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"Saturday Night Live," over the last 36 years, has spawned many performers whose subsequent stardom eclipsed their not-ready-for-prime-time nights.
We've seen them in the movies (everyone from Chevy Chase to Will Ferrell), in sitcoms (Tina Fey and Amy Poehler) and even in the U.S. Senate (Al Franken). But for decades, post-"SNL" triumphs proved elusive for those seeking a new berth in daily late-night TV comedy (sorry, Chevy).
Jimmy Fallon, set to host "SNL" this weekend for the first time since leaving the show in 2004, returns as the rarest of alums: a late-night success five other days of the week. Nearly three years into his "Late Night" stint, Fallon has come into his own as a TV force in a traditionally tough – and now crowded – after-hours landscape.
He got off to a shaky start in early 2009, his apparent nervous energy threatening to overwhelm his usual youthful, goofy charm. Still, he showed an early eagerness to try new bits, even if "Lick it for Ten" never quite worked for us.
The willingness to experiment soon yielded stronger features, like "Thank You Notes," "Slow Jam the News" and "#latenighthashtags," which speaks to his success in using social media to cultivate a young audience.
But perhaps Fallon's strongest draw is his growing ability as a musical mimic and parodist, performing the "History of Rap" with Justin Timberlake and channeling Neil Young and, more recently, Jim Morrison singing the theme from "Reading Rainbow," which may be the funniest thing he'll ever do.
Some of those parody videos have gone viral, exposing him to a larger audience, as did his Bruce Springsteen-inspired opening number at the Emmys last year. The Emmys gig marked a breakthrough, establishing Fallon to millions of prime-time viewers as a quick-witted and, above all, confident host – sans any hint of arrogance or ego.
That sense of self-assurance seemed lacking at times in his early days on "SNL," even if his talent and likability were instantly apparent. He made an impression as Sully, the crass Boston teen, and somehow made the inane concept of a Barry Gibb talk show work. But for much of his six-year tenure, he stood out most for sometimes cracking up during skits (though it's hard to blame him for losing it during the classic "More Cowbell!" routine).
Fallon didn't find his "SNL" niche until producer Lorne Michaels teamed him with Tina Fey on "Weekend Update." Their chemistry – her smart snark mixed with his deceivingly earnest and good-natured delivery – gave new life to the fake-news formula the show (and Chase) helped invent.
Credit Michaels for sticking with Fallon, not only on "SNL" but also on "Late Night" – giving him time to find his comedic way in a different format. Michaels' similar approach also worked with Conan O'Brien, a former "SNL" writer who needed time and space to develop in the same 12:30 a.m. NBC time slot where David Letterman grew into a TV icon.
Jimmy Fallon, at age 37, returns to "SNL" a more polished showman, poised to put on a performance that amounts to a thank-you note to the show that helped propel him to a second late-night life.
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Sandy Fries is a television writer who wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation first seasonepisode "Coming of Age" in 1988. He also served as story editor on The Next Generation for episodes such as "Angel One" and "Too Short a Season", Star Trek: Voyager, and on the video games Star Trek: Borg, Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Two in-universe names referenced on Star Trek were in Fries' honor: Admiral Sandy Fries and Captain Sandy Fries.
Fries was born in New York City and earned a BA in journalism from Clarke University. He also received a MS from Columbia University, where he was awarded with a NBC fellowship.
He moved to California and joined the writer's staff for The Next Generation, as well as several other television series such as Fame (1984), Quantum Leap (1990, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), The Smurfs (1981), Thundercats (1985), Superboy (1988), and Spider-man (1996). He made deals with Warner Brothers and Dick Clark productions, served as a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times and as a travel and food writer on My Table magazine.
Fries is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a former chairman of the Writer's Guild of America Future of Television Seminar, served as judge for the Emmy Awards, and even received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for television writing in 1985 for his work on the Smurfs. He also received a special commendation from the former mayor of Los Angeles for public service television writing.

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Manipulation and survival are two skills Jozea learned on Big Brother and then honed on Champs vs. Stars. He hopes to win it all so he can invest money in his music career.
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His original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and miniatures. And more.
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All these items were once written, crafted or owned by Dave Arneson, gaming legend and co-creator of D&D. But when Arneson died in 2009, his personal archives and game collection become lost. In 2011, they were found, in an abandoned storage locker in Minnesota.
Some 10,000 items comprising what is being called the Dave L. Arneson Collection — ranging from Arenson's 1959 game of Risk to game designs he tinkered with up until his death — will finally be sold at a series of eBay auctions beginning Sunday, May 6.
Here, GeekDad provides an exclusive sneak peek of some of the items up for grabs, never-before-seen photos, as well as insights into the collection and its significance from the auctioneer.
"An unforeseen turn of events" is how Paul J. Stormberg, founder of The Collector's Trove, an Omaha-based online auction agent, described how his company came to auction the items. "The management of the collection apparently became too much for Dave's heirs to handle and they abandoned it in a storage locker." The storage facility's owner tried to contact the heirs to no avail, leaving the "fate of the collection in the hands of others."
Then, "like an episode of Storage Wars or Auction Hunters," Stromberg said, "the owner of the storage facility followed the business' standard protocol of auctioning the locker's contents." A local auction company won the bid and took possession of the collection, but its "enormity and eclectic nature" baffled them. They finally contacted Michael Cox, owner and operator of an online gaming store called The Dragon's Trove.
"It was by pure chance that the new owner attempted to find the meaning of some of the boxes of paper rather than deciding that there was no gold or jewelry to be found, and just tossing it all into the nearest dumpster," wrote Cox on his company's website.
