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Warren G. Harding, in full Warren Gamaliel Harding, (born November 2, 1865, Corsica [now Blooming Grove], Ohio, U.S.—died August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California), 29th president of the United States (1921–23). Pledging a nostalgic "return to normalcy" following World War I, Harding won the presidency by the greatest popular vote margin to that time. He died during his third year in office and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge. His brief administration accomplished little of lasting value, however, and soon after his death a series of scandals doomed the Harding presidency to be judged among the worst in American history. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America.)
Early life
Born on a farm, Harding was the eldest of eight children of George Tryon Harding and Phoebe Dickerson Harding; his ancestry combined English, Scottish, and Dutch stock. His father later left farming to become a physician. Following a mediocre education at local schools in Ohio and three years at Ohio Central College, Harding tried his hand at several vocations until in 1884 he bought a struggling weekly newspaper in Marion, Ohio, to which he devoted himself. Seven years later he married Florence Kling De Wolfe (Florence Harding), and she proved instrumental in transforming The Marion Star into a financially successful daily paper. Soon Harding, a man of little discernible intellect or imagination, found himself invited to join leading corporate boards and fraternal organizations. As he began to associate with the state's movers and shakers, he was drawn into Republican Party politics. A handsome man who was always well dressed and well groomed, Harding looked like a leader. It was his outward appearance rather than any internal qualities that contributed most strongly to his political success.
Political career
Harding was elected a state senator (1899–1902) and lieutenant governor (1903–04), but he was defeated in his bid for the governorship in 1910. On most issues he allied himself with the conservative ("Old Guard") wing of the Republican Party, standing firm against U.S. membership in the League of Nations and always supporting legislation friendly to business. He achieved national visibility when he was chosen to nominate William Howard Taft at the 1912 Republican Convention, and in his next campaign he was elected U.S. senator (1915–21).
When the 1920 Republican Convention deadlocked over its selection of a presidential nominee, party leaders turned—supposedly in a smoke-filled room in Chicago's Blackstone Hotel—to the handsome, genial Ohioan as a compromise candidate. Paired with vice presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge, Harding eschewed a speaking tour in favour of a "front porch" campaign in which he read carefully scripted speeches to delegations of visitors at his Marion home. After eight years of the administrations of President Woodrow Wilson, during which Americans had been asked to sacrifice greatly to reform the United States and to aid the Allied cause in World War I, Harding's undemanding call for a return to normalcy was precisely what war-weary, disillusioned voters wanted to hear. Harding won the election by the largest landslide to date, capturing some 60 percent of the popular vote.
President-elect Harding appointed to his cabinet a mixture of outstanding leaders and unscrupulous politicians waiting for an opportunity to line their pockets. In the first category were Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, and in the second were Attorney General Harry Daugherty and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall. Harding was a notoriously poor judge of character who expected his appointees to repay his trust with integrity. He was to be deeply disappointed.
The administration got off to a good start when Congress completed an initiative begun in the Wilson administration and established a budget system for the federal government; Charles G. Dawes was appointed first director of the budget. Then in 1921–22, the United States hosted the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference. Under the leadership of Secretary Hughes, the conference succeeded in getting the world's major powers to agree to halt the arms race in production of large naval vessels. It was by far the most important achievement of the Harding presidency. Other achievements were more in keeping with the Old Guard Republican views with which Harding had long been associated: a higher protective tariff (Fordney-McCumber), lower taxes on business, and a sharp reduction in the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States from southern and eastern Europe.
Early in 1923 Attorney General Daugherty disclosed to Harding that Charles Forbes, director of the Veterans Bureau, had been illegally selling government medical supplies to private contractors. After violently berating Forbes in the White House, Harding allowed him to leave the country to escape prosecution. Shortly thereafter Charles Cranmer, general counsel of the Veterans Bureau, committed suicide. Ten weeks later Jesse Smith, Daugherty's private secretary, also committed suicide—one day after a long conversation with Harding in the White House. Rumours had been circulating that Smith and a group known as the "Ohio Gang" had been profiting from a variety of corrupt activities.
By the spring of 1923, Harding was visibly distraught at what he regarded as the betrayal of his friends who were taking advantage of his kindliness and lax administration. He sought escape from Washington in mid-June by taking a trip to Alaska with his wife and a large entourage. On his way home at the end of July, the president complained of abdominal pain, but he seemed to rally as he rested at a San Francisco hotel. On the evening of August 2, however, as his wife read to him from a magazine, Harding suddenly died from either a heart attack or a stroke.
The nation plunged into mourning, little suspecting that the beloved leader they eulogized as "an ideal American" would soon be revealed to have been the head of the most corrupt administration in the nation's history. Senate investigations uncovered Forbes's illegal financial dealings at the Veterans Bureau and pointed to Daugherty's collusion with the Ohio Gang. Far more serious was the unfolding of the Teapot Dome Scandal. In 1921 Interior Secretary Albert Fall had persuaded Harding to transfer authority over two of the nation's most important oil reserves—Elk Hills in California and Teapot Dome in Wyoming—from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. Fall then leased these reserves to private oil companies, netting for himself several hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans. Fall and Forbes later received jail sentences for their crimes; Daugherty twice went on trial, the first resulting in a hung jury and the second in a not guilty verdict.
Harding was never personally implicated in the scandals, but he was aware of the actions of Forbes, Smith, and the Ohio Gang and failed to bring their corruption to light. By the mid-1920s the public began to regard Harding as a man who simply did not measure up to the responsibilities of his high office. Rumours of his heavy drinking in the White House (at a time when Prohibition was the law of the land) and of his involvement in extramarital affairs further degraded his reputation. In 1927 Nan Britton published The President's Daughter, in which she claimed that in 1919 she had given birth to a child fathered by the future president. In 2015 genealogists announced that DNA tests showed that Harding was the biological father. Although historians have challenged the veracity of other allegations made against him, most of them agree that he was the least capable of the nation's chief executives.
