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1. "Your wish list pays my bills."
For three weeks of Santa appearances in Hong Kong malls, children's hospitals and orphanages last year, Jack Sanderson of Los Angeles expected to earn about $16,000. "It's one of the top-paying Santa jobs," says Sanderson, who wrote and produced the documentary "Becoming Santa." He spends the rest of the year as an actor, and will use the income to cover the costs of being a Santa (see No. 2) and other regular bills. Experts say Sanderson's is a coveted job — and on the higher end of what a Santa might make. But even so, a typical Saint Nick earns more in six weeks than many consumers do in six months. A Santa might make $8,000 to $15,000 during the holiday season, and particularly talented ones can pull in as much as $80,000, says Susen Mesco, the director of American Events and Promotions in Denver. Mall Santas have a far less lofty rate ranging between $10 and $40 per hour. Those offering private visits (no chimneys, please) might charge anywhere from $50 to $300 per hour.
Whenever Santa's paycheck is mentioned in the media, Mesco's phone line is flooded with wannabes. But there's a lot of variation in what Santas make based on location and experience, she cautions. Those top earners tend to be the few Santas who have the right look and acting skills for television and print ads, she says. The market is competitive, especially in suburban areas where there might be a veteran Santa who has held court in the local mall for years. Then there's that Christmas spirit thing. Plenty of Santas appear for free at children's hospitals, shelters and other community events, according to The Kringle Group, a network of companies that includes a Santa school and Santa booking agency. "The vast majority of Santas do not make much money at it," says Sanderson, who interviewed more than 100 of his bearded colleagues for the documentary. "It's a lifestyle choice, but you can't make a living at it."


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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
hostess dilemna
I saw this cute lady at Santa Anita the day after Christmas. Her hat was covered with sequins but I don't know how to get a sequin effect. Hope she was luckier than I was in her horse picks. We got to see Zenyatta one more time, and Brian and Dinah came too.
For Christmas we had invited nine guests. We had cooked about 20 dishes to accomodate various diets. Three of the guests were traveling together and they were picking up a fourth guest in Hollywood who can't drive. This had been arranged over a week's worth of emails.
When the carload of four arrived, guess what? There were only three. They had forgotten to pick up the fourth guest, and they were late. The food was all cooked. They'd totally forgotten.
Dinah got an A+ for volunteering to drive over to Hollywood and retrieve our guest who was patiently waiting. (But couldn't she have called to ask what's up?) Our cooked food also patiently waited for more than an hour. By the time we ate the food had patiently waited for more than two hours. We managed not to get mad and had a jolly time but it was a dilemna (that's the old fashioned spelling).
Here we are with Dinah's chickens. Remind me to wear makeup next time I get my picture taken with spring chickens.
9 comments:
- Namowal said...
Coordinating food and guests gets exponentially crazy with each additional person. Maybe this is why I don't entertain much.
I like the drawing. She'd make a good animated character.
If it makes you feel any better, I photographed myself without makeup and (for some insane reason) submitted it to some online bot analyzes and compares faces. It concluded my face was "97% male!"
- Dec 29, 2009, 7:58:00 PM
- Linda said...
Great drawing.
Such a nice photo of you & Dinah--and those chickens look like (large) kittens!
Hilarious Christmas story... I hope it is to you, too, 4 days later.
Dying to know what you cooked.
- Dec 29, 2009, 9:15:00 PM
- RHSteeleOH said...
How did you get a chicken to rest on your arm like that? A wonderful happy picture.
- Dec 30, 2009, 8:45:00 AM
- prb said...
Glad you have that photo--pretty funny story, too!
- Dec 30, 2009, 10:04:00 AM
- Mean Jean said...
Clueless guests help me to live up to my name. Breathe deep, count to twenty, pour the champagne...ahhh.
- Dec 30, 2009, 10:17:00 AM
- Sally said...
The chickens just like to perch like that. They are aristocrats of chickens, not like our little scraggly group.
- Dec 30, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
Love this post after my luncheon guests just left. Somehow while I was wildly trying to wrap up all the cooking, two plumbers showed up that I'd called yesterday who'd never called back to schedule.... Two of the guests were small children running around the house. I'm OK now.
- Dec 30, 2009, 12:50:00 PM
Nice drawing. And what a CUTE picture of you and Dinah! It was intresting to hear the story. Now, how's your mother? Hope you three have a happy new year!
- Dec 31, 2009, 8:20:00 PM
- Sally said...
Happy New Year to ALL OF YOU!
- Jan 3, 2010, 6:05:00 PM


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I seen the lights go down on Broadwa— *record needle halts* wait, THAT'S WAY TOO MAINSTREAM. WHERE'S MY NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL? Oh yeah, that's right. I don't even know any of their songs or lyrics *goes on YouTube and looks up their most popular song (wait, what?).* I STILL DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEIR SONGS OR LYRICS. TOO UNDERGROUND *brain fries.* Billy Joel is too cool for the Brooklyn Nets err…I mean hipsters. Mhm, yeah. So, according to Jay-Z, "the city was under new management when the Nets beat the Knicks at the Barclays Center in the inaugural Knicks-Nets showdown. Well, I have some news for you, Mr. Shawn Carter: Cool story, bro. You don't have to tell it again because you are the absolute worst troll ever. Maybe it was the NetsDaily guy aka Satan controlling your account. I highly doubt it, but still. Maybe you were in a conference room with jolly ole Mikhail and the NetsDaily guy at the same time while sipping shots of Russian Standard (they hate Ciroc) proclaiming that "THE KNICKS ARE FUCKED" watching all seven of your concerts at the Barclays Center before the season started on a movie projector screen that was recently built in the conference room.
