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RISING stars Ben and Florentyna Parker today became the first brother and sister ever to represent England at golf.
The Royal Birkdale members are part of an elite four-strong England team competing in the European Young Masters tournament in Augsburg, Germany, between today and Saturday.
Ben, who celebrated his 16th birthday while representing Lancashire Boys last week, made his debut against Scotland last autumn.
And it was his 9 and 7 victory in the top singles match that spearheaded England's 5-0 whitewash in their annual under16 clash with Italy at Rotherham earlier this month.
Younger sister Florentyna, 13, is one of the hottest young talents in the game and has already played in both the Portuguese and Irish Opens on the Ladies European Tour.
She won the girls section of the Faldo Junior Series - the competition inspired by Nick Faldo aimed at nurturing the next generation of champions - in Florida last autumn, becoming the youngest ever girls champion.
Though the family lives in Hamburg, where the youngsters' father Tim Parker is professional at the Gut Waldhof club, their UK base has always been Merseyside.
A former tournament player, Tim had a spell as professional at Bootle during the late 1980s, while mumGina is from Crosby.
The 54-hole European Young Masters was staged in Turin for many years and only moved to Germany in 2001. It features a competition for boys and girls with a Nations Cup covering both - three of the four cards each day to count.
Joe returns homein style
JOE BURKERT returned to his old stamping ground to win the Kirkby Open.
Despite recently joining Woolton, where he was runner-up in the club championship, Joe remains a Kirkby member and put his local knowledge to good use by posting a winning round of 70 to take the gross prize.
The nett competition went to Bobby Rothwell, captain at Southport's Park club.
He fired 78-14 64 to pip no less than six players by a shot and claim the captains'/secretaries' prize, the sweep and a share of the 2s sweep in the process. Not content with that, Bobby also won a bottle of spirits in the juniors draw.
In the July Medal, 10-handicapper Stephen Jones hit a hole-in-one at the par 3 sixth.


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Use Conair Power of Pink Ionic Styler to dry hair with its three heat and speed settings. The ionic technology keeps straight and wavy styles frizz-free. Conair will donate $100,000 of the proceeds from their pink products to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.To buy: $26, conair.com.
With tourmaline plates and no-slip grips for easy handling, the Hana Professional Pink Flat Iron can be adjusted to heat up to 450 degrees to smooth and straighten hair. Hana is donating $25 from each purchase to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.To buy: $125, hanasalon.com.
Keep hands looking polished with the OPI Pink of Hearts 2009, a limited edition nail lacquer. This delicate, pale pink shade complements all skin tones. OPI is donating $25,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. To buy: $8.50, aveyou.com.
Smooth sulfate- and paraben-free LaLicious Sugar Kiss Body Butter onto skin daily to keep it hydrated with glycerin plus safflower and apricot seed oils. Fifteen percent of every online purchase goes to The Breast Cancer Research Fund.To buy: $25, lalicious.com.
Slip on toeless Earth Therapeutics Aloe Pedicure Socks before you polish. They're infused with aloe to hydrate heels and soles while allowing your toenails to dry. A portion of the proceeds goes to The National Breast Cancer Foundation.To buy: $8, earththerapeutics.com.
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This powerful and easy-to-use kitchen tool, featuring a multi-speed digital control, will add a bit of cheer to your kitchen. As part of its Cook for the Cure program, KitchenAid will donate a minimum of $450,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure during 2012.To buy: $80, shopkitchenaid.com.
This colorful handmade ceramic berry bowl is perfect for filling with delicious, antioxidant-rich fruit. Robert Siegel Handmade will donate 20 percent of each sale to The Pink Agenda.To buy: $75, rshandmade.com.
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This clamp-less curling iron not only quickly produces uniformed curls, but its ceramic plates help reduce frizz and minimize hair damage. In honor of breast cancer awareness, Conair pledges to donate $100,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.To buy: $45, conair-store.com.
Show your support by coating your smile with this bright, long-lasting lip color, which comes tucked into a stylish pink clutch. Estée Lauder will donate 20 percent of the retail price to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.To buy: $24, esteelauder.com.

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Del Monte reports increase in pet product sales for 2011
Company attributes increase to strong sales in dry petfoods, pet snacks
US petfood manufacturer Del Monte reported net sales of US$940.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, a decrease of 5.3% compared with US$958.9 million during the same time in 2010.
Despite this drop, net sales of pet products were up 2.6% from 2010 levels to US$433.2 million, according to the company. The company attributed the increase primarily to strong unit volume growth in dry petfood and pet snacks as well as new product volume growth. Del Monte also reported that pet product operating income rose 9.3%, from US$84.8 million in the second quarter fiscal 2010 to US$92.7 million in the second quarter fiscal 2011.


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Momma's Gone City - April 4, 2011
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Jessica Shyba of Momma's Gone City wrote some very nice things about Lizzie, Izzie + James. Here are a couple of excerpts from "Winter Whimsy", April 4 2011:
"... Inside was the cutest shipment of lizzie, izzie + james felt crowns and hair accessories. Our afternoon was officially salvaged. Off we went to the grocery stores as a pirate prince and princess."
"... These beautiful crowns helped distract us from our routine and spruced up our imaginations a little. I imagine they will accompany us to preschool, to the pediatrician, to the post office, and to the green market as well."
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Using Computer Games to Help with Pediatric Incontinence
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Madison, Wisconsin - Pediatric incontinence, or daytime wetting, affects more than 10 million children nationwide. Traditionally, it has been evaluated with invasive tests and treated with a combination of medication and surgery.
Thanks to an innovative non-invasive evaluation and treatment program at UW Health's American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, incontinence and related issues, including recurring urinary tract infections, are successfully treated through a program comprised of education and biofeedback using computer games.
According to Patrick McKenna, MD, chief of pediatric urology at American Family Children's Hospital, the program is designed to treat children who are unable to be toilet trained or who have been previously trained and then start having accidents.
He explains, "Many children come to the program at age four, when parents realize they are not able to successfully potty-train. But we also have adolescents who have been seeking help for years who find success with our therapy."
The therapy is a breakthrough in treating pediatric incontinence. It uses computer games originally developed by NASA to help astronauts practice muscle strengthening while experiencing weightlessness. The games use biofeedback to teach children how to correctly flex and relax the pelvic muscles that control the bladder.
