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Before the movie began, we see the disclaimer which reads: 'All the incidents in this film are fictitious……. Until they happen to you'. We see an upanishad quote about death. The film begins with Chakravarthi shouting in anguish inside a dark forest.
The film cuts to Arya, and the introduction song. We learn that Karthick (Arya) is an architect. He meets Sandhya (Trisha) in a go-carting race, and falls in love as soon as he sees her. Sandhya is a doctor, and so Karthick goes to her hospital and tries to woo her. Sandhya hates Karthick as she thinks he is not serious about life. Gradually, she falls for him, and the two happily enjoy life. We also see Eashwar, a man who has lost his wife and his son in a road accident. Eashwar thinks that it was Naushad, the man who accidentally hit Eashwar's wife and son with his car, who is solely responsible for their death, and he repeatedly visits Naushad and threatens him that he doesn't understand the loss Eashwar has undergone and he will only understand it if his own son dies. Naushad has a little boy Iman, and Naushad finally hides in Munnar, fearing Eashwar.
It is at this point that the story takes a serious turn. Sandhya dies in a brutal accident, and Karthick is devastated. Sandhya's father tells Karthick that Sandhya's heart has been transplanted and it's Naushad's son who lives with her heart. Karthick becomes emotional and goes on a trip to find out Naushad. By following Karthick, Eashwar too arrives at Munnar.
What happens at Munnar forms the rest of the story. Was Eashwar successful in his mission to kill Naushad's son? Was Karthick able to overcome his grief? See the movie on screen.
Sarvam is directed by Vishnu Vardhan. Now, all his previous movies are stylishly made (Arindum Ariyamalum, Pattiyal, Billa) and this one too, is brimming with youthful scenes right from the beginning till the intermission. The first half is romantic and is fun to watch, especially Arya's repeated attempts to woo Trisha.
The second half is totally different from the first half and the story takes us through the beautiful locations in Munnar. The climax is a bit dragging, and I found it uninteresting. Except the final 30 minutes, this film is worthy to watch.
The story has been woven around the central theme of loss. The pain of loss. We see Eashwar gradually getting afflicted with the psychotic obsession of killing Naushad's son, as he thinks he lost his wife and son because of Naushad. Naushad too, talks in a don't-care manner when Eashwar comes to Naushad's house for the first time. All this adds up and Eashwar decides to kill Naushad's son to make him understand the pain of losing the dearest ones. On the other hand, Karthick too suffers the pain of loss when he loses Sandhya in the accident. But, Karthick's mindset is to prevent others from experiencing such a kind of pain, and that's what he exactly says to Eashwar when they both meet up in Munnar. This difference in mindsets is what makes the film worthwhile to watch.
The camera was good, especially in the scenes filmed in Munnar. Nirav Shah has done a good work. The music too is okay. While seeing the beautifully filmed songs, I was not able to stop thinking about Vishnu Vardhan using Rahman in this film. It would have been absolutely brilliant if Rahman had scored the music, as that would be a perfect match with the camera work. Yuvan was also good with the songs but somehow I felt Rahman would have been the better choice, while seeing the songs.
Arya has done a cool job. Although he is very predictable in some scenes, he is okay. Trisha was beautiful. After a long time, she has been shown in a great way, and is cute and attractive. Chakravarthi is the antagonist, and he looks like a younger Kamal Hassan in some scenes. He has done a neat job of the psychotic villain. The little boy who has acted as Iman, Naushad's son is a good actor, it seems. All his scenes with Arya are thoroughly enjoyable.
And, I dunno why throughout the movie, the characters keep praising Ilayaraja. That too, in comparison with Rahman. I can understand that this movie was made during Rahman's Oscar glory and may be that's the reason the film makers decided to justify Ilayaraja against Rahman and through Arya's character, they say that although Rahman is great, Ilayaraja is the greatest! I didn't like this comparison game which went on almost throughout the movie.
Overall, the film is worthy to watch, but beware about the final thirty minutes, which makes us to question about the logical gaps (holes!!) in the script.
Sarvam – இழப்பின் வலி .


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Power and Energy
The World of Power and Energy Has Never Been More Dynamic
Over the past decade, the world has seen fundamentally new sources of energy come online. Oil, gas, natural resources like wind and solar have permanently altered the industry and many suppliers have ventured into several of these sectors simultaneously.
Platform drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil sands of Alberta. Lithium-ion factories in Cleveland and Kathmandu. Nuclear reactors at Indian Point and in India. Wind farms in Palm Springs and the Pacific Ocean. Wells, both onshore and offshore. Dams and grids, large and small. Crawford's Power and Energy group of has knowledge and experience across the diversity of issues that are unique to this industry.
The matrix of issues encountered by this industry is virtually infinite, encompassing but not limited to:
- Environment
- Exposure to consumers, corporations, and governments
- Geography (local, national, global)
- Liability and litigations
- Operations failures
- Platforms
- Regulatory issues
The Losses can be Staggering
Insurance coverage in this industry is as complex as the potentially staggering losses. This industry faces significant threats such as terrorism, natural disasters, and regional power failures. Speed, experience, and expertise are more critical to assessing damages in this industry than in many others. Crawford's management teams have immediate access to every type of specific expertise. We are prepared to deal with the range of issues surrounding any loss.
We recognize that these situations are not only complex, but massive as well. Crawford has the experience to manage all of the competing streams of experts, insurers, re-insurers, lawyers, environmentalists, forensics, and regulators. We fully understand how any losses in this industry can escalate into major interruptions in business. Access to experts, often Crawford colleagues, who run our practices focused on manufacturing, mining, engineering, and technology, are made available in real-time, 24/7, around the globe.
Crawford provides a variety of services with experts in the Power and Energy industry. For more information, contact a GTS adjuster directly by visiting www.crawfordgts.com and selecting CV Search.

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Reminder: How to Identify Phishing Attempts
May 02, 2014
Because phishing attempts have grown more and more sophisticated, it's important to remain skeptical about unsolicited emails from addresses or people that you don't recognize. Here are some tips to help you identify a phishing attempt:
- ITS and schools and centers affiliated with the University will never collect your username, password, or personal information via email.
- Check where links are trying to take you by hovering over links before clicking.
- Check whether an email has already been confirmed as a phishing attempt by checking this list.
Yesterday's phishing attempt was particularly sophisticated because it wasn't asking you to submit information, instead it wanted you to click a link to "verify" your email address. However, there were some ways to tell this email wasn't legitimate:
- The email came from email@example.com, which is not affiliated with ITS.
- If an email is sent to you directly and not to a list, ITS will identify you by name and not by email address.
- ITS always signs their emails, so you should recognize who is sending it.
- The "Verify Email" link was pointing to "http://mail-exchange-upenn-edu.satfoundation.org/owa/auth/", but all Penn websites will have a .edu address and not a .org address.
If you are unsure whether an email is legitimate, please don't hesitate to give us a call or email email@example.com.