Alright, that was my Nets mocking vent session. But seriously, though, Jay-Z is hilarious. He needs to stop wearing his Nets hat so tight, yet I digress. Anyways, the Nets arrived at MSG last night to try and get their revenge after Jason Kidd used his three point prowess in crunch time to defeat them back at the Barclays. In the end, the Knicks routed them, leading the hipsters (I had to) to the exits early. The Knicks started out well, outscoring the Nets in the first quarter 26-23. Despite winning the second quarter, only by one point, the Knicks were doubling the left post, leading to a crapload of wide open looks from the right side of the court in the 2nd. The rotations were really terrible. Joe Johnson hit a couple of wide open threes, while Keith Bogans was Mayansing it up. Then the Knicks trumped the Nets to 19 points each in the third and fourth quarter, which contained a 23-7 run from the end of the third going into the fourth, leading to mocking of the "BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKLYN" chant (needs more O's, right?) at the end of the game. Oh, and that's without the PA announcer telling them to chant it. Notes and stuff:
- In Carmelo Anthony's game time decision return from an ankle injury, quieting the recent phenomenon that is entitled "Copesanity/CopeGod," (for now) the Nets defense was all over him trying to guard him. Newsflash: you can only hope to contain the almighty Melo. The Nets were attempting to double team him at half court at the beginning of the second half. Melo is that powerful. Melo has now scored 30+ points in all three Knicks-Brooklyns (Nets) games. His drive wasn't really a force because of his rustiness off of his recent ankle injury, but that's alright. He still had 31 points anyways, some of the points being off of his oh-so-epic catch-and-shoot abilities from the perimeter and his off-the-dribble shooting, which is almost insurmountable to guard. By the way, besides attacking-the-rim Melo, the other whiz-bang, awesome type of the new and improved 2012-13 Melo is the catch-and-shoot Melo. He may have been limited from his driving, but it's all fine and dandy if he's hitting 4-8 from beyond the arc. And he blocked the crap out of Kris Humphries *Kardashian jokes ensue starting…NOW.*
- The gameplan for Raymond Felton, per usual, was to throw up (not his cupcakes) alley oops to Tyson Chandler, resulting in emphatic TYSON SMASHES. And he did just that. Unfortunately, though, once again, Ray was settling for those 18-22 foot jumpers instead of attacking the rim, as if he was charging with a bayonet in a warzone. Ray's inconsistent, abysmal shooting-happy nights continue to happen. Ever since the loss to the Bulls, his FG%'s are on Larry Hughes Knicks-like levels. His overall FG% as of now is .398. He needs some Dave Hopla assistance. I think I may be wrong, but I believe all of his 4 assists were alley oops to Tyson, one of them being off of yet another beautiful play that was drawn up by Mike Woodson after a timeout. The Felton-Chandler dynamic duo has connected on 24 alley oops this season. Ray's making good use of his lone alley oop 2K signature skill. Lob NYCity? And amazingly, Duck aka Bulldog was a +15. On another note…
- TYSON CHANDLER WAS EITHER DOMINIQUE WILKINS OR HAROLD MINER IN THE DUNK CONTEST. But seriously, that reverse dunk off of one of Ray's alley oops made me go like "HOLY SHITTAKE MUSHROOMS!" Tyson's FG% and TS% did plummet just a little bit because he's so inefficient, gosh *sarcasm clearly intended.* 7-11 from the field…not good enough *high expectations Asian father meme.* Nah, it's all good. No one will surpass Tyson's skyrocketing efficiency anytime soon. Tyson had a double-double (23-10) for the tenth time this season and had 3 blocks, along with some Tyson Tipouts™. Tyson is always there to keep the defense alive. He is the permanent chieftain of the defense, which will stay like that permanently. Also, the Rev Run takeover of the Knicks official Twitter account was a shit ton better than this incredibly "original" tweet by the ESPN Twitter account. Tyson should never be insulted by anyone. Oh wait, it's ESPN.
- Ronnie Brewer is heavily regressing. Dave Hopla assistance needs to last for the whole season and not just a quarter of the season, at least I hope so. He's been lost on defense, leaving his assignments like John Mayer does all the time with his exes. Brew needs to get his shot back in the mix, especially from the corner because he's developed that into a secret weapon for the Knicks this year. Ronnie Brewer is on standby and shouldn't have a role in the offense at the moment.
- Speaking of guys that regress, shooting ones in particular, Jason Kidd from the perimeter has been regressing SO HARD. Shooting slumps happen, but going 6-27 from three in the last three games is ridiculous. But despite his shooting woes, don't laugh at J-Kidd under the glass (more like away from the glass when he rebounds). He had a marvelous 8 rebounds and 5 assists. J-Kidd played another 35 minutes. Maybe that's why his shot has been off. Who knows.
- Because Steve Novak couldn't pull off a Michael Jordan flu game performance, although shooting threes is his only designated responsibility, Chris Copeland got Novkaine's bench spot. Cope resembled Novakaine, hitting a couple of wing threes, but didn't resemble him by hitting a shot in the paint. Opposites don't attract in that case.
- The adept J.R Smith from the beginning of the season came out of his habitat. He borrowed Tyson Chandler's shot line (7-11. Don't return it to him anytime soon.) and decided that he was going to take Raymond Felton long twos and convert them. J.R's best highlight of the night was where the shot clock was winding down, and because of his great patience like he was waiting on line to get a hold of a new sneaker release, he dished to Tyson Chandler for a Tyson SMASH as the shot clock expired. J.R ended with a team leading +24, which is also the amount of followers he gained on Instagram after that pass (actually, he earned a lot more than that. Trust me).
- Pablo Prigioni played a quality 14 minutes, most of those 14 minutes being in the middle of that 23-7 run from the third quarter going into the fourth quarter. Sadly, there were none of Prigs' patented, epic inbounds steals, but when Prigs was at the helm, the offense was thriving. Prigs still needs to get rid of his shot hesitancy, but stuff happens. I do think that Mike Woodson should let Prigs seek more minutes in the midst of Raymond Felton's latest shooting struggles just because Ray needs to cease shooting bad shots. Not sure if that'll happen, though.
- Krazy Eye Kurt Thomas almost got the Krazy smacked out of him at the end of the first half. We can't have him cross-eyed. That's actually crazy.
- "Flight" White *unleashes a garngantuan, foul fart.*
Were the Nets really mentally deficient when trying to prevent the Felton-Chandler alley oops? Yes they were. The Nets' defense was basically the equivalent of Wile E. Coyote getting crushed by an anvil after trying to chase the Road Runner. Doubling Melo at mid-court sucked, and again, the alley oops pulverized them. I thought the defense would of realized that Ray's intent was to get overwhelmingly excited by chucking up an alley oop to Tyson, but I guess not. "WATCH THAT BULLDOG GUY WITH THE ALLEY OOPS"- what Avery Johnson probably said in the film session on The Avery Johnson Show. Oh wait, there is no such thing. Also, Deron Williams is now blaming his struggles by complaining about Avery Johnson's offensive system. I can second D-Will's motion after the Knicks rout of the Nets. He didn't have a bad game last night, but his season averages are atrociously awful. Thankfully, Reggie Evans didn't eat the glass. No flops were reported either. The Mini Mid-Level Exception Man, Mirza Teletovic, and Tyshawn Taylor (I actually like both of them) got 2 minutes of run and posted a +4 each, better than all Nets' starters (I'm trolling exceptionally hard). Andray Blatche was Andray Blatche, and…yeah.
We are now 19-6. The Knicks face Joakim Noah's hair bun and the Bulls tomorrow. After the world ends (it won't) tomorrow, we can't say the phrase "Mayans" anymore whenever a player does something abnormal.