The treatment is noninvasive and very private. Children are fully dressed and hooked up the computer game using small EKG-like pads. The children then must correctly use their abdominal and pelvic muscles to master the game, in this case, a golf game.
"Doing this correctly or incorrectly," says McKenna, "is the difference between a drive or a slice."
The game provides biofeedback to help children understand how to use their muscles to further master the game.
McKenna says, "It can be very difficult to teach children what muscles to contract and relax. That is why the games are such an important part of the program."
Equally important is the education component. Using a four-point "elimination education" program, nurse practitioners focus on diet – eating enough fiber and drinking enough water – and hygiene, which includes proper wiping and no bubble baths.
McKenna says, "This education is crucial to the program's success and would not be possible without the dedication of our nursing staff. In fact, this component alone is so powerful that it can cure about 20 percent of our patients."
The treatment has been very successful in helping children achieve dryness.
"And once daytime dryness is achieved," explains McKenna, "it usually helps any nighttime wetting issues as well."
In helping patients achieve dryness and learn proper voiding habits, the program has the added benefit of decreasing recurring urinary tract infections by 95 percent and has decreased pediatric surgeries for vesicoureteral reflux from 120 annually to close to zero. The program's success is a direct result of the dedication and commitment of staff, as well as that of the children and their families.
McKenna notes, "Often people look to medication or surgery as a quick fix to solve their problem. This program requires the commitment of time for the education sessions and treatment - and the results are well worth the effort."
McKenna reflects on a patient who had been dealing with incontinence for 11 years. "As children grow, there are social ramifications, including embarrassment and the inability to spend extended time with friends. This child, after 11 years of seeking treatment, went through three sessions with us and achieved dryness."
This story, like many others, is why the program continues to grow. It is offered at UW Health's American Family Children's Hospital and now at the UW Health East Clinic.
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By Eileen Reslen
She wore a blue wig and she liked it. Katy Perry sported a new do at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, and it turns out it was somewhat inspired by the upcoming live-action/animated flick she's in, "The Smurfs."
"My mom wouldn't let me [watch the show when I was younger]," Katy recalled to MTV News' Josh Horowitz on the red carpet. "She thought that Smurfette was a little bit slutty being the only female in the village. Now I showed her! I called her up and was like, 'Guess what, mom? I'm Smurfette!'"
Well, with a sparkly dress, yellow fingernails and a dash of confidence, Katy can obviously pull off what it takes to be the only girl who hangs around with a group of boy smurfs in the update of the cartoon.
And while her mom may think Katy's character, Smurfette, is the town floozy, another performer on the 2010 Movie Awards stage may have made momma Perry blush even more.
Christina Aguilera performed a medley of songs from her new album Bionic with glowing LED heart on her woman-parts and all.
Meanwhile, despite rumors of some birthday suit action going on, Katy left the sexiness to Xtina by staying playful during her performance of "California Gurls" in a glittery pink top and cute, you guessed it, BLUE Daisy Duke shorts.
But, let's get back to the hair — no, she didn't leave it behind for the performance! Perhaps she's setting a new trend into motion? A blue do may just be the new iconic hair color for Cali girls. Sorry, blondes!
What did you think of Katy Perry's blue wig? Which of her Movie Awards looks was your favorite?


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Lane Tree Ladies Golf news
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Published in Sports on June 18, 2013 1:47 PM
Mary Ann Sutton secured game-of-the-week honors on the Lane Tree Golf Club links.
Cathy Garris won low gross, while Teresa Shearin secured low putts.
Other Local Sports
- Walnut Creek LGA news
- ECBL: Greene Central defeats Rosewood
- Kinston Post 43 sweeps doubleheader from Wayne County Post 11
- Wayne County Post 11-Kinston boxes
- Mooring, Greene Central blank Warriors
- ECBL: Greene Central-E. Wayne box
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- Wayne County Junior Amateur: Sutton claims boys' 18U individual crown
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It has been three weeks since Cardinal Sarah made his appeal for ad orientem worship. In that time three bishops (that I know of) in the English speaking world have sent letters to the priests of their dioceses stating that it is their expectation that they celebrate the Ordinary Form of Mass versus populum, facing the people. The letters are from Bishop Amos of the Diocese of Davenport, Bishop Taylor of the Diocese of Little Rock, and Archbishop Vincent Card. Nichols of the Archdiocese of Westminster. The letters can be read respectively here, here, and here. In each instance GIRM 299 was used as the justification for the bishops' insistence to their clergy.
The use of GIRM 299 is extremely problematic, but there is no reason to go into detail here concerning why that is. It has been explained by others much more qualified than myself on many occasions that the current English translation of n. 299 is faulty. The first that I know of is Fr. John Hunwicke back in 2001 prior to his entering into the fullness of the Church. His concise explanation can be read HERE. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has also written about it many times: most recently HERE. Both of them and others I have read have provided a translation that better reflects the Latin. While I have come across two who challenge their translation of n. 299 and while the Italian agrees with the current English, Fr. Hunwicke's and Fr. Zuhlsdorf's translation are consistent with the French, German, Polish, and Portuguese translations of the GIRM. Long story short, however, no matter how you translate it, the CDW has clarified on multiple occasions that n. 299 does not exclude ad orientem worship and that no bishop may suppress ad orientem celebration of the Ordinary Form. Both ad orientem and versus populum are proper to the Ordinary Form of the Roman rite, and priests do not need permission from their Ordinary for the use of either orientation. In this post, however, I would like to focus on a very serious problem that has been manifesting itself among some in the presbyterate and episcopacy: intolerance and the imposition of, in Card. Nichols's words, their "personal preference or taste" on the laity (a horrible action of clericalism, I might add).
In his letter to priests, Cardinal Nichols said, "I emphasize that the celebration of the Church's Liturgy is not a place in which priests are to exercise personal preference or taste." It is sad the His Eminence has reduced Card. Sarah's appeal to mere preference and taste. It is firmly rooted in the perennial tradition of the Church. It is founded in a rich and deep theology and spirituality. I have heard from multiple priests that celebrating Mass ad orientem strengthened their vocation and spiritual life. These are men who had been and also still do celebrate Mass versus populum. I have read testimonies from priests about how celebrating Mass ad orientem was an essential part of the renewal of the parish. I have heard people relate how a parish was strengthened when its pastor began celebrating some or all Masses ad orientem. None of that is a matter of mere preference or taste, especially when such good spiritual fruits have come forth from it. Rather, that is heart speaking to heart. It is an event in which they encountered the Lord in a way they hadn't before.
