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LANCERIQUE Nov 15, 2012 9:53 AM (in response to 916782)Hi,
Please post the alert log contents. Are there any other parameters you changed?? Because changing SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=none in sqlnet.ora will make it not possible to connect to the database without a password as sysdba. (sqlplus / as sysdba)
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2. Re: After setting SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(NONE) 11g rac db not started
898312 Nov 16, 2012 8:27 AM (in response to 916782)Please check with crs_stat -p <resource>. For the database / instance resource, you should find out below string and value. The auto start of DB will use the connect string to logon. However, the value of SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES is set to "NONE" which make the DBA group user failed to logon with sysdba without correct password.
USR_ORA_CONNECT_STR=/ as sysdba


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This year has been a busy one so far for legal developments affecting the Arizona construction industry. Here is a brief summary of court cases and legislation of interest.
Case Law:
1. In Wang Electric, Inc. v. Smoke Tree Resort, LLC, 2012 Ariz. App. LEXIS 120, 640 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. July 31, 2012), the Arizona Court of Appeals addressed the enforceability of five subcontractors' mechanics' liens and unjust enrichment claims against a landlord of commercial property. The lease agreement required the tenant to remodel the leased premises, but the landlord approved the plans and specifications and was obligated to reimburse the tenant a substantial amount in remodeling expenses.
As to the unjust enrichment claims, the Court held that the subcontractors must show that the landlord engaged in improper conduct—such as directly retaining the general contractor and refusing to pay—in order for liability to attach. Otherwise, the landlord's active role in construction and the landlord's contractual right to retain the improvements did not, by themselves, make retention of those improvements without payment to the subcontractors unjust. On the other hand, mechanics' liens may attach to the landlord's property if the tenant acted as the landlord's agent in requesting the remodeling work. A lease provision stating that no liens shall attach to the property is void against public policy.
Addressing whether the subcontractors properly perfected their mechanics' liens against the landlord's interest in the property, the Court held as follows: (1) serving the mechanics' lien on the landlord (along with the lien foreclosure complaint) three months after recording the lien constitutes service "within a reasonable time" after recording the lien under A.R.S. § 33-993(A); (2) initial service of a preliminary 20-day notice on the landlord suffices to apprise the landlord of potential lien claimants, even if subsequent preliminary notices named only the tenant, and not the landlord, as the property owner; (3) a mechanics' lien contains a sufficient legal description pursuant to A.R.S. § 33-993(A)(1) if it contains the county assessor parcel number and incorporates by reference a property description contained in the public records; (4) a preliminary 20-day notice may be served on the tenant's managing member as the "reputed owner" pursuant to A.R.S. § 33-992.01(B) and is not invalid for failing to serve the landlord; and (5) a mechanics' lien exclusively against the tenant's leasehold interest that has been terminated is extinguished if the lien is imposed against improvements in which a landlord has a continuing or reversionary ownership interest, unless the tenant acted as the landlord's agent (which it did in this case for purposes of the lien statutes), or the landlord is estopped from denying the agency relationship, the lien may be enforced against the landlord's property interests.
2. In Technology Construction, Inc. v. City of Kingman, 636 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 20, 278 P.3d 906 (Ariz. Ct. App. June 12, 2012), the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the award of delay damages to a contractor on a public project. After the City of Kingman presented the contractor with a contract and notice to proceed four months late, the contractor submitted a notice of claim due to the increased cost of asphalt, changes in the work, delays beyond the contractor's control and the cost impact on oil-based product caused by Hurricane Katrina. The Court held that despite the existence of a "no liability" clause stating "in no case…will the City…be liable for any portion of the expenses of the work," the contractor nonetheless could recover damages pursuant to uniform specifications that were incorporated into the contract that contained delay damages and changed conditions clauses. The Court also rejected the City's reliance on the classic rule in Hadley v. Baxendale, which holds that only reasonably foreseeable damages can result from a breach of contract and the City's argument, that delay damages for increased material costs were not foreseeable, the Court held that these delay damages were reasonably foreseeable because "[p]rices of commodities…change over time and in accordance with market forces under many influences, including weather."
3. In KAZ Construction, Inc. v. Newport Equity Partners, 629 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 8, 275 P.3d 602 (Ariz. Ct. App. March 2, 2012), the Arizona Court of Appeals held that even though a construction deed of trust was invalid for failure to have the trustee execute the deed of trust, a contractor could not enforce its mechanics' lien against the reputed lender due to the contractor's failure to serve a preliminary 20-day notice on that lender. A.R.S. § 33-992.01(B) requires that a mechanics' lien claimant "shall, as a necessary prerequisite to the validity of any claim of lien, serve the owner or reputed owner, the original contractor or reputed contractor, the construction lender, if any, or reputed construction lender, if any,…with a written preliminary twenty day notice as prescribed by this section." The Court reasoned that the policy underlying the statute was to provide notice to parties with an interest in the property so they might protect that interest. Since the contractor had constructive notice of the lender's reputed interest in the property and was statutorily required to provide that lender with a 20-day notice, the mechanics' lien was invalid as to the lender.
4. In Alliance Trutrus, LLC v. Carlson Real Estate Co., 629 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 4, 270 P.3d 911 (Ariz. Ct. App. February 28, 2012), the Arizona Court of Appeals held that a contractor did not timely file suit against a mechanics' lien discharge bond. The contractor originally recorded a mechanics' lien against the property, but the owner executed and served a lien discharge bond pursuant to A.R.S. § 33-1004. The contractor thereafter filed suit on the bond. However, the contractor filed that suit more than six months after the contractor had recorded its mechanics' lien, arguing that A.R.S. § 33-1004(D)(2) extended the statute of limitations since the lien discharge bond was served less than 90 days before the six-month lien foreclosure period expired. However, the Court held that the plain language of A.R.S. § 33-1004(D)(2) does not grant a claimant an additional 90 days to file its lawsuit, it merely allows an additional 90 days to amend any complaint to add the principal and sureties as parties. Since the contractor did not timely file its action within six months, the bond claim was already discharged as a matter of law before the action was filed.
