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Last summer, 20th Century Fox studio executives were touting Tom Arnold's performance in "True Lies" and wearing buzzcuts in homage to the Keanu Reeves hit "Speed." This summer, however, no one at Fox asked his barber to copy Daniel Stern's coiffure from "Bushwhacked."
Over the last year, a series of underperforming pictures and plain, bad luck – like Hugh Grant's arrest two weeks before the opening of "Nine Months" – threw cold water on the sizzling News Corp. film division. Although the studio has a $100 million hit in "Die Hard With a Vengeance," some high-profile projects didn't even get a chance at the box office: The Jodie Foster-Robert Redford pic "Crisis in the Hot Zone" was aborted, while the big-budget meller "Higgins and Beech" was pulled from pre-production and tucked back in development.
Whether or not the poor performance constituted a crisis or a hiccup, events came to a head with the Sept. 18 exit of Fox president of worldwide production Tom Jacobson, who will return to indie production. He was replaced a day later by Tom Rothman, the founder of the studio's specialized division, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and the executive responsible for Fox's recent arthouse hit "The Brothers McMullen."
Rothman, a former entertainment attorney and president of worldwide production for the Samuel Goldwyn Co., must demonstrate an immediate affinity for developing big-budget commercial films, with which he has little experience.
At the same time, the studio must further define and coordinate Fox's various film divisions, which have been a source of confusion for Hollywood agents and some producers. Besides Fox proper, the studio releases films under Laura Ziskin's Fox 2000 banner and Chris Meledandri's Fox Family Films, not to mention Rothman's Searchlight division.
"I think the lines between the divisions are pretty clear," says Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Peter Chernin. "What Searchlight does is clear, and the lines are pretty clear between the other divisions and Family Films. There are not clear lines between the other two (20th Century Fox and Fox 2000), because there are not supposed to be. Those divisions are defined by the taste and personalities of the individuals who work there."
Translating his talent
At Searchlight, Rothman distinguished himself by quickly cobbling together a slate of films from worldly directors Stephen Frears, Bernardo Bertolucci and Spike Lee. The true test for Fox will be whether his talent for wooing arthouse wunderkinder can be translated into producing commercial blockbusters.
"If I was afraid of big-budget movies, I wouldn't have taken this job," Rothman says. "It's going to be fun to have some money to spend for a change. But if the big-budget movie was Waterworld' I'd be afraid of it, as well I should be."
Sink or swim, Rothman becomes head of production at a time when other studios are intensifying their financial and perk-intensive courtship of key stars. Chairman of Columbia-Tristar Motion Pictures Mark Canton has loosened the purse strings and offered Jim Carrey $20 million for "The Cable Guy," paid Robin Williams $15 million for "Jumanji," and he most recently locked newcomer Alicia Silverstone into a three-picture, $10 million deal.
Star courtship
"You have to be an idiot to be paying these rates for stars day in and day out," says Fox Filmed Entertainment president and chief operating officer Bill Mechanic. "We are willing to pay for the right star in the right movie."
Chernin and Mechanic are quick to point out that overpaying for talent does not equate to a talent-friendly studio. After all, the studio is in business with box office powerhouses like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Denzel Washington and Reeves.
One key player that Fox has paid well for is writer-producer-director Chris Columbus, who worked closely with Jacobson and whose 1492 Productions is based on the lot. "I have a great relationship with Peter Chernin and Bill Mechanic," says the director of "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Nine Months." "We're in business for the long haul."
One high-profile production on the lot is "Courage Under Fire," the $50 million wartime drama from Fox 2000. The film, starring Washington and Meg Ryan, is slated to go before the cameras next month for director Ed Zwick. Washington will be paid $10 million for his role, and Ryan $6 million.
Those star salaries, however, did not come easily. Sources familiar with Ryan's negotiations say Fox initially offered $2.5 million for the supporting role, at a time when the deal for her production company was up for renegotiation. The salary was raised; Ryan reupped her Prufrock Productions deal at Fox.
Steve Dontanville, Ryan's agent at International Creative Management, says Chernin and Mechanic ultimately paid Ryan the same amount they did for "French Kiss." Dontanville says: "In our case, they've been nothing but really smart and cooperative in dealing with Meg and her production company."
But the studio hasn't forgotten how to say no. Last week, an internal memo from business affairs made it clear that the studio would not honor Ryan's request for a private jet from the film's Austin location to New York City, where Ryan is slated to speak at a UNICEF affair.
New tact
When it comes to Rothman, a question being asked around town is whether he can shift from making pre-buys and acquisitions to being a producer who builds a movie from the script – or better yet, a pitch – up.
"Tom Rothman makes director-dependent movies; no one tells Spike Lee or Bernardo Bertolucci what to do," says one senior exec at a rival studio. "He doesn't have to be creative. All he has to know is who he wants to be in business with."
Responds Rothman, "Good movies are good movies. While people know me for what I am now, I actually have a varied background. I worked for Columbia for two years and represented big, big stars when I was an attorney."
Perhaps a more significant force than Rothman in determining Fox's future will be Mechanic. Already the former Disney executive has lived up to his name by trouble-shooting and tinkering with the studio's efforts in homevideo, animation and foreign co-production.
While Fox had summer hits with 1994's "True Lies" and this summer's "Die Hard With a Vengeance," the foreign rights to those films were sold to other studios. Fox has since sought to retain foreign distribution rights and even acquire some from other studios, including Paramount Pictures' "Braveheart."
Fresh start
Fox's slate through the rest of the year certainly looks more promising, with the upcoming Ralph Fiennes-Angela Bassett starrer "Strange Days," next month's release of the bigscreen version of Terry McMillan's bestselling novel, "Waiting To Exhale" and the Christmas actioner "Broken Arrow," helmed by John Woo.
While some producers and talent agents blame Fox's internecine competition as a cause for the studio's fallow period, execs there believe the four different development pipelines are poised to hum.
"The big story of this studio will come over the next 12 months," Chernin said. "The divisions are all up and running. We've made a lot of progress, but we still have a long way to go."