Speaking for myself, I prefer (and, yes, it is quite appropriate to say that) ad orientem. But that preference is not merely subjective and individualistic, and it is most certainly not first and foremost academic. It comes from an experience. I had learned of ad orientem worship and the theology connected to it years before I experienced it, and during that time, while there was occasionally a curiosity, I had never felt compelled to seek it out and I was perfectly content going to Mass celebrated versus populum. In fact, I then preferred Mass facing the people and defended it. But I will never forget the first time I attended Liturgy celebrated ad orientem. I had never before felt so connected to the other people in the congregation, I had never felt so unified in action, and I had never experienced dialogue between priest and people so acutely. While the celebration being ad orientem was not the only factor that brought this sense of unity and connectedness about, it was a crucial factor. It is a rarity that Mass is celebrated ad orientem, but when I am able to attend Mass celebrated this way I find that my attention is much more focused on the action at the altar. I look at the altar. This is exactly the desire expressed in GIRM 299 when it states, "The altar should, moreover, be so placed as to be truly the center toward which the attention of the whole congregation of the faithful naturally turns." Unconsciously, my attention was turned toward the altar during the celebration of Mass ad orientem. However, almost every Mass I go to is celebrated versus populum, and I have noticed that, at first unconsciously and now quite consciously, my attention is almost always averted from the altar. The reason is very simple: the priest's face distracts me. If I look at the altar I almost always end up focusing on the priest rather than the Eucharistic sacrifice. Consequently I spend the vast majority of Mass either head bowed with my eyes closed or looking above the priest to the crucifix. Either way, Mass celebrated versus populum has become a very private affair for me, while Mass celebrated ad orientem is a very communal affair for me. None of that happened consciously. How we use our bodies affects our spiritual, devotional, and liturgical lives; this is just the natural consequence of the different orientations of our bodies at Mass, and only after the fact did I become aware of it. As an aside, I think it is worth mentioning and pondering that often when I ask people why they prefer versus populum they respond that seeing the priest's face makes them feel more connected to him. Funny. We should be focused on and connected with our Eucharistic Lord and to God the Father to whom the sacrifice is offered, yet the primary concern expressed so many times is that of feeling connected to the priest.
Perhaps some are not comfortable speaking of preference and taste. Instead we can properly speak of sensibility. My experience given above is expressive of my sensibility and there are many others (even if proportionally small) who share my sensibility. In this manner we may speak not just of the sensibility of individuals, but of communities or groups within communities. This relates directly to GIRM 299 and it is on this point that I find the actions of these bishops especially egregious. The relevant part of n. 299 reads in the current English translation:
The altar should be built apart from the wall, in such a way that it is possible to walk around it easily and that Mass can be celebrated at it facing the people, which is desirable wherever possible [(or "where it is possible") emphasis mine].
In Latin:
Altare maius exstruatur a pariete seiunctum, ut facile circumiri et in eo celebratio versus populum peragi possit, quod expedit ubicumque possibile sit [emphasis mine].
Concerning this instruction and the question of celebrating the Ordinary Form ad orientem, the CDW issued a clarification on September 25, 2000. In particular I would like to draw attention to what the clarification says concerning ubicumque possibile sit [where it is possible]. Cardinal Estevez, then Prefect of the CDW, said:
The clause ubi possibile sit [where it is possible] refers to different elements, as, for example, the topography of the place, the availability of space, the artistic value of the existing altar, the sensibility of the people participating in the celebrations in a particular church, etc [emphasis mine].
It has been explicitly stated by the CDW that "wherever possible" does not only refer to physical conditions such as space and topography, but also to "the sensibility of the people." Thanks to Cardinal Ratzinger's The Spirit of the Liturgy there are a good many people who have been introduced to and are open to ad orientem. I am one of those people. I was born in 1979. In fact, most of the people today who would like to see ad orientem celebration of the Ordinary Form are people born after Vatican II, people who grew up with the Missal of Paul VI and versus populum worship. Most priests who would like to celebrate ad orientem are younger and it holds far more interest for seminarians today than it did for seminarians in decades past. There is a movement in the Church, a movement energized by the laity, for a more solemn and reverent celebration of Holy Mass and this includes celebration ad orientem. Proportionally it is a small group, but they are not at all difficult to find. There are enough people with this sensibility to constitute a movement in the Church. I hope that bishops and priests will give due attention with a pastor's solicitude to these people in their dioceses and parishes. Unfortunately, some have simply opted to steamroll them.


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To Date Zipmark Has Processed Over 1 Million Transactions for More Than 150 Clients
To Date Zipmark Has Processed Over 1 Million Transactions for More Than 150 Clients
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Oct 27, 2015) - Zipmark®, the online payment solution that enables businesses to easily make or accept secure digital check payments, announced today the launch of Zipmark Embed, a new integrated API and frictionless payment solution that lets consumers pay for digital goods and services without ever having to leave a merchant's website. Additionally, Zipmark customers will now benefit from extended hours to process their payment transactions, meaning they will have until 9PM EST to submit payments rather than the traditional banking standard of a 5PM cut-off.
Zipmark Embed allows businesses to easily take ownership of the payment process with their customers. Instead of starting from scratch when they build a payouts UI, Zipmark's embedded payment workflows can be implemented with a single code snippet. The solution is white-labeled so businesses maintain visibility and brand integrity throughout the payment process while their customers benefit from a seamless, fast, and secure payment experience.
Zipmark's later cut-off time of 9pm significantly extends the window for next day transaction requests. Traditionally banks have required payments to be submitted by 5pm to be processed on that day. Payments submitted too late for next-day processing can actually take two business days, which can easily translate to four calendar days or longer during weekends and holidays. Long delays negatively affect businesses, their customers, and increasingly payees of online platforms such as crowdfunders and on-demand service companies. Zipmark is able to route payment requests through its bank network to clear payments even later in the day and make the funds available to its customers the following business morning.
