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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed their mutual pledge Friday to deepen the relationship between the U.S. and India, declaring a shared interest in reducing tensions in South Asia as the U.S. lightens its footprint in war-torn Afghanistan.
Calling each other indispensable partners, Obama and Singh said great strides had been made on economic cooperation and a civilian nuclear agreement. Left unsaid were prevalent concerns in both nations that progress on those areas has come too slowly as the U.S.-India relationship has stagnated in recent years.
"There is a natural convergence between the United States and India," Obama said.
But while the two nations both say they have much to gain from closer economic ties, security challenges in South Asia have created a sense of unease in the region that has overshadowed peaceful pursuits.
New Delhi is concerned the Taliban may fill the power vacuum left behind as the U.S. withdraws most of its combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014. Chief among India's concerns is the role that its neighboring rival, Pakistan, will play in influencing Afghanistan's future.
"We both have a shared interest in making sure that Afghanistan continues on its path to a peaceful democratic country," Obama said.
Singh said he told the president of the difficulties he faces, given that the "epicenter of terrors still remains focused in Pakistan." Obama praised his Indian counterpart for his "consistent interest in improving cooperation" between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed nations and bitter foes.
Singh and the Pakistan prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, have planned a highly anticipated sit-down while both are in the U.S., and Obama plans to meet with Sharif next month. Singh said he was looking forward to his meeting with Sharif but added a note of caution.
"The expectations have to be toned down given the terror arm which is still active in our subcontinent," Singh said.
On the economic front, Obama and Singh held up clean energy, military trade and common efforts to reduce endemic poverty in India as continued opportunities for the world's two largest democracies to work in tandem.
"In all these areas, India needs the United States to be standing by our side," Singh said.
But a landmark agreement on civil nuclear technology forged between Singh and former President George W. Bush has failed to yield the immediate economic benefits some had hoped. There's been disappointment that military trade and economic reforms haven't progressed quickly enough either.
Casting a positive light on possibilities for the future, Obama said that in the last few days, the first commercial agreement has been reached between a U.S. company and India on civilian nuclear power. His comments appeared to allude to a pact with Westinghouse Electric Co. that could lead to the development of a nuclear power plant using the American company's technology.
Outside the White House, a group of about 100 Sikhs protested Singh's visit, waving a banner reading "President Obama!! Be the voice of the Sikh genocide." The protesters say Singh — a Sikh himself — must be brought to justice for failing to adequately prosecute those responsible for killing them. Thousands were killed in India's anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
A frequent exchange of official visits has characterized the close relationship between the two countries. Singh visited Washington in 2009, and Obama traveled to India a year later. Vice President Joe Biden, who was to join the meeting later Friday, recently spent four days in India.
And at the White House Friday, first lady Michele Obama hosted the prime minister's wife, Gursharan Kaur, for tea.
"There's a bipartisan sense in Washington that India, being a large, growing Asian democracy, occupies potentially a very important role — not least because it stands next to China," said Daniel Markey, a former State Department official and South Asia expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It could be an Asia giant to counter some of China's influence in the world."
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Nedra Pickler contributed to this report.
Follow Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP


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7:30 am
Woodturning Workshop "Segmented Vessel, Part 2" We pick back up in the shop of master turner Bob Hawks in this final episode on how to create a segmented bowl. You will learn how to assemble the segmented rings and finish turn the segmented vessel. D
8:00 am
Growing a Greener World "Urban Gardening (Detroit, MI)" As cities across America fend off the impact of economic blight, many are finding that gardens are providing one of the fastest roads to recovery. They're providing an emotional boost to citizens, food for the hungry and instant beauty to areas while lifting spirits and enthusiasm for a better tomorrow. Detroit is a landmark city making huge strides through its gardens and programs built around them. D
8:30 am
Katie Brown Workshop "Boxes" Think in and out of the box as Katie demonstrates how to cook up delicious treats that can easily be boxed up as gifts: cinnamon crisps and peanut brittle. Also learn how to propagate plants and create vintage-inspired decorations for your old boxes. D
9:00 am
Katie Brown Workshop "Valentine's Day" Melt your beloved's heart with chef Michelangelo Wescott's recipes: lobster and lemon mashed potatoes, filets Diane and chocolate mousse. Katie adds romance to the table with an arrow placemat and a rose and water arrangement. D
9:30 am
Katie Brown Workshop "Who Needs A Wedding Planner?" Katie's ideas for invitations and one-flower arrangements and recipes for quiche cups with shrimp, chicken pinwheels and polenta sandwiches will help keep a wedding day simple. D
10:00 am
Baking with Julia Martha Stewart, a magazine editor, star of her own television show and author of the popluar "Weddings" book joins Julia to bake one grand and glorious three-tiered wedding cake. Martha prepares the batter and bakes each layer in graduated diamond-shaped cake forms. While the cake bakes, and then chills, Martha creates a variety of delicately realistic and delicious marzipan fruits, right down to the little stems and leaves. D
10:30 am
Baking with Julia Guest Martha Stewart returns to complete her three-tiered wedding cake decorated with yellow buttercreme icing and handmade marzipan fruit in this episode of BAKING WITH JULIA. In this second of a two-part episode, Stewart puts together the individual cakes that serve as the building blocks of this dessert, inserting a baked crunchy almond and egg white wafer and apricot jam between individual layers and decorating with the icing and candy fruit garnish. D
11:00 am
Growing Old in a New Age "Dying, Death, and Bereavement" Discusses the services older people need to deal with dying and death. Elders describe their views on widowhood and management of grief. Experts examine the ethical dilemmas posed by terminal illness. D
12:00 pm
Arts In Every Classroom: A Workshop for Elementary School Teachers, The "Workshop 5. Designing A Multi-Arts Curriculum Unit" Learner Team members are introduced to a curriculum design process that asks teachers and students to focus on why rather than what. D
1:00 pm
Art of the Western World "Realms of Light" Part I: The Church's campaign to counter the Reformation relied on dramatic depictions of religious scenes, such as those of Caravaggio and Bernini. Part II: The royal courts in Spain and the wealthy burghers in the Netherlands commissioned major paintings by Velazquez and Rembrandt and shaped their content. D
2:00 pm
Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature "Workshop 4. Oral Histories" Oral histories can serve a dual role in the classroom: as a type of literature to be studied in itself and as artifacts that help explain other literary works. This session focuses on how folk songs, interviews, and other oral histories provide alternative views of a text. D
3:00 pm
Learning Math: Patterns, Functions & Algebra "Classroom Case Studies" Explore how the concepts developed in Patterns, Functions, and Algebra can be applied at different grade levels. Using video case studies, observe what teachers do to develop students' algebraic thinking and investigate ways to incorporate algebra into K-8 mathematics curricula. This video is for the K-2 grade band.G
4:00 pm
Hands On Crafts for Kids "Symmetry" Today's theme is symmetry - something is exactly the same on both sides of a dividing line or center. It can also refer to a balanced arrangement of the parts of a whole. The first project is a mixed media collage that features symmetrical feather shapes. D
4:30 pm