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Quarter Finals at the Vendee Pro
I was pleased to get to the quarter finals in this 3 star QS event... The conditions were tough in my last heat, everyone was battling for the few good waves that were coming through...
I'm super glad about the new boards, they're working sick!!! Thanks Quiver.. And it was awesome to be able to surf in a 3/2 and still feel warm! C-Skins wetsuits are rad...
I'm really stoked, a super great way to start off the surf season...bring it on!!
Ian through to 3rd round at the Vendee Pro
Vendee Pro's coming up!
Featuring in this year's comp teaser.. Check it out!
Sponsoring up
Hey peeps,
How's it going? I've been busy looking for new partnerships and it's looking good so far!
After starting fresh with Rapanui earlier this month, I have resigned for another year with Quiver Surfboards and picked up 6 brand new models to try out while I was there!
Here's 4 of them (new post about the boards coming up soon):
On the accessories front, I am still riding for Wavetribe this year and as a matter of fact, I've just received a bunch of new stuff from them! Check this little package out..
And last but not least, I have just picked up a new deal with C-SKINS wetsuits! They've sent me a brand new 3x2 Wired, it's so good I'm already wearing it! Warmest, lightest and stretchiest suit I've probably ever had... So sick!! Thanks to Wetsuit Centre for helping me out on that one... Here's me and big bro Scott trying to mute into Power Rangers (it didn't work, but at least we tried)
So here it is... Hope the good news will keep coming, and we'll get good waves with the swell coming in tomorrow! Can't wait for the Vendee Pro, it should be good fun and also hopefully a good start to the contest season.
To wrap it up, a couple of extra shots I had from my homemade Rapanui shoot... haha
Gordy "Flash" Fontaine
New transparent t-shirt by Rapanui!
More info at www.rapanuiclothing.com/opticfibre
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Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'm a big fan of Lauren Graham on Parenthood, and was so surprised when I came across this book at the store and realized, "Yes, it's that Lauren Graham." I was very curious to see what she could do, and she didn't disappoint.
The story is about a struggling actress in NYC and her trials and tribulations in the mid-1990s. It's a fun read...I laughed out loud a few times, and was really pulling for Franny in her endeavors. Toward the end, Franny seemed a little dense and I just wanted to shake her by the shoulders to point out what was right in front of her face. Despite that, I still thought it was a great read. I also loved the interactions between Franny and her dad. And her descriptions of agent Barney Sparks cracked me up too. I agree with the blurbs on the back cover that this book was very charming.
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I'm not here, usually, but you can find me here or here.
July 24, 2009
February 9, 2009
Where to find me
I regularly blog at http://www.xanga.com/wellroundedtype2.
Don't ask me why. I paid for a premium subscription there to avoid ads, and generally, it works well for troll control.
I may eventually move here.
November 3, 2007
A Better Plotline
Inspired by a challenge (I'm a sucker that way) here are a few attempts at a better plot than "fat girl unwittingly elected Homecoming Queen as a joke."
Plot line for a Disney Channel Teencom
To the consternation of vapid, shallow "popular clique," fat girl elected Homecoming Queen in a completely above-board fashion. Fat girl makes it okay to be different, and all of the alienated teens who would ordinarily have avoided the dance make it the most awesome-ist dance evah.
Plotline for Disney Channel Movie
Boyfriend of fat girl, who is trying to undue the prior 16 years of emotional damage, nominates girlfriend for Homecoming Queen. Fat girlfriend wins. Girlfriend thinks it's a joke, wants to break up with boyfriend, but rival "popular girl" who lost to her saves the day by telling her she deserves to win. Girlfriend arrives to the dance just in time to be crowned and dance with her boyfriend in the spotlight.
3 Plotlines for John Waters movies
Fat girl runs for student council president. Evil student council adviser opposes her bid and orders popular kid minions to do evil bidding and run Rove-esque campaign against her. Student newspaper runs 3-part exposé. Evil adviser tries to instate an "ideal weight" requirement as part of student council president. Student body rebels. Fat girl wins. First act in office is supporting anti-size discrimination policy.
Fat girl nominated for Homecoming Queen by best friend as a goof. Unable to withdraw the nomination, fat girl and friends start a "_____ is beautiful" campaign, which takes off like crazy among the student body, and thanks to texting and blogging, across the globe. Buoyed by the "gay is beautiful" "band is beautiful" "shot put is beautiful" "calculus is beautiful" "goth is beautiful" "Español es hermoso" movements (and others), fat girl wins and then smashes her crown, throwing the bits of it into the screaming, dancing mob, saying "this belongs to all of us." Beth Ditto then performs and the dancing is amazing.
In a particularly evil twist, a popular girl unable to run herself for Homecoming Queen because of multiple suspensions due to hazing her gullible fan/friends, she arranges to have the school's two largest female students the sole nominees for Homecoming Queen. One of them couldn't give a flying frig about it and just carries on with her studies, life and adorable boyfriend, while the other seeks out the assistance of evil popular girl, who subjects her to crash dieting and tortuous exercise. While secure fat girl does nothing to promote herself, insecure fat girl does lose some weight and is promoted relentlessly by evil popular girl and company. Secure fat girl is elected Homecoming Queen, and in her Lane Bryant right fit jeans and a killer IGIGI top, accepts the crown, but turns it over to insecure fat girl, telling her she knows it means more to her. Evil popular girl admits to the scheme, and berates insecure fat girl in front of everyone. She is then attacked by the angry mob who rip apart her dress and expose her for the 23-year-0ld unable-to-complete high school because of her serial suspensions that she is.
October 28, 2007
The Place for J to put her algebra problems
Dear J.,
Please leave any problems you have in the comments to this post, and I'll reply.
We can see how well this works.
But you could type in the equation, say:
3y+z = am – 4y
and we can solve it together.
You can do this as you come across problems you are having trouble with. We can also use the phone and computer simultaneously from time to time.
But this page is for you! Feel free to post comments that don't relate to algebra as long as they won't get either one of us in trouble.
And I'm sorry for being such a corrupting influence on your mom.
October 27, 2007
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The media coverage might be a factor in itself but essentially each of these characters display traits and values from their generation which are different to previous ones and often the media are using the prism of the latter to make judgements or create 'spin' on their stories.
Let me first set the scene where I was musing about this with friends at a Christmas BBQ a few years ago... one friend was contrasting his own perception and insight with that of a colleague in relation to interviewing 'Gen Y' candidates for an engineering contractor. The only slightly older colleague was bemoaning the short term thinking and lack of perceived stickability of the youngsters. You see these youngsters didn't give any indication of their desire to 'stay with the company' and openly acknowledged this employment opportunity as a step on a much bigger journey. They didn't speak of loyalty, commitment, belonging but rather the vibe, gaining valuable experience and taking challenges on for the future. They were unable to describe the future in terms of the current job on offer or indeed whether this field was viewed as their career in the long term.
This is the generation for whom stereotypically and perhaps in reality in many cases, it's all about the subjective experience, they envisage a series of career changes, focus on the immediate and don't feel embarrassed identifying they seek self interest and couldn't possibly find the words for seeking a gold watch on retirement from the job they are interviewing for after 50 years service. Change is a constant for this generation, 'Manhattanisation' has taken effect in terms of young people talking themselves up. There is evidence of a consumer culture, lack of awareness of certain expectations, manners and conventions... mind you these are only some Gen Yers... there are other motivators, cultures and sub cultures...
Back to my examples which may help explain what I am thinking about...
1. Anthony Mundine
Anthony is a flighty character who pursues his image as 'The Man.' He makes hard to argue with claims about racism in rugby league [his first professional sport] but also talks about having outplayed people selected ahead of him in rep football as part of the case. He has become a Muslim, is an strong anti drugs campaigner, seems to attract friendship with other well known figures adding chapters to his intruiging story. He speaks his mind and then thinks later. The criticism of his boxing career revolves around soft opponents in easier weight divisions.
What's missing: circumspection; respect for tradition; loyalty to contracts signed and deals entered into. He and his Manager are credited with convincing Sonny Bill Williams he was undervalued at the Bulldogs in rugby league and they helped him break a contract and disappear to France to play club rugby. His Manager is painted as an influential shady figure. I sometimes think Anthony just sees things differently... do what works for you, say what's on your mind even if it's going to be taken the wrong way and talk yourself up.
2. Sonny Bill Williams
Sonny Bill Williams seems clueless as to the impact on others of his walkout to France. It's all about what was happening for him. He has since signed with the 'Canterbury Crusaders' and has made his rugby union debut with the All Blacks ahead of a World Cup year.
Somehow I think previous generations would be more careful in their comments about a possible return to rugby league after the Rugby World Cup. What picture does that paint?
It's more than the impact of professional sport and the fact that clubs would cut you at will so why show loyalty in reverse. Does it cheapen the national jersey of any team if you can chop and change or does it speak of an exceptional sportsperson who can chop and change and make both squads, SBW also enjoys the diversion of boxing.
3. Michael Clarke
Michael or 'pup' achieved selection in cricket at a young age and some said by reputation before results. He was trumpeted as a western suburbs success story but quickly adapted to eastern suburbs socialising, fast cars and a model girlfriend... Kerry O'Keefe tells a great joke about all this involving Michael Clarke asking him if he thinks his sporting success has 'changed him' at all...
The media seems to have the finger on the pulse in identifying that the public per se don't seem to 'warm' to Michael Clarke [he gets a mixture of cheers and boos when taking the field] and his current form slump isn't helping.
But this week the ridiculous claim was that his activity on twitter was distracting him and basically outlining that because he's a 'pretty boy' and not a hard as nails, beer drinking, thug... we don't see him as worthy of our admiration. Again I contend it's more than sporting values being judged... pierced ear, sports car, wine drinker, confident about his ability, talking openly about his expected succession to the Australian cricket captaincy... he may well soon be branded an 'enigma'... but then just in time in the last two 'One Day Internationals' he has demonstrated cricket nouse, skills as a leader and innovative and skilled use of his bowlers and field settings... causing at least a media pause...
Now I know they're all Anglo blokes... I'll keep tabs on these and other stories... teasing out whether it's a media thing, a sport thing or a generational thing!!
As a footnote, Cory was the kid a couple of years ago who advertised a party at his parents home while they were away and it and the street were 'trashed' if you believe the media reports. I'm more interested in the interview with Leila Mackinnon on Summer 'A Current Affair' where she was gobsmacked that Cory didn't think he had anything to apologise for, that he wouldn't take off his sunglasses on camera and didn't seem to have anything to say to his parents... while the story had merit the clash of values was most stark and the longer it went the bigger the divide... Cory went on to advertise himself as a party organiser, appeared on 'Big Brother' and just recently did a round of 'he's grown up and settled down stories'...