"We are excited to roll out these new features that offer better services to our clients and create for them a competitive advantage they can pass along to their customers and vendors," said Jay Bhattacharya, CEO and co-founder of Zipmark. "Zipmark was founded to address common pain points of the traditional payment process. We make a point to listen to our clients' feedback in order to continue to improve our product. Embed and an extended 9pm cut-off time are direct responses to the evolving needs and increased flexibility that businesses require."
Already more than 150 companies have processed more than 1MM transactions using Zipmark. The digital payments platform is changing the way marketplace companies manage their operations and disburse payments to their customers and merchants. Many businesses opt for traditional paper checks as a result of exorbitant transaction fees associated with other types of payment options such as card processing and ACH. Through Zipmark's API, businesses easily integrate and implement a fast and secure payment experience for their customers, enabling them to send and receive funds faster than traditional bank-offered ACH.
Zipmark's core offerings include Zipmark Collect and Zipmark Deposit. Zipmark Deposit provides businesses of any size with the infrastructure to make seamless, secure bank deposits to customers, vendors, or partners eliminating clerical duties and excess time while also minimizing cost per transaction. Zipmark Collect allows businesses to accept secure payments with limited risk of bad transactions or delays. Embed is a feature of Collect that will put the merchant on the foreground of a purchase, while Zipmark operates on the back end to process the transaction quickly.
Recent companies to onboard Zipmark as their official payments platform are Zeel, a platform for booking five-star, vetted, licensed massage therapists on-demand and on-location; Winestyr, a marketplace for small-production craft wines; Crowdtap, the People-Powered Marketing Platform; and CardCash, the nation's largest secondary gift card marketplace.
Zipmark recently acquired WorkingPoint, positioning the company as an all-in-one payment platform that streamlines the entire financial process for small- and mid-size businesses.
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Ar-Pharazon the Golden
Depth: 2750ft Rarity: 1 Speed: +20 Hitpoints: 40d100 AC: 45 Exp: 32500
Last and proudest king of ancient Numenor. Corrupted by power and avarice, he fell victim to Sauron's wiles, tried to fight the Valar themselves, and condemned Numenor to oblivion. This evil creature is normally found at a depth of 2750ft and moves very quickly. He is magical, casting spells intelligently which heal-self, teleport away, summon monsters or summon similar monsters; 1 time in 6. He can pick up objects, open doors, bash down doors and push past weaker monsters. He is immune to fire, lightning and poison. He prefers to ignore intruders, which he may notice from 300 feet. He may carry up to 8 exceptional objects. He can hit to attack with damage 8d8, hit to attack with damage 8d8, hit to attack with damage 8d8 and hit to attack with damage 8d8.
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Pokémon Moon and Sun leak – are they the new 3DS sequels?
It looks like tomorrow's Nintendo Direct may have had its secrets spoiled, with evidence of what looks like Pokémon 7.
It's the 20th anniversary of Pokémon on Saturday (we'll have some special features going up tomorrow to celebrate), and it just so happens there's a Pokémon-themed Nintendo Direct scheduled for 3pm tomorrow.
Although Nintendo hasn't said what it's for, it's only due to be five minutes long. That led many fans to speculate it's probably for Pokémon Z – a director's cut of X and Y, of the sort that's often released a couple of years after a new game.
But a trademark filing discovered by the wonderfully named NerdLeaks suggests the announcement could be for a brand new sequel: Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.
Although the trademarks and logos seem to be legit there's no guarantee that's what's going to be revealed tomorrow, but obviously it's pretty suspicious timing.
The new games sound very much like they'd be the seventh generation of games in the mainline series, which always have two versions with a slightly different array of pokémon in each – in order to encourage trading.
A leak earlier in the week suggested that a Pokémon 20th anniversary game would be released on 3DS this Christmas, but whether this is confirmation of that is unclear.
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Attorneys representing battling factions of the Brennan's restaurant family presented arguments in federal court Monday in a case to decide who will control the landmark Royal Street eatery. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan began hearing testimony in a lawsuit filed by Ted Brennan and his daughter, Bridget Brennan Tyrrell, against Ted's brother, Owen "Pip" Brennan and Pip's sons, Blake and Clark.
At issue is whether Pip has the right to vote as a stockholder in the restaurant and have a say in its management.
Ted and Bridget have operated the French Quarter eatery alone since December 2010, when Pip sold his shares back to the business in a settlement.
Pip contends, however, that he still has control over his stock because the restaurant has not paid him according to the settlement agreement.
Pip and Ted, along with a third brother, Jimmy, who died in July 2010, are sons of the restaurant's founder, Owen Edward Brennan. The brothers ran Brennan's for years.
The recent power struggle came to a head on the first Friday of New Orleans Jazz Fest, when Pip called a stockholder's meeting and attempted to oust Ted and Bridget from leadership positions.
After the meeting, Pip and his sons entered Brennan's through a side kitchen door, a confrontation broke out, and police were called to the scene. With attorneys and police present, the brothers and their families agreed to co-manage the restaurant until Morgan rules on the case.
Attorneys will give closing arguments on Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m.
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2012 has not been kind to Higher One Holdings (NYSE:ONE), the 800-pound gorilla in the financial aid disbursement outsourcing industry (my earlier post outlines the bull case for the company). Since USPIRG published its scathing report on the debit card schemes on college campuses in late May that includes a two-page special highlight on Higher One, the stock has dropped around 25% (the story was also picked up by New York Times).
In particular, the report levies the following charges on Higher One and its banking competitors:
· High fees
· Lack of transparency as a result of limited disclosure, student education, and/or misleading marketing
· Privacy concerns
Recommendations to policymakers:
1. Eliminate fees for financial aid disbursement cards.
2. Increase transparency and tracking.
3. Enforce the laws and the rules "to make sure firms comply with the laws and that students receive every protection afforded to them under the higher education and financial services laws" (USPIRG, p. 30).
So what should we make of the negative publicity? Has the company come to the end of its life, or is it a PR storm which the company will survive unscathed?
Let's take a look at the charges and recommendations. I totally agree with the report that lack of transparency and privacy protection should not be tolerated. No one likes to be gouged, and no one should be. Firms may fear that improving transparency and privacy protection may intensify price competition and increase cost, but they will also improve the value proposition of the financial aid disbursement services that Higher One and the likes are providing.
