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Major or Minor in Criminal Justice
As a Criminal Justice major, you will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. You may also major in any other discipline at the University and minor in Criminal Justice. (Examples:Computer Science major and Criminal Justice minor, or Psychology major and Criminal Justice minor.)
Double Major
With a major in Criminal Justice you have the option to pursue a double major with any discipline at the University. (Example: Major in both Criminal Justice and Social and Behavioral Sciences.)
Certificate in Forensics
Improve your skills and add this specialization to your major. This certificate is available to Criminal Justice majors as well as those majoring in any field.
Points of Interest
- Your studies will focus on restorative justice and community alternatives to traditional models of incarceration and punishment. We emphasize the repair of harm caused by criminal behavior through cooperative processes such as victim-offender mediation, restitution and ex-offender assistance programs.
- You have the opportunity to focus on a particular area of specialization by choosing from two tracks within the major: Crime and Society or Police Studies. You will learn about crime theories in contemporary society and the changing models of law enforcement in a Post-911 era.
- The major will provide you with insight into the changing professional philosophy of criminal justice. It is specifically designed to acquaint you with a diverse number of careers and positions within the field of criminal justice.
- Members of the faculty have impressive education backgrounds and bring a wealth of experience in both public and private security and law enforcement. They provide a well-rounded education in criminal justice from a theoretical and a practical perspective. This combination of teaching ability and field experience offers you invaluable first-hand expertise to help prepare for your career after graduation.
- The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics projects higher than average growth for occupations in the field of criminal justice between now and 2020. New Jersey, California and Washington D.C. have the highest annual salaries for criminal justice careers. There are 3.2 million employed nationwide in the field of criminal justice, with an annual mean salary of $43,050 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2010-2011).
Career Opportunities
- With a BS in Criminal Justice, you may pursue a career in the following work settings:
- Community Transition Programs
- Corporate Security Offices
- Courts – Juvenile or Adult
- Crime Labs
- Customs & Border Protection
- Juvenile Justice Programs
- Police Departments
- Probation Departments
- Social Service Agencies
- US Department of Justice
- Youth Facilities
Contact Information
Robert McParland, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Social & Behavioral Sciences
School of Arts & Sciences
Email | 201.559-6105
Kirby Hall 409, Lodi Campus


