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Despite the fact that we didn't think anyone on the MovieSnobs staff would sit through Good Luck Chuck, Mike managed to do it and give it 0 stars…yes, zero. Here's a tiny sampling of what he had to say,
Chuck is a waste of time, energy, and thought. Stay far away from this crap fest. No one should see this movie, ever. You'll thank me.
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Arizona House passes bill to limit child abuse investigations from hotline calls
PHOENIX – The House has passed a bill that would cut the number of child abuse hotline calls that require full investigations to focus child safety workers on cases that actually involve abuse and neglect.
Republican Rep. Kate Brophy McGee said the change will cull out calls that are impossible to investigate and clog the already overburdened system.
Opponents said not investigating hotline calls is what led to the overhaul of the state child welfare office just two years ago.
The House passed House Bill 2522 on a 49-10 vote Wednesday afternoon. It will now move to the Senate.
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Niger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou will face a protege of his long-time foe, ex-president Mamadou Tandja, in a March 12 run-off presidential poll, the electoral commission confirmed on Friday.
Social Democratic Party leader Issoufou, 59, took 36.06 percent of the votes cast in Monday's first round of the election for a civilian president in the uranium-rich west African country after a year of rule by the military junta that overthrew Tandja.
Former prime minister Seini Oumarou — the 60-year-old leader of Tandja's National Movement for the Development of Society — came second with 23.2 percent, commission chairman Gousmane Abdourahmane said on national television.
Another ex-premier, Hama Amadou, was third with 19.82 percent, while former president Mahamane Ousmane took 8.42 percent. Turnout was a relatively good 52.83 percent.
Now the negotiations begin. It seems both candidates have a real shot at winning. Issoufou performed better, but Oumarou can potentially form a stronger coalition going forward.


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"Maybe it's much too early in the game. / Ah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same, / What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?"
Well, how 'bout it? What are you doing? Wait … what? You don't have plans yet? Are you serious? It's lucky, we ran into one another, then. Very lucky indeed. Take a deep breath, relax, and I'll guide you through anything and everything worth doing on December 31, 2010. And, who knows? When the clock strikes midnight, and if you play your cards right, we might even make out. Fingers crossed.
OK, I'm messing with you. We are totally gonna make out. But in the meantime, we'll have to find something to occupy our time.
The most obvious option is probably Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the Higher Ground Ballroom. It's the finale of their annual three-night stand at the region's marquee juke joint. Don't know if you've heard, but they've had one hell of a 2010, so I'm guessing this will be a monumentally raging celebration. Plus, opening band Lowell Thompson & Crown Pilot are pretty killer, too. What's that? You're not really into blues-rock or alt-country? How 'bout funk, then? Next door in the Showcase Lounge, Dave Grippo will be throwing down with a (funky) bunch of old friends. Should be fun.
If you don't feel like driving, we could always just stay downtown. There's lots of good stuff happening at bars and nightclubs all over the Queen City. For example, at Nectar's there's a special encore presentation of Operation: Prince, featuring Craig Mitchell as the artist formerly known as … You know, you're right. Mitchell is probably too tall to play Prince. I think that dude's, like, 5-foot-2. Still, I can't think of anyone else around who could come close to vocally impersonating him. You might not know this about Mitchell since he spends most of his time in DJ booths, but the man is a gifted singer. And actor.
Case in point, the last time Mitchell did the Prince gig, his longtime friend DJ Fattie B approached him backstage between sets. He called Mitchell by his first name several times but didn't get a response. Finally, after about the fifth or sixth attempt, Mitchell turned his head and said with a vacant stare, "Craig's not here right now." The man was possessed. Fattie recalls backing away. Nervously.
Speaking of Fattie B, he'll be holding court over a special Friday-night version of his long-running dance party Retronome, upstairs at Club Metronome. In addition to the typical '80s fare, he'll be spinning classics from the 1970s and 1990s. It's like a mashup of all of his weekly dance parties in one night.
And speaking of dance parties, the cool kids from Bonjour-Hi! are throwing what should be a pretty epic one at Parima. The eclectic DJ collective headlines a package night at the Thai restaurant that includes a three-course meal, champagne toast and — this is brilliant, trust me — a late-nite breakfast buffet. Genius!
Another option would be to simply stay home and celebrate while snuggled up on the couch. OK, so it's not as glamorous as going out. But there are certain other things we could do. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Things that will make you feel really, really dirty, if you catch my drift. Such as watching the live pay-per-view webcast of Phish's NYE concerts at Madison Square Garden. Yes, really. And for only $19.95 a pop. You're right, that's totally ridiculous. Maybe we should skip town?
Our first stop will be at Waterbury's Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room to catch surf-punk outfit Torpedo Rodeo. Those guys put out one of my favorite albums of the year, Vs. Sharktopus, and I'm betting they're a blast live. We can't linger too long, though, because the main event is in Montpelier at — where else? — the Langdon Street Café.
The capital city's capital of quirk features a local band called Sweet Hound that's headlining — I'm not making this up — the "Rock 'n' Roll Erotica Show." The central-Vermont-based band plans to rock out the "Café-a-Go-Go" with slinky, sexy covers of the likes of David Bowie and T. Rex — flanked by a harem of go-go dancers, obviously. Once the clock strikes midnight, however, things take a turn for the lurid as the café transforms into — again, I swear I'm not making this up — "Erotic City." I'd explain further, but I can't without blushing. I'll just point out that the invitation to the party promises that "champagne bubbles and sex will be in the air" and leave it at that. Is it hot in here?
And there you go, New Year's Eve in a nutshell. So, what are you doing New Year's Eve?
BiteTorrent: Do Not Open Until 2011
Because this issue of the paper covers two weeks, straddling two years, this installment of BiteTorrent covers only events happening in 2011. Typically, the first part of a new year marks a relatively slow period on the local music front. But, judging by the first few weeks, 2011 is shaping up to be pretty rockin' wire to wire.
Langdon Street Café is scaling back its live-music schedule, at least through the lean winter months. While they'll no longer have music seven nights per week, what they do present will be extra awesome, I promise. For example, "The Return of New Year's Evil" on Friday, January 7. This night of rock-and-roll devilry features Iron Maiden tribute band Made In Iron, black metal acolytes Nåthruzym and eclectic folk-punk collective Sai U Drom. That last band sits atop my list of new groups to check out in 2011. Every time I run into accordionist Tim Lang, he mentions some little nugget of intriguing info about the group. Such as crazy audiovisual displays and having more members than could possibly fit on LSC's stage. Color me curious.
Speaking of Sai U Drom, they'll take over Nectar's for a residency, every Tuesday in January.
Back in Montpelier, veteran local rocker Steph Pappas continues her statewide tour Saturday, January 8, when she drops by LSC with her band, the Steph Pappas Experience. For all her years of rocking and/or rolling, Pappas claims she's never really done a Vermont tour before. No time like the present!
BNOTW: Betty Poison. A couple of months ago I received an email from Lucia Rehab, the lead singer of Italian grunge-rock outfit Betty Poison, asking if I would mention something about her band's upcoming gig. I checked out their MySpace page and got a kick out of their Hole-esque grunge — the band actually opened for Hole in Europe earlier this year, FYI. I was especially amused by song titles such as "Fuck Twice," and "Paris Hilton Up Your Ass," partly because they're good, if rather explicit, songs. And partly because I remembered where they're playing: upscale-ish St. Albans restaurant Chow! Bella, on Sunday, January 9. Yes, really. BP is not exactly dinner music, which is fine, since the restaurant won't be serving dinner that night — though, if you go, I'm told you could still get food.
Pennysylvania's RiverRat Jenkins open. You can also catch both bands the previous night, Saturday, January 8, in the more familiar confines of Burlington's Radio Bean, along with Missy Bly, Diamond Tiger and Sons of Dawn.
Last but not least, up-and-coming local Afrobeat/pop outfit the Move It Move It will be recording their show at Parima's Main Stage on Monday, January 3, in hopes of releasing a live album later this year, coincidentally called Paris Hilton Up Your Ass. (And, yes, I made up that last part. It's actually called Fuck Twice.)
Listening In
Since this is the last "Soundbites" column of 2010, here are the five albums that most often found their way onto my iPod, turntable, 8-track player, etc., this year.
Beach House, Teen Dream
Sean Hayes, Run Wolves Run
Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
Spoon, Transference
Jeremy Messersmith, The Reluctant Graveyard


