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It's not often that those in search of clothing donations are treated to an upscale boutique experience.
It's also not often that a 14-year-old girl founds a nonprofit in service of her peers.
But, in an event that defied those improbabilities, the youth-run Threads for Teens fashion truck on Friday visited Philadelphia, the nonprofit's 39th stop in a tour of the country's 48 continental states.
About 20 foster children with the Court Appointed Special Advocates network of Philadelphia stopped by the tricked-out semi-truck parked outside XFinity Live!, leaving with bags of brand new threads donated by companies like Urban Outfitters, Stussy and American Eagle.
"It's like a VIP shopping experience," nonprofit founder Allyson Ahlstrom, now 18, said as she showed off the truck's pink paneled walls, meticulously sorted clothing and curtained dressing rooms.
"Girls are treated with dignity when, sometimes, a lot of these girls aren't treated with dignity wherever they go. Here, every girl is our friend, we are waiting on them – they are the superstars of the day."
Ahlstrom at the age of 14 founded Threads for Teens, which she said started in 2010 as a clothing drive "that grew – a lot."
"I didn't know if I'd get one shirt donated, let alone to get enough to take over my living room and for my mom to say, 'You need to find somewhere to put this stuff,'" she said.
Ahlstrom first filled a donated storage unit, then set up a physical shop inside an empty deli space in her hometown of Santa Rosa, Calif.
In a little over three years, she amassed over $135,000 worth of clothing and more than $82,000 in cash from more than 40 national donors and received accolades for her philanthropy from Nickelodeon, Coca-Cola and the Red Cross.
"I like to say that sometimes confidence can come from the outside in, and we definitely see that here at Threads for Teens," she said.
"Girls can come in here a little shy and timid but then walk away feeling really powerful and successful because they know they look good in what they're wearing."
Despite the national acclaim, Ahlstrom's Philly roots run deep – she three years ago received a cash grant from local women's advocacy group Soroptimist to get Threads for Teens off the ground.
With the help of Ford and DenBeste Motorsports, who provided a fleet of vehicles, Ahlstrom decided this summer to take the show on the road, kicking off May 29 in Los Angeles with plans to wrap up in Vermont Aug. 5.
But it won't be long before the teen returns to the City of Brotherly Love – she will this fall study business at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Economics.
"I would love to open a Threads for Teens here in Philadelphia," she said.
"I want to maybe wait until I'm a sophomore – that way I can kind of get the hang of college and everything. But I definitely want Threads for Teens to be in all 50 states and I would love to help start the expansion."


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Harlem RBI's staff works diligently to improve the lives of the youth and families of East Harlem and the South Bronx. Harlem RBI employees strive to demonstrate our organizational values of: teamwork, respect, diversity, promise, effort, integrity and, of course, fun!
Harlem RBI was named as one of the top 50 non-profit organizations to work for in the nation by The NonProfit Times in 2011, 2013 and 2014. This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in the nonprofit industry, benefiting the industry's economy, its workforce and businesses.
Richard Berlin
Executive Director at Harlem RBI since 1997, Richard Berlin is also a founding member of Harlem RBI's DREAM Charter School. Mr. Berlin began his connection with Harlem RBI as a volunteer baseball coach in 1994. Under his leadership, Harlem RBI has grown from a seasonal recreation program with one staff member to a thriving community-based organization recognized locally and nationally with numerous awards for programmatic and operational excellence.
Mr. Berlin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and attended a Master's Program in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, England. Additionally, he has completed certificate programs at Columbia University's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management in both Non-Profit Management and Leadership Development. Mr. Berlin has also been a Leadership Fellow at the Citizens' Committee for the Children of New York City.
Mr. Berlin, who frequently speaks on topics related to non-profit management, governance, and sustainability, has served as an adjunct faculty member at The New School University's Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Policy. He also serves as the vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Summer Learning Association.
Jeremy Abarno, Chief Talent Officer, is responsible for all of Harlem RBI's strategic talent efforts. He oversees recruitment and hiring, workforce planning and coaching and professional development in addition to growing a more diverse and inclusive environment within the workplace. Jeremy started as a teacher in East Harlem in 2000 and has dedicated his career to the children of New York City. He has served as the principal at PAVE Academy public charter school. Prior to joining Harlem RBI, Jeremy was the managing director of talent at Ascend Public Charter Schools in Brooklyn, a network of nine schools serving more than 4,000 students in central Brooklyn. Jeremy holds a Master's in Special Education from City College and a School Building Leader license from Baruch. He holds a Bachelor's in Elementary Education from New York University.
Felicia Crump, Chief of Staff, provides the Management Team with external support as well as the coordination of internal management projects. Prior to her current role, Felicia worked as the Academic Counselor to the Men's Basketball Team at the University of Connecticut, where she was responsible for the academic support and performance of the programs' student-athletes. She has also previously held positions in the Community Affairs Departments at Major League Baseball and the Community and Player Programs Department at the National Basketball Association. Felicia is rejoining the organization, having originally served as Harlem RBI's first Development Assistant. Felicia holds a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Master's Degree in Sports Management and Sociology from the University of Connecticut.
Megan Hodges, Chief Development Officer, leads development and communications to execute all of Harlem RBI and DREAM Charter School's fundraising efforts. Additionally, Megan is responsible for growing contributions to Harlem RBI and DREAM Charter School from individual and corporate supporters and oversees event based fundraising. Megan received her Bachelor's in Communication Studies from New York University. Prior to arriving at Harlem RBI, Megan worked as an Assistant Director of Strategic Partnerships and Planning for Princeton University, where along with other responsibilities she prepared and reviewed campaign strategies targeting University alumni and other potential donors. Megan also has a strong background in industry research and sales and marketing.
David Houlihan, Senior Director of Administration oversees Information Facilities, and Administration. Prior to arriving at Harlem RBI, David served as an Intern for the United States Trade Representatives Office where he researched, analyzed, and provided recommendations for the President's trade advisory committee. David also worked at Coney Island Prep as a Director of Operations, where he planned and executed school expansions and location, and improved the operations department's ratings from 60% to 100%. David holds a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University, a Master of Science of Teaching from Pace University, and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.
Karina Saltman, Chief Program Officer, serves as Harlem RBI's Chief Program Officer – managing all programs at Harlem RBI in both East Harlem and the South Bronx.Prior to joining Harlem RBI, Karina served as the executive director of Summer Search New York City. During her tenure (which began as Director of Programs) she doubled both the organization's budget as well as the number of youth served, while also focusing on improving program quality. Karina was born in NYC and grew up in Teaneck, NJ. She graduated from Brown University, where she received a BA in Portuguese and Brazilian studies. After Brown she joined the New York City Teaching Fellows program where she received a Master's in Early Childhood Education from Lehman College while teaching 3rd and 4th grade in a South Bronx public school.
