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The issue is, some guys will do that.
Its almost a counter sexism thing "guys deserve to be taken advantage of because they want love "
Depends if it works both ways as is yet to be seen
Until you apply it to bloggers and other Elebrities. I seem to remember MeganLeeHeart starting a gaming channel up almost randomly, as have others simply to appeal to more people. Its not so much the games themselves as the culture round the games and people viewing games with people jumping on it.
How many gaming news things are hosted by fairly attractive women these days and how many are hosted by the likes of Jim ?
Now I'm not saying these women aren't gamers at all but take this outside of the "legitimate" companies and think of all those people going out their way to get views by playing the gamer card too.
Until we see Mirrors Edge 2 which she's working as an advisor on (and DICE are being forced to implement her suggestions) we have no idea if she is having an impact.
Part of the maturation of the industry, essentially it has to prove it can work without it before it can be trusted not to abuse it as such.
While I will say this was a disgusting display and wrong. There is an underlying issue of girl gamers being seen to have an easier time. There are as such two side in gaming and I've written about this before being two sides with no middle ground the Chauvinist and the White Knight. The issue is the gender taking place over being a gamer. The Chauvinist side are the "OMG show us boobs, show us boobs" while the White Knights are "we must defend the fair Lady". Neither of these are good as personally I had a disagreement with someone online. I didn't know who they were but I disagreed and called their plan moronic in a team game. I went with my plan and refused to help with theirs. We won and I had a large amount of the teams points. For 15 minutes after the match I had a constant stream of messages of abuse. As it turns out the person whos plan I had said was moronic was female. I didn't know she was female until it was said to me after I didn't get why I was being called a chauvinist pig. I was hammered with insults, threats to have me banned and death threats for almost a solid 15 minutes by a group of guys who were friends of hers playing the the match because apparently I was being so horribly sexist by disagreeing with her as I would have if a guy had suggested that plan. (I seriously couldn't tell she was female over the mic as she just sounded like a gobby 13 year old dude to me).
So what's the point of this cool story ?
The problem is with placing the gender first in the issue as it ignores if the points raised are valid by saying "Oh you're doing this because of this reason" the issue is how explosive the accusation is when in reality the person was talking about something else.
Bill Gates is one of the Richest guys in the world. He's also a nerd.
see the character of Tinkerbala from the guild, her attitude is men are tools to be used like a spanner. In the series the character is a gamer, now imagine if she were telling more lies simply to use you. That's the issue here the lies, the idea of people not only lieing about something but doing it simply to get money and not lieing to save someone's feelings etc.
Anyone know what in the hell that game footage from the first half of the video was from? It was... I don't even know but I need to play it now.
Did you even read my post??? I specifically said at the beginning I like that more women are joining the gaming community all I said was I didn't like posers that made us look bad. Honestly I welcome others to join gaming and everywhere I go I talk about how great gaming is.
Wait... This is a thing? Really? I would think hot girls showing up at conventions would be a good thing whether their interest in the material was genuine or not. WTF Internet?
Honestly, it does piss me off a bit. When I see some girl biting a controller (or worse, the time I saw a girl biting a goddamn gamestation reward card...in an official gamestation advert) in a "sexy" way, it's like...seriously? But I guess, if these people (and they do exist, although in nowhere near the majority that the internet would have you believe) want this attention, then it doesn't harm me much.
The only thing is, it does make me uncomfortable.
This may actually be why. I've said it before, I'll say it again, I can't have been the only one who shat themselves a little when I started seeing the kind of people who would have bullied me in school appearing in gaming stores, "kind of people" of course referring to people who don't look like, well, nerds.
Okay badly stated what I tried to say is I don't have anything against women gaming in general, just the ones that says their into gaming but really aren't, making us look like douches and idiots.
Also I have just as much against fake male gamers as female ones but the male ones aren't that rampant that its a problem.
Because treating women like human beings and cracking down on sexist manchildren is somehow a bad thing. Also your definition of a fake gamer girl seems to be a women who doesn't take sexist crap. Seriously booth babes while admittedly not the most important thing still piss me off as I find it insulting to men that there's a presupposition we'll buy anything as long as there a skimpily dressed female in the vicinity. Appealing to a wider audience wow games are becoming more diverse and are no longer in strict genre walls and that's terrible. Name me one game that is specially designed for women and don't mention one for little girls as this discussion is evidently not about 7 year olds.
Very faulty analogy. I didn't see anyone in this thread hating basic idea of gaming, or comics, or anything else, getting more socially accepted. I know that I don't hate that.
The analogy would be more fitting if the young black voters would be explicitly comparing themselves to the heroes of the Civil rights movement, abusing the fact that the significance of going to vote has changed, and they are not bravely fighting authority as the old man did.
The problem is not that young people are having a good life, but that they are belittling the memory of those who weren't as lucky as them.
Gaming is now a worldwide mainstream cultural phenomenon, with facebook games, iPhone apps, etc. That's good, I guess. Comic Book adaptations are being turned into blockbusters. That's pretty neutral to me, I don't care about comics anyways. Sci-fi shows are common, zombies are more mainstream than football, good for the artists, otherwise whatever.
I don't mind them loving their own, changed versions of these. But couldn't they enjoy them without ripping off the mannerisms and surface elements of that weird subculture of loners and freaks a few decades ago, who pursued "childish" hobbies, who obsessed over hated genres, whose entertainment often actually got BANNED, and who went the hard way to do the unusual, the freakish, the unacceptable?
Well, its actually quite different when these girls show up at conventions, and then laugh at and mock the average congoer.
To put it simply, its more like the subculture where the "geek" has been subverted by the same individuals who used to beat them up in High School, or openly mock them, and no longer have a place in that group anymore. This is not just "girls" either. There are certainly many geeky women who are widely accepted among what could be construed as the more typical geek paradigm. Even these women are mocked by other women outside of that paradigm.
To put it simply, many people in this thread just don't know what the issue is or are misidentifying it, and Jim still has yet to make a salient point about pretty much anything.
Its not really much different from the bandwagon fan mentality in professional sports. The difference, is that if you have a replica of the fenway park scoreboard in your living room, you're seen as a diehard, and while maybe not accepted, you are at least respected. There's entire cultural outlets that cater to you. The cultural outlets that were previously just for the diehards of geek/nerd culture, are catering to a more casual group.
Been thinking a lot about what you've said, Jim, and the comments made on the video, because some people have made some fairly good points, trying to separate the argument you constructed for the exclusive purpose of tearing it down for show, from what I actually feel.
Ok I've tried typing this out about 4 times now, but just thinking about the definition of a "nerd", and what it means to me, reminded me of highschool, I had a friend who was a textbook nerd(looked like harry potter, played warhammer), we a shared a lot of 'nerdy' interests but I was never ridiculed for being a "nerd" while he was(he claimed this was because of my appearance).
It appears to be a misunderstanding of what a "Nerd" is:
For years "Nerd" was the title given to a social outcast, someone who was given nothing by their peers and turned instead to gaming or comics. Taking refuge in their parents basement while they roll D20's(sterotypical and pretty far from the truth for most cases nowadays, I'm aware). People were labeled Nerds and played videogames/read comics/anime because they were socially awkward, they were not nerds because they did those things, they did those things because they were nerds, that's a distinction many people don't seem to realize. When someone who clearly isn't a social outcast(looks as a metric for judging whether someone is a social outcast or not is scale that's worked since adolescence) claims to be a Nerd(a label forced on someone who's a social outcast) it's akin to a white kid pulling his pants halfway down his ass and saying "What's up my n******s?" he's pretending to be something he's not, looks utterly ridiculous, and clearly doesn't understand the culture he's claiming to be apart of.
Now I realize games and graphic novels have become more and more mainstream these days, and yes I welcome new fans to the medium, another sale of a good game by a good studio ensures they'll survive to make another. But people don't realize that playing the same games a nerd does, or reading the same manga, does not make you a nerd, just like swearing/yelling at people in the kitchen and cooking doesn't make me Gordon Ramsay. Gaming is becoming more accepted by popculture, and broadening to appeal to more than just the socially awkward, it has the right to as a medium, but like a dolphin caught in a tuna-net, the attentionseeking or ignorant might find themselves at a convention going on about what a gamer they are because they played the new halo, or how they're "such a nerd" because they play pokemon/watch Big Bang Theory.
