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Finding your tradies
Ask around and get recommendations. We knew no one when we renovated our first house - not a soul - so we asked the local hardware store and they gave us the name of a carpenter who ended up doing our whole house. The smaller local hardwares are best - they know their stuff and they work closely with regular, local tradespeople who aren't just after the cheapest price for materials.
You don't need to use a dedicated bathroom place. I don't know much about them but I would hazard a guess that they know what they're doing BUT you'll pay for it.
A good carpenter/builder will know good plumbers, electricians, tilers, plasters - anyone else you'll need for the job. So one recommendation will usually result in a whole team. Same goes the opposite way - if you've ever used a plumber or electrician for another job, they may know a good builder for the job too. These types of tradies are usually contracted by various builders so they get to know them well - who pays them well, treats them well, is organised, who produces good work. They're one of the best sources of recommendations.
Try to have a good idea of what you want before you get someone out. We never got anyone out for any work until we knew exactly what we wanted. But we welcomed their advice and suggestions and even made some of their changes.
The right person for the job is not just the best price. You want someone who is willing to work with you to get you what YOU want - not what THEY want (and there will be some who only want to do what they want. We had a tiler who didn't want to do a feature cause it was in the too-hard basket; another builder didn't like our layout and wanted to change it to something that was less work for him!). We chose our carpenter for our first house because he tried his best to bring our plans to life, even when others had dismissed them (We wanted a certain layout with a door in the middle of a wall. Two builders looked at my sketch and said it couldn't be done. The carpenter actually measured the space and suggested we use a narrower-than-normal door. He got the job.)
Coming up with a layout
Invest in grid paper and make each square equal 50cm in real life. That's what I do with everything! Draw up your space and measure your existing shower/bath/vanity/toilet space as a guide so you know what you're playing with.
Think about moving utilities to make the best layout for you. A narrow bathroom works well with the bath or shower at the far end.
Consider moving the wet spaces furthest from the door - I don't know about you, but my kids make a huge wet mess every time they have a bath. Toilet trips and teeth brushing meant wet feet right before bed in our old bathroom because they had to pass the bath to get to the sink and their socks (in winter) would get all wet. Or they'd slip over. Now, the vanity is right at the door and the bath/shower beyond it. It hasn't stopped the problem completely, but it's much, much better.
Don't let windows throw you. We have twice now kept the window in the shower/bath - tilers can waterproof and tile around them and with semi-opaque glass or window adhesive, there is no problem with privacy!
Think about moving the door. A door in the centre of a wall gives you another option for a small bathroom - you can place the toilet on one side and the vanity on the other of the same wall with the door in the middle. Open the door so it opens to the side with the toilet. We did this in our first bathroom renovation, pictured above. My bathroom MO hasn't changed much, has it?!
Consider gaps between things like vanities and baths or the wall. You don't want any gaps that you can't get your hand/arm into to clean. Trust me, it's gross. Either leave enough space to get in there or have no gap. There are all sorts of nasties lurking in those hard-to-reach places.
Make sure you really have space for everything - seriously, write a list of all that you require to be in your bathroom that will take up floorspace: laundry basket, bin, toilet brush, toilet paper holder, a stool for the kids... and then make sure you have enough room for it all!
Give yourself enough room on either side of the toilet - I'd allocate a minimum of 80cm to a toilet, with it centred in that space. It's best to place it in a corner so it's close to a wall so the toilet-roll holder is in line with your arm while you're, um, sitting on the throne, rather than having to bend around and do gymnastics to the wall behind you. We have 40cm from the edge of the toilet to the wall on one side and 70cm from the other edge of the toilet to the bath on the other. The smaller space allows a spot for a bin and toilet brush while the bigger space has a tree trunk (temporarily - when I get my butt into gear and go to Ikea, it will house a step stool for the kids.)
Give yourself plenty of space in front of the toilet too - our vanity is 60cm away from it, allowing a thoroughfare for little people to wander in (!), but I wouldn't want to go any closer to it.
Give careful thought to which end you want your showerscreen/taps - you want to make sure you have enough clearance to get in and out of the shower - especially if there is a vanity nearby. You also need to be careful your screen won't smash into anything if you're going to have it swivel, like ours does. Ours opens onto the wall, which is ideal.
Consider a recessed sliding door into the room if space is tight - no door swing might allow you a bigger vanity or more toilet room. You can also request a narrower door or have it slightly shaved if need be. Sometimes a few millimetres can make a huge difference to something fitting perfectly or your layout changing completely!
Don't waste your chance to squeeze in extra storage - recessed wall cabinets might be your thing, try built-in shelving like we did for towels and toilet paper or, if you only have space for a small vanity, think about building in a small ledge above the vanity for toiletries you use everyday but have no space on the sink for.
Making it pretty and practical
Think of different places for your electrical outlets. We placed ours behind the door - it's close enough to the vanity but out of reach of children and water and can't be seen day-to-day. If you rarely use electronics in the bathroom, this might be ideal - or perhaps in a wall cabinet.
Really think about the colour of the grout - especially on the floor. White tiles with white grout on the floor is just asking for trouble. You might as well just choose grey grout because it will inevitably turn grey anyway! My personal preference is a darker floor with lighter walls. If you like the look of darker bathrooms (and we're gearing towards the dark side for our ensuite), I'd still make the floor darker than the walls. I just think they look top-heavy if the walls are darker and it feels off balance. Again, personal opinion but one to consider.
Test your floor tiles at the store - natural stones with a bit of texture are less slippery than smooth tiles. Take a bottle of water with you and wipe a bit of water onto the tile and see how slippery they are. It's a small, not-perfect test but you'd be surprised how slippery they can be. And NEVER use wall tiles on the floor. You might read this with a crinkled-up "well DER" face but in our last rental, they had used the wall tiles all over the bathroom - including the floor. And we hit the deck more times than I'd like to remember. Plus they had cracked in several places on the floor - I'm only assuming here, but I wondered if wall tiles are thinner than floor tiles and this was the reason? Either way, I cursed that bathroom every time I used it!
Consider your showerscreen options Fixed, frameless shower screens are quite lovely to look at, but if you have a shower over your bath or have little kids, a showerscreen that swivels is a great idea. It still can be frameless for the invisible look, but the hinged style of it allows easy access to taps, bathing little ones and cleaning (you can rinse off the outside of it in the shower!
Avoid bath "shelves" When tiling around a bath, depending on the style, you might have the bath sit into a frame which could leave a little tiled "shelf" along the edge (see my picture at the top of the post for detail). This all sounds well and good in theory, but the water pools here like nothing else and the grout stains so easily. I'd ask your builder for other options.
Think about how the floor will match the floor in the rest of your home We chose a grey floor tile that worked well with our whitewashed floors. We're actually planning to resand the floors and stain them when we extend. I'll be choosing a cooler, grey-based stain to match for flow. Orangey pine floors might clash with cool-coloured tiles. Bring a sample tile home and check it in natural light and at night to see if it works. It's not one that can be easily fixed!