5. In Hall v. Read Development, 623 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 11, 274 P.3d 1211 (App. 2012) (summarized in our June Under Construction newsletter), the homeowner plaintiff purchased a previously-owned house and experienced various structural problems. The homeowner filed suit against the original contractor alleging breach of the implied warranty of habitability and requesting "rescission of the purchase," or damages for the cost of repair in the alternative. The jury found in favor of the homeowner on her breach of implied warranty claim and awarded $30,000 in damages. Both parties then requested their attorneys' fees pursuant to A.R.S. § 12.341.01(A). The homeowner cited the court's discretionary ability, in absence of a contractual provision addressing attorneys' fees, to award the "successful party" its reasonable attorneys' fees in any action arising out of contract. The original contractor, citing past settlement offers, based its request for fees on the statutory provision stating "if a written settlement offer is rejected and judgment finally obtained is…more favorable to the offeror…, the offeror is deemed to be the successful party from the date of the offer and the court may award [that party] reasonable attorney fees." The homeowner countered that the original contractor's prior $40,000 and $126,000 settlement offers did not exceed the "judgment finally obtained," because the judgment finally obtained consisted of the $30,000 verdict plus the homeowner's attorneys' fees and costs. The trial court agreed: since the homeowner would be awarded $225,000 in fees and $10,757.79 in costs as the "successful party," the aggregate amount, including the $30,000 in damages awarded by the jury, exceeded the contractor's prior settlement offers.
The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's decision to include attorneys' fees and costs in the "judgment finally obtained," but on different grounds. As a preliminary matter, the court agreed there can be two competing "successful parties" in a contract-related case—(1) the overall successful party in the litigation, based on the jury's verdict, and (2) the party whose offer was rejected and never beaten by the "judgment finally obtained," but that party is deemed "successful" only from the date of the offer forward. The court clarified that the amount of fees and costs the trial court should consider in determining what the "judgment finally obtained" are those fees and costs incurred up to the date of the offer, not through the date of the judgment. In this case, the original contractor made a $40,000 settlement offer in January 2007 but, at the time of that offer, the homeowner had incurred $69,396.50 in fees. Later, about one month before trial, the original contractor made another settlement offer for $126,000—however, the homeowner had incurred $206,692.81 in fees as of that date. In both cases, the "judgment finally obtained"—the homeowner's pre-offer attorneys' fees and costs along with the $30,000 damages award—exceeded the original contractor's various settlement offers and therefore precluded the original contractor from being a "successful party" from the date of the offers. Therefore, since the homeowner was the only "successful party," the trial court's $225,000 fee award and $10,757.79 cost award in the homeowner's favor was upheld.
The Arizona Court of Appeals also agreed that the homeowner could not seek rescission of her home purchase. Although the Supreme Court long ago eliminated any privity requirement for subsequent homeowners to maintain a breach of implied warranty of habitability claim against the original builder, privity of contract is nonetheless required for any homeowner seeking rescission of the contract. Thus, a subsequent purchaser is limited to the remedy of recovering damages for any breach of the implied warranty of habitability.
1. H.B. 2123 – Transaction Privilege Tax Reform Committee. This bill establishes the Transaction Privilege Tax Reform Committee and requires it to study and make recommendations regarding the collection of revenues to the state General Fund - including individual and corporate income tax as well as the transaction privilege tax. The bill also requires the committee to make recommendations to minimize the fiscal impact to cities, towns and counties. The committee will submit its report to the Governor and Legislature by October 31, 2012.
2. H.B. 2830 – Energy Savings Accounts. This bill indefinitely extends the current expiring law allowing school districts to enter into long-term energy savings contracts at no initial outlay of money, and extends this contracting ability to the rest of state and local government.
3. S.B. 1441 – Residential Construction, Fall Protection. This bill creates a more flexible standard for residential fall protection of Arizona construction workers. In particular, the bill:
Employers whose work does not fall within the Arizona Department of Occupational Health and Safety's jurisdiction, such as federally owned or managed lands, and work on Native American lands, must still comply with federal OSHA's residential fall protection enforcement policy.
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text: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected the International Court of Justice's ruling on the West Bank security barrier. "I want to make it clear that the State of Israel absolutely rejects the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague," Sharon said at the opening of the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. "It is a one-sided and politically motivated ruling."


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Slayer & Megadeth, Rufus Wainwright headed to Long Beach ... Robin Thicke coming to Club Nokia
November 17th, 2009, 4:39 pm by BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERNothing trumps KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas lineups for biggest announcement of the week, but as usual there's plenty else worth noting -- especially since next weekend, post-Thanksgiving, is traditionally a dead zone for new shows.
Slayer & Megadeth have teamed for an outing dubbed the American Carnage Tour, with a Long Beach Arena stop planned for Jan. 22. Testament will open. Tickets, $10-$45.50, go on sale Saturday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m.
Rekindling their days of sharing the Troubadour stage, Hall of Famers Carole King & James Taylor are embarking on a co-headlining tour (called the Troubadour Reunion) that, as previously mentioned, arrives at the Hollywood Bowl on May 14. Tickets, $17.50-$175, go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.
It's been a few years since Rufus Wainwright put out a new studio work -- instead he's issued two live albums (one devoted to Judy Garland, the other his own material) and produced his first opera, Prima Donna. Yet the tireless singer-songwriter is getting back on the road, with a performance planned for Jan. 9 at Long Beach Terrace Theatre. Tickets, $32.50-$49.50, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Soul star Robin Thicke is headed back to L.A. to play Dec. 21 at Club Nokia, with Ryan Leslie and Laura Izibor opening. Tickets, $45-$75, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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Top Ten Creatives Of The Week [Industrial, Product, Spatial]
The latest designs from the hottest young creatives in the business. PSFK x Arts Thread curate a weekly round up of people to be inspired by.
We select our ten favourite creatives from product, furniture, lighting and industrial design disciplines in our 23rd weekly Top Ten Creatives chosen from the Arts Thread graduate portfolios.
Silo Studio, Royal College of Art
Harry Trimble, University of Brighton
Monique Habraken, Design Academy Eindhoven
James Uren, Bucks New University
Sian Edwards, University of Glamorgan
Merel Karhof, Royal College of Art
Daniel Espinosa, University of Plymouth
Gareth Barnes, Sheffield Hallam University
Roland Beaven, Camberwell College of Arts
Geoff Wong, Leeds College of Art
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Venomous Tentacula
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- "It was a relief to get out into the greenhouses; they were dealing with more dangerous plants than ever in Herbology but at least they were still allowed to swear loudly if the Venomous Tentacula seized them unexpectedly from behind."