Cabinet of President Warren G. Harding
The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
|Cabinet of President Warren G. Harding
|March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923
|Charles Evans Hughes
|Andrew W. Mellon
|John Wingate Weeks
|Edwin Denby
|Attorney General
|Harry Micajah Daugherty
|Albert Bacon Fall
Hubert Work (from March 5, 1923)
|Henry Cantwell Wallace
|Herbert Hoover
|James John Davis
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame tight end Will Yeatman and center Mike Golic Jr., son of an ESPN radio and television host, were among nearly 40 people arrested on misdemeanor alcohol charges early Sunday at a South Bend home, police said.
Yeatman, 20, faced preliminary charges of consumption of alcohol by a minor, false informing and resisting arrest, while Golic, 18, faced a preliminary charge of consumption of alcohol by a minor, Police Sgt. William Redman said.
Prosecutors will review police reports before deciding whether to file formal charges against Yeatman and Golic. Police reports could be filed Monday, but the prosecutor's office did not know how quickly decisions on charges would be made.
The charge could be more serious for Yeatman, who was arrested in January on a charge of driving drunk on a campus sidewalk. Prosecutors agreed in February to dismiss a criminal recklessness charge and allowed Yeatman to plead guilty to drunken driving and reckless driving. The agreement called for the state to move that the drunken driving charge be dismissed if Yeatman stayed out of trouble for a year.
Police made the arrests after Notre Dame returned to South Bend following a 23-7 loss Saturday at Michigan State. St. Joseph County Police spokesman Sgt. Bill Redman said police were targeting businesses that reportedly had sold to minors when they received a report about the party.
Those arrested were taken to the St. Joseph County Jail. Neither Yeatman nor Golic, whose father, Mike Golic, co-hosts "Mike & Mike in the Morning" remained in the jail Sunday evening.
A message seeking comment was left by The Associated Press for Yeatman on his cell phone.
Women's basketball player Brittany Mallory, 19, also faced a preliminary charge of minor consumption. A woman who answered a phone listed under Mallory's name hung up when The Associated Press called Monday.
Mallory averaged 6.3 points and made the All-Big East freshmen women's basketball team last season.
Women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw said the matter is being handled "internally in accordance with our team rules and procedures."
On Monday, ESPN's Mike Golic said on his radio program: "It just happened on Saturday night, so, really, I can't say a whole lot more than that, other than everything's going to be fine. We learn lessons in life all the time. He's a good kid ... and you learn from things and we move on."
Golic added:
"As this thing goes forward and there's a resolution to it, I'll certainly be up front about it."
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis was not asked about the arrests during his weekly news conference Sunday afternoon, but he released a statement Sunday night saying he was "made aware of the situation late this afternoon and am currently looking into the matter."
University spokesman Dennis Brown said he knew that some Notre Dame students had been arrested but said he would not have further comment.
Yeatman had played in all three games this season for the Irish, making two catches for six yards. Golic, a freshman, has not yet played.
Initial reports said 41 people were arrested. Police said Monday that 37 were arrested, including some members of the Notre Dame lacrosse team. Police said Sunday that members of the soccer team also were arrested, but none of the names on the list of those arrested match names on either the men's or women's soccer rosters.
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Youth Employment—A Fundamental Challenge for African Economies
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's sprawling capital, Mulu Warsa has found a formal-sector job as a factory worker thanks to her high school education. In Niamey, a city at the heart of the Sahel region, Mohamed Boubacar is a young apprentice training to be a carpenter. And in Sagrosa, a village in Kenya's remote Tana Delta district, Felix Roa, who works on a family farm and runs a small shop, dreams of a better life if he can find the money to expand the business and move to a more urban area. His family is too poor to support him through secondary school.


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While Windows Phone 8 GDR3 is right around the corner—and, yes, I'll be writing more about this important update soon—I recently received some information about Windows Phone 8.1 that may be of interest. Due in 2014, Windows Phone 8.1, codenamed "Blue," will address some issues with the current release of the OS and will include some surprising changes, if my source is correct.
Note: While I've independently verified information from this source that is not included in this post, the information you see here is from a single source only. So while I do believe it is correct, you've been warned: I'm not as sure of some of this information as I normally am when I decide to publish. But I felt this was too interesting to not discuss it.
First up, Windows Phone isn't perfect, and while I feel it offers a superior platform and user experience to competing platforms, it's fair to say that sales haven't yet matched potential.
I've been trying to find an accurate customer satisfaction score for Apple's iPhone, but the firm's executives have said recently only that there is a huge gap between their score and that of Android, or that of their rivals generally. (For example, in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek interface, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that "when you look at things like customer satisfaction and usage, you see the gap between Android and iOS being huge."
Well, he's right about that. But customer satisfaction in iOS/iPhone is also much better than that of Windows Phone, which sits at only 53 percent, according to my source. This is higher than that of Android, so Windows Phone is number two. But it's not anywhere close to iOS.
The biggest contributing factor in Windows Phone user dissatisfaction, and in returns, which is apparently quite high, is the lack of apps. I'm told that Microsoft believes it is only 10-12 key apps away from being where they need to be. But you may recall that Microsoft has been trying to fix this issue for almost two years now, and it's not clear how they plan to get there now.
With regards to Windows Phone 8.1 specifics, there's been a lot of news floating around about possible feature additions, including the long-awaited notification center. But I'd like to focus on a few things I'd not heard about before. These include:
Universal binaries. Microsoft is currently pushing the notion of universal binaries that would let developers create a single app that can run both on Windows RT and Windows Phone. This is opt-in because of size issues, apparently, but could eventually become a requirement. Where Windows Phone 8 has 33 percent "API unity" with Windows RT, Windows Phone 8.1 will hit 77 percent.