Cox contacted Stormberg, whose company specializes in handling and evaluating the collections of RPG game designers and artists. They teamed up to buy and save the collection. Cox made an offer to the local auction company. The company agreed and The Collector's Trove took possession of the materials for processing and auctioning. In an interview with GeekDad, Stormberg would not put a price tag on the collection, but he did say, "it was a substantial amount of money" — more than Cox had ever paid for an entire collection in 18 years of buying and selling for The Dragon's Trove, which has had its hands on many of the largest and highest quality collections in the world.
"I really must give credit to Michael, who, based on my estimate from that three hours of rummaging through the collection in that freezing garage, stuck his neck out to make this happen."
Stormberg said the collection filled 114 boxes. Along with "various loose items," the boxes were loaded into a van "with nary space for the driver and passenger to move." After nearly a year of cataloging, the items are now ready to be sold.
So what's in the collection?
Stormberg said that "About 30% of the items are what I call product: published games, game accessories, periodicals, and books." The remaining 70% of the collection is "non-product": all those letters and scribbled notes, maps, objects, and personal and family items. There is Arneson's Smith Corona: Mark IV typewriter; a set of lead crystal goblets etched with Arneson's family heraldry; and a model ship made of metal. "Dave loved the age of sail and all things to do with naval military history. Indeed, one of his first published games was Don't Give Up the Ship which he co-wrote with Gary Gygax and Mike Carr in 1972."
Among the highlights: unpublished manuscripts that did not make it into the final draft of Dungeons & Dragons that date as far back as 1973. There are even older items from 1971 and 1972 "dealing with the Blackmoor campaign and the Castle itself," Stormberg said. These may reveal secrets about the game's origins.
There are also runs of Gygax's Castle & Crusade Society and Domesday Book newsletters, and Arneson's Corner of the Table newsletter which discusses his various campaigns, including his Blackmoor exploits. Stormberg said the Domesday Book newsletters "are among the rarest and highly sought after" D&D collectibles. "These newsletters were produced by Gary Gygax in 1970-72 to support his Medieval military enthusiast club, the Castle & Crusade Society. These early pages show the kernels of ideas that would eventually lead Dave Arneson to create Blackmoor. Indeed, the famed fantasy campaign is detailed in one of the later issues of the Domesday Book."
There's also Arneson's personal copy of a book he created called "Dungeonmaster's Index," an index of all monsters, spells, rules, and magic items, which was published under his own name and without a license. "TSR was not happy, of course, and issued Dave several cease and desist letters mainly for the use of the term Dungeonmaster."
There are "just so many treasures," Stormberg said.
Another incredible find: Arneson's locked briefcase. "We just managed to figure out the combination lock to Dave's personal briefcase from the early to mid-1970s." This dates to when Arneson worked at TSR wih Gygax.
Stormberg said that in 2010, after fierce bidding, Gary Gygax's own locked briefcase was auctioned off for $1,400 to benefit the Gygax Memorial fund in 2010. "It is interesting to note that both men had nearly identical briefcases and both used the same scheme to devise their individual combinations," Stormberg said. Like with the Gygax auction, the contents of the Arneson briefcase will not be revealed before the auction, and the combination will only be given to the winner. Stormberg promised that "we found some very interesting items inside."
To deal with the thousands of items, The Collector's Trove will run a series of auctions over the next several months (along with the auctions of a number of other game designers). Each of the Dave Arneson auctions, Stormberg said, "will feature up to 200 items from the collection, showcasing various materials from the various stages of his professional and amateur gaming life." The first auction on Sunday, May 6, includes several rare wargames and role-playing games owned by Arneson, as well as inscribed and autographed copies, editorial and review copies of products, items from Arneson's library, and his personal play copies. Among the "many special items" are a series of Empire of the Petal Throne books and journals autographed by the late game designer M.A.R. Barker, who died in March of this year.
But before you get too excited about bidding and winning some lost treasure and then making your first million by printing it and selling it on Amazon, Stormberg noted that the intellectual property of certain designs and manuscripts are still owned by Arnesons's heirs or others who worked on the projects with him. "If an original manuscript of this sort is to be auctioned, it will only be for the physical item itself not for any sort of claim to any IP. Owning a physical manuscript does not give one the rights to the IP within." He said that even if the originals of such items are sold, a scan will be made so that their owners will have access to the material and whatever IP it might contain.
It's possible some of these items might see the light of day. A "dialogue has been opened" between Arneson's heirs and Michael Cox regarding anything of potential value to the gaming community, in the hopes that might lead to the eventual publication of some items for all to see.
Stormberg had been in contact with Arneson in the years leading to his death, and he said that Arneson maintained his heirs knew the importance of the collection, what to do with it, and how to contact The Collector's Trove. "Sadly, there was no communication from the family in over two years," Stormberg said. While some might be shocked that Arneson's heirs simply abandoned the collection in a storage locker, and wonder why they were not aware of its value, both monetarily and to the history of gaming, Stormberg sympathized. "No one can know what a burden it is to lose a family member and suddenly have that individual's life's worth of belongings dropped on their doorstep. It is a tremendous challenge to manage all that is going on around such an event."
Both Stormberg and Cox's companies will get commission, as is standard practice in auctions. Stormberg stressed that he plans to return certain personal family items to the heirs and to donate some materials to educational institutions. "We also are looking into ways where the heirs may benefit from the development of IP or a portion of the proceeds from the auction."