- —Harry Potter's opinion on Sixth year Herbology lessons[src]
The Venomous Tentacula is a green, spiky, toothsome plant with mobile vines that try to grab living prey. Venomous Tentacula expels venom from its shoots, and its spikes are deadly. Its bite is highly poisonous and can prove fatal.
This dangerous plant is used for student research in Herbology classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students are permitted to swear loudly if a Tentacula tries to strangle them during lessons. The Severing Charm can be used to both stun the creature and sever its arms.
The Venomous Tentacula is a giant eyeless head with fangs, though the shape of its mouth tends to vary, along with many leaves surrounding it. It also has many large vines for appendage (that act like arms and as aforementioned can be severed by Diffindo), which may or may not also have separate heads of their own at the ends.
Occasionally, aside from biting, some forms of the plant can also fire spiky spore-like balls from their mouths at their targets.
Venomous Tentacula eat Chizpurfles, spitting out their carapaces once they have.[1]
Notable uses
Venomous Tentacula seeds are a Class C non-tradeable substance. Fred and George Weasley purchased Tentacula seeds off Mundungus Fletcher in 1995 for their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products. Tentacula seeds emit a faint rattling noise even if they are completely stationary.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville Longbottom and Pomona Sprout used Venomous Tentaculas as a weapon against the invading Death Eaters.
The 6 December 1926 morning edition of The New York Ghost featured an article about a tenement burglary that was foiled when the culprit was ensnared by a Venomous Tentacula.[2]
Elphinstone Urquart, Minerva McGonagall's husband, was killed by a bite from a Venemous Tentacula in 1985.[3]
Derwent Shimpling was famous for eating an entire Venomous Tentacula and surviving.[4]
Behind the scenes
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Horace Slughorn states that Venomous Tentacula leaves are worth ten galleons a piece. Also in the film, Slughorn is caught by Harry stealing the leaves.
- In the game version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Pomona Sprout had a garden full of Venomous Tentaculas.
- In several of the video games, the Venomous Tentaculas live in some parts of the grounds and are portrayed as man-eating plants with large mouths; some adaptations of them may actually bite nearby victims, while others may have other means of trying to strike people (such as using their vines or spitting out spiky ball-like pods). The said pods bounce about and can be hit by spells. The Tentacula can also get burned up by the Incendio spell, or in the Chamber of Secrets video game, can be stunned for a while if all its vines are cut with the Severing Charm.
- Several differing depictions of the plant often vary in both size and colouration, as well as the form of its mouth. It is often noted that doxies are also part of their diet in the video games.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game) (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
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Professors: Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom | |||||
Textbooks: Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Goshawk's Guide to Herbology · Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants | |||||
Hogwarts class: Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store | |||||
Hogwarts greenhouses: One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's Office | |||||
Herbologists: Herbert Beery · Miranda Goshawk · Elladora Ketteridge · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Phyllida Spore · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Sir Winogrand · Selina Sapworthy | |||||
Plants Studied: Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Devil's Snare · Fire Seed Bush · Mandrake · Mimbulus Mimbletonia · Puffapod · Screechsnap · Self-fertilising shrub · Snargaluff · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Umbrella Flower · Venomous Tentacula · Walking plant · Whomping Willow · Wild rice |


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Planet Fitness Selects Induction Light Fixtures across National Locations
EverLast® Lighting Lowers Energy Consumption, Improves Aesthetics and Security at Fitness Centers
Mar 05, 2013, 16:53 ET from EverLast Lighting, Inc.
JACKSON, Mich., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Planet Fitness Inc., based in Newington, New Hampshire, is an American franchise consisting of 500 fitness centers across the United States. Each center features exercise equipment, and personal trainers for the members benefit. In addition, the brand markets itself as a "Judgement Free Zone" to enhance member experience. Over the past year, the national fitness franchise identified a need for a massive lighting overhaul at several of the U.S. locations. In an effort to increase energy efficiency, aesthetics, and security at multiple Planet Fitness locations, the franchise relied on EverLast® and several Lighting Representative Firms to provide lighting solutions that would meet each facility's specification process.
"When we started looking for a commercial lighting solution for the Planet Fitness stores in Indiana and Kentucky, the deciding factors were quick ROI, lifetime warranty, longer lamp life, and lowered maintenance costs," commented Edward Patsey, Representative of John Patsey Sales in Somerset, Kentucky. "The stores that we have completed were exceptionally pleased with the induction lighting solution."
The EverLast® induction lighting fixtures provide a more natural and high color rendition light quality unlike traditional metal halide fixtures. In addition, the fixtures come with a 10 year warranty and are also available with a dimmable option, providing even more energy savings while areas are vacant.
"When Planet Fitness worked with our firm they were very interested in an efficient lighting fixture that would be aesthetically pleasing to their guests. In addition they were looking for an energy efficient option that was comparable to LED, but had a longer lamp life and fewer failure rates," stated Dan Clements, Representative of Applied Lighting Concepts in Jacksonville, Florida. "Applied Lighting Concepts is dedicated to customer satisfaction, and EverLast® met and exceeded all of the guidelines that Planet Fitness required for a lighting upgrade at the Jacksonville, and Miami, Florida locations."
As a result, Planet Fitness, Inc. moved forward on lighting installations with EverLast® fixtures over the span of 2012 at their locations Sterling Heights, Michigan, Bay City, Michigan, Warwick, Rhode Island, Evansville, Indiana, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Harrisonburg, Virginia, two in Jacksonville, Florida, and Miami, Florida. Each installation included 200 watt Huron Aluminum high bay, 200 watt Houghton Aluminum low bay models from EverLast® product line for building interiors.
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As a psychologist for the Los Angeles police department, Jamie Beaverbrook has seen it all. Or so he thinks until the night a full moon brings out the crazies, including Terry Ferriman. Trouble is, Terry isn't exactly crazy. But how else can the police explain finding the girl in an alley off Sunset, crouched over a man's lifeless body, her mouth smeared with blood? After an interview that is unsettling at best, the good doctor decides to dig deeper into Terry's story. What he discovers is that a world he previously imagined to exist only in horror movies is actually flourishing in the shadows of L.A. Vampires are real, walking among - and feeding on - humans every day. Beaverbrook knows he should be frightened, but his fascination with Terry is all-consuming. And when he realizes that a shadowy government organization has captured several vampires, including Terry, Beaverbrook must decide just whose side he is on...
