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Dr. Todd Cassese
A medical educator who specializes in creating progressive curricula has joined the faculty of the Frank H. Netter, M.D., School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As assistant professor of medicine and director of the Clinical Arts and Science Course, Dr. Todd Cassese will oversee the clinical skills taught to first- and second-year medical students. He is drafting a curriculum that integrates patient care into these years¿a period traditionally reserved for studying the science behind care.
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Balanced attack helps Spurs down Kings
San Antonio, TX – Tony Parker returned from a two-game absence and totaled game highs of 22 points and 10 assists to lead the San Antonio Spurs over the Sacramento Kings, 108-98, at AT&T Center.
Tim Duncan chipped in 18 points, Kawhi Leonard netted 15 and Tiago Splitter filled the stat sheet with 12 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three blocks for the Southwest Division champs.
"(Parker) started passing the ball early and got everyone involved, which is why he's an NBA All-Star," Leonard said.
The Spurs are still a half-game behind Oklahoma City for the top seed in the Western Conference after Thunder defeated Portland Friday night.
DeMarcus Cousins had a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds while Jason Thompson scored 18 points for the Kings, who never led and have lost five of their last six.
Sacramento, which came in averaging an NBA-best 107.8 points per game since the All-Star break, shot a woeful 5-of-24 from the field in the first quarter en route to falling behind by a 23-13 margin.
Both teams scored 37 points in a fast-paced second stanza to keep it a 10- point game, 60-50, at the break.
"We got aggressive (in the second quarter), but we should have played that way from the start," Cousins said.
Sacramento was actually as close as 66-65 midway through the third with the ball, but Cousins turned it over and San Antonio scored the next nine points to regain control.
The Spurs took an 84-74 advantage into the fourth, and the margin did not dip below 10 until the final minute.
Game Notes
San Antonio is two wins away from reaching the 60-win plateau for the fifth time in franchise history ... The Spurs swept the season series for the fourth time in the last five seasons ... Parker had been sidelined with shin and neck issues ... Sacramento has defeated the Spurs twice in the last 25 meetings.

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Food Plants Using Auctions More Often to Buy and Sell Assets
Surplus and used equipment from both dealers and auctioneers -- offer benefits to both buyers and sellers in a tight market.
On Aug. 26 in Kingsport, Tenn., Dean Foods will sell one of its dairy processing plants. Silos, tanks, fillers and all manner of processing systems – the whole plant – will go on the market. By the end of the day, another dairy will own it, lock, stock and milk barrel. Done deal.
An auction will be used to transact the sale. The buyer could be a dairy just entering that market; a processor seeking to reduce long distribution hauls; a company that wants a plant but doesn't want to wait to build. It could also be a firm looking for key pieces of equipment that will sell off the rest in a subsequent auction.
Auctions are one option a company has at its disposal for buying and selling assets. For sellers, they provide quick finality (and quick cash) for a no longer needed asset. Speed also can be an asset for the buyer, for he's looking at equipment that's already built; and he's probably getting it for pennies on the dollar.
For processors seeking to add equipment to a plant, auctions are a good place to start looking. When an auction won't fit the bill, negotiated dealer sales, even rental/leasing companies, can meet the need. These and other used-equipment channels play a role in extending the usefulness of assets and helping food processors operate under ever-tightening margins.
Dealer and/or auctioneer?
The typical auction company has two primary missions: to appraise a seller's assets and to hold auctions that turn those assets into cash. Appraisals also are done by dealer, too, but they also take possession and warehouse the used equipment, sometimes whole processing lines.
Because credit is tight in this recession, food companies have had to find alternatives, which can range from a dealer offering lending or leasing arrangements, to large processors helping finance smaller suppliers or copackers – and then turning to auctions to reduce their own capital expenditures.
Having a relationship with a surplus equipment company of any type helps processors source equipment on a large or small scale. For example, a food company might call a dealer or an auctioneer to locate a single piece of equipment. The auctioneer who has one seller's lot of 100 or more pieces of equipment might or might not have it; a dealer might or might not in inventory, either. However, either party can contact potential sellers in their database (even each other) and find the asset.
Acting as a middleman, the auctioneer or dealer can then facilitate a negotiated sale. Sometimes it's easier when the buyer and seller aren't in direct contact.
Dealers and auctioneers can work in competition to connect buyers with assets, or can even use each other as resources. Dealers can buy at auction, and auctioneers can consult dealers in helping buyers.
Chicago-based Loeb Equipment, which is both dealer and auctioneer, has its in-house technical staff inspect and repair all machinery it takes into its warehouse. After a sale, buyers are entitled to a 10-day right-of-return policy to allow for on-site final evaluations, and "to prevent buyer's remorse." \
In an auction sale, "It's all as-is, there's no warranty or return policy, and we don't test the machinery out," says Charles Winternitz, president of the auction side of the business, Loeb Winternitz Industrial Auctioneers.
It's not bad, it's just a different business model. In exchange for getting what may be a bargain, buyers who use auctions should perform their own inspections before the auction, and know what they'll need to do to bring the equipment up to snuff. And in a recession, bargains have become an increasingly relevant means of budgetary survival.
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Jerry in action in his IMCA legal Hoffman B-Mod. Photo courtesy of Ron Mitchell Photos
Over time things change. People and companies come and go, builders pop up and disappear almost overnight it seems, while others have a staying power like no other. Such is the story of Dirt Works Race Cars.
In the early 80's when the southwest Missouri area was in need of a new, different, more affordable class, two guys ventured north to see what all the hype was about the IMCA modifieds. And so began the story of Dirt Works. Former racer Gary Bass, and local hero Rex Merritt were those two guys, and brought the idea back south with them. Then in 1984, the first of many Dirt Works chassis hit the track. The original cars, D1 driven by dale Roper, and D2 driven by Merritt hit the tracks running, and the craze grew. These cars offered a new alternative to affordable racing, and something different to look at on the track.
By the late 80's, the business had grown, the chassis were being finished at their future home in Walker, Mo. by Mike Clark and James Ramsey, and another family business was needing attention from Bass. The offer was made to Clark at the time to purchase the company, but he respectfully declined at the time. So the search was on for a new owner, and in 1989, Kelly Bremer and his family became the new owners of Dirt Works.


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Salmonella -- a tool for testing Chicken eggs
Warning: this egg is being rewritten and is available on github (https://github.com/mario-goulart/salmonella). The documentation described by this page is for the old version (currently unsupported).
Salmonella is a tool for testing Chicken eggs from a local or remote repository.
Salmonella fetches a list of eggs from a local egg repository, and tries to install each egg, reporting failure or success. Each egg is individually tested, that is, salmonella sets the local destination repository empty before testing an egg (it's like installing an egg on a fresh repository, so broken dependencies can be spotted).
Salmonella is used to test the Chicken core source code and all the eggs every day. You can check the reports at tests.call-cc.org.
Some salmonella features:
- Automatic eggs fetching and installation testing
- Resuming
- Possibility of hooking system's package manager (e.g., apt, rpm) for installing OS packages eggs might depend on
- Logging and verbosity control
- Execute eggs tests
- Check for the existence of wiki documentation for eggs
Salmonella is a command line tool. Salmonella's command line arguments' syntax is like Scheme's.
