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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hip hop magnate and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons apologized on Thursday for a controversial sex tape parody of African-American slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman that appeared on a Def Jam YouTube channel.
In an apology posted on Simmons' Global Grind website, the businessman said he was asked to take down the video by the NAACP civil rights organization.
"I'm a very liberal person with thick skin. My first impression of the Harriet Tubman piece was that it was about what one of the actors said in the video, that 162 years later there's still tremendous injustice. And with Harriet Tubman outwitting the slave master? I thought it was politically correct. Silly me. I can now understand why so many people are upset," Simmons said in a statement.
The three-minute video posted on the All Def Digital YouTube page on Wednesday featured a parody of Tubman performing sex acts with a white slave owner while another slave filmed them from a closet, to leverage freedom for slaves.
Simmons posted the link to the video on his Twitter page on Wednesday, with the caption "Funniest thing I've ever seen Harriet Tubman sex diaries." There was a backlash within hours on social media as people criticized the parody for distorting Tubman's legacy and making a mockery of slave rape.
Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and later escaped.
In his apology on Thursday, Simmons said, "I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry."
Although race is a dominant and charged theme in hip hop music, treading crudely on African-American abolitionists and civil rights figures is still seen as taboo.
Earlier this year, rapper Lil Wayne's sexually graphic reference to slain civil right figure Emmett Till prompted Epic Records to delete it from a song and PepsiCo Inc to sever ties with the rapper.
Def Jam Recordings is part of The Island Def Jam Music Group under Universal Music Group, a subsidiary of French media conglomerate Vivendi.
Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and Grant McCool


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Opinion: The Ben Carson Smear Campaign
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on the flap at Johns Hopkins over Ben Carson's defense of traditional marriage. Photo: Getty Images
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I James aam ... twenty make of the sky and sea have to apologize though I think of ... there is a sense among a lot of conservatives who were certain ... really cited read electrified by his remarks in February the National prayer breakfast in and of all the enemies stirred up another liberal media is Guinea hammer a mom ... at the did the right thing as saying a ... saying what he did and now I'm you know the question of are going forward of these ... leading up to the Hopkins basically whether they want to have him speak at the medical school commencement but to ... I don't I don't think it's necessarily a ... killer for his aspirations in fees thinking of getting into public life of the deal would easily outweigh its the elderly ... the they often make mistakes and aam I think term ... those issues the really got people excited in February in terms of sketching out another way to reform healthcare stitching and waited ... to grow our economy through tax reform I don't think those issues are growing away so I think if he if he still wants the ... public role in thinking can have one team he apologized but he also stood by his comments yet ... here's what the university and had to say ... quote ... his personal beliefs are just that his own ... when he speaks about Penney's not speaking on the half of Johns Hopkins ... um what ... change in ... your expecting to receive his stand up and say hey it's free speech we support free speech why why is it so I think that a statement AB was thus far has a lot of our administrators will go these days to to support free speech on campus and in those seem like it's a it's a it's kind of a a ... a tilt the playing field in terms of certain topics are are allowed to be discussed and very open and Korean others amounts of money when if you're pro gay marriage that that's actually fine you can speak all you want ... but it is Dr Kerr said he is pro traditional marriage and can ... you can say that in public well you know the Nintendo Wii on that I mean I think what he was saying is he didn't equate those various things but the probably not fair to ... them love them all together and I was I ... thinking to the right thing by apologizing but ... but it's it's also is you think about that ... what's going on in the country now I think that the redefinition of marriage has sort ... of been moving very quickly and there was a moment I think a ... not just for people who were of very conservative but you notice the court and struggling with will where is this hadn't been abandoned Saumya Soto my work and wondering what the what can we say no to if we say no to this so I think ... that the more specific issue of how you define marriage bets to ... combat something word is um ... a traditional view of marriage is not necessarily disqualify if he's thinking about though ... getting into politics and for jiggling conservative politics I just I think probably in fees ... if he's headed toward Pereira some of said a sort of a a ... a TV pundit I I do think it's maybe the comments to calm that would disqualify him because once you go into that ... that sort of professional polarize or business sometimes it's tough to to to be taken seriously and has asked if he might want to run for Senate Michigan Carl Levin CD keeps playing that down ... on I'd I'd do one as the teams that way media matters in some these other far left groups immediately jumped ... all over this saying you know supporting the medical students saying he shouldn't speak at commencement ... is this kind of the US ... campaign this troops near this kind of rising star right ... I would ... find a lot of the student cerebral find out I guess would appreciate that this really is as I understand it one of the world's leaders in his field of pediatric neurosurgery at the Nga a pioneer in the field of ... something ... that as we saw them for breakfast with a lot of valuable ... time and said the public debate on the issue so ... I imagine if they decide ... that this guy is now acceptable which you'd think would be a mistake ... I'm guessing their replacement speaker will probably not be as interesting ideas on where on record saying and Carson for president so on ... well ... that's where we stand health savings accounts flight the next season it can be an idle mind is when you're over time so I guess that's a lie ... during his stint in London's be yet but of course we favor of free speech so we'll see what they have ... to say Festivus is in it for a pigeon are James Freeman thanks so much for being with us thanks for

