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5:26 p.m. — Marion Fire Department was called for hay bales on fire in the middle of 150th Road between Limestone and Mustang roads. The fire department arrived back at station at 7:03 p.m.
6:38 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance was called to Bethesda Home for resident transport to Newton Medical Center. Ambulance arrived back at station at 8:35 p.m.
4:59 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responds to St. Luke Medical Center for a transfer to Kansas Heart Hospital.
5:19 p.m. — Marion ambulance responds to St. Luke for an emergency transfer at 6 p.m. to Kansas Heart Hospital.
7:16 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responds to Hillsboro Community Hospital for an emergency medical transfer to St. Francis Hospital, a female patient in her 70s. Dispatch called Peabody ambulance for advanced life support at 7:23 p.m.
1:55 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responds to the 800 block of 190th Road for a vehicle accident. Hillsboro rescue also called to rollover accident. Officer on scene advised there were not any serious injuries. Three different ambulances transported victims from the scene. Hillsboro ambulance reported back at the station at 2:42 a.m.
12:45 p.m. — Hillsboro Fire Department investigates smoke report at Hillcrest Motel. Hillsboro Fire Department responds that there was no evidence of fire at 1:15 p.m.
9:45 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responds to HCH for advanced life support transfer for young female burn victim to St. Francis. They report back to Hillsboro at 12:43 a.m.
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Stefan and Klaus form an uneasy alliance to try and contain the danger that Connor (recurring guest star TODD WILLIAMS) has unleashed on the town. When Connor takes Jeremy, Matt and April (recurring guest star GRACE PHIPPS) hostage at the Grill, Stefan and Damon have a serious disagreement about the best course of action, and Elena is again caught between the two brothers. The situation quickly turns violent when Klaus sends one of his hybrids, Dean (guest star BLAKE HOOD – 90210), to stand up to Connor. Caroline is surprised to find Hayley (recurring guest star PHOEBE TONKIN) at the Lockwood mansion. Meanwhile, Professor Shane (recurring guest star DAVID ALPAY) works with Bonnie to help her get past her fear and guilt.


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High, C., Kelly, A., Mair, J. (eds.) 2012. The Anthropology of Ignorance: An Ethnographic Approach. New York & Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
A new volume on the anthropology of ignorance, which I edited with Casey High and Ann Kelly, came out last week with Palgrave. I'm really pleased with the finished product, and that's all down to the contributors who have produced some excellent chapters…and stuck to all the deadlines—many thanks to all of you!


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MARSHA L. LOVELESS, PHILLIP A. LOVELESS, and
JACOB LOVELESS, A Minor Child,
1. K.S.A. 40-284 is construed and applied.
2. Where an alleged tortfeasor's identity is known, and he or she is covered by an automobile insurance liability policy, he or she is not "unknown" and is not an "uninsured owner or operator" mandating coverage under the victim's uninsured motorist coverage.
Appeal from Montgomery District Court; RUSSELL D. CANADAY, judge. Opinion filed May 25, 2001. Affirmed.
Kala Spigarelli and Fred Spigarelli, of Spigarelli, McLane and Short, of Pittsburg, for appellants.
M. Doug Bell, of Hall Levy DeVore Bell Ott & Kritz, of Coffeyville, for appellee.
Before ELLIOTT, P.J., BRAZIL and PADDOCK, S.J.
ELLIOTT, J.: The Lovelesses sought bodily injury recovery from American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family) (their own automobile carrier) under the uninsured motorist provision of their policy and K.S.A. 40-284. The trial court granted American Family summary judgment, the Lovelesses appeal, and we affirm.
Appellants were involved in an automobile accident with Chad Johnson in Oklahoma. At the time of the accident, the Johnson vehicle was insured by Arkansas Farm Bureau and Chad was listed as an additional insured on their policy. Appellants received and rejected a settlement offer from Arkansas Farm Bureau under the Johnson policy.
Later, appellants sued Chad in Oklahoma but their attempts to locate and serve Chad with process were unsuccessful; the Oklahoma suit was dismissed and appellants then sued American Family in Kansas, alleging that since Chad's whereabouts were unknown, they could recover under their uninsured coverage.
As part of its summary judgment motion, American Family attached a copy of the Arkansas Farm Bureau policy indicating Chad was insured under its policy at the time of the accident.
In granting American Family's motion for summary judgment, the trial court denied coverage under American Family's policy, ruling an insured, but unavailable, tortfeasor is not an uninsured motorist.
K.S.A. 40-284 requires uninsured motorist coverage for injuries suffered in an accident arising out of the ownership or use of a vehicle by an "uninsured owner or operator." The statute does not cover a situation where the uninsured owner or operator owns an automobile liability policy. See Hilyard v. Estate of Clearwater, 240 Kan. 362, 369, 729 P.2d 1195 (1986). Following this reasoning, we hold the statute does not mandate coverage under the facts of the present case. Here, the alleged uninsured owner or operator does not own an insurance policy, but is an additional insured driver under the policy as a family member.
The statute does not define "uninsured owner or operator" and the specific issue raised by appellants is one of first impression in Kansas. Appellants argue that because they were unable to locate and serve Chad, he should be considered "uninsured."
Appellants' reliance on McDaniel v. State Farm Mutual, 205 Va. 815, 139 S.E.2d 806 (Va. App. 1965), is misplaced. In McDaniel, the tortfeasor's insurance company voided the tortfeasor's policy and denied coverage. Here, the Johnson's policy remained in force, and the adjuster for Johnson's carrier attempted settlement with appellants under the Arkansas Farm Bureau policy.
There is some authority for uninsured motorist coverage where the incident involves a hit-and-run accident and the driver's identity is unknown. See, e.g., Claire v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 973 P.2d 686, 688 (Co. App. 1998). But a motorist is not "unknown" where only his or her whereabouts are unknown. Problems in effecting service on the known tortfeasor does not mean the tortfeasor is "unknown." 973 P.2d at 688-89. "Where the offending party is insured but unavailable for service, the injured party cannot recover under his uninsured coverage with his insurance company." Weinberg v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 659 S.W.2d 236, 238 (Mo. App. 1983).
