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Woody Allen, Sword Fighting and Boot Maintenance
- Kempt Staff
Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
Revisiting Woody Allen's 1960s stand-up comedy days, how to win a sword fight, properly maintaining your winter boots and…
Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
Revisiting Woody Allen's 1960s stand-up comedy days, how to win a sword fight, properly maintaining your winter boots and…
Today's must-reads from around the Internet.
A brief guide to Woody Allen's favorite things, how to (and not to) get creative with black tie, the death of the catchphrase and...»
Herewith, three things to inspire your weekend.»
Breaking news: today is, apparently, Tweed Day.
Now, we've taken a pretty hard-line stance against bullshit holidays in the past. We even spent the requisite paperwork and fees to name a "No Bullshit Holidays Day" (get excited for May 10, gentlemen).
But we've also been known to bend the rules every so often, because... tequila. And today, we're revising our stance once more to include the glorious celebration of a fabric that we rely on so dearly during the fall and winter months but won't see much of for the next six or so. Like most of these holidays, the founding is dubious at best—but ultimately, it feels like a good enough reason to give the rugged wools a proper farewell until we meet again.
So, we present to you: a photographic ode to the handsomeness of tweed.»
No one paid much attention to Spud Webb at the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk competition. At 5′7", he was (and remains) the shortest player ever to compete in the contest. The rest of the field dwarfed him by over a foot. Even Dominique Wilkins, Webb's teammate and the reigning slam-dunk champion, brushed Spud aside. "I don't think he's ever seen me dunk before," Webb said in a pregame interview. Then he did the following:
An elevator two-handed double-pump dunk, a one-handed off-the-backboard jam, a 360-degree helicopter one-handed dunk, a 180-degree reverse double-pump slam and a 180-degree reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor, the latter two of which received perfect 50-point scores in the final round to bring home the gold.
We have no control over how tall we stand—height is fixed from the start. How we stand, though (or soar, in Mr. Webb's case) is measured in stature. And stature knows no bounds. With that in mind, we proudly present:
The 5′7" and Under All-Stars...»
Kanye Do It?: Mr. West is already having a busy week, with all the Kardashian-wooing, and now he's announced plans to field a 30-minute Cannes submission—that he's yet to roll camera on. [NY Daily News]
Game Recognize Game: According to William Zinsser, the best way to get cast in a Woody Allen movie is to wear ugly sneakers and walk down Madison Avenue. (Speaking from experience.) [The American Scholar]
Lambo Chops: Driven takes us to Beijing, where Lamborghini is unveiling its first-ever SUV. No word on whether the doors will still open upwards. [Driven]
Brothers Bluth: Here's the trailer for Mansome, documenting Will Arnett and Jason Bateman as they delve into the eternal question of what makes a man handsome. To which we'd like to ask: is this why we're still waiting on that Arrested Development movie? [Selectism]
The Reentry: February 27
1. Billy Crystal told a Flomax joke. 2. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for a film about a prime minister who hasn't been relevant for 20 years. 3. Woody Allen won Best Screenplay for a film about writers who've been dead for 50 years. 4. A silent film won the rest.
Meanwhile, back in 2012...»
As connoisseurs of history, we sometimes find styles, trends and turns of phrase from the past that we wouldn't mind bringing back to the present, Doc Brown-style. This time around, we're dusting off the well-dressed comedian.
Ladies and gentlemen, this man is a comedian.
Hard to believe, we know, but once upon a time, this was the uniform for a successful stand-up, right down to the skinny tie and the pocket square. If you had the money, you spent it on a first-class suit and then you traveled from town to town looking like you owned the train. (A trade secret: Puns always sound funnier if the guy telling them is dressed like a senator.)
It's a professional custom we'd like to dust off…
Allow us to elaborate»
The Sympathetic Sounds of Sheffield: The British Library catalogued ambient noise from various places in Sheffield, and is currently streaming it through a firm called UK Soundmap. It's like a vacation in your headphones. [Fast Company]
The Old House: Take a tour through a decaying mansion on one of Georgia's barrier islands. [Kuriositas]
Tall, Dark and Handsome: Woody Allen is finally making a film about the romantic travails of neurotic, middle-aged urbanites. And it's about time. [/Film]
Night at the Museum: Chicago's Museum of Science is looking for something to spend a month living in the museum as a "human subject." Honestly, we're not wild about the job title. [Gizmodo]
Give Me Your Answer, Do: Daisy Lowe prefers casual swimwear. [Fashion Copious via Refinery29]
Courtside: The American Apparel/Woody Allen kerfuffle is settled, with Dov Charney on the hook for $5 million. Something tells us the judge was an Annie Hall fan. [Reuters]
World Champions: According to the Toronto Star, Indianapolis is the winningest city in the world, shortly followed by Boston and Vancouver. Mostly, we just feel bad that L.A. was edged out by Anaheim. [Toronto Star]
Silver Rocket: A '57 Ferrari pulls in $12 Million dollars at auction. Judging by the pics, we're willing to say she's worth it. [Jalopnik]
Foot Note: Sometimes not even fondling Diane Kruger's feet can cheer up Quentin Tarantino. [NYTimes]
Down with the Ship: American Apparel's increasingly bizarre lawsuit succeeds in the difficult task making Woody Allen look less crazy. [Racked]
Thank God For Abu Dhabi: Yes Virginia, there's still a market for glitzed-out helicopters. Unsurprisingly, it's in the middle east. [Luxist]
Head On: Apparently Kiefer Sutherland headbutted a fashion designer at the MET Ball. We assume national security was at stake. [Guest of a Guest]
A Girl and a Gun: Terry Richardson's Evan Rachel Wood photoset is basically a movie waiting to happen. Men.Style]
TARP: The tarpaulin-happy Killspencer hits the interview circuit. [SwipeLife]
Whatever: Woody Allen is our favorite depressed uncle. [New York Observer]
Ace in the Hole: Jay-Z's endorsement is still enough to make or break a champagne brand. Serves you right, Cristal. [Luxist]
With all our attention to the new James Bond, we may have overlooked the old one. The 1967's loveably ramshackle *Casino Royale* is getting a belated 40th Anniversary Edition, giving you a chance to check out the film that almost killed the franchise.
Shared between five auteur-minded directors and even more diva-minded stars, *Casino Royale* is pretty much the disaster you would expect, but as disasters go, it's pretty fantastic. Abandoned by Peter Sellers halfway through production, the movie ping-pongs between a sinister Orson Welles, David Niven trying his best to add a shred of dignity to the proceedings, and Woody Allen doing his best to turn everything into a proto-Austin Powers sex farce.
In short, it was ripe for a remake.
