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Bulletin nº Vol 59 (1) - 2010
Publish Date: 1 January 2010
With this year's World Meteorological Day, WMO celebrates "60 years of service for your safety and well-being". This issue of the Bulletin joins the celebration, taking a look at the...
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by Andrew Thow Climate services are a key to supporting Haiti's effort to rebuild its country, after the devastating earthquake early this year.
Publish Date: 1 November 2010
By any standards, the science of weather and climate has made outstanding progress. By the time WMO was created in the mid-20th century, scientists had just generated the first computer-based...


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The Parking Violations Bureau is responsible for the collection of all monies and fines related to parking violations issued in the City of Syracuse, and to conduct hearings to accept pleas and determine the disposition of contested Notices of Violations (tickets). It is also the responsibility of this Bureau to manage and store all records and data pertaining to parking violations. The Parking Ticket Collection Bureau is located at City Hall, 233 E. Washington St., Room 116, Syracuse, NY 13202.All parking tickets issued within the City of Syracuse must be paid or contested within twenty (20) calendar days of their date of issue, or a penalty will occur. Mail-in payments will be processed based on their US Postal Service postmark. All payments not made within the allotted time period will be subject to a late penalty.Mail-in payments may be made with a check or money order payable to "Parking Violations Bureau" and sent to the following address: P.O. Box 5211, Dept. 116019, Binghamton, NY 13902-5211. All mail-in payments over $100.00 should be in the form of a certified or bank check or money order. Multiple personal checks totaling over $100.00 and drawn off the same account will not be accepted.You may pay a parking ticket with a credit card online at www.xpress-pay.com. You may pay a parking ticket with a credit card by phone at: (800) 394-3478.
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Product: 5 out of 5
Packaging: 5 out of 5
Quality: 5 out of 5
Overall: 5 out of 5
Price: $20, Sephora.com or Sephora stores
Would I buy it again? Yes
What is it: MAKE UP FOR EVER Lash Fibers double your lashes for a full, fluttering look. It's a mascara base you apply before your mascara; the extra fibers help add length to your lashes for more fuller and longer lashes.
Ingredients: Water, Oryza Sativa Cera, Sucrose Sterate, Synthetic Beeswax, C18-36 Acid Triglyceride, Pentyceride Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, C77891, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Gylcol, Nylon-66, Ammonium Acryloyl-Dimethyltaurate/Beheneth-25, Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Panthenol, Hydrated Silica.
- The wand is nicely curved so you can apply it to your lashes better
- No weird smell
- Actually had fibers that attach to your lashes so when you apply your mascara you have fuller and longer lashes
- Fibers didn't get in my eye like the Tiffa Mascara Base
- Doesn't really hold a curl (not really designed for that anyway)
- Since it's white, it may not work with clear mascara
Comparison to Shiseido Mascara base? It doesn't really hold much curl, but it's great at lengthening your lashes. You can perhaps just do with curling your lashes with a curler. For the demo I didn't curl it at all....the Shiseido one is a clear base and it doesn't have fibers to enhance your lashes.
Overall? This is probably my favorite mascara base so far because it really lengthens my lashes!
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Product Review: Make Up Forever Lash Fibers Mascara
Product: 5 out of 5
16 comments
- kae said...
oooo nice! i really wanna try that but fibers really irritate me!
- November 26, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- Elisa said...
Do you put in on like regular mascara, or is it one of those that you have to tap onto your lashes?
Your lashes came out gorgeous! Almost fake, but in a good way :)
- November 27, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- Connie De Alwis said...
Your lashes look great!
- November 27, 2008 at 12:35 AM
- Joyce ღ 桐 said...
Thanks for the review! I'm wondering if this mascara base would work well with clear mascara also? If it does then I will definitely consider getting one of these! :D
- November 27, 2008 at 12:35 AM
- Lovevashares said...
wow. it looks like it really works. i love your results! (: great heads up nessa!
- Eva
- November 27, 2008 at 12:50 AM
- Ai said...
Oohh that looks nice and tempting! Thanx for the review, Nessa :)
- November 27, 2008 at 2:09 AM
- Selcen said...
wow your lashes are looking amazing :)thx vanessa
- November 27, 2008 at 2:11 AM
- yoonjungee said...
did it hold up your curl as well as the shiseido mascara base?? how does it compare to shiseido??
love your blog =)
- November 27, 2008 at 2:19 AM
- Vanessa said...
Hi Elisa, you apply it like normal, as you would your mascara, from root to tip- a mascara base before you apply your actual mascara, it's awesome!
Hi Joyce- Since it's white, I doubt it will work well with a clear mascara because the white base will still be visible...
Hi Yoon- It doesn't really hold much curl, but it's great at lengthening your lashes. You can perhaps just do with curling your lashes with a curler. For the demo I didn't curl it at all....the Shiseido one is a clear base and it doesn't have fibers to enhance your lashes.
- November 27, 2008 at 2:26 AM
- AskMeWhats said...
oh my your lashes are super LONG!!!
- November 27, 2008 at 6:46 AM
- Katrina said...
wow ur lashes are very long! have u ever tried using an eyelash lengthening formula? idk what it's called but it's like you apply it like a liquied liner then it makes your lashes longer.
- November 27, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
wow i want this!
- November 27, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
thanks for this post! i think i need this.. i have short ass lashes.. lol
- November 27, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- JANE said...
Thanks to your review, I'm gonna pick one up soon :P
- November 28, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Janice said...
wow those lashes look amazing, why doesn't telescopic turn out like that on me? lol
- November 29, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- Janelle said...
Oh wow, it looks really nice with your mascara!!
- November 29, 2008 at 11:04 AM


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2001 Dodge Intrepid - Charging Back
Dodge Division, Your Friendly Dodge Dealers, and Ray Evernham Partner for a 2001 Daytona 500 Two-Car Team Debut.
It sounds a long way off, but the clock is ticking. February 2001 and the Daytona 500 are just over a year away, and while that time continuum seems ample for most efforts, the work that Ray Evernham has before him is daunting even to this modern-day Winston Cup talent. Obviously, the powers that be at Dodge saw the potential of Ray Evernham, and on a list of potential team owners/managers, the 20-year-veteran of NASCAR competition headed the short listthats if a list was ever made.
But behind Evernhams goal of fielding a two-car effort at Daytona in 2001 are Your Friendly Dodge Dealers. The dollars behind the effort come from 39 individual dealer advertising associations. Jim Julow, Vice President-Dodge Division, said in his address to the media at Talladega, The dealer association presidents had an important job to do. They had to go back to 39 individual dealer advertising association boards and get their buy-in. It wasnt immediate and in some cases, it wasnt easy, but I am proud to say that in less than two months we had all 39 associations supporting Dodges return to the sport. That unanimous agreement is what led us here today and with our partners, the dealers, we think we can really leverage this initiative when we are finally on the track to race.
Ask anyone in Winston Cup racing about the daunting efforts and money will always come to the forefront. We must assume that the dollars necessary to assemble a winning team are there. But there is one thing that money cant buytime.
Evernham would drive that point home throughout the October 15 press conference. While most of the media in attendance were more interested in who would drive, specifically what kind of driver he was looking foran experienced veteran or young talentRay Evernham made his intentions clear, but quickly refocused. He said, Youd love to have a 21- or 22-year-old driver with experience. That would be the ultimate. Right now my focus is going to be on building a competitive car and building a competitive race team. If we can prove that we are doing that, that will create a high degree of interest from drivers.
Evernham continued, We are going to focus on a competitive car and team. Like the Field of Dreams, if you build it, they will come. If we do that, a driver who wants to win [will come]. The best drivers will race you as hard for $1 as they will for a million dollars. The guys that want to win and be competitive and get with a group of people who are committed and passionate about winning will be interested in this program with Dodge.
Evernham also spoke of the time line. He noted an Intrepid show car will be displayed at the January North America International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, in January 2000, with hopes to begin testing an actual car soon after. In order for that to happen, Dodge hopes to work very closely with NASCAR to make the process of approving a car as smooth as possible.
Currently, development is taking place temporarily at Evernhams Busch Grand National shop. Other forms of racing development are taking place in satellite offices. A permanent shop is hoped to be found in the Mooresville/Concord, North Carolina area.
Because we have speculated in Mopar Muscle about the engine that will power the WC Intrepids, we asked Mopar Performances Lou Patane if David Rampys Competition Eliminator small-blockwith a sprint car block and NHRA Pro Stock headswas potentially the package that will be the basis for the Winston Cup Dodge engine. Patane noted that there are several engine programs in place that are working on this effort, however, no one builder has been singled out and no engine has been formally presented for approval to NASCAR.
As for the focus of DaimlerChrysler engineers, Dodge Motorsports, and Mopar Performance, Patane said in his opening remarks, We believe racing should give us opportunities beyond the race track. Thats why the goal of all of our motorsports programs has always been threefold. To help develop products better and faster. To explore new technologies for future products for our customers. To give our engineers valuable training in the pressure-packed environment of motorsports.
In meeting these three goals, Patane continued, our motorsports programs have become an important part of our product development process in Auburn Hills today. Stronger, stiffer platforms; more efficient engines; and improved braking and steering systems are just some of the small things we can attribute [to our motorsports] involvement over the past five years. Patane went on to note that engineers would be involved in the NASCAR effort by evaluating and acquiring data in the fast-paced environment of Winston Cup competition.
As for the question that every Mopar fan is interested in, Evernham showed his enthusiasm and ability to have fun with the press. Evernham was asked if a young driver with a distinct family background in Chrysler racing was being considered as a candidate for a driver spot. Ray respectfully recognized Dodge racing dignitaries in attendance. Well, I have Buddy Baker and Richard Brickhouse here today and those two guys are first on my list. They both won races in Dodges and they are probably the first two guys Im going to look at. They are both here and available. Baker responded, Id like to withdraw at this time.
With a more serious tone regarding testing and driving, Evernham said, As for testing, we dont have drivers lined up for that yet, but then again, driver applications will come in and Dodge already has many very good drivers under their employ in the Craftsman Truck Series. We look forward to get that going and by the time that we have a car we hope to have a lot of resums for drivers.
While speculation about Evernhams drivers was clearly a hot topic, it was also clear that more than one team of Intrepids will be encouraged to participate. Surely, the Evernham team is the first priority, but other Dodge teams will likely be fielded. The answer to whether Petty Enterprises will be fielding a No. 43 Intrepid will have to be answered lateror will it?