Signing Time! "Once Upon A Time" The Signing Time friends discover the joy of books through songs and signs. D
5:00 pm
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Chef's Dream" Jacques assembles fresh bluefin tuna tartare with apple. He also prepares lamb burgers with feta cheese cooked rare and served with yogurt-cucumber sauce.G
5:30 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Pork Chops and Lentil Salad" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to perfect Red Wine-Braised Pork Chops. Next, host Christopher Kimball reveals the test kitchen's best tips for storing, chopping and handling fresh herbs. Then, science expert Guy Crosby explains the science of braising. D
6:00 pm
Chef John Besh's New Orleans Shrimp Creole, Stuffed Shrimp, and Soft Shell Shrimp with Sweet Chile Sauce. D
6:30 pm
Chef's Life "Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey" Mary Vaughn shows Chef Vivian the old-timey way to can tomatoes. Vivian prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon at the restaurant where food enthusiasts from around the country are coming to study BBQ, and Vivian plans to serve them the "ultimate tomato sandwich.". D
7:00 pm
Ask This Old House "Repairing A Rotted Porch Post/Dealing with High Indoor Humidity" Tom repairs a rotted porch post. Richard visits New Orleans, Louisiana, to help a family deal with high indoor humidity. And the guys ask, "What is it?". D
7:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Vienna and the Danube" Rick takes in the city's wealth of elegant gardens, great art and fine music. He travels along the Danube River and hikes through the Baroque Melk Abbey.G
8:00 pm
Rudy Maxa's World "Food, Drink & Place" At Istanbul's Spice Market, persimmons are split open, their insides resembling melting rubies. Brown-gold paprika is carefully molded into the shape of a pyramid. Cinnamon, cumin, ginger, and cardamom infuse the air with the fragrance of the East. D
8:30 pm
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Chef's Dream" Jacques assembles fresh bluefin tuna tartare with apple. He also prepares lamb burgers with feta cheese cooked rare and served with yogurt-cucumber sauce.G
9:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Pork Chops and Lentil Salad" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to perfect Red Wine-Braised Pork Chops. Next, host Christopher Kimball reveals the test kitchen's best tips for storing, chopping and handling fresh herbs. Then, science expert Guy Crosby explains the science of braising. D
9:30 pm
Pati's Mexican Table "A French Twist On Mexico" A tasty look at the way French cuisine has historically influenced modern Mexican cooking, and simple techniques any American cook can manage with impressive results. Snapper in a Poblano Chile Sauce; Blissful Corn Torte; Cajeta Crepes with Toasted Pecans. D
10:00 pm
Clodagh's Irish Food Trails "Aran Islands and Galway" NULL
10:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Vienna and the Danube" Rick takes in the city's wealth of elegant gardens, great art and fine music. He travels along the Danube River and hikes through the Baroque Melk Abbey.G
11:00 pm
Theater Talk "Cyndi Lauper & Harvey Fierstein Show Off Their Kinky Boots" Our guests are composer/lyricist Cyndi Lauper and librettist Harvey Fierstein creators of Kinky Boots, the hit show. They reveal secrets of their collaboration, which resulted in 6 Tony Awards, including ones for Lauper and the show as Best Musical of 2013. D
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Closer to Truth "Time at Sea" Is time the ultimate stage on which all events play? Some physicists and philosophers say No-time is an Illusion; time is not real. How can that be?. D

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Program Highlights for 2011-2012
A Message From The Director
Prof. Annelise Riles, Clarke Program Director
On March 12, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Clarke Program. So much has happened in ten years: the Program has organized 25 conferences, workshops and symposiums, welcomed over 100 speakers in its colloquium series, hosted more than two dozen visiting scholars from East Asia, and each year brought high-profile speakers from around the world to the Cornell campus to deliver its annual Clarke Lecture.
When the program inaugurated ten years ago, we had two goals: We wanted to become one of the very best programs in Asian law in the US by emphasizing a broad, humanistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of law. And we wanted to serve as a conduit for a much deeper, stronger connection between the law school and the many other excellent programs within the University from which we could learn and to which we felt the law school could also contribute. In all humility, I think we can claim success in these two goals, thanks to the tremendous generosity and commitment of so many friends, colleagues, and sup-porters at Cornell and around the world. So, for those of you who could not be with us in Ithaca last March: thank you.
So what is the Clarke Program's goal for the next ten years? We have set for ourselves an even more presumptuous dream: We want to transform the Trans-Pacific dialogue to help create a new regional intelligentsia of academics, professionals and policy-makers suited to taking on the tremendous challenges now facing the region. We called this new initiative, a virtual think tank of leading thinkers from around the Asia-Pacific, now holding discussions in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean, Meridian 180, after the international dateline that divides the Pacific. It was inaugurated at our celebration on March 11.
Meridian 180 is not meant to replace but to complement our ongoing activities at Cornell and around the world. Indeed, we see the potential for new synergies between different kinds of projects.
This report offers an overview of the many ways the Clarke Program has continued to expand in 2012. As always, we are proud of the work of the scholars and experts representing many fields who came to our program to conduct research or present their findings. You will read about new collaborative research projects, and short and long-term academic exchanges inaugurated since 2011. Finally, this report will provide a preview of upcoming events, developments and directions for the program for 2013 and beyond.
As always, we remain especially grateful for the generous gift of Jack G. Clarke that has supported this program since 2002. Other sources of funding include Cornell University's Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China, the Cornell Law School's Clarke Business Law Institute, the Cornell University Institute for the Social Sciences, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and the gift of Anthony and Lulu Wang.
I would be particularly grateful for your feedback, questions, or suggestions concerning anything you read here. Please write to me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Annelise Riles, the Jack G. Clarke '52 Professor of Far East Legal Studies; Director, Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture and Professor of Anthropology


text: OL Nolan Kelleher of Wando has added offers from Georgia and Tennessee bringing his total to nine. Florida State, NC State, Duke, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Kentucky and Connecticut are his other offers. Kelleher recently visited Florida State and will visit Virginia Tech this weekend. "Florida State was amazing," he said. "I went to Georgia Tech a couple of months ago and it was great." After his Virginia Tech visit, Kelleher said he wants to visit Georgia and Tennessee among other schools. As for Clemson and USC, "It's been pretty quiet. I really haven't talked to either school. I want to visit them but I really don't see the point if they're not interested in me so we'll see." Kelleher does not have any favorites. "I'm trying to keep an open mind and see as many schools as I can," said Kelleher. "I'm may try to lock it down (to five) in the next few months."


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Disk cloning
Disk cloning is the process of making an image of a partition or an entire hard drive. This can be useful both for copying the drive to other computers and for backup/recovery purposes.
Using dd
The dd command is a simple, yet versatile and powerful tool. It can be used to copy from source to destination, block-by-block, regardless of their filesystem types or operating systems. A convenient method is to use dd from a live environment, as in a livecd.
Cloning a partition
From physical disk /dev/sda, partition 1, to physical disk /dev/sdb, partition 1.
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror
If output file of (sdb1 in the example) does not exist, dd will start at the beginning of the disk and create it.