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Coqui Coqui is a small, 5-room boutique hotel on the beach in Tulum, Mexico. It started with one room, a small shop and a perfumerie, and then slowly grew, adding one room at a time, making the space feel organic and as ancient as the ruins. For our honeymoon, this could not have been a better choice. As far as I'm concerned, 5 rooms is the perfectly sized hotel. With so few rooms it's possible to talk to the people who work there. Our experience would never have been as great without Bruno, a chatty Argentinean musician whose enthusiastic addition of dulce de leche to our daily breakfast spread of fruit and bread felt like five star honeymoon treatment.
I believe these photos do a thorough job of illustrating why the Coqui Coqui experience was such a dream, but it is worth mentioning that the whole place smells unbelievable. The mix of ocean air, sand and perfumes made of coconut and eucalyptus evoke a deep, almost visceral, feeling of relaxation. When I arrived home I was legitimately sad to throw my clothes in the washing machine and part with the last remnants of Coqui Coqui.
p.s. For once, this post features only photos I took. Would really love to do more of this.


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Thus it is critical to understand the six fundamental constructs of service-oriented architecture: services, processes, components, information, rules and policies and events. Services can be a comic or composite. As they participate as the steps of the business process, services can be invoked at each one of these steps allowing a shared set of common services to be utilized in a BPM context. therefore, processes are also one of the fundamental constructs of SOA.
Your architectural description should capture these six constructs as you meander through the journey of the software development lifecycle.
also, note that all of the six constructs are motivated by business level constructs. The following diagram establishes a relationship tween the business constructs and the corresponding SOA paradigm constructs.


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Awww, fall in Paris.
It was October 9, 2009, Tiffany's 19th birthday. We started her birthday as every girl should, in Paris. We went to Angelina's for the most decadent hot chocolate that has ever passed my lips. On a chocolate high, we skipped off to the Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower), which was a MUST since it was practically named after her (not really, but we let her dream). We strolled around the grounds of the Eiffel Tower and took many pictures. Tiffany sighed a lot and wiped a tear or two. After all, the Eiffel Tower has become theTiffany icon in our home. I think at last count there were over 40 Eiffel Towers in her bedroom. It really should be called the "Tiffel Tower" since she is the Towers #1 fan.
After day dreaming around the Eiffel Tower, we rushed off to meet Tiffany's French friend, Yann-Brieuc. What a great day. Yann-Brieuc took us to a corner Cafe across from Notre Dame for lunch where I had a warming bowl of Pumpkin Bisque. There was a tiny chill in the air so the soup was just perfect. It warmed my soul and refueled my body for a stroll around the Marais for some of the most incredible shopping.
Each time I have traveled to Paris it has been Autumn time. I guess that's why as the leaves start to change color and there is a nip in the air, I think about Paris and crave a bowl of warming Pumpkin Bisque.
Thank you for letting me take a trip down memory lane…good times…good times.
Pumpkin Coconut Bisque.
This is such a simple soup to prepare.
You will need canned pumpkin or cook and mash your own, chicken stock, coconut milk (I know I use a lot this stuff), an onion, garlic, fresh ginger, salt, sugar, allspice, butter, red pepper flakes.
Coarsely cut the onion.
In a large pot, melt the butter.
Add the onions.
Saute the onions until they begin to turn golden.
Peel and chop the fresh ginger. You will need a piece about 1 1/2-inches long.
Cut the ginger into slices.
Smash the garlic.
Add the ginger and garlic to the onions and saute for a few minutes longer.
To the onions add the pumpkin puree…
…the chicken stock…
The mixture will look like this.
Add the red pepper flakes. Yes, this will had a bit of heat. Not too much. You can take it.
Add the salt…
…and the sugar.
Stir the mixture together.
Ooops! I almost forgot the allspice.
Stir together.
Cover the pot and let simmer for 30 minutes.
Remove the soup from the heat.
ladle the mixture into a blender.
Puree the mixture until completely smooth.
Pour the pumpkin mixture back into the pot.
Add 2 cups of coconut milk.
If you want a thinner consistency, you can add more coconut milk or chicken stock until you reach the consistency that you want.
Whisk the mixture together.
Bring the soup to a simmer and it's now ready to serve.
To make the Sage Gruyere Crostini, you will need a loaf of baguette of other crusty bread.
Slice the bread on a diagonal about 1/4 of an inch thick.
Place the bread slices on a baking sheet. I am using a Silpat liner, because I don't want to chisel of any melted cheese from my baking sheet.
Sprinkle the bread slices with grated Gruyere cheese.
Finely chopped about a tablespoon of fresh sage.
Lightly sprinkle the sage over the Gruyere cheese. Fresh sage is pretty strong so I use it sparingly.
Place the baking sheet under a broiler.
Watch the crostini very carefully. You don't want to leave it, then have it burn…done that!
Ladle the hot bisque into serving bowls then grate some fresh nutmeg over the top.
Serve the Pumpkin Coconut bisque with the Sage Gruyere Crostini.
I'm going to sit down and dip the crostini into my soup while planning my next trip to Paris. I don't know when I will go back to Paris, but I will someday with my two daughters. That's a promise and we'll go to Angelina's for hot chocolate and back to the Notre Dame for Pumpkin Bisque…and many, many other things.
Pumpkin Coconut Bisque
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups canned cooked pumpkin
2 1/2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
1 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon fresh ginger
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups canned unsweetened coconut milk
Ground nutmeg
Melt butter in a heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until golden. Add fresh ginger and garlic. Saute an additional 3-4 minutes. Add pumpkin, broth, sugar, allspice, crushed red pepper and ginger. Bring to a boil then reduce heat. Cover and simmer until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
Ladle the soup into a blender and puree until a smooth consistency. Return the soup back to the pot and add coconut milk. Bring back to a simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve. Makes 4-6 servings.
Sage Gruyere Crostini:
1/2 of a baguette
1/2 cup Gruyere cheese, grated
1 tablespoon fresh sage, finely chopped
Slice the baguette on an angle about 1/4-inch thick. Place on a baking sheet. Sprinkle slices with grated cheese and sage. Place under the broiler for a few minutes until the cheese is bubbling and beginning to brown.
The husband that never reads this blog thinks that I have been to Paris enough. Pfff…whatever!!


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Stitched Booklet Wedding Invitation
A good narrative is behind good relationships. That's why a booklet telling a little bit of the couples story is extra special as a wedding invitation. This invitation was designed by Craig Duffney at BBDO in New York for his friends Amy and Adam. He did excellent work making two sets of illustrated capitals and graphics. One corresponds with the bride, the other with the groom and they co-mingle in the invitation layout. Planning out the production of a little booklet takes some extra finesse beyond the standard wedding stationery. The format here is an A7 size booklet with a soft cover and french folded pages. The cover is a heavier 110lbC Pearl White Crane Lettra. The gutt is lighter weight 80lbT Pearl White Crane Lettra. Both were letterpress printed in two colors, a lighter green corresponding with the bride and an olive green with the groom. The pages were scored, collated and top stitched inside the cover with a cream colored thread. Then a final trim was taken from head and foot. We also produced an RSVP card and matching folding thank you cards. This is certainly among the more elaborate invitations we've produced, yet the final appearance remains simple and striking.