©2012 Stephen Leather (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
I am a great Stephen Leather fan and have thoroughly enjoyed his Dan Shepherd and Jack Nightingale stories in particular. This book is rather different to his usual genre, being based on a very clever twist as to how genetically unusual individuals have, over the centuries, become the basis for the mythical creatures called vampires. They still exist in the modern world, but are hunted by the government, who want to take them apart, mentally and physically, in order to understand the genetic reasons for their longevity. This sounds dull, but the story is far from that. It is a gripping story of the developing relationship between a psychologist, employed by the Police Dept. to profile criminals who allege they are insane and a beautiful young woman, who turns out to be one of these genetically mutant individuals. It had me utterly gripped and the ending was the real bite in the tale. Not at all what I expected. An excellent and entertaining download. I heartily recommend it to you.
I do like kick butt chick vampire slayers
"Enjoyed allot more that I was expecting to"
I bought this book with my credits for a long haul flight. I was very pleasantly surprised. I say give it a go
"This time NO"
The descriptions of the night lives. I hated the main characters blindness to what was in front of his nose.
Jerry's past history from the basement was very good. All the trivia from his past on the other hand was predictable and boring
great characterization of each character
The main character seemed to stumble about disbelieving the obvious.
"Fans of Stephen King, will LOVE this book!"
Right from the start, this story draws you in. I know that I have gotten my money's worth, when I find myself picking my kids up early, just so I can listen to my book.
I loved the ending. Sorry, but I can't elaborate. You'll just have find out for yourselves.
I love his voice. Also, I found myself enthralled by the story. Only with a truly talented narrator does this happen.
Terry. Hands down. The stories she could tell.
I have had discussions with both, women and men, whom are fans of the paranormal genre. I found something interesting. Whenever I asked them to list the books they liked best, the men tended to list books that had a male author, while the females preferred books penned by women authors.
This book reminded me of this. I kept thinking this is more of a man's vampire story.
Do the characters have sex? Yes, but it's not detailed.
There are no bonding males, that start stinking up the room with
"Pretty Standard Pre Twilight Vampire Story"
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This was very much the way vampire stories went before they became all attached to fairy tale endings. Jamie D. Beaverbrook is a British psychologist whose life is in a tailspin. He is going through a divorce, recently his wife and he had an infant die, and he spends his work time assessing people who have been picked up by the Los Angeles Police Department for various crimes. His main means of assessment is a computer program based on his own research. He is also having one of the most annoying early mid-life (35 years old) crises that I've run into in fiction. He obsesses on the various aging processes going on in his body.
Then one day he is called in to assess a young girl who had been found crouching over the body of a dead man in an alley, blood on her face.
It's competently written, for the most part. There's few clunkers. An LA detective referring to a lawyer as a "brief" jarred me. And the California divorce law was a bit off. The pacing at times was slow. Describing the gestures involved in sign language for the deaf just doesn't translate well to the written or audible page. While I can watch someone sign with great pleasure, having it described to me leads to skimming.
Also, I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show so the having the theatre crowd antics described is a bit over the top.
The plot unwound pretty much as I expected, so there wasn't a lot of surprises there. I didn't think the writing was strong enough to support the ending.
As for the narrator-- he was good with Beaverbrook's voice-- first person view point so this is important. He also managed all the other characters. However the girl's voice just didn't sound right, especially when first introduced.
I know Mr. Leather can do better, this was a minor effort.


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How quickly investors forget how good LinkedIn's
A team of Russian hackers broke into a handful of sites and posted online a reported 6.5 million stolen passwords. In virtually all the cases, LinkedIn says, only the passwords were compromised while identifying user information remained safe.
"At the time they were initially published, the vast majority of those passwords remained hashed, i.e. encoded, but unfortunately a subset of the passwords was decoded," wrote LinkedIn director Vicente Silveira in a blog post.
In the days since, LinkedIn has disabled accounts it believes to be at risk. We don't know how many users were affected. All we know is that an indeterminate number were contacted to change their passwords for security purposes. Most, if not all, of that work should now be complete.
The news has only added to recent share price pressure, with LinkedIn now trading about 22% off its 52-week high of $120.63 a share for a market value of $9.67 billion. Not bad for a company disrupting an industry that brings in billions in revenue annually.
Let's also remember the nature of LinkedIn's business. This isn't a transactional network in the same way that Amazon.com, eBay, and even Facebook
Finally, consider history. With this breach, LinkedIn joins an esteemed group to have been hacked:
- Facebook, which suffered a breach in January 2011 when a hacker pretending to be co-founder Mark Zuckerberg posted to Zuck's fan page a proposed "social" fundraising strategy that would end-run the IPO market. (In hindsight, that might have worked out better for some.)
, whose PlayStation network was hacked last spring. Extended outages left angry players looking elsewhere for entertainment.(NYSE: SNE) -
, which suffered a breach in 2008 when a hacker exploited a weakness in the company's email retrieval system to break into then-VP-candidate Sarah Palin's inbox.(Nasdaq: YHOO)
The message? LinkedIn has arrived, even if investors don't yet see value in how the company is disrupting the recruiting business. Billions are at stake, says one of our top tech analysts, and he's encouraging investors to turn their attention from Facebook to LinkedIn as a result. Full access to his research is freely available here -- but only for a limited time, so be sure to act quickly.


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Port of Spain, Oct 9: Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin says a lack of batting firepower in the death overs and injury to bowler Rayad Emrit contributed to their semifinal defeat to Mumbai Indians in the knock-out stage of the Champions League T20.
The Red Force suffered a six wicket defeat to Mumbai, who went on to beat Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in Sunday's (October 6) final at the Feroz Shah Kotla to win the tournament, reports CMC.
Ramdin says a plan for one of their top three batsmen to bat through most of the innings did not material.
"I think we were about 15 runs short when we batted and we just could not defend our score," said Ramdin.
"The plan was for one of the top three men to bat until at least the 17th or 18th over and this did not happen. Again we did not have the firepower in the end to take advantage of a good position and we paid the price".
The Red Force sent in to bat, made 153 for five with Evin Lewis hitting 62 off 46 balls and Yannick Ottley unbeaten on 41.
