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Sharif University of Technology - Weekly Cosmology Seminar ( Sunday- 21 August 2016 - 31 Mordad 1395)
دانشکده فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی شریف
سمینار هفتگی گروه کیهان شناسی
Testing the Kerr Black Hole Hypothesis: Black Hole Shadow
معصومه قاسمی (دانشگاه فودان، شانگهای چین(
Masoumeh Ghasemi
Fudan University, Shanghai
Abstract: Black hole (BH) shadow is a dark area over a bright background. It is unstable orbit of constant radius of photon around BH surrounded by optically thin emitting medium. The exact shape of shadow is only determined by spacetime metric. Image of shadow is strong evidence for existence of BHs and event horizon. It is widely believed Sgr A* is most likely a supermassive BH in the Galactic center but there is lack of observational evidence for existence of its event horizon. VLBI observations with Event Horizon telescope in mm/sub-mm band will image Sgr A* shadow soon. Moreover, an accurate measure of shape of shadow can constrain possible deviations from Kerr solution of General Relativity and breaks degeneracy of other observational tests of strong gravity regime. In this talk, I will present shadow of some non-Kerr BHs to constrain possible deviations from Kerr geometry.
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دانشکده فیزیک، فیزیک 4


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Portland area health officials reported Wednesday that a Central Catholic High School student died Tuesday of a suspected meningococcal infection.
While they say the disease is contagious, they stress it's very uncommon to see it pass from one person to another.
Seventeen-year-old Jacob Parkhurst was in hospital less than 24 hours when he died Tuesday. Meningococcal disease is suspected, but not confirmed.
Tri-County Health Officer, Dr. Paul Lewis, called it a quick running infection, but says it is difficult to pass from person to person, "It's possible, but again this is a disease that affects one in one hundred thousand people in the state per year. So although it is in principle communicable, it's very uncommon for us to actually see linked cases of disease," he said.
Lewis says the health department is not aware of any other cases linked to Parkhurst.
About a dozen people who had face-to-face contact with him have been treated with a dose of antibiotics. School officials have sent out a letter telling parents about the disease, and its symptoms.
Health officials say that while they suspect meningococcal disease lead to Parkhurst's death, there are a handful of other infections that might have been responsible. However, they may never be able to track for certain which disease was involved.
During the mid 1990s, Lewis says Oregon had one of the highest rates of meningococcal disease in the world. But improved vaccinations have reduced case numbers, "Fortunately that rate has come down dramatically from a peak of well over 100 cases per year during that period to 30 per year in the last few years. There were 25 in 2012 and only 13 reported statewide in 2013," he said.
Lewis says that while vaccinations have helped, many local cases are caused by a bacteria strain not included in the vaccine. So far, efforts to include that strain have not been successful.
Meningococcal bacteria live in the noses of about 10 percent of the population. It's not clear how the bacteria cause an infection.
Symptoms include fever, headache and stiffness, and pain in the neck, back, and shoulders. People can also suffer from nausea or a skin rash of small red or purple spots.
Anyone concerned with these symptoms is being asked to contact a health provider immediately.
On the Web
Central Catholic High School statement
Oregon Health Authority
CDC Meningoccal Disease
This story originally appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting.


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A 50lb dog should be fed 2 1/3 cups for weight reduction, 3 1/4 cups for maintenance
Calorie Content:
kcal/gm: 3.690 | kcal/lb: 1,675 | kcal/cup: 321
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Ground Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, White Rice, Oatmeal, Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Fish Meal, Flaxseed, Whole Egg, Cheese, Brewers Dried Yeast, Lecithin, Salt, Potassium Chloride, DL-Methionine, Chicory Root Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Longum, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enterococcous Faecium, Vitamin A, D3, E, B12 Supplements, Choline Chloride, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Copper Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite.
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Protein 21% Min
Fat 11% Min
Fiber 4% Max
Moisture 10% Max
Ash 6.5% Max
Omega 6 Fatty Acids 1.8% Min
Omega 3 Fatty Acids 0.3% Min
Lactobacillus Acidophilus 100,000,000 CFU/lb Min
Bifidobacterium Longum 100,000,000 CFU/lb Min
Lactobacillus Plantarum 100,000,000 CFU/lb Min
Enterococcous Faecium 100,000,000 CFU/lb Min
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Calcium 1.2%
Phosphorus 1.0%
Sodium 0.4%
Potassium 0.6%
Magnesium 0.14%
Zinc 129 mg/kg
Iron 189 mg/kg
Manganese 62 mg/kg
Copper 10.0 mg/kg
Cobalt 0.4 mg/kg
Iodine 1.50 mg/kg
Selenium 0.46 mg/kg
Vitamin A 18,200 IU/kg
Vitamin D 1,290 IU/kg
Vitamin E 175 IU/kg
Vitamin K 1.42 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 0.10 mg/kg
Choline Chloride 2,300 mg/kg
Niacin 81 mg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 26 mg/kg
Ascorbic Acid (Vit C) 38 mg/kg
Riboflavin 7 mg/kg
Thiamine 8.7 mg/kg
Pyridoxine 4.2 mg/kg
Folic Acid 1.0 mg/kg
Biotin 0.3 mg/kg
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Insufficient meat content, controversial filler
The first two ingredients in this food are named meat products. The first is chicken, inclusive of water content (about 80%). Once that is removed, as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredient will weigh around 20% of its wet weight. Ingredients are listed in order of weight, and the dehydrated ingredient would probably be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list. The second is in meal form, and the true first ingredient in the food. There is a further meat meal ingredient 9th on the ingredient list, but this is too far down to make up a substantial portion of the food. We find no guarantee on the manufacturers website that protein sources are ethoxyquin-free (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
There are four grain products ahead of the fat content. All are decent quality grains, but combined are likely to outweigh the meat content by some margin. This limited meat content is the major reason this product not rated more highly. We appreciate the use of whole eggs in the food and the range of probiotics.
Beet pulp, however, is filler and a controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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I tend to not be much of a TV watcher, let alone a reality TV watcher. But in 2009, when I was living in the UK, I became obsessed with a reality TV show … Victorian Farm. (Yup, I just gained about 100 nerd points).
Victorian Farm follows three Brits for a year while they attempt to live life Victorian style. From brick making to hay harvesting, lambing to life in the dairy, it really is a DIY/history nerd's dream come true.
In one of my favourite episodes, Ruth learns about basketry. An incredible basket maker shows her not only how to make the most beautiful basket, but one that is so sturdy she can stand on it!
Ever since, I've been dreaming of making such a basket. And while I'm a long way off, today was a good first start, and appropriately done on a rainy Sunday, bringing waves of nostalgia for Britain…
- #2 reed (1.75mm). You'll need 16 spokes that are 26″ long, 2 spokes that are 13″ long, and a bunch of long weavers (keep reading for an explanation)
- Scissors
- Warm water and something to soak the reed in
After calling several craft stores in and around Toronto, I had the epiphany that I should google "basketry supplies Toronto" (d'uh!), and amazingly the first place that came up happened to be less than a block from where I work! For anyone looking for supplies in Toronto, I highly recommend Bamboo Bazaar at Davenport and Symington. Lovely service, great supplies, and for me at least, the perfect location!
How to do it!
I borrowed a basketry book from my favourite Toronto craft store (Wise Daughters) and made my first basket using instructions from there. The book is called Wicker Basketry by Flo Hoppe, and is full of not just great instructions but helpful pictures to follow as well. I've only done the one basket so far, but highly recommend it!
- When you're making your baskets, you use reeds in two different ways. Your spokes run vertically on your basket and create the structure for your basket. These should be sturdy. Your weavers are the strands that run horizontally (the ones you weave!). These should be more malleable. Every piece of reed has its own quality. You'll be able to tell which are sturdier and which are floppier by soaking them. Place just the ends of your strands in hot water and separate out the ones that go floppy like spaghetti from the ones that have more rigidity to them.
- Cut up your pieces. As mentioned above, you'll need 16 x 26″ spokes and 2 x 13″ spokes (remember these are the more rigid ones!) and then a whole bunch of long weavers (the floppier ones).
- Soak the spokes so that they lie flat.
- We're going to start with the base. Because this was my first basket, the book suggested an interwoven base. To begin, separate your 26″ reeds into groups of four and mark where the centre is. Overlap the sets of four to make a small square in the centre. Look at the picture to see how they should overlap (which sit in front and which are behind).
