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Denise van Outen has her toes in pretty much every area of showbusiness going. She sings, she dances, she acts, she writes, she judges, she presents. Her 'roles' in the public eye have ranged from the super-loud, brash, confident young girl we saw when she burst onto our screens in the late 1990s on The Big Breakfast to the more considered, thoughtful 'Elle Woods' in Legally Blonde, or 'Roxie' in Chicago, to the elegant dancer runner up in Strictly Come Dancing. She presents a mellow weekend radio show on Magic FM and has judged on TV shows including Born to Shine and Any Dream Will Do!
Denise in Strictly
And yet van Outen, 39, with her various roles and personas over the past 20 years, still finds it hard to shake the 'ladette' image she first embodied as a Big Breakfast presenter in 1997.
"When I did The Big Breakfast I really did play up to the cheeky blonde from Essex. It was me, but it was an exaggerated version of me.
"I'm a bit older now, I've become a mother, I have responsibilities, so my personality has changed a bit since then. But there's also another side to me that's quite sensitive, I like to work hard and I like people to see that I'm working hard. I've always had to really work hard for everything I've got.
"I feel like I've had to pay my dues a bit – coming from television into theatre [playing Roxie Hart in Chicago] and playing a lead role, I've really had to prove myself. I wouldn't say there was snobbery, it's probably more my fear than anything. All performers have insecurities; I just want people to see that I care. I think sometimes that people don't think I care what I'm doing."
Denise poses for the Telegraph
Van Outen admits she is still "typecast" as a feisty ladette to this day, even despite the range of roles she's taken on showing her softer or subtler sides. "I went through about five years of caring that people thought of me like that and it really bothered me, but for some reason I've stopped caring. Maybe it's because I'm turning 40. I've realised it's who I am and it's alright to be a bit feisty, a bit cheeky, to have an opinion – to be the one they're worried about.
"Sometimes I might not be put on a prime time TV show because they're worried about what I might do, but I've realised if there's no place for me there, then there's a place for me somewhere else, where other people can't go." Van Outen clarifies that no stations have turned her down, but sometimes she just wouldn't be considered because she's not "straight" enough.
And yet meeting van Outen on set for her new one-woman musical, Some Girl I Used To Know, co-written by her, it's easy to see that the 'ladette' streak in van Outen's personality is just that – a streak – and doesn't define who she really is. For one thing, she's now a loving mum (of Betsy, 3) – something van Outen has been dreaming about since she was "broody" in her early 20s.
But in real life, she is also a lot calmer and considered than what you might expect: she's more 'girl next door' than all-singing, all-dancing flashy showbiz gal. (And I mean that as a compliment). When we meet she's standing in the middle of her set for Some Girl, wearing a bright red and black leopard print T-shirt and grey jogging bottoms with Ugg-style slipper boots. "I'm half Stephanie, half Denise," she laughs, as she makes a cup of English Breakfast tea. Stephanie is the character she plays in the show.
Denise in Some Girl I Used To Know (Photo: Pamela Raith)
We immediately slump on the sofa of her set (which comprises a bed, wardrobe with a dressing gown and a few dresses, a sofa, coffee table and dressing table/ mirror) and I feel as though I'm round van Outen's family home for a cup of tea and a chin wag.
Van Outen starts telling me about Stephanie Canworth; the girl who has it all – beauty, a successful career, a supportive husband – until one day she gets a Facebook poke from a blast-from-the-past. Old memories start flooding back, and Stephanie wonders what could have been had she have gone down a different path in life. "With the old memories come the old temptations," so says the show's marketing material.
Some Girl is a romantic comedy, featuring a mix tape of songs from the 80s and 90s including Culture Club and Soft Cell. The show's website promises the audience they will "laugh and cry" in equal measure.
Van Outen says there are "elements" of herself in the play that she's co-written, but Stephanie, the character, is not based on her real life. Regardless, the show's premise – that humans have a tendency to look back and wonder 'what if' – is something van Outen can certainly relate to.
Van Outen says the 1989 British-American romantic comedy film Shirley Valentine, and the one-character play by Willy Russell, was a huge inspiration for Some Girl.
Tom Conti and Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine
"I loved Shirley Valentine when I grew up, that had a real impact on women's lives. It was about a downtrodden life, where she talked to the wall and dreamed of greater things. I just thought, there isn't a Shirley Valentine for my generation, so I wanted to write something that women of our generation can understand and relate to. If I can make the same impact [as Shirley Valentine] then my job is well done. I wanted to write something for women, although it's not just 'for women', that women can really relate to."
She continues: "There is definitely elements of my life in there, the actual story isn't based on my life, it's based on a lot of my friends' experiences. The show is all about temptation and it will leave the audience questioning, if this happened to me, what would I do? We all have a first love, and you always, after time, look at it through rose-tinted spectacles," she explains.
When I ask if she looks back and ever thinks 'what if', van Outen says: "Yeah, I do it all the time. I'm one of those people, I'm nostalgic, I'm constantly looking back and thinking what if, listening to music that reminds me of a certain time in my life. I definitely do that, we all do that.
"It's easy to look back in hindsight and think if only I'd done this, if only I'd done that. I mean, I'm a woman, we all do it. Perhaps with hindsight I got very distracted by boyfriends in my 20s and a lot of opportunities passed me by, 'cos I very much wanted to be with a man and be loved and build a family home and I just never met the right person. I spent too many nights crying into a pillow. I did a lot of listening to Phil Collins," she says.
Although her one-woman play is not based on her own life, van Outen uses it to show us a rare glimpse of her own vulnerability. Seeing as I'm interviewing her on set, it would seem odd not to ask van Outen to perform something from the show. She obliges and straight off the cuff, without warm-up, sings passionately alongside the piano (see video at top of page, above). I spontaneously get my own little private viewing and can feel the raw emotion in the room.
Her sensitivity is a far cry from the Denise Van Outen we saw performing Kylie's Especially For You with Jonny Vaughn back in 1998, where she spoofed crying into a pillow. She laughs: "I know, I did it! I still do it now and I'm nearly 40. I'm exactly the same, you don't change."
Van Outen is about to perform her show in full for the first time to a select group of producers, musicians and directors, about 20 people, and is getting nervous.
She's also understandably anxious about how the opening night will go down in Leeds next week.
Denise as Stephanie in Some Girl I Used To Know (Photo: David Venni)
But she's also conscious that while she's touring on the road, she won't get to spend time with her beloved Betsy. The pair just got back from a holiday in Dubai, as van Outen's way of trying to spend some quality time with her daughter before upping and leaving to pursue her stage dreams.
Although van Outen split from her husband Lee Mead last year, the pair appear to remain close friends, with both sets of grandparents involved in Betsy's lives.
"Some women can have it all, but it comes at a price. You'll be absolutely knackered, somewhere you'll suffer. I have friends who are stay-at-home mums and sometimes I wish I was that, but then I realise it's not me. I love to work. Equally some of my stay-at-home mum friends look at me and sometimes wish they could have other career things going on.
"The grass is always greener – that's what this play is all about."
Denise van Outen will be touring the country with Some Girl I Used To Know until March 19.

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The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration will host researchers from China, India and South Korea during a June 27-29 conference at the University's Center in Beijing to discuss the impacts of globalization and urbanization.
"Scholars at SSA increasingly recognize new challenges brought on by globalization and the major in-migration of people to cities around the world," said SSA Dean Neil Guterman, the Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor.
"This conference is an important opportunity for us to share what we've learned and learn from the experiences of others who have been studying these issues, from the perspective of leading scholars in three of Asia's most rapidly developing nations," he said.