If the legislature had intended to bring insured but unavailable tortfeasors within the purview of K.S.A. 40-284, it could have carved out a separate exception as it did under K.S.A. 40-285 for tortfeasors insured by insolvent insurance companies.


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(follow-up to: Naturally definable sets of natural numbers)
Every formula $\Psi(x)$ in the first-order language of Peano arithmetic defines a set of natural numbers. Some of these sets are finite, others are infinite. Every finite set $\lbrace n_0, n_1, ..., n_k \rbrace$ can be defined by an equation $p(x) = q(x)$ with $p(x), q(x)$ finite polynomials in $x$ with natural coefficients. Let in the following $\phi(x)$ be such an equation [read "phi" for "finite"]. Infinite sets cannot be described by any $\phi(x)$.
Given a formula $\Omega(x)$ which defines an infinite set [read "omega" for "infinite"]. Then every formula of the form $\Omega(x) \vee \phi(x)$ or $\Omega(x)\wedge \neg\phi(x)$ defines an infinite set, too.
The motivation of the following definition is this: A formula defining an infinite set shall be called arbitrary if it is derived from a natural (= non-arbitrary) formula by adding or removing finitely many arbitrary elements.
Definition (wannabe): A formula $\Omega(x)$ is arbitrary iff it defines an infinite set and is equivalent
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- to a formula $\omega(x) \wedge \neg \phi(x)$ with $\omega(x) \not\rightarrow \neg\phi(x)$
where $\omega(x)$ is not arbitrary. (Of course, $\omega(x)$ defines an infinite set.)
On first sight, this definition seems circular:
Let $\Omega(x) \equiv \omega(x) \vee \phi(x)$ with $\phi(x) \not\rightarrow \omega(x)$.
Then $\omega(x) \equiv \Omega(x) \wedge \neg\phi'(x)$ with $\Omega(x) \not\rightarrow \neg\phi'(x)$.
Then $\Omega(x)$ is arbitrary iff $\omega(x)$ is not arbitrary.
Might this seemingly vicious circle not be in fact a (hidden) recursive definition (by something like "(abstract) length of formulas")?
Cannot this circle be broken? What about the intuition, that $(\exists y) x = 2 \cdot y$ is a non-arbitrary formula, but that $(\exists y) x = 2 \cdot y \vee x = 17$ is an arbitrary one?


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Every day for the last six months, approximately 37,000 commuters on the southbound Niagara Thruway get an in-your-face dose of one of the most bitter and deeply personal feuds in the history of Buffalo politics.
That's where developer Carl P. Paladino has targeted his most recent opponent, high atop a dilapidated building he owns on Scott Street. It features a marionette-like Rep. Brian Higgins with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
"That's my #1 boy," the caption reads.
The billboard stands as the most public manifestation yet of the vicious feud between two South Buffalo stalwarts who are among the most recognized political figures in New York State.
Thruway gawkers pondering the sign must wonder what it's all about. Why would Paladino go to such lengths to humiliate a U.S. congressman?
There was a time when Paladino and Higgins called each other friends. In fact, they are related by marriage; their wives are first cousins.
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"I don't respect him, his politics, his demeanor nor his personality," Paladino said recently, citing Higgins' "arrogance."
"I saw in him an obstinacy; an attitude that, if it's not Brian's idea, it's not a good idea," he added. "Given my nature, I would point out these things to him."
After Paladino decided to "point out these things" to millions of motorists traveling the road over the past months, Higgins also unleashed. Some are shocked that the normally serene congressman, who prefers discussing Irish history to street politics, is even reacting.
But he says he's had enough of Paladino.
"Carl is the worst kind of coward this community will ever know," Higgins said. "He hides behind his dirty money and sits in his Ellicott Square cave spewing his venom and hateful emails every day. He's pathetic, disgraceful and a broken man."
Higgins characterizes his former friend as a "street punk," a "bully," and Buffalo's "chief bloviator."
"Carl has all the moral arrogance without the moral integrity," Higgins said. "It's very, very sad what's become of him."
When they were friends
It wasn't always this way.
Both recall happier days when friendly banter over politics or neighborhood news enlivened family gatherings. The two, after all, married a couple of "Hannon girls" from the neighborhood – Mary Jane married Higgins and Cathy married Paladino. The cousins, according to those who know them, have always been close as part of a prominent South Buffalo family. So it was natural that their husbands became friends.
"They were more than close, they were married into the same family," James P. Keane, the former South Council member and deputy county executive, said of Higgins and Paladino.
"They were family close; that kind of close," he added.
Friendship seemed suited for Higgins and Paladino, both products of blue-collar families who worked hard for their success.
Paladino, 66, grew up in Lovejoy and graduated from Bishop Timon High School and St. Bonaventure University. He is the son of a city worker and grandson of Italian immigrants and he made millions as a downtown real estate developer after Syracuse University Law School.
His empire now includes a string of suburban hotels and office buildings he leases to New York State.
But he is also an outspoken politician whose conservative views catapulted him into the national spotlight three years ago when he entered the GOP race for governor.
After shocking the state's Republican establishment with an overwhelming primary victory, his brash ways and pugnacious nature seemed to dim his appeal in the general election. Even though Paladino spent $4.1 million of his own money, Democrat Andrew M. Cuomo scored a landslide 61 to 34 percent win.
New York City tabloids labeled him "Crazy Carl."
An early supporter
Higgins, 55, hails from a similar background.
He is the grandson of Irish immigrants and son of a teacher and the late South Council Member Daniel J. Higgins Sr. – a former bricklayer. The future congressman graduated from South Park High School, majored in history and economics at Buffalo State College, and earned a master's in public administration from Harvard University.
