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Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus, (born February 19, 1473, Toruń, Royal Prussia, Poland—died May 24, 1543, Frauenburg, East Prussia [now Frombork, Poland]), Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis; and that very slow, long-term changes in the direction of this axis account for the precession of the equinoxes. This representation of the heavens is usually called the heliocentric, or "Sun-centred," system—derived from the Greek helios, meaning "Sun." Copernicus's theory had important consequences for later thinkers of the scientific revolution, including such major figures as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton. Copernicus probably hit upon his main idea sometime between 1508 and 1514, and during those years he wrote a manuscript usually called the Commentariolus ("Little Commentary"). However, the book that contains the final version of his theory, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi ("Six Books Concerning the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs"), did not appear in print until 1543, the year of his death.
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Early life and education
Certain facts about Copernicus's early life are well established, although a biography written by his ardent disciple Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514–74) is unfortunately lost. According to a later horoscope, Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473, in Toruń, a city in north-central Poland on the Vistula River south of the major Baltic seaport of Gdańsk. His father, Nicolaus, was a well-to-do merchant, and his mother, Barbara Watzenrode, also came from a leading merchant family. Nicolaus was the youngest of four children. After his father's death, sometime between 1483 and 1485, his mother's brother Lucas Watzenrode (1447–1512) took his nephew under his protection. Watzenrode, soon to be bishop of the chapter of Varmia (Warmia), saw to young Nicolaus's education and his future career as a church canon. (See Researcher's Note for information about Copernicus's nationality.)
Between 1491 and about 1494 Copernicus studied liberal arts—including astronomy and astrology—at the University of Cracow (Kraków). Like many students of his time, however, he left before completing his degree, resuming his studies in Italy at the University of Bologna, where his uncle had obtained a doctorate in canon law in 1473. The Bologna period (1496–1500) was short but significant. For a time Copernicus lived in the same house as the principal astronomer at the university, Domenico Maria de Novara (Latin: Domenicus Maria Novaria Ferrariensis; 1454–1504). Novara had the responsibility of issuing annual astrological prognostications for the city, forecasts that included all social groups but gave special attention to the fate of the Italian princes and their enemies. Copernicus, as is known from Rheticus, was "assistant and witness" to some of Novara's observations, and his involvement with the production of the annual forecasts means that he was intimately familiar with the practice of astrology. Novara also probably introduced Copernicus to two important books that framed his future problematic as a student of the heavens: Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei ("Epitome of Ptolemy's Almagest") by Johann Müller (also known as Regiomontanus, 1436–76) and Disputationes adversus astrologianm divinatricenm ("Disputations against Divinatory Astrology") by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94). The first provided a summary of the foundations of Ptolemy's astronomy, with Regiomontanus's corrections and critical expansions of certain important planetary models that might have been suggestive to Copernicus of directions leading to the heliocentric hypothesis. Pico's Disputationes offered a devastating skeptical attack on the foundations of astrology that reverberated into the 17th century. Among Pico's criticisms was the charge that, because astronomers disagreed about the order of the planets, astrologers could not be certain about the strengths of the powers issuing from the planets.
Only 27 recorded observations are known for Copernicus's entire life (he undoubtedly made more than that), most of them concerning eclipses, alignments, and conjunctions of planets and stars. The first such known observation occurred on March 9, 1497, at Bologna. In De revolutionibus, book 4, chapter 27, Copernicus reported that he had seen the Moon eclipse "the brightest star in the eye of the Bull," Alpha Tauri (Aldebaran). By the time he published this observation in 1543, he had made it the basis of a theoretical claim: that it confirmed exactly the size of the apparent lunar diameter. But in 1497 he was probably using it to assist in checking the new- and full-moon tables derived from the commonly used Alfonsine Tables and employed in Novara's forecast for the year 1498.
In 1500 Copernicus spoke before an interested audience in Rome on mathematical subjects, but the exact content of his lectures is unknown. In 1501 he stayed briefly in Frauenburg but soon returned to Italy to continue his studies, this time at the University of Padua, where he pursued medical studies between 1501 and 1503. At this time medicine was closely allied with astrology, as the stars were thought to influence the body's dispositions. Thus, Copernicus's astrological experience at Bologna was better training for medicine than one might imagine today. Copernicus later painted a self-portrait; it is likely that he acquired the necessary artistic skills while in Padua, since there was a flourishing community of painters there and in nearby Venice. In May 1503 Copernicus finally received a doctorate—like his uncle, in canon law—but from an Italian university where he had not studied: the University of Ferrara. When he returned to Poland, Bishop Watzenrode arranged a sinecure for him: an in absentia teaching post at Wrocław. Copernicus's actual duties at the bishopric palace, however, were largely administrative and medical. As a church canon, he collected rents from church-owned lands; secured military defenses; oversaw chapter finances; managed the bakery, brewery, and mills; and cared for the medical needs of the other canons and his uncle. Copernicus's astronomical work took place in his spare time, apart from these other obligations. He used the knowledge of Greek that he had acquired during his Italian studies to prepare a Latin translation of the aphorisms of an obscure 7th-century Byzantine historian and poet, Theophylactus Simocattes. The work was published in Cracow in 1509 and dedicated to his uncle. It was during the last years of Watzenrode's life that Copernicus evidently came up with the idea on which his subsequent fame was to rest.
Copernicus's reputation outside local Polish circles as an astronomer of considerable ability is evident from the fact that in 1514 he was invited to offer his opinion at the church's Fifth Lateran Council on the critical problem of the reform of the calendar. The civil calendar then in use was still the one produced under the reign of Julius Caesar, and, over the centuries, it had fallen seriously out of alignment with the actual positions of the Sun. This rendered the dates of crucial feast days, such as Easter, highly problematic. Whether Copernicus ever offered any views on how to reform the calendar is not known; in any event, he never attended any of the council's sessions. The leading calendar reformer was Paul of Middelburg, bishop of Fossombrone. When Copernicus composed his dedication to De revolutionibus in 1542, he remarked that "mathematics is written for mathematicians." Here he distinguished between those, like Paul, whose mathematical abilities were good enough to understand his work and others who had no such ability and for whom his work was not intended.
Copernicus's astronomical work
The contested state of planetary theory in the late 15th century and Pico's attack on astrology's foundations together constitute the principal historical considerations in constructing the background to Copernicus's achievement. In Copernicus's period, astrology and astronomy were considered subdivisions of a common subject called the "science of the stars," whose main aim was to provide a description of the arrangement of the heavens as well as the theoretical tools and tables of motions that would permit accurate construction of horoscopes and annual prognostications. At this time the terms astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician were virtually interchangeable; they generally denoted anyone who studied the heavens using mathematical techniques. Pico claimed that astrology ought to be condemned because its practitioners were in disagreement about everything, from the divisions of the zodiac to the minutest observations to the order of the planets. A second long-standing disagreement, not mentioned by Pico, concerned the status of the planetary models. From antiquity, astronomical modeling was governed by the premise that the planets move with uniform angular motion on fixed radii at a constant distance from their centres of motion. Two types of models derived from this premise.
