultation paper on the subject on its website. I included the email id of Trai in the article and urged you to write in and tell Sarma and his colleagues how you felt.
Well, a month later, there's good news and there's bad news. The good news is that enough people wrote to Trai saying how annoyed they were by the menace of unsolicited calls and messages that the regulator decided to extend the deadline for the receipt of suggestions so that more of you could be heard. The Trai process now requires counter-responses from those who think that telemarketing and invasion of privacy are wonderful phenomena (the telemarketers themselves, naturally).
The bad news is that the consultation process is a long and painful one. Also, Trai has no direct authority over telemarketers. The job of protecting consumers from people who invade our privacy should be done by the telecom ministry. Unfortunately, the UPA has abolished the telecom ministry and replaced it with a giant ATM machine from which members of the DMK make frequent withdrawals. Our best hope lies in Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State in the telecom ministry, who seems determined to do something to curb this menace.
But there is no unanimity on what needs to be done. Trai says that the do-not-call register should be replaced with a do-call register. In other words, nobody can bother you unless you specifically say that you're willing to receive nuisance calls.
This is an eminently sensible suggestion (how many of us know how to get on to the do-not-call register or have the time to do so?) because our right to privacy should be a given not something we have to specially ask for.
But there is a problem. The do-not-call register does not work. Not only does it fail to deter those who send these nuisance text messages, it has also ceased to matter to unscrupulous companies who continue to phone us. Shortly after my piece appeared, I was phoned by a man on behalf of Aviva Life Insurance. I told him that not only did I have no interest in his product but that I had signed the do-not-call register so he was breaking the law. He laughed in my face and showed no inclination to hang up. Since then, other telemarketers have phoned me as brazenly.
Given this background, many people believe that telemarketers will not respect any register unless Trai has the power to punish them for invading our privacy. As no such powers are forthcoming, any register will fail.
So what is the solution?
According to the big boys (the large telecom companies) telemarketing is not important to them. Sanjay Kapoor of Airtel mailed me to say that the ratio of personal SMSes to bulk SMSes on the Airtel network was 27:1. "The telemarketer business is very insignificant to Airtel," he wrote.
The big boys say that the major culprits are the newer telecom operators who sell bulk SMSes at derisory rates to boost their profits. Ever since my piece appeared, the big boys have gone around telling us how to identify an operator from whom a nuisance SMS originates (if it says TD at the beginning of your nuisance sender's ID, this means it's Tata Telecom — easily the worst offender — and so on) to indicate that the big companies are being blamed for the excesses of the small guys.
If this is true, then there is a simple way around it. In many countries, if you get a nuisance SMS then you simply complain to the authorities. The regulator identifies the telecom company that sold the bulk SMS to the telemarketer and fines it. Fines of $11,000 per nuisance SMS are not uncommon.
Sarma told me that he wanted to find some way of compensating telephone users for the loss of privacy and the roaming charges they have to pay for receiving these messages on other networks. So here's my suggestion:
If you get a nuisance SMS, you should contact Trai. After the regulator has satisfied itself that the complaint is genuine, it should fine the offending telecom company R50,000 for every nuisance SMS received by every phone user. So, if 200 people complain about a particular junk SMS, then the operator should be fined R50,000 x 200 or a total of R10,000,000. Some of this money should find its way back to the consumer who complains.
I can guarantee that all junk SMSes and nuisance calls will cease within a week.
It's an obvious and easy solution. So let's just do it.
The views expressed by the author are personal.
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SECAUCUS, NJ - Combat Zone Wrestling's slogan is "Like nothing else." One couldn't agree more actually. Where else can you find an owner who welcomes his fans by a "You can s*** my d***", a ring announcer with an iPad instead of cue cards, an Ultra Violent Grudge Match, fences with gusset plates on and some good ol' Rick Astley music. Well it was all that, and then some more at CZW's Wrestle-Con show Friday night.
Pushing the limits to what ultra-violence can be, CZW champion Masada retained against Big Japan's Crazy Monkey, Jun Kasai. If chairs and to a certain extent barbwire are often-used weapons, two walls of glass, fences with gusset plates on and bamboos skewers are what ultra-violence is really about. At one point, Kasai put glass in his mouth and spat it away. One shouldn't be surprised if both of them wore crimson masks, the expression not being strong enough to describe Kasai's face actually.