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- Title: Power Surge
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NOTE!!!: This is now the REMASTERED version (not remake) - it is in Xvid mpeg4 format (I swapped the remastered with the 1st version so I could get my stats back.)
(Do not be fooled by the intro - it is still the lower quality from the previous version due to a loss of the original Vegas file.)
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If you're a Bleach fan (particularily an Ichigo fan) I think you'll Love this.
This video took aproximately 50 hours to create
Clipping: VirtualDubMod
Editing:Vegas 4.0 (all effects were done in vegas, aside from some cropping done in Photoshop)
Encoding: TMPGEnc Xpress 3.0
This video is fast, action packed, and pretty intense. It's got that great raw energy that is so prevalent in the show.
I spent a lot of time working with layers and effects, cropping, gradient maps, chroma keying, and of course Timing. (note - there are no subtitles in my AMVs) This video is much more technically advanced in comparison to my last (Where I Belong) Like usual - it took more time to crop the episodes than polish it, but great attention was paid to each and every clip - brightness/contrast and cropping on every single clip.
The basic plan for this video was to follow Ichigo through the course of three main battles in his quest to rescue Rukia.
Intro: show main characters
Verse1: earth activity
chorus1: Renji battle
bridge: more character introduction
Verse2: increase in power/training
chorus2: Kenpachi battle
long bridge: more character intro/ battle clips
chorus3+4: hellbird/ Byakuya fight
outro: happy ending ^_^
It's only my second vid, but many say it's at the same level as many peoples' 30th or so. So enjoy, and I recommend you watch a few times (maybe even in slowmo) cuz even though some videos trail off at the end this one just picks up momentum the furthur it goes (so many clips are easily missed)
Note: this video contains portions of episodes up to ep59 but I have dared to say that it does not contain spoilers for a few reasons. Technically any AMV can be a spoiler for anyone who's never seen the show - but this AMV does not reveal clearly the outcome of any particular events (that could not easily be guessed w/out seeing a single ep), also this AMV does not even touch on the major plot twist concerning what's Really going on in Soul Society.
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- Copyright: 3/9/2014
The Core iOS Developer's Cookbook provides ready-to-use code solutions for common iOS challenges, providing recipes that help you master the core technology at the heart of iOS. Renowned iOS programming expert Erica Sadun and top iOS developer Rich Wardwell cover the topics you need to create successful mobile applications that take full advantage of iOS graphics, touches, and views.
As in all of Sadun's iOS bestsellers, The Core iOS Developer's Cookbook translates modern best practices into working code, distilling key concepts into concise recipes you can easily understand and apply to your own projects. This isn't just cut-and-paste; using examples, Sadun and Wardwell fully explain both the "how" and "why" that underscore effective and successful iOS development.
Coverage includes
- Creating direct touch-based interfaces with multi-touch, gestures, and custom gesture recognizers
- Building and customizing controls in powerful ways
- Adding novel motion effects
- Alerting users via pop-ups, progress bars, local notifications, popovers, audio cues, and more
- Using Xcode modules to easily integrate system frameworks and headers
- Assembling views and animation, organizing view hierarchies, and understanding how views work together
- Supporting multiple screen geometries with the breakthrough Auto Layout constraints system
- Controlling keyboards, making onscreen elements "text aware," and efficiently scanning and formatting text
- Organizing user workspaces with view controllers
- Managing photos, videos, email, and text messages
- Leveraging enhanced iOS support for social media activities, including Flickr and Vimeo
- Implementing VoiceOver accessibility, including text-to-speech
- Getting started with Core Data-managed data stores
- Leveraging powerful networking and web services support
- Using APIs to enhance the user experience
Erica Sadun is the bestselling author, coauthor, and contributor to several dozen books on programming, digital video and photography, and web design, including the widely popular The iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook. She currently blogs at TUAW.com, and has blogged in the past at O'Reilly's Mac Devcenter, Lifehacker, and Ars Technica. In addition to being the author of dozens of iOS-native applications, Erica holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. A geek, a programmer, and an author, she's never met a gadget she didn't love. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement, when they're not busy rewiring the house or plotting global dominance.
Rich Wardwell is a Senior iOS and Mac Developer at Black Pixel and has been a developer for the past 12 years. He received his MIS from the University of Georgia in 1997. Rich has served as a Technical Editor for The Core iOS 6 Developer's Cookbook and The Advanced iOS 6 Developer's Cookbook, both by author Erica Sadun, as well as several other Addison-Wesley iOS developer titles.
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Preface xxii
1 Gestures and Touches 1
Touches 1
Phases 2
Touches and Responder Methods 3
Touching Views 4
Multi-Touch 4
Gesture Recognizers 5
Recipe: Adding a Simple Direct Manipulation Interface 5
Recipe: Adding Pan Gesture Recognizers 7
Recipe: Using Multiple Gesture Recognizers Simultaneously 9
Resolving Gesture Conflicts 12
Recipe: Constraining Movement 13
Recipe: Testing Touches 15
Recipe: Testing Against a Bitmap 17
Recipe: Drawing Touches Onscreen 19
Recipe: Smoothing Drawings 21
Recipe: Using Multi-Touch Interaction 24
Recipe: Detecting Circles 28
Recipe: Creating a Custom Gesture Recognizer 33
Recipe: Dragging from a Scroll View 35
Recipe: Live Touch Feedback 39
Enabling Touch Feedback 39
Intercepting and Forwarding Touch Events 40
Implementing the TOUCHkit Overlay View 41
Recipe: Adding Menus to Views 44
Summary 46
2 Building and Using Controls 49
The UIControl Class 49
Target-Action 50
Kinds of Controls 50
Control Events 51
Buttons 53
Buttons in Interface Builder 54
Connecting Buttons to Actions 55
Recipe: Building Buttons 55
Multiline Button Text 58
Adding Animated Elements to Buttons 58
Adding Extra State to Buttons 59
Recipe: Animating Button Responses 59
Recipe: Adding a Slider with a Custom Thumb 61
Customizing UISlider 62
Adding Efficiency 63
Appearance Proxies 66
Recipe: Creating a Twice-Tappable Segmented Control 69
Second-Tap Feedback 70
Controls and Attributes 70
Working with Switches and Steppers 72
Recipe: Subclassing UIControl 73
Creating Controls 74
Tracking Touches 74
Dispatching Events 74
Recipe: Building a Star Slider 77
Recipe: Building a Touch Wheel 80
Recipe: Creating a Pull Control 83
Discoverability 83
Testing Touches 85
Recipe: Building a Custom Lock Control 87
Adding a Page Indicator Control 90
Recipe: Creating a Customizable Paged Scroller 93
Building Toolbars 98
Summary 100
3 Alerting the User 101
Talking Directly to Your User Through Alerts 101
Building Simple Alerts 102
Alert Delegates 103
Displaying the Alert 104
Kinds of Alerts 104
"Please Wait": Showing Progress to Your User 105
Using UIActivityIndicatorView 106
Using UIProgressView 107
Recipe: No-Button Alerts 107
Building a Floating Progress Monitor 109
Recipe: Creating Modal Alerts with Run Loops 110
Recipe: Using Variadic Arguments with Alert Views 113
Presenting Lists of Options 114
Scrolling Menus 117
Displaying Text in Action Sheets 117
Recipe: Building Custom Overlays 117
Tappable Overlays 119
Recipe: Basic Popovers 119
Recipe: Local Notifications 121
Best Practices 122
Alert Indicators 123
Badging Applications 124
Recipe: Simple Audio Alerts 124
System Sounds 124
Vibration 125
Alerts 126
Delays 126
Disposing of System Sounds 126
Summary 128
4 Assembling Views and Animations 129
View Hierarchies 129
Recipe: Recovering a View Hierarchy Tree 131
Exploring XIB and Storyboard Views 132
Recipe: Querying Subviews 133
Managing Subviews 134
Adding Subviews 134
Reordering and Removing Subviews 135
View Callbacks 135
Tagging and Retrieving Views 136