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For the first time in my life, I watched the Oprah Winfrey Network this week.
Of course, the subject was the Lance Armstrong interview which was hyped like nothing else on Oprah's fledgling network.
Unfortunately, as of this writing on Friday morning, I only was able to watch the first part of the interview. I had no idea it was going to be in two parts, so I already know what I did on Friday night.
For the first time in my life, I watched the Oprah Winfrey Network this week.
Of course, the subject was the Lance Armstrong interview which was hyped like nothing else on Oprah's fledgling network.
Unfortunately, as of this writing on Friday morning, I only was able to watch the first part of the interview. I had no idea it was going to be in two parts, so I already know what I did on Friday night.
I will be the first to say I have to fall on the sword when it comes to Armstrong. I wrote a column a while back about this very subject.
It was actually a bit of a tongue-in-cheek offering where I used many Sheryl Crow references. But the point of my column then was not about Sheryl Crow. It was about the absurdity the cycling culture.
Though I think Armstrong is a disgrace and deserves no sympathy whatsoever, the interview did confirm a lot of what I thought about cycling. It seems very clear that gaming and cheating the system was a way of life for these people.
Armstrong admitted he had no shame at the time and didn't even feel like he was cheating. Apparently his justification was it was part of the how business was conducted.
He's probably right on that front. Since everyone, according to him, was doing it, that made it all right.
That's not the way it should work, however, that seems to be the case.
But I want to get off of the focus on Armstrong for this column and talk about something else.
Oprah Winfrey.
I have never been a big fan of Oprah. I rarely ever watched her show and as stated above, this was the first time I have ever watched OWN. My wife got a big chuckle Thursday night and pointed out I was the first person in our family to watch the network.
Going into the broadcast, I feared Oprah was going to do what so many television networks do in major interviews like the one with Armstrong.
So many times, these networks tease us and then do nothing but fluff leading up to the big stuff. Since the show was an hour and half on Thursday, I was certain she would save the best for last so she could keep the audience tuned in for the last half hour.
I was wrong.
Oprah came out firing.
She started out with blunt questions and demanded "yes or no" answers.
Armstrong obliged.
Did you dope in all seven of your Tour de France wins?
Wow, I was stunned.
That is what kept me watching the entire interview. In fact, I made sure to go to the kitchen during the commercial breaks, like I was watching a football game.
Maybe I have been missing out all along when it comes to Oprah.
If this is how she conducts interviews, it makes me feel proud of my profession.
She was a bulldog.
Though in an interview like that, there are certainly a long list of prepared questions, you could tell many of the things Oprah asked were from her head and not a sheet of paper.
She was very sharp when crafting the follow-up questions because Armstrong was trying his best to be elusive.
That may not even be the right word. It was more like he knew these questions were going to be tough and he wasn't quite sure how to handle himself.
I think he may have chosen Oprah because he thought it might be a little easier than some of the other journalists who ask really tough questions.
He was wrong.
She was more like Mike Wallace than Ellen Degeneres. I was astounded at how the questions just kept coming out of her mouth. There was no slack, no reprieve, nothing. He was on the spot and she was not going to stop.
I read that the interview took about two and one half hours and there was a break somewhere. I have a feeling that break came after Thursday night's portion.
It appeared the next portion was going to be about his foundation and other topics which I expected earlier on in the interview.
I never thought I'd be writing a column saying I was proud of Oprah Winfrey's interviewing skills. I have now written that column and believe she did a big service to the world of journalism.
I wonder if there are any made for TV movies worth watching on OWN?
Little is editor of The Wayne Independent and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Staff Spotlight: Angela Dallara, Communications Associate
June 08, 2012
Freedom to Marry has a dedicated and diverse staff working each day to secure the freedom to marry nationwide. Over the next several weeks, we'll be helping you get to know each of them a little bit better. This week, we hear from Angela Dallara, Freedom to Marry's Communications Associate. Before coming to Freedom to Marry, Angela worked as the National News and Transgender Advocacy Fellow at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Angela graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a BA in political science and concentrations in women's studies and Africana studies.
1) Where are you from, and what brought you to New York City?
I grew up in Queens and have never wanted to leave New York. I went to college at a small school upstate, which was a nice temporary change, but I've always loved the vibrant energy and excitement in NYC.
2) Tell us about your Spanish language studies. What interests you about the language, and how have you found it useful?
I remember hearing people around me speaking Spanish all the time when I was little and wondering what they were saying. I was thrilled when I finally got to start learning it in middle school, and I studied it as much as I could from an early age. I love Spanish culture and Spanish music, and I think languages in general are fascinating. It's a great way to better understand other people and the world.
3) What do you like to do in your free time?
I love to read, write, meet new people, and learn new things. I like to de-stress by working out. I always enjoy going out with my friends, and I love to spend time outside.
4) What has been your favorite "freedom to marry" moment - a time in the movement that has particularly resonated with you?
Watching the first same-sex couples marry in New York last summer was a moment that will stay with me for the rest of my life. It was the perfect day, and I was with some of my favorite people. Although I wasn't at Freedom to Marry yet, I was working on the ground and helping out in whatever way I could. It really influenced my decision to come here.
5) Why does the freedom to marry matter to you?
Each one of us should have the freedom to spend our lives with the person that we love and be able to share in the happiness that comes with marriage.
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In recent years, PG&E has taken a number of steps to remediate the plume of toxic, cancer-causing pollution that has consumed much of this community's well water sources.
Seventeen years ago, the plume resulted in an out-of-court lawsuit settlement with 650 residents for $333 million.
The utility also continues to offer home buyouts, bottled water to residents and water-filtration devices.
As the years go by, PG&E says it has spent more than $800 million remediating the plume, settling lawsuits, paying attorneys, buying houses and farms, drilling new sampling wells and for frequent testing of those wells, which number more than 500.
How the cleanup is done
Scientists from around the world come to see the massive cleanup project designed to contain Hinkley's environmental nightmare.
There's not a lot about the equipment used here that would necessarily wow anyone. In fact, if this project were shrunk, mounted on cardboard and entered in a science fair, any hope of a ribbon would ride on the report attached to the model.
There's no breakthrough in mechanical or electrical engineering.
PG&E has attacked the core of its chromium-6 plume with a strategy that mirrors the successful use in World War I of static lines of fortifications — trenches and bunkers — to hold back an advancing enemy.
This strategy failed disastrously in highly mobile tank warfare of World War II, but on the environmental battlefield of today, a half-mile-long barrier is decimating the chromium-6 lurking in the underground water.
How ethanol beats back chromium-6
PG&E is on the attack at 58 entry points where ethanol is injected into the ground to stop the northward migration of the most concentrated part of the plume. The ethanol, a carbon food source, is used to feed naturally occurring microbes in the soil, so they thrive and multiply. These bacterial hordes suck oxygen out of the groundwater, setting up a chemical reaction that converts the carcinogenic chromium-6 into its more benign relative, chromium-3.
PG&E points to success using ethanol at the plume's northern boundary, where the chromium-6 is most potent.
Related: Buyouts and waterbottles
"Eighty percent of the chromium is here," said Kevin Sullivan, a PG&E environmental engineer, who heads up the company's Hinkley remediation program.
"Here" means the 284.5-acre site that surrounds the Hinkley compressor station, which from 1952 to 1964 used chromium-6 to protect metal and kill microbes in cooling tower water. Periodically, the water would be dumped into unlined ponds, where it seeped into the groundwater.
Using twin 10,800-gallon tanks of ethanol, the worst part of the plume has been beaten back from 9,030 parts per billion to 3,100 parts per billion.
That level is still 62 times California's legal limit for chromium in drinking water — 50 parts per billion.
Had the Hinkley plume been located in a green area, like Oregon for example, there would have been sufficient numbers of microbes to begin this conversion process as the chromium-6 entered the soil, Sullivan said, explaining how geography has been a contributing factor to the seriousness of the Hinkley plume.
Hinkley is hot in the summer, so the compressor station went through cooling tower fluids faster than a similar operation would be in a cooler climate, he said.
On a tour of PG&E remediation efforts, Sullivan pointed to the half-mile barrier about a half-mile north of PG&E's compressor station where the utility company's most recent plume map shows distinct separation of the plume into northern and southern components. PG&E officials credit it, in part, to the effectiveness of the alcohol-remediation efforts.
"I believe that PG&E has adequately demonstrated hydraulic capture of the chromium plume in the groundwater south of Thompson Road based on information submitted in … monitoring reports," Patty Z. Kouyoumdjian, executive director of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, wrote in a letter last month. The Lahontan water board is one of nine regional agencies that oversee surface and underground water resources in the state of California.
While the main area of apparent plume expansion to the north appears to have been corralled by PG&E's technology, water board officials are not sure a relatively new finger-like extension of the plume's western edge is being controlled by the injection of fresh water into the aquifer. The water board's staff and PG&E's environmental engineering staff disagree on what might be occurring to cause a protrusion on the western edge of the plume.
Drip-drag irrigation
A second method is used where groundwater registers chromium-6 contamination in smaller amounts than in the plume's core. The contaminated water is pumped up and deposited on the ground via center-pivot irrigation. These are composed of a long series of circular pipes mounted on a self-propelled wheeled structure, with sprinklers positioned along its length, generally high on the structure so that water is dripped on the ground.
To do what is called drip-drag irrigation, PG&E has installed long hoses with nozzles that touch the ground so water is applied at the surface.
Not only does this eliminate the risk for inhaling chromium-6, but it also reduces evaporation.
"I think, looking ahead, California will move to requiring this kind of delivery system to conserve water resources," Sullivan said.
Hinkley has no central water supply system. Each household depends on water from a well site located on the owner's property, a huge factor in compounding the plume's harmful effects on this community, Sullivan said.
PG&E, at the urging of the Lahontan water board, has developed a sophisticated — and expensive — water treatment system to "decouple" residents from the plume.
The board required the household water system to filter out all chromium down to the level of 0.06 parts per billion, which is the lowest level that can be measured with today's analytical tools.
"We have had requirements put on us that no one else in the country has to meet," said Jeff Smith, a PG&E spokesman based in Fresno.
In setting that upper limit for chromium so low, the board effectively mimicked the public health goal set by the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of 0.02 parts per billion. The public health goal is not meant to be an enforceable rule. It is the level where there will no more than one case of cancer per million people who drink two liters of water every day for 70 years. That "one-in-one million" risk level is widely accepted by doctors and scientists as the "negligible risk" standard, OEHHA, says on its website.
The public health goal is too low to measure with today's technology.


