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Fishing can be a phenomenal and fun activity for children and youngsters. Fishing can be a very fulfilling sport; you and your family can fish rather than dealing with the hectic routines of day to day life in Adelanto, and enjoy the outdoors. Families regularly enjoy the outside air, find out about the earth, and even create great memories. Best of all, fishing is quality time spent together talking, laughing and sitting next to each other. It can be a perfect game for little children, on the off chance that you present it emphatically. For some families, the experience of fishing with live bait, and catching fish that later become dinner, can be a memory making experience that lasts a lifetime.
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I did not go to Smith Island to relax in the quiet of a peaceful fishing village, I did not go to bask in the natural beauty of its marshes; although I certainly did all of those things. I went to learn how the people who have populated the island for centuries in relative isolation go about their lives. What keeps them there? How do they earn a living? What is it like to be a waterman?
Luckily, as I was wandering around the docks on my first evening there, a golf cart sped up and Captain Billy stepped out. After talking for a while he offered to take me out in his boat the next day, something that I cannot thank him for enough. By allowing me to join him on his boat the Miss Frances, and letting me take part in his daily activities — sorting through grass we scraped, inspecting tanks, sitting back in his shed drinking beer and eating crabs — gave me a true sense of island life.
Billy is the last of a dying breed. The watermen once ruled the Chesapeake Bay, but now Tylerton has fewer than 10 living in the village. Billy has worked the waters of the Chesapeake chasing crab in the summer and oyster in the winter for 40 years just like his father before him. He has traced his ancestry all the way back to people sailing from England to the Carribean in the 1700s — surely he is a man who has saltwater running in his veins. He has a wealth of knowledge that extends beyond the reach of most anyone I have ever met. You may think that a waterman is just a fisherman, but you would be wrong with such an oversimplification, as they are so much more in both skills and duties. In addition to bringing in the catch, a waterman must be skilled in: handling watercraft, navigation, carpentry, painting, engine mechanics, radio, weather forecasting, ecology, biology, first aid, and so much more.
Early in the morning when Billy picked me up all was calm on Tyler Creek, the main waterway that runs through Smith Island, but as day broke he pointed to some clouds and said, "you see those clouds there that are breaking up?" I said that I did and he said, "that means wind." It seemed like an old sailor trick I would have seen in a movie, but within an hour, he was right. during a hard gust he turned to me and said with a laugh, "remember those clouds?!" Later he pointed to a foggy area and said that it would be raining soon, yet again, he was correct. I complimented him on his skill of reading the sky and he told me that some of it you just pick up and some of it was part of his work while in the navy. Over several years he traveled the world and took in the sights of many distant places. Here i was in one of the smallest towns I had ever seen, and I was with someone who had seen more of the world than most people ever get to see. The fact that he chose to return and settle here speaks to the character of the place. The people from Smith Island are not cut off from the rest of the world, the water they live on has opened the world to them.
Billy's knowledge of aquatic life in the bay is probably greater than many marine biologists. There are two types of crabbing done commercially: potting and scraping. Potting involves setting baited traps and then collecting them. In scraping, a net is cast off the side of a boat and dragged along the bottom of the bay. the net is then lifted, its contents dumped on a table,and sorted through. Billy does scraping. He does it because he can scrape and sort without the assistance of a crew, which is ultimately cheaper. He also believes, and I tend to agree with him, that scraped crabs are sweeter because they have been feeding on natural food as opposed to bait which is often rotting fish. Sorting through the grass I was shown many things I had never seen before. At one point we caught a flounder, he turned it over and showed me recently hatched flounder which looked like something found under a microscope clinging to their mother. We threw it back so that those flounder may have a chance to grow. The watermen use whatever they can. If the flounder was of legal size and without babies it could have made a decent meal for his family. He also showed me several varieties of blowfish, needlefish, flatfish that resembled but were not flounder, spot, shrimp, and many other varieties of fish i had never seen, at one point we even caught a skate. He showed me the different stages of the molting process that crabs go through. He showed me a pair of crabs that were engaging in a mating ritual. He showed me another pair engaged in the act and the two penises of the male crab. He showed me a crab that had lost its claw and was growing a new one under its shell which would grow out as the current one is shed. He showed me the seeds of the grasses which are so essential to his occupation — no grass no crabs.
For as many bad things as Billy had to say about "environmentalists" it would be difficult to find anyone who cares more about protecting the natural resources in the Chesapeake Bay than him. His frustration comes from the ignorance of those who are pushing legislation affecting what he does. He explained that many people think that by scraping his nets along the grass beds he is destroying them, but what he is doing is more like mowing a lawn, the root system remains perfectly in tact. The grass beds he scrapes have been used for over one hundred years and are still perfectly healthy. It is not about simply using the bay. It is stewardship. The watermen take their catch but they care deeply for the bay which gives it to them and want to protect it. Billy explained to me that the marketing of oysters as "cleaners" has allowed sewer pipes to drain into historic oyster beds which have existed since prehistoric times. The oyster rock which had been harvest for centuries disappeared. When the watermen's union came together the pipe was removed, and within a year oysters returned to the rock.
He told me about a friend of his who went to a meeting where a retired businessman and sport fishermen stood up and said that the watermen are going to take the last rock fish out of the bay. When the man was finished his friend stood and asked the man a series of questions:
"Do you fish?" he asked
"Yes, i love to fish, i go out on my boat every day to fish."
"And how many rods do you use when you are fishing?"
"At any given time i can have 6 lines in the water."
"And do you depend on that catch to support your family."
"No, I am retired, I do it for fun."
Billy's friend then said, "Well sir, it is you who will take the last rockfish out of the bay."
It was clear that Billy is generally frustrated with the government. Who can blame him? He has lived his whole life on an island with no local government, no mayor, no police force, only a volunteer fire department. No one locks their doors. Billy has no memory of a crime ever taking place on the island. Everyone on the island is like family, They look out for each other, and yes they have their disagreements, but at the end of the day they are all on the same island and ultimately have to find ways to live together. He told me his best friend moved to Costa Rica because he was,"tired of America." Billy considers doing the same, but his wife does not feel up to the move.
Much of his frustration comes from fees which make it more difficult for him to live the life he knows and loves. The fee to have a commercial fishing license is in the thousands, compounded with the registration of his boat and the cost of fuel there is barely a profit to be made on his catch. The regulatory departments which collect these fees have sent a clear message, "go big, or get out." Regulation of our fragile fisheries are crucial, and the large corporate fishing companies must be kept in check. Corporations harvesting more than the bay can provide must be held accountable. By choking out the independent watermen, we lose the only competition to industrial exploitation of our great estuary, one of the few means of receiving sustainable seafood, and a crucial link to our past.
The docks where he keeps his boat have always been free, but the state of Maryland has claimed them and now charges him rent to use them because they "take care of it," ironically very little had been done to fix the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
Billy told me that scientists have told him that Smith Island is sinking. I asked if he believed them, he said half laughing in his thick accent, "of course I do, its been sinking my whole life, but we're still here!" I don't think he could have given a better answer. The people of Smith Island are born and raised in the bay, they eat what comes out it, work hard to earn a living on it, and are eventually buried on land which will one day be reclaimed by the tide. Everything moves in cycles. The people of Smith Island are as much a part of the bay as the brine itself. It is one of the last places in the country, possibly the world, where the people are completely in tune with the place they live.


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Pre-Construction (New Builds)
Pre-construction is a term that is frequently used in the real estate industry and it deals with residential properties for sale that have not been built. In essence, the buyer is buying the floorplans and will take possession once it is completed. It relates to all levels of building, condominiums, townhouses, detaches and semi-detached properties. There is a majority of investors who look to purchase pre-construction properties in order to rent or flip them.
Important Terms to Know:
Builder Reputation
One of the 1st things I advise my clients to look for is the reputation of the builder. How long have they been building, what projects have they done, what is their reputation in the industry, what type of finishes do they offer, are they energy efficient? The information packages ands brochures they may provide for you may be glossy and beautiful, but remember, there is a whole marketing/advertising team that are creating an image for you to buy. What is beneath the surface? Do your homework.
Have you ever heard the phrase "Location! Location! Location!"? This phrase couldn't be more true. Location is so important as it holds and increases value over time if the property is close to amenities such as shops, schools, transit and highways. Your Return on Investment (ROI) will be high as people will be more likely to rent or buy in areas where it is considered central to everything. Try and pick a project that is close to these types of amenities.
