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The 2011 AAA Photo Contest is a showcase of anthropology at its best. Of the 93 photos submitted, AAA members selected their favorites in each of the four categories: Practice, People, Place and Process. You can view the top 20 photos in Anthropology News. Here on the AAA blog, we will feature several of the photos in a blog series, Photo Friday.
Title: Sun Shines through the Drums of Buryat Shamans Taking Part in a Tajlagan Ritual
Photo Courtesy of Aleksandra Wierucka
Contest Category: Practice
Caption: During research conducted in Buryatia, on the Olkhon Island on the Lake Bajkal (Russia), we had a chance to observe the work of Buryat shamans, mostly the ones belonging to a Tengeri group, as the ones on the picture, but also the ones that practice their art in tiny villages and do not want to talk to strangers. Our research was made possible by the fact that our country's history is similar to the history of Buryatia and people, including shamans, wanted to talk to us as they would not talk to researchers from other parts of the world. We were tracing the recent changes in shamanistic practices in Buryatia.
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Has anyone noticed there being a critical mass of answered questions or reputation?
What I mean by this is, is there some number of answers or a reputation score beyond which a person will continue to accrue reputation just by virtue of those previously answered questions or the fame associated with the reputation?
This question similar to The Problem with Reputation but I am asking if anyone noticed a number beyond which the reputation problem ensues.


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A con artist poses as a notorious hired gun.
Conman Latigo Smith, reluctant to relinquish his independence, sneaks off the train to Denver at the town of Purgatory while his bride-to-be, Goldie, a dance hall madam, is asleep. In Purgatory, owners of two rival mines, Colonel Ames and Taylor Barton, are racing against each other to find the mother lode of gold. When Taylor sees Latigo sneaking off the train, he assumes that he is Swifty Morgan, an infamous gunman he believes Ames has hired to prevent Taylor's miners from working the claim. Taylor's daughter Patience, a gun-toting tomboy, wants to shoot Latigo on sight, but Taylor says he has another plan for preventing the gunman from ruining them. While Taylor and his son Bud search Latigo's hotel room for proof of his identity, Patience shoots at Latigo from the balcony, so Taylor confiscates her rifle. While dodging both Patience's bullets and the mining explosions that rattle the town, Latigo searches for a doctor. Instead, he encounters hard-drinking Jug May, who wants to sell him the last thing he owns, a set of silver spurs, for money to eat. Claiming that money is the least of his worries, Latigo gives Jug five hundred dollars. After tracking down Doc Schultz at a saloon, Latigo offers him five hundred dollars to remove a tattoo on his chest that glorifies Goldie, but Doc says he must "read up" on the subject and tells him to return in a couple days. Outside, Patience tries to run over Latigo with her horse-drawn buggy and Taylor offers him "profitable employment," but Latigo evades them both. At the saloon, Latigo orders sarsaparilla and, when he sees the roulette wheel, bitterly describes to Jug how the house always controls the wheel so that winning is unlikely. Then, as if entranced, Latigo places a $4,600 bet on number 23 and loses. In shock, Latigo explains to Jug that sometimes the need to bet on the wheel "comes over him." Although broke, Latigo again refuses Taylor's job offer before giving him a chance to explain what it is. Upon learning from Jug that a woman, Jenny, runs a saloon, Latigo seeks her out, gives her the silver spurs, which he says were sent from a man he found dying on the prairie who claimed she was his true love. Softened by his romantic story, she takes him in. Later, after a man, thinking Latigo is Swifty, challenges him to a shootout, Latigo knocks him unconscious from behind and breaks the fingers of his gun hand. During a board meeting, Taylor explains to his two directors how he is trying to hire "Swifty" away from Ames, who has already blocked their mine's entrance with local gunmen. At the Ames farmhouse, the colonel's spinster sister Abigail gives Patience a letter to take to Taylor, whom she is secretly courting. Later, Patience poses as a dance hall girl and enters Latigo's hotel room. Brandishing a stick of dynamite, she says she must kill him so that she can go to Miss Hunter's College on the Hudson River for Young Ladies of Good Family. In explanation, she says that if her father's men do not find the mother lode before Ames's men, she will not be able to afford the school. Realizing that she, too, believes he is Swifty, Latigo shows her the inside of his boots, where the bootmaker stamped his name, and then has the maid throw her out. Doc says he can remove the tattoo, but now Latigo has no money with which to pay him. When Taylor and his two directors approach Latigo about working for them, Latigo claims that Jug is really Swifty and that he handles all his business transactions. Latigo then makes a deal for Swifty to remove Ames's gunmen from their mine entrance. By splitting the money and promising that he will not have to shoot, Latigo convinces Jug to impersonate Swifty. That evening, Latigo scares Ames's men away from the mine gate by saying that Swifty is now working for Taylor. After Taylor pays him, Latigo searches for Doc to remove his tattoo but finds him too drunk to operate. Hearing the whir of the roulette wheel, Latigo places $4,600 on number 23 and loses. Afterward, Patience sees Latigo beating his head against a post and sympathizes, claiming she often does so herself. Upon learning that he is originally from the Hudson River Valley where Miss Hunter's College is located, Patience becomes intrigued and they go for a walk. Near the Ames house, they see Ames's men abduct Taylor, who is returning Abigail after a buggy ride, and threaten to kill him. Patience despairs that now her father will never send her to Miss Hunter's College and Latigo notes that "on top of which he'll be dead." Intent on rescuing Taylor, Latigo enters the house and claims that he and Swifty intend to "make sure things are fair." Ames laughs, as if he is sharing a private joke, but releases Taylor. Searching for Latigo, Goldie arrives in town and is recognized by her friend Jenny, and they soon discover that Latigo told each of them the same story about the silver spurs. Angry at Latigo, they inadvertently cause a bar brawl, in which Latigo is knocked unconscious. Patience tries to revive him, but, discovering his tattoo, breaks a chair on his head. That night, people celebrate the re-opening of the Barton mine, while Patience frets to Latigo that his tattoo might be seen while they are married or "on a picnic." Ames, still amused, tells Latigo that he never really hired Swifty and purposely tricked Taylor into thinking he did, but has telegraphed the gunman to inform him that an imposter is using his name. After the dynamite set by Ames blows up Taylor's mine shaft, Ames declares the mine will remain closed until the real Swifty arrives. Fearing Swifty's reprisal, Latigo suggests to Jug that they leave town, but Jug refuses, as he naïvely believes he can outshoot Swifty. Patience begs Latigo to hide from Swifty, so that she is not reduced to marrying someone else if he is killed, but Latigo feels responsible for Jug's predicament and so stays in town. After Swifty challenges Latigo to a gunfight, Latigo meets Swifty on the street astride a mule with sticks of dynamite wrapped around him, hoping that Swifty will not risk shooting the dynamite and blowing himself up as well as the town. However, the gunman is confident of his ability and orders Latigo to draw. Just then, a mining explosion startles Swifty into accidentally shooting himself. The mule bucks and gallops into Jenny's saloon, where Latigo's dynamite explodes, revealing the mother lode, which Taylor is later able to claim. The explosion has also blown off Latigo's tattoo, prompting Patience to exclaim they can now marry and have a picnic. Using money paid by Taylor, Latigo bets on number 23 of the roulette wheel and wins. Later, he and Patience take the train to Denver to marry.