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December 2016 Update:
Joanna Alexander died on November 14, 2016. Don and the family thank all who have offered prayers, condolences and support at this difficult time. We are sorry, but we can no longer offer clothing repairs or alterations.
We want to thank all who have visited and shopped with us over the years. We enjoyed meeting you and working with you over the years. We will miss you.
To all those faire promoters, sponsors and fellow artisans we have worked with over the years, we have enjoyed working with you and we will miss you as well.
We will retain The Scots Dragon name and can be reached through our Scots Dragon contact information. We have sold our remaining inventory and fixtures to Lisa Tompkins of EaGenie Costumes and Susan Hohbein of Celtic Creations who are combining into a new business with a new name. We feel they will be worthy successors. If all goes well, they will be in our building at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire. Look for them at other faires as well.
If you have our clothing and it needs repair or alteration, please feel free to contact us by phone or e-mail and we will take care of you, but we are sorry, we cannot take any orders for new clothing.
If you have lost your kilting directions and need another copy, we will send you another. If you have tartan questions, we will try to answer them
We will especially miss being at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire. Special thanks to Rick Flatt, owner of Sleepy Hollow Sports Park, for his vision in creating the hard site for the Des Moines Renaissance Faire and Greg Schmidt, owner of Festivals International for his partnering with Rick to help bring the faire to life.
The Scots Dragon
Don and Joanna Alexander
1214 Orchard Dr.
Ames, Iowa 50010
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Cody Choi began his journey into fine art dance photography while touring with Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. The Korean-born, New York based artist captured places, theatres, and especially fellow dancers.
As a professional choreographer and dancer, he has performed for the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Sadler's Wells, BBC, The Place, Adidas, LG, World Dance Alliance, Greenwich Dance in London and other major venues around the world.
Cody's photography demonstrates his acumen in dance and photography by immersing himself in intimate visual dialogues with the dancers.
See more about him on his website, here.
Browse a collection on Saatchi Art, here.
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Sridhar took part in NBC's Sunday morning business show, Press:Here. This week's episode was hosted by reporter Scott McGrew and Sridhar was accompanied by CEOs of Immersion Corp (Clent Richardson) and Extreme Networks (Mark Canepa). The invited CEOs and the show's host discuss a host of topics from technology in the Valley to the American economy to international markets to H1Bs – Press:Here Episode 31 "CEO Show" Part 1 and Part 2.
Thanks to Scott McGrew, the NBC and the CEOs of Extreme Networks & Immersion Corp for the nice discussion.


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Summer Campaign 2015
During the 2015 campaign, a side-by-side survey (K. Winther-Jacobsen, G. Giannakopoulos), remote sensing through aerial photography (R. Frederiksen) and geophysical investigations (W. Rabbel, H. Stümpel and B. Ullrich) were carried out. In the side-by-side survey, 578 units were surveyed covering an area of 0.79 square km (Fig. 1). A total number of 52.326 pottery fragments, 17 lithics as well as 85 architectural artefacts were collected, washed, counted and described, while the most important specimens were drawn and photographed (Fig. 2). A pottery inventory was created consisting of 328 sherds, however, a detailed study of the chronology awaits the 2016 season. According to our preliminary observations, the surface revealed far richer traces of the buried past than we had dared to hope for, based on our knowledge of the geomorphology of the landscape of Sikyon. The finds date from the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age to the present day, but material from the Classical period is predominant.
The preliminary overview of the distribution of finds recorded by the intensive survey (Fig. 3) appears to confirm existing theories on the location of the pre-Hellenistic city. Elevated densities are recorded predominantly on the second and third marine terraces (the ones closest to the plateau) directly north of the river Asopos. This is also the area where emergency excavations have revealed architectural remains of habitation. Additionally, graves seem to line up along the edge of the second marine terrace which actually cuts directly through the area with elevated densities. It needs to be clarified if the densities beyond these graves indicate a later extension of the city.
The geophysical investigations carried out in 2015 comprised geomagnetic (Fig. 4), electrical resistivity (Figs. 5-6), seismic (Figs. 5-6) and georadar surveys (Fig. 7). These revealed a series of interesting structures (Fig. 8). In general, indications for the densest occupation are found in the area immediately to the east of the southernmost spur of the plateau. Here, several continuous linear structures may be interpreted as streets that form a roughly rectangular pattern. Two parallel linear anomalies in the resistivity profiles seem to point to a large building in this area. Further to the north, on the eastern side of the National Road, two magnetic maxima may be interpreted as a crossroads, and south and south-west of this area, more anomalies point to a street grid in approximately the same orientation. A broad double magnetic maximum of more than 150 m length in the eastern part of this area is running a bit off this orientation from north-west to south-east and is merging into a single one in its further progress. Perhaps it can be connected to a wall. To the south-east of this area, north of the river Asopos and west of the new train track to Kiato, two parallel linear anomalies – a magnetic minimum right next to a maximum – could point to a ditch or a wall, or both next to each other. On the edge of the second marine terrace close to the new train track, a trapezoidal structure might be connected to an ancient quarry.
The general picture points to a city centre close to the south-eastern spur of the plateau, and extensions or suburbs and further peripheral structures in the extended area of the second marine terrace. The different candidates for larger walls might reflect parts of the town's defences in its different phases.


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While we're finally expected to see a drop-off in overall crime, violent crime and murder rates for 2017, there is one number that is still steadily on the rise: gun store thefts.
According to a new report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives (ATF), a record number of federally-licensed firearms dealers were burglarized and robbed in 2017.
There were a whopping 577 gun stores burglaries last year, approximately a three-percent increase from 2016 during which 558 stores were burglarized, and a 70-percent increase from 2013.
The number of robberies has also steadily climbed over the past five years. In 2013, there were only nine reported robberies. By 2016, that number had risen nearly 267-percent to 33. While that number didn't increase in 2017, it didn't decrease either.
Of course, more burglaries also means more stolen firearms. Since 2013, the number of firearms snatched during burglaries has more than doubled, from 3,355 in 2013 to 7,841 in 2017. Interestingly enough, the number of guns stolen during robberies decreased in 2017 from the previous year, even though the same number of robberies took place. In 2016, 370 guns were taken, while in 2017 only 288 were grabbed. Still, that's a 200-percent increase over the past five years.
In an effort to get these numbers back down, various pieces of legislation have been introduced at both the federal and state levels.
In September, SB 464 landed on California Governor Jerry Brown's desk, which would've required gun shop owners to implement at least one new security measure from an approved list, such as storing firearms in a shatter proof display case or installing steel, roll-down doors on perimeter doors and floor-to-ceiling windows. The bill, to many's surprise, was vetoed by Brown.
In December, State Representative Lisa Subeck introduced similar legislation, known as AB 728, in Wisconsin. The bill, if passed, would require gun shop owners to store all firearms in a secured safe or steel gun cabinet, or on a secured rod or cable.
At the federal level, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective (SECURE) Firearm Storage Act. The bill, like Subeck's, would require federally-licensed firearms dealers to secure all firearms in a locked gun safe or cabinet, or secure them with a steel rod. Licensed dealers would also be penalized for failing to comply with these new regulations, and could even have their licenses revoked.
Earlier that year, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), also introduced the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would enhance penalties for those convicted of stealing from a federally-licensed firearms dealer.
Unsurprisingly, Graham's proposal is the only one to receive considerable support from the Second Amendment community. The other pieces of legislation have drawn ire from the NRA and gun shop owners who believe such requirements are too costly and designed to force smaller dealers out of business. And, let's not forget, fewer dealers means less accessibility to firearms for law-abiding citizens.