Price Per Sq. Ft
When the builder provides the price list to the public, it has a price allotted to each unit. A good thing to find out the price per square foot in the area so you have a comparison to know if the new property is a good value or overpriced.
Deposit Structure
When you purchase a preconstruction property, you don't have to put down a 20-25% down payment all at once. They way it is done is to break up the deposit into increments. Usually it's a 25% downpayment and it's broken up into a few installments. Usually it's $5,000.00 when you sign the paperwork and the other 4 amounts will be provided to you to fill in on post-dated cheques which they will cash at the time they have indicated to you. Sometimes the builder's offer incentives such as an extended time to pay the deposits or making the deposit 10% instead of 25%. Each builder will offer different incentives. Have your Realtor explain them to you.
Maintenance Fees and what's included?
Maintenance fees are specifically for condo apartments and condo townhouses.
The definition is as follows: "Condo maintenance fees are your percentage share of the costs to run the building as a whole," (Janice Pynn, Style at Home). This can include window cleaning, landscaping, snow removal, cleaning the parking areas, and the list goes on. It will be broken down per square foot when you are purchasing a unit. The best thing to do is to compare it with the maintenance fees in other buildings. Your Realtor can help you to research this information.
One of the more popular incentives that builders include when you are purchasing a unit is capping the fees for levies that the city charges to the consumer (i.e., utility hook ups, tree planting, etc). Levies can be upwards of $10,000.00 but the builders sometimes cap the fees at $2,000-$5,000.00. This means the builder will absorb over and above the amount that they stated on the contract.
An assignment is when a buyer wishes to sell the unit prior to it actually being finished. Technically the new buyer will be purchasing the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. The purpose of doing this is the seller can sell for a gain and perhaps move on to their next investment project. The builder usually assigns anywhere from $5,000-$8,000 for an assignment but most builders offer an incentive if you purchase a pre-construction property. The assignment fee can be waived or offered at a reduced price. Each builder offers something different.
Occupancy vs. Closing
Buyers who purchase condos may get confused when trying to differentiate between occupancy and closing (aka registration). Knowing the difference will impact when the mortgage commences.
When the buyer can occupy the property. The buyer will pay occupancy fees, similar to rent but this does NOT qualify as going towards your mortgage. Your mortgage begins on closing date.
When the building has officially registered as a condo corporation with the city and the buyer legally takes possession of the property. Your mortgage will begin at this point and the buyer starts paying down the mortgage.
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Peter Brown – Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
Winner of the 2013 Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church History
The Philip Schaff Prize is an award in the amount of $2,000 to the author of the best book published in the two previous calendar years, originating in the North American scholarly community, which presents original research on any period in the history of Christianity, or makes a significant synthesizing scholarly contribution. According to Dr. Keith Francis, Executive Secretary of ASCH, "The members of the committee described Through the Eye of a Needle as a 'tour de force,' a 'magisterial study,' and a 'work of astonishing erudition.' High praise indeed! I was even more impressed by the comment that you had written 'a brilliant synthesis of other scholars' work as well as the harvest of your own five-decade career." The prize will be awarded at ASCH's next business meeting in Washington DC on January 4, 2014. For more information, click here.
Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity.
Peter Brown, the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity, examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven.
Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.
Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. His many books include The World of Late Antiquity, The Rise of Western Christendom, and Augustine of Hippo.


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Virological and Clinical Anti-Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Efficacy of Tenofovir and Emtricitabine in Patients With HIV/HBV co-Infection
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00127959
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 9, 2005
Last Update Posted : April 24, 2007
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This is a randomized multicentre trial of emtricitabine (FTC) versus tenofovir (TDF)/FTC in antiretroviral naive subjects with HIV/HBV co-infection over 48 weeks (Clinical Trial A).
Plus, a 12 week viral kinetic substudy comparing a subgroup of patients on Clinical Trial A is being conducted. (Substudy A1)
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Hepatitis B
|Drug: tenofovir Drug: emtricitabine Drug: zidovudine Drug: efavirenz
|Phase 4
This is a randomized multicentre trial of FTC vs TDF/FTC in antiretroviral naive subjects with HIV/HBV co-infection over 48 weeks (Clinical Trial A).
Plus, a 12 week viral kinetic substudy comparing a subgroup of patients on Clinical Trial A is being conducted. (Substudy A1)
Primary Objectives:
- To compare the proportion of subjects with HBV DNA levels below the limit of detection (<400 copies/ml) by week 48 in each treatment group
Secondary Objectives:
- To evaluate the emergence of HBV resistance at 48 weeks
- To compare the proportion of patients with undetectable HBV DNA at weeks 12 and 24 in each treatment group
- To compare the proportion of patients who achieve HBeAg and HBsAg seroconversion at weeks 12, 24 and 48 during the study
- To compare changes in ALT from baseline and the rate of hepatic cytolysis (ALT>5x ULN)
- To compare suppression of HIV-1 RNA and changes in CD4/CD8 counts over 48 weeks
- To compare the effect of therapy on histological changes in the liver and the presence of ccc-DNA
- 24 patients in Clinical trial A (of whom 16 enter substudy A1).
Clinical Trial A:
- Patients with HIV/HBV co-infection who are naive to HIV/HBV therapy, have detectable HBV viraemia and are willing to start antiretroviral therapy.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent
- Documented HIV infection
- Age 18 – 70 years
- HBV DNA > 106 copies/ml
- Arm 1: Zidovudine (AZT), emtricitabine (FTC), efavirenz (EFV)
- Arm 2: Tenofovir (TDF), emtricitabine (FTC), efavirenz (EFV)
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Virological and Clinical Anti-HBV Efficacy of Tenofovir and Emtricitabine in Antiretroviral Naïve Patients With HIV/HBV co-Infection
|Study Start Date :
|March 2004
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2006
- HBV DNA suppression as measured by comparison of area under the curve (AUC) measurements after 48 weeks therapy
- Proportion of patients with undetectable HBV DNA in serum
- Rate of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroconversion
- Rate of emergence of lamivudine (LAM)-resistant HBV genotypes
- Suppression of plasma HIV-RNA (< 50 copies/ml)
- Changes in CD4+ /CD8+ cell counts
- Presence of covalently closed circle DNA (cccDNA) on liver biopsy
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent
- Documented HIV infection
- Age 18 – 70 years
- HBV DNA > 10E6 copies/ml
- ALT < 10 x ULN (upper limit of normal)
- Creatinine <= 2.0mg/dl
- Platelet count >= 50,000/mm3
- HIV-1 therapy naive
- No prior exposure to anti-HBV agents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hepatitis C viral RNA (CV-RNA) positive or Anti-hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M (HAV IgM) positive
- Acute hepatitis (serum ALT > 1000 U/L)
- Prior LAM, TDF, or adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) therapy
- Active opportunistic infection
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Other chronic liver disease
- Concurrent malignancy requiring cytotoxic chemotherapy
- Decompensated or Child's C cirrhosis
- Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) > 3X ULN (unless negative computed tomography [CT] scan or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] within 3 months of entry date)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00127959
|Academic Medical Center
|Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands, 1105AZ
|Study Chair:
|Joep M.A. Lange, MD PhD
|Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
|Principal Investigator:
|Kiat Ruxrungtham, MD PhD
|HIVNAT Bangkok
|Principal Investigator:
|Jan Prins, MD PhD
|Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00127959 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 9, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 24, 2007
|Last Verified:
|April 2007
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HIV-1 infection
Hepatitis B virus infection
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
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Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
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Join us at the East Side Library for open play and more! Meet families with other young children, check out our awesome picture books, and engage in the five simple steps to success - Read, Write, Sing, Play, and Talk! We will have a variety of toys and more that promote learning for little ones.
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We would not hesitate to endorse Fritz Machlup as one of the most accurate analyst of Hayek's works. Here, writing about Hayek's papers afterwards The Constitution of Liberty, he states: "This great work done, Hayek did not rest. He could not let go of a topic on which he found so much more to do. In an article in German ("Die Ursachen der ständigen Gefährdung der Freiheit", Ordo, 12, 1961) he asks why it is that personal liberty is in continual jeopardy and why the trend is toward its being increasingly restricted. The cause of liberty, he finds, rests on our awareness that our knowledge is limited. The purpose of liberty is to afford us an opportunity to obtain something unforeseeable; since it cannot be known what use individuals will make of their freedom, it is all the more important to grant freedom to everybody (p. 103).
can endure only if it is defended not
just when it is recognized to be useful in particular instances but rather
continuously as a fundamental principle which may not be breached for the sake
of any definite advantages obtainable at the cost of its suspension (p. 105).