"It's really ready to go to battle,� said CZW's owner DJ Hyde about these two guys. �To do a match like that, you really need to mentally prepare yourself and with the Crazy Monkey and Masada, you have two of the best out there."
In their first encounter ever, Sami Callihan defeated Brian Kendrick with his Stretch Muffler submission hold in a good built match. With all the rumors out there concerning Callihan and a possible WWE contract singing, he made sure to tell SLAM! Wrestling that he had something else set.
"I'm booked for a three-month tour on Mars. It's actually gonna be the first indy wrestling show there," joked Callihan, adding that he was happy with his match against Kendrick, considering this was his fourth match of the night, after three with Evolve.
Two of the most hardcore guys out there, "Ultraviolent Shooter" Drake Younger and "Deathmatch Drunkard" Danny Havoc were also squaring off. In one of the spots, Havoc thumbtacked Younger in the face. To retaliate, Younger thumbtacked Havoc too, but directly on the tongue! If these two spots got over big, the end of the match wasn't much of a crowd pleaser as it was ruled a no contest. The pull apart after the match didn't really made up for it.
Colt Cabana and Greg Excellent worked a good comedy match that saw Colt making out with Greg's mom on some Barry White song before she punched him in the gutter, Colt and Greg doing some of the Superstars finishes and more of Rick Astley's �Never Gonna Give You� up after Excellent's victory.
"CZW tries to get everybody something,� said Hyde, one of the masterminds behind the WrestleCon concept. �You have a great match with the Aerial Assault with some of the best high flyers in the world, and then a nice storyline match with The Front against Gulak's campaign, hot women, you have Greg Excellent and Cabana as a feel good comedy, and at the end it's 'Oh my god, this is getting real' with blood and everything. It's something for everybody. It's what I like to call a variety act or a buffet table of professional wrestling. �
In the other matches:
Jake & Dave Christ beat Tommy End & Michael Donte
In a non-wrestling segment, Pepper Parks and Canadian's own Cherry Bomb showed the crowd how to exercise and get in shape in some explicit ways.
BLK Out (Ruckus/BLK Jeez w/Robbie Mireno) defeated The Catalyst (Dutin Rayz & Eric Ryan) to become the new CZW Tag Team champions.
Drew Gulak's Campaign for a better Combat Zone beat Niles Sozio's The Front
Joe Gacy defeated Matt Tremont by submission in a Ultra Violent Grudge Match.
CZW Wired champion AR Fox beat Rich Swann, Chiva Kid, Shane Strickland, Shane Hollister & Lucky 13 in an Aerial Assault match.
Pat Laprade is actually selling the book he wrote with Bertrand H�bert, Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs, The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling at WrestleCon Saturday and Sunday. If you're there, please check out their booth. Pat can be reach at email@example.com


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Pregnant & Posting: 12 & 13 Weeks
I'm sorry my blog is a bit behind here! Life was busy last week and somehow I just never managed to sit down for more than 2 minutes to be able to talk about what was going on with my pregnancy.
On the positive side, during the last week to week & a half, I've been feeling better. This is likely related to coming to the end of the first trimester. My afternoon/evening nausea is starting to abate, thank goodness. I was getting very tired of being almost unable to eat after lunchtime. I've also noticed that, especially within the last week, my anxiety has decreased as well. This is a distinct relief.
While I know it seems superficial, my biggest complaint right now is about clothing. My pants still fit (barely) around my slightly thickening waist. I don't look pregnant, rather just as if I've put on a few pounds around the middle. (My weight is actually still down overall though, so I must have been losing in one area and gaining in my abdomen.) If I button my regular jeans it is uncomfortable to sit down. When I can, I wear the maternity clothes that I saved from my last pregnancy. I'm not big enough to wear the pants with the full belly panel, but they make some very comfy bottoms with low slung, elastic waist bands. Unfortunately, I only have a few pair of those pants and (to my great frustration) my favorite local place to buy pants doesn't have my size nor does the website for that particular retailer.
On the up side, the "hairband trick" still works with my regular pants in a pinch. In case you've not heard of this, it is where you wrap a hair elastic around the button of your pants, thread it through the button hole, and wrap it back around the button again. It'll secure your pants so that they don't go anywhere while gaining you an extra inch or two in the waist. It doesn't look cool and necessitates a long shirt to cover the waistband, but it works to keep pants from falling off.
