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Geographically, modern Turkey is Eurasian, with its west in the West, ie Europe, and its east in the Middle East. Most of its sits on the region called Anatolia, extending from the Mediterranean Sea past the Black Sea. It borders Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Historically, Anatolia has been Aeolian, Ionian, Armenian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine, all before the Turkic peoples arrived in the 10th century from the eastern steppes. Afterward it was part of Turkic empires notably the Seljuk Empire, then part of the Mongol Empire, until the Ottoman Empire emerged in the 14th century, peaked in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and then began a long decline until it was fully dismantled by the Treaty of Sèvres (1920).
At its peak, the Ottoman Empire extended well into Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The official religion was Islam, and Ottoman Turkish was a hybrid language of Turkish, Arabic, and Persian written in Arabic script. After its demise, and the reforms of Ataturk, it became a single nation state, officially secular, and a constitutional republic. Turkish, now written in Roman script, is the official language.
Turkey has been in the Western news a lot more than usual in the last few years. First, it was because of its proposed full entry into the EU. This proposal elicited a lot of debate about whether Turkey was part of Europe at all, or part of West Asia/ the Middle East. It also engendered more direct commentary about the "perils" of admitting a Muslim majority country, even a long "modernized", "progressive" one, where laws already existed against women wearing the hijab.
In the last two years Turkey has been in the news for its humanitarian aid to Gaza, which resulted in Israeli attacks and the loss of Turkish life. Earlier this year Turkey was seen as a mediator and a buffer against a negative impact on Western interests of the Arab Spring. However, since the decision by Israel to disculpate its own troops in the international incident against Turkish based humanitarian ships, Turkey has responded against Israel in ways that are unsettling to the West, or at least to the US. There are also economic issues inflaming old rivalries: Turkish exploration for oil and gas near Cypress, and the European Union's economic implosion, making the Middle East seen as a more reliable partner.
The article below raises the spectre of a conservative turn in Turkey, emphasizing external pressures more than the acknowledged internal ones. After all, Mr Erdogan was democratically elected, by a populace who presumably knew of the conservatism attributed to him.
Istanbul's public drinking dispute is bigger than tables and chairs
ISTANBUL— From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Oct. 04, 2011 7:57PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Oct. 05, 2011 6:08AM EDT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently toured the Middle East, touting his government as a new model of Islamism – progressive, modern and tolerant – for a region at a political crossroads.
That kind of talk drives people crazy in the heart of Istanbul's Beyoglu nightlife district.
Bar and restaurant owners say thousands of workers have lost their jobs after a decision in July that swept patio tables off the streets, and they speculate that the pious Mr. Erdogan may be trying to hide the most visibly hedonistic side of his country at this sensitive moment of outreach to the Arab world.
"We are turning East, politically and economically," said Tahir Berrakkarasu, director of a local business association. "Today's administration is against alcohol, basically, because they think it's immoral."
Much of the speculation focuses on a visit by the Prime Minister during a religious holiday this summer, which left the bar owner with the uncomfortable feeling that the patio dispute involved more than the usual bickering over municipal rules.
Istanbul still has a more rollicking bar scene than any Canadian city, and Mr. Erdogan has never admitted a role in the squabbles over its regulation. Tables and chairs in pedestrian walkways technically fall under the mandate of the local mayor. Supporters of the Prime Minister argue that the ruckus over patio tables could not have been linked with his foreign policy, or his religious views, by pointing out that the mayor's men have been playing a cat-and-mouse game with restaurant owners for years.
Local officials set limits on how much of the sidewalk could serve as a seating area for eating and drinking, and establishments merrily thwarted those rules with a mix of bribery, trickery and brazen disobedience. The municipality's failure to control the tables spilling into the streets gave the old neighbourhoods of Beyoglu a bohemian charm that attracted an estimated 2.6 million visitors on busy summer weekends.
The Prime Minister himself was among the recent visitors, although he wasn't stopping for a beer. Witnesses saw a convoy of five or six black sedans roll into the neighbourhood on July 15, part of a three-day religious holiday. It's rumoured that Mr. Erdogan was marking the occasion with a visit to the Galata Mevlevihanesi, an historic hall founded by Sufi Muslims in 1491.
A bar owner, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation against his business, said he saw the convoy leaving Beyoglu, slowly creeping down a hill. It was a typical Friday afternoon, he said, with patrons jam-packed at small tables that occupied the entire sidewalk, forcing throngs of pedestrians into the cobblestone street. The scene would have reflected the cosmopolitanism of this urban enclave, with local Muslim girls in short skirts often indistinguishable from tourists.
Somebody who appeared to be a bodyguard poked his head out of one of the black sedans and started screaming at people blocking the convoy's path, the bar owner said. He cast doubt on a widespread rumour that patrons had lifted their beer and wine glasses to salute the Prime Minister, but added that it may have happened when he wasn't looking.
If one of Mr. Erdogan's bodyguards did lose his temper, it wouldn't have been an isolated incident. A United Nations guard was hospitalized with bruised ribs on Sept. 23 after a fight with the Turkish Prime Minister's entourage.
Nor would it have been unusual for Mr. Erdogan to make policy spontaneously: Last January, upon seeing a pair of concrete statues built in eastern Turkey in the name of peaceful relations between Turkey and Armenia, the Prime Minister reportedly called the sculpture "a monstrosity" and ordered it destroyed.
Whatever the impetus, municipal authorities scrambled to clear away the patios. A series of raids began on July 20, with swarms of security officers removing tables – at times, locals say, while patrons were eating. The head waiter at one restaurant recalled chasing after the trucks that removed his patio furniture; after long negotiations, he obtained a permit to recover the items from a municipal yard, only to discover that the security forces had smashed them.
A similarly crushing response quelled some of the demonstrations that sprang up against what became known as the "Table Operation." In Galata Square, a teenager played saxophone while his friends sang protest songs; plainclothes security officers shoved their way into the crowd and arrested the ringleaders, amid scuffles.
A local business group, Beyder, says it has collected 30,000 signatures on a petition against the operation. The group estimates that 2,500 staff have lost their jobs, as the dispute drags into its third month, but a quick resolution seems unlikely.
"The problem is bigger than the tables and chairs," said Aydin Ali Kalayci, an executive member of Beydar, who runs a popular restaurant. "The problem is that the money is flowing now from the Middle East, so they want to make changes in our society. Time is running out for us."
More related to this story
* Turkish military ship raises hackles in oil and gas hunt
* Off Cyprus, the hunt for oil and gas threatens to rekindle an old conflict
* Turkey asserting itself on the world stage
* Israel's flotilla raid was 'cause for war,' Turkey PM says
* Turkey threatens to send warships to escort future Gaza aid boats
* Turkey backs Palestinian statehood; notifies Israeli diplomats to leave country
Your comments, thoughts, impressions?
