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Beauty, Fashion, New York, Spas & Salons — Gingerbread Cookie Brazilian Wax at Strip
I'm about to get personal for a second. I do love a good wax (everyone has their reasons; for me, I just don't like hair) but it can be hard to find a place that's not awkward, clinical, or just too-serious. I also love painlessness (as close as you can get), easy-going aestheticians, a fun space, and during the winter months — some good holiday cheer. A couple weeks ago I finally had the chance to try out Strip: Ministry of Waxing — which checked off all of those aforementioned good qualities — and had just introduced its seasonal Gingerbread Cookie Wax, freshly imported from across the pond. No before/after pictures, but a report on the experience is below:
Strip has a sense of humor which is much appreciated since waxing can be a bit of an uncomfortable experience. The space is cheerful (see image below) and peppered with cheeky posters and funny pictures interspersed between cool artwork. Most of the time I don't usually bust out the iPhone to take pictures at a waxing salon, but I did find myself snapping away at posters like this one.
I showed up ten minute late for my appointment but was instantly accommodated without any extra rush. Treatment rooms were comfortably sized and even had their own lockers so I didn't have to pile my clothes on top of my purse in a corner. I'm always checking for cleanliness (for obvious reasons) and found the space to be spotless. Fresh towels were laid out on the bed along with a squeeze toy (for pain, but you won't need it) and an antibacterial wipe for extra hygiene. Oh– and the most important thing: no double dipping! I'm always paranoid about this when I'm checking out a new salon so I was very relieved to learn that Strip is very strict about this hygiene rule.
Strip only uses hard wax for the bikini area, which I've determined (after having tried it all) to be more painless than soft wax or even sugaring. The reason is that hard wax doesn't adhere to the skin so you don't have to worry about getting a layer of dermis removed with your hair. The wax is also not as hot when it's applied, making it ideal for the sensitive area. Also, there's no mess or stickiness afterwards since the wax hardens and peels right off leaving behind no residue. As for the Gingerbread Cookie part — odds are, you won't be able to smell it as it's being used, but if you do lean over the pot, it does have a light sugary, spicy scent. The entire procedure lasted under 10 minutes, my therapist was friendly, professional and quick — a stellar experience all around. And don't forget the gingerbread cookies (real ones) on your way out.
A Brazilian at Strip is $65 and the Gingerbread Cookie Wax is available through the holidays.

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As April 17 approaches, state leaders in Sacramento are nervously waiting to see what kind of tax revenue comes in — and thus, how big a budget they can hash out. One source of revenue the state shouldn't be counting on: the use tax. The Board of Equalization estimates that annually $1 billion in unpaid taxes on online sales goes unpaid by out-of-state businesses.
It's a story about the 99% — the 99% of taxpayers who don't pay the use tax. UC Hastings law professor Darien Shanske says most people don't even know about it.
"When you buy something from Amazon, you still owe the use tax. It's just that if Amazon doesn't collect it, people aren't gong to pay it. :
After a long battle with the state, Amazon agreed to start collecting taxes in September. But the use tax actually predates the internet – it's been on the books since 1935. Board of Equalization spokesman Jaime Garza says it was designed to deny out-of-state retailers an edge over local business.
"Retailers in San Francisco are required to pay 8.5 percent sales tax. An out-of-state retailer who doesn't collect that California tax now has an 8 .5 percent advantage over local businesses, and then the cities, the counties, the state have less money to support all those necessary services."
To encourage more people to comply voluntarily, the Board of Equalization is now letting taxpayers pay based on their income levels rather than adding up all of their receipts. The new system is expected to bring in about $10.6 million a year.


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A Ramsey County judge has ruled that an alleged sexual abuse victim's nuisance claims against the Catholic Church may proceed.
A man identified as John Doe 1 filed suit in May alleging he was abused by Thomas Adamson, and that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona failed to respond adequately.
Adamson had admitted to molesting boys in the Winona diocese, yet was transferred to the Twin Cities archdiocese and allowed to work at St. Thomas Aquinas parish in St. Paul Park, among other locations, with no warning to families, according to the suit.
It was at St. Thomas Aquinas that Adamson abused Doe 1, the lawsuit alleges.
The victim alleges that the diocese and archdiocese created a public nuisance by concealing Adamson's history and that of other priest offenders from the community. He also alleges their actions constituted a private nuisance by leading to his sexual abuse.
The diocese and archdiocese asked the court to toss out the nuisance claims.
Judge John Van de North agreed in an order Tuesday that the public nuisance claim should go forward, though he described his decision as a "close call."
That type of claim has "historically been reserved to government entities," he said. For private parties to sue for public nuisance, the Minnesota Supreme Court has held that "they must allege some special or peculiar damage not common to the general public."
Van de North said "it is plausible" that Doe 1 may be able to make his case about public damages at trial.
Jeff Anderson, attorney for the plaintiff, said it was the first time nationally that nuisance claims have been used in a clergy sex abuse case to force disclosure of abusers and the church officials who allegedly protected them.
"We felt we needed to use a legal vehicle to force this disclosure more immediately" than normally would happen in a typical case, Anderson said.
He added that the decision is a precedent specifically for other courts examining the issue in the dioceses of New Ulm, Crookston and Duluth.
Jim Accurso, spokesman for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, said it was pleased with the judge's order and called it "a significant setback for Jeff Anderson and his clients."
The judge agreed in his order Tuesday to dismiss the private nuisance claims, saying such claims must involve property.
And he "left the door open" for the public nuisance claims to be dismissed at a later date, Accurso said.
In the nuisance claims, Doe 1 is not seeking money damages. Instead, he wants the diocese and archdiocese to publicly release their lists of "credibly accused" child-molesting priests, each priest's history of abuse, each priest's pattern of grooming and sexual behavior, and the last known address for each man.
Van de North on Dec. 2 ordered the names of the credibly accused priests from a 2004 study to be released, along with birthdates, parishes where they were assigned and other information. The archdiocese released its list Thursday. The Diocese of Winona has until Dec. 17 to release its names.
Both entities object, however, to the release of the additional information, such as abuse history.
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Empirical research demonstrates little relationship between employee neuroticism — a personality trait characterized by instability, anxiety, aggression, or the like — and job performance, a finding thatmanagement and organizations associate professor and Brian Lesk Faculty Fellow Jerel Slaughter and former management and organizations doctoral student Edgar Kausel found puzzling.
Slaughter and Kausel used the finding as the jumping-off point for a line of inquiry that resulted in a theoretical paper published in Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management. Now they're testing their theories in a pair of empirical studies.
"Neuroticism is one of the broad, big-five traits," Slaughter explained. "It's conceptualized to be made up of a number of narrow facets, such as depression, anger, impulsiveness, self-consciousness, angry hostility, and vulnerability to stress. However, two people who score the same on the broad neuroticism scale might have very different scores on several of the facets."
In their paper, Slaughter and Kausel deconstruct the general neuroticism domain into its lower-level facets as a means of better understanding the influence of these facets on work behavior. They theorized that some facets of neuroticism could even have positive outcomes on job performance. For example, Slaughter pointed out, "Anxiety can make people over-prepare by causing them to think about all of the ways a performance event could go badly."
They also expect that in jobs in which people do not have much autonomy, employee neuroticism is less likely to influence performance. "It's likely to have a bigger effect on job performance for someone with a lot of autonomy — for example, when they have a lot of discretion over how they spend their time, impulsive employees might be more apt to shirk their duties," Slaughter said.
To test their conjectures, Slaughter conducted two studies, a laboratory exercise that focused on performance feedback, and another on a situational judgment test. Initial results of the performance feedback study indicate that individuals who tested high on self-consciousness and depression facets performed less well after a negative review.