The first, represented by that of Aristotle, held that the planets are carried around the centre of the universe embedded in unchangeable, material, invisible spheres at fixed distances. Since all planets have the same centre of motion, the universe is made of nested, concentric spheres with no gaps between them. As a predictive model, this account was of limited value. Among other things, it had the distinct disadvantage that it could not account for variations in the apparent brightness of the planets since the distances from the centre were always the same.
A second tradition, deriving from Claudius Ptolemy, solved this problem by postulating three mechanisms: uniformly revolving, off-centre circles called eccentrics; epicycles, little circles whose centres moved uniformly on the circumference of circles of larger radius (deferents); and equants. The equant, however, broke with the main assumption of ancient astronomy because it separated the condition of uniform motion from that of constant distance from the centre. A planet viewed from the centre c of its orbit would appear to move sometimes faster, sometimes slower. As seen from Earth, removed a distance e from c, the planet would also appear to move nonuniformly. Only from the equant, an imaginary point at distance 2e from Earth, would the planet appear to move uniformly. A planet-bearing sphere revolving around an equant point will wobble; situate one sphere within another, and the two will collide, disrupting the heavenly order. In the 13th century a group of Persian astronomers at Marāgheh discovered that, by combining two uniformly revolving epicycles to generate an oscillating point that would account for variations in distance, they could devise a model that produced the equalized motion without referring to an equant point.
The Marāgheh work was written in Arabic, which Copernicus did not read. However, he learned to do the Marāgheh "trick," either independently or through a still-unknown intermediary link. This insight was the starting point for his attempt to resolve the conflict raised by wobbling physical spheres. Copernicus might have continued this work by considering each planet independently, as did Ptolemy in the Almagest, without any attempt to bring all the models together into a coordinated arrangement. However, he was also disturbed by Pico's charge that astronomers could not agree on the actual order of the planets. The difficulty focused on the locations of Venus and Mercury. There was general agreement that the Moon and Sun encircled the motionless Earth and that Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were situated beyond the Sun in that order. However, Ptolemy placed Venus closest to the Sun and Mercury to the Moon, while others claimed that Mercury and Venus were beyond the Sun.
In the Commentariolus, Copernicus postulated that, if the Sun is assumed to be at rest and if Earth is assumed to be in motion, then the remaining planets fall into an orderly relationship whereby their sidereal periods increase from the Sun as follows: Mercury (88 days), Venus (225 days), Earth (1 year), Mars (1.9 years), Jupiter (12 years), and Saturn (30 years). This theory did resolve the disagreement about the ordering of the planets but, in turn, raised new problems. To accept the theory's premises, one had to abandon much of Aristotelian natural philosophy and develop a new explanation for why heavy bodies fall to a moving Earth. It was also necessary to explain how a transient body like Earth, filled with meteorological phenomena, pestilence, and wars, could be part of a perfect and imperishable heaven. In addition, Copernicus was working with many observations that he had inherited from antiquity and whose trustworthiness he could not verify. In constructing a theory for the precession of the equinoxes, for example, he was trying to build a model based upon very small, long-term effects. And his theory for Mercury was left with serious incoherencies.
Any of these considerations alone could account for Copernicus's delay in publishing his work. (He remarked in the preface to De revolutionibus that he had chosen to withhold publication not for merely the nine years recommended by the Roman poet Horace but for 36 years, four times that period.) And, when a description of the main elements of the heliocentric hypothesis was first published, in the Narratio prima (1540 and 1541, "First Narration"), it was not under Copernicus's own name but under that of the 25-year-old Georg Rheticus. Rheticus, a Lutheran from the University of Wittenberg, Germany, stayed with Copernicus at Frauenburg for about two and a half years, between 1539 and 1542. The Narratio prima was, in effect, a joint production of Copernicus and Rheticus, something of a "trial balloon" for the main work. It provided a summary of the theoretical principles contained in the manuscript of De revolutionibus, emphasized their value for computing new planetary tables, and presented Copernicus as following admiringly in the footsteps of Ptolemy even as he broke fundamentally with his ancient predecessor. It also provided what was missing from the Commentariolus: a basis for accepting the claims of the new theory.
Both Rheticus and Copernicus knew that they could not definitively rule out all possible alternatives to the heliocentric theory. But they could underline what Copernicus's theory provided that others could not: a singular method for ordering the planets and for calculating the relative distances of the planets from the Sun. Rheticus compared this new universe to a well-tuned musical instrument and to the interlocking wheel-mechanisms of a clock. In the preface to De revolutionibus, Copernicus used an image from Horace's Ars poetica ("Art of Poetry"). The theories of his predecessors, he wrote, were like a human figure in which the arms, legs, and head were put together in the form of a disorderly monster. His own representation of the universe, in contrast, was an orderly whole in which a displacement of any part would result in a disruption of the whole. In effect, a new criterion of scientific adequacy was advanced together with the new theory of the universe.
Publication of De revolutionibus
The presentation of Copernicus's theory in its final form is inseparable from the conflicted history of its publication. When Rheticus left Frauenburg to return to his teaching duties at Wittenberg, he took the manuscript with him in order to arrange for its publication at Nürnberg, the leading centre of printing in Germany. He chose the top printer in the city, Johann Petreius, who had published a number of ancient and modern astrological works during the 1530s. It was not uncommon for authors to participate directly in the printing of their manuscripts, sometimes even living in the printer's home. However, Rheticus was unable to remain and supervise. He turned the manuscript over to Andreas Osiander (1498–1552), a theologian experienced in shepherding mathematical books through production as well as a leading political figure in the city and an ardent follower of Luther (although he was eventually expelled from the Lutheran church). In earlier communication with Copernicus, Osiander had urged him to present his ideas as purely hypothetical, and he now introduced certain changes without the permission of either Rheticus or Copernicus. Osiander added an unsigned "letter to the reader" directly after the title page, which maintained that the hypotheses contained within made no pretense to truth and that, in any case, astronomy was incapable of finding the causes of heavenly phenomena. A casual reader would be confused about the relationship between this letter and the book's contents. Both Petreius and Rheticus, having trusted Osiander, now found themselves double-crossed. Rheticus's rage was so great that he crossed out the letter with a great red X in the copies sent to him. Believing as Rheticus did that Petreius was partially responsible for the publication of the unauthorized preface, Copernicus's friend Tiedemann Giese, a Roman Catholic bishop, wrote to the city council of Nürnberg to demand that Petreius be compelled to issue a reprint. However, the council refused to take action, and no public revelation of Osiander's role was made until Kepler revealed it in his Astronomia Nova (New Astronomy) in 1609. In addition, the title of the work was changed from the manuscript's "On the Revolutions of the Orbs of the World" to "Six Books Concerning the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs"—a change that appeared to mitigate the book's claim to describe the real universe.