Using Tags to Find Views 136
Recipe: Naming Views by Object Association 137
Naming Views in Interface Builder 137
View Geometry 139
Frames 140
Rectangle Utility Functions 140
Points and Sizes 141
Transforms 142
Coordinate Systems 142
Recipe: Working with View Frames 143
Adjusting Sizes 144
CGRects and Centers 146
Other Geometric Elements 147
Recipe: Retrieving Transform Information 151
Retrieving Transform Properties 151
Testing for View Intersection 152
Display and Interaction Traits 157
UIView Animations 158
Building Animations with Blocks 159
Recipe: Fading a View In and Out 159
Recipe: Swapping Views 161
Recipe: Flipping Views 162
Recipe: Using Core Animation Transitions 163
Recipe: Bouncing Views as They Appear 165
Recipe: Image View Animations 166
Summary 167
5 View Constraints 169
What Are Constraints? 169
Alignment Rectangles 170
Declaring Alignment Rectangles 171
Constraint Attributes 171
Constraint Math 172
The Laws of Constraints 173
Creating Constraints 175
Basic Constraint Declarations 175
Visual Format Constraints 176
Variable Bindings 177
Format Strings 177
Orientation 177
View Names 179
Connections 179
Predicates 183
Metrics 183
View-to-View Predicates 184
Priorities 184
Format String Summary 184
Storing and Updating Constraints 186
Recipe: Comparing Constraints 187
Recipe: Describing Constraints 189
Recipe: Creating Fixed-Size Constrained Views 192
Disabling Autosizing Constraints 192
Starting within View Bounds 193
Constraining Size 193
Recipe: Centering Views 196
Recipe: Setting Aspect Ratio 197
Aligning Views and Flexible Sizing 199
Why You Cannot Distribute Views 199
Recipe: Responding to Orientation Changes 200
Constraint Macros 202
Consistent Constraints 202
Sufficient Constraints 203
Macros 203
Debugging Your Constraints 205
Summary 207
6 Text Entry 209
Recipe: Dismissing a UITextField Keyboard 209
Preventing Keyboard Dismissal 210
Text Trait Properties 211
Other Text Field Properties 212
Recipe: Dismissing Text Views with Custom Accessory Views 213
Recipe: Adjusting Views Around Keyboards 216
Recipe: Adjusting Views Around Accessory Views 220
Testing for Hardware Keyboards 221
Recipe: Creating a Custom Input View 223
Recipe: Making Text-Input-Aware Views 227
Recipe: Adding Custom Input Views to Nontext Views 230
Adding Input Clicks 231
Recipe: Building a Better Text Editor (Part I) 233
Recipe: Building a Better Text Editor (Part II) 236
Enabling Attributed Text 236
Controlling Attributes 236
Other Responder Functionality 237
Recipe: Text-Entry Filtering 239
Recipe: Detecting Text Patterns 242
Rolling Your Own Expressions 242
Enumerating Regular Expressions 243
Data Detectors 243
Using Built-In Type Detectors 244
Useful Websites 244
Recipe: Detecting Misspelling in a UITextView 246
Searching for Text Strings 247
Summary 248
7 Working with View Controllers 249
View Controllers 249
The UIViewController Class 250
Navigation Controllers 250
Tab Bar Controllers 251
Split View Controllers 251
Page View Controller 251
Popover Controllers 251
Developing with Navigation Controllers and Split Views 252
Using Navigation Controllers and Stacks 253
Pushing and Popping View Controllers 254
Bar Buttons 254
Recipe: The Navigation Item Class 255
Titles and Back Buttons 255
Macros 256
Recipe: Modal Presentation 257
Presenting a Custom Modal Information View 258
Recipe: Building Split View Controllers 261
Recipe: Creating Universal Split View/Navigation Apps 266
Recipe: Tab Bars 268
Remembering Tab State 272
Recipe: Page View Controllers 275
Book Properties 276
Wrapping the Implemen tation 277
Exploring the Recipe 279
Building a Presentation Index 279
Recipe: Scrubbing Pages in a Page View Controller 285
Recipe: Custom Containers 286
Adding and Removing a Child View Controller 287
Transitioning Between View Controllers 288
Recipe: Segues 292
Segues, Interface Builder, and iOS 6 297
Summary 298
8 Common Controllers 299
Image Picker Controller 299
Image Sources 299
Presenting the Picker on iPhone and iPad 300
Recipe: Selecting Images 300
How To: Adding Photos to the Simulator 301
The Assets Library Framework 301
Presenting a Picker 302
Handling Delegate Callbacks 303
Recipe: Snapping Photos 306
Setting Up the Picker 307
Displaying Images 308
Saving Images to the Photo Album 309
Recipe: Recording Video 310
Creating the Video Recording Picker 311
Saving the Video 311
Recipe: Playing Video with Media Player 313
Recipe: Editing Video 316
AV Foundation and Core Media 316
Recipe: Picking and Editing Video 318
Recipe: E-Mailing Pictures 321
Creating Message Contents 321
Recipe: Sending a Text Message 323
Recipe: Posting Social Updates 325
Recipe: Activity View Controller 328
Creating and Presenting the Controller 328
Adding Services 331
I tems and Services 335
Recipe: The Quick Look Preview Controller 336
Implementing Quick Look 337
Summary 340
9 Accessibility 341
Accessibility 101 341
Accessibility in Interface Builder 342
Enabling Accessibility 343
Traits 344
Labels 345
Hints 346
Testing with the Simulator 347
Broadcasting Updates 348
Testing Accessibility on the iPhone 349
Summary 351
10 Creating and Managing Table Views 353
iOS Tables 353
Delegation 354
Creating Tables 355
Table Styles 355
Laying Out the View 355
Assigning a Data Source 356
Serving Cells 356
Registering Cell Classes 356
Dequeueing Cells 357
Assigning a Delegate 357
Recipe: Implementing a Basic Table 358
Data Source Methods 359
Responding to User Touches 359
Table View Cells 361
Selection Color 362
Adding in Custom Selection Traits 363
Recipe: Creating Checked Table Cells 363
Working with Disclosure Accessories 365
Recipe: Table Edits 367
Adding Undo Support 368
Supporting Undo 369
Displaying Remove Controls 369
Handling Delete Requests 369
Swiping Cells 370
Reordering Cells 370
Adding Cells 370
Recipe: Working with Sections 375
Building Sections 375
Counting Sections and Rows 376
Returning Cells 377
Creating Header Titles 378
Customizing Headers and Footers 379
Creating a Section Index 379
Handling Section Mismatches 380
Delegation with Sections 380
Recipe: Searching Through a Table 382
Creating a Search Display Controller 383
Registering Cells for the Search Display Controller 384
Building the Searchable Data Source Methods 384
Delegate Methods 385
Using a Search-Aware Index 386
Recipe: Adding Pull-to-Refresh to Your Table 388
Recipe: Adding Action Rows 391
Coding a Custom Group Table 394
Creating Grouped Preferences Tables 395
Recipe: Building a Multiwheel Table 396
Creating the UIPickerView 397
Data Source and Delegate Methods 397
Using Views with Pickers 397
Using the UIDatePicker 399
Creating the Date Picker 400
Summary 401
11 Collection Views 403
Collection Views Versus Tables 403
Practical Implementation Differences 405
Establishing Collection Views 405
Controllers 405
Views 406
Data Sources and Delegates 406
Flow Layouts 407
Scroll Direction 407
Item Size and Line Spacing 407
Header and Footer Sizing 409
Insets 410
Recipe: Basic Collection View Flows 411
Recipe: Custom Cells 415
Recipe: Scrolling Horizontal Lists 416
Recipe: Introducing Interactive Layout Effects 420
Recipe: Scroll Snapping 422
Recipe: Creating a Circle Layout 423
Creation and Deletion Animation 424
Powering the Circle Layout 424
The Layout 425
Recipe: Adding Gestures to Layout 429
Recipe: Creating a True Grid Layout 431
Recipe: Custom Item Menus 437
Summary 439
12 A Taste of Core Data 441
Introducing Core Data 441
Entities and Models 442
Building a Model File 442
Attributes and Relationships 443
Building Object Classes 444
Creating Contexts 444
Adding Data 445
Examining the Data File 446
Querying the Database 448
Setting Up the Fetch Request 449
Performing the Fetch 449
Removing Objects 450
Recipe: Using Core Data for a Table Data Source 451
Index Path Access 451
Section Key Path 451
Section Groups 452
Index Titles 452
Table Readiness 452
Recipe: Search Tables and Core Data 455
Recipe: Adding Edits to Core Data Table Views 457
Adding Undo/Redo Support 458
Creating Undo Transactions 459
Rethinking Edits 459
Recipe: A Core Data-Powered Collection View 464
Summary 469
13 Networking Basics 471
Recipe: Checking Your Network Status 471
Scanning for Connectivity Changes 474
Recipe: Synchronous Downloads 476
Recipe: Asynchronous Downloads 480
One-Call No-Feedback Asynchronous Downloads 486
Recipe: Using JSON Serialization 487
Recipe: Converting XML into Trees 489
Trees 489
Building a Parse Tree 490
Summary 492
Appendix Objective-C Literals 495
Numbers 495
Boxing 496
Enums 496
Container Literals 497
Subscripting 498
Feature Tests 499
Index 501