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Wheels Within Wheels
To me summer vacation means changing the daily routine and seeing new things, or old things in new ways, so here are some unusual home designs to act as springboards for the imagination.
For example, round or almost round houses – i.e. octagons, like the McElroy house in San Francisco of 1861, shown above (photo courtesy Wikipedia) — have always had a special allure. In the 19th century, health writer Orson Squire Fowler popularized the form in his book The Octagon House: A Lifestyle for All. Octagons were sometimes called "health houses" because of the way each angled room maximized natural light and ventilation.
Variations on the octagon have interested architects and designers ever since — well, actually since Greece and Rome, not to mention the Middle East, if you consider all those round temples and domed mosques. Among the most famous examples is the 12-sided House of Tomorrow by architects George Fred Keck and William Keck at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition in 1933, built of steel, aluminum, and glass. Here's the conceptual sketch for it (courtesy projetoblog).
Note the airplane easing out of the ground floor hangar (every home should have one) on the left, while the automobile pulls away on the right, and Mom is left alone with the daughter in the center.
Here it is as built (though this view was taken after it was bought by a developer and moved to a residential subdivision overlooking Lake Michigan) where the handy hangar was replaced with living quarters (sigh…). As a popular exhibit at the world's fair it promoted a romantic machine-age future as if to say: "Look, you can live in an airport control tower!" (Photo courtesy Wikimapia.) Sounds fun to me. It's not so very far, conceptually, from Los Angeles architect John Lautner's Chemosphere, of 1960, shown below, though most people compare the latter to a flying saucer tethered to the ground.
The faceted geometry is still there but now everything is flattening out and lifting off into space (photo courtesy the John Lautner Foundation). John Portman's spinning cocktail lounges atop Hyatt hotels, and of course Seattle's Space Needle, were not far behind.
Spin an octagon fast enough and you get a cylinder, like the round house for the Medici family in Ticino, Switzerland of 1980-82 by Italian modernist architect Mario Botta.
It's called la Rotunda — which is also the informal name for the Pantheon in Rome, not a bad precedent (photo courtesy Mario Botto Architetto). The idea here, according Botta, was to create a design that was visually distinct from surrounding houses while making a strong visual connection to the distant landscape through the geometric window fissures in the monolithic round tower form. It's a very evocative design: a drum that's both closed and connected at the same time.
We have various round designs, such as Plan 64-165.
It's actually sixteen-sided — a doubled octagon; part of our Unusual and Unique Plans Collection. The one story pavilion (connecting to a round pool), contains the living-dining area and kitchen in one half; bedroom, bath, and laundry/utility space in the other.
It would make an elegant guest house or in-law unit as well as a pool pavilion. To me it's a perfect vehicle — and a wheel, no less — for rolling into a late summer daydream about home, which is another way of saying that I'll be on vacation for a week. Please keep the porch light on for me.


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5 High-Tech Fixes for Patients
Health advances more easily reveal causes of illness, cost of care faster
From virtual doctor visits to online diagnoses, information technology is rapidly changing the way patients interact with the health system. Here are some innovations that are catching on more broadly and could improve care in 2014:Monitor Long-Distance
An electronic intensive-care unit, or eICU, lets critical-care doctors and nurses check on patients in several hospitals from a remote command center with a bank of monitors displaying patients' vital signs. They can alert bedside staff if they see a subtle change in a patient...


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Dental X-rays
X-rays are high frequency light (or radiation) that penetrates different substances with different rates and absorption.
In dentistry, there are typically four types of X-rays:
- Periapical x-rays: used to look at the root tip of the tooth
- Bite-wing x-rays: used to look between the teeth for decay
- Occlusal x-rays: are primarily used for children to show the dentist the development of the child's permanent teeth. Some children have Congenitally Missing teeth, which means they were born without a permanent tooth.
- Panoramic x-rays: used to see the entire jaw bone, check for tumors and growths, view the position of your wisdom teeth, impacted teeth and even extra teeth
Dental x-rays are an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of dental problems. They do not, however, replace the need for a visual examination of the head, neck, TMJ and the oral cavity. It is only with the combination of both the x-rays and the visual examination that the dentist can best diagnose his or her patients.
Are they safe?
Our environment contains natural radiation and the dental x-rays produce a low level of radiation that the public and professional community considers safe. Many precautions are taken to ensure their safety including using lead aprons, shields, and a fast process which limits exposure.
You will be happy to know that 18 conventional dental x-rays deliver 56,000 times less radiation than an upper GI series, 800 times less than a chest x-ray, and 40 times less radiation than a typical day of background radiation from the sun. Dental x-rays are both safe and effective, and can be used during pregnancy. Most of Family First Dental offices have integrated digital x-rays into their offices, which have a minimal radiation exposure. Eventually all of Family First Dental office will have digital x-ray.
Digital x-rays offer additional advantages, with an additional 80 percent reduction in the radiation exposure to the conventional dental x-rays stated above. Using digital x-rays there is no need for film, processing chemicals, and the dentist gets the image in about 3 seconds. The exposure to radiation with digital x-ray is very minimal and hard to measure.
How often will I need dental X-rays?
Each patient is unique and the number of dental x-rays needed is based on their individual dental health needs. If you are concerned with the recommended necessity of x-rays, please discuss your feelings with your doctor and dental hygienist to gain more information and to create a healthy plan for you. X-rays are often used for a few years, unless major dental restorations are performed. Check-up exams may require a few x-rays to be taken. These are called bite-wing x-rays. They are a single x-ray used to reveal the crowns of several upper and lower teeth as they bite down.
Note: For more information on dentistry, please visit the following two websites: The American Dental Association Website www.ada.org and WebMD at www.WebMD.com or visit our links page. Please ask our knowledgeable staff any questions or concerns you may have. They are there to help you!


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NATO Threatens Anonymous; Kicks Off Weekend-Long Hackathon
from the hornets'-nests-all-the-way-down dept
Following in the footsteps of Obama's promise to fight hackers with guns, General Rapporteur Lord Jopling has issued a long and sternly-worded statement to NATO, warning them of the threat hackers pose to the security of the allied nations. The draft details Anonymous' involvement with both Wikileaks and HBGary along with with a rundown of recent hacktivist activity in the Middle East and Africa.
Jopling's paper is thorough and fairly well-balanced, although it includes some troubling statements about governmental transparency:
[T]he Rapporteur believes that even if one is in favour of transparency, military and intelligence operations simply cannot be planned and consulted with the public. Transparency cannot exist without control. The government, and especially its security agencies, must have the right to limit access to information in order to govern and to protect. This is based on the premise that states and corporations have the right to privacy as much as individuals do and that secrecy is required for efficient management of the state institutions and organizations.
In addition, transparency can be misused on several levels – by providing unprofessional or poor-quality interpretation of information or documents, by conducting superficial or biased analysis, by lack of experience on the topic or by pursuing a political agenda. Thus, not everything carried out under the "transparency label" is necessarily good for the government and its people.
While he makes a good point that full transparency can often lead to faulty conclusions, the fact is that this sort of thing (poor-quality interpretations of information, biased analysis, pursuit of political agendas) is happening already, and increased compartmentalization and secrecy will only exacerbate the problem. The information will still get out somehow, but at this point, nearly every government in the world is showing an unhealthy distrust of its citizens. Rather than working towards more transparency and openness, they seem to be looking to lock up as much information as possible.
Not only that, but the claim that "states and corporations have the right to privacy as much as individuals do" is flat-out laughable. If this were true, these states and corporations would be an open-book, especially here in the U.S. where warrantless wiretaps and searches have become just another ho-hum tool of the FBI and local law enforcement. On one hand, the government is pressuring Google and Apple to protect the privacy of their users, while on the other hand, it's demanding that said private information be harvested and retained indefinitely.
But this is merely retreading arguments long-familiar with Techdirt readers. It's the point where NATO explicitly calls out Anonymous that it gets interesting. While acknowledging Anonymous' positive "hacktivism" efforts in aid of foreign rebellions, the draft also explicitly warns the group that NATO is willing to take them on and prosecute if necessary:
Today, the ad hoc international group of hackers and activists is said to have thousands of operatives and has no set rules or membership.[36] It remains to be seen how much time Anonymous has for pursuing such paths. The longer these attacks persist the more likely countermeasures will be developed, implemented, the groups will be infiltrated and perpetrators persecuted.
It didn't take long for Anonymous to respond. Or rather, Anonymous would have responded if they weren't already tied up disrupting services in Iran, harvesting thousands of government emails and publishing Iran embassy email account information. LulzSec (whose week has already been busy, what with hacking PBS and Sony Pictures), took it upon themselves to go head-to-head with both the FBI and NATO:
It has come to our unfortunate attention that NATO and our good friend Barrack Osama-Llama 24th-century Obama have recently upped the stakes with regard to hacking. They now treat hacking as an act of war. So, we just hacked an FBI affiliated website (Infragard, specifically the Atlanta chapter) and leaked its user base.
In addition to taking Infragard offline (it was still down as of 7PM Sunday), LulzSec acquired the gmail address of Karim Hijazi, who runs Unveillance, a "white hat" company specializing in data breaches and botnets. Hijazi released a statement on Friday confirming their attacks. His post also included an IRC chat transcript of a conversation with members of LulzSec, in which they claim they are after his money:
(KARIM) So did we wrong you in some way, let's get to the point?
(LULZ) <@Ninetales> If you wronged us, all of your affiliates would be crushed. Don't worry, you're in the good books. The point is a very crude word: extortion.
(LULZ) <@Ninetales> And what we're both willing to agree upon that you sacrifice in return for our silence.
(LULZ) <@Ninetales> While I do get great enjoyment from obliterating whitehats from cyberspace, I can save this pleasure for other targets. Let's just simplify: you have lots of money, we want more money.
Hijazi claims to have protected any sensitive client data from LulzSec and states that he "refuses to comply with their requests." However, LulzSec's statement claims that they're not interested in Hijazi's money, but simply wish to expose his company's involvement with U.S. attacks on Libya's communication systems:
We call upon journalists and other writers to delve through the emails carefully, as we have uncovered an operation orchestrated by Unveillance and others to control and assess Libyan cyberspace through malicious means: the U.S. government is funding the CSFI to attack Libya's cyber infrastructure.
Further twists developed Saturday when a post appeared on Pastebin from someone claiming to have infiltrated LulzSec. According to the anonymous (but not Anonymous) poster, an IRC chat had led to a postive ID of four LulzSec members, naming Adrian Lamo of 2600.com as the registrar of lulzsecurity.com. A rebuttal of sorts followed shortly thereafter, claiming these supposed "unmaskings" to be nothing more than names thrown into the IRC-mix for trolling purposes:
sabu, avunti, topiary, kayla, tflow, entropy, marduk and joepie91
these are some of the lulzsec guys, distanced from anonops, keeping the heat low
sailing the lulzyboat
if you are lucky enough to be invited to their private channel
be aware it is one of many for trolling the trolls :)
yo dawg we herd j00 leik lulzsecs so we put an adrian lamos and kevin mitnicks in your lulzsecs
so you can lulz while you lulz
So, where does that leave everything? Who knows? LulzSec apparently took a joyride through Nintendo's servers, prying free a server configuration file but leaving everything else untouched, out of love for Nintendo according to their tweet:
Re: Nintendo, we just got a config file and made it clear that we didn't mean any harm. Nintendo had already fixed it anyway. <3 them!
With both the U.S. and NATO pledging to fight back against cyberattacks, it remains to be seen how much collateral damage will be needed to justify the use of something stronger than sternly worded statements. LulzSec has made it clear that others are willing to step in for Anonymous proper, if it/they are otherwise detained. While it's certainly conceivable that anti-Anonymous actions are going on behind the scenes, the events of this weekend wouldn't seem to bode well for governmental agencies worldwide.


