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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
"The New Odd Couple" Abercrombie Moves To Savile Row
"Abercrombie & Fitch will make its European debut with a bang on Savile Row.
Industry sources here say the American retailer will move into the Jil Sander flagship at 7 Burlington Gardens, on the corner of Savile Row."
Maybe it is my generation but I relate everything to TV. Doesn't this sound like a setup for a TV Sitcom?
Is John Cleese really that busy, couldn't he do a show as the stuff but down-on-his-luck tailor that is forced to rent a room to the slacker American manager of the new Abercrombie played by Skeet Ullrich.
I'd watch.
Maybe Tara Reid is the ditzy daughter of Cleese that can't stop drooling over Skeet. Ok, I'm calling NBC right now, they need to make up for Couples and The Office (American version) and this is their chance.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Window Shopping…….Bergdorf Goodman 11/19
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
On The Street…. 58th Street, Midtown
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
On The Street…. Hickey Freeman Executive, Midtown
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
On The Street….Central Park, Manhattan
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Window Shopping…….Bergdorf Goodman 11/19
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Flea Market Find…..The Portrait
Monday, November 28, 2005
The Sartorialiste
Sunday, November 27, 2005
The Sartorialist Visits Julians In Chapel Hill, NC
I stopped by Julians in Chapel Hill, North Carolina while traveling for Thanksgiving. Great old store with a very long and celebrated history.
I was a little underwhelmed by the selection, maybe I was expecting too much. I guess I was looking for Preppy or Trad to out do Ralph but Ralph's Rugby store opened across the street and has more energy, color and variety. It is frustrating when a relative newcomer like Ralph (Julian's has been open 65 years) can out Prep an original.
Of course the sales staff were true Southern Gentlemen.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
The New Skate Style….Less Formal Than Before
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Sunday Morning….Brooklyn, New York
Friday, November 25, 2005
Slim Coat If You Can
Friday, November 25, 2005
Window Shopping…….Bergdorf Goodman
Friday, November 25, 2005
Hint ,my favorite online fashion website, has the best fashion-centric links page on the internet. Designers, magazines, retailers and miscellaneous sites that every Sartorialist should have at their finger tips.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Alone In A Crowd
I hope everyone that makes it home for Thanksgiving realizies just how lucky they are. Have a great day.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
On The Street….Farmer's Market, Union Square
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Window Shopping…….Luigi Borrelli Shoes
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
The Coolest Hoodie I've Ever Seen
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Window Shopping…….Calvin Klein
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Why Are Fashion Designers Afraid Of Their Own Salespeople.
Why is every salesperson in Jil Sander, Gucci, Prada, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton dressed almost exactly alike? Black suit, white shirt, black or somber tie.
While I was shopping in these stores on Fifth Avenue today, I could not tell the difference between the salespeople and the security guards.
When you consider that these designer brands represent the heights of fashion self-expression, why don't they let their sales staff join in on the fun ?
I base my choice of which salesperson's I work with on their personal style (which is difficult to say the least when they are all dress in a uniform). David Anicich from Borrelli is a perfect example, on first seeing him I immediately knew he could help make me look better.
If you ask management, they would say the "uniform" allows the salespeople to wear the clothes without spending a ton of money on designer clothing.
Nice try.
Most of the salespeople work because they love the clothes.
Basically management is afraid their own salespeople just don't get it.
Granted ,in alot of cases they are right; it is very tough to find great salespeople with equally great personal style to work retail, but some stores have learned how to successfully exploit their staff as walking, talking mannequins and they are reaping the rewards.
Who gets it?
Ralph Lauren
Abercrombie & Fitch
Bergdorf Goodman
Not only do these companies have great ads and store displays, but by dressing the staff in a variety of the clothes, customers can better imagine how real people might look in the clothes. Not that the hotties at Abercrombie are real people but you get the idea.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Window Shopping…….Santoni
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Truth Is Stranger,No..More Fantastic, Than Fiction
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The Mannequins Time Forgot…Orchard Street, New York
Monday, November 21, 2005
Window Shopping…….Etro
Monday, November 21, 2005
Window Shopping…….Burberry
Sunday, November 20, 2005
A Sartorialist At Heart
Sunday, November 20, 2005
On The Street….Flea Market, Sixth Ave,
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Window Shopping…….Barneys New York
Sunday, November 20, 2005
The New Skate Style….Tompkins Square Park, LES
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Window Shopping…….Polo Ralph Lauren
Sunday, November 20, 2005
What's Mory Wearing Today?
Saturday, November 19, 2005
On The Street…. Chinatown, New York
Saturday, November 19, 2005
A Favorite Store…Gallagher's
When I was younger and actually had "me time" ( called BC, before chidren) I spent hours on cold winter afternoons at Gallagher?s. Any magazine or book that could remotely be used to inspire designers, artists, and photographers can be found here. For me it is the thrill of the hunt. Fashion magazines ,especially foreign fashion magazines, have never been cataloged so every turn of the page is a potenailly discovery,
Friday, November 18, 2005
It Is A Black, Black Day For American Menswear…..Robert Burke To Exit Bergdorf Goodman
Some things are just too good to last. On January 15th Robert Burke will leave Bergdorf Goodman to start his own luxury consulting company. Good for Robert! BAD FOR ME! Jim Gold was quoted in WWD saying that "Robert's primary focus was helping to position the store from a fashion standpoint, in terms of vendor assortment, fashion in the windows, the advertising, the Bergdorf Goodman Magazine and on the mannequins." THAT WAS ALL THE BEST STUFF!!!
I hope I'm wrong but it will be tough enough to replace Michael Bastian ,the recently departed BG Mens Fashion Director, but to also replace both Michael and Robert will be nearly impossible. I know it seems like I'm over exaggerating but I've lived in New York for 16 years and Bergdorf has only been truly relevant since Robert overhauled the fashion direction of the store.
Even The BG Magazine often had better editorial than most "true" fashion magazines.
Bergdorf will be Roberts first client but isn't that like Michael Jordan playing for the Wizards, it is close but not the same.
What do you think?
Will this make a difference at Bergdorf?
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Coffee with Gabor Halmos of Vass Shoes
Telling me that Vass shoes are exquisitely well made is like telling me that Natalie Portman went to Harvard because she is really smart. That's great, and I'm sure that helps in some way, but I just can't get past how beautiful they both are.
The great thing about meeting with Gabor Halmos to preview the Vass collection is that he doesn't have an office in the city. Instead we have to meet at incredibly chic places like Pastis to discuss toe boxes, hidden welts, and the complicated matter of harvesting cordovan from a horse's ass. Almost every waitress at Pastis came over to our table to advise us on which styles they thought would be good for me. Is it true that the way to a woman's heart is through your feet?
All kidding aside, it is very interesting to listen to Gabor discuss the challenges of growing a luxury shoe business (on the level of Lobb or a Lattanzi) in the US. I was surprised Gabor said that the perception of a luxury product "Made in Hungary" was the biggest obstacles for some retailers. When you hold the shoe it is so easy to feel and see the quality. Unfortunately I'm shallow, so what makes the Vass shoes on par, if not surpass, Lobb and especially Berluti is the design.
Of course my favorite store, Bergdorf Goodman spotted the potential of Vass and secured exclusive rights for New York City. Vass can also be ordered through another favorite store of mine, Louis Boston
Luckily, as Gabor spreads the gospel of Vass to stores around the U.S., one of the best tools available to him is the incredible book written by Laszlo Vass called Handmade Shoes For Men. It reminds me of the Borrelli booklet on how their shirts are made. Each page of the Vass book makes you appreciate the craft of shoe making, but it also make you want the SHOES more.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Window Shopping…….Luigi Borrelli
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Style Profile…Duckie Brown
I love it when I meet a designer (or in this case, two) and they are as funny, relaxed and as full of personality as the clothes they design. Steven (left) and Daniel's (right) views on personal style are as quirky as the Duckie Brown collection they design.
Best Sartorial advice from your Dad?
Steven: "sometimes it's ok not to bother?
Daniel: "be yourself"
I build my daily look around.
S: The mood I?m in
D: My jeans
The first thing I look at in another Sartorialist?s outfit.
S: Face and Jacket
D: Shoes
I splurge when buying.
S: Bags and shoes
D: Shoes
I only buy __________ in Europe
S: underwear
D: Vivienne Westwood
Favorite store
S: Zucca
D: Church Mouse – a second hand shop in Palm Beach
Most stylish city.