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One Foot in Hell is the third Cirith Ungol LP. It was produced by Brian Slagel and Cirith Ungol. It was released in August 1986 on Metal Blade Records and re-released in March 1999 by Metal Blade Records on CD.
Both the rare Reborn Classics double album edition of "One Foot In Hell" with Armored Saint's "Lesson Well Learned" and the limited picture LP are available from Metal Fighters.
I think this is their heaviest, most power metalish and most in your face of their albums. This is the last album with the "classic" line-up of Baker, Fogle, Garven and Flint. King Fowley compares this album to Motörhead's Orgasmatron. No bad comparation - same year and great heavy metal on both!
"Well, this is it-- the album NME readers called the worst metal album in history." writes an Amazon-reviewer. Unfortunately I cannot find the source for that.
In the band's own words
It's a lot different from our last one obviously. Just listen to the songs. it's so much faster, better and ballsier. I think we were before, especially on our last album... we were to... kinda eccentric. Like it was too different for people to handle. A lot of the stuff on KOTD, the songs are real good, but they were kinda arranged weird. But the new one is pretty consistent, like rockin'. Actually I prefer, myself, the really sloowww, dirge type songs. That's what I really like. And really, that kind of stuff is technically a lot harder to do. But if you stack up One Foot In Hell to either one of our other albums, it sounds so much better. If sounds like a normal record, sound quality wise. KOTD sounded like it was coming through a tin can.
It should be mandatory for Metal fans to purchase, or at least listen to One Foot In Hell and find out what "radical" really means. Shit, just look at the album cover! The music is just as wild, and that's saying a lot!
-Tim Baker, Suck City interview, 1986
It's an excellent album although I thought the songs overall were not as strong as King of the Dead, and Flint's bass seems to have gotten lost in the mix.
-Greg Lindstrom
The problem with One Foot in Hell is that Brian Slagel who owned Metal Blade Records wanted to take a large role in the production of the album. I think this was the beginning of where the band started to lose control of our vision and it is evident in this record. There were solos left out or changed, and multi tiered vocals ala Styx "Serpent is Rising" that were removed. I also did not like the final mix. We also recorded the tracks in LA, whereas with the first two albums we recorded them across the street from our band studio, so we had less time and were in a strange location, which did not help the sound or mood. Brian to this day does not like me and I suppose his feelings toward me, which I have tried to unsuccessfully patch up over the years, was taken out on the band. This again probably was my personality, negatively affecting the bands success which I will never forgive my self for.
-Robert Garven, Diabolical Conquest
You didn't hear the solo's of Jerry's tat were cut on OFIH or the unbelievable four part background vocals I did on 'Nadsokor' that never made it to the record. I also feel that it was mixed kind of flat.
-Robert Garven, Steel Conjuring, 2000
Brian was in complete control of this project and did the final mixdown. He did a good job but he cut out allot of stuff I wanted in the final mix. There were many great guitar solos and vocal harmonies, which were deleted, which is sad.
-Robert Garven, Guardians of Fate 3/02
The underground metal label and mailorder Blood and Iron Records, are named after this underground metal song.
Opener "Blood And Iron" instantly showed the band ith a more traditional heavy metal approach (and production). with an arrangement not far off from the "traditional" metal style of an Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. Surely not a bad tune but severely primitive and somewhat "happy" for a band as musically dark and challenging as Cirith Ungol can be.
-King Fowley, liner notes Jan 1999.
A fanvideo with lyrics
And another one, less professional, but more creative:
The tangled web is slowly woven by feeble leaders mankind's chosen
To satisfy their evil dreams the churning gears of war machines
With iron will they tread across this burning speck of worthless dust
Their metal standards now unfurled they purge the humans from their world
Children of misery centuries long who walked with kings now walk alone
They lie in fear a million deep like cringing herds of human sheep
Rob's fourth favourite Ungolsong. One of my personal top 3 on this record. Is this perhaps a predeccor to Chaos Rising, which appears on the follow-up album Paradise Lost?
"Chaos Descends" is definitively a throwback to the horror soundscape that fits the band so well and is without doubt a stand out song in the album. This type of song is where their strength is!
-King Fowley, liner notes 1999
"Chaos Descends" was a slogan used for the ad for Frost and Fire. It can be seen here.
The might of chaos descends as we join the fight
Against our common foe the jaws of fate
War unleashed the stench of spells
As we thrust our fists into the face of hell
Chaos descends
The final battle begins left or right who decides?
Their mortal terror touches the sky
The beasts of hell blacken heaven's eye
We shout our fear to a soulless sky
Chaos descends
Ashes to ashes war sweeps the land
Burn the world the curse of man
No one heeds the call judgement day
Their iron dream swept away
Not to be confused with Fire on the Paradise Lost album.
A blistering heavy track in the form of "The Fire" follows unleashing a monstrous guitar riff from Jerry that's guaranteed to band any head.
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 1999
Forging the fire last chance to fight
Demons of evil at one with the night
Kingdoms of greed from the blood of man
Vampires all, bring them down if we can
Forging the fire not alone in the fight we're at one with the night
Stealing from beggars their stock in trade
Nowhere to run the judgement's been made
Fleeing from vengeance like dogs on the run
Search and destroy bring them down one by one
Driving the demons the iron hand
Standing together the throne of man
Forging the fire not alone in the fight
Hard stand the victors at one with the night
A song about Michael Moorcocks saga Elric of Melniboné.
...No real epic to delve into yet! "Nadsokor" I'm guessing is an attempt at this but in all honestly the song sadly coes off as one of the least interesting ever penned from the band relying too much on a very few basic riffs (by Cirith Ungol standards) to carry the song.
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 1999
There is a band named after this song. You can check them out at MySpace.
A fanvideo, basically just the song with lyrics added
Mighty warrior raise your sword against the seething chaos horde
Sworn to serve but taught to hate the unseen masters of your fate
Mighty balance in the sky determines who's the next one to die
The black sword drinks on the souls that fell
And sucks it with it down to hell
Written by Robert Garven
100 MPH (miles per hour) equals around 160 km/h. It is most probably another reference to Rob and Greg's obsessions with Ferraricars. The song was written by Greg, even though he had quit the band already after their first album. There's a reference to the debut LP in this song: "We're frost and we're fire".
100 M.P.H. is as uplifting as the title proclaims though the chorus is a bit silly, and overall the song seems like the band's attempting speed metal which is not their forte!
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 1999
Call it heavy metal comes on hard and fast
We're the men who play it we're here to kick your ass
Coming like a hurricane a hundred miles an hour
We don't stop for nothing cause we've got the power
Our nerves are made of steel and there's ice in our veins
We're frost and we're fire we're pleasure and we're pain
Call it heavy metal comes on hard and fast
We're the men who play it we're here to kick your ass
Written by Greg Lindstrom
This was the first Cirith Ungol I heard, and I was blown away. It's still one of my fave CU songs.
The record label Eternal War Records are named after this song. Check out their MySpace-site.
All the mediocrity is gladly forgotten when "War Eternal" comes pouring out of the speakers though. Out of all the sing-along type choruses the band were attempting on "One Foot In Hell" on this song it really works the best. The opening "swing" drumming from Robert Garven brings back a taste of the 70's rock vibe that dominated their "Frost and Fire" album. And the guitar solo sections (thoug the spaced out flange effect of past Fogle glory is missed throughout the record) keeps the faith that Cirith Ungol, while not in absolute top form are still one hell of a band.
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 1999
A fanvideo, basically just the song with lyrics:
As you stand before the gates of hell the future so unclear
As you stand before the gates of hell the devil draws you near
War Eternal
The doomed one slowly beckons and draws you to his page
He speaks the curse to take your soul along the midnight ride
War Eternal
When he looks into your eyes the skin melts off your back
And when he gets you all alone you know he'll soon attack
War Eternal
He starts to rob you of your soul you're trying to fight back
Curse the beast and raise your sword to launch the first attack
War Eternal
The war that stands eternal the battle you can't win
He'll rule the world and if he can't he'll burn it down with him
This song seems to deal with the same issues as Heaven Help Us from their follow-up album Paradise Lost. A song about pollution.
"Dommed Planet" delivers with a very catchy chorus and some sure fire devilish guitar playing though the ending passage could have used a bit more ex-perimentation.
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 2009
A metal label is probably named after this song. The label is called Doomed Planet Records and describes themself as "an underground mailorder label, specializing and dedicated to making vinyl only releases, in editions of 500 copies by cult 80's style traditional metal". The label was also supposed to release Falcon's debut album on vinyl, but unfortunately that vinyl never saw the lights of day. Cirith Ungol is listed as their second musical influence, only after Brocas Helm, on their MySpace-site. They also have a website. It was through Rob Preston of Doomed Planet Records that Perry Grayson discovered Cirith Ungol. Preston was also the guy who introduced Rob Garven to Perry Grayson, and Garven was in turn the guy who introduced Greg Lindstrom to Perry, which would be the beginning of Falcon.
Although I have no confirmation that it is named after the band, I guess it's a good guess!
Trapped on a dying world a world too late to save
Mankind is on the move and he's marching to his grave
False prophets filled with greed leaders who rule by fear
By their lies they are betrayed and their message crystal clear
We're living on a doomed planet a planet too late to save
We're living on a doomed planet mankind's marching to his grave
Dark clouds foul the sky as the end is well at hand
The acid rain will fall sweeping death across the land
The poison rivers flow to a helpless dying sea
Of the wicked race of man this world will soon be free
Trapped on a dying world, a world of hate and pain
The judgment has arrived and the verdict is insane
The masses cringe in fear for their sentence has arrived
May the punishment be slow and the guilty flayed alive
Written by Robert Garven
Dark closer "One Foot In Hell" flods along with a riff not far from Motörhead's "Orgasmatron". It's a heavy dose of metal that again slightly suffers from too little change in the arrangement. But a cool song never the less!
-King Fowley, liner notes, Jan 1999
We played in a local battle of the bands every year, we were always the best but the judges always wanted bands people could dance to, so they could have dances with the winner. Needless to say, they never knew what to make of us, we always blew the other bands away with our on stage theatrics and heavy sounds. One year we had some of our equipment stolen and were generally fucked with during one of these "competitions", the song "One Foot in Hell" was about that night.
-Robert Garven, Metal Nightmare interview 2000
"One Foot in Hell" was also different, but Tim revised it to be more "Sword & Sorcery". It was originally about a Battle of the Bands where we had some equipment stolen, and even though we were the best, we lost as the promoter wanted bands that would be good for local "dances".
-Robert Garven, Sleazegrinder interview
The cry has arisen across the land
We're choked by the grip of the iron hand
The sting of the whip the toll of the bell
We ravage the world with one foot in hell
Up from the darkness the cauldrons of hate
The vengeance of old the sealing of fate
The screams of the damned the souls that fell
With one foot in heaven the other in hell
The savior we worship won't lead us astray
The unholy masses have seen the last day
The howl of the jackal the beast's evil stare
With one foot in hell do you think that we care?