- A word about soaking. Soaking your reeds is really important to make them easier to work with. Finding the right balance of moisture for your weaving is tricky. I was told before I started to not soak too many reeds at once, or for too long, but had no idea what that meant. I wound up soaking the weavers one at a time, as I needed them, for about 5 minutes each. My recommendation? Play it by ear.
- Now it's time to start weaving! Beginning at 12 o'clock, weave clockwise going under the first group of four, and over the next. Continue for four rounds.
- Then alternate the pattern. To transition, keep your strand behind the top 2 groups of four and then continue on for four more rounds.
- Next, we're going to weave in groups of 2 instead of four. Starting with your second group of four, start separating out the strands into groups of two. I fretted about making sure they were evenly spaced at the beginning (which I found hard), but it all just worked out in the end. So don't fret!
- As you start to weave with groups of two, you're going to stick another pair of spokes in (the two 13″ ones). This creates an odd number of spokes, which is important later. See the photo for how to add the spokes in.
- The pattern of "over, under, over, under" is called randing. Keep randing, trying to keep the weave as tight as possible. Because there are an odd number of spoke pairs, the weave will automatically alternate, creating this beautiful pattern.
- You may have already come to the end of one of your weavers. When you add another one, just over lap the two weavers a wee bit and keep going. Come back later and trim them back.
- For this basket, we're aiming for a base of 4″, so once you get to that point, you want to start building up the sides of the basket. Basically, just start pushing the spokes into a vertical position. I found it helpful to weave with the spokes facing the floor. Keep on going until you have about 1″ of siding done.
- Next comes weave style #2 – slewing! Slewing is the same as randing, except that you're doubling up the weave. Add a second weaver, and pretend that the two weavers are one.
- Continue alone until you have 6 rows of slewing done. Then go back to randing (1 strand) for another inch or so. Look how much great work you've done!
- Last but not least comes the border. This one is called a "trac" border. Basically, you fold over one set of spokes and weave them through 3-4 spokes (over, under, over, under) allowing any excess length to flop into the inside of the basket (we'll trim off the ends later).
- Do this all the way around.
- Trim off any extra bits, and you're done! Hurrah!
This was a simple, easy, cheap and totally satisfactory project. Like knitting and crocheting, it's all about getting the pattern down, and once you have that, you can weave while listening to podcasts, watching your favourite show, or chatting with a friend. I've been catching glances of my wee basket all day, and think I may be hooked.


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PARK CITY, Utah – Ashley Wagner was well prepared for the question. During a U.S. Figure Skating training camp in late August, she and other skaters had been told to expect it. The U.S. Olympic Committee told the skaters what its position was, and Wagner could simply have chosen to let the USOC speak for her.
And when the moment came for Wagner to address the question of Russia's anti-gay legislation before a large audience, she admitted to being nervous.
But the two-time U.S. figure skating champion gave an answer Monday that showed an inner strength and a moral compass that clearly compelled her to speak her mind at the USOC Olympic media summit in Park City.
"I have gay family members and a lot of friends in the LGBT community," Wagner said. "I have such a firm stance on this. I believe we should all have equal rights, and I also do not support the legislation in Russia.
"At the same time, it is not my place to go into Russia and tell them how to run their country. I believe the best way for you to show your support for the (LGBT community) is to speak out about it."
Six U.S. figure skaters with hopes of competing at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia all responded to the question during the media summit Monday. While an athlete need not speak out on any issue unless he or she wants to, LGBT issues hit a particular nerve in the figure skating community, which has lost great athletes and coaches to AIDS and includes several champions who have come out.
Three-time U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott also expressed his distaste for the Russian legislation but chose not to elaborate. Reigning Olympic champion Evan Lysacek stepped behind the USOC. Gracie Gold, Max Aaron and Agnes Zawadzki essentially echoed Lysacek's position.
Tuesday, the only likely individual U.S. figure skating medalists in Sochi, reigning world champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, also chose not to take a public stand on the anti-gay legislation.
"I don't think we can speak because we haven't really talked about between the two of us very much,'' White said.
"I don't think the Olympics is really the right place for an athlete to make a political statement," Davis said.
Asked if this was not a political issue but a human rights issue, White said, "Unfortunately, it's semantics. To Russia, it is a political statement. And they are the host country. I think that is probably all we will say on the subject."
Such reluctance makes Wagner's dignified and rational expressions of dismay seem even stronger.
"If you do have an opinion, it always has repercussions," Wagner said. "There are people who disagree with you.
"It is very intimidating to speak up at all. It comes with a lot of questions and responsibility. A lot of athletes are not afraid to talk about it but shy away because it is inconvenient to talk about it."
Abbott expressed exactly those reservations about not wanting to go beyond a simple statement of opposition to the law.
"It is a very polarized issue," he said. "I think there is no right answer. There is no way to answer this question properly without offending somebody. That's why we all feel we are walking on eggshells. . .We have to be cautious about what we say."
Abbott's position has evolved in the six weeks since he trivialized the matter by comparing speaking out about the issue to criticizing a host's home decoration.
"I'm not going to go into somebody's house and be like, 'Um, the way you decorate is hideous, and you need to completely redo this or I'm never coming back,''' Abbott told the Denver Post in late August. "It's a little rude, so I don't want to say bad things about a country that's hosting the world, essentially.''
Wagner, 22, trying for her first Olympics, instead realizes she is in a position to increase awareness of the issue in the months leading to the Winter Games and also in Russia, should she make the U.S. team.
"I'm very excited to hopefully go and, while there, I'm going to focus on competing," she said. "But I do have a platform to speak out about how I feel about the situation. Beyond that, who knows what will happen?"
Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter prohibits demonstrations and "political, religious or racial propaganda" in Olympic sites or venues. Among potential penalties for violating the charter is being sent home from the Olympics.
Four-time Olympian Bode Miller, the greatest men's alpine skier in U.S. history and winner of five Olympic medals, took the strongest stand of any athlete to date. Miller said Monday said Russia's anti-gay law showed an intolerance and ignorance that embarrassed him as a human being.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is waiting for International Olympic Committee guidance on the matter, particularly as it relates to demonstration or protest, including the wearing of anything that indicates support for the LGBT community.
"I want to make it very clear we have not asked our athletes not to speak out," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said Tuesday. "We want our athletes to be aware of the law and possible consequences."
Such support could be construed as a violation of the Russian law, which bans "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" and calls for penalties that include arrest, fine and deportation. Many people feel the law's limited language is a smokescreen for Russia to discriminate against gays.
The Olympic Charter also prohibits discrimination on the basis of "race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise." USOC chairman Larry Probst, elected last month as an International Olympic Committee, member said Tuesday he would "absolutely vote yes" to amending the Olympic Charter so sexual orientation would be a specific part of that list.
USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said Monday, "We disagree with the law and do not believe it is reflective of the Olympic spirit and Olympic Charter. Our focus is on preparing our team to compete and ensuring that all our athletes, fans and supporters will be safe in Russia."
Lysacek, whose chances of getting to the 2014 Olympics diminished with his Monday revelation of a new injury, has chosen not to take an individual stand on the Russian legislation. When I asked him why he was so cautious about speaking out, he said it was important to have everyone on the same page about the issue.
"I have done work with the U.S. State Department as a sports envoy, and one thing I learned from that is the State Department, U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Figure Skating – whoever is making a statement – have thought it out very precisely and cautiously," he said.
"I know how powerful one voice is to address a political issue. And I know how detrimental clouding that voice with multiple voices can be."
And why wasn't he willing to go at least as as far as Wagner did?
"I am willing to stand behind the USOC and let them speak for me," Lysacek said. "I'm a representative of theirs."
Wagner said she appreciated the guidance the USOC has given all athletes on the issue.
Then she chose to speak for herself, on behalf of millions.
"I can't stay quiet," she said.


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Girlfriend, uninterrupted / Actress Jennifer Siebel is standing by her man, who happens to be Mayor Gavin Newsom, and says there's no trouble in their romance
Jennifer Siebel may be waiting for her big break in Hollywood, but in the hothouse world of San Francisco politics, she has already been cast -- as Mayor Gavin Newsom's leading lady.