Globalization and urbanization have improved individual incomes and led to modernizations in major cities, but also have led to a number of social problems and policy challenges, said Robert Chaskin, associate professor at SSA and organizer of the event, "International Perspectives on Social Policy and Urban Problems."
"In some cases, for example, urban in-migration has catalyzed the growth of large, dense, informal settlements on the fringes of central cities or in their midst," he said. "In others, processes of redevelopment have led to gentrification of central-city areas and displacement of the poor.
These population shifts also have resulted in increased concentrations of poverty and crime and emerging public health concerns. The changes also have increased disparities between the wealthy and poor, especially in health and education, Chaskin said.
"All these challenges place significant burdens, and often new responsibilities, on social service systems and urban governance regimes, both regarding their attention to seeking to alleviate the problem at hand and to spearhead efforts to design systems and strategies for prevention," he explained.
"The goal of this seminar is to bring together scholars from a small set of relevant countries to explore knowledge about, policy responses to, and enduring questions regarding these changes and the processes that lie behind them around particular substantive themes," he added.
The conference is a partnership with the Peking University Department of Sociology and Social Welfare and the University of Chicago Center in Beijing. In addition to UChicago scholars, the conference also will feature presentations from researchers at Peking University, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, Seoul National University in South Korea, and other academic institutions around the world.
SSA faculty members taking part in the seminar in addition to Guterman and Chaskin will be Charles Payne, the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor; and Mark Courtney and Colleen Grogan, both professors at SSA.
"I am delighted to welcome our colleagues from the SSA to the Center to discuss social policy and urban problems in a global and comparative setting, " said Dali Yang, professor in Political Science and the faculty director of the Center in Beijing.
The seminar will provide an opportunity for scholars to present current research around these themes, discuss the implications of this work in specific contexts and cross-nationally, and explore new directions in scholarship. The conference will discuss the impact of globalization and related policy responses as well as topics such as child welfare, education, urban poverty and health disparities.
In addition to academic publications based on the presentation, the seminar may eventually evolve into a series of similar, periodic gatherings, Chaskin said.
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Interview with Luella D. Ostrofsky
In these excerpts, Luella D. Ostrofsky of Easton, Connecticut, discusses growing up during the Great Depression, learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor, her work in an airplane factory, and the wartime service of her loved ones.
OSTROFSKY: I started high school in 1930, '31. 1930. September, I think. '30? '31, '32, '32, '33, yeah. Graduated in '34.
WONGSRICHANALAI: So, had the Great Depression affected Dover-Foxcroft?
OSTROFSKY: It certainly did. There was no … nobody could find a job. There were no jobs. And any of the merchants couldn't afford to hire anybody, and my graduating class was the only class over these many years that didn't have a yearbook, because the principal said that the merchants can't afford to put an ad in it, and of course it takes money to put out a yearbook. We did one fifty years later. Yeah, we did. Quite a lot of things happened in that fifty years. So that's, So what's your question? [*laughs*]
WONGSRICHANALAI: What did you have on the farm? Cows, chickens?
OSTROFSKY: Yeah, my dad had dairy, yeah. We had big gardens and we had at least an acre planted in just beans, cause … and another acre of just potatoes, cause that was our main diet. Beans and potatoes. Baked beans, potatoes. Potatoes was … I don't … I don't think maybe a day went by that we didn't't have one meal with potatoes. And I guess it didn't hurt us, because we … everybody grew, lasted quite a while on the beans and potato. So, that's it. Other than that, we had chickens, of course, raised some for eating and had plenty of eggs for ourselves. We had during the depression, we had no money at all for fancy clothes or anything else, but we always had plenty to eat, cause my dad had these monstrous vegetable gardens. And my mother canned and pickled and made preserves and she probably had three or four hundred jars of stuff which kept us through the winter.
WONGSRICHANALAI: What were your parents' names?
OSTROFSKY: Huh?
WONGSRICHANALAI: What were your parents' names?
OSTROFSKY: My dad was Lewis and my mom was Lillian. So.
WONGSRICHANALAI: What was downtown Dover-Foxcroft like?
OSTROFSKY: Well, it was a small town. It was probably, what, six thousand people. Not right in the town, but in the … like, we were … We were out in the same town, but way out in the farming area. Oh, there was a nice theatre, a very good theatre, only the one. There was the high school. And on Main Street was all your … There was a department store, banks, grocery stores, hardware. What do you call them? No, not hardware … What do you call hardware stores? Hardware stores where you get all your tools. OK. It was a busy place. Outside of those few years of the depression. As I say, everything just stood still and as soon as Pearl Harbor was blasted off the face of the earth, the woolen mills began to churn, two woolen mills in the town. And they were, started making them woolen cloth for uniforms. And of course everybody was grabbing for a job… So anyways, after … Then they began to set up what do you call them? Induction stations there to … everybody got a number. I believe a song came out "They Drew My Number." You know? I don't know if you've ever heard it, but … I'm not going to sing it, so. [*laughs*] Anyways I think Uncle Shep was the first one to go, and then Uncle Stan went. He must have gone in about a year after Pearl Harbor. That was early February, 1943. I didn't't have a job and, of course, all jobs were grabbed when the woolen mills opened, so there was no opening there. So I wrote down to the state at Augusta saying that I'd like to get compensation or whatever they were doing at the time. And they wrote back and said no, they're not handing that out to anybody because there was … They need help in Connecticut. So, and there was going to be a representative from the Chance-Vaught Airplane Factory in Bangor, so I hopped on the bus and went to Bangor and was interviewed. That guy interviewed me and told me all about it. And in two days time I was on a train headed for Bridgeport. So, I … The whole city of Bridgeport was blacked out. The only light you could see was a puddle of light under the lamp lights, the street lights. Cause they had the war on. You can't have city all bright, you know? Puddle of light under each one of the lamplights because they had a black thing over it. So, you only had one little puddle of light. When I got off that train, eight o'clock at night, everything was black. I had no idea where I was going. And I finally crawled into a … into a hotel. Got one room. Next morning I was out of there quick. And I had a great big suitcase because I thought I was going to stay for a while. So, I went back to the railroad station and you don't have to write this down. You can tell me to shut up when you want. I took my suitcase back to the railroad station, had it checked in, I said I can't be dragging that around. And then this city bus came along and it had the sign on it "Airport," and I said God, that's me, everything was working just in my favor. So, I got on that and went to the airport which is in Stratford. The Bridgeport Airport is in Stratford. I spent the whole day over there in the … Cause there was a lot of people coming in, getting jobs. The whole day there, you had a complete physical, they made sure you weren't a spy, or, I mean, the whole day. So when I left there they said "Oh, just a minute, we've got to get you a room." So, they picked up the telephone and got me a lovely room on a residential piece of Bridgeport. So I had a room, and the next day I went to work over at Chance-Vaught. Vaught-Sikorsky. Sikorsky is … Sikorsky had the helicopter built there at the same time. But then they got so big, they moved down to a bigger place. So then it became Chance-Vaught. Not that it matters, I guess at this point, I don't know what else. So, I was right there till the war ended and we worked ten hours a day. I was putting in … Saturday was an eight hour. And then, when the war ended, all of a sudden they decided they would, this company decided they would go down to Texas. They went to Waco, Texas, I think it was Waco. And I could have gone with them. I was called back in and I didn't know whether I wanted to go or not but then they gave me a second notice that my job was there if I wanted it. That time I'd met Milton and he said, "No, don't go." So, I didn't go. So, that was the end of that.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Let's go back a little bit.