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Praise for the Little Things: Naiad & Walter Einsel
When I first wrote about the Einsels I didn't know just how many illustrators were married to illustrators, or how often those couples worked together... but still, with perhaps the exception of the Provensens, no other artist couple I've come across had so seamless a working relationship as Naiad and Walter.
About their working method, which Naiad called "leapfrogging" she wrote, "This was especially useful when one or both of us was under pressure of a heavy work load. First we'd sit down and verbally consult, brainstorming ideas. Then I'd draw a little sketch and Walter would add to that and we'd go on and on in this way, refining all the time."
The Einsels would sign the finished piece according to who received the assignment.
Occasionally, when I'm flipping through my old magazine collection, I'll come across a little spot here or there and know immediately that it is the work of the Einsels. This is always a happy moment for me... their meticulous, distinctive style is so charming that even the little things are a delight to behold.
Here are two projects by Naiad which were recognized for inclusion in the 1957 New York Art Director's Annual.
I wish we had them as colour reproductions, but for now these will have to do.
I haven't corresponded with Naiad since I interviewed her in early 2006, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover there is now a Naiad & Walter Einsel website! When we were corresponding Naiad was busy putting together a book that collected the many hand-made valentines the couple created for each other over the course of their long and happy marriage. I'm thrilled to see that the book is now available.
For those who never read the original series of posts I wrote about the Einsels, here are the links. You won't regret taking the time to view their beautiful artwork - and the story of their lives together is about as nice a love story as you could ever hope to find:
A Calling Card for All the World To See
"I liked his artwork because it looked like mine."
More Feast than Famine
Crazy in Love
* My Naiad & Walter Einsel Flickr set
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Thanks, Leif. (The Einsels even look alike!) It would have been great to see a sample of their valentines-- you can't really tell much from the link to their book. I suspect many artists do something similar on Valentines Day-- it's only natural.ReplyDelete
Possibly Leo and Diane Dillon would fall into the same category?
I would have loved to have married and lived like Alice and Martin Provensen. It didn't happen for me but it's nice to see others sharing their creativity.ReplyDelete
P.S. I love my wife and am glad she puts up with me.
- Harley5:24 AM
Beautiful stuff.ReplyDelete
Someday I may find a wonderful artist girl. One that likes me back that is... :(
Another strong couple was Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. They did mainly posters and book jackets. Example here.ReplyDelete
Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful loving couple of creative artists. I have been in a relationship with a like-minded graphic designer-artist for 15 years and I know how inspiring and productive it can be. Well, we actually also fight a lot, especially when it comes to critiquing each other's work...ReplyDelete