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The football game between Tabor College and McPherson College scheduled for Oct. 20 in McPherson was canceled Thursday, said Scott Crawford, commissioner of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The decision follows the death of Tabor College junior Brandon Brown from a beating Sept. 16 in McPherson. Brown was a redshirt junior on the Tabor football team after transferring from Santa Ana College in California.
Tabor College Athletic Director Rusty Allen said the decision was a mutual one made by the two schools with support of KCAC. He said three factors were involved in the decision to cancel the game: a desire to honor Brown's memory, to respect the needs of the ongoing criminal investigation into Brown's death, and to avoid problems that could arise between the teams or fans.
"I don't think we wanted to risk anything happening that would dishonor Brandon or his family, or our schools for that matter," Allen said.
Two former McPherson College football players, Alton Lamont Franklin and DeQuinte Oshea Flournoy, are charged with aiding and abetting murder in the second degree in Brown's death.


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I have no idea where this Alain de Botton guy sprung from, but he can spring right back. You've heard Dawkins mention the Neville Chamberlain school of atheist accomodationism, but de Botton, an atheist who thinks atheism would be really awesome if only we were all religious about it, is full-on Vichy. His latest excrescence, inflicted upon the world through no less a source than CNN (or as they prefer to be called, Fox Lite), might charitably be described as a car crash that caused a train wreck that fell off a bridge causing a shipwreck that settled into the sea bed to become home to a pod of fail whales. Apart from that, it's not so bad.
(Though I usually don't like those "more after the jump" type blogs, let me just say, there's more after the jump.)
The stupid comes running at you like a screaming homeless guy convinced the aliens are chasing him right from the lead.
Probably the most boring question you can ask about religion is whether or not the whole thing is "true."
That sentence, right there, is enough to invalidate anything at all de Botton has to say on any subject for the remainder of his life. Really. Once you have discarded truth as an irrelevance, and reason itself as something tedious to put up with, like that annoying aunt who always gave you a sweater instead of some awesome toy for Christmas, exactly what do you hold of value? In de Botton's case, the answer would be, "Why, warm fuzzies, you silly man. What else?"
de Botton has this goofy idea in his head that little things like insisting "Are your claims true?" just get in the way of the kum-bah-yah important stuff, like, oh, getting together in groups, singing and clapping hands, and — oh yes — apparently every achievement humanity has ever come up with of any kind. Talking about the good ones, of course. de Botton is conspicuously silent on religion's failings and evils.
Religions merit our attention for their sheer conceptual ambition; for changing the world in a way that few secular institutions ever have. They have managed to combine theories about ethics and metaphysics with practical involvement in education, fashion, politics, travel, hostelry, initiation ceremonies, publishing, art and architecture — a range of interests which puts to shame the scope of the achievements of even the greatest and most influential secular movements and individuals in history.
So you know, if people did it, and it doesn't suck, you can thank religion, evidently. That's not even the worst of de Botton's unctuousness, people. Behold.
Secular society has been unfairly impoverished by the loss of an array of practices and themes which atheists typically find it impossible to live with. We have grown frightened of the word morality. We bridle at the thought of hearing a sermon. We flee from the idea that art should be uplifting or have an ethical mission. We don't go on pilgrimages. We can't build temples. We have no mechanisms for expressing gratitude.
Yeah, because I never learned to say "Thank you" when they served me my gruel at the orphanage. I always wondered why I kept getting hit with the spoon!
I want the IQ points I lost while reading this gloriously fiber-laden mountain of bullshit back. Honestly, does de Botton ever leave his house for any reason at all, other than to park his car outside churches and sigh wistfully at the hymns emanating from behind the lovely stained-glass windows, wishing he had some of that "beauty" stuff in his life he keeps hearing about but that his atheism denies him? Really, you know you're a moron when, before anyone had ever heard of you, The Onion was already making fun of you.
Now that we've digested the above, let's examine the stool, shall we? Because like most sewage, it comes out of its source easily enough, but requires a lot of treatment afterwards so the toxins don't poison the groundwater.
Secular society is "frightened of the word morality"? I must have been too busy making sure the baby in my microwave didn't explode to notice. The notion that only religion provides a source for morality is one that even the smarter religious apologists know better than to use. Hitchens never in his lifetime got an answer to the challenge he posed to theists — name a single moral precept that religious people hold that a secular person could not also hold for a secular reason — and I don't see de Botton addressing it either. He simply asserts that secularism has no criterion for morality and thus is "impoverished" thereby.
But what "morality" does religion offer? What I see the adherents of the Abrahamic faiths calling morality looks a lot more like "obedience to authority" to me. Perhaps de Botton, being, you know, a fucking moron, has allowed himself to be suckered into accepting theism's claim to moral authority on its face, probably by arguments about "objective standards" and other foolishness they trot out. But even if one could demonstrate a divine source for moral precepts, the Euthyphro Dilemma still holds. And the believer would still have to make the choice, based on some criterion, that this divine source is correct in the precepts it assigns as moral. And being a personal judgment call, that criterion is necessarily subjective. But bear in mind, when I use the phrase "subjective" in this context, that's still not what Christians mean when they use the term. They simply use it as a synonym for amorality. And this seems to be what de Botton has swallowed.
A long long long long really seriously long time ago, a fellow called Aristotle figured out, in his Nicomachean Ethics, that "virtue arises from the proper application of reason." But then, Aristotle was one of those ancient Greek eggheads with an awesome white beard who had the whole "reason" thing down like a boss, and Alain de Botton, QED (yay, Latin!), is a fucking moron (yay, profanity!) who is both beardless and an embarrassment to anyone with male pattern baldness. Yet I think it'd take more than a white beard to help him out.