S: London
D: London
When I was high school I wore.
S: A Scholl uniform
D: A smiley face t-shirt
Shine your own shoes?
S: Yes
D: Yes
I always dress my best for?.?
S: Nan (Grandma)
D: My Mother and Father
Monday, November 14, 2005
Window Shopping…..Bergdorf Goodman Men 11/12
I love the "Bergdorf Look". They are the only multi-line store in New York that mixes designers in the display windows in a great way. Bergdorfs shows customers how they feel menswear should be worn as opposed to just displaying the latest from the big name designer's. Bravo!!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Mutants New York….6th Ave. New York
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Giorgio Armani – L'Uomo Vogue 1974
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Is Diego Della Valle The New Agnelli
The late Gianni Angelli was an Italian style icon. Sartorialists around the world have copied his carefully studied "nonchalant" quirks of dressing. Recently I've seen photos of Diego Della Valle ,the Sartorialistic owner of Tod's, sporting the Agnelli patented no-buttoning-the-button-down-collar look and the suit with sport shoes look. In the photo above he even dares to reproduce one of my favorites, the rarely copied tie-outside-the-sweater look.
To his credit, Della Valle is trying to create a few memorable "items of flare" for himself. At Italian football games Della Valle has taken to wearing his sweater over a color-coordinated cashmere scarf.
Should we name this look? What have you got?
Friday, November 11, 2005
Lismore Hosiery…Closing Day
An appointment cancelled the other day so I decided to wonder around the Lower East Side. Lismore Hosiery ,which I had shot in the past, somehow looked different. When you considering that everytime I passed it in 15 years it always looked exactly the same, I knew something was up….Closing Day. Lismore had occupied the same address for 68 years, I don't think they ever changed the window display in all that time. Inside was just an empty shell of the once flourishing business but like most of the garment businesses in the LES they simply cannot keep up the the times. What amazed me inside were all the little details like the roll top desk in the back room, the wheel covers on the rolling ladders, the ancient adding machine and the smell. It was the exact same smell of my grandma's house. I don't know if it is the smell of old wood, old buildings or old people. I felt really lucky to have been there to record the last day of that business. One day I will show these photos to my daughters and show them how New York use to look.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Sunday's Best….Harlem, New York
Friday, November 11, 2005
Window Shopping…..Domenico Vacca
Friday, November 11, 2005
The Coat Stands Alone…. Midtown, Manhattan
Thursday, November 10, 2005
What The F&%@! Does It take To Make It As A Young Designer In Menswear!
What the F#%@! does it take to make it as a young designer in menswear? Easy, HAVE A TAKE!!
HAVE A REAL AND UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW. Don't mistake "having a take" though, with creating a watered-down "just for sales" driven product. And not having a "serious" product does not mean not having a dead serious plan for how to grow your business.
Let's look at one of my favorite men's collections Duckie Brown
The first time I saw Duckie Brown was in Barneys a few years ago. It was a beautiful, simple jacket, until you looked at the back, which had a huge, colorful, felt house appliqued on the back. The other day at Barneys, I fell in love all over again with a red plaid sportcoat, with all of the colors of the jacket echoed in tiny beads sewn around the hem of the jacket.
Steven and Daniel, the "Duckies" of Duckie Brown, have not played it safe. What has it gotten them? Only some of the most prestigious accounts in the world, like Barneys, Fred Segal, Harrod's and Harvey Nichols; a cast of Hollywood hunks, like Jude Law (do we really need to add anyone after him?), and pages and pages of press. I have so much respect for people that know they are doing it the hard way, do it anyway, and still succeed.
Duckie Brown is winning, not because of big pockets full money, but pure creativity, vision and a little humour. Notice that's "humour" with an extra British "u"; humour like "The Office".
Checkout their website, the photography is great.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
A Certain Man, A Certain Style….Harlem, New York
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
On The Street…. Midtown, Manhattan
David is the manager for the Borrelli store in NYC. I know a lot of guys in the business and he is easily one of the most articulate on issues of style, quality and design. There are very few salespeople I would ask their opinion, he is one.
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Best Design Article I've Ever Read.
Jonathan Ive, Head of Design at Apple, is a modern master of design.
The recent Time magazine "What's Next" issue reminded me of a great article I read years ago in Fast Company about Jonathan Ive's approach to design. Why We Buy explains Ive's rules on how to create "design with power, passion, and purpose".
Monday, November 7, 2005
Brunello Cucinelli website
When you get to the Brunello Cucinelli website skip right by the intro and go straight to the section called Solomeo. The images and story of how Mr. Cuncinelli recently bought and is currently restoring an old villa in Umbria for cashmere production are absolutely beautiful and inspirng.
Monday, November 7, 2005
Old Man Style….4th Avenue, Brooklyn
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Window Shopping…..Bergdorf Goodman Men
Sunday, November 6, 2005
The Most Important Strategy of Tom Ford's New Men's Collection.
The most important element of Tom Ford's strategy for his new men's collection will be the introduction of the line through a group of Tom Ford wholely owned stores. Ford will be able to control the customers first impression of his collection; this is so important. How many times have I read about a "hot new designer" and then had to literally search racks, rails, 4-ways ,or worse, a soulless shop-in-shop just to find a safe and underwhelming presentation. Not only will Ford be able to control the size and depth of the buy, but through all the little details of his boutiques. he will be able to clearly differentiate the new Tom Ford man from the Gucci man.
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Lichenstein & Co. Tailors' Trimmings
Lichensteins has been in the same spot on Delancey street since 1903. I'm amazed how much has changed outside that door since Lichensteins has opened and yet how little has changed inside that same door. The owner still works the front measuring hair canvas, counting out buttons and selling shoulder pads for local custom tailors while the wife works the books in the back.
Saturday, November 5, 2005
L'Uomo Vogue 1974
Armani modeling his designs for Umberto Ginocchiette. This is from the last collection he created as a freelance designer.
Saturday, November 5, 2005
Is It A Rule If No One Knows About It?
I've heard that it is a "rule" of menswear that a double-breasted jacket should ALWAYS remained buttoned. Unfortunately no one seems to have told some of New York's most stylish men. Personally I don't think it is a big deal but some guys get really worked up about it. Does wearing a vest make the rule null and void or is it a worse offense to wear a vest with a DB jacket?
Thursday, November 3, 2005
The Pictures Armani Didn't Want You To See…Again
I'll come right out and say it. Giorgio Armani is the most important designer of the 20th century. Chanel and Dior were masters but had no menswear; YSL another master but a minimal effect on what was then an emgering "designer menswear" market. No one before or since has had as much impact on both mens and womens design at the same time as Armani did from 1982 to around 1995. Like Chanel, Dior,and YSL, Giorgio Armani truly created his own design vocabulary.
It is sometimes hard to remember that, at one point, Armani was just another young designer struggling to create a name for himself. To be honest though, Armani was never just a struggling unknown designer .
Below I have retyped (from the English translation in the back of the magazine) an article on Armani that was printed in L'Uomo Vogue in October 1974. Giorgio had just shown his first collection (Spring '75) under his own label but, as you will read, Giorgio was already a well known and highly regarded member of the Milan design community. In the coming weeks I will discuss some of the other very unique elements that helped make Giorgio Armani into GIORGIO ARMANI.
In the meantime please enjoy the photo of Armani modeling clothes (nice twinset) that he designed for Umberto Ginocchietti and Barba's in the final collection he designed as a freelance designer. I will be posting more from this editorial in the next few days.
L'Uome Vogue October/November 1974 "The New Man of Italian Fashion"
This year Giorgio Armani is the main topic of conversation even if, when a definition is required, no proper term is available; Stylist, designer, dressmaker? No, either too loose or too limiting definitions. Perhaps the best definition is: the new man of Italian fashion, The man representing a new international establishment for our ready-to-wear clothes. No doubt, this is the year of his debut, even if, strange as it may sound, when thinking of him that for years now is going full swing. Until yesterday, after all, he never showed his collection with his name. He kept away from the show-window. He allowed his collection to be shown with labels of the firms with which he collaborated. But he could not miss a date with Milan, the new center of men?s fashion. Finally he decided: he joined all his collections and introduced himself personally in the halls of the extremely old Carminati restaurant in the Piazza del Duomo for the spring dress rehearsal
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Style Profile…Massimo Caronna
Massimo Caronna is the owner IMC Group, one of New York's leading distributors of Italian luxury brands. Massimo is one of "those" Italians, born with a natural panache for great style. He has already built a successful American business with top tier retailers for Brunello Cucinelli, and is currently working his magic on newer Italian brands like P Zero for Pirelli, Boglioli, Coat, and Roda. Trust me, you will be seeing more about these brands soon on The Sartorialist. Massimo will also be deeply involved with Michael Bastian's (former Fashion Director Bergdorf Men's) recently announced men's collection. The Sartorialist asked Massimo about his personal style.