It is not easy to convince the masses that they should sacrifice foreseeable
benefits for unforeseeable ones." (Machlup, Fritz, "Hayek's Contribution to Economics", edited in Essays on Hayek, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977) Liberty
Machlup's summary of Hayek's statement on the value of individual liberty offers a reason that is neither substantialist nor instrumental. In this context, although the "instrumental reason" would lead us to a disregard of the individual liberty in order to achieve a concrete end, his defense of liberty is not based on a substantial truth, but on an epistemic value.


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Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- The Little Mermaid (1989): Stitch surfs a wave that crashes down on Ariel.
- Beauty and the Beast (1991): Stitch causes the chandelier to fall during the ballroom scene, nearly smashing Belle and the Beast
- Aladdin (1992): Stitch steals Princess Jasmine from Aladdin during the "A Whole New World" magic carpet ride.
- The Lion King (1994): Stitch takes Simba's place on Pride Rock during the "Circle of Life" opening.


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Client authentication determines how a client identifies itself to Directory Proxy Server.
From a protocol perspective, client authentication can occur at two levels:
LDAP level. Authentication occurs in the LDAP bind operation.
Connection level. Authentication occurs in the network connection established between the client and Directory Proxy Server.
Directory Proxy Server can also be configured to accept client requests without authentication.
The following list summarizes the supported authentication options. These options are discussed in more detail in the remainder of this chapter.
Simple bind authentication. Simple bind authentication occurs at the bind level. When the client binds, it provides a unique name (bind DN) and password to Directory Proxy Server. Directory Proxy Server forwards these credentials, along with the bind request, to a backend LDAP server.
Simple bind authentication can also be made over a secure connection. However, the server still identifies the client from its bind DN.
Certificate-based authentication Certificate-based authentication occurs at the connection level when the connection is secure. When authentication occurs at the connection level, the client connects over an encrypted (SSL) connection and provides a certificate. Directory Proxy Server checks the validity of the client certificate and maps the certificate to an LDAP DN.
No authentication. If the client does not provide a certificate, or a bind DN and password, no authentication occurs. In this case, the client connects to Directory Proxy Server anonymously. This is known as anonymous access.


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This particular cake was for a friends 6 year old daughter. My friend called and asked if I could make a Hello Kitty cake for her daughters birthday. She said that her daughter wanted the cake to be in the shape of Hello Kitty's head and the cake to be "pink velvet cake." She's a girl that knows what she likes!
This was my first Hello Kitty head cake. I hadn't really planned on sharing it here but as I was making it, I thought it was an easy fun cake that almost anyone could do and I decided to post it. It's great for a beginner cake decorator.
So here's a Hello Kitty cake tutorial, of sorts.
1 half sheet cake (you could also use a 9x13 inch cake)
3 cups of basic white buttercream frosting. (I used butter not shortening)
Fondant for bow, whiskers, eyes, and nose.
Make or buy cake. Wrap well and freeze the cake overnight. It's much easier to carve the cake while it's frozen. Freezing the cake also helps decrease the crumbs, which is very helpful when you go to frost the cake.
My cake was a basic vanilla cake dyed pink, aka pink velvet cake. If you want to go really simple, you could buy an plain, unfrosted half sheet cake from a bakery. I made my own frosting but you could use canned frosting as well.
Hello Kitty's head is pretty easy to cut out freehand. It's just an oval with ears. I didn't use a template but if you want one you can go here and download this one. You need Adobe Reader installed in your computer to download it. Or you could just Google Hello Kitty coloring pages and print the page. You may need to blow-up the picture to get the size you want for your cake.
If using a template, pin the template to the cake with toothpicks and carve around the template. I cut the corners off on the bottom of my cake. On the top of the cake I cut off a little less leaving room to cut out ears. Then I just carved off any edges that kept the cake from being oval shaped.
|sorry this picture isn't very good, but I hope you get the general idea!
I used fondant to make the bow, whiskers, eyes and nose, on my cake. If you don't want to buy fondant, you could use fruit roll-ups for the bow, jelly beans for the eyes and nose, and licorice for the whiskers.
For the bow: Pinch off a small piece of fondant. Add food gel coloring in desired color and knead until the color is incorporated into the fondant. Roll out fondant out to about 1/4 inch thickness. I used a small heart cookie cutter and a small oval cutter. I cut out 2 hearts and put the points of the heart together and put the oval over the points to form the center of the bow.
If you don't want to use fondant, you could cut a bow the same way out of fruit leather and get a similar effect.
|I painted my bow with edible glitter!
I cut the eyes and nose from small pieces of fondant but jelly beans would make a good substitution.
Place the bow, eyes, nose and whiskers on the cake. When I finished my cake I realized I should have put the eyes a lower but changing them at that point would have messed up the top of the cake.
I finished off the cake with a boarder of frosting around the bottom edge. This step is optional. Leave it off if you don't feel comfortable using a piping bag.
This Hello Kitty cake is a pretty easy, very fun project that would be great to do with the kids. The good news is, even if it isn't perfect at least you can eat your mistakes!


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So I guess this is my last column of the decade. Apparently 10 years went by when I wasn't paying attention, and this Friday will mark the beginning of the 2010s.
So I guess this is my last column of the decade.
Apparently 10 years went by when I wasn't paying attention, and this Friday will mark the beginning of the 2010s.
What's the right way to say that? "Twenty-Tens?" "Two-Thousand-and-Tens?" Or should we save time and just say "the Tens" or "the Teens?"
Come to think of it, what are we supposed to call the departing decade? "The Two-Thousands?" "The Aughts?" "The Ohs?" I think I like the Ohs.
Whatever it's called, I didn't really realize this decade was ending until about a month ago.
When you think about it, it's kind of a big deal: A 10-year chapter of history is coming to a close, and the world is getting a fresh start with a whole new 10 years.
Even the most menial tasks and everyday events take on a whole new meaning when viewed through the end-of-the-decade lens: the last trip to the grocery store of the decade, the last rent check of the decade, the last laundry day of the decade.
And, like I said before, this is my last column of the decade, which makes it seem much more significant than any of my previous columns. Suddenly I feel a lot of pressure to write something epic.
Maybe I should reflect on the last decade of my life. After all, 10 years is a long time.
Over the past decade, I've graduated from three schools, lived in three states, worked for four newspapers, seen three friends get married and visited eight countries — but I guess it would be kind of difficult to condense the last 10 years of my lift into approximately 600 words.
Maybe I should compile some lists reflecting the decade's highlights. That's apparently the trendy thing to do right now — over the past month, it seems that every newspaper and magazine and Web site has released some biggest or best or worst or whatever of the decade countdown.
Although I love organizing things into lists, I'm not sure if that's the best approach for my end-of-the-decade column either.
First of all, I feel like 2009 is getting the short end of the stick. Usually the conclusion of a year gets lots of attention, but 2009 has been absorbed into the rest of the Ohs. Sure, there are plenty of biggest or best or worst or whatever of 2009 lists out there, but they just don't seem as exciting when placed next to the decade lists.
Plus, the idea of identifying the most noteworthy parts of the past 10 years and prioritizing them is a little intimidating. A decade is a long time to sort through, and I would almost certainly forget some things.
Plus, a lot of end-of-the-decade countdowns seem to ignore the fact that the decade technically doesn't end until Thursday. Should we really be reflecting on it before it's officially over?
Maybe instead of looking back on the past 10 years and organizing them into tidy little lists, we should focus on enjoying the last few days of 2009 and the Ohs. As celebrated scholar Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
So I guess this column wasn't exactly the decade-ending masterpiece that I was hoping for, but that's OK. There's a whole new decade just around the corner (followed by a few more, if I've calculated correctly), so I should have plenty of time to come up with something ground-breaking at a later date.
For now, I think I'll just focus on enjoying the rest of this year and the start of the next one, and I hope you will, too.