Many of the details of these local publication struggles enjoyed an underground history among 16th-century astronomers long before Kepler published Osiander's identity. Ironically, Osiander's "letter" made it possible for the book to be read as a new method of calculation, rather than a work of natural philosophy, and in so doing may even have aided in its initially positive reception. It was not until Kepler that Copernicus's cluster of predictive mechanisms would be fully transformed into a new philosophy about the fundamental structure of the universe.
Legend has it that a copy of De revolutionibus was placed in Copernicus's hands a few days after he lost consciousness from a stroke. He awoke long enough to realize that he was holding his great book and then expired, publishing as he perished. The legend has some credibility, although it also has the beatific air of a saint's life.
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Columbia University's Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation have announced that the vast archives of Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959) have been jointly acquired by the University and the Museum and will become part of their permanent collections.
The Frank Lloyd Wright archives include some 23,000 architectural drawings, 44,000 historical photographs, large-scale presentation models, manuscripts, extensive correspondence and other documents. Joint stewardship and preservation of the archives will provide new impetus for publications, exhibitions, and public programs on Wright's work, allowing it to be displayed in the context of other great 20th century modernists. It will also maximize the visibility and research value of the collection for generations of scholars, students and the public.
"This joint acquisition of the Frank Lloyd Wright archives is extraordinary, but the true beneficiaries of this creative and historic partnership will be the students and scholars from around the world who will be able to access and use these rich Wright resources in new disciplinary contexts and through innovative technologies," Jim Neal, University Librarian and Vice President for Information Services, said.
The complete physical archives will be permanently transferred to the collections of Columbia and MoMA under a joint acquisition and stewardship agreement. Avery Library will be the repository for all paper-based archival contents. The Museum of Modern Art will house all three-dimensional works. The Archives add to Avery and MoMA's existing collections of materials by Frank Lloyd Wright.
"At Avery, Wright's rich legacy of archival materials joins the great historic architects whose works are preserved here — from Sebastiano Serlio to Piranesi, and other key 19th and 20th century American figures," said Carole Ann Fabian, director of Columbia's Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. "Wright's archives will receive the fullest exposure for curricular uses and research-intensive interrogation by students, scholars and the interested public."
Renowned worldwide for its extensive research and special collections, the Avery collections include the world's masterworks of architectural history from the Renaissance to the present, including ongoing acquisition of virtually every research volume issued on Wright. Students and researchers have unfettered access to our unparalleled collection of rare books and unique materials comprising more than 1.5 million drawings and archival documents.
The Avery Classics (rare book collection) includes more than 50 rare Frank Lloyd Wright editions such as Wright's personal copy of The House Beautiful, several copies of the Wasmuth Portfolio, a comprehensive collection of Wright biographies, and his autobiography signed for his son, John Lloyd Wright. Avery Drawings & Archives holds Fallingwater blueprints and archival materials from the Kaufmann family; manuscripts and drawings from John Lloyd Wright including the great Dana House rendering and the magnificent plan for the Lake Tahoe Summer Colony project, drawings of the Oak Park Studio, photographs of the home and studio; as well as a variety of Wright projects. These projects include a preliminary set of blueprints for the Guggenheim Museum, the Joseph Brewer house, the rendering of the Vosburgh house, the project for St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, the Usonian house for the Auerbach family; the rendering, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the New Theater in Hartford, CT. These materials are further supported by contextual collections such as Wright's drawings from the time he worked in Louis Sullivan's practice; recently acquired Edgar Tafel archive (Wright's historian and hagiographer); Douglas Haskell/Architectural Forum papers on FLW; Hugh Ferriss' renderings of FLW projects done for Ferriss publications; Aaron Resnick collection containing house plans and topographical plans for Usonia to be built in Pleasantville, New York. The addition of the Wright archives deepens these existing collections of Wright materials and continues Avery's commitment to collecting the works of the world's greatest architects as represented in the published literature, drawings, architectural photography and archival documentation.
This joint acquisition signals a ground-breaking collaboration between the two institutions to ensure long term access and preservation of the materials, at the same time providing opportunities to celebrate the collections through public programs, exhibitions and publications.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation will help guide development of the archives and provide interpretive insights on Wright's work and life. It will continue to preserve and share Wright's National Historic Landmarks at Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in Arizona, including the historic furnishings, memorabilia and artifacts used to interpret both sites, along with large and important collections of art, furniture and artifacts that Wright created and collected over his lifetime.
Born in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright spent more than 70 years creating designs that helped revolutionize the art and architecture of the twentieth century. In all he designed 1141 architectural works - including houses, offices, churches, schools, libraries, bridges, museums and many other building types. Of that total, 532 resulted in completed structures, 409 of which still stand. However, Wright's pioneering creativity was not confined to architecture. He also designed furniture, fabrics, art glass, lamps, dinnerware, silver, linens and graphic arts. A prolific writer, educator and philosopher, Wright authored twenty books and countless articles and lectured throughout the United States and in Europe.
The existence of the magnificent Frank Lloyd Wright archives is the result of visionary actions and hard work by those who knew and loved Wright. During his lifetime, the architect had declined to donate portions of his work to various museums and institutions, preferring to keep together his life's work. Upon Wright's death in 1959, Mrs. Wright gathered the archive of his work at Taliesin West, thereby preserving and keeping intact the visual and textual legacy of one of history's great geniuses. It was an unprecedented action as architectural archives of such size and scope for a single architect did not exist at that time.
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In a move that surprised most in the scrapbooking world, House of 3 announced via their blog Monday that they are shutting down the popular scrapbook design collaboration.
House of 3 was founded in 2009 by Janet Hopkins, Heidi Swapp and Rhonna Farrer. The company originally sold only digital products through their website. At CHA Summer 2010, House of 3 expanded into paper production when it launched a licensed line of products with Pink Paislee. House of 3 has produced three total collections with Pink Paislee: Parisian Anthology launched at CHA Summer 2010, and Daily Junque & Soiree launched at CHA Winter 2011.
Co-founder Rhonna Farrer had already announced on her blog three weeks ago that she was departing House of 3. Following her departure, the remaining co-founders decided not to continue House of 3, resulting in Monday's announcement.
The House of 3 website will be available through May 31st, 2011 so that the company's digital customers may secure all of their purchased downloads. Their digital store will be holding a 50% off sale through May 8th so that House of 3 fans may make last-minute purchases before the company's digital products are retired from public sale.
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It is all about the Centre
The deeper I look into body mechanics and the more I work on them with My good training partner Rick Bottomley the more I am convinced he is correct and it is all about the centre.
I am focusing on five core principles and all the body mechanical principles I work on serve to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these five principles.
All five principles relate to the centre.
Five Core Principles:
1. Find your centre
2. Move your centre
3. Connect to their centre
4. Control the Joint Mass Centre (JMC)
5. Don't let them connect to your centre
1. Find your centre:
Before you can make use of your centre you have to be able to find it and establish control over it. This cannot be done when you are tense or off balance therefore the first body mechanical principles need to be loose, stacked and vertical to attain proper balance. Zhan Zhuang or standing meditation is an excellent practice to obtain your centre and is often neglected in some martial arts.