The principle of the market system is to reward the best value proposition. So I'm all for it, and I don't believe that will change the competitive position of Higher One. Remember Higher One offers full service and enjoys significant scale advantage (it's more than twice the size of its nearest competitor in term of enrollment at client schools; see USPIRG report, p. 6). Management appeared quite comfortable with future regulations and willing to work with regulators on resolving these issues (see recent webcast and presentation).
So the real issue is the fees. The report explains that students are charged a plethora of fees, including overdraft fees, foreign ATM fees, debit interchange fees, wire transfer fees, dormant account fees and account closing fees, among others. The report indicates that OneAccount holders at Higher One campuses pay, on average, $49 per year for their OneAccount and seems to attribute Higher One's explosive growth to its excessive fees.
Are the fees excessive? In a word, NO. The report mistakenly compared Higher One cards to a completely free alternative, which doesn't actually exist. If you compare Higher One's fees with those of student checking accounts at other banks, they are about average. For example, you can check the fees at TD Bank, SunTrust, Wells Fargo, or the median fees from a Pew report (pp. 38-39).
We can also compare the average account revenue (including service charges and interchange fees) at Higher One to that of other banks. Wells Fargo (WFC), for example, collects on average $113 per account in 2011 (according to 2011 annual report, p. 37, Table 7), with 54% from service charges and 46% from card fees. In contrast, account fees at Higher One averaged about $80, 27% less than Wells Fargo. Granted that Wells Fargo accounts probably have higher balance and more transactions than student accounts, Higher One's fees do not seem excessive, as the report suggests.
Table 1: Fee comparison with Wells Fargo
|Wells Fargo
|Higher One (2010-2011 average accounts)*
|Higher One (2011-year end accounts)**
|Services Fees ($mil.)
|Card Fees ($mil.)
|Total Fees ($mil.)
|Accounts (mil.)
*Accounts = OneAccounts at 2011 year-end.
In addition, some figures in the USPIRG report raise questions about its factual accuracy. For instance, the report indicates that the 18-to-25-year-olds are most likely to overdraft their accounts and be charged non-sufficient fund (NSF) fees (USPIRG, p. 32, Table 5). Using their numbers, I conclude that an average person will incur 3.70 NSF fees, which totals to $100 (with the average NSF fee at $27 per USPIRG report, p. 32), well above the total revenue for Higher One when the Higher One management states that the bulk of their account revenue come from interchange fees (webcast from William Blair Growth Stock Conference, June 12, 2012).
In addition, the 3.70 NSF incidence is actually lower than the 4.2 per capita figure for 2008 across a broader population, according to a Bretton Woods report (p. 10). It's not clear why the numbers are different, which is more accurate, and the actual NSF incidence among Higher One customers. We know for sure that the actual incidence has to be well below 3.7.
As another example, the report cites other research that the "annual median cost of maintaining each of the 2 million OneAccounts was $49 per student" (U.S. PIRG report, p. 18), when in fact each OneAccount holder pays on average between $70 and $80 a year for the services (depending on how you calculate the number of OneAccounts; see table above) and those students who don't have an active OneAccount do not pay for it.
So is this the end of the story for Higher One, or a temporary storm from which it will survive?
I believe that Higher One's business model is not broken and that the shares are unfairly beaten down by all this negative publicity and the fear of regulatory choking in the future. I believe that fear is unfounded. At current price of $10.57, the shares are very cheap, trading at 13.2x lower guidance of 2012 adjusted EPS, and offers attractive future returns even if we assume that account revenue drops by $10 (approximately 12 to 14%) per OneAccount. If you believe in the Higher One story, it seems a good buy.
Table 2: Return expectations
|a) Baseline
|EBITDA per share
|EBITDA Multiple
|b) Annual 40bps Increase in EBITDA Margin
|c) 2% Annual Price Increase
|d) Margin Expansion + Price Increase
Note: Percentages are CAGR based on current price of $10.57.
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After 15 minutes both dogs (Chihuahua and Italian Greyhound) were coughing and gagging. Their eyes were watering. They obviously looked very uncomfortable. We called the 1-800 number on the package and were told "don't worry, just give them some chicken soup because it got into their throats and that's why they are coughing – they don't have a respiratory problem". I didn't know that Hartz could give veterinarian medical advice over the phone….
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Lotus: Strength of Weak Ties
Entering 2007 with high spirits and an upcoming tour, Lotus will be trekking through the South and ultimately heading back up to the Northeast. Still riding the release of their well-received second studio album, Strength of Weak Ties, the group, which features Steve Clemens, Jesse Miller, Luke Miller, Chuck Morris and Mike Rempel, remains at the top of the livetronica scene's current class. After a rugged four day journey through three time zones during Lotus's 2006 New Year's run, bassist Jesse Miller sat down with Jambands.com. There's no doubt that enduring a Colorado blizzard and van crash on the way to a New Year's Eve performance, missing equipment, and sleep deprivation ultimately takes its toll. However, bassist Miller managed to reflect on 2006, the origins of Lotus, songcraft, and brotherly love (and we're not talking about Philadelphia).
JH- Lotus just came off an extensive tour hitting a lot of the West Coast in October and culminating with a night at SCI's Sea of Dreams and your own New Year's show across the country in PA. You played a ballsy four night, three time zone run to ring in the New Year. Can you talk about that experience?
LM- This was crazy. We went in early to set up and it had just started snowing but the worst of it hadn't hit [editor's note: on the 28th and 29th the band was in Denver before traveling to SF for the 30th and back east for the 31st] . We got there and by the time it was show time it had snowed at least a foot and a half and this was on top of the foot and half to two feet of snow that had hit the previous week. They shut down everything and nothing was open. We were like, "Who the hell is gonna come out?" Well I guess it turns out they're either hardcore enough or stupid enough. I would say 80% or 90% of the bar was underage. It was all college kids. Over 200 people the first night and well over 300 people the second night. It was mostly people from Denver, and people from Ft. Collins or Boulder couldn't make it out. Our guitarist got caught in the blizzard. What would normally be an hour and half drive took seven hours to get there. We didn't really get to soundcheck . But people spent a lot of energy to get there and everyone was ready to kick ass.
JH- How was it to play San Fran for Sea of Dreams? How would you relate it to other festivals?
LM- Definitely a West Coast vibeOne of the only West Coast festivals we play is High Sierra and it's fairly small. But it [Sea of Dreams] was great. It was a big crowd on the West Coast. We came on stage and we were the very first act to play. There was maybe 15 or 20 people standing beside the stage and about two minutes in we had over 2,000 people there who had never heard Lotus before.