Thankfully, the Dave Arneson Collection did not end up in that Dumpster. The Dragon's Trove and the Collector's Trove are legitimate and upstanding outfits, and it's wonderful news that they saved the these 10,000-plus items.
Yet, while auctions of belongings happen all the time, in this writer's opinion, it's this unfortunate that this collection will be sold to individual collectors. There's a better solution: the creation of an RPG, tabletop and strategy game hall of fame.
What if this country had a single repository with archives of gaming history, with permanent and rotating exhibits for the public to enjoy and appreciate, rather than collections being split up and and scattered to the four winds? The Strong National Museum of Play somewhat accomplishes this, but its broad mandate is to include all forms of play and games. So, Wizards of the Coast, want to cough up the start-up funds? Or how about a Kickstarter campaign to kickstart this RPG Hall of Fame effort?
Back to the auction. The first 200 items go up for sale Sunday evening, May 6, and the auction closes a week later, May 13. The Collector's Trove will begin listing items at 7:30 PM CDT. The eBay link is here. For more information, visit The Collector's Trove.
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Fashion without photography is like a day without sunshine, and fashion photographers bring the sun to the gloomy day. The masters of their trade use photography as a means of depicting clothing and various other fashion items while still remaining in the realm of art. Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and other high-end fashion magazines are the perfect galleries that exhibit the finest of fashion photography. From its humble beginnings to today's sometimes overwhelming aesthetics, this genre has nurtured some of the best names in the business. Adored by fashion magazines, designers, models, and the fashion aficionados are figures such as Cecil Beaton, Helmut Newton, just to name a few. Such authors adored to branch onto various other photography disciplines, and have greatly influenced the realm of fine art photography, portraiture, not to mention the world of still lives as well.
From the beginning of the 20th century, fashion photographers have become more and more prominent in the world of photography. The development of halftone printing allowed these photos to be featured in various magazines. The rivalry of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar also influenced the expansion of the genre. Fashion photographers such as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Louse Dahl-Wolfe, and Martin Munkacsi revolutionized the world of fashion photography and redefined the role of the photographer in the creative process.
During the war, the United States and Europe became strikingly different and viewed fashion photography in different ways. The USA adopted the classic Americana vibe with models posing with flags, American cars, and in general seeking to fulfill the American dream, while Europe depicted models wearing gas masks and pin curlers in their hair to show the brevity of war and the lack of electricity that would allow them to curl their hair more easily.
Fast forward to contemporary times, today fashion photographers choose to shoot clean product, knolling, and ghost mannequin style. Often such a style of presentation is greatly criticized by female authors, such as Cindy Sherman, that continue to fight against the stereotypical roles and depictions of women. Regardless of the amount of controversy some of the images produced by the fashion photographers may produce, one can not bypass the fact that such a genre helped to push the boundaries of the world of photography. Even though the expansion of technology and the social and Internet life allows for the amateur photographers to display their works, the pure talent always breaks through.
David Bailey CBE is a fashion and portrait photographer originating from England.
He was a photographic assistant at the John French studio in 1959, and in 1960 he was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five. Later he was contracted as a fashion photographer by the British Vogue. He captured and helped in the creation of the Swinging London subculture, a term that encompassed fashion and cultural scene of 1960s London which largely consisted of discotheques, music, and the famous mod fashion.
Bailey is famous for his Box of Pin-Ups (1964) which is basically a box of prints of the celebrities of the time such as The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, Cecil Beaton, Terrence Stamp, and the infamous Kray twins, the East End gangsters. He created 18 Vogue covers and numerous editorials and photographed the image that appeared on The Rolling Stones album.
Featured image: Portrait of British photographer David Bailey at the opening of his East End exhibition, 2012, by Ben Broomfield via Wikimedia Commons.
Arthur Elgort is an American fashion photographer born in Brooklyn and known for his work with the Vogue fashion magazine. His debut at the British Vogue in 1971 created a frenzy in the world of fashion photography with his use of natural light and the iconic snapshot style. Since then, he produced 24 Vogue covers, which definitely means that his work was groundbreaking, to say the least.
Elgort's work was different and exciting, he often asked his models to run or jump on the set, he emphasized the movement instead of the static, motionless figures, and is considered one of the photographers that treat their models as real people, not just blank canvases or coat hangers for the clothes.
You can take a picture or you can make a picture. I prefer the latter
Featured image: Mary Ann Tighe in front of the New York Times Building in 2008 by Arthur Elgort via Wikimedia Commons
Mario Testino is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer and one of the most influential contemporary fashion photographers. His works have been published everywhere, notably in Vogue, Vanity Fair, V Magazine, and GQ.
He has worked with a myriad of fashion and beauty houses, such as Gucci, Versace, Michael Kors, Burberry, Chanel, Estée Lauder, and Lancôme. Some of his most famous portraits are of the royal families of Europe, probably the most recognizable being the series with Princess Diana in 1997, and the engagement photographs from the engagement of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton.
He also captured the British Royal Family in 2015 after Princess Charlotte of Cambridge's christening. Testino is also famous for his collaborations with the supermodel Kate Moss, and in our humble opinion, nobody can take a picture of Kate as good as Mario Testino can.
Featured image: Mario Testino in 2014 by Walterlan Papetti via Wikimedia Commons.
Helmut Newton is one of the fashion photographers that simply had to be on our top list.
Because he was one of the most influential, the most imitated, the most provocative fashion photographers who left a great footprint on the fashion industry. Newton was born in Berlin where he had a troubled life, being imprisoned in the concentration camp, an event that made his family leave Germany.