Turkey-Israel crisis: Why the formerly obscure IHH is playing a key role". See also In Pictures: The Gaza flotilla and the aftermath of the Israeli naval raid


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Sorry for the delay in writing a story about this, but here we finally are: Nokia's MeeGo (or Maemo or whatever it's called this hour) is getting its successor. Yes, MeeGo, the short-lived but beloved platform running on the unicorn phone, the Nokia N9, will continue onwards in a slightly different form. Its new home? Jolla - a company formed by former Nokia chief operating officer Marc Dillon, who was the principal engineer for MeeGo/Maemo at Nokia since 2006.
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My series on the "Summer of '73: The Lost Year," continues today with a book excerpt from talented author Matthew Silverman, whose work should be familiar to all Mets fans.
Silverman joins us today with a piece on Jon Matlack from his newest book, "Swinging '73: Baseball's Wildest Season. You can purchase his works at www.amazon.com
"When the 1973 season is referenced by Mets fans, it is usually only the miraculous finish that comes to mind, how the team that began the last day of August in last place wound up clinching a division title on the first day of October. But how did the Mets, three years removed from the 1969 world championship, get themselves into the kind of jam that required a miracle to rescue them? There was a lot of bad luck, a lack of foresight, and too much forehead in the case of a second-year southpaw named Jon Matlack." – Matt Silverman
After dropping the May 7 series opener to the Mets, 7–2, the Braves stood at 9?17, last in their division and second only to the 5?19 Cardinals for the worst start in baseball. The next night looked to be a rerun, with the Mets holding a 3–1 lead in the seventh with Jon Matlack, one of the game's top young lefties, on the mound. Atlanta's lineup had firepower, but Marty Perez wasn't one of the big guns. In 310 career games to that point, he was a .230 hitter with a slugging percentage of just .294. Batting in front of the legendary Aaron in manager Eddie Mathews's lineup, no one was going to pitch around Perez, especially with the bases full, two outs, and Matlack holding that two-run lead with a light rain falling. Perez worked the count to two balls, two strikes, and Matlack threw a curve that he thought the batter went around on. The umpires said no. Here comes the payoff pitch . . .
"I'm trying to nail down this game," Matlack recalls. "I overthrew the next pitch. It was a fastball, and I landed really hard when I threw it. I lost sight of the ball to the plate. I could see him swing and hear the bat crack, but I don't pick up the baseball until it's right on top of me. I barely got the fingers of my left hand in front of my face. It hit my fingers [on the mitt], hit my cap, and it hit me just over the left eye. They tell me—I don't know because I couldn't see it—but it went from my forehead into the dugout. It cost me two runs and ultimately cost me the ballgame."
The sudden tie fell to secondary importance during this frightening moment at Shea Stadium. Right fielder Rusty Staub, shaking his head at the memory of it years later, summed up his teammates' reaction: "We were just all thrilled that he wasn't dead." Dee Matlack wasn't even sure of that as the trainer came out and pulled a tarp over her prone husband's body as the rain fell.
"They're messing with me, and it's raining," he thought as catcher Jerry Grote and his teammates gathered around him. "My wife thinks I'm dead because they cover me up with a tarp." Still conscious and bleeding from his head, the dazed pitcher thought he'd been struck in the mouth until things came into sharp, painful focus. "I can see my forehead at this point. I can see it literally swollen up to where I can see it. I had a whale of a headache and felt very weak."
First baseman Ed Kranepool stood over Matlack as he was attended to at Shea. "You think about Herb Score," he said, recalling the sensational Indians southpaw hit in the face with a line drive against the Yankees in 1957. "It changed his whole career. Matlack was very fortunate."
Like Score at the time of the injury, Matlack was a 23-year-old southpaw and recent Rookie of the Year winner with seemingly unlimited potential. Matlack had been the lone ray of sunshine to emerge in the wake of the Nolan Ryan trade. As a rookie taking Ryan's place in the rotation in 1972, he won 15 games, threw 4 shutouts, and compiled an ERA (2.32) more than half a run per game better than ace Tom Seaver's. Matlack also had better luck than Score, who came back a year after being hit but left baseball by age 28.
"That's the first I hear his name," says Matlack of Score. "I was reading the paper the next day in the hospital—there's my picture and this guy I don't recognize. It tells me about how Herb Score got hit and never came back and all this kind of stuff. I can't say I wasn't apprehensive about the whole thing, but I was of the belief that the only reason I got hit was because I was unable to track the ball. Had I been able to see the ball, one of two things would have happened—I would have defended myself, caught it or otherwise would have been able to get out of the way. Through lack of seeing it was what caused me to get hit. That's what kept me moving forward, thinking that when I got back everything would be fine because I was going to see the ball. I wasn't going to overthrow fastballs, so I was going to be OK."
Matlack was going to be OK, but he sustained a fractured skull—and that was how it went for most of 1973 for the Mets: peculiar bounces, painful injuries, bad luck. With Matlack on his way to the hospital, the Braves scored five more runs in the inning, saddling the southpaw with a 10–6 loss as well as a throbbing, swollen head. The Mets found all kinds of ways to lose both games and players for most of 1973.
Though the Mets won four straight immediately after Matlack went down, the team stumbled to a 34?51 mark over the next three months that saw the manager nearly lose his job while players continued to go down with bizarre injuries. Eight different Mets hit the disabled list in 1973—the most in franchise history to that point—and that figure didn't even include Matlack, who didn't go on the DL after getting hit. He missed just two starts, fractured skull and all.
Matthew Silverman is author of 10 books on baseball. He blogs regularly at metsilverman.com and tweets @metsilverman.


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The following stuff:
* Regular nouns of the five declensions: all cases singular and plural
* Adjectives: declension and comparison
* Pronouns: ego tu nos vos, is hic ille iste ipse, quis qui
* Verbs of the four conjugations, active and passive: present, imperfect, future, perfect and pluperfect indicative; present, imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive; imperatives; infinitives; present and past participles
* Irregular verbs: sum eo possum volo nolo malo fero
I also need to know them bloody well, outside of upgrading my Greek. How is the best and quickest way of going about this? If it comes down to it I'll resort to brute force memorisation, however this doesn't seem good because I know I'll have to be looking at texts.
I'm not a complete noob however, I know and can use the first three declinations (memorised the 4th et 5th but not well since I've not used them) and know the first three conjugations very well in present, future and imperfect. I know sum and possum and some of volo too, no idea as to comparision adjectives even are though!
I have Wheelocks, lingua latina and everything on this site obviously as resources. Can it be done? any recommendations? servatabisne me?


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Leverett Lev Saltonstall '10 - King Ferry Winery
By Keith Davis
One day when Lev Saltonstall '10 was eight, his father and mother, co-owners of King Ferry Winery, were busy with an event the winery was sponsoring and a group of about 20 people showed up wanting a tour.