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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: please join NLIRH by participating in our blog carnival!
¡Acábalo Ya! Working Together to End Cervical Cancer. This is one fight we can win.
Every year in the United States alone, more than 12,000 women are diagnosed and more than 4,000 die of cervical cancer, a disease that is 100% preventable. A disproportionate number of those who suffer from this deadly disease are Latinas and other women of color. This is unjust and unacceptable. We believe the number of deaths from cervical cancer should be zero, and we invite you to join us in making this a reality.
Starting next week on January 9th, we will be hosting a blog carnival, "¡Acábalo Ya! Working Together to End Cervical Cancer." This effort is aimed at educating Latinas about this disease and how to protect our health, raising the profile of cervical cancer prevention as a national reproductive justice and women's health priority, and advocating for greater access to the tools and care needed to prevent, detect, and eventually end cervical cancer.
We hope you will be able to join us!
What can you do? Write a post on your blog (or a guest post on ours) that answers the question: "What will it take to end cervical cancer?" Examples of topics include: combating barriers to prevention, diagnosis and treatment; the unique challenges faced by women of color, immigrants, queer women, and transgender men in accessing the care they need; the HPV vaccine; HPV stigma; and the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on reducing cervical cancer incidence and death. Need more ideas? Contact us and we'll provide resources and info.
How? Email Natalie D. Camastra, Policy Fellow, at email@example.com with the link to your blog post. If your organization does not have its own blog, please contact Natalie via email or at (202) 621-1434 and we will work with you to get your contribution posted.
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February 12, 2007
SANTA MONICA, CA – Project ECHO has scheduled its third annual high school business plan competition for Saturday, February 24, 2007. Hosted by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and UCLA Anderson School of Management, this annual competition provides Southern California high school students an opportunity to develop and present business plans to prominent members of the local business community.
This year, 15 teams from 8 different school districts will participate, competing in one of three categories: Existing On-Campus Business, New On-Campus Business and New Business Concept. Winning teams from each category will receive a $500 award, while second place teams will receive a $300 award. All other teams will receive a $150 participation award. In addition, Project ECHO will work closely with the award recipients throughout the year, providing ongoing resources and support in seeking out opportunities to finance their business ideas.
During the six weeks leading up to the competition, UCLA Anderson MBA students mentor the participating teams. The Anderson students visit classrooms to teach the Project ECHO business plan curriculum, meet with teams to review their written plans and prepare students for their verbal presentations.
Participating School Districts
- Beverly Hills Unified School District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
- Pasadena Unified School District
- South Pasadena Unified School District
- Simi Valley Unified School District
The public is invited to attend the second round of the competition, to watch finalists present their business plans, on Saturday at 1:30 pm. A networking session and award presentation will follow. The competition will be held at UCLA Anderson's Korn Hall. Contact Project ECHO at (310) 434-2701 to reserve seats.
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About Project ECHO
Project ECHO hosts an annual Business Plan Competition with UCLA Anderson School of Management and provides start-up and ongoing support to on-campus businesses in high schools in Los Angeles County.
Project ECHO is unique among organizations that provide business education to K-12 in its emphasis on fostering on-campus businesses. Project ECHO encourages hands-on, experiential learning through the development and support of on-campus businesses and integrating modules on new-business creation into career-technology courses.
Project ECHO was founded in 1996 in New York City, and has moved its operations to Los Angeles County. It has run many successful programs in high schools throughout the county, and most recently its program at Santa Monica High School took first place at the SAGE World Cup Competition in Shanghai, China.
To find out more about Project ECHO, please visit www.projectecho.org.
About The Entrepreneur Association
The Entrepreneur Association (EA) is the largest student organization at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The EA offers its more than 500 members a wide range of extracurricular activities, from mentoring relationships and networking events to opportunities for experiential learning.
The Entrepreneur Association works closely with the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. The Price Center provides curriculum, research, and experiential learning programs that prepare MBA candidates for the challenges of management in entrepreneurial environments.
To find out more about EA, please visit www.uclamba.com.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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1956 OLYMPIAN - Cover
Here we go again!
Here is the first thing you see when you pick up the 1956 Marietta High School yearbook THE 1956 OLYMPIAN.
Please pardon the couple of stamps stuck to it. I have to work at not being sloppy. Those stamps have been on that book for many years, so it is impossible to get them off.
More pages will follow, hopefully, daily.
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Following on from the success of Stroud's Billy Shilton in top-level table tennis, another Gloucestershire teenager has just been selected to represent his country.
Olly Tyndall, 14, from Quedgeley has been called up to represent England Boys at the under-16s Schools International at Cardiff at the end of next month. He'll be playing in the team and individual events against other competitors from Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey.
Olly says: "I'm very excited at being selected – it's a great chance to prove myself, and I've trained hard for it."
He adds: "I love the fast pace of the game, the fast reactions, and when a ball comes at me really hard it's great to get it back."
Olly has been playing the sport for four-and-a-half years, first picking up a bat when his grandfather gave him and younger brother Ben a table tennis table for Christmas.
Since then the Severn Vale pupil has shown a real flair for the game, notching up an impressive collection of honours, starting with second place in the 2012 under-12s National Championship, and third place in the under-13s event last year.
This year he won the Gloucester City Men's Championship at the age of 13, taking the scalp of Darren Griffin, ranked No 6 in England Veterans, in the semi-final. And he's just competed in the Gloucester County Championships, where he won the under-15s and under-18s trophies, and was runner-up in the Men's Singles.
To achieve such results is no fluke: Olly trains at least three times a week at Gloucester Table Tennis Club and Filton Academy, as well playing league matches and tournaments all round the country. He's also attended national squad coaching sessions at Lilleshall and is hoping that a good performance in Cardiff will earn him a regular place in the England squad.
In addition to his first international Olly's also due to play the under-14s national championships at the end of May. Seeded No 5, he says: "I've come second and third so far, losing to the No 1 seed both times, and I'm aiming to get to the semi-finals at least."
Currently sponsored by Custom Table Tennis for equipment and clothing, Olly has his sights set high: his ambition is to represent England at senior level. Watch out for a report on how he gets on, at the nationals and in Cardiff.