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thinking about clams
Venice is one of those cities, like San Francisco and Stockholm, that I slipped into so easily that coming home felt wrong. Even the greenly dank smell of the water didn't worry me. I accepted it like the little flaws you secretly like in someone you love. Evading the crowds who trod heavily round the same few streets, the pleasures of getting lost amidst the back streets were heightened by the frequent discovery of a tiny deserted church with a centuries old fresco. I dreamed of training in fresco restoration and spending my life there. Sitting quietly with a prosecco in a neighbourhood square, watching the life move around us, we talked of how easy it would be simply not to go home.
But for all the many good memories I have attached to Venice, surprisingly few of them are culinary. Some of the most disappointing Italian food I've eaten has been in Venice. There are glorious exceptions. Plates of cicchetti served in little bars full of raised voices and crowded with office workers. Gefilte fish eaten in on the canal side in Cannareggio. Little polpetti that were so hot and fresh that we burned out mouths in haste and greedy hunger. And the best spaghetti al vongole. There were no tomatoes or chilli - just a lot of garlic and wine and a soft, leafy green that lay across the clams like a little blanket and melted on contact with your tongue.
Listening again to this programme, I determined to celebrate all things Venetian with my own tribute to that vongole. Chard will be my leafy green, and I'll use a heavy hand with the garlic and the wine bottle. And there's a bottle of prosecco in the larder from the days when it was actually spring - hurray! It's so cold and grey here that a little feast is just what's needed. What are you cooking tonight?