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If you have heavy, clay-rich soil, it's really important to aerate. Forget those gadgets that look like golf spikes that you strap to your shoes; rent a power aerator from any rental center for around $40 a day. The aerator extracts plugs from your lawn and topsoil to loosen compacted coil and break up thatch. Your lawn will look like a mess when you're through but don't worry, the plugs will dissolve in a few days. Don't bother aerating if you have sandy soil–you're just wasting your time. The time to aerate in colder climates is after dew begins forming in August. If you live in warmer, or more arid states aerate in the spring before warm-climate grasses go dormant in mid-summer. Mow your lawn and water it the day before aerating. Make two passes across the lawn with the aerating machine, perpendicular to each other, so that the aeration holes are spaced 2-3 in. apart.
Late summer and early fall is the best time to reseed those dead areas. Summer is just too hot for the seed to thrive. Water the new seed a couple of times a day until the grass is around 1-1/2 in. high. Don't use normal fertilizers, however. Use a product like Scotts Starter Fertilizer, which is designed for new grass. Spread the seed so that you have around 15 seeds per square inch. Don't overdo it or the grass won't thrive due to overcrowding. Reseed with Paradigm Hydroseed
Well after the grass appears brown and dormant, the roots are still hard at work absorbing nutrients and moisture. Just as bears gorge themselves before hibernating, your grass is storing up reserves to make it through the winter and thrive in the spring.
Set your broadcast spreader for half the recommended setting on the bag. Then make a "header strip" around the perimeter of the lawn. Next fertilize the entire lawn first in one direction, then the other (just as you did with the aerator). Be sure the shut off the spreader as you reach the spreader strip or you'll over-fertilize the grass at the end of each pass.
Get out that rake and remove all of those dead leaves before the snow flies. Otherwise, they'll be sodden mats in the spring and smother the sprouting grass below. (Plus its lots easier to rake dry leaves!) The last mowing of the season, cut your grass shorter than normal.
Just this one time of the year, set your mower to cut 1-1/2 or 2-in. and mow your grass short. That'll do a couple of things. First it'll lessen the chance of snow mold forming. And secondly, tall grass blades won't lie down and smother the new grass next spring.
Major lawn-care manufacturers, such as Scott's, have a full line of fall lawn-care fertilizers and other products to help you make your lawn the greenest yard in the neighborhood come spring.