Usage: salmonella -h | -help | --help | -? salmonella <conf-file> salmonella <options> <options> are Scheme expressions. <conf-file> is a file which may contain the same Scheme expressions as <options>'s. The following expressions are recognized: == Expression == == Default == (csi \"<path to csi>\") csi (chicken-install \"<path to chicken-install>\") chicken-install (chicken-install-args \"<args>\" a procedure which returns chicken-install options (env-vars \"<environment variables settings>\" CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH=(repo-test-lib-dir) CHICKEN_INSTALL_PREFIX=(repo-test-dir) (repo-test-dir \"<path to repo-test-dir>\") `pwd`/salmonella-repo (chicken-eggs-dir \"<path to SVN dir>\") `pwd`/chicken-eggs/release/4 (wiki-dir \"<path to SVN dir>\") `pwd`/chicken-eggs/wiki/eggref/4 (skip-eggs (list \"egg1\" \"egg2\" ...)) '() (verbose <bool>) #f (logfile \"filename\") salmonella.log (egg-information (lambda () ...)) a procedure which returns egg information for all eggs found in (chicken-eggs-dir) (eggs (lambda () ...)) a procedure which returns the names of all eggs found in (chicken-eggs-dir) (system-deps \"filename\") #f (pkg-manager \"system pkg manager & args\") #f (resume <bool>) #f (dont-ask <bool>) #f (progress-file \"filename\") salmonella.progress (dont-ask <bool>) #f (progress-file \"filename\") salmonella.progress (html-output \"dirname\") salmonella-report. If #f, no HTML output (dep-graphs-dir \"dirname\") (html-output)/dep-graphs (dep-graphs-webdir \"dirname\") dep-graphs (css-file \"filename\") #f (->html \"filename\") #f (base-uri \"uri\") / (run-tests <bool>) #f Example: salmonella '(chicken-install \"/usr/local/chicken/bin/chicken-install\") (verbose #t)'
- chicken-install: full path to the chicken-install program. Default is "chicken-install".
- chicken-install-args: a procedure which returns arguments to be passed to chicken-install. Default is -prefix (repo-test-dir) -t local -l (default-chicken-eggs-dir).
- env-vars: environment variable settings to be applied when chicken-install is invoked. Default is CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=(repo-test-dir) CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH=(repo-test-dir) (where (repo-test-dir) is a salmonella parameter).
- repo-test-dir: full path to the the directory salmonella will use for testing the installation og eggs. Default is "salmonella-repo".
- skip-eggs: list of eggs to skip from testing. Default is '().
- eggs: a zero-argument procedure which should return a list of egg names (strings).
- verbose: controls if salmonella should be verbose. Default is #f.
- dont-ask: salmonella won't ask any question before running and will use the default values for parameters not explicitly set. Default is #f.
- system-deps: path to a file indicating which OS packages should be installed when testing eggs. The file format is:
(egg1 package1 package2 ... packagen) (egg2 package1 package2 ... packagen)
This option should be used with the pkg-manager option. Default is #f.
- chicken-eggs-dir: path to the directory containing the source code for eggs
- wiki-dir: path to the directory containing eggs documentation in wiki format
- run-tests: (a boolean) when #t, indicates that salmonella should execute egg tests.
- pkg-manager: path to the system package manager and its arguments. It's used with the system-deps option to install system packages which some eggs depend on. Default is #f.
- logfile: path to the file where logging information is stored. Default is "salmonella.log".
- resume: tells salmonella that it should continue from the point it last stopped. Salmonella uses information from the file indicated by the progress-file. Default is #f.
- progress-file: keeps track of which eggs were already tested (useful for resuming -- see the resume option). Default is "salmonella.progress".
- html-output: path to the directory where the HTML output should be saved. If the directory exists, it will be deleted. If #f, no HTML output is generated. Default is "salmonella-report".
- css-file: CSS file to be used in the HTML-formated output. Default is #f -- a built-in CSS code is used.


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Car Buying
Should You Reconsider Jaguar?
For luxury car shoppers, Jaguar typically isn't the first automaker that comes to mind -- but maybe it should be. The British brand has been a roll lately, pushing the envelope with standout styling and performance across the board. Whether you're looking for a powerful sports car, a thrilling roadster or a posh performance sedan, Jaguars have never been more appealing. Here are a few highlights from the company's current portfolio.
F-Type Roadster and Coupe
Without a doubt, the star of this show is the new F-Type 2-seater, offered as either a soft-top roadster or an intimate coupe. Both provide a choice of supercharged V6 or V8 engine, and they also share some of the sexiest styling on the market. To our eye, the coupe is a smidge more attractive, thanks to the extended fastback roof that flows into its distinctive taillights -- but we certainly wouldn't kick the saucy roadster out of our garage. And the best part is that there's a whole lot of substance beneath the skin, particularly when it's powered by the crackling V8 (rated at 495 horsepower in the roadster and 550 hp in the coupe). You've got to feel the V8's astonishing acceleration to believe it, and the untamed noises it pipes out the back are just as enthralling. But even the V6 models are hardly slouches, and every F-Type is blessed with a highly capable sport-tuned suspension that rivals true legends like the Porsche 911.
XF Sedan
The midsize XF has been on the market considerably longer than rivals like the current BMW 5 Series and Lexus GS, yet it's got everything a luxury sedan needs to compete. With slinky lines, available all-wheel drive, thoughtful interior flourishes and engine options ranging from a turbocharged 4-cylinder to the same supercharged V8 found in the F-Type, the Jaguar XF is a full-spectrum solution for shoppers in this segment. In our opinion, the sweet spot is the XF Supercharged, which packs a 470-hp version of the supercharged V8 but costs a lot less than the racy XFR and XFR-S. It's hard to go wrong with any XF, though, especially if you like the idea of an exclusive, performance-oriented sedan that's a refreshing departure from the status quo.
XJ Sedan
Executive-class luxury sedans are fundamentally so good these days that the little things can really make or break a sale. In the case of the full-size Jaguar XJ, one of those things is the car's unique look -- which really sets it apart from the German, Japanese and Korean competition. The XJ looks impossibly long at first blush, even in short-wheelbase form (a long-wheelbase model is also available), with audacious taillights that wouldn't be out of place at Paris Fashion Week. You make a strong first impression in this car, to put it mildly. The XJ has other strengths as well, including that familiar supercharged V8 power and a beautifully constructed interior that feels warmer and more special than the Teutonic norm. It's also exceptionally fun to drive for a big car, particularly if you select the sport-optimized XJR.
AutoTrader Says
With these stalwarts already in the stable and a BMW 3 Series fighter right around the corner, Jaguar is officially on a roll. If you haven't taken these cats seriously in recent years, we think it's time you reconsider.


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(Courtesy of The Board of the Foundation Amsterdam Tattoo Museum)
Dear Friends,
As you all know, the museum was struggling to survive. During the last weeks lots and lots of people from all over the world expressed their support. Many people, shops and companies even showed their strong commitment by giving a financial contribution to push the museum through these difficult times. The response was heartwarming! We incredibly appreciated the many thousands of messages on Instagram, Facebook, etc.