Men of Summer: Playboy and *Mad Men* combine for the inevitable photoset. Sadly, Joan Holloway remains aloof. [Playboy]
You're the Man Now, Dogg: Snoop Dogg expands his empire into fashion and reality television, branching out from his traditional interests in music, cameo parts, and horticulture. [TeenMusic]
The Nicest: SF's Nice Collective politely let their Fall/Winter collection out in the world. [Selectism]
Dirty Linens: Japanese linen makes its presence felt…just in time for fall. [IHT]
Allen Wrench: Woody Allen's production diary, complete with vividly described ménage-a-trois. Or should we say, vividly *imagined*. [NYT]
Duke Ellington dubbed him the "Maharajah of the Keyboard" and Count Basie said he played "the best ivory box I've ever heard," while Ray Charles simply called him "one motherfucking piano player!" Oscar Peterson, one of the all-time jazz greats, died at the age of 82 over the holidays, and we here at Kempt can't help but be saddened by the passing of man who provided the soundtrack to some of our most memorable moments.
More on his 60-year career »


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Prevailing wisdom, for more than a decade, has sold business owners a marketing to women magic elixir dubbed "Shrink It and Pink It."
Seems pretty enticing. Probably works like gangbusters, right?
Baloney. Prevailing wisdom is wrong… Shrink It and Pink It is pure crappola. And anyone who believes that this strategy is the path to fast, easy riches is going to be sorely disappointed.
Let me say this plainly: Shrink It and Pink It is nothing more than a lazy, half-assed attempt to reach the heart of the female consumer.
Under Armour discovered this reality more than eight years ago after its first foray into the female market stumbled out of the starting gate.
Under Armour, as you might recall, is the super-macho athletic clothing brand that took Nike's "Just Do It" mantra and pumped it full of steroids. You've probably seen the company's sweaty advertising, which features muscular male athletes in a full array of clichéd, chest thumping postures.
Well it might surprise you to learn that Under Armour took a soft and gentle approach with it's first marketing to women campaign.
"We developed a women-specific line with seven pieces, including a couple of tops and bottoms and a sports bra," said Steve Battista, Under Armour Vice President of Brands. "We had followed the industry rule, 'Shrink it and pink it,' but when six guys, including me, took a look at the pieces laid out on a table in our office, we all realized that they didn't work."
Under Armour spun one-eighty with its latest attempt to attract female buyers.
What exactly did the company learn?
For one thing, the company learned that you just can't bowl women over with brand imagery. In other words, Under Armour's products must fit and perform as promised. Its female customers demand it.
Most importantly, women want to be treated no differently than men. Rather than being pigeonholed as "female athletes," women simply want to be known as "athletes."
Yes, Under Armour gets it. Watch this advertisement from Under Armour's new marketing to women campaign. The ad features Olympic skier, Lindsey Vonn.
As you just saw, the commercial mirrors the same, heart-thumping approach as Under Armour takes with its male audience. Heck. Women play sports. They're competitive. They get knocked down and get right back up, just like men. So why treat the female consumer any different?
Clearly, Under Armour treats women no differently than men.
But that's not all. Under Armour's efforts to attract women to its brand go beyond words.
The company invests heavily in the currency of time and energy to prove its dedication to the female consumer, thereby booming its credibility.
Here's how: In September, 2010, the company launched a female-specific Facebook fan page named, "Under Armour Women," where you can upload articles, videos and workouts. You can even create your very own "team" of athletes.
And get this: Become a fan of "Under Armour Women" and notable female athletes such as Heather Mills, member of the U.S. National Soccer Team, will answer your most pressing workout questions.
Under Armour's efforts to demonstrate its commitment to the female athlete aren't restricted solely to Facebook. Company employees travel coast-to-coast to attend sporting events just so they can interact with its female fans. Now that's walking the walk.
Here's the bottom line: Persuasion — the primary goal of marketing — consists of two main ingredients: relevancy and credibility.
Under Armour's new marketing to women campaign contains both ingredients. And the company attracts an army of female customers to its brand because of it.
So, how might you do the same?

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Talks and Workshops
Gap Inc. Technology + Digital Talk
Kristen Cutler, James Wang—ICS MA Thesis Talks
Emily Kager, Fiona Robinson—ICS MA Thesis Talks
Past Events
Slack Recruiting Event and Dinner
Maira Benjamin '91, Director of Engineering, Pandora
Ellen Spertus, Mills CS Faculty
Greg Rossman, ICS MA candidate
Raymond Thai, ICS MA candidate
Kate Rotondo, Udacity
Zeke Swepson
Joshua Bloch
Ron Garrett
Zach Radding
Leo Alterman
Wells Fargo Information Session
Cisco Meraki Information Session
Tech Career Conversations
Tara Downey, University Programs Coordinator, Google
Rathi Murthy, Chief Technology Officer
Yun Lien, Pixar Animation Studios
Matt Pancia, PhD
Paul O'Flynn, Senior Manager, Veeva Systems
Ellen Spertus, Mills CS Faculty
Brenna Baker, ICS MA candidate
Sidnie Davis, College Recruiter, Google
Miriam Warren (BA Ethnic Studies), Vice President for New Markets, Yelp
Mills Tech4All Hackathon
Ruth Sears ('04, MBA '13), Senior Technical Writer, Salesforce
Sonya Barry (ICS MA '07), Director of Community Infrastructure, Community Manager, Oracle
Paul Chapman, Chief Information Officer, Gap Inc.
Heather Faison, Google
Angelica Leyva-McMurtry, Brighid Wilhite
Meagan Kruman, Regina Wallace-Jones, and Lauren Berger, Facebook
Dave Thau, Chan-Norris Endowed Visiting Professor in Computer Science, Mills College; Manager, Google
Katie Antypas, Head of NERSC's Scientific Computing and Data Services Department
David Szeszler, Professor of Combinatorial Optimization, AIT-Budapest
Megumi Hora, ICS MA candidate
Alp Tiritoglu, Principal Designer, UILab
Renee Johnston (ICS MA '15), Engineering Resident, Google
Marcus Bellamy, Rachel Kawula, Diana Nguyen, Elise Richards
Ellen Spertus, Mills CS Faculty
Colin Lockard, ICS MA candidate
Mira Dontcheva, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Adobe Systems
Tamitha Carpenter ('89), Yun Miao ('11), Jessica Upfal, Sidnie Davis, Google
Alex Tellez, H2O
Robert Andrews, Renee Johnston, Rachel Kawula, Ashley Ongsarte
Dirk Riehle, Professor of Open Source, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cloud Force ('00), Vice President of Analytics IT for MSCI, Inc.
Rachel Kawula, Winnie Cheung, Angelica Leyva-McMurtry, Heather Myers, officers of Mills Computer Science Club
Kathyrene Villariba, ICS MA candidate
Patricia Legaspi ('02), Test Engineering Manager, Google
Tamar Bercovici, Senior Engineering Manager, Box
Renee Johnston, Student report on Summer Internship at Brioxy and CTY
Paul Pedersen, Deputy CTO, MongoDB/10gen
Samantha Ready, Senior Developer Evangelist, Salesforce
Katrina Glaeser, Data Scientist, Yammer
Justine Osborne ('12), Application Security Engineer, Square
Hugo Haas, Flickr Distinguished Architect, Yahoo, Inc.
