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very very very cute and laid-back… but beige sandals with white socks? ewww.
i don't get it. i live in sydney and i hardly EVER see people who dress like this.
beautiful. love those shades of blue and perfectly combined with those nude coloured shoes.
I think she has great hair and a lovely expression on her face. The shoes are fine with me, but the socks are..not good^^just my opinion!
She is so beautiful! I really love her hair!
lovely tres tres chic. love the socks with the shoe
great shot!
Love it from the ankles up. Unless she has just had ingrown toenails removed there is no excuse for doing that to your feet.
She looks young and very lovely. I love the way her head is tilted.
absolutly adorable!
she is a beautiful girl and i love the colors and proportions of everything. however, the sandal and sock combination… not so sure about. i think maybe if the socks and the sandals were of a darker hue, it would complement the rest of her look.
i also love that she is petite and not absurdly thin and model-like. i have similar proportions and its nice to see what would/would not work. sart, please feature more petite/curvy fashionistas!
O man, so cute! It almost looks like a uniform or something… Love it.
She's so pretty! I love her hair!
What a way to start a morning! I love this, the shies and socks are both neutral and shes got em rolled down to finish the quirk off… i like it here.
One would call this love at first sight and i am on the next plane to sydney
thanks Scott!
Sigh. I know socks and sandals are cool according to some designers but they really don't do it for me… oh well, at least they're not knee highs. However, it's good to see a petite girl who doesn't feel like she has to wear ankle-breaking heels to create a cute outfit. And the hair, it goes without saying, is fab.
It's funny, yesterday you posted this androgyn chic and my verdict was like it is just provincial.
Here we have the opposite: you can put this young woman in every setting and time and it simply looks adorable and effortless. She could also be on horseback and still look like the woman of fashion. The colours are well-matched – this is no monotony, which one could think at a first appearance, it's more gentle'n playful. However, Im not sure what to think of the shoes and socks, but I guess, this is really a lovely solution – it's prankish, kind of pally, but still worn by the one, you're secretly in love with.
her number please, come on Sart!
I like how the young residents of Sydney seem to have their quirk on. Good–though not outrageous–expressions of individuality, as in this girl's sock/shoe combo with what looks like a school uniform.
I love how muted the colors are. Just adorable on her.
hah! nadia! brisbane reppin it. one of the nicest people i know, for anyone's info
It does look like a uniform! I used to roll my socks like that too back in 2nd grade.
i live in perth, i visit sydney and melbourne but i don't often spot these stylish people. you have a good eye!
I used roll down my socks in elem. I still think about doing it once in awhile just "for fun"… but feel dorky. looks cute on her tho!
what's with the socks?
She is a gorgeous girl and I LOVE her hairstyle but she truly looks like has rolled off the North Shore train line on her way to one of the myriad of wanky private schools littering Sydney. Wanna be Gossip Girl.
Nadia is adorable…good to see Brisbane fashion taking over Sydney.
the sandal and sock combo really gives this look a unique edge.
Really, Sart…?
…meh. thinking that the blues clash and the socks and shoes, although interesting, are more granny than girl about town.
she wore them again today with a colourful floral skirt and the look was a lot cuter. this just looks wrong, like… well, my old school uniform.
She's gorgeous, LOVE the hair!! I want those beachy/seaside waves on my hair too! I think the shoes and socks are a cheeky and playful statement, and those legs! But… is it just me? or the colour on the legs doesn't match the one on the collar or face…?
shoes and socks are great!!!!
shoes and socks are really great!!!
She's adorable, making everything she's wearing adorable!
she's so cute! i certainly didn't have that sense of style when i was her age, if i'm guessing her age correctly :)
her socks with sandals combo is risky, but she looks so comfortable that i'd say it works for her. it almost looks like an ankle bootie the way she styled it.
cute from the shoulders up
Is it birkenstocks with socks??
She is absurdly cute. Her hair is adorable. I think the socks are odd but a really great touch to make this outfit slightly off-beat.
I think she's one of the cutest yet, frankly. And I completely agree w/ a previous comment: I appreciate a shorter figure…
Thumbs up for rolled down socks! How to make a pair of knee highs into ankle socks on the Q-T!
A real cutie pie, but socks with sandals?
can't look at those socks..
NADIA!! Rocking the scene…
(went to high school with this girl)
nice style. The blue blazer is adorable.
Somebody used the term "fashionista" to describe her. So absurdly out of place from my perspective (but maybe it's because I just hate that overused term).
love the look except the shoes + socks , uh !
She is so beauty, I love her,I'm in love…. I must to go to Sidney.
perfect from the neck up. She is adorable in spite of her clothes.
The socks with the sandals are really bad. Reminds me of my late grandmother who wore nylons with her house shoes, rolled down just like this, and a house dress. ICK.
fresh and cute
Would look drab on anyone else but here. Socks were wrong.
dont adore the outfit but love the model. she's so cute and look pret.