For the past six months, the actress, who has been linked in the past to Oscar winner George Clooney, has been shuttling back and forth between her West Hollywood digs and San Francisco, which she has been visiting with increased frequency to promote her business endeavors -- and visit her boyfriend, the 39-year-old politician with movie star looks and soaring approval numbers, despite the recent revelations about his personal problems.
In an interview, Siebel, 32, proved surprisingly open, agreeing to talk not only about her new movie, whose ironically apt title is "The Trouble With Romance," but also about her life, why she elected to pursue a film career over her family's objections and how she felt about being put in the public spotlight as the City Hall sex scandal involving Newsom and a former aide unfolded. She did not know Newsom when the events occurred but has been at his side during the fallout.
As she sat in Rose's Cafe on Union Street, the blond actress-producer, dressed in a black Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress (that she bought for 60 percent off -- struggling actresses can't afford designer clothes!) and Cole Haan boots, talked about her roles, both on and off the silver screen.
In "The Trouble With Romance," which premiered last weekend at the Cinequest Film Festival 2007 in San Jose and will play at the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival on Friday, Siebel plays Jill, a woman with intimacy issues who is haunted by memories of her ex-boyfriend.
"I had just come out of a relationship when I read the script and found the whole concept of looking at men and women and why we yearn for love despite the trouble with romance interesting," she said.
The low-budget film, shot in 15 days, explores the relationships of four couples staying at a Los Angeles hotel, told in vignettes titled "Bang" -- the one in which Siebel stars -- "Spice," "Dump" and "Love."
The actress said she was attracted to the racy role (she is scantily clad in parts of the vignette) because it scared her, joking that Newsom and her mother, Judy, were "traumatized" when they first saw clips of the revealing scene in which she hooks up in a hotel room with Jack, played by Kip Pardue.
But that was nothing compared with the public ordeal Siebel and Newsom have gone through in recent weeks.
To recap: In late January, Newsom's campaign director, Alex Tourk, resigned after confronting the mayor about the relationship Newsom had with his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, who had been the mayor's appointment secretary from the start of his administration until this past spring.
The involvement reportedly occurred while Newsom was in the midst of a divorce from Kimberly Guilfoyle. Rippey-Tourk reportedly told her husband about the relationship as part of a rehabilitation program she had been undergoing for substance abuse.
A shaken Newsom subsequently admitted that the relationship had taken place, apologized to all parties and announced that he had "come to the conclusion that I will be a better person without alcohol in my life." Since then, he has entered into a treatment program supervised by Mimi Silbert, head of the Delancey Street Foundation.
Apart from his public apology, Newsom has remained silent on the matter. But Siebel, fiercely protective of the man she loves, is willing to voice her opinions.
"I shouldn't say this, but there are two sides to every story," she said in an exhausted tone. "If people did research into the scandal ... the woman is the culprit. Alex Tourk is a nice man and it saddens me that his wife did that to him.
"This 'scandal' is selling papers -- sensationalized tabloid papers," she added. "Gavin's a wonderful human being, and I wouldn't be here (continuing the relationship) if he wasn't.
"All of this stuff that happened and came out was in a darker period of Gavin's life: going through a divorce, losing his mother, being under all the pressure he is under. The supervisors and The Chronicle have not made things any easier. It's amazing that he's as sane and healthy and down-to-earth as he is."
Siebel said she and Newsom hit it off after being set up by a mutual friend, Kathy Wilsey, the wife of the late Lad Wilsey, one of San Francisco blueblood Al Wilsey's sons. Before their first blind date in October at Stanlee Gatti's Artists Ball at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (after running a background check, one of the mayor's staffers invited Siebel), Siebel said she knew little about the mayor apart from the fact that her parents supported him in the last election and he was supposedly an up-and-coming politician.
When they met, they bonded immediately.
"We had so much in common, we were blown away -- from our love for Africa to our interests in political issues to art and the wine business and college sports," she said.
At the end of the evening, Newsom joked that she probably wouldn't want to see him again after reading the next day's paper.
"He told me, 'You're not going to want to talk to me after tomorrow,' " she recalled. " 'There's a thing in the paper coming out about me and my 20-year-old girlfriend. I never dated her.' " (The two attended the opening of the San Francisco Symphony together in the fall.)
"The whole first month we were dating, everyone thought I was her and were saying, 'We need to card you,' " said Siebel, who experienced her share of paparazzi issues while dating actor Clooney. "You just have to have a sense of humor about those things.
"When you love somebody, and when you are an artist and person who has done all your own soul-searching and made your own mistakes and decisions in life," she said, circling back to recent events, "there are two sides to everything. At the end of the day, what it comes down to: We connected right away, we communicated right away. I didn't have that with George.
"Gavin didn't know much about me, and I didn't know much about him. I got scared away from the press with George. The smartest thing Gavin did was to be honest with me."
Being true to herself, despite others' opinions, Siebel followed her acting dreams.
She says her parents -- Ken, an investment manager (second cousin of Siebel Systems founder Tom Siebel), and Judy, co-founder of the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito -- were initially skeptical of show business and discouraged their eldest daughter from getting into it.
Siebel was born in San Francisco and raised in Ross, where she attended the Branson School with Olympic skier Jonny Moseley, a good friend. She grew up immersed in the sports world: tennis, basketball, horseback riding, skiing, dance and playing on the U.S. Women's Junior National Soccer Team. She attended Stanford University, earning a bachelor's and postgraduate degree there. She traveled around the world, living in Africa, Europe and Latin America with Conservation International, an environmental organization that works in more than 40 countries on four continents.
The actress acknowledges that she's at a disadvantage trying out for the same parts as people who have been in the business since they were 12. But she says she's up for the challenge, noting that Naomi Watts, whom she resembles, became a breakout star at 34 for her role in "Mulholland Dr."
In the 4 1/2 years since moving to Hollywood, Siebel has nurtured her career by taking bit parts in major motion pictures, including the Jack Nicholson-Diane Keaton romantic comedy "Something's Gotta Give," and leading roles in independent films, along with other television and movie appearances.
She hones her craft working with acting coach Larry Moss, whose clients include Hilary Swank and Leonardo DiCaprio. And it looks as if it is paying off.
Paul Haggis ("Crash," "Million Dollar Baby") cast her in a small part opposite Tommy Lee Jones in his forthcoming movie, "The Valley of Elah."
"Jennifer did a terrific job. She stepped into the role and held her own against Tommy Lee Jones, and that isn't an easy thing to do," Haggis said in an e-mail interview.
Haggis and Siebel are collaborating on a television show described by her as " 'Sex and the City' meets 'Entourage.' "
Siebel also heads her own production company, Girls Club Entertainment, which has a slate of proposed pictures that highlight accomplished women. She doesn't remember growing up with many female role models and hopes to change that by portraying characters that girls can aspire to be.
"The Trouble With Romance," which was screened to a full house at Cinequest, also features David Eigenberg of "Sex and the City," Jordan Belfi of "Entourage" and Emily Liu.
"Romance" writer-director Gene Rhee -- who co-produced the film with Liu of Sweet Violet Films, and Siebel -- observed: "Jen's performance showed a diverse range. Beautiful women in Hollywood are a dime a dozen, but Jen is a beautiful woman with acting chops."
Obviously, she's been noticed offscreen, too.
Shortly after arriving in Hollywood, she caught the eye of heartthrob Clooney when a mutual friend invited her to a barbecue at his house.
"I think he liked that I could hang with the guys, play sports and wasn't that impressed by his celebrity," said Siebel, who says she doesn't understand why women throw themselves at men. "Don't they understand that it isn't attractive?" she asked.
Returning to the present, she strongly affirmed the depth of her commitment to Newsom, prior relationships with movie idols notwithstanding.
"Deep down, we have something really special," she said, adding, with a laugh: "Women throw themselves at Gavin. What girl wouldn't want to be with him in San Francisco? Life just sort of happens. I was curious and he was curious, and we wanted to get to know each other better and took the chance."
She doesn't think the recent spate of negative attention will hurt Newsom's political future.
"I'm surprised Gavin has any opponents," she said. "No offense to anyone, but I mean, come on, guys -- this is one of the best mayors in the world. Gavin wants to be the best San Francisco mayor and make the city the best place it can be. Others would love to take him and support him as far as he can go: governor, senator, president.