OSTROFSKY: So I worked harder doing housework and taking care of kids than I did in the … But I was putting, I was putting one of the ribs together that went in the wing of the plane. And it was a big thing. I mean they said it was curved like this and by drilling holes I had to get it ready for the riveters. And this is another thing, Rosie the Riveter got all the credit and it was us other girls were putting it together. All they had to do was take out the pins that we'd put in. You know, you make holes and you put a certain pin in there to hold it together. When it gets in to the riveters, they take that pin out and shove a riveter in. Well, any dopey guy can do that, I thought. I was doing that, but it was big and if I'd drill, I'd have my arm over it like this with my little hand drills making holes. And they liked my work, I got very good compliments from the big, as a matter of fact one of the big bosses said "God, if you had another girl like Dow in here you could tell everybody else to go home." I was so happy to have a job after being brought up so poor and not having anything. That I kept right my shoulder to the wheel, you know? So to speak.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Was it very physical work?
OSTROFSKY: Huh?
WONGSRICHANALAI: Was it very physical? You had to …
OSTROFSKY: I was standing for hours. We were allowed fifteen minutes for a break during the forenoon and you had to say what time you wanted to go. So, the boss I guess looked over the thing and saw you gone if it wasn't happened to be your fifteen minutes and again in the afternoon. And then we had a half hour for lunch. But that wasn't given to us, we worked long enough, we went in at seven, come out at five-thirty.
WONGSRICHANALAI: How many people were working in the factory?
OSTROFSKY: Oh, God, we must have been two or three thousand people there. It was loaded. And vast. Big. Big. I was amazed.
WONGSRICHANALAI: And what was the … I mean what you did. What was that called? Was there a specific name, a title for what you did?
OSTROFSKY: I don't think so. I knew I was putting together a rib that went into the … Course there were other people making other ribs too I imagine probably all I wouldn't have any idea how many ribs would go into a plane. And that plane came down on a track of course. Anybody working on the, what do you call it, on the what do you call it? This, as that plane moved along whoever's doing something.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Assembly line?
OSTROFSKY: Yeah, whoever's working on it had to be sharp and do it before that moved on to the next one. And I was close to the end of the line. My department was. And when the whole plane was finished and they opened up the whole side of that building. Course these planes were little. They weren't like the B-12 and B something or others. They'd open up the whole side of the building and shove it out onto the tarmac and rev it up, get the gas in it or get something in it and rubbed it up and took it out. Sampled it. And away it went. And they say if it hadn't been for those Corsairs with the Japanese, we would've been in a heck of a pickle. It was quick, maneuverable, so… .
WONGSRICHANALAI: What were you doing in December of 1941?
OSTROFSKY: On December 7th. Oh, in 1941? I think I was doing housework for somebody else. My valuable three dollars a week. And it was a Sunday afternoon and I'll never forget it. Always on Sunday afternoon or maybe the … all day Sunday, everybody congregated down at the home. Either dinner and they'd come down in the afternoon, the family was always together. And I can remember somebody flipping on the radio, you know there was no television at that time. Even though my kids want to know why my, why I went to bed early, they figured maybe daddy wouldn't let us watch television. So, anyway, that's where we were and somebody flipped on the radio and Roosevelt was just announcing that we had been bombed. By the Japanese. But I believe at the same time there was somebody from Japan into the president's office talking with, they were pulling wool over his eyes or else Roosevelt knew a lot more than … Some of us wondered maybe Roosevelt knew that was going to happen, but wanted it to happen so we'd have a right to get into the war and get over it, or do something. I don't know. At that particular time it's kind of a lot of politics. Back and forth. So whether, whether he knew it or whether he didn't, I don't know. It happened anyway.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Well, was there a lot of news about what was going on in Europe and in Asia in the newspapers?
OSTROFSKY: Yes there was and especially in the newspaper. I don't know that we got so much over the radio. But in the newspaper when my dad was following it along so closely. My dad knew everything that was going on. He read the newspapers from … And if you asked him any question on any country way over in Europe he could have told you what they were. My dad was smart, because he did an awful lot of reading. And he knew, and it worried him. Cause he had five sons and he figured what's going to happen, lose some of his sons, and this worried him I think. Although Stan was over in Germany for four years. Came back … When he came back I was home for … In August I was home for a vacation and at that time the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Was it? Was that it?
WONGSRICHANALAI: Both of them, yes.
OSTROFSKY: And ended it. So, that was the end of that.
WONGSRICHANALAI: So of the five sons, how many of them joined the armed forces?
OSTROFSKY: How many what?
WONGSRICHANALAI: How many of the sons joined? How many of your brothers joined the armed forces?
OSTROFSKY: Only Stan. The others were married, had kids. Stan didn't marry till he got to be fifty something years old, and I think he was thirty-six or thirty-seven-years-old. He was old to be drafted as a matter of fact. But he had no reason to get out of it, you know what I mean? He was single.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Is he an older brother?
OSTROFSKY: No, he was … He was the third brother down. Had three brothers older and two younger. But Lewis was only twelve-years-old at the time so, of course, he wasn't going. Ralph had several kids and of course the other two brothers had kids. And my oldest brother was running a farm, had the farm next door to our home place, and course they needed … They needed all the food stuff that they could get. If you were doing something that was essential to the cause then you were safe. But Stan went, come home. Saw a lot of country.
WONGSRICHANALAI: Which branch of the armed forces was he in?
OSTROFSKY: He was regular army. Regular army.
WONGSRICHANALAI: So he was over in Europe?
OSTROFSKY: He was in Germany for a long time. And Uncle Shep was over there too. Shep is my sister's husband. You probably know that. Yeah.
WONGSRICHANALAI: What's his full name?
OSTROFSKY: Shepardson. Alfonso. His name is Alfonso Shepardson.
WONGSRICHANALAI: And which branch was he in?
OSTROFSKY: Hmm?
WONGSRICHANALAI: And which branch of the armed forces was he in?
OSTROFSKY: Just the regular army. Yeah. He was stationed in Walla Walla, Washington when he first went in. Then he was shipped overseas.
WONGSRICHANALAI: How did your parents feel about Stan?
OSTROFSKY: Oh, they were so upset when he was drafted. Terribly upset. There were five boys. Now, I didn't … I think there were maybe forty kids from my graduating class, and five of the boys were inducted and five of them killed. When Pearl, when the Japs hit Pearl Harbor, there were two boys from Dover who were killed and they had just signed up to go in. They signed up themselves to join, and they were immediately sent out to Hawaii and then that bomb came and these two boys, they were brothers, Bart and Willard Merrill, their name was. They were killed in. And of course that upset the whole town. First two to go, and two from one whole family, so. They were kids going to school, high school when I was there. So, what were we doing? We were probably sitting around the heating stove and gabbing about Christmas on that particular Sunday.
WONGSRICHANALAI: And then, when you decided to work in the airplane factory, what did you parents think about you leaving?
OSTROFSKY: Well, when I came back from Bangor and met the representative there from Chance-Vaught, mother said to dad "Luella's going to Connecticut" and my dad said "no she isn't" and I said "No, I guess I am." I says, "there's work out there and I want to work." They never said another thing about it. So, that second day, the first whole day that I was there I called home, naturally. Said I had the job, I was beginning the next day. And I kept them very … a letter very close together to let them know what I was doing. And did it… .
WONGSRICHANALAI: How did you meet Milton?
OSTROFSKY: I met him … I was after the war and I said I didn't want to go to Texas with them. I got a job with a bead chain company in Bridgeport… .
WONGSRICHANALAI: And he was from Bridgeport?
OSTROFSKY: Yeah, he was born in Bridgeport.