At this time, we are proud to inform you that we (partly due to the continuous pressure from the tattoo world) are in process of reaching an agreement with our business partner Partners aan het werk. We expect the contract for a three year partnership to be signed early next week…
Starting today our figurehead Hanky Panky can again access the museum and his collection. This Saturday we will celebrate the museum's first anniversary in our beloved building. The evening party will be at Ludwig's Bar in Amsterdam. Once again our sincere thanks for all your support. Under the creative leadership of Henk Schiffmacher YOUR museum will again have the ambition to become THEE community center for the tattoo world.
To end with a statement by Henk: "Guess who's back in the motherfucking house?!"
On behalf of the Board of the Foundation Amsterdam Tattoo Museum,
-Ron Smit and Luc Gerrits
Saturday the 8th of December, 8pm military time we shall celebrate our first year anniversary. It won't be in the museum, but in the centre of Amster dam: Bar Ludwig on Reguliersdwarsstraat 37. There will be live music, DJs, legendary world famous tattooists, fans, celebs, good looking badass women and dedicated followers of fashion. Be there or be square! The pride in the hide: Amsterdam Tattoo Museum supporters party.
2pm: World meeting tattoo artists Blue Bone Society at the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum (Plantage Middenlaan 62). Meet and greet with Loretta, Filip and Titine Leu, Oliver Peck, Charlie Roberts, the legendary Kazuo Oguri, Thomas Asher, Dan Dringenberg, Harusumi from Puerto Rico, Rinto, Errol, Greg Ori, Moose, the Amsterdam legend Tattoo Molly, Chris Danley, Marco Bratt, Bill Loika, Hollywood Mark, Davide, etc, etc…
8pm – late: Party at the Ludwig, Reguliersdwarsstraat 37, entrance is free!
Click here to donate to the SAVE THE ATM FUND!!!
More information about the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum can also be found on www.amsterdamtattoomuseum.com and their blog http://tattoomuseum.wordpress.com/.
Related TAM Blog Articles:
TAM EXCLUSIVE: Henk Schiffmacher Talks About Amsterdam Tattoo Museum Crisis (VIDEO)
News: SAVE THE AMSTERDAM TATTOO MUSEUM
Dutch News Article on the Struggle Over The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum
News: Upcoming Book Releases From The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum
Adventures in Amsterdam (Part I)
Adventures in Amsterdam (Part II)
Taki and Molly Kitamura: Amsterdam Adventure
JTG: On the Road in Amsterdam and Beyond
Hanky Panky is featured in TAM #27
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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
A written offer of a specific sum of money made by a defendant to a plaintiff, which will settle the lawsuit if accepted within a short time. The offer may be filed with the court. If the eventual judgment for the plaintiff is less than the offer, the plaintiff will not be able to claim the court costs usually awarded to the prevailing party.


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Harry began the meeting with the discussion of goal setting. In reviewing the marketing plan, several groups offered feedback that achieving all of the stated goals of the group would be ambitious to accomplish in the time frame of one year. Considering this, and responding to the planning committee's call for 07/08 goals, Harry and Vib Bowman met to review the Team's goals for the coming year.
Vib and Harry developed the following recommendation, which would prioritize goals in the RUL Marketing Plan for 2007/2008 into three groups.
The meeting then was turned over to John Brennan to summarize and discuss the branding effort. John indicated that the branding subgroup had met with six councils and committees to gather ideas for the list of branding terms. The consensus was that consultation to this point has been sufficient and no further meetings with internal groups are necessary.
The next step, along with weeding the list down to the top choices, is an external "validation" test. It would be useful to run the list of terms by a group of faculty and students [perhaps through Facebook?]. There are two possible approaches to this, 1] submit a subset of our long list of terms, perhaps the top 10 or so, and ask the group we approach to rate them on a scale of 1-5. or 2] Ask the groups we approach to submit their own terms, and our assessment will be to match up their responses against our list to rank the terms we wish to select as the top five. We could also do a combination of these approaches that asks external groups to consider and rank our submissions and also allow them to add their own.
Harry will take these ideas to a SCILS communication professor for a professional opinion on the best way to conduct this validation process before moving forward with a final selection and implementation of branding terms. We still hope to wrap this up in the summer months. The concern was raised that we may need to gain clearance from IRB to do this. Jeanne Boyle was cited as a good resource to consult on that issue.
Rose Barbalace's discussion about Ask A Librarian was moved to the next meeting's agenda.
The next item discussed was the upcoming outreach kiosks at the campus centers. Roger Smith reviewed the previous experience with a pilot program conducted over two weeks in the fall of 2004. This was an intensive effort held at the College Avenue and Busch Campus Centers. Statistics were reviewed detailing the types of questions asked, the scope of the approach [promote website, core remote services], and some of the drawbacks of that pilot approach.
Roger then looked to frame the plans for the upcoming effort around several key questions. First, we decided this effort would be conducted after classes had "settled in" to the semester, most likely the last week of September and into October. The previous pilot effort made clear the difficulty of conducting simultaneous desks at different locations. This coming year will be spread out with one week runs [approximately 4 hours per day during peak times] at each campus center one at a time. This is dependent on availability and accommodation from the campus centers themselves. Staff in Camden and Newark will most likely be heavily involved in the organization and conduct of the kiosks on their campuses as NBL staff may not be able to do the traveling required.
Once space is secured, we will need to identify a group to lead this effort. Most of this will take place "behind the scenes" before the next formal meeting of the Marketing/PR Team in August. We determined that we will seek to have a laptop with wireless access to our circulation system, to issue PINS. This will require consultation with systems and testing in the campus centers.
Overall, the focus of the kiosks will be on promoting use of the RUL web site as a source to address many different academic needs. This will need to be explained further and focused. The staff working the kiosks should be trained in what topics to engage patrons in and how to direct questions [referral to reference]. It would be very beneficial to this program to have reference staff on site partnered with Access Staff.
The effort to attract interest and attention to the kiosk continues to be focused on the raffle of an IPOD, and if the budget permits also secondary prizes, most likely a flash drive. We will also utilize coffee sleeves distributed at Gerlanda's to draw attention to the IPOD raffle and the kiosk. April Grier agreed to work with Roger on arranging and staffing the kiosks on the Newark Campus. More information will be shared with the marketing group as plans for the kiosks solidify.
The meeting then moved onto some quick updates from Harry. He is working on placing Libraries materials at the new RU faculty picnic.
Triveni has asked Bob Sewell to be placed on the June 21st CDC meeting. She will ask the group to consider setting up a liaison's group or a "Community of Practice" group, to create opportunities for librarians to regularly discuss their successes and the challenges they face in liaison work.
Rose reported through Harry that student quizzes should reflect marketing issues in the fall.
Harry will be working on EEBO and CRL promotion for 2007/2008.
The next meeting of the Marketing Group will be August 2nd at 2:30 pm.
Minutes submitted by
Roger Smith
June 19, 2007


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Style # 216584
Glamorize your going-out dress collection with this gorgeous bebe number, featuring Art Deco-inspired beadwork, sexy back cutouts and a soft figure-sculpting fabric. Finish your look with a pair of metallic heels and a jeweled minaudiere.
- 79% rayon, 15% nylon, 6% spandex
- Center back to hem: 33" (84 cm)
- Quicksilver lining
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Embellished Neckline Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
Rated 1 out of 5 by islandgirl78 from Awkward fit. Dress almost looks yellow! The zipper strap sticks out making the dress look awkward in the back. Returned.....!!