Do we "bridle at the thought of hearing a sermon"? Why, yes. Because we are free thinkers, we prefer open Socratic dialogue, argument, and the exchange of ideas to simply being preached to, specifically when there's a good chance the fellow delivering the sermon may not be the totally trustworthy moral authority de Botton and the rest of the congregation thinks he is.
How much more insulting and idiotic can de Botton get? Well, considering I spent ten years as a professional artist and now work in the film/TV industry, and that pretty much all my life, art and literature and cinema have been central to my appreciation of the world, its culture, and the power of the human imagination in general, I must say that when you tell me I "flee from the idea that art should be uplifting or have an ethical mission," my response to you will be something like this.
Perhaps de Botton has spent a little too much time listening to Christian pop music, and has gotten the curious idea that, where art is concerned, an "uplifting, ethical mission" means "advertise my beliefs." It's as if the idea of art as a means of personal expression and communication by an individual is alien to him, because it's only art when it's got the madonna-and-child in it, or stars Kirk Cameron.
As many people have pointed out, some with a tad less snark and bad language than I, de Botton is bizarrely enamored of ritual for its own sake. He's adopted the strange idea that religion can only offer ritual that is meaningful, and yet really, the Onion utterly nailed his curious cognitive dissonance without realizing they were even writing about him. "Yeah, it's obvious there's no God or anything, but man, religious people get to have all the fun!" And he curiously overlooks all the bad stuff that history can lay at religion's feet as well. You know, wars, tribalism, pogroms, the subjugation of women, the stunting of scientific and cultural progress, homophobia…all those things. All fade before the glory of ritual and cant. de Botton says,
In a world beset by fundamentalists of believing and secular varieties, it must be possible to balance a rejection of religious faith with a selective reverence for religious rituals and concepts.
It is possible, as long as you're a fucking moron, an achievement Alain de Botton has unlocked right out of the box. All I can tell him is that if he really feels "unfairly impoverished" because he doesn't think secularism allows him the tools to experience joy, pain, wonder, awe, and the whole gamut of human experience in-between, then I feel sorry for him, and I wish he wouldn't make the mistake of thinking that I and all the rest of us in the rational world are similarly pathetic and disadvantaged.
Addendum: Naturally, a lot of criticisms are being lobbed at those of us beating up on de Botton. And in my humble, the vast majority of them consist of tone trolling. No less a fellow than the fine Hemant Mehta has joined that choir. I was going to draft a new post to address these specifically, but Crommunist has done a perfectly cromulent job of it himself, without all the F-bombs I'd drop into the bargain. (George Carlin once referred to the bad language he'd use in his stand up as "the spice in my stew," and while I'd never match his talents if I lived to be a zillion, I agree that sometimes really rude language and snark are perfectly acceptable ingredients in the polemical toolkit when you use them at the right times.)
I'll reiterate a point I've made in some comments below: If de Botton's only point was as benign as his defenders think it is — that there are some nice things about religion that enhance the life experience of believers, that atheists would do well to embrace on our own terms — he wouldn't be attracting such abuse. It's that, in order to sell the point, de Botton has to construct a barren, sterile, emotionally bereft secular world that none of us actually lives in, but we do, because he says so. And that our unwillingness to connect to deeper meanings and stuff is because we've willfully deprived ourselves of our humanity, choosing to be coldly logical Mr. Spocks, without even the benefit of a badass mind meld or 3D chess to enliven our spiritual malaise. It's in de Botton's blanket, generalized devaluation of all of us to promote the things religion offers that he insists we need (because, I guess, he does, and so what's right for him is necessarily Right, period) that he earns the, ahem, uncivil criticisms we're giving him. Concern trolls will be concerned, but I make no apology for defending my convictions that the secular life is far from an unfulfilled (let alone intentionally unfulfilled) one, or for calling anyone a fucking moron for saying fucking moronic things.


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There is a very special public meeting in Cape Carteret on Monday, June 17, at the town hall at 7 p.m. that all citizens should attend.
To the editor:
�We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it is easy, but when it is hard.�
Barak Obama
Nobel lecture, Dec. 10, 2009
There is a very special public meeting in Cape Carteret on Monday, June 17, at the town hall at 7 p.m. that all citizens should attend.
You may have heard that this meeting is about lengthening the mayor�s term of office from two to four years, but that is not what it is really about.
First of all the issue is not really about any mayor in particular, but about all the town�s mayors. At the same time, changing this term is very important to the current mayor. That mayor initiated this issue and is very interested in the outcome, even though he had some commissioners bring it up for him at a recent meeting. Be forewarned, if you disagree with this mayor, he may call you names. This meeting has far more importance and consequences than might at first seem obvious.
The town meeting on Monday is not about the mayor�s term. It is about giving up our right to vote. You might argue that your vote does not count in a national or state election, but it does count in a small town. A town is a government in which supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to vote. That power was earned by many who came and sacrificed before us. Each of us might decide not to vote in some elections, but that is not the same as agreeing to give up your vote.
Some people have alluded to all kinds of benefits from a longer term, but that is just smoke; there is no evidence to support those claims. Simple and disarming explanations about changes seem to be more about coaxing and compromising us to eliminate rights that we have come to value. Other people have been persuaded to give up their right to vote, but the discussion was about the benefits of the longer term and not about citizens giving up their right and power to control their government.
If mayors are doing a good job, they will be re-elected or they may run uncontested. The campaigns at this level take only a little time and effort. They are an opportunity to reconnect with your citizens and renew your promises.
There is no compelling reason why this town�s voters or any town�s voters should give up their power to control their government. Nevertheless, if you do not attend this town meeting on Monday, whatever your position on the issue, you have already given up your power and three members of the town board can make that loss permanent.
The simple concept of citizens controlling their government is already on the endangered species list.
What will Cape Carteret decide to do?
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Starting today through Sunday, AT&T U-Verse customers will be able to preview a brand spankin' new Screen Pack filled with even more content than was previously available, says AT&T. For the low, low price of only $5 a month, U-Verse TV Screen Pack customers will instantly have unlimited access to "an extensive library" of movies across the U-Verse ecosystem (Uverse.com, U-Verse app, U-Verse TV).
Movies from Sony, MGM and other studios are on board and titles will be added on an ongoing basis. If you're a U-Verse customer and want to access the free preview, you need only hit "On Demand" on your U-Verse remote and scroll till you find "Screen Pack". You can also search for it on the app or website.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
you know what takes a lot of nerve?