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Honeymooner's Guide to Phoenix Attractions
The sixth largest city in the United States, Phoenix sprawls across the Sonoran Desert between mountains and interstates, aptly earning its nickname as Arizona's Urban Heart. The city's metropolitan area is known as the Valley of the Sun and the area's combination of rugged geography and citified culture leads to two distinct brands of adventure for honeymooning couples: outdoor explorations and cultivated city undertakings.
Phoenix, for the outdoor-inclined, is replete with options. Hiking trails abound within the city as well as just outside its limits, and popular trails wind through South Mountain Park and Preserve and Phoenix Mountain Preserve, which come together in 46,000 acres of park space and more than 200 trails. Piestwa Peak and Camelback Mountain are both part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve and, while generally packed with locals and tourists alike, the mountains sport moderate to difficult climbs with rewarding city views from their summits. Golf is another hit in the area – the valley's 240 golf courses are carefully maintained 12 months a year.
The Desert Botanical Gardens begin our return to urban attractions. The gardens are a top destination in the city, and have more than 21,000 plants – a third of which are native to the Valley of the Sun. Similar in nature, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum just outside the city is home to numerous varieties of local plants and wildlife and is the largest and oldest botanical garden in the state.
Scottsdale, immediately adjacent to Phoenix, is the best place for shopping (boutique shops and the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall are easy to find downtown) and also hosts a year-round Thursday evening art walk. More than 100 galleries in town open their doors for an eclectic, free-form gathering featuring the works of local artists. Other must-see attractions include the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Heard Museum, where exhibits include pieces from Native American art and history and visitors can connect with this Southwestern city's roots.


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"I knew that if push should ever come to shove, I would have no problem beating Venus or Serena," writes John McEnroe in his otherwise insightful new book, You Cannot Be Serious.
Even when it doesn't come off—as with the McEnroe-Williams challenge or a planned exhibition match between golfer Karrie Webb and some male PGA pros—the concept of women competing against men fascinates us. There's a reason why the Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs match remains one of the most watched sporting events of all time.
King/Riggs was clearly a landmark moment in the history of women's sports, an event that legitimized the whole endeavor of women sweating for pay. But at the same time, King's horse-whipping of old Bobby was the first step onto a slippery slope. Intergender competition threatens the whole concept of women's sports. After all, isn't women's sports one of the last bastions of that Brown v. Topeka Board of Education premise, separate but equal?
Hard though it may be to admit, McEnroe did have a point. Could he beat either of the Williams sisters? In his dreams. With the advent of oversized graphite rackets, tennis has changed so much over the past 20 years that Venus and Serena routinely hit serves harder—110 mph and up—than McEnroe did in his prime. Add the fact that their 20-year-old legs can move them around the court faster than a 40-year-old McEnroe, and you can see why it's a good thing for Mac's ego that the sisters laughed off his challenge.
But his larger point—that a good college player could beat the top women in the world—can't be dismissed. In fact, it happens every day. All the top women on the Women's Tennis Association Tour practice with male hitting partners—generally former college players and top juniors—who give them more than a run for their money.
When Martina Navratilova was at the top of her game, there was a small brouhaha over the question of whether she could beat the 100th-ranked male player in the world. That match never came off, but a more interesting and relevant one did. A couple of years ago in Australia, Venus and Serena challenged Kaarsten Braasch to a match on a lark. Braasch, then No. 200 in the world, is otherwise best known for prompting the Association of Tennis Professionals to ban smoking during mid-match changeovers. It was no contest. Braasch beat Serena 6-1, then beat her sister 6-2. That's why Serena's joke about playing some men's tour events—the comments that prompted Mac's in-your-face rebuttal—remained just that: a joke.
A gender gap exists in some other sports, and if anything, it's larger. Margaret Okayo, the women's winner in the New York City Marathon, finished in a time of 2:24:21, good enough for 37th overall, less than a minute ahead of the winner of the men's 40-49 age group. In contact sports, the gap widens even more. Women's college basketball teams don't scrimmage against the men's JV—they routinely practice against men's intramural teams during the pre-season. Stanford coach Tara Van Derveer suspends the practice during the season for fear that her players will get hurt. WNBA teams do the same thing, practicing not against NBA scrubs, but against squads of aging male gym rats at local YMCAs.
The few circumstances in which women actually compete against guys without an asterisk—Lynn Hill's becoming the first and only person to free-climb the Nose at Yosemite in a single day or Michelle Mouton's becoming the World Rally Driving champion in the mid '80s—are the exceptions that prove the rule. From a purely practical point of view, this all-too-real gender gap has raised the level of women's sports. While Andre Agassi has to search far to find a player who hits as hard as Marat Safin, Jennifer Capriati imitators are a dime a dozen, as long as you're OK with the pseudo-Jenny's wearing shorts instead of a skirt. And while scrubs who can mimic Shaq's size or Kobe's hops are nowhere to be seen, on-court clones of Lisa Leslie are as close as the nearest YMCA. Female runners have used middle-of-the-pack males to act as both rabbits and as bodyguards to protect them from the jostling of a road-race pack. Indeed, one of the reasons American women have fared better than American men in traditionally European sports like soccer and cycling is probably that they don't have to travel abroad to find better competition. Walking across the street will usually do.
So there, we said it. Men run faster, jump higher, and hit harder than women. The dirty little secret is out. And to it we'd add a postscript: So?
McEnroe's protest, and those of writers like Stephen Moore of the National Review, miss the point entirely. "The women tennis pros don't really want equal pay for equal work. They want equal pay for inferior work," Moore writes. "The day that Martina can return Pete's serve is the day she should get paid what he does."
But sports is not about pure performance. After all, a golden retriever can outrun Michael Johnson, and a squirrel can outleap Vince Carter. And for that matter, if sheer quality of play were the only criterion, why is America captivated by an NCAA basketball tourney filled with players who would get their clocks cleaned by a CBA squad?
Like it or not, spectator sports are entertainment, and by extension, an aesthetic pursuit. (And if anyone should understand that, it should be McEnroe, who was a consummate artist on the court and a gallery owner off it.) And therein lies the raison d'être of women's sports. The reason for the skyrocketing popularity of women's college basketball and the WNBA is that the women play a, pardon the expression, prettier game, one in which passing is more important than leaping. One might argue, in fact, that in terms of size, speed, and leaping ability, today's elite female players are closer to what James Naismith envisioned when he first hung up those peach baskets.
And the grace gap dominates the judging sports, like gymnastics and figure skating, in which women are far more popular than men. Alexi Yagudin may be able to outleap Sarah Hughes, but no one cares.
The distinction is clearest in McEnroe's own game. You don't have to be a marketing genius to see why women's pro tennis has become a crossover hit, while the men's game continues to search for identity. The men may hit the ball harder, but the women hit the ball better. They play longer, more creative points, changing speed and pace, often choosing inventive angles over sheer power.
Beyond that, the backstory is better. The rivalry between the sisters and Martina Hingis is, despite its unfortunate racial overtones, a classic. Jennifer Capriati is TV-movie material all by herself. And the Williamses' sister-vs.-sister rivalry has no parallel on the men's side. So it's hardly any wonder that last year's Venus-vs.-Serena women's final in the U.S. Open was the first tennis match broadcast in network prime time in 25 years. The first since King vs. Riggs, to be precise.