In 1957, he went to London where he won a year-long contract with the British Vogue but later went to Paris where he worked for French and German magazines before returning to Melbourne in 1859 to work for Australian Vogue.
His work can often be described as erotic, slightly sadomasochistic, and provocative, but that never stopped Newton from becoming one of the most celebrated fashion photographers in the world.
Featured image: Helmut Newton - Portrait (head) of Laurel Martyn, 1952. Image via National Library of Australia.
Peter Lindbergh is a German photographer and film director and one of the most influential contemporary fashion photographers. His groundbreaking works changed the standards of fashion photography during the period of excessive retouching and photo manipulation.
He chose to capture the personalities and the souls of his subjects, and not focus on the ideal standards of a woman's body for exploitive purposes.
His pieces are timeless and raw, as he prefers to photograph the models with an almost bare face, bereft of makeup and artificial eyelashes, enhancing the natural beauty and freeing the women from the shackles of age. He includes narrative in the fashion series, bringing the storytelling into the world of mindless product promotion.
This should be the responsibility of photographers today to free women, and finally everyone, from the terror of youth and perfection.
Featured image: Peter Lindbergh 2015, via Wikimedia Commons
Patrick Demarchelier is a French fashion photographer who discovered the world of fashion by working as a freelance photographer in New York during the 1970s. He worked alongside photographers such as Terry King, Jacque Guilbert, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Soon after his pieces got the attention from the notable fashion magazines such as Marie Claire, Elle, and 20 Ans Magazine, and he later went on to work with Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, with which he had collaborated for 12 full years.
He photographed editorials and advertising campaigns for high-end brands such as Dior, Celine, Chanel, Donna Karan, Louis Vuitton, Vera Wang, Yves Saint Laurent, Moschino, and Carolina Herrera, as well as for Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, and Elizabeth Arden. He shot covers for Vogue (British, American, and Paris), Rolling Stone, Elle, Mademoiselle, and Glamour Magazine.
Featured image: Alyssa Nicole Pallett for Vogue by Patrick Demarchelier, via Wikimedia Commons
German-born photographer Horst Diekgerdes' visual language is provoking, sensual, and slightly eccentric. Over the years, he has shot some of the most beautiful images for Miu Miu ad campaigns, Pulp album cover – This is Hardcore. He is also known as a photographer of the most distinctive cultural icons, such as Alexander Mc Queen, Erykah Badu, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
The surreal element vibrating in a normal setting was the standard which helped Diekgerdes choice the images for his new published monograph. As a celebration of life, the book is a journey of fashion and photography during the 1990's. Included in the book are also never before published works, observations of mundane life, and pictures from his personal diary.
The work of Sebastian Kim can be found in Harper's Bazaar UK, i-D, Interview, Muse, Numéro, Numéro Japan, W, and Vogue. Whether photographing celebrities or models, Sebastian Kim is one of the best storytellers of fashion photography and one of the most sought-after as well. Receiving commissions from the iconic fashion designers, such as Calvin Klein, Nina Ricci, John Galliano, H&M, Kim's images radiate the serene and powerful sexuality.
Featured image: Sebastian Kim – Rooney Mara, Time. Image via theredlist.com
One important secret of the trade Victor Demarchelier learned from his father Patrick Demarchelier. Love what you do, was the passed knowledge.
The son of one of the most acclaimed fashion photographer, Victor Demarchelier early on in his career created his own space far away from his father's shadow. The photographer is celebrated for his black and white photography produced for his exhibitions, erotic images for Interview magazine, or the cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia.
Using simple concepts for making big statements, elements of architecture combined with the beauty of his models, make his work one of the most celebrated in the fashion industry.
The work of Alice Hawkins is both sexy and intriguing. Reaching the essence of her subjects, be it in her commercial or fine art fashion photography, Hawkins never stops to amaze us.
In her trade-mark style, her photography is both energetic and fun and was known to be featured in some of the most prestigious fashion magazines such as Vanity Fair, InStyle, among many. Recognized to represent some of her greatest work are her ad campaigns for fashion labels Diesel, Agent Provocateur, and Topman.
Herb Ritts high contrast black-and-white images of supermodels and celebrities placed the body and face at the forefront. For the 1980's and 90s fashion photography, this became the style and the synonymous for the period's iconography.
Some of the most iconic images, such as the portrait of Richard Gere in his tank-top, or the Elle cover featuring Brooke Shields, were taken by this artist whose celebrity sky-rocketed during the 80s. Alongside his work for the top magazines and brands, Ritts is known for his directing of pop music videos and numerous commercials.
Yet, his best-known images are of course the supermodel group portrait Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood published in Rolling Stones, and the Calvin Klein underwear campaign, featuring Kate Moss and Mark Wahlberg.
Considered as one of the most iconic fashion photographers, Paolo Roversi's dreamy images made their first major appearance in Marie Claire magazine. Quickly after, Italian editions of Vogue and Harper's Bazar recognized his contribution and significance for the fashion industry.
Roversi described his technique as "more subtraction than addition."
I always try to take off things. We all have a sort of mask of expression. You say goodbye, you smile, you are scared. I try to take all these masks away and little by little subtract until you have something pure left. A kind of abandon, a kind of absence. It looks like an absence, but in fact when there is this emptiness I think the interior beauty comes out.
Featured image: India Mahdavi by Paolo Roversi via Noor Chalhoub, Wikimedia Commons.