Using a a post like my last one to toss in a little bit of sneeky advertising for your obnoxious chain clothing store. As Amy Poehler and Seth Myers would say... "Really??? Really??" I just read through a comment (which has since been deleted) and clicked on the name of the person commenting only to be directed to the obnoxious chain clothing store's website. I won't even give it the satisfaction of disclosing it's name. Wow...I mean wow, that really sucks.
4 comments:
- Carina said...
Aw man, that's just not on.
Sneaky people and their sneaky icky ways. Glad you caught it and disposed of it! ;-)
- March 2, 2012 at 9:59 AM
- Melissa Crowe said...
Yup--I'm getting that kind of stuff now, too. I recently switched on the option of approving any comment that's posted to a post older than ten days old, but I may have to do it for new posts, too. Bummer.
- March 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM
- mummsie said...
Some people have NO decency! I fear respect, honor and loyality are being replaced by greed and laziness. So sorry for you...
- March 3, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Glenda said...
I've had some of those, too. The "delete" button is your friend :-).
- March 9, 2012 at 11:45 PM
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LINDSAY LOHAN re-shot her raunchy spread for Playboy magazine before her brief stint in jail as HUGH HEFNER was unhappy with the original images.
The Mean Girls star posed for the nude photos in October (11), just before she was sentenced to 30 days behind bars. The actress was not taken into custody straight away and reports emerged suggesting the delay was down to a re-shoot commitment for Playboy.
Hefner has now confirmed the gossip was true, admitting the original snaps were not as impressive as he had hoped - and he suggested the now infamous Marilyn Monroe theme.
He tells E! News, "The pictorial and the concept for the pictorial came from me. She had done semi-nudes before. I wanted to do something that would be memorable.
"So what is more natural, since she is a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe, than (to) do something that is a tribute to the red-velvet, Tom Kelley photo shot of Marilyn Monroe that was our very first Playmate?"
Hefner also admits Lohan's team was wary of the star posing for the nude snaps, adding, "I think it was essentially mama and the folks around her that kept pushing for less nudity. And I said, 'We're doing a nude pictorial here. We're going to do it in a very classy way and we're going to do it in a way in which it will not be forgotten.'"
Lohan ended up serving less than five hours of her 30-day sentence behind bars due to prison overcrowding.


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Kristin van Ogtrop and I are so much alike.
I mean, apart from the whole editor-in-chief of Real Simple magazine thing. And the published author thing. And the myriad speaking engagements thing.
Apart from those things, we are basically kindred spirits. She has a job; I have a job. She has kids; I have kids. Her book is called "Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom" (Back Bay Books); I end every night of every week begging my children to, please, seriously, just let me lie down.
But here's the clincher: In addition to those similarities (uncanny, aren't they?), she — like me — was well into adulthood before she realized she was a grown-up.
"I have two distinct times when I finally felt like a grown-up," she told me. "One personal and one professional." (We'll get to those in a minute.)
She's actually a step ahead of me. I still spend many, many moments wondering when I'll finally feel like a grown-up.
I recently hosted a dinner party with no napkins.
"Where do you keep your napkins?" my friend asked. "I'll set them out!"
They're … um … gosh, I think I'm out of napkins! Crazy!
"Oh, that's OK! We can use paper towels."
They're … um .. gosh, I think I'm out of paper towels too!
"Oh! No biggie! Let's break out your cloth napkins!"
Yeah, so, I don't really own cloth napkins!
We used Kleenex. It was funny and, also, sad.
Am I waiting for some defining moment to hurl me into adulthood? Some stark, unmistakable sign that I am really, truly, the one in charge here?
I reached out to some people I admire — people whose lives are full of career success and family obligations and, best of all, wisdom — to ask when they finally felt like grown-ups.
"I'm grown up?" replied Dana Suskind, a cochlear implant surgeon at University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital and mom of three who, in her free time, launched a program to improve language skills among impoverished kids.
That made me feel better. But I wanted answers. She had a few.
"Hearing 'Dr. Suskind' for the first time and realizing they weren't talking about my father," she said. "Hosting my first Thanksgiving with my entire family. I had it catered."
(Good way to ensure you have napkins.)
"The day Genevieve was born and realizing there was no return policy," she said of her first-born.
Which brings us to van Ogtrop, who also felt like she grew up upon giving birth.
"I was leaving the hospital with my first child," she emailed me. "As we crossed the threshold of Mt. Sinai hospital and walked out onto the sunny sidewalk, I thought, 'Wait, that's it? We just … leave with him? Don't we need to pass some sort of, like, test? Do these medical professionals really believe that we know how to keep this baby alive, all by ourselves?'"
Her professional growing up happened in her first week as Real Simple editor-in-chief, at a meeting with the editorial staff.
"The meeting was starting to get a bit boring. We had accomplished what we needed to and everyone was getting itchy. I began to think, 'When in the world is this meeting going to end?' And then I realized: They are all waiting for me to end the meeting. Because I am the boss. Right! I stood up, and then everyone else stood up, and the meeting was over."
Again, this reminds me so much of my life! So many nights I look around and wonder, "When are these kids going to get in bed?" Then I realize: When I put them to bed. Because I am the mom. Right!
So here's what I think: Many of us have moments of feeling grown up, but the moments pass. Van Ogtrop's were eight years apart. Somewhere between Mount Sinai and Real Simple she forgot she was grown up and needed a staff meeting to remind her. I think we grow — and grow up — when we thrust ourselves into brand-new, terrifying, high-stakes situations with no experience to draw on and every intention of succeeding.
We rise to the occasion. And then we go back to being curious, bewildered amateurs who are feeling our way through this life and collecting new ideas and laughing at inappropriate times and forgetting to buy paper products.
And I suppose that's pretty grown up of us.
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In order to conceal the Paxans' existence from intruders, they terraformed a protoplanet within the system. If an intruder were to come within their territory, they would be confronted with an apparent wormhole, in actual fact, an energy field, which would stun the ship's crew and place them in a state of biochemical stasis. The ship would then be transported out of their space. The intruder would then regain consciousness, assume the wormhole was responsible for their altered position, and depart.
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GOP snatches defeat from jaws of victory
America faces 4 more years under President Obama
By Chelsea Schilling and Jerome Corsi
American voters have voted to keep President Barack Obama in the White House for four more years, as Obama collected at least 303 Electoral votes, more than the 270 needed to win.
After calling Obama to congratulate him, Republican challenger Mitt Romney declared, "This is a great time of challenges for America, and I pray the president will be successful in guiding our nation."
He added, "I believe in America. I believe in the people of America. … Like so many of you, Paul and I have left everything on the field. We have given our all to this campaign. I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader and so Ann and I join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation."