Can you tell me more about how maternity clothes work? I'm 7 weeks, but I'm planning ahead. The maternity section is a total mystery to me. If I wear a large in tops now, will I still be a large further along? How many different kinds of maternity pants are there? Do you they give sizes based on how far along you are? That would be so hopeful. Thanks!!


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Jarrod Fairclough - I would like you present to you the shelf in my room, which I call "The Pop Culture Shelf." My Dad calls it "Girl Repellent." My Dad is a mean man.
As you can see, it's full of Muppet stuff. And Toy Story stuff. And Community stuff. Six Seasons And A Movie! And I'd like to show you each little piece of it in my Muppet Collection Chronicle! We'll start with some of the more obscure items in my possession.
This is a PVC Statler from 1978, and was only available in The Muppet Stuff store. He's from the German company Schleich and if you get a chance, go look at their Muppet Wiki page. Those are some weird looking PVC figures! He was given to me only a matter of weeks ago from a family friend who found him in a desk drawer he hadn't cleaned out in 15 years. He's awesome.
These are 1986 Muppet Babies Happy Meal toys. Animal and Piggy can swap vehicles, as can Kermit and Fozzie. These were bought for me from my parents at a garage sale. It just proves that my parents are awesome. Although sometimes I get the feeling that Animal is staring into my soul...
These next two are the well-known Palisades figures. Super Hero Scooter and Vacation Fozzie. While these were available in Australia, they were very, VERY hard to come by, and you were lucky if you got one. I had all but given up finding them when I decided I wanted to buy them, and I was looking into buying some online. I went to a local antique store once last year and I found Scooter. I bought him immediately. About a month later the owner of the store saw me where I work and informed me that he had a Fozzie come in. I went in the next day and bought that. Both were still sealed in the box when they were sold to me.
These are my Ernie and Bert toys. There's a great story behind Ernie, but I like to keep that private. Bert is just awesome. He was given to me by my Nan. She's an expert at those claw machine games. And I mean expert. In ten years, she hasn't had one loss yet.
These are my Muppet Vinylmation that I bought in Disneyland. I'm not 100% sure I like them anymore. I think Rowlf looks too weird. But how good is Disneyland? I want to go to Disney World, but as Ryan can attest to (seeing as I had an hour conversation with him about it today) it's not financially possible right now! Boo!
Naw, this is my Tickle Me Ernie Extreme. My best friend bought me this for my 19th birthday. It's hilarious, Steve Whitmire did a brilliant job recorded the laughs for it. I took it home and showed it to my family. My aunty was laughing so much she was crying. She said "There's something seriously wrong with that." And then next time I went to her house she had one.
What a handsome group! Except Gonzo's doing his best Marty Feldman impression. And Fozzie looks sad. Still, these are awesome toys. Piggy was given to me by my Nan again (claw machine). I bought the others. Surprisingly, the other Gonzo and Fozzie toys looked worse. Kermit looks awesome though. My 11 month old niece loves Kermit. She gives him lots of kisses. Kermit is damp with drool half the time...
Uh, my newest items! I absolutely love these things. How awesome is it that in 2012, you can buy a newly made figurine of Dr Teeth, of Mahna Mahna, and of a Snowth? These are only 24 hours old at time of writing. I keep looking at them going "That's cool... That's cool." You'll notice that all the toys are standing nicely, but Mahna Mahna is leaning back resting on the DVD player. That's because he's pretty top heavy, and keeps falling forward!
Here's just a selection of my Muppet books (and a Fraggle Rock CD which isn't meant to be there). Not shown are stuff like Sesame Street Unpaved or Muppet Show: Family Reunion (can't find it). If you haven't read Memoirs of a Muppet Writer, I cannot recommend it enough. My gosh, it is brilliant. I knocked through it in 18 hours. And then I read it again.
Here's some (blurry) DVDs. I just watched Follow That Bird the other day, and then I watched The Best of Ernie and Bert with my niece. The top right is the Bio Channel episode on Sesame Street. That's a great documentary. Not shown are things like Being Elmo or Elmo's Letter Y Quest. (Have I mentioned I went to the set of Sesame Street, and they were filming this episode? I have? Like 50 times? Sorry.) Abby in Wonderland is a strange special. I think I'd be happier with it if it wasn't in a pink case...