But he has always seemed destined for public life. He was South Council member, chief of staff to the Erie County Legislature, member of the Assembly, and now sits in the House of Representatives.
Keane, the former deputy county executive from South Buffalo, said he has "great respect" for both men, partly because of their commitment to the community.
Paladino, he pointed out, has sponsored tuitions for deserving kids to his alma maters, while many say he quietly and often assists families in need.
"Those things count," Keane said.
Early on, Paladino helped Higgins launch his political career. The real estate developer gave Higgins $9,350 in contributions during his days in the Common Council and Assembly, according to campaign finance records. He even hosted a fundraising event for Higgins' 2004 congressional bid at his Orchard Park farm.
And Paladino claims to have partially financed Higgins' Buffalo Niagara Partnership scholarship to the Kennedy School in 1995-96, although Higgins and Partnership officials deny he had anything to do with it.
"I had some faith in him; I thought he was trying to do the right thing," Paladino said of Higgins.
But the situation changed once Higgins went to Congress.
Higgins goes to Congress
Perhaps the first issue dividing them was abortion.
While in the Assembly from 1999 to 2004, Higgins consistently voted pro-life. But as a candidate for Congress in 2004, he switched to a strong pro-choice stand, much to his former supporter's disappointment. The relationship was beginning to deteriorate.
Higgins notes that Paladino was fully aware of his changing views but still contributed to his first congressional campaign.
The already strained relationship reached the breaking point when Higgins embraced President Obama's health care initiative – anathema in Paladino's eyes.
"I recognized that Obamacare was being pushed quickly and unethically ... and the first guy on the bus was Brian Higgins," Paladino said. "I wrote him a memo and gave him all the logic. But on the personal side, I was recognizing an arrogance that was out of character for him."
Paladino invited Higgins to his Ellicott Square office to discuss their differences at about the time Obama's health care proposal was debated in 2009. And though political staffers often tape record conversations with reporters, Paladino was more than miffed when a Higgins aide recorded him. The congressman, he said, told him he had to "protect myself."
"I found that insulting," Paladino said.
Just about everyone close to the two men pointed to Higgins' support for Obama's health care plan as the turning point for Paladino.
"If he thinks the government is forcing him to do something ...," Keane mused. "Carl's a CEO. He doesn't like being told what to do, particularly by the government."
Michael R. Caputo, the East Aurora political consultant who served as Paladino's campaign spokesman in 2010, said the developer seriously contemplated a congressional challenge to Higgins that year before he was persuaded to run for governor instead.
Obama's helath care plan was "the straw that broke the camel's back," Caputo said.
"He was absolutely passionate about the ravages of Obamacare," the former campaign aide said. "The two of them talked a lot about it, and Carl said when they talked, that this was a major divisive issue."
Another confidant, tea party activist Rus Thompson, said he watched Paladino grow increasingly disenchanted with Higgins on many levels.
"He feels Brian has really turned on his own core values for political expediency," he said. "And it hurts Carl." Thompson added that Paladino deems Higgins guilty of "grandstanding" on every issue associated with the Buffalo waterfront.
But one incident may have forever broken a friendship and transformed the pair into archenemies. That came just after Paladino announced his candidacy for governor a little over two years ago.
Release of the emails
Paladino's 2010 gubernatorial campaign seemed doomed after a Buffalo website revealed his practice of emailing racist and pornographic jokes to friends.
At the time, Caputo (who has since broken with Paladino) told reporters he had been approached by a Higgins "emissary" who promised "everything would come out" if Paladino ran for governor.
Though he sent jokes to many friends on his email list, Paladino then and now blames Higgins' staff for the leak.
"That was the end," Paladino says now. "I knew he did it. And it only caused more anguish in the family than we already had."
Thompson said the Paladino campaign engaged investigators to track the email trail.
"So we know where it came from," he said.
Higgins denies that he or his staff leaked the emails, pointing out that Paladino's email list included dozens of people who could have released the jokes.
Even before the email incident, Paladino claims Higgins threatened to use his influence to scuttle renewal of the FBI's lease of a building he co-owns behind City Hall. He said Higgins told business associates that unless Paladino "got off my back, the lease won't be renewed. Make sure the message is clear to him."
One source, who asked not to be identified and whom Paladino says witnessed the conversation, does not recall the incident. But another person present for the conversation, former Buffalo Sabres President Larry Quinn, confirmed that Higgins made the remark.
But Quinn said he did not believe then or now that the congressman was serious.
"Brian got mad and said that, in anger," Quinn said. "I didn't take it seriously, and it didn't mean he would really do it.
"It would be a shame if people took it for anything else than a guy blowing off steam, which we all do," he added.
Higgins said the incident "may have been a conversation Larry and I had. It is what it is."
"He has not advanced anything to say 'here is rock-solid evidence he did this thing,' " Higgins added.
The congressman said Paladino should be held just as accountable for the many controversial comments he has made in public.
"It's not OK for him to insult gay and lesbian people in Buffalo or a professional woman at a public meeting," he said. "I think he's a creep, a punk, and a coward."
Paladino's billboards
Fast-forward to Paladino's Thruway billboard, which at one time featured an "enemies list" skewering everyone from Buffalo Niagara Partnership President Andrew J. Rudnick to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to former News Publisher Stanford Lipsey. Paladino has never shied from expressing his feelings.
Still, he has recently demonstrated he can repair previously broken relationships – such as with Mayor Byron W. Brown.
A mellow Paladino showed no animosity after the city rejected his proposal for a Webster Block commercial complex in favor of one submitted by the Buffalo Sabres. And a year later, the mayor says his administration will now support Paladino's new hotel and commercial complex at Erie Basin Marina – pegged at $75 million.
The congressman points to his own support of Brown as the root cause of his Paladino problem.
"That's the irony in all this," Higgins said. "Now he's cozy with the mayor and in exchange is doing business with the city – which is fine."