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SILVIO BUSCEMA (SAL) born 1936American comic book artist, born in Brooklyn, New York. Buscema attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City. He served at Fort Belvoir in Washington, D.C. during his Army service in 1956. Afterwards he joined Creative Arts Studio in Washington, D.C. An employee of Marvel Comics since his first work, Gunhawk, in 1968, Buscema has contributed extensively to such titles as, Ghost Rider, Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Defenders, Conan the Barbarian, The Incredible Hulk, and New Mutants. He served as the penciller for Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man, completing over 80 issues in the series. In the early 1990s he has continu
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Finding English ancestors in the National Archives UK
I've discovered that you can search the archives, then order records of interest if an ancestor's name appears. For example I searched for my King and Dawson ancestors who lived in Suffolk England in the late 1700s, early 1800s. Lo and behold I found 6 very interesting records, including a Bastardy maintenance order served on my 4th great grandfather James King in 1792. The order was for the maintance of a child of Hannah Blandon, single woman - who later married James and became my 4th great grandmother.
Depending on the record you find, you can order it online through the National Archives or you order it from whatever archives has it in their possession. In my case the Bastardy order is housed in the Ipswich Record office, and a clickable link was provided to their website. I wrote to the email address provided and asked for the records. It took several days but I received a reply quoting me a cost (very reasonable) and two forms to fill out and mail back.
I spent several hours last week searching this amazing resource and plan to go back tonight to search for more English ancestors.
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Hey, thanks for that, made me feel a little more confident about heading to the archives. I've got no real excuse as I live in London, and I've been wanting to go for a while but the thought was a little daunting - I will check out the site more before I go, that way I'll know more about what I'm looking for. Thanks - and I hope I find something as interesting as what you've found!
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Very interesting find. I know I'll never get to England but this seems to make my search within reach. I'll give it a try.
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If you can go to Kew in person then register online first for a reader's ticket (it doubles as a copy card to print stuff out in the reading room, very useful!), or at TNA but if you register onlin efirst you'll have longer to spend there on the day! I can only recommend it, it's a fabulous archive.
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Thanks for the tip Francella. Not living in England makes the visit to Kew seem unlikely but maybe one day! Right now I'm really enjoying searching the website and am eagerly waiting for my first set of ordered records!


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If Keith Olbermann has never seemed afraid of burning bridges in his career, maybe it's because he knows a burnt bridge can always be rebuilt. In 1998, he left a successful primetime news show on MSNBC because he was tired of the cable channel's constant coverage of the Monica Lewinsky case. In 2003, he returned to the network and stayed until leaving in a spat with his bosses in 2011.
Likewise, Olbermann worked for ESPN—as half of a legendary SportsCenter team with Dan Patrick—from 1992 until 1997, when he feuded publicly with his bosses and was widely believed to have burned the bridges to Bristol, Connecticut. (Actually, said an ESPN exec, "he napalmed them.") But today it was announced that Olbermann is crossing back to his old employer, to host a one-hour nightly talk show for ESPN2 starting Aug. 26.
The details of Olbermann's return to sportscasting (he already had a deal to do baseball commentary for TBS in the fall) are as interesting as the fact that it's happening at all. First, he's not literally returning to Bristol; he'll be broadcasting from ABC's Nightline studio in Manhattan. Second, his new contract reportedly prohibits the one-time liberal TV-news host from discussing politics on his show.*
*Update: In a conference call announcing the new deal, Olbermann refuted this earlier New York Times report, attributed to network executives, saying that there was no such no-politics clause in his contract. But, he said, he did not plan to discuss politics on the show except as it related to sports: "If I wanted to be doing politics," he said, "I would still be doing politics."
On the one hand, that makes sense: Olbermann still has passionate followers among sports fans and progressives, but it's reasonable that they wouldn't expect to turn on ESPN2 to watch him discuss filibuster reform.
On the other hand, what does "no politics" really mean? According to the same reports, Olbermann will be free to discuss "pop culture and current events" on the show. If you spend any time covering pop culture and current events, you know that it's impossible to entirely separate them from politics—at least, from political issues that people care about and invest them with meaning—without turning off a section of your brain.
Pop culture by definition is the sum of those things the populace is interested in, which are often glaringly political, if not in a strict partisan sense: look at the movie Fruitvale Station, which came out just at the time of the Trayvon Martin verdict. The only way to discuss it while ignoring any political or social overtones would be to pretend to be an idiot. Sports themselves can be political in the small-p sense, whether it's explicitly (say, the various international controversies around each Olympics) or by analogy (strikes and labor disputes).
[Update: Case in point, the day ESPN's deal with Olbermann was announced, U.S. politicians were debating whether to boycott the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia over Edward Snowden. Would anyone expect an Olbermann show to stay away from this political sports story? Why hire him if you wanted him to?]
All of which is to say that, while I don't expect to see Olbermann giving Special Comments on the midterm elections on ESPN2, I also expect that a sharp broadcaster with an active mind and a history of doing what the hell he wants will eventually find ways to scout out the boundaries of "pop culture and current events" in his show–at least, to talk about sports in ways that go beyond the box scores.
That's not to say Olbermann is going to turn this show into Countdown; he's a sports guy and I bet he relishes the chance to get back into full-time sports coverage. But I think at this point no one reasonably hires him expecting him to entirely rein himself, or his nimble mind, in.
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What is bioterrorism?
A wanted poster in Japan, with photos of people wanted in connection with the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995. Source: Creative Commons.
Henderson: Bioterrorism is the dissemination of biological agents such as Anthrax, Smallpox, or chemicals such as Sarin gas (which was used by the Aum Shinryko Cult in Tokyo in 1995 killing 12 people and injuring hundreds), into the population by an individual or group intended to cause illness, injury or death. Since the specific diseases and chemicals used by terrorist groups could potentially cause significant diseases or injuries, they are the focus of national planning efforts to prepare for and respond to acts of bioterrorism. Keep in mind that bioterrorism is seen as a "High Consequence - Low Probability" event.
How significant a threat is it?
Henderson: We think bioterrorism poses a very serious threat to the population in general. Although, we in public health are not privy to intelligence information that would provide significant details regarding terrorist groups and their intentions, we do know that if one of these agents was introduced into the population it could cause considerable damage.
What kind of biological agents could be used by terrorists?
Henderson: The CDC has three categories for critical biological agents:
Category A: Smallpox, Anthrax, Plague, Botulism, Tularaemia, Filoviruses (e.g., Ebola), and Arenaviruses (e.g., Lassa fever). These organisms are grouped into the A list because they:
- can be easily disseminated or transmitted person-to-person
- cause high mortality, with potential for major public health impact
- might cause public panic and social disruption
- require special action for public health preparedness
Category B:
Q fever, Brucellosis, Glanders, Alphaviruses (e.g., Equine Encephalomyelitis), Ricin toxin from castor beans, Epsilon toxin, Staph enterotoxin B, and food/water-borne pathogens. The organisms in this group:
- are moderately easy to disseminate
- cause moderate morbidity and low mortality
- require specific diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infection of the central nervous system affecting humans and most other mammals. It is caused by ixodes ricinus. TBE could be used for bioterrorism. Photo: Roxirras Blogg.