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BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern Contest 2013
We have compiled this gallery of the 20 finalists and it is now up to you all to vote for the winners! Please click on a slide's project link to read and view more information on each entry. You may vote for multiple finalists but are limited to one vote per finalist. The order of these slides was chosen at random. Note: Don't vote for this slide.
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Apr 4, 2014, 06.30 AMby ginaminton
Congrats to all the winners.
Feb 26, 2013, 11.33 PMby Justine of Sew Country Chick
I wish there was a better way to view these photo galleries! loading each page is too time consuming I'm afraid.
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Feb 26, 2013, 11.34 PMby Justine of Sew Country Chick
And congrats to the winners. i won the Vintage Modern design contest last year and it was so exciting!
Feb 26, 2013, 06.55 PMby Trudy McGrath
I love all the projects here and congrats to all the contestants. However, I would like to add to the thread as to the "sewing vintage new" in particular. I am so surprised by the lack of originality in some of the work made it to the top list. That's just my opinion and I hope it isn't in any way a harsh comment but the only project that has had a really cool twist on vintage is "Mahaila's" dress. Very original and probably took some precious hours to make it look so outstanding. Perfectly fits the title yet hasn't received as many votes as others. Of course opinions differ from person to person, that's mine :) Still. nice job ladies and gents I wish I could sew this good!
Feb 23, 2013, 05.46 AMby JCM Collections
But I still insist that only three dresses are the one the fill the requirements of the contest, even though you say not. becuase if you see in the votes those three dresses have the most votes
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Feb 24, 2013, 01.40 AMby BurdaStyle Support
Hi emperorny67,
Member misumihaela is correct. The competition and the book are not about vintage sewing techniques, but rather modernizing favorite looks and vintage styles. Our main criteria were 1. Creativity; 2. Craftsmanship; and 3. Presentation (e.g., good photography and styling). You can view more specifics here: http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/enter-the-burdastyle-vintage-modern-sewing-contest
The book does not only include dresses but separates including tops, bottoms, and men's outerwear and shirts. The contest is not limited to just dresses.
Feb 22, 2013, 10.54 PMby majaleeloo
It was said the voting is supposed to be open till february 24th… Why is it closed now?
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Feb 23, 2013, 10.51 AMby pambox
I was about to ask the same thing! I was about to look at the entries and vote for my favourite.
Feb 23, 2013, 03.25 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hello majaleeloo,
My apologies for this scheduling error. The gallery is in fact open for voting for two more days.
Feb 22, 2013, 04.20 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hello everyone,
Thank you all for voting.
When you click the "Vote" button the page will refresh to note the updated count and to display the "You have already voted" text underneath the button. This is displayed after your vote is submitted to remind you that you have already voted for that particular slide.
As the first slide reads: You may vote for multiple finalists but are limited to one vote per finalist… Note: Don't vote for [the first] slide.
If a slide reads "You have already voted" it means that your vote was accepted and you can no longer vote for that slide.
I hope this helps clarify the voting process.
Feb 22, 2013, 10.01 AMby lievedb
same problem: cannot vote
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Please click "Vote" on the slide for which you want to vote, not the first slide.
Feb 21, 2013, 10.35 PMby sandralamberti
Having the same problem, tried to vote but it said I had already…
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Please click "Vote" on the slide for which you want to vote, not the first slide.
Feb 21, 2013, 09.41 PMby krizzy
There is a problem with the voting. It said I voted too.
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Please click "Vote" on the slide for which you want to vote, not the first slide.
Feb 21, 2013, 09.03 PMby laura76
I think there is a problem with the voting. I went to vote and it said I had already voted.
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Feb 21, 2013, 09.18 PMby lilly123
so did mine, i logged in and went to vote and it said i already had voted.
Please click "Vote" on the slide for which you want to vote, not the first slide.
Feb 21, 2013, 09.00 PMby Asiverson
All of the entries are gorgeous! What talent, creativity and skill. Best of luck to each and every one. There is not a bad one in the entire bunch. Very difficult to choose.
Feb 21, 2013, 08.54 PMby KristinHannon
Congrats to whomever wins, but all are lovely. There are some very talented people out there!
Feb 21, 2013, 11.24 AMby lucystromstad
I think there's a girl that is cheating
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Feb 21, 2013, 01.44 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hello lucystromstad,
If you feel that an entry or finalist is not meeting the required guidelines, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with your concerns.
Thank you,
Feb 20, 2013, 09.42 PMby Michael Dooney
I agree that it is a bit frustrating the way that the images are presented. I second the option of having thumbnails for future competitions. I think presenting the images in a random order would also enable a more level playing field – meaning that everyone sees that images in a different order.
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Feb 21, 2013, 01.46 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Thank you for your feedback Michael Dooney. We will consider your suggestion when redesigning our gallery in the future.
Thank you,
Feb 21, 2013, 09.02 PMby Asiverson
MD, I think these are excellent suggestions. BSS, love that fact that you are open to suggestions.
Feb 22, 2013, 04.27 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Absolutely, we appreciate the community's feedback and hope to improve this section of our website in the near future.
Feb 24, 2013, 01.44 AMby SewNotWork
It would be nice if contest gallery photos would be displayed similar to the "Projects" page.
Feb 20, 2013, 12.53 PMby SewNotWork
Would you consider showing a thumbnail gallery for other contests? Then one could just click on the thumbnail instead of having to go through all pictures before getting to the very last slide #21 to vote for it. It would save time. Thanks.
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Feb 20, 2013, 02.09 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hello SewNotWork,
This is a good suggestion, unfortunately we are unable to redesign our gallery for this contest. If you want to quickly jump to a later slide, click to the second slide and you will notice a page number (…page=2) appears in the URL, simply retype the slide number to which you would like to jump (…page=21).
You can also do this when viewing patterns in the Pattern Store or projects in the Project section.
I hope this helps until we are able to offer a better option.
Feb 21, 2013, 09.52 PMby fashionfrenzy
i agree would save time, good idea
Feb 20, 2013, 09.23 AMby josephina
Yes I voted on the artwork too as the link wasn't working. I have it working now but can't change it. Looks like the artwork will win it at 103 votes…..
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Feb 20, 2013, 02.05 PMby BurdaStyle Support
No worries, josephina. Click through the slideshow and resubmit your vote(s).
Your vote will be cast for the slide from which you click the pink vote button.
If we put a finalist for the first slide, they would have inevitably accumulated the most votes so we inserted a dummy slide. Unfortunately, we are unable to remove the vote button from the first slide. Hopefully this design flaw will be addressed before the next contest.
Feb 20, 2013, 05.32 AMby JCM Collections
There are only three dresses that will make to the final, the second, the fifth and the 21 are the one that has all the requirements of a vintage dress
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Feb 20, 2013, 06.53 AMby macska
The competition isn't just for dresses though – there are trouser and top patterns in the book, all of which are as equally valid as dresses to use.
Feb 20, 2013, 02.02 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Macska is correct, this competition is not only for dresses, it is just that the majority of the entries were in fact, dresses. Tops, jackets, trousers etc are all equally valid entries.
The requirement for this contest was not to create a vintage style dress. The book offers 5 base patterns with both vintage and modern elements and encourages the user to create unique variations based off of these patterns.
Feb 20, 2013, 02.49 AMby shazkeav
My vote went on the artwork too i cant see any of the finalists
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Feb 20, 2013, 01.54 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hi shazkeav,
This is a gallery design flaw and we apologize for the confusion. Each individual slide has a vote button. When the vote button is clicked it will add your vote to the slide from which you clicked.
Because this is not always clear to voters the first slide inevitably accumulates the most votes. In order to make this as fair as possible we added the artwork or dummy slide to the beginning of the gallery. If you accidentally voted for the artwork you are still able to vote for one or more of the actual finalists, simply scroll through the slide show.
Again, we apologize for this and hope to have the gallery redesigned before the next contest.
Feb 20, 2013, 12.16 AMby ronnielee
I might put a few noses out of joint but here goes! I am often gobsmacked as how or why some projects make it and others don't! I thought there were better entries than what have made the 20 finalists. There were only a few outstanding projects and yes, I am surprised Darkhorse's entry didn't make the short list also. Good luck!
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Feb 20, 2013, 12.32 AMby darkhorse
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective – I feel a bit more cheered for it. :) You have an amazing studio portfolio too and your experience means a lot to me.
Feb 19, 2013, 10.59 PMby Tracey McGowan Wirth
Hi! Congrats to all who those who made the list! I think that my vote went to the artwork on the opening page though- if you look it has 48 votes- you guys have some kind of glitch?!
I would like my vote to count toward the one I feel is best! Thanks!
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Feb 19, 2013, 11.47 PMby BurdaStyle Support
Hi Tracey,
In order to vote, you must click on the pink "Vote" button for your pick as you view through the slideshow.
Feb 19, 2013, 08.22 PMby darkhorse
Congratulations to the 20 finalists and best of luck in the contest. I must say that I am surprised my entry didn't make the short list though.
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VoiceOver does more than tell you what's happening on your Mac. It helps you make things happen. It gives you auditory descriptions of each onscreen element and provides helpful hints along the way — whether you prefer using gestures, a keyboard, or a braille display. And it supports more than 30 languages, including multiple voice options.
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VoiceOver is unique because it's not a standalone screen reader. It's deeply integrated in macOS and all the built-in apps on Mac. And as developers update their apps to take advantage of the accessibility interfaces provided by Apple, their apps can start working with VoiceOver right away.
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We've refined VoiceOver to make it easier to navigate PDFs, websites, and messages. In Safari, improved conformance with HTML5 accessibility standards allows for more consistent navigation of websites. VoiceOver is now better at reading aloud tagged PDFs and email messages. And if you start reading a website in a different language, VoiceOver can switch to the voice for that language automatically.1
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I had the opportunity to attend Meeting of the Minds in San Francisco last week. It was an amazing event that brought together thought leaders from the world's most innovative organizations to spotlight fresh ideas in urban connectivity and sustainability.
The emerging themes centered around innovation, leadership, and enabling connectivity. While there and after the first day of sessions, my team had the pleasure of catching up with Gordon Feller, director of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Public Sector Practice, Urban Innovations team and convenor and co-founder of Meeting of the Minds, to capture his insights. Check out the video:
In the opening remarks at the event, Gordon spoke about how this conference was different. We were encouraged to keep cell phones, laptops and tablets on because the major theme was about being connected and sharing innovative ideas. The audience was encouraged to actively engage in social media and take copious notes.
We also heard leaders talk about how cities are looking to technology and other innovative solutions to enable sustainability. For example, Jon Walton, CIO of the City of San Francisco, talked specifically about the city's journey to the cloud and how cloud solutions are enabling this complex city by the Bay to do more with less. Several other city leaders addressed the issue of data in motion and how data analytics can essentially transform areas such as mass transit.
One of the key things that I will take away from this conference is how connectivity, which includes connecting cities to citizens in order to improve services and connecting agencies to agencies in order to break down those silos across government, can fundamentally revolutionize how we view cities of today and tomorrow. Conferences like this provide real-world examples from today's leadership and give us inspiration for tomorrow so that we can see how technology can help improve operational efficiencies, stimulate the economy, and help improve department agility, among other things.
I'm already looking forward to next year's Meeting of the Minds, which will be in Toronto. Click on the image below for all the details, and hope to see you there!
Finally, in closing, if you'd like more information on Cisco® solutions pertaining to government and leading urban innovations around the globe, please visit the Cisco IBSG Urban Innovations page and the Cisco Government page.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard King says he dealt with racism off the court that included clashes with police while starring for Tennessee in the 1970s.
In an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary airing Tuesday, King said that former Volunteers coach Ray Mears warned him that he'd heard some local officers would "do anything to get him."
King, the first former Tennessee player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, cites one incident in which he says an officer hit him in the head with the butt of his gun while responding to a loitering report. The documentary, titled "Bernie and Ernie," focuses on the friendship of King and former Tennessee teammate Ernie Grunfeld.
King played for Tennessee from 1974-77 after arriving from Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. He said he had never talked about the racism he encountered during his college years with anyone but his family before discussing the issue in the film.
"The basic reason is relatively simple," King said in a telephone interview. "I'm 56 years old. I've never talked about anything that was private. Everything was always related to the game and my impact on the game of basketball and what I thought about that. I never revealed anything from the private side. I just felt compelled at this time in my life to talk about those things because for many years you carry that around. It was very important for me to share that."
The 14-year NBA veteran, who now lives in Atlanta, stressed that he has "no bitterness whatsoever" toward his alma mater.
"I wish the university and the basketball team all the success in the world," King said. "I would recommend that any athlete on the basketball side or football side or any sport, I would recommend the University of Tennessee for them. I don't harbor any bitterness. You can't go through life like that. It eats you up."
Tennessee honored King in a 2007 ceremony in which he became the first men's basketball player to have his jersey retired by the school. King said that represented the first time he'd been back on campus in 30 years. He came back to Tennessee the following year when the Vols held a similar ceremony for Grunfeld.
King has since returned to Knoxville to attend "a number of games," to fulfill some business obligations and to have meals with former Vols coach Bruce Pearl.
King also said he spoke with current Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin a few weeks ago and hopes to get together with him soon.
"I think it's great," Martin said. "You're talking about a legendary guy. Not only just that he's a Hall of Fame basketball player, a great basketball player, but he's a guy who's done it at a high level at this university. So now these guys can identify one of the greatest that ever played the game, he actually played at the school that I attend. … He's a guy who scored, he played with a level of toughness, he played injured, he competed at a high level.
"He's one of those guys who's been through it all. You can learn from him as a basketball player, even as a coach."
King said he has noticed how much Knoxville had changed since the years that he played for Tennessee. He sees far more diversity. The passage of time has helped him make his peace with the community.
"Everyone in Knoxville has always been very warm to me during my trips back to town," King said. "It's a different era. It's a different time. It's a different generation. Therefore, my interaction with everyone is quite different than it was back then."
King was a three-time Southeastern Conference player of the year and an All-American at Tennessee. He had 25.8 points and 13.2 rebounds per game at Tennessee and is the only Vol to average a double-double for his career. He continues to own the school's single-season scoring record with 26.4 points per game in 1974-75.