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VMRCVM researchers develop swine vaccineBy Jeff Douglas
Spectrum Volume 17 Issue 18 - February 2, 1995
Microbiologists in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine have developed the first live attenuated vaccine for swine pleuropneumonia, one of the most important infectious disease problems faced by pork producers and the most common bacterial swine respiratory disease in the world.
The live attenuated vaccine confers a comprehensive, long-lasting protective immunity in vaccinated animals, yet does not cause disease, according to microbiologist Thomas Inzana.
The researchers have also created a diagnostic test that can detect swine pleuropneumonia with 98-percent sensitivity and 97-percent specificity using a simple nasal swab.
Caused by an organism called Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, swine pleuropneumonia can devastate swine herds and is believed to account for millions of dollars a year in production losses. Victims develop pulmonary lesions, fibrinous adhesions, and pneumonia.
Until now, producers have been forced to use less effective killed vaccines that reduce animal mortality, yet fail to control clinical and sub-clinical infections responsible for diminished weight gain, poor performance, and a carrier state.
Since the days of Pasteur, medical researchers have been working on the development of new and improved live vaccines to protect people and animals from many disease-causing bacterial and viral pathogens.
"The immune response is very complicated," said Inzana, who conducted much of the research in conjunction with grants from the USDA, the National Pork Producers Council, and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology. "It is a vast network that is not fully understood."
What is understood, however, has enabled scientists to make remarkable progress in quelling a variety of diseases that threaten human health and well-being and agricultural animal productivity.
Traditional killed vaccines--created by killing an infectious agent with formalin or heat, mixing it with an adjuvant to enhance the immune response, and then injecting it into a person or animal to stimulate immunity--may provide an acceptable immune response, but cause troublesome side-effects such as inflammation.
The white blood cells that flock to the site of an invading pathogenic organism create an inflammatory response that can be damaging in itself. The goal of modern immunology is to develop immunogenic agents that are so precise they minimize the body's inflammatory response while promoting maximum protection.
Recent advances in molecular biology have enabled researchers to create genetically altered live vaccines that provide a more comprehensive and long-lasting immunity, yet do not cause disease in the host, according to Inzana, who worked closely with pathologist Hugo Veit on the project.
Researchers know the best immune response is elicited by natural exposure to the organism that causes the infection. Since it is not practical, however, to risk disease, Inzana and colleagues sought to identify and eliminate one or more of the organism's components responsible for virulence.
"The key is knowing which components of the organism the host needs to make a response to," said Inzana, who has recently been awarded more than $300,000 in new grants to continue his research.
Actinobacillus pleuropnemoniae, like many pathogenic bacteria, is covered with a carbohydrate capsule or shield, which helps protect it from the host's immune system. Inside these gram-negative bacteria are endotoxins that export potent exotoxins which damage tissues, induce inflammation, and cause the disease.
With the goal of devising a live-vaccine that would confer broad and enduring immunity without the pathogenic effects, Inzana used a mutagenic agent to inactivate the organism's DNA that encodes proteins for the export and manufacture of capsule, and then selected those bacteria that lacked capsule. Without the capsule, the bacteria cannot survive in the lungs or blood, but do induce a protective immune response after vaccination.
"We believe this technique will be effective for developing vaccines against any bacterium that produces extra-cellular toxins and produces a capsule," he said, including Pasteurella multocida and Pasteurella hemolytica--organisms that cause shipping fever in cattle.
A pharmaceutical company is developing a commercial vaccine based on Inzana's work.


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How the "Reading" part of the Summer Reading Program Works
- Anyone can read! Babies, grandparents, teens--just come in to the library and get a reading record. Keep track of the time you spend reading by placing a sticker in one of the spots on the chart: one sticker equals 15 minutes of reading time.
- Everyone who completes their reading record will be invited to a "Grand Finale" pool party at O.T. Sloan Pool on Monday, July 26 from noon 'til 2:00 p.m. Remember, you MUST complete your reading record, and you must bring it with you to be admitted to the pool party. If you are participating in any of the summer reading programs and performances, bring your reading record with you for librarians to check.
Summer Programs for Young Children
- For children ages birth to two years, summer story time will be held on Mondays at 10 a.m. beginning Monday, June 14 and continuing each Monday until July 19. NOTE: the library will be closed on Monday, July 5. These programs last between 20 and 30 minutes and include simple stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and music. No registration is necessary. Story time meets in the library auditorium.
- For children ages 3 to 5, summer story time will be held on Thursdays at 11 a.m. beginning Thursday, June 17 and continuing until Thursday, July 29. NOTE: There will be no story time on Thursday, July 1. These programs last between 30 and 45 minutes and may include stories, rhymes, songs, actions, fingerplays, flannelboard stories, puppet shows, and crafts. No registration is necessary. Programs meet in the library auditorium EXCEPT the final story time on July 29, which will meet by the fountain at Depot Park, weather permitting.
Programs for Elementary School age children
Each week, the library offers programs for rising first graders (must have completed kindergarten) through rising sixth graders (must have completed fifth grade). Each week's program is based on a different theme: Rain, Fishing-Ponds-Rivers-Frogs, Ocean, Pirates, and Beach. Programs include stories, games, crafts, and movies. Choose the day and time that best fits your schedule:
Tuesdays at 10:00 OR Thursdays at 2:00 p.m.
All programs meet in the library auditorium. Registration is REQUIRED, as space is limited. Sorry, but due to very limited space we cannot accommodate daycares, large groups, or younger siblings in these programs.
Monday Night Movies
Join us on Monday nights at 7 p.m. for a FREE family-friendly classic movie! Begins Monday, June 14. Bring a light snack and a drink. Registration is not necessary; however, seating is first come first served.
Wednesday Performances
There are four FREE, family-friendly midweek performances. These are open to the public, and summer camps, daycares, and other groups are invited to attend. Please note that ALL of the performances listed below will be held at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele Street, Sanford. Entrances to the parking lot and the building are on Bracken Street. Also note that there is no room for baby strollers in the auditorium.
Wednesday, June 23 11:00 Storyteller Ron Jones
Wednesday, June 30 11:00 Rags to Riches Theater
Wednesday, July 7 11:00 Amazing Teacher Steve Somers
Wednesday, July 14 11:00 Pirate Captain Jim


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Today I'm sharing the 6x6 Memory Showcase Album I created featuring my Mother's parents and grandparents and great grandparents! I used the Avonlea paper pack (X7155B) for the pages in my book. I love the 6x6 Memory Showcase Albums. Creating beautiful pages are quick and easy especially when you have compliments such as the Velvet Parlor Rub-ons (Z1742).
For the front of my book I used the stamp set "Family Tree" (D1526). I stamped the tree with Chocolate ink onto a 4 1/2" doily in Avonlea White Cardstock. I used Artiste Cartridge "1" <Accent3> Key. Next, I cut simple circle in the Chocolate cardstock at 5".
"My Family Tree" is stamped on an image cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge and adorned with one of the adhesive backed Brocade Assortment accents (Z1748).
Before adhering my paper to the front and back of the book, I glued a 12" piece of Slate Satin Polka Dot Ribbon (Z1802) across the front and back. Then I glued the paper on top of the ribbon. This makes a nice tie closure for the book.
Page 1 and 2. This is a picture of my Mother's Great Grandparents on her Mother's side. I used a journaling pocket on page one. This is a great place to add all the names of the family members along with the date. Another brocade accent adds a nice touch to the pocket. On Page 2, I used a Parlor Velvet Rub-on to accent the page and picture adding a few Mocha Adhesive Gems.
Page 3 & 4. These are pictures of my Mother's Grandparents (page 3) and my Mother and her family (Page 4). I used more Velvet Parlor Rub-ons on these pages. I rubbed the velvet flowers right onto the Avonlea Teal cardstock and cut them out. Again, I added Mocha Adhesive Gems to accent the flowers. Then I stamped the borders on the name plates with stamps from the Family Tree set. Coordinating shapes were cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.
Page 5 & 6. My Mother's grandparents on her Father's side (Left page). On the right, is a picture of her parents when they were first married. These old photographs had a yellowish tint to them and I thought they looked great with this piece of paper from the Avonlea paper pack. The border at the top of the pages is one of the zip strips centered on Slate Cardstock. My banners are more Velvet Parlor Rub-ons.
I left the back of the book fairly simple so that it could lay flat. I really like the sentiment that comes with the Family Tree stamp set - "Families fill our lives with happiness and laughter, leaving us memories to treasure today and forever after". The words on the left and right sides of the page are cut from one of the zip strips. They are PERFECT for the theme of my book.
These 6x6 Memory Showcase Albums (Z1195) make a lovely gift that is very quick and easy to put together. These little albums are only $3.95! Add a paper pack, compliments and just a few accents and you will have a nice gift for under $20 or less! One paper pack goes a long way with these little books so you could easily create 2 Memory Showcase Albums!
Thanks for stopping by!! HAPPY CREATING!


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Best Chance to Stop the 9/11 Plot? - The FBI will later conclude that Shaikh is not involved in the 9/11 plot, but it has serious doubts about his credibility. After 9/11 he will give inaccurate information and has an "inconclusive" polygraph examination about his foreknowledge of the 9/11 attack. The FBI will believe he had contact with another of the 9/11 hijackers, Hani Hanjour, but claimed not to recognize him. There will be other "significant inconsistencies" in Shaikh's statements about the hijackers, including when he first met them and his later meetings with them. The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry will conclude that had the asset's contacts with the hijackers been capitalized upon, it "would have given the San Diego FBI field office perhaps the US intelligence community's best chance to unravel the September 11 plot." [US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 51 ] The FBI will try to prevent Butler and Shaikh from testifying before the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry in October 2002. Butler will end up testifying (see October 9, 2002), but Shaikh will not (see October 5, 2002). [Washington Post, 10/11/2002]
Entity Tags: Hani Hanjour, Khalid Almihdhar, Omar al-Bayoumi, Osama ("Sam") Mustafa, Nawaf Alhazmi, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Steven Butler, Abdussattar Shaikh
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
David Graham, a dentist from Louisiana, stumbled onto the path of three 9/11 hijackers 10 months before the attacks. Graham reported his encounter several times to the FBI but never heard back. In September 2006 he died under highly suspicious circumstances.