WONGSRICHANALAI: And what did he do during the war?
OSTROFSKY: What did he do?
WONGSRICHANALAI: Yeah.
OSTROFSKY: Well, he was stationed out at Oklahoma. In fact, what was it? Camp Gruber or something like that in Oklahoma for nine months. And then they had to let him go because he couldn't march. Every time they'd go out on a march, his body would get as stiff as a board for some reason, and they'd lay him beside the road and have somebody come out to pick him up later. He just couldn't march, there was something about, something in his back that, to walk, to walk for miles that couldn't take it. So he was, I have his, his mustering out papers there. He was a good soldier, he had very good marks on his papers that they gave him to get out with. No problem with him but he couldn't keep up with it.
WONGSRICHANALAI: So how old was he at that point?
OSTROFSKY: He was almost forty. He was forty when I married him. I was thirty.
WONGSRICHANALAI: So after Oklahoma he came back to Bridgeport?
OSTROFSKY: Oh yeah. Oh yeah, his parents were down there. They ran a little mom and pop store if you know what that kind of a store is.
WONGSRICHANALAI: And what did he do after he returned to Bridgeport.
OSTROFSKY: Oh, he was carpenter. My husband was a carpenter. And he worked with a machine shop, big machine shop in Bridgeport. He was on the maintenance, as a carpenter. Meantime he would work full time in the machine shop, and the same time weekends and all day Sundays he'd work on his houses that he was building. That was his hobby. That was his whole life. He loved doing that, swinging that hammer. He was good, good. He built this house, all by himself outside of the walls being plastered and the plumbing and the electrical work. If you go down cellar and see the number of building cement blocks in my foundation you wonder how in the world he ever did it. It is. I was going to help him and those blocks were seventy five pounds a piece. I picked up about three and I don't think I got out of bed for two days… .
WONGSRICHANALAI: Did you worry about Shep and Stan during the war years?
OSTROFSKY: Oh yeah, I was writing to them. I think the whole family was writing to both of them. And also to Shep too and I'd send things to other boys in the service. Some kids I knew were in there and they liked some kind of cheese so I'd wrap up a piece, good big block of cheese and mail it out and I was working so I had the money for the postage. It was nothing to what it is today. And at the time I had a little hobby of collecting little pitchers. You know, little pitchers. So my brother-in-law Shep, I'll show you something. He sent me from Germany, I should give it to one of his daughters. Should have given it to Peg. Peg and Rachel came down to Helen's. He sent me this from Germany, meant the world to me, to go with my pitcher collection. He was good. I liked him. Not in a sexual way, but he was a good smart man. Alice was lucky to have him.
WONGSRICHANALAI: That's beautiful.
OSTROFSKY: Isn't it lovely?
WONGSRICHANALAI: I'm going to take a picture of that. So, he bought that in Germany?
OSTROFSKY: Came from Germany. Yeah. So I was writing to them. Both Stan and Shep.


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Welcome to the official website of research project "Coating compositions cured by using high efficiency cationic photoinitiators and UV-LED technique" financed by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR, Poland) under the "Lider" project (LIDER/16/181/L-3/11/NCBR/2012).
The aim of the project is to work out the production and application technology of novel solventless and colourless epoxy-based varnishes curing via cationic UV photopolymerization (therein using LEDs as a UV source).
The project is being realized in Polymer Institute on Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland
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Augmented Training: learn while doing
As we learned in our first publication augmented reality lets you share information in a clear, concise, and contextual way. This makes it ideal for training purposes. In this installment we will show you how AR training can be used to cut assembly times by almost a third while reducing on-the-job mistakes by over 90%. [...]Read more


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To the Times of Ti:
This is an additional response to the question by Mr. Sam Huntington of Dresden, regarding my statements of constitutional authority and responsibility of oath-takers in my March 30 and April 27 letters to the Times of Ti. After submitting my April letter, I came across the following. From the National Constitutional Sheriffs Association (http://ncsa1.org/ncsa_news), I quote:
"The National Constitutional Sheriff's Association declares and asserts that The People are the true creators and masters of government and The Constitution of the United States is the Supreme Law of the Land as confirmed in Article 6, Sec 2 of The Constitution. That The People, as Individuals, have unalienable Rights given to them by God, and Protections from over-reaching government, as enumerated in the Bill of Rights; that the cause of Liberty and Freedom was our founders goal, while establishing the Rule of Law to conduct ourselves by, in a Civil Society, and providing for a Limited Government."
Today that government has grown beyond its intended boundaries and the chains of the constitution. Federal usurpation into the states and certain extra-constitutional edicts or executive orders threaten the individual protections of the American people. The second amendment to the constitution which declares, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State; The Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." This amendment, being the bedrock of maintaining individual liberty and the protection of all the other amendments, is being usurped both at the federal level and by certain states.
One has but to look at history and the government regimes that disarmed their people. Our present firearms laws today mirror much of the German laws of 1919. Gun control and registration in Germany began with the Regulations on Weapons Ownership, which declared that "all firearms, as well as all kinds of firearms ammunition, are to be surrendered immediately." Then came the 1938 German Weapons Act which allowed only party members, officials of the central government, the states and certain government employees to possess arms. There is but one truth; evil exists. There will always be evil and malevolent souls who commit crimes, but inanimate objects, in and of themselves, do not kill.
Many have said that our founding fathers had no idea of the weapons that would be available today and that the second amendment is archaic, NCSA strongly disagrees as evidenced by the following; "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States." Noah Webster; An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 10 October 1787. "Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." Tench Coxe, Pennsylvania Gazette, 20 Feb1788.
NCSA is committed to protecting the original intent of the constitution and the individual liberties it declares. It is up to those who have taken the oath to step up and represent the people with conviction, without fear or excuse, against all federal and state usurpations, in a lawful and knowledgeable manner. We will continue to educate our sheriffs and other elected officials on their duty and responsibilities to the oaths they make. Our constitution was written in the common man's English, so that there was no question as to its intent or meaning and no man would depend on another for interpretation. It is up to those that serve us, on every level, to provide the necessary checks and balances to preserve our freedom and liberties. In order to serve the people with integrity and honor one must first have knowledge and understanding of what that means and be mindful that we to shall live with the consequences of our actions.
For additional information, refer to the link posted above.
God bless you all,.
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This course provides HR professionals with the key English language skills they need in human resources and labour law. It includes practice in language appropriate for interviewing applicants for jobs, conducting appraisal interviews, participating in discussions on HR issues, travelling abroad for fact-finding visits and to conferences, receiving visitors, socialising, telephoning, understanding written materials and producing written English as well as awareness of cross-cultural issues. Formal and informal contexts are included.
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Bye bye summer neons and pastels! Hello cobalt blue & leather (and not only)!
Cobalt blue is a color that suits just about everybody. Yeay! A fashion trend that looks good on most of the population. How cool is that? ;) Here I'm wearing my cobalt blue sweater with a leather skirt and wood platform high heels. Got to mention, that this was my mother's skirt and it has more that 10 years! I simply love it! That's why I suggest you all to take a look into your grandmother/mother/brother/boyfriend's closet! For sure you'll find original pieces they don't wear anymore or which you could borrow! xoxo


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Interest in Chinese coins and currency, both ancient and modern, has spread worldwide, putting high demand on Chinese collector coins and paper money. With rapidly rising incomes, the people of China are jumping into their numismatic heritage. Increasing interest has resulted in increasing prices for both the new Panda coins and the historical issues of China's 5,000-year-old civilization. Chinese coins have a fascinating and detailed history (reaching back to 700 B.C.) The rich history of dynasties can be tracked over time in the evolution of early China's coinage and can be seen celebrated in the People's Republic of China's modern issues today. Thanks to large-scale minting operations even old Chinese coinage is both affordable and collectible.