Date published: 2014-06-02
Rated 2 out of 5 by Deni50 from This product has poor fitting features with the design of the dress in the back. This product was actually made with decent fabrics and embellished well with the gold metal. What I didn't care for was the design of the back of the dress and how that affected the fit. The strappy piece going down the back would not lay down at all. It stuck out strangely no matter how the dress was arranged. I wear a small and am curvy but slim. A different size would not have made a difference. The dress is true to size.
Date published: 2013-08-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Liz27 from feels sexy I absolutely love this dress, it hugs your curves so it gave me the hour glass shape that I was looking for but at the same time it is extremely comfortable great for lounging cocktails or a date. I received many compliments.... Very happy with my purchase.
Date published: 2013-07-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by MinneapBebeGirl from Love it After purchasing this dress, I came to give it a review and was surprised that the overall rating was so low. I love this dress! Great material and the gold studs are not too big, it is a sexy yet classy dress. I originally tried a medium, my usual dress size at Bebe, but was surprised that the back was so loose ( I have a big butt and never have loose material in the butt.) but I decided to try a small because I loved the dress so much. The small fit great. This is a dress for curvy girls with boobs and a butt, otherwise you will have a lot of loose material. Going a size down might help also.
Date published: 2013-07-29
Rated 1 out of 5 by CityGirl from Did not like it The dress looked so cute in the picture but when I got it the back fit was horrid....I bought the dress because of the back...Had to return it...didn't think it was worth the money.
Date published: 2013-07-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by Frida from Absolutely love it! As always Bebe deliveres the best dresses. :) I live in sweden and unfortunately we dont got any bebe store in Stockholm (how can that be?) so I sometimes shop online. I love this dress. I normally I wear size XS but in Bebe dresses I always use size S for some reason. So if you normally wear XS maybe you should try S, I dont know... Anyway - It's beautiful!
Date published: 2013-07-25
Rated 2 out of 5 by BellaLuna from Not what I expected When I saw this dress online I simply loved it and ordered it right away in XXS. Couldn't wait and during the weekend stopped by bebe store. I was a bit disappointed when I tried on XXS. It just doesn't have the same look as in the picture. It fit true too size, but it was too short and was kinda weird in the breast area. It was cut out more than needed on the sides and pressed my breasts too much. So I tried on XS. It didn't press my breasts that much but it was loose enough in the breast area to expose more than needed and was too loose in the back. I really wanted to like that dress and I liked golden studs on white, but it didn't have the right look. Not sure if I would buy it even if the price was twice less. It would still be the same dress and I would still have the same opinion. Bebe has lots of dresses in that price range that look absolutely fantastic and unfortunately this one is not one of them.
Date published: 2013-07-22
Rated 2 out of 5 by uniquefashion from Not what you think The design of the dress is beautiful but when you go to the store and look at if up front the dress is horrible the design is ok but the dress looks so bad the gold stud are too big to have them around the neck and back . the quality of the cloth of the dress is somewhat decent . FOr that price one would expect good quality and beautiful dress . Am sure I can get a better quality of dress for a cheaper price . sorry but this dress is very deceiving. I would not buy it. I went to go see it at the store personally and its no good at all.
Date published: 2013-07-21


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It�s a small number on the upcoming budget in Graham, but multiplied by thousands of other cities and towns across the state it should add up to a goodly sum streaming out of the counties and into the state�s coffers.
Graham City Manager Frankie Maness told the council in a budget retreat last week that he will be forced to add expenditures the city must pay into the state�s unemployment insurance system signed into law last month by Gov. Pat McCrory.
The new law, reforming the state�s unemployment system, allows the state to accelerate its repayment of its estimated $2.5 billion debt to the federal government. It does this by making a number of changes to the system, including raising unemployment taxes for businesses and limiting the amount and duration of benefits received by unemployment insurance claimants, according to a memo from Karl Knapp, the director of research and policy analysis for the N.C. League of Municipalities.
The major change affecting municipalities requires local governments to maintain a reserve of funds equaling 1 percent of unemployment insurance taxable wages.
�OUR PAYROLL is between $6 and $7 million,� said Mike Apple, finance officer for the city of Mebane. He said 1 percent of that amount is $60,000, but he said, �It won�t be that. It�ll be some fraction of that.�
The municipalities will make quarterly payments during the fiscal year (July 1, 2013 to June 3, 2014) in order to build their reserves.
�The state charges, this year, 1 percent of the first $20,900 that each employee makes,� said Peggy Reece, director of finance and risk management for the city of Burlington.
�That�s $209 per employee,� she said. �They�re saying our reserve has to equal that amount per employee.�
For Burlington, that means setting aside about $170,000 from the city�s general and water and sewer funds, since that�s where most of Burlington�s employees work, said Reece. Mebane hasn�t really crunched the numbers yet, but Apple said, �We�ll come up with some number to include in the budget.�
IN GRAHAM, Maness explained the city now does not pay unemployment insurance until claims are made and paid. Apple explained businesses pay a tax that goes into a fund that pays for unemployment, while municipalities have thus far been on a �reimbursement basis� with the state.
Maness said Graham hires about 220 full- and part-time employees. The costs of covering each employee will vary, but not exceed $214 per employee per month. If all employees were covered by the top rate, the amount would cost Graham $47,080.
Though it seems small, Maness pointed out that sum represents �about a half-cent on the city�s tax rate�, which is 44 cents per $100 of property valuation.
In addition to being �forced to spend� these unemployment taxes, Maness also dropped a bit of a bomb when he informed council members that part-time summer help can sometimes file for unemployment when they are released from service.
�Even if they quit,� he said to the amazed council members, �they can sometimes file.�
Graham Mayor Jerry Peterman simply uttered, �That�s ridiculous.�
Reece said to cover the new expense, Burlington will have to �tighten our belts� and reduce expenses somewhere.
�That�s what we�re in the process of looking at right now,� she said.
Molly McGowan contributed to this story.


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jQuery Panel Gallery Plugin 1.1
Update: the latest version of this plugin can be found via our plugins page.
Building upon the first release of the Panel Gallery plugin I'm happy to announce the release of version 1.1. This version streamlines the code of the first release and adds the ability to specify the direction of the transformation for each image individually.
Again, so what's the big deal? Well first off, and the best part in my opinion, is that not one image needs to be sliced or edited to work with this plugin, in fact the plugin handles everything itself. Next, you can choose the direction in which the transition occurs from left to right, right to left, top to bottom, or bottom to top – now for each image individually. You can set the initial delay before the transitions begin, set the transitions to loop or stop after the last image, set the time it takes for each panel to appear, and set the delay between the images. Phew.
Download jquery.panelgallery-1_1.js
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Kanye West to Release Solo Album Following G.O.O.D. Music's 'Cruel Summer' Compilation
It's certainly not a cruel summer for Kanye West fans. Following the release of West's highly anticipated G.O.O.D. Music 'Cruel Summer' compilation, Ye is slated to release his sixth solo record.
No I.D. confirmed to MTV News that West is working on his own new LP. "I'm working on his album," No I.D. said. When asked what to expect from 'Cruel Summer,' dropping Aug. 7, the producer simply told press, "It's what you expect and everything you don't expect." Based on what we saw at the 2012 BET Awards, we're expecting a lot!