2. Move your centre:
Once you are properly balanced the you can begin to move your centre. Every movement, no matter how small (i.e. Having the hand moved across the body = the first move of a Sanchin strike) comes from moving your centre.
You can move your centre in three was and numerous combinations of the three: Linear, rotation, and revolve.
Linear does not have to be straight forward or straight back it just has to have the centre moving along a linear line – you could be taking an angle on an opponent but using a linear line.
Rotation means that you have a fixed point and your centre rotates around that point. Aikido uses this movement a great deal.
Revolve means that your body revolves around your centre as the axis. Chen Taiji uses this movement a great deal.
If you want to know if you are moving your centre properly pick any Kata or form and place your arms at your sides and keep them there. Now do the form without arms and only move if you know HOW your centre is moving. If you reach a point in the Kata where you do not know how your centre moves then you are simply flapping your arms there instead of moving with power. Determine how you move your centre before going to the next step of the kata.
3. Connect to their centre:
To control the other party you need to create a "visual" line from your centre to theirs (this is trickier when you get to principle #5). Here you are going to take advantage of their commitment to applying pressure on you and the tension chain created to move them by connecting to their centre and then applying force along that line to unbalance them.
4. Control the Joint Mass Centre (JMC):
This is an exceptionally hard concept to put into words but every Judoka and every Wrestler knows of the sweet spot but often how to locate it is difficult. I am not going to go into detail here but there are clips on my site going into detail about how to locate it and feel it when you have it.
5. Don't let them connect to your centre:
Just as you can control your opponent by connecting to their centre they can control you by connecting to yours. Therefore you must connect to theirs abut never let them connect to yours.
While there is no mystical aspect or magic or chi to principles 3, 4 and 5 it is very mental determined. Only by being able to visualize what you want can you allow your body to find the alignments required to accomplish your goals. But it is not mysterious in any way although being able to fill the JMC on a much bigger partner and control them will have them wondering….


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"Big Brother" Season 5 Episode 6
Pictured: Eric Christian Olsen (LAPD Liaison Marty Deeks), LL COOL J (Special Agent Sam Hanna), Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beale), Renée Felice Smith (Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones), Daniela Ruah (Special Agent Kensi Blye) and Chris O'Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen). Callen goes undercover at a prestigious high school after a 15-year-old hacker compromises terrorist missions, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Oct. 29 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Ron P. Jaffe/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Monday, May 4, 2009
Chippy and Sweet
If you want to DROOL over some lovely rooms (and get a little inspired too) then look at Decor Pad. I'm thinking it's kind of like a Kaboodle of design images, I think there is a forum too.
Have any of you ever visited Casa Sugar? I just discovered it today, and it has tons of flea market redo, celebrity rooms (not that I care) and decorating ideas. Just thought I'd share. This post about redoing a vintage chandelier is most excellent. (The tip on using Krylon Fusion spray paint instead of sanding is amazing).
PS. I want to know if anyone has found that PERFECT robin's egg blue aqua paint, but not too bright, not too pastel, not too blue in color, I can't find it anywhere, I need some ideas! Feel free to link photos with name of paint in the comments :)
I found Deco Chic's blog and though it is entirely in Spanish, I believe the post was about a Shabby Chic store closing. It had all of these lovely pictures and so I just had to share:
Thanks Viv for the Kreative blogger award!! Your blog is super swell too :)
10 comments:
- ~Mrs. Guru~ said...
Such cute stuff!
- May 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- The Empty Envelope said...
*love* the color combos!! I painted our bathroom a robin egg blue a few years back. It makes me happy. I don't remember what company and it's probably a tad too bright. LOL!
- May 5, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- JillzWhimzy said...
great pics & thanks for stopping by my blog :0)
- May 5, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- Kasey said...
beautiful pics!
- May 6, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- Just be happy! said...
what a nice blog you have!
I haven't heard about that blog before, but I'll make sure to check it out.
- May 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Aisha said...
So my keyboard is all wet from the drool!! Such lovely and stunning pictures! Thanks for posting :)
- May 6, 2009 at 9:07 PM
- Anne Marie said...
those are great pictures!
stop by any time!
- May 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Ele at abitofpinkheaven said...
Oh I love all these rooms! I am going to have to try adding a pop of different color in a room!
- May 11, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- PINK DAYS STUDIO-SHABBY CHIC said...
hola¡ muchas gracias por postear mi blog¡ me encanto el tuyo, solo que mi blog se llama PINK DAYS STUDIO SHABBY CHIC y su direccion es WWW.DECOCHIC.BLOGSPOT.COM.
muchas gracias amiga¡
te seguire¡
buenos aires
- September 14, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- style-for-style said...
love that little chandelier DIY
I have 2 of those, one I plan to spray paint like the picture, the other I have bigger plans for!!
- February 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM


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The New Albany Children's Ballet Theatre's annual production of The Nutcracker will feature two 12-year-old girls from New Albany and Gahanna in the leading role.
The New Albany Children's Ballet Theatre's annual production of The Nutcracker will feature two 12-year-old girls from New Albany and Gahanna in the leading role.
Abby Masturzo of New Albany and Amelia Scheetz of Gahanna will each dance as Clara in two of the four scheduled performances in December.
Tara Miller, director of the New Albany Children's Ballet Theatre, said 225 girls from central Ohio will perform in this year's production of The Nutcracker.
"We have children down to age 4 in it," Miller said. "It's very appealing to children who take dance."
Miller said the age of the performers and their professionalism has made the performance at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts an annual tradition and appealing to all ages.
"It's very different from other (performances) and is very rare," she said. "That's why it is so appealing to younger children."
Miller said ballet students younger than age 8 do not have to try out for parts.
Older students are cast in roles, with several trying out for the lead roles of Clara and the Sugar Plum fairy.
"It's something I really wanted," Masturzo said. "I was happy and excited when I got it (the part)."
"I've wanted to be Clara since I was in the first grade, when I started (dancing)," Scheetz said.
Scheetz said she started dancing at age 3 and Masturzo started at 2.
"I love the feeling when I'm dancing," Masturzo said.
Both girls said they learned a lot from the challenging role of Clara.
"Having to go to a lot of practices, you have to give up time with friends and doing activities you'd like but it's very worth it," Masturzo said. "It's difficult because there are a lot more practices you have to go to and a lot more scenes you have to learn."
For Scheetz, the combination of acting and dancing is a challenge.
"You have to really focus on the acting and starting to get the steps down," Scheetz said.
The girls will dance with experienced male dancers, which Miller said is a rare experience.
"We're very lucky to get really strong male roles," Miller said.
Sasha York of Omaha, Neb., will dance as the Nutcracker.
Both girls are interested in a career in dancing. Masturzo said she also would be interested in teaching ballet.
The New Albany Children's Ballet Theatre will perform The Nutcracker at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 W. Dublin-Granville Road in New Albany.
Ticket prices are $25, $20 and $15. They are available for purchase at mccoycenter.org.


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Randy Blythe Trial Resumes in Czech Republic, Verdict Likely to Be Revealed Tuesday
Update: The verdict is in. Click here to find out the ruling in Randy Blythe's manslaughter trial.