"I volunteered to show them around, and Dad said, 'Okay,'" Saltonstall said. "A few minutes later he came around the corner to check up on me, and there I was, saying the right things about the tanks and the filtration process. Dad was pleasantly surprised."
The younger Saltonstall wasn't.
"I started picking grapes when I was five. Early on, I'd done every job at a winery there was to do. I've always loved the family business, and I'm not shy about public speaking. When I talk to other people about the winery, I get amped."
Saltonstall began investing in the stock market at 13. No surprise, then, that the business school's real-time trading room drew him to IC.
"I love to get my hands dirty, but I also love sales," he said. "In college, I started relating marketing classes to things the winery was doing well and things we might do a little differently. I realized the family business was something I really wanted to get into."
Lev's two older sisters didn't. One owns a fashion design business in New York City; the other is completing a doctorate in marine biology at Cornell.
"My parents' mindset is, do what makes you happy," Saltonstall said. "My sisters and I are taking the paths we want, and our parents are okay with that."
The path to King Ferry began in Boston about 80 years ago, when Lev's grandfather (the son of former Massachusetts governor and U.S. senator Leverett Saltonstall) moved west. After teaching agronomy at Cornell, Lev's grandfather bought 700 acres on the north end of Cayuga Lake to raise cattle and seed crops. After growing up on that homestead, Lev's father graduated from Cornell, spent 10 years in the home construction industry, learned the wine trade in California, and, with his wife, Tacie, came back to New York. In 1984, they planted the first vines on the 27 acres the family had left of the cattle farm. Lev's journey was more direct.
"By my senior year at IC, we were starting to do farmers' markets in New York City. We were also exploring wholesale operations. Three days after I graduated, I was on my way downstate to establish a foothold."
Two years later, Lev has established 10 accounts with wine stores and restaurants and works five farm markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
"I know a lot about wine and how to grow grapes, but our operating model is to hire people to do that while I grow the business in New York City. When I'm my father's and mother's ages, I want to have established a strong downstate brand recognition for our wines and to have 200 wholesale accounts."
In the meantime, Lev is taking on the challenges of a family wine business, which include dealing with unpredictable weather and legislation forbidding New York vintners from shipping their wines to other states. The biggest challenge, though, is being a 24-year-old who is both a son and an employee.
"When I was a kid, I did a lot of odd jobs, but now that I have an official position, my parents and I talk a lot more about business. Fortunately, when I tell my mom and dad I need to speak to them as parents, not employers, they respond to that."
Also challenging is maintaining good relationships with staff members.
"Not every part of this business is fun," Saltonstall said. "Picking grapes, for example, is tedious. But my parents run this winery because they love it, and so do I. My dad taught me carpentry and machinery repair and how to make good wine, but he also showed me how to treat people with respect. If your employees see you working because you love it, chances are, they'll work hard, too, and come to love the business as much as you do."


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Couples-Only Retreat in the Heart of the Poconos
Paradise Stream is nestled amid the forests, lakes, and peaks of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania. In 1963, when the resort unveiled a heart-shaped tub in one of its guest rooms, there was a flood of publicity for the area that resulted in the Poconos being named the "Honeymoon Capital of the World." Paradise Stream still maintains that romantic feel; it's a couples-only resort, and many guest rooms still have the heart-shaped tubs that made the resort famous.
Paradise Stream is one of three sister resorts in the area, along with Cove Haven and Pocono Palace. Guests at any of the three get unlimited access to each facility through the resorts' Key Around Club. Feel free to paddleboat at Paradise Stream, play racquetball on the court at Cove Haven, or enjoy a round of golf on the nine-hole course at Pocono Palace (a nominal fee is required for golf). Paradise Stream's Parrot Lounge and nightclub also have nightly entertainment and dancing.
Among other designs, some of the resort's rooms feature iconic heart-shaped whirlpool baths for two and contemporary designs with lots of red and gold accents. Perhaps the most ornately styled of them all is the Champagne Tower suite, a four-level flat with a 7-foot-tall whirlpool tub shaped like a champagne glass, a heated heart-shaped pool enclosed in glass, and a dry sauna.
In the morning, head to Paradise Stream's onsite restaurant, which has a full breakfast menu. The restaurant also has a dinner menu that changes each day as well as theme nights on the weekends, including Codfathers Seafood Buffet. Alternatively, you could have a romantic breakfast in bed delivered to your room free of charge.
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There are a variety of nearby attractions that showcase the diverse entertainment options in the area. Mount Airy Casino Resort, located just 5 miles from the hotel, features 72 tables that include casino classics such as poker and blackjack and newer games such as Let it Ride and pai gow.
This area is also home to a handful of quaint little towns where guests and locals browse antique shops and art galleries. You'll also find boutique wine galleries and historical mansions tucked away on country roads. Also nearby, The Crossings Premium Outlets has more than 100 stores to peruse, including J. Crew, Forever 21, and Nine West.


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You hear this story
You join the zoo
I'm immortal until proven otherwise.
Everyone and everything was put on this earth for my own personal amusement.
Other than the bullshit I just sprang, I don't really believe in life after death, you just cease to exist, though if you believe in the laws of the universe then everything in the universe is connected at a molecular level, so nothing truly dies, it just loses its current awareness. You could argue that a persons consciousness or self awareness is what truly makes them alive anyway.
When Otakus die we are Reborn inside our fav Anime.
It is frightening just to think about it. No one has an absolute answer.
You will know what happens when you die just like everyone else.
I am dragon!!! ROAAWWWWRRRRR
White noise.
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Cessation of breathing, cardiac arrest, reduction of body temperature, loss of pallor, settling of the blood, stiffening of the limbs and then a slow, smelly, decomposition.
I don't mention the permanent loss of conciousness, because I believe within our lifetime, that it could be possible to transfer the contents of one's brain into a computer designed to emulate the way our minds function. Of course, learning new things and applying them to who we are, the same as before, will be tricky, but saving the foundation of who were are is theoretically possible within our lifetime(based on the average age of CR users).
When I die, I become parts to help others, improve medicine by training students to operate on my parts so they can do it better on those still alive, or improve science through research on what went wrong with my parts.
I think all that will make the world a better place, so anything else after that will be icing on the cake.
Corny ass jokes incoming
What happens after you die depends on your definition of 'you'. Who can even define what this 'you' is? Some people might say it's just conscious awareness, but that can go away without death, for example when one is comatose.
I still have to research it more before I come up with my own concrete opinion, but I believe that life is a cycle. Just like our thoughts and day to day activities are a cycle, so is the course of our life. It would make sense if on a grand scale, our entire life is like a single day, that ends when we go to sleep, and then begins again once we wake up. The difference is that when we sleep and wake up, we feel like the same person.
I think death is like lighting two separate candles with the same flame. Are the flames identical? Are they different? When one goes out, the other can still survive.