West has worked with No I.D. previously, including when he was featured on Jay-Z's anthem 'Run This Town' (a No. I.D. production). No expected release date has been set, which isn't too surprising: West has been busy on the road with Hov for their Watch the Throne tour — as well as cavorting around the globe with reality starlet and current squeeze and muse, Kim Kardashian.
What does No I.D. know about the project so far, then? He won't reveal much, be he assured, "This is Kanye. You know what to expect from the family. He hasn't missed yet, so don't expect him to miss." Point taken!
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What's the Best Way to Learn? Just-In-Time versus Just-In-Case
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You will never be dumber than you are right now. You will also never have more time than you do right now. Thus, you have a relative abundance of time and a relative dearth of knowledge. How do we strike a balance between these resources to optimally leverage them for learning?
These questions came up as I listened to two episodes of the Ruby Rogues podcast. In episode 70 David brings up just-in-time versus just-in-case learning. David's ideas were prompted by Katrina Owen, who has a list of learning resources here. The other thought-provoking episode (responsible for the above paragraph) was number 87 in which the rogues discusses Sandi Metz's new book, Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby. (I had the pleasure of meeting Sandi last night at a local Ruby meetup, after a draft of this post was written.) Here's Chuck riffing off of a quote from the book:
"Practical design does not anticipate what will happen to your application. It merely accepts that something will and that in the present, you cannot know what. It doesn't guess the future. It preserves your options for accommodating the future." And so, what that says to me is you don't always have enough information. You may never have enough information. You will never have less information than you have now. So make the design decisions that you feel like you have to and defer the rest, until you don't have to anymore. And so it was basically, "Here are some rules. But use your best judgment because you're going to get more information that's going to inform you better later." And so, that kind of opens things up. Here are the rules but if you have the information that says that you have to break them, then break them.
The just-in-time and just-in-case distinctions are useful in answering the question I posed at the beginning. But before I give concrete examples I think it is important to introduce another dimension to our learning classification: formal and informal. Being the good social scientists that we are, we can now formulate a two-by-two table.
Just-in-case learning is done well ahead of the time that it is needed for practical purposes. Children learn English (or whatever their native language) without thought for or anticipation of the letters, emails, and blog posts they will write in years to come. In a formal setting this can lead to the use of toy problems to make the skill seem practical. Students in an algebra class may have trouble seeing 'the point' of those skills until much later--and even then they may not fully recognize where that learning originated.
Just-in-time learning occurs at or very near the point of need. I could ask for travel directions to your house when we first meet, but that would be useless until you actually invite me (not to mention presumptuous). It is better to learn something like that when I can use it right away, since it has little value in the abstract. Programming--for me at least--has been much more of a just-in-time skill. I have taken one formal course in the topic and am currently enrolled in another. But the great benefit of these courses is that you get to put your skills to work immediately.
To answer the question we started with, I think that we need to place more value on just-in-time learning and less on just-in-case learning. As the quote from Sandi's book points out, we live in a world of uncertainty. There are some skills that you simply cannot learn at a just-in-time pace (math being the main one that comes to mind). But for the plethora of other cases that our modern world and its tools make available, learning at the point of need is satisfactory and perhaps even superior. That is why we need to develop more avenues for just-in-time learning. Programmers have this in spades with sites like StackOverflow, but many other skill areas do not. Sites like Coursera also have a chance to provide a middle road between the categories in the table above. The ability to iterate quickly and pick up new skills on the fly will be increasingly valuable in the years to come.


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As growers begin to plan for the next crop year, they should consider pollinators and include them in their agricultural planning, says Dr. Yong Park, assistant professor and entomologist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Of the 100 crop species that supply 90 percent of the world's food, bees pollinate more than 70 percent, says Dr. Park. The world's growing population means that more bees will be needed to pollinate crops to feed more people. Some experts estimate that pollinators can increase yields up to 35 percent.
Without pollinators, yields are greatly reduced and diets would be less colorful. If an apple is poorly pollinated, it becomes small and lopsided, says Dr. Park. An unpollinated flower won't develop into an apple at all.
Fifty to 60 years ago insects were the best agricultural pollinators. Farmers took natural pollination for granted. Ironically, as increasing amounts of forest land, where many pollinators prefer to live, was turned into farmland, farmers turned to renting managed hives to pollinate their crops.
Insects, including honey bees, are not the only pollinators. Birds, bats and the wind deserve some credit along with native bees, such as bumble bees, sweat bees and carpenter bees. Honeybees cannot pollinate sweet corn, rice, tomatoes, blueberries and flowers having long-tubed flowers.
"Native bees, such as sweat bees, leafcutter bees, mason bees, carpenter bees and other insects must do the job," says Dr. Park. There are some 3,000 different species of native bees in the United States, he says. Native bees are specialists whereas honeybees are generalists. Native bees are essential for pollination of specific plants.
Native bees are not available year-round, and they do not travel far from their habitat, says Dr. Park. Depending upon the species, their range is typically 200 feet to less than 1,000 feet. Native bees live and lay eggs in the soil, on twigs and in hardwood trees.
Pesticide usage, disturbance and loss of habitat, and insect-resistant genetically modified crops are the biggest threats to pollinators. "Because pollinators visit plants one week before, during and one week after blooming, growers should plan pesticide applications to do the least harm to honeybees and native pollinators," says Dr. Park.
Carefully monitoring fields for early detection of pests can help determine the best timing for pesticide application with the least harm to pollinators. Protecting, enhancing and restoring wildflower-rich foraging habitat along with the careful timing of pesticide application are the most significant steps growers can take to protect pollinators.
Growers should include in their agriculture landscape a pesticide-free area of diverse plants to provide pollen and nectar for pollinators throughout the local growing season. "Ideally, plan a separate plot for each plant species," says Dr. Park. The plot can be either a square or a circular one, but it should have a diameter of no less than three feet.
Locate these plots within 500 feet of the designated farm field as Dr. Park reminds growers that native bees do not fly long distances. Plots should contain mixed flowering plants so they will flower throughout the year.
Also, when tilling, growers should leave an area near plants/crops needing pollination, untilled. Chances are that native bees or their progeny in various stages of development are hibernating in the soil.
For help in setting up plots to protect native bees and foster pollination, contact Dr. Park at (870) 575-7245 (office) or [email protected] or call your county Extension agent or associate.


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BRADENTON, Fla. — Delmon Young will see a Los Angeles doctor Tuesday with the hopes of being cleared to further progress his rehabilitation from winter surgery on his ankle.
Young, who has yet to run on the field or take regular batting practice, is certain to begin the season on the disabled list. The Phillies are happy with one development: Young has used the downtime to improve his conditioning.
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Young currently weighs 227 or 228 pounds. When Young was signed Jan. 22, he said he weighed 238 pounds.
The team believes, with improved conditioning, that Young can handle playing the outfield after spending 2012 primarily as a designated hitter for Detroit.
"He's in much better conditioning," Amaro said. "He's been doing fine in his hitting drills. We'll find out more when he starts progressing."
Amaro did not close the door on Young appearing near the end of the Grapefruit League schedule, but that is dependent on what the doctor, Richard Ferkel, sees. Young was scheduled to leave Florida on Monday night, see the doctor Tuesday and take a red-eye flight back to Florida that night.