Cloning an entire hard disk
From physical disk /dev/sda to physical disk /dev/sdb
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror
This will clone the entire drive, including MBR (and therefore bootloader), all partitions, UUID's, and data.
- notrunc or 'do not truncate' maintains data integrity by instructing dd not to truncate any data.
- noerror instructs dd to continue operation, ignoring all input errors. Default behavior for dd is to halt at any error.
- bs=4096 sets the block size to 4k, an optimal size for hard disk read/write efficiency and therefore, cloning speed.
Backing up the MBR
The MBR is stored in the the first 512 bytes of the disk. It consist of 3 parts:
- The first 446 bytes contain the boot loader.
- The next 64 bytes contain the partition table (4 entries of 16 bytes each, one entry for each primary partition).
- The last 2 bytes contain an identifier
To save the MBR into the file "mbr.img":
# dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img bs=512 count=1
To restore (be careful : this could destroy your existing partition table and with it access to all data on the disk):
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda
If you only want to restore the boot loader, but not the primary partition table entries, just restore the first 446 bytes of the MBR:
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
To restore only the partition table, one must use
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda bs=1 skip=446 count=64
You can also get the MBR from a full dd disk image.
#dd if=/path/to/disk.img of=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img bs=512 count=1
Create disk image
1. Boot from a liveCD or liveUSB.
2. Make sure no partitions are mounted from the source hard drive.
3. Mount the external HD
4. Backup the drive.
# dd if=/dev/hda conv=sync,noerror bs=64K | gzip -c > /mnt/sda1/hda.img.gz
5. Save extra information about the drive geometry necessary in order to interpret the partition table stored within the image. The most important of which is the cylinder size.
# fdisk -l /dev/hda > /mnt/sda1/hda_fdisk.info
NOTE: You may wish to use a block size (bs=) that is equal to the amount of cache on the HD you are backing up. For example, bs=8192K works for an 8MB cache. The 64K mentioned in this article is better than the default bs=512 bytes, but it will run faster with a larger bs=.
Restore system
To restore your system:
# gunzip -c /mnt/sda1/hda.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hda
Using cp
The cp program can be used to clone a disk, one partition at a time. An advantage to using cp is that the filesystem type of the destination partition(s) may be the same or different than the source. For safety, perform the process from a live environment.
The basic procedure from a live environment will be:
- Create the new destination partition(s) using fdisk, cfdisk or other tools available in the live environment.
- Create a filesystem on each of the newly created partitions. Example:
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
- Mount the source and destination partitions. Example:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/source mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/destination
- Copy the files from the source partition to the destination
cp -a /mnt/source/* /mnt/destination
-a: preserve all attributes , never follow symbolic links and copy recursively
- Change the mount points of the newly cloned partitions in /etc/fstab accordingly
- Finally, install the GRUB bootloader if necessary. (See GRUB)
Disk cloning software
Disk cloning in Arch
The ncurses program PartImage is in the community repos. The interface is not exceptionally intuitive but it works. There are currently no GTK/QT based disk cloners for Linux. Another option is to use dd, a small CLI image/file creation utility. The wikipedia has a list of various version of dd, specifically oriented to this purpose wikipedia:Dd_(Unix)#Recovery-oriented_variants_of_dd. dd_rescue works efficiently with corrupt disks copying error free areas first and later retrying error areas.
Disk cloning outside of Arch
If you wish to backup or propagate your Arch install root, you are probably better off booting into something else and clone the partition from there. Some suggestions:
- PartedMagic has a very nice live cd/usb with PartImage and other recovery tools.
- Mindi is a linux distribution specifically for disk clone backup. It comes with its own cloning program, Mondo Rescue.
- Acronis True Image is a commercial disk cloner for Windows. It allows you to create a live cd (from within Windows), so you do not need a working Windows install on the actual machine to use it.
- FSArchiver allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. Can be found on the System Rescue CD.
- Clonezilla is an enhanced partition imager which can also restore entire disks as well as partitions.
- Redo Backup and Recovery is a Live CD featuring a graphical front-end to partclone.


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U.S. Boat Finishes A Little Over A Second Behind Great Britain
RACICE, Czech Republic - Taylor Ritzel, a rising senior who will captain the 2009-10 Yale women's crew, won a silver medal as part of the United States women's eight at the 2009 World Rowing Under-23 Championships on Sunday. The U.S. finished in 6:21.80, a little over a second behind Great Britain. Ritzel sat in the No. 7 seat.
The British boat took the lead in the first 500 meters and built a 2.68-second advantage on the American crew, which sat in third, at the midway point of the race. The U.S. boat tried to get back on terms with Great Britain over the final 1,000 meters but was unable to track them down. Great Britain crossed the line in 6:20.71, while Poland took the bronze medal in 6:23.16.
Ritzel, competing in her first international competition for USRowing, stroked the Bulldogs to an Ivy League and Eastern Sprints title, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and a victory at the Henley Women's Regatta this spring. In both her freshman and sophomore years, she was in Yale's varsity eight that won NCAA titles. She is a two-time All-America selection.
Two other Ivy Leaguers joined Ritzel in the U.S. eight - Princeton's Ariel Frost, the coxswain, and Harvard's Olivia Coffey. Stanford's Erika Roddy and Grace Luczak, Clemson's Jessica Leidecker, Michigan's Ashley Kroll, California's Mary Jeghers and Washington's Adrienne Martelli filled out the rest of the boat. The team was coached by Dartmouth men's lightweight coach Steve Perry.


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Selma and Debra Get Friendly at The Tribeca Film Festival
Selma and Debra Get Friendly at The Tribeca Film Festival
We were just getting used to and actually liking Selma's two-tone hair and what does she do - she goes and changes it up again! Her face is so perfect so she still looks fabulous. There's a weird Selma rumor out there now where apparently she has just gotten out of a recent stint in rehab. We're not so sure we believe this one but if it's true then you wouldn't know it by the way she was glowing last night at the Tribeca premiere of Purple Violets. In the film, which was written and directed by Edward Burns, she plays an aspiring novelist whose life is turned upside down when she meets up with an ex-boyfriend. Debra Messing is also in the film and obviously has found a good friend in her petite costar!
For more pics of Selma, a very good looking Ed Burns (and I am usually not a huge fan), and more just
Images include Ed Burns, Debra Messing, Selma Blair, Matthew Felker, Dennis Farina, Elizabeth Reaser, Patrick Wilson, Donal Logue


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UND recognizes staff for employment milestones, meritorious service
Posted on 5/16/2013
The University of North Dakota honored staff members for years of service and a select few for going above and beyond Tuesday, May 14, at a special luncheon at the UND Memorial Union.
The UND Recognition Ceremony for Staff Personnel was highlighted by the naming of the 2013 Ken & Toby Baker UND Proud Award winner: Dawn Pladson, a cost manager in the UND Budget Office.