"After receiving negative feedback, self-conscious individuals performed less well on a second task," Slaughter said. "People who were high on depression traits were also more sensitive to negative feedback, in that they lowered their self-evaluations more than did non-depressed participants."
Situational judgment tests can be useful in screening potential employees, but Slaughter found that the tests are poor predictors of performance for people who score higher on the anger scale. "The tests are given to people when they are in a relatively neutral mood state," Slaughter said. "So employees who are angrier likely struggle to translate their intentions expressed during the test to actual behavior on the job."
"There are many implications of breaking down the subcategories of a trait as broad as neuroticism," he said. "Research needs to give more attention to these narrow facets, and we're continuing to develop ways to study the implications of this for understanding how employees perform on the job."


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White Knight Sequel To Boast Several Improvements
Don't be surprised if you see a bunch of news articles concerning the sequel to White Knight Chronicles. Remember, US gamers had to wait well over a year for the original title, which only just released last month.
Nevertheless, the designers have been cranking away on WKC2 for quite some time now and president and CEO of Level 5, Akihiro Hino, has been keeping everyone updated via his Twitter page. Yeah, it's all in Japanese but you can read the brief summary over at Examiner.com, where we receive several new details. First of all, development is clearly in full swing, although the "balance and tempo" of the game was a problem at the outset. Both have been improved, though, and Hino does admit that he wants to further improve on some of the drawbacks and shortcomings of the first title. There are some new screenshots via the previous link, too, and not surprisingly, they look pretty darn good. WKC wasn't exactly a visual powerhouse but it had flashes of brilliance in the environment, and we're willing to bet the sequel will be even prettier. It seems we were one of the few sources that actually enjoyed the game, but we know most of our RPG fans liked it, too.
Therefore, we'll be certain to keep an eye out for more status updates regarding White Knight Chronicles 2. Let's just hope it doesn't take quite as long for it to arrive on US shores...
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I'm hoping they allow more players to quest together and share all items amongst each other. It sucks having a ton of a rare item and being unable to trade with another player.
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Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:11:31 AM
I'm not knocking the game, just making sure you know what you're getting. Expect 15-20hrs of SP and an infinite amount online, I've spent 60hrs questing thus far.
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:39:20 AM
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:25:01 PM
I think its a game that allows you to control the pace of the story and do things when you want to.
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:15:23 AM
sorry but the character graphics suck
and hopefully they'll have a better story cuz i was bored out of my mind
(oh and by character graphics i don't mean cut-scene, i mean in game)
been into FF13 for 15 hours right now and im not liking it
damn game is treating me as if i don't know how to play rpgs
n its so goddamn restrictive
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:19:49 AM
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:21:35 AM
as if it were an after thought
when i first heard of WKC i though the online portion was melded into the single player as if u can team up with ppl to finish the game
not an added on section
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Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:03:32 PM
I think they already got the last knight reserved for the palace guard captain. Hell it shown he was alone and "adopted" by the king. plus they always showed him doing something throught the game. the only way your avatar can become a knight is if one of the others died and you took his place.
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Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:27:58 PM
Few things noticed from screens...
6 player co-op
Same battle system
Old areas of wkc can be visited (could be story oriented too) but, its on a new continent.
Major new weapons and gear
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I loved how they handled the story and ending, I won't spoil anything because I love it too much. They handled it well, story was setup and at the end it left me saying, "Heck yeah, can't wait for White Knight 2!"
I've heard the complaint a lot about the avatar not being able to get a knight, personally this does not bother me. You can control a couple of knights in game and summon them whenever you have the ac to do so. Most rpgs have you as the main character, I felt it was nice to play a role where I was not the center of attention, but I still got to be involved.
Also if everyone had their own knight, I think it would have hurt the online play. The knights are there to make you feel uber powerful and I think the online is set up well and feels challenging, knights could have taken that away. I got to control some knights so I was happy, also perfectly happy I can play as whoever I choose.
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:41:57 PM
I also complimented your thoughts on the WKC review thread.
You've pretty much spoke my thoughts too!
Im guessing you rank pretty high so, could you help us out a bit? Im GR5 and level 41 and trying to get to GR7 as that's where fun begins!
Im not having trouble with difficulty or anything but, it's just dragging doing quests over and over, someone stronger could help speed my process.
How about it?
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:13:13 PM
I'm in usa, central time and most of my playtime is between 11pm and 5am.
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Ubisoft Releases Q3 Sales Report
Ubisoft has reported their Q3 sales numbers of the fiscal year 2006/2007, and they've got plenty of good news for investors. Sales topped 311 million Euros (approximately $396 million), which is an encouraging increase of a 24% over the '05/'06 third quarter.
The mega-publisher's great performance can be attributed to higher-than-expected software sales from the likes of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Rayman Raving Rabbids, and Red Steel. Even though Gears of War and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess were the biggest sellers, all four aforementioned Ubisoft titles did extremely well on their respective consoles. In fact, behind Zelda, Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids were the second and third-best selling games on the Wii for both the U.S. and Europe.
And thanks to the great numbers in Q3, Ubisoft has upped their sales forecasts for the fiscal year ending in March, and are now expecting an overall growth of 16%. The company also has five titles scheduled for the European launch of the PS3 in March, which should only add to their good fortune.
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Pirates Fall 34-27 Against Marshall - Game Recap
Rakeem Cato led the way with 341 passing yards on Saturday as the Thundering Herd picked up a 34-27 victory over the Pirates at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
Marshall was the ATS victor, as they covered the 2-point spread as a favorite. Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 55.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Travon Van rushed for 73 yards, while Tron Martinez added 31 yards in the win. Aaron Dobson and Antavious Wilson added 110 and 74 receiving yards respectively.
Dominique Davis rushed for 46 yards for East Carolina, while Torrance Hunt added 42 yards. Dominique Davis threw for 285 yards for the Pirates, while receivers Justin Hardy and Reese Wiggins had 92 and 55 yards respectively.
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The Clinic has a weekly two-hour class component in the fall and spring semesters. Class work will include training in the core lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiation, discovery, motion practice, and legal ethics in practice. Students who take the Clinic in their second year are eligible to apply to be Student Directors during their third year. Student Directors provide resources and assistance to clinic students and assist the Supervising Attorney with administration of the clinic.


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At least one New York resident really doesn't like tourists.
They're always crowding sidewalks and snapping photos, and that's apparently enough to warrant a pithy poster tacked up around New York's Chelsea neighborhood.
The message on the poster — not unlike one calling out "Am-holes" in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood — goes like this:
"Attention High Line Tourists. West Chelsea is not Times Square. It is not a tourist attraction…."
"Buildings are not tourist attractions: People live there, and sitting on the steps and taking pictures is as invasive, rude and inappropriate as a group of strangers sitting on the steps of your home and taking pictures of it and you…
"Please consider how you would feel if 3 million people a year from around the world trampled your street, your neighborhood, and your local park, and act accordingly — in the way that your morals or religion or general human consideration would dictate."
The New York post reported the contents of the controversial message, and noted that many people are calling out the anonymous curmudgeon for being unfriendly.
"Put on your big boy/girl underpants, you live in New York City," one commenter wrote on the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
Another writes: "Wow, roll over Martin Luther. What a brave edict to have anonymously nailed to a telephone pole! And so original, too. I've never heard of a New Yorker complaining about tourists before…"
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8oz mozz cheese
mix ricotta, garlic, egg whites, drained chopped spinach and garlic. cook lasagna noodles to al dente, rinse in cold water when done to stop cooking. brown venison in pan, strain grease, add spaghetti sauce. Take 1 noodle at a time, and put about a tbsp of the cheese/spinach mixturei in the noodle and roll it up and put a pan. after you do all 12 noodles, then pour the venison/spag sauce over the top of it. and then put the grated mozz cheese. Cover, and cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, take cover off for last 10/15 minutes or so! Serving size is 2 roll ups!