Must have items for FW05?
Cashmere Garment-Washed Jacket
Favorite store?
Bergdorf Goodman
Style icon?
Giorgio Armani
Most cherished item?
Vintage watch
Favorite fashiony movie?
American Gigolo, The Aviator, Cotton Club
Describe your personal style?
Sporty chic
Most stylish city?
Favorite fashion magazine?
Mens Cargo, Harper's Bazaar
Cologne and skin care?
Comme de Garcon 2
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Lismore Hosiery…Lower East Side, New York
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Brunello Cucinelli Resort 2005/6 Preview
I stopped by the Cucinelli showroom the other day for a Resort '05/06 preview. I am a really big fan of Cucinelli's brand of casual elegence and this Resort collection just gives me more of the same. Cucinelli is focusing on the "little twists", I loved the linen sportcoat with all the great quality details and the completely quirky suede elbow patches. Another standout was the "soft" dress shirts with the "only I know" contrast binding at the neck.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
The Orchestra Leader…West Village, New York
Michael is the leader of the Blue Orchid Dance Orchestra. I hardly ever stop someone on the street and ask to take their photo but how could I pass this up!


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Okay, I've got a dirty hack for now to work around the flicker problem in Kubuntu 8.10. You can edit /usr/bin/startkde and comment out the line starting ksmserver (kwrapper4 ksmserver).
Then instead write
kwrapper4 krunner &
kwrapper4 plasma &
kwrapper4 kwin
There will be no session management, but also not flickering. I'll let you know when I find a better fix.
Update: Eventually I did find a much better fix. But it doesn't work for KDE 4.2 (yet).

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October 30, 2017, 8:58 am
Eric Gordon (illness) will play Monday night versus the Sixers after sitting last game versus the Grizzlies, according to Jonathan Feigan.
Gordon has been red hot for the Rockets this season, averaging 23.2 points per game off of the bench and should continue seeing a high second team usage. Look for him to receive his normal 30-36 minutes and continue to be the Rockets' top secondary scoring option.
Fantasy News
May 19, 2019, 11:44 pmFred VanVleet - G - Toronto Raptors
Fred VanVleet needed stitches to close up a gash under his left eye that he sustained in Sunday's Game 3.
VanVleet ended up going 1-for-11 from the field in 31 minutes, ending up in a major role with Kyle Lowry fouling out with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. He continues to have a terrible offensive postseason, though he did manage to hang tough on the defensive end for the most part. If FVV can get his shot sorted out it would help the Raptors immensely, but him playing this much is not a desirable outcome no matter what.
Source: Josh Lewenberg on Twitter
May 19, 2019, 10:45 pmKawhi Leonard - F - Toronto Raptors
Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 36 points on 11-of-25 shooting in a game-high 52 minutes of action in a double overtime win over the Bucks in Game 3.
Leonard scored eight points in the second overtime to finish off the win. The Raptors have now made this a competitive series and have a chance to tie it up at two games in Game 4. Leonard shot 2-of-4 from 3-point territory and added nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and one block to the box score. He will continue to perform well, but the fate of the Raptors rests on the remainder of the team to continuously provide him with support on both ends of the floor.
May 19, 2019, 10:41 pmPascal Siakam - F - Toronto Raptors
Pascal Siakam had a solid stat line on Sunday, with 25 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-18 shooting in 51 minutes of action in a double overtime win over the Bucks in Game 3.
As expected, Siakam bounced back from his underwhelming Game 2 performance with an absolute gem in Game 3. Siakam is proving that he is a force to be reckoned with in this league as he is not shying away from the game's biggest stage. He added one assist, three steals, one block and three 3-pointers to the stat sheet. The Raptors brought the series within one game and have a chance to even up the series on Tuesday night.
May 19, 2019, 10:37 pmMarc Gasol - C - Toronto Raptors
Marc Gasol put up 16 points with 12 rebounds and five blocks in a Game 3 win over the Bucks in double overtime on Sunday.
He added seven assists and one steal to the box score in his 45 minutes of action. He shot 5-of-10 from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. This was Gasol's first good game of the series and the Raptors won, so it is safe to say that he can be considered an X-factor for them. The Raptors have a chance to even up the series in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
May 19, 2019, 10:33 pmKyle Lowry - G - Toronto Raptors
Kyle Lowry put up 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting with four rebounds and five assists before fouling out in the fourth quarter in a Game 3 win over the Bucks on Sunday.
The Raptors brought the series within one game and Lowry's solid play in regulation helped them pull out the win. Fred VanVleet, who had three points on 1-of-11 shooting, filled in for Lowry in the overtimes and ultimately played well enough for the Raptors to win. Although Lowry receives extensive criticism for his lackluster playoff performances, he is an integral part of the Raptors' team success.
May 19, 2019, 10:29 pmNorman Powell - F/G - Toronto Raptors
Norman Powell put up a playoff-high 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting in 30 minutes of action before fouling out in a 118-112 double overtime win in Game 3 on Sunday.
There were some rumors prior to the game that Powell would get an increased role for Game 3, and this turned out to be true as he played 30 minutes before the game even reached the first overtime. He thrived in his increased opportunity and was hitting some key shots down the stretch. He added four rebounds, three assists, three 3-pointers and one steal to the box score.
May 19, 2019, 10:24 pmBrook Lopez - C - Milwaukee Bucks
Brook Lopez had a solid performance in Game 3 on Sunday as he put up 16 points and six rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting in a loss to the Raptors in double overtime.
Lopez has shown up for the Bucks in this series, but he was not able to lead them to a win like he did in Game 1. He added one assist, two steals and three triples to the box score. Lopez has played Marc Gasol very tough in this series, which has forced the Raptors to consider lineup changes. The play of Lopez should not go unnoticed in the overall spectrum of why the Bucks are as good as they are.
May 19, 2019, 10:22 pmAndre Iguodala - G/F - Golden State Warriors
The MRI on Andre Iguodala's left calf came back negative, but the swingman is considered questionable for Monday's Game 4 vs. the Blazers.
Iguodala headed to the locker room in the first quarter of Game 3 and had the training staff check on it. If he's unable to give it a go for Game 4, the Warriors will have to dig deep into their bench and find some production from the likes of Kevon Looney or Jonas Jerebko.
Source: ESPN.com
May 19, 2019, 10:19 pmGiannis Antetokounmpo - F - Milwaukee Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo put up a unique line in Sunday's Game 3 loss to the Raptors in double overtime, with 12 points, 23 rebounds and seven assists.
The Greek Freak also added one steal, four blocks and eight turnovers before fouling out in the second overtime. He shot just 5-of-16 from the field and 2-of-7 from the line. The fact that the Bucks were able to force this game to two overtimes with Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and Eric Bledsoe shooting 11-of-48 combined from the field shows how truly good of a team they are. The Bucks will look to take a commanding 3-1 series lead on Tuesday night.
May 19, 2019, 10:14 pmMalcolm Brogdon - G - Milwaukee Bucks
Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting in 37 minutes of action in a double overtime loss to the Raptors in Game 3 on Sunday.
The series is now 2-1 in favor of the Bucks, but Game 4 is a huge turning point as the game is Toronto and the Raptors have a chance to tie up the series. Brogdon and George Hill were on the court over Eric Bledsoe and Nikola Mirotic to end the game as they have played consistently well all series long. The dynamic duo off the bench had 44 points in this one and were the two highest scorers on the Bucks.


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Serbian Christmas is celebrated yearly at the International Cafe & Bar, and we've happened in once before without knowing that we were arriving on that celebrated date. This time, we postponed our already scheduled trip to Austin by one or two days in order to arrive on the 7th of January, which corresponds to December 25th on the Julian calendar.
By perfect celebratory standards, we got there just a wee bit late, but still in time to get a room with overrated free wi-fi (terrible bandwith, poor broadcasting) at the Mountain Motel, and time to sit in the bar for a drink or two — including some traditional plum brandy from Serbia — before moving to our table in the cafe. The Christmas dinner of pit-roasted pig served with various and sundry dishes and desserts begins at around 2 or 3 in the afternoon (or maybe as early as noon). I think we sat down just before 6:00 and the food was still coming. The meal is free (unless you order off the pizza menu), the experience is more than worth the price, and the cuisine is the best for miles around.
