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Hidden Gem
- Narrated by: Adam McLaughlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 12-16-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
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Publisher's Summary
Shane McNaughton is an Irishman who survived the Third World War and works as a cop. As head of Missing Persons, he's good at finding people, but after the plague mutated his DNA, he has a hard time letting anyone see the monster inside. He's been paying for Aki's services for two years, both the psi and the sexual kind, but he wants more from the companion.
Shane needs Aki's ability to see into another person's past to track down a serial killer murdering the children of rich and powerful men, but the more they work together, the clearer it becomes that they are linked through a darker past than either of them realizes.
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By tzinnamon on 05-07-17
The audio version is much more intense than the print edition version, imho. The narrator does a fantastic job. The story starts off on a lighter note but the action and plot spins up and pulls you in like a whirlpool. The conclusion is satisfying. Recommended.
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By Mtsnow13 on 04-14-17
Fantastic beginning to a fantasy series!
The narration – This is a new-to-me narrator, and at first I struggled with him, as he sounded quite gruff and a bit older than I expected. But that all disappeared as he started doing the various character voices and I warmed up to him quite quickly, especially with his brogue for Shane. I really hope he is selected for the rest of the series and that they go to audio as well.
The story – I honestly thought this was a new-to-me author as well. It wasn't til I read her Goodread profile, and saw my checklist that I realized she also wrote the Dominion series. I had purchased them long ago, but they got lost in my tbr pile. I will say, after listening to thus book, she will definitely be going higher on my list of authors.
First off, this book does have a warning of mild BDSM, and that definitely is what it is – mild. But not at all off putting as it works well with the worldbuilding and rank structure in this, I guess you'd say 'brothel' but not to the full extent. Due to his abilities Aki does not have to do what the others do, and his beauty as well as the skills he has make him highly sought after, even for others to be in his presence.
Well, unless of course you are a client scared of or prejudiced against a psi such as he, very obvious from the color of his eyes. The backstory in Aki is very fascinating and tidbits are revealed slowly, letting us as the reader know there is more to him even than he seems to know himself. I loved the pacing and the way things were hinted at without feeling like I was being 'fed' the storyline. I got to feel it all along with the character.
POVs do change but the majority is from Aki's point of view, and it works well because so much of what he knows is buried in his psyche and is fascinating as the layers peel away.
Shane is just what he is. A rough around the edges cop/shifter that has a softness in his heart for Aki. It doesn't seem so at first and I almost got mad at the way he was so accepting of Aki's lifestyle and the pain Aki had to endure to be of use in the detective's investigation. But as more is revealed, it pretty much had to be that way. It was something he discussed with Aki, and he didn't want to 'clip his wings' so to say, making sure Aki felt free to do what he needed after a life of servitude. Aki's past is extremely traumatic, and I could see why certain things had to be handled delicately.
There are many villains in this story, and many supporting characters to begin to care about. Honestly, after finishing this book the first thing I did was go out and purchase the next 2 in the series, as the MCs in them are both characters we get to know in this first book.
There were some scary and heart in my throat moments, and even a few times I teared up a little. The things they each did and had to understand about the others' vulnerabilities and scary strengths really got me to thinking. I even went and relistened to the book a few weeks after and enjoyed it just as much!
If you are someone that enjoys coming across something a bit different, enjoy paranormal and dystopian elements, this book is a winner for you! I just hope the publisher decides to complete the other books in the series as audiobooks. I LOVED this book, enough for a relisten a few weeks after my initial investment. A serious winner here!
I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
9.5/10 Pots of Gold (95% Recommended) – Compares to 4.75/5 Stars
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Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), a hotel real estate investment trust focused on upscale extended-stay hotels as well as select-service hotels, has completed the acquisition of the 145-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton in suburban San Diego for approximately $32 million. The acquisition was funded with financing under Chatham's secured revolving credit facility. Palm Beach, Fla.-based Chatham has now acquired 13 hotels since its initial public offering (IPO) on April 21.
"This is Chatham's first acquisition in California, a market we know very well and where we have extensive experience," said Chatham CEO Jeffrey Fisher in a press release. "We continue to seek other West Coast properties and have an active acquisition pipeline of premium-branded upscale extended-stay and select-service hotels in areas with high barriers to entry."
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2011年 10月 30日
October 14th – 15th, Miyagi Prefecture, Ishinomaki City, Oshika Peninsula: Volunteer Report
On the evening of Friday the 14th, seven people from each church departed from the JBC office in a van. We arrived at Taitomi Church in Sendai and spent the night in the sanctuary. On the following morning at 7:00 we left the church for Kyubunhama.
The JBC has been supporting this area. There is a statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Tsukinoura, where the Keicho-era mission to Europe originated.
Within Ishinomaki City, and also along the shore, destroyed houses are still visible; the scars of the tsunami remain. We met up with people from Sendai Church at the community center within the prefab temporary housing complex by the beach and began our work. The project on that day was to hand out fresh green vegetables and to have a time of fellowship with the residents.
People began gathering around 10:30 and we distributed vegetables. We also set up a snack corner, which the kids loved. We had a time of fellowship as we served tea. We also visited individual households, greeting people and delivering vegetables.
They all expressed their gratitude to us for these meager gifts and made us feel very welcome. One person said, "It's really difficult for us to go shopping. There are no stores around here, and after the disasters, merchants stopped coming this way. There is a bus that goes into town every two hours, and it costs 1,000 yen one-way! We are very grateful for the green vegetables you brought." We went back to the community center and talked with their community council leader. He spoke with passion about the recovery of local oyster farming, which has been their traditional marine industry.
"We grow oysters by hanging them from a hundred-meter raft. We used to have 200 of these rafts, but now we only have ten. We need a facility to process the oysters in order to ship them, but it would cost 200 million yen just to build that facility. We just don't have enough money." This community council leader has just been hospitalized due to a stomach ulcer. Constant stress. Seven months since the disasters. People are trying to stand up and be restored to life again. We want to continue supporting them. (written by Ohta)
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 12:00pm
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St Mary's GAA will hosting a special Irish and Country Music Night at St Mary's Parish Centre.
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Fred Morgan (Tony) Hogue
Fred Morgan (Tony) Hogue, 93, of Benton passed away Monday, Feb. 13. He was born Dec. 4, 1918, in Bauxite to the late Jim and Lillie Hogue.
Tony was a member of First United Methodist Church in Benton, was an avid golfer and was especially fond of Silver Springs Golf Club and Men's Golf Association. He was a proud World War II veteran, serving as a Seabee in the South Pacific for four years.
Upon his return to Saline County, he went to work for Alcoa, retiring after 30 years of service in the engineering department. Tony was married to Anneice (Spann) Hogue for 65 years. Family members said the two were inseparable and that love truly was their theme.