(my English sucks).
She looks great, including the shoes and socks.
I'm often surprised by the narrow acceptance span commenters have for choices that they wouldn't make themselves.
She is gorgeous and has incredible hair and her outfit is adorable, but I'm slightly horrified by the weird beige sandal and rolled sock combo. Is that something they do in Sydney? I know my 90 year old grandpa used to…
nice male blazer. but blazer too long for her short stature
Love the boyfriend blazer look thats going on right now! So accessible and affordable
WOW, could this girl get any cuter? oh i believe im in love, to bad she's in sidney, any1 got her email :D
Damn's shes cute
supercute,and really great to see someone lookin this adorable who isnt supertall/long limbs/modelesque but still mindblowing in her own way: more petit women here, s´il vous plait.
looooove it
except for those
white (is it even white?? more like gray..)socks
and the beige sandals..
simple black flats
would've been much nicer
I love the sock/shoe combo!! I doubt it will ever "catch on" in the U.S., but I wish it would. I could totally rock that look, as I am a "sockaholic"!
Enough already with the "Grandpa" comments!!!
Aussie girls are just too cute.
that is cute. so laid back, but really cool.
but drop the socks
So simple and fun. I love it.
What's with the socks with sandals trend though… It's slowly creeping up!
It's the hair that makes it.
Beautiful girl & nice outfit !!
i love all these posts u have put up on people u have seen in australia. they're all amazing i just can't believe the fact that i have never seen anyone dress this well in oz before :D
Sorry I dont like this one.
The socks are cute – the outfit needs that little quirkiness and I think it works well. Sydney-siders have an aversion to sock and sandals that goes way back. Maybe we need to get over that.
I don't like the socks but I love her smile and the blazer.
Such a cutie!
I'm a sock n sandal fan, too.
As long as I've been following this blog, I've never asked: Anyone know what sandals she's wearing? I want them. We're heading into Mojave Summer and I NEED them.
I love her! She's so classy but odd at the same time (socks + sandals?). I really love this photo; one of my favorites.
she's cute and thats an adorable look but I dont get the socks…that looks odd!
It's funny to hear all people's comments about sydney private school fashion.. Nadia is a brisbane public school girl.. absolutely stunning and so lovely. you should make the trip up to brisbane sart, we have our fair share of stylish individuals.
I LOVE NADIAAAA <3 best designer ever!
bris not syd guys! BRISBANE style!
beautiful smile!
Julie the cruise director from The Love Boat.
Really, Sart?
Worst shoes ever, and the proportions aren't so good for her height. I like the top half, but that's about it.
Sandals and socks? I don´t think so.
Blazer seems to be so in trend now isn't it? :))
Why is she wearing socks with open-toe shoes anyway??
She looks like a secretary who'd wear whatever shoes she have with socks because she's been working in a air-conditioned environment for too long time and now just taking a walk and breathing fresh air during lunch. LOL
It's funny how many people can't spell Sydney!!!?? whats wrong with you?
I am a bit fond of an open toe shoe with chic socks or hosiery… but this!? Those socks look like a pair that were once white (about 12 years ago), but have since been washed with the colours. They need a good soak in a bucket of bleach and boiling water. And the shoes – they look like medicated orthopedics that you buy from the pharmacy! Credit where it's due though : she does look sweet.
brisbane represent?? its about time!
she's adorable :)
(Australian for extreme lack of irony in an old fashioned way.)
Poorly executed irony in the socks and sandal department too. Some points clawed back for her hairs.
She looks like a genuinely nice woman, however. Like a lot of Australian women. You can spot them, Sart.
Love the pic. Loathe the Style Nazis you attract …
The lenght of her shirt looks like she´s a tiny tiny cute girl.
I just discovered your site from my mum. Stunning. I'm addicted.
I was lucky enough to have been with Nadia that day and she received a fair share of compliments on my behalf! For what it's worth, I really loved the socks and sandals combo, it was a nice change of pace from the fierce black platforms and boots that are so prevalent at Australian fashion events. Divine!
Up close…blarghhhhh. Much better from a distance, as in your photo Sart.
the 3 blues are perfect
could've been done with better socks and sandals
this girl is definite wife material. Her outfit is truly superb; APC resonates through, fantastic.
All those haters who are cussing heel/sandal combo where have you been for two seasons?!
love the jacket but that's all, i do not like very much the socks with the sandals like Chloé Sevigny has worn!!
Totally cute…don't mind the socks!
actually i do like the socks with the sandals. This whole picture is so cute.
Very nice but sandals and socks ! why ?
Great shot!
Girl is reeaally cute :)
Outfit is really nice too.
But no socks please ! You don't want to look like german tourists in Barcelona when it's July…
I say why Not.. if you can pull it off – socks and sandals go for it .. I know I couldnt…Sydney has style.
love the tone on tone, where have i seen her before new zealand?