We spent much of the next day trying to find a certain locality in the Northumberland caldera, and at one point we came close to taking the right road.
The right road.We found a nice Z fold in Ordovician cherts of the Vinnini Formation just a couple miles southeast of the turnoff to the right road. The Z fold was part of a larger fold or fold complex that was difficult to photograph with straight-down-sun lighting. You can barely make out the Z fold near the main fold axis, just to the right of the prominent, though thin, black chert band in the right hand part of the photo.
I somehow didn't manage to take a picture of the wrong road.
I somehow didn't manage to take a picture of the wrong road.
Here's a better look at the Z fold with my boot for scale
And here's the Z fold rotated into a Z postion. I'll leave it to all the diehard structural types in the audience to tell me which direction is up in the photo showing the whole fold.
Not knowing that we hadn't made it to our sought-after spot in the Northumberland caldera, we returned to Austin after partaking of the waters at Spencer Hot Springs. We had another beer or two at the bar before eating dinner at the International, and the next day we continued our journey.
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Raven Tours offers unique and diverse bus tours into nature and history. Small groups of guests are often the friendliest, creating a fun and relaxing journey. Raven Tours is a Townsville based business that is focused on providing high-quality service and customer satisfaction - they will do everything they can to meet your expectations.
This tour is an adventure into the rain forest mountains of far north Queensland and is set at a leisurely pace with lunch included in the tour.
The first stop is Jourama Falls; a beautiful picnic area and nature walks await, there is fresh water holes for you to immerse into or simply dunk your feet in, a magnificent waterfall to view, scenic bush trails and the sounds of nature which creates a calm cool refreshing environment for you to unwind and relax.
The second stop is in Ingham, fondly known as little Italy. They call into a local Italian cafe for lunch and take a walk to view the history of Ingham via a 50 metre mosaic art work that is truly wow!
The third stop is Wallaman Falls; this waterfall has the longest drop in the southern hemisphere and is breathtaking. You will travel to the lookouts that show case this magnificent waterfall and a valley that travels as far as the eye can see!
Then its a short drive to the picnic area where you can feed the turtles, explore the rain forest trails and swim in the fresh water holes.
Nature is magical!
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Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII On the Unity of the Church, 29 June 1896
Abridged from sections 2 through 10.
As in the natural order God does not usually give full perfection except by means of
man's work and action, so also He makes use of human aid for that which lies beyond the
limits of nature, that is to say, for the sanctification and salvation of souls.
And, since it was necessary that His divine mission should be perpetuated to the end of
time, He took to Himself Disciples, trained by himself, and made them partakers of His own
authority. He bade them go through the whole world and faithfully preach to all nations,
what He had taught and what He had commanded, so that by the profession of His doctrine,
and the observance of His laws, the human race might attain to holiness on earth and
neverending happiness in Heaven. In this wise, and on this principle, the Church was
begotten. If we consider the chief end of His Church and the proximate efficient causes of
salvation, it is undoubtedly spiritual; but in regard to those who constitute it,
and to the things which lead to these spiritual gifts, it is external and
necessarily visible.
Jesus Christ commanded His Apostles and their successors to the end of time to teach
and rule the nations. He ordered the nations to accept their teaching and obey their
authority. But his correlation of rights and duties in the Christian commonwealth not only
could not have been made permanent, but could not even have been initiated except through
the senses, which are of all things the messengers and interpreters.
For this reason the Church is so often called in Holy Writ a body, and even the body
of Christ - "Now you are the body of Christ" (I Cor. xii., 27) - and
precisely because it is a body is the Church visible: and because it is the body of Christ
is it living and energizing, because by the infusion of His power Christ guards and
sustains it, just as the vine gives nourishment and renders fruitful the branches united
to it.
From this it follows that those who arbitrarily conjure up and picture to themselves a
hidden and invisible Church are in grievous and pernicious error: as also are those who
regard the Church as a human institution which claims a certain obedience in discipline
and external duties, but which is without the perennial communication of the gifts of
divine grace, and without all that which testifies by constant and undoubted signs to the
existence of that life which is drawn from God. It is assuredly as impossible that the
Church of Jesus Christ can be the one or the other, as that man should be a body alone or
a soul alone. The connection and union of both elements is as absolutely necessary to the
true Church as the intimate union of the soul and body is to human nature. The Church is
not something dead: it is the body of Christ endowed with supernatural life. As Christ,
the Head and Exemplar, is not wholly in His visible human nature, which Photinians and
Nestorians assert, nor wholly in the invisible divine nature, as the Monophysites hold,
but is one, from and in both natures, visible and invisible; so the mystical body of
Christ is the true Church, only because its visible parts draw life and power from the
supernatural gifts and other things whence spring their very nature and essence. But since
the Church is such by divine will and constitution, such it must uniformly remain to the
end of time. If it did not, then it would not have been founded as perpetual, and the end
set before it would have been limited to some certain place and to some certain period of
time; both of which are contrary to the truth.
It is so evident from the clear and frequent testimonies of Holy Writ that the true
Church of Jesus Christ is one, that no Christian can dare to deny it. But in
judging and determining the nature of this unity many have erred in various ways.
"The Church in respect of its unity belongs to the category of things indivisible
by nature, though heretics try to divide it into many parts...We say, therefore, that the
Catholic Church is unique in its essence, in its doctrine, in its origin, and in its
excellence... Furthermore, the eminence of the Church arises from its unity, as the
principle of its constitution - a unity surpassing all else, and having nothing like unto
it or equal to it" (S. Clemens Alexandrinus, Stronmatum lib. viii., c. 17).
But the mission of Christ is to save that which had perished: that is to say,
not some nations or peoples, but the whole human race, without distinction of time or
place. The Church, therefore, is bound to communicate without stint to all men, and to
transmit through all ages, the salvation effected by Jesus Christ, and the blessings
flowing there from. Wherefore, by the will of its Founder, it is necessary that this
Church should be one in all lands and at all times.
Furthermore, the Son of God decreed that the Church should be His mystical body, with
which He should be united as the Head, after the manner of the human body which He
assumed, to which the natural head is physiologically united. As He took to Himself a
mortal body, which He gave to suffering and death in order to pay the price of man's
redemption, so also He has one mystical body in which and through which He renders men
partakers of holiness and of eternal salvation. God "hath made Him (Christ) head over
all the Church, which is His body" (Eph. i., 22-23). Scattered and separated members
cannot possibly cohere with the head so as to make one body. But St. Paul says: "All
members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body, so also is Christ" (I
Cor. xii., 12).
The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same for ever; those who leave it
depart from the will and command of Christ, the Lord - leaving the path of salvation they
enter on that of perdition.
Agreement and union of minds is the necessary foundation of this perfect concord
amongst men, from which concurrence of wills and similarity of action are the natural
results. Wherefore, in His divine wisdom, He ordained in His Church Unity of Faith;
a virtue which is the first of those bonds which unite man to God, and whence we receive
the name of the faithful - "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Eph. iv.,
5). That is, as there is one Lord and one baptism, so should all Christians, without
exception, have but one faith.
The heavenly doctrine of Christ, although for the most part committed to writing by
divine inspiration, could not unite the minds of men if left to the human intellect alone.
It would, for this very reason, be subject to various and contradictory interpretations.
This is so, not only because of the nature of the doctrine itself and of the mysteries it
involves, but also because of the divergencies of the human mind and of the disturbing
element of conflicting passions. From a variety of interpretations a variety of beliefs is
necessarily begotten; hence come controversies, dissensions and wranglings such as have
arisen in the past, even in the first ages of the Church.
It was the duty of all who heard Jesus Christ, if they wished for eternal salvation,
not merely to accept His doctrine as a whole, but to assent with their entire mind to all
and every point of it, since it is unlawful to withhold faith from God even in regard to
one single point.
When about to ascend into heaven He sends His Apostles in virtue of the same power by
which He had been sent from the Father; and he charges them to spread abroad and propagate
His teaching. "All power is given to Me in Heaven and in earth. Going therefore teach
all nations....teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"
(Matt. xxviii., 18-19- 20). So that those obeying the Apostles might be saved, and those
disobeying should perish. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he
that believed not shall be condemned" (Mark xvi., 16). But since it is obviously most
in harmony with God's providence that no one should have confided to him a great and
important mission unless he were furnished with the means of properly carrying it out, for
this reason Christ promised that He would send the Spirit of Truth to His Disciples to
remain with them for ever. "But if I go I will send Him (the Paraclete) to you....But
when He, the Spirit of Truth is come, He will teach you all truth" John xvi., 7 13).