Obama gave his victory speech in Chicago just after 1:30 a.m. Eastern, saying, "I want to thank every American who participated in this election. Whether you voted for the very first time, or waited in line for a very long time — by the way we have to fix that — whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voices heard."
"You reaffirmed the spirit that we are an American family and we rise or fall as one nation and as one people," he added. "For the United States of America, the best is yet to come."
The states called for Romney include: West Virginia, Kansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Texas and South Carolina. Romney won the battleground state of North Carolina.
The states called for Obama are: Vermont, Virginia, Rhode Island, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico, Washington, Hawaii, California, Iowa, Oregon, Nevada and Washington, D.C. Obama also won the coveted battleground states of Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Colorado and Pennsylvania.
According to exit polls released by the Associated Press, six out of 10 voters have listed the economy as the top issue this election. Only four in 10 believe the economy is improving, while more said the nation's financial situation is worsening or stagnating. Only one-quarter of voters said they are better off now than four years ago.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, reacting to Obama's lead, declared, "I just cannot believe, though, that the majority of Americans would believe that incurring more debt is good for our economy, for our children's future, for job creators. I cannot believe that the majority of Americans would believe that it's OK not to follow the Constitution and not have a budget. And I can't believe that the majority of Americans would say it's OK to rely on foreign sources of energy instead of drilling and mining our own natural resources."
Both candidates had campaigned at the last minute today in Ohio, a crucial battleground state.
WND senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi had been traveling with the Romney campaign and was with the team on Election Day.
Upon seeing throngs of supporters in Pennsylvania today, Romney said, "Just getting off the plane and seeing those people there, cheering as they were, connected emotionally with me."
As Americans were headed to the polls, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh warned voters to cast their ballots judiciously.
"Liberty versus tyranny is on the ballot today, and I'm not exaggerating an iota," he declared. "Vote for your freedom today. Vote for your liberty today. But just vote."
Limbaugh also cautioned, "Today is the absolute last chance to stop Obamacare."
Just hours before the election, Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said the campaign had projected many routes to 270 electoral votes, and "all those pathways are intact." He predicted Obama would win both the Electoral College and the popular vote.
While economic issues dominated the election year, the religious vote came out in force.
Rev. Billy Graham appeared in full-page ads urging Americans "to vote for those who protect the sanctity of life and support the biblical definition of marriage between a man and a woman."
Meanwhile, strategists were focused on the following key battleground states:
In 2004, George W. Bush won Ohio but lost some of the state's largest cities – Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Akron-Canton – and barely carried Cincinnati. On Monday, Romney's internal polling showed his campaign up by one point in Ohio and tied in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Ohio's 18 electoral votes are at stake. According to Romney campaign data, Ohio's absentee and early vote activity was more than 17 percent higher in counties McCain won in 2008 compared to counties Obama won. Overall, early voting turnout in Ohio was up 2.44 percent in the state (down by 4.1 percent in Obama counties and up 14.39 percent in Bush/McCain counties).
Before Election Day, Romney held a five-point lead in the critical swing state of Florida, according to a poll from the Times-Union and Insider Advantage. A whopping 29 electoral votes were at stake in Florida, the state with an 8.7 percent unemployment rate. Obama won Florida in 2008 by 3 percentage points, but former President George W. Bush carried it by five points in his successful 2004 re-election bid.
Colorado – Obama wins
Colorado, a state with nine electoral votes, has experienced polling station problems in Jefferson County, the swing county considered likely to determine which presidential candidate wins the state. Some voters were turned away when poll workers claimed their names were not on registration lists.
In 2008, Obama beat McCain by nine points, becoming the third Democratic presidential candidate to win Colorado since 1952. In early voting this year, Republicans slightly outnumbered Democrats by 688,503 to 653,450.
Iowa – Obama wins
In Iowa – the state that launched Obama's historic run for the White House – an estimated 40 percent of ballots were cast before Election Day. The state's six electoral votes were at stake. In Iowa, Democrats have carried five of the last six presidential elections. In 2008, Obama won Iowa with 53.9 percent of the vote. Obama's campaign spent more than $22.6 million on ads in Iowa, compared to $14.7 million spent by the Romney campaign.
Nevada – Obama wins
In Nevada – a battleground state with six electoral votes at stake – Obama has been consistently leading in the polls. In 2008, he carried the state by 12 points. Fox News reported that 48,000 more Democrats than Republicans during Nevada's two-week early voting period this year. Democrats have mobilized big unions in the state. The Culinary Union Local 226 alone has registered 70,000 likely Democrat voters.
However, the Romney campaign is confident about its prospects there. The state has the highest rate of home foreclosures and the highest unemployment rate in the nation – 11.8 percent. Nevadans' median income has also plummeted by $9,900 since 2008.
North Carolina – Romney wins
In North Carolina, Romney competed for the state's 15 electoral votes. Going into the election, Romney held a slight lead over Obama. Obama carried the state by a very narrow 14,000-vote margin in 2008, which was the first Democrat win in 32 years.
Virginia – Obama wins
In 2008, Obama won Virginia's 13 electoral votes (53 percent to 46 percent over John McCain) – the first time a Democrat had done so since the 1964 landslide of Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater.
Wisconsin – Obama wins
Wisconsin, a state with 10 electoral votes, is the home of Romney's vice presidential pick, Paul Ryan, who was born and raised in Janesville. In 2008, Obama won the state by 14 points, and Republicans have been suffering a 28-year losing streak in presidential elections.
Michigan – Obama wins
In 2008, Obama celebrated a landslide 16.4-point victory in Michigan, a state with 16 electoral votes. In this strong union state, Democrats have been victorious in the last five presidential elections.
Pennsylvania – Obama wins
The Los Angeles Times observed, "In 64 years, no Democrat has won the White House without winning Pennsylvania." In 2008, Obama won the state, which has 20 electoral votes, by 600,000 votes after strong Democratic turnouts in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.


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Charlie, Howard, and Ramar on an adventure
A total of 52 episodes were produced in 1952-53 by Rudolph Flothow for Arrow Productions.