Nipah virus, Hantaviruses, tickborne Hemorrhagic Fever viruses, tickborne Encephalitis viruses, Yellow Fever, and multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis. These organisms fall into the third group because of:
- availability
- ease of production and dissemination
- potential for high morbidity and mortality and major health impact
Smallpox and Anthrax at are at the top of your list. Why?
Henderson: Anthrax and Smallpox along with Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Tularemia, Botulism toxins, and Plague top our list of critical diseases because they:
- can be easily transmitted person-to-person
- cause high mortality, with potential for major public health impact
- might cause public panic and social disruption
- require special action for public health preparedness
Anthrax and Smallpox have potential for casualties on a large scale. Both are highly lethal. For example, the death rate for inhaled Anthrax, if untreated before serious symptoms develop, exceeds 90% and in the case of Smallpox, up to 30% for people who are not immunized for the disease. In addition, both agents can survive for a long time under the right conditions. Availability of vaccines for either of these infectious diseases is limited.
In the case of Smallpox, we know that there still are quantities of the live virus in the United States and we believe some quantities may exist in the old Soviet Union. In addition, we only have a limited supply of Smallpox vaccine currently available but we have signed a contract with OraVax out of Cambridge, MA to begin developing a new Smallpox vaccine.
Can an ordinary person obtain information easily about chemical or biological agents?
Henderson: I think so. The Internet provides a vast amount of information on these diseases. Even though we recognize the Internet as being a valuable tool for finding information this can be used for both good and bad purposes when it comes to bioterrorism. I don't think the process would be that easy for someone to find information but if enough time was spent on the Internet I think they could find a substantial amount of information pertaining to infectious diseases and chemical agents.
How well is the U.S. prepared for a bioterrorist attack?
Henderson: We are much better prepared today than we were two years ago thanks in large part to the funds appropriated by Congress to support federal, state, and local bioterrorism preparedness and response efforts.
Last May, CDC participated in a national exercise sponsored by the Department of Justice and the Federal Emergency Management Agency called Top Off for top officials.
- The intent of this exercise was to see how cabinet level officials collaborated to respond to weapons of mass destruction event.
- For this exercise, CDC focused most of our resources on the simulated Plague outbreak in Denver, CO although we were also involved in a simulated mustard gas release in Portsmouth, NH and a simulated radiological incident in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
- We learned many lessons from this exercise that has resulted in significant improvements to CDC's internal response capacities.
We now have a national training plan for bioterrorism preparedness and response that will enhance our own staff competencies, the recognition that we need to establish an emergency operations center for infectious diseases control here at CDC, and a process for alerting state and local health agencies about bioterrorist events or other public health emergencies.
However, we have a considerable amount of work yet to be completed at the state and local public health levels of government. I believe that the work we will embark on in this coming year will help continue to build this needed public health infrastructure. Keep in mind that we still need additional funding to build this infrastructure but we are on the right path.
Is our government concerned about bioterrorism and what is it doing about the threat?
Henderson: The President and Congress have been and continue to be extremely concerned about this threat. Over the past two years a considerable amount of money has been appropriated by Congress and passed by the President to support weapons of mass destruction. Anti-terrorism is a significant component of this activity and therefore so is bioterrorism. Along with the work being done at the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Health and Human Services is also supporting these efforts by ensuring the medical care delivery system can handle the increased caseload should a bioterrorist event occur. Other departments such as DOJ and Federal Emergency Management Agency are also working hard to ensure bioterrorism preparedness and response fits into their larger preparedness planning efforts.
What can an individual do in the event of a bioterrorist threat?
Henderson: This really depends on the agent that has been used. The most important thing is not to panic but to wait for information before making a decision. It may take a day - 24 hours - before information can be given to the public through the media. A lot of information that we are compiling at the CDC to make available to the public in the event of a threat is actually pretty basic information. Most of the things you can do if you are trying to deal with a particular organism will fit on two pages of paper.
Is our health care system prepared for a bioterrorist attack?
Henderson: I don't think they are well prepared. In fact, the health care system is the weakest link in the chain. As a first step they need to contact local public health authorities to determine what their role should be in the context of larger local planning efforts. The challenge here is to get hospitals and other healthcare providers to understand that a large outbreak of an infectious disease will place a huge burden on them and they really need to be prepared. We learned during the Top Off exercise how fast the health care system would become saturated with a plague outbreak. The only way to resolve the problems we encountered during Top Off is to start preparing now.
How do you determine if an infectious disease is the result of terrorism or a natural outbreak?
Henderson: In public health, the source is of no consequence. We would activate our resources to control and contain public suffering the same way regardless. The difference is that we see bioterrorist events as being potentially large-scale outbreaks of a magnitude we are not accustomed to. Again, how it started is not the issue but how we control and contain it is. Keep in mind that the FBI will be very interested in how these incidents start so that they can work to ensure it doesn't reoccur.
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Good morning my crafty friends! Today it is my turn to post a project over at the Celebrate the Occasion Challenge blog! The challenge is to make a card for any occasion using white, green and 1 other color of your choice. Head on over to join in the fun! A winner will be selected and entered into CTO's monthly drawing. March's prize will be the Rock Princess cricut cartridge!!
I used Petal Pink Crinkle Ribbon to tie the pretty bow and to make the border across the bottom of the card.
The border punch is the Martha Stewart doily lace, and I used a small paper doily. All of the patterned card stock is from Crate Paper.
"Mr & Mrs" comes from the Sweethearts cartridge and was cut at 2.18 inches (gypsy). The background is from Gypsy wanderings and the green layer was cut at 3.21 x 3.08 inches and the white layer was cut at 2.96 x 2.84 inches.
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17 Free Splatter & Drips Vectors
It's been 2 weeks since I've released the Hi-Res Splatter PS Brush Set. Today, with great pleasure, I release the Free Splatter & Drips Vector Set. There's a total of 17 highly detailed splats and drips vectors in this set which comes in EPS format. Any vector editor, such as Adobe Illustrator, will be able to open them. I used brushes from both the Hi-Res Splatter PS Brush Set and the Hi-Res Messy Watercolour PS Brush Sets to create these. All vectors are solid colour silhouettes and as you all know you can scale and transform them anyway you like without loss of quality. So yes, they are perfect for print work, but look good in web designs too. As always, you may use these freebies in both commercial and personal projects without the need of attribution. I hope you like them and put them to good use.