"Intelligent people will know that people are taking advantage of this (incident) for political power.
"Are you kidding me? Why would a city want someone else? Are you going to start all over with Matt Gonzalez? Another young bachelor type that women love?"
The Trouble With Romance: 9 p.m. Friday at AMC 1000, 1000 Van Ness Ave., as part of San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Also 7 p.m. March 19 at Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave. www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org or www.girlsclubentertainment.com .
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the writing team behind Superbad, Pineapple Express, and the upcoming Green Hornet, talked to io9 in San Diego about their creative process. Rogen talked comics whereas Goldberg gave a shout-out to an unlikely romcom.
NOTE: The above photo is of Rogen as Britt Reid/The Green Hornet and Jay Chou as Kato.
How did you and Evan get Michel Gondry on this project?
Seth Rogen: Evan and I were kind of put in charge of finding a director for the movie, and we met with a ton of different directors. Eventually when we met with Michel — he really just liked all the same things we liked. You definitely have preconceived motions of a guy like him, and when he comes in and starts talking about movies like Ghostbusters and Back to the Future, then you instantly realize there's a much mainstream sensibility to this. I honestly thought he wouldn't have wanted to make a big, commercial movie, and he did! That was honestly the most surprising thing about him, that he had this desire to make a big film that's creatively adventurous but also worth its money.
How about Christoph Waltz? You really scored a coup in getting him just as he was blowing up in Inglorious Basterds.
Evan Goldberg: We started with Nicolas Cage, but that didn't pan out and we were in a bit of a jam. So we had to figure out someone within 24 hours, we all went and saw Inglorious Basterds (someone suggested it), and that guy rocked in that movie. I'm still amazed that we got him for the film.
Do you have a sense about what the fan response to Green Hornet has been at Comic-Con?
SR: People have been pretty critical of us to begin with, and I'm a very critical person when it comes to my own material. But I think people are more receptive the more they see. I think they see we're not making fun of these films and that Gondry is putting in a lot of his cool visual shit.
The Green Hornet is one of the godfathers of pulp heroes. Were you a fan of the pulp genre coming into this project?
SR: Well, I've always been a huge comic book fan, I go to the comic book store every week.
Oh, what are you reading these days?
SR: I mostly follow the writers like Garth Ennis (he's one of my favorites), Mark Millar. I read Wolverine comics a lot, Daniel Way has been writing good Wolverine comics lately. I was into Siege. Ed Brubaker, I'm a fan of. The Sword was good, I like the Luna Brothers.
Is there an original superhero you'd like to bring to the screen?
SR: I think in a lot of ways we have created an original superhero in The Green Hornet — I mean besides the name, the gun, the car, and Kato – we really created this character's world. We've been working on it a long time, and I think otherwise we put in a lot of ideas we would have otherwise put into another superhero film.
EG: I'll never remake another movie — I don't want to be that guy who remakes movies. But The Green Hornet is so long gone that if it doesn't get remade now, it won't get remade at all. People are remaking films that were made a year before. 80% of our ideas involve the end of the world and intergalactic space-demon-alien weird-ass shit. It's very difficult for us to keep it grounded. People want our dialogue, and we're like, "Would you rather have a a 40,000 foot space monster fighting a galactic army?" And they're like, "Not from you guys."
Can you give us one such space demony idea?
EG: We have never been dumb enough to present our ideas to the studio. The exception was Jay and Seth Versus The Apocalypse, which we're making. It's not scifi, it's more of a horror movie. We're not horror movie fans, but we linking up with other people who make horror comedies. And we got that by making a trailer for the internet.
Like Pineapple Express and Superbad, Green Hornet is very much a buddy movie. What is the appeal of buddy movies for you and Seth?
EG: For Jay and Seth Vs. The Apocalypse, we discussed doing things another way — we have plenty of scripts that have never been made that are not buddy movies — but it's like if Quentin Tarantino made It's Complicated 2. It would be like, "What the fuck are you doing? Make the fucking movie I want you to make!" So that's what we're we doing, making the movies they want us to make.
Hey, we would watch Quentin Tarantino's It's Complicated 2.
EG: Hey, I liked It's Complicated. I get some shit. Fuck everybody. I enjoyed that movie. I stand by It's Complicated. It was pleasant.
You do realize that's going to be the new tagline on the DVD. "It was pleasant!" — Evan Goldberg.


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Top EU officials will next week set out a series of recommendations aimed at boosting Europes fragmented and cash-strapped defense industry.
The sector provides some 400,000 jobs and generated turnover of around 90 billion euros (US $115 billion) in 2010, according to the European Union.
EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier and his EU Industry counterpart, Antonio Tajani, will set out their plans Wednesday.
Barnier said Thursday that sharp cuts to government budgets due to the debt crisis make it imperative that research, technology, manufacturing and procurement all be better integrated to make the money go further.
Special EU rules that allow governments to close off sensitive areas will also be addressed in a package of proposals to be submitted to an EU leaders summit in December dedicated to defense.
"We have taken our competences right to the limit at the Commission to come up with this proposal," Barnier said.
The objective is to "identify areas where Europe can develop its own capacities," he said, highlighting dual military and civilian applications.
"For example, Europe should build its own drones, rather than importing them," he said, suggesting that it could also buy aircraft or navy refuelling systems for pooled use by EU member states, and integrate cyber or maritime security networks.
"European defense can't just be about French-British cooperation," Barnier said, referring to a strategic resource-sharing deal agreed to by London and Paris.
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Tie a Knot and Hang On
33 comments:
- Sfizi e Sfarzi Moda said...
Grazie mille per il tuo commento. Sono deliziose le mollette. Baci Marcella
- June 30, 2011 at 1:12 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Precious Shawna,
First of all, your photos are so gorgeous. I love my turquoise and aqua, but I see that you marry the color with your signature peach and pink and it is so beautiful. Now for the rest....oh how we ALL feel this way! Anyone who goes out on a limb to DO something daring must gather courage from outside of themselves. YOU CAN DO IT..I also think we need to step away a bit from whatever we are trying to accomplish especially if it is not bringing us the satisfaction that we are seeking. As a writer, there are what I think THREE stages in a cycle, according to Sir Francis Bacon. Here they are paraphrased:
Reading fills you up
Discussing makes you ready
Writing makes you EXACT.
As I see how far I have to go to understand real writing, I am reading voraciously, more than ever, or at least with a PURPOSE for my personal writing goals. I discuss with other writers or any one that will listen. That gives me ideas and helps to shape them. BUt then the scary and LONELY part comes...to sit ALONE and write. But I take all that I have learned about style in reading. I take the ideas developed in conversation, and then I get TO WORK. It sometimes flows, more often than not, it does not and then the REAL THINKING HAPPENS. It is a struggle, but that doesn't mean it is a failure. It is only saying that I am working and getting in shape. I always tell my students that practicing to be good students in all ways is like lifting weights; it is hard, but it makes you strong. At first it hurts, it is heavy, but with practice, it gets easier because you are stronger. I wish you the BEST in your personal journey of finding your muse, energy boldness to BARREL THROUGH and find your success!
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- June 30, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- Martina said...
Thank you for these encouriging quotes! I'm living through quite some chalenges and can put them into practise ;) Have a lovely day!
- June 30, 2011 at 2:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Absolutely LOVE this post, dear Shawna!!!!! Oh, wonderful!!! All the images are super!!!
Sorry for my being far lately, we are searching for a good school for Aila...we are visiting some schools and so...it is time for my princess fly higher...
Much love to YOU!!! Bela
- June 30, 2011 at 4:32 AM
- Ana Degenaar said...
So much inspiration! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
- June 30, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- HOGGER + Co. said...
You and your great quotes!! One of them always makes it as my status :)
Love this one:
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
-Author Unknown
Thanks for the inspiration!
- June 30, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Annie said...
so true Shawna :) thanks for the reminders! and an early Happy 4th to you too!! xo
- June 30, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Sunny said...
ah! all the knick-knacks...how i love organizing them :)
- June 30, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Amanda said...
i'm the worst at starting a project and not finishing it! :( i love these pictures!!!
- June 30, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Unknown said...
Know this feeling well. Sometimes you've just got to plow on through.