Multitasking. Microsoft has supposedly flagged multitasking as Windows Phone's biggest technical issue. GDR3 will fix some issues—it will let users manually close apps, for example—but notifications and background processes are a mess and quite inefficient. These issues will apparently be addressed by 8.1.
Bigger screens. Where GDR3 is widely expected to support 5- to 6-inch screens, 8.1 will supposedly support 7- to 10-inch screens as well. This obviously infringes on Windows RT/8.x tablets, so it's not clear what the thinking is there.
No more Back button. Aping the iPhone navigation model, Microsoft will apparently remove the Back button from the Windows Phone hardware specification with 8.1. The Back button just doesn't make sense, I was told: Users navigate away from an app by pressing the Start button and then open a new app, just like they do on iPhone. And the "back stack" is ill-understood by users: Most don't realize what they're doing when they repeatedly hit the Back button.
Low-cost/volume vs. High-cost/luxury. With the Lumia 520 and 620, Windows Phone has found its niche in the low end of the market. This has helped sales, but Microsoft has always wanted to position Windows Phone as a high-end system like iPhone, which is where the money is. Obviously, they're not going to walk away from market share gains, but low-end phones have technical limitations that harm the platform's forward progress. And this is what sank Windows PC sales when the netbook arrived. The push to 1080p screens and bigger devices will determine whether Windows Phone can break out of this mold.
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When bourbon brand Maker's Mark told its distributors via email earlier this month that increased demand required it to plan a reduction in its alcohol content so it could make more of the stuff, word got out online and prompted a barrage of angry Tweets and Facebook posts. The company backtracked three days later, thanked its followers for helping it see the error of its ways, and vowed to keep the Maker's Mark recipe untouched.
There's so much wrong with this story that I almost don't know where to begin.
First, it could have been a stunt. It's hard to imagine the company execs were so dumb to think that altering the recipe of its eponymous product wouldn't freak people out. New Coke shouldn't be a distant memory, and consumers have only grown more protective of authenticity and truth since then, so I'd wager a bunch of non-drinkers joined the online tirade simply on principle. Watering-down a spirit sure sounds like a dumb idea. So it took a social media miracle to tell company chairman Bill Samuels that he'd "got it totally wrong?"
Yeah, right.
Conversely, it isn't hard to imagine that the entire shebang was a publicity stunt intended to generate attention for Maker's Mark. I can't decide if that would be worse than the alternative (i.e. the leadership was truly clueless). It's notable that the company told its distributors that it was a "plan," so there weren't watered-down bottles already for sale. With consumer trust that companies say or do things that are truthful hovering at 18% according to one survey, the event plays into our worst suspicions. The event presents a textbook case for winning a battle (a week's worth of publicity) while losing the war (the company just informed us it's either sinister or stupid).
Second, enough already with the angry online mobs. So a business email "leaked" on the Internet generates "thousands" of anonymous complaints, and not one legitimate reporter calls the company to confirm the story? We still don't know if it was true (see point above). Worse, if the company's original note is to be believed, it spent quite a lot of time and energy coming up with a sincere plan. But when a bunch of anonymous people told Maker's Mark and one another that they didn't like the idea, the company invested this mob with a greater authority than its own, and changed strategy.
Really? Thank goodness it didn't tell them to start bottling chocolate milkshakes.
I know it's a glib feel-good to credit online crowds with the capacity to distill truth from fiction, and that they represent the interests of The Consumer generally, but neither trait has the faintest basis in reality. Mobs are easily provoked and manipulated, and they tend to represent nothing beyond their immediate need to be heard. We have no idea how many of them knew the alcohol change didn't affect the taste, or were even Maker's Mark customers. So a nameless crowd emerges and disappears in an instant to tell a company what to do because, well, it can, and we celebrate it as a good thing?
Third, a real conversation could have been the strategy. Let's just assume that Maker's Mark's predicament of limited supplies in the face of growing demand was sincere. Wouldn't that have been the perfect "content" to pose to a community of real customers, friends, and family? The resulting conversation would have been grounded in shared support for the brand, yielded actionable ideas that would matter to real customers, and delivered the message to the outside world that you better get your bourbon while you can.
Most brands still use the social web as a distribution platform for marketing, but events such as the Uprising of the Protectors of Maker's Mark Alcohol Content suggest that there's a middle ground between inane branding and anonymous crowds: real conversation.
Maker's Mark missed the mark on this one.
UPDATE 02.26.13: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against A-B for allegedly watering-down its brews. Interesting that a class having experienced damages can be thereby defined (we didn't get our buzz?).


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Fair warning, this is going to get nerdy so if you like your sewing sans-geek then click here for the pretty photos post instead 😉
You can see from my photos in the last post that my silk crepe had a wide pattern repeat of two different dots and lines. It's a really cool pattern and what promoted me to pick it up off the remnant table even though it was only about 1.1 meters worth. With such a limited amount of fabric the challenge is always pattern placement and I really had zero room for error plus I wanted to make the most of the design.
So, in keeping with my nerdy sewing tendencies I sat down at my computer and ran through the options…now this might seem a little bit over-the-top for most of you but I had fun doing it and that's really what matters right?
I'm going to cover the contruction of this blouse near the end of this post but first I'll share a kind of advanced tutorial following on from my Photoshop & Gimp visualisation tutorials. I'm going to briefly cover some more advanced techniques. I'll show you how I cheated a tiny line image to make it workable and how to get the correct scale for your fabric print. If you like what you see and you're keen to do something similar you should read my original tutorials first.