Nearly a month after his manslaughter trial was adjourned because of an ill witness and other factors, Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe returned to a Czech courtroom earlier today (March 4) to resume proceedings. Along with testimony from a female fan and a security guard, who were both present at the 2010 Lamb of God concert where a fan allegedly suffered fatal injuries, two psychologists also took the stand to give expert opinions on Blythe's personality.
According to multiple sources, a female fan, 19, offered her testimony to the court, stating that she witnessed Blythe lift Daniel Nosek by the shoulders, pushing the fan off the stage with two hands, causing Nosek to fall backwards into the crowd. The teen claims that she was standing in the front row during the 2010 concert, and when Nosek was pushed from the stage, the Czech crowd parted, resulting in Nosek crashing down onto the floor. Two security guards, who worked the fateful Lamb of God show, also took the stand. One guard testified that he did not see Blythe push anyone off the stage during the show, while the other venue employee, who was working the door, saw Nosek being helped out of the venue by two individuals before an ambulance arrived 5-10 minutes later.
As mentioned above, two psychologists also gave testimony with intent to present findings on the character of Randy Blythe. Though one of the psychologists claimed Blythe could possibly be labeled as antisocial, citing past instances where the singer was fined for speeding and public disobedience, another psychologist found that Blythe didn't possess several traits needed for an antisocial personality disorder diagnosis.
Tomorrrow (March 5) is an incredibly significant day for the trial of Randy Blythe, as George Strauss of the Prague Police Department will deliver his testimony and an expert on biomechanics called upon by the defense will present an opinion on how exactly Nosek would have fallen, along with what type of injuries he could have truly sustained. Both sides will then present their closing statements, and finally, Randy Blythe will address the court.
According to a summary from journalist Jonathan Crane, a Prague Post journalist who has covered the case for WTVR from the very beginning, a verdict is "likely" to be handed down tomorrow. Blythe could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, and according to Czech news site Blesk.cz, the family of the deceased fan has asked for compensation of 10,000,000 Czech Koruna (roughly $528,000).
Randy Blythe has documented a large portion of his time in Prague through photography and accompanying blog posts via his personal Instagram account. Blythe's most recent writings detail his passion for Prague's rich history, in addition to his own personal views on possibly becoming an unfortunate part of that history. "What direction I will move in, I do not know yet," begins Blythe. "Regardless, I am ready for the waiting to be over. I will move forward no matter what, and I will not be split in two anymore, no matter where I wind up. This is frustrating for me, but I am slowly learning to be a patient man. Life just happens. Deal with it."
Update: The verdict is in. Click below to find out the ruling in the Randy Blythe trial.


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With "Orange Is the New Black," Netflix looks like it has another hit. Or does it?
One issue with the streaming service is that no one really knows how many viewers are watching original series such as women-in-prison comedy "Orange" and the political drama "House of Cards." Netflix isn't rated by Nielsen, the company that measures TV ratings, and executives have refused to release any viewership data whatsoever. So while some media outlets are describing "Orange" as a "smash," for all we know it could really be a dud. (The trailer above contains some rough language, so be warned.)
The uncertainty is rankling many investors and media veterans, who argue that it's tough to figure out just how popular these shows really are, even if the Emmy nods for "House of Cards" last week make it clear Hollywood has accepted streaming series as viable programming. Check out this Forbes.com post from last week for a summary of skeptics' views.
But wait. It may be possible to at least formulate an idea of the viewership for "Orange," even if it just amounts to an educated guess. And, yes, a guess is it all is. But we did say educated.
First, let's consider that Netflix -- which reported second-quarter earnings on Monday -- now claims around 30 million subscribers for its paid content. That makes it (as of earlier this year) just a shade larger than HBO, which has 28.8 million subscribers.
HBO's most popular show is the fantasy "Game of Thrones," which delivers somewhere around 5 million total viewers on nights when episodes are first shown. But once you add up all the various platforms over the ensuing days -- time-shifted viewing on DVRs, on-demand, etc. -- "Thrones" gathers an audience of more than 13 million.
We're guessing that "Orange" is nowhere near as popular as "Thrones." First, it's very early in the "Orange" life cycle, and "Thrones" has had years to build that audience. Second, "Orange" is a dark comedy -- and, as the saying goes, satire is what closes on opening night. "House of Cards" may have gotten 13 million total viewers over time, but "Orange" won't.
A better pay-cable antecedent is probably "Weeds," the Showtime comedy overseen by Jenji Kohan, who's also the show runner of "Orange." "Weeds" drew fewer than 1 million viewers on opening night, and once all the various platforms were added up, was getting just north of 3 million total viewers. However, Showtime has about 22 million subscribers, which makes it significantly smaller than Netflix.
So what's it all mean? Bottom line, "Orange" episodes will probably be seen by about 4 million total viewers. Smash hit? Maybe not, but pretty decent for a network that wasn't even producing original series less than a year ago.
What does Netflix say? We asked a spokeswoman for help with our calculations, and she emailed back: "No guidance but thanks for asking." That makes a kind of sense, as Netflix is, like HBO, selling subscriptions, not advertising. And while HBO does offer ratings, for years it did so reluctantly, preferring to talk about its subscribers.
One thing we do know, however. If and when Netflix does post some truly world-beating ratings, exact figures will suddenly materialize. In a tweet, followed by a long news release. Bet on it.
What do you think of "Orange"? Have you seen it?
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Glasgow 20-15 Montpellier, Heineken Cup, Pool 3, Firhill
Glasgow edge out Montpellier
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December 11, 2011
Glasgow's Peter Murchie tries to halt Montpellier's Paul Bosch
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Glasgow Warriors claimed a vital 20-15 victory over Montpellier in their Heineken Cup clash at Firhill.
The first clash in a crucial double-header, that the hosts had to win to have any hope of overhauling defending champions Leinster at the top of the pool, was an attritional affair with three players sin-binned inside the opening 36 minutes - two for Montpellier and one for Glasgow. But the home side could only boast a narrow 12-10 lead at the break thanks to four penalties from fly-half Duncan Weir.
Montpellier's first half try came through Eric Escande after prop Jon Welsh had been sin-binned, while Martin Bustos Moyano added five points from his boot. Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson slotted a fifth penalty with 12 minutes remaining before Federico Aramburu scored a try six minutes from time. It was enough for Glasgow to seal a second win from three Heineken Cup games this term, despite Montpellier substitute Masi Matadigo's late try which secured a losing bonus point.
Montpellier travelled without captain Fulgence Ouedraogo, Georgian powerhouse Mamuka Gorgodze and inspirational fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc, but all three should be back for Saturday's return in southern France. However, there was still enough quality to concern Glasgow - particularly Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, the Argentinian back who broke Scottish hearts with a last-gasp try in the Rugby World Cup meeting in Wellington in September.
Rory Lamont, who was making his second Warriors debut after recently re-signing, was not involved against the Pumas and today was playing his first game since the Georgia World Cup clash after being released from Toulon, along the Mediterranean coast from Montpellier.