Tony was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Maybelle Lauder, Doris Blakely and Nanny Russell; a brother, Leonard Hogue; and many of his Silver Springs buddies.
He was survived by his wife; his brother-in-law, Hubert Spann; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at First United Methodist Church in Benton. Burial will follow at Lee Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers are Sam Sample, Jason Finley, Jay Kelley, Preston Cooper, Derek McGrew and Tim Harris.
Drew Finley and Jim Hester are honorary pallbearers.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Ashby Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bauxite Historical Association Museum, P.O. Box 245, Bauxite, AR 72011 or Cross Bar C. Cowboy Church Building Fund, 427 River Road, Benton, AR 72015
Family comments: Tony was a quiet man, but his Christian testimony was clearly one of his greatest attributes. We will miss him greatly.
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Under the auspices of Health Minister Dr. Ali Al-Obaidi, Kuwait is to host the second Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Committee of Undersecretaries of Health Ministries on the 7th and 8th of forthcoming September.
Initiatives and measures are scheduled be taken through the committee, as well as exchange of expertise and views for the benefit of GCC citizens, accelerating the pace of development goals at Gulf states, Undersecretary of Ministry of Health Dr. Khaled Al-Sahlawi said in a press statement.
Al-Sahlawi also commended the role taken by GCC committee of undersecretaries of health ministries in boosting the cooperation march among Gulf states, indicating that the upcoming meeting is held under the umbrella of the GCC General Secretariat.
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Eric Katenda's Notre Dame basketball career already was delayed thanks to NCAA Clearinghouse red tape. Now it may never begin at all.
The 6-foot-9-inch forward was blinded permanently in his left eye during an early July pickup game, a grave injury that puts his playing career in doubt with the Irish.


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With less than a week to go, the excitement in Eugene is palpable. At restaurants and coffee shops alike the talk is all the same. Will the Ducks crush LSU now that they are missing key players? Will Oregon be able to keep up with their injured starters out and those who are suspended?
I suspect it would be difficult to find a fan base that is more sympathetic to LSU's recent issues than that of Oregon. In the past few off-seasons Oregon fans have become more acquainted than most ever should have to with the occasionally poor judgment of 18-22 year olds. The names and incidents can be listed off like a grocery list, we are all too familiar with their actions off the field.
But I think we should be disappointed that we are getting less than LSU's best squad. I for one would love to be able to say we pounded LSU with our speed when they had the full starting lineup. Who's to say we might not have learned some valuable lessons from playing a school like LSU at top performance.
All I know is, Saturday's game is going to be a monster on the gridiron. The missing cast for the Louisiana State Bayou Bengals is growing by the day. But missing players is not the least of their problems going into this season. Their Offensive Coordinator Steve Kragthorpe had to reduce his duties from OC to Quarterbacks Coach after his diagnosis with Parkinsons Disease. Their star wide receiver Russell Shepard has been declared ineligible for violating NCAA rules, discussing his confidential interview with the NCAA regarding the ongoing Willie Lyles investigation. A recent bar brawl that resulted in the arrest and indefinite suspension of linebacker Josh Johns and senior starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson. Also rumors abound on LSU message boards that there may be severe knee injuries suffered by two starting senior offensive linemen, Josh Dworaczyk and WIll Blackwell, though at this time it remains solely an unconfirmed rumor.
If you were to ask LSU fans many would say they would actually rather have backup Senior QB Jarrett Lee at the helm than Jefferson anyway.
Coming into this season with a 5-4 record as a starter, he has led LSU to four fourth quarter victories throughout his career, but has also had a panache for throwing pick-six interceptions.
Many consider Jarrett Lee a better passer, but he is not a dual threat runner like JJ, who possess the exact prototype body and skill-set that has torched Oregon in recent years (Terrell Pryor, Cam Newton). Still the LSU faithful are tossed up as to which of the two they really want in the driver seat, taking a pick-your-poison approach knowing neither are the perfect fit, anticipating the team to win in spite of mixed results from the quarterback position. It is a situation much like this time last year when Oregon fans were all split between Darron Thomas and Nate Costa prior to the start of the season.
Oregon has its own issues with attrition. Projected starting middle linebacker Kiko Alonso is suspended indefinitely for an off-field incident, as is superstar Cliff Harris. While Oregon fans may point at the Ducks issues first, thinking that on paper the loss of Cliff Harris is worse for us than the loss for LSU is at QB, the media seems to think it's LSU that is worse for wear, focusing on the newest events necessitating the greatest sympathy.
This is an interesting role reversal, as it was this same time last year that LSU opened the season with a neutral site night game vs. a North Carolina that had 14 players ruled ineligible for rules violations, and fought valiantly down to the final minute before LSU's close victory. UNC became the media darlings, while LSU was played up in the media as the bully beating up on the less-fortunate kids, an aura that hung over their team for much of the season. Now it is LSU suffering the string of unfortunate incidents, and the broadcasters and media looking for an angle to tug at heartstrings in light of recent events may take a woe-is-me approach to LSU's situation, neglecting the losses Oregon has suffered as well.
The losses of Harris and Alonso for Oregon are just the immediate losses on the surface, there is also tight end Curtis White out for the season with a knee injury suffered in camp, a position suddenly severely lacking in depth that was thought to be a major strength until senior Brandon Williams was forced to retire from a neck injury. The status of wide receiver Blake Cantu remains in limbo, and nobody seems to know the severity of the lingering injuries to wide receiver Josh Huff and Ricky Heimuli. As always Oregon head coach Chip Kelly refrains from talking much about injuries so a majority of this injury talk about Oregon is all speculation until gametime, as are the rumored-to-be-hurt whispers coming out LSU.
Aside from all the negative publicity both schools have been receiving, this weekend's game in Dallas looks to be one for the ages, even with less than the 100% full rosters that were anticipated. These are two powerhouse football teams ready to go at each other for sixty minutes on Saturday night, finally after such a long wait this is the college football we have been waiting for. The pre-game speculations, the gut feelings, it's what I have been anticipating all summer.
Some of us will be fortunate enough to see it live, a lucky few already beginning their long roadtrip to Dallas, while most will be here watching and cheering from our favorite seats thanks to a fairly uneven distribution of tickets among the two schools.
It's getting to be that time again, time to wake up early to start smoking various fresh meats, making multiple trips to the store for the dip you forgot, or getting that extra case of beer so you don't have to miss half the third quarter when you run out. Those are the things I am looking forward to just as much as the game itself, the little joys of gamedays in the fall, as predictable as the tides or the inevitable seven straight months of rain that follow in the latter months of the season.
In any case I think we just need to all enjoy this weekend win or lose, and be careful who we are pointing fingers at. We should hold judgement of all these guys currently in the limelight for less than stellar actions. Lets be classy in victory or dignified in defeat, because as has become familiar the last few off-seasons Oregon can find itself back in the news for all the wrong reasons at any moment, we never know who the next person will be on center stage with the press, or what our starting lineup will look like in 3 months.