Tiny Images: Because my magazine line drawing image was so tiny (about 1.5cm x 1.5cm) I scanned it at 600dpi. This is a good trick to make the image appear larger. I say "appear" because your image is still really actually the same size but you can view it larger without it looking blurry if it is at a higher resolution, plus when you drop your fabric into the image it won't get all pixellated.
Your scanner will probably freak out at this point and bring up a message asking "are you sure?!", suggesting a lower dpi and threatening that it will take a long time etc blah blah but just tell it to do as it's told, it's only a small image and the world really won't come to a grinding halt if you go around recklessly scanning things at a high-resolution!
Scaling the fabric: For this example my fabric scale was really important for accuracy. I took two photos of my fabric, the first (above) is the "clean" shot you would normally take to use in the manipulation, the second (below) is for scale.
I laid the front pattern piece on the fabric, took my photo and then I bought this image into my line drawing image. You can see below my screen shot from Photoshop below. I've lowered the opacity of the fabric image to I could "see through" it to the line drawing, then I scaled it using the free transform/scale tool (remember that one? Ctrl + T in Photoshop or in Gimp)
The yellow pattern piece is now about the right size. I think the proportions of the line drawing are a little off but this is close enough for me.
Next I dropped in the "clean" photo – I put the opacity of the first photo back up to 100% and lowered the opacity of the new photo. Same deal, scale it to match the first photo. When you are happy with it you can delete the "Fabric for Scale" layer and put the final fabric layer's opacity back up to 100% and continue on as normal.
I started with a few basic orientation trials and here are my results.
Then I got a little more clever (or nerdy, take your pick) and selected my 3 favourites to add in a bit more details. I'm going with A, B & C and now I'm going to be a bit more realistic about my pattern placement. I laid the actual pattern pieces out on my fabric as I went so that after cutting out the front and back I could see what bits would be left over for the sleeves and collar.
I think this image above corresponds with option B.2 below – to make these more complex images I just made multiple copies of the fabric layer and moved and rotated them to fill in the sleeves and neck line.
I still couldn't decide which I liked but it did give me a starting point to do some old school laying the fabric over Scarlett and I looked at these along with my three favourites and then I had a revelation: the black dots at waist height could have the bonus of creating a slimming effect! (I know image C looks exaggerated in these photos, that's my pins, not the light waves magically bending to make Scarlett's waist smaller – she has dials to do that anyway, hehe ;))
The quick among you will have already noticed that the final blouse didn't end up exactly like this, but it's pretty close. I originally laid the body out higher up on the my fabric thinking that I could also get the collar out of the lines but in the end I moved the whole thing down to make the most of the darker spots and their (hopefully) waist minimising properties. This meant the neck ended up out of the big white spots but I actually like it better this way.
So, on to the construction. It's quite an easy blouse to put together, the most complicated looking part is the sleeves and when you break them down they really aren't that complicated at all.
All pieces are laid out on a flat piece of fabric (not folded) – ourela means selvages – this piece is shown as 150cm wide and you need 0.9/1.0/1.2 meters depending on which size you cut and a little bit more if your fabric is a narrower width but I find Manequim are quite generous with their pattern layouts.
Don't forget to add your seam allowances before you cut out.
- 11 – Blouse front (x1 on the fold)
- 12 – Blouse back(x1 on the fold)
- 13 – Sleeve cap (x2)
- 14 – Sleeve cuff (x2)
- A – Collar (x1 rectangle 8cm x 70/74/78cm depending on the size you cut)
- B – I have no idea….and I didn't find out during construction either…any suggestions? Anyone know Portuguese? It's labelled as Alça.
So as per usual my first step is to address any pleats and darts. We have one in each sleeve cap and another at the neck of the front pattern piece. The only pleat I didn't pre-sew was the once shown on the sleeve cuff.
Side seams come next:
Here is the body of the blouse on Scarlett – my seams are sewn inside-out in preparation for "Frenching" them. I don't think that's a real term but I'm using it 😉
You can probably tell that there is a lot of extra fabric outside the seam line. I discovered right away a flaw in my plan for using French seams. I always adjust the side seams of my tops on me as I sew. I cut a pattern out to fit my hips/bust (in this case, Manequim size 42) but my waist is generally smaller. If I don't grade it in at the time of cutting it I usually just adjust on the fly as I sew. You just can't do that with French seams, once the second line of stitching is done that's it! So I basted the top on myself inside out and took it in until I was happy with the overall fit.
I did it a little at a time because the lack of closures means I had to leave enough ease to be able to get in and out of it. Once I was happy I trimmed the seams down in preparation for the "Frenching". Yup, I am definitely making "Frenching" a part of my usual sewing vocabulary.
So, on to the sleeves:
If you click to enlarge the photo above about you might be able to just make you the numbers at the corners of each piece. The great thing about Manequim patterns is they number their seams so you can easily work out which piece to attach to which. Here you can see the sleeve cap with the cuff below. You fold the sleeve cuff in half and line up the numbers 1's. The numbers 3 & 4 at the top relate to the shoulder points on the front and back pieces we assembled earlier and will help you put the each sleeve on its correct side. For good measure the number 5 helps with this too so take the time to trace and if you pay attention to them and it will save you many tears later on.
So here they are in fabric, you can now stitch seam number 1, attaching the cuff to the sleeve cap.
Sew the pleat in the cuff next by folding the cuff up at the marking, right sides together, and sew a line of stitching as marked.
You can attach your sleeves now, use the numbers to help you line things up.
Above you can see (on the left) the sleeve attached pre "Frenching", and (on the right) finished.
Join the ends of the neck rectangle together and fold in half, wrong sides together.