Think about what kind of sink you want and who is using it - I always wanted an above-counter sink. To me, it acts like a wall for items on the benchtop - handy when you have young children who are awesome at moving things around randomly and knocking things into the sink. So many times our toothbrush holder was knocked in - along with anything else sitting on the benchtop. It's seems a small annoyance, but appears to be big enough to warrant a change.
Mixers vs individual taps Mixer taps are pretty popular, but I don't like them in a bathroom. In the bath, they are so easy for kids to bump or play with, potentially causing burns. Steve's story about his childhood friend whose skin was burnt from a bathtub has haunted me, so they were out. I considered using one on the vanity but I wanted the same style tap throughout the bathroom.
The range of ready-made vanities might be limited depending on the style of taps you want. I wanted wall-hung taps to show off the cross style I chose with an above-counter basin. Could I easily find a vanity that had no holes in it for the taps? Nope! It was a challenge - most have one hole for a mixer tap or three for your standard-style taps. I was trying to get a good deal on eBay or a hardware store but was limited. In the end, I found BTH, which has a good range.
Tiling around a window ledge, but will cost you a fair bit more than standard tiling. This is due to them having to grind angles on each tile for the corners. Just so you know!
The smaller the tile, the higher the price! Not necessarily the tiles themselves, but apparently all tilers have a hatred for mosaic tiles, so they charge you for them! I was told the rule of thumb was: the smaller the tile, the higher the price to lay them per square metre. My subway tiles cost a fair bit more than regular square tiles would have; mosaics or smaller squares would have cost even more. Next time I think I'll choose gigantic tiles!
Tiling is surprisingly expensive. I'm not sure why this surprises me, but it does. Aside from the carpenter's bill, the tiler was the next expensive. His fee came in at around $2000. To cut costs, we only tiled to the ceiling around the shower area. The walls away from the wet area we did just above the tap line for the vanity. Then for the built-in shelving we just did a border tile near the floor. The bonus thing about doing a half wall of tiles in areas that don't need it is if you install a towel rail or hooks, you're not drilling through tile so they can be moved if you realise you need something different or in a different spot. It happens.
The bigger tile you use on the floor, the smaller amount of grout you need to clean! I'd balance out the large-style floor tiles with a smaller wall tile...
Heat lamps might not be the prettiest thing ever but if you decide against underfloor heating, they are so good. I won't shower without the heat on in winter - it really does make a difference. And you don't look up so no worries!
Discuss with the plumber where the showerhead will sit to ensure it's the right height for everyone. If someone in the family is above-average height (like Steve!), it might need to be installed higher than normal - especially if it's in a bath, which is always slightly higher than the floor level. You might also need a longer arm from the wall if it's a large-circumference showerhead (like our rainfall one) to ensure the right amout of clearance from the wall and so you don't need to angle the showerhead everytime you take a shower.
A few more top tips...
Water-saving bits can be removed I do my bit to help the environment but I REFUSE to have a terrible-flowing shower. We bought a rainfall showerhead and were so excited and then the first few showers were pathetic. And the bath took 24 years to run. I asked the plumber what could be done and he just said "I'll just remove the water-saving device in them." Five minutes later we had a fast-running bath and a heavenly rainfall showerhead. They are the only two taps I've removed them from, but a little luxury is good for the soul.
Take photographs of each stage of the renovation From demolition, to re-studding, to the plumbing bits fitted, images of the various stages can really help when small hiccups occur. It's amazing how often the photographs of the studs came in handy. When the time came to install the hooks, the builder's notification to themselves of where their stud was had been plastered over. And when the builders forgot to cut a hole for their electrican's cables for our oven in the kitchen, my photos helped the electrician work out where it was so the damage was minimal.
Plan ahead If you're going to install a towel rail or hooks for towels on a wall, have the builders put a stud or noggin in place where they'll go so it's not just screwed into the plasterboard.
Look at your toilet. Really look at it. I made the mistake of just buying the narrowest toilet I could find that didn't have plastic parts (I didn't want a plastic seat). But once it was all in and our bathroom was in working order we quickly discovered annoyances that has Steve and I hanging for a pristinely perfect toilet in our ensuite! Inspect the inside of it - you don't want an opening that is too small that waste will not be flushed out properly. I'd also avoid toilets with a bit of a "shelf" on the inside. Excuse my potty talk, but when you have small children who tend to do their business close to the front of the toilet, there are issues with their, um, "presents" collecting on the little shelf and not flushing properly, leaving lovely artwork-style marks and generally stinking up the place. It's like the toilets I came across a lot while in Germany. I hated those things! The best styles are bowl-style with a large opening at the base. And that's the end of the poo talk!
Baths - especially bath/shower combinations - will move over time. So keep in mind the grout might crack slightly after a bit of use and you may need to redo the grout and the silicone around the edges too. Mine needs to be done, I'm still working on finding some time to do that!
Have the tiler look at the toilet base before he begins tiling - some require the tiles to be cut perfectly around the base as the plumbing IS the base, while other toilet's have a base that fits over the plumbing and therefore will cover the tiles.
Strange smells will be temporary Oh wait, I lied. A little more poo talk: you might discover a delightful (!!) sewerage smell while your bathroom is being renovated. This will disapper once the toilet is fitted with S-bends so just bear with it for a little while. (It's still gross).
SAVE vs SPLURGE
This is another one of those things people will debate about. MY opinion is this...
Taps: All have water-saving devices these days and need to be made to meet a certain standard, so they're all going to be pretty similar. I bought our taps from Bunnings and they were the higher end of their range but still a lot more affordable than at a bathroom store.
Tiles: Tiles have a huge range of prices for the same kind of thing. I bought all my tiles from Bunnings and even the tilers suggested I get them there as they were a great price and a good tile. IF you want a particular tile or a feature wall of amazingness, then this would move into the splurge section. In my bathroom, we used simple styles so no need to pay through the teeth for them.
Toilets: Again, they need to meet standards and have water-ratings. I'd just avoid anything with a plastic seat/cistern.
Hardware: Towel rails, toilet-roll holder and hooks - I just can't justify spending a lot of these items. As long as the quality is good - they seem sturdy and look nice, does it really matter if they're bargain-priced?
Vanity: This is your one real piece of furniture in the room, you want it to be a bit of a focus and nice looking so I'd buy a nice one. Ensure it's not going to blow out if it gets water-damage, so badly-sealed laminates (on edges) are not a great idea.
Custom fittings: Built-in shelves, recessed shelving or door changes can be huge game-changers to a space so are worth spending on.
Tiling: You might not have a choice! They're expensive! But we're glad we upped the budget to allow for the half walls of tiles on the vanity and toilet walls rather than just a floor border. It was worth it to us (plus - happier there are tiles behind a toilet rather than just a wall!)
If possible, work with the current layout to keep costs down In a perfect world, I would have moved the tub / shower plumbing to the opposite wall but we saved $$ by keeping it in the original location.
Choose classic finishes for longevity Bathroom materials aren't the easiest to switch out (as opposed to, say, a pillow on a sofa). Subway tile, hexagon tile and/or penny rounds in neutral colours are good go-tos.