Also, Gratz Megan and Jared! :D
I have a hard time giving a good example but try this one:
Fake gamer girl tricked me into giving her attention then turned out to not like games after all.
----Doesn't matter had sex.
Lame people not able to close the deal really don't need to be mad at "fake nerd girls"
But how? How do they make us look like idiots and douches? Are you saying that you have never once misrepresented yourself in order to fit in or sell a product? I pretend to be a nice guy at work so people will buy shit. I'm actually an asshole that hates them all.
Besides, what do you care if a woman calls herself a gamer, but only plays Farmville or whatever wild example you have in your head? I already pointed out that your earlier reasoning - how they didn't have to put up with being hazed in school - is invalid because not all of us were. If that's what you say makes 'us' (I hate that you lump us all together with you) idiots and douches, then speak for yourself, please.
Its hard to explain why they are so offensive but I tried to give an example 2 posts up.
Who are these "gamers" you speak of?
The heros of old didnt fight for personal recognition or merit. They probably knew they would recieve none and many would bastardise their cause. The "heros of old" wouldnt mind becaue the fact that these people exist to do this proves their fight is won. Im VERY happy people can now use our mannerisms and surface elements without being persecuted. Im happy that the fruits of our labour went to make others happy. I dont mind that they "Rip us off" or that they enjoy the original without "Fighting the good fight". Just because they werent around, old enough or in the right place to "Fight the good fight" doesnt mean they arnt entitled to the original experience we fought so hard to just enjoy ourselves.
The old man should be proud his achievement gave people the ability to do these things without persecution. He shouldnt be bitter that people "Piggy back" on his glory but instead be proud his glory is something worth piggy backing onto. Sure he wont get any credit. But its damn satisfying to see a younger generation enjoy the things i did without the contempt. MAybe a few get them wrong. But thats ok. Because it doesnt hurt me when they do, i just ignore it, and when they get it right it makes me smile.
Of course young people belittle the achievements of those who earned them what they have now. Its what they do. How old were you when you realised and FULLY appreciated, i mean FULLY, how much you owed the veterans of world war 1 or 2. Can you ever REALLY appreciate them enough? The younger generation are really bad at this. Its in their nature. It was in ours too.
Well I'm not sure I understand, but that's certainly different than just demanding geek credentials of hot girls that show up at conventions, which I would think would be a good thing.
But isn't that an entirely different issue?
It is an issue when a person (male type) goes up to the "Hot nerd girl in cosplay" and tries to call them "out" on it. Not only would it hurt the woman's feelings, but others who might be there for the first time, would say "gee, I really do not want to be associated with sexists. The stuff looks cool and all, but I'll pass".
That is the real danger, allowing the KKK (metaphorically) to be sexist and hurt My rep, Your rep, and all Geek cultures rep.
I do know people who look at gamers as sexist because of the whole http://kotaku.com/5889637/sexual-harassment-is-a-joke-to-these-fighting-game-fans thing. So ya, I will speak out against the stupid people, who make us all look bad.
It's the matter of posers. I don't particularly care when it comes to video games, because it doesn't really matter. When it comes to music I do care. Mostly because posers create a market and a poor public image for what doesn't really have much of a public presence anyway. Why do you think emo became a thing?
Yeah, none of which seemed to make sense to me. You acknowledge men can do the same thing, but only give examples about women. I'm not sure what you're hang up is, but it seems to go deeper than booth babes.
Oh I have nothing against booth babes lol, they are hired for a job to show off a product.
Truthfully, I did read the post but the content really did kind of confuse me for a bit. You say you like more of the female crowd joining in, I got that bit just fine. But then it got kinda weird with you saying, from what I understood at least, that you dislike posers because you have pent up rage about you being berated as a child for saying such things in public while they get lauded and praise for it? That's the point where I say grow up. We're adults now and no longer in grade school. If they want to flaunt something like that, even if it's fake, let 'em. They aren't making anyone look silly but themselves when people see they really don't know anything about what they claim to know. If people give you flack for actually being knowledgeable in a certain thing, then you probably shouldn't be associating yourself with those people anyways. Nobody can make you look like a douche or an idiot but yourself dude.
You, like Jim, miss the point entirely. It's not girls wanting to fit in or being "desperate for your attention" it's girls out to manipulate nerds, either for their own ends, or being paid to do so by someone else (like in the case of booth babes and the like).
I wrote a more detailed answer (phrased to aim it directly at Jim) earlier, but I imagine it was too long for a lot of people, and also not what they'd want to hear.
Welp! Thank jeebuz for Jim!
Alright, I hate to be that person but...I am indeed a gamer girl and I HATE being called out by other guys who feel the need to constantly test my knowledge about videogames at all. It's rather insulting and annoying. And if I, let's say, don't know the name of the alien guy that tags along with Sheppard on his adventures then I am just an ignorant poser and should go back to the kitchen and prepare a sammich for all those true gamer boyz out there!
Sorry about the rant there but it's true. I work at GameStop and I constantly have to go through that.
On the other hand, I do hate it when a girl claims to be a gamer and they're not. There I am, thinking I actuall met another girl who likes games just as much as I do and could possibly have a conversation with her without the sound of someone burping or something (My gamer guy friends do that...) and...it's a lie.
Me: "Oh, so you're buying Dragon age? I love that game!"
I don't know if that's what Jim was going for but it really sucks when someone claims to be a gamer and...they don't even know how to turn on a system. And that applies to both guys and girls. it's as if I claim to be a car enthusiast because I have a car and I like to wash it and I know it needs gas and then this guy walks up to me and talks to me about the engine and stuff like that in detail and he's all passionate about and then I just go ahead and say "Hey, I don't like cars that much! That's silly!".
Okay, so I digress. What I seriously doubt is a girl would pretend to be a hardcore gamer or a nerd to get it on with another guy. It just doesn't make sense. I cannot think of a single scenario whee that would work.
TL;DR: It sucks being called out by guys who doubt my gaming knowledge/authenticity (?) and I can see some girls taking advantage of that. But not that many.
Your absolutely correct, the problem is when people don't do this.
Big respect to you, in all honestly I feel the most for you in all of this because your the one that has to deal with the actions of these stupid fake gamer girls.
I also think your example was really good for why its offensive because its like they are making fun of you for even thinking gaming is fun.
Specifically referring to the bolded part: why? No, really... why? Why should anyone revel in a bunch of strangers coming into their house acting like they own the place? It's one thing if I can go up to one of these supposed "fake nerd" girls, and we can actually hold a discussion about the Atari 2600's impact on modern gaming citing specific examples (or something similar)... if you can do that, you're a nerd in my book. The disconnect comes from when you go up to one of those "fake nerds" and they look at you like you are a nerd and don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Did you catch that? They want to take your hobby and make it into a slogan. They want your title... but they don't want to be like you. It's image over substance. I suppose in a world full of shallow people... who've never experienced people of real substance... one more shallow person isn't going to bother them.
And besides, most nerd girls I've known personally... REAL nerd girls... don't care much about their image. And ZERO gamers wear nothing but Nintendo-branded gear. NONE OF THEM.
For me, that's all it comes down to: if you know your shit, we're best friends. If you're just putting on a costume, GTFO.
It's like the guys says in the video about punks. To add to what he said, though: the original punks wore what they wore because that's all they could afford... or the shops that sold those kinds of clothes were punk-friendly (e.g. fetish shops). They didn't go out and buy "punk clothes" to advertise themselves as punks. It's just who they were.
Substance, people... recognize it? How about authenticity? Does anyone even know what that means anymore?
I'm sure this happens to you all the time so it's a really big deal, but having never seen someone I can't see this being widespread.
Of course manipulation of anyone is a problem, but are those who pretend to like games any different than any other kind of manipulation? Why is it specific focus on those who pretend to like games rather than those who manipulate in any other way?
Now if you say they are no different, explain why you draw a line separating those. Why is it fake nerd girls rather than manipulative behaviour in full that gets you riled up?