Wherefore the Apostles are ambassadors of Christ as He is the ambassador of the Father.
"As the Father sent Me so also I send you" John xx., 21). Hence as the Apostles
and Disciples were bound to obey Christ, so also those whom the Apostles taught were, by
God's command, bound to obey them. And, therefore, it was no more allowable to repudiate
one iota of the Apostles' teaching than it was to reject any point of the doctrine of
Christ Himself.
But, as we have already said, the Apostolic mission was not destined to die with the
Apostles themselves, or to come to an end in the course of time, since it was intended for
the people at large and instituted for the salvation of the human race. For Christ
commanded His Apostles to preach the "Gospel to every creature, to carry His name to
nations and kings, and to be witnesses to him to the ends of the earth." He further
promised to assist them in the fulfilment of their high mission, and that, not for a few
years or centuries only, but for all time - "even to the consummation of the
world." But how could all this be realized in the Apostles alone, placed as they were
under the universal law of dissolution by death? It was consequently provided by God that
the Magisterium instituted by Jesus Christ should not end with the life of the
Apostles, but that it should be perpetuated. We see it in truth propagated, and, 'as it
were, delivered from hand to hand. For the Apostles consecrated bishops, and each one
appointed those who were to succeed them immediately "in the ministry of the
Nay more: they likewise required their successors to choose fitting men, to endow them
with like authority, and to confide to them the office and mission of teaching.
"Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus: and the
things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same command to faithful men,
who shall be fit to teach others also" (2 Tim. ii., 1-2). Wherefore, as Christ was
sent by God and the Apostles by Christ, so the Bishops and those who succeeded them were
sent by the Apostles.
9. The Church, founded on these principles and mindful of her office, has done nothing
with greater zeal and endeavour than she has displayed in guarding the integrity of the
faith. Hence she regarded as rebels and expelled from the ranks of her children all who
held beliefs on any point of doctrine different from her own. The Arians, the Montanists,
the Novatians, the Quartodecimans, the Eutychians, did not certainly reject all Catholic
doctrine: they abandoned only a certain portion of it. Still who does not know that they
were declared heretics and banished from the bosom of the Church? In like manner were
condemned all authors of heretical tenets who followed them in subsequent ages.
Wherefore, as appears from what has been said, Christ instituted in the Church a living,
authoritative and permanent Magisterium, which by His own power He strengthened, by
the Spirit of truth He taught, and by miracles confirmed. He willed and ordered, under the
gravest penalties, that its teachings should be received as if they were His own. As
often, therefore, as it is declared on the authority of this teaching that this or that is
contained in the deposit of divine revelation, it must be believed by every one as true.
If it could in any way be false, an evident contradiction follows; for then God Himself
would be the author of error in man.
For this reason the Fathers of the Vatican Council laid down nothing new, but followed
divine revelation and the acknowledged and invariable teaching of the Church as to the
very nature of faith, when they decreed as follows: "All those things are to be
believed by divine and Catholic faith which are contained in the written or unwritten word
of God, and which are pro posed by the Church as divinely revealed, either by a solemn
definition or in the exercise of its ordinary and universal Magisterium" (Sess. iii.,
cap. 3). Hence, as it is clear that God absolutely willed that there should be unity in
His Church, and as it is evident what kind of unity He willed, and by means of what
principle He ordained that this unity should be maintained, we may address the following
words of St. Augustine to all who have not deliberately closed their minds to the truth:
"When we see the great help of God, such manifest progress and such abundant fruit,
shall we hesitate to take refuge in the bosom of that Church, which, as is evident to all,
possesses the supreme authority of the Apostolic See through the Episcopal succession? In
vain do heretics rage round it; they are condemned partly by the judgment of the people
themselves, partly by the weight of councils, partly by the splendid evidence of miracles.
To refuse to the Church the primacy is most impious and above measure arrogant. And if all
learning, no matter how easy and common it may be, in order to be fully understood
requires a teacher and master, what can be greater evidence of pride and rashness than to
be unwilling to learn about the books of the divine mysteries from the proper interpreter,
and to wish to condemn them unknown?" (De Unitate Credendi, cap. xvii., n.
It is then undoubtedly the office of the church to guard Christian doctrine and to
propagate it in its integrity and purity. But this is not all: the object for which the
Church has been instituted is not wholly attained by the performance of this duty. For,
since Jesus Christ delivered Himself up for the salvation of the human race, and to this
end directed all His teaching and commands, so He ordered the Church to strive, by the
truth of its doctrine, to sanctify and to save mankind. But faith alone cannot compass so
great, excellent, and important an end. There must needs be also the fitting and devout
worship of God, which is to be found chiefly in the divine Sacrifice and in the
dispensation of the Sacraments, as well as salutary laws and discipline. All these must be
found in the Church, since it continues the mission of the Saviour for ever. The Church
alone offers to the human race that religion - that state of absolute perfection - which
He wished, as it were, to be incorporated in it. And it alone supplies those means
of salvation which accord with the ordinary counsels of Providence.
10. But as this heavenly doctrine was never left to the arbitrary judgment of private
individuals, but, in the beginning delivered by Jesus Christ, was afterwards committed by
Him exclusively to the Magisterium already named, so the power of performing and
administering the divine mysteries, together with the authority of ruling and governing,
was not bestowed by God on all Christians indiscriminately, but on certain chosen persons.
For to the Apostles and their legitimate successors alone these words have reference:
"Going into the whole world preach the Gospel." "Baptizing them."
"Do this in commemoration of Me." "Whose sins you shall forgive they are
forgiven them." And in like manner He ordered the Apostles only and those who should
lawfully succeed them to feed - that is to govern with authority - all Christian
Wherefore Jesus Christ bade all men, present and future, follow Him as their leader and
Saviour; and this, not merely as individuals, but as forming a society, organized and
united in mind. In this way a duly constituted society should exist, formed out of the
divided multitude of peoples, one in faith, one in end, one in the participation of the
means adapted to the attainment of the end, and one as subject to one and the same
authority. To this end He established in the Church all principles which necessarily tend
to make organized human societies, and through which they attain the perfection proper to
each. That is, in it (the Church), all who wished to be the sons of God by adoption might
attain to the perfection demanded by their high calling, and might obtain salvation. The
Church, therefore, as we have said, is man's guide to whatever pertains to Heaven. This is
the office appointed unto it by God: that it may watch over and may order all that
concerns religion, and may, without let or hindrance, exercise, according to its judgment,
its charge over Christianity.
God indeed even made the Church a society far more perfect than any other. For the end
for which the Church exists is as much higher than the end of other societies as divine
grace is above nature, as immortal blessings are above the transitory things on the earth.
Therefore the Church is a society divine in its origin, supernatural in its
end and in means proximately adapted to the attainment of that end; but it is a human
community inasmuch as it is composed of men.
Indeed no true and perfect human society can be conceived which is not governed by some
supreme authority. Christ therefore must have given to His Church a supreme authority to
which all Christians must render obedience. For this reason, as the unity of the faith is
of necessity required for the unity of the church, inasmuch as it is the body of the
faithful, so also for this same unity, inasmuch as the Church is a divinely
constituted society, unity of government, which effects and involves unity of communion,
is necessary jure divino [by divine law].
[For the nature of this supreme authority, see the continuation of Satis cognitum
in the section on the papacy. Satis cognitum, in its unabridged form, contains many
more texts from the Fathers of the Church in support of each of its points.]
Excerpted and abridged from Leo XIII's encylical letter on the unity of the Church, Satis
cognitum, 29 June, 1896.