That looks like my school uniform, but I think it looks really good.
Wow. [insert semi-inappropriate, admirative comment here] I need to move to Oz.
@Fluttrgrl: If that's a school uniform then good Lord, send me the enrollment papers!
School uniform? I'm a bit confused…
adorable! tres chic!
very very nice and simple, but uniquely
i love the socks and shoes together… and she reminds me a little bit of emma watson!
looks like paddo to me, balmainers dont wear sandals and socks, which to me remind of some very daggy middle aged chinese women i encountered in rural chinese towns…but she is original! I would have preferred some white converse or something similar…maybe a espadrille a al 40s?
the blue on blue looks like vintage, but was prob very expensive!!
one needs to be oh so young and sweet to carry of this look and she does so brilliantly!
Love the sock and sandal combination. She really pulls it off.
Looks fabulous….except when you scan down and see the socks – such a shame
Does she seem extraordinarily short?
I love the sandals with the matching sand…
so Connecticut aloof, i like
i don't get this cute–hotel–concierge–meets–90-yr old–grandma look, but she seems to pull it off with absolute confidence. what a beautiful face.
Why she remembers me to Emma Watson?
an Annette Funicello for the new century. WOW!
It sort of looks like it could actually be her school uniform , I wonder if it was? very stylish if it is her school uniform though.
Great fashion sense! UNIQUE
Beautiful face but clothes????!!! Sorry not the best!!!
she is really pretty and the contrasting blues look great with the background. light is beautiful too but why her? the shoes are incredibly wrong and the whole outfit is all a bit average. there were so many better dressed people at fashion week??
To anyone who commented that they never notice like dressed people in Sydney – seriously, there are plenty of people if you are aware.
Also she is obviously near the beach somewhere, you can tell by the bush in the background and the sand, so that might explain the sock and sandle ensemble
yay for Brisbane!
And what is wrong with private school girls/school uniforms anyway?
Socks with sandals on the beach. Are you sure you are not in Germany? or perhaps she is a German tourist.
She is so cute, you must have made her day by taking her picture!
Don't think I will ever see socks and sandals as a good look though…
However apart from that she looks lovely.
she makes this work in a way i don't think anyone else could.
I know Nadia, she's amazing – fashion designer, always looks gorgeous! i'm a fan of the socks and sandals – i wear them too. must be a Brisbane thing….
Little did I thought that I'd find a girl with socks under those shoes so beautiful !
thank you for what you do, I love that !!!!
Tiphaine from Mainchicavenue.blogspot.co !
à bientôt !
I think I have that jacket
as a whole the entire look work. she's adorable and can pull it off. alone however, the socks and sandals would likely not work. flats would have been too predictable. cute, but predictable. the socks and sandal add to her quirky adorable look.
I love this combination of jacket and shirt and even the socks and sandals work!
Ruth @ Matches
Really like your coverage of Australia & Scandinavia. Thanks for going beyond your usual fashion cities. Haven't been on your website in a very long time bc the Paris, London, NY looks were while very chic, but also starting to become predictable.
Sally Field :)
i love this! i like the socks with it
is she hiding a beer…?!?
can someone tell me who this girl is? or maybe someone i can get in contact with her? thanks
beautiful. love those shades of blue and perfectly combined with those nude coloured shoes.
she's so cute! i certainly didn't have that sense of style when i was her age, if i'm guessing her age correctly :)
her socks with sandals combo is risky, but she looks so comfortable that i'd say it works for her. it almost looks like an ankle bootie the way she styled
I love her clothes !
She is adorable! Love the contrast of the blazer and the laidback hair.
Wow, she's so cute. I love her hair !!
god i want her..
my fave! loved her pose. ohhhhh and she's cute too!
ooooooooh looks so pretty !
Love the hair! Her look is so "doux", love it!
love the blazer.
and she looks cute anyway. lol
loved it! i just didn't like the socks with this shoes but the erest is great
I love how care-free yet very well orchestrated the outfit feels. I also love seeing personal style on women with similar petite body types like mine.
She is so beautiful! I really love her smile! i dedicate million dollar on her smile….
to reiterate the popular sentiment….
she is cute all over but the sandals with socks thing HAS TO GO!
its a look that my 66 year old father has a tough time pulling off.
its kinda school girly. but still very cute!
Seems like a breezy girl.
She needs go on ahead with them gray socks though. If you're gonna wear open toe footwear, you leave the toes…open!
Socks and sandals. Ew. Just no.
Otherwise she looks like the average schoolgirl.
Nadia, looking good! in answer to a previous question, the reason why you never see people dressed like this in sydney, is because she is from brisbane… sartorialist come to brisbane!
Nadia, what a surprise to find you in here! you look fantastic xo
I'm going to claim this as Brisbane style!