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When the venerable piano maker Steinway & Sons needed a new showroom and performance hall in Manhattan, it turned to an architect whose work can be described, in musical terms, as pianissimo. Where New York City's real estate usually shouts, architect Annabelle Selldorf whispers—her buildings and interiors are quietly elegant and subtly nuanced. Born in Cologne, Germany, Selldorf—whose career is surveyed in a new book, Selldorf Architects: Portfolio and Projects (Phaidon)—is known as much for her modernist residential design (clients include artists Cindy Sherman and Eric Fischl) as for her renovations of art galleries and museums, such as Manhattan's Neue Galerie and the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts. On the boards: a gleaming SoHo luxury condo, 42 Crosby; a $30 million expansion for San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art; and a nonprofit school in southern Zambia. Of the latter, she says: "I jumped up and down with joy at the opportunity."
On Good Taste:
• Good taste has gotten a bad reputation. I think it's wildly important, but too often, it connotes something bourgeois, predictable, and conventional. I have to be careful talking about it because I don't want to be seen as that well-bred German girl who is always very proper—though anyone who gets to know me realizes that is not at all who I am.
• Good taste actually has nothing to do with being proper. It is about discernment and the choices you make. It's a sensibility you hone. It has to do with dimensions, proportions, materials, and colors; it can go even deeper than that. There is a great deal of intuition in what I do.
On Steinway & Sons:
• When Steinway approached me, they were moving out of a space on 57th Street where they had been for 90 years. They wanted the design of their new home to reflect an attitude of permanence and timelessness while still feeling modern and forward-looking. The old hall had beautiful architectural details. I would've loved to have renovated it and made it relevant for today, but the building was sold.
• We looked uptown, downtown, and near Carnegie Hall for a new location. In the end, we chose the old International Center of Photography building, a magnificent modernist space in midtown, a block from Times Square.
• The design was inspired by the colors and woods you find inside a piano. I went to the Steinway factory in Queens and saw a bolt of bright yellow suede that is used inside the piano keys. I chose that color, which is called Imperial Yellow, for the new hall's poured-resin floor, seats, and curtains. It's an invigorating hue, a complement to an otherwise modern and rational palette.
On Luxury Real Estate:
• Over the last 20 years, the demands of luxury-home clients have really changed. Increasingly, they expect to live on a big footprint—a testament to the wealth they have accumulated and are willing to spend.
• In this market, there is no apartment that doesn't have a wine refrigerator. People have greater storage needs than ever before. Everybody still wants a major media theater, but that's going to change. Soon we'll just put on glasses and little earphones to be entertained.
• For an architect, it's uncommon to find a developer who supports your vision. I was lucky with 42 Crosby. The owners were proud to have bought the site, having beat out several others for it. They were very open to our design attitude and made sure the quality was adequate.
• It's challenging to design condos without a specific client in mind. We try to make it interesting by creating a narrative or doing something we haven't done before.
On Working Together:
• Houses are like portraits. When you create a home for someone, you have an opportunity to make it specific, individual, and a little bit uncanny. It should fit like a glove. If we were working together, you would tell me about yourself, and I would try to be responsive. It's a fun process because you get to know somebody.
• Many of my clients have become friends. It's terrific when you create a home for them, and when it's finished, they invite you to stay. I'm always pleased when it turns out the way I imagined it—though I do find myself pushing the furniture around a little bit.
On Architecture:
• My father was also an architect. In Germany, when I applied to architecture school, I was rejected not once but twice. It really shook my confidence. That period between 18 and 20 was awful. I was full of doubt and fear.
• I must have been more determined than I remember. I got into architecture school at Pratt in New York. Once I got started, I loved it. I didn't like the air-conditioning courses, but I did love the design studios, and art and architectural history classes. I never looked back.
• Women are underrepresented in many professions, including this one. I work with many fantastically accomplished women. I never had children, but I've watched several of my colleagues have their first, second, or even third child while working here. I have so much admiration for how they manage.
• Architecture is a profession that motivates people to be passionate. You have to love it, because otherwise it is too tedious. Architecture is not glamorous. It's a lot of hard work and collaboration. You have to be patient and willful.
On Location:
• As an architect in a gentrifying city, I feel a responsibility to produce a great building—not just for the condominium buyer, but for every person who walks or drives by it. I want to be proud of my buildings. A rewarding project for me was designing a recycling center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, that the public can visit.
• I've worked on several museums and galleries. Each case is unique. A museum that exhibits Greek and Roman sculpture will have different requirements than one filled with old masters. In one situation, you might want daylight, while in another, you might abhor it.
• I love being out in the world and looking at what other people do. I recently went to the Vitra Campus near Basel, Switzerland, and saw a factory designed by SANAA. It is so simple, so functional, and just beautiful. It made me elated.
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2016 issue of ELLE DECOR.
Ingrid Abramovitch, the Executive Editor at ELLE Decor, writes about design, architecture, renovation, and lifestyle, and is the author of several books on design including Restoring a House in the City.


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Check this out. Josh Clark did all the work that I never felt like doing, even as an excited iPhone user—he waded through the water of a gazillion iPhone apps and assembled a 228 page of what he deems the best for the "discriminating" downloader. The folks over at BoingBoing gave it a go, but I just don't know if I can drop $20 on a book or just dedicate a night, and a spliff, to searching the net on my own—especially since there is a new app released about every 15 minutes it seems. I love how they chose to use the SitorSquat application as an excerpt from the book, it's a city girl's DREAM:
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When nature calls, it's SitOrSquat to the rescue. The database of public restrooms steers you to the closest porcelain oasis, including photos and ratings from a network of concerned citizens. That includes you: Update listings with photos, store hours, and ratings, or add new toilets as you explore your town's powder rooms. A blog of toilet humor provides bathroom reading, too. It's a full-service porta-potty for your mobile phone.
RESTROOM RADAR: SitOrSquat's map shows you the closest points of relief. Green and red icons indicate open and closed businesses (yellow means the database doesn't have that info). Select a business to see complete details, including photos, comments, and whether the facilities are clean ("sit") or dirty ("squat").
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: The Search screen shows results in list view, including photos, ratings and distance from your current location. Type a new location in the search box to find restrooms for another place, or filter results for cleanliness, business type, or a remarkable number of "features" (changing tables, handicap access, seat covers).
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Heroes of the Storm Muradin Guide
Heroes of the Storm Muradin Guide by Tolvinar
Hello everyone! My name is Tolvinar aka Tolvy. I've had access to the alpha for a while and have played all the characters, but I'd say I'm best with Muradin. I'm going to share with you my thoughts on how to best play as Muradin and explain why he is one of the best heroes in the game.
I hardly ever seen anyone play as Muradin, which is most likely due to his low damage output. It's true that his damage is extremely low, but he is the best hero for stuns and his ability to stay alive is what really makes him shine.
if you are familiar with Muradin and know his basic abilities feel free to skip this section
Although Muradin is considered a warrior, I see him more as a support character with lots of health. And when I say support, I don't mean heals, but rather stuns. Muradin really can't take on any hero on his own, but when paired with an assassin, the combination is deadly. Muradin's primary ability is the "Stormhammer" which deals a small amount of damage and stuns enemies for 1.5 seconds. Use this to stun enemy heros any time you are chasing down weakened heroes or need to escape.
Immediately after the stun, you should follow up with your second ability, "Thunderclap", which deals a little damage and slows enemies in an area by 25% for 2.5 seconds. As you can see, enemy heroes will have a hard time running away when faced against Muradin with both a stun and a slow.
The third ability, "Dwarf Toss", lets you jump to a location dealing a small amount of damage to enemies in an area when landing. While this can be used offensively later in the game and can help while chasing down enemy heroes, it's primary use is for escape. When I play Muradin I primarily focus on the talents that upgrade Dwarf Toss (I'll go more into detail in the Talents section).
Muradin's combat trait is called "Second Wind." This is an awesome ability that lets Muradin heal himself. All you have to do is not take damage for 6 seconds and he begins to heal. Most heroes will have to hearthstone back to the starting point to heal, but Muradin can just back up for just a few seconds (perhaps behind some towers), and he'll be strong enough to go rejoin the fight. This is very beneficial early game to continuously keep getting xp from the minions.
Finally, we come to the ultimate abilities. Since Muradin isn't focused on dealing damage, I always pick "Avatar" for my ult. It grants extra life and also turns all your normal attacks into mini .25 second stuns. More stuns are always useful! You can also use Avatar as a "heal" when you are low on life and stay in the battle longer.
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Rank 1 I almost always go with Infused Hammer here to start the game. This ability refunds mana when hitting with Stormhammer. This trait allows me to spam my abilities more often which would normally run me out of mana. The other option would be to just go for Path of the Warrior for more health each level if you have Malfurion on the team for innervates. Skullcraker's stuns aren't very useful once you get Avatar at rank 10 and the extra damage from Perfect Storm takes too much time and mana in order to really be effective, and I'm not looking to be dealing loads of damage with this build anyway.
Rank 2 The only trait worth getting here is Landing Momentum. It increases your speed after using dwarf toss for 2 seconds, making it great for escaping. Plus, as I said in the previous section, I want to upgrade Dwarf Toss as much as I can with this build.
Rank 3 Rank 3 is another obvious choice of Stormbolt. It allows you to stun 2 enemies instead of one with Stormhammer. You can't go wrong with doubling your stun capabilities. The only other option you could go with is Block, but this is only if you're having trouble with sneak attacks from heroes like Zeratul and Nova who have huge damage output. I still find the double stun to be more useful in general.
EDIT: This trait also combos well with Infused Hammer in rank one. It gives double with amount of mana back so you can cast Storm Hammer for free as long as you hit two enemies with it.
Rank 4 I always choose Avatar. Even with the recent buff, Haymaker still doesn't quite do enough for it to be worth it.
Rank 5 Here I go with Dwarf Launch. The increased range of Dwarf Toss allows you to jump over gaps which comes in handy especially on the pirate ship map (jump over the water gaps) and the mines map (Jump over the trees). It increases your escape possibility immensely.
Rank 6 This rank is a bit tricky because there are many good options. Executioner is good because you deal 50% extra damage to stunned and slowed enemies (and they will be slowed and stunned a good portion of the time). You could also go with Imposing Presence to slow your enemies attacks which is always beneficial. However, I usually just go with Heavy Impact to yet again upgrade Dwarf Toss. It give you an extra stun in your arsenal, and this build is all about the stuns. When getting all the upgrades for Dwarf Toss, the ability because almost as powerful as the ultimate ability for Barbarian (Leap) and it only has a 12 second cool down!
Rank 7 And finally rank 7 you can go with either go with the upgrade to Avatar or Resurgence of the Storm. Avatar upgrade just lasts longer and makes you almost immune to stuns/slows/etc and Resurgence lets your rez right away after dying. Both are good options in my opinion.
Muradin with this build is all about survivability and locking down enemy heroes with stuns. You are pretty much useless on your own(Taking down merc camps on your own takes forever). Try to stick with an assassin hero if you can and you will rack up takedowns very quickly. Playing along side Uther and Tyrande also work very well since they can heal and do stuns of their own.
I like to try and set up traps as well. Since I can escape so easily, many times enemies will try and chase me down to try and finish me off. They will often times be out of position in this case and will lead to easy kills for my teammates. Plus my combat trait lets me heal up quickly to repeat the process again.
In team fights your main job is to simply run in, stun and slow enemies, take a little bit of damage and then jump out with Dwarf toss. Once your cooldowns have reset, repeat. Simple as that. Don't worry about dealing lots of damage, let your allies do that. While most warriors will be in the thick of things for the duration of team fights, Muradin will be running in and out of battle. It may seem a bit strange to be running away all the time, but Muradin is almost useless if his abilities are on cooldown.
I love playing Muradin because no one else seems to play him. He can lockdown enemy heroes with his stuns better than any other warrior. If you want super high damage then Muradin is not for you, however, I am usually either 1st or 2nd on my team in takedowns simply because of Muradin's ability to survive for a long time and to effectively chase down enemy heroes. I hope this guide was helpful. Leave questions and comments below and I'll see you on the battlefield!