Yeah, I also work for GameStop and I see what you're talking about a lot. My girlfriend also works for the company and I see her getting quizzed all the time. It's pretty stupid, and sad, because I've seen more guys working for GameStop that know less about what they're talking about than gals. And yet there are guys that will walk straight past our female employees if they see there's a man available to help them. =/
I wouldn't really call it an "outrage", I just hate being lied to. Surely women do as well, do they not?
I find it f**king hilarious that the gaming community be so inconsistent with its causes. 'Is feminism good' threads are a regular manifestation of boy-nerd intellectualism, and when criticism of booth babes occurred, a chorus of 'who cares? Let them do what they want; they are adults and scantily clad women rock!' erupted. And yet NOW, the community is oh so offended about supposedly 'fake nerds' and not just any fake nerds, but the attractive female ones.
Oh for Pete's sake! It looks like some kind of, 'she only didn't date me because she's a bitch' rubbish. For starters, it's a witch hunt which forces innocent people to prove their nerdiness to a self appointed gatekeeper elite. Secondly, it's a pissing contest, anatomically really only a male thing, for nerdom, very similar to the old favorites like 'casual vs hardcore', the 'real fan vs new fan' and the 'elite vs newb'. All I can say is, grow the f**k up.
EDIT: Oh and people likening this to 'weeding out the posers', why is it girls getting the weeding but for a male, one's nerdiness is seldom called into question?
Oh and I hope that the guy who proposed at the end of this video is marrying a REAL nerd girl, not some fake one whose self esteem is so low that she has to slum it as a nerd to get any male attention. Or is she trying to gate crash an exclusive and elite party, by pulling the wool over the eyes of male nerds everywhere in some kind of malicious and Machiavellian gambit for a purpose only Satan could fathom?
Okay someone posted a youtube video called "You're Not such a Nerd: Commodification of Nerd and Gamer Sub-culture", and it explained perfectly why it is so upsetting, so while I might not able to explain why, this video should at least help you.
Oh really? The common retort is that gamer guys 'hate being lied to'. I have to laugh! Nobody is 'lying' to you, any more than everybody lies to you every single day. You're being lied to constantly and consistently by everybody you've ever known. What's the threshold or context at which this becomes impossible to tolerate and thus raises one's ire?
Is it borrowing money from you, promising to take it back and never doing so? Assuring you that he didn't really bang the girl you've had a crush on since forever? Telling you that it was Tom who stole your rarest Pokemon card, when it was really he himself who took it? Oh no, the real lie is some girl who's possibly overstating how much she loves, enjoys or identifies with this particular sub culture which believe to be 'yours'.
By whose judgement? Yours? Pete over there? I think you'll find that one person's 'ubergeekdom' is another person's 'lame'. So who considers you fake right at this moment? Probably nobody, because you're not a 'hawt girl'.
Well, the problem is that people are trying to look at the phenomena in a vaccuum rather than the behaviors that have created this problem. It's not about nerds being concerned over someone intruding on their property, or being "poseurs" or anything of the sort like Jim and a lot of people seem to think. The simple facts are:
#1: Nerds are by definition rejects, it's a very broad label that includes a lot of people who are rejected for a lot of differant reasons. An attractive girl, especially one with a solid peer circle and social life, by definition cannot be a nerd. A lot of the problem comes with the label being used to point to a specific set of interests that are graually breaking into the mainstream.
It sounds odd, but the issue is that when some hot girl says she's "one of you" when she's clearly not, that's a problem.
#2: The reason it's a problem is because 99% of the time, the hot girl trying to pass as a nerd and buddy up to nerds is doing so in order to get something out of them. Sure, she might have some knowlege of fandom, in whatever area, but at the end of the day she's after your wallet and/or whatever she can squeeze out of you. Nerds being targeted because they tend to be desperate for female attention, and prefer to deal with people at a distance, which is something a scammer is more than willing to oblige.
See, your typical nerd girl will buddy up to some nerds, get attention for being pretty and interested geeky subjects, hang out a bit, and then inevitably run into all kinds of problems, approaching her friends whom she flirts with to buy her things ranging from games, to computer parts, to MMO subscription cards, to pretty much anything else you can think of. A lof of this stuff winds up being purchused through services like Amazon.com and then goes directly onto Ebay.
I've run into situations in MMO guilds and such where there have been like 3-4 guys all paying for the subscription for some female player, only to get all POed when they eventually realize they had all been giving her time codes, and she's been selling the extra ones she's not using. Another case I know of was one girl who needed a new sound card and a new camera and managed to beg them off a few people, she wound up with like 4 cameras and no less than 11 sound cards (some used) most of which went directly to Ebay. If you check around you'll find the geek culture is absolutly FULL of stories like this, most of which are true. There is a reason why there is so much hatred directly at "camwhores" by geek culture.
The bottom line comes down to point #1. When your dealing with hardcore nerds/fanboys acceptance generally means being someone obviously rejected by the rest of society. The much mocked "900 pound land whale" is generally more accepted by nerds simply because you can understand why the fatty is into the nerd culture, and immersing themselves in escapism so much.
Most nerds would really like there to be hot nerd girls out there, but understand the concept makes little or no sense when examined, and there have been so many burns over the years, that even if one DOES exist, she kind of needs to prove herself. To be honest it's less about rejection due to a lack of encyclopediac knowlege of nerdy subjects, but a lack
As one guy I know put it, "where were all the hot nerd girls before gaming went mainstream/casual, and when things like Amazon and Ebay didn't exist". A valid point that can be made by elder geeks, sure the hot, nerdy, girl stereotype was around in Hollywood, but in reality you didn't see people claiming to be them because there was no value in the knowlege of geek trivia, and it really wasn't possible to run large scale online scams.
There have literally been girls who have basically employed themselves by logging onto the computer, making doe eyes at desperate nerds, and then re-selling the gifts. WTF does anyone expect.
For those who read this far, I'll also say that when it comes to cosplay, that's a slightly differant thing. In general booth babes and those who are honest about being there for promotional reasons tend to get treated a bit better than those claiming to be fans. The reason being that it's a common technique at cons, renfaires, etc... to hire girls to help make the scene and promote their wares by basically walking around in very good costumes involving items and materials they happen to sell. Nerds in paticular get upset with the deception more than other people might react to "Party Girls" being used the same way in other venues.
In a lot of cases though it should be understood that the "hot cosplay girls" that are for real aren't pretending to be nerds. Oftentimes they come in groups, with friends, boyfriends, etc.. around. They are pretty much showing off, and just presenting themselves as having an interest a bit beyond the casual, not as genuine nerds, or cultural paragons (so much as it's worth being a paragon of this culture). The biggest issue being that such girls aren't usually trying to buddy up to you, or make social contact, to which the typical nerd response is quite understandable "what's her angle?".
See, I find it kind of amusing that Jim is addressing this issue the way he is, because honest he seems pretty bright, and if some hot girl was showing interest in him (online or otherwise) I'd imagine he'd be pretty suspicious.
I think this may just be my favorite video yet. I'm so sick of guys who flatter themselves into thinking we're all just making it up for their attention. I've had to deal with this several times myself, and let me tell you: it's not attractive, it's not cute, it's not funny, and all they're doing is making themselves look bad.
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We've already discussed the various merits of Proenza's PS13 versus Mulberry's Willow, both of which are delectable work totes with an envelope-style front, and both of which are poised to become spring's It bags. Right now though, Mulberry's Willow just about has the edge.
The Brit brand has released a lookbook featuring every single colour, leather, and size variation of the latest addition to the Mulberry family, and frankly we're smitten with them all. The Willow silhouette takes Mulberry's arm candy offering in a slightly more ladylike direction, a departure from the brand's signature casual satchels — and we think that the timing for this classic design is just right. We also love the fact that it's not really one bag, but two, with the front pocket transforming into a detachable oversized clutch that zips off. It's also British through and through, made in Mulberry's Somerset factories.
Since its debut at London Fashion Week in September '12, the Willow has (understandably) attracted a gaggle of celebrity fans, including Kate Moss, Andrea Riseborough, Lily Collins, and Elisabeth Moss. The new collection will hit selected Mulberry stores starting in mid-February. We love the Laduree shades, and the mint classic calf tote has gone right to the top of our spring '13 wish list. Take a look at the slideshow and let us know which are your favourites.