Here's some CDs. Fun fact: The first CD I ever owned was Sesame Street: Silly Songs. The one on the right isn't a CD, it's a game. One that I believed was featured on this very site. I can get through that game in 45 minutes flat now. I used to play it every Saturday morning, for about a year.
Finally, this is something my parents had done for me. As you know, Threadless had their Sesame Street challenge. I entered these three images, and while they probably won't get printed (the highest average score I got was 2.67, but I'm not going to get into that now, that's another, much angrier, article) my Mum loved them, especially the Ernie "I Wonder" drawing, and got them printed nice and big, and framed for my birthday. It's awesome. They'll probably stay off the wall until I move out, but I can't wait to put them up in like a home office or something.
Finally, I'll quickly show you once again the most prized Muppet possession I own: my Jim Henson signature. Someone asked on the last post if it was authentic. Yes, it is. There's a certificate of authenticity that came with it, it's currently in the frame behind the image.
So that's the bulk of it. There's t-shirts and other books and DVDs etc., but this is the main cool stuff. Have a lovely day my friends. And go on Twitter and follow @MuppetFanProbs, because that's now me doing all of those. Come be Twitter friends with me!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, email@example.com


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An interesting mix of laptop, with an Intel processor and full keyboard, and a tablet, connected to the world but able to execute only programs turned into apps, the Acer Chromebook C720-2800 does some things great and some things a little oddly. Let's look first at the hardware that Acer made, then the operating system from Google.
Acer calls it "iron gray" but the color is a classy medium-dark gray with a matte finish that looks boardroom-ready. The "acer" name on the lid (that other people see when you're using the Chromebook) is less noticeable than the Google swirl and "chrome" at the top. The Acer name uses a larger font, but the Google swirl adds a splash of color that catches the eye.
At three pounds light and well short of an inch thick, the Chromebook can almost hide under a piece of paper. While bigger than a netbook (so not ideal for purses), this device will easily fit into any paper-sized bag.
The keyboard works quite well, with only one adjustment for size and a second change for Google. It takes a little time to get used to the keyboard, but no more than when switching to any new laptop. And the feel when typing is as good as any laptop keyboard, after adjusting to the slightly smaller keybed (this is an 11.6 inch screen device, remember). It's not without it's quirks, though.
Google (no doubt) demanded a specific "Search" key that replaced the Caps Lock key. Pressing this key opens the App display, which can also be opened by clicking the Apps icon which sits on the status bar on the bottom of the screen in the farthest left position. To get the Caps Lock function, hit Alt-Search. Actually, making Caps Lock harder to find should be regarded as a good thing.
The four arrow-direction keys have become three keys, with the middle one split for up and down. Adjusting to this key arrangement was seamless. Function keys are missing as well, replaced by the Escape key where you'd expect, then two arrow keys for right and left, a screen refresh key, the 'maximize viewing area' key, a screenshot key (when pressed with the Control key) or a minimize open window key when pressed alone, two screen brightness control keys, three sound volume keys, and power / lock screen key.
The touchpad is large, but there's no right and left buttons like on a PC laptop touchpad. Right-click can be emulated by touching two fingers at once to the touchpad and quickly removing them. Keep the two fingers down, and you can scroll. The standard left-click to select you use so often on a normal touchpad or mouse? Gone, and often missed even when there's workarounds.
Ports on the left of the Chromebook include the power port, an HDMI port, headphone jack (quite good fidelity) and a USB 3.0 port. On the right are another USB port (2.0), a card reader (SD and MMC cards), and the Kensington lock opening.
The screen, 11.6 inches measured diagonally, provides 1366x768 resolution, the same as most 11 inch laptops. Acer calls it a "CineCrysta" LED-backlit display. It does provide a sharp, clear display that keeps up with videos and presents clean, readable text. Again, as good as any small laptop armed with a fancy-named display.
4GB of DDR3 RAM (the maximum) seemed to be plenty enough to provide performance and keep multiple browser tabs and even other apps open at once. The 16GB Solid State drive means there are no moving parts, and the system booted so fast it was hard to even start counting before it was ready. Acer says seven seconds, we counted five.