Ümit Yalçιnalp and Ellen Spertus, Mills CS Faculty
Heidi Williams, Senior Director, Platform Engineering, Box
Karen Catlin, Advocate for Technical Women, Karen Catlin Consulting
Zaida Mejia, ICS MA candidate
Rich Mironov, Software Consultant and Serial Entrepreneur
Ümit Yalçιnalp, PhD, Chan-Norris Endowed Visiting
Guido van Rossum (Creator of Python Programming Language)
AJ Parmidge, ICS MA candidate
Susan Dray ('72)
Jessica Gonzalez ('13), Software Developer, ThoughtWorks
Amy Lightholder ('03), Mills alumna
Ümit Yalçιnalp, PhD, Architect, Adobe Systems
Andrew Grumet, PhD, Co-Founder and CTO at Bravo Your City!
David Thau, PhD, Project Manager for Earth Engine and Software Engineer, Google
Barbara Simons, PhD, Past President of Association for Computing Machinery
JuLee Burdekin ('95), Senior Manager of Content, Adobe Systems
JuLee Burdekin ('95), Senior Manager of Content at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Olga Karpenko, PhD
Ellen Spertus, PhD, CS Professor at Mills
Joseph Klein, ICS MA candidate
Joshua Bloch, PhD, Software Engineer (formerly at Google)
Joshua Bloch, PhD, Software Engineer (formerly at Google)
Shannon Thompson, ICS MA candidate
Felby Chan, Career Counselor at Mills
Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Founder and CEO of CareerCup
AJ Parmidge, student report on summer internship at Google Inc.: Adventures of a Boiled Frog
Kendra Arimoto, Executive Search at Facebook.
Alexandra Holloway, PhD Candidate, UC Santa Cruz Assistive Technology Lab.
Ian Baker, Wikimedia Foundation.
Jesse Martin, student report on DREU at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, summer 2011: Investigating the relationship between puzzles and learning in mathematics,
Facebook Women Engineers Host Mills College's Department of Computer Science
Jodessa Lanzaderas, student report on SACNAS and Grace Hopper Conferences 2011 and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs)
Katie Antypas, Head of NERSC's Scientific Computing and Data Services Department
David Lu, student report on summer 2011 internship at Equipster
Arthur Benjamin, PhD, Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College.
Arthur Benjamin, PhD, Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College.
Kehontas Rowe, student report on Summer 2011 Undergraduate Research Program at UC Berkeley: CommunitySourcing: Engaging Local Crowds to Perform Expert Work Via Physical Kiosks, Intel and SRC (Semi-Conductor Research Corporation)
Jeff Johnson, PhD, Principal Consultant at UI Wizards, Inc. Guest lecture: Designing with the Mind in Mind: The Psychological Basis for User Interface Design Rules
Ellen Siegel, PhD, Principal at Practical Privacy Consulting LLC.
Joe Cancilla, ICS MA candidate
Cory Burke, ICS MA candidate
Rathi Murthy, Chief Technology Officer
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Kansas City Royals: Mike Moustakas Is Early Favorite for 2012 MLB All-Star GameMay 4, 2012
No offense Billy Butler, but third baseman Mike Moustakas has been the best player for the Kansas City Royals this season, hands down.
One would think that the most important player on a team that boasts an 8-16 record doesn't merit much praise. But the second-year third baseman has outperformed his sophomore teammate Eric Hosmer, particularly when measured against the expectations for each of them entering the 2012 season.
Perennially a slow-starter offensively, Moustakas currently boasts a .318/.370/.553 split with four home runs, 15 runs batted in, 12 runs scored and eight doubles.
Not only is Moustakas handling the bat well, but his defense has been much improved. He can be credited with preserving last night's 4-3 victory over the visiting New York Yankees with a stellar bare-handed scoop and throw to gun down Alex Rodriguez for the final out.
In terms of overall performance, Moustakas has been the main component for the Royals' turnaround since ending their 12-game losing streak by going 5-2 over the past seven games. Why he has not been moved up in the lineup ahead of a struggling Jeff Francoeur is a mystery.
The Royals can largely point the finger at injuries (starting catcher Sal Perez, closer Joakim Soria and center fielder Lorenzo Cain), poor decision making by manager Ned Yost and bad luck for their slow start this season. However, Alex Gordon, Hosmer and Francoeur have yet to regain their form from successful 2011 seasons as well. If they can right the ship, the American League Central crown is still in reach, as no team has run away from the crowd yet.
Nevertheless, one player that the Royals and their fans can't attribute the team's early letdown to is Moustakas, who actually started to heat up last season with September splits of .352/.380/.580 with 11 extra-base hits and 11 runs batted in.
If Moustakas can keep up his current pace, the All-Star Game will be a mere footnote to his 2012 season. But if the host city can't squeeze out two representatives for the Mid-Summer Classic, he will gladly man the hot-corner for the American League and shine for Kansas City.
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6:06pm Sunday, 18 February BlueMountainsAustralia.com
Blue Mountains News
Blue Mountains Visitors to Make History at Scenic World
Visitors past and present will be asked to share their memories of Scenic World and the Blue Mountains through photo and video. The best memories will find a permanent home onsite as part of the reimagining of the Scenic Railway.
The Make History campaign is part of the major upgrade which will include a new train to transport passengers down to the ancient rainforest floor in the Jamison Valley, new top and bottom platform with interpretation and a new track.
Scenic World is offering five double tickets from anywhere in Australia to share in the official launch event, experiencing first hand the new train which will continue to be the steepest railway decent in the world at 52 degrees.
Scenic World's Joint Managing Directors, Anthea and David Hammon, said the Make History campaign aims to herald an exciting new chapter for Scenic World while creating a time capsule of Australia's past.
"Our family has operated Scenic World for three generation over the past 67 years so history is very important to us," Anthea and David said.
"Our visitors play a key role in our history so we want to extend our interpretation program under the railway redevelopment to include visitor memories through stories, images and moving footage of the site and the greater Blue Mountains."
Submissions will be displayed on Scenic World's Facebook timeline and viewed by more than 100,000 friends. Some of the entries will also be placed on the attraction's website with curator's selecting the best entries for a permanent onsite gallery.
Competition winners, judged on entries from each decade, will experience the new Swiss-made railway first hand, scheduled to open in February 2013. The prize also includes return domestic flights, transfers, two nights at Lilianfels Resort and Spa, double pass to the exclusive railway launch party, and annual passes.
International visitors who participate will also be in the running to win a unique Scenic World Merchandise Pack as a keepsake of their visit to the Blue Mountains.