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Few places in the world offer more dramatic and impressive vistas than the Sierra Nevada range of central California. The Sierra Nevada is truly one of the last vast wildernesses in the United States. One can walk for days and never see a manmade object.
I set out to capture the essence of this grand place from a perspective not commonly seen, that of a long-distance hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail. On April 16, 2006 my wife and I set out to hike from Mexico to Canada on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, which spans the states of California, Oregon and Washington. Hiking through hundreds of miles of the Sierra Nevada range was the crown highlight of our trip, an unforgettable experience.
This book contains over a hundred images capturing the light, color and boldness of the Sierras. I hope that as you move through these pages, each image presents its own beauty. Perhaps they will summon memories of your own time in the Sierras, whether you came as a tourist or as a climber or hiker who challenged the many peaks or trails.


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Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels worldwide. Trump's extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years, and more recently with his NBC reality show The Apprentice, where he serves as host and executive producer.
Trump is the fourth of five children of Fred Trump, a real-estate tycoon and developer based in New York City. Donald was inspired to follow his father into real-estate development, and began working on projects for his father's real-estate firm while still in college. Upon his graduation from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, Trump formally joined his father's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son. He took the helm in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.
In 2010, Trump expressed interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in 2012. On May 16, 2011, he announced he would not run. On May 23, he stated he has not completely ruled out running if no viable Republican Party candidate emerges. In 2011, Trump ranked No. 17 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.


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Tom Brady snags cover of 'Madden NFL 18'
The New England Patriots' dominance in pro football is extending to video games, too.
Five Super Bowl rings, 12 Pro Bowls and two MVP awards. Tom Brady's résumé is pretty impressive, but's missing an honor bestowed on many of his peers—the cover of EA's Madden NFL series. Well, Brady can scratch that one off the list, too. Time_Sports
On Friday, Electronic Arts confirmed quarterback Tom Brady will grace the cover of Madden NFL 18, which launches August 25. It's the second straight year a Patriots player has appeared on the Madden cover. Last year, it was tight end Rob Gronkowski.
The last time we saw Brady on the field, he led the Patriots to another Super Bowl championship — the fifth of his career — after overcoming a 25-point deficit.
Brady's next challenge: avoiding the dreaded Madden Curse.
"The Madden NFL 18 cover is a great honor for me," said Brady in a statement. "Especially since I have been playing the game since growing up next to EA headquarters in the Bay Area. I'm not one to believe in curses, so I'm ready to take the challenge head on like always!"
The Madden Curse involves a football player suffering an injury or a drop in production the season they are featured on the cover of the video game.
The curse hit its peak in the 2000s, but just when it seems the curse is dead, it somehow comes back to life.
For example, two years ago, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. appeared on Madden NFL 16. Beckham had one of his best years during the 2015 season, with 1,450 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns.
The year before that, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman snagged the cover for Madden NFL 15. Sherman helped Seattle get to their second straight Super Bowl.
So, curse over, right? Nope. Last season, Madden NFL 17 cover star Gronkowski was placed on injured reserve after undergoing back surgery.
As for the video game itself, Electronic Arts will reveal more during June's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Madden NFL continues to position itself as a major player in competitive video gaming, or esports. This weekend, EA crowns its first official Madden Champion as part of its Madden NFL Championship Series, which boasts a prize pool of $500,000. The Championship will air on NFL Network on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, as well as online through Twitch, YouTube and Facebook.
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ROME — Italian officials say they have identified the bodies of an American couple and two German nationals who perished when the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized.
The bodies of the four passengers were identified Tuesday on the interior ministry's website in a posting by the prefect's office from the Tuscan town of Grosseto.
They were named as Barbara and Gerald Heil of Minnesota — the sole American victims of the disaster — and Christina Mathi Ganz and Norbert Josef Ganz of Germany.
The body of an Italian crewman was also identified Tuesday after weeks of DNA testing and other exams.
Divers continue searching the wreck for a female Italian passenger and an Indian crewman missing since the Jan. 13 accident and presumed dead. The two have already been included in the death toll of 32.


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Nook Nook is a furniture company that designs and manufactures high quality, sustainable furniture. The range is contemporary designed furniture made for modern homes. Our image will represent a quirky but designer edge.
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We like old fashion type writer keys and classic 'newspaper-style' text. The logo may be printed on waxy brown paper or fabric to represent a hand-crafted element and the use of low impact materials. We do not want to use green in the logo; it is too obvious a reference to the 'green' element of our business's attitude and marketing angle.
We understand that the name/logo is an image and not necessarily read left to right. We love the fact we have four O's in the name and K could be a versatile and 'fun' letter to work with. We would like to have our tag line 'Furniture made for your environment' included with the logo however, this is not essential.
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We don't like cartoon style logos, sporting style logos or common text fonts. We do not want the logo to be too corporate or conservative (once again, think quirky) and furniture images are of very low importance to us.
Our target audience are design and environmentally conscious home owners, often apartments, warehouses and houses that have been architecturally designed. Our audience is fashion influenced, and brand conscience. We are also appealing to the corporate market, such as building developers.
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String of 50 Midwest Church Robberies Believed to Be Connected
(LINDEN, Mich.) -- Authorities believe that at least 50 church robberies that have taken place across a string of Midwestern states in recent months – with the thieves taking everything from money for the poor to gift cards for seminary students – are connected.
According to a crime bulletin released by law enforcement agencies in southeast Michigan and northern Ohio, authorities are searching for two young white males caught on tape by security cameras. One man, wearing a navy blue sweatshirt, is holding a crowbar in the photos.
That was one of the weapons used to break into the Family Tabernacle Church of God in Unadilla Township, Mich., this fall. In fact, the church has been burglarized twice in the last year, but the most recent incident came on Oct. 30 when the robbers smashed a window and ransacked the church's office looking for money. Fortunately for the church, they had installed an alarm system after a break-in last spring saw over $7,000 worth of musical instruments stolen.
"After that we got an alarm system," Pastor Jeff Howard said in a phone interview Friday. "We're in a rural area, but on a state road with a lot of neighbors in front of us and on one side of us, so we felt pretty safe, but evidently we're not."
Howard's church is just one of many – stretching from Flint in eastern Michigan down into northern Ohio and even west into northern Indiana – that have been victimized, a string of robberies that Howard finds deeply disturbing.
"It shows that we as a society are moving away from God instead of moving towards Him. That concerns me," he said. "The thing that's puzzling is if we're responding to these tough times this way, it means people must be angry with God. That's disturbing. All our blood sweat and tears are in this building. It really hurt to see it torn apart like that, but at the same time it showed us how important what we are doing is for this community that we live in. I told them at church that the folks did this came to the right place for help, but they came in the wrong way and at the wrong time. We would still reach out to them today to do everything we could to help them. I just pray that they get the help they need."
Authorities have now posted security photos of two suspects, a development that sprang from an Oct. 7 break-in at Hope Lutheran Church in Linden, Mich.
"They came in the early morning and used a crowbar to break into the church through our doors. They pried open some filing cabinets and got into our safe. They were apparently only looking for money because they left all our computers and other equipment," Pastor Jim Roth said in a phone interview. "We don't store money here, but they took gift cards from our safe that were for seminary students. One of the gift cards was for Wal-Mart and they were able to get pictures of the guys at Wal-Mart in southern Michigan and it matches the ones we took with our security cameras."
"The police thought that because we got pictures of them here and there that that would be very helpful in catching them," Roth noted.
In a press release Friday from the Lenawee County Sheriff Department and the Michigan State Police, authorities said they are looking for two "people of interest" and they believe the break-ins – which started around Aug. 13 with a robbery in Woodstock Township – "are all related."
"We've got photos of the guys now, so that's good," Detective Jeff Smith of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office told ABC News. "We may get some leads coming in soon."
"The last I heard, there are well over 50 churches that have been broken into," he said. "Here in Monroe County I've got eight reports on my desk. They're mostly looking for money. They're going for small, out-of-the-way churches, not hitting the big churches. I think that is because these churches are out in the country, they may not have surveillance systems, they're usually on dark, unlit roads, and some of these congregations lock up after Sunday and don't come back until later in the week. The robbers know it's going to be a few days before the break-in will even be discovered."