According to an excerpt of her nomination letter, Pladson "is one of those individuals that work behind the scenes conducting integral business without recognition. Her cooperative and friendly attitude combined with her technical abilities has established her as valuable asset to the University. In addition to her technical expertise, she demonstrates the highest level of interpersonal skills, thereby building and nurturing strong relationships both internal and external to UND.
Her co-workers and supervisors alike have noted the she grasps complex problems and situations easily and is very willing to research areas that need greater guidance. She is a rare' accountant in her gift of working with numbers and the ability to explain complex accounting issues in a way that is crystal clear to non-accountants. She continually strives for the win/win result and clearly functions well in situations where preferences of several parties must be negotiated.
"She works tirelessly to support her community in her spare' time providing service to her church and school and to the people of the community. On any given evening you will find her at her sons' sporting events, at a church committee meeting, serving food at a local fundraiser, hosting a gathering for her book club, or working on the farm's taxes. She is faithful in raising money for people in financial need for various reasons, an avid organizer of benefits, and an organizer of meals for people in need, often doing most of the cooking herself."
A co-worker of Pladson wrote "I just cannot say enough about my co-worker. She is a role model to myself and so many others on campus and outside of UND."
The Ken & Toby Baker UND Proud Award , named for the former UND President and First Lady, along with $1,000, is presented to a UND staff employee who, through extraordinary public service, has made lasting contributions to the external community, over and above the expectations of his or her regular University position.
Meritorious Service awardees:
Also, at the Recognition Ceremony, 10 UND employees were given Meritorious Service Awards for various acts of kinds and service to colleagues, students and member of the general public that transcended the normal call of duty.
The 2013 Meritorious Service Awards winners were: Denise Ellis, UND Dining Services leadcook; Kristin Ellwanger, administrative Assistant in the Department of English; Cheryl Sevigny, police officer with the University Police Department; Terri Lang, project coordinator with the School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center for Rural Health; John Dietz, lead electrician UND Facilities Management; Judy Heit, administrative secretary with the School of Medicine and Health Sciences Office of Student Affairs and Admissions; Lori Shafer, budget specialist with the UND Television Center; Joan Jensen, service supervisor for UND Dining Services' Old Main Marketplace; Yvonne Holter, administrative secretary with the Department of Humanities and Integrated Studies; Tammy Anderson, senior assistant to the dean and business manager for the College of Engineering and Mines.
The Meritorious Service Awards are given in recognition of individuals who best reflect honor upon the University and community through a combination of job performance, relationship with associates, and the ability to relate their work to the missions and values of the University. Ten $1,000-Meritorious Service awards are given to employees in each of five major groups. These groups and the number of awards presented are: Executive, Administrative, and Professional (3); Technical/Paraprofessional (1); Office Support (3); Crafts/Trades (1); and Services employees (2).
Years of service:
In addition, more than 300 UND employees were recognized for milestones of service to the University, including Phyllis Tweton, with the School of Medicine and Health Sciences; and Vernon Anderson and Bonnie Nerby, who work under the Vice President of Finance and Operations, all of whom were honored for 45 years.
There are more than 2,000 benefitted staff members at UND.
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Office of University Relations
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge gave the final nod Friday to Hawker Beechcraft's reorganization plan, clearing the way for the plane-maker to exit bankruptcy later this month.
Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein ruled Friday that the reorganization plan complied with the requirements of the bankruptcy code, finding the company proposed the plan in good faith to maximize the value of the estate and carry out the reorganization. The judge also said the plan satisfied the "best interest of creditors" test required under the law.
The 39-page ruling comes one day after a confirmation hearing in New York in which Bernstein made clear that he was close to signing off on a reorganization plan that will preserve thousands of jobs.
"Today's ruling marks the final significant step in the restructuring process," Robert "Steve" Miller, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft Inc., said in a news release. "Throughout this process, we have been guided by the goal of emerging in a strong operational and financial position, with an enhanced ability to compete well into the future. Our recapitalization and dramatically reduced debt load will allow us to do exactly that."
The slimmed-down company will be renamed Beechcraft Corp. and will shed the struggling business jet operations. It will focus on more profitable turboprop, piston, special mission and military aircraft, as well as its parts, maintenance, repairs and refurbishment business.
The Wichita-based company has secured an underwriting commitment for $600 million in exit financing consisting of a term loan and revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Credit Suisse.
"Thanks to the hard work of our employees and the strong support we have received from our key creditors, union partners, elected officials, suppliers and customers, Beechcraft Corp. will emerge from this process as the world's leading designer and manufacturer of turboprop, piston and trainer/attack aircraft with the largest global customer support network in the industry," said Bill Boisture, chairman of Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
Under the reorganization plan, secured bank debt incurred before the bankruptcy as well as unsecured bond debt and certain general unsecured claims will be canceled, with those creditors receiving equity in the reorganized company. A board appointed by the new owners will take over once the company emerges from bankruptcy protection.
Boisture will become CEO of the newly reorganized Beechcraft Corp., while Miller will become senior adviser to the board.
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Breakfast is most likely the meal I make the least. Five days a week I am running out the door with a coffee and a granola bar, then on the other two we are generally headed to our local spots for something a bit more substantial like a quiche or some eggs.
So, it is rare that we stay in and I make something more than a bagel. But, when I saw this recipe it looked intriguing and simple enough that I wouldn't have to spend my Friday night buying the relevant ingredients. The basics we all have (flour, etc.), and hopefully rum falls within that list for most of us as well. The only "special" ingredient was sliced pineapples, which fortunately can be bought in an can at anytime and stored in your pantry for this special occasion.
The result is not only incredibly tasty (and not too sweet as I had feared) but also beautiful. The pineapple soaked in rum, cinnamon and brown sugar has such a comforting quality, and the texture is the perfect contrast to the fluffy pancakes. And, if you have little ones around (like I did the week following this recipe's debut), you can add some cherries for eyes and cut the pineapple in half for a mouth. My nephews thought they were the coolest pancakes they had ever seen.
So, stock your pantry with a few cans of pineapples and stay in one Saturday and Sunday to make this crowd pleaser. You will look like a star with little effort, and your belly will thank you. Thanks to Bon Appetit for this recipe!
Makes 8 pancakes
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
1 large pineapple, peeled, cut into eight 1/2″ rounds, cored
3/4 cup dark rum
1/4 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
Melt butter with cinnamon stick in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook until butter begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add pineapple slices; cook until light golden brown, 4–5 minutes per side. Remove skillet from heat; add rum and brown sugar. Cook over medium-high heat until juices are thick and syrupy. Transfer pineapple to a plate; let cool. Reserve syrup.
Preheat oven to 325°. Set a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet. Whisk first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and next 3 ingredients; whisk until smooth.
Heat a griddle or large heavy skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat with nonstick spray. Working in batches, pour batter by 1/4-cupfuls onto griddle. Cook each pan- cake until golden brown and bubbles form on top, about 2 minutes. Top each pancake with a pineapple ring. Flip; cook until pancake is golden brown, about 2 minutes. Place pancakes on prepared rack and bake in oven until cooked through, about 5 minutes.