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JWALK39.
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JWALK39.


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Each day, we hear many different prayer requests; some of them are not even spoken out loud, but they are seen. How is it possible to keep track of all of these requests when there are so many of them! We have our spouse, self, kids, marriage, finances, grandchildren, outside family members, friends, community/church leaders, government officials, and our Country, that we should be praying over every day.
I have been on the lookout for the perfect Prayer Journal, and I think I have finally found something that will work for me. I want to share it with you today; PLUS, you will get FREE downloads at the end of this blog!! I hope you will utilize these free downloads and then let me know how this journal works for you!
Items Needed:
3-ring Notebook (what's called a View Binder)
Sheet Protectors (at least 10)
College-lined Notebook Paper
Washi-Tape, if you want to decorate your cover and/or pages
Index tabs
1. Print out the free downloads found below
2. Insert each printout into a sheet protector
3. Attach an index tab onto the sheet protector for each category (listed below)
4. Insert sheet protectors into the 3-ring notebook in the following order:
- Worship — this section is to be used for praising and worshiping God for who He is in your life! I've also printed out a list of the names of God so when I need to pray for provision, or healing, I can pray to Jehovah Jireh, or Jehovah Raphe, and so on.
- Confess — this section is to be used for any kind of confession you need to make. 1 John 1:9 says that "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness." This is so important to confess our sins, so He is able to forgive us, and then cleanse us of all that unrighteousness, so that we are then in right-standing with Him, again! 🙂
- Thanks — this section is for thanking God for anything you can think of that you are thankful for, i.e., your spouse, kids, marriage, health, family, job, provisions, church, freedom to worship Him, and so on.
- Calendar – here you will add all 12 months of the year. Then you will add in any birthdays or anniversaries of family and friends. Then you will go to this calendar each day, to see who you will be praying for on a specific day. For anniversaries, I pray over the marriage of that friend or family member. I will also list specific days for prayer requests such as friends/family doctor visits, surgeries and so on, so I can be praying over them on that particular day.
- Daily – MONDAY: Family – spouse, self, kids, marriage, jobs, ministries, and each of my ten grandchildren! TUESDAY: My Christian Friends. WEDNESDAY: Non-Christian friends, that they might find Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and any other needs that they may have. THURSDAY: Girlfriends Coffee Hour Leaders / Members / Ministry, and my Church Leaders – Pastors, Deacons, Board of Elders, and so on. FRIDAY: our country, President, government officials, local community officials.
- Apply – this section is to reflect my quiet time w/God and how I am going to apply to my life the things that I heard God speaking to me that morning. I think it is truly necessary to not only have that quiet time, but to meditate on the "how" of what God is saying to you!
- Journal – this section reflects any devotions, poems, sermons, radio or online messages that have spoken to you, or anything else you would like to journal in regards to your spiritual walk.
- Favorite Scriptures – here I list all of the Scriptures that have spoken to me over the years.
- Worship Songs – this section I use for praise and worship songs that I have found on YouTube, or sung in church, that spoke to my heart. I want to remember these songs, so when I need to spend some personal time with Him, or want to praise Him or worship Him in song, I can come to this section to find the songs that fit the need I have for that day. I LOVE this section!!
Since I use a full size notebook, I don't carry this with me throughout the day; but I do carry a small notebook. That way I can write down the requests as I go through my day, and then enter them into my prayer journal at the end of the day. Everything is kept in one place—nice, neat, and tidy…just the way I like it!!
To download your FREE Prayer Journal sheets, just click on the links below. Save them to your computer, and then print them out when you are ready to put together your very own Prayer Journal. Again, once you start using this system, I would love to hear back from you to see how you are doing with it!
God's blessings on your day!
FREE Downloads
To download each page, click on the link, save the page to your computer. To print a 5.5″ x 8.5″ cover page for the smaller 3-ring notebooks, just set your printer to print 2 per page. You will have an extra cover page, but you could also use the extra pages to create a prayer journal for a friend as a gift! 🙂


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text: Hello techno-activists It's the third of your mondays next week, and as ever we'll be celebrating with a 6PM meet-up in EFF's palatial offices. This week, we'll be hearing form Forbes' privacy journalist Kashmir Hill. Kashmir will be talking media coverage of privacy issues, and doing a deep dive on Facebook's emotional manipulation study[1], the story she explored and led for days. What was Facebook thinking? And do they know what we're thinking about what they're thinking? And what if they made us think that in the first place? Plus networking, snacks, and privacy-enhancing beverages. Time: 6:00pm Location: EFF offices, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco (we'll wait at the front door until 6:15; after that, ring ext. 118) [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/ Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup to connect activists and technologists who are interested in the challenges of surveillance and censorship, and anyone interested in free and open technology. TA3M happens all over the world, from Amsterdam to Tokyo. You can find out your local meetup here: https://wiki.openitp.org/ Want to receive these TA3M-SF updates regularly? Go to https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf and sign up!


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We recently had a chat with Robert Brink originally setting out to get Erica Yary's number (yes it's in the interview – read on) but ended up finding out about how he made a niche for himself in the industry, what work goes into Weekend Buzz and some tales about being a bagel maker. You'll enjoy this one –
Tell us about where you are from and your life growing up to get us started
I was born and raised in Bloomfield, New Jersey. 20 minutes outside of NYC. It's a very Italian/guido/Mafioso area. The Sopranos even filmed a lot of episodes there. I went to Catholic school from kindergarten to 8th grade. I'm no longer religious. My first job was that of a paperboy at age 10 or 11. I had a pretty normal family life. Mom, dad, younger sister. No divorce or drama at all. Played little league soccer and baseball for eight or so years and quit because the competitive nature really corrupted it for me. I hated the coaches and parents and how they acted. I hated being scolded or judged for mistakes when I was supposed to be having fun. I also hated losing or having my progression stifled because someone else made mistakes or wasn't as passionate as me. I always wanted to progress at my own pace and be responsible for my own outcome, whether it be success or failure.
And how did you start skating?
Maybe like 6th grade…I picked up freestyle BMX…whenever the movie RAD came out. Obviously it was a breath of fresh air after all those years of team sports. I met some kids from the local public school who skated and they welcomed me into their crew. Shortly after, in 1989, our family moved 30 minutes away to a town called Parsippany and I was suddenly a freshman in a new town in a new public school. It was a culture shock. It was the toughest thing in my life. I didn't fit in and dealt with a lot of shit from people. Even to this day, many of my strengths, weaknesses, issues, failures and successes all stem from this single event. I know there have been millions of worse childhoods than mine and life could be worse. But this was my first so-called "tragedy" and it affected me deeply. That said, the move lead me to meet some new neighborhood kids that skated. Soon after my mom got me a skateboard as an eighth grade graduation present. Obviously it changed everything and here I am. As much as the move fucked me up, I'm also very thankful to my mom for that first board. It's so crazy to think how that one thing has impacted the last 25 years of my life.
It seems to have turned out positively -Best trick you've ever accomplished on the board?
I guess some stuff that stands out for me was fakie 5-0 fakie flips out, fakie tre to fakie nose manuals, kickflip back tails. I was a tech dude. Never had much transition around and I wasn't a jumper. Boardslid a few handrails in my day. I have the worst style ever. I learned cab flips last year and was fucking stoked!But more than just specific tricks, I'm amazed thinking back on how much I had dialed. I miss that, because now that I'm older and my body aches and don't have as much time to skate, so much of that is gone. Being able to back 5-0 skatepark hubbas, tre flip manny and nollie heelflip noseslide ledges first try is something you take for granted until you've got back and ankle trouble and suddenly fear a 50-50 on a curb without 30 minutes of warming up on flatground.