The show featured Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds, a research scientist whose parents were missionaries in Africa when he was a child. The natives refer to him as the great Ramar, the white medicine man. He is returning to Africa with his associate Ray Montgomery as Professor Howard Ogden. Episodes were set in Africa and India, but filmed in Hollywood. They were produced in four sets of thirteen episodes, and released in the 1953 and 1954 television seasons. Each series of thirteen episodes is distinguished by a different director and different opening and closing credits. Throughout these episodes Ramar and Howard were accompanied on their adventures by various guides. Charlie, the Cockney guide from Capetown (James Fairfax), with his parrot Walter, guided them during the first series in Africa. Zahir, (Victor Millan), guided them in the next series of episodes as they visited India. Finally, they returned again to the jungles of Africa, and were guided in the third and fourth series' of episodes by the native Willy (Nick Stewart), with his pet monkey, Babette. I have prepared episode guides arranged alphabetically, by airdate, and chronological order for your reference.
Three episodes of each series were designed with related storylines so that four theatrical feature films were released by Lippert Productions from 1953-55 compiled directly from the tv episodes: White Goddess (1953), Eyes of the Jungle (1953), Thunder Over Sangoland (1955), and Phantom of the Jungle (1955). In addition, movies were released for television in 1964 by I.T.C., each running about 80 minutes, and taking its content from the tv episodes.
Ramar, Howard, and Zahir rescue the Princess
Ramar, Howard, and Charlie meet the White Goddess
RAMAR was an exciting show for many of us who were children at that time. Plenty of merchandising items quickly became popular to capitalize on the popularity of the show. Jon Hall toured the major cities promoting the show and it's merchandise. Probably the most popular is the board game released by the Dexter Wayne Company in 1953, which all youngsters wanted. Among some of the many items kids collected were comic books and the "Safari Scouts" membership card. Toys included puzzles, coloring books, toy guns, safari hats and suits, and a toy village with plastic natives and animals. Many of these RAMAR of the JUNGLE memorabilia items can be found for sale on eBay.
|Though RAMAR of the JUNGLE is no longer broadcast on television, videos of many of the tv episodes and some of the theatrical movies are still available and can be purchased from Moviecraft. They are excellent quality videos and the folks at Moviecraft are terrific to deal with. You can also find RAMAR tv episodes available on DVD from Alpha Video. At least 40 of the 52 episodes are now available and they are great quality. I have one of the released for television movies "Ramar and the Savage Challenges" on VHS video taken from my 16mm film print. It can be purchased from me by clicking here: Savage Challenges.
Jon Hall with a picture of himself as Ramar
Ramar, Howard, and Willy in danger
Don't Remember RAMAR of the JUNGLE? Or have never seen it? Click here for a preview. A RAMAR fan or want to know more? Take a look at my RAMAR notes. I hope you will once again enjoy being with the great Ramar, Dr. Tom Reynolds, and his friends on their jungle adventures!


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The server can be configured to perform digest authentication using either an LDAP-based or a file-based directory service.
Digest authentication enables the user to authenticate based on username and password without sending the username and password as cleartext. The browser uses the MD5 algorithm to create a digest value using the user's password and some information provided by the Web Server.
When the server uses an LDAP-based directory service to perform digest authentication, this digest value is also computed on the server side using the Digest Authentication plug-in, and compared against the digest value provided by the client. If the digest values match, the user is authenticated. In order for this to work, your directory server needs access to the user's password in cleartext. Sun Java System Directory Server includes a reversible password plug-in using a symmetric encryption algorithm to store data in an encrypted form, that can later be decrypted to its original form. Only the Directory Server holds the key to the data.
For LDAP-based digest authentication, you need to enable the reversible password plug-in and the digestauth-specific plug-in included with the server. To configure your web server to process digest authentication, set the digestauth property of the database definition in dbswitch.conf.
If you do not specify an ACL method, the server will use either digest or basic when authentication is required, or basic if authentication is not required. This is the preferred method.Table 7–1 Digest Authentication Challenge Generation
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When processing an ACL with method = digest, the server attempts to authenticate by:
Checking for Authorization request header. If not found, a 401 response is generated with a Digest challenge, and the process stops.
Checking for Authorization type. If Authentication type is Digest the server then:
Checks nonce. If not a valid, fresh nonce generated by this server, generates 401 response, and the process stops. If stale, generates 401 response with stale=true, and the process stops.
You can configure the time the nonce remains fresh by changing the value of the parameter DigestStaleTimeout in the magnus.conf file, located in server_root/https-server_name/config/. To set the value, add the following line to magnus.conf:
where seconds represents the number of seconds the nonce will remain fresh. After the specified seconds elapse, the nonce expires and new authentication is required from the user.
Checks realm. If the realm does not match, generates 401 response, and process stops.
Checks existence of user in LDAP directory if the authentication directory is LDAP-based, or checks existence of user in file database if the authentication directory is file-based. If not found, generates 401 response, and the process stops.
Gets request-digest value from directory server or file database and checks for a match to client's request-digest. If not, generates 401 response, and process stops.
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The Jazz Arts Collective, Contemporary Ensemble and Mainstream Ensemble, featuring the music of Chuck Owen, will perform at Hope College on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
In addition to participating in the concert, Owen, who is a Guggenheim Composition recipient, will take part in two discussions and an open rehearsal earlier in the day on Tuesday, Oct. 8. He will participate in "Jazz Composition" at 8 a.m. and "River Runs" at 3 p.m., each in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music. The open rehearsal, which will also include the Jazz Arts Collective, will take place at noon in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited to all of the events. Admission is free.
Owen is professor of jazz studies at the University of South Florida, where he also serves as the founding director of the USF Center for Jazz Composition. He is a nationally respected educator, having established and developed USF's acclaimed jazz program. He is also recognized equally for his unique compositional voice, which is steeped thoroughly in the jazz tradition but often draws on a diverse array of additional influences – from contemporary classical and American folk/roots music to Latin styles, funk/hip-hop, and even country.
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Timberlake to star in Elton John biopic
A biopic of SIR ELTON JOHN's colourful life starring JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE as the ROCKET MAN is all ready to go as soon as they find a director the pop star is comfortable working with.
The veteran musician is preparing to turn his life story into a major movie-musical with help from his film producer partner David Furnish and Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall.
Sir Elton previously named Timberlake as his first choice for the lead role after the former N'Sync hunk played him in one of his music videos, and Furnish has now revealed the singer-turned-actor is onboard, as long as he has "chemistry" with the movie's chosen director.
He tells E!Online, "We're searching for a director. It's important we all share the same vision.
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VERGENNES — Beverly Anne Partington, 59, died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester.
The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, May 14, at 11 a.m., at the Vergennes Congregational Church.
Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to; McClure Miller Respite House, 3113 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446, or to; Addison County Home Health & Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.
A complete obituary will appear in Thursday's edition of the Independent.