Take a risk! I had my heart set on a vintage cast iron tub set in a wood saddle base, but had no tutorial to follow and many people tried to talk us out of it. We made it up as we went along and somehow pulled it off (above). It's one of my favorite projects to date.
Choose your grout colour wisely Light grey or sandy-coloured floor grout is super family-friendly!


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WASHINGTON -– Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney's campaign has taken notice.
Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama's administration can't get enough of the G word these days. "Growth must be a priority, at the same time as we put in place some fiscal compact to improve our finances," said the new French President Francois Hollande, during a visit with Obama in the Oval Office on Friday.
Hollande defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this month, riding a backlash in France against programs that have sought to reduce sovereign debt by cutting government spending. Voters in Greece have rebelled even more fiercely against cuts to government jobs and benefits, placing their country on the verge of an exit from the European Union and a potential collapse.
Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, told reporters this week that the administration "welcomed the evolution of the discussion in Europe towards growth and jobs -- but you see that now being discussed much more broadly in Europe."
White House press secretary Jay Carney said that Obama "has long made clear … that he believes that an approach that takes into account the need for further growth and job creation, a balanced approach that includes not just austerity but growth and job creation, is the right approach."
Romney campaign officials used rhetoric that was strikingly similar in conversations this week about Europe.
"There's a need to make sure you have both austerity and growth," said Glenn Hubbard, the dean of the Columbia University Business School and a senior adviser to Romney on economic issues.
But the verbiage papers over a few key differences between the Romney campaign and the Obama administration. For one, their definitions of austerity differ, and they will likely fight in the coming months over what, exactly, should be considered austere.
The Romney campaign will say their proposals to dramatically overhaul Medicare -– much like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) has proposed -– and to pare back federal non-defense spending are fiscally responsible.
"I hesitate to call it austerity, I think austerity is pretty severe," a top adviser to Romney, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said in an interview. "I think when you talk about fiscal responsibility, that is part and parcel of a pro-growth approach to the economy,"
The president will argue that Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, wants to cut back severely in the same way that has caused heartburn in Greece, Italy, France and elsewhere.
The second major difference between Romney and Obama is that Romney's advisers are focused largely on the long-term economic picture, which they said they believe will do the most to alleviate short-term pain.
"The work that people like Alberto Alesina at Harvard and others have done shows that if you have fiscal consolidations on the spending side that are more of this glide path variety, you can actually increase growth, because you tell investors that future taxes will be lower and that there won't be this uncertainty in the size of government," Hubbard said.
The "glide path" that Hubbard refers to is mostly a reference to entitlement spending in programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and to a lesser extent Social Security. It also refers to rates of government spending and taxation. These are the biggest points of disagreement between Obama and Romney.
A focus on the long view means Romney's campaign considers calls for more government-fueled stimulus measures off-base.
"They seem to be congenitally against anything that could be called stimulus and could help boost jobs and growth in the short run," said Jared Bernstein, who was Vice President Biden's top economic adviser for the first three years of the administration. "I've argued with these people. They view it as counterproductive, a sort of sugar high at best and destructive at worst."
The other part of the Romney campaign's long-term view is that European leaders have erred in trying to impose immediate, draconian cuts.
"You don't have to do it all today. And I think in Europe there's been so much discussion on today without saying, well maybe what we need are structural long-term reforms. And then give these economies breathing room," Hubbard said.
The unnamed Romney adviser put it more bluntly.
"I think where the European leaders have made a mistake is in focusing on the austerity," he said. "I just don't think that these guys have really framed the discussion in the right way."
Of course, having a debate about the long-term picture is more possible in the U.S. than it is in Europe. The U.S. economy is still struggling to achieve the kind of growth that would put it on the path toward recovering its economic health. But it is not currently in crisis as Europe is.
And so the conversation in the U.S. has some time yet -– though some believe it's not a lot of time -– to focus on how the government will restructure major programs like Medicare to keep them solvent over the long term, and to reassure the bond market in order to keep borrowing costs under control.
The Supreme Court will have its say next month when it rules on Obama's health care overhaul. And then voters will decide in the fall between Romney's proposal to move toward a more market-based health care model that puts more of a burden on consumers in hopes that they will demand price transparency in a way that drives down costs, and Obama's mixture of government-regulated exchanges to encourage cost-effective strategies among providers.
Hubbard and the anonymous Romney campaign official both said that if the former Massachusetts governor is elected, he would move quickly to enact some version of the Medicare reform and the tax reforms he has proposed. Romney's prospects for success would hinge, of course, on whether Republicans retain control of the House and whether they are able to wrest control of the Senate away from Democrats.
"We have to do something pretty significant on entitlement reform soon," the anonymous adviser said. "I don't know if it's a day one thing, but it's certainly a first few months thing."
Hubbard said he sees similar priorities: "Whoever the president is has to deal with that and in my mind it starts with the spending restraint and glide path changes in entitlement programs, and then tax reform," he said.
"What has to be articulated well is how are we going to do this in a way that's both gradual and fair, gradual in the sense that it gives people time to adjust, and fair in the sense that most of the burden of adjustment will be born by the well to do," Hubbard said. "I think people are persuadable."

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text: London - Lewis Hamilton may face "impossible odds" but has vowed to "give everything" to stop Nico Rosberg winning the Formula 1 Drivers' championship at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.Hamilton has won the last three races to move to within 12 points of his Mercedes teammate Rosberg.Rosberg only needs a top three finish this weekend to clinch his maiden title and stop Hamilton from becoming the first British driver to be crowned a four-time F1 world champion.'I can't and won't give up'Hamilton, who drove superbly in the wet to finish first at the Brazilian Grand Prix, was in no doubt of the scale of the task he faced, telling the formula1.com website: "It's not been a perfect season and I'm faced with pretty impossible odds no matter what I do this weekend."I can't and won't give up. You never know what might happen - however unlikely it may seem," added Hamilton, plagued by reliability issued earlier in 2016.READ: Brazil GP - Hamilton wins to take title showdown to final race"I'll be proud of myself and what I've achieved as long as I feel I've given my all and performed at my best. Whatever happens, I'm proud of everyone who's been a part of the success we've shared over the past few years."I'm approaching this weekend the same as I do every race. I want to win and I'll give it everything to finish the season on a high."'I was joking'Meanwhile Rosberg, bidding to emulate his father Keke, the 1982 world champion, said: "In Brazil, after the race, I was joking that I would still be taking things one race at a time, but the more I think about it, the more that's actually not as crazy as it sounds. I have to treat this like any other race."READ: Rosberg 'OK' with second as Hamilton cuts into championship leadThe German added: "Nothing in this sport is easy, so this won't be any different and I still have to go all out for a good result. "I have great memories from winning at this track last year and it's somewhere I've usually been strong in the past, so I have every reason to feel confident."A photo posted by Lewis Hamilton (@lewishamilton) on Nov 12, 2016 at 10:56am PST


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The WB is losing "Dawson's Creek" Wednesday, but network programmers are stocking up on young, good-looking stars for the fall. WB's fall slate includes two new dramas, four comedies and a regularly scheduled rerun of the 3-season-old "Smallville." Gone from the lineup are "Greetings From Tucson," "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and the midseason entries "On the Spot" and "The O'Keefes."