Dwayne Smith hit a 59 off 38 balls and shared an opening partnership of 90 runs with Sachin Tendulkar to lead the Mumbai Indians to victory.
"We also lost Rayad Emrit and this was critical because he has been a very good bowler for us and it was unfortunate," said Ramdin.
"All these factors led to our downfall. However, I am proud of the team and I am sure they will continue to fight hard for their country."
Despite being knocked out at the semi-final stage, Ramdin says that his team enjoyed a good run and that he is proud of his men's performance.
"I am happy with the way we have carried T&T in our four attempts at the Champions League. We have made a name for ourselves in this tournament and a number of our players have been recognised for performances at the Champions League," said Ramdin who has played in all four Champions League tournaments in which the Red Force competed.
"We did not win a title and while this is disappointing, when you look at the overall picture you cannot be anything but proud. We fell short in this semi-final and really thought that we could have gone all the way and win".


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Comment Lack of clear plan (Score 1) 559
I think the biggest problem Nintendo has faced with the Wii U was a lack of direction. The system is basically a Wii with a better processor/graphics, and then this add on controller that nobody knows what to do with. The idea of having 1 controller be different than the other 4 was a bad move.
They were also lacking clear direction on launch. The biggest titles for Nintendo have always been Mario & Zelda. With the Wii U I have no idea what the "flagship" mario game is supposed to be, Super Luigi Bros/Super Mario 3D Land? Are they just a bunch of secondary knockoffs? Zelda didn't even get it's own release yet. Windwaker HD is coming out, but it's a revamp of an old game, and it took how long to even make the announcement?
I also agree that Nintendo needs to develop new properties besides Mario & Zelda, but both of these should have had clear release announcements before the console release.
The innovation was lacking for this console, and the upgrades don't quite seem to justify a new console (yes 1080p is cool, but graphics have never been the driving force for nintendo games)


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Jacob, Target CIO, Resigns
March 6, 2014,
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MINNEAPOLIS-In the wake of the company's efforts to resolve the breach into millions of customers' credit-card information, Beth Jacob, Target's executive vice president of technology services and chief information officer, has resigned, effective yesterday.
A statement sent by the retailer to HFN, from Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and CEO, said Target will begin an external search for an interim chief information officer. "To ensure that Target is well positioned following the data breach we suffered last year, we are undertaking an overhaul of our information security and compliance structure and practices at Target," Steinhafel said.
In her resignation letter, Jacob said, "This is a difficult decision after 12 rewarding years with the company I love. But this is a good time for a change.
"One of the greatest opportunities this has afforded me was the honor to work with so many dedicated Target team members, both in the U.S. and India," she added. "I will always be proud of our global collaboration and our meaningful contributions to helping Target deliver on its Expect More. Pay Less brand promise and achieve its strategic and financial goals."
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Complete power is at your fingertips. Control the camera and change flight settings, all from your mobile device.
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The DJI Pilot app gives you complete control of your camera. Click on the blue boxes below to see what each part does.
Practice flying and perfect your skills without going anywhere.
The included flight simulator gives you the lifelike experience of flying your Phantom 3 and using the remote controller in a safe, controlled virtual environment.
Learn more about your system and how to use it. User manuals, tutorial videos, and more are built into your app, all to help you get the best flight experience possible.
Review all of your past flights, with the time, duration, and a preview of the photos and videos you took. Track your progress and have a full record of past memories.
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Develop your own app by using the DJI Software Development Kit. The Phantom 3 platform is fully
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Full flight telemetry, including the Phantom 3's live altitude, speed, distance, and more, is available to your app.
Program your Phantom 3 to act as your own personal, flying film crew.
Set waypoints and assign automatic actions for your aircraft to follow.
Select a location or object to focus on, and the Phantom 3 will continuously face it, no matter how you fly.
Keep your Phantom 3 Advanced fully under your command while accessing the most-used features right on the included remote controller. This crucial piece of your flight experience has been engineered specifically for flying camera platforms, making every flight easy, safe, and intuitive.
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Fly indoors, low to the ground, and in GPS-free areas with Vision Positioning technology. Visual and ultrasonic sensors scan the ground beneath your Phantom 3 Advanced for patterns, enabling it to identify its position and move accurately.
Automatic elements of your Phantom 3 Advanced's intelligent flight system help you fly and are available at the touch of a button.
Show off a new view of your world in unprecedented clarity and style. Your Phantom 3 Advanced has a fully integrated camera that shoots 2.7K video at up to 60 frames per second and captures 12 megapixel photos. An enhanced sensor gives you greater clarity, lower noise, and better pictures than any previous flying camera.
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Fly indoors, low to the ground, and in GPS-free areas with Vision Positioning technology. Visual and ultrasonic sensors scan
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Maintaining complete control and stability in the air is crucial to every successful flight. The Phantom 3 contains the best and newest DJI flight technology, giving you an enjoyable experience through full, automatic intelligent support. These systems help you fly better and safer, and are designed so that you never have to think about them at all.
Processing and analyzing flight data in real time takes serious power. The Main Controller is the control center of your Phantom 3. It collects data from the entire system, including motor speed, GPS location, your command inputs, and data from automatic sensors, and analyzes it all to tell your Phantom 3 exactly how to behave at any given moment.
Never lose track of your Phantom 3. GPS and GLONASS combine to make the Phantom 3 completely aware of its location and relation to you. It hovers more precisely, moves more accurately, and locks onto satellites faster. Through the DJI Pilot app, you can track its location on a live map, and record your takeoff point so you can bring it back to you with the tap of a finger.
Keeping your Phantom 3 stable and flying the way you want it to is the Inertial Measurement Unit. Inside is a 6-axis gyroscope and an accelerometer that records and relays even the smallest changes in tilt and movement. It is constantly at work, detecting the slightest changes and compensating for them automatically.