Andres Satízabal, Chief Strategy officer, will define and implement new organizational strategy, and increase organizational performance by aligning priorities and defining and supporting culture alignment and talent strategy. Prior to arriving at Harlem RBI, Andres served on the Board of Trustees at DREAM Charter School. Andres also worked at Mckinsey & Company as the Engagement Manager, in which he led several clients' growth strategies, successfully grew their impact by defining, piloting, and scaling up various strategies. To add, Andres served at Advantis Consultoria Gerencial as a Project Manager, where he participated in over 25 successful consulting engagements in Latin America. Andres holds a Masters of Business Administration from New York University and Bachelor of Arts in Business from Universidad De Los Andes.
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Today is September 13, 2011. Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Cinema Theatre's last picture show. The last movie to play at the Cinema was ATLANTIC CITY. The theatre was torn down 3 days later.
I walked down the alley today. One of the original exit doors was cracked open a little bit. I peaked inside. It looks like the auditorium is being used as a storage space. Perhaps some type of auto repair garage. The door wasn't open too much but I did hear some noise if as though it was a repair garage. Lots of junk inside. Hopefully, one day, the door will be propped open some more so I can get a better view. There is a church somewhere in the building but definitely not in the auditorium space.
As of August 10, 2011, the Webster Place is all-digital projection.
Hey, Cinemark Fan; any news on the Pipers Alley?
Very sad news…………http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/6495723-421/bruce-s.-trinz-owner-of-legendary-clark-theater-dies#.Th5s0qgm9zg.facebook
Another outstanding piece of research from the Coate Man.
The P. Lekousis photo was actually taken in 1973.
Yesterday (May 24) was the 20th Anniversary of the opening of this theatre. Hmmmm…..I wonder if Loews initially signed a 20 year lease….which means….it should be up……..if that indeed is the case. Of course, I merely speculate…..and hope that AMC pulls out of here and a new, more ambitious tenant will take over.
Hey David. The State Street Gall, er, um, I mean Mall was planned while Mayor Richard J. Daley was in office. They closed State Street in June, 1978 to begin destruction, er, um, I mean construction on State Street. Mayor Michael Bilandic was in office at that time. So it wasn't really Mayor Jane Byrne's fault of the Mistake by the Lake. Thank God Mayor Richard M. Daley put an end to this debacle.
Rich, I think you saw this double feature somewhere else. Believe me……The Woods Theatre NEVER showed an Ingmar Bergman movie in the 1970s. Maybe you saw this double bill at the Esquire or Playboy, but at the Woods………….no way.
Here is a 2006 video tape from CLTV News in Chicago. At the end of the report is footage of the auditorium of the Studebaker Theater a.k.a. Fine Arts Theatre #1.
95th Anniversary this year for the Village.
The Oriental presented its final kung-fu triple on this date, 30 years ago, and closed its doors. The theatre finally re-opened in 1998 as a live stage venue.
The Marquette Theate closed on this date in 1981 with its final movie being THE ARISTOCATS.
The theatre was never twinned.
Judging by the website for this theatre, it looks like it is all digital projection. Can anybody confirm that?
They put a new screen up. Finally!!!!
Join the Facebook page!!! Village Theatre-Chicago.
Today, September 13, is a sad anniversary. It was on this date in 1981, the Cinema Theatre showed its last picture show: ATLANTIC CITY with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon. The theatre was torn down about 3 days later. As a matter of fact, all the theatres that were in operation around that area at the time are all gone. I still miss the Cinema Theatre. It was my first movie theatre gig.
Jay Warren for Mayor, 2011
I just went by the Village Theatre earlier tonight. They finally took off that sign on top of the marquee that said: "For Lease Summer 2006". Now, there's a new sign that reads: "For Lease 8000 square feet. Price Associates (312) 445-6300."
As I've mentioned up above, there are many successful venues in bad areas. The Riviera and Aragon Ballroom are in bad areas and, yet, people go to them. The Congress Theatre is in a bad area and, yet, people go there to watch concerts. There was once a time when Wrigley Field was in a bad area and, yet, people went there to see Cubs games (of course, I'm talking 40 some years ago). Now, we Cinema Treasures fans can do one or the other: we could sulk about how bad an area is and let a wonderful theatre just sit there and rot; or, we could support Mr. Valentine and encourage him to re-open the Colony Theatre if he wants to, and turn it into a successful concert venue. If there's a concert there that people want to see, they will park their cars in the lot next to the theatre and go. Of course, they won't roam around that area late at night, but hopefully they'll have a wonderful experience at the Colony.
It was a Loews-Cineplex theatre from 1998 until 1999. It became a Loews-Cineplex theatre after the Cineplex Odeon/Loews merger took effect in 1998; however, by orders from the Justice Department, Loews Cineplex had to sell a bunch of their theatres to avoid a monopoly, so the Biograph was sold to the newly formed, but short-lived Meridian Theatres. Other theatres that were sold were Water Tower, Burnham Plaza, Broadway Cinema, Old Orchard, Hyde Park, and Bricktown Square. These theatres would all go out of business within a couple of years.
The Esthena Theatre was located at 3709 N. Southport. It was a liquor store for many years until it got torn down in 2000. It's now a condo.
I just watched an episode of the late 1950s television series, M SQUAD, starring Lee Marvin. The exteriors were filmed in Chicago. In tonight's episode, Lee Marvin can be seen getting into a car and across the street is the Esquire Theatre.


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Mildrade Cherfils of the Global Post discusses the recent recommendation by French lawmakers to forbid women from wearing head-to-toe Islamic dress in some public spaces, and how this proposed law relates to the question of "French identity," including issues of immigration, integration and religion.
PARIS, France - A panel of French lawmakers has recommended passing a law to forbid women from wearing head-to-toe Islamic dress in some public spaces such as government buildings, hospitals, outside of schools and public transportation. Those who failed to obey the law could be penalized by a denial of service.
No surprise, the decision has sparked an outcry. But what some readers might be surprised to hear is that the loudest voices hoped the panel would recommend a stronger ban of the burqa in all public places to send an emphatic message, instead of what some lawmakers called a "half-law." The term "burqa" has become an all-encompassing term to signify an Islamic style of dress where the eyes are the only visible feature.


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Do the names Michael Carter-Williams and C.J. Fair ring a bell? If you're a Cuse fan, they should. Michael and C.J. are two of Syracuse's finest on the basketball court, and recently they joined Donna Ditota from Syracuse.com to give the sport of lacrosse a try…
On a perfect fall day in Central New York, Syracuse lacrosse goalie Dominic Lamolinara, long stick defensive midfielder Joe Fazio, and All-America defender Brian Megill were kind enough to indulge us. – Donna Ditota, Syracuse.com (full article)
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Our favorite quote from the video has got to be "I never played lacrosse, but today you'll see that I'm Michael Jordan out there." Glad these guys stepped on the field with some confidence!
It would be cool to see an athlete like Mike Carter-Williams crossover for a season and give lacrosse a try. Do you think that would ever be possible? How would Coach Desko react?
It is in this website's opinion that before Mike or C.J. decide to try out for the team, they need a few more lessons from Syracuse lacrosse legend Mike Powell first… maybe he'll stop by to give them some pointers?