I think it's similar to a dream. When you're in a dream, everything feels real... But you don't feel like yourself, because once you wake up you can distinguish between reality and the dream. So death might be like that, where we're different, but not completely different.. Our consciousness doesn't carry over, but our energy and volition does..
When you die, your family seels your junk at an estate sale, the funeral home gets another job to do, the hospitals get to charge insurance companies for organ transplant surgeries, florists sell flower arrangements, people buy the newspaper with your obituary, they buy new clothes to wear to your funeral, and if you are famous then the media talks about how great you were in order to get more viewers or readers.
Basically, your death helps everyone else to make a little more money.
Coming from an Agnostic perspective, I don't know outside of the physical body decomposing. I agree with nadogggg about figuring out what is really "you". What makes you you and the other person, them? Does your conciseness live on after death? You'll find out when you die I guess. I've always found the idea of multiple dimensions intriguing and started thinking at one point of, what if death is like simply opening a door into a new world and life.
You pass through the "Gate" and become material/power for the Alchemist's on the other side.
I'm totally cool with that btw!
Only DEATH can cure STUPIDITY!!
i'll repost the answer after i die.
the fullmetal pharmacist!


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Pianist David Seering will present his second-annual concert benefiting Children In Crisis on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at Village Baptist Church in Destin.
"I try to do something every year to give back to the community, and Children In Crisis is a great organization that is doing some great things," said Seering. "They are a local organization and high caliber. I am happy to be able to help them."
Seering has been involved with CIC for the past three years and has gotten to know the organization's president and CEO well.
Last year, Seering brought in pianist Bobby van Deusen from Pensacola to join him in the performance.
This year, Seering will be joined onstage by the 12-piece Michael Walker Band in concert and by special guest Gina Walker in paying tribute to Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra.
Last year's concert was almost a sellout, said CIC President Ken Hair, who expects to see the same again this year.
"David is popular with the snowbirds and he gives an outstanding performance," said Hair.
Hair went on to say that our area snowbirds historically have purchased 50 percent of tickets sold.
"Snowbirds love this type of music, and they also like to contribute and support the community, which they can do when they purchase a ticket to this concert," said Seering.
Tickets are $20 at the door and all proceeds benefit CIC. Seering's time is donated.
Last year's concert netted $10,000 for the non-profit organization.
CIC Children's Neighborhood offers a stable home environment to children who don't have a home, and abused and neglected children who are coming from difficult situations, said Hair. They come to CIC through Florida Department of Children and Families' Family First Network.
Hair said the money his organization receives from charitable events such as these "helps us keep our doors open and sustain operations. The money helps us feed and clothe the children."
On any given day, CIC is home to 30 children and averages around 100 per year. In its four years of operation, the organization has housed a total of 350 children.
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The U.S. Supreme Court may decide as early as Friday which of the many cases involving marriage equality under appeal that they will hear. Chris Geidner has a rundown of all the various cases they could take on, which are the most likely, and what all the scenarios are for how they will handle them.
First, there is the appeal of California's Prop 8, which was declared unconstitutional by both the district and appeals courts. Second, there are a number of appeals of the Defense of Marriage Act, particularly Section 3, which has been struck down by several federal district courts in different cases, and by two of the appeals courts. Geidner notes that at least one of the DOMA appeals is almost certainly going to be granted cert, but the Prop 8 case is kind of a toss up — they could accept it or not accept it, but doing so will require them to engage the question of whether bans on same-sex marriage are constitutional directly. Here are the four possibilities he lays out:
• The court takes multiple DOMA cases and the Proposition 8 case. This outcome would be the "all in" option, and it would make clear that at least four justices want the court to resolve the legal questions surrounding these issues, from what level of scrutiny that laws classifying people based on sexual orientation should be given (see more about this here) to whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry. (The DOMA cases also feature the unusual circumstances, in place since February 2011, of the Obama administration opposing the law's constitutionality and the House Republican leadership defending the law.)
• The court takes one DOMA case, while holding the other DOMA cases pending that decision, and takes the Proposition 8 case as well. This is not very different from the first possibility, although the choice of one DOMA case over another could be seen as narrowing the type of argument about the law that the court would like to hear. More likely though, it would simply be a sign of the justices having picked a case in which Justice Elena Kagan, who served as the top appellate lawyer in the Obama administration before joining the court and may choose to recuse herself from one or more of the DOMA cases because of that, can participate.
• The court takes a DOMA case (or multiple DOMA cases) and holds the rest of the cases, including Proposition 8, pending the outcome of the DOMA case. This prospect, advanced as a possibility by Georgetown law professor Nan Hunter, could be taken by a cautious court, wanting first to resolve some general questions — including the level of scrutiny to be applied to sexual orientation classifications — before acting on the other, more direct, question about whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry that is raised in the Proposition 8 challenge. This, as with taking the Proposition 8 case, would delay when same-sex couples in California might be able to marry.• The court takes a DOMA case (or multiple DOMA cases), but denies certiorari in the Proposition 8 case. This option, once considered by advocates to be the most likely possibility, would lead to same-sex couples being able to marry in California within days. The Ninth Circuit's ruling in the case did not broadly resolve the marriage question, instead holding that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional because it took back rights formerly held by Californians. As there are other cases in the legal pipeline about same-sex couples marriage rights that could make their way to the Supreme Court, the court could decide to let the narrow Ninth Circuit decision stand.
I think the third option is the most likely, especially given Chief Justice Roberts' preference for a court that acts incrementally rather than in broad strokes. I would not be surprised if he were to argue in conference that the court must first settle the question of what level of scrutiny the lower courts must apply to cases involving sexual orientation, then let the lower courts apply that standard and see where things end up before the Supreme Court should get involved in answering the more direct questions.
And I think there's a good chance that Justice Kennedy would favor that approach. Like every case involving gay rights since 1987, Kennedy is the one who will determine the direction of the court. And his record is quite strong; he authored the two most important gay rights cases in the history of the court (Romer v Evans in 1996 and Lawrence v Texas in 2003). In both cases, he stopped short of applying intermediate or strict scrutiny, though he hinted at it, and applied only the rational basis test to reach the conclusion that both states laws were unconstitutional.
But the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in striking down Section 3 of DOMA in October, explicitly applied heightened scrutiny and made very strong arguments for why the treatment of sexual orientation demands such a standard, citing Kennedy's earlier decisions in the process. So this is not a question that the court is likely to dodge at this point. And the key, again, is Kennedy. And I think it's pretty much a coin flip as to which way he goes.


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I liked the general idea behind the Systray tweaks, but in Beta 1 the execution still lacks: The "expand arrow" and the "notification i-icon" switched sides without apparent reason. Kinda felt Ubuntu 10.04-ish.
I'm not to keen on the whole monoscrome systray thing. I can certainly understand that some people may like it, but i did prefer the old colorful notification icons, especially as kde always did seem to frame the notification area correctly and put proper spacing between the icons. So esthetically, i personally see no benefit to the new look.