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Our picks for the 15 best local massages, all of which are sure to bring a bit of bliss to your day. Plus: Spa treatments—on a budget.
A former star at the University of Colorado and celebrated NFL linebacker gave himself to football—only to find at the end of his career that he'd lost his mind. Now, at age 36, he's trying to put the pieces of his broken life back together.
Whatever your kids want to do this fall—land a skateboard trick, become a jump rope champ, hold a tarantula—we've got you covered.
Carleen Brice's sophomore novel is an insightful take on society's lingering hang-ups with race.
How long can Colorado colleges remain affordable?
The race to find a Colorado home for motorsports.
A pioneer-tough city embraces its creative side.
Denver Center Theatre Company's Kevin Copenhaver.
Embattled Governor Ritter has one bright spot: renewable energy.
Finding gold in Colorado's babbling brooks.
Slickrock be damned—the Moab Music Festival showcases southern Utah's spectacular canyonlands in ways mountain biking never could.
Chef Ann Cooper has overhauled school lunch menus across the country. Now she's doing it in Boulder. 5280 talks with this school lunch rebel about lunch ladies, school gardens, and the health of our kids.
Slickrock be damned—the Moab Music Festival showcases southern Utah's spectacular canyonlands in ways mountain biking never could.
Finding gold in Colorado's babbling brooks.
High-quality—and high-priced—eco-friendly food in northwest Denver
The Belmar staple gets another bite.
An inside look at one of Mexico's favorite street foods.
Colorado's apple season is ripe with pick-your-own choices
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Ameren Corp. (NYSE: AEE) has been named as the ''Top Dividend Stock of the Dow Utilities'', according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the components of the Dow Jones Utility Average, AEE shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent AEE share price of $30.36 represents a price-to-book ratio of 0.9 and an annual dividend yield of 5.3% — by comparison, the average dividend paying stock in the Dow Utilities yields 4.1% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 1.6. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Ameren Corp., and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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There is wifi and tv with all channels. The location is strategic because is a few minutes from Piazza Campo De Fiori.
Nice garden with plants easily accessible from the lounge where you can eat and read in a quiet environment.
You will find yourself just a short walk from Campo dei Fiori and Piazza Farnese every day with the folk market with products typically Roman and Italian regional sought after around the world
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We were 6 people (2x 70+, 45+ and 2 x 15 & 11j) and enjoyed the apartment. In the old town, 2 minutes walk from Campo Fiori, and so all the monuments within walking distance.
And the apartment is fantastic. Completely and tastefully decorated. It is a very old house and very high ceilings. The additional space is created by an intermediate floor. Therefore, the space above (4 sleeping shower and toilet) very low. We had no problem with it (even> 1.95 m not).
For us, an absolute must.
Wij waren met 6 personen (2x 70+; 2x 45+ en 15&11j) en hebben genoten van het appartement. In het oude centrum, 2 minuten lopen van Campo Fiori, en dus alle monumenten op loopafstand.
En het appartement is fantastisch. Compleet en smaakvol ingericht. Het is een heel oud huis en heel hoge kamers. De extra ruimte is gecreëerd door een tussenvloer. Daardoor is de ruimte boven (4 slaapplaatsen + douche en toilet) erg laag. Wij hadden daar geen enkel probleem mee ( ook >1,95 m niet).
Voor ons een absolute aanrader.
What a great apartment with a perfect location. We spent 4 excellent days during the month of January with a temperature of 15 degrees during some sunny days. Everything went smoothly; the host provided us with an easy solution to transport (which by the way was on time each way), upon arrival another nice friend of the host showed us the flat and all its features. Yes, off course it may not be easy if you are at my height (almost 180 cm) and need to use the upper level of the flat (the sealing is about 160 cm), but we managed, and yes, of course you may also have comments about the lack of perfect china the kitchen – but you can expect a perfection location to everything and an easy access to a large variety of restaurants. And the flat is filled with charm
Top! Beautiful apartment, great central, clean, good beds it had been five stars if the kitranden the bathroom had been some fresher (the bathroom was quite clean)
Top! Mooi appartement, heerlijk centraal, schoon, fijne bedden het had vijf sterren geweest als de kitranden van de badkamer wat frisser geweest waren (de badkamer was wel schoon)
The flat is fantastic. The terrace made all the difference for us. We travel with a kid at 6 who need to spent a lot of time at "home", and then the terrace facing south-east was perfect for the wife to catch some sun and the rest of us to relax in the shade. The terrace has a retractable cover to meet any need.
The room with bunk beds, toilet and shower is separated from the main part of the flat by the terrace. That was perfect for our teenager but our six year old stayed with us in the master bedroom.
The address itself is very quiet but when you turn one corner, you are in one of the most touristic areas of Rome. It is in walking distance from the Spanish Stairs in one direction and Colosseum in the opposite direction. But going to Rome again I would prefer an address further off the beaten track.
The flat is very near to everything.
Ínside the first floor is only for people with a high lower than 160. Under this you have a big toilet, room for sleeping, kitchen and a livingroom.
At the roof you have a fantastic place to relax and take a drink.
The flat itn´t for people with diabled people.
Kind regards
Unfortunately we never got to see this apartement. Our booking was cancelled the day before our arrival. Perhaps there was no other way, but instead of an attic with an amazing view with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a terrace we were put in a one bedroom B&B (take it or leave it) with one bed and no view. Fortunately the bed could be separated the next night because we are not a gay couple, although people seemed to think so, and to think that this is a good reason to treat you like shit. We never got to see Virginia or Francesca or any other name she or her so-called twin sister might be sporting, nor her cute little dog that she may have or not.
Fantastic apartment in a perfect location, clean with lots of space to hang out
We had a really beautiful flat. It is placed very central, next bus stop five minutes away and many important sights in the near.
Most of the things we needed were already in our apartment (like toilet-paper and towels).
Virginia and her friend are very very nice ;-)
A very Nice placere apartment just in the center of the old City there is a wonderful terrasse with morningsun and it is a very Quit area.
The doppelbed is fine and there is 2 singelbeds which are ok the kitchen equipment is primitiv!
There is a very god service, where our host offered a car to Pick us up in the airport a bring us direct to the apartment.
We would like to comeback back another time again
Great floor flat situated very close to the Fontana di Trevi with gracious, friendly service! Everything was wonderful. Just have to wait a bit, but because of other guests.
Großartige DG-Wohnung sehr nah an der Fontana di Trevi gelegen mit freundlichstem, nettem Service! Alles war wunderbar. Bloß ein bisschen warten müssen, aber wegen anderen Gästen.
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Over the last years I invested a substantial amount of time and money into learning material on Drawing, Illustration, Concept Art, Animation and Painting. These materials range from books of Golden Age illustrators to brand new Online Courses.
I realized how much good information is available to us and how much time I had wasted on bad material and school classes with mediocre or clueless teachers. I also had the pleasure of meeting and learning from some amazing craftsmen, including traditional typesetters, oil painters and graphic designers.
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New rules for Biotope category for this year's AGA Aquascaping Contest
Hello Fellow Aquascapers,
In years past, there have been discussions on how best to improve the criterias for the biotope category for the Aquatic Gardener Association's annual aquascaping contest. Certain aquascapes have been questioned with regards to their validity as a true "biotope" by both the judges and entrants. In order to address these issues, the AGA has revised the rules and criteria for this year's contest. Below are the new rules outlining what constitutes an acceptable biotope for the contest category. Please review the new information and if there are questions, we will do our best to address them in a timely fashion.
Bailin Shaw
AGA Contest Chair
New rules of the biotope category for the AGA Aquascaping contest:
A biotope is a habitat originating from a specific location. It has particular environmental conditions and a native population of plants and animals. A single stream or lake may include numerous biotopes. For instance, a stony riffle in a stream may be one biotope while a nearby silt-bottomed pool on the same stream may be a different biotope. On the other hand, the same biotope may occur in numerous streams in a region where all stony riffles or silt-bottomed pools support the same community of plants and animals.
In its purest form, the biotope aquascape is a microscopic representation of a naturally-occurring particular geographical area in the wild.
An AGA Aquascaping contest entry that accurately represents a biotope through species selection and arrangement of hardscape and living elements will receive a higher score.
Rules for acceptable entries in the AGAs Aquascaping Contest Biotope Category:
Material used including wood, rocks, and other hardscaping material should, as closely as possible, represent the appearance of natural materials found in the specific location.
Example: Mopani driftwood would not be used in an Asian rainforest biotope aquascape. However, manzanita wood could be used effectively to represent branches and roots in an Amazon biotope.
Plants and animals should be indigenous to the specific location.
Example: Guppies should not be used in a Lake Malawi biotope aquascape. However, a few non-native fish or shrimp included for algae control will be overlooked.
Choice and placement of plant and animal species should also represent the specific location.
Example: Although both plants grow in Asian streams, it would be unlikely to find Cryptocoryne cordata, which likes shaded areas, mixed with C. crispatula, which is found in sunny areas.
Exotic, non-native, or invasive species of plants and fish should not be used in a biotope aquascape. All flora and fauna should be native species originally indigenous to the biotope being described.
Aquascaping methods used for Aquatic Garden aquariums are not applicable to biotope aquascaping. Design should be directed toward creating an authentic replication of a natural habitat. Arrangement of hardscape materials, and placement and grouping of plants, should mimic that found in nature rather than an abstracted image of a natural scene often used in Aquatic Garden aquascaping.
An expert committee will screen submissions in the Biotope Category and accept as entries those that it in its sole determination, follow these rules. The committees judgment will be final. If there are questions regarding the validity of the biotope aquascape, the committee may ask for justification.
Based on the criteria, to aid the screening process, we strongly suggest that entrants provide the following information:
1. A description of the biotope represented by the entry.
2. A description of the materials used in the entry, including plants, fish, and hardscape materials. Include why certain choices were made.
3. References to substantiate the appropriateness of the materials used. Books, articles, photos, and web links are all acceptable references.
If the committee rejects a submission, the entrant may resubmit the entry in another category. However, the AGA will not automatically move rejected submissions to another category; this must be done by the entrant.
After a biotope entry has been approved by the screening committee, it will be judged by the AGA Aquascaping Contest judging panel. Each judge will score the biotope based on the following criteria:
50 General impressions/ faithful reproduction of biotope
30 Accuracy of hardscape
50 Accuracy of plant materials
50 Appropriate use of fish
20 Condition
Results of the judging will be made public at the appropriate times as determined by the dates predetermined by the aquascaping contest.
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The royal family of Monaco has taken issue with a film that negatively portrays the marriage between Princess Grace and Prince Rainier. Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman, portrays the princess as so unhappy in her loveless and possibly abusive marriage that she tries to leave her husband and resume her Hollywood acting career. The couple's children recently denounced the film as "needlessly glamorized" and riddled with "major historical inaccuracies and a series of purely fictional scenes." But one Kelly biographer defended the film, calling it "a very slim slice of Grace's life and it is nowhere near as negative as it could be."