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Vols practice report: Butch Jones gets hands on with DBs
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The Tennessee football team resumed practicing in the indoor facility on Friday afternoon as the Vols (8-4) continue preparing to face Nebraska (9-3) in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 (TV: ESPN, 3:30 p.m. EST) at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
A few observations from the early portions of practice open to the media:
- Coach Butch Jones was active in defensive back drills, pretending to be the wide receiver at the line of scrimmage as the defensive backs backpedaled and caught balls.
- Running back Alvin Kamara, defensive back Rashaan Gaulden and linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. were wearing green non-contact jerseys. One player no longer in a green jersey was Mykelle McDaniel. The freshman defensive lineman is being withheld from Tennessee's remaining bowl practices as a form of discipline by Jones. McDaniel is an academic redshirt and was not scheduled to travel with the team to the bowl game anyway. He will return to team activities at the start of the spring semester.
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Capcom have indirectly registered a domain for Devil May Cry 5 on 18 May 2018, almost a month before E3 2018. Normally, this wouldn't mean much, but sources show that "devilmaycry5.com" dedicated servers were configured on 01 June 2018.
Sleuths at ResetERA have caught wind of the domain registration, with The Palemoon discovering it initially and MH MD following up with a full blown investigation. After learning of the registration, MH MD delved deeper to see if the info checks out, eventually discovering that the company who registered the domain was GMO Internet Inc.
The company is apparently a legitimate ISP in Japan, and they were affiliated with Capcom on several occasions in the past. GMO Internet Inc. also registered monsterhunterworld.com, residentevil7.com and residentevil2.com. All of these domains were registered shortly before the games were announced.
For example, Monster Hunter World's domain was registered on 28 April 2017 and the game was announced on E3 2017 which took place from 13 to 15 June 2017. Devil May Cry 5 domain was registered on 18 May 2018 which sets the game up for an announcement on E3 2018.
Furthermore, several users on ResetERA have confirmed that they get the same message simply stating "OK" when they visit devilmaycry5.com which was also the case with residentevil2.com for a while now, testifying further for the legitimacy of Capcom's new site.
Now to address the scariest question of them all - will we get the original Dante or the one from the 2013 reboot. Unfortunately, there won't be any official info before E3 2018 but considering the game is called Devil May Cry 5 and not DmC: Devil May Cry 2, it is safe to say we will get the cocky demonic version of Deadpool instead of the slightly more broody 2013's social outcast.
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Capcom have announced a Resident Evil 2 remake back in 2015 but they didn't reveal any details about it yet, which leaves even more room for possible surprises during Capcom's E3 2018 conference.


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TVS Cap to exit Landmark with over 50% returns: Chennai-based private equity firm TVS Capital Funds is understood to be scripting a healthy exit from Landmark, a pan-Indian book and music retail chain owned by Tata Group company Trent Limited. TVS Capital would sell its 24 per cent stake in Landmark to the Tata Group firm for about Rs 100 crore, it is learnt. TVS Capital had acquired the stake for about Rs 65 crore in 2009. The return, therefore, would be about 1.5 times. (Business Standard)
Temasek Holdings eyes Actis' stake in Nilgiris Dairy Farm: Sovereign fund Temasek Holdings is in talks with Actis to acquire the latter's stake in Bangalore-based retail chain Nilgiris Dairy Farm. Sources in the know, however, say a dispute between Actis and the promoters of Nilgiris is likely to disrupt the talks. Actis, which had acquired a stake of about 51 per cent in Nilgiris for Rs 300 crore ($65 million) six years earlier, had, in the recent past, increased the stake to 67 per cent. Though Actis has been trying to exit the retail chain through a strategic sale, the promoters, the Mudaliar family, is not keen on an exit, it is learnt. ()
Videocon said to seek $3B for Mozambique gas stake: Videocon Industries Ltd., controlled by billionaire Venugopal Dhoot, is seeking $3 billion for its stake in a Mozambique gas field, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter. (Mint)
Red Fort Capital to invest Rs 200Cr in Prestige's projects: Private equity (PE) firm Red Fort Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd will invest around Rs 200 crore in residential projects of Prestige Estates Projects Ltd, according to two people familiar with the development. Red Fort Capital, which has about $1 billion (around Rs. 5,600 crore today) of assets under management in India, has already invested nearly Rs 400 crore in multiple office space development and residential projects of the Bangalore-based developer. (Mint)
Skills marketplace Click2Skill in market for angel funding: Click2Skill finally went live about a month and a half ago and has so far signed up 45 experts and 250 registered users. Bamania is now in the market to raise angel funding to action the next phase of growth. ()
International Paper in talks to buy SK Bangur-controlled West Coast Paper: Having whetted its appetite, the US-based International Paper, which last year acquired Andhra Paper Mills for about $425M (about 1,900 crore then), is now in talks to buy the SK Bangur-controlled West Coast Paper for a deal likely to be valued between 800 crore and 1,200 crore. (Economic Times)
Infosys BPO looks to make acquisitions in LPO space: Infosys BPO on Wednesday said it was looking to make acquisitions in sectors like legal process outsourcing (LPO), retail and banking among others.The company will dip into the $4 billion cash reserves of parent company Infosys to make acquisitions. Infosys has been criticised in the past for not growing inorganically. ()
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The world is a vast playground for art, culture, and music buffs, and particularly so in the month of January when events, exhibits, and festivals — M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Light to Night Festival, London Art Fair and many more — are in full swing across the globe. Ahead, our culture calendar for the best way to kick off the new decade.
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Curated around the theme of My Country and My People, the annual festival of theatre, dance, music, visual arts and mixed media features works by Singaporean and international artists addressing issues like the costs and cruelties of imperialism and colonisation, the compromises of national development, and sacrifices made for economic ambition.
Take an evening stroll around the Civic District and see the precinct's public spaces and iconic cultural institutions, such as the Asian Civilisations Museum and National Gallery Singapore, illuminated with artworks inspired by the theme Invisible Cities.
The second edition of the international art fair takes place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, bringing together 98 galleries from Taiwan and around the world. Look out for the Ideas public talks programme where influential figures in the art world come together to create conversation about four key themes: Technology, Ecology, Pop and Tradition.
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Perth's most popular annual festival returns with over 700 events across more than 150 venues. The widest range of entertainment takes place at The Woodside Pleasure Garden in Northbridge, a picturesque family-friendly spot to spend summer evenings.
Discover and buy some of the most exceptional modern and contemporary art by renowned British and international artists at London's Business Design Centre. Also take part in talks, tours, screenings and dialogues for a more interactive experience.
Hit the slopes of the French Alps in the day, then party all night to a line-up of DJs like Borgore, Gianluca Vacchi and Alle Farben. Don't miss the electronic music and snow-sports festival held in the ski resort of Les Orres in southeastern France.
The Loewe Foundation presents its fifth exhibition in its Chance Encounters series that brings artists from different disciplines together to create conversations. Staged in the Loewe Miami store in the city's Design District, the exhibition features a textile, sound and video installation by artist Hilary Lloyd and large-scale ceramic sculptures by Ewen Henderson.
Get away from the city and head to the laid-back hills of Chiang Mai for a weekend of art, music and wellness. There's something for everyone from spoken word, poetry, electronic music, yoga, live painting, circus acts and many more.