In the seventh minute, Pierre Berard was sin-binned for taking Aramburu out in the air, but all Glasgow had to show for their extra man was Weir's penalty after 13 minutes. Bustos Moyano leveled before Weir kicked Glasgow in front again following a Montpellier infringement, but only after missing an earlier opportunity.
Paul Bosch's break then enabled the French visitors to pile pressure on the Glasgow line. A series of scrums followed, three of which resulted in penalties, the last of which saw loosehead Welsh yellow carded.
After a Glasgow reshuffle and from the next set-piece, Montpellier scrum-half Escande darted through a hole in the home defence. Bustos Moyano converted.
An offside at halfway was punished by Weir's third penalty before Montpellier had a second player sent to the bin. Barclay was taken out in the air at a lineout and Vassili Bost was yellow carded after hindering the Glasgow openside on the floor.
Weir kicked his fourth penalty and, after Welsh's return, Glasgow had an extra man for the opening six minutes of the second half. The Glasgow fly-half missed the opportunity to edge his side further ahead three minutes into the second half and a Gray burst for the line was spoiled when Wilson dived in at the resulting ruck five metres out, conceding a penalty.
Bost returned with Montpellier having conceded only three points in his absence. Stuart Hogg then made a fine break down the left, but was hauled down with Weir unopposed outside him and the ball went forward, relieving the pressure.
Glasgow turned to the bench, with Jackson replacing Weir at fly-half, while Lamont made a couple of promising bursts which were halted by the visitors. Jackson kicked Glasgow five points clear before the Warriors struck with a clinical backs move from left to right, Hogg coming into the line before feeding Aramburu to race over in the corner. Jackson missed the conversion, leaving five minutes for Glasgow to survive.
There was no dramatic late twist from Amorosino, but Matadigo raced down the right to score and earn the bonus point.
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Montana Gas Prices Continue to Plummet
Though still higher than the rest of the country, gas prices in Montana continue to plummet through the last week of October.
"Things are looking very good for consumers right now because the state average is down 26 cents a gallon from where we were a month ago," said Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski. "It's down 10 cents a gallon just in the last week."
Montana prices are still about three cents higher than the national average, but prices are expected to keep declining for at least the next month.
"We're seeing these prices go down, and we expect them to continue to come down incrementally," Laskoski said. "Really from now through Thanksgiving we'll still see these prices move lower. I can tell you that in Montana the lowest prices right now can be seen in Dillon. Prices there are $3.22 a gallon."
Laskoski said the falling prices can be attributed to both lower crude oil prices, and a national switch to winter-mix gasoline, which is cheaper to produce.


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For those that already come here. Kiters are out today....
Here is my laventana update. This summer in the early part we had a few man-of-wars and a few sting rays. I snorkel on average every other day. Since the early midsummer I have literally seen only a handful of man-of-wars and only one sting ray. this is unprecedented for man-of-wars. In all the other years on days when I would go for a walk you could see ten to hundreds almost every day during the summer.
this leads me to post this. I highly suggest people head on down earlier than normal to snorkel and windsurf/kite while you do not even have to wear a rash guard just a swimsuit is all that is needed to enjoy the warm 80 degree water…. The weather seems a bit nicer right now, like the high heat part has broke, It is still a bit warm down here for camping but if you can endure it I think with the great snorkeling it is worth it. And as far as bugs this is the least amount of any kind of pesky flying ones I have seen too. I have this posted at http://www.la-ventana.info and other info about the area.. dean
Next, I am helping my neighbor with his resort. He is a about 1/4 mile north of the campground 3 lots south from Captain Kirks and is beachfront. If anyone books with him in the next two weeks he will give you a 20% discount, just send this link for the discount. Long story but he is adding a new name for his resort to kite paradise for people to find him via the internet, his web traffic use to be almost nil.. http://www.kiteparadise.biz he has several pools, a game room with ping pong and pool table, a restaurant, and a bar for a complete resort.
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It looks like it's all downhill from here: Eva Longoria has been named Maxim's Woman of the Year. In January.
Nothing like getting the routine stuff done early, right?
Longoria graces the men's magazine's January/February cover in a skimpy tank top, but inside the mag (via E! News) insists she's really a homebody who doesn't fall back on her looks alone.
"One thing people are usually surprised about when they get to know me is how domestic I am. So when you see the sexy Maxim cover and then you put it against me in an apron with flour in my hair, it takes a moment to reconcile that image," the former "Desperate Housewives" star said in an interview that was rescheduled to allow her to wrap up her thesis in Chicano studies, which she earned last year from Cal State Northridge.
Twice married, most recently to NBA player Tony Parker, she's now dating Televisa honcho Jose "Pepe" Antonio Baston.
Longoria told Maxim that her split personality is nothing new. In high school she was part cheerleader, part band geek and part math nerd. Now she's part producer, part actress, part restaurant owner — the list goes on.
What we want to know is, which part is wearing that sexy tank top??
Emma Watson splits from beau Will Adamowicz
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Big Ten Network will provide extensive coverage of Penn State sports in the spring of 2013, airing at least five contests between the baseball and softball schedules, two lacrosse games and the annual Blue-White Game on Saturday, April 20. This season, more than 220 events will be airing on BTN, BTN2Go and BTN.com, including the entire Big Ten Baseball Tournament at Target Field in Minneapolis.
BTN, BTN2Go and the Penn State Sports Network will provide live coverage of Penn State's Blue-White Game at 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. There is no admission or parking fee for the Blue-White Game. BTN's spring football coverage includes the Big Ten Football Report every Wednesday and Saturday nights beginning April 10. BTN's coverage plans for other spring games will be announced at a later date.
Penn State baseball will open BTN's coverage of the 2013 season, with the third game of the three-game series against Indiana being aired on Sunday, March 24. Coverage will begin at noon ET from Bloomington. At least two more Nittany Lion contests will air live, with Kent State traveling to Medlar Field on Tuesday, April 9 and the Lions heading to Michigan on Sunday, April 14. The Big Ten Baseball Tournament will begin on Wednesday, May 22 in Minneapolis, with BTN, BTN2Go and BTN.com covering all 10 contests of the championship.
Nittany Lion softball's midweek doubleheader against Purdue April 17 will be shown live on the Big Ten Network with the first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m. from Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park. The Big Ten tournament will also receive late-round coverage as the network will broadcast both semifinal matchups May 11 and the championship contest May 12.
Penn State lacrosse will receive its first air time on Big Ten Network in high definition when men's and women's lacrosse are broadcast on Apr. 13-14. The Nittany Lion men's lacrosse team hosts Towson on April 13 at 1 p.m., a game that will be shown live on BTN, while the women's team will play Ohio State on April 14 at 1 p.m., with a same day, tape delay broadcast on BTN at 6:30 p.m. ET.