China also holds the distinction of being the first country in the world to experiment with paper money, perhaps a not-so-illustrious experience that flourished and subsequently died out nearly 300 years before any Western nation considered the use of bank notes. Few of the earliest bank notes have survived, but modern issues from the People's Republic of China are growing in popularity as collectibles. The unrivaled economic growth in China has led to greater demand for Chinese coins and notes by collectors. These notes help document the rise of China to international prominence.
Below are leading dealers in the field of collectible Chinese coins and paper money.
We are one of the leading buyers, sellers and auctioneers of Chinese and Asian paper money, as well as worldwide material in the U.S. We are looking for additional material for our upcoming Hong Kong Auction tentatively scheduled in late Fall of 2014 to early Spring of 2015. We are constantly looking for quality Chinese coins and paper money for auction or outright purchase.
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Snowy Range Scenic Drive: Riverside to Laramie is a 84.2 mile lightly trafficked point-to-point trail located near Encampment, Wyoming that offers scenic views and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily used for scenic driving and is best used from May until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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The route takes Hwy 230 west out of Laramie to Hwy 130 north to I-80. The total drive time from Laramie to Riverside (the end of scenic drive) and north to I-80 is actually two hours.
Beautiful area and a very pleasant drive with very little to no traffic whatsoever
I took this as a side trip from Kansas City to Salt Lake, which I have made many times. Looking for a diversion, I took this route and enjoyed the views. It was apparent their are some trails and camping areas to explore in the future. Nice side trip off I-80, doesn't cost you much time, well worth it.


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Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University (TANUVAS) has delivered the recruitment notification for filling up various vacant posts like junior assistant, typist, electrician grade and other posts. Job hunters who are searching for this type of posts, those applicants can check the notification and can apply through offline. TANUVAS invites the online applications from interested and eligible applicants through this notification. Online applications are now available at its official website. Suitable candidates may download the online application form and follow the below simple steps provided by us and submit the filled application form on or before the last date. For more information about TANUVAS Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2015 notification details are as follows.
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Every picture tells a story. The men of Leicester were jumping into each others' arms and pumping their fists to salute the army of Tigers supporters who had travelled to Paris and Dean Richards, not as quick as he never was, shambled on to the pitch to join the celebrations.
However, one man stood alone, head bowed, hands on knees, reflecting in solitude on the magnitude of the achievement. He had led England to epic victory; he had led the British Lions to history in South Africa but yesterday in France he led his club to the promised land - the pinnacle of European rugby. His name is Martin Johnson.
When the England and Lions captain reflects on his mighty career, he will remember the day the Parc des Princes became the Park of the Tigers. Who could have foretold the drama in the dying minutes of this Heineken Cup Final? Tim Stimpson and Diego Dominguez had a kicking duel like no other. It seemed the little Italian had won it with a late drop-goal, only for the buzz bomb Austin Healey to race into space and sling a pass to centre Leon Lloyd, who ran in for his second and match-winning try. Stimpson for good measure kicked the conversion from the touchline and Leicester, champions of England, were kings of Europe.
Paris or Leicester? Tricky one that. You spend Valentine's Day in the French capital, Groundhog Day in the East Midland city. France has Chocolat and Juliette Binoche; Leicester has crisps and Keith Vaz. Okay, so Paris might just win in the holiday brochure stakes, but when it comes to European rugby all roads now lead to Leicester. Paris has the Eiffel Tower. Leicester has Martin Johnson.
Until that moment of Healey magic, the game had precious little to commend it save the quality of the goal-kicking and the ferocity of the tackling. John Prescott what have you started? Conservatives and mums have berated the Deputy Prime Minister for setting a bad example when provoked. To those easily influenced, add professional rugby players.
We almost had the mother of all fights before the game had even kicked off. Christophe Juillet, the Stade Français captain, walked his side on to the pitch - shades of David Sole and Scotland at Murrayfield against England in 1990.
All that was missing was Clint Eastwood and a cigar butt as the mean hombres of the French front row advanced on Leicester, hands on holsters. Leicester decided to meet them half-way, before sheriff David McHugh and his touch-judges intervened just as the Tigers smelt the garlic.
If Sylvain Marconnet, the Charolais Gall of a prop leading a march, had thrown an egg all hell would have broken loose. Macho rubbish of course, but great viewing and the crowd loved it.
Hell did eventually make an appearance and Johnson, the eternal warrior, was both victim and villain. Just before half-time Richard Pool-Jones, who tackled like a demon throughout, landed a cheap shot on the Leicester captain, who sunk to his knees. The fracas that ensued confused the issue and the officials and the rosbif in French ranks lived to fight another round, preferably with his old England Schools contemporary Neil Back, a try-scorer yesterday, who had the last laugh.
Early in the second half, just after Lloyd's first try had hauled Leicester back into the game, Johnson, with Juillet hanging on to his jersey, delivered a couple of classic uppercuts. A political career awaits, but not before the leader of the Lions spent 10 minutes in the cooler.
Pool-Jones who turned down an England tour this summer to see out the French championship season with his club, should have followed him, sticking out a boot to bring down Stimpson, although Pool-Jones will protest that the Leicester full-back merely tripped over his hyphen.
Leicester had created very little throughout but Stade Franais forgot about the impish genius of the Tigers scrum-half. Not for the first time Healey had the last word and that even extended to addressing the ecstatic Leicester supporters, microphone in hand at the end of the game.


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Asian Ladybugs are quite prevalent throughout the United States. Though one ladybug by itself is not a problem, homes are being invaded by a lot more than just one asian ladybugs at a time! This article will explain why regions in the United States are faced with the problem of invading asian ladybugs and what you can do to stop it.
Asian ladybugs have always been thought of as a "good bug". Ladybugs do indeed eat many nuisance pests found in and around the garden. As a child, I can remember being told never to kill a ladybug as it is good to have them around the home. In the last few years, we have had increasing numbers of customers from all parts of the United States call looking for relief from ladybugs that are "invading" their homes. At first I thought these were isolated instances that were due to certain conditions. I expected that these conditions were rare and explained to these frustrated homeowners that the invasion would soon subside. Too my surprise, they continued. In other words, the Asian Ladybugs just kept coming. More people began to call and it was obvious this is more than just "conditions" which were leading to these home invasions. I then conducted some research and the mystery was soon solved.
In an attempt to sell "natural pest control", certain companies around the country have been importing Asian ladybugs from other parts of the world and selling them. These asian ladybugs have been marketed as being more aggressive and superior compared to our own indigenous species. One feature of their biology, however, is that they do not die each winter. They hibernate. Unlike our own native species, these Asian ladybugs like to over winter on mountainsides, rocks and caves. Such environments are readily available in certain parts of our country, but since these Asian ladybugs are being released in areas where such terrain does not exist they are taking advantage of the next best thing – our homes! Watch this short video to see one of these "pests".