Im really not fund of the scandals and socks. But The overal clothing of the outfit is something i would wear on a day out, very formal and laid back.
I love Sydney.
Just beautiful. Love the socks/sandals combo
i think its just her natural beauty and a sweet spine-bending which brought her here. she could wear everything i guess.
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AVONDALE, La. (February 8, 2014) – For the first time in the event, sunshine and warmer temperatures greeted SafeRacer SCCA Club Racing program participants on Saturday at the BFGoodrich Tires NOLA Super Tour at NOLA Motorsports Park, the opening round of the Mid-States Conference Majors Tour.
Saturday's races were 30-minute timed races in length, counting for full points and contingency for the season-long title.
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In the battle for the overall lead, Bill Kephart's No. 37 Vestial 10F/Honda started on pole and led through the start, relinquishing it on the opening lap to Wesley Cunningham's No. 33 Over Fifty/MSR Houston/Honda Swift DB-6 for two corners before reclaiming the lead. Kephart led a swarm of Formula F machines, with the No. 10 Sportscar Performance Swift DB-6 of Meg Sauce and the No. 85 ThermaMasters Swift/Ford of David Livingston just behind.
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Jesse Prather drove his No. 34 Jesse Prather Motorsports/Mazda Mazda MX-5 to the overall and E Production win, slowing down at the finish to cross the stripe side-by-side with friend and F Production winner Eric Prill's No. 7 Super Max/Jesse Prather Motorsports/Hoosier Mazda Miata.
Denny Stripling ran away and hid in the Spec Racer Ford race, taking a dominating victory in his No. 4 Lightspeed Motorsports machine.
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Each of the seven race groups hosting the 27 Runoffs-eligible classes return to the track for Sunday's races, beginning at 9:40 a.m. (CST) following a 15-minute warm-up. Sunday's races are 17 laps or 40 minutes, followed by victory laps and podium ceremonies.
Results, grids and more information is available at SCCA.com/NOLAMajors.
Avondale, La. – Provisional race winners for Saturday's BFGoodrich Tires NOLA Super Tour, Round One of the Mid-States Conference Majors Tour at NOLA Motorsports Park. Drivers are listed by Class: name, hometown, and car.
- American Sedan: Charlie Vehle, Danbury, Texas, Ford Mustang
- B-Spec: Joe McClughan, New Braunfels, Texas, MAZDA2
- Formula 500: David Vincent, Leavenworth, Kan., KBS Mk VII/Rotax
- Formula Atlantic: Conner Kearby, Corpus Christi, Texas, Swift 016
- Formula Continental: David Grant, Germantown, Tenn., Specturm 014z
- Formula Enterprises: Tim Reinke, Conroe, Texas, Formula Enterprises
- Formula F: Bill Kephart, Colorado Springs, Colo., Vestial 10F/Honda
- Formula Mazda: Darryl Wills, Deer Park, Texas, Formula Mazda
- Formula Vee: Stevan Davis, Danielson, Ga., Racer's Wedge
- E Production: Jesse Prather, Topeka, Kan., Mazda MX-5
- F Production: Eric Prill, Topeka, Kan., Mazda Miata
- H Production: James Rogerson, Pearland, Texas, Honda Civic
- GT-1: David Fershtand, Fort Worth, Texas, Chevrolet Corvette
- GT-2: Don McMillon, Texarkana, Texas, Chevrolet Corvette
- GT-3: William Gonzalez, Houston, Texas, Mazda RX-7
- Prototype 2: Jack Donnellan, Chickasha, Ok., Lola 598
- Spec Miata: Voytek Burdzy, Shiller Park, Ill., Mazda Miata
- Spec Racer Ford: Denny Stripling, McKinney, Texas, Spec Racer Ford
- Super Touring Lite: Cliff Ira, Kansas City, Mo., Acura Integra GSR
- Super Touring Under: Matt Blehm, Rosharon, Texas, Nissan 240SX
- Touring 2: Steven Coleman, Azle, Texas, Ford Mustang
- Touring 4: Luis Rivera, Angleton, Texas, Mazda Miata
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John Munch is a fictional Detective Sergeant played by actor Richard Belzer. Munch first appeared on Homicide: Life on the Street. Upon that series' cancellation, the character was transplanted to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the first spin-off of the Law & Order franchise. He made his 300th appearance on the SVU episode "Unorthodox".
Munch first appears as a central character in the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street, as a homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department's fictionalized homicide unit, which debuted January 30, 1993. The character was based on Jay Landsman, a central figure in David Simon's true crime book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, a documentary account of the homicide unit's operation over one year. Munch appeared as a regular character in every season, and in almost every episode, of Homicide. Munch's storyline also touched on the relationship between real-life detectives Donald Worden and David Brown, in which Worden was relentless in his tutelage/hazing of the younger detective but also genuinely wanted him to succeed and was impressed when the younger cop did excellent work. A storyline in the book involving Brown cracking a very difficult hit-and-run homicide was included almost verbatim in the show's pilot.