JH- How did New Year's in Pittsburgh go?
LM- Well, part of the difficulty was we had to leave from all the shows and go right to the airport for two nights. So we weren't operating on much sleep. Unfortunately moving from the west coast to the east coast you lose three hours in time zone changes. So we didn't actually end up getting to Pittsburgh until about an hour and half before the doors opened. We didn't have any of our backline gear (laughs). It was kind of a little difficult, a little stressful.
JH- How did Lotus first come together?
LM- We got started somewhere in the summer of 1999 when Luke, Mike and Steve were playing together in school. They started the band there. Then they came out to Colorado for the summer and I started playing with them then. Then I transferred to the same school the following year and that's when we really started gigging and playing small shows around Indiana and Michigan.
JH- When was percussionist Chuck Morris added to the band?
LM- Chuck was added in 2001. We had played with a couple percussionists prior to that. He had played with a couple local bands, actually, on the drum kit. He sat in with us and we always felt like percussion really rounded out our sound. And that's when we started to move more to the direction that we do now. Before that time we were a pretty traditional jamband. We had vocals and we were doing a lot of other stuff in the vain of Phish. 2001 is when we went all instrumental and started to take more influence from the electronic producers and that kind of setup. We started working with a lot of the things that we do now.
JH- I know that if I was on the road with my brother all year long one of us would be dead right now. Would you say that bond enhances your chemistry? Does the brotherly conflict ever emerge?
LM- In addition to that we were taking out one of our younger brothers for some of the dates doing sound for us! I think we benefit from both sides. One thing is we feel really comfortable telling each other, "What the hell are you thinking?" We don't think twice about telling each other about anything. At the same time we can also take it. It's like when you spend that much time with anybody it gets to be a little hard. But we haven't killed each other yet.
JH- When did you first start playing bass? Who and what are you thinking about when you construct your bass lines?
LM- I first started playing in high school. Me and Luke actually started a ska band (laughs). We needed a bass player so I went out and got a bass. I was self taught. I guess at the beginning I was listening to a lot of punk and a lot of funk at the time. Some other stuff , like Paul Jackson who worked with the Headhunters. I've never really been one toI don't really follow bass players. It's like playing under the same guitar chords, and I can make that chord become something else. I always try to maintain good melodic structure with something that can lock into the groove and really provide an energy and set the feel the composition is working for. That's what's really controlled by the bass.
JH- You're self-taught?
LM- For the most part. I never took any lessons. Before playing electric bass I studied some upright bass in college.
JH- I want to talk about the Strength of Weak Ties and how it might have changed the way you approach music in a live setting. Have you found yourself incorporating those studio elements into the live setting?
LM- This is only our second studio album. The major difference was that the songs for Strength of Weak Ties were almost entirely written for the studio and the songs for Nomad were played out live and then we brought them into the studio setting. You think about composing a lot differently when you're not thinking, "Well how are we gonna play this or how is this gonna happen live?" So it really opened up a lot of new ideas for me as far as producing. And after we completed the songs, then we said, "Well how are we gonna pull this off live?" And then figuring out using all the different samples between me triggering them, Luke triggering them, or Chuck triggering things. Or should it be on the drum pad?
Now that I'm writing specifically for live performance I can say, "Well here's where we can use this little loop or sample here," and make it all work. We're using a lot more vocal samples and samples in general. Part of it is getting better and being able to trigger the stuff but also being able to monitor it. If we're playing with a little bit that adds a kind of riff or implication then we need to be playing exactly with it.
JH- Where is your favorite location to play?
LM- My favorite club to play is the Fox in Boulder. The sound in there is incredible. Wakarusa is always a good festival. I'm sure that will be another fun one this coming year. But you know, High Sierra was really fun too.
JH- More keyboards are being added between yourself and Luke. Do you feel it takes away from your core/roots?
LM- Even before that album Luke was playing a lot more keyboards. We were able to diversify our sound a lot more. Lately I have been going back to just writing for two guitars. I really like that sound. I don't think that's anything we're going away from. I think having the keyboards just gives us more opportunities to try different stuff. A popular new song that we've been playing, "Hammerstrike," uses a keyboard for the bass parts and that's gone over really well. We're just not trying to limit ourselves. If we have the option and can write a composition that works for me and Luke playing keyboards or just strictly guitar or whatever kind of combination of those things, we will try it out.
JH- Normally it takes electronic/jazz/jambands a little more time to move up in venue size but you guys are doing it rather rapidly. To what do you attribute this growth?
LM- From the outside it seems like it's going a lot faster. It's sort of like you're living with a child and you don't see the growth. But if you leave for a month or two and come back. you see your kid has gotten a lot bigger. You're like, "What the hell happened?!" We've been working our asses off for this for the past six years and we've been touring for the past four years and it has always been our goal to get into these theaters and have this following that starts to pick up all around the country. It's the next step.
JH- Now how does your songwriting process work? Who writes most of the songs?
LM- Luke and myself write all the songs. We work in different ways. He does a lot of stuff where he starts on his keyboard. We changed it a little bit. Our drummer moved to Pittsburgh around six months ago so we don't have as much practice time as we used to. So, I think it actually enables us to write a little more intricately because we have been writing very detailed like down to the fill. Then everyone learns their parts, then we get together and refine the whole thing and make it work.
JH- What is guitarist Mike Rempel's role in coming up with the melodies?
LM- We write pretty much all the main melodies but of course there is a lot of improvisation. We write the compositions but Mike just has a natural ear for melodies it's his strongest suit. So when we're improvising you hear a lot of melodies that almost sound composed but aren't. He's all self taught.
JH- What would you say are your main influences?
LM- All kinds of stuff! Lately I've been trying to bring both our rock sound and our really electronic influences into the same composition. From both sides of that there's everything from Boards of Canada, Air and Underworld on the electronic side to MMJ and any other of the modern rock bands. And there are other bands that are doing similar stuff like TV on the Radio and bringing in electronic things into what are very much rock sounds. And then there's of course Tortoise, they have always been a huge influence.
I think our sound takes from both sides. People come to our shows and say, "This isn't quite a rock show and not strictly a dance or electronic show." It's somewhere in between. I think when you put two guitars and a drum kit on the stage there's always going to be some element of rock.