Like any team, Oregon's starting roster can change at any moment due to injury or stupidity. In previous years when Oregon has been this hyped like in 1998 and 2007 thanks to on-field play in September, the team playing by November looked drastically different, though re-hashing the events that led to that need not be repeated, it's still painful to think about the what-ifs. Let us all simply hope for a quality hard-fought game free of injury that lives up to the immense hype surrounding it, a chance at redemption for losing by the controversial touch of a wrist eight months ago to a SEC rival of LSU, and to the victor go the spoils.
And as always GO DUCKS.
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I went and helped with my nieces last night while my mom attended a meeting. They were overall pretty good - for them. My mom didn't make it back in until just about 10pm and I hung out talking to her until almost 1am- meaning that I didn't get home until almost 2am and couldn't get to sleep until after 3am. I am EXHAUSTED!! SO, I'm trying to busy my mind with pleasant thoughts and pretty colors.
Has anyone else had noticed the strange things going on with crayons lately? I am a HUGE fan of Crayola Crayons. The smell of a new box always excites me. I was playing around with the box of 64 you saw in Friday's post. I began to wonder what the name was of the lovely shade of blue with which I was coloring. So, I turned the crayon to realize that this crayon was not only pacific blue, but also azul pacifico AND bleu pacifique. As I sorted through the box, I found that almost all of my crayons' colors were named in three languages. All except for Robin's Egg Blue. What's up with that?Has anyone else noticed that their crayons were trilingual? I bought these in January and just noticed the change. How long have my crayons been smarter than me?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Parle Vous Crayola?
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Wow! I haven't had new crayolas in a while, that's really interesting!ReplyDelete
Margot - Thanks SO MUCH for stopping by my blog, it really means a lot. I wouldn't have bought the crayons either but I was out of town and wanted something to do to occupy a little bit of time - A COLORING BOOK was my answer. Plus, I couldn't pass up the chance to buy a new box of crayons!! Mmmmmm - that smell!!ReplyDelete
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BEDMINSTER, NJ--(Marketwired - Jan 26, 2017) - Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank have announced financial sponsorships through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York to support the construction of safe and decent affordable housing for low-income households. Combined with the Bank's client, Ingerman, a leading developer, builder and manager of award-winning multi-family communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, the awarded financial support of construction will enrich New Jersey's communities while providing for those most in need.
The first award to Ingerman in the amount of $525,000 will assist in the development of The Residences at Symphony Hall, a 4-story, 60-unit affordable rental community located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Approved through the 2016 Affordable Housing Program (AHP), this project will contain 20 one-bedroom and 40 two-bedroom low-income units. Fifteen units will be allocated for residents with special needs, six units for individuals with mental illness, and nine for homeless individuals with a disability. The remainder of the units will be marketed to the growing artistic community.
The second Federal Home Loan Bank AHP sponsorship of $355,000 will be utilized in the development of The Willows at Westampton project, a 72-unit affordable multi-family rental community located within the Township of Westampton, Burlington County, New Jersey. This project consists of six three-story residential buildings and one stand-alone community building. The Willows at Westampton will also contain five special needs units to be utilized by formerly homeless individuals.
Through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is proud to be a sponsor of Ingerman, in providing high-quality, state-of-the art construction of both The Residences at Symphony Hall and The Willows at Westampton providing vital low-income housing and enriching residential communities within the State of New Jersey.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $3.77 billion as of September 30, 2016. Founded in 1921, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative private banking services to businesses, real estate professionals, non-profits and consumers, which help them to establish, maintain and expand their legacy. Through its private banking locations in Bedminster, Morristown, Princeton and Teaneck, its private wealth management, commercial private banking, retail private banking and residential lending divisions, along with its online platforms, Peapack-Gladstone Bank offers an unparalleled commitment to client service.
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You've heard us talk about projectors with built-in DVD players before, typically in conjunction with a feature on backyard or outdoor theater. But who uses DVDs anymore? OK, bad joke, but to be fair, more and more people are storing movies and videos right on their smart phones, portable media players and tablets. If that's you, and your phone happens to be an iPhone, or you happen to use an iPod, Optoma has built the Neo-i DV20A projector just for you.
The Neo-i DV20A is essentially a DLP Pico Projector with a built-in iPod/iPhone dock and speakers. It's small, light-weight and relatively inexpensive at $279 online (buy now). MSRP is $599. If you always have the iPhone or iPod with you, and you'd like to be able to blast your videos up on a 120" inch screen, the Neo-i might be just what you're looking for.
The Neo-i projector is very easy to set up, easy as plug, dock and play. You plug it into the wall, dock the iPod or iPhone and away you go. Of course it doesn't have any lens shift capabilities, so the projector needs to be lined up just right with your wall or screen to look its best. If you don't want to use an iPod or iPhone, you can use any other device with the VGA, HDMI and/ or AV inputs. It should work with just about any portable device that can play video.
While setup should be easy, nothing easy is ever simple. It took use several times docking and undocking the iPhone to actually get video to project. The iPhone would say that the video was being displayed "on the TV" but all we got was a blank screen. But patience prevailed and by the 5th or 6th time redocking it, we were able to get video.
When you get down to it, the Neo-i is a Pico Projector. Sure it has built-in speakers and an iPod/iPhone dock, but you get Pico Projector performance out of the video. It's all the drawbacks of a Pico Projector, without the small, easy to transport benefits. But when you think about it, to get the equivalent functionality with a traditional Pico Projector, you'd also need to haul around a video cable, an iPhone charger, some speakers and an audio cable. When you add all that up, its probably more cumbersome than just taking a Neo-i with you.
So what does it mean when we say you get Pico Projector performance out of the video? As you can imagine, it isn't very bright, so don't count on using it in an even remotely well lit room. The colors aren't very vivid and the picture overall looks pretty soft. Bottom line, you aren't buying this projector for the video quality.
On the audio side the Neo-i sounds decent, but nothing to jump up and down about. After a while of using it, we were longing for some better audio. It's like listening to the sound for a movie or video through your laptop speakers. You can do it, but you know there are better alternatives. Yes, it's a bit better than laptop speakers, but not much.
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The Neo-i includes a small credit card style remote control that is somewhat useless. It doesn't control the iPhone menus, so you still have to get on the phone to select a video, fast forward, pause, rewind, etc. If you're already doing that anyways, might as well just adjust the volume while you're there. Since the Neo-i is supposed to be portable, a travel case would have been nice, but it doesn't come with one. It does come with adapters for any different size i-device that supports video playback.
The Neo-i isn't meant to be an installed projector for your home theater. We don't even think it's meant to be an installed projector for a dorm room or bonus room It's meant to be pulled out on special occasions to watch a video on the wall, or taken on vacation. For that purpose, it's actually quite convenient. You don't have to haul around a ton of cables and parts, just the projector and its power cord.