Now here is where I made the mistake with the neck and had to unpick it twice! I did that silly thing where my brain suggests something while I am sewing and I completely ignore it only to concede later on that it was correct from the start and then I end up unpicking something.
In this case it was a whispered suggestion to interface the standup collar since the silk is so flimsy there was no way it would stand up by itself. But the other voice, yes sometimes there are two, said, "don't be silly, interfacing will look terrible, you'll be able to see it and besides, the collar will probably be helped by the French seams".
When I tried on the top for the first time after attaching the collar I noticed immediately that voice #1 had been correct. The stand-up collar was actually a floppy collar.
So I marked my hem (the reason for the try on) and then sat in the sunshine unpicking the collar. I wasn't looking forward to this because the fraying was getting pretty bad.
Interfacing and I aren't really enemies but I wouldn't say we are friends either. I do use interfacing when a pattern calls for it but that of course means I read it in the instructions…in English 😉 I am learning slowly more about interfacing and this was a pretty good learning moment for me. Firstly to actually use interfacing, and secondly, not to over do it. My first choice was a waaaay- to-stiff fusible and I was starting to look like previously mentioned HBO cat.
Back to the sunshine drenched lounge I went with the blouse and my unpicker.
The fraying was by now almost completely un-salvageable (cue evidence above) and I knew I would have to alter my seam lines to compensate but in the end it ended up being a good thing.
So I was more careful with my second interfacing selection. I tested several options with my scrap left overs and it turned out a super lightweight non-fusible was the best option. I wanted the collar to stand up but not look like it was being stood up if that makes any sense 🙂 so I went to work.
There were two bonuses in all this. The first was that as I tried on the top I noticed that the back rode up a little too high in the neck line and at the sleeves so it meant I could correct this fault at the same time as re-attaching the collar. Secondly, due to the horrid fraying the collar height ended up reduced by about 5 millimeters. Now that doesn't sound like a lot but I much prefer the new height.
After attaching the collar I hemmed the bottom by overlocking the lower edge, folding to the inside and I chose to top-stitch it in place.
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Excuse the crappy cell phone pictures, I was too excited and too late for work to get out the "real" camera.
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A video of Justin Bieber comforting a queer fan who opened up to the singer about their struggle of finding an LGBTQ-friendly church is going viral this week, Billboard reports.
The video first popped up online Monday and it shows the "Sorry" singer in a two-minute clip taking photos and taking questions from fans. He apparently was coming from a church service and one fan asked whether his church was accepting of gay people.
"Isn't your church like really inclusive, like, of the gay community?" the fan can be heard asking. Bieber, who attends Hillsong Church and has made headlines for his close relationship with his pastor, said that it is and that anyone is welcomed.
The fan then tells Bieber about how they were raised Catholic, but haven't attended church in some time.
"I'm trying to find a place that is, like, inclusive of everybody, 'cause I came out as queer not long ago. So, I'm trying to find a nice place. 'Cause, like no one is nice. Everybody is so homophobic," they add.
The pop star replies by saying he's sorry and invites the fan to attend one of his church's services.
"Yeah, that breaks my heart for you. I'm so sorry. That's not okay," Bieber can be heard saying in the clip. "If you ever want to come to any of the services, any of them would love to have you. We'd love to have you in there, you're more than welcome to come any time."
Bieber the hugs the fan.
Billboard points out that some have speculated Hillsong Church may not be as accepting as Bieber believes. Singer Trey Pearson said the church forced a gay couple to step down from their worship team.
"A lot of churches say, 'Everyone is welcome. Gay people are welcome.' But until the leadership says, 'We affirm you, and we believe you're like everyone else. You can marry just like anyone else,' they're taking in LGBT people and then they're shaming them -- they're bringing them in only to marginalize them," Pearson told Billboard.
Bieber has been vocal about his religious beliefs, often taking to social media to show himself reading the Bible or posting scripture.
Watch the new video of Bieber and the fan below.


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Little Support for Terrorism Among Muslim Americans
Recent events have raised questions about the threat of homegrown terrorism in the U.S., but survey results show that Muslim Americans overwhelmingly reject extremism.
Negative Views of U.S. Unchanged in Turkey
But Some Signs of Improvement
Global Warming Seen as a Major Problem Around the World Less Concern in the U.S., China and Russia
Less Concern in the U.S., China and Russia
Europeans and Americans Share Concerns About Iran's Nuclear Program
Russians Less Worried
Obama Popular in Japan, China and South Korea
But Only Modest Improvements in U.S. Image
Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat
Consensus Despite Divisions on Afghan War
End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations
Publics of former Iron Curtain countries generally look back approvingly at the collapse of communism. Majorities in most former Soviet republics and Eastern European countries endorse the emergence of democracy and capitalism. However, the initial enthusiasm about these changes has dimmed in most of the countries surveyed.
Obama's Nobel Prize
The Peace Prize award is another sign of the president's international appeal; his election lifted America's image around the globe
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – One-In-Three Would Migrate
Troubled by Crime, the Economy, Drugs and Corruption
Obama Addresses More Popular U.N.
Ratings Improved the Most in the U.S.
U.S. Image Improved in Canada
But Many Differ With Obama on Afghanistan
Declining Support for bin Laden and Suicide Bombing
Many fewer among Muslim publics express confidence in bin Laden or support violence against civilians in defense of Islam
Few in NATO Support Call For Additional Forces in Afghanistan
Troop increases may face considerable opposition in many NATO countries, which were opposed to Obama?s original call for more forces
Pakistani Public Opinion
Pakistani public opinion has turned against al Qaeda and the Taliban, and no fewer than 69% of those polled express worry that extremists will take control of the nation. Ratings for President Asif Ali Zardari have also plummeted, as Pakistanis see their country in crisis.