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California Department of Transportation
February 22, 2011
District: 5 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
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Phone: (805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3189
Monterey County – Caltrans announced today the completion of a $5 million project that will improve safety for the traveling public along 37 miles of U.S. Highway 101 in Monterey County. The project was fully financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
"This project is a great example of how federal Recovery Act funds were put to work locally, improving safety on Highway 101 while at the same time providing much-needed jobs for our economy," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
Caltrans constructed new acceleration and deceleration lanes at 12 intersections on Highway 101 from King City to Salinas. Both types of lanes enhance safety: an acceleration lane allows motorists to reach full highway speed before merging into fast-moving traffic; a deceleration lane gives drivers time to slow down to a stop or near stop at an intersection before turning left.
California has obligated nearly $2.6 billion in Recovery Act funding to nearly 1,000 highway, local street, and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://recovery.ca.gov/
For traffic updates on Caltrans projects in Monterey County, residents can call the District 5 toll free number at 1-831-372-0862.
For any information on Caltrans highways and freeways, the public may contact the State recorded California Highway Information Network at (800) 427-7623.
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Playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder is a familiar figure to anyone who has ever watched a clock tick in an American high school. His novel, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," was once required reading, and almost 75 years after its debut, his masterpiece, "Our Town," remains one of the most produced American plays of all time. But despite his longevity on stage and in classrooms, Wilder himself remains an enigma. The winner of three Pulitzer Prizes (two for drama, one for fiction) was an intensely private man.
But the curtain on his personal life is lifted in Penelope Niven's prodigious biography "Thornton Wilder: A Life," which portrays a man who was conflicted by his simultaneous desire for solitude and companionship. Niven, who has chronicled the lives of poet Carl Sandburg and photographer Edward Steichen, digs deep into the voluminous stock of letters, journals, and manuscripts in the Wilder family archives to produce this portrait.
Born in 1897, Wilder was the product of a loveless marriage between a self-righteous and overbearing father and an affectionate mother who doted on her complicated and creative children. The second of five siblings, Wilder had a twin brother who was stillborn, and he carried the burden of survivor's guilt all of his life. Niven focuses her lens on all seven of the Wilders, which makes for slow reading at first, but it soon becomes clear that the story of Wilder is inseparable from that of his family, despite his own celebrity and success. His whole life, in fact, was a search for that thing called home.
His father, Amos Parker Wilder, was a diplomat sent to China, and the family spent many years in various degrees of separation, leaving the young writer lonely and homesick in boarding schools while his mother and some siblings went off to Europe and California.
He was shaped from an early age by his father's constant criticism: In letters quoted throughout the biography, the older man says his son "lacks application" and "needs a little virility." In his father's eyes, Wilder was "[s]ensitive" and "[s]elf-conscious," even "hopeless," especially when it came to finances.
Given his peripatetic childhood, Wilder's later life is full of seeming contradictions. He traveled the world yet yearned for home. He was a teacher at various prep schools and universities, even though his friends told him, "Never teach."
He was also a loner whose list of friends reads like a Who's Who of 20th century literature and culture: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ruth Gordon, Sigmund Freud, to name just a few. Despite this roster of intimate friendships, he described himself in his later life as "a growly-smily grouching-chuckling old humbug curmudgeon," adding, "I don't hate people. I merely hate to be in groups of over four."
While Niven is clear that her book is not a work of literary criticism, she does chronicle the progress of Wilder's prose and plays, giving an almost day-by-day account of his writing and his pioneering experimentation with time and place. Several times, she sums up his work as a series of questions: "How do we live? How do we love? How do we cope? How do we bear the unbearable?"
Unlike such other works as "The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder," this biography does not skirt the question of Wilder's sexuality, and Niven addresses the subject gingerly and respectfully. A minor literary figure and provocateur named Samuel Steward publicly "outed" the playwright after Wilder's death, and Niven weighs the evidence, which she deems inconclusive. (Curiously, she does not liberally quote Wilder's letters to Steward, which are stored in the Yale archives, yet have not been published.)
That this biography is meticulously researched is undeniable and is, at times, a fault. At more than 800 pages, it is too long, and the reading can be ponderous, including every minor detail. Which makes it all the more curious that what is missing is a sense of place. Niven takes time to tell readers the number of passengers in three classes on an ocean liner but fails to provide detailed interior descriptions of either the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H. (the famed locale of "Our Town") or the interior of the house that Wilder built for his family in Connecticut. We read snippets from hundreds of family letters, but don't get vivid visual images of Wilder's siblings, parents, or friends.
We do, however, get a sweeping look into the life of a man who left an indelible mark on the American theater. By focusing on the minute details of Wilder's early years, Niven painstakingly reveals the ties that bond — and the scars they form.
While this biography may be too long, it represents a vital work of scholarship that drives home what Wilder himself once wrote in a letter to his older brother. "The bane of family life is advice,'' he wrote. "We were all but strangled with it."Patti Hartigan, a former Globe reporter, writes frequently about theater and education. She can be reached at pattihartigan


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Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries – Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan – and Australia are exporting more wheat than was projected last May. They are doing this by selling wheat below U.S. wheat export prices. United States wheat exports are less than projected in May 2011.
Some export competitors, especially FSU countries, will set their wheat price below the U.S. price irrespective of how low the U.S. price goes. U.S. exporters don't appear to want to get into a price war. U.S. wheat producers probably don't want a price war either.
Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan are essentially buying their way into the North African and Middle Eastern wheat export markets. Their strategy is working because major buyers, like Egypt, are buying wheat from the FSU countries rather than from the U.S.
USDA's U.S. wheat export projections for the 2011/12 wheat marketing year have declined from 1.05 billion bushels in the May 2011 WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) to 975 million bushels in November.
During this same period, Russia's wheat export projection increased from 395 million bushels to 446 million bushels. This is a 151 million bushel increase.
Kazakhstan's exports are projected to be 235 million bushels, an increase of 168 million bushels. Ukrainian export expectations increased from 107 million bushels to 179 million bushels, a 72 million bushel increase.
The total increase in export expectations from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine is 391 million bushels.
Since May, Australia's expected wheat production has increased from 900 million bushels to the record 955 million bushels. Australia's export projections increased from 551 million bushels to 698 million bushels, a 147 million bushel increase.
In the May USDA WASDE report, 2011/12 U.S. wheat marketing year ending stocks were projected to be 686 million bushels. In the November WASDE, U.S. wheat ending stocks were projected to be 828 million bushels.
In May, the average 2011/12 wheat marketing year price was projected to be $7.70. In November, the average annual price was projected to be $7.40.
On May 11, 2011, Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle wheat could be forward contracted, depending on location, for harvest delivery for $8.10 to $8.40. At this writing, cash wheat prices are between $6.16 and $6.60. Wheat may be forward contracted for June 2012 delivery for $6 to $6.40.
World 2011/12 wheat ending stocks are projected to be 7.44 billion bushels compared to a five-year average of 6.56 billion bushels. Allendale Inc. describes the wheat stocks situation as "comfortable." With comfortable stocks, wheat prices are expected to trade sideways to lower.
Some analysts predict that U.S. 2012 wheat planted acres will be four million acres higher than in 2011. Relatively high world wheat prices are also expected to cause an increase in world wheat planted acres.
Barring weather problems, 2012/13 marketing year world wheat production will be greater than 2012/13 use. World wheat ending stocks are expected to increase and export competition will continue. With this scenario, wheat prices will continue to work lower.
The FSU and other exporting countries are expected to continue to sell wheat under world market prices. United States wheat stocks are expected to increase, and U.S. wheat prices are expected to trend lower.
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A few months ago I was invited to photograph the Food=Art event at The Patterson, Creative Alliance. Food=art is a monthly dinner series that supports and celebrates Baltimore's culinary artists. Those who know me will tell you that this is right up my alley. I have a soft spot for cooking and eating all sorts of food. So when I got the call from my good friend David Bersch (recently on Master Chef, himself) that he and Joe from JoeSquared were teaming up to do one of these events, I jumped right on board. Their menu would revolve around the humble bean thus arriving at the Food=farts title for the evening. My job; to photograph behind the scenes in the kitchen. My perk; free food and drinks! Win all around. I throughly enjoyed this insiders view into the kitchen, filled with good food, great laughs and good friends. To read more about upcoming Food=art events check out their blog by clicking their name!