If one had the choice for monochrome vs full color, that'd be nice. Tell me, is this a feature of the icon theme, like it is in gnome, or is it "hardcoded"?
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Glastonbury Gear Guide - Hipster Edition
Glastonbury Gear Guide - Hipster Edition
It's all over for another year, just one this time. By all accounts the Stones lived up to the hype, Mumfords stomped a merry jig and the Arctic Monkeys delivered something for the rockers. That's for later however, here we check out the trendier, moustachioed set with our vintage, lenseless Geargoggles. Play along at home by giving yourself a point for every piece gear you share with artists here, 3 points for any artist where we've confirmed sight of a hipster in the crowd.
James Blake Synth Setup
Largely working alone in the studio with lots of effects and instruments means James has to pick a versatile rig when playing live. This picture nicely encapsulates what he's got going on.
The major pieces appear to be a Fender Tele, Moog Taurus, Nord Piano and just out of shot to the right is James' Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08.
Another important element to getting a layered studio sound is the Roland SP-404SX Sampler.
The top Nord keyboard appears to be a Wave synth and the little box on top of the Piano is a Moog Minitaur.
Being a big festival there were a lot of Neumanns being used alongside the SM58. It appears a KMS105 is being used on Mr. Blake.
No hipsters that we could see in this crowd, maybe he's gone mainstream, now that you can make out all the words he's singing.
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Guitars And Keys
Style is fleeting but class is permanent and it doesn't get much classier than black suits, black stage dressing, scowls and rock poses. Here they are towards the end of a great set crescendo, Warren Ellis wailing on violin and effects pedals (lots of them). The MicroKorg was used a bit earlier in the set.
No shortage of tasty gear here with a well worn Fender P-Bass, Sonic Blue Fender Mustang and vintage Korg organ.
The backline consists of two Fender Tweed combos, an Ampeg stack and seemingly two Mesa/Boogie Mark V combos.
What's not as easy to spot at first glance is that Nick isn't playing an upright but a Nord Stage 2 tucked into specially built frame.
For Warren's pedals we can certainly spot a Tubescreamer and Boss CS-3 down there plus maybe an MXR Microamp.
Extra points on offer here for this modest hipsterism. A check shirt, man scarf and christmas jumper all on display but thankfully on three separate people.
Everything Everything Gear
They played Sound City here in Liverpool a couple months back and they played another blinder at Glastonbury. This time we got a better look at their complete live setup.
Here they are sporting what looks like Blackstar Artisan 30 combos and an M-Audio Axiom MIDI controller.
And for their signature synth textures and rhythms here's the Novation Mininova helping out.
Tipped as the Sound Of 2013 by the BBC it's been a busy year for Haim. Here's Danielle getting into it with her favoured Gibson SG.
And Alana kicking things off on Falling with her MicroKorg. With quite a stripped back style the MicroKorg often sits front and center in the mix, a little synth with a big sound.
Cat Power
Chalk up another two sightings for the MicroKorg family, Nord and Roland's SPD-30. The SPD-30 and SPD-SX were a common accompaniment for lots of bands with kits and individual toms/snares.
And it's another triple hipster points bonanza for Cat Power, due to what appears to be a man in dungarees and train drivers cap in the crowd.
Vampire Weekend
Speaking of the much loved Roland SPD series drum pads, here it is again with Vampire Weekend.
Suffice it to say if you own a MicroKorg and a sleeveless shirt then you are the hipster band member to rule them all.
Deap Vally
We've checked out the ladies from Deap Vally before (no sniggering at the back) and their appearance at Glastonbury confirmed they're using largely the same gear.
Similar to the Bad Seeds setup, some aggressive Tweed tone, Mustang bite and fuzz pedals are all in evidence.
Django Django
Django Django take their elaborate and varied sound to the stage without compromise. Plenty of interesting vintage gear and effects on the keyboard riser to help with that. On bass we can see an Ashdown ABM head and cab combination. Plus everyone's favourite gigging combo, the Hot Rod Deluxe.
They've been getting a lot of play on Radio 6 and it's easy to see why if you check out Nothing Arrived on the BBC highlights. On keys we can see a Novation Impulse controller and Nord Stage 2.
The Horrors
Looking pretty darn thin and hipster it's the Horrors. More interested in their new amps than their new clothes though, sporting Blackstar Artisan amps and what looks like an Orange AD200 bass amp in white.
We already know quite a bit about what Portishead use in the studio from guitarist Adrian Utley going into detail about his love of Orange Amps, modular synths, delays and pedals. But even his extensive setup doesn't constitute everything happening on record, drums, samples, keys and of course Beth's vocals are all key components as well. No surprise that their live rig is pretty impressive and liable to cause extreme gear lust. If you are of a nerdvous disposition please look away now.
One vintage Italian analogue synth not enough for you? Clearly not as there's two here, one from Siel the other a Jen. Time was that you could pick these up relatively cheaply but as with all things vintage their popularity has greatly increased in recent years.
Somewhat more attainable is the evil sounding Korg Mono/Poly and a Moog Little Phatty. That's four analogue synths for those brooding atmospheres, backline consists of Ade's beloved Orange AD30, a Vox AC30, Ampeg stack and there also appears to be a vintage electric piano kicking around. Couldn't they just get a Nord like everyone else?
And if you're luck enough to own any of this glorious vintage analogue gear then consider you're self lucky, as it's triple hipster points thanks to this happy chappy in the crowd watching Portishead.


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I promised someone I would start a thread on how to cover a box in fabric, so here it is.
No pics yet, tomorrow I promise.
First Off, I start by making the box, I have done so many of these it takes me about 45 minutes with an airnailer and a table saw.
I made this box out of Maple Vennered Fiber Core Plywood. Densest scrape I had around(well, in quantities to build a box.)
After making the box I went out and purchased 1.33 yards of fabric. This gives plenty left over and is about the least I can purchase and not have to squeeze my brain to fit the pieces.
I purchased leather this time around.
I wanted to do designs on the side of this box so, Next I bought some 1/8 inch foam and cut designs out of making sure I held the blade at 45 degrees to the surface.
I then glued these designs to the box using spray adhesive.
3M 77, or similar strong fabric/multiuse adhesives work. (I would use real upholstery contact cement but I have no access to it.)
With my designs carefully mounted in the areas of the box I wanted them, I than cut out my fabric. I like to start big and trim the fabric down, so I cut pieces roughly 2-3 inches larger in each dimension.
Next I spray the fabric and the box with adhesive. A good coating is needed, but 3M 77 works best with a light to medium coat, not too heavy or stuff doesn't dry.
With designs on the side of the box, things become a little difficult. I lay the fabric onto the desing first and work my way to the edges of the box smoothing everything out. Its best to have something smooth and small to roll creases and wrinkles out(I use a sharpy marker, no idea why).