Paladino, meanwhile, attended a recent Brown fundraiser after years of animosity, and said he will not support a Brown opponent in this year's mayoral election as in the past. Witnesses report that Paladino even gave one of his trademark "bear hugs" to the mayor at his fundraiser, and that Brown – for the first time ever – attended Paladino's famous Christmas party in December at Ellicott Square.
But it appears no such reconciliation lies in the future for Paladino and Higgins.
"No, I don't expect that," Higgins said. "I'm not interested in a relationship with people like that."
The Paladino camp expects little on that score either.
"I would like to see it, but I honestly don't know," said Thompson, the tea party leader. "It goes very deep."
Higgins labels his rival hypocritical for railing against government while renting his properties to New York State for "big money."
And he delights in pointing out that the structure hosting the "silly billboard" is deserted, dilapidated and covered with graffiti.
"Carl has a beautiful family, both immediate and extended, and I feel sorry for them," Higgins said. "He is pathetic."
A surplus of tension
Back in South Buffalo, the tension sometimes overflows, even if life goes on.
Last week, Paladino announced he will run for the Buffalo Board of Education this year in the South District. Voting records show that in the 2010 gubernatorial race, the South Council District was the only city district that Paladino carried.
And he won big, by a 2-to-1 ratio.
"Isn't that quite a statement?" Keane said. "That just shows how much anger and frustration there was."
Still, Keane says he is saddened by a dispute between two men who by all rights should be working together. The Niagara Thruway billboard now adds a new dimension to the feud, and he calls Paladino "out of line."
"In general, people are not even aware of it," Keane said of South Buffalo's reaction to the feud. "But among politically connected people or among those who know them both, it bothers them. They wish it would go away."
Paladino, who often hints at supporting a Higgins congressional opponent, doesn't see any chance for reconciliation either.
Reapportionment, he acknowledged, handed Higgins a district that appears invulnerable to a Republican challenge.
"He's so lucky a judge gave him the perfect district," Paladino said, hinting at only one remaining possibility. "Until a better Democrat comes along."
And the family gatherings? They are now a bit awkward.
"We've been at events in the same room," Paladino said of Higgins, "but he generally leaves right away."
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This story is beautifully realized and executed. It is concise and yet replete with detail. I am looking forward to being able to get a hard copy for the high school library I work in.
Great work.
Good grief. Don't think I didn't catch the irony [or, is that iron knee?] that one of 'em was holding a box of water while standing thigh deep in Katrina deluge. And that bald dude is like a Hip-Hop Charlie Brown. Once again, Josh, you manage to bring levity to disaster which is probably the only way I could handle such devistation and horror. I think I might've stayed, too, to protect my goods and wares. Lil' did they know. Impending doom never seemed so calm.
Kate, Thanks for the kind observations. We do anticipate a book publication of A.D., and it would be my fondest wish for it to be available in libraries all over, a document in its own way of the story of Hurricane Katrina.
Dino, Glad you dig Mansell's Charlie Brown shirt. He needed a design down there, and that's what came to mind (and pen).
About the flooding: it seems that depending on which part of the city you lived in, the water came incredibly fast or sneakingly snow. In Uptown, where Hamid's store is located, the water rose inch by inch, hour by hour. But in the end, the damage it wrought was just as devastating. With this chapter, I'm really trying to capture that creeping horror.
Hey Y'all,
I just can't believe I haven' seen this story until now! It is incredible. I was there at Roberts' too.
I posted today's chapter onto the New Orleans News Ladder, after wondering if I should have started at the beginning, then figuring that your website can take care of bringing everyone up to date.
I just launched the NO News Ladder last week and hope to kick it out daily for Nola News what-nots & griad'gris.
Please check out the site and say hello. Let me know if you like it or don't.
I was living there for the storm + 6 days before escaping to Baton Rouge in a pick-up truck with dog Flora, guitar, back pack and bicycle. As yet still a nolafugee on the back hand path, a long and winding road home.
Thank you,
Bruce Biles
Bruce, Thanks for posting, and all the best with NOLA News Ladder. The more peeps keeping folks informed about the situation the better, y'know? Happy Thanksgiving, and best of luck on your winding road back home.
immaculate ch. 8 ending… bzzz…curious but worried
waiting for the flood
Mosquitoes!?! NOOOOOOOO!!!
This is an incredible piece of work, both artistically and in it's immediate and visceral storytelling. I commend you for bringing this subject to the medium of the graphic novel, and doing it so well. I can't wait to read the next chapter.
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SEC Approves Rule Governing Research Analysts Conflicts of Interest
On May 10, 2002, the SEC approved new NASD Rule 2711, Research Analysts and Research Reports. The rule is intended to improve the objectivity of research and provide investors with more useful and reliable information when making investment decisions. The SEC also approved on that day similar proposed amendments to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Rule 472. The rules will be implemented in phases during the period from July 9, 2002, to November 6, 2002.
This Notice includes as Attachment A the text of the new rule and the implementation schedule of the rule's effective dates. This Notice also includes as Attachment B a Joint Memorandum of NASD and the NYSE that provides interpretive guidance for the NASD and NYSE rules governing research reports and analysts.
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Internet posts provide incriminating look at lives of Mexico's narco families
The sons and daughters of Mexico's most renowned outlaws just can't refrain from posting photos of their lavish lifestyles online: Fat bundles of cash. Gold-plated assault rifles. Pet lions and tigers. Tricked-out dune buggies.
All is on display on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It's like peering at a gossip magazine for the underground rich and famous as they hide from the law.
The arrest last week in Arizona of the son of the alleged No. 2 leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico's most powerful criminal syndicate, brought attention to his social media accounts and those of his closest friends, including the son of the nation's most wanted man, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Serafin Zambada Ortiz, 23, was detained Wednesday as he crossed on foot from Mexico to Nogales, Ariz. Zambada, the U.S.-born son of wanted Sinaloa leader Ismael Zambada, made the crossing despite his indictment in U.S. federal court on charges of trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine.