After Homicide: Life on the Street concluded its seventh season in May 1999, the character was transferred into the Law & Order universe as a regular character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (both Homicide and the original Law & Order had crossed-over numerous times before, and Munch had featured centrally in each crossover). In the fictional universe, it is explained that Munch had retired from the Baltimore Police Department, took his pension, and moved to New York to join a sex crimes investigation unit, where he was eventually given a promotion to Detective Sergeant.


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Birth Help's Natural Birth Series is especially helpful for women interested in natural childbirth; however, the information is valuable for all birth experiences. The instructor, Rene' Johnson, is an ICEA Certified Educator who has taught thousands of couples and provided doula support in Baton Rouge for more than 30 years. She presents in-depth knowledge, birth wisdom, practical experience, and a collaborative approach for creating your best birth.
This 4-part class, 3 hours per session, is limited to 7 couples to allow for discussion and personal attention. 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The whole-class makeup date is August 30, used only if a class must be postponed.


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Meet the Dreamweaver CS3 Common Insert Bar
Don't think that the Dreamweaver CS3 Common Insert toolbar is plain and ordinary. It's only called "common" because it offers the insert commands you use most frequently because they're the most useful. With the toolbar shown here, you can insert everything from an e-mail link to the date to any media you want to put on your Web site.


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Hours after the New Jersey Senate voted against a bill Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, a coalition of gay-rights advocates said they would make their case in the state's Supreme Court.
With the nationwide campaign to legalize gay marriage suffering a series of setbacks in recent months – a ballot measure was defeated in Maine last November and a bill rejected by the New York Senate – many advocates see the courtroom as the most likely venue for opening marriage to gay and lesbian couples in the near term.
In San Francisco, a lawsuit in a federal court begins Monday that challenges the Constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved initiative that banned gay marriage in California. In US District Court in Boston, two lawsuits seek to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which limits the government's definition of marriage to a union between a man and woman.
"[T]he New Jersey legislature defaulted on its constitutional obligation to provide same-sex couples in New Jersey equal protection, as unanimously mandated by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2006...," said Steven Goldstein of the gay-rights group, Garden State Equality, at a press conference following Thursday's vote. He added, "Our side is going back to court to win marriage equality."
Vote v. court
While the San Francisco trial is focused on Proposition 8, it could have an impact on the nationwide debate on gay marriage and eventually reach the US Supreme Court.
When the case was initially filed, a coalition of gay-rights groups issued a statement saying it was too early to challenge Proposition 8 in federal courts. They wanted to return to the polls to legalize gay marriage.
"A marriage case based on the federal Constitution may well not win the right to marry back in California. A loss would likely set back the fight for marriage nationwide," said the statement by the country's leading gay rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal.
That initial opposition to the lawsuit filed by two high-profile lawyers, who argued on opposite sides of the Bush v. Gore 2000 Supreme Court case, has since softened.
One of the lawyers in the case, Theodore Olson, told Time magazine, "[O]ur clients were made fully aware of the risks and chose to go forward. For them, the status quo is already failure. We had every reason to believe that someone was going to bring this case in any event – without the resources or experience that we can assemble."
Courts have often been more willing to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. It was the courts that made gay marriage legal in Massachusetts, Iowa, and Connecticut, although legislatures in Vermont and New Hampshire have enacted same-sex marriage laws. In the District of Colombia, the city council voted to legalize gay marriage.
"Often we are able to ensure constitutional protections in courts before legislatures because we are a small minority," says Jennifer Pizer, senior counsel and Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal, a gay and lesbian rights group.
But in other states, such as California and Hawaii, courts have ruled against gay marriage.
Most still oppose gay marriage
Some legal experts say the gay rights movement has a lot at risk if the case against Proposition 8 goes to the Supreme Court before a majority of states – and Americans – accept gay marriage. The Supreme Court is often reluctant to be too far ahead of national attitudes, they say.
Though many polls show a growing acceptance for same-sex relationships, an October 2009 Pew Research poll found that 53 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage. Thirty-one states have voted against same-sex marriage at the polls.
"The reason that you don't turn back to the courts too soon is that this can't be a project of the legal elite," says Marc Spindelman, a law professor at Ohio State University. "When the citizenry don't recognize themselves in the [decision], there's the potential for backlash."
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It's Still Worth It: 20 Travel-Inspiring Photos
Traveling may be the last thing on your mind now, but there are lots of deals to be found and, perhaps more than ever, we could all use a change of perspective or an adventure in search of the extraordinary. We dug through our files to find photos—from readers and pros—that are so spectacular they're bound to get you dreaming and planning again.