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Watercress Soup and Ham Biscuits
- 3 medium leeks (white and light green parts)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes (peeled, if desired), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 2 bunches watercress, leaves only
- 4 biscuits (store-bought or homemade)
- 4 ounces thinly sliced ham
- Slice each leek in half lengthwise, and each half into ½-inch-thick half-moons. Place in a large bowl of cold water and swish. Drain and pat dry.
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the potatoes, wine, and broth and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover partially, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Add 1 teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, and the watercress. Stir until the watercress wilts.
- Meanwhile, slice the biscuits in half. Place the ham on the bottoms and sandwich with the tops. Ladle the soup into bowls. Serve with the ham biscuits.


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ST. LOUIS - Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson sat in his office at Busch Stadium on Tuesday afternoon and ran through the reasons why he believes his team has struggled in one-run games. For Gibson, it's not overly complicated.
"We've made mistakes," he said. "They've been critical."
A few hours later, the Diamondbacks were in the middle of another would-be one-run game. You might be able to guess what happened.
Two errors helped the St. Louis Cardinals lengthen their lead in the seventh inning and they blew the game open in the eighth en route to an 8-2 victory over the Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series.
As a result, first place in the National League West became a little further away for the Diamondbacks, who dropped to 51/2 games back, their largest deficit since July 27. The loss was their fourth in their past six games and seventh in the past 10.
"It's August, there should be some sort of concern," right fielder Justin Upton said. "We feel like we're a team that can win ballgames, but we're not doing anything great right now and if we're going to make a push we're going to have to start playing great and putting together some runs."
The loss dropped the Diamondbacks back to the .500 mark at 58-58.
They trailed 3-0 after six innings, all of the Cardinals' runs coming on a pair of home runs, a two-run blast by Matt Holliday and a solo shot by Jon Jay. The Holliday homer came on a fastball up and in, a pitch that both Gibson and right-hander Ian Kennedy were surprised and impressed that Holliday was able to hit out.
After Miguel Montero's two-run homer to dead center in the top of the seventh, the Diamondbacks appeared to have some momentum. They continued to threaten, putting the tying run on second base later in the half inning.
But it all dissipated when right-hander Ian Kennedy committed errors on consecutive plays in the bottom of the inning. Well, Kennedy was charged with two errors, but one might more accurately be considered a team error.
After Skip Schumacher dropped a single over shortstop Stephen Drew's head to start the inning, Rafael Furcal bunted toward the first-base side of the mound. Kennedy fielded it, but he couldn't get the ball out of his glove as he went to toss it to first.
When he finally did, his toss hit Furcal's hand just before the ball would have gone into first baseman Paul Goldschmidt's glove.
"As I went to pull it out, it stuck in my glove," Kennedy said. "It hit right where (Furcal's) hand was in (Goldschmidt's) glove.
So with first and second and nobody out, the Cardinals bunted again. Again Kennedy fielded it. This time, he spun and fired to third, but because third baseman Ryan Wheeler was just getting to the bag, Kennedy's throw zipped past him and down the left-field line.
"Wheels, that's his read," Gibson said. "He was out of position."
Said Kennedy: "As I went to turn Wheeler's whole body was facing left field, and as I was about to throw it, that's when he turned. ... It's something that happened so fast. As I released the ball, I saw the back of his head."
One run scored on the play and the Cardinals added another run two batters later on an RBI ground out by Allen Craig.
The Cardinals tacked on three more runs in the eighth, with pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter lining a single to center and Jay following with an RBI single to right.
Cardinals 8, D-Backs 2
The Diamondbacks imploded in the seventh and eighth innings, turning a close, one-run game into a blowout victory for the St. Louis Cardinals. The loss dropped the Diamondbacks to 51/2 games out in the National League West.
Long-ball woes: Right-hander Ian Kennedy has struggled to keep the ball in the ballpark. The Cardinals seem to enjoy hitting against him. This had "bad matchup" written all over it from the Diamondbacks' perspective, and that's exactly how it played out.
Kennedy gave up two home runs in six-plus innings, bringing his season total to 23 home runs allowed. That ties him for the most in the National League.
"He's not throwing the ball exactly like he was last year, and he's having a little different luck," manager Kirk Gibson said. "Maybe not quite as much life on his ball, but he's learning how to deal with that. He's got to place it a little better."
Holliday's shot: The one the Diamondbacks seemed most impressed by was the two-run, fourth-inning homer by Matt Holliday.
Holliday hit a fastball up and in, sending it an estimated 437 feet.
"Not many people do that to that ball," Gibson said.
"It was a good pitch, a quality pitch inside. He cheated. We've seen guys cheat like that but to keep it fair like that, he's very good. That's what you deal with."
Said Kennedy: "He just did a really good job of hitting right there."
Parra's trap: With runners on second and third in the eighth, reliever Bryan Shaw appeared for a moment to have escaped the jam unscathed when third-base umpire Paul Emmel called a catch on a diving attempt by center fielder Gerardo Parra.
But second-base umpire Gary Darling correctly overruled it, calling Matt Carpenter's ball a hit and thereby allowing two Cardinals runners to score. In the ensuing confusion, Carpenter moved to second base on what was ruled a double.
"I knew he had trapped it," Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton said, "but you always try to play it off and hope you get the call. But it didn't go in our favor, they scored two runs, and they just kept tacking on."
View from the press box: Last year's St. Louis Cardinals are an oft-cited example of a team that came out of nowhere to not just make the playoffs but also win the World Series. But at this point it's hard to imagine the Diamondbacks following that same path. After their loss on Tuesday night, the Diamondbacks are exactly .500. The Cardinals' record through 116 games last season: 62-54. The Cardinals were a good team that came out of nowhere. The Diamondbacks haven't proven they're a good team.
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Big Tex is Getting a Texas-Sized Makeover
State Fair of Texas officials have the technology. They're making Big Tex stronger, smarter, less flammable, and more expensive in the wake of the massive mannequin's spectacular, fiery finish to the 2012 fair.
A wiring fault is blamed for a fire that burned Big Tex down to his metal skeleton going into the fair's closing weekend last month.
Now, fair President Errol McKoy tells The Dallas Morning News the fair icon will get a stronger steel frame, a fire suppression system and fire-retardant duds. And, yes, his mouth will still move; so will one of his hands.
It'll all be costly, ranging from $250,000 to $600,000. But McKoy says it'll be worthwhile, telling The Dallas Morning News: "He didn't die. He's going through rehab."


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This article describes Amazon S3 from the C# developer point of view. It shows how to access the Amazon S3 service from C#, what operations can be used, and how they can be programmed.
Amazon SDK for .NET is used for the examples in the article. An Amazon EC2 account is required, and an access and private keys are also necessary to start using the SDK. See more details at this link.
Amazon S3 is called a simple storage service, but it is not only simple, but also very powerful. It supports a lot of features that can be used in everyday work. But of course, the main feature is the ability to store data by key.
You can store any data by key in S3, and then you can access and read it. But to do it, a bucket should be created at first. A bucket is similar to a namespace in terms of C# language. An AWS account is limited by 100 buckets, and all bucket names are shared through all of Amazon accounts. So you must select a unique name for it. See more details at this link.