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Cranberry jello is a very popular dish which is used to make desserts, salads and molds. Cranberry jello is believed to have originated in America. The dish is characterized by a unique red color and a delicious aroma of cranberries. This dish is a huge favorite among kids as well as grown up people. Though it can be easily prepared at home, many people choose to buy the cans and jars of Cranberry jello available in the market. The main ingredients used to make Cranberry jello are cranberries, vinegar, water and sugar.


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Hey guys, first time posting in the Music end of Head-Fi, so I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for the barrage of artists and songs I've never heard of!
We all love hearing our favourite music on new gear, and it being brought to life in a whole new way right? But every so often there seems to be a certain song which just turns to absolute magic. Almost like they song and headphones were made for each other.
So I want to know what experiences you guys have had, and which songs just marry perfectly to your headphones.
My first input will be my Grado SR60i's & Gregory Porter - Illusion
Looking forward to any input and of course, as always - HAPPY LISTENING!


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Alfred University basketball games vs. Houghton to be broadcast live 2/01/13 ALFRED, NY — The Alfred University's men's and women's basketball teams' home games against Houghton College this evening (Friday, Feb. 1) will be broadcast live in the internet. The AU men's team plays Houghton at 6 p.m., with the women's game to follow at 8 p.m. Live video webcasts of both games will be shown on Empire 8 TV. |


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Good news on the iOS 7 jailbreak front this afternoon. It looks like the evad3rs—a hacking team made up for pod2g, MuscleNerd, pimskeks and planetbeing—are getting closer to a useable jailbreak for the update.
Planetbeing tweeted out a few moments ago that he and the rest of the team are 'still working hard on the jailbreak,' and that they mean even have all the pieces at this point—though they're not certain just yet… Read More


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Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar is Associate Professor of Theology and Graduate Program Director at Loyola University Chicago. She holds a BA from Brown University, a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and an MA in Ethics and Social Theory from the Graduate Theological Union. She completed her doctorate in Religious Ethics from the University of Chicago. She specializes in Christian ethics, feminist ethics and social ethics.
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Sullivan-Dunbar's current work focuses on human dependency and dependent care relations as a lens through which to understand Christian love, and as a site of systematic injustice along lines of gender, race, class, nationality and citizenship status.
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Feminist ethics; sexual ethics; the Christian family and its relation to social justice; interdisciplinary conversations between Christian theology and feminist political theory; history of Christian ethics; methods in contemporary Christian ethics
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"Christian Love, Material Needs, and Dependent Care: A Feminist Critique of the Debate on Agape and 'Special Relations,'" Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 29:2 (Fall/Winter 2009).
Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar, "Gratuity, Embodiment, and Reciprocity: Christian Love and Justice in Light of Human Dependency," Journal of Religious Ethics 41:2 (June 2013), 254–279.


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The Prairie View Thunderhawks lacrosse team lost Thursday's home conference game against Monarch by a score of 17-4.
Game Details: PRAIRIE VIEW
In Thursday's league contest, the Monarch Coyotes (Louisville, CO) lacrosse team routed the host Prairie View Thunderhawks (Henderson, CO), by a count of 17-4.
Coming up next, the Coyotes confront the Wheat Ridge Farmers (Wheat Ridge, CO) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, April 28. Monarch will attempt to advance on its 11-3 season record. The Farmers come into the contest with a 10-5 record after their 14-3 league win over Golden (Golden, CO).
The Thunderhawks now own a 3-10 record. They take the field next when they host Legend for a non-league contest on Friday, April 27. Prairie View will confront a Titans team coming off a 8-4 league loss to Douglas County (Castle Rock, CO). The Titans record now stands at 5-9.


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The Tour Of Prince Napoleon
A FRENCH VISIT TO CIVIL WAR AMERICA Selections from the letters of Lieutenant Colonel Camille Ferri Pisani, who accompanied Prince Napoleon on his state visit, touring the fronts, both North and South, visiting the West and meeting Lincoln and the men around him during the Union's darkest days
August 1957 | Volume 8, Issue 5
His arrival in Saint Louis gave a livelier impulse to the spirit which presided in the Army of the West at the beginning of the war. The predominance of the German element has now been turned into the systematic exclusion of all others. The numerous staff of General Frémont includes only one American. His chief of staff is Colonel Asboth, an Hungarian officer; he was Kossuth's friend and came with him to America. The chief of the engineer corps is a Bavarian. Several aide-de-camps come from the Rhineland, Germans mixed with a little French. The two officers who have been dispatched to serve the Prince are a Germanspeaking Swiss, Colonel Joliat, and a former lieutenant, Colonel Osterhaus.
These two gentlemen are quite distinguished and very moderate. They seemed somewhat embarrassed by the exaggerations of their colleagues. Often they even embarrassed us. We often heard the Yankees systematically dismissed—this proud American Nation whose guests we are—in terms so insulting that I do not want to repeat them. Their insults were so much the worse as they came from men walking under the American flag and supposedly defending American Institutions.
If one were to judge the United States by the talk heard around Saint Louis headquarters, one would easily believe that the heirs of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Jackson have become a people of selfish and cowardly nouveaux riches , whose only social mission is to pay the brave children of the German fatherland to defend them, their institutions—of which they are unworthy—and the great principles of freedom.
Still, on the whole, I am convinced that there are excellent military qualities in all those German officers. Without them and without the energetic appeal to the German population, the whole of Missouri would have been lost for the Union after the defeat of Springfield. The leader of the German military party is General [Franz] Sigel, a former officer in the Baden army. When part of this army revolted in 1848, he sided with the insurrection, and was one of the most energetic leaders. After Prussia crushed the revolt, Sigel was forced to emigrate to America. Thirteen years later, his military talents found an employment which he had certainly not foreseen. When the army of the volunteers of the West was created, Sigel was elected General because of his experiences in 1848 and because of his influence over the German emigrantsmany of whom are more or less "volunteer" political exiles. Later his election was implemented by an appointment.
During the rout at Springfield, his brigade was the only one that was not carried away. His cold-blooded bravery perhaps saved the Union army from complete destruction and maintained, alone, the honor of the flag. [Here Colonel Ferri Pisani is in error. Sigel's command failed to distinguish itself in this fight.] His power over the troops, ever since has been both overwhelming and understandable. He is about 45 years old, very small and thin. He has long blond hair glued to his head, a bilious complexion, and wears glasses- the type of physiognomy which one finds often in Germany. He is reserved, perhaps a little somber.
Such is the foreign and military coterie which surrounds General Fremont and defends—in such singular ways—the honor of Washington's and Jackson's flag. The citizens of Saint Louis, most of them secretly attached to the South, pretend to bow under the crushing weight of the most intolerable tyranny. We saw many of them approach the Prince and confide their complaints and terrors to him, in whispers and with frightened and distrustful eyes. They feel that the General is motivated less by his opinions or by political necessities than by the hidden hatreds accumulated in his heart against the aristocracy of Saint Louis. These hatreds date from his youth when, poor and obscure, he held the humiliating position of a protégé of the grand families. As for the German oppression, they predict a terrible reaction. If the State of Missouri regains its independency, nothing less than a Saint Bartholomew will be required to wash, in the blood of an insolent race, the humiliations in which the glorious American Nation is now drenched.
I think these threats are as exaggerated as the complaints we hear about the terreur reigning in Saint Louis. I do not intend to defend the dictatorial measures of General Fremont, yet it seems to me that the most serious accusations against him can be limited to a few suppressed newspapers, some exiled suspects, a few others—a very small number—who were arrested but not threatened with death. Finally, there is the threat which has not been carried out, of confiscating the possessions of all those serving the southern flag. This regime is undoubtedly quite hard here, but much harder for Americans than it would be for us. Clearly these good men are not accustomed to a state of siege; neither are they used to the heavy hand of authority in time of crisis.
The Prince did not stop for a moment during the whole day. At noon we boarded a steamer especially prepared by the city to take the Prince to the middle of the river. General Sigel, almost the entire staff of General Fremont, the mayor and more than one hundred officers awaited the Prince to accompany him. A military band also boarded the steamer. The ship left the pier amidst the fanfare and acclamation of the crowd which had not had the pleasure for a long time, on account of the siege, of shouting "hurrah" as Americans love to do.