To enter, participants can upload images and videos, along with a short description, on a custom-built tab on the Scenic World's Facebook page, or via the Scenic World website.
The competition closes on 2 September 2012.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says efforts to curtail problems at weekend concerts resulted in a "cleaner and safer atmosphere" at Saturday night's Jason Aldean concert at PNC Park.
The city limited tailgating to five hours before the show and passed out recycling bags, among other steps.
The effort came after there were heaps of trash and scores of emergency calls at last month's Luke Bryan concert at Heinz Field. Similar problems were reported after a Kenny Chesney concert at Heinz Field last year.
Peduto issued a statement Sunday thanking concert-goers along with the Pirates, private parking lot owners, police, medics and rescue crews for their efforts.
The city said ambulances took 32 people to area hospitals, mostly for intoxication, a slight drop from the number transported after the Bryan concert.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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I've finally released a print of my own design!
I created these Dia de Los Muertos skull damask prints as part of my love of anatomy and sugar skulls and wallpaper patterns.
My separations. I specifically scratched up the inner blue layer direct to the separation and then splattered ink on the gold layer to give some randomness to my usual tightly coloured images.
I created these with a good bleed to maintain the appearance of being a cut of some fantastically gothic wall paper, hence why the separation is bigger than the paper.
3-point registration with wide enough edges to print the bleed.
I loved the ghostly prints of the first colour.
And the details!
You can buy them at my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/109313175/skull-damask-print . They're an edition of 36, going for a mere $40 each.


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First, Olivia Wilde doused herself with a bucket of what she tried to pass off as breast milk and now Matt Damon has taken it to a whole new level with toilet water.
In his video, he explains that Ben Affleck and Jimmy Kimmel nominated him to take the challenge and he took more than 24 hours to respond.
Why the delay? "It posed kind of a problem for me," he explains. "Not only is there a drought here in California, but I cofounded water.org, and we envision the day when everybody has access to a clean drink of water -- and there are about 800 million people in the world who don't, so dumping a clean bucket of water on my head seemed a little crazy."
Luckily, the actor had a solution: use water straight from his toilet for the challenge. "The water in our toilets in the west is actually cleaner than the water that most people in the developing world have access to, so as disgusting as this may seem, hopefully it'll highlight the fact that it's a big problem, and together, we can do something about it."
After he pours toilet water over his head, Matt nominated George Clooney, Bono and Tom Brady to take the challenge next.
We love how he took something that's getting overdone and used it to bring awareness to ALS along with a whole new charity. Well played, Matt, well played. Now go shower!
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Bright and fun prints are introduced in this Spring line from Munki Munki. Made of 70% Rayon from Bamboo and 30% Cotton.
This pajama set has a lightweight feel, perfect for spring. The pajama set is equipped with a jersey racer-back tanks. The pants had vented pant sets with a drawstring.
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When the enterprise-level Toshiba Pocket PC e740 came out last year, with built-in wireless networking capability, we predicted that the ground-breaking feature would be hard to surpass. But the company followed up with the Toshiba Pocket PC e750 as well as the humbler e335. The e750 improves on the e740 by adding support for Voice over IP (VoIP) via the third channel in its headset port, along with a bigger screen, more memory, and more processing power.
The Toshiba Pocket PC e335 ($400 street) comes with ArcSoft's PhotoBase for Pocket PC, for editing and managing digital images, though the device lacks a digital camera. A bit taller and wider but thinner than the otherwise similar ViewSonic Pocket PC V35, the e335 offers a jog dial and a five-way navigation button, both of which aid one-handed operation.
Though you'll find an excellent user guide in print and online, it's not on the bundled CD. Besides PhotoBase, you get only the standard multimedia, portable-office, and entertainment titles and utilities.
The e335's battery is rechargeable but not removable. A travel charger with a fairly bulky AC adapter and a 12-foot cable is included; while the long cable lets you connect to hard-to-reach power outlets in hotel rooms or offices, it's also less portable than most. By comparison, the ViewSonic model's more compact AC adapter has a 6-foot cable.
On the whole, the e335 is a competent but unremarkable device for personal use.
The Toshiba Pocket PC e750 ($600) is the same size and weight as the e740 but adds a slightly larger display, an advanced processor, and 50 percent more memory. Key features that position the e750 for corporate use include 802.11b networking, dual expansion slots (CompactFlash Type II and Secure Digital), and a removable, rechargeable lithium ion battery.
The e750's display measures 3.1 inches high by 2.4 inches wide (the e740 has a 2.9- by 2.3-inch display). The resolution and color depth are the same, but the added screen real estate makes reading content slightly easier. The new Intel XScale PXA255 CPU has the same 400-MHz rating as the e740's processor, but the newer chip's front-side bus runs at 200 MHz instead of 100 MHz. Another significant boost is the addition of 32MB of flash memory.
For corporate corridor warriors and for mobile professionals who need Wi-Fi capability to log on and get to work, the e750 is a good choice.


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Since St. Patrick's Day falls on a weekend this year, lots of places will start their festivities today (Friday) through Sunday. Just remember to grab some sleep in between and maybe a shower or two.
Looking for something to do? Here are a couple of suggestions:
Murphy's Irish Pub (1928 N. 45th St.)
Friday, March 15th
– 9PM: Celebration starts
Saturday, March 16th
– 9PM: Dan Maher performs a master of Irish ballads
Sunday, March 17th
– 10AM: Doors open
– 12PM: Wallingford Strings
– 2PM: Dan Maher
– 8:30PM: Seattle Firefighters Pipes & Drums Band
– 9PM: Hennessy Brothers
Blue Star Cafe & Pub (4512 Stone Way N.)
Lots of Irish food and drink all weekend long. See the menu (below and on the right) for details.
Changes (2103 N. 45th St)
St. Patrick's Day is coming this Sunday! Changes in Wallingford is celebrating with Guinness and Jameson, and the Booze Hounds will be serving Corned Beef and Cabbage! So come get your Irish on!
I realize these are only a few. So folks, if you have any suggestions to add, please do so. (Our good friends at Kate's Pub and Iron Bull don't have anything list yet as of this post publishing.)
(This article originally appeared on Wallyhood, the Wallingford neighborhood blog. For more news and chatter about Wallingford, join us there.)