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Sam Nottingham connecting with Mike Veith for a touchdown had to be what Yorktown football coach Bruce Hanson envisioned when he made the switch to the spread offense after 24 years of running the wing-T.
That particular scenario came to fruition Friday against Hayfield, when Nottingham, the senior signal caller, threw a strike to Veith, the all-district receiver, in the end zone to give the Patriots their second touchdown in as many possessions.
But while the pass was what Hanson had in mind, it is highly unlikely the coach could have imagined the events leading up to it.
Nottingham, slated as Yorktown's starting quarterback entering the 2009 season, saw his first action Friday after missing three games while suffering from mononucleosis. Nottingham showed his playmaking ability, leading the Patriots to three touchdowns. But he also revealed rust, turning the ball over four times as Yorktown dropped to 1-3 with a 27-19 loss to the Hawks at YHS.
"In the first half, he didn't play well," Hanson said of Nottingham. "I thought he played good in the second half, but he made a couple mistakes."
After throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble in the first half, Nottingham came out firing in the third quarter. He completed 2 of 3 passes on the Patriots' opening drive, including a 32-yard touchdown strike to C.J. Bartholomew, which cut the Hayfield lead to seven.
Nottingham found Veith for a 29-yard score on Yorktown's next possession, but a missed extra point kept Hayfield ahead, 20-19.
"I felt that I should have trust in my receivers all the time," Nottingham said, "to make up for what I did wrong."
BUT YORKTOWN would get no closer, as Hayfield added a touchdown and Nottingham was intercepted in Hayfield territory with 12 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
Nottingham completed 9 of 15 passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns. He was intercepted three times. He rushed 11 times for 33 yards and a score, and also lost a fumble.
While he had his ups and downs, Nottingham figures to improve as he sees more time.
Hanson said of the effect Nottingham's return would have on the team's spread offense: "It's going to make it better."
While Nottingham was in a tough spot, sophomore Jordan Smith has been under pressure all season.
Smith was slated to be a running back and slot receiver for the junior varsity in 2009. After the JV quarterback was injured, Smith was moved to signal caller, meaning he had to learn a new position, along with a new offense.
When Nottingham contracted mono, Smith suddenly found himself as the starting varsity quarterback to open the season.
Yorktown won its opener, 36-14 over Wilson, but dropped its next two.
"It's been kind of rough," Smith said about his transition. It's a "fun time with the boys, fun time on varsity as a sophomore, but losing games, that's not a good feeling for me."
Yorktown coaches found out Tuesday of Hayfield week that Nottingham could play. Still, Smith started against the Hawks, leading the Patriots to a first down on their opening possession, before Nottingham took over.
SMITH SAW action during two additional series, including a pivotal fourth-quarter possession with the Patriots trailing 20-19. Smith led the Patriots from their own 27-yard line to the Hayfield 30, but threw an interception on third-and-10. During the drive, he rushed three times for 15 yards and completed both of his pass attempts for 21 yards before the turnover.
Hanson has praised Smith's effort and said the sophomore could see time, even with Nottingham back.
"We thought Jordan didn't play bad the first three games," the coach said.
Smith completed 4 of 6 passes for 52 yards and was intercepted once against Hayfield. He rushed eight times for 36 yards.
Smith said Nottingham has helped him learn to play quarterback.
Said Nottingham: "He's really taken advantage of my advice, I think."
Yorktown hosts Falls Church on Friday.


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"The way we make our bagel is the same way that they've been made for 100 years."
Watch: How to make a Montreal icon, the Fairmount bagel
Irwin Shlafman knows his way around a bagel.
His grandfather started Fairmount Bagel after immigrating to Montreal from his native Russia.
The iconic Montreal bakery is still a family business, and is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Sept. 7, 2019.
In this video, Shlafman explains how Fairmount bagels are made, which he says is "the same way that they've been made for 100 years."
His grandfather had a particular recipe and methods, which have been passed down through the generations.
"We still do them exactly as they were taught to us," he says.


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Following his own research into AECOM USA, Inc., the selected contractor for the study, CB5 member Michael O'Kane said he suspects the company is nothing more than a "hired gun" to supply their employers with the answers they were paid to provide.
"On the first page, there's a disclaimer that says they're not responsible for any mistakes or errors," O'Kane said after looking through the document. "It's a ridiculous study and as far as I'm concerned, they didn't do a toxic study."
In addition, the report also illustrates that nearby I.S. 119 has a current enrollment of 945 students from 6th through 8th grade. However, the school in fact serves 1,039 students as well as grades kindergarten, 1st and 2nd.
Christopher Miller, a spokesperson with DHS, assured that while the study misrepresented the number of students currently enrolled in the surrounding district, it does not change the validity of the study.
"While technical, the additional students wouldn't not raise the percent change of the utilization rate by more than 5 percent, so the results would be the same," Miller said. "It does not change the outcome."
In response to a recent letter from the Glendale Civic Association to the Samaritan Foundation Board of Directors questioning the intentions and possible impact of the shelter at 78-16 Cooper Ave., Miller assured that the study fully approached issues of regarding the economic and environmental footprint in the community.
"I think the study speaks for itself, as it addresses many of the immediate concerns that the community and civic associations had, including location, traffic, and schools," Miller said.
He also assured that the remediation of the property would not be taken out of taxpayer pockets.
"As for this site, it was brought to us as a proposal by Samaritan Village and, as stated many times, city dollars will not be used to rehab this facility," he said.
Looking back at previous studies taken at the property, O'Kane recalled when the building's last owner once attempted to sell to a mall developer.
"They told him it would be a great place for a mall," O'Kane said. "But we all know what happened with that."
AECOM Inc. did not respond to a request for comment as of press time.
Although the Queens Ledger obtained a list and contact information for the members of the Samaritan Foundation Board of Directors, none responded to a request for comment on the release of the EAS.
When asked to speak about the proposed transitional housing facility, Ronnie Wax, a Metropolitan Avenue attorney and Samaritan Foundation board member, said, "I am unfortunately leaving on vacation tomorrow and cannot talk."
Furthermore, the Samaritan Village press office was also unable to respond to statement requests as of press time.


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Senate OKs bill condemning North Korea nuke test
The Senate has approved a bill condemning North Korea for its nuclear test and pressing for tougher action against Pyongyang.
By voice vote, the Senate adopted the legislation sponsored by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and pushed by the panel after the Feb. 12 test.
The bill urges the Obama administration to work with the United Nations on tougher sanctions against North Korea. The administration is currently negotiating in the U.N. Security Council for tougher penalties against Pyongyang.
The underground atomic blast earlier this month was the third conducted by North Korea since 2006. It was widely condemned by the United States and the international community.
Menendez has said North Korea's program is a threat to U.S. national security and regional peace and stability.


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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Spending on U.S. construction projects rose in July, led by strong gains in housing and nonresidential projects.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday construction spending increased 0.6 percent in July compared with June when activity was unchanged. The June performance represented an upward revision from an initial estimate that spending had fallen 0.6 percent. Total construction activity rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $900.8 billion in July, the strongest performance since June 2009.
The July gain reflected a 0.6 percent rise in housing construction with both single-family and apartment construction posting gains. In June, housing had fallen 0.9 percent.
Government projects fell 0.3 percent in July with state and local spending down 0.4 percent. That drop offset a 1.1 percent rise in the smaller federal category.


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. Newest Game Engine [120413]
. Fixed: Ledger no longer closes with <right-click>
. Fixed: Transports carrying large troop formations were pillaging ocean regions
. Fixed: ''Looping'' patrol orders that plot the starting region as the ending region now properly move
. Fixed: A 'stealthy unit' [undetected] cannot totally block gains in MC. A ratio of Patrol factors is used, with some MC gained by a large force on the last day of a turn.
. Fixed: Erroneous logic for Militia movement outside home area
. Models, Units and text
. Edited all LocalStrings to remove illegal characters (; and &)
. Added Localized text for model and leader element detail display
. Reconciled all leader ranks and NATO symbols
. 1808 Spanish Campaign:
. Added Service annual replacements
. Graphics
. Fixed SPA Abadia Army Portrait
(Unit_SPA_Abadia.png removed from \Armies&Fleets folder [erroneous graphic and location])
. Added Swedish signature for Options
. Major revisions to all options for all scenarios [Thank you Franciscus and Bohemond!!!!]
. Replacement options created for the 1804 (Flotille de Boulogne) scenario
. Replacement options created for the Finland (Russo-Swedish war) scenario
. Replacement options created for England in the August 1805 (Thames or Danube) scenario
. Replacements quantities and types adjusted for all land scenarios, with the corresponding event messages and text updated
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. Establish coherence among all the scenarios, using Bohémond's options for the Prussian Campaign as a "template" (main exception being the 1815 scenario)
. Avoid useless replacements (vd militia, light artillery for FRA or RUS), which was for the major part achieved (there are now only some heavy cavalry that will be useless to Austria in 1814 and Prussia in 1815, but that's mainly all)
. Create options for the Finland and the fictional 1804 (Boulogne) scenarios that had none
. Give England forces replacement options in the 1805 August (Thames or Danube) scenario, they had none.
. Give Austria cavalry and artillery replacement options in the 1813 and 1814 scenarios
. Give Prussia cavalry and artillery replacement options in the 1813, 1814 and 1815 scenarios


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New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell
Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition. Nearly every world culture that has cold weather uses quilted textiles-quilting is NOT just an American art. Pam Weeks weaves world history, women's history, industrial history and just plain wonderful stories into her presentation. Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Prompted in part by the material culture at hand, the presenter may speak about fashion fads, the Colonial Revival, quilt-making for Civil War soldiers, and anything else quilt-related she can squeeze in.