Obamamania Missing in Muslim World
Only Modest Changes in U.S. Image in Predominantly Muslim Countries
Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World
The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries, opinions of the U.S. are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office.
Positive Aspects of U.S. Image
Certain Elements of America's Image are Broadly Popular
Obama Unlikely to Find a Quick Fix for U.S. Global Image
President Will Face Challenges on Economic Crisis, Other Issues
Optimism and Obstacles for Obama in Europe
By Erin Carriere-Kretschmer, Senior Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project On his first trip overseas, U.S. President Barack Obama intends to tackle the current global economic downturn and NATO commitments in Afghanistan, with stops in Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey. Public opinion polls suggest Obama may have reason to expect a mostly warm […]
Few in Pakistan Support Extremists
But Few Favor Military Confrontation
Eastern Europe
A Crisis of Confidence in Capitalism?
The Global Middle Class
Views on Democracy, Religion, Values, and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Nations
Views of Venezuela's Chavez Have Hardened in the Region — and at Home
Venezuelan President's Popularity Has Declined in Latin America
Ideological Gaps Over Israel on Both Sides of Atlantic
The American public has long expressed strong support for Israel. In a survey conducted earlier this month during the conflict in the Gaza Strip, 49% of Americans said they sympathized more with Israel in its dispute with the Palestinians, while just 11% sympathized more with the Palestinians and 15% said they sympathized with neither side. […]
As Obama Takes Office, Global Press Turns to Regional Concerns
by Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project, and Michael Remez, Senior Writer, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press The celebratory tone that characterized international media coverage of Barack Obama's historic election victory was again pervasive in many of the stories about his inauguration as the 44th American president. "History was […]
European Worries About Reliance on Russian Energy Were Already High
by Erin Carriere-Kretschmer, Senior Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project and Katie Holzwart, Research Analyst, Pew Global Attitudes Project As Russian and Ukrainian leaders squabbled over gas supplies in late 2008 and early 2009, Eastern Europeans farther down the pipeline went without heat. European Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso called the dispute "most unacceptable and incredible," […]
Before Israel's Invasion, Hamas Popularity Was Waning Among Its Neighbors — Even in Gaza Itself
by Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project In the Middle East and elsewhere, Muslim reaction to the Israeli offensive in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has been swift and angry, with protests in Amman, Beirut, Istanbul, Tehran, Jakarta, and several other capitals. Palestinians in East Jerusalem and in the West Bank, where Hamas rival […]


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Ethiopia: Learning from self-evaluations and regular reviews for improved performance
|A keen look at the COSOP results framework
The workshop offered a platform for project managers, coordinators, and M&E officers to discuss how best to conduct effective self-evaluations, and how to establish improved M&E systems. Haingo Rakotondratsima, the Country Programme Officer for Madagascar, shared experiences from the CAPFIDA integrated knowledge management system which establishes linkages between field level and strategic portfolio priorities at national level. He further emphasized the importance of regular data collection from the field, and having a person in charge of the central data repository, for more systematic analysis.
|Discussing the results framework
Self-evaluation is a continuous process through which projects keenly look at what works well, what does not, and how to improve.
In the IFAD context, the COSOP is a strategic document, formulated in partnership with key partners and stakeholders (especially government and farmer organisations) to effectively invest in rural smallholder agriculture and bring the farmers out of poverty.
The current country programme evaluation will focus on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability, gender equality, innovation and scaling up of different aspects of the country loan and grant portfolio. Other aspects such as knowledge management, partnership building, and policy dialogue, will be evaluated.
Self-evaluation by projects follows the same methodology as the overall country programme evaluation with the core elements of the assessment centering on relevance, effectiveness, and other aspects as described in the IOE evaluation manual.
Why Self-evaluation?A practical self-assessment exercise was conducted. Projects split into three groups and did a self-assessment of project performance (relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency), project impact, and project sustainability, innovation and scaling up. The presentations sparked informative discussions on such aspects as impact indicators, criteria of evaluations, and how to use evaluation results to inform policy dialogue and future development initiatives. The discussions brought participants to a positive conclusion: the purpose of the self-evaluation is primarily for learning and improvement through lessons learnt. Self-evaluations are not to find fault but to identify what can be done differently for improved performance of the project.
Bidding Haingo FarewellAfter the workshop, the ICO held a simple ceremony to appreciate Haingo's support to the country programme during his brief placement in Ethiopia. The innovative idea by IFAD HR of staff rotation seems to have worked well in this case. The exchange has served as a channel of learning between Madagascar and Ethiopia.
|Getting ready to share a farewell cake with Haingo


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Reds Blank Twins; Mauer Returns
The Twins lost 6-0 in Cincinnati to the Reds Saturday afternoon. Johnny Cueto threw 7 shutout innings with 3 hits allowed and 9 strikeouts for the win for the Reds. Brian Duensing made the start for the Twins and allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs in 3 innings to take the loss. The start was the first this season for Duensing. Joe Mauer was in the lineup at first base with Justin Morneau getting the day off. Mauer, Josh Willingham and Ryan Doumit each had 1 hit for the Twins. Mauer had missed 4 games with a bruised quad.
Minnesota is 28-42 and will close the 3-game series at Cincinnati at 12:10 Sunday, pregame on WJON at 12:40. Lefthander Scott Diamond (5-3) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and righthander Mike Leake (2-5) toes the rubber for the Reds.


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- We offer both children's and adult classes beginning from the ages of four years old upwards. Pacific Coast Academy is an envoironment of positivity and success where we "build confidence through achievement". We honor Martial Arts traditions that go back centuries, but we are dynamic and are constantly seeking new and innovative ways to enthuse and excite our students.