Going by his Twitter (@zambadaserafin) and Facebook posts, Zambada seemed eager to share with the world his decadent lifestyle, apparently feeling invulnerable.
On July 10, Zambada tweeted a photo of three gold- and silver-plated AK-47 assault rifles with the message, "partying and . . . taking care of ourselves."
@AntraxRodrigo @ ismaelimperial Enfiestados y como siempre mi @Cheyooeliseo cuidandonos pic.twitter.com/3UP2F9k10c— Serafin Zambada (@ZambadaSerafin) July 11, 2013
Pesando el dinero pic.twitter.com/v9jeYZYyAn— Serafin Zambada (@ZambadaSerafin) July 11, 2013
The next day, Zambada's account had a photo of huge stacks of bundled 500 peso notes (each worth nearly $40), several feet high and so numerous that counting was inefficient. "Weighing the cash," Zambada posted.
Other photos showed bags of marijuana, a pet cheetah, a tiger cub, a full-grown lion, a new Range Rover piled high with presents, and lots and lots of guns.
The tweeted photos seem, at best, indiscreet.
echandome algo pa mi risa pic.twitter.com/6VHT3WjdFC— Serafin Zambada (@ZambadaSerafin) July 14, 2013
LA PLEBE pic.twitter.com/pqkIIiebxZ— Serafin Zambada (@ZambadaSerafin) July 22, 2013
"It's not what I'd be doing if I were running a criminal network," said Rusty Payne, a spokesman in Washington for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Payne said U.S. anti-narcotics agents peruse social media "if it helps us put a puzzle together. There's a lot of open source stuff out there."
One of the photos on his Facebook page shows Zambada wearing a hoodie and putting his arms around a lion in front of a Mercedes-Benz.
Among Zambada's Facebook and Twitter pals is Alfredo Guzman (@alfredoguzma), one of the sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and a man with a $5 million price tag on his head from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The younger Guzman, offspring of the alleged drug lord's liaison with Alejandrina Guzman, the first of several companions, posted photos of the private mercenaries who protect the capos and their kin.
"My active armed commando," says one of Guzman's tweets with a photo.
A photo of a dead man was attached to another Guzman tweet. It said the victim tried to pass himself off as part of the Guzman clan and paid the price.
Other photos showed the steering wheel of a Bentley luxury sedan, a private grass airstrip with small aircraft, a huge teddy bear propped up holding an assault rifle, and the front of Club Dubai, a ritzy nightclub in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state.
The two men often copied their top henchmen on their tweets. One of the guards tweets under the name "El Chino Antrax" (@comandante57_), and describes himself as the "Sinaloan Scarface, fanatical about guns and 100 (percent) with the Zambadas. . . . I'll see you in hell."
The man posted a photo of a black Lamborghini sports car with a driver hoisting an AK-47 out of its window.
Not all offspring, nephews and cousins of the Sinaloa Cartel leaders are imprudent about boasting of the business of their families.
Jim Creechan, a retired Canadian academic who once taught university courses in Culiacan, said one of his former students, a relative of a cartel operative, showed him some Facebook pages of younger clan members displaying bling and guns.
"My contact told me he disapproved because he got the word directly from El Chapo to 'watch what you make public.' He clearly listened – but he is probably older (by a bit) than these latest 'posters,'" Creechan said in an email. "My contact also told me that he was told to stay away from drugs, and to never bring attention to himself. He basically said, 'Do drugs or point to us and you are 'cut off' or 'worse.'"
Serafin Zambada was scheduled to appear Monday at a detention hearing in Tucson. The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego is seeking his removal to stand trial there.
The indictment against him, which was partially unsealed in late September, says only that prosecutors plan to try him for importing small amounts of methamphetamine and 11 pounds or more of cocaine into the United States.
Zambada's father, who is considered the logistical chief of the Sinaloa Cartel, is wanted on U.S. indictments in Chicago, Brooklyn, N.Y., and El Paso, Texas. The cartel is believed to be behind the smuggling of multiple tons a month of cocaine and other narcotics into the United States. Another Zambada son, Vicente, is awaiting trial in Chicago on money laundering and drug trafficking charges.
Like many of the offspring of cartel leaders, Serafin Zambada married the daughter of a top cartel operative, Manuel Torres Felix, who was killed in a clash with soldiers 13 months ago. Zambada's wife, Karime Ellameli Torres, was with him when he was arrested but was quickly released, said Kelly Thornton, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego.
Unlike her husband, Torres does not appear to have Twitter or Facebook accounts under her real name.


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An impatient driver in Miami Beach cut in line at a gas station and crashed into a pump causing an inferno, destroying her Jeep and the gas pump. Thankfully, there were no reported injuries, reports CBSMiami:
Apparently, when she sped up, she lost control and slammed into the gas pump which caused a huge explosion and fire.
… (Surveillance) video shows the gold-colored Jeep SUV swerving in front of the Hummer and slamming into the gas pump as it burst into flames.
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Just north of Cincinnati in the city of Hamilton there used to be an old school ice rink. Open air with an aircraft hangar like roof, the facility embodied "old time hockey." Today it's a parking lot adjacent to a satellite campus of Miami University, but at one time the place made it to the silver screen - when Hollywood considered Cincinnati a "hockey town."
|- The "aircraft hangar" structure of the Hamilton Sports Complex's former ice rink.
My friend Ben has been with me since the beginning, crawling into abandoned buildings and looking for adventure. He's been there ever since I started getting into Urban Exploration. Yesterday he called and invited me to be a guest speaker in his art class at Miami University's Hamilton campus. The class was being taught by a teacher we both had in high school, Laura Metz, who has always been awesome and supportive of my work in photography. I accepted the invitation and made the drive up north to Hamilton, calling Ben to ask: "Where the hell do I park?" "By the ice rink," he replied.