Happy New Year, and Happy New Decade.
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Don't hate her just because she is a 14-year-old intern at Marc Jacobs.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Too late… We already do ! ;-D
So jealous! Love the shorts.
She looks cute, I would not say that she was fourteen, defiantly very young though.
There is confidence in her look, tha. Like, she defiantly seems to be a great fit in the fashion industry and if she can have an early start that is even better.
The picture is beautiful, and bold and to the point.
That's who I aspire to be like when I grow up!
What the what?!
I'm not at all jealous, I enjoyed not having adult responsibilities during the summer of my 14th year- jamming out to Britney Spears and experimenting with tacky covergirl makeup. Childhood can never be replaced!
The bag is really cute. It pops in this photo.
- Meredith
she is beautiful
The bag makes it. So savvy for 14.
Great! It's true… she looks a little bit older than she actually is, but who cares? She definitely has a classy style, and anyway..when you are trying to make it in this industry, you have to look at your best, even if this means a little bit older!..
Awww she's so lucky !
She so nice and so chic so confidence in Mark Jacobs !!
Very cute. At such a young age she has began to develop her own effortless style .
Wow, she scored one GREAT job! Her outfit is really cute!!
She is darling. Not many can get away with wearing those little "bloomers" shorts.
It will inspire the style in my country especially for teenager
I'm jealous of her bag :)
Super sweet! Am such a fan of her shorts!
Lovely ruffles on her shorts. And what a mature style for someone her age. It must be that internship…
I like her because she's young and ambitious
This girl is everything I love about New York City. This level of effortless style, the fact that a 14 year old in this city can work at Marc Jacobs…
Ok, for once someone dressed like a 14 year old who actually is 14. Appropriate and chic (aren't those the same thing, usually?)
Cute, except for the hair, I don't like the black regrow!
She looks older… and sad.
And when I was 14 I had more fun things to do than worry about my outfit and deal with an internship.
How is she that cool at 14? I swear i was still obsessed with horses at 14 I'm major jealous she looks so pretty and her bag is gorgeous and her shoes are so cute :D
Wow, she's only 14?! She definitely dresses for her age. She looks very graceful and innocent. Good for her for doing what she loves at an early age!
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omg, she's a lucky little girl!! and looks great!
Good for her! Awesome opportunity.
So much for innocence.
amazing, 4 years ago she was a little 10-year old girl, barely old enough to cross the street by herself. it always startles me how much we change during those precious few years from childhood to adolescence.
Absolutely positively charming. There is not a thing wrong with doing what you love at any age. That being said I am so relieved I did not continue on in macrame, spider-plant propagation and baking for my stoned older brother and friends. If only I'd grown up in New York!
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She looks so cool. Marc Jacobs! Wow!
kind of an odd headline….that said, yes, i do find it very interesting when parents at great companies are able to create great opportunities for their kin. happy for the tweens and their chance to learn responsibility. weighted by the way that power is handed on.
nonetheless, i hope that she is able to really rock the house while she's there and make the most of it!
Why hate her? Really nice outfit although I'm puzzled by the neutral, old-fashioned colour of her shoes. She may be too young for that colour.
A fashionista in the making, a chic one at that. Already her sense of style is there. I'm happy that she is an intern at Marc Jacobs. Albeit some peeps think that she might be missing out on her childhood, however, maybe being an intern at MJ is, in her eyes, equivalent to playing marbles, tag, hide'n seek & hopscotch. Rather, she'll be playing with textiles, fabrics, accessories, and the like. Plus, she's beautiful to boot. Good for her. I can't wait to see her very first collection.
She looks like a chic, sweet girl. I think the reason she looks older is that her eyes are tired. Pro/con.
I don't hate her but I am fully jealous! How did she score that gig?
Oh, really??? reallly?? fourteen??? FOURTEEEN?? … good lord what has she been eating?, I was n0t that slender at fourteen, in fact I was more like a brick shape (and had that 'cheeky' teenager fat), and she looks like she's older, where is the cheeky teenager fat?? =S
At 21, I can say I'm slender and pretty and stylish thanks to you Scott and Garance, but she looks amazing at just 14. Amen.
Only a 14 yr old could pull off those bloomers…and yes, I am totally jelly!
so reminds me of our beloved sue lyon (lolita) circa 1962 who was also 14 when kubrick filmed her… nice pict
don't hate her but i m envious ;great picture ,love her confidence
It's hard not to!
OMG, how can we not hate her!! 14!? what the…!?
so so jealous
omg stop it! adorable
Lovely everything! Quite a style for 14 year old, so classy and cute!
Sorry, I have to HATE…out of jealousy. lol
So jealous!
Wonder if they need a 43 yr old intern?
What a great bag!
i love the shoes and the especially the pink bag, the style does totally work.
I love her bag! Which is the brand? Thanks!!!
OMG? Is she? 14 years old? Where will she be in 5 years??
She seems nice, but tired…
Regards from Barcelona!
She looks slightly scared… almost like she's aware that she's about to be chased by a crowd of angry women clutching Marc Jacobs accessories as weapons… I'll be somewhere at the back eating a cake and laughing at the whiskers on my mouse shoes… they're shoes and they have whiskers, oh Marc, what will you think of next!
whattttt?? Lucky girl! but at the same time she's missing out on childhood.. I honestly didn't beleive she was 14!
Wow, off to a great start in every way. Kids like her always get far. She isn't missing out on anything. At 14 its great if she already has ambition and is willing to learn to manage her time and effort. It will only make the rest of her life better. You can tell she is smart and not has a mind of her own already.
And great oes, of course.
I'm confused on whether to hate, love, or envy her…the one thing im not confused about is how fabulous her outfit is!
Lilly's reaction is priceless!!!! :)
When I was fourteen, I was eating cheesies, wearing lumpy Daniel Hechter sweat shirts with puffed sleeves (it was the 80s), big scrunchies in my spiral-permed hair, and baggy tapered pants from Le Chateau (fab Canadian store and still in business).
To my credit, though, I was practising the piano for hours a day and making the honour roll. (Yes, I have a Tiger Mother.)
I am hating overtime! And I'm in my 30s! AAUGH!
The photo is pretty , the thing I like the most is the pink and red handbag, no doubt. The look is quite simple but the ballerinas are too old for her, I would say.
Intern at marc jacobs?? Doing what? I guess it's a summer job or whatever, I am not the person to envy anyone actually, I love doing my stuff.
I can't hate on a 14 year old. I thought a 5 dollar t-shirt and 8 dollar pants were the world's coolest clothes at that age. I was happy and paid for it myself!
I don't hate her, but I do love her little bloomers and cute shoes!
Well, naturally I hate her because I'm 21 and can't find any kind of job–who got her that position? Probably the same person who's buying her clothes for her…
That said, having nice clothes is completely different from wearing them properly, so kudos to her for having actual STYLE rather than being trendy at such a ripe age.
Fantastic sense of style at such a young age. I bet we will be hearing about her down the road.
what a beautiful and lucky girl! i love her young style- those bloomers were made for a girl like her! perfect :)
14?!? If she continues in fashion, she's gonna buuurned out by the time she's 25. Believe me, I'm in it. I know.
Go play!!! Fashion will be here for you when you're older…!
How can you hate.. she is the Future!
Good night. What I would give to be in her shoes at a ripe old twenty-five.
oh my,, well shes lucky,, but we already hate her
Oh, she's pretty!!!
I don't hate her but I am weary of young children being treated like adults. No 14 year old needs an internship anywhere! Personally I don't think 14 year olds should be wearing expensive Marc Jacobs either.
Lately very young girls like Elle Fanning (age 13) are being featured in magazines wearing a lot of makeup and hundreds of dollars worth of designer clothing.
Sorry, it's just wrong to me.
kudos to her for the fabulous internship and kudos to her for pulling off the hard-to-flatter bloomers shorts.
green with envy, love it.
this girl looks just like my 21-year-old daughter who also appears to be only 14. AND she's wearing the bloomers said daughter has been hunting for ever since she saw them at TARGET three years ago. the bloomers that inspired the name of her blog: http://carespantaloons.blogspot.com/2010/08/sketchy-black-red-and-vandalized.html
uhhh how did she even land that internship!? dang. that's what I wanna know. She's obviously doing something right.
Gosh! SERIOUSLY? Hating… O_O
That is what's up !