"Smallville: Beginnings" (rerun of earlier seasons)


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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Family visit
Paul and Lucille visited us this weekend on their way to Toronto. They showed up in a convertible which made the visit tons of fun! We did our regular weekend stuff including listening to the band practice, horseback riding, a trip to the farmer's market, dinner at Pablo's and a few round of bananagrams and cards.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Buddy Walk 2010
WOW! What a great day! Team Joe numbered over 60 people!!!! We had beautiful weather and lots of great friends to walk with us through the zoo. All in all, the 2010 Buddy Walk was a big success. Thanks to everyone!
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Hero of the Year: Vote for Reece's Rainbow founder
Please remember to vote for the founder of Reece's Rainbow's founder for People Magazine's Hero of the Year. This woman has worked tirelessly to find home for kids born with Down syndrome who face institutionalization in countries outside the US. You may vote HERE as many times as you like.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
First day of school
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Ice Cream Social
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I design and build physical and digital artifacts used by thousands of people on a daily basis. I also teach and do research in the digital experience design field, speak at design and tech events and travel whenever possible.
I'm a Portuguese designer born in 1984 in Porto and currently living and working in Lisbon. I'm Head of Design and Multimedia at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and Founder of Playout. Communication design, digital experience design and human computer interaction are my main fields of work.
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While strong bourbon drinks or boozy rye sippers might be great choices 10 months out of the year, summer is all about light, refreshing cocktails — even better if you can drink them on the patio. Here are five New York City spots to hit this summer where you'll enjoy your libations outside.
Summit Bar
Get to Greg Seider's Alphabet City cocktail bar early to grab a seat on the enclosed patio. From there, start drinking your way down the list. For an unusual yet refreshing tipple, we suggest starting with Ground to Glass, made with tequila, red bell pepper puree, cucumber and lime. 133 Avenue C; no phone; thesummitbar.net
Lavender Lake
This spacious bar and restaurant tucked into the Gowanus section of Brooklyn mixes up some mean cocktails and its Side by Side is the perfect summer sipper. It's made with the borough's own Greenhook Ginsmith, grapefruit and prosecco. What's even better? You can sip it on the roomy back deck and patio that has ample seating. 383 Carroll St., Brooklyn; 347-799-2154; lavenderlake.com
It's worth trekking out to the East River and Riverpark (from Tom Colicchio's restaurant group) simply for the water views from the garden plaza. Even if you stop in just for cocktails — the Sour Prick made with pisco, blackberries, lavender, kalamansi lime, egg white and prosecco is a summer winner – don't be surprised if you end up staying for dinner. (Yes, the menu is that enticing.) 450 E. 29th St.; 212-729-9790; riverparknyc.com
Huckleberry Bar
It's hard to say what's the bigger draw at this Williasmburg cocktail bar: the innovative menu or the gorgeous back patio. If you go with the Fuente de Vida — a refreshing drink that showcases the creativity behind the bar with its mix of Aquavit, St. Germain, peach nectar and lemon — you'll likely be swayed to the menu side of the equation. 588 Grand St., Brooklyn; 718-218-8555; huckleberrybar.com
Maison Premiere
This classy New Orleans-style oyster bar and seafood restaurant in Williasmburg has an enclosed back garden that could only be called magical; with lights twinkling overhead on a warm summer night, there's simply nowhere finer. It's the perfect setting to enjoy any number of its concktails including the Grand Prix Redux, with rosé, marjoram-infused Lillet Blanc, creme de fraise and framboise; Maison Spring Pimm's Cup, with ginger and a strawberry-fennel shrub; or any of their juleps. 298 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn; 347-335-0446; maisonpremiere.com


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May 2018
Great Weekend for DaKine Indoor!Ariana Hannemann
Memorial Day Weekend for 2018 saw our U14 and U12 Surf teams play in the JVA West Coast Challenge. Both teams really showed up for their last tournament of the season! Our U12s finished up
DaKine Athlete Scarlett Dahl Verbally Commits to UW Beach!Ariana Hannemann
Please join us in Congratulating Scarlett Dahl as she verbally commits to playing Beach Volleyball for the University of Washington! Scarlett began playing beach volleyball with DaKine in the summer of 2017. In a very
AVP First – HP Tryouts in DockweilerAriana Hannemann
Another fantastic weekend in the books for DaKine Beach Volleyballers! AVP First DaKine hosted our third AVP First tournament this weekend. With many players out of town for the HP Tryouts in Dockweiler Beach in
Incredible DaKine Weekend on the Beach! BNQ – AVA!Ariana Hannemann
USA Pacific Northwest Championships National Beach Qualifier Such an incredible weekend for our Ohana! On the beach side we saw our athletes absolutely dominate the USAV Pacific Northwest Championships Qualifier. This tournament is the qualifier
A Message on DaKine 2018 Beach Season!Ariana Hannemann
As we start this 2018 beach season, I am super excited at how strong our Dakine beach teams are in both the North and South. The girls have come so far, yet have so far
March 2018
Maddie Butters Commits to Houston Baptist University!Ariana Hannemann
DaKine is thrilled to announce that DaKine Athlete, Maddie Butters has verbally committed to play NCAA Division I Beach Volleyball at Houston Baptist University. Butters made the transition from indoor to beach volleyball in


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It seems to happen overnight, doesn't it? One day, you've got your makeup routine down to a science, you can read the morning paper, all is well in your fairly youth filled world.
Then, you wake up and you're older! Even your makeup doesn't look right. This happened to me in what seems like an instant. Everything I knew about experimenting, colors and makeup technique fell flat. So, I had to involve a professional. A professional make-up artist because I refused to keep doing the same old, same old and making myself look dated or worse - older because of my makeup. I went to one of the best in town, Karen Hall, Makeup Artist Extraordinaire. So, here's what I learned regardless of the type of makeup you use, try these application techniques and shave off the years.
First, warm up your skin with foundation and blush. Skin that has warmth will look younger and have a certain glow. Pretty much everything from this point on is an added benefit. In fact if you just do this, top it with a little mascara and lip-gloss that will get you through most daytime duties.
Your foundation should match your skin. As you work it over the face, be sure to include your lips. Yes, cover your lips, you'll know why in a moment. Then, use a bronzer as a blush - that's what gives it that glow that we all strive for. In fact, it doesn't have to be an actual bronzer, just a blush in a bronzy color with a warm undertone. Most cosmetic lines carry on. I found nice ones by Revlon and also Sonya Kushak at Target.
Using a large blush brush sweep it on the cheeks, brow bone, forehead, nose and chin and I like to even go down onto my neck and collarbones. It may seem like a lot but it's not, just think of it like where the sun hits the face.
Here's a nice tip I found if your foundation seems to settle into your lines. Take a makeup brush and dampen it. Squeeze out all the water so it's barely damp to the touch. Then use it to pat any area of your face that seems to collect your foundation. You can do this throughout the day as needed.