Appearing frequently in the alternative fashion magazines such as Purple, i-D, and AnOther Magazine, Juergen Teller's raw subjects intrigue. Presenting moments that feel as if they are plucked from the personal archives, his photographs bush the boundaries of fashion photography.
With his work, the rigid and glossy editorial photography is left in the distant past. His trade-mark approach to image making, above anything else the overexposed color images in 1998 caught the eye of Marc Jacob. Soon they became the synonymous of Jacob's advertising campaigns which Teller was responsible for.
Featured image: Juergen Teller at the FILAF 2013 in Perpignan by Pascal Ferro via Wikimedia Commons
Considered as the most sough-after photographer of the industry, Ben Hassett's passion for photography came at an early age. Best known for his striking portraiture photography, with the distinctive use of light and dark, his images push the boundaries of photography, and as of recently motion video.
In his 15-year old career, he has photographed some of the most beautiful supermodels and has been commissioned to create for the most celebrated fashion magazines. Studying and receiving his first pay for documentary photography, the fashion photography of this artist is focused on the detail that emphasizes the tactile nature of his subjects.
Jan Welters began his career as a fashion photographer in Amsterdam and soon his photography expended to other parts of the world. His work is recognized for its dark and mysterious quality and its ability to capture movement in fashion. His passion for the visual arts follows him from an early age.
In 1983, Welters left the St Joost Art School in Breda and assisted different photographers in order to learn the trade. Like all the photographers of the industry, his work extends to commercial commissions, ad campaigns, portraiture, men, and women fashion.
As is often the case, the best is saved for the end. Considered among the greatest photographers in England, Cecil Beaton was important not only for fashion photography but for his contribution to portraiture art as well as fine art photography.
His contribution to the world of photography spanned more than half a century, and during this time Beaton photographed a host of the world leaders, film stars, models, and other VPs. Collaborating with Vogue and Vanity Fair, Beaton is one of the historical figures of fashion photography whose prestige was acknowledged by two Oscars and Academy Awards for stage and costume design.
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While he waits for the Miami Marlins to report to spring training, new manager Ozzie Guillen still has some time to take to Twitter to discuss the NBA. For instance, he is tired of hearing the constant criticism of LeBron James:
Guillen doesn't stop there. He discusses some prominent players, and explains his own rooting interests.
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Lauren Alaina Finally Got Her Picture with Reba: Watch!
By Dustin Stout
April 15, 2018
For Lauren Alaina, the 53rd ACM Awards will forever be remembered as the time she finally met Reba McEntire.The 2018 New Female Vocalist of the Year surprised the press room backstage at the Las Vegas event when she interrupted host Reba's interviews by declaring, "Reba, can I have a picture with you?"The "Does He Love You" singer called Lauren earlier this month to reveal she had won the New Female Vocalist of the Year, but Lauren hadn't ever met Reba in person.Until now."Your call made my whole life," Lauren told Reba after they snapped a photo together.Reba also called ACM New Male Vocalist and ACM New Duo/Group winners Brett Young and Midland, respectively, to notify them of their wins. Get a full recap of the ACM Awards here, and watch Reba's full interview with press below.
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"An upfront interview process allows this Vancouver design firm to meet
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For nearly 30 years, Patricia Gray of Patricia Gray Inc. has been creating one-of-a-kind residential installations for individuals too time-pressed to contemplate their design wants and needs, much less deal with the inherent challenges of renovating a room or entire home. "Most of the clients I work with are busy professionals, so I handle all the details for them," says Gray, principal of the Vancouver-based design firm, which has executed projects in the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Africa.
"All the details" typically range from ascertaining a client's needs and wants to designing custom furnishings to arranging amenities. "I offer a complete service for my clients—everything that's required in making a space personalized for them," she says, noting that she also does full design-build project management.
Thousands of sheets of silver leaf were hand applied to the recessed ceiling, reflecting the crystal chandelier, sunlight through the floor-to-ceiling windows and the water of False Creek.
Gray's recent installation at Vancouver's The Erickson—a 17-storey residential tower designed by and named for world-renowned architect Arthur Erickson—illustrates her complete-service approach. When a busy San Francisco couple commissioned Patricia Gray Inc. to turn their spacious two-bedroom, three-bath condominium into a second home for impromptu visits, the designer looked to a luxury, five-star hotel for her inspiration. "They wanted a home that they could come to on the spur of the moment and everything would be ready for them," she explains. "I set up flower delivery, maid service, laundry service and concierge service, so the clients can just send emails [to these service providers] when they decide to come to Vancouver. When they leave, the maid service cleans everything up."
Limestone countertops and backsplashes, SieMatic cabinets and Miele appliances give the kitchen a modern, European look.
So how does Gray, an award-winning designer who studied at the Parsons School of Art and Design in Paris and the University of Ferrara in Italy, determine clients' design preferences and needs—something they often don't know themselves? "I arrive at that through my extensive interview process," she explains. "I ask them how they're going to live in their space, what their entertainment requirements are, what their family requirements are [and so on]. Then, I get to know them, and the style evolves by osmosis."
Thoroughly acquainting herself with clients' lifestyles at the project's onset enables Gray to develop a complete design concept for them, "so they know exactly what their home is going to look like when it's finished, before we even start," she says. "Everything's designed and priced. Then, they approve the concept and the budget, and I proceed from there," ultimately handing over a completed, customized new home.
But, as every experienced designer knows, the journey from the initiation of a project to its completion can be filled with challenges. "There's a lot of coordination to do with all the different suppliers and sub trades involved," Gray explains. "It's one thing to be able to design something very beautiful, and it's another thing to be able to execute it. The great challenge is in the execution—it's like putting together a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. All the pieces have to fit together, and everybody's got to work together to bring it to fruition."