I am not sure how bad of a problem this is, but we have received reports from the Northwest, the Southeast and the Southwest. What is the problem? Although Asian ladybugs do not pose economic problems, these durable ladybugs "flock" to homes which seem to have certain "conditions conducive". They seem to be seeking a certain temperature as well as a good amount of cracks and crevices. Homes with cedar shakes or other wood siding seem to be more vulnerable. Once Asian ladybugs start to congregate in the cracks and crevices of these homes, more will come. I have seen massive "balls" of Asian ladybugs in attics where they are mating and amassing. This hibernating will last throughout the winter and then they will emerge the following spring. The main problem is that not all of them are able to get to the hibernating areas which are out of sight. Most of the complaints involve massive numbers of these Asian ladybugs finding their way into living areas. Hence the problem: they swarm around lights, TV's, windows and ceilings and fly into people all winter long. They are seeking a good crack or crevice to crawl into and remain during the colder time of the year but those that wander into the living area are a problem. Though Asian ladybugs don't sting, we have had many reports from people who experience Asian ladybugs bites. This seems to happen in most cases because they are handling them. However, large populations which are allowed to accumulate in the home will lead to more and more contact with the people who live there. Ultimately this contact will lead to bites as the Asian ladybugs are doing what they naturally do; forage for food. Since food is scarce during the time of year it's only natural that people living with them would get bit at this time. During the summer months they have plenty to eat and consequently don't randomly bite in an effort to find food. I used to advise customers to "catch and release" them back outside, but that suggestion has gotten many mean and ornery responses. We now recommend several treatment methods which have proven effective to control and eventually eliminate these unwanted Asian ladybugs.
To stop them from penetrating your home, there is a product we sell which works well at both killing and repelling them. CYPERMETHRIN seems to aggravate Asian ladybugs for a long period of time. Simply spray it on the sides of house where the Asian ladybugs are invading and you will be able to chase them away. The Cypermethrin will provide both a fast kill along with residual. If the Asian ladybugs persist on treated surfaces too long, they will die since the Cypermethrin will last a few weeks. Although the use of INSECTICIDAL SOAP will kill them quickly, it doesn't have any residual. This means new Asian ladybugs will be able to come to the structure and enter at will within a day of treatment. Insecticidal soap does not provide any repellency or residual which means you will have to apply it over and over again when Asian ladybugs are active. For this reason we don't recommend it for Asian ladybugs. When treating, be sure to focus your spray at gutters, vents, windows, soffits, overhangs, and door frames. We sell several SPRAYERS which can be pumped up to a high pressure so it can spray over 25 feet. When treating, start high on the side of the house and carefully watch to see how much runs down the building. By seeing where the spray runs, you can minimize waste and maximize coverage. One gallon treats 1,000 square feet and most infestations are on one or two sides of a home. For bad problems, you may need to treat all sides of the home. This treatment will be needed in both the fall and the spring. Fall applications will stop Asian ladybugs from making your home theirs for the winter so you won't have them active inside the home during this season. Spring applications will kill off the ones already residing in the structure as they start to forage with warming weather. When Asian ladybugs come home to a treated house, they will avoid it or suffer the consequences. This will kill off the Asian ladybugs which refuse to leave and drive the others away. You will probably need to treat once or twice during the summer, but be sure to treat the following fall. This fall treatment is important as a timely application will protect your home for the winter. This insures you won't get invaded again and will eventually eliminate the Asian ladybugs altogether. The following video shows what can happen if ladybug infestations are left untreated. The video then goes on to demonstrate how to do a good thorough treatment.
If you have Asian ladybugs emerging inside the home, the active ingredient Chlorfenapyr comes in a handy aerosol called PT PHANTOM. This product has a crack and crevice applicator which allows you to treat around windows, molding and light fixtures. These are common routes of entry for Asian ladybugs. Phantom isn't fast acting but it's also undetectable by the ladybugs. This means they won't stay away from where it's been applied so over time, if you treat the right areas you'll get great results. This is usually around lights, windows and door frames. Phantom is both odorless and dries "dry" to the touch so it's ideal for use in the home.
Now if you wish to get quick, almost instant results, go with DFORCE AEROSOL instead. It has a slight odor but it works fast on ladybugs making it a good choice when you have activity all over.
When deciding where to best treat, try to identify the key rooms where Asian ladybugs are entering. Treat any and all cracks and crevices to keep them out. You may find that spot treating certain areas is needed as well since ladybugs will commonly find a "hot" location where they will group in large numbers. Phantom is ideal for such treatments since it's unique formulation will apply "dry" and not make a mess. And as we recommend with all our aerosol products, stay out of treated rooms for at least an hour to let the air settle. Also, remember that treating the inside alone will not stop the invasion without also treating outside. Be sure to spray the outside with the Cypermethrin for long term control and eventual elimination of these unwanted Asian ladybugs.
If you have sprayed the outside and still have Asian ladybugs which have still found their way inside, you may consider the use of some ASIAN LADYBUG TRAPS. These devices are designed to catch foraging Asian ladybugs as they move around in the home – particularly rooms which are difficult to treat. If you have a lot of activity around windows, get some of the ASIAN LADYBUG WINDOW TRAPS. These work really well – particularly for vacation homes – and have replaceable pheromones and glue pads. Since many of the emerging Asian ladybugs are wanting to get out and about to forage for food, they will readily migrate toward windows. By installing these traps onto the windows where the Asian ladybugs accumulate, you can really really reduce the number active inside.
If you are seeing 20 or more Asian ladybugs emerging in your home every day, do a thorough inspection of the attic and crawl space (if present). Pay particular attention to the insulation in the attic. Asian ladybugs like to burrow under and between insulation and wood sheathing. Most homes develop infestations in these locations well before owners realize anything is happening. Once established, Asian ladybugs will breed and over winter. After a season or two of doing this, their numbers will be so great that they will find their way into your living area. If you find Asian ladybugs in either the attic or crawl space of your home, you will have to do a power dusting. This treatment is a lot more effective than spraying. Liquid treatments don't do well in the attic. The porous materials in the attic tend to absorb the Cypermethrin which takes away its residual. Dust is dry and will last several months and in most cases up to a year. Treat with DELTAMETHRIN DUST for maximum protection. It should be applied with a DUSTIN MIZER to get the product evenly distributed. Once the attic or crawl space is treated, Asian ladybugs will quickly die. The residual of the Deltamethrin Dust will provide continuous protection so no new infestations will be able to live and breed. Combine this with spraying the outside of your home and the Asian ladybugs won't stand a chance. But remember, they will continue to return to your home and as long as your house has open cracks and crevices for them to hibernate, expect them to be around. For this reason, you may want to do some "house sealing". Most homes that get invaded by Asian ladybugs have lots and lots of small cracks, crevices and gaps through which they enter. These entry points should be reduced and/or eliminated with the use of some FOAM SEALENT. These cans are self charged and good for small jobs. If you have a lot of work to do, it would be wise to invest in one of the professional FOAM GUNS and maybe even the 24″ FOAM GUN. These tools will enable you to apply the sealant quickly and precisely without much waste or missed applications. In other words, they will more then pay for themselves. You'll need the FOAM CANNISTERS for these guns, which easily fit on either applicator, and cover a much larger area then the smaller cans. If your home is prone to animal invasions as well as Asian ladybugs or other insects, consider the FOAM WITH REPELLENT. This canister comes with expanding foam but includes a strong repellent which insects and animals do not like. It may be just what you need to make sure Asian ladybugs and other undesirable home invaders aren't able to find their way inside quite as easily as they have in the past. Be sure to keep your applicator guns clean by using some FOAM GUN CLEANER. This will help keep the gun functioning and ready to go to work when next needed.