If you use concealer, mix it with a tiny bit of eye cream or eye gel - takes the cakey-ness out for a smooth application.
Now to the eyes. Shadow your eyes more; line them less. Dark rimmed eyes alone can be very harsh and aging. Use shadow and highlight where they naturally occur without looking overdone. And, never forget your brows.
Now, back to those foundation-covered lips. It seems the older we get the more the color of the lips shrinks and the shape remains. We tend to follow color with a lip pencil instead of shape. That's why; if you apply foundation to your lips you can see the real lip shape. Outline there just above the natural lip shape. Use liner in a natural color over the whole lip - look for the names, natural, spice or nude in a liner. Then, apply your lipstick, then lip gloss only in the center. If you use gloss too close to the edge of the lip it will bleed and create those lovely colored little vertical lines.
Here's what Karen Hall says about lip color:
"As far as lip color goes, a good rule of thumb is, don't go any darker than the depth of the eye color. Deeper eye color can usually do a deeper lip color, lighter eye color, lighter lip. Just keep it soft...even a red lip can be softened. No hard fast rules here, as some older gals look great in a red lip (as long as they have maximized the shape}, and some look harsh and older. It depends also on skin color, fullness of the face, etc.....
And of course, blend. Put your make-up on in good light, and if you need to, use a magnifying mirror to assure you have blended well."
You can't get better advice than you get from Karen. Those are her tips in a nutshell.
All I can add is that I love, love one other thing. And, being well into my fifties, I've already tried it all. I swear by one definite purchase - Smashbox Photofinish Primer. It makes your pores appear smaller and your foundation go on so much smoother. That, girls, would be the $25 purchase I would make the minute I woke up on that memorable day when my makeup looked dated.
Regardless, just caring makes a difference. 50 and proud. Join me in looking good!
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The Real Four Best Climate Change Stories of 2013
Red State writer Logan Albright writes "In the midst of what is shaping up to be a remarkable winter, liberals are doing their level best to cling to the fiction of human caused global warming. Recently, Neil Bhatiya of the Century Foundation, in an apparent effort to gin up the troops, published what he calls "2013's Four Best Climate Change Stories," celebrating increased regulations and executive overreach by governments to try to tell their citizens how to live. Curiously absent from the article, is any mention of the rapidly evaporating evidence for global warming. In the interest of being fair and balanced, then, here are what I consider to be the real four best climate change stories of...
Coal Must Embrace All-Out Battle with Eco-Battles
Meekly accepting blame for climate change dooms the industry and the greater economy. Read it here.
A Big Chill Is On The Way
Minnesota hasn't had a six-day stretch colder than the one the state has just suffered through since the Nixon administration, 1972. From December 6 through 11, the temperature in Duluth averaged 6 degrees. The Brainerd Dispatch went farther back in history to find the record coldest six-day stretch in December. If you're curious, it was 1927, when for six days in Brainerd, the average temperature was 7.5 degrees below zero. Click here to read the article by Powerline.
Typhoons of Nonsense
As Powerline says, "It was inevitable that the climateers and their handwringing handmaidens of the media would pronounce Typhoon Halyan is proof of climate change. So hand over your car keys and turn your thermostat down! It is tedious and boring to have to deal with this, but, like hauling the trash to the curb every week, somebody has to do it." We've decided to help them. Read about it here.
We're very fond of this sad little article from the Daily Caller. Hope you get a good laugh out of it, too!


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New England sports reporter Jackie Pepper is citing an inside source with what could prove to be a major update on the Dwight Howard situation.
According to Pepper, "The source says the Lakers have informed one player that he might be part of the package deal [for Dwight Howard] and that he could be traded at any moment."
The reporter was careful to alert readers of her website and Twitter feed that no deal has yet been reached between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic. In justifying her post, she claims, "The source is legit, so I went with it. Situation seems like it could go either way."
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Think you know your local history? Love seeing historic Newcastle on film?
The North East Film Archive (NEFA) has teamed up with the Tyneside Cinema bar cafe to bring you five rounds of Toon-themed brain-teasers.
There will be heaps of fantastic archive footage, shot in and about Newcastle and the surrounding areas, so you're sure to see lots of familiar faces and places – but where, when, and who? Will you have the answers?
The quiz night follows on from the hugely popular sell-out Newcastle on Film screenings and the CineSecrets Newcastle partnership between the Newcastle Chronicle, the Tyneside Cinema and the North East Film Archive.
Over half a million people have viewed the weekly clips since Christmas on the Chronicle's Facebook pages and at the Tyneside Cinema.
Watch carefully for the observational round, 'Eyesdoon luk in' for the Geordie dialect round, and listen up for famous voices of the North East.
There will be lots of fascinating local history clips from the vaults of the North East Film Archive so don't miss this one-off event to test your Newcastle knowledge.
Everything is in place for an evening that will be entertaining, educational and nostalgic.
To be sure of a seat for your team of five, please reserve a table by calling 0191 227 5522 or email email@example.com
The NEFA Newcastle on Film quiz night supported by Film Hub North starts at 8.30pm on Tuesday, April 12 at the Tyneside Cinema Bar Cafe and entry is £5 per team.
To find out more about the North East Film Archive, please visit www.northeastfilmarchive.com or follow them on Twitter @NorthEastFilm or keep up to date on Facebook at facebook.com/YFAandNEFA
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The mass of archaic incidents, beliefs, and practices recorded by the 12th-century writer seemed to need some other classification than a bare alphabetic index. The present plan, a subject-index practically, has been adopted with a view to the needs of the anthropologist and folk-lorist. Its details have been largely determined by the bulk and character of the entries themselves. No attempt has been made to supply full parallels from any save the more striking and obvious old Scandinavian sources, the end being to classify material rather than to point out its significance of geographic distribution. With regard to the first three heads, the reader who wishes to see how Saxo compares with the Old Northern poems may be referred to the Grimm Centenary papers, Oxford, 1886, and the Corpus Poeticurn Boreale, Oxford, 1883.
King—As portrayed by Saxo, the ideal king should be (as in "Beowulf's Lay") generous, brave and just. He should be a man of accomplishments, of unblemished body, presumably of royal kin (peasant-birth is considered a bar to the kingship), usually a son or a nephew, or brother of his foregoer (though no strict rule of succession seems to appear in Saxo), and duly chosen and acknowledged at the proper place of election. In Denmark this was at a stone circle, and the stability of these stones was taken as an omen for the king's reign. There are exceptional instances noted, as the serf-king Eormenric (cf. Guthred-Canute of Northumberland), whose noble birth washed out this blot of his captivity, and there is a curious tradition of a conqueror setting his hound as king over a conquered province in mockery.
The king was of age at twelve. A king of seven years of age has twelve Regents chosen in the Moot, in one case by lot, to bring him up and rule for him till his majority. Regents are all appointed in Denmark, in one case for lack of royal blood, one to Scania, one to Zealand, one to Funen, two to Jutland. Underkings and Earls are appointed by kings, and though the Earl's office is distinctly official, succession is sometimes given to the sons of faithful fathers. The absence of a settled succession law leads (as in Muslim States) to rebellions and plots.