If you set your expectations correctly going into it, we're sure you can find clever ways to use it. And for only $279, it's a pretty good deal. On a daily basis you could even use it as a dock for your phone or iPod and take advantage of the speakers for music. Then when you need a projector for that special 120" display of your kid's first piano recital or grandma's 85th birthday, you're all set.
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Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.
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Many students opt not to take their cars with them. Not only are they less likely to use them if they're on campus or living in a city centre, but also there's the issue of parking and the expense of petrol. Also you might want to avoid being the go to person for the shopping run.
If you decide not to take the car with you, there are a couple of options when it comes to your student car insurance:
1) Maintain your insurance. You could just keep your policy running while you're at university. Obviously you won't be using the car very much. This means you should contact your insurer and tell them that you have a lower annual mileage. You might even benefit from a lower premium and possibly build up your no claims discount.
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghana's Elizabeth Ohene remembers the characteristics of Nelson Mandela that endeared him to the press corps.
For years the only image there was of Nelson Mandela was that famous picture of him at his trial, the defiant, young, attractive man, hair parted in the middle as was the fashion of the time.
I had built an image of him based on that old photograph and I tried to construct a personality from the haunting voice that came from the old newsreels and his writings.
The day Mr Mandela was released from jail I was so caught up with the events I had no time to consider what I thought or felt.
For the majority of black South Africans, the expectations were so high, I feared he could only disappoint, and for many of his white compatriots, the apprehension about the ogre they had been brought up to imagine him to be was such that, whatever he did, short of personally massacring them, he could only be seen as a success.
He had come back to a wife who was hated by half the world and adored passionately by the other half.
How was he going to deal with all these tricky situations and negotiate an end to apartheid and win an election?
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On first meeting the man, it was the physical presence that struck me. He was as tall as he looked in the photographs and then some more.
Stooped with age but once he started talking, the years peeled off; his eyes were very much alive and full of mischief.
He waged a one man crusade to get black South Africans to respect time and be punctual.
He lectured on the importance of punctuality at every opportunity.
He was often the first to arrive at his offices, sometimes before his secretary; many times, he arrived at rallies before the bulk of the people, sometimes before the sound system was fixed.
Not for him the usual African practice of the crowds waiting for hours for the VIP to arrive.
I once had a conversation in Cape Town with a young man in Mr Mandela's security detail who told me about his first day at work.
Before going to bed they had been told "the old man" would get up at 05:00 for his morning run.
This young man woke up completely mortified to find "the old man" at his door, dressed in his track suit, waiting for the young people to get up to accompany him on his run.
I was part of a similar incident one day in Pietermaritzburg during the 1994 elections campaign.
I got down to the hotel lobby at 07:30, which was the start-up time we had been given, and there was Mr Mandela, pacing up and down by the front desk, his bodyguards and entourage had not come down.
And then of course he did not make long speeches, and that was guaranteed to make him popular with any journalist.
Then there was Winnie, the wife he had left behind. I did not like the breakup.
I kept asking myself how come this man who could work such miracles, who could turn a sceptical and hostile white community into adoring fans, not manage to keep a wife who had, to my way of thinking, kept faith with him for 27 years?
I decided I did not like him very much after all.
That was until the day of a Foreign Correspondents Association lunch in Johannesburg at which Mr Mandela was the guest speaker.
After the speech and the questions, as he was eating his salad lunch, he overheard me having an argument with a colleague who had chaired the session.
I was, with my tongue firmly in my cheek, accusing the man of sexism for not calling me to ask a question.
"The young lady is obviously right," he intervened, much to the chagrin of my colleague.
And then Mr Mandela turned and said to me: "Why don't you sit down with me and ask your questions without going through him?"
The glint in his eyes said clearly he knew I hadn't been entirely serious with my accusations of sexism. But he was happy to join in whatever game I was playing.
His famed charm had captivated me.
Then he married Graca Machel and I decided he was in safe hands.
In the year 2000, my Nelson Mandela events ended and he remained safely in my mind as the man who did not disappoint.
If he had died in jail, which had been a daily probability for 27 years, we would never have known really how to assess him.
Out of jail he could easily have become one of the many great men of our age who were exceptional during times of crisis, like Churchill, De Gaulle, Ben-Gurion, Eisenhower, or the great African leaders who led their countries to independence and freedom, like Nkrumah, Banda or Kaunda, but when it came to peacetime, and ruling the people, they were found wanting.
Creon, in Sophocles' Antigone, put it this way:
"Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his colour, ruling the people, making laws… there's the test."
Luckily for us all, Mr Mandela lived to be put to the test, the Creon test, what I now call the Mandela test and he passed it with flying colours.


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PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Brookville girls' basketball team was playing its fifth game in seven days to start the season, but its intensity level — especially on defense — didn't suffer at all Thursday night in Punxsutawney.
Sophomore Lanae Newsome led with 23 points and six steals, and the Lady Raiders never trailed during a 49-35 road victory over the Lady Chucks.
Brookville head coach Mark Powell was ecstatic for his Lady Raiders (4-1, 1-0 District IX League), saying that his squad played one of its better games this season.
"It's been five games in seven days. When the fifth one is Punxsy, you just have to dig down and look in your gut and see what you have left," Powell said. "(Shot selection) was a key for us, especially in the second half with a lot of extra passes. We hadn't been doing that in the last couple games."
Punxsy had another rough start, which mirrored Monday's 17-2 first-quarter deficit against Altoona. Thursday, the Lady Chucks (0-4, 0-1) were behind 12-2 with 1 1/2-minutes remaining in the first frame.
"We didn't get off to the start that I wanted to," Punxsy head coach Randy Reitz said. "We're not a team that can come back from that type of a deficit."
Newsome was the star of the night, creating at least six of Punxsy's 24 turnovers and scoring on the other end at a rapid pace. She scored eight of Brookville's first 10 points and totaled 15 during the first half.
"Newsome has really improved," Reitz said. "She's very athletic, she knocked down some jump shots, and she created some tough match-ups for us tonight on both ends of the floor."
The sophomore also served as Brookville's primary ball-handler and helped the team be in position to knock down 46 percent of its shots.
"Lanae played a complete game. Not only steals, but she shot the ball well and distributed the basketball," Powell said. "We're really excited about what we can build on after this game."
Leading Punxsy was senior forward Shawnna Crago, who had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Crago was the only Punxsy player to score in double figures, as senior Jenna Reitz followed with seven points, and freshman Taylor Newcome scored six off the bench.
"Shawnna's going to create mismatches, no matter who we play," Reitz said. "We just have to get the second or third person going, because they're going to put the best guard defender on Jenna. We just have to get some other kids stepping up."