The ice rink was gone though and had been for several years. However, I knew what he meant. In that moment, just as Ben inspired the name for this website, his parking instructions inadvertently reminded me of these photographs from January 2007 - and thus inspired this post.
|- What remained of the ice rink in 2007.
The Hamilton Sports Complex in Hamilton, Ohio had basketball courts, tennis courts, picnic shelters and areas to play horseshoes, but the centerpiece was the ice rink. What looked like a massive aircraft hangar, was actually an outdoor hockey and skating facility just across the street from the Hamilton branch campus of Miami University. The only true indoor part was the concession and locker area with its fireplace and "Off Road" arcade game. I had been there several times as a kid. Despite taking lessons at Miami University's main campus in Oxford and playing youth hockey at Northlands in Cincinnati, the Hamilton Ice Rink was my dad and I's favorite place to skate. It was just minutes down the road from St. Ann, the Catholic Church my family attended. In the winter, we'd often go for open skating after mass on Saturday night.
The place screamed "old time hockey." With its open air sides, the rink could be incredibly cold in the winter. The concession stand windows were protected by chain link fence, the stands made out of wood, and the locker room reeked of sweat. A large fireplace on the inside provided warmth while you took off your skates, tried to sip scolding hot chocolate and come up with subtle ways to ask your dad if you could play arcade games. The ice rink was indicative of a bygone era, part of a true hockey town - whether or not Cincinnati/Hamilton are "hockey towns" is questionable.
Although, Hollywood seemed to think so.
|- A scene from the motion picture "Airborne (1993)," that was filmed at the Hamilton Sports Complex.
In 1993, a film named Airborne debuted in theaters. Panned by critics, the film starred a relatively unknown cast of future stars like Jack Black and Seth Green of School of Rock and Family Guy fame respectively. The movie is your typical 90's teenager movie with an "us against them" theme, a girl and a guy who's just "trying to fit in." Despite its overall cheesiness, horrible plot and other downfalls, the movie is pretty fun. Even better, it was filmed primarily in Cincinnati.
The movie follows the story of Mitchell Goosen, a California teenager and surfer who's life gets turned upside down when he is forced to go live with extended relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio. While describing surfing to his new classmates, the kids ridicule him and explain that Cincinnati is a "hockey town." The kids at his innercity public school convince him to try playing hockey in a game they have against "the preps." Mitchell ends up costing the game for his team in embarrassing fashion in a scene filmed at the Hamilton ice rink. In an attempt to portray Cincinnati as a brutally cold, Midwestern "hockey town," the Hamilton rink worked perfectly.
|- What remained of the ice rink in January, 2007.
However, is Cincinnati a "hockey town?" While Hollywood considered it one in a 1993 teen drama, the title is arguable. Cincinnati has a proud hockey history, but the fan support for the sport is an up and down love affair at least at the pro level.
Back in 1952, the Cincinnati Mohawks debuted in the International Hockey League at the historic Cincinnati Gardens. Of the six seasons spent in the minor league IHL, five of them were championship seasons. However, the club eventually folded in 1958.
Hockey returned to the Gardens and Queen City 13 years later in the form of the Cincinnati Swords. Playing in the American Hockey League, one step below the premier National Hockey League, they were the farm club to the NHL's newly added Buffalo Sabres. The Swords lasted for three seasons, winning one championship that ended up being played in Buffalo, NY and not Cincinnati. The team folded in 1974 in anticipation of major league hockey coming to the Queen City.
Debuting in the World Hockey Association in 1975, the Cincinnati Stingers took the ice at the then brand new Riverfront Coliseum (now US Bank Arena). The Stingers were the brain child of investors Brian Deekhan and Bill DeWitt Jr who had initially tried to pursue an NHL team for Cincinnati. When the NHL denied them an expansion franchise, they went with the rival WHA in hopes that eventually the two leagues would merge. The Stingers attendance was modest at best and when a merger with the NHL finally came, the owners elected to take a buyout in exchange for not being admitted to the now sole remaining major league. The team existed in the minor Central Hockey League the next year, but disbanded half way through the season.
The Cincinnati Tigers, another CHL team, took the ice at Riverfront for one season in 1981-82, but then disbanded.
Cincinnati went without pro hockey until 1990 when the Cyclones of the ECHL debuted at the Cincinnati Gardens. The team eventually moved to the IHL, one step below the NHL and then relocated downtown to the Riverfront Coliseum.
The late 90's were the golden age for hockey in the Queen City. As soon as the Cyclones left for downtown in 1997, the Gardens got another team called the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. The Ducks played in the AHL. Starting in 1997, Cincinnati had two pro teams in rival leagues playing one level below the NHL.
The Cyclones struggled with the new uptown competition and folded in 2001. They returned in time for the next season in the lower level ECHL, but folded again in 2004. The uptown Ducks were now the sole name in Cincinnati pro hockey. However, the Ducks lost their affiliation agreement with the Anaheim, CA NHL club of the same name and folded in 2005. An eight year hockey war between two teams ended with no teams at all.
In 2006 the Gardens planned to debut a new AHL team, the Cincinnati RailRaiders, but the franchise never secured an affiliation with an NHL team and never took the ice.
The Cyclones returned for a third incarnation and exist to this day. The team plays in the minor league ECHL, a "AA" league two tiers below the NHL. These days, attendance seems to be driven mainly off of cheap beer specials and marketed as a "family fun value," but a group of hardcore Cincinnati hockey fans still cheer on the team from their traditional perch at US Bank Arena known as "Section 60."
All in all, pro hockey in Cincinnati can be considered a far cry from what it once was.
|- The open air sides of the Hamilton rink.