Good for her :)
Great style, it's good she started so early to be passionate in something and to show her talent…but I find ridicolous a 14 y o girl doing such a kind of intership, it's not just a summer job like picking the fruit at a grandmom farm, it's real business, it's something too serious, youth never comes back again…
Love those shorts ! They are such a fine line between looking tacky and looking cute ! She definately carries the cute look …
Well done for the new site !! But to be honest, I miss the old one as well ;-) …
she doesn't look like she's comfortable with whom she is.
I also agree… kudos for a very hard worker!
World need more 14yo girl like this one I guess.
PS and btw: and could anyone hate her? it's practically impossible – whatever she'd do in fact… :)
Wow, she definitely deserves that intern position. Her outfit is great, those shorts and shoes are so stylish. I never look this good…
Poor pretty girl.
She should enjoy her youth and leave Marc Jacobs for later
Wow, did this little girl dressed herself? So talented!
Oh, I don't hate her! I'm just very, very jealous (and kind of want to be her best friend so she can get me an internship there)! What a great opportunity! Why didn't I have an internship at Marc Jacobs at age 14?!? Ah… that's right, I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin.
I love how her style has a great balance of sophistication and young, feminine elements, like the purse, watch and ruffles at the bottom of her shorts.
14 and with bags under her eyes…. Party on, little sister!
She looks tired.
I'd like to be in her shoes for at least one hour… She is chic yet comfortable and that "careless" look really boosts her youth.
What a beauty – she looks great. Love the contrast of the black and white, especially the shirt tails hanging out, offset with a lovely pink handbag.
I just love your caption for this photo.You've made me desperate to know who she is!
I adore your blog, you have the most wondeful eye for style!
Be well.
The 4 photos I've just looked at feature black and white clothes. Perhaps it's the undecided weather but I don't see any of the brights around that are all over the weekly fashion magazines. Perhaps it's always more stylish to follow the fashions less and stick to the classics. Love the bag x
sooo jealous! great for her though! 14, well dressed (love the purse!) , and interning at marc jacobs. i can only hope to work somewhere like that in 20 years! i rally wish i had an amazing internship like that. lucky girl!
How in the world did she become an intern at
looks great
thanks a lot
Ohhh, c'mon… Srsly, you do think there is anything cool about 14 years old acting like 20? It's sad. Internship? Please, sounds like the Industrial Revolution and kids working since they were ten. She will have her whole adult life for wearing Marc Jacobs and having internships and work. Now she should wear Snoopy H&M t-shirt, read Twilight, and have a holiday crush on some boy. And be careless.
Um, may I point out that interns in the US fashion industry generally don't get paid? If this were a pic of an Indian child working for free in that country's fashion industry there'd be cries of slave labour.
We dont, She just knows someone, or her parents do. The beauty of connections
If she's doing the internship because she really has a passion for fashion and took the initiative to "make it happen", then I am very happy for her
If she would rather be out at the mall, hanging with her friends, then I feel sorry for her. I tend to believe that at 14 yrs old, she got the internship through some type of family 'connection', in which case—She'll only be 14 once, she's got 7 or 8 more years to take on the responsibilities of an internship.
14 years!!!!!!!!OMG !!! Wish nobody look like this at their teens. 35 yers thats true)))
When I as 14, Marc Jacobs was in "dream list", not in my wardrobe. I don't hate her, she is too pretty for, I'm just jealous :)
LOL! If she was working part time taking care of animals at the local veterinarian office everyone would be writing how wonderful that was, and not saying how she should be at a mall with her friends. Such hypocrisy. In fact when I was 14 I worked after school as a landscaper's assistant. My sister worked after school at a body shop (she loved it, and now details cars and bikes for good money) at 13. It still gives you PLENTY of time to shop, talk on the phone to friends, and get your homework done. If you have kids, then you know that NO ONE is as fashion conscious as a typical 14 yr old girl. Kids that age care more about their clothing then most adults. My 12yr old niece actually cried because she went to a new school not knowing how they dressed there and the VERY mean comments that landed on her. So don't worry about this forcing her to be fashionable too soon.
I don't hate her cause she's gorgeous. But I really envy her :)
so adorable! love the pop of pink!
OMG, 14-year-old internat Marc Jacobs?? I don't hate her, I love this. Fabulous!!
Seriously! I don't hate her, I think that's fantastic. What great drive and poise.
Good for her!
I can't believe she's only 14! thats insane. Love her outfit.
I think she dresses very classy – adorable combination with the shorts and bag – but she looks like she hasn't slept in days.
umm… i think i will anyway. good lord. i'm jealous. she's 2/3 my age and already has my dream job.
What. How is that possible! I won't hate her, but I will be incredibly jealous.
I'm fifteen and this is such an awesome picture. I am EXTREMELY jealous haha but I love that you posted a picture of a girl close to my age. Thank you.
I HATE HER ALREADY! How'd she get a spot? Dammit!
Such a shame she already dyes her hair – detracts from her otherwise fresh youth…
I hate her because this bag is amazing and I 'll never find one like this in my country =/
She does look really chic and effortless but I have to hate this lucky lady..she's 14 and interning at Marc Jacobs!
I am ABSOLUTELY jealous. But thanks for the warning though.
I love her shoes and bag!
That's how you ROCK a Classic Salvatore Ferragamo Shoe!!
I love her (and hate her just a little bit). The shorts, the peter pan collar, the bright pink bag…She's adorable!
I'm sure it's already been said but her Ferragamo's are adorable. And I'm sorry, but I kind of hate her… :)
I love how Scott posted this during the whole Thylane brouhaha:P
Well, I AM jealous!
OMG! I hate her! she's so lucky…
I'm 16 and supremely jealous of those go-getters. Dangnabit.
fourteen years old! *nuff said*
so cute so cute !!!
she's actually 16. Her name's Ruby. We went to high school together. YOU GO RUBLES!!!
I love you Ruby! She does have a summer life! At the best place in the world…
RUBY!!!! it's char from ky and i wanted to comment on my long lost bff awesome photo. i love you, ya movie star
I saw her in the subway the other day with another friend of hers (about her age) Boy, does she catch your eye! It's an odd combination, the level of sophistication (effortless chic) in her age. It wasn't until half min. later did I realize that she was a teenage girl.
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Rang personal contact at head office. Supplied with reason to disallow cloth: there is no room for buckets. Unimpressed. Got email address of teacher I was friendly with that is v. interested in environment.
Sent email:
Hey XXXXX,
How are ya? It's been a looooong time. And I still miss Vic Uni crèche!! Hannah always talks about it too - affectionately known as her "old crèche"
Anyway, this is a bit of a business call. Sorta. You know how I'm a bit cloth nappy mad? And how I'm a bit geeky? Wellllll... there have been quite a few ladies on one of my geeky parenting sites mentioning Vic Uni crèches' not allowing cloth nappies. Modern ones that is... not old fashioned. I completely understand that. When I was there I was much too afraid to challenge the policy due to the fact that Hannah's place at the crèche may have been jeopardised. (I know that's silly... but still - it's hard to get kids in crèche!) Now I'm much more outspoken about environmental stuff and have nothing to lose
I just called XXXXXX to talk to her about what the official line is with the cloth nappy thing and she said that the reason that modern cloth is not allowed is because of the room required for buckets. Now I don't at all see that as an adequate reason to disallow cloth nappies as there is no need to soak modern cloth and you most definitely don't need a bucket! The nappies can either be stored in a plastic bag, or if you are getting a bit fancy then they can be stored in a wetbag (which is what I'd suggest to any parent bringing along cloth naps). A wetbag is made out of waterproof fabric called PUL - here is a link to one (but they can be as simple as a drawstring type closure - really easy to make) http://www.busybehinds.co.nz/product_in ... cts_id=254
Even though there would be storage room required for the bag (a hook on a wall?)... I very much doubt you'd get even 50% of kids at a crèche using cloth (as cool as that would be to see!) so it'd just be the issue of storing a few bags - which I am sure is possible.
I'm thinking if I pitch a policy change in regard to cloth nappies there would need to be a minimum standard as far as what the parents provide (which most do anyway) - I'm thinking pre-stuffed pockets or all-in-ones only (much like a disposable works) with a flushable liner provided, and a wetbag. The teachers can either just flush the liner and contents or just roll up the nappy and place in the wetbag. I am happy to make up an information sheet or write a draft policy if needed. I am also happy to come up and do demonstrations to teachers.