After the glue drys for 15-20 minutes a side, I cut the excess fabric off. On this box, I trimmed to 1/4 inch of the edges because I planed on trim.
If you wish, you can learn to sew and sew all 4 sides of the box together slightly smaller than the actuall box. This is then pulled down the sides and smoothed out. It ill allow only 4 nice seams (or one depending on how you lay out) at the corners. The slightly smaller requirement is for a tight fit with no wrinkles.
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With the side edges trimmed, I fold the top and bottom edge fabric over to the inside of the box. I then stable this excess to the inside to ensure more tight fitting.
For the tops of the boxes I cut a square 3 inches larger. I then lay this square out and spray the fabric and wood with adhesive, just like before.
I then stretch the fabric around the edge and stable, working from the center of each edge to the corners. I am careful to leave 1-2 inches at each corner.
With the edges stable down and the corners needing finishing, i fold the fabric into whatever shape is necessary to get a nice finished edge. I then stable this final fold down.
Trim off excess, and bingo you are done.
I make all my boxes to fit snug when bare. Then when the fabric is tightly wrapped, I get a very secure fit. This latest box actually requires a hammer to pound the top and bottom in, and can be played with no other fastener holding the covers on.
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thanks a lot J-Rock
i have a friend who made a leather backpack for me. he knows a thing or two about working with leather.
it just didn't cross my mind that it would be nice to build a leather 'sock' for the box.
i have some cow leather, with fur on it, somewhere in the garage... although it's old, the fur is still firmly attached. i plan on building another db-10 and covering the box in that material. i hope it'll look good.
thanks again for the thread. just don't forget the pics.
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Well, pics are late but most things are with me
Here we go though:
This is a pic of the finished box:
This is the Finished Top and Bottom Pieces:
The side with a rose:
The side with two Palm Trees and a Sun:
The side with a fairy:
The sub inside:
This is how the tops and bottoms were folded:
This is how the curved port cut was covered:
And a final closeup from the front for the Port:
Notice the girly designs, well box is a gift for my Girlfriend and she absolutely loves it. The side with the port is not pictured because it says here entire name in Grafitti writing. Her first name though, as you can see is Kate.
Any questions on anything I am willing to help 24/7 basically.
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it looks great. now i see that each panel was separetly covered. that was the only thing that i was uncertain of.
good idea about those small pieces of mdf on the bottom lid, to ensure the seal. that's something i'll use in my next db-10 build.
thanks for the pics. and for the tutorial
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Nets escape with 102-100 victory over lowly Suns
PHOENIX (AP) — One of the best games of Goran Dragic's career still wasn't enough for the Phoenix Suns.
Instead, Deron Williams and C.J. Watson made a handful of crucial plays down the stretch and the Brooklyn Nets escaped with a 102-100 victory Sunday night.
Dragic fell a rebound shy of what would have been his second career triple-double with 31 points, 12 assists and nine boards. He was a point short of his career scoring high.
Dragic's only career triple-double came with Houston two years ago and he knew he must have been close to one as this game progressed.
"Somebody told me I had 8 minutes to get one rebound," he said. "I said, 'Don't tell me that.' Then I was thinking too much. It's really tough with those big guys to get one. I was just hoping maybe to get one long rebound that's easy to grab. But you know in the end, they executed well. They didn't miss a lot of shots. Deron Williams, in the low post, he went to the free throw line, a layup, a 3-pointer. So it was a lot of good decisions from them."
Brook Lopez added 20 points and Kris Humphries a season-best 17 for Brooklyn. Watson scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for the Nets, playing without Joe Johnson, who bruised his thigh in Brooklyn's loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
"On the road and back to back you have to find a way to win. Not taking anything away how well they played — Joe Johnson didn't play," Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo said. "It is still a very good win. It wasn't pretty. It wasn't like we are going to say we did 800 things well but we did enough things to win. Maybe we didn't play as well as we did last night and we got a loss last night. Tonight we found a way to get the win."
The Suns had a chance at the end when Dragic purposely missed the second of two free with 3 seconds left and Phoenix's Hamed Haddadi controlled the rebound. But the big Iranian's shot was off the mark.
Brooklyn improved to 3-1 halfway through eight consecutive road games.
"A win is a win. We will take it," Williams said. "It is a good start (on the road). It wasn't the way we wanted to win it but it is a win none the less and puts us 3-1 which is pretty good on this road trip."
Wesley Johnson added 21 points — including 5 of 9 3-pointers — for the Suns, who were coming off consecutive blowout losses at home to Washington and Minnesota.
Down by 16 early in the third quarter, the Suns mounted a comeback behind Dragic's floor play and the shooting of Johnson, who finished the period with four consecutive 3s to put Phoenix up 76-75 entering the fourth.
Johnson's first 3 in the spree cut it to 69-67, his second made it 71-70, his third 74-73 and his fourth, with 8.1 seconds left, gave Phoenix its one-point lead after three.
After Dragic's two free throws tied it at 87-87 with 5:53 to play, Williams' 3-pointer put Brooklyn up for good 90-87 with 5:08 to go.
Williams' driving layup made it 99-95 with 2:12 to play, then Johnson's 22-footer sliced it to 99-97 with 1:45 remaining.
Phoenix had several chances after that, but missed a trio of shots in a row after two offensive rebounds, the last a 16-footer by Dragic with 27 seconds left.
Gerald Wallace, with cotton stuffed into his right nostril, missed the first of two free throws but made the second and the Nets led 100-97 with 14 seconds to play.
Dragic drove for two to make it 100-99 with 6.8 seconds to go. Watson made two free throws to put Brooklyn ahead 102-99 6.3 from the finish. Dragic was fouled with 3 seconds left, made the first free throw, then lined the second off the rim. The 7-foot-2 Haddadi got the rebound but his shot was too hard off the backboard and the Nets escaped.
"We are of course disappointed because we lost," Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter said, "but if we can have that type of every night we will take it."
Brooklyn finished the first half on a 15-7 run, capped by Humphries' three-point play with 23.1 seconds left, to lead 55-43.
Williams scored the first four points of the third quarter to stretch the lead to 59-43, the Nets' largest of the night.
Notes: Dragic reached double digits in assists for a career-best fifth game in a row. His 11 double-digit assist efforts since the All-Star break are second only to Milwaukee's 12 and Jennings has played one more game. ... The Nets' eight consecutive road games match a career long. They will be on the road for seven straight games, then return home before traveling to the eighth game, April 3 at Cleveland. ... Brooklyn's next home game is April 4 against Chicago. ... Phoenix was without C Jermaine O'Neal because of a calf strain. ... Hall of famer Julius Erving had a courtside seat.


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Several members of our team recently saw NY screenings of Kristin Canty's new documentary, Farmageddon. And we haven't stopped talking about it. We decided to share what it meant to us, and what actions we felt compelled to take after seeing the film.