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When I was a child I got this new toy for Christmas: A fireman's hat with a rotating red light on top of it that made siren noises. I loved that hat... It was new, shiny, and all sorts of awesome. The problem was that I would wear it everywhere: School, church, friends' houses, the mall, outside to play, etc. It didn't take long for it to become old, tired and broken.
I'm starting to feel the same way about Hollywood and its newest toy: 3D technology.
We have no one to blame but ourselves, really. Maybe if audiences hadn't made Avatar the highest grossing film of all time, then Hollywood studios wouldn't be mortgaging their mother's heirloom jewelry to convert their films into 3D.
Recently a couple of studios made announcements that three big upcoming films would be converted to 3D - which at this point seems sort of obvious. Why don't they just hold off and tell us when something ISN'T going to be in 3D; like say, Battleship?
Now Fox is releasing the Alien prequel and Warner Bros. is releasing Sucker Punch and the Green Lantern films all converted to 3D in post-production. And people, there is a difference in quality between CONVERTED 3D and SHOT IN 3D. Don't believe me? Alexander Murphy at Gizmodo recently wrote an article explaining the difference between "Released in 3D" and "Filmed in 3D". Here is a quick excerpt but check out the rest of interesting article HERE.
"The process of making a movie 3D after it was shot is a complicated and time consuming process but can be somewhat convincing. The problem is it will never reflect the same results as if you were filming using two cameras, simultaneously, from slightly different perspectives. Endless rotoscoping provides layers that can be separated to fake a different perspective for the second eye, but that's what it looks like, layers. So yes, you can push things away and pull things forward and enhance the depth, but the content within each layer has no depth."
Alex makes a good point, one which I agreed with in my Alice in Wonderland review. I absolutely did not care for how the post-3D conversion turned out. Avatar on the other hand, which Cameron planned for and shot using 3D cameras, was beautiful to look at. That's really the only way to make this technology work properly in the final product. I wish Hollywood would figure out that converting a 2D film to 3D is like Ted Turner converting a black and white film to color - something about it just seems… off.
What's even funnier is the blatant money grab Hollywood is making right now which they have no shame in hiding. There were several 3D movies released before Avatar that didn't fare so well in theaters - yet Hollywood didn't jump on the bandwagon with both feet until after Avatar became the highest grossing movie of all time. Where were they with the 3D announcements for major tent pole releases after Journey to the Center of the Earth or The Final Destination? I don't remember all the studios clamoring to throw money at 3D after Chicken Little, Up, Polar Express and A Christmas Carol hit theaters.
So if most of the 3D films before Avatar were mildly to less than successful, why are studios clamoring to push their next big films out to theaters using the technology? Let's look at a few statistics about 3D movies and theater screens you may not have known:
- There were 20 films released in 3D in 2009 but only 8 in 2008.
- The number of 3D capable screens across the US and Canada jumped up from 1,514 to 3,548 in one year. Overseas that number increased even more - from 1,029 to 5,441!
- 3D movies made up less that 4% of the total films released last year but accounted for 11% of all gross receipts.
- The president of the MPAA (Bob Pisano) said the following, "Whenever screens are converted or built in 3D the public. seems to be embracing it."
Out of all the 3D films that have been released to date, only Up and Avatar can really be considered financial successes. Also, Avatar was the only film in shot in 3D using live actors successfully (Tron is another, but that won't be released until this December); all the rest were 3D animated films and those look better converted because the depth of the objects can be manipulated more easily, and they exist in 3D form in the computer. I don't consider Beowulf and A Christmas Carol using 3D motion capture to be the same as shooting live actors in 3D.
Some 3D films, like Journey to the Center of the Earth, My Bloody Valentine and The Final Destination, where filmed in Stereoscopic 3D - meaning two cameras are positioned together on the same stand roughly the same distance apart as a set of human eyes. The cameras film an object at very similar but slightly different angles, much like your eyes see the world, and then are layered over each other using a computer program to produced one image. Those films looked considerably better than the post-conversion process studios are employing now (Cameron's Avatar also used Stereoscopic 3D, but a far more technologically advanced camera/computer system).
So if 90% of all 3D films before Avatar weren't successful, either financially or critically, then why are we hearing about a new film getting the 3D conversion treatment every couple of days? Why are studios wetting their pants with excitement over converting films to 3D so quickly just because one film made boat loads of money?


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LA VERNE — Wide receiver Matthew Tuckness (Alamo) finished his decorated four years as a Tiger with a career-high 16 receptions for 234 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
But the Occidental College football team got stopped on a critical fourth down late in the fourth quarter and La Verne's Matthew Biggers broke open a 94-yard touchdown run on the next play, giving the Leopards a 36-24 win over the Tigers in their season finale on Saturday.
Oxy finishes the season 2-7 overall and 2-5 in SCIAC play.
On 4th and 1, from the La Verne six-yard-line, back up quarterback Samuel Crizer (Los Osos) got snubbed a yard shy of the first down marker, turning the ball over on downs with 2:27 remaining.
"We had a chance down on the five to score in the fourth quarter," Occidental coach Bill Redell said. "He just didn't make it. They submarined and he was about a half-yard short."
Then Biggers got loose for the longest of his 27 carries, pushing his game-high ground total to 222 yards.
"It was just one of those games where we should've, could've won it. … Probably should have," Redell said.
Oxy led briefly in the fourth quarter when Crizer successfully punched in a one-yard run to give Oxy a 24-23 advantage before ULV quickly scored 12 unanswered points. The Leopards found the end zone on a 14-yard Biggers' touchdown run with 12:34 to play, but missed on the two-point conversion to go up 29-24.
Both of Tuckness' touchdown receptions put the Tigers ahead in the first half. He caught a 60-yarder to give Oxy a 7-3 edge with 9:13 left in the first quarter and a 22-yarder to go up 17-13 with 52 seconds left in the first half.
Tuckness finishes with eight touchdowns and 1,057 receiving yards on the season and 27 touchdowns and 2,413 yards in 26 career games. His big game also bumped him ahead of Cal Lutheran's Eric Rodgers for the SCIAC lead in receptions per game (10.2).
"He had a big day today," Redell said. "He caught the ball well, ran the ball well after he did catch it. … He missed a game and a half, so if he would have been healthy he probably would have had over 100 catches this season."
Tommy Edwards (Sherman Oaks), who came into the game leading the SCIAC in passing yards per game, completed 30 of 51 passes for 322 yards and two touchdowns, marking the sixth time he's completed at least 30 of his throws and gone over 300 yards this season.
Edwards, a NCAA Division I transfer fro Sacramento State, completes his first year at Oxy with 2,928 yards passing, making him the first Oxy quarterback to throw for at least 2,900 yards since the late great Andy Collins '07 threw for 2,971 in 2005. No other SCIAC quarterback threw for 2,000.
Oxy, which has struggled gaining yards on the ground all season, rushed for 112 yards as a team with four different backs splitting carries. Kwame Do (San Marino) led the Tigers with 39 yards on nine carries, Casey Dudley (Dallas) had 27 on seven, Austin Cheadle (Portland, Ore.) had 26 on three and Crizer had 24 on seven.
Oxy senior Ryan Rodriguez (Oakley), who's been Oxy's most versatile player this year playing wide receiver and defensive back, had eight catches for 48 yards and led the Tigers with 13 tackles.
Adam Gutierrez (Valencia) had two receptions for 20 yards for the Tigers.
The Tigers graduate seven seniors, but return a few key pieces, including Edwards, standout sophomore wide receiver Samuel Stekol (Manhattan Beach) and star freshman defensive back Shay Mueller (El Dorado Hills).
"I think we were a very young team and I think that probably some of the inexperience hurt us," Redell said. "Fortunately, we got to play a lot of kids.
"Everyone is disappointed, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. Next year we'll come back try to be better."