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The music on Wizard of the Vibes features Milt Jackson with the Thelonious Monk Quartet in a 1948 session combined with a 1952 date with his bandmates from the Modern Jazz Quartet (at that time including John Lewis, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke) along with alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who was oddly credited as the leader of the date on the original release, though it clearly seems to be Jackson in charge. The chemistry between Jackson and Monk on classics like "Misterioso," "Evidence," "I Mean You," and "Epistrophy" is immediately apparent, although Kenny "Pancho" Hagood's vocals on the standards "All the Things You Are" and "I Should Care" remain an acquired taste. Jackson introduces three originals on the latter session, including the debut of his highly acclaimed "Bag's Groove," which has long since become one of the most celebrated and popular jazz compositions. Lewis' uncanny musical ESP is evident throughout the session, as he feeds Jackson imaginative lines for his improvisations. Donaldson is enjoyable at times but doesn't always play at a level equal to the rhythm section, resorting to rather run-of-the-mill ideas in some of his improvisations. Milt Jackson's inventive playing throughout both dates makes this an important CD in his considerable discography, so it should be a part of any bop fan's collection. ~ Ken Dryden


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Julia Fullerton-Batten's models seem naked in their nudity, and this is not just a clever play on words. John Berger, in his book Ways of Seeing, explains the difference: "Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress."
Here, in Fullerton-Batten's Unadorned series, each model is indeed nude, as Berger suggests, posed on display, manipulated by the photographer to convey an idea, however . . . because he or she wears a certain type of nudity in the vein of old world masters from the 15th – 17th centuries . . . and because they are arranged in contemporary settings by female hands . . . and because their bodies are curvy and soft, as opposed to thin and hard . . . what results is also a fascinating feeling of nakedness: a complex historical/sociological revelation of us as a species in relation to gender, weight, and image.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Due to recent inclement weather, The Red Cross recently issued an urgent appeal for all blood types. Severe winter weather across much of the country throughout January and February has forced the cancellation of more than 1,000 American Red Cross blood drives.
Blood products are being distributed to hospitals as quickly as donations come in. All blood types are needed now and will be needed in the coming weeks to help ensure blood is available for patients.
The final THON blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Intramural Building Gym 1 on THON weekend. Each donor will receive a $4 donation to The Four Diamonds Fund, credited to the THON organization of his or her choice. Pizza and other special food will be provided at the blood drive. THON blood drives show the connection between blood donation and cancer patients, who make up almost 20 percent of blood users.
The partnership between the American Red Cross and the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON) began in 2001 to help sustain regional blood inventories. This year marks the 13th annual partnership between the two organizations to raise money for THON.
At the blood drive there is an opportunity for blood donors, THON-goers and the general public to register, free of charge, with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) that matches potential donors with patients who need bone marrow transplants. Requirements are different for entering the registry than donating blood. There are no weight requirements; you may be an international student (if you plan to be in the U.S. for at least two years), no travel restrictions and no minimum iron levels.
Donors will have three options Feb. 22. Eligible donors are encouraged to choose the first option to help increase our local blood inventories.
1. Donate blood and enter the National Marrow Donor Program. In addition to donating blood, a cheek swab will be done to enter the bone marrow registry.
2. Enter the registry only.
3. Donate blood but not enter the registry.
Donors with scheduled appointments will be given priority status. Walk-in donors will be taken as space permits. Donation appointments can be made at redcrossblood.org by using sponsor code: psu or searching by zip code. Donors may also call the local Red Cross Blood Services office to make an appointment at 814-237-2713.
Volunteers are still needed to help run this blood drive. Interested persons can sign up to volunteer at www.volunteer.psu.edu/redcross.


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Brenley Mae Clay
Jason and Jackie Clay of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 1:49 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
Brenley Mae weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 19½ inches long.
Grandparents are Johnny Thiele and the late Brenda Thiele of Vandalia, and Paul and Jackie Clay of Vandalia.
Great-grandparents are Louie and Betty Thiele of Vandalia, Bill Dothager of Mulberry Grove and Betty Eyman of Greenville.
Debra Smith and Ron Rauch Jr., both of Vandalia, have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.
Katie Adermann and Nicholas Adam Hackney, both of Taylorville, were married in a ceremony at 4:45 p.m. on Oct. 11, 2014, in the backyard of their home, with Jeff Benton officiating.
Kay Dothager
An open house will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. this Sunday at the Mulberry Grove Community Building to celebrate the 75th birthday of Kay Dothager.
The family requests no gifts.
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois held its sixth annual meeting on April 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn in O'Fallon.
During the meeting, approximately 300 Girl Scout members (adults and girls) from throughout Southern Illinois elected Board of Directors members and received a "State of the Council" report from Dixie Travelstead, GSSI Board of Director chair, and Villie M. Appoo, GSSI chief executive officer.
Clarence and Jeanette Wodtka will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary next Friday.
Murl Williams
Murl Williams of Collegedale, Tenn., formerly of the St. Elmo-Brownstown area, celebrated his 95th birthday this Wednesday.
His family is requesting a card shower in his honor.
Cards may be sent to: Box 229, Collegedale, Tenn. 37315.
Gerald and Keiko Lockart will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this Sunday.
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It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to and from work, or take a ferry, skip the gridlock and cut the commute to 40 minutes, roundtrip?
Travelling by road in Nigeria's sprawling economic capital of Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa's largest city, can be torturous, with 'go-slows' (local slang for traffic) often turning a 2km journey into an hour-long slog.
The lagoon that connects the densely populated mainland to the city's islands where many work offers an alternative travel option, but for some, ferries are too costly, unreliable and dangerous.
The Lagos State Government is trying to change that through measures designed to boost the number of passenger boats in operation while reducing the vehicles on the mega-city's congested routes.
There are signs the strategy is working.
"It will save me fuel, it will save me time and it will save me other stress," said Everest Agharesa while seated on a boat at the mainland jetty of Apapa, a lifejacket slipped over his suit.
As the real estate agent scrolled through e-mails on his BlackBerry, he said he had just left a meeting and needed to get back to his office on Lagos Island, the city's historic business hub.
– 'Now I can play with my children' –
Travelling between the mainland and the islands typically involves battling gridlock on one of the city's notorious bridges, including the Third Mainland Bridge, which, at 10km (six miles), is Africa's longest.
It has become a key artery for Lagosians since opening in 1991, but the population was much smaller then.
Now the city's road network can hardly cope with its 15 million people, forcing officials to consider a range of solutions including new roads, a light rail network and an expanded ferry service.
Yinka Marinho, who left his job in the oil sector to head the Lagos State Water Authority, said ferry travel is becoming ever more popular.
"When I came two years ago, only 200,000 or 300,000 people were taking the boat every month. Today, we estimate that at least 1.3 million are using ferries," he said.
Companies looking to enter the sector face a number of obstacles, notably including a lack of properly constructed jetties.
"We are trying to make the waterways more attractive to operators," Marinho said.
Another issue is that the city does not yet have a comprehensive, reliable ferry service.
Currently, the sector consists of roughly 70 boats, individually owned by small businessmen in an informal set-up that is unpredictable and raises security concerns.
Among those who said he felt uneasy about water travel was Ezekiel Adewole, who works at a bank and complained about the cost, which increases at night.
He said he pays N600 (€3, $3.95) in the morning and up to N800 after sundown.
Prices vary — and, in typically Nigerian fashion, are often negotiable — but many said the ferries were generally more expensive than minibuses, thousands of which snake through Lagos each day, often overloaded with passengers.
Seated on a boat at the Oniru jetty, Adewole confessed that although he did not feel safe when travelling by water, avoiding road traffic was extremely appealing.
Furthermore, security was out of his control, he said: "We put everything in the hands of God."
Youssouf, a 42-year-old consultant who did not want to give his family name, said he hardly saw his children during the week because of his 40km (25-mile) commute from the mainland neighbourhood of Ikorodu to Victoria Island.
"Before, with my personal car, I used to leave at 4.30 am, and at night I was arriving at 11 pm," he said.
His commute has been shaved to 40 minutes roundtrip thanks to the ferry.
"Now I can play with my children in the morning and even at night," he said. "I can live a normal life!"


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A junior banker, when faced with a wife griping about the long hours he worked, recently posed his better half a question: "Do you think I would work less hours if I had a different job?" She paused for a moment, before answering: "No."
This anecdote, garnered during one of multiple conversations with past and present analysts, associates and vice-presidents at bulge-bracket banks, encapsulates one of the many issues banks face when addressing working conditions for junior bankers.
The challenge: how best to ensure that a group of competitive, ambitious and dynamic individuals do not work such long hours that they burn out, whether driven to it by their employers or their own personalities. The most popular answer by banks so far has been to limit, in some way, the number of days in a row an individual can work. But for the junior bankers themselves, all of whom spoke to Financial News on condition of anonymity, while this would be a positive step, it is also a blunt tool to tackle what is in many cases a cultural problem.