Let's see how to check if a bucket is already created, and how to create it in case of its absence:
ListBucketsResponse response = client.ListBuckets(); bool found = false; foreach (S3Bucket bucket in response.Buckets) { if (bucket.BucketName == BUCKET_NAME) { found = true; break; } } if (found == false) { client.PutBucket(new PutBucketRequest().WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME)); }
where "client" is the Amazon.S3.AmazonS3Client object. You can see how to initialize it in the example that is attached to this article.
Let's run the code and check that the bucket has been really created. I am using EC2Studio (add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio) to work with S3 through the UI.
A code that stores some data for some key in a bucket is shown here:
PutObjectRequest request = new PutObjectRequest(); request.WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME); request.WithKey(S3_KEY); request.WithContentBody("This is body of S3 object."); client.PutObject(request);
Here, the S3 object is created with a key defined in the constant S3_KEY and a string is written into it.
A content of a file can also be put into S3 (instead of a string). To do it, the code should be modified a little:
PutObjectRequest request = new PutObjectRequest(); request.WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME); request.WithKey(S3_KEY); request.WithFilePath(pathToFile); client.PutObject(request);
To write a file, the method WithFilePath should be used instead of the method WithContentBody. See more details about S3 objects at this link.
Now, let's make sure that the data into S3 has really been written:
After you see the S3 object in the S3 browser in the EC2Studio add-in, double click on it and select a program to use to show its content. The screenshot shows that S3Object has been created and its content is opened in Notepad.
To read the S3 object from C# code:
GetObjectRequest request = new GetObjectRequest(); request.WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME); request.WithKey(S3_KEY); GetObjectResponse response = client.GetObject(request); StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.ResponseStream); String content = reader.ReadToEnd();
In addition to the S3 object content, a metadata (key/value pair) can be associated with an object. Here is an example of how it can be done:
CopyObjectRequest request = new CopyObjectRequest(); request.DestinationBucket = BUCKET_NAME; request.DestinationKey = S3_KEY; request.Directive = S3MetadataDirective.REPLACE; NameValueCollection metadata = new NameValueCollection(); // Each user defined metadata must start from "x-amz-meta-" metadata.Add("x-amz-meta-test", "Test data"); request.AddHeaders(metadata); request.SourceBucket = BUCKET_NAME; request.SourceKey = S3_KEY; client.CopyObject(request);
Amazon S3 does not have a special API call to associate metadata with an S3 object. Instead of it, the Copy method should be called.
But the S3 API has a special method for reading metadata:
GetObjectMetadataRequest request = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(); request.WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME).WithKey(S3_KEY); GetObjectMetadataResponse response = client.GetObjectMetadata(request); foreach (string key in response.Metadata.AllKeys) { Console.Out.WriteLine(" key: " + key + ", value: " + response.Metadata[key]); }
Let's see through the EC2Studio add-in that the metadata has been assigned:
The good news is that S3 allows accessing S3 objects not only by API calls, but directly by HTTP (so each S3 object has a URL that can be used to access it by any web browser). You can use S3 as a simple static HTTP server, where you can host your static web content.
Moreover, S3 has an access control that allows limiting users who can access data (see more about ACL access below). And not only who, but also when...
The Amazon SDK API allows generating a signed URL that is valid for a limited time only. Here is the code that makes a URL with a validity for a week:
GetPreSignedUrlRequest request = new GetPreSignedUrlRequest().WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME).WithKey(S3_KEY); request.WithExpires(DateTime.Now.Add(new TimeSpan(7, 0, 0, 0))); string url = client.GetPreSignedURL(request));
And the same can be done through the EC2Studio add-in:
Then you can send the URL to everyone and be sure that the access to your data is stopped for them after the defined time.
When talking about hosting a static web content at Amazon S3, the log access feature should be mentioned, because you should know who accesses your web site and when.
S3 has such a feature. First of all, you should configure logging for a bucket. It can be done through an API, but it is a quite a rare operation, so let's just use the EC2Studio add-in to turn logging on for a bucket.
A target bucket where your logging files are stored must be defined. A prefix can be defined to know where those log files are from.
As a result, every access to any object in the bucket will be logged to the destination bucket, and Amazon S3 will create the file with logging information from time to time. The file can be read using the usual API call for reading any S3 object.
But it has a special format that is not very convenient to view, so let's use EC2Studio again to see the logging information.
See more details at this link.
As I mentioned earlier, Amazon S3 has a feature to define access. There are two types of access: by user ID/email, or by URL (this means predefined groups or users):
So you can define a read or write access and define who is permitted to read and write ACL for any S3 object or bucket.
There is a special API call to set or read ACLs; for example, an owner of S3Object can be found like:
GetACLResponse response = client.GetACL (new GetACLRequest().WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME).WithKey(S3_KEY)); Console.Out.WriteLine("Object owner is " + response.AccessControlList.Owner.DisplayName);
Another cool feature of Amazon S3 is versioning. You can turn versioning on for a bucket, and when you put any object into it, it will not be simply replaced, but the new version of the object will be created and stored under the same key. So you will be able to access and manage all versions (modifications) of the object.
All versions of an S3 object can be retrieved by the following call:
ListVersionsResponse response = client.ListVersions (new ListVersionsRequest().WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME).WithPrefix(S3_KEY)); Console.Out.WriteLine("Found the following versions for prefix " + S3_KEY); foreach (S3ObjectVersion version in response.Versions) { Console.Out.WriteLine(" version id: " + version.VersionId + ", last modified time: " + version.LastModified); }
For accessing versions by UI:
To delete a particular object version, client.DeleteObject can be used. The required version ID should be put as a request parameter.
The same is true for accessing objects. A version can be read by client.GetObject with the version ID as a request parameter.
If you use any S3 browser (the EC2Studio add-in or any other), you will notice that all of them represent the S3 storage as a file system, while it is just a key/value storage. Moreover, most tools show S3 primarily as a file storage (usually to backup files). As shown earlier, it has a lot of cool features that don't exist in usual file systems. So S3 can be used as a more generic storage for keeping application data.
It is useful to have a hierarchical structure, and S3 supports it. Every key of S3Object can have special delimiters (usually '/' is used, but you can define your own delimiter) that divide a full key into some path. And you can request an S3 object list for a defined path (directory):
ListObjectsRequest req = new ListObjectsRequest(); req.WithBucketName(BUCKET_NAME); req.WithPrefix(DIR_NAME); ListObjectsResponse res = client.ListObjects(req); Console.Out.WriteLine("Enumerating all objects in directory: " + DIR_NAME); foreach (S3Object obj in res.S3Objects) { Console.Out.WriteLine(" S3 object key: " + obj.Key); }
And the same can be viewed in the UI:
The Amazon S3 service is a full featured service that can be utilized from C# code to store application data, to define additional metadata for it, with the ability to define who will have a pure HTTP access to your data and when. See the log for data access. And moreover, there is the versioning storage with the ability to define a hierarchical structure.