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When booking one of our Oregon Coast accommodations, you will be required to pay the first two nights' rent (one night's rent if staying in an Airstream), not including tax. This will apply to your total balance due. Upon check-in you will pay your remaining balance due and an additional security authorization. In the event the home of your choice is deemed un-rentable due to maintenance or other like instances, we reserve the right to move your reservation into a comparable home.
A deposit of two nights (one night if staying in an Airstream) is required for all bookings and will be charged to your credit card upon submitting your reservation. The remaining balance is due upon check in, where we will require a credit card with matching ID, at which time we will also place a hold on your credit card for the security deposit ($100-$500). If you need to use another credit card for the remaining balance and security deposit, please call our office at 503-965-5776.
A $250.00 refundable security authorization will be held on your credit card the day of your scheduled arrival. Any damage to the vacation home or its furnishings or equipment is your responsibility (over and above normal use). If damage occurs or an item is missing, the repair/replacement cost will be deducted from your security deposit without notice.
If you are renting home #207 The Haystack Lookout, #210 Catoor, #213 Beach Bunkhouse or #215 Sandtasha House, your security authorization is $500.00.
If submitting a security authorization by cash you will be refunded by check no sooner than 7 days after departure to the address listed on file.
If submitting a security authorization by check you will be refunded by check no sooner than 14 days after departure to the address listed on file.
You must be at least 18 years of age to rent a vacation home, unless otherwise noted in the individual home's description.
Vacation homes #011, #029, #037, #038, and #080 require an age of 21 and older.
Vacation Rental Homes: We have a 30-day cancellation policy. If you cancel within 30 days of your arrival date you will forfeit your deposit. If you cancel more than 30 days before your arrival date you will be charged a $35.00 cancellation fee. Creating a reservation that has an arrival date within 30 days makes your deposit (first two nights) nonrefundable. Moving a reservation within 30 days of your arrival date is considered a cancellation and you may be held liable for cancellation fees.
A $15.00 Reservation Fee to cover administrative costs will be applied for each reservation. This fee applies regardless if the booking is made via telephone or over the internet.
A Cleaning Fee will be charged on each reservation. This fee varies between homes and runs between $75.00 and $300.00 per stay.
Smoking is not allowed inside any vacation home or Airstream, including garages. Smoking inside will result in a minimum charge of $250.00. This includes e-cigarettes, cigarettes, marijuana, and any other type of smoke/vapor delivery system. You may smoke on the back or front porch of your rental home unless otherwise specified and you must dispose of your cigarettes properly. Failure to do so will result in hourly additional charges for cleaning up.
Vacation Rental Homes: Your house keys will be available at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda after 5:00 PM on the day of your arrival. Keys will only be handed out to the registered name on the reservation. Valid Photo ID is required.
Vacation Rental Homes: You must be out of your unit by 11:00 AM on your departure date. Please return your keys to the Inn at Cape Kiwanda.
Each home has a maximum occupancy. No more than the maximum number of people (including children age 5 and over) is allowed in your unit at any time. Please read your home's description to determine its maximum occupancy.
Just bring your groceries, your clothes, and yourself! Each home is fully furnished, including cooking and serving utensils, bedding and towels. Barbecues, bicycles, and garage door openers are also provided along with a supply of paper towels, toilet tissue, garbage bags, dish washing soap, laundry detergent, light bulbs, hand soap, and shampoo. If you need to bring some food back home with you, please bring along your own storing containers (Tupperware, plastic wrap, tin foil, etc). All spices/cooking oils, baking necessities, etc. are considered food items and are not provided.
All reservations will be subject to a 1.8% State Lodging Tax, and a 10% Tillamook County Tax until June 30, 2016. Taxes are subject to change at any time without notice.
Reorganization or removal of furniture, wall hangings, floor coverings, or redecorating of any type within the vacation home or other areas of the neighborhoods is not permitted. No structural changes permitted.
All rentals at Shorepine Village include access to our new clubhouse and fitness center, which is located at the entrance to Shorepine Village. The clubhouse includes a large plasma TV with digital cable, stereo, refrigerator, and a pool table. The adjacent fitness center features modern exercise equipment including a treadmill, elliptical machine, stationary bike, and weights. Wireless internet is also available in the clubhouse so bring your laptop! The clubhouse and fitness center are open every day from 6AM until 10PM.
All rentals outside of Shorepine Village have access to The Inn at Cape Kiwanda's fitness center. The workout room is entirely ocean view and offers clean towels and water coolers for your use. Use of their fitness room is complimentary. Hours are 7 days per week from 6:00AM – 10:00PM.
Each home is allowed a maximum of 2 cars unless otherwise specified. Additional space may be provided upon request. Parking is allowed only in designated parking areas. Parking on roads, easements, double parking, or blocking of vehicles, fire hydrants and building access is prohibited and subject to towing. There will be no parking of dirt bikes, RV's, off-road or unlicensed vehicles in the driveways at any time. Please follow the marked speed limit signs in all neighborhoods.
Owner and Shorepine Vacation Rentals shall not be liable for uncontrollable events that may interfere with your occupancy, including but not limited to Acts of God, extreme adverse weather, tsunami's, flooding, fires or the like.
Any loud or disturbing behavior or activities such as loud music or late night entertainment are prohibited. All of our vacation homes have quiet hours between 10pm-6am. Failure to comply with a noise complaint can result in forfeiture of your deposit, being evicted from the rental home, and possibly be subject to criminal charges.
If your home is pet-friendly and you are bringing your dog(s), a $20.00 per pet, per night Pet Fee will be charged. You must inform us that you are bringing a dog at the time you make your reservation. This fee will be added to your bill and charged the day before your arrival. Please Note: At this time, we do not allow any pets other than dogs.
There are to be no pets allowed on the property (even if just visiting for a minute) unless you are in a specific pet friendly home and you have made prior arrangements with Shorepine Rentals at the time of reservation. Make sure to check the maximum number of dogs allowed in your home. If you fail to disclose you are bringing a dog, or bring a dog into a non-pet friendly home a minimum of the $250 security deposit will be forfeited for deep cleaning.
Dogs are not allowed to be left alone in the unit, or in any vehicles. Please Note: At this time, we do not allow any pets other than dogs.
You can expect to arrive at your home to an empty garbage can so you have an entire can to use during your stay. If you leave excessive garbage (extra bags, lid won't properly close, or bags/bottles/recycling not placed in garbage can), we will retain part of your security deposit. Garbage bags not placed in garbage are easy targets for wildlife. Charges will be billed as follows:
We will bill garbage pickup (for split bags/spilled garbage) at $35.00 an hour. Over full can at $15.00Extra bag at $7.00 per bag
The most important things to know about vacation rental garbage services are:
Each can belongs to a private homeowner who has to pay for each pickup.
Each can is labeled with an address that MUST match your home.
It is a crime to put garbage into a can that is not for your home. Theft of service can result in a fine that will be billed to you directly and without warning. Pursuant to Tillamook County Ordinance #4.
Garbage pickup days are typically Wednesday. However, during busy periods (holidays and summertime) additional pickups may occur on Monday and Friday mornings as well.
Make sure your garbage can lid can close all the way so animals do not get into it. We do have bears in the summer time; please don't take your garbage out until pickup if you can help it. If you are departing before Tuesday night go ahead and take it out.
Due to the small population of this area, Pacific City does not offer curb-side recycling program. You may bring most recyclables to our transfer station or take them home with you to be recycled. You can bring your separated recyclables to:
38255 Brooten Road, Pacific City, Oregon 97135. Check their website for seasonal hours and accepted recycled materials.
If you fail to return the keys to the home you visited a minimum of $250.00 security deposit will be kept for re-keying of the home.
Our dunes are stabilized by a ground cover (typically carefully landscaped beach grass) that is easily disrupted by foot traffic. Please inform everyone in your party of the necessity to stay on paved trails and ramps. Violation of any of these terms and conditions could result in forfeiture of your security deposit, a minimum of $250.00.