According to Howard, the thieves are not getting away with considerable amounts of money, despite the huge number of churches they have hit.
"These guys are looking at prison time from these break-ins and with us, they didn't get anything. With some break-ins they're getting only $200," he said. "So even though they've broken into over 40 churches, they're not getting that much at all. It's just hard to justify it."
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Oct. 5, 1917 – July 14, 2013
Rosemary G. Esty, a 74-year resident of Derby, a patron of the arts and community volunteer, died July 14 in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a short illness. She was 95.
Born Rosemary Guile in Utica, she attended the Utica Country Day School and furthered her studies in Paris.
In 1939, she married Harold M. Esty Jr., a grandson of John D. Larkin, founder of Larkin Co., and great-nephew of Elbert Hubbard, Roycroft founder.
Mrs. Esty served on the Junior Board of Buffalo General Hospital, the Maria M. Love Convalescent Fund and the Women's Committee of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
She was devoted to historic preservation, serving as a regent of an association in Fredericksburg, Va., called the Kenmore Association in recognition of a historic home named the Kenmore House, home of George Washington's sister, Betty Washington Lewis.
She was an avid supporter of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield Penney Art Center and Graycliff House, the estate to which she donated a roll-top desk that once was used by Larkin Co.
A longtime promoter of the arts, she and her husband were backers of numerous Broadway plays, including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "The Rose Tatoo."
They were among the founders of the Studio Arena Theatre in 1965.
She was known for her gardens and entertaining at her home in Derby. She was a member of the Saturn Club, the Players Club of New York City and a former member of the Garret Club.
Her husband died in 1986.
Survivors include three daughters, Stosie Sanderson, Elizabeth Franklin and Patricia Symons; and a son, John A.
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The body of Meredith Kercher was discovered by Italian police at the cottage that she shared with other students in Perugia on November 2, 2007. The 21-year-old British student, who was part of a university exchange programme, was found lying partially clothed under a duvet in her bedroom. Her windpipe had been crushed and throat partially slashed.
On November 6, 2007, police arrested two suspects, Amanda Knox, and Knox's boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. That day, an employer of Knox was also arrested after Knox implicated him in the crime. He was later released and exonerated after it was confirmed that he had no connection to the crime.
On November 20, Rudy Hermann Guede was arrested in Germany. A warrant had been issued for his arrest on the basis of DNA and fingerprint evidence found on the victim's body. Guede had fled to Germany following the murder. On December 6, he was extradited back to Italy. The three suspects were held in custody in Perugia and were charged with murder, sexual assault and theft.


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The controversial third-term representative from Minnesota has garnered plenty of press in recent months thanks in large part to her aggressive effort to tie herself to the Tea Party movement. Bachmann founded the House Tea Party caucus and also offered what she cast as a Tea Party response to the 2011 State of the Union address. Bachmann is a prolific fundraiser and has been visiting Iowa ahead of a possible run - but she is also somewhat isolated in Congress (her House leadership bid failed) and could be too far right for much of the electorate.
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When President Obama offered then-Utah Governor John Huntsman the U.S. ambassadorship to China in 2009 - and Huntsman accepted - pundits said the president had effectively sidelined a strong potential 2012 rival. (Obama 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe had called Huntsman the one potential opponent who made him "a wee bit queasy.") But Huntsman, a fluent Mandarin speaker, recently said he was giving up his job ahead of a possible challenge to Mr. Obama. A Mormon like Mitt Romney, Huntsman is seen by supporters as a pro-business consensus builder who is relatively moderate on issues like gay rights and the environment; while that moderation might help in a general election, it could complicate his path to the GOP nomination.
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Lewrockwell.com is the website of Lew Rockwell, self styled libertarian writer and "full-time gadfly against the conventional wisdom." Rockwell describes the content of his site as "unapologetically idiosyncratic." Among its many columnists and commentators, who hail from all points along the political spectrum, are Alexander Cockburn, Karen Kwiatkowski, Michael Moore, John Pilger, Ted Rall, Dennis "Justin" Raimondo, Frank Rich, Robert Scheer, and Cindy Sheehan.
In the view of Rockwell and many of the contributors to LewRockwell.com, the U.S. government is the world's most oppressive regime. "We are talking about the greatest centralized power on the globe, the world's largest, most well-armed, and most dangerous government, the only government to have ever used nuclear weapons against civilians and the government that has invaded more countries than any other in modern times," wrote Rockwell in June 2004. A year later, he wrote, "Americans need to face the reality that most of the world sees our nation as the new evil empire, and many people in the Gulf region are dedicated to making sure that the Iraq War is the last hurrah for American militarism."
LewRockwell.com believes that the U.S. is in the grip of a fascist government. Rockwell refers to his political opponents as "fascisti," and to supporters of American policies as "storm troopers of the regime" and proponents of "red-state fascism." Stressing that this is "not just rhetoric," Rockwell urges his readers to "recognize that fascism is a reality, not just a smear term."
In July 2004, Rockwell wrote, "I have this in common with NPR, Michael Moore, the Black Caucus, and assorted other grasping, complaining, anti-capitalist victim lobbies: a burning desire to see George Bush's fingers pried loose from the levers of power." In a December 2004 column, Rockwell lamented that "what we have alive in the U.S. is an updated and Americanized fascism," the solution for which "requires that we face the reality of the current threat forthrightly by extending more rhetorical tolerance leftward and less rightward." "What is the most pressing and urgent threat to freedom that we face in our time?" he wrote. "It is not from the left."
Believing that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was "wholly unwarranted" and that the American-led war to oust Saddam Hussein was "a malevolent hoax," Rockwell has called Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11 a "must-see" movie. LewRockwell.com accordingly ran several flattering reviews of the film. With the presidential election in the offing, Rockwell encouraged readers in a September 2004 column to "look left." There they could "find fascinating war revisionism, courageous defenses of the innocently detained, principled stands for constitutional rights, well argued exposes of the high and mighty." Rockwell derided the "supposedly rightist president who wages war, cuts taxes, and shovels other people's money at corporate fatcats."
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Crawley go level on points with Southend
Crawley Town came from behind against Rotherham to win 2-1 and go level on points with league-leaders Southend.
Brett Williams scored in the 22nd minute and with no reply from the Red Devils, Rotherham led at half-time.
Three minutes into the second half, Tyrone Barnett scored for Town to bring the scores level and 20 minutes later Josh Simpson found the net and the comeback was complete.
Rotherham manager Andy Scott believed his side were the better of the two teams: "The better side has lost, but that's what happens when you play the top teams.
"You've got to be concentrating for 100% of the time and we did it for 95%."
The Crawley boss, Steve Evans, admitted he was angry at half time but was glad his team got the result.
"We should have been out of sight in the first half. We looked as if we'd never played together. I couldn't repeat publicly what I said at half-time.
"I shouldn't have to have that half-time chat. But it's another win and an important three points for us," added Evans.
Bristol Rovers scored with 13 minutes to go to ensure the points were shared at Roots Halls in a 1-1 draw against top of the league Southend. Matt Harold came off the bench to score for Rovers against his former club to cancel out Neil Harris' goal.
Bottom of the league Plymouth ended their seven-match winless run in style with a 4-1 drubbing of Northampton Town. Goals from Simon Walton, Nick Chadwick, Will Atkinson and Ashley Hemmings put Argyle four goals ahead before half time.
Third-place Cheltham brushed 10-man Oxford United aside - winning their seventh away game in a row. Goals from Sido Jombati, James Spencer and Peter Leven ensured Town left with a 3-1 win and all-three points.
Burton Albion's promotion push continues after a 3-2 win at the hands of AFC Wimbledon. Billy Kee scored a brace to take his goal tally to 11 in ten games for Albion.
Accrington Stanley put three past Dagenham and Redbridge without reply to make it eight straight league defeats for struggling Daggers. Padraig Amond hit a brace for Accrington and Craig Lindfield was also on target.