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MERIDEN — He does not practice in the mirror.
He does not preen for the perfect "U." He does not contort for the perfect "C." He does not style the perfect, "O … N … N."
"There is no perfection," Tom Emery said. "Sometimes I'll do the 'N' one way. Sometimes I'll do the 'N' another way. I just get up and do it."
That's the beauty. It isn't rehearsed. The beauty is in the organic nature of the cheer. After three decades, the perfection is in the lack of perfection.
Down three, UConn goes on a run. Basket. A stop. A 3-pointer. Another stop. Steal. Transition dunk. Suddenly, the Huskies are up four and the opposing coach screams for a timeout. You can feel it coming. Eyes turn. He no longer is Tom Emery.
U … C … O … N … N … UConn! UConn! UConn!
He is Big Red.
"I've been big and I've been red-haired all my life," Emery said. "It's a nickname I grew up with. I'm not going to lie to you. It doesn't bother me at all."
The XL Center occasionally will put up, "It's Big Red Time" on the scoreboard, but at this point nobody in Connecticut needs reminding. But, hey, Wichita State is coming to the XL on Dec. 30 for the first time as an AAC opponent, so the Shockers may need an introduction for "Big Red Appreciation Day."
Big Red T-shirts will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. UConn will honor Emery at halftime with a video and on-court presentation.
"I'm humbled by the scenario, but I've always told people this: 'I do it for the kids that are on the court,'" Emery said. "I played sports many years ago. Our schools split in Wallingford and if we had a few fans we were lucky. It was awful. I never forgot.
"We have 10,000 white collar fans in the arena that can afford tickets to see UConn play who don't like to make a lot of noise. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to put down our white-collar fans at all. That's just the way it has always been. What I do is adolescent. I do it for the energy. It's not about me. It's about the kids on the team."
"I've been big and I've been red-haired all my life. It's a nickname I grew up with. I'm not going to lie to you. It doesn't bother me at all."— Tom "Big Red" Emery
Emery started going to the games with Thomas Johnson, a teacher in Meriden and UConn graduate, in the mid-1970s. Johnson and his family had tickets. Emery had joined the Fraternal Order of Eagles and befriended Johnson.
"We didn't have things to do on Friday night," Emery said "He invited me to a couple of games. I bought one of his season tickets."
Big Red is big on his Huskies, but he isn't especially big on red letter dates. He remembers it starting sometime in the late 1980s. There was a game at the old Field House. The cheerleaders lay down on the court and started forming the letters to UConn. They wanted the fans to yell out the letters.
"It was quiet as a mouse," Emery said.
An idea was struck in the silence.
"The next game was at the Civic Center and the same thing happened," Emery said. "I felt so bad for the cheerleaders that I stood up and yelled at the top of my lungs, 'Are you ready?'"
Apparently, they were.
"I threw my arms up in the air, like, 'Say something!" Emery said. "I go, 'Give me a U!' Next thing I know my arms are flapping around. Everybody's going, 'You spelled UConn.' I'm like, 'I didn't mean to do that.'"
A legend was born … if he could avoid getting ejected.
"That first time security came out of everywhere," Emery said. "They told me I couldn't stand in the aisle. I couldn't do this or do that or they were going to throw me out. The fans started yelling [at security], 'Get a job!'
"I did it again, but I was at the end of the aisle and just stood at my seat. Later, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was the head of security [Diane Uccello]. She said, 'Are you the guy leading the cheers?" She told me not to pay attention to the security guys. They know better now."
Emery's seats at the Field House were above the batting cages at the far end and up top. He had to walk across the baseline to reach them. As he passed the student section after the XL episode, his buddy goes, 'They're talking about you.'"
Emery played in a softball league in Meriden, won a championship, and had "Big Red" printed on his jacket. The kids spotted it. During the game, they began chanting "Red! Red!" Emery was talking, unaware they were pointing at him. When he turned around, the kids went nuts.
"I threw my arms in the air like what do you want?" Emery said. "They started yelling, 'U…'
The rest is UConn history.
Boo Willingham, Ray Allen, Travis Knight are among those who went to greet Emery over the years. At the Final Four, Shabazz Napier's and Kemba Walker's moms wanted a picture with him. Former athletic director Warde Manuel approached after UConn won the national championship, Big Red said, and told him he was amazing.
Fans know where to find him, although in recent times he has moved from the upper seats near midcourt at Gampel to a seat in the corner. He couldn't take the benches anymore. C'mon, the guy's 62.
Emery talks about the 1996 Big East Tournament and how he led the cheer at one late timeout and the "entire building was shaking." UConn won the Big East Tournament title that year and, yeah, Big Red made Manhattan shake. It also made Big Red run … out of MSG in desperation to catch the last train to Connecticut after the six-overtime loss to Syracuse in 2009. He had no hotel, was running short on cash.
"That was crazy," he said.
Emery, who lives in Meriden now, went to high school in Wallingford when Lyman Hall and Sheehan split. He threw discus and shot put. Starting out, there was no varsity football at Sheehan. Emery did not attend UConn. Johnson did.
Emery works in sales for specialty plaques now at That's Great News in Cheshire. He works hard for his season tickets.
"I joke with the kids that I'm getting old and need a protégé,' Emery said. "But if my health is good, and I told some of the past players this, I'll do this until the day I die. It's my vice. I seldom spend money going out on a Friday night. I'm a blue collar worker. If you knew how much it meant to get a ticket even now. It's difficult. It's not really in the budget. I save."
And when the time is perfect, Big Red cheers.