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So super-excited! And it just didn't seem real until I actually held the magazine in my hands! This has been such a fun experience, and I'm really grateful for this opportunity. The best part? I've "met" so many awesome people. I love the funny or sad or bittersweet stories of furry companions that some have shared with me. When I'm up 'til 3 a.m. stuffing catnip into tiny mice, those stories remind me that there's a human being behind every cat, and these little toys bring them joy, too. And that makes me happy. :-) Thanks, ReadyMade!
But we are attempting to do other stuff, too. . . .
Like tree-tipping.
And there's still so much to do, but I can't worry about that right now. I'll just take and enjoy each and every day as it comes, and that's enough for me.


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Bill Prohibits Cuban-Trained Doctors from Practicing in Florida
Sen. Rene Garcia, R- Hialeah, and Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., R- Hialeah, have introduced companion bills in their chambers that would prohibit Cuban-trained physicians --particularly if a U.S. citizen --from practicing in the Sunshine State.
Senate Bill 456 and House Bill 517 would forbid U.S citizens or residents who travel to Cuba for the purpose of medical training or a medical degree from practicing in Florida.
Those who trained in Cuba before coming to the U.S. wouldnt face the ban.
Using American students and training them in the medical field will not forgive the basic rights denied to the Cuban people, Garcia stated in a release.
The release from Diazs office estimated that the free medical training in Cuba has attracted 150 American students in the past decade.
U.S students who turn a blind eye to basic human and civil rights abuses in Cuba do not possess the moral clarity to serve patients in Florida, Diaz stated.
The Fidel Castro medical scholarship program is purely a propaganda tool. Hopefully this legislation will stop American citizens from participating in Cubas medical apartheid system.
Similar efforts have been advanced for more than a decade. The House approved a similar proposal in 2008.
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Change The Model: Build New Alliances To Deliver Greater Value For A Better Price/
The post I did on "The Really Bad Things In The Indie Film Biz 2012" has generated a lot of health conversations. The wise recognize that each of these really bad things is just an opportunity to make this all better -- and sometimes to make some money. The post has been shared and "liked" more that usual for this blog and I think that speaks well of our collective endeavor to rescue indie film. I particularly liked all the comments the blog generated, and have done my best to reply to them. Thanks for the participation!
I want to single out one comment in particular from Jb Bruno, who kindly has allowed me to repost it here:
Maybe one way to break the hold the people at the top have on the artists is to change the model, as it's a model that serves them but not even one an audience really wants.
Movie-going in its infancy was about people buying a ticket, which got them into a show, where they could get entertainment they could not get at home. While there, they could buy snacks like popcorn and peanuts and sodas. This was the same model as other forms of entertainment; baseball games, circuses, traveling shows, etc. Buy your ticket, get in, watch it, buy our over-priced snacks, get out.
Today, we have entertainment at our fingertips everywhere wherever we go. What is our theatrical model? Buy your ticket, get in, watch it, buy our over-priced snacks, get out.
Maybe that works for the spate of blockbusters that are basically extensions of video games or franchises, but not only doesn't it work for the types of stories we are talking about telling, but it doesn't appeal to the type of person that wants this type of fare.
Could we not find ways to partner with other activities where seeing the movie was only part of the experience?. What if people could purchase memberships that got them not only in to see a movie, but also combine with other things that are part of their interests. Those "other things" could be part of packages that could be tailored to people's taste: for one person, it could be opera, or museums; for another, stand-up comedy or dinner; for someone else, metal clubs and hookah bars.
What if this expanded also ethnically and culturally, and we started speaking to audiences outside of middle-aged White guys like me?
It would mean forming communities with other groups, and isn't the idea of the larger community a good thing?
The only people the "buy your ticket" model serves is the current establishment, whose interest certainly isn't with the filmmaker.
Those packages could range in price-scale, so in the end, it wasn't $13-15 dollars for a two-hour-and-out experience.
Changing the model would be hard work, but would it be any harder, or more frustrating, than the one-size-fits-all model we now have no control over? At least, we wouldn't be at the mercy of the gate-keepers.
It's a good idea, yeah? I know I want a lot more for my money that the expenditure of time and the opportunity to overpay for snacks I never wanted in the first place. What are the barriers we need to overcome if we are going to make this work?
Exhibitors control the ticket pricing. Will this have to be done at the exhibitor level? If so, does that mean it must be locally based?
Who provides the discount? The exhibitor or the participating additional party? How can we make both sides sacrifice since both sides will benefit? Does it require that the film be four-walled so that the discounts happen?
There must be some pre-existing models and experiments with this already. Does anyone know of them?
What would be some examples of perfect pairings?