- June 30, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- cb said...
oh man i totally feel that way... my animal portrait pendants have been giving me hell and i have been working on them for almost 2 months...i hate throwing in the towel but i have spent so much time and money on trying to make them work but just can't figure it out! i am moving on to bigger and better things! i see it as a sign that it was meant to be!
- June 30, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- amy b.s. said...
great quote.
- June 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Courtney McCormack said...
I love blog, very encouraging
- June 30, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Bad Joan said...
What a cute room and awesome projects! Love DIY projects for the summer!
- June 30, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
Funny I was just having this convo with my bestie yesterday. More in a way of saying that if God opened the door then walk thru it, only He can open it and only He can shut it, it's up to us to do our best and trust that we are where we are meant to be and headed in a direction of purpose! xo -Taj
- June 30, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Mapleandvine said...
loving that desk and those tulips AWESOME! beautiful quotes.
- June 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- k said...
i love all these quotes, very uplifting!
- July 1, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- this free bird said...
Okay that Roosevelt quote? Much needed....
- July 1, 2011 at 2:04 AM
- classiq said...
I'm so moved by this post, Shawna! These quotes are beautiful guidance in life. :) Have a wonderful day! Ada
- July 1, 2011 at 3:21 AM
- Hepburn Hilton said...
Such beautiful quotes!
- July 1, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- thingsIlove said...
The quotes are very inspiring and so true! HANG ON
- July 1, 2011 at 1:26 PM
You inspire me!
I haven't made anything lately. Now, I want to be creative!!
Have you made anything?
Have a lovely weekend, my dear.
- July 2, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Neus said...
This selection is so nice!! You have a really wonderful blog!
- July 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- ellie's desk said...
Hope you have a happy 4th! The article sounds great. I know..some of my crochet slouchy hats are better than others when I create them. Sometimes, I just have to find the right individual to give them too.
- July 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- StephieB said...
I love all the quotes and images - so inspiring! I especially love the quote about the stars. Hope you have a happy weekend and realise some of your goals too! Stephie x
- July 3, 2011 at 1:58 AM
- Signe said...
Such amazing images!
Especially loe the tape (I have one of those!) and the old box with the wallpaper samples :)
Hugs and a happySunday to you!
- July 3, 2011 at 2:49 AM
- lauren said...
beautiful photos. beautiful sentiments. sometimes just pushing through and completing something is the best thing you can do, even if it doesn't work out how you expected it to.
megan fox who!?!?!
- July 3, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- Diana said...
If its not okay its not the end...I love that! And tie a knot and hang on...great quotes...you are always so inspiring! I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend sweety! <3
PS theres a giveaway on the main blog!
- July 3, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Melissa Blake said...
oooh, what lovely quotes!
- July 3, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Bring Pretty Back said...
That office is so PRETTY!!!! I do very few diy projects... I REALLY want to start. I need to start with baby steps- love this post.
Have a PRETTY day!
- July 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- About Last Weekend said...
I know what you mean, that's really a metaphor for life, just keep on going...
- July 3, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Oh I so agree with you! Once you get there the feeling can't be beat :)
Happy 4th, sweetie! xoxo
- July 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Oh Poppie Gril, I want that office! What a lovely space, my fave colors too! I love the fabric clothes pins too, super cute!
What great qoutes! I think my fave is the " When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on" oh and if it faces a pond jump off into it, he he!!!
Poppie Girl, if anyone will go far and be great it is YOU!!!
Love you lots
gi gi
- July 10, 2011 at 4:23 PM


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By Rahsian Parris
With the new movie The Cove due to hit UK screens this month, the riveting depiction of the horrors surrounding Japanese Whale and Dolphin slaughtering has come at an ideal time. The beginning of hunting season.
Under the light of the warm summer sun herds of small children and adults alike pour into dolphinariums, theme parks and marine mammal parks to get a small glimpse of these spectacular creatures in action. The applause crescendos into a roar of happy cheers, a sea of smiling faces, as one of the most intelligent animals on the planet performs an array of playful tasks. Swimming backwards? Check! Balancing a ball on its nose? Check! The benevolent mammals seemingly have no qualms about jumping through hoops for their superiors, but when the sun starts to set, the doors begin to shut and the chill of the night air sets in, the only reminder of the joys of the day are the empty candy floss sticks stuck to the concrete floors.
Fast-forward a few months and in the small fishing town of Taiji, Japan, Dolphin hunting season has begun. Select fisherman of the 3,500 populated town, are poised in position, watching with stealth and trained eyes for a pod of dolphins. When the group are identified they are debilitated by fisherman who bang metal rods together in the water, disorientating the mammals and effecting their ultra sensitive sonars. The crippled animals are quickly driven into a cove blocked off by other boats and nets, trapped, they are left overnight to calm down. The next day the Dolphins are individually captured and then killed one by one. A sharp metal pin is driven into the neck of the Dolphin. It dies almost instantaneously. This method of killing is said to be less brutal than the previous method which has been made illegal in Japan, where after the Dolphin is separated from the other captives, its throat is slit and the Dolphin is left to violently convulse before its imminent death.
The hunt starts at the beginning of September, with the first day bringing in at least 100 Bottlenose Dolphins and maybe some Pilot Whales, but Japan's annual quota is approximately 20,000 Dolphins. Aquariums can pay up to £90,000 for one of these Dolphins, but most of them are killed, their meat being sold for about £330 per carcass. Tickets for a show at a dolphinarium can cost as little as £20.
It has been argued that Whale and Dolphin hunting is part of the Japanese tradition, that the meat gathered during the hunts becomes part of the local dishes, which are part of the culture, which is paramount to the identity of the nation, however, after capture, the slaughtering takes place very much under wraps, behind (several) closed doors (barriers), as far away from prying eyes as it is from patriots. Although there are several organizations that continuously strive to put a stop to the slaughtering of Dolphins and Whales in Japan, and on a smaller scale, in other places, drive hunting, as it is known, continues to be a serious, global, animal welfare issue.
One activist in particular has been making a stand for over three decades. Ex-Dolphin trainer, Ric O'Barry is a dedicated campaigner against the atrocities of drive hunting, saying "I've been working with dolphins for most of my life. I watched them give birth. I've nursed them back to health. When I see what happens in this cove in Taiji, I want to do something about it." In his new film The Cove he seeks to uncover the truth surrounding the multi-billion dollar Dolphin entertainment industry that he himself use to endorse (O'Barry captured and trained all 5 Dolphins that were used in the television series "Flipper"). The movie seeks to expose, educate and inspire people into action, showing the reality of the blood thirsty industries that hide behind sugar coated notions and sun kissed dreams.
Over a montage of breath taking clips of Dolphins swimming out at sea, coupled with grim, savage scenes filmed on hidden cameras by O'Barry's team of activists, we hear the voice-over "If I destroy anything in nature, I'm taking it away from myself and the human race has to wake up to that, because we're losing it all and we're losing it at a horrifying rate." and suddenly you are taken back to those fond, sun drenched, childhood memories where the summers are extra long and the future is a certainty, yet the in the back of your mind an image lingers and in this image there are no hoops, no beach balls, no tomorrow.
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Thieves calling themselves "The Educators" have returned a statue stolen from disgraced investment guru Bernie Madoff. And they hope the Wall Street money manager has learned his lesson.
The Palm Beach Post reports that the $10,000 copper sculpture turned up Wednesday near the country club Madoff belonged to.
A note attached read: "Bernie the Swindler, Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners. Signed by -- The Educators."
The statue was reported missing Dec. 22, about a week after he was arrested on charges he bilked investors out of more than $50 billion. His clients included major banks, charities and retirees.
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Today, 13 ladies traveled to Netivot from all over our country, to show solidarity with Southern residents. These women are part of 'Coffee Talk', a closed Face Book group.
Please read my blog...Even Face Book can be Kosher..... to learn the story
behind 'Coffee Talk'.
There are five Southern belles who live in Ma'agalim, Netivot and Beer Sheva. The women who took the time and made the effort to join our face to face lunch came from Netanya, Jerusalem, Elon Moreh, Shilo, Maale Adumim Gush Etzion and Bet Shemesh. They came by car, train, bus, and Sherut [private mini bus].
Living in the South, I want to tell my friends, how much I appreciated your effort and enjoyed spending the day you. You are always welcomed in my neck of the woods.