When the crosstown "hockey war" was dying in Cincinnati, so too was the Hamilton ice rink. I don't know exactly when it closed, information on the internet seems to be nonexistent. Hell, I'm just assuming the name of the facility was the "Hamilton Sports Complex" since that's what I named the image files when I took these photographs back in 2007. I stopped skating there and playing youth hockey when I entered high school in 2003.
*If you know any more historical information on the facility, why it closed or when it closed, feel free to email me.*
I started photographing abandoned structures in 2006 when my friend Jon and I snuck into the former Surf Cincinnati waterpark. We grew up in Fairfield and having not yet really ventured into Cincinnati, we figured the "rust belt" city of Hamilton would be a good place to start looking for more abandoned places. After school at Badin High School one afternoon, we came across the reamins of the Hamilton Sports Complex.
When we arrived, the ice rink was completely gone and the facility had been gutted. The wooden roof was falling apart, the hockey boards had been removed, the concession and arcade area had been boarded up, trash was strewn about the floor and a tattered American flag hung suspended from the ceiling - blowing in the cold winter breeze.
|- Support structure for the building's roof. Stands for spectators once stood here.
|- Where the bleachers once stood.
|- The American flag still hanging from the rafters.
Paint adorned the walls in the form of hockey murals and spent paintball gun ammunition. The facility's scoreboard still hung on the brick without power.
|- One of the facility's murals covered in paintball splats.
Looking back, had we thought to salvage the scoreboard, it would've made an excellent decoration for a basement or barroom wall. It probably wouldn't have fit inside my car though.
The facility seemed to be in the process of demolition. The most peculiar bits of trash lying on the floor were two streetlights.
Looking inside the dark, boarded up concession stand, I could still make out the skate rental booth and the "Off Road" arcade game.
Jon and I took our photographs and left. Some time after that, the building was completely demolished and replaced with a parking lot for the nearby campus. I had forgotten about these photographs until Ben had invited me to come speak at Miami Hamilton yesterday. Today, nothing remains of the former ice rink except when it's viewed from above. The faint outline of a hockey rink can still be seen in the parking lot - the remaining sign of a bygone era in local hockey history.
|- The remains of the rink as seen on Google Earth. Note that the outline of the hockey rink can still be seen.
Special thanks to Ben and Laura for inviting me to speak last night...
...and to my Dad for taking me to skate here so many times.


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Naturally, in the weeks since Facebook paid $1 billion for Instagram, there has been a flowering in Silicon Valley/San Francisco of various "Instagrams-for-[blank]."
There is an " Instagram-for-drawing," an " Instagram-for-audio," an " Instagram-for-Japanese people," and, our not-being-sarcastic-here favorite: " Instagram-for-gifs" (hey, don't knock it till you try it).
(It's not exactly the same, but it reminds us of that scene in The Player where a movie producer is pitched on The Graduate 2, and Out Of Africa meets Pretty Woman.)
The category we should probably take the most seriously, if only because it's something Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom himself has said he might do, is: "Instagrams-for-video."
Two of the most talked about apps in this category are Viddy and Socialcam.
This is because Viddy is raising a boatload of money, and Socialcam is backed by the ultimate San Francisco/Silicon Valley/TechCrunch cool kids club, Paul Graham's incubator/school for enterprenuers, Y-Combinator.
We've tried both out, and they are virtually identical to each other. They seem to be laid-out almost exactly like Instagram. Both, obviously, allow users to "filter" their videos. WIth Socialcam, you can do it while you're shooting.
Both connect to Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr and etc. Socialcam feels a little more spammy. I deleted Socialcam hours after installing it, because someone I didn't know I was "following" kept setting off notifications on my iPhone, telling me that Britney Spears was now using the service. Whoop-de-do. Delete.
Will Viddy and Socialgram make it?
Don't know, obviously.
I don't imagine using them much (most of my friends are very bad at making videos), but thanks to the buzz around Instagram and coverage like you are reading here, they certainly have gotten a nice shove in the right direction, and that helps. Viddy is already a top downloaded app in the iTunes store.
YouTube product manager Hunter Walk, is skeptical, however, and he's written a blog post about why ( thanks to Frommer for noticing it).
Yes he admits he is "inherently biased."
His basic point is that photos are easy to look at and bad videos are not:
Ok, I usually don't write about video other than commenting on YouTube because (a) I'm inherently biased and (b) I don't want my opinions to be taken as representing the view of my company. But.... since there's so much heat around the question of "Instagram for video" right now, here's a quick thought on why photos and videos are very different. Think about the photos you look at in either your social feeds or specific photos sites: 99% of them interest you because the subject(s) and/or camera holder is someone you know (or you yourself). Because pictures are static, you can also grok and scan them very quickly, meaning the "cost" of a bad picture is low, hence you are interested in pictures from a wider variety of friends. The other 1% of pictures are not interesting to you because of the subject matter (flowers! eagles! antique doorknobs!). Various products are changing this split but I really don't think it gets past 90/10. [Of course there are photo buffs who just love to spend hours on Flickr browsing hashtags but that's not what's driving Socialcam and Viddy installs. And I'm not talking about photos which are incidentally included in news stories - eg the Tebow picture you see when you go to espn.com] Now, about videos. It's the other way around. In 99% of the videos you watch you don't know anyone in the frame. You watch because the subject is interesting (and if it isn't, you bail pretty quickly). Why? Because there's a much higher cost to watching a video. Of course hours of video are consumed every day, so I'm not saying people won't watch videos, I'm saying the "social" in video is more about the subject and then sharing or discussing it with friends. Think of it this way, the average video has ~24 frames per second, each of those is a "picture" - i don't mind seeing a single picture of my friend and his baby in my Facebook stream, but I wouldn't want several thousand in a sequential slideshow. That's what a video is. Again, various technology and products are moving this from 1/99 --> 10/90 but I don't believe this fundamentally means I want to see more personal video from a broader range of friends. Note: at mobile scale, 10% of the "video" market is still HUGE so I'm not saying that any of these apps are necessarily flashes in the pan. I don't know how to explain their recent spike, although I believe it has much more to do with Facebook distribution/feed changes than an inherently viral nature of personal mobile video creation or in-product network effects.