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You're going to need something festive to wear to that party you're planning, aren't you? Or to give as gifts this season? These party flowers might just be the ticket. These flowers, just like the ornaments from yesterday, are super easy to make, and the best part is that these are made from woolens found at the thrift or secondhand store. Find just the right wool plaid coat or skirt, or a fabric remnant and you can make several of these. The weight of the wool fabric really gives nice body to these flowers. Pin them to anything….pillows…your jacket…even hang them from your tree!
CLICK HERE for the full project how-to after the jump!
Party Flower
-Woolen weight plaid (solids would work too, but the weight of a wool fabric works best)
-Party Flower template (download here)
-disappearing fabric marker, or a pencil to make a light mark
-a scrap piece of wool for the back of the pin, approx. 3″ x 3″.
-pin backs (available at Joann's and other craft stores)
-matching thread
-handsewing needle
-fabric glue (or some type of strong glue)
-*flower stamens (optional) These can be ordered from Tinsel Trading
How to Make-
1. Using the 4 flower sizes on the template and your disappearing fabric marker (or light pencil mark), trace the amount needed onto the back of your fabric. Cut out carefully. (*Please note that all edges are left raw on these, I love it this way.)
- large Flower- cut 1
- 2nd largest flower- cut 4
- 3rd largest flower-cut 4
- smallest flower- cut 2
2. The largest flower will be the base, so lay that one right side up onto your work surface, to attach the other flowers to. Next, take one of the 2nd largest flowers, and fold it into quarters, right side facing out.
3. Lay this onto the large fabric flower, the folded point at the center of the large flower, and using needle and thread, make several stitches going through the folded point and the large flower, to hold it in place (this is the only point the flower is stitched down, so make sure its secure). Do this for the other three flowers this size.
4. You will also do the same process to secure the next smaller sized flower, but for added fluff its nicer to turn your entire base a bit, so these aren't laying directly over the others
5. When sewing on the two smallest flowers, only fold them each in half (not in quarters), wrong sides together. Place them on the top of your flower, side by side, folded sides towards the center. Stitch these with some tiny stitches through their centers. Grab a few of the flower stamens (if you are using them), place them in between these two flowers (at their folds), and stitch down with a few inconspicuous stitches through the center of their stems (if the wire stems are long enough, I like to tie them all together in a knot before I stitch down.)
6. Add on the pin back. Using your scrap piece of wool, cut it into an oval-ish shape. Using your needle and thread, sew a pinback to the right side of this piece, centering it on the wool.
7. Put a few dabs of fabric glue on the back side of this pinback/wool scrap piece, and carefully place in the center of the back of the flower (where all those handstitches will hopefully be covered up). Make simple handsewn whip stitches around the felt oval to secure onto the flower.
You're done. Enjoy!
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Beautiful. My 6 years old daughter has been asking me for a flower to wear. I'll make couple of this for her!
oh, how wonderful! Thank you. :)
Beautiful and seems that I could even accomplish! Thank you for sharing!!
I love the plaid! Great idea and thanks for the instructions!
Thanks for featuring Blair's lovely project. I have everything on hand for these and a party this weekend, so … perfect!
these are so cool, blair. I love them—and I love having one! thank you!
Too cute! We have a ton of leftover fabric here in my showroom from client projects. I wonder how it would look cut with pinking sheers.
just perfect.
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Oh, I used this Wisecraft pattern a year ago to make flowers for my wall!
Just lovely! Planning gifts and projects already. Was a larger version of this used as the tree topper in the circus decorations post last week? Seems like a double version of this could work…
cool! now to find the perfect plaid…
this are going on every wrapped gift this year!
Great! Blair is a great artist!!!
Question: Just sitting down to make some of these and there's something missing:
How many of each flower size do you use? Looks like the PDF is missing the number of pieces to cut for each size flower. There is only a "1" next to the Largest. Sounds like you use 4 of 2nd Largest from the instructions. Other two?
Thank you for sharing this Blair. I'm a big fan of your work!
thanks for sharing these!~
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mixette, you're right! Here's how many you should cut of each one (and I'll get it added to the post as well).
Large Flower- 1
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I love these!!
Have you ever seen the Big Shot by stampin' up? You could by the machine (100$) and the Large scallop die (20$) and a die that has a medium and small scallop circle (20$) then you could cut up to 8 pieces of material at once. I use mine all the time it makes projects like this go by SO fast. Feel free to email me if you want to buy one.
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Thanks so much for this tutorial, will have to have a go at these!
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I've been making these like crazy for work colleagues to put on bags of homemade biscotti–I've found I make it one size smaller, using the second largest as the base, then using the tiniest one for both the last layer and the center one. I've also been using upholstery fabric sample scraps (not the super thick ones or ones that frey, but the canvas-type ones) and they look awesome.
Thanks for this great tutorial! I love these flowers! I've made three already! Here's picture of two of them.
C'est tres magnifique!
Made 2 flowers in two different fabric weights, both look great.
Here's the link. <a href="http://skitzoleezrastudio.blogspot.com/2010/02/party-flower-success.html -
My niece and nephew made their flowers following the tutorial and the results were great. Here's a picture:
Thanks for sharing this with the world!
Cristina -
The template link appears to be broken–can you please fix?? Thank you!!
Hi there! I made this flower and going to be a present this coming Mother's Day! This is so helpful. Thank you for your great tutorial. Here's my pretty flower. http://muahristreasures.blogspot.com/2010/05/mothers-day-special-farbic-brooch.html
I tried getting the pattern for the flowers and when I clicked into it a notice came up that I was in the wrong website and what I was looking for was not there. Please help I want to make these for a fun givt for a bridal shower in June.
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I want so much to make some of these beautiful flowers, however, the link is not working. Please HELP!!!!
Hello, I love this flower, it looks more than great! i would like to make it but the link doesn't work, would it be possible you send it to me by mail please, thanks!
The link for the flower template does not connect…it says it appears not to point to it correctly. Do you have any suggestions as to where I might go to get a copy of it? I am really looking forward to making this – thank you for your time and effort in sharing it!
I used templates from these sites to complete the flower:
I love this project, but I can't seem to download the template for the flower. Do you still have it?
hi i love this flower .i make this flower . and go to a party.
I like to recycled, in mu country there are some shops with "used clohtes" it have beautiful fabrics, I've bought some dresses and I've made some bags, flowes, pouch, etc.
the download for the template isn't working…..
Does anyone have a copy of this template they could email me? I am dying to make this flower but can't get the template to download. It sounds like many others have had the same challenge. HELP!!
Now that jacket season is upon us, I'm thinking this is a great way to dress up a tired old jacket. I'll be linking on Facebook. Thanks!
hi! I wish you had a twitter badge I'd love to tweet you!
I can not access the link to the flower template, it says that i can not cnnect to the server.
Please help as I would really like to make this flower
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I would LOVE to make these adorable flowers, but can't access the link. Would there be any way you could email the template to me? Thank you for sharing!
I just discovered your little party flower and just love it, because it is so easy to make and yet so stylish. Thanks for sharing – unfortunately the link to the templates does not work. Am I too late for it?
Love your little party flower. Thanks for sharing –
unfortunately the link to the templates does not work. Can I still
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I love this flower and gonna make one
hi there, i cant seem to download the template.
HELP please
thanks and these are just gorgeous!
Je decouvre votre blog, il y a un tas de belles idées! Malheureusement je ne comprends pas l anglais mais grace à vos photos je comprends. C est l essentiel!
Is there any way to cut with a single stroke by folding the fabric than cutting out the entire flower round? Hope this makes sense :)
OK I just want to make your pretty flower too but I can't find the template
Can't find your template where you said please help