What Farmageddon meant to us:
Jen Bunin - Program Assistant, Sustainable Table:
In the words of Farmageddon director Kristin Canty, "It's hard to wake up America." Kristin would know; she's spent the past few years trying to pitch a film exposing how the federal government is persecuting its own citizens by enforcing laws against producing their own food, and in essence, taking away their right to choose what they eat and feed their children. When no studio would make her film, Kristin took things into her own hands and produced it on her own.
The catalyst for the film was her son Charlie, stricken with allergies that were only cured when she started feeding him raw milk, which is illegal in 22 states. Her battle to feed her son what he needed to survive led her to discover the stories of farmers and vendors who had been subjected to the extreme and senseless enforcement of rules and regulations that do little to protect public health. Farmageddon isn't about food—it's about civil rights.
As I listened intently to the stories—in one case, a family with 10 children held at gunpoint by USDA agents simply for running a co-op—I had to acknowledge how fragile our civil liberties are in this country. What Canty achieved, through both the subject matter and the grassroots nature of the film, is making her desperation and the need she felt to make the film palatable and cutting to the viewer.
The film places you on unsure ground as you listen to how the government spent a million dollars to monitor a small sheep farm in Vermont and eventually confiscate and slaughter the animals, purportedly to prevent mad cow disease, despite lacking any evidence to suggest that the sheep were unhealthy. As the farmer, Linda Faillace, mourns the loss of her animals, livelihood and business she loves, you see how innocent Americans are prosecuted because they threaten a broken industrial, unhealthy food system— and the message is clear: this affects you.
Erin McCarthy - Program Associate, Sustainable Table:
Wait, another food movie? To be completely honest, I didn't even want to see Farmageddon. Over the past two years, there seems to have been an inundation of films about the food system. I'm not one to complain, because this means these issues are reaching a larger audience, but these filmmakers have (in their ambitious approaches) tried to capture every aspect of the industrial food system. The reason why Farmageddon is such a breath of fresh air is its intense focus on one critical, intensely debated aspect of the food system – raw milk legislation.
Personally, I don't drink raw milk. Although I tried it when I was in Pennsylvania and California, where the laws aren't as strict as those in New York, I don't have a strong personal connection with raw milk advocacy. The reason Farmageddon resonated with me was not because of raw milk specifically, but because the film captured the audacity with which both the FDA and the various state departments of agriculture execute an attack on small family farms. Their claim is that the sale of raw milk is a threat to food safety. What they need to be doing is focusing on CAFOs and monocultures that pose far greater threats to our food system every day.
Michael Gately - Guest Blogger:
Farmageddon has not inspired me to try raw milk, but I found Kristin Canty's documentary to be a wake-up call about overweening government authorities that threaten the freedom of small farmers and families to buy and sell what they believe to be healthy and nutritious food. I first found out about the film from a friend in Albuquerque who's a fan of whole, organic foods and natural farming, who'd hoped that one of her friends in New York would see it and report back.
As someone with more of a background in ethics and political theory than in environmental or food issues, I can't report on the science of raw milk, nor compare this film with other recent farming documentaries. But what resonated for me were the stories of individual liberty; of federal regulations, often driven by and favoring large-scale agriculture, in conflict with state laws and local, family farming and cooperative practices.
Canty was motivated to create a film following from a personal passion: her son's illnesses seemed to disappear with the help of raw milk, but legal barriers often prevent people from finding or distributing it, and no one seemed interested in telling the story. So she made the film herself. (She is not an aspiring documentarian, and her next project is to start a farm-to-table restaurant in Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and four children.)
Jamie Leo - Senior Creative + Marketing, Sustainable Table:
What, as food and sustainable agriculture advocates, do we look for as inspiration? Having seen so many independent food documentaries swimming upstream against the clutter of info overload and bad news fatigue, I often remind myself that I'm not the target audience (I monitor the Michael Pollens and Marion Nestles and their sound bytes and am surrounded by brilliant, knowledgeable sustainability advocates). I wince at films' weak or unbalanced arguments and vulnerabilities (Michael Moore's squandering all the power of Sicko with the indulgent and degrading boat of patients to Cuba – eagerly pounced upon by Moore-haters). And I sigh, knowing that the people I love in Iowa will never see these documentaries – and would never sit through the polemics anyway.
In Canty's film, the scenes and accounts of taxpayer financed arms-drawn raids are jaw-dropping, but I had actually been with Californian friends, who were delighted to show me the lovely Rawesome Foods in Venice, CA; so hearing Rawesome's manager James Stewart, and the surveillance footage of the weapons drawn as Federal agents stalk through the rows of produce was over the top.
I even like that Farmageddon attracts strange political bedfellows, from strict veggies who believe that clean, humanely raised meat is far better than CAFO horrors, to the libertarian crowds applauding the film's stand on freedom of choice.
Then there's the honest, passionate citizen activism of Kristin's work. (Even the press-derided director's voiceovers spared this viewer the fakey, greenwashy narrators of a Monsanto or Elanco propaganda piece.)
What actions we felt compelled to take:
Kristin Canty is not an aspiring filmmaker—she has no plans to ever make another film. The film is activism, pure and simple. My coworkers and I immediately knew that she is a force to be reckoned with, and we could sense the potential for collaboration. We are currently working with Kristin to promote our mutual goals—the protection of small family farms and the development of a sustainable food system. On a personal level, I saw the power of one person's voice. I saw what storytelling can accomplish, and, more importantly, that you don't have to be a professional storyteller to move mountains. Armed with narratives of these farmers, so relatable to anyone who values their personal freedoms, I have become more outspoken to friends and family about the unseen war on American family farms.
I'm interested in learning more about the legal struggles of these family farmers and their customers, many of which are ongoing and unresolved. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund has a wealth of information about pending and proposed legislation to help protect free food choices.
I wrote a small-is-better-than-nothing check to Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund; I tweeted and Facebooked the film; followed up with friends/colleagues for their take on it. I met the director, urged our team to see the film and am happy we are getting the word out about nationwide screenings.
I felt extremely fortunate that this film was playing in New York. I have friends all over the country who expressed interest in seeing it after I posted about it on Facebook. Although this armchair activism is all I've done so far, Farmageddon continually inspires me to sing its praises. Farmageddon was made by an activist who hopes to inspire others to stand up and demand a better food system. But as Kristin Canty asked our team, what does it take? Her film riles you up, makes you angry at the government and in my case, led me to question if I ever want to be a farmer given all the possible risks and threats. What do you think it takes to inspire real action? Post your comments below.


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Everyone has now heard of the Vajazzle; the body art crystals that you can wear on…intimate areas… (if not check out my giveaway here!).
Well guys don't need to feel left out anymore as the Vajazzle service has now been launched for men, called 'Peen-jazzle'.
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One of the hottest intimate beauty accessories, Vajazzle, has now been made available to men who want to give their partners a sparkly treat!