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Hey. Here's a quick post on the wonderful prime lens. If you don't know what that is, a prime lens is a lens with a fixed focal length i.e a lens that does not zoom. You can't move in from a wide angle of 24mm to a greater focal length of 70mm, nor can you zoom out from 35mm to 18mm. No, it is a fixed focal length lens. It could be a prime lens fixed at 35mm…or 50mm…or 85mm…you get the idea…but that's it. One focal length. One field of view. No zoom
"No zoom?!", you say? Yeah, no zoom. These days, most new 'photographers' are all about zoom lenses! That's all people talk about. Got a new camera? What's the zoom on it? How much zoom does it have? 5x? 10x? Some of those questions don't even make sense, but it seems like people who don't know much about photography actually care more about the zoom of a lens/camera than the image quality and usability. Ridiculous when you think about it. Anyway, a prime lens must seem pretty lame to these people…right? Yeah. Well, if you're one of them, or you simply want to know more (which is wonderful), you really need to try out a prime. Do not dismiss prime lenses in favor of more zoom lenses. Most professional photographers would tell you that they'd much rather use a prime lens in most situations unless the job absolutely demands a zoom. Why? Alright, let's talk prime lenses
Prime Lens Vs. Zoom Lenses
Ok, I already covered what a prime lens is. Why do I, and many professionals, prefer to use prime lenses? Ok, I'll go through some of the benefits that I find so wonderful about these fixed focal length beauties :
Image Quality: The biggest benefit. Why else would you buy a lens, if not for good image quality? Prime lenses always deliver on this. Compared to zooms, prime lenses produce images that are sharper, have less distortions, and generally produce more pleasing images than similar priced zoom lenses
To get a zoom lens that produces the image quality in terms of sharpness and distortions, you'd have to spend a lot more money – and even then I doubt you'd find a zoom lens with absolutely negligible distortions at the extreme ends…not to mention these lenses would probably be physically huge and weigh a ton
No, for pure image quality, nothing beats a solid prime lens. Even the $100 Canon 50mm f1.8 prime lens produces much sharper images than the ordinary Canon kit lens, the EF-S 18-55mm standard zoom, and compares to many zoom lens that cost 5x the price. Not to mention it handles distortions better than most zooms, and just produces great quality images in general
Aperture: Almost any prime lens will come with a very fast aperture. Most will open up to f2.0 or f1.8, some of the pricier options will open up to f1.4 and in some cases even f1.2. Few zooms can match up to this…from what I recall, the fastest zooms currently available are f2.8…which is pretty fast, but prime lenses are even faster, and gives you much better control over depth of field and low light performance
Most zoom lenses are much slower, though. An average zoom lens has a maximum aperture of f3.5-5.6 – meaning it changes maximum aperture as you change the focal length. The standard 18-55mm kit lens has a maximum aperture of f3.5 at 18mm, which is reasonable…but it slows down to a max of f5.6 at the 55mm end! Compare that with the cheap 50mm f1.8, which has a maximum aperture of f1.8 at 50mm! That is a LOT faster
Helps You Improve The Shot: This seems like an odd 'benefit', but it's true. I've always found a prime lens helps improve my composition, by forcing me to think of different ways of getting the shot. Why? Because I can't simply zoom in and out to get the composition I want. My lens is fixed. If I want wider, I got to step back…if I want a tighter shot, I got to move in closer…but if I can't move back, or move in? I start to think of different ways of getting the shot, different ways to say what I want to say with this shot. It helps improve the current shot, and it also helps you out as a photographer in general…it makes you 'think before you shoot' one of the best 'rules' you can follow…and that's wonderful. It gets harder and harder to think before you shoot when you shoot digital, but using a prime lens definitely makes that happen
They're lighter, smaller, cheaper: Prime lenses can be considered cheap, compared to the high end zooms that perform almost comparably with prime lenses…however, some primes can cost a bomb too. But they're definitely lighter, and smaller. Zoom lenses have to pack in so many more lens elements and other moving parts and mechanisms (don't ask me the details) that make them perform like they do…this all adds up to the size, weight…and to the cost too. Prime lenses don't
Well, there must be many more benefits to using prime lenses! But to summarize what I just wrote above: Quality. Speed (aperture). Weight. Size. Price. Technique. Isn't that enough already to make you want to go get all the primes you can get your hands on?! Especially when you look at the negatives…or THE negative: fixed focal length. That's it. Ok, so it can be a hassle at times…you're indoors, you need a wider shot…you can't step back, and your 50mm lens isn't doing the job. Or you're shooting a sunset and you can't quite easily walk in to the horizon to get a closer shot. But like I said, I prefer using a prime unless the job demands a zoom…so don't blame the equipment if you chose to use a prime lens for the wrong job. If your particular shoot requires a zoom, you should know that as the photographer and pack a zoom along with your primes. But in many cases, a prime will do great. Another minor negative you might think of when using primes is the space it might take in your bag. Although each lens is compact individually, you might find that to cover the focal length you need for a particular shoot, you need maybe 2 or 3 of these primes…which could collectively add up to more space than just one large zoom. Just keep that in mind
So instead of buying a fuzzy, heavy, expensive zoom lens and lugging that around, do what most professionals prefer to do: get a good collection of prime lenses. It might cost you the same in the end, and (maybe) take a bit more space in your bag, but your shots will be better for it. And you will be too. Instead of a hefty 24-70mm f2.8 zoom, get a 24mm prime, a 50mm, and an 85mm…perfect
Alright, I've made it pretty clear that you should get some prime lenses, at least one…right? But should you get a zoom? Yeah! Don't take this post as a Prime Vs. Zoom battle – even though I think I titled it such in the beginning! I don't say that zoom lenses don't have their place. There are some very good (and fast) zoom options out there, and although these are a bit pricey, they give you very good image quality too…and like I repeatedly mentioned in this post, there are times when a prime is just not right for the job…and in these cases, a zoom is obviously the lens for you. I mean, I love primes and all that – but personally, I find a good walk-about zoom lens, something like a 17-55mm on a crop-sensor DSLR (or 24-70mm on full-frame) is something that I always need with me, especially when street shooting etc. – so there's always the right lens for the job. Zooms like those all-in-one 18-200mm lenses or similar – ah, I don't have a place in my bag for those – but a nice walk-about zoom plus a set of primes…that's all I need
So think about what you shoot. Zooms are not the only thing out there…and they're not even the best…so don't fall for these people telling you to buy zooms, zooms, and only zooms. Think about what you shoot, and if a prime lens can do the job, you know the benefits. Build up a collection…a smart combination of primes and a zoom or two, and you'll be set for anything you know you'll need to shoot! Until next time
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Apt 4 : Mongkok Amazing and Comfy Flat
Maks. liczba gości8
Rozmiar43 m²
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- Two bunk beds : double below & single above, can sleep well for 6 people
- One double sofa bed with think mattress on top
- Full equipped kitchen
- Private bathroom
- Free wireless internet
The bunk bed allows you to sleep 6 people very comfortably.
Don't miss the huge Panasonic LCD TV with Discovery Channel provided.
I guarantee that you will not feel bored in my place.
Mong Kok is simply the most-go place for your Hong Kong trip.
It is just so accessible to live here. There are a wide variety of shops: computer, sports, electronics...
Several new and huge malls are built recently with worldwide famous brands.
Restaurants serving cuisines all over the world. More than 1500 restaurants within 15 mins walk.