Junior Alex Magill scored four points in her first varsity start in replacement of Lindsey Paulina, who is no longer playing for the team. Parris Kernich and Johnna Depp added two points apiece.
The Lady Raiders keyed in on Crago all game, limiting her quality shots. One of those players to shut down Crago was Emily Ferraro, who scored 10 points and added nine rebounds.
"Emily and the rest of the team did a nice job focusing in on Shawnna," Powell said. "She's a nice player and a tough matchup."
Brookville's defense held the Lady Chucks to just 23 points during the first three quarters, including only five points in the first quarter and six in the third frame.
By the time the third quarter ended, the Lady Raiders held a comfortable 34-23 advantage.
"Brookville plays very good defense. They have in the years past, and coach Powell, I'm sure, stresses defense," Reitz said. "He has some quickness out there, and it's tough to get open."
Jenna Reitz's only three-pointer of the game trimmed the deficit to 41-31 with about six minutes remaining, but Ferraro's basket and free throw bumped the lead back up to 13 less than a minute later.
Both teams are off until next week, when Punxsy hosts Clearfield Monday, and Cameron County visits Brookville next Thursday.
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On April 15, Jackie Robinson Day, Major League Baseball commemorated the achievements of the player who broke the color barrier. First, Robinson did time in the segregated Negro Leagues alongside many talented athletes who never reached his level of fame. One of them was Durham native John Quincy Adams "Bud" Barbee, who belongs to a secret history of local baseball that lurks behind the Bulls.
Bud Barbee could crush a baseball. He was a prodigious power-hitter in the Negro Leagues throughout the early 20th century. He could also fling the horsehide, befuddling batters with his array of pitches. According to legend, he outdueled the immortal Satchel Paige in a thrilling 1–0 contest in Puerto Rico.
The real facts are unclear. A 1940 article in the Baltimore Afro-American states that Barbee's team won the game, but that the Newark Eagles' owner, who had just signed Paige, didn't believe the report. The discrepancy shows how poorly documented the Negro Leagues were.
Barbee's prowess earned him slots on the rosters of some of the highest-profile Negro League teams of the 1930s and '40s, including the Negro National League's 1937 New York Black Yankees, where the youthful phenom wowed the national press on what was otherwise a mediocre, injury-riddled squad.
"Bud Barbee, the giant 21-year-old rookie from Durham, N.C., was the only ray of sunshine [for the Black Yankees]," wrote Baltimore Afro-American reporter Levi Hubert. "This chap banged out homers, held opponents scoreless, and did yeoman service as a pinch-hitter."
Few photos of Barbee exist, but he made an impression wherever he went. A valedictory 1954 article in Norfolk's New Journal and Guide—near the end of his career—noted his charisma, dubbing him "something of a hero to the Latin lassies" and adding that "any announcement that Bud Barbee is in Gotham sets may [sic] a feminine heart aflutter in lower Harlem." Though Barbee never married, federal records indicate that he had several children.
Before he was a national sensation, Barbee paid his dues with the Durham Black Sox and the Raleigh Tigers on the sandlots and fields of North Carolina. After rising through the local scene and the upper echelons of the Negro Leagues, he broke into what was called "organized" baseball during integration, competing for squads as far-flung as Quebec, North Dakota and Latin America.
The structure of the Negro Leagues was highly fluid, and they were strictly segregated from organized, i.e. all-white, baseball. The only relation was that Negro League teams sometimes rented the white teams' stadiums while they were on the road.
Organized baseball existed much as it does today, with the Majors at the top and a structured network of minor leagues feeding players into them. While the Negro Leagues were less stable, they had their versions of the majors: the Negro National League and the Negro American League. Below them were dozens, if not hundreds, of black "minor leagues." Most were regional and fleeting, and there was no formal feeder system into the NNL or NAL.
Everything changed when Robinson crossed the color line in 1947. As soon as he found success—and the Brooklyn Dodgers with him—the majors started raiding the black leagues. Soon, all levels of organized baseball were integrated. This led to the slow death of black baseball, and by the '60s, the Negro Leagues were gone.
Barbee, who died in January 2000, would have just celebrated his 100th birthday last month. He never made it to the integrated major leagues, probably because he arrived slightly too early. But he came very close, and is vividly remembered by those who watched or played alongside him. His durability and versatility led to a career arc common to many African-American players who crisscrossed an unjust country for the love of the game.
Bud Barbee was probably one of the best players around Durham and Raleigh," says Willie Bradshaw, who played for several local all-black teams. "He played baseball year-round. In the winter, he would go south to play, but he would always come back in time for the beginning of the [spring] season."
According to sports historian Bijan C. Bayne, Barbee was a three-decade mainstay of the Triangle baseball scene, which included Raleigh's Tar Heels, Grays and Tigers and Durham's Black Sox, Red Caps, Eagles and Rams.
"It was quality semipro ball for the era, because [Durham] was a large city," Bayne says. "The Tigers were probably the state's most thriving and enduring black squad, playing well into the 1960s. Durham teams were competitive from the 1930s through the end of Jim Crow, due to their major-city status and pick of the better players."
Those top-notch players, Bayne says, included Eulace Harrington, a pitcher who was compared to Paige while playing for the Raleigh Tar Heels in the '20s; Hubert "Bert" Simmons, a Tarboro native who suited up for the Raleigh Tigers, the Goshen Red Wings and the Asheville Blues in the late '40s; and future major leaguers Charlie Neal, Wes Covington and Milt Smith, all of whom first played for the Tigers.
Barbee was the region's crown jewel. He was born in Durham on March 16, 1914—a few official sources list it as 1916—to Bratcher Barbee, a laborer for the city of Durham, and the former Easter Atwater, who toiled as a domestic worker and laundress for most of her life. Both were born in Chatham County, likely the descendants of slaves there.
The Barbee family lived on Elizabeth Street in Durham for several decades; a 1939 passenger register for the S.S. Coano, on which Bud traveled from Puerto Rico to New York, has the address as 812. Bud was considerably younger than some of his siblings, including brother Lamb Barbee, a stellar ballplayer and manager who tutored Bud in the finer points of the game.
Lamb, termed a "slugging" outfielder by the black press, was a player-manager for the Raleigh Tigers in the late '40s and early '50s, moving to the Durham Rams in the mid-'50s. He had his greatest success as the skipper of the 1948 Tigers, who won the crown of the Negro American Association, one of the many regional semipro circuits that bloomed in the Mid-Atlantic states.
In his teens, Bud worked as a bootblack at a barber shop and graduated from Whitted High School. He launched his semipro baseball career in the mid-'30s, when he was about 20 years old. In September of 1935, he hurled a three-hit win for the Durham Black Sox over the Brooklyn Cuban Giants at El Toro Park in Durham.
In August 1936, he contributed mightily to the Sox's 29–0 thrashing of the visiting Philadelphia Red Caps, manning first base and slugging three singles, a triple and a home run. In that game, the Sox roster also included Lamb and a third brother, the teenage Walter Barbee.