For the men's lacrosse team, the regular-season home finale against Towson game will be Senior Day in Happy Valley. The Penn State-Towson game will be the third men's lacrosse game shown live this year and its second national broadcast. Penn State defeated Denver Feb. 17 on NBC Sports Network and played Lehigh Mar. 9 at Chester's PPL Park on ESPN3.com with a tape delayed broadcast on Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia.
On the women's side, the American Lacrosse Conference matchup between Penn State and Ohio State pits the traditional Big Ten Conference members on BTN. The opening draw is slated for 1 p.m. and the Big Ten Network will broadcast the game that night at 6:30 p.m. A week later the Nittany Lions tangle with Johns Hopkins for a Sunday, April 21 broadcast on ESPNU.
Spring sports on BTN:
Sunday, March 24 – Noon ET – Penn State at Indiana
Tuesday, April 9 – 7 p.m. ET – Kent State at Penn State
Sunday, April 14 – Noon ET – Penn State at Michigan
Wednesday, May 22-Saturday, May 25 – 2013 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
Wednesday, April 17 – 5 p.m. ET – Purdue at Penn State
Wednesday, April 17 – 7:30 p.m. ET – Purdue at Penn State
Saturday, May 11 – 3 p.m. ET – Big Ten Softball Tournament Semifinals
Sunday, May 12 – 1 p.m. ET – Big Ten Softball Tournament Championship
Saturday, April 13 - 1 p.m. ET - Penn State vs. Towson
Sunday, April 14 - 6:30 p.m. ET (same day delay broadcast) - Penn State vs. Ohio State
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Based on your experience please state the name of the modern grimoire that has been most effective for you and then list the results that it has brought you.
For me it is The Mystic Grimoire of Mighty Spells and Rituals by Frater Malak.
My results:
1. I lost my virginity to an Asian girl (I had an Asian fetish and I guess the angel knew about this). And I have been with this girl from 2013 to present.
2. Went from being broke and desperate with no career prospect to finding a lucrative career path and more than doubling my income. During the ritual the angel told me it would happen in about a year and it did.
3. Found a good mechanic. Sounds minor, but some of you may know how valuable this is. He is fast, cheap, a genius at fixing cars, and an all around great guy. He has saved me thousands of dollars in repair costs and hours if not weeks of frustration.
I may be leaving out some. But these are the three major ones that I can remember.
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indoor swimming pool, Finnish sauna, fitness room, steam-bath, infrared sauna, jacuzzi/whirlpool, wellness
- Other services incl. in the package
* Historical experiences (on Wednesday and Saturday Night)and Mediavel dinner (instead of the dinner buffet)
- Extra charge for the voucher on the weekends costs 18.900 HUF/package (ca. 67 EUR)
* In Double room - without view of the castle - (TV, phone, minibar, internet, bathroom incl. hair-dryer and bathrobe, air-conditioner)
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Can a loving couple from a modest background be torn apart by the whims of a wealthy family?
Lucia (Grettel Valdez) and Raul (Victor Noriega) are in love and devoted to each other. But when Lucia gets a job working in the mansion of Dona Enriqueta Covarrubias, their relationship is put to the ultimate test.
Cristal (Maritza Rodriguez), a granddaughter of Dona Enriqueta, falls in love with Raul and will stop at nothing to break up his relationship with Lucia. After Lucia gives birth to Raul's twins, she finds out that he has married Cristal.
Lucia also discovers unknown family secrets that tie her to the Covarrubias family in unexpected ways. Will Lucia seek revenge on the powerful family for ruining her life as well as her family's?
"Rebel Angel," also known in Spanish as "Angel Rebelde," is a 2004 telenovela that originally aired on Cisneros Media in Venezuela.
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Shop for the perfect souvenir
Charlottetown is brimming with an array of shopping options and gifted artisans. On a stroll through the historic streets you will find that many of our friendly craftspeople have working studios that encourage you to go in and experience their talent first hand.
The two main shopping districts are the downtown area and the Charlottetown Mall on the outskirts of town. The Charlottetown Mall is easily accessed by car, public bus, bicycle, or on foot. For a picturesque downtown shopping excursion, stroll through the shops on the Historic Charlottetown Waterfront (open all summer), then up Queen St., and down Victoria Row (pedestrians only). The Confederation Court Mall, filled with neat stores and connected to The Holman Grand Hotel. It is in downtown and covers a whole city block.


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THE BOSTON GLOBE – When developer Jon Delli Priscoli wanted to construct a new building in Marlborough, he spent a few hours driving around Cambridge taking pictures of the sleek, modernistic buildings that make up the face of the science and technology hub.
"I made a hybrid of those styles with my own, so that we could have a Cambridge-style building here in Marlborough," said Delli Priscoli, chief executive officer of First Colony Development.
But Delli Priscoli's goal was not just to make a building that looked like it might be adjacent to MIT. He wanted to stock its four floors with the kind of businesses that often call Cambridge their home, particularly in the "life sciences" industry, which includes biotechnology and medical device companies.
He is not the only one. Mayor Arthur Vigeant, the local chamber of commerce, and a quasipublic agency called the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation have all been working to secure such businesses for the city.
"We are definitely making an overture to the life sciences and medical devices industries, to let them know that Marlborough is a great place to do business," said Tim Cummings, the development agency's executive director.
In the 1980s and '90s, Marlborough was seen by many as having a strong backbone of big business, with a slew of information technology companies setting up here. Over the last decade, however, this city with roughly 39,000 residents has built up an impressive roster of life science and medical device companies, many of which have arrived over the past year. Quest Diagnostics, Boston Scientific, Sunovian, and Hologic all have headquarters in Marlborough, and the list continues to grow.
Most recently, Boston Biomedical Associates announced early this month that it would uproot from its home in Northborough and move its 52 employees over the town line to Marlborough, into a 17,000-square-foot space on the second floor of Delli Priscoli's building at 100 Crowley Drive.
"In the last four or five years, we've expanded multiple times in our current location, and it's not an ideal physical scenario for us to stay," said Mack Rubley, the medical device company's director of business development.
"In order to keep the tax burden of the average Marlborough homeowner stable while allowing the city's budget to continue to expand at the same rate at which it has been expanding over the past 10 years," or about 2 percent per year above the inflation rate, the report said, the assessed value of the city's nonresidential properties would need to grow by "more than $1 billion."
Among many other things, the plan called for the creation of "27 million square feet of new nonresidential space," or roughly triple Marlborough's level of commercial space as of 2011. Integral to this, the report said, was encouraging biotechnology businesses and trade groups to keep Marlborough at the top of their minds when considering where to open shop.
Local officials have taken to heart the report's suggestion of a more "activist approach" to business recruitment — particularly with regard to the life sciences sector.
According to Cummings, roughly 30 percent of last year's commercial real estate activity in Marlborough came from life science and medical device companies moving or committing to move into the city.
A major element of Marlborough's recruitment pitch for businesses has been its location. Although the city is 40 minutes away from Boston by car (without traffic), its proximity to Interstates 90, 290, and 495, and Route 20 makes getting around Eastern Massachusetts relatively easy.