'My worst nightmare'
So what is employment as a junior banker actually like? The answer that came back from those who had recently done the job was clear: all-consuming.
One said: "There were times, when I was working, when I was doing two or three all-nighters in a row, or getting into the office at 9am on a Saturday, and leaving the office at 3am or 4am on the Monday morning. It was like 45 or 46 hours in a row. It was my worst nightmare."
The reasons for these all-nighters are manifold. When a transaction is live and close to completion, there is no avoiding intense periods of hard work. Few of the juniors involved resented such periods. What is more galling, they say, is when senior people promise information to a client as part of their day-to-day relationship management duties with a "ridiculous timetable".
One said: "There's a lot of competition, and if you cannot make the deadline, someone else will. If you are working on a co-mandate, you want to show off. If you are pitching, you want to show off by doing it as early as possible."
In addition, the juniors in question - ambitious as they are - are often responsible for driving themselves into the ground. Only with more experience do the individuals realise the stupidity of such efforts. One junior banker said: "It is like a competition, as they are all extremely driven people, but it is a stupid competition. It makes no sense. You get more unproductive, you do less good work, and it just isn't fun."
One associate at a leading bank, articulating the view of many of those who spoke to Financial News, said: "Some will say 'I don't want to work 100-hour weeks, when I can work for Apple or Google, get paid the same base salary, and have a great, dynamic experience'."
Calling for cultural change
However, the junior executives also argued that efforts to cut their hours would only be effective if juniors and seniors alike bought into them. That is far from guaranteed.
One junior questioned how feasible it would be, as an associate, to tell someone above them in the hierarchy that they couldn't do a piece of work because of a protected weekend.
Personal ambition may also get in the way. One individual at a bank that has implemented measures to improve the work-life balance of its junior bankers said: "Personally, I think at the associate level, in practicality, I'm not going to follow this. I care about deals. Deals are my bullet points."
As a result, the success of the policies will live and die by whether they are a means of initiating cultural change rather than just a box-ticking exercise.
One banker said: "I think a policy is kind of a cover-my-backside approach. It is the right mission, but I think what you ultimately need to change is peoples' behaviour, and that is quite difficult when people have been working one way for 15 years."
What might that change amongst senior bankers look like? Juniors are near unanimous on this point: improve the management skills of senior bankers, be honest about what is required for that pitch or meeting, and make juniors feel part of the team rather than just a resource to be used and abused. On management skills, one junior said: "One of the hardest skills for anyone is people management. Investment banking a lot of the time lacks people who can actually manage people."
This includes thinking ahead when in need of marketing material, and not waiting for Friday afternoon to ask for that 100-page book, when it could have been asked for on Wednesday.
To go one step further, bankers could ask whether they really need to step into a meeting weighed down by a heavy information pack at all when four pages of well-thought-out notes will suffice.
One banker said: "The issue you obviously still have is juniors have to come in because they have to do more marketing books, and they [the senior bankers] haven't thought about it, or they've been travelling, and they have a meeting on Monday, and they'll ask: 'Can you do this book?'
"It is just a huge book without much thought put into it. That is where it all goes wrong, it is that type of work. I don't think juniors mind working hard and long hours as long as it is interesting."
Every single junior banker who spoke to Financial News echoed the latter point: they rarely resent working around the clock on interesting work or a deal, and yearn to feel involved in the process and to learn from it.
One junior banker said: "Some junior bankers left the industry because they were disgusted or because they were treated like sh*t, and some others loved the work, even though it was hard, because they were very much involved in the deals. They weren't just producing slides, they were part of the process and core members of the deal team."
This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated February 10, 2013 under the headline 'Limiting junior banker working hours is just part of the answer'


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I'd like to thank The Accidental Hippy for inviting me to post today. Life can get pretty crazy and I love the concept of slowing down, casting off unnecessary 'stuff' and living a life mindful of our impact on others as well as the planet. There have been some inspiring posts right here on this


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"Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."
-- Amy Bloom
No....I'm not in love :O)....but despite a really busy week, and a lot of outings, socializing, and projects, the highlight of the week (as it should be) was church this Sunday. It was all about LOVE....if you've ever been in love, think you might some day be in love, or have had anyone who has discussed being in love and needed your advice, you should definitely check it out (it's the kind of advice I hope you will feed back to me someday if I'm questioning the concept). You can hear the sermon at www.prestonwood.org anytime throughout the week by following the links. The basic idea was that love is an action and not an emotion. There are emotions linked with love, both good....and bad....but the heart of the word resides in actions. When God says He loves you, He's not just speaking of feelings He has for you, it's the actions behind those feelings, and the permanancy of the love He has for you. The sermon includes all the advice I wish I had given when confronted with problems, and all the things I needed to hear when considering the future. I 'loved' it....:O) I hesitate to even give a summary b/c there is no way I can really express how great it was and motivating, but I hope you will check it out....it was one of those weeks when I wish I had saved enough room in the pews and enough money for the airfare to include you all...I needed a little revival, and I enjoyed thinking-THIS is why I go to church, it revives me, renews me, strengthens and educates me into the way I want to lead my life.
Going the way of the Buffalo...
Sunday, July 22, 2007 1 comment
My weekend a Lake Murray consisted of: a cabin shared with Mom, Lois, Holly and Brian; ping pong, minature golf, a boat ride past Tucker Tower and across Lake Murray, dinner at 'the' Apple Bin, arcade and pool games, a little hike up a road at the state park, a swing, slide photo ops, star gazing and moon hunting with a telescope, chasing geese, swimming, spades, dominoes, cooking out, shopping, lakeside views, cattails (pictured-when I was little my Mom told me this was called a "Corn Dog Plant" and this is where corn dogs come from-the restaurant at the lodge served corn dogs on the children's menu, which was usually my meal of choice and while we waited to be served, she convinced me any delay in service was because they were out 'picking' my meal from around the lake-I was a little mixed up as a kiddo), and lastly my weekend consisted of the sad news that one of my very favorite places to 'get away' as a child and an adult is being sold off and eventually 'renovated' or torn down to make way for a luxory hotel....feeling a little blue, but refreshed after a weekend of fun and remembering some of the best of times!
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Elijah Wade
Saturday, July 14, 2007 No comments
This is Eli (11 days old) and Monica. He's a tiny little bundle of joy at less than five pounds, but he sure is a cute little peanut. I got to hold him for quite awhile and retour his precious nursery now that he has arrived and all the pieces are in place. He's a lucky little boy, both grandma's and his grandpa have been taking turns holding him, and Grandma Elaine is staying through August to help out with childcare. Matt is ready to start purchasing the appropriate outdoor equipment for him to join him and the uncles on hunting and camping trips. He's got a world full of people ready to spoil him.
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Seeing Stars
I like to make list....which isn't a surprise for most of you, but one thing I make a list of are things I want to go see and do around the Dallas area in the summer. It's a big city, there is a lot I have still never done (though I've done a lot) and a lot I have not done in long time. Today I checked two of my 'Summer 2007' activities off the list. Holly, Brian and I headed to the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park (not to be confused with the Dallas World Aqaurium). I had previously been to this aquarium, but it's been QUITE a few years. It's a little bit small, but still fun to browse, and very affordable. They have a three legged sea turtle (along with another much large turtle, with all four legs and a ton of other turtles in all shapes and sizes), lots of local examples of fish, as well as fish all over the world, a shark tank, a lot of jelly fish and other of their harmful little friends, and then a pretty big selection of sea horses, included the cutest little exhibit of baby sea horses, which I loved! Just FYI, you can also call off the search, we found Nemo....
After the aquarium we headed over to the Planetarium (there are a ton of museums all sitting close together in fair park) to see a film set inside the planetarium dome called New Horizons about the planets, and then we saw a live sky show, which was an interactive chat about the stars, constellations, planets and little tidbits about the solar system. It was cool, I love the planetarium. We also had a little fun with the plastic astronaut helmets while waiting for the show, because we are mature like that...I'm sharing Brian's pictures-it's 'out of the world'....man, things are just funnier when you post at 2 am!
After the aquarium we headed over to the Planetarium (there are a ton of museums all sitting close together in fair park) to see a film set inside the planetarium dome called New Horizons about the planets, and then we saw a live sky show, which was an interactive chat about the stars, constellations, planets and little tidbits about the solar system. It was cool, I love the planetarium. We also had a little fun with the plastic astronaut helmets while waiting for the show, because we are mature like that...I'm sharing Brian's pictures-it's 'out of the world'....man, things are just funnier when you post at 2 am!