The weather was beautiful. We met in the center of Netivot and walked, talked, laughed and shopped along the way to our last stop, Greg's Café.
When passing a portable bomber shelter, since most of the ladies had never seen one, they were anxious to enter and were amazed with the idea and size. Batya stretched out her arms from one side to the other. This was the width.
Arriving at the Cafe we met up with the rest of our group. The Cafe had set a long table with a pink tablecloth on a private patio for us.
We enjoyed a delicious lunch with super service. As a surprise, Hadassa, who makes beautiful hand made beaded jewelry, brought necklaces and earrings that she made and said they were for sale with all money going a needy bride's fund in Netivot. We were also treated to a lesson on making jewelry.
I am honored to have met these wonderful, talented women. May we have many more outings together.
I want to wish a Refu'a Shelayma to the ladies, who wanted to join us, but were under the weather.
Chanukah Sameach!
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Demo: PIR Motion Sensor
The PIR Motion Sensor, or Passive Infrared Sensor, is a sensor that takes a snapshot of the room and sets the 'alarm' pin to 'LOW' if it detects changes in heat. Since this sensor is an open collector, it needs a pull-up resistor on the alarm pin, which allows multiple motion sensors to be connected on a single input pin. If motion is detected in this demo, it will output "Motion Detected" on the console and will turn on the LED.
var b = require('bonescript'); var led = "P8_13"; b.pinMode(led, 'out'); b.pinMode('P8_19', b.INPUT); setInterval(checkPIR, 2500); // Checks the Sensor Every 2.5 Seconds function checkPIR(){ b.digitalRead('P8_19', printStatus); } function printStatus(x) { if(x.value === 0){ b.digitalWrite(led, 1); console.log("Motion Detected"); } else{ console.log("No Motion Detected"); b.digitalWrite(led, 0); } }
Build and execute instructions
- Connect the '+' pin from the sensor to 'P9_5' of the BeagleBoard in series with a 10kohm resistor as shown on the right.
- Connect the '-' pin from the sensor to 'P9_1' of the BeagleBoard.
- Connect the 'AL' pin from the sensor to 'P8_19' of the BeagleBoard in series with a 10kohm resistor as shown on the right.
- Connect the LED with a 470ohm resistor as shown on the right
- Click "Run" on the code. Every 2.5 seconds, the console will tell you if there was motion detected. If there was motion detected, the LED will also turn on.
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The U.S. General Services Administration celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2009, yet is quite possibly the largest federal agency you have never heard of. If you've heard of GSA at all, it's probably in our unofficial capacity as the nation's landlord. GSA is the largest public real estate organization in the nation. Indeed, the agency provides 354 million square feet of office space to more than a million federal employees in 2,100 towns. If GSA were a publicly traded company, its revenues would place it at 135 on the Fortune 500, ahead of Xerox and Nike, among others.
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GSA is behind most of the government's purchases, including everything from phone contracts to computers, cars, trucks and buses. Nearly all federal activities are conducted using furniture, computer equipment and office supplies procured through GSA. The agency also manages the official Web portals of the federal government, USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov, its Spanish-language counterpart. These serve as the people's "electronic front door" to vital government information and services.
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3 Career Lessons From Sunday Night Football
By Heather Huhman
Even if you don't watch football, you know "Sunday Night Football." With country star Faith Hill singing the theme song and major NFL players featured in the video, "Sunday Night Football" has built a solid, star-studded brand -- so much so that when "Sunday Night Football" debuted for the 2012 season on a Wednesday night, it recorded the third largest audience in the eleven-year history of the franchise.
"Sunday Night Football" consistently tops viewer charts, taking the top four spots for largest audience during its debut week. Over the past eleven years, NBC has built a huge following of loyal football fans and casual observers. The announcers Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels themselves have generated followings, both on Twitter and at home. As of 2012, "Sunday Night Football" holds the top spot as the most watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings.
So what can you, as a job seeker, learn from "Sunday Night Football"?
1. Build a strong brand.
"Sunday Night Football" uses Faith Hill and top NFL talent to convey its star-studded lineup. They show game-winning plays and players to hook their audience and catch them up in the excitement of the game. Your personal brand should do the same. Do your research when building your brand. Look at your resume, cover letter, writing and work samples. Make sure they highlight your unique skills and strengths. Tweak your social and professional profiles to make sure they convey a unified, consistent image.
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2. Stick with your brand.
Over the past 11 years, little has changed with "Sunday Night Football." The changes that have been made have been done so to strengthen the brand, rather than scrap it and start over. For instance, the theme song, originally composed by John Williams, was tweaked to include rock and techno elements as a way to update it, but the score essentially remained the same.
So too should you build upon your brand. Add to your portfolio whenever you have work published or recognized. Make sure to link your profiles together for hiring managers' and recruiters' ease. The more information they can find about you, the stronger your brand will be. Google yourself for any incriminating photos or information you'd rather not have displayed. Keep it clean, unified and consistent.
3. Shine like a star.
"Sunday Night Football" has an advantage here -- they have celebrities. But just as Faith Hill can use her appearance in the "Sunday Night Football" theme video to her advantage, you can use your presence and brand to yours. Highlight your work, demonstrate your influence, and show potential employers your worth. Join groups on LinkedIn and participate in group discussions; follow industry professionals on Twitter and attend Twitter chats. Establish a presence in your industry and feature it on your resume as well as your social and professional profiles.
While you don't necessarily need a theme song to build a solid brand (although, if you can get Faith Hill and her fellow NFL stars, more power to you!), use these tips to help build a lasting brand like "Sunday Night Football."
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The world of fashion is fleeting and ever-changing. With each season, trends are introduced, reconstructed, and promptly disposed.
This past year, we saw a contrast between the incredibly loud to the impeccably subtle. Within four short seasons we visited the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s.
As we moved through 2014, we tapped into our inner flower-child, borrowed from the boys, went wild for animal prints, visited the heartland, learned new ways to reveal skin, yet also satisfied seasonal classics like pastels for spring and furs for winter.
Let's look back at some of the favorite runway looks and trends:
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As much as we are enjoying the retrospectives, fashion is very much about the future and 2015 is already shaping up to look like another exciting year for ready-to-wear.
During the recent monthlong parade of shows in New York, Milan, Paris and London, international designers seem to agree on what feels like a definitive message for the Spring Summer 2015 season: 70s chic.
"It was remarkable how much solidarity there was among designers in pushing forward a new look, albeit one that was largely rooted in an aesthetic that was inspired by the easy fashion of the 1960s and a somewhat hippie vibe of the 1970s," said Eric Wilson, fashion news director at InStyle magazine.
Its influence was overarching, evident in the fringes at Proenza Schouler and Alberta Ferretti, flared pants at Derek Lam and Celine, bohemian flowy dresses at Pucci and Etro, fur vests at Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci, and patchwork at Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino.
But, it wasn't all peace and love on the runways. Ralph Lauren and Marc Jacobs, among others, went for a more utilitarian look with deep cargo pockets, tailored silhouettes, khakis and olive drab — think somewhere between military-chic and safari luxe.
There were also Japanese inspirations, asymmetrical hems, androgynous tailored suits, and denim galore.
Perhaps the most surprising trend to come next spring and summer is the fall staple, leather.
"Certainly 'summer leather' is a new category that looks promising, partly the result of technical advancements that have resulted in lighter weight materials, even perforated leather that feels cooler in warmer months, and partly the result of the fact that spring clothes now go into stores so early that they need to address multiple seasons' weather," says Wilson.
As we brace the current arctic blasts swathed in cozy sweaters and coats, check out the gallery at the top of the story for a peek at the spring 2015 looks soon to be arriving in stores.


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Why PR?
If any of the following chimes with you – then you might want to consider public relations as part of your marketing mix.
Are you:
Worried your company is not visible - no one knows you or your business exists?
Frustrated people don't understand what you do – you're always having to explain over and over again what service or product you offer?
Concerned about the fact you're successful but you are still relatively unknown in your geographical area?
Unhappy your expertise is not being recognised or valued at a regional or national level?
Troubled by the fact you're ready to move your business to another level through marketing but you're unsure how to do it?
Remember, PR is not right for everyone. So you need to be clear on your business goals to make a clear judgment on whether or not, it's the next right thing for you. I'm happy to discuss this with you to help you make that decision.