Unlike netbooks and some other Chromebooks, this Chromebook runs on an Intel Celeron 1007U chip with dual-cores clocking in at 1.5GHz over a Atom chop. Performance surprised us; news pages loaded from CNN.com faster, on average, on the Chromebook over wireless than on a desktop with an Intel i7 and fast wired Internet connection. Kudos, Acer.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
As a senior, Alex Borofsky scored almost half his shots inside the three-point arc and almost one third of his shots from beyond. Nobody scored more points in the paint. Nobody scored more on the perimeter. He led the team in assists, rebounds, and blocked shots.
In his final game of his career, Borofsky almost carried his team into the second round in what would have been the biggest upset of the postseason.
Does it surprise anybody that college scouts came calling? It certainly didn't surprise his high school coach.
"To play at the next level, you have to commit to playing in a year round program," said Blue Knight basketball coach Bob Lasbury. "Alex is a great example of someone that was able to maintain high scores academically. He was able to play other sports, not just basketball, but he was still able to commit to playing basketball year round, and he's really benefiting from it. I'm very, very proud of him."
When reporters surrounded him after the Knights' final contest, he shrugged off questions about his college career to talk about his team's efforts on the court. Borofsky let his statistics do the talking. Southington struggled, at times, during his four-year career, but Borofsky never wavered.
That's one reason why Eastern Connecticut State University coaches showed so much interest. The other reason was Borofsky's statistics. He scored 841 points over four years with the Knights. Southington has only had five players reach 1,000 points, but none have come in recent years. Borofsky is ranked 10th all time amongst Southington scorers.
Next season, he'll try to carry that momentum to the next level. The senior forward explored opportunities at Manhattanville College in New York, Emmanuel College in Boston, and Western CT State University, but it was the Warriors that won the contest.
On Wednesday, March 27, Borofsky signed a letter of intent to play basketball at the NCAA division three program next winter.
"It was a decision that I made with my family. We sat down and thought that this was the best choice for me," said the former Blue Knight forward. "I've been looking at schools since the beginning of the school year. I made a lot of visits, but I really liked Eastern a lot. I thought it was the right place for me. I liked the campus a lot. I like the program, and I really liked the coach."
Lasbury said that the Eastern coaches liked Borofsky's abilities, and he said that the 6 foot, 4 inch, 205 pound forward fits well into the Warrior's offensive scheme.
"He fits their style well. They play four-out, similar to what we do, and I've said it all year long. Alex has the ability to step out onto the perimeter," said Lasbury. "With his size, that makes him pretty special."
Lasbury said that the best part about the signing is that Borofsky will be playing locally. Former Knights have earned all-conference honors in other states. Larry Avitabile managed to earn NCAA Division III all-American honors at Vassar College in New York, but Borofsky will be playing in state.
"I'm thrilled that Alex has this opportunity, and I'm thrilled that he's going to be in our home state so I'll get a chance to see him play," said Lasbury. "Eastern is a good program. To play at any level in basketball, you have to be really good. When you look at the percentage of high school basketball kids that go on to the next level, it's probably only at about one percent."
Borofsky said that he's ready for the challenge. "Once I got into the high school and realized that I could really play at the AAU level, I knew that I could play at the next level. I really wanted to play," he said. "I didn't know if it was going to be division three or division two, but they are both really competitive. I think that division three is going to be a really good fit for me."


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Spurs' Parker to have MRI on hamstring
San Antonio, TX – Tony Parker's status for Game 4 of the NBA Finals is uncertain after the All-Star point guard suffered a hamstring injury in San Antonio's resounding win Tuesday.
Parker played 27 1/2 minutes but went to the locker room in the third quarter to get evaluated. He returned in the fourth for a brief time but with the game no longer in doubt returned to the bench to watch the pummeling.
He said after the game he will undergo an MRI on Wednesday.
"Hopefully it's nothing big and it's just a cramping or got tight on me," Parker said. "I don't know, it was just a weird feeling."
Parker, who played through a bruised calf earlier this postseason, totaled six points and eight assists in Tuesday's 113-77 victory over the Heat, which gave San Antonio a 2-1 lead in the series.
Game 4 is set for Thursday.


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Lost Soldier Pass - The Search For Lost Soldier PassPosted in Events on April 1, 2010
"Lost Soldier Pass?" Cindy Brown repeated as a question. "Where is it?" Lone Writer was looking for information on Lost Soldier Pass. Several days on the phone and on the Internet had produced very little. Finding it started out as simple curiosity, but gradually became one of those things he just could not let go. His call to the Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne was taken by Cindy Brown, a reference archivist.