Bud's standout play for Durham caught the eye of big-time Negro League scouts, and in 1937, the prominent Black Yankees signed him. A headline in the Baltimore Afro-American blared that the Yanks pinned their Negro National League title hopes to the "Tar Heel Rookie."
Bud, wrote reporter Levi C. Hubert, "came up from Durham, N.C., two months ago and has astounded the baseball world by rolling up a batting average of .487 in ten league games," including six home runs. By the time the right-handed batter arrived in the Big Apple, he stood well over six feet tall and weighed a strapping 180 pounds, and had already developed phenomenal versatility as a pitcher and infielder.
The Black Yanks leaned on Bud and fellow mound ace Barney Brown, but the team was still mired near the cellar of the NNL, and Barbee bolted from New York for teams in Cuba, Puerto Rico and across South America. But he returned to New York in May of 1940 (along with a fellow Durham native, outfielder Roy Debnam), with the Chicago Defender calling him "one of the leading pitchers of the Cuban and Mexican leagues the past two seasons."
During this time, Barbee apparently kept a residence on Johnson Street in his hometown, according to the 1940 U.S. Census, which also shows that he supplemented his baseball income with a day job as a construction carpenter.
Needing a second income stream was common for Negro Leagues players—and for many white Major Leaguers of the time as well. In 1941, like many poorly paid players who were constantly looking for a bigger paycheck, Barbee again played in Mexico before soon returning to the States. One newspaper report at the time called him an "erratic pitching star," hinting that his skills were starting to slide.
Following a stint with the top-notch Baltimore Elite Giants, Barbee—again like many Negro Leaguers—was called into duty during World War II. After enlisting in October of 1943, he was stationed as a private first class in Italy with the all-black 92nd Army Division, where he manned right field for the division's powerful squad. But Barbee's career in the Negro League majors was over.
After leaving the service, Barbee returned to his hometown, where he hitched on as a pitcher with the Durham Eagles, of the semipro Carolina Negro Baseball League, in May of 1946. The next year, he was invited back by the still-struggling Black Yanks. But first, he again headed south of the border to play winter ball.
Playing in the Mexican Leagues in the offseason was quite common for both black and white players. Some black players even joined Latin-American teams year-round, as they paid more and were already integrated. When Jackie Robinson broke into the majors and the Negro Leagues feeding frenzy began, some observers still pegged Barbee for the big time.
But when he returned to the Black Yanks for the 1947 NNL season, his mound mastery was slipping. "During the past season," said the New Journal and Guide in August of 1947, "leading sports writers covering the winter leagues listed Barbee as a big league prospect, but the comparatively poor showing he made during the first half of NNL play caused Major League managers to look elsewhere."
He then wintered in Panama, staying in touch with his family in Durham via ham radio, before returning yet again to New York for the 1948 season. As the '50s arrived, Bud, then well into his 30s, had to give up any hopes of cracking the majors. But he did manage to slip into the lower levels of organized baseball as an outfielder with minor-league teams in Canada, where he was able to show flashes of his old stuff, pounding homers by the dozen.
In October of 1950, those showings got him picked up by the Kansas City Colored Royals, a traveling squad centered around Paige, before Barbee joined a barnstorming black team based in Houston and a squad in the West Texas League.
The Barbee family suffered a blow in February 1951 when Easter, the family matriarch, died in Durham at age 69 from severe arthritis and hypertension. Bud forged ahead and finished his hardball career in the mid-'50s with the flourish of a dedicated 40-year-old, signing with the Portsmouth Merrimacs in Virginia. He shaved seven years off his age, with the New Journal and Guide listing him as 33.
Though now middle-aged, Barbee still had some pop left in him. By 1955, he was leading the Class D Appalachian League with a .432 average for the Merrimacs. After that season, he finally retired from the game that had taken him around the world and returned to Durham. His father passed away in January of 1965, from kidney disease, at age 93.
Bud followed on January 20, 2000, at age 85. He was given a military burial in Durham's Glennview Memorial Park, where his grave, which now lays unmarked, can still be visited. An obituary in the Herald-Sun called him "one of the finest baseball players Durham ever produced."
"As far as black baseball in Durham, Bud was a legend," Willie Bradshaw said in the obit. But in a different era, Bud Barbee might have been a baseball legend, period, and so our annual celebration of Jackie Robinson's triumph also reminds us of the injustice on which it was built.
This article appeared in print with the headline "Black diamond."
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No. 6 Duke rallies vs. Virginia
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Duke advanced to the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championship after downing Virginia 4-2. The Blue Devils will play No. 2 Florida for the second time in two weeks on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET.
"It was a good effort in a really tough environment," said women's head coach Jamie Ashworth. "UVa is a very good team and they showed that by beating Baylor yesterday. I thought we did a good job playing with passion and composure. We are looking forward to another tough match tomorrow against Florida and are excited about the position we have put ourselves in."
Duke struggled again in doubles in its quarterfinal match as they conceded the doubles point for the fourth consecutive match. The Cavaliers battled the Blue Devils in all three matches as they won from the No. 3 spot 9-7 to defeat Elizabeth Plotkin and Reka Zsilinszka. Virginia needed a tiebreaker at No. 2 to take the doubles point away from the Blue Devils. Emily Fraser and Hana Tomljanovic took down Ellah Nze and Monica Gorny 9-8 (7-4).
Rachel Kahan picked up the first point for Duke from the No. 5 position in a straight-set decision 6-0, 6-1. Kahan remains a perfect 8-0 in singles and has now won seven out of eight matches in straight sets.
Mary Clayton was next off the courts to give Duke the 2-1 advantage with four matches remaining. Clayton put the Blue Devils ahead with a straight set win at the No. 6 spot 6-2, 6-1, against Caryssa Pertz.
Senior Reka Zsilinszka allowed Duke to inch closer to the semifinals after she battled back from being down 3-1 in the first set to claim another straight-set victory against Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-2.
With three singles matches remaining, Duke finally closed out the team score by getting the final point from Plotkin, who clinched the win in the first round for the Blue Devils and gave a repeat performance in the quarterfinal. She came back after losing the first set to dismantle Erin Vierra. Plotkin only gave up two points in the final two sets that pushed Duke into the semifinal with the 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 win.
Duke and Florida will face each other for the second time this season. The Blue Devils and the Gators met two weeks ago in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, as Florida handed Duke its first loss of the season 4-2.
Florida advanced to the semifinal after defeating Miami in the first round 4-1, and sweeping Clemson in the quarterfinal 4-0. The Gators enter the match with an unblemished record at 9-0.