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Weight (Including Battery And Propellers): 1280 g
Diagonal Size (Including Propellers): 590 mm
Max Ascent Speed: 5 m/s
Max Descent Speed: 3 m/s
Hover Accuracy: Vertical: +/- 10cm; Horizontal: +/- 1m
Max Speed: 16 m/s (ATTI mode, no wind)
Max Altitude Above Sea Level: 6000 m
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C
GPS Mode: GPS/GLONASS
Sensor: Sony EXMOR 1/2.3" Effective pixels: 12.4 M (total pixels: 12.76 M)
Lens: FOV 94° 20 mm (35 mm format equivalent) f/2.8, focus at ∞
ISO Range: 100-3200 (video) 100-1600 (photo)
Shutter Speed: 8s -1/8000s
Image Max Size: 4000 x 3000
Still Photography Modes:
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Video Recording Modes:
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- 2.7K: 2704 x1520p 24/25/30 (29.97)
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Max Bitrate Of Video Storage: 60 Mbps
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- Photo: JPEG, DNG
- Video: MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264)
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C
Controllable Range: Pitch -90° to +30°
Stabilization: 3-axis (pitch, roll, yaw)
Vision Positioning
Max Velocity: Less than 8 m/s (when 2 m above ground)
Altitude Range: 30 cm-300 cm
Operating Range: 30 cm-300 cm
Operating Environment: Surface with clear pattern and adequate lighting (Lux > 15)
Remote Controller
Operating Frequency: 2.400 GHz-2.483 GHz
Max Distance: 2000m (outdoors and unobstructed)
Video Output Port: USB
Operating Temperature: 0°C- 40°C
Battery: 6000 mAh LiPo 2S
Mobile Device Holder: For tablet or phone
Receiver Sensitivity (1%PER): 101 dBm ±2 dBm
Transmitter Power (EIRP): FCC: 20 dBm; CE: 16 dBm
Working Voltage: 1.2 A @7.4 V
Battery Charger
Voltage: 17.4 V
Rated Power: 57 W
Intelligent Flight Battery
Capacity: 4480 mAh
Voltage: 15.2 V
Battery Type: LiPo 4S
Energy: 68 Wh
Net Weight: 365 g
Max Flight Time: Approximately 23 minutes
Operating Temperature: -10°C to 40°C
Max Charging Power: 100 W
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EIRP: 100mW
Live View Working Frequency: 2.4GHz ISM
Live View Quality: 720P @ 30fps (depending on conditions and mobile device)
Latency: 220ms (depending on conditions and mobile device)
Required Operating Systems: iOS 8.0 or later; Android 4.1.2 or later
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- iOS: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3, and iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular. This app is optimized for iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus
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SANDUSKY — For the 12th consecutive year, Cedar Point was named the best amusement park in the world by Amusement Today, an industry magazine in Arlington, Texas.
Cedar Point, the flagship park of Cedar Fair LP, was the winner of the magazine's award for Best Amusement Park during ceremonies held this week at the Legoland theme park in Carlsbad, Calif.
Cedar Fair's Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati received an award for Best Kid's Area for the ninth consecutive year. Also, Cedar Fair's Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Mo., received the Best New Ride of 2009 for its roller coaster, the Prowler.


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A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
TargetClose has built an intelligent predictive platform that enables us to deliver customers to our business clients. We can target and deliver CUSTOMERS, not leads, to business clients in multiple sectors. We take millions and millions of data points and extensive information and can use that information to make real-time determinations about WHAT and WHEN and FOR HOW MUCH a consumer is going to purchase.
We are TARGETING large companies that are spending a lot of money buying leads via SEM, Affiliates, etc... Our clients are looking for their customers and come from the following sectors: Education, Elective Medical Procedures, Credit Products, Pharma, Finance, Automotive, etc... However, the sectors where we are targeting our clients should not be incorporated into the design.
Our clients pay a lot of money to get leads that may be stale, irrelevant, redundant, already used, or even fraudulent. Therefore, they are very interested in finding their TARGET customer and CLOSING them quickly.
Hence our name, TargetClose.
We sell to businesses. We are not a business that sells straight to consumers.
We would like the logo to show strength, be relatively simple, trustworthy and not include too many colors. We would like it to include the typeface and some type of integrated icon/symbol as well, not just the typeface.
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We need to be able to use the logo (and colors) on the web as well as our business cards. The color(s) should be able to used throughout our site/branding.
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What I Wore: 6.20.11
I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again: I love uniforms. Maybe it's because I always went to public school and had the chance to wear the craziest outfits any time I wanted (and trust me, to my parent's embarrassment, I took full advantage of that freedom). When I think back, I never had anything to rebel against. On the other hand, all my friends who had to wear uniforms are now completely clothes-crazy and their wardrobes make my closet look barren in comparison.
Over the years, I've amassed quite a collection of uniform-inspired looks. At the top of my list has always been variations of red and white stripes. Motel recently sent me the Karina Dress and I added my own belt, red bow and petticoat underneath to complete the look. Maybe If I'd worked at a candy shop a few decades back, this could have been my summer uniform. Hey, a girl can dream…
I Wore:
Karina Dress, courtesy of Motel
Bow headband, Forever 21
Belt, H&M (from another dress)
Cardigan, J Crew
Tights, courtesy of Motel
Wedges, Beau Coops (Can't stop wearing these — my perfect summer wedge!)
P.S. You can save 15% off your Motel order by using the promo code NUBBY. Have an awesome week!
The Week In Pictures: 6.17.11
Rocky has total bed head when he wakes up in the morning. It reminds us of all-white version of Robert Smith's hairdo. He's my most favorite little creature in the entire universe.
Luke Copping just sent me some copies of the promo we worked on last month and I pinned it above our previous collaboration on my inspiration board. We're already hard at work on the next one.
I'm going to cheat a bit and post this photo from my LA stay last week. I didn't have a chance to share a close-up of this collage in the lobby of the Palihouse Holloway and it's much too good to not show in detail.
And finally, a few quick snaps also taken at the Palihouse. I had the best time in LA and I miss all of my girls already. I'm normally really bad about just chilling out (and end up working through at least half of my vacations) but this time, I soaked up the time away and really recharged.
Do you have any big plans for the weekend? I'm alternating between working on a new (exciting) project and building an updated portfolio (I want to make a book, custom covers and all). And, ordering stickers. I can't believe it's June already…eep.
Link Love: 6.16.11
• Behind The Scenes chronicles many major movies, back when sets were homemade and not just computerized wizardry!
• Poppin has a fresh take on office supplies, offering once bland basics in an array of candy-colored hues. I actually used a Lucky Magazine promo code awhile back to sign up for Poppin before it launched and they surprised me with a box of goodies (and a handwritten note)! If you are an office supplies junkie, pay Poppin a visit!