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Antique Pair Louis XVI Style Twin Branch Wall Lights 19th C
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This lovely is a pair of antique Louis XVI style ormolu twin branch wall lights, circa 1890 in date.
The lights feature scrolling arms with blossoming flower drip pans, the tapering shaped centre is topped with a large pierced ribbon finial.
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(from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'.
The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object.
No true ormolu was produced in France after around 1830 because legislation had outlawed the use of mercury. Therefore, other techniques were used instead but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing ormolu method for sheer beauty and richness of colour. Electroplating is the most common modern technique. Ormolu techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil).
Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807)
was a Swiss-born Austrian Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Though born as "Kauffmann", Kauffman is the preferred spelling of her name in English; it is the form she herself used most in signing her correspondence, documents and paintings.
While Kauffman produced many types of art, she identified herself primarily as a history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century. History painting, was considered the most elite and lucrative category in academic painting during this time period. Under the direction of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Royal Academy made a strong effort to promote history painting to a native audience who were more interested in commissioning and buying portraits and landscapes.
Despite the popularity that Kauffman enjoyed in British society and her success as an artist, she was disappointed by the relative apathy that the British had towards history painting. Ultimately she left Britain for the continent, where history painting was better established, held in higher esteem and patronized.
The works of Angelica Kauffman have retained their reputation. By 1911, rooms decorated with her work were still to be seen in various quarters. At Hampton Court was a portrait of the duchess of Brunswick; in the National Portrait Gallery, a self-portrait. There were other pictures by her at Paris, at Dresden, in the Hermitage at St Petersburg, in the Alte Pinakothek atMunich, in Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn (Estonia).
is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia.
The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies.
It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satinwood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The competition shifted dramatically Friday night from the defending NBA champion Heat to the Bobcats, currently the league's worst team.
The time zone changed as well, pushing past 3 a.m. Friday when the Bulls arrived in their local hotel rooms to finish their back-to-back.
But one thing from the Bulls' 105-75 blowout victory looked strikingly familiar to veterans from the teams that led the league in regular-season victories the last two seasons.
"Our mindset reminded me how we were the last 2 years," Taj Gibson said. "Whenever we got a loss, we just bounced back. We played with an edge."
The Bobcats' defense, such as it is, never will be confused with the Heat's. But this team – somehow – does own a New Year's Eve victory over the Bulls at the United Center.
And thus, the Bulls were responding in multiple ways, placing eight scorers in double figures while registering a season-high 37 assists on their 42 field goals. That they committed just six turnovers one night after coughing up a season-high 27 also stood out.
"We had the right mindset," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "The ball movement was very good. The screening and cutting was good. We were disappointed in the way we played [Thursday] night. We felt we beat ourselves. We wanted to correct that. And we responded."
Gibson's team-high 17 points came in just 20 minutes, 40 seconds. Joakim Noah shook off tweaking the plantar fasciitis in his right foot against the Heat for 10 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three blocks.
"There are always going to be tweaks and bumps and bruises along the way," Noah said of his condition. "Once you're in the game, adrenalin kicks in and I don't really think about it."
The Bulls led by 21 in the first half and shot 50.6 percent, placing all five starters in double figures even though most of them played limited minutes. Thibodeau had pointed out the Bulls' offensive stagnation against the Heat during a lengthy afternoon film session here.
"We were aggressive and that's the mindset we need the rest of the season," Gibson said. "Guys know what they have to do. It's going to take a whole collective team effort until Derrick [Rose] comes back, whenever that is."
And now the competition swings back dramatically the other way again. The Bulls travel to Oklahoma City for an offday Saturday and late showdown Sunday night. The Thunder are 24-4 at home.
"They're a lot more than Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook," Thibodeau said. "That's a great team. They were in the NBA Finals last year and are terrific again this year. They have a lot of different weapons. They have size and quickness. We're going to have to be ready."
The Thunder dismantled the Bulls 92-78 in their lone visit to Oklahoma City last season. The Bulls never led and the game wasn't even that close.
"You can't ever forget about stuff like that," Gibson said. "We went in lackadaisical. They jumped on us from the beginning."
Here's guessing that game might sneak its way into Thibodeau's film session Saturday.


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Monday, March 22, 2010
my favourite thrifts: new feature!
found: march 2010
where: emmaus
how much: 3$
why it's awesome:
i promised myself years ago i would stop thrifting things for other people; i would only purchase things that i could fit into and that i would wear. i wouldn't simply take anything that i thought was beautiful or interesting or cool home with me just to have it, or to give to a friend, or to maybe one day sell. this, of course, has failed miserably, namely since i started my etsy store in november 2008 and when i stumble upon things like... this dress.
this dress. this dress is made for a child, but it is by and large one of the world's most wonderful dresses i have ever found. i'm sure you're looking at said dress, thinking, "why, yes, julia that is a cute dress, but one of the world's most wonderful dresses? that's quite a statement to make about a simple little 1970s children's garment."
sure, there's no fancy embroidery, or embellishment, or designer tags. it, by all accounts, looks like any old dress a young girl in the 1970s would scamper around the yard in, spill ice cream on, get dirty in. but let us look a little bit closer.
upon inspecting the perfectly sweet peter pan collar, the awesomeness of this garment should become apparent. no? need more convincing? look closer still...
look at the print of the sleeves! there are little children holding placards; they are all protesting for women's liberation, a permissive society and worker's rights! how amazing is that! i can't stop using exclamation marks!
and to top it off, they are the most stylish adorable freckled little protestors you've ever seen.
this one, who holds the sign saying "up with permissive society," reminds me of a turn of the century suffragette. think of the mother in mary poppins.
and there you have it. one of the world's most wonderful dresses i have ever seen.
check out my flickr for a few more photos and for higher resolution versions.
7 comments:
- lisa zain @etsy said...
julia! i agree. one of the most wonderful dresses of all time... now where can we find the rest of that fabric!?!?!? dang. <3 great eye lady.
p.s. i am the QUEEN of hoarding things that are just too wonderful to leave at the thrif store. whether it be for friends, my nieces, whatever... i'm so bad at leaving the 'good stuff' behind.
- March 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- hannah said...
oh plz do show more! also, if it is from the emmaus that is in PA my friend/roommate took me out there one time for the incredibly abundant thrifting and i've been wanting to go back ever since!
- March 23, 2010 at 1:14 AM
- Alexandra said...
Oh my god! That really is one of the best dresses ever. This must go viral now if only so we can find the 40-something woman who wore this as a child...or her amazing mother...or the brilliant designer.
- March 23, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Mystery Flight Vintage said...
definitely most wonderful!
- March 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- Mary said...
- March 24, 2010 at 3:48 PM
I completely love that dress! I want some of the fabric to make something myself with it.
Also, hi, I'm Millie, and I really, really like your blog :) You're thoughtful and articulate and I'm fan-girling all over your comment section and will stop now.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- رضا رمضان said...
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The Mass. Department of Corrections is considering a new policy that would subject prison visitors to searches by drug-sniffing dogs.
"There's always a problem with people trying to bring things into prisons that shouldn't be there," Terrel Harris, spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, told the Advocate. "We always look for ways to keep our facilities safe."
According to DOC data, last year there were 92 reported incidents of visitors bringing contraband items—a category that includes cell phones and weapons as well as drugs—into state prisons, up from 83 the previous year. "Correction officials largely agree that two main sources of drug introduction into the prisons are visitors and mail," says the DOC, which already uses dogs to search mail for drugs. "The introduction of contraband into correctional institutions increases prison violence, facilitates escapes, compromises staff and inmate safety and negatively impacts reentry efforts."
But Lois Ahrens, director of Northampton's Real Cost of Prisons Project, argues that the proposed policy is an overreaction that would, in fact, hurt efforts to help offenders re-enter their communities after their release.
"There is not one single study about people in prison and re-entry that doesn't say that people's success in coming back home is related directly to contact with family members and community [while in prison], so when they go back home, there's home to go to," Ahrens said.
There are already enough barriers—distance, a lack of transportation—that make it hard for many families to visit relatives in prison; the prospect of a K9 search when they get there "is another reason that will keep people from going," Ahrens said.
Prison visitors, she added, already undergo strict scrutiny; in addition to walking through a metal detector and being scanned with a hand-held wand, they may have to remove their shoes and items in their hair, turn up their collars, take off their glasses. Guards can also physically search visitors if they suspect they're carrying contraband. "To add to this that they're going to have guards [with dogs] going around sniffing people—it's just one more way to denigrate people, I think, and to make people feel badly about going and visiting, " Ahrens said.
Through her contacts among prisoners' rights and civil liberties groups, Ahrens has called on supporters to contact EOPSS Secretary Andrea Cabral and DOC Commissioner Luis Spencer to protest the proposal.
Harris told the Advocate the department has received no public feedback about the plan. The DOC, however, has released information apparently intended to allay concerns about it. Searches would be done randomly, not every day, according to the department. "Non-aggressive drug detecting dogs, generally Golden Retrievers or Labrador Retrievers" would be used "because of their inherent gentle natures." The dogs would be leashed and controlled by trained personnel and would "not bark, snarl, paw, or lunge at the individual who alerts them."
If a dog alerts guards to the possible presence of drugs, the visitor would be asked for his or her consent before being searched. If the visitor refuses, he or she would be denied entrance that day and barred from all DOC facilities (the same penalty applied to visitors who refuse a search after raising an alert while passing through a metal detector). Barred visitors can appeal that decision. In addition, visitors who bring a doctor's note confirming that they are allergic to dogs would be accommodated, according to DOC. The policy would not apply to prison volunteers, contractors or attorneys visiting their clients "at this time," DOC adds.
Such assurances, however, do little to appease critics. According to Ahrens, several groups are planning to sue DOC over the proposal.•