I'm thinking with the push for the environmental stuff in ECE, the fact that centres could save money if they have less rubbish to dispose of, not to mention that parents would no longer have to fork out money for disposables, or compromise their principles!
Do you think this is do-able? Would you support me? I don't think I can purely do this as a 'concerned member of the community' without at least a slight connection to the Vic Uni crèche.
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Once it might have taken a subpoena to get a CEO to participate in the public shame ritual of a televised Senate hearing.
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That's how much CEO attitudes have changed about playing the Washington game – going well beyond just hiring lobby shops, to pushing for their companies' interests personally and putting their own reputations on the line.
( PHOTOS: Politicians and their iToys)
The high-profile examples run the gamut: from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg — who attached his name to immigration reform this year along with a slew of Silicon Valley execs — to JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, who's had a high-profile, if on-again-off-again, relationship with Washington.
Others come to town with less fanfare. Goldman Sachs President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn made the trek up to Capitol Hill in November to meet with House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas and other Republicans as the fight over debt and spending flared.
President Barack Obama, who has struggled to win over the business community, has hosted CEOs regularly in his second term. Yahoo's Marissa Meyer and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein met with Obama in February to talk immigration and debt. In May, energy leaders, including Edison Electric Institute President Tom Kuhn, met with Obama privately to discuss the industry's response to mega storms.
Executives say the reason for their change is simple: the stakes have gotten higher.
Just look at the range of big policy questions on Washington's plate from debt and spending, to the tax code, to health care and immigration.
( PHOTOS: Mark Zuckerberg with pols)
Paul Stebbins, executive chairman of World Fuel Services, a Fortune 100 company, told POLITICO that the long-term debt outlook has been a key factor.
"I think this has changed the sensibility of how CEOs engage in the process," said Stebbins, who is a member of the CEO-group Fix the Debt. "This goes far beyond my K Street lobbyist is going to help me get some tax thing. It's a much deeper issue about the future of the country."
"This isn't a short-term, 'we'll be done by September.' This is long term," he said of how CEOs will continue to engage in Washington.
In Apple's case, the tech giant is positioning itself ahead of another possible fight — a tax code overhaul.
Cook appeared before a Senate panel this week where he tried to turn allegations that the tech giant doesn't pay enough taxes into a discussion about the need for big changes in the system.
Democrats, including President Obama, and Republicans have said for years the tax code needs to change, though it's unclear if that'll happen soon.
"Increasingly CEOs are seeing the need to get engaged because the government more often than not is a business partner that can affect their bottom line positively, or negatively," said Nick Calio, a Washington veteran who now heads the trade group Airlines for America.
Former Sen. Gordon Smith, now head of the National Association of Broadcasters, said CEOs are involved in Washington because government has a big impact on the cost of doing business in regards to labor, energy and raw materials.
"The government policy overlays all of those in very dramatic ways now," Smith said.
CEOs have also been welcomed with open arms by political leaders looking to take on major issues like immigration reform, tax policy and the deficit and debt.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas defensive line coach Charlie Partridge is going home.
Partridge, a Plantation, Fla., native, was named Florida Atlantic's next coach in a brief statement from the school Monday. The appointment came two days after the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Partridge had been offered the position and was likely to accept it, leaving his position on Bret Bielema's staff.
The 40-year-old Partridge replaces Carl Pelini, who resigned on Oct. 30 with four games remaining in the season. He will be introduced during a press conference today after agreeing to a contract that will pay $2.76 million over the next five years, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Partridge's departure leaves a big hole on Arkansas' staff. Partridge had spent the past five seasons working for Bielema at Arkansas and Wisconsin, becoming one of his best recruiters and most trusted assistant coaches.
Partridge was especially valuable as a recruiter in South Florida, helping Arkansas start luring talent to Fayetteville. He played a key role in getting running back Alex Collins to sign with Arkansas last February. Collins was one of four players from South Florida who signed with the Razorbacks last year, joining offensive lineman Denver Kirkland, safety De'Andre Coley and defensive tackle Key'Tyrus Marks.
But Partridge couldn't pass up an opportunity to become a head coach for the first time in his career. The FAU campus is roughly 25 minutes from his hometown in South Florida, giving Partridge a chance to run a program that has been in existence since 2001. Howard Schnellenberger served as the FAU's coach for 11 seasons before Pelini was hired in 2012. Partridge is FAU's third head coach.
He's also the second assistant to leave Bielema's staff for a promotion since the coach was hired last December. Receivers coach George McDonald left the Razorbacks after a short tenure to become offensive coordinator at Syracuse and he was replaced by Michael Smith, who left Kansas State for the Razorbacks.
Bielema was not available for comment regarding Partridge, who became the fifth Arkansas assistant to become a head coach in the past three years.
Former Arkansas offensive coordinator Garrick McGee was hired by Alabama-Birmingham after the 2011 regular season, while former defensive coordinator Paul Haynes (Kent State) and offensive coordinator Paul Petrino (Idaho) became head coaches after the 2012 season. Former assistant John L. Smith also left Arkansas to coach Weber State after the 2011 season, but returned a few months later to lead the Razorbacks through 2012 after former coach Bobby Petrino's dismissal.
Who's Next?
Relationships and circumstances (aside from larger salaries and promotions) have an obvious impact on coaching hires across college football. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema may be tapping into both as he searches for a replacement for defensive line coach Charlie Partridge, who was named Florida Atlantic's head coach Monday. Below is a look at some defensive line coaches Bielema or other members of the Arkansas staff are familiar with and other defensive assistants who are — or may soon be — searching for jobs as the coaching carousel spins. It's not known if any of these coaches will be considered for Arkansas' staff, but it's a good place to start:
Coaches with Ties to Bielema or Arkansas' Staff
John Palermo – Pittsburgh defensive ends/linebackers coach
Coaching ties: Palermo worked with Bielema at Wisconsin in 2004-05. He also worked with LB coach Randy Shannon at Miami in 2006, and OC/QB Jim Chaney and OL coach Sam Pittman on Derek Dooley's staff at Tennessee in 2012.
Notes/Thoughts: Palermo is a coaching veteran who has spent time on the same staff with several current Arkansas assistants. He played a big part in Wisconsin's rise before Bielema arrived on Barry Alvarez's. Palermo is completing his first year at Pittsburgh with former Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst, but could provide big-time college football (Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Miami, Tennessee) and NFL (Washington Redskins) experience if the Razorbacks lured him back to the SEC.
Mo Latimore – Kansas State interior defensive line coach
Coaching ties: Latimore worked with Bielema at Kansas State in 2002-03. He also worked with WR coach Michael Smith at Kansas State from 1997-2005 and 2009-12
Notes/Thoughts: Latimore is the longest-tenured assistant coach in the Big 12 after completing his 30th season with the Wildcats. So the first – and biggest - question: Is there any way the Kansas State graduate would consider moving now? Bielema lured one K-State assistant to Arkansas last year. Maybe he could do it again.
Randall McCray – Gardner-Webb defensive coordinator
Coaching ties: McCray worked for Bielema at Wisconsin from 2006-09, spending the first two years as defensive line coach. McCray was recruiting coordinator in 2008.
Notes/Thoughts: McCray was Bielema's defensive line coach at Wisconsin before he hired Partridge after the 2007 season. McCray then worked with outside linebackers and was the recruiting coordinator in 2008 and safeties coach in 2009. He moved on to run his own show as defensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee in 2010. Now he's the defensive coordinator on his older brother's staff at Gardner-Webb.
Rick Petri — Duke defensive line coach
Coaching ties: Petri worked with Randy Shannon when both were assistant coaches at Miami from 1993-95. Shannon had Petri on his staff with the Hurricanes in 2010. Petri is familiar with the state after spending 10 years at Arkansas State (1979-88).
Notes/Thoughts: Petri played a part in Miami's success during the 1990s, working with defensive linemen like Warren Sapp, Kenard Lang and Kenny Holmes. He has tons of SEC experience, but is currently success with David Cutcliffe at Duke. It's his second stint with Cutcliffe after working for the coach while at Ole Miss for six seasons. So getting Petri to leave Cutcliffe's staff doesn't sound simple.