Fourth-place Shrewsbury dealt Morecombe their first away defeat in League Two this season with a 2-0 win at Greenhous Meadow. Nicky Wroe and Mark Wright finding the net for the Shrews.
Swindon made it 11 games unbeaten with a 2-0 win over Aldershot after going into the break at 0-0.
17-year-old Nick Powell's goal on the hour-mark was enough to give Crewe a 1-0 victory over Hereford. The teenager has now scored two goals in as many games for the Railwaymen.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 29, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Some doctors may really "feel" a patient's pain -- and also experience relief after they've given the patient treatment, new research suggests.
In the new study, scientists scanned the brains of doctors as they believed they were offering patients pain-relieving therapy.
The more empathetic the doctor, the more brain activation the researchers found.
"It's the doctor side of the placebo effect," said researcher Ted Kaptchuk, director of the Program in Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
"Not only do doctors mirror their patient's own pain, but when doctors are relieving the pain of their patient, they will also activate their own expectations of pain relief regions of their brain," added study co-author Karin Jensen, an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital's Martinos Center for Biological Imaging. She also works with Kaptchuk in the placebo studies program.
Eighteen doctors from nine medical specialties participated in the study. The "patients" were two 25-year-old women who -- unknown to the doctors -- were only pretending to have pain that needed treatment.
To add to the illusion, the researchers first gave the doctors a mild dose of "heat pain" administered to their forearms, and then showed them how the device they were using on the patients could ease their discomfort.
Next, the doctors met with the patients to conduct a typical 20-minute exam. The researchers said this was aimed at building a rapport between physician and patient.
The patients were then seated next to the scanner, where doctors could see them through a mirror. Following instructions, the doctor used a remote control to push a button they thought would activate the device and relieve the patient's pain or to push a button they thought provided no relief.
The sham patients, on cue, grimaced when the pain-relieving button was not pushed and looked relaxed or neutral when it was pushed.
Real-time MRIs were used to track the doctors' own brain responses. When the doctors saw that the patients were in pain, there was more activation in a region that commonly becomes more active when feeling one's own pain or that of others, Jensen said. The region is known to be associated with empathy.
Conversely, when the doctors thought they were effectively "treating" the patient, the region of the brain known to be involved in the placebo response was activated.
Doctors who had scored high previously on their ability to view things from the patients' perspectives also were more likely to show activation in a region linked with reward, which is closely linked to the placebo-response area, Jensen said.
"Doctors activate their own brain regions for expectation of pain relief when they treat patients in pain," she concluded.
Whether the activation in the brain regions of the doctors is greater than that of a patient who is actually feeling the pain is not known from this study, Jensen said, but she hopes to study that in the future.
After the experiments, the doctors were told the patients were not real and offered a chance to withdraw. None did.
Although the study is a "good line of research," some of the findings might be explained simply by the basics of social interaction, noted Issidoros Sarinopoulos, assistant professor of radiology at Michigan State University. Sarinopoulos has also researched the topic.
"The doctor is expecting to see positive results," he pointed out, and "that may be why that part of the brain is activated."
Jensen agreed that social interaction could possibly intensify the effect, but would not explain it entirely.
Would the results play out in real life, when your doctor may not have ever had the condition you are complaining of? According to Jensen, previous research seems to suggest that it is the doctor's ability to understand a patient's perspective that matters more, rather than his or her having a prior personal history of the condition.
The research does suggest that "you should look for doctors who do care," Sarinopoulos said.
To Kaptchuk, the bottom line is this: "A caring doctor is not just something you feel, but there is real biology here."
More information
There's more on the placebo effect at the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.


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Alright...the template changes have begun.
Right now I have a basic template which I like much more than that old "Dots" template I had before. But, I don't have my Reading and Watching Links up and I don't have the three column template that I prefer to make thing easier.
And I think the blog needs to be a little wider, too.
But that will come in time and I do have the old template saved in case I mess this one up too badly.
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David Reviews
In-demand cinematographer Ryan Eddleston is the latest to join Vision's bespoke roster.
All the straight 8 Company Shootout winners... ranked.
Shaun James Grant has joined OB Management's diverse roster of directors for representation.
Experienced sales rep Bec Cunningham has joined the team at Finger Music.
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The sympathizers-in-chief
KENNER, La. — Mitt Romney ditched a planned post-convention rally in Virginia on Friday to survey damage on Louisiana's storm-ravaged coast, a move that allowed the newly minted GOP nominee to appear presidential and beat the incumbent president to the punch at once.
Hours later, President Barack Obama — who hadn't announced plans to visit the area post- Hurricane Isaac — did just that. The president will head to Louisiana on Monday, three days before he's slated to accept his party's nomination in Charlotte. Obama has been campaigning this week leading up to the Democratic convention.
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( PHOTOS: Hurricane Isaac aftermath)
White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president's trip to Louisiana was in the works before Romney headed there. But the dueling trips highlighted the intense rivalry between Obama and Romney as the campaign approaches the critical post-Labor Day stretch — creating the appearance of two men unwilling to cede to the other the role of sympathizer-in-chief.
Romney toured flooding in southern Jefferson Parish, particularly the small town of Lafitte, that had been inundated with water.
"I'm here to learn and obviously to draw some attention to what's going on here," Romney said. "So that people around the country know that people down here need help."
Romney had been scheduled to appear with his vice presidential pick, Paul Ryan, at a rally in Richmond. Ryan went ahead to the event solo.
"You're getting to know this man like the rest of us know him. You're getting to know a decent man, a faithful man, an honorable man. A man who at everything he's done in his life exemplifies leadership. A man of achievement, a man of integrity," Ryan said at the Richmond Jet Center, using his new campaign plane as a backdrop. "And by the way, being successful in business is a good thing, it's not a bad thing! We don't look at other people's success with envy — we look at it with pride."
Touring a hurricane-damaged area isn't without risks. Former President George W. Bush was criticized for going to New Orleans too soon after Hurricane Katrina and sidelining responders.
( PHOTOS: Presidents visit natural disaster sites)
Still, Katrina was much more devastating. And the response since Hurricane Isaac has shifted from rescue to recovery, such as clearing debris and restoring power.
A senior campaign adviser said the campaign took steps to ensure they weren't disrupting the storm response.
"I think for him to come in this way to learn more about something he's going to get asked about and to highlight the situation here is, and to learn more about it from the governor, in an hour and a half, that's a good thing," Stuart Stevens said.
Stevens dismissed that idea that it was inappropriate for Romney to come before Obama.
"I don't understand why that would be remotely inappropriate. Seriously, what's the sort of, so what's the protocol on this?" Stevens said.
Stevens also insisted that Romney wasn't politicizing the hurricane by visiting Louisiana.
"I think that it helps draw attention to these people, their plight , the situation; it's a way for him to brief Gov. Romney, and I think it's going to take an hour and a half," Stevens said.
During his tour, Romney was briefed by local officials and first responders and heard from residents whose lives have been upended. One house had a sign that read, "Where is our levee protection," and people watched the presidential candidate from small boats in flooded front lawns.


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mediajavelin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 20 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
We recently launched several website platforms including: CPC niche search sites such as gamesearchfeed.com, lifestylenfashion.com, etc. Additionally we are building out our publisher platform with in house professionally created content for sites such as gamingahead.com, streetread.com and dozens of others. Our objective is to capture as much as the internet audience as possible.
Anyone looking to work with our sites either in the CPC or CPM realm
I need your creative talent. The play should be off the "javelin" term within our corporate name. The logo should embody that idea.
From a stylistic stand point please look at the following sites and specifically what I like about each one:
rubiconproject.com (great colors, simplistic layout, easy to navigate)
onecompass.com (simplistic layout, easy navigation) **prefer the color scheme of rubiconproject.com
mtv.com(great color scheme, edgy, eye catching)**please do not copy the layout as this project is for a corporate site
The website will have a home page plus 4 additional sections including a contact us page. Please do not worry about what to title each section as we are still working on the content. The home page should be simple but eye catching using creative design and well thought out color scheme. The inner page designs and colors can be the same. The focus will be a description of our various services and then as mentioned earlier a contact us page that needs to have fields for name, company, email, phone and comment.