Kings sometimes abdicated, giving up the crown perforce to a rival, or in high age to a kinsman. In heathen times, kings, as Thiodwulf tells us in the case of Domwald and Yngwere, were sometimes sacrificed for better seasons (African fashion), and Wicar of Norway perishes, like Iphigeneia, to procure fair winds. Kings having to lead in war, and sometimes being willing to fight wagers of battle, are short-lived as a rule, and assassination is a continual peril, whether by fire at a time of feast, of which there are numerous examples, besides the classic one on which Biarea-mal


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Our last blog post on our trip to Sikkim ends with a photo-montage of the Limboo people. As you read in our last post we spent some time with out guide, Perna, and his family. They reside in the village of Darap in an old house passed down through the generations. Perna lives in relative luxury with a TV in his room, but the main house is like something out the dark ages. We were privileged to be allowed to spend a morning with these gentle people, even more so that they patiently allowed us to snoop around their house and photograph them going about their daily chores, which was mainly drinking salted tea and cooking pop-corn.
We Meet The President: A Darap Village Homestay In Sikkim
Ever been to Shangri-la? We have. It's alive and kicking in Sikkim. Almost anywhere in Sikkim, outside a large town or tourist area, will do. We found our lost horizon in Darap, near Pelling. Two hundred year old houses growing out of the side of the mountain in which tiny people and chickens share their home with you is not something that happens every day. An afternoon getting high on hooch in the Himalayas is something to remember.
Limboo Lady With Necklace
Photograph: A lady from the Nepali Limboo tribe in Sikkim, with traditional nose-piercings.
Bolgatty Girl
Photograph: this is a random portrait of a girl who lives in Bolgatty Island village, where we live. Just happened to be walking past her purple-painted house and she immediately posed for the camera, as is typical here in India. It has quickly become one of my fave street portraits.
#OnePrimeWednesday – Early Morning Basket Boy
This is a submission for the theme that asks for a shot taken with a prime lens. A prime lens has a fixed focal length, in this instance 50mm. A 50mm prime lens is the one closest to what a human sees in real life, which is why traditionally crime scene photographers always used 50mm lenses! No crime scene here, alas, just a photograph of a worker with a heavy steel basket on his head.
Portrait Of A Banana Depot Worker
Banana depot worker portrait. The cloth on his head is for carrying bananas, huge bunches of them.
#MyTownTuesday – Cochin, Kerala
I went for a wander late afternoon in the market, in between the stall holders and the main depot where they drop off the fruit and veg. This group of workers allowed me to jump up on the lorry and grab a shot of the workers loading up sacks of chickpea on to the workers' heads.
#TransportTuesday – Banana Delivery Trolly
Workers at the local banana depot, a place which makes for interesting and colourful photographs.
The Butcher Of Sudan
This photograph was part of my LRPS set, and one of my fave shots from Port Sudan. His slight snarl gets me every time, despite the fact he was a very nice chap. We ended up playing 'light-sabres' with his meat cleavers.
#WomenWednesday – Happy Slum Dwellers
Technically not the best image by any stretch but I do love the moment captured here. Three camera-shy women in one of the poorest slums of Mumbai proudly invite us into their home, but not before an informal photo-shoot which lasted all of three seconds before they darted inside.
Jamie's Photographs To Appear In Exhibition
This is one of six photographs to appear in my first exhibition, titled 'Urban', which I'm very excited about! More details to follow soon.
Waiting In Darjeeling
Our Pic-of-the-Day today is a candid shot of some locals from Darjeeling waiting for something to happen. What, we don't know, but the woman above seems to know what's going on. Click the link or image to see the large version and let us know what you think!
Bad Boy Indian
As our blog moves into the Blue City of Jodhpur, we thought we'd post up our Pic Of The Day: a little bad boy, his home-girl and his wheels, taken in one of the back-streets of this amazing city. Kids, eh? Same the world over. [Click to see the full image]
Morning Wash
As a precursor to our Jaipur blog posts I thought I'd post this portrait up of a young man washing outside his home, illustrating the lack of running water in the backstreets of Jaipur. This sight is not uncommon in India, despite its fast-growing economy.
Portrait Of A Limboo Lady
This is Phiprani, 61, a member of the Limboo tribe, who are a sub-clan of the Nepali people. Although of Nepali ancestry she lives with her family in her ancient family home in Sikkim, now part of India. Her piercings are typical of this tribe.
The Cute Kid From Class 6
Liz and I have just spent a truly inspiring day darting between three schools in the Himalayan mountains. We met some wonderful children from very poor backgrounds who are all learning English (we're trying to 'twin' one class with a school in Newport via our friend, Jude, but more on that in another blog post). Just take a look at this cheeky little chappie from Class Six at Magna Vale School, Sukhia Pokri, Darjeeling. Just adorable!
The People Of Madurai
People make a place and Madurai is no exception. Friendly, accommodating and willing photographic subjects.
Meenakshi Amman Temple Of Madurai
Last time we left you we'd been wandering the back streets of Madurai and offered plenty of photographic evidence of its energy. In this post Liz gives a more cerebral account of our experience in this fabulous city, taking in the huge Meenakshi temple, which wouldn't look out of place in Disney World. Her guide teaches Liz about the five sense, and they're not the sense you or I learned about at school. Strangely every single photograph taken inside the temple 'disappeared' from Jamie's camera, but we have plenty more images of the huge 'gopurams', as well as the people of Madurai. Liz's prose is what travel writing is all about…
The Magic And Madness Of Madurai
Having finally made it to Madurai after our fairground ride through the Western Ghats, we were able to relax, put on the walking boots and go for a romp through the back streets of this great city. It is full of strange wonders and fascinating people. This post, with its many photographs, captures just a small part of this: street vendors, manual labourers, layabouts, kids, beggars and strange architecture…
Pongal, Pilgrims And Palani
In the previous post we finished somewhere in the middle of the Western Ghats, lost, yet the journey up until that point had been fascinating. Not only were the local people preparing for the fantastically named 'Pongal', a celebration not too dissimilar to Harvest back at home, but Tamil Nadu was over-run with pilgrims from all over India. As we drove in one direction, so there were thousands of pilgrims walking barefooted the other way, heading towards the temple in Palani that wouldn't look too out of place in a James Bond film.
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"Michael told me he was in the CIA at some point and had point-blank murdered someone while in Vietnam," testified Berner, a neighbor summoned to Elizabeth Ratliff's house.
Beebitybeedebeedeebeebdeeb...(insert flipping-out cartoon sound). "Hold on," says Judge Hudson, "this is all very interesting but I'm not sure what it has to do with the hearin'. " I'm not hearing. Things get kind of shimmery. Interesting? Interesting? Man, this has just about snapped the peg off the weird-o-meter. Gosh.