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udevadm settle is not permitted while udev is unconfigured ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/)a8cc71e....071cd does not exist. Dropping to a shell
Was it a plague of St. iGNUcius because I have written an article about Windows?
After some research on Google, I found out the solution:
- Boot the system using the Ubuntu live CD. If Ubuntu automatically mount the hard disk partition, unmount it before proceeding. This can be done easily through Nautilus.
- Open a command prompt.
- Create a new folder in order to mount the HD:
sudo mkdir /mnt/newroot
- Mount the HD (sda1, in my case):
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/newroot
- Change the root directory:
sudo chroot /mnt/newroot
- Run the following command:
update-initramfs -u -k all
- Return to the old root and unmount the partition:
exit sudo umount /mnt/newroot
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Actor Russell Crowe has shut down reports he has embarked on a new romance with Billy Joel's ex-wife Katie Lee following his rumored marriage breakdown, insisting he is dedicated to keeping his family together.
The "Gladiator" star has spent a large part of 2012 on film sets far away from the Australian home he shares with his wife, Danielle Spencer, and their two young sons, Charles and Tennyson, and the heavy workload allegedly took its toll on his personal life, causing the couple to split in October.
Neither Crowe nor Spencer has directly addressed the break up claims, but the actor posted a telling tweet online in November, revealing he regrets taking on so many jobs back to back.
He wrote, "Starting on another film set tomorrow. I need to go home & be with my children. Cannot believe how [bleep] up my schedule has become this year."
Earlier this week, an article in the New York Post suggested Crowe had moved on from his troubled marriage and into the arms of TV chef Lee, but the actor has slammed the unfounded reports in a new Twitter.com post, in which he also vows to get his personal life back on track.
Crowe, who is currently filming "A Winter's Tale" in New York, writes, "As soon as I finish this job & can get home, my priority is to try to bring my family back together. These latest reports are false & cruel."
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Workshop Will Explore Energy And Digital Economy
EPRI, Knoxville, Tenn., will host a workshop addressing issues of powering the digital economy. Entitled, "Exploring Energy, Deregulation, and the Digital Society," the workshop is scheduled for Nov. 1-2 in San Francisco. Sessions will explore topics such as deregulation's impact on the digital society.
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After being acquired by Littlejohn & Co., LLC, a private investment organization based in Greenwich, Conn., MagneTek Lighting Products, Nashville, Tenn., has changed its name to Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc. Under the new arrangement, Universal Lighting believes it is better positioned to provide its line of ballasts for specification and lighting design applications.
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Harrison Ford poked fun at ongoing reports suggesting he'll be returning as Han Solo in the next "Star Wars" movie on TV in on Wednesday night by fielding audience questions from fans dressed up as characters from the franchise.
The actor has refused to comment on his role in "Star Wars: Episode VII," and when talk show host Jimmy Kimmel approached the subject, Ford stated he couldn't say anything about the project.
Kimmel then suggested the actor take questions from the studio audience, but insisted that none should be about "Star Wars."
Actors dressed up as Obi Wan Kenobe and Princess Leia then asked him if he liked being in movies and if he was hungry, while another in a Chewbacca costume gave the wookie's signature growl and prompted an angry Ford to respond, "You son of a b— …
You'd like that wouldn't you? Always trying to blame me. You're the one who couldn't keep it in your furry pants!"
As Chewbacca protested, the actor snarled, "You're so full of…" and then turned to Kimmel and asked, "How did he get in here? You set this up…? He knows what he did. She was my wife. You wookie sack of s—!"
Ford then stormed off the set after telling Kimmel, "I'm outta here," and then pointing at the wookie and adding, "I'll see you in hell!"


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"Today, the most valuable real estate lies in walkable urban locations," according to this analysis in the New York Times. Values for commercial and residential real estate in the Washington, D.C. metro area
"increase as neighborhoods became more walkable, where everyday needs, including working, can be met by walking, transit or biking. There is a five-step "ladder" of walkability, from least to most walkable. On average, each step up the walkability ladder adds $9 per square foot to annual office rents, $7 per square foot to retail rents, more than $300 per month to apartment rents and nearly $82 per square foot to home values."
And this likely applies elsewhere, with examples such as Seattle, where a downtown neighborhood once priced the same as suburban Redmond is now valued almost 50% higher.
Those claiming to be free-market supporters of suburban sprawl argued against smart-growth zoning because they said Americans didn't want it. What's the argument now?
More details from Walk this Way: The Economic Promise of Walkable Places in Metropolitcan Washington, D.C., Brookings Institute.


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Book U2 frontman Bono for the Grammy Awards and perhaps only a Beatle or a Rolling Stone could upstage him. At the Oscars, however, the rock 'n' roll humanitarian had nothing on a Disney princess.
Idina Menzel stole the Dolby Theatre stage Sunday with "Let It Go," the diva belter from Disney's smash "Frozen," which would go on to win the Oscar a few minutes later for original song.
"To our fellow nominees, you are all rock stars — literally," said Kristen Anderson-Lopez as she accepted the Oscar with her husband, Robert Lopez.
Indeed, the "Let It Go" competition included U2, hitmaker Pharrell Williams and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O.
The winners dedicated the honor to their two daughters and "the hope," Anderson-Lopez said, "that you never let fear or shame keep you from celebrating the unique people that you are."
But it was the film academy that kept the audience from celebrating all of "Let It Go." Three verses of the song were axed from the telecast, including the all-important, tough-as-nails transition that "the cold never bothered me anyway."
That was puzzling, as this year's telecast was hyped as one of the most pop-focused Oscars in recent history, even booking Pink to sing "Over the Rainbow" in a tribute to the 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz."
Pop's Karen O teamed with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig to perform "The Moon Song" from the film "Her." She sang, tucked into a graceful red dress, while he strummed, sporting red socks, in a performance more intimate than any seen on the Oscars since perhaps Elliott Smith performed his song "Miss Misery" from 1997's "Good Will Hunting."
U2's "Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" is the type of slow-building arena rock number that Bono & Co. can churn out with ease, but the band muted the song Sunday night. On record, gospel-tinged electronics give way to a giant chorus. At the Oscars, the Edge's signature twinkling guitar notes were replaced by far-less distinct acoustic strumming.
A far more stirring moment occurred earlier when Darlene Love broke into a few bars of "His Eye on the Sparrow," giving a brief yet impassioned take onstage after "20 Feet From Stardom," a film about the ups-and-downs of backup singers, including Love, won for documentary feature. That suggests Oscar would do well to loosen its tux a little — as Williams seemed to understand: His light-stepping "Happy" was the nominated song that shone most brightly on the Oscar stage.