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Police in the commercial city of Blantyre say they have stepped up efforts to ensure a crime free festive season in the city.
Confirming the development to Malawi24 was the city's police publicist Sub-Inspector Augustus Nkhwazi who said the police in the city have already embarked on a number of activities aiming at maintaining peace during the festive season.
Nkhwazi said among others, police have enhanced visibility during the day and night as there will be intensified armed foot and motor vehicle patrols so as to deal with acts intending to cause havoc.
The publicist further said throughout this period, sweeping operations will be the order of the day to ensure that criminal intentions are not given any opportunity to accomplish their ill motives.
Nkhwazi continued to say that community awareness meetings with members of the public will also be enhanced through community policing.
"Let us ensure that we have festive season free from crime and road accidents in the city. There will be intensive traffic checks and patrols both during the day and at night.
We want to ensure our roads are free from accidents during the season.
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He also advised people report to police any suspicious activity that require police attention as soon as possible and urged those planning to go on vacation to strictly arrange for a responsible person to be in charge of their houses/property in their absence.


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Contemporary Daguerreotypes of Western Landscapes
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Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyping Frémont's Last Expedition Through The Rockies, now on exhibit at the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, features more than one hundred contemporary daguerreotypes of western landscapes by Robert Shlaer.
Following the route traveled by explorer John Charles Frémont's expedition 150 years ago, Shlaer--a modern-day practitioner of this early form of photography--has visually reconstructed Frémont's quest for a central transcontinental railroad route. Fire destroyed all but 34 of the daguerreotypes Solomon N. Carvalho made during Frémont's 1853 expedition.
Several copies of engravings made from Carvalho's images also are displayed in the exhibition. Sights Once Seen is on loan from the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and continues at The Interior Museum through Monday, March 31, 2003.
Frémont and his men encountered treacherous, icy weather on their winter expedition. Temperatures remained below zero degrees Fahrenheit for much of their trek through the Rocky Mountains.
These conditions posed particular challenges for Carvalho, as daguerreotypy involves exposing silver-coated copper plates to gaseous chemicals for an extended period of time, and rinsing the plates in distilled water before gilding or tinting. Also, the equipment used to make daguerreotypes was cumbersome and heavy for the pack animals to transport.
In the 1990s, Shlaer's challenges were not frigid temperatures or bulky equipment but piecing together the historic route, from maps, expedition documents, and Carvalho's journal, and documenting its panoramic scenes. The resulting images (of the Santa Fe Trail and the Arkansas River Valley in Kansas, Colorado's Cochetopa Pass, and Cathedral Valley, Utah, for example) are a beautiful record of landscape, arduous exploration, and technical mastery.
Charles Bennett, the exhibition's curator, remarked, "If you've never seen daguerreotypes you will be amazed at the simultaneous clarity and ghost-like quality of this earliest form of photography."
In 1994, Shlaer chose to travel and photograph Frémont's Fifth Expedition route rather than to pursue a career in sensory psychology and neurophysiology, a field in which he earned a Ph.D. More than four years later he completed his task and began producing the exhibition. He authored a book by the same title (published by the Museum of New Mexico Press) that reproduces many of the images on exhibit at the Interior Museum. He has lectured and published widely on daguerreotypy, and his work is included in the collections of The Amon Carter Museum, The Boston Athenaeum, and The Huntington Library, among many others.
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In February and March I wrote two posts on my efforts to minimize the digital distractions in my life, Digital Minimalism and Digital Minimalism Revisited. I'd just finished the book by Cal Newport of the same name and was inspired to cut out the mindless distractions of my life. Since then, I've continued to stay... Continue Reading →
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I haven't written a lot about a major challenge in our home. Mostly because it's overwhelming and scary and so hard to describe. Also because I don't want to say anything that will violate the privacy of my children and make anyone uncomfortable one day. But I think it's time to be more honest and... Continue Reading →
PAUSE – When It's Time to Just Cozy Up
On Monday I wrote about the reminder to PAUSE when the unexpected crops up. Well, the unexpected continued to crop up because it was a full week of vomiting for my little family of 5, which meant that nothing went as expected. As of today, I'm out of clean sweatpants and our towel supply is... Continue Reading →
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Well I finished my stitchery, now I need to finish my little penny rug. You can click on the image to enlarge it.
Well I finished my stitchery, now I need to finish my little penny rug. You can click on the image to enlarge it.
Grace had some oh so cute pictures taken and I just had to share them with you. It just wouldn't be fair of me to keep them to myself. Amanda Remmenga took the pictures and I added some little sayings. You can click on the photos to make them bigger.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures with the many faces of Grace!
Here's what I've been working on so far today. I covered some more little boxes. I played around with the lighting again. Started out with dark….
a little lighter……
I also have a cute little stitchery I want to work on along with my little penny rug I want to make. Which will I finish first? Only time will tell!
Look what came in the mail today. I anxiously set down with a cup of coffee and started flipping through the pages.
I especially loved the home of Mark and Shirley Franzoni.They are the owners of Blessings Primitives, a decor shop and Black Crow Candle Company. You'll have to check out the pictures of their home, lots of neat primitives and decorating ideas.
Here are the pieces to my next little wool project. I hope to get started on it soon!
A big thank you to everyone who read about Max and his wish for cards. Hopefully he will reach his goal with all our help!
The following article is taken from the Des Moines Register March 14, 2011.
"Mighty" Max Low of Neola, Ia., began battling leukemia shortly after he started kindergarten in 2004.
Today he's a 12-year-old sixth grader, still battling away at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha. And he's probably receiving more get well cards on a daily basis than anybody else on the planet.
"They're coming, like, 2,000 a day," said his mom, Bambi, when I caught her during a rare few minutes at home. "Last week we got 5,000 cards. I got a whole trunk full of cards today. … They're streaming in."One of Max's friends had the brainstorm in 2008 Wouldn't it be cool to get 1 million cards in the mail? Max wholeheartedly agreed.
Word of mouth and social media took it from there. That "Max-a-Million" campaign petered out in early 2009. But a renewed effort began less than a month ago when another friend made a simple post on her Facebook profile page. Momentum has snowballed in the last week, with numerous Facebook groups and events (such as "Make Mighty Max Low's Wish Come True!!!!!") contributing to the increasing flood of cards. My Register photojournalist colleague Andrea Melendez noticed all the Facebook chatter over the weekend and sent me a note. All cards are headed for this address:
Mighty Max Low
P.O. Box 111
Neola, IA 51559
That's why Max's dad, Greg, found no fewer than 11 keys in his post office box on a recent morning. (All these cards headed for small-town Iowa are the exception to the trend of rural post office closures I wrote about last month.)
Max has endured chemotherapy and other treatments and a "late relapse" through the years. Recent results of chemo had not been promising. Bambi on Feb. 15 was told to enjoy her final days with her son. But now there are signs of hope.
"Last Monday his bone marrow came back with no cancer," Bambi said. The possibility of a bone-marrow transplant is on the horizon, with Gregory a 90 percent match. Doctors are waiting to see whether Max can manufacture his own white blood cells.
Meanwhile, Max feels pretty good. Which made it all the harder for Bambi even to tell her son that his condition was classified as terminal.
"You'd never know he's sick" she said. "He's not eating so hot. … I didn't want to tell him that he was going to die."
"But I feel so good, mom – I feel so good," Max responded.
So the cards stream in as Max and his family wait and see about the transplant. Bambi said that she reads about 300 cards a day before wrapping them all up to take to the hospital.
The Lows try to maintain as normal a schedule as possible, since they've been in this cancer fight for years. Bambi still drives a school bus 120 miles each weekday to keep working as long as possible, and she and Greg spend about a combined 18 hours a day at the hospital. The road miles do add up.
Please take a few minutes of your time and send this child a card! Show the love and make his wish come true!
My carpenter (Hobby Lobby)cut me a deal. He said he would build my fireplace for half the price! Also, this fabulous little country shop I found along a little winding road (Hobby Lobby) was having a 1/2 price sale so I had to go check it out!
I was only able to purchase one chair as that is all they had left. Both the fireplace and chair came natural so I had to paint them.
I then took a much needed break and made myself a cup of coffee in this lovely cup and saucer set I purchased at the little shop. On my way home I found this stray kitty so she came home with me! She's purrfectly content in her little basket. I have yet to name her.
The shop was also having a 1/2 price sale in the kitchen area so I purchased myself this little cook stove and some graniteware pots and pans. Someday I hoped to find me a dry sink and a little table and chairs for my kitchen.
I did find me some lovely pewter plates!
It's coming together slowly. I'll keep you updated as I go along. I have been spending an occasional night there. I've just been sleeping on the floor by the fireplace. It's really rather cozy!
Yes I know I am having too much fun! Once again, it's just that little girl in me, but you are welcome to come over and play along!
Just thought I would try my hand at making clothespin dolls. You can click on images to make bigger. Here's Mae….
and here's Emma…
Here's Emma…..
and here's Mae…..
Put them together and you have Emma Mae!
Come on now, you have to admit that was pretty clever! lol
Enjoy your evening!
Haven't you heard that saying many times?To "put all your eggs in one basket" is to risk losing everything all at one time. Well here are some other reasons for not putting all your eggs in one basket:
You are too frugal to purchase another basket.
Last time you tried multiple baskets you couldn't carry them all and wound up dropping some.
So you know eggsactly what you have.
Because you want to take a picture of all your eggs in one pretty basket.
You are too busy burning your candle at both ends to have time to put your eggs into multiple baskets.
Because the little chicken that lives in my head told me too.
The eggs get frightened when separated.
Eggs can get very lonely in small groups
Your basket hasn't learned to share.
Because you can.
Here are my eggs and I do not have them all in one basket! You can click on pictures to enlarge.
Where are all your eggs?!
Put some more spring things out today and moved some things around.
Moved my little house into the living room for now. It is still a work in progress.
Enjoy your day!
Had to show off some little cutie pies! Here is my niece Robin and her little one, Grace…..
Here is Grace getting ready to eat her lunch….
and here is my nephew Trevor and his little mini me, Davis.
I remember when their parents, Robin and Trevor were babies! I think this means I'm getting old!
I had to go to the drug store and while I was waiting, I saw this cute little sock monkey. He reminded me of the sock monkeys my Grandma Vera made me. He was so cute sitting there and he asked me if I would take him home, how could I say no?! Who doesn't like sock monkeys?
I came home and dug out my sock monkeys and they too instantly fell in love with the little monkey whose name is "Socks" by the way. They happily posed for pictures for me!
Here they are just monkeying around!
I even took little "Socks" with me to work and everyone there thought he was adorable! He likes to go places so you might be seeing more of him! Yes, I do enjoy playing with my little monkeys, let's just face it, I'll never grow up! :-)
I was just wondering, did the title make you think I was caught in a hurricane with my candle and peas?!
Saw this done on some other sites. A hurricane, candle and split peas, now I'm ready for St. Patrick's Day!
Just got home from work and am really tired. It is rainy outside which makes it all the more a lazy day. I keep asking myself what do I want to work on and so far the only answer I keep telling myself is "the couch" go lay down on the couch! I don't think I'm going to put up an argument, look out couch here I come!