What does your job as Digital Communications Manager for Emerica and Altamont entail?
Man, so much.I create and execute digital strategy. In normal terms it means I have my hand in everything that promotes our brands on the web, mobile and in some print. From creating, spreading and placing content, to managing the websites and social media, to app development and e-comm, to making sure the core skate media and beyond knows what we are working on or setting up interviews with the riders for them, to going on trips and blogging it, to setting up web advertising and hooking up people with shit to review or wear. Sometimes I'm sitting in meetings in an office or up until 5 am getting a web feature ready and others I'm sitting at Quimby with the Emerica team watching Figgy kill it or in Japan rooming with Jose Rojo on an etnies tour. It's amazing.
On the subject of Figgy – what do you have to say about his skating?
Never in my life have I seen someone go to war on spots like that dude. I always knew he was good. I used to skate with him at the etnies Skatepark when he was a little dude on Birdhouse…but while on a trip to San Jose last year with Emerica I saw him destroy some spots with very little regard for his own well being. Not to mention after getting a trick most people would head to the bar after and call it a day…going for or making a second banger that was even gnarlier. He's fucking bonkers. I've feared for his life a few times while watching him. But he's a pro. He knows what he's doing, and does it very well.
Back to your responsibilities – how did you fall into the role?
Coming from an English, writing and journalism background in grad school, many years at a skate shop as a manager/buyer and my first "career" as an editor in book publishing, it was all sort of a natural progression. After a few years of freelancing for a bunch of skate mags and a short stint at DC as a copywriter in the PR department that I relocated from NJ to California for, I came into Sole Technology as etnies' "Online Content Editor" in early 2005. I was basically the "blogger" and dealt with most of the brand's copywriting/editing needs.
Worked out well then -
Since then, social media has exploded, technology has transitioned from print to digital and married writing and content production and PR and media quite nicely … so luckily, the path I chose in college and my magazine and publishing work had me well equipped to grow and evolve with media in the last decade or so. Obviously, being a skater who could never have gone pro, my goal was to do the next best thing and make a career out of it, so I mashed up everything I knew, and with the help of a few great people, made it work.
Anyone in particular come to mind who helped you out?
Back then, a very select few college professors who believed in me. Tim O'Connor, Eric Stricker, Sean Mortimer, Miki Vuckovich, Eric Sentianen, Skin Phillips, Aaron Meza, Ted Newsome, Scott and Jennifer Donohue, the couple who owned the skate shop I worked at for many years, Rob Buckley at AWH and anyone who ever let me interview them and cooperated…so many great people I owe a lot to. I still meet people all the time who help me and give me chances, so I'm thankful for that too.
We saw your interview with Jenkem where you said "Its funny how fast skateboarding progresses from a "trick" standpoint, but how stagnant it is from a mental and intellectual perspective" – One of readers tweeted us saying "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" – Some would often say that there's no need to delve so deep into the philosophy of skateboarding, analyze the culture so much and perhaps let it become as specialized as much as anything can become today – what's your opinion there?
That tweet actually reinforces my point from the Jenkem interview. To come to the conclusion that a "cigar is just a cigar" in regards to skateboarding takes a lot of thought, passion, intellect, experience and time in my opinion. Although simple in its message, it's a Zen master perspective. Much more interesting to me than asking a dude who his sponsors are and what's in his iPod; making fun of someone's pants; or droning on about how the internet has changed skate videos or bitching about "energy drink sponsors" and "sell outs" or whatever.
Sounds about right -
Skate content and editorial isn't going away, skateboarding and it's culture is already being analyzed to death by the droves of mags and websites dedicated to it as well as the millions of kids commenting on it on the internet, so my point was to juxtapose that to what we see in the tricks and videos and maybe shed some light on holding the writing and the thought process behind editorial skate content and internet dialogue to the same standard that we hold the actual skating itself. And if all that fails, fuck, at least make it funny, entertaining or enlightening rather than telling people shit they already know or could have figured out on their own. Give the audience something to remember or walk away with rather than only look at the photos and regret ever reading your article in the first place. If you want to know what I think is good, read Nieratko's Monster Children interview with Dylan. That's a fuckin interview!
Didn't see that, I'll check it out -
Read anything Dave Carnie wrote for Already Been Done, or anything he writes period. Read Burnett's intro to the Billy Marks interview in Thrasher a few years back. Read Kyle Beachy's stuff. Maybe it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's what I enjoy. And again, it's not just about writing well, it's also about thinking well and knowing what's a cliché already. I'm not saying it has to be highbrow or pretentious or the most original thing the world has ever seen, but maybe just not the same old stock topics and questions that yield stock answers. To me it seems many people publish what their idea of skate writing should be is, based on what they have read for years already. Like, "Oh, I have to ask this dude about his religion in our interview because everyone always asks him about his religion." Or something like that …rather than using that time to do something unique. Writers and filmmakers and photographers—the media—are supposed to influence and enlighten the masses, while also entertaining them. Look how far video has come in skateboarding … the interviews and the writing and the ideas for content … not so much. I just read a really funny tweet from Donovan Strain … it sums it all up perfectly actually: "'ay you know what would be sick? if we got so and so to film some tricks in a santa suit!' – every skate brand in december"
I agree with you there. Anyway, onto more important matters – how did you meet Erica Yary and can I have her number?
I've known Erica since I moved to California in 2004. Just met her at some industry event through friends or something. In the last year she's become like a sister to me. For years I tried to figure out ways to work with her and integrate her into what I was doing at Sole Tech and my personal blog (which never happened). So when the idea for Buzz came up and we taped a few test episodes at Ride Channel, I felt it needed something more. I'm a huge Howard Stern show fan and knowing Erica is a one-of-a-kind individual in skateboarding, it was a no brainer that I'd ask her to be my co-host, like a Robin Quivers. We have our moments bickering about stuff regarding the show like anyone would but I love that girl. Ya, hit her up. 858-492-8002
I wish there was someone to say "how do you like them apples?" to right now. How did the Pretty Sweet premiere go? Any partying after? It seemed like some people were already drunk on the carpet
Pretty Sweet was amazing! Standouts for me are Vincent, Kenny, Alex and MJ. But that's not to take away from anyone else. And yeah, if I were those guys, I'd be wasted on the red carpet too! They earned it. I skipped the after party action. As someone with a DUI, I can't fuck around with drinking and driving to and from LA. Plus I almost always have work to get home to anyway. I usually say "what's up" to everyone, watch the video and jet.
How did the DUI happen?
Tampa pro 2000. '80s night at Masquerade in Ybor City. A lot of beer and kamikaze shots. Left the club at last call completely wasted and was crossing the street to get a slice of pizza and sit there sobering up for three hours but I jaywalked and some cop pushed me and almost knocked me over. Like "I said not to cross!" Just straight up two-handed chest pushed me. Super agro and kinda for no reason. So I was like, "fuck it" I'm leaving. Got in the car, made a right hand turn at the stop sign where I was parked and never straightened out the wheel. Just U-turned onto the sidewalk, drove half a block down the sidewalk, somehow hit nothing and ended up perfectly parallel parked in the street again. Only problem was there were about four cop cars who saw the whole thing. I ended up in downtown Tampa Jail in an orange jumpsuit for about 16 hours. Mike Crum was there too. He got booked right before me and tried to pass his breathalyzer test with a penny under his tongue. You know that old myth right? So we are both hammered … and we didn't know one another prior to this but I introduced myself at the station. So he fails his test and looks at me and pulls the penny out of him mouth and goes "You want this? It might help you pass!" Like so drunk.