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So you're saying that nobody plays AoE anymore? That's sad, they're such great games.[/quote]
I still play it. My favorite thing to do is custom build secnarios, with all lot more uinits and 99999 of each rescorce
troll wrote:I can play AoE 1 (original) on my windows 7, without any problems
kelderic wrote:AOE 1 actually also works on Vista, although I don't know about Windows 7. I was a bit nervous about upgrading, but with Dell I didn't have a choice in the matter.
And AOE 1 is the best! (With the single exception of opening gatehouses in 2).
CastleLord wrote:gormadoc1 wrote:I downloaded the trial and it worked fine on my XP although within 30 mins I uninstalled it and went back to playing AOE 2 because AOE one is not a great game.
Now i woudnt say that.
Yes it's got it's flaws, but remember No AOE1= No AOE2.
They had to begin somewhere.
Throndor wrote:It's sad to think that there'll be no more AOE's. A civil war AOE would've been cool, and Modern and WWII would be... interesting....Depending on how they made it. But someone might just pick up the AOE title and swing in to action, reviving all of our best memories. Sigh..... Probably not.
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The paper Geometry of the Prytz Planimeter described a mechanical instrument whose configuration space is an $S^1$-bundle with an $SU(1,1)$ action. That paper goes on to study the holonomies of various paths in the base space. Motion is described by a connection on this bundle.
I am interested because it's an example of a $G$-bundle appearing in classical mechanics. Are there other explicit classical mechanical systems that engineers study that exhibit the basic concepts of differential geometry so lucidly?


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The new "Twilight Saga: New Moon" trailer is here!
To see the trailer, CLICK HERE.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Behind-The-Scenes Glimpses Of 'New Moon'
The trailer promotes the second film in the "Twilight Saga" series, featuring Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black.
Access caught up with Taylor on the red carpet at the 2009 Scream Awards on Spike TV.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Hot Shots Of The 'New Moon' Werewolves
"It's very exciting," he said about the "New Moon" premiere. "I can't believe it's coming out in a month."
"New Moon" is in theaters November 20. And watch Access Hollywood this Thursday, October 22 to see an exclusive clip of "New Moon."
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Grating, dull and uninvolving, no amount of well-hewn animation can make up for the fact that this is the weakest film Pixar has ever produced. Yes, including "A Bug's Life."
Maya Angelou once wrote "When you know better, you do better," and these words have seemingly been Pixar's marching song since the studio's founding 25 years ago. But with the release of "Cars 2," the once unsurpassable animation colossus has tumbled, and, since we're churning up old adages, how about another one from Jimmy Cliff? "The harder they come, the harder they fall."
When it was announced that Pixar would be producing a second "Cars" film, it was met with some resistance but made sense considering that despite a slightly lackluster response from older audience members, a rarity for their films, "Cars" is the most successful of the studio's franchises when it comes to merchandising dollars.
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This second film, directed by Pixar grand puba John Lasseter with an assist from Brad Lewis ("Ponyo"), takes the beloved cars from the first go-'round, less Doc Hudson, voiced by dearly departed Paul Newman who passed away in 2008, on an international adventure called the Race of Champions, an event that travels from Japan to Germany, Italy, France, and England. It's all a fantastic excuse for Pixar to flex their animation muscles, creating truly stunning worldwide imagery (they even make off-shore oil rigs look magical and alluring), while also doling out a painfully weak storyline that centers on Mater, the tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable Guy who takes the lead away from Owen Wilson's Lightning McQueen for some unfathomable reason, as he's mistaken for a super spy.
What has always made Pixar stand head and shoulders above the rest is their ability to craft stories that appeal to both children and adults but "Cars 2" prefers to pander, relying on slapsticky hijinks and brow-beaten life lessons instead.
Most animated offerings tend to be critic proof (see: "Yogi Bear"), so there's no way "Cars 2" will disappoint at the box office. The real disappointment will purely be for audiences who know what Pixar is capable of and this isn't it.


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Player relocation is in the air this week, and we haven't even had today's Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Draft, which could send a number of MLS veterans to new addresses.
There was the usual complement of rumored moves, some actual transfers and a national championship-winning goal from a college player who pulled up stakes and moved from Ohio to North Carolina this past summer.
Even El Clásico in Madrid echoed the theme: Barcelona got goals from transplanted attackers Alexis Sánchez and Cesc Fábregas to pull off a critical 3-1 victory against their archrivals.
Let's grab our passports and track it all down.
Re-Entry, Phase 2
While the Stage 1 Draft of the Re-Entry Process was predictably quiet, with only Arturo Alvarez, Danleigh Borman and Carlos Mendes selected, Stage 2 should provide a little more intrigue.
Unlike the first phase, which requires teams to either pick up a player's option or match his 2011 salary, Stage 2 affords clubs the opportunity to negotiate a more palatable salary for the draftee. That financial leverage should produce more activity.
There may not be any Juan Pablo Ángels or Jimmy Conrads in this year's Re-Entry crop, but for teams looking to plug a few holes or add depth without breaking the bank, there are plenty of players who could fit the bill.
Athletic former D.C. United midfielder Clyde Simms is available, along with skillful striker Maicon Santos, who finished up last season in Dallas. Teams looking for experienced outside backs can choose from former US internationals Chris Albright and Frankie Hejduk – if the 37-year-old is willing to relocate – as well as Hunter Freeman, Dasan Robinson, Chris Leitch and 23-year-old Blake Wagner.
The draft also includes Major League Soccer's all-time leading scorer, Jeff Cunningham, former US international Pat Noonan and 38-year-old goalkeeper Zach Thornton, who could be a valuable backup for a team in need.
Any players not selected today will be free to shop their services to any of the league's 19 clubs.
Sweet Carolina
Once the Re-Entry Draft is in the books, league execs will turn their attention to the 2012 SuperDraft, looming on Jan. 12 in Kansas City.
A number of players who could be involved in that event were on display during this past weekend's College Cup in Hoover, Ala., where North Carolina, UCLA, Creighton and UNC Charlotte squared off for the NCAA title.
On Friday night, North Carolina twice rallied from a goal down to tie UCLA, going on to win a shootout thriller, while UNC Charlotte slipped past Creighton, also on penalties, to set up an all-Carolina final on Sunday afternoon.
The two schools are not historical rivals, but you can bet that fans of the unseeded 49ers wanted nothing more than to knock off the top-seeded, high-profile Tar Heels.
They almost got their wish as Charlotte took it to the favorites from the opening whistle, created several chances and had a legitimate penalty claim waved off early in the second half.
Soon after that, though, UNC striker Ben Speas—who won a national title with Akron last year before transferring to Chapel Hill—carved out some space for himself and launched a dipping drive that beat 49ers 'keeper Klay Davis from 20 yards.
Charlotte staged a furious late rally, peppering the Carolina box in the closing stages, but despite a 14-3 second-half advantage in shots, the 49ers couldn't find the net. Speas' goal stood up for a 1-0 victory that delivered the Tar Heels their second NCAA title and first in four consecutive trips to the College Cup.
Our Men in Amsterdam
A different set of young American players made an impression this week as the 2011 Generation adidas side landed in Amsterdam for training and a series of games against Dutch competition.
After two days of workouts and a visit to the Amsterdam Arena for last week's Ajax–Real Madrid Champions League match, the GA squad took on the Ajax reserves in the first game of the tour.
Setting the tone for what turned out to be a wide-open friendly, the MLSers took the lead just three minutes in on a Dilly Duka free kick to the far post.
The visitors controlled much of the first half, but the second session began with a two-goal blitz by the hosts, giving them a 2-1 lead just five minutes after the break.
Only two minutes, later, though, the GA side pulled even through a bit of magic from Vancouver Whitecaps striker Omar Salgado. After stripping an Ajax player at midfield, the rangy 18-year-old launched a weaving, 50-yard run past seven defenders before the ball was poked off his foot—only to fall into the path of Red Bulls striker Corey Hertzog, who laced a first-time shot inside the near post to make it 2-2.
Ajax would add two late goals to walk off with a 4-2 win, but it wasn't a bad opener for the GA squad, which will square off against Dutch side FC Volendam on Tuesday.
Rumor Has It
While the GA side ventured abroad, the rumor mill continued to churn out names of players who could be headed in the other direction—from foreign locales to Major League Soccer.
Leading the way was Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard, who has fallen out of the Blues' starting lineup of late. The British tabloids have him moving to the LA Galaxy in the wake of the possible departures of LA midfielders David Beckham, Juninho and Chris Birchall.
Other reports had 19-year-old Honduran defender Éver Alvarado on his way to Seattle Sounders FC after he wraps up the current season with Real España.
Lastly, a pair of confirmed transfers in this week of changing addresses: Veteran Austrian goalkeeper Michael Gspurning signed with Seattle, and MLS alum and US World Cup veteran Herculez Gomez is headed from Estudiantes Tecos to Mexican powerhouse Santos Laguna.