- We have classes for Children from 4 years old through until 18. Our classes are designed to excited our young martial artists while challenging them and preparting them for the challenges that lay ahead
- Pacific Coast Academy offers many adult classes at times to suit your schedule. Our adult clasess include Ken Ju Ryu, Kenpo Ju Jitsu - Danzan Ryu JuJitsu - Toyamaru & Eskrima
- We are extremely proud of our lineage which is a pure line from the creator of the Danzan Ryu system to our present day organization. Our chief instructor and head of the Ken Ju Ryu system is Shihanke Russell Rhodes.
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- We always like to welcome visitors to our Dojo. We are conveniently located in Los Gatos, California, close to many of the area's main highways to serve the Bay Area, including Los Gatos, San Jose and the surrounding towns.
Pacific Coast Academy of Martial Arts, is located in Silicon Valley's Los Gatos, California and is dedicated to the highest quality of martial arts training under the direction of Shihanke Russell Rhodes.
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At Pacific Coast Academy, we believe in helping every person to reach their highest potential. We create an environment where our students can be successful in meeting physical challenges, The discipline, respect, and confidence that build in the training process readily transfer to all areas of life, in and outside of the dojo.
We believe in keeping people healthy for a lifetime of training. Our school doesn't participate in organized sparring events outside the school or dangerous training practices. We have a very low injury rate at our school and follow safe training practices.
Not only is Pacific Coast Academy one of the premier martial arts schools in California, where the quality of our classes and instruction is second to none, we are a warm and welcoming community that is made up of a great cross section of people from the local area, (and beyond) and of many families who choose to come and train together.
We are justifiably proud of the great family atmosphere we enjoy here at Pacific Coast. Many of our students are from the same family, we have adult partners and spouses who train together in the same class, we have have parents enrolled with their children at the school and of course we see many brothers and sisters training in our classes. We offer generous discounts to additional family members who train at Pacific Coast - ask us about our discounted rates for additional family members.
If you have any questions about our programs or want more information to help you decide as to whether a martial arts is something for you or your family members you can fill out our web form, drop by and visit us anytime or call us on 408-358-1345. If we are unavailable to answer your call - leave your contact information we will return your call!
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I love the Valentine card envelopes shown on Heidi Swapp's blog here. I might have to try these!
Tammy Malone shows how she made this little box to hold Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in. This would be a nice Valentine's Day gift. Click here for instructions and more photos.
Creature Comforts has some Valentine Photoshop brushes available here. Shown below are the lips set, but there are others in the link as well.
Here's a pretty heart garland that would be great for V-Day as well. From (In)Courage.
Briana Johnson told how to make these pretty paper cones in a post last year at Jenni Bowlin Studio.


text: London - He might have been the heir apparent for more than a year but Alastair Cook insisted he'd been taken aback by his elevation to the England Test captaincy following Andrew Strauss's retirement on Wednesday.Cook insisted he had no idea his Test match opening partner was considering not just giving up the captaincy but quitting all cricket, until told on Tuesday of his fellow left-hander's decision.Asked if his elevation to the job he'd long been tipped to inherit had come earlier than expected Cook, who replaced Strauss as England's one-day captain following the latter's one-day retirement after last year's World Cup, replied: "Yes I think it has. It's been a bit of a strange 24 hours for me personally."I'm incredibly proud to be sitting here now as captain of England," said the 27-year-old Essex batsman, who scored a century on his Test debut against India in Nagpur in 2006."It's a huge honour for me. I'm very excited about the challenge."Strauss was one of England's most successful Test captains winning 24 of his 50 matches in charge and leading the side to home and away Ashes series wins.The Middlesex batsman, who took charge in 2009, also guided England to the top of the world Test rankings -- a position they lost to South Africa after the Proteas completed a 51-run win in Strauss's 100th, and as it turned out, last Test at Lord's earlier his month. "Obviously I've got huge boots to fill following Straussy," said Cook. "He's done an incredible job. Speaking for the players, it was a sad dressing room when we found out. "I think that speaks volumes for Straussy and what he has done for the side."If England had an obvious replacement for Strauss as a captain, the question of Cook's opening partner when England play their first Test under their new skipper in India in November is far from clear-cut."You take people for granted don't you?," said Cook, who deputised as England Test skipper when Strauss was rested from the 2010 tour of Bangladesh."Andrew's played 100 Test matches and scored 7,000 runs. It feels like all my England career I've walked out to bat with him. That's a huge hole to fill and that's a huge compliment to Andrew Strauss."Cook, who saw England's run of 10 straight wins in completed one-dayers end with Tuesday's 80-run defeat by South Africa in Southampton on Tuesday, added: "We've got India away and we've got two Ashes series in the next 18 months. "We have got a lot of cricket to play and hopefully I can do a good job."The closing weeks of Strauss's time as England captain were overshadowed by the controversy surrounding his predecessor Kevin Pietersen, undoubtedly the most talented of England's current batsmen.Pietersen has been in England exile since the drawn second Test against his native South Africa, despite a brilliant 149 in Leeds, after it was revealed he'd sent "provocative texts" to Proteas players, some of which were alleged to be critical of Strauss.England have still to get to the bottom of what the messages actually said and so Pietersen remains barred from international duty.But if he does not return soon, England could find themselves in India with a decidedly coltish-looking top order."I've been on the outside for a lot of the saga," said Cook, set to lead England in the third one-dayer at The Oval on Friday. "The issue hasn't changed. Clearly I'll get involved over the coming weeks. Strauss, asked what advice he had for his successor, replied: "My advice to Alastair is to really savour and enjoy captaining your country and throw yourself into it with everything you've got. "Manage your time carefully because it is an all-encompassing job at times and have no regrets. I have every confidence that's what Alastair will do. I'm absolutely certain, with the type of person he is, that he will do a great job."