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And I'm like "Motherfucker you just failed! No I don't want that harsh-ass penny from your drunk mouth." I was over double the legal alcohol limit. The whole thing sucked but in hindsight I'm just happy and lucky I didn't kill anyone considering I was driving on the sidewalk in downtown Ybor City.
How is Weekend Buzz going?
Weekend Buzz is the shit! I'm so stoked and fortunate to be able to do it. It's a dream to host and co-produce a show for Tony Hawk's channel and interview skaters and just laugh every week you know? It's so fun. Basically an extension of what I do as a writer for web or print, you know?
How did it surface then?
The idea came about when I did my "Free Lunch" interview. After we filmed it, Jesse Fritsch from Ride (back then it was Shred or Die) kinda threw out the idea of me doing a Tosh. O-type show for them. Kinda like Skateline is now. I was super down and we brainstormed for a while. Shred or Die eventually morphed into Ride Channel and we started filming a few test episodes of Buzz. I felt I wasn't the guy for that kind of show though. It felt weird being my age and zinging people half my age publicly, so and I took it in a different direction. I just did my best as an interviewer to make a good show happen. I tried to create outcomes that I felt myself, as a skater, much like the kids who would be watching, would want to see. From then it evolved to what it is now and Ride ended up with Skateline too so it worked out.
I see what you mean about the age difference -
A bit of trivia … our first episode was Mike Sinclair and Dan Murphy. Our second was Sal Barbier and Rob Welsh. Third was Kyle Leeper and Clint Walker. None aired and we no longer have the footy but there were some awesome moments in each.
Why didn't they air?
The show just wasn't ready yet. The audio, the set, the lighting, the format … Not that I am amazing on camera but I don't think I had my mojo yet either. I'm really bad on camera. I have to forget it's there and get lost in the interview. Once that happens it's easy cause it's what I love doing and I have so much fun. Even if you look back at the first Haslam and Rattray episode, that one probably shouldn't have aired. Nothing against those guys but I don't think I was there yet with my writing/show prep and the production was in its infancy.
So what happened to it?
The footage got deleted. I was super bummed about it. There's one story I'm hanging onto from Dan Murphy that's amazing! Welsh and Sal kept calling me a bitch throughout their whole episode. That was funny. There's a clip from the Leeper/Walker episode in the Nyjah/Loy one.
Do you have a particular favorite episode so far?
This sounds so corny but picking a favorite is like picking a favorite child. They are all rad in different ways to me. I like Slash because it was our first bit of controversy when he freaked out about Allie. Kinda put us on the map. I like Jaws and Nassim because I wasn't expecting much going into them and those episodes came out so fun. I like Antwuan because I think people were expecting a typical scenario of Antwuan wylin' out and being wasted and I took a more serious route … got all Barbara Walters and shit. He opened up in a different way than I'd seen in other interviews and I thought that was awesome. It's our most-viewed episode actually. Interviewing Tony Hawk, Chris Miller, Tim Gavin, Pat Duffy and other dudes from my era of skating in the late '80s/early '90s is fucking surreal. Sitting with Gavin was my first surreal moment because he was one of those dudes from the Rocco era that I just idolized so much. Seeing Neen get hammered and just let loose on Erica was incredible. That episode is so quotable.
I enjoyed the Antwuan and Rumney episode -
Having personal friends on the show like Danny Garcia, Jose Rojo and Jerry Hsu is always a fun time. Even instances like Matt Bennett and James Brockman barely saying a word or Tom Remillard walking off the show all pissed off (which also didn't air), that seem frustrating at the time of taping, are awesome in hindsight because it's a learning experience and a story to tell. On top of all that, every week I make new friends or get to spend time with old ones. It's amazing—a skate nerd's dream.
What preparation goes into these features?
I one hundred per cent approach every episode separately. On average, probably 3-4 nights of reading old interviews from a decade worth of mags and the internet. Emailing and pre-interviewing friends and teammates and team managers about the guests who will be on. Sometimes all-nighters before a show doing all that and writing questions. I make sure the liquor stash is full. Usually I'm doing all that while Erica (or sometimes Ride) coordinates the guests and gets some other bits of dirt on the guests. Then we tape for about two hours every Tuesday and Jared and Cameron, the producer/filmer and editor/filmer, respectively, work their magic and crank out an episode two days later.
I wouldn't have thought that much went into it! Moving on, we enjoyed the 'Had a Dad' posts on your site – can you tell us about the construction of these?
Wow, no one's ever asked me about those. And it's almost his birthday. December 12th every year is usually when I make sure I post a new installment and I'm definitely slacking this year. I'd love to work on it more but its a bit challenging switching gears from my normal writing and content production to something so different and prose-like and emotional.
It's a nice idea -
As far as constructing them, I really just try to take a macro view of a particular scenario with him during the year of his illness and passing. I try to incorporate the relationship between us, or lack thereof at times, as well as real details and observations from the situation. I like making them short because it's a challenge to get everything into a concise package. And also, I want readers to focus on the point of each one and hopefully absorb it and have it be memorable to them or relate to something they have dealt with in their lives, rather than having them try and process some epic 500 page novel or whatever. I prefer creating a lot of little pieces that are part of a larger whole.
What was your relationship like with your father?
My dad was awesome. Like I said, my family life was nothing to gripe about. However, that moving incident, combined with the normal hardships of the life of a teenager I suppose, created a huge gap, for about 10-15 years between my family and I. I was angry. I felt betrayed. I was kind of the black sheep and I didn't relate to them. I was abandoning religion and childhood and innocence and my developing social life and friendships all at once when that move went down. I felt I was robbed of a lot. For many years my interaction with them was super sterile. I felt like I was living in a hotel a lot of the time. I worked and skated and went to school and ate on my own and spent time with friends and just locked myself in my room and talked on the phone and listened to music and slept there. The truth is, I wasted a lot of time and lost a lot of years and relationships with my family … because I was angry. Perhaps, being I was only 12 when it all started, my parents could have made more of an effort to get me back on track with the family, and remedy the situation, but whatever. Once my dad was diagnosed with cancer that wasn't going away until he was dead, which, was in November 2000, I had a lot of lost time to make up for and things to make right so that I didn't spend the rest of my life regretting it. In the end, we spent some time together and talked a lot of stuff out. I wrote him letters and got him gifts that I would bring to the hospital when he was in there. He asked me to write and read his eulogy at his funeral. That was heavy. My dad knew I loved him and I knew he loved me. That's what mattered. He asked me to take care of the family the best I could once he was gone. And after he passed away I got closer with my family for sure.
That's good to hear -
Interestingly enough, I learned a ton about my dad after he died. Just from talking to so many people about him that I was never really in touch with. Mainly how good and caring and positive of a person he was. Just an all-around, solid dude that everyone liked. The last few hours he was alive in the hospital…some of his co-workers and people he managed were with us by his bedside … they were kneeling down next to him and crying. I don't know about you, but how many people do you know who would be at their boss' bedside crying like that?
Not many! That's cool -
My dad also bowled a 300 game a few months before he died, while on gnarly chemotherapy. That's a fucking miracle. Witnessing someone wither away and die is wild. Seeing how it affects different people in different ways is crazy. I've always been an observationalist. For me it was more surreal than painful. I tried to take it all in and when all was said and done, I decided that maybe by putting some of it back out there in a semi-creative way, it could help other people not feel so alone if they are going through the same thing. It's really easy to be in that situation and feel like no one understands what you are going through. And many people don't. But when you find the ones that do it's like a safe harbor and it's amazing…theraputic.