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A magazine is a collection of articles and images about diverse topics of popular interest and current events.
Features of magazines
- articles are usually written by journalists
- articles are written for the average adult
- articles tend to be short
- articles rarely provides sources at the end of the article
- lots of color images and advertisements
- published by businesses to make money
- the decision about what goes into the magazine is made by an editor or publisher
- magazines can have broad appeal, like Time and Newsweek, or a narrow focus, like Sports Illustrated and Mother Earth News.
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- to find information or opinions about popular culture
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Story by Fernanda Echavarri and Will Seberger
As immigration reform remains a battleground issue in Washington, D.C., a not-for-profit agricultural cooperative selling coffee in Southern Arizona is providing economic opportunity for people living on Mexico's southern border, giving farmers a reason not to make the deadly trek north.
Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state on the border with Guatemala, is one of the country's poorest states, covered in dense jungle and volcanic mountain ranges. Its high altitude and warm, wet climate make it ideal for growing coffee.
While coffee is not an especially high-value cash crop in Mexico, it is a hot commodity in the U.S. and Europe. It is difficult, however, for individual farmers to grow enough to meet market needs and to cover the cost and logistics of international sales.
About 10 years ago, Arthur "Tommy" Bassett III saw an opportunity to build a non-profit cooperative that would allow individual farmers to pool their coffee crops and share distribution costs.
Just Coffee or Café Justo operates in Douglas and across the border at Agua Prieta, Sonora. It began as a response to what Bassett called an immigration crisis.
"It became obvious to try to do something," said Bassett, who lives near one of the busiest migrant corridors in Arizona. "So at first you can put water out or give people sandwiches or translate or do whatever but it becomes apparent that's not enough."
From 2001 to 2013 almost 100 bodies found in the Arizona desert – that could be identified – were people from Chiapas, and dozens of Chiapanecos have been reported missing after attempting to cross into the U.S. through the desert, records showed.
"Economic development is the key to preventing dangerous and illegal immigration," Bassett said.
With a $20,000 church loan and the help of Adrián Gonzales and the Rev. Marcus Adams, Bassett set out to build Café Justo; including a commercial roaster and shipping facility in Sonora, a processing facility in Chiapas, and a sales network in Arizona and beyond.
He carries on the family tradition of growing coffee, teaching his boys, Jael and Miguel, how to care for the land and the crops.
Mendez is one of seven children, and the only of three brothers still living in Mexico - the others immigrated illegally to the U.S. in search of better opportunities.
His mother, Lucia Mendez Sicara, 73, knows first-hand how migration shatters families. Sitting in her kitchen, she recalled the day Mendez's brothers left for the U.S.
"It was a Tuesday when my sons were crossing and fighting in that place, they had no clue where to go they were just there, looking up and down and left and right and not knowing where to go," she said.
Her sons left after coffee prices dipped, and work was scarce in Salvador Urbina outside of the coffee industry.
Across the street from the Meza house, Café Justo's bright green packing facility sits on a hillside overlooking jungle below.
Felix Ventura Gomez, 28, cares for the machinery at the facility. For Gomez, Justo was the reason to avoid a perilous trek north.
"We don't make a lot but, enough for us to live. I thought about going up there, not so much to work but instead to feel what it's like to cross the desert, but thank god Cafe Justo came up," he said.
Gomez said he has a friend who crossed into the U.S., but only after getting lost in the desert, and running out of water after his smuggler abandoned the group.
Knowing a chance for success exists in Urbina is enough to keep him from risking his life crossing the Sonoran Desert into Arizona.
Coffee provides an opportunity even for people who left the U.S. voluntarily or by deportation, Gomez said.
Luis Alberto Vasquez lived in the U.S. without papers for four years. He worked in housekeeping, landscaping and meatpacking on the East Coast before being arrested and deported.
He is banned from entering the U.S. for 10 years, Vasquez said. His children are living in Chiapas but are U.S. citizens, he said so after the ban expires he may go back to the U.S.
While his long-term plans remain uncertain, Vasquez supports his family by carrying coffee beans down mountainsides on Mexico's southernmost border. Some of those beans may eventually end up for sale near the U.S. border and beyond.