Part of my job description is "speculation." (Nancy Grace of CourtTV said we could do it, so anyone has a problem, don't hassle me--call New York.) But now that the whisper of the leathery wings of The Company are flapping around in my head, my job has gotten exponentially more taxing. Thanks a lot, Mike.
And then you had to go and try and impress Berner by offering to have a litigious pest, as you put it, "knocked off." Yeah, Mike, that really impresses the chicks. Forget the Ferrari or the eight-ball of coke. Offering to murder someone is always a sure-fire solution. Tough cookie didn't blink, "not my style," she said. (Later, complimented about "rolling over those New York lawyers like a truck over an armadillo," she grinned. "I love hearing them squish.")
The wheels clicked around. I remember Mr. Michael Peterson (not Lieutenant), as he was known in Germany, did in fact pull some fat checks from DoD for some--um--consulting. Uh-oh.
At a break, feeling like an utter heel, I scuttled into this poor woman's shitty day, apologizing profusely up front. I need an answer.
"Yes," she said wearily.
"I've only one question: How did George Ratliff die?"
Straight shooter she is. With a look right in my eye that said it all, Amybeth intoned slowly. "They told me that he went to sleep and his heart stopped."
Whooop, whoop. Warning, Will Robinson. Danger. Danger.
Quite simply, a military aviator cleared for flight duty, tucked in his little bed and dying quietly in his sleep is an event of uncanny rarity. Air Force personnel are subjected to a dizzying (literally) battery of tests: treadmills, ECGs, hell, centrifuges--inspected, injected, deetected, neeglected and seelected.
Here's Captain George Ratliff USAF, training for some spooky bullshit associated with Operation Urgent Fury, (Grenada), dying of what looks a lot like a conductivity failure of the nerve trigger that keeps your ticker clicking.
I have one word.
This is some wicked shit. This extract of the butter mussel, otherwise known as shellfish toxin, is the most diabolically potent poison--period. Developed by the agency whose name I no longer need mention, Saxitoxin is so potent as to be undetectable, and was well covered in the 1975 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as well as in many, many articles, journals and papers.
The reason yo gon' die is via Saxitoxin's unique ability to react "in extremely small concentrations with a critical component of the nerve membrane to block conduction in nerves." You simply switch off.
It's a crowded, noisy place, hard to hear and hard to be heard. He smiles kindly, the laugh lines concealing the scars from a helicopter crash he doesn't talk about.
"CIA killers are pathological. They don't have any feelings about killing someone one way or another--they are working stiffs. They kill people for a job, they don't kill for fun or for some emotion. He sounds like he's borderline.
"From what I've heard, he's too loud and obnoxious to be a wet-boy. They don't blab. If he's actually running around doing people, probably some sort of Walter Mitty thing.
"The CIA is a very complicated bureaucracy. They don't just leave Saxitoxin lying around like Sweet'n'Low; it's under lock and key. You would have to have a mission approval and seven or eight people sign off on that stuff.
"And also, they aren't going to zap some poor schmuck flying out of Rhein-Main just 'cause a piece of shit like Michael Peterson doesn't like him. It's messy. If an agent goes rogue and whacks somebody, they often get whacked. Too many questions.
"Remember they guy who defected in Georgetown? That's the type of thing they reserve that type of sanction for. This is all very careful and sober, very studied.
"Ratliff was probably flying recon. He's not a flyer; it's like a passenger, being a navigator. They don't really whang them around like a flyer. It's rare, but football players do just fall down on the field sometimes."
Whew. OK. Good. Calm down. Occam's Razor. Just another another fine lamella in a purple-ribbon onion of co-inkeedinkees. But I still wish Michael hadn't uttered those three letters. I really, really wish he hadn't, because now everything has to be at some point examined through that gauzy, grim filter.
Quiet on the set. Eye squint please. Rolling. Take one--clap--and ... action.
"So you say she fell, huh?"
"That's correct, Mr. Columbo."
"Had a hemorrhage, fell backwards and hit her head, dat's the story, right? Looks like a lot of blood, but if that's the story..."
Buttons the nasty old raincoat. Turns to leave.
"Oh yeah, one thing's been sort of botherin' me."
"What's that?"
"Who knew she'd had a hemorrhage?"
Stephen Lyons, the military's criminal investigator on the scene at Elizabeth Ratliff's death, testified about a man who "seemingly wanted to dominate the interviews" and control the scene. Lyons testified that the man "voiced a belief that Ratliff may have walked to the top of the stairs, blacked out at the top and fallen down them."
Forgetting for a second that this is what Kathleen was said to have done, sure, I'll buy that you can have an aneurysm and fall right over. Happens all the time. But unless you actually saw it happen, amid all the confusion and chaos of that blood-soaked morning, how is it one would come up with this near-telepathic insight on the cause of death, steering the inquiry with the ease of a bull on a nose ring.
And whaddaya know, the German EMTs decide to pull a spinal tap and yup, sure enough, blood in the brain stem. Pack her up, fellas.
"Michael said there was just a little blood behind her ear," Margaret Blair said. Wow. What a strange thing to say. It was nice of Mikey, I suppose, to spare Blair the truth of that snowy morning in Germany, but why that specific detail sending the Rolodex of the mind into full-blown buhbeebbu-bloodbehindherear-dddon'tlike-myheadsometimes-makeits-s-s-stop fingers-inmyearsahhh-ahhh-ahhh-kookconspiracyfreak-nutcase-beedeebu-brainbuboilinglikeapot-roastIlluminatiwarpfactorsixSulu.
This black, scary picture climbing out of my head is a scenario straight out of Assassination 101. Yikes--the old needle trick. Murder Incorporated's Abraham "Kid Twist" Reles, master of the ice pick, was so good that many of his mark's deaths were identified as brain hemorrhage.
What's that? Hey, boys, let yourselves in, I see. Yeah sure, some Sodium Pentathol would be lovely. Love that shit. You're right, fellas, little rest is all I need, yessiree. Set me right.
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L'italiana in Algeri
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Elvira accompanied by her slave Zulma regrets the loss of the love of her husband, the Turkish Bey Mustafà. Left alone with Haly, Captain of the Corsairs, Mustafà reveals his plan to marry Elvira off to Lindoro, his Italian slave. The Bey is bored with his submissive harem, desiring a new challenge to his virility: he wants an Italian girl, and Haly must find one! Lindoro enters alone and sings about Isabella, his true love (Languir per una bella). Mustafà comes in to explain Lindoro's impending marriage. The enthusiastic Bey describes the attractions of the match, while Lindoro struggles to refuse (Se inclinassi a prender moglie).
The seashore
A ship has been wrecked in a storm. Its passengers include Isabella, in search of Lindoro, and Taddeo, her travelling companion and would-be lover. Isabella enters with a sorrowful cavatina Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!, however she is not afraid (Già so per pratica) and will master the situation. Haly and his men take them prisoner. She passes off Taddeo as her uncle. Haly is delighted to learn she is an Italian – exactly what the Bey wanted! Left to consider their fate, Isabella is irritated by Taddeo's jealousy of Lindoro (Ai capricci della sorte), but they resolve to join forces.