Adjacent to the kitchen, accordion-style doors open the entire 20-foot width of the balcony. Views of the downtown Vancouver skyline and the mountains can be seen in the distance. Patricia Gray Inc. custom pillows in Sunbrella fabric.
For Gray, working with high-level tradespeople and artisans is key to a successful, problem-free renovation. "I have quite a wonderful group of people that I've built up over the years that can execute my designs," she says. "I think that's one of the bonuses my clients have in me—my intellectual knowledge, all the years of experience I've had and having the right people working with me. I have a wonderful contractor who I can totally count on. Everyone I work with shows up when they're supposed to and completes their jobs on time and on budget."
Creating custom-designed furnishings like tables, seating, media and wall units, pillows and artwork further enables Gray to create personalized spaces for clients. "I have a millwork company, an upholstery workroom, a drapery workroom," she explains, adding, "What I do is very unique and very specific for each client. I like to think of my design as couture. Everything is custom-designed and made specifically for each client."
This penchant for designing home furnishings has led to a new business venture for Gray: a line of custom furniture based on some of the limited edition, custom pieces that she's created for past projects. At press time, possible manufacturing partners and marketing initiatives for the line were still being worked out, according to Gray.
The master bedroom is on a corner, with windows along two walls. Patricia Gray Inc. custom motorized silk draperies and roller shades control the natural light reflecting from the silver leaf ceiling. The linens are by Frette bedding with an Hermes throw and Patricia Gray Inc. pillows made with Jim Thompson fabric.
Creating elegant, personalized spaces will no doubt continue to be Gray's métier. When asked what she considers the most rewarding part of her job, she quickly responds, "When I hand over the completed project to my clients—when all the months of work are finished, and they see everything in its beauty and perfection."
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Mexican cartels are taking advantage of U.S. gun laws to buy thousands of weapons that are being used in an escalating drug war that has claimed more than 31,000 lives since late 2006, experts and law enforcement officials tell NBC News.
U.S. firearms agents estimate that around 80 percent of the weapons used by Mexican drug traffickers come from the United States, where cartel leaders are hiring Americans with clean records to make the purchases for them. In the past four years, Mexican authorities say they have seized 90,000 weapons from their nation's drug war.
"The cartels need their tools of the trade, which are the weapons, and they are coming to the U.S. to get those weapons," William McMahon of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told NBC News.
Authorities say the straw buyers are paid up to $200 per weapon and cite a recent case in Oklahoma City, where a former state narcotics agent pleaded guilty in such a gunrunning scheme.
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Francisco Reyes, 29, was accused of paying two friends to buy dozens of firearms destined for Mexico, according to court documents. One of those buyers, Jorge Alexis Blanco, bought at least 15 guns and attempted to buy three more, according to Michael Randall of the ATF in the criminal complaint.
"They are being taken advantage of by these cartels and really are providing something that's going be used to kill someone in Mexico," said McMahon, adding that the cartels are specifically looking for high-caliber weapons.
'Acapulco Police Massacre'
Authorities say they have no doubts that weapon purchases are being used to fuel the violence in Mexico, including a recent case known as the "Acapulco Police Massacre," in which four officers and three secretaries were murdered.
Guns used in that and other cases were traced to Houston. Overall, the Southwest border states, especially Texas, California and Arizona, are the primary sources of weapons used by the cartels in Mexico, where buying guns is much more difficult than in the U.S., according to the Department of Justice.Story: Mexico's 'war next door' linked directly to United States
In 2009, ATF reported to Congress that about 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico that ATF has traced were initially sold in the United States. However, the National Rifle Association has said the percentage is much lower.
In smuggling weapons across the border, experts say, the guns are usually hidden in cars and trucks.
"They'll hide them in secret compartments, whether it's a spare tire, a gas tank, camper shells or they even build secret compartments to put them in there," said Rick Serrano, an ATF supervisor in Tucson, Ariz.
In Texas, authorities arrested Ernesto Gonzalez-Reyes, 48, in March alleging they found five 7.62mm semiautomatic rifles, 10 high-capacity 7.62mm magazines and 50 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition hidden within the cargo area panels and the front and rear bumpers of the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving.
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During his visit to the United States in May, Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged a joint session of Congress to ban assault weapons that are showing up in his country.
Calderon said the U.S. need to "regulate the sale of these weapons in the right way."
"Many of these guns are not going to honest American hands," he said. "Instead, thousands are ending up in the hands of criminals."
Although U.S. officials say they have recently seized more than 10,000 weapons headed for Mexico, Mexican authorities say more work needs to be done to stem the flow, including better use of a gun-tracing program known as eTrace.
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That program was announced in Mexico in January 2008 as the cornerstone of efforts to "terminate the illegal shipment of arms to Mexico and reduce the violence they cause on both sides of the border."
But a recent inspector general's preliminary report, first publicized in October, called eTrace underused and unsuccessful. One top official said not enough Mexican investigators had been trained or had access to the electronic database.
"It doesn't mean the system is not working. It's not working as well as it can," ATF Deputy Director Kenneth Melson told The Associated Press in October. "The information was being submitted by people who didn't know how to trace guns."
Melson said the system, when used properly, can provide strategic and intelligence information to fight gun-smuggling, establishing trafficking patterns as well as identifying weapons sources.
"We're now at a point where we can process much more information quickly, information that will be more accurate and more complete," Melson said.