Asian ladybugs are predatory beetles who help man in pest control. In general, they do not present a problem. In fact, most people would like to have them around for their natural pest control qualities. However, the different species ofAsian ladybugs recently introduced to our country has provided mixed results. Many people are experiencing a mass invasion of these insects. There seems to be three stages of infestations. 1) The first year the homeowner notices in the fall that Asian ladybugs are resting and crawling on their home. They don't do anything about it and ignore them when they emerge in the spring. Little do they know… 2) Next fall, the homeowner notices a lot more Asian ladybugs. Again, they do nothing. They hope it is just a "fluke" that will go away. 3) By the third or fourth year, the situation is unbearable. If spraying is done in the first or second year, Asian ladybugs will be easy to control. If you have waited several years to treat, we suggest doing a power dusting as well to get quicker and more thorough control. Once you begin treating, expect to see them the next spring or fall; just not as many. By then, the Asian ladybugs numbers will be greatly reduced and eventually they will be gone.


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It was an honor and a privilege to welcome medical students from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons to my fifth grade math class. As a teacher, I liked how the Young Doctors were very organized and they set up four stations for small groups to rotate through—circulatory and digestive systems, skeletal, and nerves and reflexes. They also had things students could touch and feel and see and models of how the body functions. They learned about the bones in the body with a human skeleton model, listened to their heartbeats with a stethoscope, and learned about reflexes with a penlight and knee reflex hammer. They also had my students pour orange juice onto crackers in plastic bags to demonstrate how acids break down food in the digestive tract.
My students were very comfortable interacting with the Young Doctors, who were donned in white coats and all. They were also very engaged and it was mainly because many of them want to become doctors and this gave them exposure to the hands on science about the human body and they got to see people that they want to be in the future—role models.
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It was a light, throwaway moment in an otherwise dark speech that was aimed at painting Republicans – and Mitt Romney in particular – as believers in American decline, bent on destroying the social safety net.
But when President Obama tweaked Mr. Romney for using the word "marvelous," the moment may have been telling as the two start to rumble for the fall election.
Mr. Obama noted that Romney has been supportive of the House GOP budget. "And he even called it 'marvelous,' which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget," the president deadpanned, to chuckles from his audience Tuesday at the Associated Press annual meeting.
Obama paused a second, the corners of his mouth curling upward. "It's a word you don't often hear generally," he smiled. The audience laughed.
With that one use of "marvelous," Obama was letting us know that he's onto the whole "Romney as out-of-touch rich guy" meme, and that we can probably expect more.
Romney, of course, has set himself up for endless mockery, as he has made one "wealth gaffe" after another: His wife's two Cadillacs. His plan (now on hold) for a car elevator in his home in La Jolla, Calif. His friendships with NASCAR and NFL team owners.
To some Republicans, such mockery in a serious policy speech was unpresidential. To Democrats, it's red meat. Maybe next, Obama will borrow from Jon Stewart and start running campaign ads depicting Romney as Thurston Howell III. Or maybe he'll enlist Billy Crystal to reprise Fernando on "Saturday Night Live," who told everyone, "You look mah-velous."
Or he could borrow from former Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, who suggested a certain effeteness to Romney's manner in a joke at the recent Gridiron press dinner in Washington.
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Three masked men who targeted a Manchester slimming class to steal a cashbox were foiled when the class leader hit one of them with a chair.
The men burst into the Slimming World meeting in Harpurhey with one man grabbing the evening's takings.
Police said the leader of the class of six women stopped him by picking up the seat she was on and using it to knock him to the floor.
The three men then left the hall empty-handed at 21:00 GMT on 19 November.
Det Con Kelly Featherstone said: "These men had the audacity to run into a meeting to try to steal the club's takings.
"They were probably not expecting the team leader to put up the fight she did, meaning that thankfully they were not able to get their hands on the takings."
All three men were in their late teens to early 20s.
One man is described as slim, white and 6ft, wearing a body warmer. A second is about 5ft 6in, average to well-built, wearing a body warmer and a balaclava.
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PLANS to make every police officer in London wear body armour are not being considered in Merseyside.
The Metropolitan force are holding top level talks about the possibility of kitting cops out in protective jackets.
It comes after a spate of firearms attacks on officers in the capital - in the latest a police van was sprayed with bullets in a drive-by shooting.
But Merseyside police are not considering following the plan.
Currently only members of the armed response unit have to wear the jackets which cost around £200 each.
Other officers have the option of wearing one, no matter what their rank is or what their duties are. A Merseyside police spokeswoman said: "We are aware the Metropolitan force are looking at every officer wearing one of the jack-ets but is not something we are considering ourselves.
"There are times when officers do have one of the jackets but that is done after a risk assessment of what they are going to do."
Figures released last week showed Merseyside has the lowest gun problem of any comparable force in the UK.
There were 23 firearms incidents in the region per 100,000 people. Greater Manchester police had a total of 50, Nottinghamshire police had 26, West Midlands force had 43 and London had 58.


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Marouane Chamakh could see his time at the Emirates short-lived, with ex-club Bordeaux keen on a return for the Morocco international…
Bordeaux president Jean Louis Triaud would welcome the opportunity to re-sign Marouane Chamakh, but the striker is determined to make his mark at Arsenal.
The Morocco international has struggled to make the grade in England since linking up with the Gunners in 2010.
Source: Sky Sports
Sources close to the striker say that a deal might be on, which would see the Arsenal front man return to his native Bordeaux. Chamakhh arrived at the Emirates on a free transfer after spending 10 years at the French club, where he notched up an impressive 60 goals in just over 200 appearances for the club.
The Moroccan international has found first team opportunities scarce since his arrival at the North London club, with coach Arsene Wenger opting to play one out-and-out striker, therefore only managing to notch an unimpressive eight goals in 38 appearances for Wenger's side.
Bordeaux president Jean Louis Truaud admits he would welcome the striker back by stating, "I have spoken with Marouane and told him that he is welcome at Bordeaux and that we still have room for him," according to French newspaper RMC.
However, Chamakh believes he still has what it takes to prove himself in the Premier League.
"I want to improve my football in England and be a success here," said the Arsenal Striker. "Unless the club tell me otherwise, i will fight to establish myself. I have the ability to be a top player in this league," he continued.
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Convergent evolution is "the development of similar structures in distantly related organisms as a result of adapting to similar environments and/or strategies of life". I've talked before about multiple independent simultaneous discovery and invention in science, technology, and art. I've mentioned that multiple discovery supports an evolutionary view of culture, but I haven't really discussed why I believe this. The reason is that convergent evolution is the best explanation for multiple discovery.
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It is generally accepted that Darwinian evolution explains convergent evolution in biology. Darwinian evolution happens whenever we have three things: variation, heredity, and differential fitness. If different species are faced with similar environments, then it is not surprising that they often evolve similar mechanisms for survival in those environments.
However, there seems to be resistance to the view that Darwinian evolution explains convergent evolution in culture (e.g., science, technology, art). Perhaps this is because Darwinian evolution is often described as "random mutation plus selection". We are reluctant to view human ingenuity as mere randomness, so we reject the application of Darwinian theory to culture. But Darwinian theory does not require randomness; it requires variation. The source of the variation can be random, but it is not necessary that it must be random.
Another objection to applying Darwinian evolutionary theory to cultural change is the idea that most multiple discoveries are due to copying. It is true that direct copying happens, and that the later discoverer/inventor/creator may sometimes be dishonest about copying, but there are many historical cases where copying appears unlikely. Note that direct copying is not incompatible with evolution. For example, bacteria copy plasmids from one another.
We know that biological evolution generally happens in many small increments. Perhaps we resist the theory of Darwinian cultural evolution because it often seems that technology (for example) proceeds in sudden jumps. However, a close study of the history of any particular technology invariably shows a series of small, incremental developments. The apparent jumps are an illusion, caused by the way technology is adopted.