"I think it's north of Rawlins," Lone Writer offered. "I found a Lost Soldier Basin, a Lost Soldier Creek, and Lost Soldier Mountain Range, but there does not seem to be a pass over the mountains with that name."
A few days later, Lone Writer received an email from Brown. The email included the scan of a map nearly 100 years old showing the existing roads at the turn of the century. She had not found a Lost Soldier Pass but there was a Lost Soldier Station on the stage route from Rawlins to Lander. Lone Writer recalled that one reference put the meeting place at Lost Soldier Stage Station even though many others had called it Lost Soldier Pass.
The meeting in question occurred in October of 1899 (the date varies depending on the reference used). Butch Cassidy was 34 years old and wanted to retire from the outlaw lifestyle without going to jail. He first contacted Douglas Preston, an attorney he had previously paid to defend another outlaw named Matt Warner. He also contacted Judge Powers in Salt Lake City and Governor Wells of Utah.
He was offered amnesty if he would go to work as an express guard for the Union Pacific Railroad. The deal was to be officially signed at Lost Soldier Stage Station or Pass. Since there is nothing to suggest a pass ever existed with that name, Lone Writer decided to accept the stage station as the most likely meeting place.
Making that assumption was a giant leap for the mission to find the meeting place, but there was still a major mystery to solve. It seemed no one knew where the Lost Soldier Stage Station was. In fact, numerous phone calls and many hours of Internet surfing could not even produce the exact route the stage used. A journal was found written by Colonel Richard Hulbert Wilson in 1897, describing his ride on the stage. It included the names of the stage stations and numerous landmarks. The information in the journal was enough to get the tires rolling.
During the month of July, Lone Writer arrived in Lander on the way back from another adventure and stopped at the BLM office. He met Craig Bromley, a BLM archeologist. The Lander field office had done a lot of work in mapping the century-old stage route. Craig Bromley was able to provide maps and numerous stories that were very helpful, but the Lost Soldier Stage Station was not within the Lander Field Office boundaries. He had no information on where it was.
Lone Writer and co-driver Happy Jack followed the route provided by Craig Bromley, then drove to Rawlins for a visit with the BLM field office to see if they had any useful information. Rawlins had not done much work with the stage route; however, a young lady in the office knew exactly where the Lost Soldier Stage Station was and even produced a photo of a single building that still stands at that location.
With that information and the maps from the Lander office, Lone Writer and Happy Jack had enough to plot the route they would use. They were able to connect the dots between the stage stations using existing roads that could have been constructed over the original stage route.
Colonel Wilson's journal added life to the route. His descriptions of the ride pointed out landmarks along the way that have changed very little in 112 years. Although he does not provide the exact date, his journal is titled, "Stage Ride from Rawlins to the Wind River Boarding School, 1897."
In 1897, Rawlins was a railroad town with about 1,000 inhabitants. Wilson describes it as a, "bare, rocky, and treeless" town in wide open country. The ticket he purchased was $18. According to an inflation calculator, that is about $459 in today's money. It bought him a seat on a stage that would travel 30 hours with the only stops being to change teams and a few meals. He also mentions the wildlife along the way. Prairie dogs, owls, hawks, eagles, and antelope still roam that barren country even as they did 112 years ago.
Following the directions provided to us, we located Lost Soldier Stage Station. It sits beside a small creek. One small log building is all that exists. If you would like to get closer than the road, get permission from the local land owners.
The most interesting stage station we found was Meyersville. A ranch has grown up around it and is owned by the same family that ran the stage stop. The stage station burned down many years ago but the original corral still stands. The family had a photo of the original stage station and allowed Lone Writer to take a snapshot of that photo.
The navigation log included with this story will guide you every step of the way along the route Lone Writer and Happy Jack used. As for Butch Cassidy and his meeting with the railroad, it never happened. He waited for them but did not know they were delayed by bad weather. When they arrived, Cassidy had already given up and returned to his hideout at Powder Springs. He then went back to robbing trains and banks to finance his retirement in South America.