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Floating through the Martian Air
Balloons have been flying for decades in Earth's stratosphere, which has an atmosphere as thin as that on the surface of Mars. Conventional stratospheric balloons have lifetimes limited to a few days because of the daily heating and cooling of the balloon. Helium super-pressure balloons, currently under development for the Ultra Long Duration Balloon (ULDB), will fly more than 100 days and perhaps as long as a year here on Earth. Smaller super-pressure balloons carrying payloads of only a few pounds have already flown for as long as a year.
Using this technology, a future Mars balloon would deploy soon after a spacecraft entered the Mars atmosphere and would then rapidly inflate from a helium tank as it descended beneath a parachute. After inflation, the parachute and tanks would detach and the balloon would fly at a nearly constant altitude both day and night. The balloon's internal pressure would be higher during the day than at night, although the balloon volume would remain the same. Strong, lightweight, leak-proof materials are under development to permit large tool kits of science instruments to be flown on such a balloon. Tests of balloon deployment in the Earth's atmosphere are currently underway as well.
Another kind of lightweight balloon that might be useful on Mars is called a solar Montgolfiere balloon, named after the French brothers who flew the first hot air balloon. It does not have to be inflated with a light gas such as helium. Instead, the balloon would deploy upon entering the Martian atmosphere. An opening at the bottom of the balloon would fill up with Martian "air" while falling to the surface. The balloon would then be quickly heated by the sun, which provides buoyancy. Montgolfieres are attractive because they are not vulnerable to leaks, as any leaking Martian "air" would be quickly replaced and re-heated by the sun. However, the balloon lifetime is limited to a few hours, because it is only buoyant until the sun goes down. However, the Montgolfiere balloon can play two important roles in exploration:


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Early on in the film, Bill Murray's character, Grimm (a self-reflective nod to his character's attitude towards the city) remarks, "God, I hate this town." It is an often repeated line that nicely establishes the scornful tone of the film that begins when
The first third of Quick Change — the bank heist — is the best part of the film. It is a brilliant starting point that demonstrates Bill Murray at his smart-ass best. He gleefully fools and infuriates both the cops, the media, and even the hostages with his flippant attitude. His disposition is understandable when juxtaposed with the media circus that occurs outside the bank. Curiosity seekers and the media, smelling a potential story, flock to the scene. Even hot dog vendors race each other for the best vantage point to hock their wares. Everybody is looking to exploit the situation in some fashion and this makes the desire for Grimm, Phylis and Loomis to succeed all the more significant.
However, for all the comic ingenuousness of the opening scene, Quick Change begins to slowly unravel as the trio attempt to leave
There's such a sense of incompleteness about a movie: You feel it as an actor delivering funny lines, and you feel it especially as a director: You tell the joke in June of 1988, and you have to wait two years to get the laugh. It's 1990, and I'm still waiting for the laugh.
This feeling is what may have motivated
Where his contemporaries like Steve Martin and Chevy Chase have softened their edge over time (see Father of the Bride and Cops and Robbersons respectively),
The rest of the cast supports
The constant supply of comical cameos keeps the rest of the film watchable. The always entertaining Phil Hartman appears as an anxiety-ridden Yuppie who holds the trio at gunpoint when he mistakenly thinks that they are breaking into his new apartment. The scene is a great battle of talents as he and Murray square off against each other. Tony Shalhoub makes an appearance as a hopelessly incoherent foreign taxi cab driver who delays the robbers from escaping the city. Shalhoub demonstrated once again that his comedic talents were being wasted on the Wings TV show and that his strengths lie in role like this one and his performance as a jaded
Bill Murray had high hopes for Quick Change. As he said in an interview, "everyone will enjoy this movie. But New Yorkers will enjoy it especially because they know how bad their city really is." Sadly, the film disappeared rather quickly upon its release. Perhaps its cynical view of
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There is a curious ritual for every new guest who arrives at Michelmersh Court, the country retreat of Sir David Frost and his wife, Lady Carina. Despite the pouring rain, I am marched out across the croquet lawn for an eccentric twist on grandmother's footsteps. "Whatever you do, don't look back," Lady Carina exhorts, pointing out a Cypress swamp tree.
"Right, are you ready?" We've reached the far end of the lawn, observed by two deer in the adjoining paddock. I feel a bit like Orpheus, instructed not to look back at Eurydice. We pause, then spin around together. It's a breathtaking sight: the symmetrical south elevation of the house, which has been described as one of the finest Queen Anne rectories in the country.
"So peaceful, so humble," whispers Lady Carina, daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk. I'm not sure humble is the first word that springs to mind. The Grade II* listed house has just come to market for £5.25m. But I know what she means. There's something about the exquisite doll's house proportions that gives it grandeur without ostentation. In early summer, when the wisteria and magnolia are in full bloom, the sight is even more stunning.
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"We do that with everyone who visits," Lady Carina adds, as we walk back to the house, where Sir David is waiting for us. Which is quite a thought, when you think of the circles that the Frosts mix in. Witness the great and the good who turn up every summer to Sir David's garden party at his London home in Chelsea. The television inquisitor, famed for his languid delivery, has interviewed the past eight prime ministers and seven US presidents, most famously Richard Nixon. When George Bush Senior visited, he didn't just play grandmother's footsteps when he came to stay in 1993, he knocked a football around on the lawn – keepy uppies and all.
"There he was, playing soccer on a Sunday morning," Sir David recalls, as we settle down in front of a log fire in one of the property's six elegant reception rooms. "I had no idea he could play, but it turns out he learnt the game when he was at Amherst College, 70 years earlier."
The former president – "a great raconteur and delightful guest," according to Sir David – stayed in the White Bedroom, one of eight in the main house. There is also a three-bedroom lodge at the foot of the drive and a two-bedroom apartment above the garages. Bush was accompanied by his Secret Service security detail in a fleet of six black Cadillacs, which had to negotiate the narrow country lane that runs up past the local church to the house's white gates.
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But that's one of the many features of Michelmersh Court that appealed to the Frosts when they bought the property 25 years ago. It's set in 21 acres of Hampshire woodland, paddocks and meadow, three and a half miles outside Romsey in the Test Valley, but accessible enough for friends from London – and America – to drop by at weekends. The capital is 80 minutes by car, and Winchester, 10 miles away, has a 55-minute train journey into Waterloo. The Frosts spend Monday to Friday in London and retire to Hampshire
at weekends.
Sunday lunches lie at the heart of their country life and take place in "the school room", my favourite part of the rectory. It's a light and airy space, off a curious Fifties Formica-clad kitchen. (For years, the Frosts had a Portuguese cook and housekeeper, who lived in the lodge, but Lady Carina does the cooking these days.) There are some plain wooden tables and benches at one end of the school room, a large ping-pong table in the middle, and at the far end some sofas and a piano. Everything you need, in other words, for a riotous Sunday gathering in the country.