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The month-long round of fashion weeks in the fashion capitals of the world just ended in Paris, and, although for most of those involved it's an exhausting experience, some folks managed to party on and on. The Cut blog rounded up its picks for the partying-est. Among them: Kanye West, Derek Blasberg, Kate Moss, Carine Roitfeld and Alexander Wang (after his Balenciaga debut, of course). Best at sticking to curfew? Model Karlie Kloss. [The Cut]
Kim Kardashian was in Beverly Hills on Saturday for a party celebrating her collaboration on DuJour magazine's spring issue. By Sunday, she had jetted to Paris to meet boyfriend West and attend the Givenchy show. Then she flew back to L.A. Understandably, the four-months-pregnant Kardashian felt sick. Worried that she might be having a miscarriage, she reportedly went to the doctor, who said the baby is fine but ordered the busy Kardashian to rest. [Los Angeles Times]
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In Slate, weight-loss "success story" Shannon Chamberlain (who once weighed 350+ and is now a size 12 "chubby side of normal") says she doesn't know anything about weight loss:
The fact of the matter is: I don't know anything about weight loss. Neither does anyone else. What is emerging from the best research is that the old nutritional mantra—burn fewer calories than you consume—is correct in the thermodynamic sense but useless on the individual level. …
Absent these precise measurements or solutions, how can you look at someone who is obese and hold them personally responsible for each pound? Or personally virtuous for each pound lost?
Let's say you had to starve yourself daily for bare maintenance of your health and physical appearance. Could you do it? Forever? And would you be happy? I doubt very much that you would. But still, it's what I have to do.
Read the whole thing; it's a nice counterpoint to those folks who think their success translates to the entire obese population.


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BOSTON (AP) — Federal officials deny that Boston Marathon bomb suspect is in custody.
Meanwhile, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said a suspect has been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombings.
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MONYWA, Burma Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwest Burma, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks just hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in the area to hear their grievances.
Monks and other protesters had serious burns after the crackdown at the Letpadaung mine near the town of Monywa.
"I didn't expect to be treated like this, as we were peacefully protesting," said Aung Myint Htway, a peanut farmer whose face and body were covered with black patches of burned skin.
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btifuldreamer wrote:Well, DEILD works by staying completely still and not opening your eyes as soon as you wake up, this will trick your brain into thinking you're still asleep, then you'll start having a dream. This has kinda worked for me twice. The first time i woke up and remembered not to move or open my eyes, but i could tell there was a blanket right in front of my mouth and it made me really hot cuz i was breathing on it so i moved. The second time, it all worked but i was lying on my arm and i could feel it start to throb cuz the blood circulation was cut off so i moved. You don't really need to remember your previous dream but it will increase your chances because you think of the dream you just had and you will either re enter it or enter another dream lucid. I know it's working because even though i moved and wasn't lucid i had a vivid dream and remembered a lot of it. There was one other thing but i forget. I have a topic on this in the 'Lucid dream techniques topic'. Also, I haven't seen the end of soul eater, i'm at the bit where the keeshan thingy just got out of his cave/dungeon/boop.
Oh I see! I read up on DEILD lately, so now I think I'm fully prepared! Lets hope it works, I might try on Wednesday night because I can set an alarm and wake myself up 4-6 hours after I have gone to sleep which if I'm right is where I start having REM sleep. So when i awaken I should be able to remember a dream and try to re-enter
Highlander wrote:The good thing about B-MILD is that you are saying the mantra while breathing, so, when saying it a couple of times, it gets automatic and you stop concentrating too much on what you are saying. I don't know if i explain it well. I can say to you how i do i:
When i go to sleep, i say the mantra during... say... a good 3-5 minutes. Then, when it gets tiring, i stop saying it. The good thing here is "implanting" an idea on your mind.
But the best time to say it is when you wake up in the middle of the night. You want to get back to a dream. So, say it again. Trust me, you are very tired at this point to get distracted from your mantra. I can only say like a couple of times before i fall asleep automatically.
Ok, so 3-5 minutes.. And yes, i can understand how you are tired when you awake from sleep and it just kinda happens. Thanks, I was wondering if you would still be glancing around the forum!


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I think the translation of the exercise in §99 II.2 isn't correct. I'm trying to reconcile the phrase "in castra Romana".
English: My son Sextus is carrying his booty to the Roman camp
Key: Filius meus Sextus praedam suam in castra Romana portat.
Meos: Filius meus Sextus praedam suam ad castros Romanos portat.
Here's how I broke this down:
in castra "in (on) the camp" ?
§53 gives the adjective in that has the ablative of the noun to which it refers, while "to the camp" uses ad which takes the accusative of the noun.
castrum, -i, n means camp only in the plural (castros).
Therefore, castros is the accusative plural of castrum.
Romanus, -a, um must agree in gender, number, and case with castros, so this is neuter, plural, accusative: Romanos.
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The local area was also synonymous with coal-mining, and the abundant seams of Durham provided employment for vast numbers of Wearsiders. The final colliery to close in the region was at Wearmouth, and is now the site of the Stadium of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club.
However, if you thought the locals were content to sit around feeling sad for a past that's no longer there, you'd be wrong. Sunderland has a wonderful can-do attitude, and is home to a large number of high-tech businesses which reflect the enterprising spirit of this truly unique metropolis.
In the 1980s, the city began a huge regeneration project which has transformed various areas, particularly in the central zone. New shopping centres and leisure facilities stand as monuments to the forward-looking atmosphere, and the coming decade promises more developments which will enhance the city's reputation as a centre for growth.
One of the major employers in Sunderland is the Japanese car giant Nissan. Their Washington plant was first opened in the 1980s, and continues to produce vehicles at an impressive rate. Located at the junction of the A19 and A1232 roads, it's now the largest car plant in the whole of Great Britain.
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Ikhaya lethemba
The Hope Spot initiative in South Africa - Ikhaya lethemba (The Home of Hope) - addresses critically important South African issues and is totally inclusive, aiming to harness the power of people by involving them in positive action.
In South Africa, where so many impoverished people depend upon the seas for their livelihoods and where so many people would like to make a difference, but are unsure what to do, the Hope Spots can provide answers. In South Africa, the focus is more on the human needs and their role in providing a healthier environment for themselves than on simply conservation, hence the term Ikhaya lethemba.
While Hope Spots can be pristine areas, few are. In fact people have a smaller role to play in pristine areas than they do if they are challenged with a degraded area. Being part of a campaign to improve a degraded area, where the improvements are readily monitored and measured can be rewarding. In a pristine area the role of people is to promote pride and appreciation, use the area for educational purposes and for sound research, and to monitor effects of global warming and more.
To harness the power of people there is a need to promote awareness, education and importantly, involve as many people as possible in positive actions. Through such activities people better understand, begin to care and know. Once people care, communities of caring people develop and a positive ethic of caring action develops.
Whereas many protected areas discourage public involvement, Hope Spots in South Africa are geared to involving the public, especially children, clubs, societies, NGOs who will work with the authorities to make their areas special places of fun, hope, education, conservation, tourism and sustainable angling and fishing.