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DeLauro: GOP faction delayed Sandy help
Congresswoman says $65 million in new Sandy aid coming soon
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn, on Monday ripped into Republicans in Congress for delaying Sandy relief "for a full 79 days," while homeowners suffered with houses rendered uninhabitable with no relief money in sight.
"This was because a majority in Congress refused to support a disaster aid package," DeLauro said. "I might add that since then, some of the members from Colorado who refused to vote for Sandy aid have themselves requested aid for the terrible flood in their state," she said.
DeLauro and other officials said a second batch of Sandy aid will be made available to Connecticut this week. This latest money, $65 million, will be from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for infrastructure and "long-term resilience projects," the details for which will be announced over the next few days.
So far, she said that Connecticut has received $45.4 million in federal disaster grants and loans, and another $135 million in flood insurance claims have been paid to date. In addition, $72 million was received in the first Connecticut allocation in March, and this second batch of money will be here soon.
"The federal government has a crucial role to play when disasters like this happen -- (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), the Army Corps of Engineers and other departments," she said. "The is one of the fundamental responsibilities of good government."
She said in the past, disaster relief, whether it was for a fire in the Rocky Mountains or a flood along the Gulf Coast, always had bipartisan support, but not this time.
"This was a terrible storm -- the largest Atlantic storm ever seen," DeLauro said. "At the height of the storm, over 70 communities were at risk for sewage health hazard. All across out region, thousands of lives upended."
More InformationMore federal money on the way
Connecticut gets $137 million in aid:
$65 million for infrastructure and long-term resilience projects.
$72 million received in March to help rebuild homes and businesses.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said it is his hope that the new $65 million in storm aid will be distributed rapidly.
"Our weather patterns are indeed changing," Malloy said, "and we need to prepare for that. It is not just bridges and roads, but also homes and schools and nursing homes that we need to make stronger. We need to anticipate these storms to come."
State Housing Commissioner Evonne M. Klein said within the next two to three weeks, the latest pool of $30 million in disaster relief money will be made available to those homeowners.
"The application process is moving forward, and the Sandy team will be notifying applicants of their eligibility, and they will be scheduling contractors. Our goal is to get repairs started and contractors out to your homes as soon as possible."
Klein said residents who still are in need of help should call 866-272-1976 to schedule a meeting with an intake counselor. The intake centers, one of which is in the Parsons Government Complex on River Street in Milford, are open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday though Friday, and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
"If you've been notified that your application is not complete, call that number and make an appointment," Klein said.
The comments were made at a news conference in Milford City Hall attended by Malloy and a host of other officials. Monday's session marked the one-year anniversary of what, by all accounts, was the most destructive tropical storm ever to hit the state, with Milford being the hardest-hit municipality in the state.
Exactly one year earlier, Mayor Benjamin Blake, Police Chief Keith L. Mello and other city officials met with members of the media in the same room at City Hall to go over cobbled-together emergency and evacuation plans as Sandy was bearing down on Connecticut.
The storm surge that night was the greatest seen in recorded history in the region, flooding countless homes and businesses.
Blake praised Mello, the Fire Department and Public Works Department for their efforts during and after the storm. Even city employees not usually concerned with emergency response, such as Recreation Department workers, were pressed into service, he said.
"... Sandy walloped us," Blake said. "Our entire shoreline experienced tremendous devastation, and approximately 2,000 homes were affected."
He said that thanks to "Herculean efforts" by city workers, all city streets "were open within a week,"
He also said volunteers from the Boy Scouts to high school bands went door-to-door to check on people and deliver needed supplies, some of which were provided by local businesses.
"But far too many Milford residents are still in the process of rebuilding," the mayor said. "Over the past year, my focus and the city's focus has been in getting storm victims back into their homes."
The news conference ended with an "official" announcement from Malloy: "We are having Halloween this year."
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina emerged as the winners in the California gubernatorial and Senate Republican primaries.
"The results gave women the Republican nominations for the two most powerful statewide political offices for the first time. Democrats on Tuesday confirmed the obvious, selecting Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown as their nominee to the governor's office he first held in 1975, and Barbara Boxer to seek her fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Both had only nominal competition. Whitman was decisively ahead of state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner from the first returns. Poizner had spent $24 million of his own money on the race, but the former EBay chief buried his donation with at least $71 million of her own, a California record. The results set a November match-up between Brown, 72, a career politician who has been secretary of state, governor and Oakland mayor before his current post, and Whitman, 53, who volunteered in the 2008 presidential campaign but whose previous political involvement before that was so tentative that she rarely voted."
Brown was a vocal foe of Proposition 8, refusing to defend the initiative in court and declared it violated the state and federal Constitution. Whitman supported Prop 8 and still doesn't believe gays are equal under the law.
Karen Ocamb at LGBT POV wraps the LGBT and LGBT-friendly candidates that triumphed in local races, including the election of the second openly gay Latino to the California Assembly.
"As of midnight, with more than half of the precincts reporting, Victoria Kolakowski, a transgender administrative law judge and attorney for over 20 years is leading in her race for Alameda County Superior Court Judge with 46.11% of the vote, compared to her nearest competitor with 31.52% of the vote...In Southern California, openly gay Ricardo Lara, a founding member of HONOR PAC, appears to have won his race in the 50th Assembly District in the East LA area. He becomes the second openly gay Latino in the state Legislature in California history...And in what openly gay Assembly Speaker John A. Perez described as a "huge win," pro-gay Democrat Matt Gatto beat National Organization for Marriage favorite Sunder Ramani who 'used H8 card with the Armenian community,' which backfired."
California's 50th Assembly District is in Los Angeles County and includes Bell Gardens, Commerce, Lynwood and South Gate. Lara joins Speaker John A. Pérez as the legislature's second openly gay Latino.
The Victory Fund has complete results on openly gay candidates across the nation.
Outgoing California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass won the Democratic primary for California's 33rd congressional seat in Los Angeles, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Bass, termed out of the Assembly and running to succeed Rep. Diane Watson (D- Los Angeles) in one of only two open congressional seats in California this year, trounced political newcomer Felton Newell, a deputy Los Angeles city attorney, and two other Democrats." Bass has supported LGBT rights and marriage equality and was quite critical at the racial hostility directed at the black community by some gay activists after the passage of Proposition 8.
And in Arkansas, conservative Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln survived a run-off from progressive candidate Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. "Lincoln used a down-home pitch and the clout of the Democratic establishment to turn back Halter, the unions and an anti-incumbent tide that had already claimed two Senate colleagues. She defined herself as a sensible moderate in a polarized capital and leaned heavily on endorsements from President Obama and Bill Clinton."
Lincoln has opposed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), and much of the President's health care reform. The new SEIU president, out lesbian labor activist Mary Kay Henry, warned her union would withhold ALL support (cash and volunteers) from Lincoln if she wins the primary.


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I still remember the first time I suspected that, contrary to my early conceits, I might actually be a terrible father. When our oldest child was 2, I was clipping her fingernails and snipped her pinkie instead of the nail. As I saw the pinpoint of blood ooze from her tiny fingertip, I made a strange wailing sound, snatched her up, and ran her to the bathroom. I apologized profusely as I wrapped her finger in a complex set of bandages that effectively quadrupled the size of her pinkie. (Any parent will tell you that, if there's anything more difficult than clipping the nails of a toddler, it's trying to find a bandage that will fit her fingertip.)
She returned my apologies with a look of confusion. Truthfully, I don't think she was aware that anything was wrong.
As a young man, I had imagined myself ideal father material, mainly because I loved holding cute babies at church and had served as a youth pastor for three years. So I was ready. Then my wife and I had our first child, and it became clear to me that I was anything but.
Since the finger-clipping mishap, I have doubted my parenting skills on several occasions. There were the times I should have been paying attention to my four children, but was preoccupied with something of profound importance, like checking my Facebook news feed for the tenth time that day. I would hear the sound of Thunk, thunk, thunk, THUNK, followed by crying, which every bad parent knows is the sound of your kid tumbling down the stairs, her head hitting each and every step along the way. There were the times when I got upset at my children for being cranky, disobedient, or otherwise unpleasant, and tried to browbeat them into having a better attitude instead of checking ...1


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Hospitality professional. Specializing in baking & pastry arts.
- Superior customer service
- Quick learner
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- Organizational
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Sept. 2012 – Jan. 2013 Shift Supervisor, Beautifull, San Francisco, CA
Supervised & effectively communicated with team members; maintained financial responsibilities; helped drive sales through up sales & excellent customer service; administered employee breaks
July 2012 – Sept. 2012 Key Holder Position, Beautifull, San Francisco, CA
Ensured proper set-up for opening store; assisted with preparing catering orders
May 2012 – July 2012 Cashier, Beautifull, San Francisco, CA
Processed orders using POS; prepared orders for customers; helped to keep store organized & clean
Dec. 2011- Mar. 2012 Cashier, Prather Ranch Meat Company, San Francisco, CA
Supported clientele by anticipating their desires; effectively communicated with team members; processed orders using POS
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Construct recipes from basic ingredients & ratios; research local, quality ingredients to produce baked goods & confections
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Processed guests' check-in & out using AutoClerk; assigned rooms; assisted with concierge tasks; aided manager with duties; helped with bell person responsibilities; inputted reservations; completed administrative tasks
Feb. 2011– July 2011 Server, The Party Staff, San Francisco, CA
Served at fine dining catered events; set & cleared place settings for fine dining service; set up decorations; learned proper serving techniques
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2007 – 2008 Certificate of Perfect Attendance, The Culinary Institute of America
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A new "study" (if we can so legitimize this cereal box survey with such a characterization), has discovered that men actually don't actually prefer women with insouciant blonde hair, despite what previous pop-science and movie musicals have led us to believe. What men really want in a life-partner is a sensible head of brown, Oscar-nominated hair because brown hair, as we all know, magically imbues its wearer with a certain level of intellectual gravitas.
Researchers/some guy in his basement working for Superdrug surveyed 1,000 men, determining that 54 percent of them would choose a brunette to be their wife. A minority 16 percent preferred blonde hair, while 30 percent of participants shrugged their shoulders and asked when they would have access to the free doughnut holes they were promised when they signed up for the study (the answer, sadly, was never).
Other useless information gleaned from this researcher: men think women with brown hair take better care of their appearance, make better cooks (seriously, who the fuck asked these questions?), and are more likely to experiment with new sex stuff. You know, all the regular indentured servant stuff, because before conducting the study, everyone associated with it went through a wormhole back to 1952. In other words, all this study really tells us is that a lot of people still have their heads deep in their own lower intestines about gender stereotypes.
Why being blonde might not be so fun after all [Telegraph]