text: Chapter 25. Urinary Diversion & Bladder Substitutions Badrinath R. Konety, MD, MBA; Susan Barbour, RN, MS, WOCN; Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH View Full Chapter Figures Only Tables Only Videos Only Print Share Email Twitter Facebook Linkedin Reddit Get Citation Citation AMA Citation Konety BR, Barbour S, Carroll PR. Konety B.R., Barbour S, Carroll P.R. Konety, Badrinath R., et al.Chapter 25. Urinary Diversion & Bladder Substitutions. In: McAninch JW, Lue TF. McAninch J.W., Lue T.F. Eds. Jack W. McAninch, and Tom F. Lue.eds. Smith and Tanagho's General Urology, 18e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2013. http://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=508§ionid=41088102. Accessed August 16, 2018. MLA Citation Konety BR, Barbour S, Carroll PR. Konety B.R., Barbour S, Carroll P.R. Konety, Badrinath R., et al.. "Chapter 25. Urinary Diversion & Bladder Substitutions." Smith and Tanagho's General Urology, 18e McAninch JW, Lue TF. McAninch J.W., Lue T.F. Eds. Jack W. McAninch, and Tom F. Lue. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2013, http://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=508§ionid=41088102. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager Mendeley © Copyright Tools Search Book Top Return Clip Autosuggest Results ++ Selected patients with lower urinary tract cancers or severe functional or anatomic abnormalities of the bladder may require urinary diversion. Although this can be accomplished by establishing direct contact between the urinary tract and the skin surface, it is most often performed by incorporating various intestinal segments into the urinary tract. Virtually every segment of the gastrointestinal tract has been used to create urinary reservoirs or conduits. No single technique is ideal for all patients and clinical situations. A decision is based on a patient's underlying disease and its method of treatment as well as on renal function, individual anatomy, and personal preference. An ideal method of urinary diversion would most closely approximate the normal bladder: it would be nonrefluxing, low pressure, continent, and nonabsorptive. ++ Individual methods of urinary diversion can be categorized in various ways, such as (1) by the segment of intestine used and (2) by whether the method provides complete continence or simply acts as a conduit carrying urine from the renal pelvis or ureter to the skin, where the urine is collected in an appliance attached to the skin surface. Continent forms of urinary diversion can be categorized further according to whether they are attached to the urethra (ie, as a bladder substitute) or are placed in the abdomen and rely on another mechanism for continence (continent urinary reservoir). ++ All candidates for urinary diversion or bladder substitution should undergo careful preoperative counseling and preparation, including a detailed discussion of the objectives and potential complications of each method. Any potential impact of a procedure on sexual function, body image, and lifestyle should be discussed. Overall satisfaction of most patients undergoing urinary diversion appears to be high (Allareddy et al, 2006; Dutta et al, 2002; Fujisawa et al, 2000a; Hara et al, 2002). However, because they allow freedom from an external appliance, continent forms of urinary diversion, especially bladder substitution, may be of great psychological and functional benefit to well-selected patients (Bjerre, 1995; Okada et al, 1997). More recent data suggest that the differences in quality of life between continent and noncontinent diversion may not be as significant as previously expected (Gilbert et al, 2007). ++ A careful history taken from the patient should note any previous abdominal or pelvic surgery, irradiation, or systemic disease. 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New Albany school receives national recognition
New Albany school receives national recognition
NEW ALBANY, Ind. —
A southern Indiana school is receiving national recognition.
Fairmont Elementary in New Albany is one of 286 schools from across the country to be named a National Blue Ribbon School.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan held a luncheon Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Eleven other schools in Indiana were honored, along with five in Kentucky.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools program was created in 1982.
It honors public and private schools based on their overall academic excellence or where significant progress is being made.


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Retailers need to target men if they want to encourage big spending this festive season, according to a study by Havas Group's MPG Media Contacts.
U.K. women are taking on the Scrooge role in these difficult times, with 49% planning to buy gifts for a smaller group of people this year. The recession is having an impact on spending for 77% of women, and 54% more are looking to discount voucher sites for gift ideas this year than last year.
Men, while not completely immune to the recession, are more likely to splurge in the run-up to Christmas. The economic climate is impacting the spending of 10% fewer men than women, and only 38% are considering buying presents from discount voucher sites. While Christmas shopping, price is important for 77% of men, compared to 85% of women.
Eva Powell, strategy director at MPG Media Contacts, said, "Men are less likely to be tightening their belts, which provides huge opportunities for retailers, who should renew their focus on men. They traditionally focus on women and housewives at this time of year, but men are far less likely to modify their spending behavior as a result of the recession."
Overall, one-third of Britons plan to spend less this Christmas than in previous years, although -- despite their penny-pinching -- women are still more enthusiastic than men about buying presents. Only 61% of men say they get a "good deal of joy out of the act of giving," compared to 78% of women.
Ms. Powell said, "Despite spending less this year, Christmas is no less meaningful. The amount of effort and consideration put in is high, supporting a generosity of spirit, if not of wallet. This leads us to the idea that there is opportunity for businesses to develop products and gifts that create more fulfilling experiences and support bond creation rather than over-consumption."
MPG asked 2,000 people about their attitude to Christmas and what they planned to do differently this year in an attempt to find out whether there is a new frugality around gifting and consumption this Christmas.
Christmas 2011 got off to a slow start for retailers but picked up last Saturday and Sunday when -- for the first time -- London shopping hubs Oxford Street and Regent Street were closed to traffic for the whole weekend. The move paid off, with shoppers spending $430 million -- a full $77 million more than on the same weekend last year. Fashion and technology were the most popular purchases, according to the New West End Company, which co-ordinated the weekend's events.


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As expected, online giant Google pulled out of its proposed advertising deal with rival Yahoo! after regulators from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) raised antitrust objections. The companies had worked to appease the DOJ's concerns over the past few weeks but were unable to reach an agreement.
"Had the companies implemented their arrangement, Yahoo's competition likely would have been blunted immediately with respect to the search pages that Yahoo chose to fill with ads sold by Google rather than its own ads," a DOJ statement reads. The DOJ told Google that it would have sued to block the deal, triggering a series of ultimately fruitless negotiations.
"Yahoo! continues to believe in the benefits of the agreement and is disappointed that Google has elected to withdraw from the agreement rather than defend it in court," the company noted in a public statement. "Google notified Yahoo! of its refusal to move forward with implementation of the agreement following indication from the Department of Justice that it would seek to block it, despite Yahoo!'s proposed revisions to address the DOJ's concerns."
Of course, Yahoo! is also racing to overcome doubts that this major setback isn't so major and isn't, in fact, even a setback. "This deal was incremental to Yahoo!'s product roadmap and does not change Yahoo!'s commitment to innovation and growth in search," the company said.
Oddly, Yahoo!'s shares jumped 8.5 percent to $14.49 in late Wednesday trading. But the investor wakeup call had nothing to do with trust in the company's vision. Instead, they were reacting to rumors--since denied by everyone involved--that Microsoft would jump into the fray again and make another offer for Yahoo!. Other rumors see Yahoo! purchasing Time Warner's AOL unit.