Of course, many local food stalls around nearby as well.
There are various convenient stores and supermarkets around. They opens everyday (some 24 hrs). No worry for daily needs.
As a travel hub, there are two lines of MTR, and numerous bus routes passing through.
Literally you can go anywhere in Hong Kong within 1 hour.
10 mins to Tsim Sha Tsui
15 mins to Central, Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, or Causeway Bay
40 mins to Disneyland
40 mins to Ocean Park
Direct Airport Bus A21 for only 35 mins from Airport
RegulaminSmoking is not allowed inside the building & apartment.
Not to provide personal items: towels, toothbrush, toothpaste
Baby cot on request.
Please keep clean and tidy.
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Cathy was a god sent as BA managed to loose 2 of our suitcases. She told me all we needed to know about the apartment and the only issue we had was that the induction cooker would sometimes cut out due to overheating but we hardly cooked during our stay anyway so was not really a problem.
The apartment is clean, well equipped and fully air-conditioned and as it's on the top floor we had no issue with noise whatsoever.
Cathy was excellent and I would definitely stay in the apartment again.
Would definitely stay there again and with Cath
comfortable and happy stay in this place and owner very nice also.. thank you
love staying there and would rent again
we arrive in hk at 9pm on dec 28 2013 and we meet cathy at argyle st when we get off in the bus anyway cathy's place is a good choice for people who want a place near for everything that they want aside from being called as sneakers st.it is also near in the famous lady's market and not to mention the mtr where you can go to anywhere you want in just a few minutes. all in all cathy is a good host as well as her place if ever i will go back to hk iwill choose again to stay in her place
Cathy's apartment is nicely located, a few steps away from Mong Kok station and the street market. It's easy to roam around Hong Kong with its location.
The place is very tidy, the wifi internet is very fast, the amenities are good. The place is kept clean.
Cathy is very friendly and patient when we weren't able to meet her at the designated meeting place, she waited still. She also extended our stay, free of charge, since we have a later flight.
A very recommendable accommodation.
Thank you Cathy, see you again soon!
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Birth of the modern Chesapeake Bay estuary between 7.4 and 8.2 ka and implications for global seal-level rise
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AbstractTwo major pulses of sea-level rise are thought to have taken place since the last glacial maximum - meltwater pulses (mwp) 1A (12 cal ka) and 1B (9.5 cal ka). Between mwp 1B and about 6 cal ka, many of the complex coastal ecosystem which ring the world's oceans began to form. Here we report data for rhenium, carbon isotopes, total organic carbon, and fossil oysters from Chesapeake Bay which span the transition from fresh to brackish water conditions in the bay in the mid-Holocene. These data constrain sea-level change and resulting environmental change in the bay. They indicate that the transition was rapid, and that it was produced by (1) a third pulse of rapid eustatic sea-level rise, or (2) a geometry of the prehistoric Chesapeake Bay basin which predisposed it to a nonlinear response to a steadily rising sea level. Similar nonlinear changes in vulnerable coastal environments are likely to take place in the future due to polar warming, regardless of the timing or rate of sea-level rise.
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- Birth of the modern Chesapeake Bay estuary between 7.4 and 8.2 ka and implications for global seal-level rise
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Yad Vashem, IAJGS, the Holocaust, Jewish Genealogy and Gary Mokotoff
Jewish genealogist, lecturer and author Gary Mokotoff joined me on the radio show last week. He was attending the IAJGS–International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies–conference in Washington, D.C. and shared the latest on Yad Vashem's efforts to identify two million remaining unidentified victims of the Holocaust.
Gary recently returned from Jerusalem, where he had been invited by Yad Vashem to participate in a conference of Eastern European archivists to discuss how to identify the remaining victims. Each year a new set of birth records is made available to the public domain, and genealogists have access to these records. This year the records from 1911 are available, which means another generation of people can be researched to see if they were a victim of the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem is the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and is the world center for Holocaust research, education, and commemoration.
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Wilhelmina (Wilma) Boll Knapp
December 3, 1920 - February 1, 2013
Wilhelmina (Wilma) Boll Knapp, 92, of Winter Springs, Florida passed away on February 1, 2013.
She was born December 3, 1920 in St. Louis, MO. She and husband Willard (Bill) Knapp resided in St. Louis and Omaha, NE before moving to Raleigh, NC in 1954. She was widowed in 1968. She worked for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as an administrative assistant retiring in 1980. After that she worked for H&M Diversified for 20 years. She moved to Florida in 2003. Wilma was an active member at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Raleigh for 50 years. She was an avid bowler and loved to travel with her grandsons.
Survivors include: 2 Daughters Julia K. Hoagland and Donna K. Meckstroth and husbands Gerald Hoagland and David Meckstroth respectively; 3 Grandsons Chad Meckstroth, Michael Hoagland, and Jonathan Meckstroth and wife Cassie; 5 Great Grandchildren Anya Meckstroth, Zachary Meckstroth, Caitlin Hoagland, Kayla Meckstroth, and Ayden Meckstroth; and a brother Herman Boll.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Lutheran Hour Ministries, 660 Mason Ridge Center, St. Louis, MO 63141.
Funeral service will be held at Raleigh Memorial Park Chapel, 7501 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27612 on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 1:00 PM.
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In this after-death communication, Todd gets a visit from the heavens, via a hawk, flying formation, as his recently passed father-in-law, Colonel Gordon William Addy.
After Amy had an after-death communication from her father, who appeared as a Quail in his garage that allowed her to hold him, as recorded in the post, "Hold Me Again", he visited Amy's husband, too, as a low flying hawk flying in formation with his truck.
"I was on my way home in my pickup. I was on a rural road and then turned right onto our paved street. It was fully dark, about 8:00 pm, so my headlights were on. As I made the turn – I saw motion to the right and looked at the motion. Something was heading towards the truck. A larger than average hawk flew from the side of the road and in front of the truck. He flew directly in front of me, but just above the hood of my truck. He flew with me approximately 1/4 mile until we got to the house."
"I just thought it was strange that a hawk was flying formation with me that low and at night. I definitely took notice."
"Todd had a great deal of respect for my dad. I know as Dad got older and was limited in what he could do around the house – Todd would climb ladders and fix things for him. Also if there was a particular electronic or battery or a "guy item" that Dad needed. Todd would shop for those for him.""Dad was a great story teller. We all loved to hear his humorous stories about his flying days and the characters he met in the military. I never tired of hearing those stories because he told them so well. He could even imitate the voices of these men and also, some of the women in our family. The Addy family is definitely a very colorful and fun bunch.""The Hawk, I believe was Dad's way of thanking Todd.
I spent a lot of time at Dad's house the last three months of his time here on earth. During those three months, Todd held down things at our home. Todd was also the one to drive me to Dad's house during a couple ice storms – when Dad's caregivers were not able to get there."