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Researchers have found that treating HIV-infected persons with antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV transmission to their sexual partners by more than 90 percent. The study is published this week in the Lancet.
"These results are an important finding in the search for effective HIV prevention strategies and the strongest evidence to date that ART might decrease HIV transmission risk," said Dr. Connie Celum, professor of medicine and global health at the University of Washington and the senior author of the paper.
The findings were part of the Partners in Prevention study, a six-year study coordinated by the International Clinical Research Center at the University of Washington and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More than 3,400 heterosexual HIV-discordant couples in which one member had HIV and the other did not were enrolled from seven African countries (Botswana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). At the beginning of the study, the HIV-infected members had high CD4 counts and were not on antiretroviral treatment. Couples were provided counseling and prevention services, followed for up to two years, with regular CD4 measurements and ART referrals made when they became eligible for ART.
During the study, 349 HIV-infected partners initiated ART at an average CD4 count of 198. Of the 103 HIV infections that occurred in these couples, there was only one HIV transmission after ART initiation. In that single event, the HIV-infected partner had started ART about three months prior to HIV infection being first detected in her partner.
Lead study author, Dr. Deborah Donnell, a biostatistician with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said "the one transmission indicated that HIV serodiscordant couples should maintain safer-sex practices even when HIV-positive partners are on treatment."
The proportion of couples who reported having unprotected sex decreased over time, explained the authors. Couples received frequent counseling on HIV risk reduction.
Though the rate of new HIV infections has been declining worldwide, an estimated 7,400 people a day are being infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS. More than 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the pandemic began. AIDS resulting from HIV infection is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, and the fourth leading cause of death globally.
"Our analysis of African HIV discordant couples indicates that the risk of HIV transmission is significantly lower after HIV-infected persons initiated antiretroviral therapy," Dr. Celum said. She noted that a randomized trial is underway to determine the longer-term impact of antiretroviral medications on HIV transmission.
"While awaiting those results, our study indicates that initiation of antiretroviral therapy may have a significant public health benefit as well as clinical advantages for the individuals being treated," she said.
Antiretroviral therapy decreases the concentration of HIV in blood plasma to very low levels, the authors explained, likely making the individual less infectious to others. Viral suppression to very low levels was achieved in 70 percent of individuals in this study, at an average of seven months after starting ART.
Transmission occurred at all CD4 count levels. However since transmission risk was highest among those with CD4 counts less than 200 and not on treatment, findings from this observational cohort indicate the effect of ART on prevention of transmission could be greatest in persons with CD4 less than 200. Additionally, the investigators found that among HIV-infected with CD4 counts above 200 per μl, HIV transmission rates were highest among those with a viral load above 50 000 copies per ml, suggesting that targeting this group could be an effective way to achieve further population-level reductions in HIV.
This study suggests that starting HIV-infected people on ART even late in the disease has synergistic benefits for the individual and HIV prevention. While there is movement to initiate ART earlier for clinical benefits and increasing recognition of the potential HIV prevention benefits with ART, many programs in developing countries have insufficient resources to provide ART coverage to those already in need.
"ART appears to confer a significant prevention benefit across all CD4 ranges, and this study quantifies that more accurately. Our unique findings provide compelling new data for the HIV prevention field," Donnell said.


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There has been a noteworthy change amid the most recent decade or so in the way individuals search for business openings. Printed copy continues and introductory letters, daily paper promotions, and eye to eye interviews have bit by bit offered approach to LinkedIn and Facebook profiles and individual sites, electronically transmitted profession materials, work sheets and web quests, and Skype interviews.
While innovation progresses have absolutely extended the extent of chances for individuals to exploit in discovering incredible occupations, the advantages have not been equivalent among all employment searchers. Research directed as of late has demonstrated that, by and large, more seasoned laborers have not kept pace with their more youthful partners in the utilization of innovation to plan and execute pursuit of employment systems.
This is upsetting since there is a lot of proof that more seasoned specialists confront more prominent difficulties in finding advantageous business. Information from the 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Displaced Workers Survey demonstrate that individuals matured 50 and over took 5.8 weeks longer to discover work than those matured 30-49 and 10 weeks longer than those matured 20-29.
Information from the 2015 BLS Current Population Survey discovered comparative outcomes; 44.6% of utilized specialists matured 55 and more seasoned needed work following 27 weeks contrasted with 22.2% for individuals under 25 years old and 36% for individuals matured 25-54.
Will Older Workers Learn to Use Technology-driven Job Search Tools?
More established specialists are frequently stereotyped in ways that unfavorably influence their capacity to discover advantageous business. These generalizations include:
Absence of inspiration,
Less ready to take an interest in innovation preparing and utilize,
More impervious to change,
Less trusting of bosses and collaborators,
Less sound, and
More helpless against work-family irregular characteristics.
A large number of these generalizations don't really work out upon a nearer examination of more seasoned specialist conduct designs in connection to business. With respect to innovation, there is prove that more established specialists will search out and utilize innovation apparatuses, however that many face restrictions and issues that should be tended to. Some of these include:
Poor visual perception and hearing that obstruct preparing endeavors,
Memory, review, and engine aptitude issues,
Absence of point of view on innovation utilization, rather than more youthful specialists who grew up with innovation in their lives, and
Less tolerating of "learning for learning" and requiring an immediate tie between innovation preparing/utilize and quest for new employment/business achievement.
Plainly innovation is a basic part to any effective quest for new employment battle and expecting that more seasoned specialists can't or won't exploit innovation devices does a damage to this gathering of individuals. Preparing programs that consider the learning impediments of more established laborers are ending up more typical and ought to be extended. Moreover, preparing requirements to concentrate on abilities obviously related to enhanced employability.


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