Ron Aiken – Oregon defensive line coach
Coaching ties: Aiken worked with Bielema at Iowa from 1999-2001. Aiken was the program's defensive line coach, while Bielema coached linebackers.
Notes/Thoughts: Aiken is finishing his second season with the Ducks after a six-year run in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals) and eight years at Iowa (1999-2006). It would be heard to imagine he'd be interested in moving to Arkansas considering Oregon's success out West. But Aiken has been in the SEC before at Vanderbilt (1995-96).
Coaches on 2013 Staffs Undergoing Changes
Ed Orgeron – Former USC interim head coach/defensive line coach
Coaching ties: Spent two years as the assistant strength coach at Arkansas under Ken Hatfield in 1986-87. Orgeron was the head coach at Ole Miss from 2005-07 and spent one season as assistant head coach/defensive line coach at Tennessee (2009).
Notes/Thoughts: Would Orgeron consider an assistant head coach/defensive line position at Arkansas? Would he fit with the staff? Orgeron is an assistant that will be in demand because of his success as a recruiter and defensive line coach. But he's surely looking for a head coaching opportunity first after his interim success at USC.
Bo Davis – Texas defensive tackles coach
Coaching Ties: Davis has no apparent ties to Arkansas or the current staff, but does have plenty of SEC experience after working with Nick Saban at LSU and Alabama. He played at LSU, too, and is a Mississippi native.
Notes/Thoughts: Arkansas wants to be like Alabama and LSU along its defensive front. Davis knows what it takes after working with Saban at both schools. There's plenty of uncertainty about Texas' staff after Mack Brown's resignation, leaving Davis as an intriguing possibility. But he's another coach sure to have several offers after his successful career and background. Could Bielema land him?
Steve Caldwell – Arkansas State defensive line coach
Coaching Ties: Defensive line coach at Arkansas from 2010-12; Caldwell spent a little time around Bielema after the coach was hired in early December as well.
Notes/Thoughts: It's not clear what will happen with the staff at Arkansas State after another coaching change, but Caldwell was well-respected and well-liked while at Arkansas. He did solid work helping recruit and develop defensive linemen during his three-year run as well (Chris Smith, Trey Flowers, Byran Jones, Darius Philon, Deatrich Wise, JaMichael Winston, Brandon Lewis, DeMarcus Hodge, etc.).


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Actor Josh Hutcherson has opened up about his sexuality revealing he could one day be attracted to a man.
"The Hunger Games" star insists he is "100 percent straight" now, but that could change in the future.
He tells Out magazine, "I would probably list myself as mostly straight. Maybe I could say right now I'm 100 percent straight. But who knows? In a [bleep] year, I could meet a guy and be like, 'Whoa, I'm attracted to this person.'
"I've met guys all the time that I'm like, 'Damn, that's a good-looking guy, you know?' I've never been, like, 'Oh, I want to kiss that guy.' I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100 percent anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded."
For Hutcherson, the subjects of sexuality and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues are important. The actor had two gay uncles who died of AIDS and his mother is an advocate for the LGBT community.
He also won GLAAD's Vanguard Award in 2012.
Hutcherson is currently dating his "Hunger Games" co-star, Claudia Traisac, according to Us Weekly.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to Detroit's public employee unions and pension funds opposed to the city's historic bankruptcy filing by suspending legal challenges in Michigan state courts while he reviews the city's petition for protection from creditors.
Judge Steven Rhodes ordered three lawsuits filed by city workers, retirees and pension funds be halted and extended that stay to suits against Michigan's governor, treasurer and Detroit's emergency manager. Rhodes' action ensures that the only path to fight the city's Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition runs through his courtroom in downtown Detroit.
It also sets the stage for what is expected to be a protracted and bruising battle over the city's eligibility to restructure more than $18 billion in debt and pension and healthcare liabilities under the broad protections of federal bankruptcy law.
"It gives us one venue to settle our disputes. This brings it into one court where it should be," said Bill Nowling, a spokesman for Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who attended the oral arguments before Rhodes on Wednesday morning but did not return for the judge's ruling from the bench in the afternoon.
The city's unions and pension funds had hoped to keep the fight in state court, where they felt Michigan's constitutional protections of retiree benefits would prevail against efforts by Orr to scale them back. Now, barring an appeal of the Rhodes ruling, their fight likely turns to convincing the judge that Orr has not dealt with them in good faith in negotiations since he was appointed by state officials in March.
"Stay or no stay, we will never stop fighting for Detroit and its workers," Al Garrett, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, Detroit's biggest union, said in a statement.
Union members in the packed courtroom held their heads in their hands or shook their heads as Rhodes ruled against them on all three of the motions at issue in the day's proceedings. Meanwhile, city firefighters, worried that the bankruptcy case will lead to stinging cuts in their retirement benefits, protested outside.
Ironically, Wednesday's launch of the bankruptcy case began exactly 312 years after the settlement that became Detroit was founded in 1701 by French soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, after whom the iconic Cadillac automobile brand was named when the city grew to be the cradle of the U.S. automotive industry.
Detroit, which also gave birth to the music industry's Motown sound in the 1960s, has struggled for decades as companies moved or closed, crime became rampant and its population shriveled by almost two-thirds since the 1950s to about 700,000 at present. The city's revenue failed to keep pace with spending, leading to years of budget deficits and a dependence on borrowing to stay afloat.
The immediate next step in the case now is a procedural hearing before Rhodes set for August 2. At some point after that, Rhodes will preside over formal hearings to determine whether Detroit is eligible to declare bankruptcy. The city's Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy petition is the largest in U.S. history.
The next phase of the case involves the city proving that it is insolvent. The city will also have to prove it made a good-faith effort to negotiate with its creditors or that there are too many creditors to make negotiating possible.
In his initial court filing last week, Orr said the pool of potential creditors, including current city workers, retirees, and bondholders, is vast and it would have been essentially impossible to negotiate with each of them outside of the Chapter 9 process.
In a signal that the judge is going to press both sides into hard negotiations, Rhodes has proposed the appointment of a federal judge as mediator in the case.
Gerald Rosen, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, can direct parties in the case to mediate and designate other mediators, according to the proposed order, which also said information from the mediation sessions would not be disclosed or placed in evidence. Rosen's appointment will be at issue during the August 2 hearing.
Detroit has more than $18 billion of debt and unfunded liabilities it is seeking to restructure, some at rates as low as pennies on the dollar, according to Orr's preliminary offer to creditors last month. Roughly half its liabilities stem from retirement benefits, including $5.7 billion in liabilities for healthcare and other retiree benefits and a $3.5 billion pension liability.
Orr wants to wrap up the city's bankruptcy case by September 2014, but the process for determining a municipality's eligibility for bankruptcy, which in Detroit's case may involve arguments concerning the state constitutionality of the filing, could drag on. In Stockton, California's case, it took almost a year.
Additional reporting by Deepa Seetharaman in Detroit, Tom Hals in Wilmington, Del., and Nick Brown in New York; Writing by Karen Pierog; Editing by Dan Burns, Matthew Lewis and Tim Dobbyn


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Go read Donna
I'm feeling rotten. Go read Donna over at WUWT. There's a whole lotta leakin' going on.
Donna's own longer version of the article is here.
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A few sites I've stumbled across recently....
I'm feeling rotten. Go read Donna over at WUWT. There's a whole lotta leakin' going on.
Donna's own longer version of the article is here.
Bad Luck. No consolation that almost everyone seems to have had the bug. Hope you get well soon.
Or go read Donna's longer post here. Amazing stuff.
It's WG2, already described in unflattering ways by RC at the time of the previous -gates.
Bah! Humbug! of an IPCC report...
What a great way to put it:
The claim, by the IPCC's chairman, that this is a "totally transparent" organization and that whatever it does is "available for scrutiny at every stage" is closer than ever to being true.
As I said on Climate Etc. the other day: "Leakers. Keeping climate science honest since November 2009."
In the longer article what Donna says about confidentiality is brilliant, starting with
All three data sticks contain a copy of an IPCC confidentiality document (also available on the web here). Although it begins with a solemn assertion that the "IPCC places a priority on openness," the remainder of the text makes it clear that this organization has the same relationship to transparency that vampires have to sunlight.
The whole section is of immense importance.