How do I approach public relations?
I'm a journalist and that's the skill set I use to tell stories about people in and around businesses – it's all about the people. I work alongside other journalists and will take a journalistic approach to your 'news'.
With a long career in journalism and television, I have a broad range of contacts both locally in Wiltshire, where I'm based, but also in the south west and across the UK. I know what a story should look like and who might be interested in it – and often who would not be interested.
Alongside that I am still a working journalist today, supplying articles to local magazines, making television programmes (both factual entertainment and current affairs) and writing for specialist publications.
I take an holistic and strategic approach to PR and marketing – it's all in the planning of the time and budget to find what works for each individual client. This is long-term strategy for growth and sales over time, it's not a short term fix. It's a journey taken together with commitment on both sides.
Equally, I offer training programmes and workshops for people who want to do-it-yourself or to inhouse marketing teams who feel they could do with an injection of journalistic insight.
I work with words, pictures, video, social media – seeking to create the mix that will work for you. It's all about content, stories and the people behind the stories, however that information is communicated.


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4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me; 6in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.
7Then I said, See, God, I have come to do your will, O God (in the scroll of the book it is written of me). 8When he said above, You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings (these are offered according to the law), 9then he added, See, I have come to do your will. He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. 10And it is by Gods will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – D.C. United punctured the Portland Timbers' air of invincibility at JELD-WEN Field on Sunday, defeating the home side, 3-2.
Missing key offensive weapons Charlie Davies and Dax McCarty, both out with injuries, D.C. United became the first team in six to earn an MLS regular season victory in Portland.
It was a game that followed none of the familiar scripts at JELD-WEN Field — and it included four penalty kicks.
DC got on the board in the 13th minute when rookie Perry Kitchen slotted home a ball off the head of fellow freshman Blake Brettschneider. United held that 1-0 lead a halftime, the first deficit for the Timbers at home at the break.
In the second half, Timbers caught a break when Dejan Jacovic pulled down forward Kenny Cooper in the penalty box. Cooper stepped up to convert the penalty kick, but he saw not one, but two of his efforts saved by D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Each time, Hamid was called by the assistant referee for leaving his line to make the save.
On the third try, Cooper moved aside for Jack Jewsbury, who slotted in the equalizer in the 65th minute. Cooper came out of the game soon after his adventure with the penalty kicks, replaced by Ryan Pore in the 70th minute.
But DC kept pushing, and 10 minutes later Diego Chara tackled Chris Pontius inside the 18-yard box before seemingly handling the ball, giving United a penalty opportunity. Pontius lifted his shot into the net while goalkeeper Troy Perkins went low and to his left.
DC then extended their lead to 3-1 when Josh Wolf scored in the 85th minute after collecting Brettschneider's flick-on from Hamid's deep goal kick.
The Black-and-Red paid particular attention to the Timbers' recent run of success with set pieces, locating tall defenders Eric Brunner and Mamadou "Futty" Danso and preventing them from getting onto Jewsbury's service on free kicks.
However, the Timbers eventually found success via the dead ball when Jorge Perlaza headed in Jeremy Hall's free kick in the 88th, lifting the home crowd in the dying minutes as Portland looked to rally for a point.
The comeback was never completed, though, and DC held on to earn a rare road victory at JELD-WEN Field.
Scoring Summary:
DC -- Perry Kitchen 1 (Chris Pontius 1, Blake Brettschneider 1) 13
POR -- Jack Jewsbury 3 (penalty kick) 67
DC -- Chris Pontius 4 (penalty kick) 75
DC -- Josh Wolff 3 (Blake Brettschneider 2) 85
POR -- Jorge Perlaza 3 (Jeremy Hall 2) 88
D.C. United -- Bill Hamid, Perry Kitchen, Ethan White, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard, Andy Najar (Fred 87), Stephen King, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius, Blake Brettschneider, Joseph Ngwenya (Josh Wolff 51) (Brandon Barklage 91+).
Substitutes Not Used: Rodrigo Brasesco, Chris Korb, Conor Shanosky, Joe Willis.
Portland Timbers -- Troy Perkins, Jeremy Hall, Eric Brunner, Mamadou Danso, Rodney Wallace, Sal Zizzo, Jack Jewsbury, Diego Chara (Adam Moffat 84), Kalif Alhassan, Kenny Cooper (Ryan Pore 69), Jorge Perlaza.
Substitutes Not Used: David Horst, Eddie Johnson, James Marcelin, Darlington Nagbe, Adin Brown.
Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Dejan Jakovic (caution; Reckless Tackle) 57
DC -- Bill Hamid (caution; Dissent) 66
Referee: Geoff Gamble
Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry; Eric Proctor
4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
Attendance: 18,627
Time of Game: 1:50
Weather: Cloudy-and-55-degrees


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Book of never-before-seen John Lennon photos next month
May Pang met John Lennon when she worked for the Beatles' management company in the early 1970's. She got to know him well when she served as Lennon and Yoko Ono's personal assistant after that. But her life with Lennon began when Ono asked May to "keep John company" during a break in their marriage. Although hesitant at first, Pang eventually became John Lennon's girlfriend during what is often referred to as a "lost weekend." In later years, the official Lennon camp had suggested that May's time with John was a blip on the screen; a time when Lennon was stymied creatively, unhappy and estranged from his family and bandmates. But Pang's wonderful photos, many of which appear in this book for the first time, tell a different story.
A new book, Instamatic Karma, Photographs of John Lennon, by May Pang, showcases these never-before-seen photos of John Lennon during his time with May.
They show a relaxed and playful Lennon--eating Chinese food at their East 52nd Street apartment, swimming in Long Island, spending Christmas and a trip to Disneyland with son Julian and hanging out with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney--and a creative and productive Lennon working on his album "Walls and Bridges" and rehearsing his band for the "Rock'n'Roll" album.
A native of New York's Spanish Harlem, May Pang grew up loving music. Her very first job was at the Beatles' management company, ABKCO Industries. While working at ABKCO, John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved to New York City and hired May as their personal assistant. As exciting as this was, little did she know what fate had in store. One day in June 1973, Yoko approached her and explained that she and John needed a break from each other. Yoko had also decided that May would be his 'ideal companion.'
So began an 18-month relationship that had become known misleadingly as "Lennon's Lost Weekend." During this period, however, John Lennon was actually the most productive and successful in his post-Beatles career. After Lennon's tragic death in 1980, a lot of myths and misconceptions began surfacing about John and May's time together. In 1983, she decided to set the record straight with her memoir, Loving John.
She eventually married record producer Tony Visconti and has two children. Today, May is a full-time single mom, but her heart is still in rock n' roll. She is currently a photographer, artist and Feng Shui jewelry and furniture designer. She lives in New York.
Pang's images span color and black & white, prints and more candid Polaroids, and paint a nimble, effortless and innocent portrait of both a romance and a fascinating time in John Lennon's life. The captions Pang has written to accompany her photos are rich with detail and make this book truly exceptional.
Instamatic Karma, Photographs of John Lennon, will be in stores on March 6, 2008.
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• Instamatic Karma, Photographs of John Lennon, by May Pang
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The trial date is scheduled approximately six weeks from the date the claim is filed. The claim with notice of the trial date must be promptly served before the trial. Proper service is accomplished by:
A deputy sheriff or process server is qualified to make proper service. The deputy or server sends a bill to the plaintiff when the defendant is served the papers. Pay the deputy or server with a check or money order by mailing to the address on the bill.
If the address for the defendant is incorrect, the deputy or server charges $10 for an incorrect address fee. A legally competent adult, who is not involved in the case, or not an officer of a corporation filing the claim, may also serve papers to the defendant.
(See the fee schedule.) By law, the court sends the certified mail and the plaintiff pays for mailing fee at the time of filing. If the certified mail is not signed by the defendant, the Post Office returns the unclaimed mail to the court. The plaintiff may file an amended Affidavit and Claim (no filing fee required) and request service by a deputy. The certified mail fee may not be included as costs with the judgment if the mail is returned unclaimed.
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In central Dublin, Lynams Hotel is situated on O'Connell Street with Temple Bar, Croke Park and shopping districts nearby. Dublin Castle and Trinity College are just a 5-minute walk away.