On a side note, Amy continues, "Right after Dad passed, I was expecting to see him in the form of a Road-runner; a local bird that he was fond of. So all week after he passed, I was looking for a Road-runner. They eat snakes so usually you will see them in rocky areas or areas with tall grass. So I kept an eye out when I was in the right terrain."
"I have never seen one out where we live -as it's fairly flat. Last Saturday as I was going to town, I saw a Road-runner on the side of the road! I couldn't slow down much as I had a car coming behind me. On my way back home, I went by the same way hoping to get a look at him again – and there he was! He even ran parallel to my car for a bit."
"I parked my car and went to look for him. I found him perched on a log and he is a big fellow! This is the first time I've seen a Road-runner in the town we live in. Attached are a couple of pictures. This is close to an area where I walk, so I plan to go visit him again."
Commentary- As mentioned in Amy's after-death communication post, "Hold Me Again", her father, Colonel Gordon William Addy, was a pilot for the United States Air Force. He even taught others how to fly. So naturally, a great animal for a pilot to temporarily inhabit, is a flying one or an animal of powerful speed and precision.
Todd's experience occurred slightly after Amy experienced her father's materialization as the Blue Gamble Quail. Todd, having that already on his radar, must have wondered about his own unusual experience with the winged one that appeared to him. This is how it happens though. Many times, we notice something a little odd, but don't connect the dots until more of the puzzle pieces start falling into place. (In this case, we have a strong bird theme going on here). Then it starts to click that our loved one has been visiting and appearing in many different ways to give us the message that they are alive, well and they want us to know it!
It was obvious to Todd that something was up when this Hawk decided to fly formation with Todd and his truck. That does not usually happen. To me, this was Colonel Addy's special way of showing his appreciation and ultimate respect and honor for the man, Todd, who had become his son, and husband to his precious daughter. This was a father saying, "Thank you. I salute you."
Although the Road-runner is not known as flying bird, they can fly; just short distances because of their design. However, the Road-runner is an animal that Amy's father loved. So seeing him as this animal totem, an Earthbound creature that is capable of great power and speed, would make sense too. Road-runners or Road-flyers, as they sometimes call them, are fascinating creatures that can run at extraordinarily fast speeds, in effect, cruising at low altitudes. When Colonel Addy flew in front of Todd's truck and quickly ran next to Amy's car, it was as if to demonstrate, that he is free from the body that, with time + gravity = age, became his eventual limitation. Now… he can fly through the air and run like the wind. He is doing what he loved so much to do. He is soaring once again!
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have reunited once again.
The exes were back together last night for a birthday party for their mutual friend Alfredo Flores.
The 20-year-old "Boyfriend" singer and the 21-year-old "Come & Get It" songstress hung out together Monday night at Hollywood hot spot Bootsy Bellows. Bieber sported a black shirt and black baseball cap while Gomez looked pretty in a white dress. During the bash, Bieber, Gomez and all their pals danced and had a blast while celebrating their pal's B-day.
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FINAL: Celtics 88, Hawks 86 OT
Brandon Bass and Paul Pierce hit jumpers to open the extra period, and that's all the Celtics would need. They outscored Atlanta, 4-2, in overtime.
Rajon Rondo assisted on both buckets on the way to 10 points, 10 rebounds and 20 assists.
The Hawks missed their first three attempts in OT, but, after Kevin Garnett fouled out with 2:43 left, Kirk Hinrich got a jumper to fall.
After a series of failed possessions -- including a Pierce offensive foul with 10.1 left -- Josh Smith missed a 3-pointer and the Hawks couldn't control the rebound. The Celts inbounded with 1.3 left to claim victory.
Bass drove for a score with 1:05 left in the fourth quarter to break and 82-all tie, but Joe Johnson evened it with a 16-footer. Garnett rebounded Paul Pierce's missed 3-pointer and the C's called a 2-second timeout with 26.8 left and 21 seconds on the shot clock. Garnett then airballed a turnaround jumper as the 24-second clock expired.
With 5.8 left in the game, the Hawks went to Joe Johnson who was pressured into giving the ball up. Jannero Pargo missed a jumper at the buzzer.
After going for seven assists in the first quarter, Rondo had none in the second. He then had seven more in the third to go with four points and five rebounds in the frame.
He secured his sixth triple-double of the season on a drive with 5:06 to go in the last period. Rondo had 19 in his career, six of them in the playoffs.
HALFTIME: Hawks 48, Celtics 40
The Celtics fell behind by nine in the first quarter but came back to take a 26-25 lead into the second period. Brandon Bass had 10 points, and his 5-for-6 shooting led a 68.4 percent overall performance (13-19) in the frame.
As was the case Tuesday when Miami scored 24 points off 14 Celts turnovers, giveaways were a problem.
Atlanta was able to get seven points from six Celts turns in the period.
There were six more in the second quarter, and the 14 Atlanta points derived overall in the half from the 12 turns were the difference (the C's turned their guests over five times for six points) in the Hawks' eight-point edge at the half.
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AMA DABLAM, NEPAL — Chris Warner, a project director with Outward Bound in Baltimore, has traveled to Nepal to climb Ama Dablam, a 22,494-foot peak in the Mount Everest region. The ascent by Warner, 26, and Glen Dunmire of Estes Park, Colo., is the first of its kind on the mountain's west face. Periodic reports from Warner have been appearing in The Sun.
AMA DABLAM, Nepal -- After five days of struggling up and down from the summit of Ama Dablam, Glenn Dunmire and I are all too happy to be among friends and food in base camp.
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In a mailing list discussion, Red Hat developer David Howells requested Linus to pull a patchset that allowed for dynamically adding keys to the Kernel that is running in a secure-boot mode. The solution proposed by Howells was a Kernel level workaround to the infamous issue of booting Linux on UEFI enabled Windows 8 systems.
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He replied, "Guys, this is not a dick-sucking contest."
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The Westphal Mansion Inn B & B is a local historical landmark that overlooks picturesque and historic downtown Hartford. The inn was opened for business in September 2007. The stately English Tudor mansion was built in 1913 for August and Mary (Schott) Westhpal as a single family home with a business office and vault room on the second floor. There was a ballroom and servant quarters on the third floor. The charm, grace, history and hospitality of the Westphal family and their grand home has been retained by Pamela and Garret Terpstra, the new owners as of October in 2005. As their own home enjoys its new life as a bed and breakfast. The office space has been converted into the Innkeepers Suite where Pam and Garret reside.