'Iron River'
But finding a way to stop the weapons flow, now known as the "Iron River," is being hindered to some extent by U.S. gun laws, officials say. In November, the inspector general of the Department of Justice detailed the problem, citing the lack of a federal statute specifically prohibiting firearms trafficking.
Meanwhile, Mexican authorities are taking steps to ensure the weapons that are seized don't find their way back to the cartels.
At a military base, in Mexico City, soldiers use torches and hammers to destroy thousands of guns, saving others for evidence in criminal investigations.
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Acer has quietly announced a new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango running handset, the Allegro. The Allegro is the first ever Windows Phone handset from the company.
This mid-range handset is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T single-core processor, and packs 512MB of RAM along with 8GB of internal memory. The front of the handset is dominated by the 3.6-inch LCD with WVGA (480×800) resolution. At the back of the Allegro is a 5MP snapper aided by an LED flash. The phone lacks a front-facing camera though.
All the usual connectivity features like Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS with A-GPS and HSPA are also on-board. Sensors like Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Ambient Light sensor etc. are also present. The handset will be powered by a measly 1300mAh battery.
The Allegro will hit the shelves in France in mid-November, and will be priced at around €299. The handset will be available in black and white colors.At its current price point, the Allegro is a direct competitor to Nokia's recently announced Lumia 710. The Lumia is slightly costlier than the Allegro, but offers a bigger screen, faster processor and comes with a microSD card slot as well.
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Thomas A. Aurelio
In August 1943, Thomas A. Aurelio stood at the threshold of a dream. After nine years as an assistant prosecutor and 12 as a judge in New York City, he was about to be elected to a seat on the Supreme Court for the State of New York. Then Aurelio, in a wiretapped conversation, was overheard swearing his undying loyalty to gangster Frank Costello.
by Allan May
In August 1943, Thomas A. Aurelio stood at the threshold of a dream. After nine years as an assistant prosecutor and 12 as a judge in New York City, he was about to be elected to a seat on the Supreme Court for the State of New York. As the nominee of both the Democratic and the Republican parties, the election of the 48-year-old father of two appeared to be a formality.
Aurelio's career had the sense of manifest destiny to it. He was a native New Yorker who grew up on the city's East Side. Educated in the public school system, he went to college at New York University where he also earned a law degree. During World War I he served in Company F of the 51st Infantry Regiment. After the armistice, he taught American soldiers commercial law in a military school in Germany.
Returning home, Aurelio was admitted to the bar. In 1922, he was appointed assistant district attorney at the age of 27. Mayor Jimmy Walker appointed him a judge in 1931 and four years later he was re-appointed by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. During a glowing swearing-in ceremony La Guardia stated, "I have re-appointed you because I know of your record, and have known you as a boy and a law student. You are the kind of career man I want on the bench." A review of Aurelio's record as a judge showed his strong support of the police when their efforts brought them into conflict with big-name criminals.
As impeccable as Auerlio's career had been, a seemingly unrelated event – the murder in January 1943 of Italian-language newspaper editor Carlo Tresca – would inadvertently snare Auerlio and derail his cake walk to the New York Supreme Court.
Following Tresca's muder, Manhattan District Attorney Frank S. Hogan received permission to tap the telephone of gangster Frank Costello at hisCentral Park West apartment. "We really didn't think Costello had anything to do with the murder of Tresca, but we thought we might pick up some information as to the identity of the killer," Hogan stated.
On the night of Aug. 23, the Democratic Party nominated Aurelio for Justice of the Supreme Court. At 8:35 the following morning, Aurelio telephoned Costello, a conversation the phone tap picked up and which would appear verbatim five days later in the Sunday edition of The New York Times under the headline, "Gangster Backed Auerlio for Bench":
Aurelio: "Good morning, Francesco. How are you, and thanks for everything."
Costello: "Congratulations. It went over perfect. When I tell you something's in the bag, you can rest assured. Well, we will have to get together, you, your Mrs. and myself, and have dinner some night soon."
Aurelio: "That would be fine, but right now I want to assure you of my loyalty for all you have done. It's undying."
The revelations forced both political parties to try to remove Aurelio from the ballot, but it was too late. The next option was to select another candidate and run him as an independent with the support of both parties. The third alternative was for both parties to throw their support to the candidate from the American Labor Party. The problem with the first choice was the filing deadline for an independent candidate: it required 5,000 signatures and was due to expire at midnight in less than 48 hours.
Despite intense pressure to step down, Aurelio refused to withdraw his name from the ballot. Although he acknowledged making the phone call to Costello, he denied that he knew about Costello's past. He stated, "During my brief acquaintance with Mr. Costello of approximately six months standing, I knew him to be a businessman of good repute, and I definitely disavow any knowledge of his criminal background."
Disbarment proceedings were quickly brought against Aurelio. During testimony before referee Charles B. Sears, Aurelio was asked to explain his "undying loyalty" comment. "That's just the way some Italians express things," he replied.
On Oct. 30, 1943 Sears ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove that Aurelio knew the reputation of Costello. Three days later, Aurelio won the election by almost 50,000 votes over Matthew M. Levy, the candidate of the American Labor Party, which the Democratic machine had fully supported.
George Wolf was one of Costello's attorneys during this time and later wrote Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Underworld. Wolf wrote that shortly after Aurelio took the bench, Costello sent an intermediary to "feel the judge out" about an upcoming trial which involved a friend of the gangster. Word came back from the judge that if Costello's friend were tried before him, he would be "cooked." Costello tried the same approach in another case. Again his efforts were rebuffed. "Lousy ingrate," was one of the kinder terms he used to express his feeling toward the judge. Costello later told newspapers, "I can't even get a parking ticket fixed with him."