Another goal of Hope Spots is to involve people in order to establish a better understanding of the environment. Projects within the Hope Spots will bridge the gap between researchers in a manner that makes information and knowledge available to all as fostering an understanding and love for the creatures in the Hope Spot and the seas will lead to caring. In addition, citizen science will be promoted so that members of the public can work with researchers, and in some cases once trained work alone, to help create knowledge in citizen science programmes. So the public will be part of important research and make valuable contributions.
As part of her TED Award speech, Dr Sylvia Earle had to provide a wish for the planet. Hers was as follows:
"I wish you would use all means at your disposal to create a campaign to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, Hope Spots large enough to save and restore the blue heart of the planet."
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One Pace is the best! Thanks so much for all the work over the years!
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Lee Smith wrote the book on The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and Arab Civiilization (just out in paperback). The premise of the book, the quote from which the title is taken — "When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse" — derives from Osama bin Laden.
As Daniel Pipes wrote in National Review, Smith argues that the strong-horse principle, not Western imperialism or Zionism, "has determined the fundamental character of the Arabic-speaking Middle East." The policies of non-Arab actors must be forceful and persistent. Or else, as Pipes explicates Smith, they lose.
So Barack Obama, you might ask, strong horse or weak horse? This isn't a difficult question, but there is no one better than Smith to answer the question:
Here's a mismatch: While Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is flying in mercenaries from around Africa to ensure the survival of his regime, President Obama is dispatching his diplomatic corps to Europe and the Middle East for consultations regarding the impending civil war in the North African state. It will be interesting to see how U.S. envoys are received by Washington's Arab allies, especially in Riyadh, where King Abdullah was once targeted by Qaddafi to be "killed either through assassination or through a coup."
[T]he comparison between Obama's strong words for Mubarak, a one-time pillar of American Middle East strategy, and his near absolute silence on Qaddafi, whose hands are dripping with American blood after four decades of terrorism, shows the Arabs that the White House is not serious but incoherent. The president cannot even abide by the one principle that has seemed to guide his Middle East policy since his 2009 Cairo speech–his personal public outreach to the Muslim masses.
In his timely Weekly Standard article Smith makes the case that Obama is "A weak horse in the White House."
JOHN adds: Horse, camel–the metaphor is a little mixed, but Michael Ramirez's commentary is apt; click to enlarge:


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Wind Waker Situation Could Happen Again On Wii U
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I never said TP re-used previous graphics...
Okay, whatever. I'll charitably assume you're not a troll.
I never understand how people dislike Wind Waker. In my opinion, t is without a doubt the best Zelda game ever made. I hope the next one follows suit.
Why are people still bitching about the cel-shading in WW? I actually enjoyed that title to no end and spent countless nights playing it.
I think Zelda fans are pretty safe either way.
The thing about cel-shading, it still looks great 10 years later, as opposed to the quickly-deteriorating realism that they were showing off before. I don't particularly care either way. Actually, that is a lie. I like the cel-shading better.
... and by god i hope it does. Windwaker, for me, was simply the best (BETTER THAN ALL THE REST) zelda game ever made. Everything from the cutesy art-design, to the story, to the locations... everything just smacked of better quality than anything that has come before or after it. I personally would love the idea of a TRUE sequel to windwaker (not that DS one, which doesn't count, because it was small, and on the DS).
Wind Waker was cool, I did like Twilight Princess more though.
The first two things that come to mind are "duh" and "good."
Fans don't know what they want. They want change, but the 3 day mechanic, sailing, and wolf sequences (okay, that one was kinda bad) are some of the most complained about (as well as praised) additions to the franchise. Personally, I think the 2000 e3 video looked like crap compared to Windwaker, and seeing Ganondorf do the incredibly cliche come-at-me hand gesture followed by Link throwing his shield made me cringe. Now we're finding out that the WiiU Zelda may surprise us with both art style and controls.
Nintendo has always made art decisions for Zelda that compliment or accentuate the gameplay and overall atmosphere of the title. Hearing that they're not going to lock themselves into a specific visual style so early in development is good news.
1) Microsoft is the competition
Fair enough, I was just thinking of distribution through Steam without thinking how PC gaming is pretty much ruled by the fact you need Windows to run most software.
I'm not talking about the older games. You sir are putting words in my mouth. I think that might be where we've had a disconnect in understanding in that you think I want the whole Zelda library.
This is just flat wrong. The number of buttons on a gamecube controller are no different than that of any other. They're simply arranged in different spots. L targeting could simply be mapped to the left trigger of any gamepad. Control scheme for WW in a hypothetical PC port is a non-factor; it's simply not a problem at all that would have to be overcome.
Emulator market? Is that what they're calling it? Last I checked emulators were free and at the best of times sketchy in their quality/reliability. It's boils down to the same circular argument we hear with internet piracy. The pirates will continue to pirate regardless while the majority of people will continue to pay money. Emulators are not a competition to Nintendo, they are at best a legal nuisance for Nintendo to spin their wheels trying to deal with.
Again though I keep saying. This is an impossible dream and I understand that very well. So I don't know; stop trying to crush it? I don't care about the practicalities of it.
I know you aren't talking directly about older games, but those are the only ones that could be redone without hurting the console version of future releases (assuming Nintendo follows their recent trends)
My mistake about the controller, I was thinking about trying to play with a keyboard.
I am being generous by calling it a "market" since the best ones do require you pay, though I am fairly certain that they are illegal.
I'm not trying to crush it, but you brought it up on a forum topic about Zelda games and I am discussing it.
Big overreaction, Tom. He never said ANYTHING to the effect of "we're doing cel shading again", he just said "don't trust the demo, we might take it in a different direction instead". For all we know, they could be planning a squigglevision legend of zelda.
If this means another game like Wind Waker, then count me in holy shit yes.
I adored that game. I still go back and play through it occasionally. In my opinion, best Zelda game ever.
Clarification: I love OoT, don't get me wrong, but I had more fun with WW. And I never played Majora's Mask till sometime last year on the GameCube, and I dunno...I couldn't do it. I lost all interest right at the beginning. It just didn't hold me.
Actually, they're WORSE than the cartoon if you can believe it. But rather than tell you about them look up "the Angry Video Game Nerd," here's his channel on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesNintendoNerd , and made a three part video about the Zelda CD-I games. He also make really funny videos about horrible old games.
EDIT: Error in posting. Sorry, all.
There have been trailers for Zelda Wii U out for some time now.....?
Well done Nintendo, you've done it again. *sarcastic clap*
The cartoon wasn't that bad aside from the chemistry between Link and Zelda. I think the intro was the first time Zelda music was conducted by an orchestra and, selfishly speaking, Ganon looked the best. I always preferred Ganon looking like a pig demon.
OT: Never played WW which is a shame because I think I would have enjoyed that game alot more than TP. With TP, I was expecting a hack n slash with puzzle elements and I got the exact opposite of that so I found it tedious. WW looked like a puzzle platforemer that has some combat in it.
I think the art style is just throwing me off due to my expectations of what type of game fits with what art style.