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The innkeepers have retained all of the original architectural features and attention to detail has been lavished throughout the mansion. Graceful high ceilings and fine detailed carved plaster moldings are visible, also natural oak woodwork, vintage mantel surrounds large sunny windows and French doors all blend beautifully with period antiques and family heirlooms to create a classic European atmosphere. Each of the eight luxurious suites has been named after an author from the owner's family literary book collection. Eight guest suites abounds with wonderful warm colors, hand painted murals, antiques, richly textured fabrics, elegant linens, vintage queen and king beds, cozy down comforters and fresh flowers. Decadent chocolates and homemade cookies at bedtime, turndown service and concierge service is available for dining reservations and area attractions. Flat Screen TVs, DVD players, wireless Internet, and ADA accessibility is also available. The inn is air conditioned, carefully blending the ambiance of yesteryear with today's comforts. Some suites include a vintage gas fireplace, an air bubble massage tub or private porch with a beautiful view. Elegant ceramic tiled, private attached baths, offer vintage soak tubs, showers and plush towels and robes.
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LOS ANGELES – A lightning-quick 5-9 college guard named Casper outplayed Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden.
Former NBA Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans' team lost handily to a team with no current NBA players.
But the highlight of Saturday's Drew League play at Colonel Leon H. Washington Park in Florence was even more … righteous.
The man the locals call Jesus provided the most entertaining action of a thoroughly entertaining eight-hour Saturday at the Drew League, coming in from the free-throw line to pick up a teammate's errant shot attempt and tip-reverse-dunk it in for a miraculous, monstrous slam that had the crowd buzzing for a good 10 minutes.
It was emblematic of what people have come to expect from the Drew League, generally considered one of the top summer-league outfits around.
"You can't find this level of basketball anywhere in the U.S. besides here," says Jesus, also known as David Patten, an Orange County native who played collegiately for Pepperdine and Weber State and now plays professionally in Mexico. "This is fantastic basketball."
Your first question: How did he pick up the nickname?
Patten, a dunk contest competitor in college who has long surprised people with his dunking abilities, has played in the Drew League for three of the last four summers. His first year, a homeless woman walked into the gymnasium at Washington Park and was impressed by the high-flying acrobatics she saw from him.
"She didn't know who I was, but I'm white and I had a beard and long hair," Patten, 27, says now. "So she called me Jesus."
Since its inception in 1973, stories like that one have always been part of the charm of the Drew League. And, while that's largely staying the same this summer, the talent level has taken a big jump as NBA players flock to a mostly-nondescript park in South L.A. to log some time on the basketball court.
"I mean, it's definitely like this because of the lockout," says Bobby Brown, a former Cal State Fullerton guard who spent parts of two seasons in the NBA and now plays in Greece. "Everybody wants to come out here and play. We had a few NBA guys last year, but this year it's getting a lot better."
Saturday was Evans' first go at it in the Drew, but he was joining his Kings teammate Pooh Jeter, who has played in it for most of the summer. The Lakers' Steve Blake, Shannon Brown and Ron Artest have all played this summer, as has the Clippers' Craig Smith, and Ike Diogu plans to soon join him. Baron Davis has promised he'll make an appearance at some point. Kevin Durant caused a stir when he came last month and shut the gym down with a pass-to-himself dunk, but there a number of other NBA'ers of varying profile levels, usually with some sort of Los Angeles ties.
"It's amazing," said Malcolm Thomas, the second-leading scorer for San Diego State last season, when the Aztecs made it to the Sweet 16. "I played two years ago and there weren't that many NBA players in it -- it was like JaVale McGee and Nick Young and maybe a few others.
"This year there are a lot more, and I think it's great for the Drew League. It's a competitive league, and it's only gonna get better."
Thomas, 22, was projected as a likely second-round selection in this year's draft, but he went undrafted. In a normal year, he'd stay in the U.S. and hope to latch onto an NBA roster through the league's Las Vegas summer league and training camps, but it's not a normal year. So, last week, Thomas signed a one-year deal with South Korean club Mobis Phoebus for $350,000. He reports Aug. 15.
The Drew League, spanning from late May to mid-August, is the last American basketball he'll play for a while, but he says he doesn't mind at all.
"Kevin Durant was here," Thomas said. "That says something about what the league's doing. It's good for guys like me, testing your skills against NBA superstars."
The elephant in the gym Saturday, as it has been in many basketball circles this summer, was what caused Thomas to sign in Asia -- the current NBA lockout. It affects players in the Drew League in other ways than most other circles, because the majority of them spend their seasons playing professionally overseas.
And when NBA players like Deron Williams are agreeing to deals overseas, that lowers their leverage and value to teams abroad by diluting the pool of available players.
"There is a trickle-down effect," says Patten, who also has played in Spain, Poland, Argentina and the Netherlands. "Things are going a little slower than they normally would. Everybody's waiting. The Deron Williams thing had a huge ripple effect, because, normally, they wouldn't even be looking at guys like that. Now, all of the sudden, all these guys are all in play across the world.
"If those guys are thinking about doing it, that means the lockout's serious and they're very far apart. You never know what could happen, so it slows things down a lot."
Not on the court. Saturday's action was as fast-paced as any summer league, with point totals going into the 90s with regularity, as they have been for 38 years now, as Drew League commissioner Drew Smiley will happily tell you.
So will the speedy, short college guard named Casper, or Casper Ware Jr. He and his father, Casper Ware Sr., are legends of the Drew League, with at least one of the father-son tandem playing in all but two or three of the league's 38 summers.
Ware Jr. averaged 17 points and four assists per game last season at Long Beach State, where he'll be a senior this fall. He has played in the Drew since he was a sophomore at Cerritos Gahr High. The quality of play is the best he has ever seen it, he says, but it's not just because of the uncertainty with the NBA.
"There's two reasons," says Ware Jr., who scored 40 points for his Cheaters II squad to beat Harden's team in one of Saturday's best matchups. "One is because of the lockout. Two is because there's competition here.
"Why not come here, play some good ball, have a good time and play for the community?"


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Finding Aid to the Daniel M. Burns Papers, 1888-1926
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Series 1:
Chiefly incoming correspondence pertaining to political activities at the local and statewide level. Includes requests for jobs, political appointments, letters of acknowledgement and references. Correspondents include prominent businessmen, politicians and several special interest groups. Includes a file of letters from the Afro-American League of San Francisco, headed by T.B. Morton.
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Chiefly papers pertaining to Burns' mining interests in Mexico as well as miscellaneous other personal business and financial records. Mining interests records consist of account books and ledgers for machinery, payroll, tax records and correspondence concerning mining operations.
Daniel M. Burns was born in Mississippi in 1846. His father, William Burns, was a well-to-do rancher and farmer. The senior Burns died en route to Oregon in 1847. Burns' mother died in Sacramento two years later. Young Burns was raised by W. A. Selkirk, a man engaged in mining at Independence Hill, California. Burns began to earn his own livelihood as a cattle rancher in 1855. During the Civil War, he served the Fourth California Regiment in Arizona.
Number of containers: 6 boxes and 2 volumes Linear feet: 2.5
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Series 1: Political Correspondence, ca. 1890-1905
Series 2: Business and Financial Papers, ca. 1888-1926
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