Several years into Aurelio's term, Wolf wrote that he was called to Costello's apartment and asked to collect a $7,500 note payable to Costello and signed by Aurelio in 1943. When Costello demanded that Wolf take it to Aurelio and collect the money, Wolf suggested that he forget about it.
"Dammit," Costello snapped. "He owes me $7,500 and he's going to pay it. I'm getting nothing else out of him."
Wolf recounts that when he presented the note to Aurelio, the judge exploded, "Tell that gangster if he ever gets near my court I'll have him thrown in jail and buried there. I paid that money back years ago." Wolf returned with the message from Aurelio. Although Costello was furious he did not object to Wolf destroying the note at this point.
Wolf claims Costello never told him what the money was used for. "I do know it never got him anything. I can say with authority, based on my long relationship with Frank Costello, that Aurelio never did Frank one favor of any kind on the bench as long as he lived."
Aurelio was still a sitting judge on the New York State Supreme Court when he died in 1973 at the age of 81. Many people agreed, even District Attorney Hogan, that he was an excellent judge.
As for Costello, he had moved about his career doing everything possible to keep a low profile. Prior to the Aurelio affair, his name had not appeared on the front page of a newspaper since January 1927. From the time the Aurelio scandal hit, Costello's days as a behind-the-scenes-power were gone.
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So I got rid of the Generics code, and I decided to replace my lists by something else. In the Java world (my day time job) I rely heavily on Maps. I thought it was a bit overkill in this case, so I turned to the Haskell array package. And there was light!
You see, Arrays in Haskell are a different beast that arrays in other languages. You can use different types for the indices, not only integers. So since the data type representing the names of characteristics is a simple enumeration, I could use that as the array index. So the characters traits are an array with the names as indices:
data Characteristic = Strength | Dexterity | ...
deriving (Show,Read,Eq,Enum,Bounded,Ord,Ix)
Ix is the type class that an array index type must implement
type CharacteristicRatings=Array Characteristic Rating
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And Rating follow the same pattern, since a rating has the current value for the characteristic, the normal value, etc.
Then the array operations make it easy enough to read and modify values: ! to get the value at the specified index, // to update. I get type safety and expressiveness (no need to even use toEnum and fromEnum), and performance...
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BRADFORD, Fla. – The Bradford County Sheriff's Office says it will charge a man who was on Bradford's most wanted list for sexual battery on someone older than 12 and two counts of sexual battery of a child younger than 12.
Officials said Juan Oquendo Jr. previously worked at Union Correctional Institute, but resigned and moved from Bradford County prior to an investigation being initiated.
One year after Oquendo left the state, victims came forward with the allegations, at which time retired Detective Lt. Kenny Hinds obtained the warrant for his arrest.
Oquendo has since been one of Bradford County's most wanted and appeared on the BCSO website for the past several years. Officials said his whereabouts were unknown until recently when BCSO received an email from the tip line on their website.
BCSO said Detective Lt. Gail Russell took over the case and confirmed the Oquendo's whereabouts with the tipster. He then coordinated with the FBI and authorities in Puerto Rico to detain the suspect and have him extradited back to Bradford County to face the charges.
Special agents with the FBI assisted with the transportation from Puerto Rico to an area airport where he was turned over to Detective Lieutenant Russell. Officials said Oquendo will be interviewed then placed in jail on $100,000 bond.


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Before getting to my review of The Buzzcocks' 1993 CD, Trade Test Transmissions, here's what's going on at The Blue Whiskey Independent Film Fest, which continues tonight in Palatine. These five entries will be shown at Cutting Hall.
7:00 PM Odd Shoe Paul Cotter directs a 10-minute drama about a young boy who'd love to replace his ratty-looking shoes before asking out the girl of his dreams.
7:10 Diversion A Chicago lawyer gets caught up in international intrigue while trying to save his family from threats made by an anonymous phone caller. Chris Folkens directed this 14-minute suspense film.
7:30 Happily After A budding romance morphs into a potentially dangerous love triangle involving an ex-husband in director John Klein's 75-minute thriller.
9:15 Undercity Director Andrew Wonder follows urban historian Steve Duncan as he takes viewers into rarely-seen sections of New York City in this 28-minute documentary.
9:45 The Wanteds Director Stephanie Smith's 86-minute documentary/drama about eccentric musician Tommy Harrington, who discovers his girlfriend is pregnant just as he's about to launch a national tour as the one-man band, The Wanteds.
Note: The following review appeared in the Illinois Entertainer in 1993.
Any doubt that The Buzzcocks could still be vital in the 1990s is blown away by "Innocence," the second track on Trade Test Transmissions. As lead vocalist-guitarist Pete Shelley sings, "Something hesitated in the sky when I found you/Something emanated from your eyes, my dream came true," the band plays at full tilt behind him. Combining romantic longing with unbridled punk energy has been The Buzzcocks' specialty since this UK band formed in 1977.
This is the first release to showcase what The Buzzcocks have been up to since Shelley and guitarist Steve Diggle revived the band with new recruits, Phil Barker and Tony Barber in 1991. The commercial first single, "Do It" has enough power to carry it past any accusations that these guys are selling out, and "Alive Tonight" captures the excitement of hitting the local party scene. The Buzzcocks explore more disturbing material on songs like the paranoia-driven "Last To Know" and nightmarish "Unthinkable," but the melodies never lag.


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