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Man dies after rescue from Housatonic River
Staff reports
SHELTON -- A 55-year-old man died Saturday in Yale-New Haven Hospital, after he was pulled unconscious from the Housatonic River Friday night after a boat accident.
Shelton police spokesman Lt. Robert Kozlowsky said Friday a group of people were on a boat when it struck an object near the Sunnyside boat ramp. One of the men fell overboard, and those on the boat were unable to find him.
Several emergency responders swarmed the scene and about 15 minutes after the call came in, the man was found near South Bank Park by firefighters. Assistant Fire Chief Paul Wilson and Lt. David Catlin pulled the man out of the water and began CPR.
Police said the man was not breathing when he was found. He was taken by EMS to Griffin Hospital and later transferred to Yale-New Haven. The man's name was not released by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, pending notification of family.
The Shelton police, including its dive team, the Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Co. 1 and the Pine Rock Volunteer Fire Co. 4 led the rescue.
The Stratford and Sikorsky fire departments also responded to the scene with boats.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection EnCon police are leading the investigation into the accident.


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Before joining Health First this fall, Johnson previously served as the President of Hospital Operations for SSM Health Care – St. Louis, a seven-hospital system based in Missouri. SSM Health Care (SSMHC) is a faith-based, not-for-profit health system that owns and operates 16 acute-care hospitals, one children's hospital, two long-term care facilities, and other ancillary healthcare businesses. SSMHC employs 23,000 employees within the four-state area of Missouri, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Illinois. SSM Health Care – St. Louis, a division of SSMHC, is comprised of seven hospitals, a managed care organization, and a physician organization with more than 150 employed physicians within three medical groups.
Age 56, Johnson has served in several capacities with SSMHC since he was selected as Vice President of SSM Behavioral Health Services in 1997. Six years later, in 2003, Johnson was promoted to President of both the Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Services in the region. In 2007, he was asked to serve as President of DePaul Health Center, a 460-bed hospital within the SSM system. He was subsequently appointed to his current role as President of Hospital Operations for the region, which has revenues of $1.5 billion.
Johnson first began his career as a clinical Psychologist and then moved to the administrative side of that business, serving as Administrator for a state-run residential rehabilitation center. He later served as Regional Vice President for a rehabilitation services company that provided healthcare services in sub-acute and post-acute settings, and also as Executive Director for a behavioral health managed care company.
Johnson holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Puget Sound (WA), as well as a Master's degree in Human Development and a Doctoral degree in Psychology, both from the University of Kansas. He and his wife, Cathy, recently moved to this area from Missouri. They have two adult daughters.
"After a thorough and deliberative search for Mike Mean's replacement, the Health First Board of Directors is very pleased to announce this appointment. Steve Johnson brings to our organization 30 years of clinical and management experience, a proven track record of successfully bringing together a diverse healthcare system, and a commitment to improving the health of the entire community we serve."
"Health First is a wonderful organization with a well-deserved reputation for state-of-the-art clinical care delivered with great compassion and respect. I am convinced that Health First can lead the nation in demonstrating how the health of a community can and should be advanced.
"I am honored to have been selected to continue the work that Mike Means, Larry Garrison, the Board, and the Health First team have so successfully conducted."
Health First has been serving the residents of the Brevard County area since it was founded in 1995, with roots extending back to 1937 when Holmes Regional Medical Center opened as the first hospital in the county.


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Saturday, February 19, 2011
8 am - 11 am
Church of Our Saviour's Gymnasium
5301 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL
(Approx one half mile north of SR 520)
COCOA BEACH, FL - Come out and have your health checked by qualified professionals, learn about various health care services available in the community and possibly win some door prizes.
Among the services attending will be:
Health First Outpatient & Wellness Services, Creative Care, SHINE, Chiropractic Offices, Aquatic Health & Rehab, Community resource information
Also available at the event:
Comprehensive metabolic blood profile: $20 (12-hour fasting suggested)
Heart risk profile: $10 (Glucose, triglycerides, HDL/LDL & ratio. (12-hour fasting suggested)
PSA testing: $14


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Flowers for Madelyn in a Cobalt Blue Vase (Scratching the Surface and Letting It Know What's To Come)
Wedding Bouquet - The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower (Thank you Dylan Thomas and all the poets)
I have been inspired by Provincetown's landscape for almost twenty years. In that time I have recorded the changing waterfront and more recently have shifted my gaze away from the harbor to record more organic and internal landscapes. In the early works of industrial waterfront imagery, the subject matter seemed dangerous and strangely exciting. I felt a need to approach this ever-popular subject matter of the pier and boatyards in spite of their cliché. Over the past five years my works have focused in on more organic subjects, yet they all retain an underlying structure I had observed in the architecture of the boats and shipyards. These newer paintings often straddle conventional notions of representation and abstraction. I have become interested in the inherent ambiguity and complexity of living things versus the man made objects of my past works. They are more emotional works and they skew our understanding of the real and the abstract.
From my earlier industrial waterfront paintings to the more recent gardens, the imagery delivers an intensified experience of color and the impact of complex space. I work on both canvas and panels and the paintings are heavily impastoed with wax and oil. My marks are made with knife and brush. I am greatly interested in the process of painting and in what paint can do.


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Remember all those rumors about Zac Efron being cast in Star Wars: Episode VII? Well, he wasn't. That doesn't mean he won't be joining a massive Disney-owned film franchise again though. Eventually. From the Disney Channel to... Marvel Studios? That is, if the latest rumor about the star of Neighbors pans out.
LR has the exclusive on a question for you, built on word they have that Marvel Studios has sent an unidentified script to Zac Efron to read. We don't know what project this is for, but given the problem with rumors about Marvel casting and particular, rumors about Efron joining massive franchises, we're going to not take this as news, but as a discussion on what lead role Marvel will attempt to cast next. Even if he does have a script, he's not signed for anything.
With what Captain America: The Winter Soldier did to S.H.I.E.L.D., what Guardians of the Galaxy will do for the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what the four Marvel Netflix programs will do for a few key heroes from Hell's Kitchen, New York, and what The Avengers: Age of Ultron will do to the franchise's top heroes, everything is changing and we're about to meet plenty of new faces.
While there are a several unannounced films scheduled for 2016 and beyond for the studio, there are a few upcoming confirmed projects that have yet to be cast. This includes Daredevil which is the first of the Marvel Netflix programs airing next year that begins shooting in July; Doctor Strange which sounds like a lock for summer 2016 (although not official) and Captain America 3 which was announced for May 2016. The latter two could both shoot next year alongside several of the Netflix shows. There's also Ant-Man which undoubtedly has a lot of roles still be cast. All of these of course, take place in the same shared universe, so characters from the Netflix series could pop up in future movies.
If Zac Efron is being looked at for a part in the franchise, it's for a big role. We can't picture him as Doctor Strange due to his age, but playing Matt Murdock in a Netflix series about Daredevil is definitely feasible. The same can be said about Danny Rand aka Iron Fist. There's also the chance that the studio is already planning spinoffs for Guardians of the Galaxy and that, if true, blows the doors wide open on possibilities, ranging from Wendell Vaughn aka Quasar, Richard Rider aka Nova (or the younger Sam Alexander Nova) to Adam Warlock - a key element of any story involving big bad villain Thanos who's going to be a big part of the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Guardians of the Galaxy deep into post-production, there's always the possibility a new character could be introduced in shot-at-the-last-minute button scene to play during the credits.
We don't know if Efron is really a contender for a Marvel Studios role, but our own Kofi Outlaw suggested it to him while talking with Efron and his cast mates in That Awkward Moment - the other two (Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller) of course, landed lead roles in the Fantastic Four reboot.
Can Zac Efron play a Marvel superhero?
More: Marvel Plans Ahead All The Way To 2028
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is now in theaters, Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1, 2014, The Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1, 2015, Ant-Man on July 17, 2015, Captain America 3 on May 6 2016, and unannounced films for July 8 2016 and May 5 2017.
Follow Rob on Twitter @rob_keyes for your Marvel movie and TV news!
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'Coffee Mill and Westerwald Jug' by Stefaan Eyckmans
Oil on panel, signed and dated 2006. French handmade wooden Delf frame, black raised panel with gold leaf.