Young is running on a special treadmill at 90 percent of his body weight. The Phillies are hoping the doctor clears Young for 100 percent. His work on the field has been limited to long tossing with the team's athletic trainers.
"He hasn't had any issues," Amaro said. "Hopefully we can get him going. Then we can get him to start taking regular BP and maybe start doing some outfield stuff."
Young had microfracture surgery on his right ankle in November. He signed for $775,000. If he spends one day on the active roster, he receives a $225,000 bonus.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Following a 2-0 week, in which the MIT field hockey team moved into a third-place tie in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) standings, Kimberly Barker was named the league's Player of the Week on Monday. The Engineers defeated Wheaton and Mount Holyoke last week to improve to 13-4, matching the second best win total in program history, and 4-3 in conference play.
The freshman notched the game-winner 2:45 into overtime in a 1-0 win over Wheaton on Tuesday. She then added her first career hat trick in a key, 7-1 victory over Mount Holyoke Saturday. Barker now leads the team with 16 goals and 35 points this season.
The Cardinal and Grey will close out its regular season Tuesday night at Clark at 7:00 p.m. in a crucial game for positioning in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament, which begins next Saturday, October 31. With a win Tuesday night, MIT will host a First Round Tournament game for the first time since 1998.


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This blog was started in 2005 to explain and highlight the key problems in our society. After 7 years, this blog is still up and I'm still writing...you know why? The same problems that I wrote about 7 years ago did not disappear and actually got bigger as time passes. I wrote about the problems with public transport 7 years ago and the problems persisted until the trans broke down late last year. I wrote about the negative impact of the high cost of housing 7 years ago and property prices have more than doubled since. I wrote about the inadequacy of CPF for retirement, the rising inequality, the falling worker productivity, rising medical costs and the impact of the huge foreign influx years ago.....you know what?.After looking at the 2012 Budget and the PAP approach to solving these problems, I think I will still be writing about how things are getting worse in 2020.
Despite all this talk about building a "fair and inclusive" society, what the PAP govt is trying to do is obvious - they are preserving as much of the current system as possible and fixing the most obvious severe symptoms and hope that Singaporeans will accept the system. When they talk about a "fair and inclusive" society, they are not talking about changing the 3rd world wage structure, we have today but offering selective assistance to the lowest wage earnings. Its about tackling the symptoms not fixing the root of the problem. Recent statistics show that wage growth for the top 20% income bracket has again risen much faster than the bottom 20% in 2011..and the trend of rising income gap continues.
The mainstream media cheered the move by PAP govt to increase CPF contribution of older workers and their employers as a major step to "flatten the wage scales and improve the employment of older workers"[Link]. If you read the reports, you get the impression that this is a bold new move by the govt to improve the employment situation for older workers. Tharman warns that the govt "cannot make this major move in one step". So we all get this impression that the govt is doing something brave and new.......
So older workers are big winners? Really?
Actually the PAP govt lowered the CPF contribution rate in 2003 arguing that:
Older workers are at greater risk of losing their jobs. One reason for this is that our seniority-based wage structure results in older workers being paid more than younger workers. The wage differential is sometimes larger than the productivity differential, leading to companies retrenching older workers first when their business comes under pressure." - CPF Board FAQ [Link]
So the major move in a budget that sets out to build a an inclusive society and a stronger Singapore is one that merely restores what was already there in 2003. You call this progress? As for the other little tweaks in the budgets, they only look good only through the colored lens of the mainstream media. Medishield premiums have been increase to pass more financial burden of higher medical cost to all of us. Curbs on foreign workers like higher levies to tighten the inflows are a mere patch on a problem that has already grown so large I'm not sure were can even solve it given the economy is now so dependent and addicted to the foreign inflow.
The steps taken are not even going to make a slight dent on big problems our society faces. 7 years from now I will still be writing about how the problems have worsened .....along the way, more people are going to give up on the PAP if they have not already done so.


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For years magicians have had requests from the audience to "read my mind" or "tell my fortune." Most magicians have little experience in personal reading techniques or have precious little time to learn about them. Additionally, there are hundreds of methods available: palm reading, Tarot cards, crystal gazing, etc. Where does one begin?
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After many starts and stops, I'm finally to the point where I can read some Caesar in the original - as long as I have some vocabulary help. I have a Scott, Foresman edition of "De Bello Gallico" that I like because it has all of the vocab. and other notes as footnotes (i.e., on the same page as the text) rather than as endnotes. Does any one have any suggestions for other books laid out in this manner? I'm mostly interested in history and not at all interested in poetry.
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More interesting keyboards
The other day I posted about Das Keyboard being an interesting twist on keyboards, being unlabeled. At Interop this week, I happened to run into a company called Zeomi, who makes a keyboard with an added tab key. Basically, they put a duplicate tab key under the arrow keys, over by the keypad. They say that if you do lots of data entry into either spreadsheets or forms where tab is used to move among fields, this can really speed things up, presumably because you can be flipping through papers with your left hand while your right hand does everything on the numeric keypad. I did find it humorous that they're trying to patent this.
Also, there were lots of comments on my comments regarding Dvorak keyboard layouts. I should give you some background. I'm already a 70+ word-per-minute Qwerty touch-typist (test yourself over at powertyping.com). Back in 1997 or so, I actually switched to Dvorak for about a month and I got reasonably good (almost over the hump). I found that I kept running into a few of the various standard problems, basically as documented in this page of Dvorak information. In the end, I switched back. My Dvorak never did get quite as fast as my Qwerty, but I only stuck with it for a month or so. I'm sure I would have been at least as fast on Dvorak as I am at Qwerty if I had only kept going for another week or two. I do admit that Dvorak was much more comfortable than is Qwerty. You definitely can type a lot more words without moving your fingers from the home row. In the end, the biggest pain for me was being able to type Ctrl-X, -C, and -V for cut/copy/paste with my left hand while holding the mouse in my right. Dvorak just messes with that and it was always an annoyance. I'd actually be interested in how people cope with things like Emacs with a Dvorak keyboard, where there are lots of keychords.
Anyway, if you have become a Dvorak convert, I can certainly understand why. Every now and then, I remap my keyboard and type in Dvorak for an hour or two. And then I go back to Qwerty. ;-)
I agree with the copy/paste keychords being harder on Dvorak, but Emacs (where I ten-finger-type anyway) works like a charm after a while.
It took me a while to get fast using Dvorak, but now I love it (I'm using it for a year now).
I can only imagine taking the entire set of keybindings for emacs, and automatically translating them to being the location-identical key combinations.
it is all less of a problem if you actually started with dvorak *before* emacs ;)
also the *true emacs way* is of course, to go as much as possible without the mouse and use ctrl-f/b/n/p instead of the cursor keys. left-handed shortcuts are therefore less of an issue for me.
i do find it weird to do shortcuts on querty keyboards, however querty keyboards always seem a little funky these days.
i think if you are good at touch typing querty it is certainly fine to stick with it. dvorak turned out to be an excellent way to start touch typing for me - which i wasn't even close to before - since i was not even tempted to look down at the keys anymore.
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I'm also a Dvorak typist. There are two things I find anoying in the Dvorak layout. The first one you already mentioned: the problem with often used Emacs keybings like C-x C-s, C-x C-w, C-x C-v etc. The other issue is that the Dvorak layout is strongly biased towards the right hand (I'm a lefty).