Saw you've a BA in English Literature, same as myself. You Seem to be well-read –
I have to be honest here. I am not as well-read as I should be or as people might think. And I don't read as much as I should. I suppose through all of my education, which was very specialized towards English and writing, I've read a lot by default. Maybe more than the average person, but I did that because I had to.Lately I've made a concerted effort to read more. I find myself wanting to take my writing to another level and I know I can learn so much by simply reading more…especially reading from the perspective of someone who writes.
Favorite work of fiction anyway?
I love and find inspiration in everything from 'The Giving Tree' to Peanuts comics to Hemingway and Kate Chopin or Poe to Chino Moreno's song lyrics and Terence Malick's films…to me it doesn't matter what format or genre or subject matter, as long as it moves you and says something. I'm a big fan of critical essays and the work of Thoreau and Emerson, all the way to more modern stuff like 'A Massive Swelling' by Cintra Wilson and lots of what Howard Stern does. If I had to pass on one bit of fiction to a friend in hopes they'd be stoked and thank me…probably a book of Hemingway short stories or 'Invisible Monsters' or 'Survivor' by Chuck Palahniuk.
What about working as a food and travel writer?
Basically, the editor of your publication hits you up and says, "I want you to go review this restaurant or that resort. Hit up the PR person or general manager, schedule a date and get me 1,000 words by the end of the month." So I end up at a restaurant that may or may not suck, where they usually put the best (or best looking) server at your table, eating for free, with visits from the chef and more food than you could ever eat. Or at a resort in a sick room and chilling by the pool for a day or two, also with lots of good food and private tours of everything with the general manager. VIP treatment. Then I write about it.
Sounds quite alright
It is…One time a chef hit on my girl during dinner when she left the table to use the rest room. It was a weird move considering he asked us to review his place. I took a few zings at him in the article as a result. I mean, he was playing Goo Goo Dolls and Dave Matthews while I was trying to eat…he was kinda asking for it.
What did he say to her?
Well, she complimented the mac and cheese dish they sent us to our waitress. He came to the table after that and was totally cool. Then when my girl left the table and walked to the bathroom he was over there somehow and goes "Hey so you loved my mac and cheese, huh?" Like all creepy and weird when he totally could have said it the first time he was at our table. It was funny because of how lame of a move it was.
- and what's this about being a bagel-maker?
Man, if I ever had a book in me, it's about that fucking place! I got a job at a kosher bagel bakery in my town so that I could save up to take a chick I liked to junior prom. 8 years later that place had bought me my first 4 cars, paid for a huge chunk of my college, supported my skate habits, introduced me to drinking and strip clubs and recovering junkies, ex-cons and everything in between. But most importantly, a work ethic. That place was like boot camp. The very beginning was mopping and doing dishes for hours. But soon after it was waking up at 4:30 am to make and deliver bagels. After that, and for the duration of my time there, it was midnight to 7 am to bake and deliver bagels…all while in college/grad school and also working at the skate shop. The last few years were scary. I was killing myself to get my master's degree yet I was so scared I'd end up stuck at the bakery because I wasn't doing internships in publishing or anything like that. Looking back, that place was incredible for me. It was a huge part of my life education. I miss it a lot. From the people to the manual labor to the simplicity of my life back then. Life is amazing now too and I wouldn't change a thing, but things are so different when you view your work as a career instead of just a job. But dude, to this day, some of the stories I tell from that place amaze people. Any bullshit reality show about a bakery you've ever seen has nothing on this place. Fuck "Cake Boss" and "Ace of Cakes." That's pussy shit.
[Laughs] – try and reconstruct a diary of that or something!– So any new projects in the works? What are you looking forward to in terms of the future of skateboarding?
Been doing a little more with ESPN lately, working with Jenkem on some projects, got something awesome in the works with Ripped Laces…of course Weekend Buzz and Sole Tech stuff. I love what I do. I love skateboarding and I love seeing it progress and seeing new people blasting onto the scene and stoking everyone out. That's what I look forward to … being constantly blown away the people out there ripping, making videos, writing sick articles and so on. That said, I just want to create original content that entertains me and the audience for cool sites and mags…people who are down for me and my vision of things. I'd probably be doing it anyway even if no one was paying me or publishing it simply because I like connecting with people and am just curious about things and telling stories to whoever wants to listen in general.
Can we finish up on a song recommendation?
You're getting a few … deal with it.
'Mladic' & 'We Drift Like Worried Fire' by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
'Postcard from 1952′ & 'The Only Moment We Were Alone' by Explosions in the Sky.
'New Paths to Helicon One' and 'Mogwai Fear Satan' by Mogwai.
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We constantly get asked for Custom Shop guitars with NOS finishes and tasty specs, so here they are! We're massive fans of the Custom Shop Relic Guitars, so we sometimes overlook the need for high end Strats and Tele that are still minty fresh!
We specced this model from the ground up to have a few twists on the classic '59 Strat while still respecting the tradition of this seminal era Fender.
The whole idea was to make them as playable as possible and sound as close to the real thing as you can get, whilst still retaining the classic feel of the originals. We've seen so many Strats with super flat fretboards and fancy pickups that just end up losing the classic character of the guitars but these models just nail the combination of easy modern playability and classic Strat tone.
One change you'll notice is the inclusion of a 3 ply scratchplate, which for us is a no-brainer. Single plys are nice on certain finishes but we chose to add the 3 ply in.
The pickups are a set of some of the finest pickups that Fender Offer - A handwound set of Fat 60's single coil units. These pickups sound just superb and are really versatile. They have plenty of spank for the classic Strat tones of David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and 70's era Clapton plus enough grunt to faciliate your best SRV/Mayer licks.
Another spec that we changed from an original '59 was the finish that's on the back of the neck - this guitar has a Satin nitro finish, which is super smooth and never sticky, unlike some of the Gloss nitro finishes on some Fenders
Other specs are are as follow:
- Ash Body
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Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks: Color the World
Hi everyone! Welcome to day 2 of Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks! We are sharing sneak peeks Monday through Thursday this week, with everything being available in the Taylored Expressions store on Thursday morning at 9 am CST.
My first card features a brand new Little Bits die – Little Bits Colored Pencil. I have to say I am SO happy with how this card came out! I started this card by die cutting a rainbow of colors of colored pencils and then setting them aside. To be truthful, I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them, I just knew I needed ALL THE COLORS! That lead to grabbing some Sugar Cube cardstock and playing with some ink. I sponged on a rainbow of colors diagonally across the cardstock and then it hit me – why not make a color wheel with the colored pencils and boom – the card made itself from there on out. 🙂
I mounted my colored pencil color wheel on a Sugar Cube circle cut using Stitched Circle Stacklets and then I matted it with an Oreo circle. Then I cut a third circle out of the center of my sponged rainbow cardstock. I decided to mat this with a piece of Sugar Cube die cut with Stitched Rectangle Stacklets. To finish I added a sentiment from The World Is Waiting that I cut with Banner Stacklets 1. To achieve the double fish tail I lined up the die and ran it half way through my Vagabond, reversed it and took the die off, flipped it around and lined it back up to cut the other side and again ran it half way through my Vagabond. Boom – double ended fish tail cut to just the right size to frame the sentiment.
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My second card features, A Life She Loved, an older stamp set that has been updated with a coordinating die set! I started this card by stamping the paint brush jar on Sugar Cube with Oreo ink and colored it with Copics. I happen to store my paint brushes just like this in an old jam jar on my desk so I used that as a little still life to get the coloring on the jar correct (my camera washed out some of the color on the brushes – the blue is a bit bolder). I used the new coordinating dies to cut out the image and began the layout.