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Well into the Fonts Festival, I thought we'd take a little break from fonts to cover some interesting items in other areas of the graphic design and creative fields. Those drone shots are awesomel, and just a little preaching will help your brand design a bit.
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One of the world's most technologically advanced tactical guided missiles, the Phoenix was the first operational radar-guided air-to-air missile that could be launched in multiple numbers against different targets from an aircraft. The Phoenix, coupled with the AWG-9 fire control system, was the heart of the F-14 Tomcat, the only aircraft that carried the Phoenix, and was the principal air-to-air Navy long-range missile for 30 years. The AWG-9 could track up to 24 targets simultaneously and launch up to six Phoenix missiles nearly simultaneously. With a range of over 100 miles, the Phoenix gave the F-14 the greatest standoff engagement capability of any fighter in the world. Beginning in 1962, Phoenix was designed and produced by Hughes Aircraft, with Raytheon joining the program in 1988. Much of the testing was done on the Sea Range at at Point Mugu, CA. The Phoenix/AWG-9 was originally intended as the main armament of the F-111B, then planned to become the Navy's air superiority fighter and long-range interceptor. While the Phoenix test program continued, the F-111B was canceled, and the Phoenix and AWG-9 were incorporated into the new F-14 Tomcat, which was to take over the role of the F-111B. The AIM-54 has been retired from U.S. Naval service, but is still used by Iranian F-14s, having been sold to Iran before the 1979 Iranian Revolution.


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New York Area Transit Agencies Prep for Super Bowl Crowd
Terrence DoppNew York and New Jersey mass-transit agencies will add service, offer special deals and suspend work ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl, the first one that relies largely on public transportation to get fans to and from the stadium.
The Feb. 2 championship game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is projected to bring 400,000 visitors to the New York City region. Seventy percent of the 80,000 game attendees are expected to arrive by train or bus, and more will be visiting the area for events such as the four-day Super Bowl Boulevard celebration in Manhattan, said Al Kelly, head of the National Football League's host committee.
"With hosting duties split between two states, physically separated by a river, the geographic footprint of Super Bowl XLVIII is unlike any other in the game's history," Kelly said yesterday in a statement.
New York and New Jersey are both trying to get a bite of the $550 million predicted to flow into the economy from Super Bowl-related activity. They also both are taking steps to ease transportation to and from the game and minimize complaints from people who visit the region.
The New York Giants and New York Jets both play at MetLife Stadium, an 82,500-seat, open-air arena in New Jersey's Meadowlands, a swampy region known for its sports arena and garbage dumps. The $1.6 billion stadium, which replaced the 34-year-old venue across the street, opened in 2010 across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
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Though MetLife has 28,000 parking spaces, only 13,000 will be available on game day to accommodate media satellite trucks. About 1,600 of those spots will be occupied by shuttle buses, Kelly said yesterday during a briefing on transit plans at the Secaucus Junction train station, which is expected to be a major hub the week of the game.
The NFL plans to offer a $51 "Super Fan Express" ticket, guaranteeing attendees a ride to and from the game from one of nine stops -- six in New York and three in New Jersey.
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is printing 1 million commemorative Metro Cards for the event. New Jersey Transit is offering a $50 "Super Pass" that provides unlimited rides between Jan. 27 and Feb. 3. Guests can use that pass for rail transit to the game.
Kelly said dropoffs at the stadium won't be allowed, eliminating taxis and livery cars as an option. The NFL also has banned people from walking to the game, and said all vehicles that enter the sports complex must remain there for the duration.
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NJ Transit will add cars and more trains linking Secaucus Junction to its stop at MetLife, a 12-minute trip, said James Weinstein, the agency's executive director.
The MTA will add service on some lines and increase the frequency of Long Island Railroad and Metro-North trains. All transit agencies, as well as the New Jersey Department of Transportation, said they plan to suspend any construction projects that would impact game travel.
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, an environmental group, said the region depends too heavily on a patchwork of transit agencies, and coordinating the various routes and schedules will be difficult.
"With security and having the Super Bowl in the middle of the Meadowlands, this will lead to gridlock and a traffic nightmare," Tittel said in a statement. "Bringing people in by buses and trains will not work because our system is not designed for this."


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Ethan Hawke thinks long movies bore the audiences
A lot of modern movies are "at least 20 minutes too long", and Hawke, 39, is adamant many modern directors are too arrogant and refuse to edit their work properly. The actor, who is heading back to the big screen this year in new vampire movie Daybreakers, thinks that long movies could get boring for cinema audiences.
"I don"t know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long," the Daily Express quoted him as saying. "It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters. "Now, it doesn"t matter what you"re making a movie about; everyone thinks their movie is so brilliant that it has to be three hours long. Not to be critical but... well, we all know which movies those are," he added.


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CAUQUENES, Chile — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck central Chile Friday, centered in almost exactly the same spot where last year's magnitude-8.8 quake spawned a tsunami and devastated coastal communities.
Electricity and phone service were disrupted and thousands of people fled to higher ground following Friday's quake, but the government quickly announced that there was no risk of a tsunami, and there were no reports of damage or injuries.
In the following hours, a dozen aftershocks ranging from magnitude-3.9 to magnitude-6.3 shook the seismically active area.
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President Sebastian Pinera appealed for calm and praised his government and Chileans in general for responding quickly.
"Today we're better prepared," Pinera said. "I think we've learned the lesson of Feb. 27, 2010."
Rodrigo Ubilla, the vice interior minister, said the navy had "totally discounted any risk of a tsunami."
Still, the strong earthquake frightened many Chileans, especially along the coast, where people quickly moved to higher ground.
"There was a preventive self-evacuation," said Vicente Nunez, who directs the National Emergency Office, ONEMI. But he said Chileans could safely return home.
Residents fled their homes in Talcahuano, a port city whose center was ravaged last year by huge walls of water that sent shipping containers and fishing boats into downtown buildings and streets, municipal spokesman Javier Gonzalez told The Associated Press.
Skyscrapers swayed in the capital of Santiago, and in the inland town of Cauquenes, mothers ran into the streets carrying babies in their arms.
The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck offshore, about 30 miles north of the city of Concepcion. The epicenter was relatively close to the coast, at 36 degrees south latitude and 73 degrees west longitude — almost exactly where the Feb. 27, 2010 earthquake was centered. Friday's quake was half as deep, at 11 miles, as the devastating temblor of Feb. 27, 2010.
And while last year's massive quake killed at least 521 people and left 200,000 homeless, this time it seemed that Chile emerged relatively unscathed. Chilean officials measured movement in the ocean but said there was no risk of a tsunami.
The reason last year's quake generated a tsunami while Friday's quake at roughly the same spot didn't even spark a warning was largely a function of strength, with the 8.8-magnitude quake being about 800 times larger in terms of energy released, said Nathan Becker, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
People in Talcahuano weren't taking any chances in any case. The compact city center is at the base of a bay and surrounded by hills, forming a bowl where the ocean drained and then came back with a vengeance last year.