Shai Coleman claim to have solved these issues in his "Asetion" layout:
Meanwhile he developed it further and named it the "Colemak" layout:
Seems interesting. I'm thinking about trying it over the hollydays.
I decided to switch to DVORAK about a year ago (I already was a good QWERTY typist) primarily due to wrist pain. The switch was a bit slow, but it was well worth it. I would say the hardest part for me, being an emacs power user, was that my fingers were just conditioned to specific chords. I could have cheated, and remapped the chords to the same keys as someone suggested in this thread, but I opted to stick it out, and I'm happy to report that I'm just as proficient in DVORAK as I was in QWERTY when using emacs.
Kinesis makes some interesting remappable, dvorak-qwerty switchable keyboards.
Misc Dvorak/Emacs tips:
Swapping C-q and C-x:
(keyboard-translate ?\C-q ?\C-x)
(keyboard-translate ?\C-x ?\C-q)
Putting the Control key where it belongs:
setxkbmap dvorak -option ctrl:swapcaps (X server 4.x and up)
echo -e 'keymaps 0-15\nkeycode 29=Caps_Lock\nkeycode 58=Control' | loadkeys (Linux console)
C-h for backspace is nice (h happens to be under the right index in the home position):
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)
(global-set-key "\C-ch" 'help-command)
Not much more speed for me from switching from QWERTY to Dvorak (~70 wpm to ~80wpm) but hands and wrists are happier.
These jibberish jams are just a bunch of hullabaloo. If you guys came to my town you would sound like a pack of aliens and people probably wouldn't even serve you at the dinner. You doy-yoys.
FWIW, it took me somewhere around 2 months (I don't use the computer professionally, though) to achieve a typing speed with Dvorak comparable to my previous level. I touch-typed Qwerty for quite a few years before that.
I was quite (pleasantly) surprised to see that I was actually a bit faster (600CPM as opposed to the ~420CPM I achieved with Qwerty as measured on typera.tk) when I took a test roughly three months after switching. The wrist pain stopped, and I find typing with this layout more comfortable.
I didn't find Dvorak to make using the Emacs keychords worse (re-learning them took some time, of course), but I did remap the navigation keys in Viper mode to have them on the home row under the fingers of the right hand.
I'm really happy I made the switch to Dvorak. Although admittedly many applications are QWERTY-centric, the increased comfort I find to be more than worthwhile. I went from 50-60wpm to 90+ after a year or so. And I've even broken 200wpm on easy sentences, something I could never hope to do on QWERTY :)
Not related to this post, but I'd just thought I'd state my opinion that Lisp is a nice language for doing a few things, and a horrible language for doing most things. :P
Have any of your seen the new keyboard that is created by means of laser? It's amazing! It projects a keyboard onto a flat surface and by placing your finger on a projected key, it breaks the current which registers in the computer as a key stroke. It's all really cutting edge. I'm surprised this blog hasn't covered it yet!
I mapped the Dvorak keyboard on my old Atari 800XL once and it was very useful (the little stickers I still have on my Atari were the keyboard I used). I reached my QWERTY typing speed in about a week or so of programming. Too bad I had to reload the mapper (and use QWERTY for the reload instruction) every time I had to reset!
The Dvorak layout is nice. Anyone who wants to do a lot of programming will want to use it just for the slight increase of text throughput from brain to computer.
Hi there. This is way offtopic, but I came across your blog on the "New Post s of the Day" or whatever, and saw that you're a Lisp fanatic..
I used to work for a place called Patmos International, owned by a man named James Gatzka.. Old man that was once a part of the Association for Lisp Users. He helped promote the idea of using Lisp in the US Government.. Just curious to see if you ever knew him.. thanks, excellent blog!
I'm trying to use Dvorak exclusively, but the keyboard shortcuts are killing me. Is there any way to tell X to always send the qwerty shortcut, no matter what layout one is in? As I switch between 3 layouts (other languages) this is a must. I'm on Fedora 7, with KDE.
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Miley Cyrus says that she's "embarrassed" about semi-topless photographs of herself in the June 2008 issue of Vanity Fair.
"I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed," says the 15-year-old Disney sensation, who posed with a blanket wrapped around her chest. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about."
A Disney Channel spokesperson adds: "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."
The Miley photos, which were taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, hits newsstands next week.
UPDATE 1: People reports that Miley's parents left before the final picture at the photo shoot but her grandmother and teacher were there. Miley also added, "My goal in my music and my acting is always to make people happy. For Vanity Fair, I was so honored and thrilled to work with Annie. I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone. Most of all, I have let myself down. I will learn from my mistakes and trust my support team. My family and my faith will guide me through my life's journey."
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Merker wrote:Some of this may allready be covered so, please do correct me;
-What is that pink blob next to Muck?
-I do realise that you are colourblind, but it may be appropiate to make the bonus information providerer things according to the colour;
Bloods ; Red
Fangs ; Brown
-It looks like the Bloods chief is carrying a sack, not next to a puddle of blood.
-The fangs look INCREDIBLY creepy.
I'll edit in more later, but I'm very busy!
thank you very much for you input merker
-The pink blob is going is an impassable along with the trees they will be made better to suit
the map i might end up making it look like a deep hole or a fire pit but not sure yet
but it will not be a pink blob in the end
-i understand why the colour coding might be good but its just as easy to tell the difference
by first letter and icon i.e. "F" in Fangs.
so i don't think making a colour code is needed aswell
-haha the blood chief is holding a bag his real name is loe i grabbed him from a painting i did
a couple of years ago. here is the rough draft i took him from when i started this map as
you'll see he's clearly holding a bag
of babbies!
but as i said in To Do all the chiefs are getting a overhaul so they look as good as the rest of
the map
Update 5.3
made the new icons for fangs and skulls
moved all icons away from letters to clear up the words
added to portal graphics
changed chief and gate bonuses and wording
worked on "R" in the title
over little stuff
To Do
make new chiefs
finish better tree and pink blob impassables
and lots of over little things
figure out gameplay
(just an idea to add with orginal bonuses as TaCktiX's suggests
-hold blood chief and get +1 for every 2 bloods
-hold fang chief and get +2 for every 3 fangs
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Ralph Ratliff
Ralph Junior Ratliff died at his daughter's home in Hood River on Nov. 18, 2002, surrounded by his children. He was 74 years of age.
Ralph was born Jan. 25, 1928, in San Mateo, Calif., the youngest child of Ralph and Irene Ratliff. After graduating from Sequoia High School in Redwood City, Calif., Ralph served with the Merchant Marines and was a veteran of World War II.
Ralph married Beatrice Meyers in the Bay Area in 1946, where he helped to run the family's ambulance service, the first of its kind in the area. They moved with their five children from the Bay Area to Parkdale in 1967. Ralph bartended for many years at several establishments, including Eddie Mays Inn, the Elks and the American Legion; as much for pleasure as for work. He was also owner and operator of the Enco gas station on the Heights in Hood River in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Ralph operated Ralph's Floor Covering in Hood River. In the last few years "Rotten Ralphie" was a familiar face at the Hood River Toll Bridge.