Photo: Banff National Park, Canada. (blarherzog/myBudgetTravel)
Photo: Pulau Ketam, a Malaysian island that's home to two sleepy fishing villages. (David Hagerman)
Photo: Mystery of the Moai of Easter Island. (chobart/myBudgetTravel)
Photo: Dominical, Costa Rica. (Nikki McLeod)
Photo: The Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo. (Jun Takagi)
Photo: Waterfront on Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao. (Philip Coblentz/Getty)
Photo: The moss garden at Saiho-ji Temple in Kyoto. (Roger Sherman)
Photo: Leeds Castle in Kent, England, regularly received Henry VIII as a guest. On the grounds are several mazes, a display on falconry, and a dog-collar museum. (Courtesy Leeds Castle Foundation)
Photo: Corn Islands, Nicaragua. (Wilhelm Scholz)
Photo: Weymouth, England. (Amanda Marsalis)
Photo: Monument Valley's Mitten buttes, at a tribal park off Route 42, four miles east of Highway 163. (Kara Lucchesi)
Photo: Kitsilano Pool, a heated saltwater pool, located at Kitsilano Beach park in Vancouver. (Martin Tessler)
Photo: La Belle Étoile, an ancient hotel and restaurant right on the banks of the Dordogne in France. (Aya Brackett)
Photo: The restaurant Casa de la Cerveza in Cartagena, Colombia, has excellent views of the Caribbean—and lots of couches for relaxing. (Ana Nance)
Photo: Prague's Old Town Square. (Emily Mott)
Photo: Little boy near Lake Titicaca, Peru. (sarsabf5/myBudgetTravel)
Photo: Fakarava Island, French Polynesia. (Dave Lauridsen)
Photo: A giraffe surveys the savanna in Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve. (Heather Anne Cunningham)
Photo: The Abruzzi mountains as seen from the town of Santo Stefano, Italy. (Amanda Marsalis)
Photo: Salinas Grandes, in Jujuy province, is the largest salt flat in Argentina. Hardy locals brave the wind and the persistent glare of the sun to harvest the salt. (Michael Mohr)


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European Commission
Press release
Brussels, 24 October 2012
Poverty: Commission proposes new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived
The European Commission has proposed to set up a Fund to help the most deprived persons in the EU. The Fund would support Member State schemes providing food to the most deprived people and clothing and other essential goods to homeless people and materially-deprived children. The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the European Union's Council of Ministers for approval.
The Commission foresaw a budget of €2.5 billion for the Fund during the period 2014-2020 as part of its June 2011 proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework (see IP/11/799). Member States would be responsible for paying 15% of the costs of their national programmes, with the remaining 85% coming from the Fund.
President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso said: "At the European level, we need new solidarity mechanisms and proper resources to help deprived and poor people who in many cases are living in a real social emergency situation. This is the purpose of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived proposed today"
European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor commented: "The proposed new Fund would provide tangible aid to help Europe's most vulnerable people to integrate into society. It will be a concrete demonstration of EU solidarity with the weakest - those who have been worst affected by the economic and social crisis. I hope Member States and the European Parliament will adopt this proposal, and the accompanying budget, swiftly so that the support reaches those in need without delay. "
Under the proposed Fund Member States would apply for funding to support operational programmes covering the period 2014 to 2020 for schemes providing, through partner organisations, food to the most deprived persons and clothing and other essential goods (such as shoes, soap and shampoo) to the homeless and to materially-deprived children.
The proposal would give considerable flexibility to national authorities to plan and deliver the assistance in line with their national schemes. Detailed criteria to allocate assistance would be the responsibility of Member States, or even partner organisations, as they are best placed to target assistance to local needs.
Partner organisations, often non-governmental, would be responsible for delivering the food or goods to the most deprived persons. To meet the Fund's social cohesion objectives, partner organisations would not only have to provide material assistance to the most deprived persons but also undertake basic activities aimed at their social integration. The Fund would also be able to support such accompanying measures.
National authorities would be able to use the Fund to either purchase food or goods and make them available to the partner organisations or provide the partner organisations themselves with funding to do so. The proposal also foresees the possibility to use food stored in intervention stocks, if there are any.
The Europe 2020 Strategy commits the EU to reducing the number of people in or at risk of poverty by at least 20 million.
Out of the 116 million people in the EU who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, about 40 million are suffering from severe material deprivation.
One of the main features of material deprivation is the inability to access appropriate quantities and quality of food. The share of the EU population unable to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day – something which is defined as a basic need by the World Health Organisation – was 8.7% in 2010, i.e. more than 43 million people. The first figures available for 2011 indicate a worsening situation.
A particularly severe form of material deprivation is homelessness, the extent of which is difficult to quantify. Nevertheless, estimates indicate that there were 4.1 million homeless people in Europe in 2009/2010. Homelessness has recently increased due to the social impact of the financial and economic crisis and rising unemployment. Even more worryingly, homeless people increasingly consist of families with children, young people and people with a migrant background.