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... for Don Cherry to disappear into the sunset.
Don Cherry and his peers have been selling the notion for years that Europeans don't make good captains, that they don't care as much about the Cup. Clearly an affront to any competitor who leaves his own home to play the sport he loves, his inane ramblings on the subject now have no place – a day long overdue.
I don't think I'm alone on the call for time on Cherry here. I'd say this blogger is with me. Probably the best player on the planet too.
Most interesting the top newspaper in the country thinks Cherry and his toady sidekick are now actually costing the CBC the battle in the coverage of the finals.
Funny really that a dinosaur like Cherry should still be getting air time at all. In what was hopefully his last time on national television, Cherry yet again embarrassed himself by trying to say he was responsible for Mario Lemieux's maturation and that he is doing the same thing for Crosby (Crosby, when interviewed, said he watches HNIC when he can – occasionally – maybe his lessons actually come from somewhere else). Cherry then went on to explain that he keys on players like Roberts and Malone because he (and insinuated he was among a few here) knew what was going on. His evidence for his all knowing was some shouting on the bench and then a goalmouth scramble goal.
Wow Don, well done. We're very impressed.
Worse for me than the buffoon himself, is that Cherry's ideals get air time from others. Take this quote from the NHL website this morning:
"Clearly, times have changed. North American players are not the only ones who are leaders - evidenced by Lidstrom's historic moment Wednesday night."
No acknowledgment that the idea never held water in the first place. Times must have changed. 20, 30 or 40 years ago Europeans were, as we all know from watching hockey, lesser leaders. Even Mike Babcock, who must surely now be an expert in the merits of European hockey and leadership, does not go far enough:
"I don't know who thinks they're not … that's ridiculous," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said of European players. "You're living in the past if you believe that."
Living not in fairyland, but in the past?
Maybe we should hope to see Cherry back. If only to witness what he can come up with next. For example, as it became apparent more than a week before the inevitability of Cup victory was allowed to take place that Detroit would be victors, Don Cherry resorted recently to statistics to prove his stance:
"... (he) uses Nicklas Lidstrom's captaincy to question why Europeans have been in the NHL for 21 years, and there were 13 European captains this year, but Lidstrom was only the first European captain to lift the Cup."
Though starved for Cups in Eastern Canada, we have long known that Europeans make good captains. Koivu shines brightest of all Habs each and every time they make the playoffs. Sundin is the best Leaf by a few light years. And Daniel Alfredsson may have taken a couple of years to learn, but is the straw that stirs the drink for any Ottawa hopes. This article extols the virtues of Koivu and other Canadian captains. But what could the two reporters know about hockey today, they didn't coach in the NHL 30 years ago.
To the winners
Congratulations to The Red Wings on their Stanley Cup victory. In any case, Lidstrom and Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Franzen, Holmstrom and Kronwall laid this all to rest. They have proven that between the best scout in the league and the best defenceman you can win Cups other than by intimidation (Brian Burke style).
The Red Wings provide hope to people who prefer the passing and poise to the banging. And especially to Habs fans who choose to model on this intelligent franchise rather than their big bad Western rivals.


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In the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., Jewish groups are looking to build alliances and back legislation to strengthen gun control laws.
B'nai B'rith International on Monday demanded the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban.
"Assault weapons enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds without stopping to reload as they automatically expel and load ammunition with each trigger-pull," B'nai B'rith said in a statement. "There is no sane, acceptable, reasonable need in a civilian setting to fire off large rounds of ammunition."...more.


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"I was thinking, 'When I do the magazine, I want to put something in the magazine like this - just showing off somebody's house,' " Thomas remembers. "Well, no more than six months later, 'MTV Cribs' came out. I saw how that took off, and kind of put my project to the side. ... Years later, I got sparked again."
That spark led to this summer's debut of What Millionaires Spend Their Money On. The first issue of the lifestyle magazine features interviews with two Oakland legends, rapper Too $hort and basketball great Gary Payton, along with a diverse group of success stories, including real estate developer Phil Oates and Exotic Custom Jewelry retailer Ray Khan.
It comes with a DVD and CD and can be purchased at www.wmstmo.com. Thomas hopes to have Issue No. 2 out later this year.
We spoke with Thomas, 43, over appetizers at Lake Chalet in Oakland.
Q: The first Millionaires seems to focus less on spending and more on the personal stories.
A: I embarked on this because I know there are a lot of good stories out there. Hopefully it will give people a sense of "if they can do it, then I can do it."
Not everybody in there is going to be a millionaire. There could be someone out there with a hot dog stand ... maybe I see him a few years later, and he has three trucks or six trucks. To me, that's a feel-good story, and I will publish that. It's not all about what they've got. I want stories that a lot of people, the 99 percent, can relate to what I'm talking about.
Q: How did you get Too $hort and Gary Payton on board?
A: I've known Too $hort for a long, long time. He feels like family. And Gary Payton is a great guy. I knew he was the prototype on how I wanted to set this project off.
Q: It might have been easier to start a magazine in Los Angeles or New York. Were there advantages and disadvantages to doing this in the Bay Area?
A: The advantage out here is this: If you can make it out here, you can make it anywhere. That's the same thing Too $hort did, it's the same thing E-40 did, it's the same thing Master P did before they blew up.
We've got a collage of good people. And everybody is grounded. You don't have people who think that they are better than others. Everybody stays in their own lane. And that's why I'll always consider this home, regardless how well the magazine does or if I hit the lottery, or whatever. I love it here. I'm not going anywhere.
Q: You're talking to a lot of millionaires. How is your golf game?
A: Pretty good. Last time I played, I shot a 76, and that was with a fractured elbow.
Q: Favorite Bay Area course?
A: I like the Presidio a lot. But I'd take Harding Park.
Q: Who is your dream interview?
A: I'm all about the underdog. The underdogs appeal to me because I've always been an underdog all my life. As far as someone on the top of my list - it would range from Eddie Murphy to Oprah Winfrey to Jamie Foxx. There are so many.
Let me recant that. There is one guy: Willie Mays. That's the one guy I'd really like to interview. That would be monumental for me.
Q: Where would you like to see Millionaires in five years?
A: I could definitely see this as a 30-minute segment on TV. I'm as excited about the music and (the DVD) as I am about the magazine.
Hopefully the magazine is up and running. I know I'm going to be around. I just see it continuing and progressing and changing for the better. It's not something I'd ever want to walk away from.
Q: What was it like for you growing up in Oakland?
A: I was born in San Francisco, moved to Oakland when I was 7 or 8. I went to Castlemont High. I had my own struggles, but I was always content with what we had - I never looked at it in the sense that I wanted more.
It was during a time when there weren't a lot of video games inside. It was about playing with your friends after school. Football, baseball, basketball, whatever it was. I had a strong family structure. That's why I appreciate money and value it different than some other people. It really comes down to your health and happiness. Money comes and goes. Friendships and love and family - that's forever.
SF Chronicle Interviews Darnell Thomas
Written by Peter Hartlaub - SF Chronicle
Darnell Thomas considered starting a magazine focused on millionaire lifestyles more than a decade ago. The Brentwood resident and Bay Area native remembers taking a video camera around his home in early 2000, capturing images of his flat-screen television, bedroom set and BMW 740.
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Kristen Wiig officially leaves "Saturday Night Live,"
Kristen Wiig is officially leaving "Saturday Night Live," and the way it was announced was by Mick Jagger introducing her and other high school "graduates" in cap-and-gown.
In the sketch, Jagger said that the school's musical department prepared a song to say goodbye.
Wiig then removed her cap-and-gown, and every cast member took turns hugging and dancing with her to the tune "Ruby Tuesday."
It was a very emotional moment for Wiig, who was on the show for seven years.


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Here is a quick summary report of an Informix event just held in France. Informix is red hot in the geos now and this is just another proof point!
Our customers and IBM Business Partners have enjoyed a great two day Informix event last week in our new IBM headquarters near Paris (see pictures):
April 1st:
Informix User Group of France – led by Khaled Bentebal, CEO ConsultiX and User Group Informix France President.
– Feedback was very positive. All really appreciated to get direct information from Jerry Keesee on Informix strategy and Panther.
– They were also very interested in the presentation given by Jacques Roy on Informix + virtualization and cloud computing.
– Frédéric Delest, Olivier Bourdin and Yoram Benchetrit gave technical presentations:
o Frédéric Delest: MACH 11
o Olivier Bourdin: SQL Trace + Non blocking checkpoint
o Yoram Benchetrit: Plugin Authentication Module (PAM)
for Informix user authentication
– Jean Michel Savelli, CTO Corsica Ferries (http://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/) gave a very nice testimony of their long experience with Informix.
– Laurent Revel – Accelerated Value Leader presented on OAT and Business Partner – Frame on IDS + Data warehouse.
April 2nd :
Proof Of Technology IDS 11.50
– Frédéric, Yoram, Olivier, Laurent Valenza and Laurent Revel organized technical support presentations + hands-on workshop for the Informix Proof Of Technology day
o Yoram Benchetrit: Informix + SSL
o Olivier Bourdin: Compression and External tables
o Frédéric Delest: BTree Scanner
Jerry, Jacques, Olivier, Yoram, Frédéric. Thanks to all of you for making this two day event a real success. Customers have been very happy to attend and share their own experiences.
They've also expressed high satisfaction with the first French Informix Newsletter (contributors: Khaled Bentebal, Olivier, Yoram and Frédéric):
Teaming was excellent around this event via:
o Alain Szenicer, Laurent Valenza,
Laurent Revel, Nicolas Desachy,
Lucile Hyon-Le Gourrierec, Olivier Jouannic.
Customers are now waiting for the next Informix event!
So, now the question for other geographies/countries, how are you stepping up?
Viva Informix!!
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." – Thomas Jefferson