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By Nathan Solis & Jesus Sanchez
Saying he was "unencumbered by the past," Councilman Gil Cedillo today came out against declaring Highland Park's Superior Market, considered a prime example of mid-century "Googie" style architecture, a city historic landmark.
City staff, the Cultural Heritage Commission as well as two neighborhood councils had supported declaring the Figueroa Street market a cultural historic landmark, which would help protect the building's exterior from changes that would impact its historic character. Superior Grocer's proposed revamp would alter the store's facade of broad windows and swooping arches. But Cedillo, whose opposition will be hard to overcome, said he had to look beyond the concerns of preservationists.
Siding with the property owner and market operator, Cedillo, during a meeting of the City Council's Planning and Land Use Committee, recommended against the landmark nomination. He referred to previous agreements that the remodeling and redevelopment of the market "would not be deterred by legitimate preservation concerns."
"I have to look for the entire the community … and look at what their needs are," said Cedillo, referring to economic development, jobs and access to food. At one point, he referred to Highland Park as as "food desert."
Susan Levinstein, whose father was the original landowner of the building, said the landmark nomination would only interfere with the building's original, intended use as a local market – not a historic landmark. "The preservationists will have preserved nothing," she said.
The matter now heads to final vote before the full City Council.
There are not many stand-out examples of mid-century modern buildings in the Highland Park area. Built in 1960, the nearly 34,000-square foot supermarket building was designed by architect Ronald Cleveland, who worked on more than 100 supermarkets, in what some refer to as the Googie Style of architecture, which was popular among the builders of coffee shops and other commercial buildings of the era.
Charles Fisher, who heads the neighborhood historic district and filed the landmark nomination, said his goal was not to undermine Superior's operation. "It was never my intention to nominate this building to disrupt their business. They really left us no other options."
Antonio Castillo, President of the Highland Park Heritage Trust, which supported the nominations, said Cedillo's decision was purely political."He went the bureaucratic route in his decision, ignoring the historical, architectural and the significance it has with the community. It was basic politics."


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According to the latest rumor, Nokia has just cancelled its plan of showcasing new products at the upcoming CES in January 2013. Instead, the Finnish phone maker is now cooking up some surprises for Mobile World Congress 2013, about one month after the CES (Windows Phone Central will be at both events).
People have been expecting Nokia to bring up the next wave of Lumia devices, and probably more powerful Pureview goodies, for CES 2013. The month-long postpone could be a sign that Nokia indeed has something up its sleeves, and is needing a little bit more time to polish it. Let's just be patient.
Meanwhle, Huawei's first ever Windows Phone device the Ascend W1 is expected to be revealed on CES 2013.
Source: WPDang


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Harry P. Millinghausen, 82, formerly of Chestnut Hill, who operated his family's newspaper delivery business for more than two decades, died Jan. 15 at the home of his son Paul in Blue Bell.
He had been living at Masonic Village in Lafayette Hill since 2007.
Mr. Millinghausen took over the newspaper delivery business in the 1950s from his father who had purchased it in 1908. From then until he sold the business in 1978, Mr. Millinghausen delivered Philadelphia and New York newspapers, the Wall Street Journal and foreign language publications to several hundred customers in Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Wyndmoor and Erdenheim.
A founder and life member of the Wissahickon Skating Club, he was active in many sports and was an avid hockey player until age 60.
Born Germantown, he was a graduate of Germantown High School.
He was a member of Masonic Fritz Lodge #308 in Conshohocken and Messiah United Methodist Church in Lafayette Hill.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Mary Evans; daughters Carol Millinghausen, of Abington, and Donna Koenig, of Dresher; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Lownes Funeral Home, 659 Germantown Pike in Lafayette Hill. Friends may call from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to Friends Central School, 1101 City Ave., Wynnewood, PA 19096, or to the American Glaucoma Society at www.americanglaucomasociety.net – WF