Trip Meter - Latitude North - Longitude West - Comments
0.0 - N41 57.4308 - W107 20.7219 - At a mile post labeled 13.79, there is a small pond on the left side of the road. That is Bell Springs. The first stage stop out of Rawlins was within 50 yards of the spring. Reset trip meter.
1.4 - N41 58.5931 - W107 21.4150 - Just past mile post 15, turn left on BLM 3206.
0.1 - N42 0.9762 - W107 25.8819 - Right fork.
4.9 - N42 4.8587 - W107 27.9556 - Entering wild horse management area. Almost three miles due west of this gate is Bull Springs. The Bull Springs stage stop was about two miles east of the actual spring. That would mean the stage stop was somewhere between this gate and the springs but not necessarily on a straight line.
6.6 - N42 6.3718 - W107 27.7965 - Cross a major graded road continuing north.
4.0 - N42 9.7862 - W107 28.7557 - Cross this road and continue northwest.
5.8 - N42 11.1551 - W107 29.8173 - Right fork.
7.4 - N42 12.2081 - W107 31.1275 - Right turn at the pipeline center.
7.8 - N42 12.4520 - W107 30.8779 - Left fork, cross wash, then left again.
8.2 - N42 12.6304 - W107 31.2420 - Right fork.
10.3 - N42 13.6535 - W107 33.2416 - Right across cattle guard.
10.5 - N42 13 8251 - W107 33.4084 - Left on County Road.
13.9 - N42 13.9289 - W107 37.4711 - The cabin across the creek on the left may be all that is left of the Lost Soldier Stage Stop.
1.9 - N42 13.9351 - W107 39.7697 - Right fork.
0.1 - N42 14.0270 - W107 39.9134 - Left after the creek. Follow this road on a fairly straight line going mostly west.
3.0 - N42 14.8071 - W107 43.1403 - The road curves to the right. Go under the power line then follow it.
2.5 - N42 16.5495 - W107 45.1414 - At this point we have connected to the wagon road per the maps from the BLM in Lander. Take the left fork, go a short distance and take the middle fork. This is also the Continental Divide Trail and has markers.
9.6 - N42 20.0522 - W107 51.7628 - Turn right on Crooks Gap Road and cross the cattle guard.
12.2 - N42 22.2962 - W107 51.2816 - Could this be the old stage station at Crooks Gap? It was somewhere in this area.
8.8 - N42 29.6520 - W107 49.5458 - Continue to Jeffrey City. Turn left on Highway 287.
4.1 - N42 30.5944 - W107 54.4790 - Turn right on the county road.
8.3 - N42 33.0411 - W107 58.0793 - The buildings on the right are on the Graham Ranch. The stage stop of Rongis was near that ranch. It is all private property.
7.0 - N42 33.6917 - W108 6.3366 - Myersville Station was on the right within the private property of the ranch. Turn around and go back to the last intersection.
0.8 - N42 33.9076 - W108 5.3959 - Turn left and cross the river on a pipe bridge.
2.3 - N42 34.9952 - W108 4.5823 - After the pipe bridge, turn left on side road. This is BLM access across private property. Stay on the main road which is the left fork after the cattle guards.
3.5 - N42 34.8003 - W108 5.8497 - When you see the oil well, take the left fork. The road going through is the only thing open to vehicles. On the other side of the walk in area, continue straight on the middle road.
4.8 - N42 34.5300 - W108 7.3324 - We are now back on the original stage route. Stay on the main road.
7.9 - N42 34.2012 - W108 10.9358 - This is Highway 135. The stage route crosses it but there are no gates on most of the fences. The best plan is to turn left on 135 to the rest area, then right on 287 to get to the next point.
0.0 - N42 33.6824 - W108 14.7521 - After the 45 mile post and over a hill, there is a snow fence on the left. It has a gap in it where the road goes through. Turn left on the grassy road. Close the gate behind you.
0.3 - N42 33.7055 - W108 15.1485 - Turn right on grassy road.
1.2 - N42 33.8434 - W108 16.2537 - Right on major graded road.
0.3 - N42 34.0664 - W108 16.3046 - Hard left at sign for Antelope Springs, then hard right just past the sign on grassy road.
0.4 - N42 34.2867 - W108 16.8162 - Left fork.
3.2 - N42 35.2203 - W108 18.8241 - Right to the highway. Then left onto highway. Reset meter at the highway.