Ralph was an avid outdoorsman, whether it was hunting for game with friends and family or hunting for mushrooms with Richard Shirrod. He also enjoyed fishing at the local lakes with his grandchildren and ocean fishing with his buddies. Gambling was a favorite hobby, often down in Laughlin, Nev,. with his sister and her family.
Ralph was a lifelong member of the Elks, for 36 years, and also a member of the American Legion.
Ralph was preceded in death by his mother, father, sister and brothers. He is survived by four daughters, Joanne Ratliff of San Jose, Calif., Lenore Martinez, Sherry Ervin and Mitch Travelstead, and Terry Parks and her husband Ron, all of Hood River; a son, Chris Ratliff and his wife Susan; sister-in-law Carol Ratliff of Hood River and her children, including her son Bob Ratliff of Odell; cousins Gary Haseltine of Hood River and Chloe Ann Jones of Hermiston, Ore.; lifelong friend and godfather to his children, George Mohun of Hood River; niece Debi Sahli and nephew Tom Collinsboth of Laughlin, Nev., and nephew Rick Collins of San Diego, Calif.; step-daughter Nicki Porter of Portland, Ore.; 14 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of The Gorge.
A celebration of life will be on Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Hood River Elks Lodge.
Thelma Kile
Thelma Vesta "Sally" Kile, a former Hood River resident, died Nov. 18, 2002, in Oregon City, Ore. She was 101 years of age.
Thelma Vesta Cameron was born July 30, 1901, in Hood River, Ore. She was raised in the Hood River Valley and graduated from Odell High School. During WWII she moved to the Portland area. She married Hiram Felix Kile, who preceded her in death in 1964.
She worked as a physical therapist at Johnny Johnson's Salon, and retired in the early 1970s.
Thelma was preceded in death by her three children and seven brothers and sisters, four of whom also lived in the Hood River Valley.
She is survived by 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held Nov. 23 at 11 a.m., at Idlewild Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by Hillside Chapel of Oregon City. Those who wish may make remembrances to OHSU Aging and Alzheimers Research.
Willis Miller
Willis Henry Miller, of Escondido, Calif., died Nov. 10, 2002, in a convalescent home there. He was 96 years of age.
Willis was born May 20, 1906, in Hood River. He attended Odell High School and was a self-employed farmer for 52 years. He had been living in San Diego County for the last 27 years.
Willis was preceded in death by his wife, Eva, in October 2002. He is survived by daughter Norma Jean Willis of Hood River; grandsons Richard Willis, Gary Willis and Mike Willis, all of Hood River; granddaughter Pam Naylor of Portland, Ore.; eight great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Inurnment is in Crystal Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove, Calif.
Verna Howell
Verna Howell, a Hood River, Ore., resident died Nov. 21, 2002, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.
A full obituary will appear in the next edition of the Hood River News.
Arrangements are pending at Anderson's Tribute Center, 541-386-1000.
Harriett Renfroe
Harriett A. Renfroe, a Wilsonville, Ore., resident, died Nov. 19, 2002, in Hood River, Ore. She was 88 years of age. Services will be held in Gig Harbor, Wash., at a later date. Arrangements by Anderson's Tribute Center, 541-386-1000.
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Alvarez tosses his second shutout of season
MIAMI -- Runs have been coming in bunches all homestand for the Marlins. On Tuesday night, the starting pitching carried the load.
Giancarlo Stanton and Casey McGehee provided some early support, and Henderson Alvarez was able to finish what he started.View Full Game Coverage
MIAMI -- Runs have been coming in bunches all homestand for the Marlins. On Tuesday night, the starting pitching carried the load.
Giancarlo Stanton and Casey McGehee provided some early support, and Henderson Alvarez was able to finish what he started.View Full Game Coverage
Alvarez scattered six hits and turned in the fourth shutout of his career as the Marlins blanked the Mets, 3-0, at Marlins Park.
"He's still a young guy, and he's still learning how to pitch and understanding how to pitch," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "But when you see nights like this, you realize this guy has a chance to be really, really good. It just really comes down to consistency for him."
In the 2013 season finale, also at Marlins Park, Alvarez threw a no-hitter. The right-hander was making his seventh start of '14 on Tuesday, and he logged his second shutout at home. On April 19 against Seattle, he tossed a two-hitter in a 7-0 victory.
Alvarez, who struck out seven, polished the game up in a brisk two hours and eight minutes.
"When you get in a roll, the game moves fast," Alvarez, a Venezuelan native, said in Spanish. "I was thinking about trying to throw all my pitches down, hitting on my breaking pitches and trying to get the hitters to swing early."
Dating back to last year, he's posted three shutouts over his last eight starts.
"I just think each time I go out I want to give 100 percent, to win the game for the team and I'm focused on my job," said Alvarez, who threw 111 pitches.
The Marlins didn't need much run support off Bartolo Colon, who yielded three runs in seven innings.
Miami continued its masterful homestand, improving to 7-1 after taking the first two against New York.
At 18-15, the Marlins are moving up the standings in the National League East.
"These winning streaks, and the winning, this is where you build your chemistry," Redmond said. "You build your relationships. That's where we're at. We're playing with a lot of confidence right now. You saw that with the at-bats. We're getting big hits. They're excited. The energy is there."
Heading into Tuesday night, the Marlins averaged 6.4 runs per game on the homestand.
Off Colon, McGehee drove in two runs, and Stanton chipped in with an RBI double.
"You know Bartolo is going to throw the ball well," said McGehee, who has had at least two hits in six of his last seven games. "He's been doing it a long time. You're not going to have too many opportunities against him. It was definitely nice to get a couple early. Alvarez did the rest. He was really good tonight."
The Marlins are now 16-5 at home this season. The quickest start at home in club history was 17-5 by the 1997 team.
The Marlins struck quickly for two runs in the first inning. The big blast was delivered by Stanton, who crushed an RBI double that was a few feet from being a two-run homer to deep center. The drive sailed more than 410 feet and hit off the top of the wall.
"I don't know if you can hit a ball any harder than that," Redmond said of a ball he thought was out.
The roof being open at Marlins Park may have factored into Stanton's drive being held up.
The roof stays open only on ideal weather nights.
"It just seemed like tonight, with the roof open, the ball just wasn't carrying," Redmond said. "Some nights the ball seems to carry more. Tonight, it seemed to be dead."
Derek Dietrich, who was hit by a pitch, scored easily from first base. McGehee's RBI single to right gave Miami a two-run cushion.
In the fifth inning, Miami used three straight two-out singles off Colon to take a three-run lead. Dietrich and Stanton singled, putting runners at the corners, and McGehee slapped an RBI single to center.
The Mets didn't mount many threats against Alvarez. But when they did, the right-hander was able to get some timely ground balls. He benefited from double plays in the third and fifth innings.
In the sixth inning, New York put runners on second and third after Juan Lagares was hit by a pitch with two outs and Daniel Murphy doubled to left. Alvarez escaped by getting David Wright to ground out to short.
In the ninth inning, Murphy ripped a one-out double, but he was stranded at third when Alvarez struck out Curtis Granderson to end the night.
"He was moving the ball to both sides of the plate," Murphy said. "He's got that sinker. And then once you thought you kind of had that measured, like the last third of the game, he started really shoving it to the other side of the plate.
"He was using the changeup more as like a sinker today. He threw the ball well. He doesn't walk guys, pounding the zone, and he got big double plays when he needed to. It's no fun."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.