Tags: Dallas Area Activities, Family
Hello my name is Christy, and I'm a scrapaholic....
Thursday, July 12, 2007 No comments
Scrapbooking isn't the only thing I've done in the last few days, but it is certainly one of the things I have been enjoying a lot of....and I do mean A LOT. Not that I haven't enjoyed the company of all the friends I have met up with, but look---there is just something about a sticker.....these are a couple of the pages I have done the last two days, I have a whole book full of them, some I like more than others. I'm sharing these b/c it shows some of my new trends. The first page (the yellow page) is all about the 'mini books' inside the envelope with the ribbon on time is a little mini book with the pictures and stories of the funny signs and bathrooms we saw along the way...oh and there are a lot of buttons...per usual. Page two-it's all about the flowers, boy do I love those flowers. Page three-I do love my CM punches and use them all the time (thanks Maurine for introducing me to the produce) and I can't stop using rope on the pages....and thus completes a day in the life of gluestick heaven. I think I remember mentioning a work project I was supposed to be working on.....but there are no stickers, so it has lost some of it's appeal, though the director would disagree with that decision!
Tags: Crafting, Scrapbooking
Max's Moment
Saturday, July 07, 2007 No comments
Max needed his day on the net too, so here he is....helping me with my projects this week. I am now on the editing stage of my work project, with one side project to do which will take about five hours. I figure I have about 10-15 hours left....not bad....I've already invested 45 hours in the last few weeks. I also completed a wedding album for a friend today after a long week of projects/work/meeting up with friends, etc etc etc. I don't usually make albums for friends, I just always think if you are a non-scrapbooker, it's hard to really imagine what goes into a book (money, time, labor)...or a collage...or any project really. In addition, I dropped off my quilt to be quilted (another one of those-if you don't do it, it's hard to imagine)...and now I've started pulling some pictures for a new project....details to be given later. I should be cleaning-but I'm having much more fun crafting. Another piece of news, Monica had her baby-Elijah Wade born July 3 via C-Section-4 lb 11 oz, he should be at home today with Mom....my baby boy count is in double digits for this past year and a half. I'm looking forward to holding him next weekend!
Tags: Pets
A Star-Spangled 4th
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1 comment
Happy 4th! I just got home from a fireworks show....another year chasing the elusive picture that actually captures what the fireworks look like (like you haven't seen them)....but it was much better than last years show, thanks to the lift of the burn ban (as Holly pointed out). It pays to have rain every day for 22 days in a row (almost) and the wettest two months on record! Last year at this time the lakes were down 18 feet or something, and now they are over by 7 (and counting), but this evening the weather was kind to us, no rain for the first time in a LONG time at night and we were able to enjoy the fireworks on relatively dry ground :O). We had a cook out with the family, which is what we generally do when everyone is in town....and the rest of the day I spent working on my SS project (minus one swimming break and a quick shopping excursion). Other than that I have pretty much put myself under house arrest until this thing is completed, which also includes sticking my cell phone in a room far away (just in case you are waiting on a return call, it'll be soon, I hope!). It would be a lot sooner if I stopped breaking out of my house to visit people....I've spent most of each day doing a little something, and have similar plans for the rest of the week, so the drive to and from gives me a few minutes to dial the phone. I hope your fourth was full of fireworks and friends! Now it's back to the coal mine...or as some might say-the laptop...
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In their book Waska Tatay, French photographer Thomas Rousset and graphic designer Raphael Verona document the cryptic reality of Bolivian witchcraft. During their trip to the Altiplano region of Bolivia, Rousset and Verona encountered the magical world of shamanism, spiritual healers and ancient mythology. Their book exposes the collision between old and new, mystical and mundane, spiritual and physical.
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Billing and insurance can be confusing. This easy-to-understand list of health care terms may help you to better understand the typical types of insurance plans and common insurance and billing terms. Of course, you can always contact us for additional information.
Today, most people are insured through one of three types of insurance programs: health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and point-of-service (POS).
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)
HMOs are one of the most common types of insurance. An HMO plan has a network of providers (physicians, hospitals and medical facilities) that plan members must use in order to have their medical treatment covered by insurance. HMO plans generally cost less but limit your choices. HMO plans typically require you to:
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
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A federal program that provides health care coverage for individuals who are over the age of 65 or disabled.
A state/federal program that provides health care insurance to low-income Americans who qualify under state-defined guidelines.
Worker's compensation
Insurance coverage provided by an employer to pay for health care services resulting from work-related injuries and illnesses.
Account Number
An 8- or 11-digit number assigned to each patient visit. This number is used to track a patient in the hospital computer system.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Activities performed as part of your daily routine of self-care, like bathing, dressing, and eating.
Allowed Expenses
The maximum amount a health care plan pays for a covered service.
Ambulatory Care
Medical services provided on an outpatient basis.
Ambulatory Patient Classifications (APC)
How outpatient services and procedures are identified and defined for coding and billing purposes.
A person receiving benefits under an insurance policy or plan, or eligible to do so.
An insurance company or third-party administrator that receives and processes bills and pays for the services covered.
A notice to the insurance company that you have received care covered by the plan. A claim is also a request for payment.
How physician's services are identified and defined for billing purposes.
Coordination of Benefits (COB)
How insurance companies decide which company is the primary payer if you are covered by more than one.
A shared payment between you and your insurance company (the percent that you are expected to pay).
The amount you are expected to pay as determined by your insurance plan for example, physician visits or prescriptions.
When your health care costs are paid by either your insurance company or by the government, you are said to have coverage.
Covered Expenses
What the insurance company will pay for as defined in the insurance contract. For example, under some plans generic prescriptions are covered expenses while brand-name prescriptions are not.
Date of Service (DOS)
The date health care services were provided to the patient.
The amount you or your family must pay for health care services before the insurance policy begins making payments. The health insurance policy sets this amount and it usually resets every year.
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
Equipment that can stand repeated use, serves a medical purpose, and is appropriate for use at home. Examples include hospital beds, wheelchairs, and oxygen equipment.
Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
A summary of how a claim has been processed in the insurance company's system. A copy of the EOB is usually mailed to the patient as well as the hospital.
Fiscal Intermediary
An organization acting as an agent for a government program like Medicare or Medicaid. This agent receives and processes claims, and then processes payments for services covered by the government program.
The person financially responsible for paying the patient's medical bills.
Maximum Out-of-Pocket
The most money you can expect to pay for covered expenses. The maximum limit varies from plan to plan. Once this limit has been met, the health plan will pay 100 percent of certain covered expenses.
Physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who an HMO, PPO, or other managed care network has selected to provide care for its members.
Noncovered Services
Charges/services that the insurance company does not cover. These charges/services are normally the responsibility of the patient or guarantor.
Out-of-Network (OON)
Most managed care insurance plans are contracted with a specific group of health care providers who provide service to you as a plan member. If you request health care from a provider who is not in this network, the patient/guarantor may be financially responsible for some or all of the cost of the care received, depending on the determination made by the insurance carrier.
Out-of-Pocket Costs/Expenses (OOPs)
The portion of covered health services fees required to be paid by you, the patient, including co-payments, co-insurance, and deductible.
Participating Provider
A health care provider who has a contractual arrangement with a health plan to deliver medical services to the plan's members.
An insurance plan requirement in which you or your primary care physician needs to notify the insurance company in advance about certain medical procedures (like outpatient surgery) in order for those procedures to be considered a covered expense.
Authorization given by a health plan for a member to obtain services from a health care provider. This is often required for hospital services.
Pre-Existing Condition (PEC)
An illness or other medical condition that you experience before the start date of your insurance coverage.
Prevailing Charge
What the Medicare payment system defines as a physician's payment for a particular service.
Primary Care Physician (PCP)
A physician who specializes in internal medicine, family/general practice, or pediatrics.
Approval or consent by a primary care physician for a patient to be referred to a specialist.
Secondary Insurance
Any insurance that supplements Medicare coverage. The three main sources for secondary insurance are employers, privately purchased Medigap plans, and Medicaid.
Self-Pay (Private Pay)
A patient who does not have insurance. Also, if you are receiving services from a particular health care provider who isthat are not within network or are not covered services for your planecovered in your plan, you are expected to self-pay for these medical services.
A physician who specializes in a specific area of medicine.
Usual, Customary, and Reasonable (UCR)
Charges for health care services in a geographical area that are consistent with the charges of identical or similar providers in the same area.
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