For the sentiment circle I stamped the sentiment in Versamark onto Cherry Pop cardstock heat embossing with white. When I die cut the circle I offset the sentiment just a bit to leave room for the paint brush jar. I kept the rest of the layout simple – just a couple of wonky rectangles and a frame and done!
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Teen detective Betsy Butters is in Bradley Hall, a posh California boarding school, with friend Nancy whom she met in their Swiss boarding school. Life in Los Angeles is very different than in Montreux, but Betsy quickly makes friends, has a few explosive experiences, and even gets a "show biz" name.
While exploring the campus for art, she spots an abused oil painting. This is the catalyst for revelations about thefts and cover ups in Bradley Hall and off campus.Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world, and in her volunteer work, Betsy is paired with an older French ex-pat who came to Los Angeles to make it big in the music business for film. This unusual pairing leads to a remarkable discovery.
Across the country, Betsy's French boyfriend Alex is studying at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His part-time job at Christie's auction house offers him an opportunity to make quite an impression with his keen detective work.
Betsy finds connections with Westwood's Paris Pastry shop and her favorite pastry shop in Montreux. She takes that as "a sign" that she's where she should be, for now. In the process of solving the mystery of the Gable on Holly Drive and other crimes, Betsy makes powerful friends in LA's art and music scene, but not without making vengeful enemies.
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When American teen detective Betsy Butters has only weeks remaining in her Swiss boarding school, Château Mont Blanc, she is more concerned with recovering art and other valuables stolen by the Nazis in WWII than in studying for final exams.
Quite by accident, Betsy witnesses something off campus that is the catalyst for her quest to discover the truth about what is going on within her school.Inspector Bernard of the Swiss Federal Police is alerted to her concerns, and she enlists a school mate and off campus acquaintances to help find explanations for her nagging questions. While Alex shows Betsy the city of s loss in life and fortune.
While Betsy concentrates on her personal detecting, professional investigations are underway in several countries and threaten to expose criminal activities involving the person that Betsy is investigating.
As the final days of school approach, the threats to Betsy intensify, and she realizes that she might have more than one adversary. Encouraged by this sign that she is onto something really important, Betsy risks everything to expose the truth before she leaves Switzerland.
What she discovers shocks and amazes everyone.
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Betsy Butters is back, in love for the first time, and caught up in a new intrigue that stands to infuriate her enemies and put her in constant jeopardy.
When Betsy Butters, American teen, vacations in Paris, from her Swiss boarding school, Château Mont Blanc, she expects to fall in love with the city, but never, with intelligent and handsome French teen, Alex Petrov.While Alex shows Betsy the city of Paris, they learn about their common likes and experiences, most teens their ages don't share, and Betsy learns about the Petrov family's loss in life and fortune.
Betsy returns to Château Mont Blanc's winter campus, in Crans-Montana, and makes a connection between her school and the Petrov's chalets, misappropriated during WWII. When she experiences a freak ski accident, Interpol's Inspector Bernard questions if it wasn't really intentional, and what Betsy has done to cause someone to wish her bodily harm.
Unflappable Betsy sets off a chain of events that puts her on a collision course with the thieves out to find the missing Petrov fortune. After more than seventy years of searching, will the treasure be recovered, and will Betsy's detective work motivate someone to rid himself of her uncanny talents?
Inspector Bernard has no clue what curious Betsy may uncover next, and worries how he will protect her until the school year ends.
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"You're on your way to Switzerland, Betsy, to the pensionnat de Château Mont Blanc, near Geneva! Doesn't that sound exciting?"
The School with Chocolate Air is the debut Young Adult novel, by author Jenifer Rubloff. When Betsy Butters, an inquisitive fourteen year old from Chicago, is sent off to a French language only boarding school in Switzerland, she worries about being on her own for the first time, speaking only in French, making friends, and getting good grades. What she never anticipates is that she'll soon find herself at the center of dangerous intrigues.
Chateau Mont Blanc, founded in 1864, and reputed to be one of the finest international schools for girls in Europe, has never before had a student breach the headmistress's privacy or question the history of her fabulous art collection. That is, not until Betsy Butters.
Without realizing what she is getting into, Betsy is caught up in a mystery involving a priceless Van Gogh painting stolen by the Nazis, and becomes a pawn in the underground world of sex slave trafficking. Incredibly, everything is connected to people she knew before she left America.
Just when she thinks she's safe, Betsy may be in the greatest danger.
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"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia."
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"The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera -- and himself."
"I didn't win, the Town of Herndon won. That is not trivia. The mood of the town has been one that they have wanted to change for a while. We campaigned on issues that were relevant to the problems."
"This is an incremental step, because they are limiting it to short form videos and trivia -- stuff that fits with the short attention span mobile customers might have, particularly a youthful subscriber."
"There was a [trivia] question on when did we start putting the inside of the sandwich, [we] call 'em the guts, when did we start giving those to people and it was from the uproar of 1989."


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Inter-Milan: Who will give themselves the gift of the Derby?
Mazzarri trusts in Palacio, Allegri looks to Balo who has never scored against Inter
Pazzini ready for his comeback
Nainggolan very close to the Rossoneri, so Nerazzurri go for Lamela
PM Letta: 'Zanetti and Kaka set the example for everyone'
Cagliari hold Napoli 1-1, but Cellino explodes
Sardinian President: 'I will sell anyone who wants to leave'
Udinese win 2-1 in Livorno
Mission for Tevez and Co, Juventus chase the record and the Winter Champion crown
Totti jokes with Buffon: 'I hope you come second'
Bologna, Baggio's shadow cast over Pioli
Zamparini: 'I fired the referee's Dad and he took revenge'
Juve and Roma, a Scudetto Christmas
Napoli held 1-1 in Cagliari: Conte and Garcia can break away
Juve in Bergamo and Roma host Catania, then they go head-to-head on Jan 5
Cellino: 'I'll sell everyone'
Zamparini: 'I fired the referee's father, so he took revenge'
Incredible accusation from the Palermo President after defeat at Carpi
'He flashed five red cards and booked two who were on a yellow card'
Thohir-Barbara is the new Milan Derby
Mazzarri: Win and climb
Allegri: Balotelli will be decisive
Bayern are the World Champions
CONI President Malagò: 'I say no to headline-grabbing justice system'
Juve, a record under the tree
Conte's team at an astounding pace, similar to Capello's era
Tevez and Llorente in Bergamo aim for a ninth consecutive victory
Napoli: Higuain ok, but they're slowing down
Just a draw in Cagliari, the Argentine from the spot responds to Nene
Inter-Milan: the future is now
Fundamental Derby, but the two clubs are in the midst of a revolution
Sabatini probable technical director for Thohir, Seedorf Coach chosen by Berlusconi
Cerci's Toro want a third victory on the bounce for a European Christmas
Zamparini shock: 'The referee took revenge on me! I fired his father...'


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International Development: Anti-poverty Programs that Work on a Large Scale
To Beat Back Poverty, Pay the Poor, by Tina Rosenberg. The New York Times. January 3, 2011.
Brazil and Mexico have anti-poverty programs that are working on a large scale. Note the emphasis on "the girl effect" and building human capital (education). They found far greater success by giving the money to female heads of households than to male. And they also emphasize the building of human capital by requiring that children remain in school and also requiring that mothers get education in health and nutrition. It doesn't say much for us men, does it? And imagine if they did something equivalent in the U.S.! The common denominator with what Nomi Network is trying to do is the empowerment of women.


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Car Care for Single Moms
Single mothers in Woodstock, Georgia have a little extra room in their gas budgets this month thanks to one local United Methodist church. City on a Hill church members donated more than 7,000 dollars to fill the fuel tanks of almost 300 moms in their local area - and that was just the start. Kim Riemland reports.
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Bryan Reed: "That's good. CanI have you pop your hood for me, ma'am?"