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11 Ways Product Cocktailing Will Change Your Life
When we say "cocktail", you probably think "alcohol", "hangover", and quite possibly, "mistake" (no judgment). Product cocktailing, on the other hand? Now that's a whole different story. For those unfamiliar, the term is basically the beauty version of your favourite imbibe; in other words, two or more products mixed together for an enhanced final effect. We spoke with celebrity makeup artist Kirin Bhatty (she's responsible for Jessica Paré's always-stunning looks) and hairstylist Ryan Richman (he counts Sarah Hyland as a client) and asked them to share their favourite product combinations. Whether you're looking for a way to sculpt your cheekbones without sacrificing shimmer, or way to keep your curls in place without weighing them down with gel, we've got you covered. We have to admit—"beauty bartender" does have a nice ring.
Click through the slideshow above to see the 11 product cocktails that will change your life!
Product Cocktail #1: Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara + Dior Iconic Curl = Thick, Curly Lashes
For a full, fluttery fringe, use two mascaras instead of one. Bhatty first curls her clients' lashes with Shu Uemura's Eyelash Curler ($20), then applies one coat of Smashbox's Full Exposure Mascara ($20). "I'll comb through the lashes with a lash comb to get rid of any clumps, then finish with a coat of Dior's Iconic Overcurl ($29)," she says. "The volumizing mascara will give you the drama you want, and the curling mascara will help hold your curl in place all day!"
Product Cocktail #2: NARS Lipliner in Papua + Lipstick + Smashbox Halo Highlighting Wand in Pearl = Luscious Lips
Next time you want to gives your lips some extra oomph, reach for your highlighter. "After applying lipstick, I'll take Smashbox's Halo Highlighting Wand ($32) in Pearl and put a drop on the cupid's bow and on the center of the bottom lip, then spread it out with a lip brush to create a plump effect," Bhatty says. To create a smooth base for her lip look, she always reaches for Nars' Lipliner ($22) in Papua: "I love the texture of the lip pencil, and the color works on most skintones!"
Product Cocktail #3: Smashbox Jet Set Waterproof Liner in Bronze + NARS Duo Eyeshadow in Cordura + Chanel Illusion D'Ombre in Ébloui and Mirifique = A Shimmery Smoky Eye
This isn't your average daytime smoky eye. First, Bhatty primes her clients' lids with Smashbox's Photo Finish Lid Primer ($20) to prevent creasing. "I'll use Smashbox's Jet Set Waterproof Liner ($22) in Bronze on the upper and lower lash lines, smudging with a bullet brush along the way," she says. "Then I'll use the lighter shade in Nars' Duo Eyeshadow ($35) in Cordura to create dimension and shape over the entire lid." After that, Bhatty takes the darker shade in the eyeshadow duo and applies it to the crease, upper and bottom lash lines and outer corners of the eye, smudging along the way for a smoky effect. And for more dimension—she pats Chanel's Illusion D'Ombre ($36) in Ébloui (which is discontinued, but New Moon is a similar shade) into the center of the lid with her fingertip, then follows with a shimmery black cream or gel shadow (she uses the same Chanel eyeshadow in Mirifique). Finally, line the inner rim of your eyes with the Long Lasting Kohl Pencil ($10) in Black by Sephora, and voila—you're done!
Product Cocktail #4: Smashbox Brow Tech Trio + Diorshow Brow Styler Ultra-Fine Precision Brow Pencil= Full Brows
The key to full, natural-looking brows? Powder and pencil. "First, use a clean spooly to brush your brows," says Bhatty. "Then, I use shades from Smashbox's Brow Tech Trio ($25) and apply to the brows using an angled brow brush." Lastly, she combs through with a spooly or clean brow brush to soften the look, then fills in any missing spaces and adds definition with Dior's Diorshow Brow Styler Ultra-Fine Precision Brow Pencil ($29).
Product Cocktail #5: Nars Matte Multiple in Exumas + Diorskin Nude Tan Nude Glow Sun Powder + Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in Rose Bronze = Rosy, Defined Cheeks
"For cheeks, I like to create a dewy, sculpted look," Bhatty says. To achieve that effect, she uses a cocktail of both cream and powder blush formulas. "I apply a cream blush like Nars Matte Multiple ($39) in Exumas on the apple of the cheeks with a wet Beauty Blender ($20), then add Dior's Nude Glow Bronzer ($52) in the lightest shade to sculpt it out and contour." She seals the look by blending everything together with Chanel's Joues Contraste Powder Blush ($45) in Rose Bronze. "You get the beautiful, hydrated finish you usually see from a [cream formula], combined with the staying power of a powder!"
Product Cocktail #6: Kate Somerville Goat Milk Cream + Clarins Beauty Flash Balm + Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Foundation Primer = Dewy Effect
To give your complexion a dewy glow, try mixing your favorite moisturizers with a face primer before applying foundation. Bhatty blends Kate Somerville's Goat Milk Cream ($55) with Clarins' Beauty Flash Balm ($46), then applies Smashbox's Photo Finish Hydrating Foundation Primer ($42) before foundation.
Product Cocktail #7: Benefit Watt's Up + Smashbox Halo Highlighting Wand in Pearl + Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights in Baked Stardust = Lit-From-Within Glow
"I use a cocktail of three different products to bring out the high points of the face," Bhatty says. First, she uses a solid highlighter like Benefit's Watt's Up ($30) in the inner corner of the eyes with a foundation brush. Then, she dabs Smashbox's Halo Highlighting Wand ($32) in Pearl along the orbital bone, down the nose and above the cupid's bow, blending it in with a Beauty Blender ($20) sponge as she goes. Finally, she goes over everything with the shimmery white and pink powder from Smashbox's Fusion Soft Lights ($30) in Baked Stardust. "The powder gets married to the two liquid formulas, so it gives you a gorgeous, reflective glow," she says. "It also seals in the liquid so it doesn't move or smudge."
Product Cocktail #8: KMS California Free Shape Hot Flex Cream + KMS California Curl Up Control Cream = Sleek, Frizz-Free Curls
If you've ever complained about your curly locks looking frizzy, stringy, or dry, this product cocktail is about to change your life. "I think it's important for any hair type—but especially curly or dry hair types—to use a heat protectant," says Richman. "I combine KMS California's Free Shape Hot Flex Cream with the brand's Curl Up Control Cream." He mixes two dollops of them together in his palm, then applies generously throughout damp hair and dries with a diffuser. The heat protectant cream will make your hair soft and malleable, while the curl cream will held smooth flyaways and hold your curl's natural shape as it dries.
Product Cocktail #9: Osmo Clay Wax + Bumble & Bumble Invisible Oil = Shiny, Defined Waves
"Mixing a dryer product with an oil is a great way to hold shape without sacrificing shine," Richman says. After you've finished curling your hair with an iron, take a texturizing paste (he uses Osmo's Clay Wax ($10)) and mix it with a hair oil like Bumble & Bumble's Hairdresser's Invisible Oil ($38) in the palm of your hand. Apply the mixture throughout your hair, starting at your roots and pulling it through your ends. The result? Shiny, defined waves that actually last.
Product Cocktail #10: Bumble & Bumble Prep + Phyto PhytoVolume Actif Volumizing Spray = Smooth, Sleek Volume
"A lot of people think cocktailing products means mixing it with your hands, but a lot of products—especially hair products—come in spray form," Richman remarks. He suggests spraying a detangler like Bumble & Bumble's Prep ($21) on wet hair, then spritzing with a volumizing spray like Phyto's Phytovolume Actif Volumizing Spray ($29). "Sometimes when you use a volumizing spray, it can make your hair dry or hard to brush through. The Bumble & Bumble [product] will smooth out the hair and allow you to detangle."
Product Cocktail #11: Oribe Royal Blowout + Oribe Volumista = Blowout-Worthy Bounciness
To fake post-blowout bounciness, Richman suggests spritzing a styling spray like Oribe's Royal Blowout ($59) all over damp hair, then following with a volume-boosting spray like Oribe's Volumista ($39). Then, just take a round brush and blow-dry as usual. Your strands will look lush, bouncy, and moveable!
CTA: Have you ever tried a product cocktail? Which one of these would you test out? Tell us in the comments!