The palace
Back in the palace, Lindoro and Elvira do not wish to marry, but Mustafà offers Lindoro passage on a ship returning to Italy if he takes Elvira. Lindoro agrees, admitting a vague possibility of marrying her in Italy. Haly enters with news of the arrival of the Italian beauty. Mustafà is elated (Già d'insolito ardore nel petto agitare).
Surrounded by eunuchs (Viva, viva il flagel delle donne), Mustafà receives Isabella in a grand hall. He is enchanted, though she is rather amused by his appearance (Oh! Che muso, che figura!). At that moment, Lindoro, Elvira and Zulma arrive to say goodbye to Mustafà (Pria di dividerci da voi, Signore). Lindoro and Isabella are astonished to come face to face. Recovering herself, Isabella asks about Elvira, learning she is Mustafà's ex-wife, to be remarried to Lindoro! The act ends with an ensemble of confusion (Confusi e stupidi).
Act 2
In the palace
Elvira and Zulma (who have remained in Algiers after all) note Isabella's skill with men. Mustafà reveals his strategy for seducing Isabella: he installs Lindoro as Isabella's servant and his informer, and Taddeo will also be induced to help. Elvira and Zulma must tell Isabella he is coming to take coffee with her.
Isabella and Lindoro are alone. He explains that he had no intention of marrying Elvira. They agree to escape together and Lindoro sings of his happiness (Ah come il cor di giubilo). Mustafà enters with a reluctant Taddeo, acclaimed by the Turks as "Lord Kaimakan" (Viva il grande Kaimakan). He dislikes interceding with Isabella for the Bey, but is frightened to refuse (Ho un gran peso sulla testa).
In her apartment
Isabella is dressing in Turkish style. Zulma and Elvira deliver Mustafà's message: he is coming for coffee. Isabella orders three cups. Elvira should wait in a side room. As Mustafà approaches, Isabella sings a romantic cavatina, Per lui che adoro - she will receive him. Mustafà tells Taddeo to leave when he sneezes (Ti presento di mia man). Isabella greets Mustafà warmly and he sneezes, but Taddeo ignores the signal. Isabella calls for coffee and then – to Mustafà's horror and amazement – invites Elvira to join them.
Elsewhere in the palace
Haly sings in praise of the women of Italy (Le femmine d'Italia). The Italians enter, and Taddeo reveals to a surprised Lindoro that he is not her uncle but her lover (he himself is unaware of the other man's true identity). Lindoro tells Mustafà that Isabella will declare him her adored pappataci (literally a "silent eater": a man unable to resist the opposite sex). This, as Lindoro explains (Pappataci! Che mai sento!), is an Italian custom and a great honour, as the pappataci enjoy an idyllic life dedicated to eating, drinking and sleeping. Zulma and Haly speculate about Isabella's real intentions and the quantity of alcohol ordered for the ceremony.
Isabella's apartment
She addresses the Italian slaves who will be pappataci in the ceremony - she will lead them to freedom (Pensa alla patria). The ceremony begins (Dei pappataci s'avanza il coro); Mustafà is delighted with his new honour and changes into appropriate costume. Isabella explains his obligations. He must swear an oath of eating, drinking, and keeping silent, repeating the words after Taddeo. Following that his oath is tested, under provocation by Isabella and Lindoro.
A European ship lies alongside the palace: time to escape! Taddeo finally realizes who Lindoro is, but decides to go along with them anyway. Elvira, Zulma and Haly find the Bey still acting as a mad pappataci. Suddenly recovering his sanity, Mustafà calls his troops but they are all drunk. The Italians bid farewell and Mustafà begs Elvira's forgiveness. No more Italian girls for him!


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San Francisco isn't the oldest city in the country. But if we've learned anything from the Gold Dust Lounge, it's that we take our historic haunts seriously.
Further evidence: the Old Clam House, celebrating 150 years of business. Sitting on Bayshore Boulevard at the edge of Bayview and Bernal Heights, the restaurant has been in operation at the same location since 1861. For reference, that's the year Abraham Lincoln took office.
The restaurant officially marked a century and a half in December, but finally toasted the milestone -- and the completion of an extensive renovation -- with a party on Thursday.
One of the oldest restaurants in San Francisco (Tadich Grill holds the official title, but has moved locations several time), the restaurant was originally on the water before the Bay was filled up after the 1906 earthquake. According to lore, the restaurant was connected to downtown by a two-mile plank road, and was a popular haunt for dockworkers and fisherman looking for a free shot of clam juice, and a schooner of beer and lunch for a nickel.
Though as could be expected for a 150-year-old business, the Old Clam House has seen some controversy in recent days.
A few years back, San Francisco restaurateurs Jerry and Jennifer Dal Bozzo –- the business team behind tourist traps like the Stinking Rose, Calzone's and Franciscan Crab Restaurant –- took the place over and quickly overhauled both the menu and the restaurant.
"I thought it would be fun," said Jerry Dal Bozzo to the San Francisco Chronicle.
"My husband and I both grew up with outings to the Old Clam House," said Jennifer to The Huffington Post. "We wanted to preserve the old nostalgia of San Francisco for future generations."
Included in the update were renovations to the ornate tin ceiling, the addition of etched glass panels found buried in the restaurant attic, a glassed-in patio and a revitalization to both the bar and dining room. The menu kept classic seafood favorites (including the complementary clam juice palate cleanser), but added quite a few Dal Bozzo signatures, as well.
And while the Dal Bozzos are native San Franciscans, our local nostalgia-lovers were more than a little bit cautious.
Some reviews of the updated restaurant were harsher than others. ("I've eaten better at Outback Steak House, and for less money," wrote SFWeekly's Jonathan Kauffman.) But many argued that the new owners afforded the restaurant a much-needed makeover. And though the menu at the Old Clam House may have experienced some recent tourist-washing, we think the place can still make a mean pail of clams.
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You are an educated, successful person capable of abstract thought. Your office, appointed with decent furniture and a healthy amount of natural light filtered through vertical blinds, is commensurate with nearly two decades of service to the craft of management. I love computers, but they never made any sense to me.
Copper plaques on the wall attest to your various leadership abilities inside and outside the organization: One, the Partner in Innovation Banquet Award 2011, is from the sales team for your support of its 18-month effort to reduce cycle friction—net sales increased 6.5 percent; another, the Civic Guidelight 2008, is for overseeing a volunteer team that repainted a troubled public school top to bottom. I'm a programmer, yes, but I'm an East Coast programmer, not one of these serious platform people from the Bay Area." I began to program nearly 20 years ago, learning via , a special version of the Perl language modified to work with the Oracle database. And yet, after two decades of jamming information into my code-resistant brain, I've amassed enough knowledge that the computer has revealed itself. I can talk to someone who used to work at or Microsoft about his or her work without feeling a burning shame.
You have a reputation throughout the organization as a careful person, bordering on penny-pinching. We are here because the editor of this magazine asked me, "Can you tell me what code is? A month into the work, I damaged the accounts of 30,000 fantasy basketball players. I'd happily talk to people from Google and Apple, too, but they so rarely reenter the general population.
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