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Had problems finding this little nugget of Powershell before...
So I am noting this down here for simplicity when I come to need it again...
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Hello crafters , I hope you are all keeping well, we are busy again which is excellent, we have been busy with new design of templates a new cd coming out on friday and the show launch on saturday at the NMM in Birmingham. To keep up to date with it all go online at www.dreamees.org.uk and sign up for oure mail newsletters which are sent out weekly.
Here is a card I have made with one of the new templates I hope you like it, I have also used papers etc from out forever florals cd which is still a fave of mine I love the idea you can make all your own flowers in all different colours and also have backing papers as well.
We have had a lot of rain just lately so at least we havent been going out only when we have had too.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Relatively Speaking, Anne's Got Inspirations
Cousin and friend Anne, over at Gene Notes is ramping up for her submission to the Monday series, Relatively Speaking - Cousins that Blog. She let out a little hint today, something about inspirations. I'll be there first thing tomorrow AM Anne!
*Graphic courtesy of http://desktoppub.about.com/
Copyright 2010, CABS for Reflections From the Fence.
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- lindalee said...
Where ever do you find these cool graphics?
- February 21, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Carol said...
Linda, I try to credit the web sites where I find them, as I did here.
For this one, a google search for "free graphics light bulb" turned up 10 free grahics on the first page. Liked the first one shown, grabbed, used, smiled.
- February 21, 2010 at 4:12 PM
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text: Laurel Wamsley World Cup 2018: What Happened In The First Few Days By Laurel Wamsley • Jun 18, 2018 The first week of the World Cup is arguably the best: three matches a day, none at the same time. It is Soccer Christmas for futbol fans, and it's hard to get much work done at the office. PHOTOS: The World Cup Is A Spectacle Not Only Of Sport, But Of Style By Laurel Wamsley • Jun 15, 2018 Soccer is not only "the beautiful game" — it's also a highly fashionable one. Before the World Cup even started, the breakout winner of football fashion was Nigeria. With the Super Eagles' classic green turned into jazzy zigzags by Nike, its jersey became a highly anticipated item not just for soccer fans, but for streetwear hypebeasts. McDonald's Says It's Ditching Plastic Straws In U.K. And Ireland By Laurel Wamsley • Jun 15, 2018 McDonald's says it will start using paper straws instead of plastic at all its locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland. And it plans to test sustainable alternatives to plastic straws in some restaurants in the U.S. and elsewhere around the globe later this year. New York's Attorney General Sues The Trump Foundation By Laurel Wamsley • Jun 14, 2018 Updated at 2:37 p.m. ET New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is suing the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its board of directors over what she calls "extensive and persistent violations of federal law," her office announced Thursday. The directors of the foundation named in the suit are President Trump and three of his children: Donald J. Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. World Cup 2018 Preview: What You Need To Know By Laurel Wamsley • Jun 14, 2018 The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week in Russia. Here's the nitty-gritty and a few stories to watch as 32 national soccer teams begin their pursuit of the copa mundial. When does it start? The tournament starts on Thursday, June 14, and runs through Sunday, July 15. Pages1 2 3 4 … next › last »


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Here is the big sister doing her job of helping her little brother:
And here is our little guy's reaction to one of his gifts: Once Judah had this guy in his hands, he was just tickled! I bought this monkey name Mandalay from this incredible shop on etsy: www.sewnnatural.etsy.com. Charlie also received the pink elephant named Petaluma for her birthday. I have been oh so pleased with their customer service and quality of their products and just wanted to share. My parents bought Judah the toy train set from www.mikebtoys.etsy.com that is also of very high quality and so cute! Take a look at both of these shops when you can--Christmas is not far off!


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I think I'm developing a phobia of driving on the Interstate. When I get on the entry ramp, I recall 7th grade health class and those horrifying films of car crashes. The purpose of the films was to show us how to do first aid at the scene of an accident.
Why would a 12-year-old need to tie on a tourniquet?
Fortunately, I am not completely overcome by this new would-be phobia. I know how to handle mild anxiety, thanks to Dr. Channing and her cognitive therapy.


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Republicans need to take a long view. They will need to keep up their attacks on Obamacare's shortcomings but they also need to come up with a viable replacement. Obamacare may be a bad piece of legislation but it does address some real concerns like pre-existing conditions. If the Republicans don't have an answer for that then they will lose the long war.
We've already seen how efforts to replace Obamacare will play out with Social Security and Medicare. Both programs will run out of money in the foreseeable future but efforts at moderate reform have been characterized by ads showing Republicans throwing seniors over a literal cliff. Attempts to repeal Obamacare will get a similar treatment, possibly showing a mean Republican taking a crutch from a child.
That is not the end of the fight but it does make it more difficult. The left insists that Republicans are afraid of Obamacare because they know it will work. This is incorrect. What Republicans fear is that it will work for enough people to form a constituency. Just ask gun control advocates about the power of a vocal constituency.
Since the Democrats control half of Congress and the White House, there is no way for the Republicans to roll back Obamacare.
The last chance to stop Obamacare came a bit under 10 months ago. In a close election where voter turn-out was the key to winning, far to many Republicans stayed home rather than vote for a moderate/right Mormon.
The only way to stop Obamacare would have been to take the Senate and the White House. There was a good chance at taking the Senate but the Republicans lost several races against vulnerable Democrats because the Tea Party wing insisted that ideology was more important than winning.
Ted Cruz is waging a personal battle against legislation that he urged the House to pass. This is generally considered to be a stunt. For that matter, so is the House bill which has a clause that would de-fund Obamacare. That clause will be taken out in the Senate and even if it wasn't, the President would rather see the government shut down than sign a law that would de-fund his signature accomplishment.The fight to stop Obamacare was lost some time ago and, ironically, its biggest opponents killed any chance of stopping it.
They also need to follow the advice of Ronald Reagan who refused to attack fellow Republicans on ideological grounds.