But the category's only real controversy was over a song that wasn't performed at all. There were originally five nominees, the fifth being the little known hymn "Alone Yet Not Alone," from the faith-based film of the same name. The song was ruled ineligible after its composer, a former governor of the academy, was judged to have breached the organization's ethics by promoting the song to his fellow academy members.


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Maui shows up strong in SI Swimsuit Issue
By Nadine Kam
Sports Illustrated photos by Walter Iooss Jr.
Sports Illustrated 2012 Swimsuit issue covergirl Kate Upton, photographed in a swimsuit by Maui-based Suit Yourself Bikinis by Kathleen Bruening.
Hawaii may not be the biggest state for swimwear manufacturing and distribution, but there are a lot of innovative brands here, led by designers who understand the magic trifecta of fit, style and utility.
So it makes sense that Hawaii brands are typically on prominent display when the Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue and web site debuts.
There must be something in the water over on Maui because designers there are a hit with SI.
This year, Maui-based Suit Yourself Bikinis got the cover, with Kate Upton photographed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in a suit designed by Kathleen Bruening, who posted on Facebook, that the cover suit was sold out by 6 a.m. on Tuesday, once word got out. She has a wait list going, and you can get on it by emailing email@example.com with your contact information and size.
Also among the featured brands is Acacia Swimwear, created by Maui-based designer Naomi Newirth and Lyndie Irons, wife of the late world champion surfer Andy Irons.
And the mother of Maui brands, Letarte, whose suits have now been in the swimsuit issue for 12 consecutive years. The brand created by Lisa Letarte Cabrinha and Michele Letarte Ross, and designed by Lisa, last made the cover in 2005.
Wearing one of Letarte's suits is Kailua girl and 'Iolani graduate Michelle Vawer. In a nice emailed note, reader Winter alerted me yesterday, "Your 2009 prediction of Michelle Vawer for SI just happened!"
Thanks! I totally forgot I said that, although I always think it when I see her.
In November 2009, Michelle was the model for a Valentine's 2010 lingerie spread, "In between the lines," I styled for HI Luxury magazine. After the session, I posted, "I just wonder how long it will be before Sports Illustrated comes calling for its swimsuit edition?"
She was also the model for another photo session I styled for the magazine, in which she was cast as a femme fatale after a young heir's diamonds. I made a video out of the storyline. Sorry for the sound quality and jerkiness; I was a video rookie two years ago:
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Michelle is up for the title of SI's "Rookie of the Year" at bit.ly/xrJbt5. In a "This Week in Beautiful Women" feature on Esquire.com, writer Jimmy Traina publicly wonders, "Who is this Michelle Vawer?" before naming her as his choice of "Rookie of the Year."
I don't see any reason why she wouldn't win!
Anyone else make the issue? Speak up now!
Michelle Vawer, shot in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in a top by Cecilia Prado Mare and Maui-based Letarte's Lisa Cabrinha.
Michelle in a swimsuit by Maui-based Suit Yourself Bikinis, by Kathleen Bruening.
Sports Illustrated photo by James Macari
And Hawaii swimsuit designers aren't the only ones who got in. Here, Alyssa Miller wears Ki-ele's Zayit necklace, one of several pieces by Marylea Conrad featured in the magazine and online. The photo was shot on Desroches Island, Seychelles. The swimsuit is by Luli Fama.
Added Feb. 16: Heard from a Garden Isle reader who also wanted to give credit to designer Lennie Collins, whose company La Vida Aloha, also made it into the issue. One of her suits was modeled by cover girl Kate Upton, below:
Sports Illustrated photos by Walter Iooss Jr.
Added Feb. 22: Among jewelry featured are pieces by Maui-raised, New York based designer Tiffany Chou, and Makawao-based RockaBella Jewels also makes a prominent showing with stacking rings ($70 set) worn by Jessica Gomes, and a 14K gold-dipped shark tooth necklace ($80) worn by Chrissy Teigen, below:
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Now your tween can have the funky, mod skirt she wants without spending a fortune on a designer one. Grab her favorite fabric combinations and sit down to create this awesome skirt together! There is no limit to the type of fabrics, colors or prints that can be paired to bring this skirt to life. Individual comfort meets individual style with two waistband options: full elastic or back elastic only. Included pattern is sized 6/8 up to Juniors 7/9. Written for beginners in mind, you'll quickly be making great, fab skirts…and spending a bit of time together while you do it!
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Thinking of my mom who passed away in July of 2011, I was inspired to use some chandelier prisms that she found for me at an estate sale. I remember when she revealed the box full of these amazing prisms! I have not seen any prisms like this anywhere or since.
My mom was "my perfect mom", and I miss her on so much and on so many levels. One thing I miss is her vision, her creativity, and her support in my vision of making devotional art bottles. She was always on the hunt for findings. Saturday, January 27th would had been her 77th birthday. So, I've kept these prisms for a long time in order to decide what should become of them. I wanted to make something that was special, that could be used in a devotional altar...a place of focus...then one day, the idea of a mandalas came to me. So from these prisms, vintage bottles, and other findings these devotional bottles were born and named.
This devotional piece is a cobalt blue olive oil bottle that I have had for 10 years. It is topped with a mandala of vintage chandelier prisms. Photos do not capture the heaviness of the prisms and the light they omit. This bottle stands 23 inches tall...
I added a blue rosary with other crystals and a vintage medallion.
The price of this piece is $195
Vintage crystals and findings top this heart shaped bottle.
The price of this devotional art bottle is $175, and is 16 inches tall. (It does not include the rosary)
Clear, bright, bold and beautiful. This devotional bottle is 22 inches tall and is made with vintage deco chandelier prisms that are heavy and bold.
I have one more devotional mandala that I am going to present. I am presently adding the finishing touches and will present it on the 27th of January.


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Georgia opens criminal case against ex-president
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian authorities say they are opening a criminal case against former president Mikhail Saakashvili.
Prosecutors in the small Caucasus nation made the announcement Monday after Saakashvili failed to appear before investigators for questioning. He has failed to appear for questioning previously in trials against his political allies.
Officials charged Saakashvili with illegally breaking up a 2007 protest, taking over a television station and seizing the property of a businessman.
Saakashvili wrote Monday on Facebook that he believed the case is politically motivated and that he has no plans "to participate in this farce."
The ex-president, who was at the helm during the 2008 war with Russia, was routed in 2012 parliamentary elections by allies of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. He has lived outside of Georgia since 2013, when his term ended.
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