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Local Learning Center Hopes To Open Doors in Mid-February
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COLUMBIA - Christ in Motion Learning Center is working hard to re-open its doors by February 15 after losing sponsor support to cover utilities and other expenses. Raco Gates, founder and owner of the organization, is hopeful, though still struggling with the bills that forced the group to close last summer.
Christ in Motion was founded in 2008 and offered programs including an elderly care, assistance for public housing and a program to help employ teens. When funding became tight early in 2012, the group focused on its learning center, with hopes it would sustain the organization financially. The learning center was functioning and had students until summer of last year when bills were too much and the utilities and lights were turned off.
The learning center was forced to close, but the staff did not give up on its project. Staff members used money from their own pockets to cover costs and Gates said she gives up as much as 75 percent of her income to make sure the learning center re-opened. The staff worked by daylight to make improvements on the school, and raised funds to get lights and utilities back on.
John Williams, a Christ in Motion representative, said the loss of power was devastating. "It was hard to have people calling and telling them we could no longer provide services for them," Williams said.
After about four months in the dark, the group was able to restore power in October, and is continuing final improvements to get the school back open.
"We wanted to do it right this time. We used all of our resources to make it possible to re-open and have everything about the facility education-based," Gates said.
However, the organization is still struggling with power and utility bills and Gates said that is the only thing that will stop the center from re-opening.
"We are still having problems with utilities, but we are hopeful," Gates said, "We just want to be here for the community."
Christ in Motion is looking for grants and donations to help the learning center get on its feet.
For information on enrollment, or to donate, call 573-864-9697.


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Note: If you have been abused by your spouse, relative, or friend, please call the police (911) and get to a safe place. Your life and the safety of your children are the immediate priority. Once you and a counselor have determined that your life is not in danger, there may be an opportunity for a process of restoration in situations where both partners acknowledge the need for help.
According to Gary Barnes, professor of biblical counseling at DTS, one out of four people at your church may be suffering from spousal abuse. What would you say if a woman and her abusive husband came to you, acknowledging their need for professional help? How should Christian leaders advise people like them to move forward with counseling?
On our "Are There Biblical Grounds for Divorce?" episode of the Table Podcast, Darrell Bock, Gary Barnes, and Debby Wade (licensed sex therapist) discuss practical advice for pastors and others who are ministering to spouses who are willing to seek assistance. In this video clip, Wade and Barnes explain how a collaborative, structured model can help couples pursue reconciliation.
Bock begins this section by asking, "Should the spouses seek the same counselor, or different counselors, or does it depend?" Wade responds:
I would recommend two different counselors and a consent of release being signed by both parties for both counselors so that the communication can be between the counselors (and they can) validate what change is taking place.
Furthermore, she also suggests periodic meetings with both spouses and their counselors present. This allows counselors to work individually with each spouse on personal issues before coming together to evaluate marital issues. Moreover, this model allows each spouse a personal advocate who affirms their desire for reconciliation.
Barnes adds that while this collaborative, structured model is ideal, it may not be possible to have the victim and abuser immediately enter into this kind of counseling situation. He explains,
"…it may be the case that a lot of individual work would have to happen first before that joint-work could happen."
Still, Barnes notes that these situations where both partners see a need are not outside the potential for God's redeeming work. In conjunction with appropriate space and time for change to occur, God has used this counseling model in the process of restoring trust in abusive situations and as a means to bring abuse to a stop.
Listen to the rest of this podcast: What Does The Bible Say about Divorce and Redemption in Cases of Spousal Abuse?


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It's Purple Martin time in Texas
In the birding world, few species generate more excitement than does the "Purple Martin," a swallow that is arriving now in Texas, with reports of "scouts" logged almost daily online.
Purple Martins, the largest of the swallows in North America, are totally dependent on man-made housing east of the Rockies and faithfully return to the same locations each year, so it's understandable that human "landlords" anxiously await the return of "their" birds from wintering grounds in South America.
Some of the earliest arrivals to the eastern U.S. occur on the Texas coast and dates/locations are watched by martin enthusiasts nationally on an online database - at www.purplemartin.org -- maintained by the Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA), a nonprofit conservation organization.
The earliest arriving martin recorded in Texas this season occurred Jan. 10 in Seguin. Among other early arrivals: Jan. 27 Victoria; and Feb. 3 in San Antonio.
New arrivals represent just a trickle of the population and martins continue to return "home" well into spring. The first wave consists of so-called "adult" martins - those two or more years old, with adult males sporting full dark-purple color. Females are a bit drab, with a gray breast. One-year-old martins - called "subadults" -- arrive 10 to 12 weeks later than the older birds - generally into April. These younger birds sometimes are more easily attracted to new housing locations.
Purple Martins prefer to nest in colonies in gourds hung from large racks and in multi-compartment birdhouses. The birds nest throughout central and eastern Texas with the greatest populations east and a gradual absence in West Texas.
Recently the PMCA has helped launch high-tech research into the winter migration whereabouts. It was known that Purple Martins winter in South America, but a few dozen individual birds have now been fitted with tiny "geolocators," a type of light-sensing device attached the birds' backs to precisely track their movements.
When individuals return in spring, they are briefly captured, their geolocators removed and the data downloaded to draw a map of their movements. It's now learned that most winter in Central Brazil, and not southern Brazil as previously believed.
The route back also had been unclear, but tracking birds tagged originally in Corpus Christ, it's now been found that some Texas martins follow the coastline of Mexico northward, while others make a gulf crossing - as previously assumed -- leaping northward off the coast of the Yucatan. Also significant, Purple Martins nesting further to the north and west, up into MN, the Dakotas, and Alberta, Canada, all pass through Texas on their trip home.
For reasons that are unclear, new arrivals sometimes show up on warm fronts just as the wind direction is turning to the north - the "fall out" phenomenon as birders call it where many exhausted bird species "fall out" along the coast.
Because martins feed on the wing - taking insects from the air -arrivals during cool periods sometimes face starvation. However, hobbyists have learned to supplemental feed the martins from feeder trays, inside their compartments and sometimes by actually flinging bits of scrambled egg or thawed crickets into the air..
A PDF information sheet about supplemental feeding -- the techniques are still new to many hobbyists - can be found at the PMCA's website at www.purplemartin.org.
The PMCA recently analyzed long-term data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and found that - thanks to devoted men and women who erect and maintain housing - purple martin populations overall are holding steady in North America - with exceptions in some states -- and appear to be increasing in Texas.
Many parks and public areas in Texas host colonies of the birds, including a newly established colony at the South Texas Botanical Gardens in Corpus Christi. In San Antonio, students maintain a thriving colony at John Jay High School. In Grand Prairie, members of the Purple Martin Landlords of North Texas - http://www.purplemartinlandlordsofnorthtexas.com -- conduct ongoing educational events.
At the height of summer in July, Texas martins gather in huge pre-migratory roosts at night in preparation for fall migration. Some contain tens of thousands of birds and one of the largest in Texas occurs at the Highland Mall in Austin, with local martin hobbyists gathering at sunset to watch the martins arrive.
Despite the relative abundance of Purple Martins in Texas, many people try for years to attract them without success, or their colonies disappear. Hobbyists may be unaware that problems such as competition from invasive non-native birds -- European starlings and House Sparrows -- or predation caused abandonment.
While generations of Americans have hosted Purple Martins - the custom adopted from Native Americans who hung out nesting gourds - specific techniques to help a colony thrive emerged in the past decade, based on research conducted by the PMCA and landlords in the field.
Among innovations are deeper compartments to protect nestlings from rain and aerial predators such as owls, specially-shaped entrance holes designed to admit martins while restricting starlings - and unique pole guards to thwart climbing predators: rat snakes and raccoons.
Because Purple Martins are birds of the open sky -- catching insects on the fly -- the PMCA's number one tip: place housing in the most open space available, but where the colony can be enjoyed and monitored.
More information about Purple Martins can be obtained from the Purple Martin Conservation Association - which is focused on aiding martins and landlords -- including an information and supplies booklet, with advice on attracting and managing a colony, and data sheets to participate in a "citizen science" program called Project Martinwatch, an international effort in which participants monitor nests and mail information to the PMCA at season's end.
To obtain the booklet, contact the PMCA at 814-833-7656 or online at www.purplemartin.org. The website also has an active Forum, and many hobbyists participate in the group's Facebook page.