There are 25.4 million children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU. Overall, children are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion than the rest of the population (27 % against 23 % for the total population). This exposes them to material deprivation going beyond malnutrition. For example, 5.7 million children cannot afford new clothes and 4.7 million do not have two pairs of properly fitting shoes (including a pair of all-weather shoes). Children suffering from material deprivation are more likely than their better-off peers to do badly in school, experience poor health and fail to realise their full potential as adults.
The European Union's main instrument to support employability, fight poverty and promote social inclusion is and will remain the European Social Fund (ESF). This structural instrument invests directly in people's competences and aims at improving their value on the labour market. Yet some of the most vulnerable citizens suffering from extreme forms of poverty are too far away from the labour market to benefit from the social inclusion measures of the European Social Fund.
The EU's Food Distribution programme for the Most Deprived People (MDP) has since 1987 been an important source of provisions for organisations working in direct contact with the least fortunate people providing them with food. It currently distributes some 500 000 tonnes of food per year to the benefit of deprived people. It was created to make good use of the then agricultural surpluses. With the expected depletion of intervention stocks and their high unpredictability over the period 2011-2020, as a consequence of successive reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy, the MDP will be discontinued at the end of 2013. The proposed Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived would replace and improve upon the MDP.
Further information
See MEMO/12/800
László Andor's website: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/andor/
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Many investors struggle with avoiding self-destructive investment behavior. Why is that? We – the people – tend to get caught up in our own emotions, often allowing them to drive our behavior and thus our ability to make objective and rational investment decisions. The catalyst for such mal-behavior often presents itself as a reaction to a headline news event like the European Union's debt crisis or our own "fiscal cliff" issues. 1Consider that during the period from 1992-2011, the average stock fund returned 8.2% annually while the average investor of stock funds earned only 3.5%. The portfolio manager of a well-known mutual fund refers to the gap between these results as the "investor behavior penalty." Understanding that acting on emotions like fear and greed tends to yield unfavorable investment results may help you to avoid self-distributive behavior. Three common investor behaviors to avoid: 1) Throwing money at the latest and greatest investment or asset class, and expecting the investment or asset class to continue its winning streak 2) Avoiding areas of the market that have under performed with the assumption that these areas will never recover 3) Attempting to move in and out of the market, typically referred to as market timing A deal, or an absence of a deal between the White House and Congress will certainly be a headline news event. The big question is how much of an "investor behavior penalty" might you have to pay if the market's initial reaction is unfavorable? Source: (1) Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior by Dalbar, Inc. (March 2012) and Lipper. Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., Member FINRA (www.finra.org) / SIPC (www.sipc.org). Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc. Cedar Brook Financial Partners, LLC and Securities America are unaffiliated. Securities licensed in: FL, OH. 5585 Landerbrook Dr., Ste. 200, Cleveland, OH 44124. Securities America and its representatives do not provide tax or legal advice; therefore it is important to coordinate with your tax or legal advisor regarding your specific situation.
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It seems that gaming controllers are the hot target for patent lawsuits, and patent holders are finding litigation a sound strategy. After Sony lost its case against Immersion and, along with Microsoft, coughed up a hefty sum of money, as well as also licensing the technology for use in the Dual Shock 3 controller, the other sharks had to have smelled the blood in the water. In August of last year a company called Anascape brought suit against Nintendo and Microsoft, claiming the companies violated an array of patents. While Microsoft settled the case for an undisclosed amount, Nintendo pressed on and the jury awarded Anascape $21 million in damages last year. The judge has now refused to grant Nintendo a new trial, threatening to halt sales of GameCube controllers, Wavebirds, and Wii Classic controllers until Nintendo puts the money in escrow or posts a bond.
There is no chance that Nintendo would allow any of its hardware to be taken off the market; even though the company no longer produces Wavebird or Gamecube controllers, the Wii Classic controllers are big business. With an appeal already planned, posting the bond will allow the Classic controllers to be sold.
Nintendo seems to think the only way to stop these lawsuits is by fighting, but he company has few industry allies in this struggle: Microsoft simply coughed up the money and Sony licensed the technology. The problem is, with Sony's Immersion case and now with Anascape, the big companies keep losing.
Patently obvious
The patents Anascape says Nintendo and Microsoft violated are rather broad, as the suit lists twelve different patents being violated. Some of their names?
- Patent 6,135,886, "Variable Conductance Sensor with Elastomeric Dome Cap"
- Patent 6,208,271 "Remote Controller with Analog Button"
- Patent 6,222,525 "Image Controller with Sheet Connected Sensors"
- Patent 6,343, 991 "Game Control with Analog Pressure Sensor"
- Patent 6,344,791 "Variable Sensor with Tactile Feedback"
- Patent 6,347,997 "Analog Controls Housed with Electronic Displays"
- Patent 6,906,700 "3D Controller with Vibration"
Basically any gaming controller or device could be found to violate one or many of these patents. What are the actual damages to Anascape's business? That's hard to say. Anascape doesn't have an official web site. All of the patents belong to one man: Brad Armstrong of Carson City, Nevada. Searches for Anascape offices so far haven't turned up anything, nor do there seem to be any plans for products based on these patents. Anascape's lawyer Doug Cawley claimed that the company would like to enter the controller business, but that Nintendo has "clogged the market" with its Wii system and peripherals, according to Bloomberg. In so many words, Anascape appears to be in the business of holding patents and litigating over them—a thriving scene these days.