Near Atlanta, single mothers like Amber McCain are taking a little break as volunteers from City on a Hill United Methodist Church pump free gas, wash windshields, check oil and even hand out food coupons and cold drinks.
Nancy Bowling: "Hi there! Would you like a cold bottle of water? There you go, glad to have you."
McCain has been without a job for over a year. She heard about the single mom's gas giveaway from a friend.
Amber McCain: "It's definitely taken a lot of stress and worries off just by gas because my tank stays on empty. I'm surprised it even made it down here."
Martha Watts initiated the annual event in 2006. She remembers her own frightening experience as a single mom with young kids.
Martha Watts: "We ran out of gas and we were probably about a block and a half from the gas station, and we had to push the car into the gas station and my six-year-old daughter was helping."
Fellow church members donate cash and care.
This year they'll give away 7,000 dollars in gas to 300 single moms.
Bryan Reed: "Our church has got the motto: 'Don't go to church. Be the church.'"
Over the years, City on a Hill has filled nearly 900 gas tanks. With fuel prices at record highs, recipients are especially grateful.
Lannette Young: "Free gas! Oh my gosh. It's wonderful. I mean the most moneyI spend,I spend on gas. All my money does go to gas."
Volunteers are available to help the moms with anything from adding coolant to offering spiritual encouragement.
Elaine Harowitz: "If you have any prayer concerns whatsoever, please write them down and you can hand them to anyone at the pump."
Nancy Bowling: "They came in expecting the free gas. They were excited to get the free water. But the look of 'ah' in their eyes when you said, 'I would be glad to pray for you,' with no strings attached, that was an ah-ha moment, a God moment. It turned it from getting something free to suddenly being blessed."
City On A Hill United Methodist Church hosts a variety of community events throughout the year, such as ice cream and balloon giveaways at local parks, Easter egg hunts, Trunk-or-Treat and Give a Kid a Chance programs to equip kids to go to school. To contact City On A Hill United Methodist Church, call 678-445-0348 or visit www.coahumc.org.
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23 September 2016
A kaleidoscopic fairytale by Gucci and Fay's military-inspired looks opened Milan's women's wear fashion show with a display of clothing and accessories for spring and summer 2017.
The Italian capital of fashion would for the next four days be the setting for runway shows.
It would also be the setting for art exhibitions, boutique openings and events as fashionistas, buyers, designers and bloggers flock to the city from around the world.
In Gucci's magic lanterns collection, layered and ruffled gowns, gold decorations and outfits echoing a hippy style took center stage.
Dragons, jelly fish and parrots decorated coats and dresses and two zebras stood on a big orange fur coat.
To the beat of melancholic violins, models strutted down a starred and striped pink carpet in a former rail station dressed up in metallic pink panelling.
Glittered glasses or intricate fascinators and turban were worn by many, with studded platforms on their feet, in creative designer Alessandro Michele's fourth women's collection since being appointed in January 2015.
A designer's note read: "in this collection, all the clothes tell a story steeped in wonder, phantasmagoria and unorthodoxy.''
Models for Fay wore military-inspired clothing and gladiator-style sandals, softened by embroidered tops, Asian details, flowers and patterns echoing 1970s style, only steps away.
The green, blue and grey military army tones were leavened by metal sequins, suede and golden accessories, including practical hobo bags.
Tommaso Aquilano, who since 2010 has been creative director with Roberto Rimondi for Fay's brand, part of Italian luxury group, said: "we tried to keep pace with changing trends, using elements of street clothing, sports as well as contemporary lines.''
Aquilano added that inspiration came from the 1970s and the 1990s,"moments in which fashion went through significant evolutions''.
But the collection, defined by designers as grunge and non-conformist, was a coherent continuation of the last seasons, where field and bush jackets, the group's most recognised item of clothing, feature prominently.
"With clients wanting each collection to feel personal, we tried to find different variations on the products so that each woman feels unique,'' Aquilani said.
The designers highlighted the need to appeal to younger generations, with more youthful and fresh looks, at a time when the sector as a whole was experiencing weaker demand in Asia and from tourists in Europe and the United States.
Italy's national chamber of fashion forecasts its textile and fashion sector to grow to 62 billion euros in revenues by the end of 2016 or 83.6 billion euros if jewellery and cosmetics are taken into account – up 1.4 per cent from 2015.
Carlo Capasa, the chamber's president said: "it is hard to predict what will happen, but Italian fashion is holding up well, as our brands are those that set the trends."


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Washington and Wahlberg in First Look Photo from Action Flick 2 GUNS
Following his drug- and alcohol-fueled adventures in Robert Zemeckis' plane crash drama Flight, Denzel Washington is heading back to the action genre alongside Mark Wahlberg in the upcoming action film 2 Guns. Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur is at the helm of this undercover story of a DEA Agent and a Naval Intelligence Officer who investigate each other but are set up by the mob. JoBlo has the first look photo above, which doesn't give us a lot to go on other than the observations that A) Washington looks like a badass with a gun in his hand, and B) Wahlberg's character loves wearing denim suits for some reason.
I read the comic on which this film is based and wasn't too impressed by it - the story was very generic - and I thought Contraband was barely passable as an action movie, so I'm not excited about this movie at all. I'm open to being won over, but the trailer is going to have to be pretty stellar to make up for a bland photo like this. 2 Guns opens in theaters on August 16th, 2013.
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The Times
6 February 2017
O2 ABC, Glasgow
3 February 2017
4 stars
After performing at Celtic Connections as The Wainwright Sisters last year, at first it feels like there's a big, sister-shaped hole on the stage tonight when Martha shyly moseys over to the mic. She's not joined by Lucy Wainwright Roche, the other half of her folk song and country double act, their voices dorkily dovetailing around one another's in ink black harmonies. But then, she's also not joined onstage by her mother, enigmatic, melancholy folk singer, Kate McGarrigle, or father, roguishly charming folk singer, Loudon Wainwright III, or brother, baroque pop, turned opera composer, Rufus Wainwright. Still, the entire family gets summoned at one point or another, as if magicked up by some time travelling, sonic satellite link to perform as invisible backing band with her; Rufus wrote 'Francis' on her album Goodnight City, released late last year, and his theatrical phrasings and louche, late-night cabaret drama come through on her spotlit, torch song delivery. Her son, Francis, gets a second mention in 'Franci', written by herself, although she drily deadpans that she had to ask other people to write the other half of the album as she "was busy procreating."
Her performance is an amalgam of things that her genes and upbringing have gifted her with; French language choruses, wistful sarcastic asides, flashes of sassy magnetism, moments of sadder reflection – but despite the family influences, her unhinged skill is still all her own. Dressed in a baggy boiler suit, decorated with a tasselled necklace of a uterus and fallopian tubes, she likes to lift her knee high for emphasis on certain songs, and rolls her torso and hips slowly around a cosmic, synth-pop number written by her mum and aunt, Anna McGarrigle. Her own songwriting lets her voice rollercoaster through crazed, clear and keening styles; scratchy and squeaky one minute, bluesy and syrupy the next. 'Traveller' is her take on Nina Simone's excellent 'Baltimore', a raspy, rock lament, written for a friend of Wainwright's who died young, and the bassy funk of 'Take the Reins', written especially for Wainwright by Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus, gives a burst of mid-set energy (it's the last night of Wainwright's tour, and she's burning a bit dimmer than usual). Although it feels like something's missing for some of tonight's show – maybe it's the dopamine hits she seems to take from performing with her actual family onstage – her acoustic cover of her mother's last song, 'Proserpina', about the Greek goddess Persephone, is the highlight, an otherworldly group harmony summoned up from the underworld and the afterlife.
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