Friday's quake caused a blackout in Concepcion, another city still recovering from last year's disaster. And across the country, Chileans jammed cell phone networks trying to make sure their families were OK.
In Cauquenes, a small town almost directly west of the epicenter, mothers ran into the streets carrying babies in their arms.
"I was really frightened. This is one of the strongest aftershocks we've had since last year's earthquake," said Ana Alarcon, who closed her small shop and took her two children in a search for her husband, who she couldn't reach by phone.
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Eden Hazard has finally ended speculation about his future by announcing he has decided to join Chelsea next season.
The 21-year-old Lille playmaker, who had long been linked with a move to the Barclays Premier League, revealed he had chosen the newly-crowned European champions on his official Twitter account.
He wrote: "I'm signing for the champions league winner."
Hazard earlier continued to keep fans of several clubs in suspense by posting he had "made up his mind" who he was going to join but declined to name the team in question.
There was no official confirmation on Monday evening from either Chelsea or Lille that a deal had been reached over the signing of Hazard, who has been rated at £32million.
But reports in France suggest the Belgium star has agreed a five-year contract worth as much as £100,000 a week after tax.
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As the deaths of photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros sadly reminded us last week, journalists continue to face dangers all over the globe, and especially in the volatile Middle East, where a rash of uprisings have created historic opportunities to capture news, but also high-risk zones. Lara Logan, the CBS correspondent on the ground in February during the protests that eventually toppled President Hosni Mubarak, "suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating," according to initial reports back in February, when she was separated from her team and overtaken by a mob. Questions arose at the time about the details of the assault Logan suffered, but with the exception of a few choice assholes, her privacy was largely respected by her viewers, colleagues and contemporaries alike. Now, Logan has deemed it time to talk about her experience, telling her side of the story to the New York Times ahead of a 60 Minutes segment about her assault this weekend. There's more on Logan's ordeal inside Press Clips, our daily media column, plus news on Michael Arrington's money-making and the forthcoming website from ESPN's Bill Simmons.
Speaking Selflessly: The mood was "celebratory" when Logan was jostled away from her producer and bodyguard in Cairo, she explains, but soon became "threatening" once she was alone amid a crowd. "For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands," Logan tells the Times today, making a deliberate choice of words in an obvious attempt to be blunt about what happened to her; as the Times' Brian Stelter writes, "sexual threats against women are rarely talked about within journalistic circles or in the media."
Even still, Logan stopped short of providing any more specifics about the chaotic moments when she thought she might die.
"My clothes were torn to pieces," Ms. Logan said.
She declined to go into more detail about the assault but said: "What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence."
Logan said she is speaking out to represent the "millions of voiceless women who are subjected to attacks like this and worse," making her lack of a more graphic description admirable; her decision to not be salacious or self-aggrandizing is a savvy maneuver meant to deflect the spotlight away from one Westerner's potential martyrdom and toward a much more widespread, terrifying issue. Read the rest of the Times' account here.
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Simmonsland: Elsewhere, in lighter media news, ESPN's top columnist and brand name Bill Simmons has a new site in the works, which we've been hearing exciting murmurs about for some time now. Today, it gets a name -- Grantland, after classic sportswriter Grantland Rice -- and notwithstanding that indescriptive choice, which we're lukewarm on, we're feeling 99.9% cynicism-free.
Signed on already are editors Dan Fierman (GQ, Entertainment Weekly), Lane Brown (New York) and Jay Caspian Kang (The Atlantic), in addition to a host of lovely (and young!) writers, which you can find here.
As if just to brag, the site's "consulting editors" are listed as Chuck Klosterman, Malcolm Gladwell and Dave Eggers. Grantland, which will mix sports and pop culture, is slated for June, when every major sport is conveniently either underway or ramping up.
Conflict of Intere$t: The AOL/Huffington Post-owned TechCrunch featured an interesting note from its chief Michael Arrington yesterday, in which the tech maven and occasional brute spelled out his own "Investment Policy," or in other words, how a man who runs an editorial website about technology can also invest in (and thus make huge dollar amounts off of) said technology.
His answer is to simply disclose it all in blog posts, admitting that "there will be financial conflicts of interests in a lot of my stories. Either because I write about those companies, or write about a competitor, or don't write about a competitor." If that sounds yucky, it gets a little bit more questionable as he spells it out:
I think that this will all be fine. I'll still be very hard on companies I invest in when they deserve it (ask Seesmic founder Loic LeMeur about that sometime), and I will still be quick to high five a company that's doing well even if I'm not an investor, or if I'm an investor in a competitor.
Other tech press will make hay out of this because they don't like the fact that we are, simply, a lot better than them. That's fine, but when you read their coverage remember that they're our direct competitors, even though they won't "disclose" that particular conflict of interest. Luckily they don't get to make the rules we operate under. We do, and you, as readers, can choose to accept those rules and read, or not and leave.
Arrington's honesty is refreshing in a way, but whereas political objectivity in a journalist is a false premise to begin with, similar disclosures about biases from 2.0 journalists, who find themselves at home on the web, ultimately feel less icky because opinions are opinions and humans all have them. What most journalists don't have is the chance to get rich off their subjects; Arrington, open or not, has exactly that.
UPDATE: Arrington gives an interview on the subject to Business Insider, as AOL explains their new policy, which specifies that none of their editorial employees can make investments related to subjects they cover... except Arrington, who "operates from a unique position." Kara Swisher at All Things D has an in-depth analysis well worth a read.
Missing at the Times: And in today's bit of playful media news, New York Times social media editor Lexi Mainland reports via Twitter that someone in the newsroom has misplaced their most important tools as a journalist: drinking supplies. Whoever lost their cocktail shaker wants it back so badly that they made a detailed poster:
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Assalaamu Alaikum Answer Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. There are several sites that have the Shatibiyyah poem as a zip file, and some sites have it written out. It a rather long learning poem with 1,173 lines, so usually they use the zip files for the Internet. http://tafsir.org/books/open.php?cat=87&book=865 http://saaid.net/book/open.php?cat=2&book=1273 http://qurankareem.info/a/shatebeyah.zip To hear the poem recited, click on the following links: Read by his eminence Sheikh Ayman Swayd (even though the link has the name of Sheikh Fayez): http://www.shaikhfayez.net/sound/shatbia2.rm In this file, the poem has four different sound files, because of its length, so each of the four files is a different section of the poem: Read by Sheikh Fayez: http://audio.islamweb.net/audio/index.php?page=lecview&sid=949&read=0&lg=399 It is available for online purchase at: http://www.furat.com/index.php?page=bookinfo&b_id=16707 'Afwan. Wa assalaam alaikum. |


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By Jenn Sheridan on August 28, 2013Celebrating its 150th anniversary over Labor Day weekend, Tahoe City is a center for shopping, dining and outdoor recreation located at the mouth of Lake Tahoe's only outlet – the Truckee River. From biking along the river to concerts on the beach, there's plenty of fun to be found. "I love the hiking and outdoor dining," said Louise Jensen at […] -
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By Mark McLaughlin on August 28, 2013Steamer "Tahoe" meeting the Lake Tahoe Railway at the Tahoe City pier to whisk passengers to their final destinations around Big Blue. · Tahoe City may be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding and first map plat, but the Washoe Indian Tribe would like to remind you that they called Lake Tahoe home every summer for thousands of years. […] -
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By Katherine Hill on August 28, 2013Baked Brie and Grilled Artichoke · Tahoe City has many lakefront dining establishments and Dockside 700 at the Tahoe City Marina stands out as one of the best – from the homemade cuisine to the friendly staff to the view. Partners Dave "D.R." Richardson, Marsha Wagner and Chef Joe Stecker have created a restaurant featuring items for every palette […] -
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By Barbara Keck on August 28, 2013"Pinotage is a flagship South African grape, created from a cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsaut. … Once you've tasted it, you'll never forget it." The boating season at Lake Tahoe may be almost finished, but the wine drinking season is not. That is clear from a visit to the Wine Village at the Concours d' Elegance, the annual Wooden […] -
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By Katherine Hill on August 28, 2013Coyote Moon · Coyote Moon is an unforgettable mountain golf experience that lies on 250 acres of secluded land, with no houses, but plenty of towering pines, granite outcroppings, wildflowers and creeks. This course was designed by Brad Bell, a former PGA Tour player, who is well known for creating highly praised golf courses around the central valley. Coyote Moon […] -
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Microsoft and Barnes & Noble just updated their $300 million agreement from two years ago, according to a document the bookseller filed with the SEC.