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In the frenetic thriller "Premium Rush," actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Dark Knight Rises," "Inception") and Dania Ramirez ("Entourage," "American Reunion") play a pair of New York City bicycle couriers who inadvertently wind up having to pedal for their lives in a deadly game of chase.
Written and directed by David Koepp ("Snow White and the Huntsman," "Angels & Demons"), the story unfolds on city streets as Wilee (Gordon-Levitt) and Vanessa (Ramirez) hustle to deliver a mysterious package that's come to the attention of a crooked NYC cop (Michael Shannon) who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on it.
Ramirez, 32, and Gordon-Levitt, 31, sat down to chat about the intense preparation involved, the quirks of shooting in America's busiest city and how Gordon-Levitt will always have a physical reminder of his role.
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The riding sequences are pretty intense. How much training did they give you?
Gordon-Levitt: We had about six weeks.
Ramirez: They were pretty good about the training. Especially because we had time after we were cast in the roles to train, before shooting began. We had six weeks of training then we had training in New York throughout the filming. We were in pretty good shape.
How long did you have to film in NYC?
Gordon-Levitt: Two months, thereabouts.
Was anything shot in the studio?
Gordon-Levitt: None at all. We shot everything in New York City.
Ramirez: That was a charming part of the film is that we were going to get to go to New York and ride bikes all throughout the summer.
How hectic was it shooting on location like that?
Ramirez: It was challenging.
Gordon-Levitt: It's intense and people don't want to be told that they are not allowed to cross the street.
Ramirez: We would do a take and there was no way to really shut down major New York streets. They would shut down one lane but always keep a lane open. So we were often weaving in and out of real traffic.
Did you have to go back and do a lot of re-recording because of the street noise?
Gordon-Levitt: There was some. But that's part of the reality of these characters. They'd be speaking loudly, yelling even, in real life so we did that. And that made it a lot easier for the sound department.
Any run-ins with New York locals?
Ramirez: This guy headbutted one of our production assistants! I think the New York Post even wrote about it at the time.
Did it feel dangerous to be on the bike and filming on the street?
Gordon-Levitt: Well, every precaution was taken as much as they could. Everyone was very safety conscious. I wouldn't claim it was dangerous the way that some people really do have dangerous jobs – like police officers and soldiers.
But you did have four stunt doubles.
Gordon-Levitt: Four stunt doubles, yes.
Ramirez: I had three I think. There was always one other Vanessa on set, but my stunts were not as dangerous as some of yours. But we definitely had people there to step in for the really dangerous parts of the movie. You have to pay attention. I think that's the bottom line. To become these characters you really had to take it on and not just be an actor on a bike saying your lines.
Gordon-Levitt: I think for what I was doing, the danger was certainly minimized. I was riding fast and riding hard all day long, but what my doubles were doing was so dangerous. Absolutely 100 percent dangerous. That's part of the appeal of this movie. When you watch action sequences that are fake or computer generated - basically what amounts to cartoons - there's a big difference between that and watching a human being really risk their life. It's just exhilarating. Take it back to vaudeville or Evil Knievel or whatever – it's exhilarating. And that's the foundation of the action in this movie.
The more self-assured you both became on the bikes were you tempted to do more of your own stunts?
Ramirez: I certainly fought to try to do as much as I could on the bike. There were certain things, obviously, that I couldn't do. There's a huge fall that I take where my bike goes up in the air and I go up the air. There was no way that I could do that. I'm an actress. That was my stunt double Asia. I bow down to her.
Gordon-Levitt: There's always a temptation. And you see it all the time, especially with actors. The testosterone kicks in and they think, "I can do that!" Especially in actors who maybe haven't been in as many movies, but I am guilty of it, too. It's not the right move. I did a movie with Bruce Willis, "Looper," and you've never seen someone so safety conscious doing an action sequence. And ["Dark Knight Rises" director] Christopher Nolan is like that, as well. Both extremely safety conscious.
I was also a bit more bull-headed until I got hurt.
What happened?
Gordon-Levitt: I got in an accident and needed 31 stitches during shooting. On my arm.
So you're going to carry a scar from this movie forever?
Gordon-Levitt: Yep. There it is. [Points to scar on right forearm].
Ramirez: That definitely opened up everybody's eyes. After that it was, "Oh, time for my double. I'm getting off the bike now."
Did that accident prompt the bandage you sport in the movie?
Gordon-Levitt: Yes. That scene at the end of the movie was shot the morning after I had this stitched up. That bandage is actually there to cover a huge gash on my arm. So we stuck with it and incorporated it into the movie.
You got away scar free, Dania?
Ramirez: Compared to 31 stitches, sure! I fell off my bike on a regular basis. I kind of got used to it. I'd come home everyday and be, "Okay, so I fell off my bike again today." And there is no learning how to fall properly because your feet are in cages and you're one with the bike. So if you are going over the bike is going to fall on you.
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Earlier this month, "Hannah Montana" star Cody Linley's brother died. Now, there are more details about his mysterious and tragic death.
The Harris County Medical Examiner in Houston, Texas told Radar Online that Chad Linley, 29, was found by his apartment manager when he went to go check up on him.
"A friend of Chad's called and said he was concerned because he hadn't heard from him in a while," a spokesperson for the Houston Police told the site.
"His apartment manager performed a welfare check on Chad and found him unresponsive. He then flagged down a nearby cop."
Chad's 21-year-old younger brother, Cody, stars on the Disney show with Miley Cyrus.
No cause of death has yet been determined. According to Radar, it'll take a few weeks before the toxicology reports come back.
A funeral for Chad was held on August 12. Friend Eric Thomas told Radar that "Even at his funeral in what should've been a sad and gut-wrenching time for most, he managed to bring a smile to everyone's face and laughter rang thoughout the entire service as different speakers came up and shared different experiences and stories about Chad."
A source told Hollywood Life that Cha, a DJ, had been "the happiest he'd been for a long time" right before his death. The source also said that although he struggled with partying and drugs, "he was really trying to get his life on track."
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I'm really late in posting these, but these dresses are too amazing to not share. Viktor & Rolf's S/S10 show was full of tulle madness.
I can't imagine how difficult it was to sew so many layers of tulle together for it to be that thick!
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A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of QGE031 in Atopic Dermatitis Patients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01552629
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 13, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 23, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Atopic Dermatitis
|Drug: QGE031 Drug: Placebo Drug: Cyclosporine A
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|22 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Double (Participant, Investigator)
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|A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Proof of Concept Study Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of QGE031 in the Treatment of Patients With Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
|Actual Study Start Date :
|January 5, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 28, 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 28, 2013
Experimental: Group 1 QGE031
QGE031 will be administered as a subcutaneous dose q2 weeks
Drug: QGE031
Placebo Comparator: Group 2 Placebo
A QGE031 matched placebo will be administered as a subcutaneous dose q2 weeks
Drug: Placebo
Experimental: Group 3 Cyclosporine A
Cyclosporine A will be administered (as per label) for atopic dermatitis.
Drug: Cyclosporine A
- Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index(EASI) [ Time Frame: baseline, 12 weeks ]Efficacy response will be assessed using EASI.
- Change in Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) for atopic dermatitis [ Time Frame: 6 weeks, 12 weeks ]Participants dermatitis will be visually assessed and an IGA score will be determined by the Investigator using a prespecified evaluation criteria.
- Number of participants with adverse events [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Adverse events will be determined by observation and non-leading questioning of patients, and by measuring safety parameters (electrocardiograms, clinical laboratory, blood pressure)
- QGE031 plasma concentrations [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Blood samples will be collected on Day 1(predose),15, 29, 43, 57, 71, 85, 99, 113, 127, 141, 155, and 169 for determination of QGE031 serum levels
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- Male and female patients 18 to 65 years of age inclusive (at the time of the screening visit), and who passed screening examinations by past medical history, physical examination, vital signs, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests.
Presence of atopic dermatitis confirmed by itchy skin condition in the past 12 months (must have), plus three, or more, of the following:
- History of involvement of the skin creases (fronts of elbows, behind knees, fronts of ankles, around neck or around eyes)
- Personal history of asthma or hay fever
- History of generally dry skin in the past year
- Onset before age of 2 years
- Visible flexural dermatitis
- Patients with an EASI score of ≥20 at screening and stable AD (not currently experiencing an acute flare of their AD or had a significant change in the extent of their disease or their treatment regimen in the month prior to enrollment)
- Patients with a Total IgE in the range of 30 to 5000 IU/mL inclusive
Key exclusion criteria:
- Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, where pregnancy was defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) laboratory test
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP), defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation precludes intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners had been sterilized by vasectomy or other means unless they were using a highly effective method of birth control:
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- Placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS)
- Barrier methods of contraception: condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/vaginal suppository
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|Vienna, Austria
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Nice Cedex 3, France, 06202
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|Bonn, Germany, 53105
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Kiel, Germany, 24105
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|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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2011-002112-84 ( EudraCT Number )
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|March 13, 2012 Key Record Dates
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|February 23, 2017