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It's notoriously hard to measure the return on investment in social media.
But a study from American Century Investments does show that financial services professionals are increasingly embracing it.
"I think everyone's starting to accept that this is here, and it's going to be a part of how we communicate in the future," said Jennifer Sussman, director of online marketing and experience for Kansas City, Mo.-based American Century.
American Century's second annual Financial Professionals Social Media Adoption Study found that 86% of financial services professionals use social media, up from 73% a year ago.
Half of those professionals, including financial planners, brokers and registered investment advisers, said they have moderate or extensive experience with social media. About 43% said they regularly participate regularly in at least one medium, with nearly 10% saying they belong in the "social media addict" category.
As was the case last year, Facebook had the highest percentage of respondents with accounts: 71%, which is up from 55% in 2010. LinkedIn held the second spot with 55%, up from 45% in 2010.
Which businesses uses of social media are on the rise? Eighteen percent of respondents said they plan to maintain a professional blog in 2011, up from 8% in 2010. Using social media for customer feedback jumped to 21% from 12%, and sharing best practices went to 18% from 12%.
Overall, the top business uses for social media include monitoring industry and market news, researching prospects, contacts and current clients, and reading expert commentary and insights.
Attitudes about the overall value of social media as a tool for business growth are also on the rise, the study shows. About 45% of respondents were generally positive about that subject. Fewer than a fifth of them expressed a negative opinion.
At the same time, few study participants ranked social media as having "high business value." Yet the percentage that did was up two points this year, to 13%. And 56% of financial pros said they feel social media is an "emerging trend with significant future potential." That's up from 44% last year.
"Opinions are continuing to move in a positive direction," said Sussman. "Social media is being seen as a trend with future potential."
Yet financial professionals have concerns about using social media—but those concerns are changing. In the 2011 survey, regulatory or compliance issues continued to top the list of concerns, but such concerns dropped to only 38%, down from 47% last year.
Meanwhile, the percentage of financial professionals concerned about a potential privacy breach increased to 26% from 21%. Also on the regulatory front, 53% of study participants indicted that their firms have put social media policy or guidelines in place.
The study's respondents also weighed in on asset managers' use of social media to engage them. Forty-eight percent expressed a positive reaction, using comments such as "good idea," "interesting" and "important." Fifty-seven percent opined that asset managers are smart to explore social media—up from 41% last year.
And 24% said they feel that leading asset management firms are using social media to their advantage, a big jump from 11% last year.
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Many people ask my how i do my glitter gradients and the answer is layering! Start off with one layer of glitter going the highest you want it. Then once that has dried keep adding more layers of glitter, getting shorter and shorter so at the tip it has the thickest amount of glitter.
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Legendary performer Jerry Lewis isn't the retiring type.
The man behind "The Nutty Professor" and the fabled Martin & Lewis comedy team may be 86, but he's signed on to star in a new independent feature to be shot in Los Angeles.
"Max Rose," which begins production today, marks Lewis' first major role since the 1995 dramedy "Funny Bones."
The film is a drama about a jazz pianist who has recently lost his wife of over five decades. A discovery made days before her death causes Max to believe his marriage was a lie. He embarks on an exploration of his own past that brings him face to face with a menagerie of characters from a bygone era. Noah is making his directing debut.
Lewis has suffered in the public eye in recent years, from battling a series of health ailments to getting jettisoned from his gig as host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. In addition to "Max Rose," Lewis is working on a "Nutty Professor" musical adaptation to add to his legacy.


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Becker College Receives Fourth Consecutive Year of Recognition for its Game Design Programs by The Princeton Review
Becker College was ranked for the fourth consecutive year by The Princeton Review as a top school to study game design. This announcement comes on the heels of recent recognition for the Becker interactive media game design and programming and development programs, from Animation Career Review and Game Players Review, and Becker students' involvement in the award-winning game, "On Call" and top placement in the 2013 MassDiGI Game Challenge.
"This has been an amazing year for Becker College's game design programs, and recognition by The Princeton Review for the fourth consecutive year speaks to the expertise of our faculty and the knowledge and skills that our students are building," says Robert E. Johnson, Ph.D., president of Becker College. "It confirms the value of our game design program in offering relevant course work and the real-world preparation that is valued by students and employers. We are confident that partnerships created through our affiliation with the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) will continue to build on our success and set the standard in digital games education."
Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's senior vice president/publisher, noted the burgeoning interest among students in game design and the exceptional study options available from specialized college majors to concentrated graduate degrees. "We salute the schools on our 2013 list for their commitment to this professional field. We hope our project will guide students considering careers in game design to schools best for them on our lists and on to companies at which they can apply their creative ideas and skills for the next generation of game players."
"It's a great honor for Becker College to be the only school in New England to have been named to Princeton Review's Top Undergraduate Schools to Study Game Design list every year for the last four years," says Paul D. Cotnoir, Ph.D., director of design programs at Becker. "To be consistently regarded so highly among some very tough competition speaks very well of our innovative and engaging video game curriculum, our faculty, and most of all, our talented students."
Cotnoir went on to describe the elements that add to the value of the Becker programs, "I feel that Becker's standing in this regard is due in large part to its cutting-edge game design curriculum, which allows students to choose a variety of specializations including programming, 3D modeling, sound design, and story development. Add to all of this the groundbreaking impact Becker has had on the video game industry with the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute, and you have a hard-to-beat formula for success."
Alumni of the game programs at Becker have gone on to work for numerous entertainment companies such as Harmonix, Blizzard, Demiurge, and Blue Fang Games, as well as in other digital technology applications for Courion Corporation, John Hancock, Meditech, Oracle, the Santa Ana Police Department (Calif.), The Internal Revenue Service and the United States Army.
Becker student-created games are in use by the UMass Medical School-City of Worcester Mobile Safety Street Bus, Old Sturbridge Village, and the Danforth Museum, with similar projects in the works for the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester Youth Center, and the Why Not Stop Project. Students have also shared their skills with the Easter Seals and Center for Living and Working's Tech Savvy Group and helped build game development communities in local public high schools.
Student work will also be showcased at the Becker College booth at the game conference and exhibition, PAX East, now in its fourth year in Boston, March 22-24 at the Boston Convention Center.
The Princeton Review, one of America's best-known education services companies, compiled the 2012 list, which names 10 undergraduate and 10 graduate schools in ranked order (1 to 10) and 22 undergraduate and 8 graduate schools as Honorable Mentions. The list is published on The Princeton Review's website. Criteria for The Princeton Review's school selections covered the quality of the curriculum, faculty, facilities, and infrastructure. The company also factored in data it collected from the schools on their scholarships, financial aid, and career opportunities.