The earlier WG1 leak came from a reviewer. This one seems to come from deeper inside theIPCC , since it includes all the reviewer comments, which reviewers dont get to see.
Get well soon your excellency.
Very interesting Paul. And indeed, get well soon, Bishop.
Yep, nice evidence voodoo works. Mann got a doll play kit for christmas including a wooden mallet thing with a bent end, at least it is now.
(before anyone takes that the wrong way, is always one, is humour)
Mend soon Bish.
A quick look, more or less at random, at "WG2 chapter 10.2.1. Energy Demand" suggests to me that the whole IPCC process is insane, and that anyone taking it seriously is mentally retarded.
Take the introductory paragraph:
The general patterns are that in countries and regions with already high incomes, climate-related changes in energy demand will be primarily driven by increasing temperatures: heavier use of air-conditioning (hence increasing electricity demand) in warm climatic zones, and lower demands for various energy forms (electricity, gas, coal, oil) in temperate and cold climatic zones, while increasing incomes will play a marginal role.Take a random ten year period in the future for a random country or region, and think about it. Average income will probably increase by anywhere between 0 and 100%. Gas and oil prices may go up 100% or down 50%. Add in political change, technical change, population growth somwhere between -5% and +20%, and anything else you can think of. Then try to estimate what effect a rise in temperature of one fifth of one degree will have on the use of air conditioners.
It's insane. And the same insanity is repeated page after page for three thousand pages every five years.
I just hope that the future of the UK will be higher temperatures - and a little less precipitation - than we have seen for the last few years! But I do agree that the assumptions are CRAP
I have taken the liberty of reposting Geoff's comment as "Insanity at the IPCC".
"Do not Cite, Quote, or Distribute" is how each page ends. The best laid plans of mice and rats.
BTW, if you haven't read Donna Laframboise's piece at her blog yet, do it now. It is dynamite.
Never a dull moment.
My condolences, Your Grace. Its not funny...
What IS funny is all that wonderful stuff which Donna has collated from the Secret Santa leaks - oh, we are going to have Such Fun....


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I remember the Mears brothers. Absolutely they were top quality guys! There is no question they are at the top of the list in my book! I remember one brother was more famous than the other. My name is Steve Cook. I am a hair loss specialist. If anyone out there is losing their hair, young or old, let me know. I can help. I offer free advice. A great place to start is http://www.GreatHairTransplants.com. This is where Dr Brett Bolton performs world renowned hair restoration surgery. Dr Bolton is a leader in the industry with over 14 years experience. Good luck Roger & Rick. Have a great hair day!
As the eldest member and leader of the famed "Mears Gang," Roger Mears took a unique path to the Indianapolis 500.
He actually followed his younger brother, Rick, to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In fact, Rick – who is 5 years younger than Roger — had already competed in four Indy 500s and scored one victory before Roger made the starting lineup for the 1982 500 Mile Race.
"Rick came over to Indy cars and did very, very well, and that opened the door for me," Roger said. "I was actually headed toward stock cars and off-road at the time. I feel very fortunate that I did get the opportunity to run there for a few years. I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to run as long or as much as I would like, but I did what I could and did what I had to work with."
The "Mears Gang" was among the best off-road racers that ever drove through the desert, and after the 1983 CART season, Roger had the opportunity to return to off-road where he continued an impressive career.
"Some opportunities opened up for me to go off-road full time, and I felt I had a better shot at making a full-time career out of it, which I did," Roger said. "I rode the off-road wave that took off in the early 1980s and rode it into the 1990s and had the time of my life."
Roger Mears' career included stock car racing in the Bakersfield, Calif., area in addition to off-road racing. Rick was a noted off-road race but branched out to Formula Fords and Super Vee racing in the 1970s. That opened the way for Rick to head into Indy-style racing.
"We raced every weekend to have fun and we just loved doing it, and all of a sudden it turned into a career, which was a dream come true for all of us," Roger said.
Rick was a fast learner, winning the Indianapolis 500 for team owner Roger Penske in just his second start, in 1979. Roger was on Lake Ming near Bakersfield with family and friends listening to the race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network that day.
"Gosh, we couldn't believe it," Roger said. "My brother was not only in the race, but he won the dang thing. It was the neatest thing ever."
Rick's victory created an opportunity for Roger to get involved in Indy-style racing. He drove for Rick Galles at Phoenix and Ontario, Calif., and he later drove a race for Pat Patrick at Ontario. J.C. Agajanian put a deal together for Roger at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1981, but he failed to make the 33-car starting lineup in a Chevy V8.
"We kept blowing them up before we were fast enough to get in," Roger said.
It wasn't until 1982 when Roger joined the Machinist Union team with Andy Kenopensky that he was able to make the starting lineup for the "500." That year, Roger had a choice between the Machinist Union team and the Kraco team.
"There were a lot of good things about it, and I had a blast being able to run as much as I did," Roger said.
But Mears never saw the green flag on Race Day. With Rick starting on the pole and leading the field very slowly to down the frontstretch to start the race, Kevin Cogan's car snapped loose from its middle-of-the-front-row starting position and ran into the side of A.J. Foyt. That triggered a chain-reaction crash in the back of the field with Dale Whittington slamming into the back of Roger's car.
Roger Mears was out of the race before it ever started, credited with a 32nd-place finish. Whittington – one of three brothers in the race that day – finished last.
"I tried to erase that race from my memory," Mears said. "We worked so hard to get there and try to be successful, and when they dropped the green flag, a guy comes from behind. I saw the crash in front of me when Cogan and Foyt got together. I was on the inside and pulled over against the pit lane going real slow, and then I got cratered from behind. I got crashed before getting to the starting line. Ironically, everybody was really concerned about how radical Dale Whittington was with the erratic moves. I was elected to talk to him and try to calm him down, and I did. We talked a lot about the start of the race.
"Ironically, he took me out at the start of the race."
After Roger went back to Gasoline Alley and "kicked everything around," he went back to watch one of the great Indianapolis 500 duels in history as Gordon Johncock defeated Rick Mears by just .16 of a second in what was then the closest finish in the history of the race.
"There were so many times that I was proud of my little brother – he always made us proud," Roger said of Rick. "He was a real thinking man's racer. He always had his head screwed on right."
Roger returned in 1983, qualified eighth and had a great car before he was involved in a crash in Turn 1 after 43 laps, finishing 28th. He completed that season, but Nissan made him an offer to build and start his own off-road team.
"I was afraid I was going to be one of those drivers that showed up every week wishing he had a ride," Roger said. "So we made the big leap to Nissan in off-road, and I'm really, really glad that we did."
Mears won just about everything there was to win in off-road, winning 20 off-road world championships at Riverside, four Baja 1000s, two HDRA/SCORE Desert Championships and five Pikes Peak Hill Climbs. He also competed in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Championship with 13 career Grand National Sport Truck Victories.
But Roger's son Casey is the lone member of the Mears Gang that competes today, driving the No. 13 GEICO car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Casey added to the family's impressive list of Memorial Day racing achievements when he won the Coca-Cola 600 in 2007 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Roger drove Casey's motor home for five years in NASCAR before retiring. He does a little "motorcycle riding" and works on a 1933 Ford Hot Rod. Roger and his wife, Carol, spend the winters at a house in Baja California, Mexico.
Ironically, the Mears Gang are back together again, only this time there home isn't Bakersfield; it's Lake Norman, N.C. Roger lives on the lake, and Rick lives 5 miles down the road. Penske Racing relocated to Mooresville, N.C., where all of its INDYCAR and NASCAR teams are based in the same facility.
"Rick also has a hot rod just like mine," Roger said. "It's funny how things come back around because that is what we started off doing."
Regarding previous comments: Exactly why I'm a fan of the Mears Gang!
I met Roger Mears at Phoenix in 1983. He and Roberto Guerrero were signing autographs and my wife said "Oh, Rick Mears' brother!" I replied that he might not like being known only for that, but Roger said, "I don't mind that a bit!" That's class!
Roger Mears, like his brother Rick, was a class act. I got opportunity to meet him up at Mid-Ohio in 1983. He was just a really nice down to earth dude. Probably his best chance at Indy was with that Machinists Union PC-10. That chassis was very competitive that year and I feel had he kept er straight then he may have been a factor in that race. I felt as bad as Roger did when he crashed as I wanted to see him do well.


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