JH- You have a big southern tour coming up. Any big plans for it? How do you approach a tour?
LM- We usually try to debut new songs every tour. I'm sure we will break out a couple new songs that we've finished off in the past couple months. I think it changes show to show, but we always have different things that we are trying to work on or different aspects of our sound that we are trying to develop.
JH- What makes a good show for you guys?
LM- It's pretty much all energy. All those things play a part. If something is off, if it sounds weird, if the venues lacking equipment it makes it harder. But sometimes you come into a show at some small crappy venue and the audience and energy is unreal. So those shows are even more fun than a great venue where for some reason the energy isn't happening.
JH- As musicians, where do you see Lotus in five years?
LM- You know there's a lot of sounds we have been developing with a new batch of compositions that we did over the past six months and I have a lot of ideas and how I want to take those sounds and develop them in a studio recording. It's kind of a vision to continue this idea that we set up with Strength of Weak Ties with putting rock and electronic music in a kind of symbiotic relationship. I think with every composition we're finding new ways to do it. I'm kind of trying to hone that down and look at the next album as the place to really complete that.


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STOP and Think about it…Phone, Tablet, Wifi, Internet, Mobile Video, Social media, Like me, Follow me, Circle me and so on and on and on and on.
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5. Do what you can do. What I mean by this, don't let all the possibilities overload you. Choose the marketing avenues that make sense for you and make those FAB.
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Fee Fi Fo Fum . . . Filoli!
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Oh how fun! Our mom always wanted to go there. May be someday.ReplyDelete
Emma and Buster
My human is a fan of rather twisted and unusual art... she is not a fan of this.ReplyDelete
Ah, um ... hmmmm. Here I am asking myself how come the Human has time to spend on trivia such as old houses and gardens and art when she's only in the past few days told you that she hasn't got much time to spend with you until the summer vacation. I mean, if her friend wanted an outing and to view gorgeous things, then an invitation to your place would have been perfect, wouldn't it? Yes, the Human might have needed to invest a bit of time in cleaning the place up, but that wouldn't have killed her, would it? Whip up a batch of scones with jam and cream for afternoon tea and her friend would have thought it was all good.ReplyDelete
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It duz look like da Tabbies worst nightmare.ReplyDelete
That is bizarre. And expensive bizarre at that.ReplyDelete
Tabbies would dispatch THAT horror with cat cackling!ReplyDelete
Our mom used to visit the Filoli Estate with her dad and step-mom. It is so beautiful she says. She even has three small, stone cat statues from there in our yard. We think it would be a great place to live with all those gardens to roam around. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper MurphyReplyDelete


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There's not many places in the world where being green is as steeped in the social consciousness as in Boulder but, luckily, Canberra is a fairly progressive city.
Some similarities and some differences
- Recycling is just as easy as it was in Boulder. Canberra also has single stream recycling, which means everything recyclable goes into the same bin.
- Canberra recently initiated a Plastic Bag Ban in November 2011. Shops no longer carry plastic shopping bags. Instead, shoppers must bring their own bags or buy a tote bag at the store if they forget their own. The Plastic Bag Ban didn't really change our lives that much. In Boulder, while it wasn't forbidden to have your groceries bagged into plastic bags, it was definitely frowned upon and so we are in the habit of bringing our own bags to shops.
- Bike lanes are just as common here and there is a very extensive bike/walking trail system throughout the capital city and surrounds. However, I am sad to say that we use our car a lot more here than we did in Boulder. The city is just so spread out that riding our bikes or walking to work is not always feasible. I miss the commute to work in Boulder—it was a beautiful one mile walk through the historic part of town, with a view of the Rocky Mountains in the distance.
- The one area that Canberra really falls down on is availability of organic vegetables, fruits, and meats. And this is an instance where Boulder totally spoiled me. In Boulder, buying organic was easy and extremely affordable. Here, I have to search through 2-3 stores to find the organic food that I need and, in the case of fruits and vegetable, it is often rotting on the shelf when I find it.
- An upside to living here is that most houses and apartments do not have clothes dryers. Everyone hangs their laundry on a line to dry which helps to conserve energy. In Boulder, our apartment complex forbade us from hanging our laundry out on our balcony. I always thought that rule was silly. Every time I hang up laundry outside now, I smile and remember my mom hanging up the laundry when I was a kid.
To end this post, I thought I'd share a couple of recipes with you. When we first moved here and I wasn't working, I decided to experiment with some homemade cleaning solutions. My best friend in Colorado (hi, Taryn!) is a master at making things and she shared these two with me.
Happy Earth Day (a few days late....)!
*You know, the little ditty that one sings when one's house has lost electricity and one is trying to conserve water..."If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." ♫


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7 Photo-Worthy Costume Ideas to Inspire Your Halloween Attire!
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Bored with pre-packaged costume sets?
Tired of putting together rushed, ho-hum outfits right before hitting up that Halloween shindig?
Well, it's time to get excited, stop procrastinating, and grab that glue gun cuz have we got the round-up for you!
Get inspired and delighted with 7 photo-inspired costumes ideas that include: cunning grayscale attire, the pixelation of a person, and a wicked pair of interactive paper iris glasses!
Make this year's Halloween costume truly photo-worthy —and maybe contest-winning, too!
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Main GIF: Grayscale – BoingBoing, Pixel guy – Joe Nicosia, and Glasses – art.makes.
1. Gray is the New Black
Who says lack of color means lack of fun?
Desaturated Santa was a hit, and so were these Grayscalers. You'll stand out among the colorful, costumed crowd in this distinctive, desaturated dress!
Kick this idea up a hue or two:
- Dress up as your favorite black-and-white film star.
- Be one of the characters from the movie "Pleasantville."
- Who says you can only be gray? Try sepia or another monochrome!
Get the deets for making your own grayscale costume.
Costume idea by Brody S., and photo taken by Andy Thomas.
2. Shake it like a Polaroid Picture
Thankfully, there's no shaking required to develop this costume idea!
Costume building tips:
- Use some white foam board to create a durable Polaroid frame for you to wear.
- Don't forget to add a colorful background to your Polaroid photo!
- Make sure the width of the box you're going to be in, as well as the bottom opening from which you're poking your head and shoulders through is wide enough for you to fit in.