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Volume 17, Number 42 | March 11 - 17, 2005
By Ronda Kaysen
Downtown residents and business owners will be able to weigh in on the effects of long-term street closures in their neighborhood under legislation passed unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday.
The legislation, expected to be signed into law by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, will give the city as much as 18 months before it must respond to community concerns about areas such as Wall St. and Park Row, two streets closed in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, a far cry from the original 45-day response period proposed last spring.
Would I have wanted a shorter period? Of course I would have, City Councilmember Alan Gerson said in a telephone interview. But Its a new process, youre talking about changing the way that bureaucracies do business. Gerson introduced the legislation last June in large part because both Wall St. and Park Row lie in his district.
The legislation, dubbed Park Row in reference to the street of the same name that has been cordoned off by the N.Y.P.D. since Sept. 11, 2001, will take effect six months after the mayor signs the bill into law. After that time, the city will have another six months before it must file a report known as a Community Reassessment Impact and Amelioration (CRIA) within 30 days, which would be followed by a community hearing.
This will finally get the administration to deal with the street closures, Gerson said. Either re-open the streets or deal with the consequences.
The city can, however, request a six-month extension before it files a CRIA, if it needs additional time. Earlier this week, a mayoral spokesperson said Mayor Bloomberg would sign the bill after it passed the Council.
Once the law goes into effect, the city must file the report after six months of a street closure or request a six-month extension.
Park Row and Wall St. will not reopen as a result of the new law, Gerson added. The legislation is intended to give residents and local business owners a forum to express their frustrations and suggest possible solutions, which the city is required to consider.
You will see changes in the conditions in and around Park Row, Gerson said. You will see the development of a plan that encourages people to patronize the restaurants and shops in the area.
The legislation will formalize policies the city already practices, according to Kay Sarlin, a city Department of Transportation spokesperson. We do a lot of this now for construction projects, she said. But it puts it into law and its good government so were excited about it.
The new legislation regardless of the lengthy grace period is welcome news for Julie Menin, whose restaurant Vine on Broad St. closed three weeks ago, in large part because Wall St. remains closed to traffic.
Many small business owners in Chinatown say they have lost business as a result of the Park Row closure.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
That extradition case, the ick factor and the "culture war"I've pretty much tried to ignore the Roman Polanski extradition case. But it seems to be well on the way to becoming an international "culture war" issue. I hate these kinds of issues for two main reasons. One is that the "ick" factor of an fortysomething adult accused of having sex with a 13-year-old is high no matter what, whether it's in Hollywood or Afghanistan. The other is that probably no one but a legal specialist in this particular area of law actually has a good and reasonably objective opinion on what should actually be done or is customarily done in these kinds of cases.
But it's already become a symbolic issue, I'll state my own position, such as it is, up front. Really more of an understanding of the facts than a "position". It makes good sense to me that the Los Angeles District Attorney would seek extradition. The State of California has a real interest in seeing its judicial processes upheld. But it appears likely that no additional penalties will be because of some combination of the victim's wishes, the time since the crime, and serious concerns about improper conduct by the judge in the original case.
And, this being the real world, French and Polish concerns about their citizen Polanski's expedition shouldn't be dismissed out of hand out of anti-European sentiment or even genuine concern over the nature of the crime.
An apparently unintentional AP leak has suggested that the Switzerland is cooperating in the extradition request due to political efforts related to defusing conflicts over criminal misconduct by the Swiss bank UBS rather than to the merits of the case. And Americans need to remember that it's not 2000 any more. The US is a country that tortures people and refuses to prosecute known torturers. Even if there is no particular concern that Polanski would be tortured, it is a serious concern that casts a shadow over all extradition cases involving the US. (This report, French government drops support for director Roman Polanski as he faces extradition to the U.S. over child sex charge by Peter Allen Daily Telegraph 10/01/09, says that the French government is now taking the position that Polanski should be freed from Swiss jail while extradition is pending but that it is not opposing the extradition.)
The "culture war" aspect comes out in this piece by Doreen Carvajal and Michael Cieply, France Divided Over Polanski Case International Herald Tribune/New York Times 09/30/09. In fact, it was skimming the first few paragraphs of this article that made me think it might be worth knowing a bit more about the case, because it's become an issue because the French government has publicly defended Sarkozy's case against extradition to California.
Apparently in France as in the US, politicians not surprisingly think that the safer position is not to side with people in Polanski's current situation. I can't say the Carvajal/Cieply article was necessarily enlightening on the case. But they note in the third paragraph opposition to the conservative-led government's defense of Polanski from both the Greens and the "extreme right" party of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Given it's the New York Times, the writers and/or editors probably think that the xenophobia Le Pen party is their "this-side-says, the-other-side-says" style of reporting on what the Green leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit says. In the fifth paragraph, they at least get around to telling us that Polanski is a citizen of France and Poland, so the French government would have some reason to take some public position on the case.
Dany Cohn-Bendit was the most famous leader and symbol of the famous/(infamous) May-June 1968 uprising by students and workers in France. Carvajal and Cieply say he "criticized Sarkozy administration officials for leaping too quickly to Mr. Polanski's side despite the serious nature of his crime". It's probably a good thing that the Times article didn't go into it. And maybe not a good thing that I'm mentioning it. But Cohn-Bendit does have a special reason to look like his siding against Polanski in this situation.
Several years ago, the German journalist Bettina Röhl dug up an embarrassing quote from Cohn-Bendit. As I explained at some length in an earlier post, Bettina Röhl harshes on former "68er" activists with a zeal that outruns the case she tries to make against them. She has her own family demons to deal with: her mother was Ulrike Meinhof of the "Baader-Meinhof Gang", her father Klause Rainer Röhl is a former flaming leftwinger turned flaming rightwinger and both parents were secret members of the East-German-directed underground Communist Party in West Germany. But she's a good researcher. And she turned up an interview with Cohn-Bendit that he had given years ago when he worked as a teacher in school with young children which seemed to suggest that he had engaged in inappropriate play with young children in that capacity.
Cohn-Bendit denied ever having done such a thing. And he said the quote was a poor attempt at humor, and a very inappropriate one. But from what I've seen of the case, there was never any reason to question his version. There were no such complaints at the time and no collaboration of such a thing from parents or students. I would say it was questionable ethics on Röhl's part to publish that information without any substantial collaboration. But, according to what Digby calls the Cokie Roberts Rule, the information was "out there" - it had been published in a small-circulation but public magazine before - and therefore it was fair game to report.
Still, it's a reminder of how sloppy reporting can damage people unfairly. The one time I saw the late great Molly Ivins speak live, back in the mid-1990s as the current plunge of press quality into the bottomless abyss was still in its early years, she was talking about factors in how reporting had deteriorated and become more irresponsible. And one example she gave was that it had for a long time been the practice of most papers not to publish the name of someone who had been accused but not convicted of molesting children. Because even if the charge was totally false and the accused unquestionably exonerated, the stigma was such that it could damage the accused permanently.
So I decided I would see what I could find that had been factually reported on the Polanski case before I tried to wade through the "cultural war" accusations.
Dismissal denied in Polanski child-sex case by Harriet Ryan 02/18/09. This is an interesting piece because it is recent but still months before the high-profile controversy of the past couple of weeks. This was an piece about a legal effort by Polanski to have the original case thrown out:
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza told a packed courtroom that he found the core argument in Polanski's request for a dismissal of charges -- allegations of unethical and, in some instances, illegal conduct by a prosecutor and a judge three decades ago -- to be credible.Samantha Geimer, Polanski's victim, doesn't back prison time for the director Los Angeles Times Online by Shelby Grad 09/27/09
Judge the Movie, Not the Man by Samantha Geimer Los Angeles Times 02/2303. In this op-ed, the victim describes clearly what occurred as non-consensual sex, i.e., rape. She also says, "He should have received a sentence of time served 25 years ago, just as we all agreed."
Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unties in his defence The Guardian Online 09/28/09. This article refers to the victim as "the girl whom Polanski raped at the age of 13", but includes what appears to be an editorial note appended at the end saying, "Some commentators have simply used the term 'rape' in relation to Roman Polanski's 1977 conviction. The offence he pleaded guilty to is often described as 'statutory rape' but more precisely as 'unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor'." This article also discusses the AP leak connected the Swiss action to concerns over banking controversies.
Prosecuting Polanski Los Angeles Times editorial 09/29/09:
Finally, in a caricature of European cosmopolitanism, France's culture minister fumed that the harrying of such a cultural icon revealed the face of "a scary America."The one part of that quote with which I would disagree is the sneer at the French culture minister, an implicitly at the French Foreign Minister who made an even stronger statement about his concerns over the extradition, as "a caricature of European cosmopolitanism." And while it's true that the state prosecutes on its own behalf and not in the name of the victim - an important legal reality that some of the rhetoric around "victim's rights" over the years has tended to obscure - it's unlikely in practice that in the event the original charges were thrown out that the DA would attempt to reprosecute the case with a victim unwilling to proceed on a now decades-old charge.
So, we have a case in which the accused accepted a plea bargain and served the agreed sentence, where there is substantial reason to believe there was prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, in which the Los Angeles prosecutor had agree in 1997 to another deal in which the accused would have appeared in court and then gone free, and in which the victim actually agrees that the original charges should be dropped.
The "ick factor" notwithstanding, this doesn't seem like a very good case to make another totem in the "culture war". And while it may be a reminder that the criminal justice system in the US generally thirty years ago tended to treat perpetrators in such cases too leniently, it seems unlikely that this 32-year-old case is likely to produce a very satisfactory outcome for anyone if it's retried. And the prospects seem good that the the original charges will be dropped, for better or for worse.
A number of prominent Hollywood movie-industry figures have publicly come to Polanski's defense over the extradition. So far as I've seen from the news reports, they haven't made a terribly strong case. At the least, they would have presented a more sympathetic case if they had focused more narrowly on due process and official misconduct in the original trial.
At least some of those who are treating it as a straight-forward outrage that anyone would express reservations about official conduct of the case also seem to be more concerned about immunizing themselves from conservative culture-war attacks than sorting out the issues raised by the case. But so long as they are doing it, it's worth flagging that a number of liberals have take a hardline anti-Polanski position in the case:
Katha Pollitt, Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends The Nation Online 10/01/09: "The widespread support for Polanski shows the liberal cultural elite at its preening, fatuous worst. ... No wonder Middle America hates them." Seeing as how even TV news has morphed into infotainment, I'm not convinced that "Middle America" hates Hollywood stars and directors.
Glenn Greenwald gets into the act with Post editors should read their own columnists Salon 10/01/09. He seems to be genuinely disgusted at Polanski's defenders. But his main point is that the Washington Post's editorial position attacking Polanski's defenders is in pathetic contrast to its staunch opposition to prosecution of Bush officials for official crimes that include offenses regarded by the law as even more serious than the crime to which Polanski pleaded guilty.
Glenn criticizes three particularly fatuous defenses of Polanski:
The Outrageous Arrest of Roman Polanski by Anne Applebaum Washington Post Online 09/27/09. Applebaum is married to the Polish Foreign Minister, who in his official capacity has expressed concern about Polanski's extradition, a fact she didn't bother to disclose in this piece.
Let Polanski Go -- But First Let Me At Him by Richard Cohen Washington Post Online 09/28/09
Artist Rally Behind Polanski by Bernard-Henri Lévy Huffington Post 09/28/09. Whatever side of the "culture war" Levy is on, I'm pretty sure it's not the same as mine.
For other developments:
The Smoking Gun site has the transcript of the victim's grand jury testimony from 1977 (if you're thinking about reading it at work, remember that it involves descriptions that screening software could flag as pornographic).
Polanski's Lost Alibi by Marcia Clark The Daily Beast 09/30/09
Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child by Kate Harding 09/28/09.
In Roman Polanski case, is it Hollywood vs. Middle America? by John Horn and Tina Daunt Los Angeles Times 10/01/09
There are lots of polemics about this at the Huffington Post, including:
Why Arrest Roman Polanski Now? by Robert Harris New York Times 09/29/09
Why Robert Harris' NY Times Pro-Polanski Op-Ed Is an Offensive, Self-Serving Disgrace by Andy Ostroy 09/30/09
Wonder Why Middle America Doesn't Trust Hollywood Liberals? Three Words: Weinstein and Polanski by Keli Goff 09/30/09
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Lower East Side (PIX11) – The Lower East Side is about to get a dramatic face lift. A massive development is set to sprout where tenements once stood.
The location is Delancy Street near Essex where the city cleared nine lots of low rise tenement buildings back in 1967. Elizabeth Muscarelli lived in the neighborhood when she was a little girl and told PIX11, "There were buildings on the land and also a police station and they moved it. Now its all together different."
The plan back then was to build affordable housing on the plot which is now the largest available chunk of land in Manhattan below 96th Street. Officials wanted to revitalize the neighborhood. But the housing was never built and there has been a lot of tension over what would happen on the land, something they have been haggling over for almost 50 years.
Now after five years of negotiating, planning and compromising involving the community, the city and developers they have an agreement. Plans call for a $1.1 billion development featuring an urban farm and an Andy Warhol museum and 1.65 million square feet of commercial and residential space. The complex will include 1000 apartments and half of them will be permanent affordable housing.
The project will be built by Taconic Investment Partners, L and M Development Partners and BFC Partners. "I think it's good because people can use apartments as long as it's affordable for people who are middle class and not too expensive for them," Elizabeth told us, adding, "I'm very surprised they are building it up finally."
The plan is to break ground over the next 18 months and complete the project within seven years.