Unlike the Vajazzle which is stuck to the pubic area on the ladies, the Peen-jazzle is unique, as the Swarovski crystals are applied with a cement based glue to the most intimate area of the male body.
These crystals are completely safe and will stay put for at least 7 days. It is even safe to wear during intimate moments although we will not be held responsible for lost crystals.
We got a shot of one of the first Peen-jazzles, click to see:
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Clive, 36, who had the above treatment says, "I came in for a scale and polish. What the hell have you done to me?"
The treatment is available from beauty salons all over the UK and the treatment costs £20 or free with a scale and polish.
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709 Penn Gallery into the spirit of the book
A tidy little exhibit tucked into 709 Penn Gallery, Downtown, is worth a look if you're into the spirit of the book.
Simply titled "Book," it's the brainchild of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust curator Sonja Sweterlitsch who grew up around books at her family's home in Silver Spring, Md.
Her father, a theoretical physicist who works for the government, literally amassed thousands of precious volumes in all subject areas, but concentrating in philosophy, poetry, studies of Ezra Pound, and especially his amazing collection of rare, out-of-print and first-edition physics books.
On March 20, 2012, a freak lightning bolt hit a tree in the backyard. The tree exploded. The lightning hit the ground, traveled through the tree roots and ignited the house.
"While my parents made it out of the house, with few exceptions, they lost everything," Sweterlitsch says. "It was on three news channels in the D.C. area.
Though the lightning strike reduced her father's vast library to ashes within minutes, Sweterlitsch says, "He had a wonderful outlook on it, telling me, 'It's all just material, and there is much more to life.'
"As we talked about it, he repeated something he often told me growing up, that 'Books are the least material of material objects to have, because, essentially, they are ideas.' "
In light of that fact, and the general disappearance of physical bookstores in favor of digital books, Sweterlitsch invited Pittsburgh-area artists Seth Clark, Dana Ingham, Randie Snow and Brett Yasko to reflect on books as we revere them. Not only as objects, but in the way we perceive and consume them.
"I wanted to respond to my parents' house and the loss of books and bookstores from our landscape in general, and started thinking about books as precious objects," Sweterlitsch says.
"All four artists are also graphic designers, and have a sensitivity to text," she says, making for a truly enticing and engaging exhibit.
That's obvious with the largest work on display, Seth Clark's installation "T, or The New York Times Style Magazine," which is mounted on the back wall of the gallery.
It is basically the Times' "T" logo reinterpreted by the Lawrenceville-based artist and designer 107 times. He says he sees the piece as "an imagined commission of various artists to interpret their logo for the publication's cover."
Here, however, each was hand-drawn or painted by Clark on paper, with some of the logos scratched, painted and even burnt on or off each piece of paper comprising the piece.
Clark says that, in many ways, this series is a simple exploration into typographic play. "I wanted to see how many different ways I could physically alter a logo," he says. "It was a refreshing (exercise), and I think it would be for any other designer."
Not type, but books themselves were altered by Randie Snow of Brighton Heights, who chose to cut into and add objects to everything from a copy of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to several versions of the Bible. She calls the seven evocative assemblage sculptures she created "book relics."
Snow says these "book relics" are her way to pay homage to the centuries old need of people to "create their own tangible memorials." In some pieces, little bits of jewelry, baby-doll parts and other precious objects are combined in an effort to allude to the subjects contained in each book and also create something that has personal connotations.
Like Snow, Dana Ingham of McKees Rocks used old books to create sculptures that evoke the subjects or themes contained within their original source material. Although Ingham admits, "As raw material, I found books to be a poor source. There was some novelty, but covers stayed covers, the paper is poor quality and the printed text tends towards noise in new configurations. I couldn't separate the content of the books that I destroyed from the work I was trying to create out of them."
Nevertheless, two works by Ingham combine copies of original texts made into intricately detailed paper sculptures — one contains little paper houses, and the other silhouettes people.
About the latter piece, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," which is titled the same as the famous Max Weber book that inspired it, Ingham says, "The silhouettes in this work are from photos of regular people, taken surreptitiously, in and around Pittsburgh. Juxtaposed against the text of Weber's book, I wonder if the 'work ethic' and the 'spirit of capitalism' are still paths to prosperity and virtue available to everyone?"
Not old books, but new are the subjects of Brett Yasko's interactive piece, "This one works best with two people."
For the piece, the Squirrel Hill-based designer created five pairs of books, each case-bound and more than 750 pages. There is no type on the covers, only a solid color for each set. There are two green books, two orange books, and so on. Inside of each, Yasko says, "I have transcribed the complete dialogue of a scene from four movies and one television show from the 1980s that I still remember because it was a scene where the male character is either professing his love to, breaking up with, or being dumped by the female character."
To wit, the books are gender-specific, with the "female" books sitting on the left shelf and the "male" books on the right.
"You need both books of each pair to make sense of what's being read," Yasko says. "The idea is that a couple can take a pair of books and, like a play, recite the dialogue back and forth. But you need two people to make it work — or an extra set of hands if you're going it alone."
The movie or TV show titles remain a mystery, Yasko says. "The audience can see if they recognize them as they read. But even if they don't recognize them, the dialogues are still a good read," he says.
To that end, Sweterlitsch says, "Sometimes, this seeming disappearance of books from our culture is because of the ascendancy of television and the Internet, or models of Internet book-shopping that do without brick-and-mortar stores, but more and more the physical object of the book is disappearing because of ebooks."
Kurt Shaw is the art critic for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Using a unique survey of engineers
in major semiconductor companies located in Japan, South Korea,
and the United States, this article analyzes how a firm's knowledge
system (i.e., information access, sharing and control) and Human
Resource (HR) system (i.e., practices that structure work, develop
skills, and reward performance) are related to the problem-solving
performance of engineers. Because of the short product market lifecycles
in the semiconductor industry, expeditious problem solving is an
important performance goal. Therefore, we examine the performance
of engineers in terms of the time it takes them to solve problems
in the context of their firms' knowledge and HR systems. We anticipated
that externally-focused organizational systems would lead to superior
performance. Our findings support the hypothesis that engineers
who use external private networks (both personal and those supported
by the firm) and who work in externally-oriented HR systems (which
support individual career performance and mobility) solve problems
more quickly than engineers who rely on internal networks and publicly-available
information and who work in internally-oriented HR systems (which
focus on internal rules and training). These findings are applicable
to engineers in our sample from the United States, while the findings
for the Korean and Japanese engineers are inconclusive. We find
international variation where the U.S. engineers work under the
most externally-oriented and the Japanese engineers under the least
externally-oriented systems, and the Korean engineers fall in between.
The findings of this article suggest that when constructing a work
environment for new product development, managers need to take into
account a broad spectrum of employment policies that go beyond traditional
HR practices and include specific policies that influence knowledge
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