- Enlarge & print out the Polaroid logo as a finishing detail.
Another awesome costume idea & photo by krizsa.
3. Pixel Perfect
The one's for the tech geeks who are thinking of doing something more "retro" this year.
Tips for going 8-bit (with help from Dan Liuzzi):
- Sketch out your pixelated head design.
- Personal tip from Dan:"When designing your head, try and find unique features about your face to accentuate. In my case, I have dark glasses, thick eyebrows, a constant 5 o'clock shadow, and smile a lot."
- Test your design by making a scaled down version with small paper cubes.
- For the "pixels," use dense foam cubes covered in colored paper, or use color paper to fold into origami cubes.
- Use a cardboard box as the base to glue your foam or paper cubes.
- Don't forget to designate an opening so you can breathe in your head piece (and see, too)! Use speaker screen black mesh to hide the opening.
- Spectacle wearer like Dan? He constructed his glasses from wooden dowels!
- Be patient! It took Dan 2-3 weeks to create his 8-bit masterpiece.
Check out more photos of Dan's sweet 8-bit costume!
Photos by Joe Nicosia
4. My, What Big Irises You Have!
The above costume ideas not challenging enough for ya?
Well here's something that'll blow your mind—and eyes—away!
Rock your own pair of these rad paper iris glasses this Halloween using this tutorial.
There's even a video that shows how they open and close just like your camera lens!
With Halloween being a nighttime activity, make sure you adjust your specs to let in all the light you can.
Spectacle idea and photo by art.makes.
5. Picture This
Cuz this is how photographers roll, yo!
Costume building tips:
- Roll up part of a long, rectangular piece of black poster board, leaving some length to "hang" as the negative piece.
- Make your costume sturdier by using a thin cardboard sheet to line the inside.
- Dress as your favorite roll of film. Kodak points awarded for dressing up as classic and/or discontinued film rolls!
- Tweak the costume so you can show off some cool negatives! Create your own larger version of negatives by printing photos on transparencies or vellum.
Costume idea & photo by ebermall.
6. What a Piece of (Pop) Art!
Gray ain't your color? Bring on brighter hues with this costume idea, inspired by Pop Art king Andy Warhol & his colorful works!
Crafty creator krizsa "framed" herself inside a box as a living portrait alongside her Warhol-inspired self-portraits!
Costume building tips:
- Use a photo-editing program to create your own Warhol-inspired self-portraits.
- Make sure the self-portraits you print out are relatively the same size as your actual face!
- Find foam boards to use as a sturdy but lightweight solution to build the frame box you're going to be in.
- Take this idea to the next tone by using body paint to color yourself to fit in with your other vibrant self-portraits!
Costume idea & photo by krizsa.
7. Capture the Night With Canon
A point-and-shoot camera costume that can actually take pictures? With an external flash, too? Creative and functional costume, FTW!
Personalize it like creator asolidum did by naming the camera model after yourself!
Learn how to make your own point-and-shoot camera costume.
Costume idea & photo by asolidum.
Other Outstanding Outfit Ideas:
- When in doubt, dinosaurs are always an excellent costume choice. Photo above by Jacob Barss-Bailey.
- Ah, those old yearbook pictures—be an old yearbook photo for quite a memorable costume!
- Don't want to be seen in photos? Make some censored glasses by attaching black cardboard over an old pair of glasses.
- Be a living Banksy graffitti tag!
- Oscar Wilde said, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." These famous painting costumes certainly take his words to heart!
- Get inspired, creeped out, or a good laugh from these old photos of past Halloween costumes in the Retro Halloween Flickr group!
- Don't forget to outfit your four-legged or feathered friends in their best Halloween garb, too! This AT-AT costume's got the Dark Side's approval, for sure.


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My oh my, how Abigail Breslin has grown. No longer the sweet, bespectacled kid from "Little Miss Sunshine," Breslin looked all grown up at the Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday (Jan. 16).
The "August: Osage County" actress stole the red carpet in a daring, low-cut, floor-length gown. The 17-year-old paired the semi-sheer dress with a bold lip and soft, bouncy curls.
In September of last year, Breslin told E! News that people are having a hard time recognizing her. "I was at a supermarket and this girl was like, 'Oh my God, that's Abigail Breslin,'" she said. "And her friend was like, 'No, it's not. She looks nothing like that.' And I was like, 'Okay.'"
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This document has been prepared jointly by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) to provide guidance and understanding to municipalities concerning the process of initiating and undertaking a transportation improvement project within a community. Its primary audience is intended to be municipal officials seeking to plan, design and construct a project in conjunction with MassDOT using state or a combination of state and federal funds. In this process, the municipality is the party responsible for funding the design of the project.
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Fox nabs film rights to '29: A Novel'
Studio hopes to turn book into 'event movie for women'Fox is going young with "29: A Novel," picking up screen rights to Adena Halpern's comedic tome, with John Davis attached to produce.
Halpern's novel centers on a 75-year-old woman obsessed with remaining young. On her birthday, she wishes she was 29 again, just for one day, and when it comes true, she teams with her young granddaughter to embark on an adventure. Meanwhile, the woman's middle-aged daughter and 75-year-old best friend believe her to be kidnapped and set out on their own escapade.
The book hit stores June 15.
No director or writer is attached, though the studio is hoping to turn the book into "an event movie for women."
Fox-based Davis had two movies released this summer: "Predators," which he produced with Robert Rodriguez, and "Marmaduke."


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Venus Room, New Frontier Hotel and Casino, menu, April 21, 1955
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- Venus Room, New Frontier Hotel and Casino, menu, April 21, 1955
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- 1955-04-21
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- $2.75-$6.50;
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- Menus; Bill of fares; Menu design; Restaurant management -- Prices; Dinners and dining; Restaurants; Cooking; Food service; Eating; Social life and customs
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|kerri murray
|I have this menu if anyone is interested in it.
|Blind Eye
|It's great to have these menus available online, but is the tiny viewing window so necessary? It's kind of a headache to have to scoot around the document, like looking through the keyhole...
|Library Staff
|Blind Eye, Thank you for your comment and your interest in the Digital Collections. You can also view the menu in our newer interface at: http://d.library.unlv.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/menus/id/1648/rec/1 where the viewing window is larger. We will be completing a migration to this interface shortly, but feel free to use it now. Thank you!


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