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Bhasma in Ayurveda has been defined as a substance obtained by calcination.
Bhasma is a calcined preparation in which the gem or metal is converted into ash. Gems or metals are purified to remove impurities and treated by triturating and macerating in herbal extracts. The dough so obtained is calcinated to obtain the ashes.Ayurveda is the science made up of Veda (knowledge) and Ayush (life). An Ayurvedic system adopts a holistic approach towards health care by balancing the physical, mental and spiritual functions of the human body. Rasa–Shastra (vedic-chemistry) is one of the parts of Ayurveda, which deals with herbo-mineral/metals/non-metals preparations called Bhasmas.
Rasayana (immunomodulation and anti-aging quality) and yogavahi (ability to target drugs to the site) are characteristics of a properly made herbo-mineral/metals/non-metals preparation, which is also nontoxic, gently absorbable, adaptable and digestible in the bodyBhasma or vibhooti is the sacred ash from the dhuni or fire of a yogi or avadhoota, or from the sacrificial fire or yajna, where special wood, ghee, herbs, grains and other auspicious and purifying items are offered in worship along with mantras. It is believed that bhasma destroys sins (paap), and that it links us with the divine. It is called 'bhasma' because it has the power to consume all evils. Any matter, broken up through the process of fire is reduced to its 'bhasmic' form, which is infinitely more refined and pure than the original matter, devoid as it is of all impurities niranjan. The grossness of matter obscures the subtle essence inherent within it, just as wood hides fire and milk conceals butter and cheese, but when it is burnt (or churned in the case of milk) only the pure essence remains. Similarly, the great heat of tapasya and the churning of the mind in meditation reveals the underlying subtle spirit or atman.


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Apples and Moore (formerly Reisingers)
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Taste Apples and Moore apples in the field then you can decide what is best for you and your family. Over Twenty Varieties Available. Plenty of wagons for hauling fruit and kids. Bags provided. Stroll through acres and acres of fruit and enjoy the beauty of the Finger Lakes. Bring a picnic lunch. Take lots of pictures.
The story of Reisinger's Apple Country (now Apples and Moore) began in the early 1990's. The idea was to grow enough fruit each year to pay the taxes on our property. At the time they had 70 acres of open fields, so they planted one acre of apples to start. One thing led to another and they ended up with 10,000 plus trees in the ground and a full time venture. In the beginning, Karen worked full time as a personnel manager with an architectural firm in Ithaca and Rick managed Cornell's research orchards in Ithaca. They made the last trip over the hills to those "day" jobs in 2004. Meantime, expansion at the farm has meant a full time commitment for the entire Reisinger family (Rick, Karen kids and grandkids).
Their plantings were opened to public picking in 2002. Since then "word of mouth" has brought a wave of loyal pick–your-own families and friends to their farm. Their goal is to provide a place where family and friends can experience a beautiful day picking quality apples and fall raspberries. Nearly 50 acres of orchards, fields and meadows are open to stroll through while looking for those perfect apples or sampling sweet berries. You will have many opportunities to teach the kids about the value of fresh fruit and nutrition. Educational displays will show you the seasonal jobs required to run an apple orchard.
Ask about tours to the farm and their educational programs. Over 1,000 children from area schools tour their orchards and pick an apple every year. Spring workshops are held to show you how to prune your trees or plant fruit in your home gardens. Also, check out Rick's Orchard Blog. Rick gives weekly updates about their ongoing orchard work, what is going on in the orchard and what is being done to grow a crop throughout the year.
The tops of the apple trees are picked by the Reisinger family to provide bagged apples for sale in the orchard sales room. Other seasonal fruit grown on their farm are peaches, plums, blueberries and pears. These are packaged in the sales room for your convenience. On the weekend Homemade Apple Cider Donuts are always a special hit. Apple butter, jams and jelly are made on-site (with their fruit) which make great gifts as well as great eating. They make their own Apple Cider and their own Maple Syrup. Local honey and arts and crafts from family members and area artisans are popular for browsing as well.
They offer easy picking from the ground; no ladders needed (all within reach for young and old alike). Take one of their wagons for easy hauling (picking bags are provided). When you enter their apple orchard, there will be lots of memories to be made and shared. Cameras and picnic lunches will come in handy. Enjoy!
They purchased a neighboring farm in 2012 and they now grow their pumpkins on this ground, and have expanded their raspberry and blueberry planting there too. Their Maple operation is located on this farm as well.
Open early August through November depending on the crop and season. Hours are 9:00AM to 6:00PM seven days per week.


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Cafe Rijke & de Wit, one of the oldest Cafe's of Rotterdam
Cafe Rijke & de Wit
Cafe Rijke & de Wit. Take a beer in one of the oldest Cafe's of Rotterdam. In the heart of Rotterdam, in the district of Delfshaven, on the Nieuwe Binnenweg 332 there is one of the oldest cafés in Rotterdam, at the Heemraads Square. Wood paneling through the whole Cafe, containing processed flower paintings of the Rotterdam pub painter Funke. Art Nouveau stained glass Windows and a ceiling of 5 ½ feet high. In Rijke en de Wit, each beer is tapped on the correct way. Quality over quantity is the slogan. Proost!
Cafe Rijke & de Wit. Nieuwe Binnenweg 332-A, 3023 ER Rotterdam
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Cafe Rijke & de Wit, one of the oldest Cafe's of Rotterdam