Nintendo seems willing to fight this suit tooth and nail, but with its two competitors either having already licensed the technology or settled out of court, the chances of winning the case don't look good. It seems Armstrong's locking patents related to gaming controllers was a wise one: he has already earned quite the paycheck from Microsoft and Sony, and it looks like there is a good chance Nintendo will be forced to pay him as well. Who needs to actually use your patents when you can afford a lawyer?
The final outcome will be closely watched by the gaming industry. With so many broadly-defined patents describing controllers on the books, almost any future product released is open to more litigation. With the choice being between licensing technology from patent holding companies with no plans to use the technology themselves or facing multiyear litigation over patent violations, the possibilities of this new trend retarding innovation is very real.
There is one small bit of good news for Nintendo: companies such as Anascape will have a hard time getting injunctions against infringing products if they're not in the market themselves. In 2006, the US Supreme Court ruled that, while eBay infringed on MercExchange's "Buy It Now" patent, MercExchange wasn't automatically entitled to an injunction because it didn't use the patent itself. That decision makes it more difficult for companies like Anascape to get permanent injunctions, but unless Nintendo is somehow able to get the verdict overturned, it's going to have to pay the patent piper eventually.


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Recommended Cancer Screenings
The below are the cancer screening guidelines recommended by the American Cancer Society.
Breast Cancer
- Women ages 20-39 should have a clinical breast exam performed by a doctor every 3 years and perform a breast self-exam every month.
- Women age 40 and older should have a clinical breast exam by a doctor every year, a mammogram every year, and should perform a breast self-exam every month.
- Talk to your doctor about your personal risk factors. Women at higher risk may need to be screened more often.
Colorectal Cancer
Beginning at age 45, have one of the following tests:
Tests that find polyps and cancer:
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years*
- Colonoscopy every 10 years
- Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years*
- CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years*
Tests that mainly find cancer:
- Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year*
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year
- Stool DNA test (sDNA), how often uncertain*
*Colonoscopy should be done if test results are positive
Talk with your doctor about your personal risk for colorectal cancer, because people who are at a higher risk may to start testing at an earlier age.
Cervical Cancer
- Women ages 21-29 should have a Pap test every 3 years
- Women ages 30-65 should have a Pap test and HPV test every 5 years or a Pap test alone every 3 years.
- Women age 65 and older can stop testing if you have had regular normal test results. If you have had a cervical pre-cancer, continue testing for 20 years after the diagnosis
- If you have not had cervical cancer and your cervix has been removed, you do not need to be tested
- Even if you have had the HPV vaccine, you need to follow the screening recommendations for your age group.
Lung Cancer
You may qualify for low dose CT lung screening if you meet the following criteria:
- Men and women age 55-74 who are current smokers and have smoked a pack or more of cigarettes for 30 years or more.
- Former smokers ages 55-74 who have quit within the last 15 years and
- Smoking history of at least 30 "pack years." The American Cancer Society defines 30 pack years as: one pack per day for 30 years, or two packs per day for 15 years, three packs per day for 10 years.
- If you are at high risk, please call your Primary Care Doctor
Prostate Cancer
- Men age 50 and older should talk with their doctor about the benefits and harms of testing with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and a digital rectal exam (DRE). The PSA blood test can detect high levels of prostate-specific antigen. If your PSA is elevated, it may indicate the presence of cancer or an enlargement or inflammation of the prostate gland.
- Men at higher risk (including African-Americans and those with a close family history of prostate cancer) should begin testing at 45.
Skin Cancer
- Check your birthday suit on your birthday – if you notice anything that has changed or is new, see your doctor and have routine skin exams during regular health check-ups. *These are general guidelines.
- Discuss your personal schedule for screening exams with your primary care doctor. The American Cancer Society recommends a cancer-related check-up every three years between ages 20 to 40 and every year after that.


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Eighteen-year-old Mariah Durojaiye is always on the prowl for the most anticipated, trendiest sneakers. She's just one of a growing number of devoted sneaker buffs who will comb the Internet, camp out in the wee hours and pay top dollar for the most sought-after athletic shoes.
These aren't your old Reebok Pumps.
"It is like part of my culture. All of our friends are really big 'sneakerheads.' It is who we are," said Durojaiye. "There are so many different trends and styles and colors. It is a fun way to be fashionable."