A tech demo is just a tech demo. While I thought it would have been a good idea to make a Zelda game that leans heavily on the graphics capability of the wiiu to show off its' potential to consumers and 3rd party developers, I did not think it was a direct representation of what the game would be like when it does get released.
I wasn't saying anything bad about the cartoon. I was saying that as bad as most fans think the cartoon is, it's nothing compared to how bad the pile of vomit the CD-I games were.
I know it's petty, but I just don't like Cartoon Link. I never liked that kind of art style, mishapen heads, big ass circles for eyes, and feet that make me question how it can bend or where the hell are the feet located, 'cause those aren't feet at the end, but spikes.
But, my anti-cartoon feelings aside, I just hope the next Zelda game we get is better then Twilight Princess.
Barely any enemies, loads of puzzles, stalling, easy bosses, more puzzles and to much homaghing Ocarina of Time.
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Everybody Still Really Into Beyoncé
It's closing in on 1,000,000 copies sold.
To the surprise of no one, Beyoncé has remained in her throne atop the charts for a second week, with Beyoncé selling another 374,000 copies — putting the album within striking distance of one million copies sold. (Right now the count is at 991,000, according to Billboard.) So far this surprise album has out-sold 2011's 4, which sold 310,000 copies in its first week and 115,000 in its second. For those keeping score, Beyoncé has been available for barely two weeks, and it's already the year's twelfth best-selling album.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening little changed ahead of a speech on monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Apple's stock slid 3 percent after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company has cut its orders for iPhone 5 components due to weak demand.
The Dow Jones industrial average edged up four points 13,492 shortly after the opening bell Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was off a point at 1,471 and the Nasdaq fell six points to 3,119.
Bernanke is expected to speak in a question-and-answer session in Michigan beginning at 4 p.m. ET, just as the stock market closes.
Also on tap this week are earnings reports from major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
U.S. stocks hit a five-year high last Thursday.


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Indiana yard game squabble leads to stabbings
Sheriff's Police in White County, Indiana were called to the town of Chalmers Saturday night where two people were stabbed, after deputies said a yard game turned competitive and got out of hand.
Witnesses told police a verbal argument ensued between several people playing a yard game. The witnesses said that's when the argument escalated into a physical fight, and several people were stabbed.
31-year-old Christopher Walker of Chalmers, 34-year-old Roy Beatty of Lafayette, 26-year-old Keith Moon of Lafayette, and 35-year-old Michael Reed of Lafayette, all sustained injuries during the fight. Deputies did not confirm which two were stabbed.
Two of the injured people that were taken to the hospital, were treated and released and two were admitted for treatment.
Evidence collected in the case will be processed by the Indiana State Police Crime Lab prior to review of the case by the White County Prosecutor's Office.


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AUTO PILOTS: Vogue Italia editor in chief Franca Sozzani and BMW have come together to design a special edition BMW 7 series model. The luxury vehicle was celebrated with a bash on Thursday night, where many of the guests ruminated on their more humble auto beginnings. Sozzani remembered her first car very clearly. "It was a Mini," she said. When asked whether she was accident-prone as a young driver, she acknowledged, "some stupid things all the time — still today." Katie Lee Joel's first car was a 1991 Volvo 240, "and it was a tank," she said. Meanwhile, Chanel Iman, all of 20 years old, has already owned two Mercedes and had as many fender benders. "I never hit anyone, but two people hit me," she said. "I thought it was the end of the world."
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LUCKY CHARM: You can't call Ecco Domani superstitious. The breakfast honoring this year's Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation award winners took place on Friday the 13th in an apartment-like space in the Garment District, on the 13th floor. (The elevator designated it "12A.") If the emerging designers receiving the award prizes felt unlucky in their economic timing, 2002 honoree Zac Posen said he found himself in a similar boat when he held his first show after 9/11. "Our job is to creatively re-excite and re-invigorate the industry. That's what happened after 9/11, and we're at a moment when we could do it again," he said. With commercial expectations low, "it's a good time to enable yourself creatively," he said. Posen reminisced about the many benefits of the award. "Since we started [my first] show late, editors and buyers were able to get drunk before the show," thanks to winemaker Ecco Domani, he said. This year's winners were Lyn Devon, Matthew Ames, Cushnie et Ochs by Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs, and Ohne Titel by Alexa Adams and Flora Gill for women's design; Corpus, by Jerrod Cornish and Keith Richardson, for men's design; jeweler Monique Péan won for accessories, and Bodkin Brooklyn designers Eviana Hartman and Samantha Pleet for sustainable design.
FREE LOVE: Yves Saint Laurent is spreading the love this Valentine's Day, giving away 12,000 black cotton tote bags, each containing images of the label's spring ad campaign and a heart-shaped USB key. Over half a million copies of the 20-page campaign booklet will be distributed in Hong Kong, London, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo today. A copy will be included in each tote. This will be the fifth consecutive year that creative director Stefano Pilati has reached out to a wider demographic, offering merchandise to the masses.
MABILLE'S FIRST LADY: Michelle Obama is not the only first lady championing young designers. As hostess for a recent gala dinner for the Casip-Cojasor foundation, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's politically-charged style icon, opted for a little black dress by Alexis Mabille with a signature bow detail at the chest.
LANE'S NEW LINE: Even Hollywood jeweler Neil Lane is taking things down a notch to adapt to the recession — sort of. Lane teamed up with retailer Rochelle Gores to design a lower price point collection of gold and diamond jewelry that sells exclusively in Gore's Melrose Avenue boutique Arcade. The collection, which includes Lane's signature gold and diamond initial pendants, earrings, bracelets and necklaces ranges from $1400 to $9500 retail, with a $26,000 bracelet thrown in for good measure. At Thursday night's launch party, which was attended by Sylvester Stallone, his wife Jennifer Flavin and their three daughters, Nicole Richie, and Kathy and Rick Hilton, Lane said he would consider expanding the lower price point collection to other stores.
SMYTHSON CUTS PRICES: Smythson has slashed the price of its famous leather-bound agendas by 50 percent for the first time in recent history. "Given the exceptional trading environment we have made the decision to put selected 2009 diaries on sale after Christmas," said Paddy Byng, chief executive of the British brand. A spokeswoman said Smythson had ordered the 2009 agendas before economic conditions worsened and the company was left with surplus stock. However, she added that sales of the agendas were still up on the previous year. All agendas, except the limited edition Art Diaries, have been reduced. A medium-sized calfskin Soho agenda with a raspberry alligator print is now $200, down from $400.
FASHION HOUSE: MacKenzie-Childs is getting in on the action this fashion week. The quirky home furnishings brand, known for churning out whimsical pieces like gingham tea pots and multi-colored tuffets, has teamed up with Verrier Collection designer Ashleigh Verrier for a special in-store display that spans the worlds of high fashion and interior design. "Inspired Imaginings," a series of mannequins sporting Verrier's girlie frocks from her fall 2008 and spring 2009 collections placed alongside MacKenzie-Childs products, will be on display at the Mackenzie-Childs outpost on West 57th Street until Feb. 27. At a reception to celebrate the exhibit's opening, held on Wednesday night, Verrier discussed the importance of such cross-branding, especially in this economic climate. "When you are at point in the economy when things are down, I think people come together and try and support each other any way they can," she said.