Unframed: H: 23.5 in W: 30.75 in
Framed: H: 31.375 in W: 38.375 in D: 2.0 in
Sold framed.
Price: $16,000
Ref: SE 1033
One of the artist's earlier works, this compelling still life features conventional objects: antique pewter, a coffee mill, and a Westerwald jug, painted in traditional perspective from above. The arresting interplay of the persimmons against the silver and brown tones is contemporary in feel, though it remains classical in execution. The pieces are from the collection of a Belgian antiquarian who kept special, slightly damaged objects for the artist, as Stefaan couldn't afford the pristine pieces himself. This painting took an inordinately long time to complete, as the artist worked on it again and again until the structure and colors finally came together for him.
This painting is available for viewing at The Elemental Garden, the artist's exclusive representative and gallery in the U.S.
Stefaan Eyckmans was born in Niel, Belgium, a brickyard village in the shadow of Antwerp. The son of Louis Eyckmans, a painter and commercial artist, Stefaan was introduced to the tools of drawing and painting at an early age.
During his student days, Stefaan was strongly influenced by the Flemish Primitives, the great 17th century still life painters, and the Antwerp hyperrealist movement, led by Willem Dolphyn. Later, Stefaan's work shows the impact of Henk Helmantel's impasto technique and the austere compositions of Giorgio Morandi.
After completing his education as a graphic designer and illustrator, Stefaan worked for a time in advertising, simultaneously concentrating more and more on his painting. He soon discovered that he was forever drawn to the silent world of the studio where patient observation and exacting style allowed him to slowly build his timeless compositions paintings that serve as an antidote to our stressful computer-dominated lifestyles.
After years of experimenting with numerous media and materials, Stefaan developed a tonal technique employed by the Old Masters that incorporates common everyday objects with modern materials and colors, resulting in Contemporary Realism with its roots in 17th and 18th century traditional painting.
The simple objects in Stefaan's paintings are transformed by his masterful technique to show us their unexpected beauty. Essential to this effect is the interaction of light and dark, multi-layering, and glazing. The result is a powerful and beautiful whole, strong and alive, that initially attracts the viewer from a distance through color, composition, and lighting, but which is fully revealed only upon examination of each painting's intimate details.
Stefaan has exhibited at numerous prestigious international venues and his paintings are on permanent display at galleries in the US, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Stefaan's patrons include collectors around the world, from museum CEOs to captains of industry to designers to art-lovers everywhere, each of whom finds unrivaled beauty and peace in his paintings.
More details are available upon request.


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You know your customers love the way they look in your high heels, but all high heel lovers know comfort is sacrificed in the name of fashion. But it doesn't have to be.
Insolia Heels and Insolia Achilles, simple components added during shoe construction, have been proven to reduce the pressure on the forefoot by a third, reduce oxygen demand while walking by 25%, increase wear time by a factor of three, noticeably improve the posture and grace of women while standing or walking, improve stability and reduce shoe slippage and foot movement.
Which is to say: Customers really like shoes with either Insolia Heels and Insolia Achilles, or both.
Your customers love your styling. Your customers love the way your dress, casual, athletic and outdoor shoes feel. What could possibly make them better?
The addition of Insolia Flex and Insolia Achilles during shoe construction has been proven to reduce oxygen consumption by 10%, reduce heart rate by 5% and reduce the number of steps to walk a set distance over a set time by 5%, improve stability and reduce shoe slippage and foot movement. In addition, tests by men and women have shown an improvement in shoe and walking comfort.
Which is to say: Customers really like shoes with either Insolia Flex and Insolia Achilles, or both.
We make testing and evaluating any Insolia Product a simple process. For example, if you wanted to test Insolia Heels in one of your existing high heel shoe styles you would simply give us two pairs of production shoes: one fully manufactured, the other without the sock liner or any foam glued in. We would install the Insolia Heels Product and place the sock liner (and any foam) in the second pair of shoes.
We would then compare the two pairs of shoes with computerized in-shoe pressure testing. Dr. Howard Dananberg reviews the results, and we provide you a complete report and both pairs of shoes. For men's or women's shoes without heels, a similar process is conducted with Insolia Flex.
You can add Insolia Achilles to either an Insolia Heels or and Insolia Flex test. Or you can request just an Insolia Achilles test.
Whether you decide to move forward with a small retail test or to launch a full collection, we and our local technical support staff will be there to support you, your sample room, your factories, and if appropriate, your sales staff. If your plan is to first conduct a small retail test, we provide you with Insolia Product at no cost.
And if your plan is a full scale launch, well, scroll down and keep reading.
HBN has two factories in Asia that manufacture Insolia Products. Located in Guangzhou, China, and Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, both have identical equipment and the same senior management. You can obtain product based on the location of your shoe factories.
In order to accommodate customers' requests for faster delivery, we maintain 250,000 to 500,000 pairs of product in inventory at any given time in both locations. And regardless of seasonality, this inventory level can double, or more, in less than two weeks. Typical lead time is three to five days from receipt of order. Our factories operate a high level of quality control on both incoming raw materials and outgoing customer product. We maintain technical sales and support offices in China, Europe and the US. All locations can provideshoe factory technical training and support as well as sales support.
We know how important marketing can be, so read on and learn how we help.
We know nothing is better than real-world proof. And with the success of Insolia Products, we have it. We provide you with independent research studies, test results, customer surveys, and the approval of major medical groups such as the American Podiatric Medical Association and the UK Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. All this highlights the benefits that your customers will experience in your shoes with Insolia Products.
We realize that your brand positioning is much more important than Insolia. So while we have minimal Insolia Brand guidelines, it's up to you to decide how you use our marketing support and materials.
For example, the video below was created by one of our customers, Marks & Spencer, for use on their web site. They have mixed their own video with clips from 3D motion capture video we produced. They have cleverly blended the various benefits of Insolia Products, and included both Insolia Heels and Insolia Flex. At the end of the video they reference shoe products to the right of the video that they update as needed.
All Insolia Products are inventions for footwear applications. We focus on key foot health and body comfort issues to identify the optimal foot position, alignment, support or flexibility for the specific shoe construction. All Insolia Products are based on the structure of the foot and the biomechanics of gait (how we walk). The result: components and designs containing unique formulas and shapes for the inside of the shoe.
We obtain one or more utility patents on all Insolia Products that we bring to market, and currently hold a total of thirteen patents in the United States, Europe, China and Japan. Another nine patents are pending and in the acceptance process. If you become one of our customers, we will issue you a patent license so that you are fully protected with your use of any Insolia Product.
Finally, we have a global network of local patent attorneys who assist us, and you, in the event of any potential infringement.


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The Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr.
"Public buildings should encourage just pride in the state and be an education to oncoming generations to see these things, imponderable elements of life and character, set before the people for their enjoyment and betterment."
- Cass Gilbert, Architect
The Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr.
Thomas Mixon
United States District JudgesJudge Vincent L. Briccetti
Judge Kenneth M. Karas
Judge Nelson S. Roman
Judge Cathy Seibel
United States Magistrate JudgesMagistrate Judge Paul E. Davison
Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy
Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith
In 1978, the U.S. Congress designated White Plains, New York, where patriots fought for liberty on October 28, 1776 and the Declaration of Independence was first read in New York on July 10,1776, as a "place of holding court." On October 17, 1983, the United States Courthouse opened in White Plains, New York. This first courthouse was a leased facility, but in 1991, Congress authorized the construction of a new courthouse.
The new courthouse, located at 300 Quarropas Street, opened on May 15, 1995. On November 13, 1995, during the administration of President William J. Clinton, the U.S. Courthouse in White Plains, New York was so dedicated. Read more... (pdf) »
Both U.S. District Judges and U.S. Magistrate Judges preside over cases filed at the White Plains Courthouse. Each judge participates in Electronic Case Filing (ECF).
Also, located within the White Plains Courthouse are the Bankruptcy Court, Pretrial Services, Federal Defenders, U. S. Probation, U.S Marshal Service and an Office of the U.S. Attorney.
The White Plains Clerk's Office is located on the first floor, directly behind the security check-in area.