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Former Colts Football Player Sues Bank of America for $20M
Dwight Freeney, formerly with the Indianapolis Colts and currently an NFL free agent, is suing Bank of America (BAC) for securities fraud. He and his Roof Group LLC say they were bilked of over $20 million.
In his securities fraud case, Freeney contends that the bank's wealth management division is to blame for taking part, aiding, and abetting in the scam that cost him money. He noted that Bank of America went after him in 2010 to become one of its high net worth and affluent clients.
Aside from losing money, Freeney said that he was forced to close his restaurant venture. He wants compensation and punitive damages.
However, the bank disagrees with the claims, noting that the people accountable for fraud-an ex-bank adviser and a business associate-already were arrested for wiring $2.2M from the pro football player's account. A spokesperson noted that the ex-employee committed the fraud after she was no longer with Merrill Lynch and Freeney had retained her services personally.
Ex-Daughter-in-Law of Ex-Stifel Broker Gets $1.3M FINRA Arbitration Award
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Panel has awarded Tracy Noble Gilbert $1.3M in damages for the way that her former father-in-law, ex-Stifel Nicolaus & Co. (SF) broker Lanis Dale Noble handled her finances. Gilbert claims that while still with Stifel, Noble engaged in churning and breach of fiduciary duty related to the use of margin in her account, ManuLife and SunLife variable annuities, and a Friedman Billings Ramsey real estate investment trust (REIT). Stifel denied the allegations.
The three-person panel awarded Gilbert $1.29 million in compensatory damages and $250,000 in legal fees. However, it denied her request for punitive damages.
Tony Thompson, TNP Securities Barred by FINRA
Tony Thompson and his brokerage firm TNP Securities have been barred from the industry. FINRA said that Thompson and his broker-dealer misled investors about tenant-in-common deals. Because of this, contends the self-regulatory organization, every investor that bought Guaranteed Notes LLC notes after January 1, 2009 was misled and at the very least unjustly experienced loss of the principal on their investment.
Thompson raised some $50 million through private placement securities sales from 2008 into 2012. Thompson purportedly was responsible for marketing P Notes, 12% Notes, and PPP Notes. However, material misrepresentations and omissions were made to investors during the sales.
Thompson has said that the misrepresentations and omissions were because he depended in good faith on the advice and information that others gave him.
FINRA panel initially sought to have Thompson pay restitution. However, it didn't find sufficient basis that investor losses in the private placements were because of the misstatements and omissions that he made. He will, however, have to pay $6 million for administrative proceedings.
FINRA Bars and Fines Rep, Broker-Dealer $39.6M, ThinkAdvisor, April 2, 2015
Ex-Colt Dwight Freeney sues for $20 million in fraud case, IndyStar, March 31, 2015
Finra arbitration panel awards investor $1.3 million from ex-Stifel broker, Investment News, April 1, 2015
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Oppenheimer Must Pay $2.5 Million Fine, $1.25 Million in Restitution for Not Supervising Ex-Broker, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, March 29, 2015
Ex-F-Squared CEO Still Battling SEC, Firm Dealing With Fallout from Securities Fraud Charges, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, March 27, 2015


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Today on this fine Sunday I tried to do something fun, since I had the rare day off from work. I'd been looking forward to the Riverside To-Do at Fairmount Park and the promise of different interesting little workshops like baking, bicycle maintenance, composting, crafting, live music, etc. But when we got there, it ended up being a few sad tents and a dj along with a small scattering of people.
My friend/photographer really wanted to attend the bike workshop and I was all about the baking and crafting, but alas, we had to improvise and instead went swinging at the playground and then took a paddle boat for a spin around the lake in the middle of the park, which turned out to be fun aside from being super hot out on the lake! It seemed really tiny at first-- or I was expecting it to be, but it ended up being pretty big; and from the pictures, it seemed very Jurassic Park-ish. :) Also, there were some cute birds and friendly people out.
All in all, it turned out to be quite fun in the end!
I Know Where the Summer Goes - Belle & Sebastian
I also got to make use of my new favorite dress from Reformed. I love the sleeves, and the cutout in the back (you can kind of see the back in the second to last picture), and the pleated detailing on the skirt, and the neckline. Pretty much everything about it! It was really sunny and my eyes are very sensitive to the light, so that's why I've got my sunglasses on. They're just some cheapies from Forever 21. Anthropologie headband. Black shoes from Kimchi & Blue. (I also have the creme ones).


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Well to begin it was just a busy morning for me , going to gym and then bathing and then my favorite time frame of the day i.e. breakfast.
So I opened the fridge to find the cuboid plastic Tupperware
placed on the top floor in which the enticing dabelis were there. By the look of them they were waiting to be consumed and on the verdict i was also waiting to eat them up. So i took it and opened the box to feel the aroma which was very much alluring. I said to myself "enough of waiting" and took the first dabeli which was smaller in size due to a purpose so that i can eat the bigger one in the latter part, but i was unaware that it must had been cold all night and it was. So after a little frowning , i ran with the box to the nearest heating equipment also called as The Microwave, i put it inside and heated for 30 seconds and believe me those 30 seconds were more like a decade to me , watching the countdown and counting every second and that every frame was taking a breath out of me but since i waited all night i somehow managed to watch it drop down to zero, Quickly without thinking further i took it and saw the fumes coming out from the stuffing which was pleasant to watch.
And then i finally put it in my mouth , at first the bread was little stiff but after some little chewing it purely melted in my mouth with juicy stuffing aiding to the enlightening of my taste buds along with some ground nuts crushing under my teeth and giving an immense bliss to my morning breakfast. i chewed and chewed again until the first dabeli was finally deep down by epiglottis. There was another dabeli (bigger one) which was yet to be consumed and with not so much formal asking to my other fellows i ate it with stretching my mouth big enough to fit it in and another round of joy started,but this time there was a little pinch in my heart as i knew it was the last dabeli..the end of bliss was near, within few seconds the dabeli will by entirely consumed leaving the box hollow and only memories will be left.So with all my strength i reduced the pace and started eating bit by bit enjoying the spices which was hurting more than ever. So without my consent it got over , the box got empty and i was left only with an indignation. My tongue was burning with raciness but i wanted to have that feeling since i didn't wanted to eliminate my taste with rinsing water. So i just sat there recalling all my past minutes that was really good.