For Delli Priscoli, it seems like a sensible trade-off, especially if one wants to escape the urban bustle and high rents of Boston and Cambridge.
"A lot of the people, especially at more mature companies, now have children," Delli Priscoli noted. "They want more of the suburban life than they would if they're fresh out of college."
Marlborough's city council structure is also cited by many as being a positive draw for businesses, which can use its expedited permitting process to move big construction projects along more quickly than a typical board of selectmen.
But even more compelling for new businesses are the flexible property tax arrangements that companies coming into the city can take advantage of, particularly the state's tax increment financing program.
A TIF agreement allows communities to temporarily reduce the property taxes for a business by calculating its bill only on the "base value" of a property, and exempting up to 100 percent of any value the property gains through the company's operations. Such agreements last for between five and 20 years.
This is especially important for life science and biotechnology businesses, Cummings said, because they often need to make substantial material improvements to buildings they take over. They may have to install a costly air-flow system or, as the business grows, put additions on the facility.
Cummings points to Quest Diagnostics, which last year announced plans to move 950 of its employees into a 200,000-square-foot building formerly used by Hewlett Packard, as an example of how these agreements can encourage biotech companies to do business in Marlborough.
"They've had to spend a considerable amount of money to rehab the building and bring it up to present-day standards, at a significant cost that will increase its assessed value," he said. "To help mitigate that cost, and them to do it here at all, we were able to offset the incremental tax burden for 15 years."
Similarly, Mayor Vigeant noted the Campus at Marlborough, a complex with 530,000 square feet of commercial space in the southwest corner of the city that was purchased for $103 million in 2011, has been a net gain even though it will forgo millions in property tax revenue as a result of its TIF agreement.
"They pay over $2 million in real estate taxes per year," Vigeant said. "And would we have that building today if we didn't have a TIF agreement? We don't know for sure, but the building has demand to get in, and it's worked phenomenally for the city."
Taken together, even favorable tax agreements, bureaucratic structures, and transit options will not necessarily ensure Marlborough's success as a hub for the life science industry. Improving the city's downtown and entertainment options is still a concern for those who want to entice families into settling down here, as is its distance from the reigning industry giants in Boston and Cambridge.
To those in the industry, however, these concerns are dwarfed by the underlying needs of both major companies and start-ups in one of the state's fastest growing industries.
They are the same needs that encouraged the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council to upgrade Marlborough to being a "Platinum BioReady Community" last December, a designation that Cambridge and Boston also hold.
The council's director of economic development and global affairs, Peter Abair, said that before giving Marlborough the new rating, MassBio was assured that city officials understood the nuances required to accommodate such businesses.
Abair noted Marlborough had even adopted the National Institutes of Health's guidelines on recombinant DNA research. "It shows that they have a fundamental understanding of the industry."
This story originally appeared here.


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Kalamazoo Public Library is proud to announce the opening of our latest service to patrons, The Hub, KPL's new digital lab! The Hub offers patrons the opportunity to preserve the past and create the future by providing hardware and software to digitize and edit photos and video, preserve old LPs, cassettes or VHS tapes, produce podcasts, videos, music, animation and so much more! The Hub provides popular software and hardware necessary for most digital projects. A complete list of services, hardware and software can be found at kpl.gov/hub.
The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony of The Hub. There will be a ribbon cutting, tour and cake.
Date: Tuesday, May 27Time: 5:30 pmLocation: KPL Central - 315 South Rose Street, 3rd floorContact: Kevin King - email@example.com
"Kalamazoo Public Library recognizes that we live in a digital world," said Kevin King, Head, Branch and IT Services. "Digital literacy is critical to the success of the citizens of our community. Providing our patrons free, equal access to the latest technology and software is a top priority for KPL."
The addition of The Hub is also a key extended service of KPL's Local History department. A large majority of KPL's patrons utilize the services of Local History to research their family tree, find historic photos of Kalamazoo and locate old records or articles. The Hub will provide these patrons the opportunity to preserve their past by digitizing old photos, slides, and videos so that they may be shared with others via current technology.
The Hub is open Tuesdays, 3 - 8 pm and Thursdays, 10 am - 3 pm. Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are suggested. KPL patrons may reserve a station at kpl.gov/hub. Trained staff will be on-hand to assist patrons.
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Funding for The Hub was allocated from the library's endowment fund, several gifts to the library including the generous support of Major General and Mrs. John S. Patton, through the Clarence L. Miller Local History Fund; and the library's capital budget.
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xfce is a great desktop and I love it - thanks!
First I'll say what I'd like to know then why; I really just want to know the "what" but include the "why" in case you're interested so answering just the "what" is fine with me.
the what
Exactly what is xfce4 doing when I hit "shutdown/restart" from the GUI "quit" button? I understand /usr/libexec/xfsm* is involved somehow but is that just for shutdown or restarts too? Does it pass options to xfsm*? Does it pass options to xfsm* depending on whether it's "shutdown" or "restart"? What are they? Is xfsm* in turn calling something else/passing options? From the standpoint of xfce, what's different between a shutdown and a restart?
the why
I'm using gentoo/xfce4.4, xorg 7.1 and when I hit "quit" and then "shutdown" OR "restart" I don't always get dropped back to tty1 (X/xfce is running on tty7) for shutdown/restart.
Two different things happen for those times I do NOT get dropped back to tty1 (and I've discovered no pattern so don't know how to force any of these to happen):
1) xfce ostensibly exits and I get dropped back to my login mgr and the machine shuts down/restarts from there, or
2) xfce ostensibly exits, I get dropped back to my login GUI then NOTHING happens until I hit "ctl-alt-F1" to manually switch to tty1. I could sit there for 5 minutes looking at the login GUI but the instant I press ctl-alt-F1 shutdown/restart runs. Once I did this, machine didn't shut down, I logged back in, xfce started, I ran a couple things then hit ctl-alt-F1 and the machine immediately commenced to shutting down.
I run xfce as non-root but followed all the instructions for non-root shutdown (incl. the /etc/sudoers entry for xfsm*) and if I don't start X, I can shut down/restart just fine as non-root - so that isn't the problem.
I've looked at a million possibilities so this will either tell me xfce isn't involved in this problem or hopefully it is and how.
Do you see any difference in /var/log/syslog between the two behaviours?


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Giveaway Disclaimer: No purchase necessary. A purchase will not improve your chance of winning. Every 15 minutes (at 8:15PM, 8:30PM, 8:45PM, 9:00PM -EST) Product Girl will be randomly selecting one winner from among those currently following @productgirl @dove, and/or @rocket_xl who have tweeted using the #CloseUpMoment hashtag between 8:00 p.m. (EST) and the time of the drawing to receive a Dove Close-Up Challenge Package. Open to legal U.S./D.C. residents 18+. Void where prohibited. Begins at 8:00 p.m. EST and ends at 9:00 p.m. EST on 2/28/11. Sponsored by Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever 800 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, and is administered by Rocket XL, LLC and Product Girl. For rules: http://bit.ly/fB8Drs
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very nice game , thanks for this helpful post for me and all.
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