Sir David is too discreet to offer names, but I eventually gather the identities of some of the guests who come to lunch. They include Stephen Fry, who has written the screenplay for a new version of The Dambusters, produced by Sir David (and featuring a squadron of Chinese-built replica Lancaster bombers); Lord Lloyd-Webber and his wife; and, in the past, Baroness Thatcher.
"The Lloyd Webbers live about 30 minutes away [near Newbury], which counts as neighbours in the country," says Sir David.
At 73, the presenter shows no signs of easing up in his career. It began in the Sixties satire boom when he hosted That Was the Week That Was, and The Frost Report (starring then-unknown comedians including John Cleese, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker).
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Every Monday morning, a chauffeur drives him up to London, where he presents a weekly television current affairs programme, The Frost Interview, for the satellite television station Al Jazeera. The programme replaced Frost All Over the World, which ran from 2006 until last year. Both are similar in format to his earlier show, Breakfast with Frost, which ran on the BBC for 12 years until 2005.
His eyes are still bright with mischief and, even in our brief encounter, he has an uncanny ability to make me relax and reveal more of myself than planned. (How old are my children? What sports do they play and so on.) The irony of taking a journalist around his private house is not lost on the host of Through the Keyhole, a mystery tour of celebrity's houses, which he presented from 1983 to 2008. (A revival of the show is reportedly on the cards, with Keith Lemon presenting.) In the spirit of the show, I look for a detail that might reveal the owner's identity. How about the cushion on a sofa, embroidered with the message: "If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, then I shall not go."
The well-stocked wine cellar is another clue (he is a lover of fine wine), but a more obvious giveaway is the spacious downstairs lavatory, where the walls are adorned with photographs of Sir David interviewing a pantheon of world leaders. These include Tony Blair and Bill Clinton (together on the lawn, at Camp David), Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela and John Major. Which British prime minister does he most admire, I wonder, having interviewed so many?
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"Tony Blair was a brilliant interview subject, because he could make policy and ad lib on the air, which is appealing to an interviewer," he says. "John Major must be one of the most decent people who has been PM. And his sense of humour grows. His after dinner speeches get better and better – sparkling. He's very big in the US."
But it's Richard Nixon's name that will forever be linked with Sir David's, after he persuaded the former US president to admit to a cover-up over the Watergate scandal. The series of combative interviews that led to the confession was recently dramatised in Frost/Nixon, a play and later a film written by Peter Morgan. "When I went to say au revoir, after all our interviews were finished, Nixon opened the door and said, 'Come in, David.' It was the first time he had used my Christian name. For about 20 minutes, he was so carefree, then the shutters came down."
The interview made Sir David's reputation, and he went on to become a household name in Britain and America, producing films as well as hosting his own television shows (co-founding LWT and TV-am along the way). His life today seems idyllic, commuting between his town house in Chelsea, and Michelmersh Court.
The son of a poor Methodist minister, he is worth £200m, happily married for 30 years to Lady Carina, a charming former L'Oreal model, and they have three sons. Which raises the question: why are the Frosts selling their country house?
"The children don't live here any more and we miss them," says Lady Carina. Certainly, when we go on a tour of the house's bedrooms (master bedroom and three principal bedrooms on the first floor, five bedrooms on the second floor), the place feels deserted – a clear case of empty nest syndrome. The plan is to move to a farmhouse in Hambleden, in the Chilterns, where there will be a barn for Sir David's Sunday lunches and cigars plus a cottage for the boys when they come to stay.
It's not so much downsizing as a change of venue. New beginnings, no memories, no missing the children. Lady Carina, who decorated Michelmersh Court and likes "doing houses", also wants a new project, although she is the first to admit that there is much she will miss about this property: the working wooden shutters, the dado panelling, high ceilings, hard wood floors and sash windows.
"I shall miss it, too," says Sir David, who fell in love with the house as soon as he saw it - even though he had given Lady Carina strict instructions to look for a small cottage in the country.
"This is a very private house surrounded – protected – by 21 acres." A keen sportsman, Sir David will also miss the secluded outdoor swimming pool and tennis court. Not to mention the five-a-side football matches held after Sunday lunch on the lawn between the library and the sheep field (where guests have been known to arrive by helicopter). But who will inherit this country idyll?
"Ideally, the property would suit a young family moving to the country from London or abroad," says Ed Cunningham, a partner in the country department of estate agents Knight Frank.
"Or perhaps a mature couple wishing to entertain on a grand scale in a stunning peaceful and private location. It would also be ideal for those in the art world such as film directors or actors, due to its natural seclusion and warm, welcoming feel."
Whoever chooses to look at it must remember to play Lady Carina's game. Don't look back until you reach the far end of the croquet lawn, even if it's raining. The view that greets you will not disappoint.
Michelmersh Court is on sale for £5.25m (020 3463 2597; Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker; 020 7629 7282)
'Dirty Little Secret', the new spy thriller by Jon Stock, is available from Telegraph Books (0844 871 1515) at £13.99 plus £1.35 p&p.


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Model Rie Rasmussen called out professional sleazeball (and photographer) Terry Richardson for being sleazy, to which he did not take kindly. Rasmussen tells the Post:
"He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of. They are too afraid to say no because their agency booked them on the job and are too young to stand up for themselves.
"His 'look' is girls who appear underage, abused, look like heroin addicts . . . I don't understand how anyone works with him."


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Medianet – Horizontal & Vertical integration – In practice!
In the last medianet blog, Ulrica de Fort-Menares described the medianet architecture as two concepts: horizontal and vertical integration. In this blog we will discuss some examples of these concepts.
Vertical integration is about applications and network working together end-to-end across the network to deliver intelligent services. One of the ways to realize this vertical integration is through Media Services Interface (MSI) which was discussed in an earlier blog. MSI is a software component that is embedded in video endpoints and collaboration applications allowing them to leverage intelligent network services. The network also benefits from the integration by being able to get contextual information from the endpoints and applications.
One example of medianet vertical integration is the WebEx integration with MSI which allows WebEx to leverage network services like media monitoring to help administrators to ensure a good quality of experience for users. WebEx clients with MSI use performance monitor statistics to collect network performance statistics. If a degradation occurs, WebEx automatically starts a mediatrace allowing for a quick end-to-end diagnosis of where and what the problem might be. Watch this video to learn more.
Horizontal integration is about providing services that run across the infrastructure in order to deliver a consistent experience. An example of medianet horizontal integration include the Cisco Media Transformation Services (e.g. Media Services Engine). These services accelerate the transition to pervasive video by connecting people and media across any device or application improving accessibility and ease of use. To learn more about these media transformation services watch the videos in this page.
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Picture is the first and the most important information which you are getting when meeting/chatting to somebody online, so dating and social communities can't leave without providing images of their members. This plugin provides nothing else than possibility for your forum participants to upload their pictures to the Profile.
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