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One of the most obvious improvements in Pittsburgh of the last 20 years is a vibrant and diverse restaurant scene. Along with that have come more adventurous wines to thrill a diner's palate.
Unfortunately, restaurant goers are being overcharged for wine by the glass or the bottle, according to a review Thursday by the Post-Gazette's Elizabeth Downer with an assist from wine blogger Jack Brice.
They found egregious examples at local restaurants of inflated wine prices well beyond reasonable markups and market norms. Their data came from 20 restaurants on more than 240 wines and showed that Pittsburghers often pay four, five and six times the retail price for a bottle of wine. The price of a glass is no better.
One restaurant paid the state liquor system $8.66 for a bottle of Chardonnay, then offered it to patrons for $48. A particular bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon purchased by a local establishment for $9.62 was priced for diners at $65.
The gouging is even greater by the glass. A restaurant paid $6.73 for a bottle of white wine, which was then offered to customers for $15 a glass. At that rate, as Thursday's story observed, the business could buy 11 more bottles just by selling five glasses.
It's enough to drive a wine lover to drink. Just don't do it in a Pittsburgh restaurant — it'll cost you.
Restaurateurs would say they are simply charging what the market will bear, or they are trying to balance their financials due to the lower margins on food. Whatever the rationale, they are cheating their customers — the lifeblood of their business — and risking harm to their own commercial interests.
Just when Pittsburgh is coming into its own as a convention city, a hub of culinary sophistication and a destination with good national buzz, restaurants that soak their wine customers threaten to throw it all away. It's time to pour this practice back in the bottle and put a cork in it.


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While the price of L brackets has always put me off as I feel they are rather expensive for what is essentially a shaped lump of metal, I eventually got fed up of having to shunt my tripod head over 90 degrees every time I wanted to do a portrait shot, offbalancing the tripod and changing my composition in the processThe Kirk bracket is an excellent fit, it sits on the bottom of my camera perfectly and doesn't budge in the slightest once tightened in place, and as would be expected, fits my arca swiss clamps as solidly as any other plate I've used and serves it's purpose perfectlyThere are a few manufacturers of L brackets out there but for me Kirk was the only option for one simple reason. All L brackets that I've seen include a standard 1/4" screw thread in the bottom, but in most cases this screw is off centre, whereas the Kirk one is central. For me this was a deciding factor because I use the Capture Clip system instead of camera straps, which necessitates the use of a very specific adapter plate that I needed to be able to add to the L bracket, and with an off centre screw hole this would have been very awkward, whereas with the centred Kirk screw this is a non-issueSo, in conclusion, it does exactly what would be expected of it, is rock solid, and is in my eyes designed better than it's competitors due to that centred screw thread. As with all L brackets, I still feel they're a lot of money for what they are, but I guess such precision machined aluminium has to come at a premium. Highly recommended if you can justify the cost
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Every year for the last half-dozen years, members of the Scranton School Board have approved a so-called "ethics policy" that forbids any of them from accepting cash or gifts from people or companies doing business with the city school district. Good enough. It's the sort of thing that ought to go without saying.
But in typical NEPA fashion, they ignored it, collectively raking in roughly 10 grand over the past two years. Their excuses have been incredibly lame, ranging from "the rule didn't apply to me" and "I took the money but it won't influence my vote," to the absurdly simple-minded "it's hard to turn down money." Seriously. That was their argument.
In fact, that's the reason the board's chairman and supposed standard-bearer gave when he told his fellow school directors they could simply "disregard" the ethics policy.
There's a reason why the FBI and federal prosecutors have found the region easy pickings over the past few years. Lesh's comments offer a window into the mindset of many local pols in NEPA.


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jamie ghio sanches + mike braunewell carve custom guitars
all images courtesy of jamie ghio sanches + mike braunewell
modifying electric guitars and turning them into a piece of artwork, gibraltar-based jamie ghio sanches and mike braunewell of sworddesign have created a series of one of a kind instruments. the duo, who have backgrounds in music and customizing vehicles have collaborated in the modeling and painting. the process starts with evaluating the design idea, as the instrument above all has to be playable by the musician. during this the pair decides who does what, jamie is in charge of any carving and the electronic setup of the instrument, while mike overseas the final paint job execution, including airbrushing – both take part in the 3D sculpting if it is needed.
2D dragon design back detail
the materials used are mainly wood, with various types of resins and plastics and the occasional metal. there are two main things taken into consideration – firstly, if the guitars are too heavy or complicated for people to get their hands and arms around, it looses its main purpose and secondly, each modification will influence the sound, which can be compensated for by the set up and the choice of the electronics applied.
fender replica with 3D skull design
3D spider web guitar
3D spider web guitar side detail
3D snake design guitar
3D snake design guitar side view detail
3D flame shape guitar
e bass with clockwork design
e bass with clockwork design back
jungle frog design on yamaha bass
jungle frog design head stock detail
designboom has received this project from our 'DIY submissions' feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
With all the money and drugs in music – it's a wonder I have not seen this type of expression for the last 40 years?! Dragon – Frog – Clockwork is my order of these. Very cool. Jim