• The Guardian has made a list of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of all time.
• The most beautiful vegetables that I've ever seen!
• Made me laugh: What I Actually Wore is one woman's chronicles of what she really wore during a typical week, purple sweatpants and all.
• Nothing makes a house feel more regal than a fancy door knocker.
• I really enjoyed reading Gala's article about fashion bloggers and the potential pressure to look a certain way to gain more popularity. Read the second installment as well, where bloggers themselves speak up.
• The new way to land your kid in therapy: Overparenting.
• Jazzi shares her latest miracle beauty product discovery, Raw African Black Soap!
• Mildly amusing and totally useless: Fractal Tom Selleck.
The Typofiles #83: I Love Bodoni
Oh, Bodoni. I was first introduced to Bodoni during my first year of graphic design classes and it has become one of my go-to serifs in the years since. I love Bodoni so much that at one point I even made shirts and posters honoring its curves!
Anyway, enough gushing! Gingko Press just sent me a copy of I Love Bodoni, a book from Victionary's I Love Type series and it's phenomenal. Bodoni was originally created in 1798 by Giambattista Bodoni and was mainly used for books printed in letterpress. This book, numbering over 150 pages is a fantastic overview of how Bodoni has been modernized by today's designers.
I love the neon orange detailing on this book. You want to know what else is really cool? All of the featured designers and studios are indexed in the back with links to their websites.
I loved the Avant Garde title as well, but Bodoni is my favorite. The posters, mailers, identities and more translate to showing just how versatile and classy Bodoni is. There are about 20 more pages that I would have scanned because the content is that good. You can learn more about Bodoni and the other I love Type titles over at Gingko Press.
Luke Copping 2011 Promo #2
Photographer Luke Copping and I have been working together for a few years now and we just completed a new promotional postcard that builds off the combined looks of our most recent collaborations, debossed business cards and oversized promo cards. The backside has the same pattern of crosses as the front and briefly tells a story, detailing that particular shoot.
Luke came to me with two images from this shoot but I was particularly drawn to the emotion and depth of this one, not to mention the splash of bright yellow paint. We're already at work on our next collaboration and I can't wait to see what transpires. As always, it's a pleasure working with Luke!
The Week In Pictures: 6.11.11 // Hello From Hollywood
It was quiet around these parts this week because I was I off on a girls only getaway in LA! Gala and I made the most of our time in our favorite West Coast city — we try to make it a point to plan a visit at least once a year to catch up with friends, rest up and shop. It's no secret that LA has an amazing trove of vintage that we can't get enough of.
We once again stayed at the Palihouse Holloway in West Hollywood and spent time with our friends including Mary Bee, Amy, Kevin, Jazzi, Shae, Emily, Chubby Bunny and Yume Ninja. Our days were spent eating healthy breakfasts, vintage shopping our hearts out, making pit-stops at In-N-Out (to cancel out those healthy breakfasts) and visiting bars that resembled magical log cabins complete with animatronic creatures and flaming marshmallow drinks. But more on that later.
Palihouse Holloway
Situated in West Hollywood, the Palihouse Holloway is the equivalent of a refined version of The Ace. Retro fantastic with a heavy dose of Parisian charm, it features patterned wallpaper and flooring, oversized rooms with a classy, modern aesthetic and a centrally located restaurant that creates a communal atmosphere.
The Palihouse is great if you are young, hip and don't mind some noise, especially on the weekends (from the restaurant below). The service is fair (but not overly warm), the rooms are large and there's a kitchenette and washer / dryer which makes it ideal for longer stays. The internet, though sometimes slow is free and there are plenty of seating areas downstairs for meetings. The Palihouse is in a great location — a mere five minute cab ride from Melrose and less than three blocks from an array of healthy restaurants.
Vintage Shopping
LA is a vintage shopping mecca (as is most of the west coast). We visited places all over town but our best finds were by far at Shareen Vintage. If you're a small-to-medium-sized girl, this is your place. Shareen had an amazing array of options (in pristine shape, mind you) curated in its warehouse. Be aware that there are no changing rooms — layer a slip under your clothing for quick and easy try-ons! Also, there are no tags but don't be alarmed; the girls will let you know what the prices are when you get to the register. Other vintage stores I enjoyed included Hidden Treasures in Topanga Canyon and Play Clothes in Burbank.
The Bigfoot Lodge
This place deserves a paragraph all its own…because it's the epitome of my perfect bar. The Bigfoot Lodge is like an adult version of summer camp. You walk into the log cabin-esque bar and are greeted by animatronic creatures, bartenders in Cub Scout uniforms, tastefully placed taxidermy and lights placed in vintage Bell Jars. A chalkboard sign at the bar lists the drink specials but more importantly, a doodle of Smokey The Bear has "Drinky" emblazoned across his hat. Waste no time ordering the Toasted Marshmallow — it features not only vanilla vodka, butterscotch liquor, Frangelico and Bailey's Irish Cream but also a flaming marshmallow, toasted to perfection. I can't say enough good things about this bar — it made me feel like I was right at home in a very Portlandia sort of way right in the middle of LA. If we had a bar at Wolfgang Manor, this is what it would look like.
Eating Out
No trip to LA is complete without a stop at In-N-Out and Carney's (Jazzi and Gala love their hotdogs) but the real gem we discovered was Hugo's. After a quick Yelp search netted glowing reviews, we made the three block jaunt from the Palihouse. I'm not kidding when I say that they had the best service I've ever received at a restaurant. And, a mind boggling menu with TONS of gluten-free, vegan and veggie friendly options.
I had a great coffee and breakfast at Salades de Provence, also just down the road from the Palihouse. We also dined at a variety of other places across town including Gjelina, home of the best desserts I've ever eaten (order the Butterscotch Pot de Crème with Salted Caramel), Swingers Diner, an old school diner with many healthy menu options (I really enjoyed a tofu and broccoli dish) and Velvet Margarita, a total trip of a Mexican restaurant complete with cushioned velvet walls and glowing sombreros. We covered the bases from fast food to fancy and LA has some great food.
Odds and Ends
The straight-up truth: in total LA style, we spent a third of our trip stuck in traffic jams. Luckily, we have entertaining friends so the time went by relatively fast.