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|February 2017
Atopic dermatitis
Atopic eczema
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Skin Diseases, Eczematous
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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Clarksville, TN – This afternoon, September 25th, the USS LST 325 made it's way down the Cumberland River from Nashville and docked at the McGregor Park Boat Ramp around 3:00pm. Crews began tying the boat off to the banks and preparing it for tomorrows tours. The ship will be available for tours September 26th-30th.
The LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is a floating monument to the past. The ship was used in various missions in World War II including the invasion of Sicily. Visitors are able to climb aboard and explore the ship as the crew provides a glimpse into her past.Military enthusiasts, history buffs, and school groups will learn how it was instrumental in battles dating back to WWII.
Tours are roughly 45 minutes long. Tours include the Main Deck, Troop Berthing, Tank Deck, Mess Deck, Galley, Aft of ship (Guns and Anchor), Wheel House, Officer's Country and the Captain's Cabin. It includes 3 sets of stairs down and 3 sets of stairs up.
You are allowed to ask questions and take pictures at any point during the tour. We recommend walking shoes, heels of any type are not advised. During the summer we also recommend carrying water during the tour (available in the Gift Shop) due to the increased temperatures onboard ship.
The USS LST 325 is a Fully Operational ship and all tours are guided.
Tour Schedule
Mondays – Saturdays: 10:00am to 4:00pm
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The LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is an amphibious vessel designed to land battle-ready tanks, troops and supplies directly onto enemy shores. Ships of this type proved to be enormously useful during times of war and peace both.
The USS LST 325 was originally known as LST-325 during the Second World War, USNS LST-325 during its arctic operations in the 1950's, and later L-144 (A/G Syros) while it was in the service of the Greek Navy. It was acquired by The USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., in 2000, and caught considerable public attention when their veteran crew brought it on a 6,500-mile journey from the Greek island of Crete to Mobile, Alabama.
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STOCKTON - Unveiling a long-awaited proposal he called "the people's initiative," Mayor Anthony Silva officially released a sales-tax plan Tuesday morning that he says will "restore" Stockton by providing funding for 100 more police officers and other public-safety measures.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The original version of this story said the Stockton Police Officers Association endorsed Mayor Anthony Silva's plan to raise taxes to hire more police officers. The SPOA clarified Wednesday morning that it endorses a tax plan to finance public safety issues but has not specifically endorsed Silva's proposal.
"The Stockton Police Officers Association is working with Mayor Anthony Silva and other community members and organizations to ensure that any tax initiative brought before the voters will serve the Public Safety needs of the citizens of Stockton," said the SPOA news release, issued on Tuesday.
STOCKTON - Unveiling a long-awaited proposal he called "the people's initiative," Mayor Anthony Silva officially released a sales-tax plan Tuesday morning that he says will "restore" Stockton by providing funding for 100 more police officers and other public-safety measures.
Silva was accompanied by nationally known crime-fighting guru William Bratton at a downtown news conference held before a carefully assembled audience of supporters of the initiative.
Silva said the tax's proponents are eager to receive suggestions on items that should be added or removed from the initiative. He scoffed at the suggestion by some of his fellow City Council members that the release of the half-cent tax plan was poorly timed.
City Manager Bob Deis has voiced strong concern for weeks that the tax proposal would provide ammunition to the city's creditors in their fight to block Stockton's eligibility for bankruptcy. The court case is being argued this week in Sacramento.
Some council members criticized Silva's timing in light of city plans to next week unveil another long-awaited anti-crime measure dubbed the Marshall Plan.
"My answer is there's never a bad time to talk about public safety," said Silva, adding that the tax works "hand in glove" with the Marshall Plan. "Although our city is engaged in the bankruptcy process, we must reassure our residents and give them hope that things will get better. This is a community plan that I have endorsed. This is not just my plan."
Bratton, the former police chief in New York and Los Angeles, said he will be a consultant if the tax plan ultimately is approved by two-thirds of the voters in an election late this year.
The plan creates several new positions including an advocate/administrator, paid consultant and citizens advisory committee. Bratton is already working for Silva's group as it assembles the tax plan. Bratton would not say how much he is being paid by what he called a "consortium" of business and community leaders pushing the tax.
"In your city, you are in the midst of a crisis - a crime crisis," Bratton said. "There's no getting away from it. ... Your mayor and his colleagues are proposing to once again invest in that first obligation of democracy: public safety, and very specifically, the criminal justice system."
Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones and five of Silva's six fellow members of the City Council did not attend the press conference. Four said they were never told about the news conference. Paul Canepa did not return a phone message seeking comment. Councilman Michael Tubbs said he learned of the news conference on Facebook just as it began, and he arrived shortly before the 30-minute event's conclusion.
"The council is not being made a part of any of what the mayor is doing," Councilman Elbert Holman said. "When you try to pin him down in public, he says we're just in the talking stages. Then the next day there's a press conference. I'm confused. ... If that's the way the mayor chooses to work, that's the way the mayor chooses to work."
Another council member, Kathy Miller, added, "We have been left out of the loop."
Proponents say the tax proposal would need signatures from 12,000 voters to get on the ballot. If passed, they say, it would generate $18 million a year through its expiration in 2025.
The money could only be used for the purposes spelled out in the initiative - mainly to hire the additional officers at a maximum salary of $76,000 a year plus incentives for remaining with the force and for living within the city limits, but also to augment Stockton's criminal-justice system.
A separate bureaucracy would administer the tax fund if it is approved. Bratton would serve as a paid consultant. Silva said the separate bureaucracy is needed because the public does not trust the city's government as the result of spending decisions in the past 15 years that contributed to Stockton's financial straits.
"I realize the residents of Stockton have a lot of reasons not to trust city government," Silva said in his prepared remarks. "I feel that same way and that has helped us in (developing) this plan that we are proposing."
Miller responded, "The last four years I believe the city has gone a long way in restoring trust in city government. We've had almost a complete overhaul of senior management. We've scrubbed the books."
Jones, Stockton's police chief, said he has not been included to this point in developing the tax plan but "would certainly hope to be involved" in the final tweaking.
He also expressed several concerns. He said he hopes the tax plan won't "undercut or undermine any of the work we've already done"; said he does not see a need "for any additional layers" of bureaucracy; and said he believes the tax plan will impact the general fund. He said if there are additional officers, the police force will need additional gear and more police cars.
"There's a lot of equipment that needs to be brand new for an officer," Jones said. "The plan appears to hit the general fund for costs for equipment and training."
Tax proponents say their proposal will give the police force the staffing to crack down on so-called lesser crimes. Stockton's 344 officers are fewer per capita than any other large city, Silva said.
Bratton said attacking lesser crimes played a large role in reducing more serious offenses during his time in New York and Los Angeles. Jones agreed that with 100 more officers, his force could better respond to lesser offenses.
The Stockton Police Officers Association endorsed the plan.
Silva said fighting the smaller crimes would be an indication that Stockton has "higher expectations" for its citizens.
"In my campaign for mayor, I made fighting crime my No. 1 priority," he said. "A safe community is the foundation of a vibrant community, and we are not safe."
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The Fort Worth Police Department is still full of "Star Wars" geeks.
A rather elaborate video published to the department's official Facebook page Wednesday has Chewbacca being shown the ropes by a senior officer.
His first day on the job didn't go too well, as more than 500,000 people have witnessed in the 17 hours the video was first published.
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"We know things have been tough for Chewbacca lately," the post read, referring to the latest "Force Awakens" film. "We hoped that we could find a place for him within our Department. Did it go well? You decide."
The Wookiee's fumbles included a routine traffic stop that, quite simply, escalated way too quickly and an alarming use of a bowcaster at a department gun range. As for the self-defense course? Well, you'll have to watch to see how that ended.
This isn't the first time Fort Worth PD geeked out on Star Wars. Stormtroopers played a central role in the department's recruitment video last year. That video now has more than 20 million views on Facebook.
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Russian Wikitravel Expedition
This page intends to organize efforts to make a Russian version of Wikitravel. The Russian version has not yet launched officially, but has been unlocked and serious work is being done on its namespace articles and the underlying structure of the guide. Discussion in English should continue here on the talk page, but is now occurring as well in Russian at the pub.
Russian (русский язык) is one of the most spoken languages in the World. For more info, see Wikipedia.
According to Wikitravel Language edition policies, every language edition of Wikitravel has to represent a global view. --EmbrunOntario 20:35, 17 August 2006 (EDT)
Why not translate also the name.
See the Language version policy for see what it takes to start our own wikitravel
Gather a minimum team[edit]
Members who would gladly like to contribute:
This project needs someone to step forward to be the go-between for Russian. The go-between is responsible for keeping the Russian version of Wikitravel connected to the rest of the projects, by making a monthly report, translated bug reports and feature requests and news, and keeping up-to-date on what's happening with the rest of the site.
Interface file translation[edit]
The interface file for Russian needs to be matched to Wikitravel. References to Wikipedia should be changed to {{SITENAME}} and reference to the GFDL should be changed to the CC by-sa 1.0.
Expedition members can edit the file here: en:Wikitravel:LanguageRu.php. It may be worthwhile to compare here: en:Wikitravel:Language.php for the English version.
I've translated the namespaces as following:
If anyone feels these namespaces are incorrect, then feel free to change them. They are currently defined in en:Wikitravel:LanguageRu.php --EmbrunOntario 20:40, 17 August 2006 (EDT)


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