In the new documents, the two say that Barnes & Noble has given up plans for a Nook eReader app for Windows Phone. Instead the two are working on a something new called "the Microsoft Consumer Reader." The new reader will also replace the Nook Windows app, the documents say.
It's also not entirely clear if the new Microsoft Consumer Reader will also be a device, although ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports that it's most likely just an app. And she points to a heads-up tweet from Nook Customer Care that talks about a new Windows 8 Phone eReader app coming soon.
To recap: on April, 2012, Microsoft invested $300 million into a spin-off subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, NOOK Media. The new company was responsible for the Nook eReaders and the bookseller's digital college book business and Microsoft's investment gave it a 17% stake in the new company.
But two years later, it's hard to see how this was a fruitful venture for Microsoft.
Since then, Nook has struggled. As we previously reported, in the September quarter of last year, Nook revenue was down 32.2% on a year-over-year basis, and it had an EBITDA loss of $45.2 million. Those numbers made Nook the worst- performing part of Barnes & Noble.
In recent months, at least three key Nook executives have jumped ship, Forbes reports, and a good chunk of the Nook engineering staff was recently laid off, too, sources told Business Insider.
So, what exactly did Microsoft get for its $300 million investment? It ended a potentially damaging lawsuit for Microsoft.
For years, Microsoft has been telling Android and Linux devices they need to pay Microsoft royalties on each device sold, or face patent infringement lawsuits.
For the most part, when Microsoft comes calling, device makers sign contracts. Microsoft is now approaching device makers that are using Google Chrome, too. It just signed its most recent deal last month with a company called Hop-on.
Barnes had balked at paying Microsoft royalties for its Android Nook eReader. In a juicy lawsuit, it was revealing Microsoft's tactics, including the amount of money it was demanding for each Android device, $5 - $15.
This $300 million agreement ended the suit and allowed Microsoft to hide (redact) a bunch of information about it.
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Over coming nerves I've been jumping for a while. I usually jump 2'3"-2'6", but as soon as the jumps go up to 2'9"-3'0" I get super nervous, I get butterflies in my stomach and everything. I need to be able to over come these nerves, because when I get nervous, I don't ride, I just sit there and get stuck in this too forward, hunched ugly half seat thing, and my horse just runs out of the jump. The horse I ride is still green, and she is also gaining more confidence and when I get nervous, I feel like I take 2 steps back from all our hard work. I know she could physically jump 7 foot high fences, but if I get nervous, I won't be able to do anything. Getting nervous is not good for my horse..it took so much work for me to actually her to the level I am now, but I feel like I won't be able to get any further if I keep getting so nervous. Is there anything I can do to keep my mind off of the jumps being higher. |
A girl at the barn I ride at is the same....so she doesnt have her coach tell her how high the fences actually are. Coach will tell her they are still the smaller height and it seems to work, most of the time. |
My trainer doesn't tell me neither, but I know just by looking at them. I've jumped this height before, on other horses. I just think I'm over thinking it too much. I've been through a lot with this horse, I think I don't trust her enough as I should when it comes to jumping |
Maybe set up a gymnastics, with the first jumps where you are comfortable and the last jump a little bigger! Plus if your horse is green gymnastics are AMAZING for her!! |
I have the same fears! I remember back in my Pony Club days, I was jumping 3'6" with no issues - then a few years ago, I had an accident where I came off my horse head first into a 3'0" oxer, ending up with a rusty metal jump cup embedded in my right arm. I still have the scar to remind me of that day. Since then, I've had a mental block about stadium. Funny thing is, you can point me at a Training Level CC fence and I'll jump it with no fear - but you point me at a stadium fence, that is bigger than 2'7", and I freeze. It takes time, honestly. My Coach has me do Possitive Affirmations. I bought a deck of Recepie Cards and on each indavidual card, I had to write anything positive about stadium jumping. She also had me come up with a catch phrase - which is "Stop in the name of sexy, stadium jumping is fun" and whenever I start to get any negative thoughts about it, or negative feelings - I have to shout out that catch phrase, and say 1 positive thing about stadium jumping. So my recepie cards say, for an example: 1st - STOP IN THE NAME OF SEXY, STADIUM JUMPING IS FUN! Because.... 2nd - the fences are inviting 3rd - I am a competant and confident rider who can get the job done 4th - the fences fall down if my horse hits them etc, etc, etc. I have the whole deck filled out. Read those every day. You have to beable to change the negative thinking or the fears, into positive thinking and positivity. Also, jump as regularily as you can. If I don't jump at least once a week, I will revert back to my old habits and my fears. I have to continue with the process on a regular basis, to remain confident and comfortable. My Coach has me ride School Horses that will babysit me, where I can focus on me and where I am and what I am doing, so I can stay consistant with my jumping. I only jump my boy once a week. It is very important to me to save his legs, so that's why my Coach puts me on numerous other horses during the week to ride and work with. I highly recommend you look up "Jane Savoir" - she is a Sports Psychologist who specializes in the Equestrian World. She is a high up Dressage competator, and she has written many great articles on this very subject, that I have found helped me greatly. I have to dig up my Practicle Horseman Magazine where one of her articles ended up in, fabulous advice she gave. I highlighted some keypoint paragraphs that has really helped me. So anyways, you're not alone! I've been a long time rider, eventer, competator and I have this fear. I get angry at myself because I look back at old photographs of me going over bigger fences, and I wonder where that rider went. |
Thanks so much, I really like your suggestions. I've been doing gymnastics with her I jump about 2 times a week, over small cross rails, then my coach will do higher jumps (in the gymnastics line) with me once a week. Unfortunately there isn't any school horse I could ride, I ride horses for my coach so he can sell them, and all of them are green, the horse I ride is actually one of the better ones. I did jump her about 2'9" yesterday and I got nervous and she ran out twice, then I just stopped thinking so much about the jump being high and I got over it perfectly fine. But I think I want to do that idea with the cards so then I can have something to think about, while I'm jumping instead of getting too wrapped up in the height. |
Another suggestion I've heard of and used myself with great success is - SING! It sounds ridiculous, but pick a song with some fairly hard notes that you know the lyrics to and start belting it out - it forces you to breathe and forces you to stop thinking about anything but the next lyric. If you manage to start thinking about the fence, chances are you've stopped singing. It can be under your breath if you hate singing, but it's best to be loud because it's more difficult to stop. |
I used to get really scared of jumpng anything over 1ft but I when I started having group lessons my fears subsided because 1) i didn't want to look stupid in front of everyone else 2) everyone would cheer you on. If you just keep calm and do everything your instructor says and just JUMP it, afterwords you think, ''why was i making such a fuss?" it also helps if you start doing 3ft and over on a more experienced pony so you know what you're doing and you're less scared on your green pony. I did all these tricks and now i'm jumping 3'6!!!! |
Is it because you are on a green horse? I know i'd be more confident on a more experienced quieter horse myself. |
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11/21/2013 - South Side Leader
Fixes to floor vibration problems in Springfield Local School District's new $42 million school for students in seventh through 12th grades have been completed two weeks early, which will allow all teachers and students to move into the building in January.