VICTORIA'S WORST KEPT SECRET: It's the ultimate question, isn't it — what is sexy? It's no surprise Victoria's Secret considers itself an expert on the subject and so the lingerie company drew up a list of sexy people whom they celebrated Wednesday night with a bash at the Bowery Hotel. Kelly Ripa? Sexiest Smile. Stephen Colbert? Sexiest Funny Guy. Beyoncé? Sexiest Musician. Unfortunately not all the winners were present for the party, which just meant that actor Robert Buckley (Sexiest Newcomer) got all the sexy Victoria's Secret models who were there all to himself.
HOT TYPE: A Jean Paul Gaultier biography is in the works, by French journalist Elisabeth Gouslan. "Gaultier is a fundamental personality in fashion," said Gouslan, who writes for Madame Figaro magazine. Gouslan said she plans to interview luminaries from both cinema and fashion for her book. So far Jean Charles de Castalbajac, Pierre Cardin and Martin Margiela have been approached, along with actresses Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Adjani. The yet-untitled tome, to be published by Grasset, is slated for release this fall.
CANINE FRIENDS: Roberto Cavalli is no stranger when it comes to animals. He frequently likes to pepper his collections with an animal print here and there (or everywhere) and he and his wife Eva share a home with a family of pets that includes a Bishon Frise and a St. Bernard dog, two monkeys, seven parrots, three cats, one iguana and more horses than the couple cares to remember. This spring, however, the designer is giving his canine friends a special treat with Roberto Cavalli Pets. The clothing collection for dogs will include special velour tracksuits, puffer jackets, a satin-trimmed bathrobe, silk printed shorts and even some shearling jackets. There are also accessories like a quilted dog carrier bag, collars, leashes and a patent leather dog passport wallet. Cavalli's designs maintain a tongue-in-cheek quality. For instance, the jaguar print is actually made up of small paw prints upon closer inspection. "It's about glamour, fun and just a little dash of flash," Eva Cavalli said of the line which launches next month. She expects her own dogs to be sporting all of the pieces. "They're the fit models, and I've tested the whole collection on them," she said. "In this sense, they're quite spoiled. Then again, you know, being part of the Cavalli family has its advantages."
MBLEM NO MOORE: Mandy Moore gave a select crew of Japanese fashion editors a preview of her upcoming album Monday night with a mini concert to fete Coach's new Tokyo headquarters. Moore belted out a smattering of her folk-infused tunes from the soon-to-be released "Amanda Leigh", while her co-writer and producer Mike Viola backed her on acoustic guitar. For the cover of the album, she turned to Coach president and creative director Reed Krakoff to shake up her wholesome image and show a more "adult" side of her personality. "Amanda Leigh" drops May 26.
Moore said that even though she has a couple film projects looming, she is focusing on her music and an upcoming tour for now. Even fashion is taking a backseat. The singer/actress, whose now-fiancee Ryan Adams accompanied her on the trip, revealed that she just shuttered her clothing brand Mblem. The contemporary label was launched in 2005.
"I love the fashion world. I'm fascinated by it. I'm humbled by it," she said. "If I were to dip my toe back in there, it would have to be the right situation: a great partnership that could represent a true reflection of me and my ideas and you know that wasn't happening. So next go round, that needs to be top of the list."
VIVIENNE AT THE RACES: Is Dame Vivienne Westwood, the punk princess who famously refused to wear knickers when she received official honors from the Royal Family, embracing the establishment? Late last year, she dressed the Duchess of Cornwall, and now she's collaborating on the latest campaign for Royal Ascot, a major event in the British racing calendar which Queen Elizabeth II, her family, and friends attend. Shot by Finlay MacKay, the campaign features model Marta Berzkhana wearing a series of Westwood Gold Label gowns and Stephen Jones hats. "Royal Ascot is a British institution for showing off clothes, and I like the idea of a group of people gathered together," said Westwood. The campaign was shot on location at a stud farm in Gloucestershire, England. Westwood and other British designers – will also take part in a fashion show at Royal Ascot, which runs from June 16-20.
HEY, BIG SPENDER: Has the credit crunch bitten Harrods honcho Mohamed Al-Fayed? Earlier this week, at the opening of Abercrombie & Kent's travel consultancy at Harrods, WWD asked Al-Fayed if he'd ever been on an Abercrombie & Kent trip. "No, but I'll go if I'm given a free holiday," he said within earshot of Geoffrey Kent, chairman and chief executive, after the ribbon-cutting. Guests, including Trudie Styler, Valentine Guinness and Sir David Frost, quaffed champagne and nibbled on airplane-shaped chocolate lollipops inside the company's sleek new basement space.
DOUBLES ALL ROUND: Denizens of rainy London crammed into the city's Double Club for a Prada and Gagosian-hosted party Tuesday night, to get a hint of sunnier climes at the Congolese-meets-Western themed venue, a Fondazione Prada project tucked away down a cobbled alleyway in North London. Guests including Bryan Ferry, Katie Grand, Fiona Scarry, Liz Goldwyn, Charlotte Stockdale and Annabelle Neilson all turned out to sip lychee vodka cocktails and African beer. "I love the African band," said a Hugo Boss-clad Anouck Lepere, who was on the lookout for her pals in the cavernous club after taking in a set from the band Sound Africa, while Neilson said she was just pleased to give her nipped in Alexander McQueen tuxedo suit for spring "its first outing." Takashi Murakami and Larry Gagosian also tipped up to the party after a private view of the artist's work at London's Gagosian gallery. While Murakami said he planned to hit up a few antiques markets during his London stay, Gagosian preferred to retain an air of mystery about his thoughts on the artsy club's theme. "Who has time to think?" he queried.
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…: Not only are designers vying to dress Hollywood's top talent for the 81st Academy Awards Feb. 22 but a collection of seven designers are competing online to outfit the model who delivers the golden statuettes to the stage. As part of the "Oscars Designer Challenge," with online voting at oscar.com, Chicagoan Maria Pinto, known for dressing Michelle Obama on the campaign trial, will go up against fellow Chicago designer Sam Kori George, New Yorkers Moire Conroy and Nicolas Putvinski and three designers from Los Angeles, Alan Del Rosario, Marianne Kooimans and Robert Rodriguez. The winning design will be announced during "Oscar's Red Carpet 2009," the live arrivals show airing at 5 p.m. Feb. 22
G-STAR GETS BULLISH: G-Star Raw will be dispensing with the hydraulic lifts and conveyer belt catwalk that have defined its fashion shows in recent years in favor of a more traditional runway show when it unveils its fall collection Tuesday night. This doesn't mean the Dutch industrial-inspired label will abandon all signs of showmanship. Benicio Del Toro has been tapped as the latest G-Star Icon, taking over for Dennis Hopper, and will take part in the show. A grand piano will also be present on stage as part of the show's music compilation. However, there is no word on exactly who will be tickling the ivories.


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