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National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A is Friday, August 3
Today is the day that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is asking their supporters to stage a same sex kiss at Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country. Will you be attending? Do you plan to eat at Chick-fil-A today?


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Applied NanoWorks Agreement with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
05 December 2003
05 December 2003
Applied NanoWorks has completed exclusive global licensing rights to two patent-pending nanotechnologies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
The licensed technologies enable the high volume fabrication of agglomerate free semiconductor, metal and oxide nanocrystals ranging in size from 2nm to 100nm.
""These licenses allow us to bring 64 high quality, highly tunable semiconductor, metal and oxide nanomaterials to market,"" said Eric Burnett, President & CEO of Applied NanoWorks. ""The materials covered under the agreement are ideal for a variety of high performance applications in markets such as semiconductors; cosmetics; performance papers; composite materials and luminescence applications in bio and medical markets. This highly scalable technology will bring a new generation of nanomaterial capabilities that deliver high levels of engineering control in a mass produced performance material.""
Eric Burnett, a technology entrepreneur and Partha Dutta, Ph.D. an Associate Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and developer of the patent pending technologies, founded Applied NanoWorks in February, 2003. Partha Dutta is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Young Career Award and Eric Burnett previously guided technology start-ups Strategic Power Systems and IA Systems.
""We are very excited about licensing these technologies to Applied NanoWorks."", explained Charles Rancourt, Director of the RPI's Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). ""The OTC's mission is to successfully link industry with Rensselaer's inventory of intellectual property and resources. We are confident that the breadth and value potential of this technology will become a benchmark for other commercialization projects at Rensselaer.""
""These technologies enable an environmentally safe and mass producible process to deliver nanocrystals ranging in size from 2nm to 100nm,"" said Partha Dutta, Chief Technology Officer. He also noted that the crystals are agglomerate free, water soluble, delivered in a colloid rather than in a powder and are highly tunable in size and surface characteristics. ""Industry no longer has to worry about how to disperse or suspend their nanomaterials for manufacturing; they can now focus on the right material for the job.""


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The good news is that the Miami Dolphins won't be raising season ticket prices for the 2013 season. The confusing news is that the Dolphins won't be dropping season ticket prices, either.
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, season tickets went on sale earlier this week without the prices being any higher.
They shouldn't be, given the team's chronic inability to sell all non-premium tickets to someone other than the team or its sponsors. If anything, the prices should be dropping.
The problem is that, if the prices go down now and the team improves and demand goes up, the Dolphins would take a P.R. hit in 2014 if they increase ticket prices.
That's why the smart move for teams should be to adopt pricing formulas based on their success, or lack thereof. Like those soda machines that charge more or less based on the outside temperature, team's should charge prices based on whether they are hot, or cold.
It's the ultimate money-where-your-mouth-is gesture for any sports team. If we stink, you pay less. If we're good, you pay more.
Though the idea may not be practical or appealing to any NFL teams, it's an example of the kind of thinking that will be critical to coaxing more and more fans out of their man caves and into the land of beer that costs $10 to consume and 10 minutes in line to purge.


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February 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES - UCLA Anderson School of Management hosted its second annual Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference on February 29, titled, "Engine for Growth: the China/California Connection." The conference brought together a unique mix of business leaders, professionals, academics and top MBA students to explore new opportunities emerging from Greater China's explosive economic activity and increasingly global entrepreneurial vision.
"China has become a dynamic hub of growth in many sectors of the global economy," says Michael Woo, Los Angeles' first Chinese American city councilman and son of conference founder Wilbur K. Woo. "This conference provides a lens for participants to clearly see the remarkable opportunities to build businesses and relationships in the burgeoning China market."
Opening the conference was Clarence Kwan, national managing partner of the Chinese Services Group of Deloitte LLP, who explored ways that China is emerging as a "game changer" in the global economy, and the implications for U.S. companies. Moderated panel discussions followed, featuring industry experts from both California and China discussing emerging opportunities in the investment, entertainment, and real estate sectors. An afternoon CEO exchange program, featuring Megatoys Co-founder Charles Woo and Trinity International Industries, LLC Founder Iris Lin, provided a platform for frank discourse on the business trends and challenges facing companies in this global environment. The conference closed with a panel discussion highlighting business career opportunities for students and professionals with China-and-California-based firms.
"Global growth is the $64 million question that both large and small companies have been grappling with," says Judy D. Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management. "So, it was terrific that this year's Woo Conference presented such provocative and insightful discussions about various operations in global markets and supply chains." Olian continues to explore cooperative ventures with Chinese educational institutions and was recently appointed to the International Advisory Council at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing, China.
The Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference originated in 2007, with the aim to promote understanding of economic ties between China and the United States. Wilbur K. Woo, who was born in China in 1916, received a bachelor's degree in business administration from UCLA and endowed the first annual conference at UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2007.
Sponsored by Cathay General Bancorp, the 2008 Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference was presented in association with UCLA Anderson School of Management and the schools' Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Greater China Business Association, Ziman Center for Real Estate, Entrepreneur Association, and its Center for International Business Education and Research.
About the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
The Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, a recognized leader in entrepreneurial education, oversees all teaching, research, extracurricular and community activities related to entrepreneurship at UCLA Anderson School of Management. The Price Center strives to provide academic and extracurricular experiences that advance both the theory and practice of entrepreneurship.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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