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It has been a couple days, and bugs have been found, problems resolved, and new features added. Check out the latest Devblog for more information:
Free to Play Demo now available + patches
I am pleased to announce that CuVRball is coming to steam on Jan 31st for Early Access. It has been a labor of love and I am looking forward to sharing it with the world. If you're not familiar with it, the game is basically a cross between Rocket League, Dodgeball, and UFO flying. Check it out here:
Its been 2 weeks, and after some effort I managed to get a free to play version of my game on Steam. The base game is now a limited time demo, with a DLC which gives unlimited play time. If you already purchased the game, you automatically have the DLC. To kick things off, I am having this weekend (2/17-2/20) be a free weekend. There are also some patches, read about it here:
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- Stir all ingredients except the absinthe and sage with ice until well chilled. Rinse a lowball glass with the absinthe (swirl the absinthe in the glass to coat the sides, then dump or drink any that's left), then strain in the stirred mixture. Garnish with a sprig of sage.
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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. >> A fire heavily damaged a mobile home used to house migrant workers at Dressel Farms on state Route 208, according to New Paltz Fire Department Second Assistant Chief Dylan Babcock.
Babcock said firefighters were called to the farm at 271 Route 208 at 7:15 p.m. Saturday and found black smoke pouring from the door. Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control within 30 minutes, but firefighters remained on the scene for two hours, Babcock noted.
"We had it knocked down pretty quickly," he said.
Babcock said the fire was ruled accidental and was believed to have started with a space heater in the bedroom of the trailer, which was unoccupied at the time.
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Traditional farmers in NoVa – most are long gone, sold out to development. But with real estate boom, green bonanza in sod. " Although rising prodcution costs and land prices have made growign food in the Wash area untenable for many, turf growers have enjoyed a healthy appetite for their product – among developers, landscapers and anyone eager for an insta-lawn.
Sod under cultivation has skyrocketed in last 7-8 years in MD and VA
At 50-60 cents a square foot, "We can't grow it fast enough." Lucrative.
Irony: "As turf farming has grown more proifitable, though, a sod paradox has set in: The industry is fed by the same suburbanm developmoent that seeks to consume it."
Must be local b/c of its less than 24-hour shelf life. (Deliver in a.m. for installation that day.)
200-acre farm would need more than $1 ml in mowing and irrigation equipment, forklifts and delivery trucks, plus an auto-harvesting machine (average, $250,000) Sod farming requires massive amountsn of water, esp in summer. Local enviro groups say heavy water use and fert runoff are concerns associated with sod, just as many other crops. Warpinski and other growers are quick to tout their products as an eco-boosting counterbalance to global warming and pollution. "Home lawns are very beneficial – by producing oxygen, controlling erosion and creating a cooling effect," he said.
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"The Bachelor" finale was painfully uncomfortable this time around as Juan Pablo Galavis picked Nikki Ferrell over Clare Crawley. We'll go as far as to say it was the most awkward "Bachelor" finale in the history of awkward "Bachelor" finales, and that's really saying something.
In the middle of the two-hour episode, Juan Pablo apparently made a sexual and offensive comment to Clare in a helicopter. The audience had no idea what he said, but in typical "Bachelor" fashion, it was alluded to in the vaguest way possible. Clare's demeanor completely changed and she said she only stuck around because Juan Pablo made her feel like it would all be worth it at the end. When he broke up with her, she unleashed the wrath of 1,000 dumped women before her in a courageous confrontation. "I thought I knew what kind of man you were," she said. She was wrong.
But in the final moments, Juan Pablo chose Nikki. She said she loved him. He told her he had a diamond ring in his pocket, but wouldn't give it to her. He said he liked her a lot -- normal "Bachelor" banter.
The real uncomfortable tension came in the "After The Final Rose" ceremony. Franchise host Chris Harrison interviewed Clare, Nikki and Juan Pablo. Clare didn't want to talk to him, but when Juan Pablo came on stage, Harrison was clearly uncomfortable. "Shower that one off?" he even asked the audience.
The real kicker came when Juan Pablo chickened out on making a huge announcement he had arranged with the producers. Reality Steve thought he would propose to Nikki, who sat next to him. The whole thing was a "Bachelor" nightmare until Harrison announced fan favorite contestant Andi Dorfman would be the next "Bachelorette." At least that seems like good news.


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This book is the proceedings volume of an SME meeting held in Salt Lake City in 2000 and is subtitled Processing and Environmental Aspects of As, Sb, Se, Te, and Bi. It is an excellent idea to devote a volume to these minor elements which accompany mainly copper, nickel, gold, and tin ores and are usually neglected in metallurgy textbooks.
In this volume the authors discuss the problems associated with arsenic occurrence not only in ore deposits but also in the water wells in Bangladesh and West Bengal in India. Some articles even discuss the problems of cadmium and lead. The book comprises 37 papers written by specialists and well-known researchers. Each article is well documented. Figures and photographs are clear and editing is excellent.
The book is an important addition to the metallurgist's library but chemists, chemical engineers, and geologists will certainly benefit from acquiring it. The editor is with the Metallurgical Engineering Department, Montana Tech of the University of Montana in Butte, Montana.
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When you spend ten hours each day with the same people, you will cross some boundaries. I saw this every day in my work as a Human Resources professional. There is a phenomenon in the workforce called The Office Wife — it's where a man comes to work and spills his emotional soul to a female colleague with whom he has cultivated a very personal, but not physical, relationship. The man is closer to his female colleague than to his wife, but he would never cross the line and initiate an affair.
Is that cheating? Well, maybe.
There are office husbands, of course, and the phenomenon isn't strictly heterosexual. The phenomenon affects both men and women of faith, color, sexual preference, and just about every human being who needs to feel a connection and needs to be understood.
So it comes as no surprise that The Wall Street Journal has an article on people who fall in love with online characters on social networking sites such as Second Life.
The initial question of the article (i.e., Is a man who loves an online alter-ego of another person really cheating on his wife?) seems silly, but the answer is clear to me.
Especially when you read the results of the studies related to virtual friends and relationships.
[…]Nearly 40% of men and 53% of women who play online games said their virtual friends were equal to or better than their real-life friends, according to a survey of 30,000 gamers conducted by Nick Yee, a recent Ph.D. graduate from Stanford University. More than a quarter of gamers said the emotional highlight of the past week occurred in a computer world, according to the survey, which was published in 2006 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press's journal Presence.
[…]On a neurological level, players may not distinguish between virtual and real-life relationships, recent studies suggest.
[…]Family-law experts and marital counselors say they're seeing a growing number of marriages dissolve over virtual infidelity. Cyber affairs don't legally count as adultery unless they cross over into the real world, but they may be cited as grounds for divorce and could be a factor in determining alimony and child custody in some states, according to several legal experts, including Jeff Atkinson, professor at the DePaul University College of Law and author of the American Bar Association's "Guide to Marriage, Divorce and Families." This past June, the American Medical Association called for more psychiatric research on excessive gaming, but backed away from classifying videogame addiction as a formal disorder.
I'm not surprised by these results. There are only so many hours in the day for human beings to establish and nurture relationships. We need to work, we need to eat, and we need to sleep. The remaining hours are filled with so many distractions; work relationships and virtual relationships never seem to be very far from our minds.
The questions to ask (& there are many):
- If I only have five hours each day to devote to someone, will it be my real-life husband and friends, or will it be the people I meet on Second Life?
- Are the people I meet on Second Life even people?
- Are there friendships to be made in the virtual world, or am I creating a false sense of intimacy within my own mind?
- Is it better to feel a romanticized and immature love on-line, or is there a benefit to being loved and to demonstrate love in a flawed, imperfect world?