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Hello! I'm posting over on the Winnie & Walter blog today, but wanted to share my card here as well... I finally broke down and bought a Minc about a month ago, and it's so fun! If only I could figure out how to take photos that could capture just how pretty that shiny image really is! Lol :)
To create my card, I started with a piece of white paper and stamped the spiderweb image from Moonlight in Versafine Ink to create the background. I then photocopied the design onto a piece of white CS, then ran it through my Minc machine with silver foil. Next, I die cut three scallops using one of the border dies from the Goldie Trim Cutaways on black CS, then adhered them to the foiled CS layer.
I adhered the foiled layer to a piece of coral CS, then attached it to a light orange card base. I stamped one of the sentiments from Moonlight onto coral CS in black ink, trimmed one end into a banner shape then adhered it to the card front with pop dots. To finish up, I used the Big, Bold and Happy Cutaways on a piece of silver foil CS and adhered it to the card front before embellishing with light orange enamel dots.
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Bubbles, unpopular politicians, and fighting the Fed: A $9 billion hedge fund just gave an epic excuse for poor performance
Crispin Odey is having a tough year.
His UK-based hedge fund is down about 35% this year through August, according to an investor letter. The firm manages around $8.9 billion.
And Odey is blaming central bankers, and in particular low interest rates, for creating an unsustainable economy.
"It would certainly be simpler to follow the market," he wrote. "But then we would be ignoring the fundamental data."
His explanation for his fund's terrible performance, while quite macro-focused, is coherent and compelling. Here's what he had to say:
The world got too expensive.
"As individuals gained access to leverage in a world that was globalising, individuals became richer (thanks to asset price inflation) even if their incomes were constrained by growing international competition. However, by 2005 asset price inflation and the expansion of the balance sheet had created a world in which wage earners could no longer afford the asset prices. The reaction of the authorities since then has been to lower interest rates so as to support asset prices and intervene via QE where appropriate."
The response has been ineffective.
"Productivity in the west has now fallen to almost negative rates, investment has stalled and individuals have turned against globalisation. This is a long answer as to why Brexit was always likely to be popular in the UK. It also lies behind Trump's possible success later this year. Without productivity growth, capitalism becomes unpopular, globalisation becomes unpopular and politicians become unpopular."
Fighting the Fed is a losing bet.
"It is always dangerous to fight the Fed and that is what we have been doing this year. The world economic growth continues to disappoint despite the benefit of lower energy costs. Corporate earnings in most parts of the world have continued to fall and now the USA is experiencing falling earnings. My thinking this year was that stock markets would follow earnings. What we did not expect was that markets would re-rate massively into an earnings downturn. Moreover, it still seems to be a re-rating which is not supported by hopes that earning will soon recover but only by the monetising undertaken by central banks."...MORE


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So i've been living in Japan since September 2012 and god bless Japan for being so safe. Haven't experienced as many terrible things in a year as i did in Denmark and the things i experienced were totally different. In Denmark i had a lot of violence or robbery experience and in Japan its more on a perverted, oral or sexual harassment kinda level. Usually it would be creepy lonely men giving me dirty or creepy comments, taking pictures or asking me "how much?" and not effected by words and them accepting a no I'm fine with that. Those verbally situations i feel like i can control, but last week i experienced something that was totally out of my control.
To sum up what happened here recently, i was already super excited for this weekend. Friday was national holiday and i had planned out how much i was going to sleep, relax and celebrate. I just needed Thursday to be over... FAST! I had double work, first at the pre-school and after at the bar till 11pm and it was hell. I was tired, sleepy and for the first 2-3 hours no customers came so i was pretty much left to myself watching youtube and trying not to fall asleep. My shift was over and i was ready to go home. Stopping by the don quixote on the way because i was craving Jelly Belly's and happily eating them on the way i was truly in my happy moment. That was about to change.
As i turn into my road a guy who pass me does an u-turn after me. I try not to think anything weird of it since he could have been lost or something similar. I just had a weird stranger danger sense so i kept an discrete eye on him. Nothing happened though and i turned into my building and he turns into the building across stopping at the mailboxes at the side of the building. I look at the big Shinjuku tower clock i can see from my building, its midnight. I unlock my door and again get this stranger danger feeling that tells me to look behind me which i did.
I think nothing could ever prepare me for what i was about to see. The guy was standing on a stage like platform in front of the building across mine. He's pants were down and the reflexion of he's insanely pale thighs blinded me but not enough to see what was happening. One hand between he's legs. Eye contact.
My mind went blank, giving the guy probably the most disappointing reaction he's ever had by not having any facial reaction, turning my head and walk into my house locking the door after me. Standing in the entrance surrounded by shoes and the smell of stinky feet it takes me a few seconds to realise what i just saw and the panic kicks in. Not really because the guy was half naked masturbation in front of me but because this happened right outside my house. This freak knows where i live.
Looking out the little peephole in the door seeing the guy was gone, i run up the stairs to the kitchen attacking my roommate with the experience i just had. Making her look out the window while i make sure the door to the 2nd floor is locked. Still panicking i turn to my phone. Who do i contact? Should i call the police? I choose to contact my landlord and had a quite weird conversation about how normal it was for Japanese girls to experience it and that they would just laugh or yell at the guy about how small he's penis was. And i can't help thinking how can this be a pleasant fetish to have for the guy if thats how he is treated?
Starting to calm down i reassess the situation and experience i just had and with comforting words from my landlord i start to think clear. I wasn't touched, i wasn't robbed, i wasn't beaten. Only my brain feels harassed for having to carry that image around for a long time. Worse things could have happened and honestly i feel lucky that the guy only chose to show me he's peewee. Still super annoying that it was outside my house and I'm reminded by it every time i leave or enter my house. Asshole.
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About a year ago I saw some ads for the School of Style on CraigsList. I kept thinking about it and then finally decided to take the class in December. I really had no idea what I was in for. Celebrity stylist, Luke Storey not only teaches the class but offers true insider information about the world of styling. Styling is a vast and growing field so it's not always easy to get an inside view.
Even though I had done some styling gigs on my own, I still learned a lot of useful tips and it helped give me more confidence on a job. I highly recommend Luke's class if you're even a little bit curious about styling. Once you take the SOS class, you get special invites to exclusive fashion events, premieres, sample sales, and other networking events. This emailing list is exclusive to the class and is a cool perk. In addition, you get a notebook with all the information he covers in class. It's a great resource to have handy on a job.
Another great thing I got out of the class, was an opportunity to assist Luke Storey on an editorial featuring Kendra Wilkinson. That was such an amazing experience and the clothes were beautiful. Luke is a great mentor and I really gained valuable hands on experience. There is no class like it.
I have posted some pictures below from the shoot we did. Feel free to check out his website at http://www.theschoolofstyl


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8000 People, Daily Served in Imam Reza (AS) Banquet House
SHAFAQNA – During martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza (A.S.) and the final ten days of Safar month, Hazrat Reza (A.S.) banquet house hosts daily 8000 pilgrims and mourners from religious processions that attend in the Razavi Holy Shrine.
Director of Servants Affairs of Astan Quds Razavi said, "In the final days of Safar, more than 8000 mourners from religious processions attending in the Razavi Holy Shrine will be served daily by the Hazrat banquet house."
"Astan Quds Razavi also has established 12 suburban stations with a capacity of 20,000 people in order to welcome the on-foot pilgrims", Muhammad Tavakkoli reiterated.
Explaining the services offered in the stations, he added, "In these stations more than 20,000 people can be served by breakfast, lunch, and dinner and the same number of pilgrims will also have the facility of settlement and health cares by professional medical teams."
"Since Muharram 12 so far, 3000 people from religious processions have been served daily in the Hazrat banquet house of the Razavi Holy Shrine and this amount will increase to 8000 people by the final ten days of Safar", he pointed out.


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Friday, January 25, 2008
Won't be City CarShare (of S.F.)
I just spoke with Anita Daily at the not-for-profit City CarShare of the San Francisco area. She was friendly and helpful, including pointing out guides they've produced to starting your own car sharing program. The guides are in the last paragraph of http://www.citycarshare.org/aboutus.do. They are doing well and expanding with a model that emphasizes low rates over making a profit. They believe in a community approach to car sharing and will not be expanding beyond their region.
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How are you? Anything new and fun to share? I miss posting on a more regular basis – and it's my hope that the calendar comes together again in the fall – but I truly can't complain: summertime so far has been all sorts of wonderful. Before I head out on today's day trip, yet another college tour, I thought I'd whip up an edition of Picture Perfect in belated celebration of National Ice Cream Day. If you're new to the feature, not to worry: Picture Perfect is simply an opportunity to group objects around a particular photograph, as in today's ice cream and nautical related items. I think it pleases the arts and shopping lover in us all!
I'm drawn to sun-drenched images these days like a moth to a flame {blame the summer-loving mindset}. It's no wonder, then, that I felt a photo from Julia's recent trip to the pier was so fitting for July; with boats in the background and dripping ice cream in hand, the stylish fashion blogger, who showcases her wardrobe daily on Gal Meets Glam, shows a day trip done right. I don't share the same funds for shopping as Julia, but I nevertheless took delight in picking out objects, from a quirky coin purse to a classic floppy hat, to match the themes of the image. Do any of the objects catch your eye?
1 ◊ The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson from Amazon
2 ◊ High Summer Collection Ice cream from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
3 ◊ Expand Your Horizons Cruise Ship Coin Purse from Kate Spade
4 ◊ The Way, Way Back from Amazon
5 ◊ Factory Trim Pocket T-Shirt in Gentle Sea from J.Crew Factory
6 ◊ Aerie Floppy Knit Hat in Soft Muslin from American Eagle
7 ◊ Ice Cream Print from Old English Company
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Psst. Want more art-related posts to keep you busy? Here are a few picks: a recent edition of Eye on Art; another summery round of Picture Perfect; and an interview with shop owner and photographer Rachel Ball.