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Moussa Sissoko scores last-minute winner as Newcastle beat Chelsea 3-2
Moussa Sissoko marked his home debut with a last-minute winner as Newcastle United came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-2.
Last Updated: 03/02/13 7:12am
Moussa Sissoko marked his home debut with a last-minute winner as Newcastle United came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-2 in a thrilling game at St James' Park.
Jonas Gutierrez's header had given Newcastle a half-time lead, but Chelsea hit back to go in front through two excellent finishes from Frank Lampard and Juan Mata.
However, Chelsea's recent fallibility when in front came back to haunt them again as Sissoko equalised midway through the second half before the January signing drilled home from the edge of the box to give Newcastle back-to-back wins.
Newcastle made the brighter start at St James' Park, with new signing Yoan Gouffran combining well with Davide Santon down the left in the early minutes. The former saw the first shot in the opening 60 seconds but his tame effort barely troubled goalkeeper Petr Cech.
Sissoko hinted at the afternoon he was about to have when he set up Papiss Cisse for a shot but John Terry was there with the crucial block. Seconds later, Gouffran fed Santon, who cut inside to prompt a comfortable low save from Cech.
Chelsea also saw chances, notably when Lampard blasted high over from Ashley Cole's 15th-minute pull-back, but suffered a blow when Demba Ba, on his return to St James' Park after his move to Stamford Bridge, took a boot to the face from Fabricio Coloccini after bravely heading his rebounded shot wide and had to retire for treatment.
Ba returned to the pitch with his face heavily bandaged just in time to see Newcastle make their breakthrough. After Cisse had seen a long-range shot kept out by a fine Cech save minutes earlier, Gutierrez came again, meeting Santon's cross into the box with a glancing header to flick into the far corner. There was more woe for Chelsea just before the break as the injured Ba went off, with Rafa Benitez forced to introduce Fernando Torres.
A rip-roaring second half saw Chelsea back on level ground within 10 minutes as the influential Lampard struck from distance, chesting down Ashley Cole's ball before producing a sweetly-struck dipping effort that was typical of the England midfielder and left Krul with no chance.
Then, six minutes later, the Blues had gone ahead thanks to a superb Mata effort. The Spaniard, teed up by Torres on the right of the box, unleashed a delicious curling shot which landed decisively in the far corner.
Tensions were running high as Cisse and Ashley Cole both went into referee Howard Webb's book soon after that strike after clashing in the midst of the Blues' celebrations.
The goals continued to flow but it was Newcastle that next saw joy in the 67th minute, with Cech parrying Gouffran's shot from close range away but only as far as the outstanding Sissoko, who made no mistake in driving home a powerful drive for his first of the afternoon.
Sissoko then left it late to crown a dominant afternoon, starting a move by picking out Santon on the left before picking the ball back up and unleashing a stunning finish past Cech from the edge of the box to send the St James' Park crowd wild.
Newcastle United | Team Statistics | Chelsea |
3 | Goals | 2 |
1 | 1st Half Goals | 0 |
11 | Shots on Target | 5 |
6 | Shots off Target | 7 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
5 | Corners | 4 |
11 | Fouls | 5 |
3 | Offsides | 0 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
82.7 | Passing Success | 79.2 |
21 | Tackles | 15 |
71.4 | Tackles Success | 80 |
45.8 | Possession | 54.2 |
51 | Territorial Advantage | 49 |
392 | Total Passes | 472 |
33 | Total Crosses | 34 |
158 | Lost Balls | 175 |
52 | Recoveries | 52 |
50.6 | 1st Half Poss. | 49.4 |
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In the aftermath of the tsunami that devastated Asia last week, questions have been swirling about whether the U.S.'s initial $35 million pledge was sufficient.
Cries of the U.S. being "stingy" came immediately from a U.N. official. The New York Times echoed the charge on its editorial page soon after. Then The Wall Street Journal weighed in with an editorial titled "Far From Stingy," which defended the U.S.
"When it comes to this sort of giving, nobody beats Americans," the Journal wrote. By Friday afternoon, the U.S. government announced it would up its donation to $350 million. And companies such as
But among those who have studied disasters in the developing world, there is a more important issue, one that has so far been little discussed: the longer-term economic implications the affected countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia may face.
While deadly hurricanes or tsunamis can be catastrophic regardless of geography, developing nations tend to suffer a second blow through the economic damage that can continue long after the debris is gone. Years later, the disaster is largely forgotten by most people. Relief efforts stall or are sidetracked–and the population of the affected area often is worse off than it was before.
"You're basically having severe losses in development gains which undermine efforts to fight poverty," said Margaret Arnold, program manager for the World Bank's hazards management unit.
Take Honduras following Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A 2004 World Bank study found that despite the best intentions and billions in aid, long-term success can be elusive, especially when not followed by real economic-development planning.
Mitch struck Honduras in October 1998 and lingered over the country for five days. It killed 5,757 people and injured 12,272, while displacing some 441,000 people and leaving 4.2 million–70% of the population–without access to running water. In all, Mitch caused about $3.6 billion in damage, according to World Bank figures. In Honduras, one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, this was the equivalent of 74% of the country's 1997 gross domestic product.
Following this disaster, the industrialized world pledged an unprecedented amount of money to help. Between 1998 and 2003, almost $2.8 billion in direct aid was lined up from the major industrial nations and various multilateral organizations, with the United States leading the way with a total of $373.6 million earmarked for health, education, private-sector development, shelter, environment, forestry, disaster preparedness, HIV/AIDS prevention, road construction and other rebuilding projects.
In addition, in 1999, the Paris Club of creditor nations granted Honduras a moratorium on debt service payments through 2002. The rebuilding effort also represented a chance to create infrastructure improvements that would have helped the economy directly, such as investments in transportation, water and power systems, according to Arthur Levner-Lam, director of the hazard center at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
"You achieve two goals of development if you do it smartly," he said.
Four years later, though, the World Bank found that for most Hondurans little had improved and they had never really recovered. The public debt had increased dramatically to $5.5 billion as the country took out loans under the banner of recovery. Major reconstruction of roads, infrastructure and housing had taken place, but with varying degrees of quality, offering little help to the economy.
Large housing resettlement projects were still uninhabited and lacked sanitation or paved roads and footpaths, four years after the event. Drought conditions and falling prices for such commodities as coffee, bananas and sugar added to the nation's problems. Interest rates hovered in the range of 30% to 40% for personal borrowing.
"There is not a long-term development framework that is put into place," said Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and a special advisor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He said that it is often the case that an initial influx of donations is not followed up with the detailed work to improve overall conditions.
Contrast that to the recovery efforts after the world's most expensive natural disaster, the earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan, in January 1995. It killed 4,571 people and caused an astounding $200 billion in damage, destroying roads, ports and rail lines and leveling more than 60,000 structures in a dense, modern city. But the total effect amounted to only about 4% of Japan's GDP that year.
After the disaster, the city created a ten-year plan for rebuilding, introducing zones for economic development, tax incentives, community panels for planning and a host of other measures aimed at revitalization.
They were largely successful. Ten years later, according to statistics from Kobe's government, the city is much as it was before the earthquake. After two years, the restoration of ports, roads and railways was completed. By 2004, manufacturing, shipping and tourism had largely been restored to 1995 levels.
For poor nations, however, natural disasters represent a continual, serious drag on economic development. Throughout the 1990s, developing nations hit by natural disasters lost between 2% and 15% of their annual GDP, according to Arnold.
"When you have these kinds of numbers, you're on kind of a treadmill to nowhere," she said. Helping the nations devastated by last week's South Asian disaster stay off this track will be the real test of the world's charity in the long term.


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Musk doesn't just want to stop at one human. In his Heinlein prize acceptance speech, he said he wants to put 10,000 people on Mars. Musk rarely makes public statements merely for effect but a call for 10,000 would-be Martians is extraordinary, even by his standards. When I query him on this point, he pauses. Is he reconsidering? Yes... but, as with so much else about Musk, not in a predictable way. "Ultimately we don't really want 10,000 people on Mars," he says, after letting the pause linger a few seconds more. "We want millions."
Spacex Falcon Heavy
SpaceX is now preparing to send the Dragon capsule to dock with the ISS early next year. Dragon's closest competitor, the Orion capsule built by the US aerospace company and long-time NASA partner Lockheed Martin, won't attempt such a feat until 2013 at the earliest.
As well as making history, SpaceX is making money. Last year the company signed a $492 million deal to launch Iridium satellites, the largest single commercial launch contract in history. It also has a $1.6 billion contract to service the ISS, with options to provide another $3.1 billion's worth, too.
Elon Musk says "We've not gone beyond Earth's orbit in a generation. I want to change that. Rapid reusability is what will take us to Mars."
In September Musk announced the company's plans for developing a fully reusable space launch system. The concept would see the rocket's first stage - the one that separates at the lowest altitude - reignite its engines and coast to a vertical landing at the launch site. If that sounds tricky, the following part of Musk's plan is harder still.
The rocket's second stage, which would be well into orbit after delivering its payload, needs to flip nose-first and endure the fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere with a special heat-shielded nose cone, before flipping over again, firing its engines and landing like the first stage. Even if it works, the extra fuel and heat shielding are likely to add weight and cost, which could make Musk's reusable rockets far more expensive than his current Falcon line-up.
"Reusability is ridiculously hard," he says. "But it's the thing we're working hardest at."
Musk is eventually hoping to build this kind of reusability into SpaceX's newest launch vehicle, the Falcon Heavy. Scheduled for testing in early 2013, Falcon Heavy will be the largest rocket flown since NASA's Saturn V launched astronauts to the moon. Musk says that a reusable version of the rocket could deliver a payload of up to 15 tonnes to Mars at a cost of $100 to $200 per kilogram. That makes his $5 billion humans-to-Mars price tag seem realistic. Even so, the Falcon Heavy would need to be "heavier" still to carry the minimum 50-tonne payload needed for a Mars mission. But Musk, whose title at SpaceX is CEO and chief technology officer, is working on that too.
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