The floor problems were discovered in the spring, and research into the problem and the required fixes delayed the planned fall move-in date. The plan then became that high school students would move into their wing first in January and students in seventh and eighth grades would follow two or three weeks later, according to district officials.
Springfield Superintendent William Stauffer announced at the Nov. 19 Board of Education meeting all the work will be done in time for everyone to move in together.
"This new building is beautiful," he said. "Everyone is going to love it."
To accommodate the move, students in seventh through 12th grades will not attend class Dec. 20 to give teachers the day to pack up, and the students will not return until Jan. 7, giving teachers time to unpack in their new classrooms.
Business Manager Dan Laskos, who is overseeing the move, said there is a lot being done to prepare for the move.
Stauffer also announced a dedication ceremony for the new building will take place Jan. 4 at 10 a.m., with tours between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
In other business, Stauffer spoke in support of the new Common Core curriculum introduced by the Ohio Department of Education.
"The Common Core curriculum is a good thing," he said. "This initiative raises the bar and academic standards, making the curriculum tougher, which is needed because students today are competing globally and need to know more."
During his report, Treasurer Chris Adams reported the district's revenue is up about 3 percent from last year, according to the first quarter numbers. He attributed that to construction in Lakemore and Springfield, increased real estate valuations and getting more money from the state.
Also, the board:
• approved a transfer of $725,752 from the General Fund to the Construction Fund;
• accepted resignations from: teacher Kara Mitchell, effective Oct. 21; classified bus monitor Billie McQuillen, effective Nov. 8; classified employees Melissa Dobbins, effective Nov. 11, and Marjorie Thomas, effective Nov. 22; and the retirement resignation of classified employee Shirley Huffman, effective Jan. 1;
• hired Christina Garrison as a substitute bus driver, Janet Carney and Joyce Price as classified substitutes, and Tina Rodhe as a classified two-hour cafeteria employee; and
• approved winter sports supplemental contracts and volunteer coaches Glen Smith for junior varsity boys bowling and Rob Crihfield for junior varsity girls bowling.
The next regular board meeting will take place Dec. 17, at an earlier time of 5:30 p.m., in the community room at the new Springfield High School, located on Canton Road next to the old high school building.
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Jim Furyk reached the midpoint of the 113th U.S. Open in 16-over-par 77-79=156 and will miss the cut.
Hideto Tanihara beat Japanese compatriot Yuta Ikeda 3-and-1 at the World Golf Championship-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club, winning Group 5 with 2.5pts and confirming the exit of fifth-seeded Jordan Spieth.
Making his tournament debut, World No. 147 Bryson DeChambeau painted a bogey-free 7-under-par 31-34=65 in the weather-delayed second round of the Puerto Rico Open, the current clubhouse leader on 11-under 133 and posting a new career low on the PGA TOUR in his 79th career round.
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Phil Mickelson clinched a group stage hat-trick of wins with a 6-and-5 demolition job on J.B. Holmes; he progresses to the knockout stages of the World Golf Championship-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin CC.
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Under the authority of Section 5107 of the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 15 U.S.C. § 638(dd), Cheryl Martin, Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) notified Sam Graves (R-MO), chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, that the agency will issue Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to small businesses that are majority-owned by venture capital companies, hedge funds or private equity firms. The SBIR is a competitive program that uses awards to enable highly-qualified companies to explore their technological potential in the nation's R&D arena and provides incentives for those companies to move to commercialization.
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Satara (Maharashtra): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is under immense pressure from opposition parties to resign from his post amid raging controversy over his crass "urinating-in-the-dam" remark. Meanwhile, Pawar has said that he would quit only after consulting his party's legislators. "When I resigned the last time, it was my personal decision. However, this time I will take a decision only after talking to the MLAs who have selected me their leader," he told reporters at Phaltan in Satara district. (Agencies) Latest News from State News Desk
Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was asked about the Opposition's demand for his resignation following his remarks that have kicked up a huge controversy in the state.
Opposition BJP and Shiv Sena have been gunning for Pawar over his crass "urinating-in-the-dam" statement over water scarcity being faced by farmers of drought-hit Maharashtra despite his repeated apologies and admission that it was "one of the biggest mistakes in my political life."
Even Sharad Pawar sought to cool down tempers by apologising on his nephew's behalf. However, the apologies failed to cut ice with the Opposition which stalled proceedings of the two Houses of the state legislature for three consecutive days demanding an apology from Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and sacking of his deputy.
Ajit Pawar had resigned in September last year after media reports accused him of being involved in an alleged multi-crore irrigation scam in Vidarbha region when he held the irrigation portfolio between 1999 and 2009. He was, however, reinstated barely 10 weeks later after a white paper brought by the government gave him a clean chit.


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- 1-1/2 cups Clamato juice, chilled
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1/4 cup vodka, optional
- Ice cubes
- 2 celery ribs
- 2 pepperoni-flavored meat snack sticks
- 2 dill pickle spears
- 2 pitted ripe olives
- In a small pitcher, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in vodka if desired. Pour into two glasses filled with ice; garnish with celery, snack sticks, pickles and olives. Yield: 2 servings.
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"just made these.. did add a beef bouillon cube (only cause it fell out of my spice rack right into the mixing pitcher)... yum!"
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"Just love these bloody marys. I use the juice from Heintz Genuine Dill Pickles and it mixes just great with the Clamato Juice. I also use the queen size green olives. People dropping over alway ask if I have the "fixings" on hand for these drinks."
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