It was quite fitting that I made a complete idiot of myself while dining at The Village Idiot on Melrose. It should be noted that they have killer wallpaper and delicious soup.
The street art has a sense of humor. I had to settle for this Mel Gibson portrait because I didn't have time to make it to the Art In The Streets exhibition at MOCA.
Gala packed not one, not two but three different cameras for this trip. Talk about Virgo preparedness!
I love chandeliers and Velvet Margarita had some great ones.
The footwear I wore most frequently during my trip were my Frankly 07 wedges by Beau Coops.
Until Next Time!
I love LA — every time I've set foot in this town, I've had a fantastic time. Thanks, as always, to our friends for showing us around. I'm sure Gala and I (and hopefully Joey, too!) will be back to visit in no time…it's impossible to stay away!


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Rensselaer-Leslie R. Barnard Jr. age 84 of Mountainview Avenue passed into spirit Friday March 28, 2003 at Albany Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Rensselaer and was a lifelong resident of the city. Mr. Barnard was employed as a railroad engineer for New York Central and Amtrak for 41 years. He was a US Army veteran of WW II serving with the 65th General Hospital. Les was a member of the Fort Crailo American Legion Post #471 in Rensselaer, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and was an Honorary Life Member Rensselaer Council #267 KofC. He enjoyed and was an avid fisherman, camper and his time spent working on the railroad.
Husband of Jeanne M. Hannon Barnard of Rensselaer; father of Wayne R. Barnard and Leslie R. Barnard III both of Rensselaer. Grandfather of Wayne R. Barnard Jr. and Brett Barnard. Brother of the late Richard Barnard and Florence Lindhagen. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral from the W.J. Lyons Jr. Funeral Home 1700 Washington Avenue Rensselaer Monday evening at 7:00 p.m., all are invited to attend. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home Monday prior to the service from 4-7 p.m.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Hudson-Mohawk Humane Society Oakland Avenue Menands NY 12204 or to Whiskers Animal Benevolent League P.O. Box 11190 Albany NY 12211.


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By Jon Moreno
Published on Friday, February 15, 2013 - 11:17
Cartoonist Terry Bave.
WIGHT LIVING IT IS fair to say cartoonist Terry Bave is not a household name but the former Islander is a national treasure, having drawn some of the most beloved comic strip characters ever created and contributing to titles such as The Beano and The Dandy.
One of the country's finest cartoonists, Terry has just released his autobiography at the age of 81 — examining an an industry very few of us know much about.
Terry's fascinating tale focuses, as you would expect, on the dizzy heights he reached in the comic industry when he was enlisted onto the highly popular Whizzer and Chips in 1967 up to drawing some of the most iconic characters ever seen in British comics.
Formerly of Walls Road, Bembridge, where he lived for 40 years, Terry now lives in Braunton, North Devon, to be closer to his family, enjoying his retirement with his wife, Sheila.
Bizarrely, five years ago, Crikey! fanzine mistakenly reported his death and the error was discovered by another magazine when they phoned his home, in the expectation of writing an obituary, and spoke to Terry in person.
"I did see the funny side of that. I certainly got some nice tributes out of that," joked Terry.
Terry still keeps his artistic hand in — and he fondly remembers the time he fell in love with cartoons and animation and, particularly, when his work was enjoyed by so many children (and dads who couldn't resist a sneaky read).
"Drawing is something you never really tire of. I do it for my own pleasure," he said.
"From the first moment I set eyes on my comic book, The Dandy, at the age of four, I knew that was the only thing I wanted to do," he said.
"I loved doing funny drawings and soon realised I was quite good at cartoon drawing after I'd watched Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the cinema.
"I was fascinated by the characters and ran home to draw them. I loved it."
At the height of the popularity of comics in the Sixties and Seventies, Terry was at the heart of the business.
"The ongoing speed of it all gave me a buzz. It was so lively. Characters were being killed off too quickly and we were under pressure to come up with new ones to replace them, but my wife, Sheila, and I were prolific," he said.
"One character, Trevor and His Treasure Tracker, in Whoopee!, came about while walking along Foreland beach and spotting a boy using a metal detector. We were always coming up with them."
During the Seventies, life as a cartoonist couldn't get any better.
Terry's trademark character at that time, from Whizzer and Chips, was Odd-Ball, a silly, spherical character from outer-space who could transform into any object.
It was one of his all-time favourites of the hundreds of characters he came up with.
In the early Nineties, Terry went on to draw for The Beano and The Dandy — a highlight in his career.
"The Dandy offered me some work for its 1992 annual and I was given ten pages for Desperate Dan. I used to read it all the time, so imagine how that made me feel," said Terry.
"I also got offered work with The Beano to produce annuals and between them drew long-running characters Corky the Cat, Winker Watson, Number 13 and, famously, The Bash Street Kids… I loved it.
"People say I am gifted but I had to work hard at it. You have to with anything in life," he added.
"Quite frankly, drawing was the only thing I could do. It was always a closed industry — very difficult to get into.
"Over the years, I got better and better at it. I always tell children not to give up."
Bristol-born Terry sold his first cartoon while he was a Civil Service map maker and went on to have work printed in various media magazines.
His break into the comics industry did not come his way until he was aged 36, when he submitted his first work to Pow! and Wham!
But perhaps the most important career move was meeting his wife, Sheila, who he would eventually wed in 1952 and, last year, celebrate a diamond wedding anniversary with.
Sheila is an major talent in her own right — penning scripts for many of his comic strips for most of the 40 years they spent in the industry together.
"Drawing is something that has always given me pleasure. I still get a kick out of doing it. I am lucky to have a career in which I have worked from home alongside a partner I could always bounce ideas off," said Terry.
Terry and Sheila have, over the years, shared a passion for an art that is in sharp decline. One only has to look at the demise of The Dandy, which came off the press for the last time in December, after it ran for 75 years.
It is a decline in popularity that saddens Terry, yet he is hopeful of a retro-resurgence in the phenomenon known as the comic (which sounds tragic in itself), in the not-too-distant future.
A stalwart member of the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain (CCGB), Terry has remained friends with County Press cartoonist, Rupert Besley, a fellow member.
• Cartoons and Comic Strips can be purchased for £12.74 from Lulu publications from http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-bave/cartoons-and-comic-strips/paperback/product-20625272.html
Terry's design for the cover of the Whoopee annual of 1975.
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