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Gov. Tom Corbett struck a populist note in this week's budget address, saying lifting the Oil Company Franchise Tax cap would force oil and gas companies to "pay their fair share." But the increase will likely be passed onto consumers at the pump and may make Pennsylvania gasoline the most heavily taxed in the nation.
As levied now, the tax is about 9 percent of the price of a gallon of gas, but calculated on a maximum price of $1.25 per gallon, yielding about 20.3 cents. By gradually lifting that cap over time to reflect actual gas prices - already more than double the cap - the amount of the tax paid per gallon could more than double.
Gov. Corbett tried to soften the blow by cutting another state tax on fuel, the excise tax, from 12 cents down to 10 cents.
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With the cap on the other tax fully lifted, Pennsylvania would become home to the most highly taxed gasoline in the nation, with a total of 75.2 cents of taxes on each gallon.
Under a current state-by-state comparison compiled by the American Petroleum Institute, the most taxed gasoline is sold in New York, at 69 cents per gallon. The national average, according the API, is about 49 cents.
"Pennsylvania gasoline would be more than twice that of many states," said Rayola Dougher, economist with the institute.
Contrary to Mr. Corbett's claim that lifting the cap would force gas merchants to pay more, Mr. Dougher said the oil franchise tax, like other taxes, gets passed down to the consumer.
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The local economy runs on gasoline and diesel, said Chris Jordan, an officer of the Northeast Chapter of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association. He rattled off a list of the industrial parks in the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton areas, all filled with warehouses, distribution centers or manufacturers taking deliveries or sending out goods - on trucks.
If Pennsylvania secures the distinction of having the highest-taxed gasoline, he said companies with options would choose to move freight through another distribution center in another state. That could shift the money, economic activity and jobs elsewhere, said Mr. Jordan, branch manager of Service Tire Truck Center in Jessup, which services trucks.
"You have trucks in and out of these parks all day, so it will affect a lot of people," he said.
The impact of more expensive gas on tourism may be mixed, said David West, vice president of marketing for the Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau.
The Poconos, which draws most guests from driving distance, does OK during spikes in gasoline prices because the New York and Philadelphia market want to stay closer to home. When gas prices are high, people tend to extend their stay and make the most of a vacation destination after using up a tank of gas to get there.
The downside may be on the in-state attraction and tourism service companies who will see their gas costs increase, Mr. West said. It will add to the cost of doing business, particularly for bus companies.
"There will be a wave of increased cost, but it's difficult to know what it will translate into," he said.
Something needs to be done to repair Pennsylvania's roads and bridges, said Craig Smith, a spokesman for AAA North Penn. The group is not opposed to the tax, because it is earmarked for road and bridge work.
"There are no great choices for rebuilding our infrastructure," Mr. Smith said. "We have to maintain the quality of our roads, because bad roads hurt our entire quality of life."
The tax would raise $1.8 billion by the fifth year of the plan.
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2003 for me, though could have something to do with the fact I managed to watch the majority of the games in only the last two tournaments.
Parochially, 2003 all the way, as in my mind the result was never in doubt. This tournament has been really enjoyable & unpredictable though, and I also really enjoyes the 95 cup. Tough call tbh. Shall shoot with 03.
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2003 for me cant remember much of 1999 tbh not all that into rugby at the time.
2003 obviously but 2007 was fantastic. Noone can knock France's hosting of the WC, the quality of rugby and the heart shown throughout by certain teams.
Tbh, any WC where NZ and Aus get knocked out in the quarters will please me immensely.
Congrats to SA.
In terms of the rugby played this WC was better then the rest. Some of the lesser sides really stepped up, which we hadn't seen in the other WCs.
The man, the mountain, the Mathews. The greatest all rounder since Keith Miller. (Y)
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2007 every day of the week. At least half-a-dozen genuine "hold the back pages" shocks, some amazing Rugby played whatever fashion you like your union in & the best team won.
I really hope the IRB doesn't go back to 16 teams for 2011. This tournament has shown that the "smaller" Rugby nations are more than worthy of their seats at the highest table.
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1995 for me, for the Jonah Lomu factor.
But 2007 looked to have been hosted superbly well by France in fantastic stadiums. People can start preparing for a let down in that aspect come 2011....
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1995 by all accounts. Tempted to go for 1987 because of our dominance.
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1995 was easily the best. The minor countries represented in this World Cup, and Argentina played some beautiful rugby, but after the big Saturday of upsets the quality of the rugby went downhill fast. The final was the worst yet. And South Africa can't rub shoulders with any of the past champions.
95 easy, it was amazing, a real world event worthy of history. I believe Clint Eastwood is considering making a movie of it, (Nelson Mandela rumoured to be played by Morgan Freeman).
Voted 2007 as a joke, shocked to find others had voted for it. While the hosting was great the actual rugby hasn't been that good.
Actually is has to be 2003 for me on the basis of the final alone.
I would go with the 1991 World Cup. Several reasons for that (some of them are personal).
- It was my truly first World Cup. I remember the 1987 World Cup, but I only watched the semifinals and the final.
- The 1991 Wallabies are my #1 team. It was amazing how great that team was: Farr-Jones, Campese, Lynagh, Eales, Horan...
- Some matches were truly exciting: how could you forget France vs England and Ireland vs Australia. The Irish scored one amazing try with just few minutes remaining; then in injury time, Michael Lynagh scored the winning try. And what about France vs England in Paris!! England had won the Grand Slam some months before, beating France at Twickenham.. So that was the rematch! Another great win by England.
And what about the two semifinals! England defeated Scotland (poor Gavin Hastings) and Australia defeated New Zealand with Campese dominating: a try and a marvellous pass for Horan!
So, that is my World Cup!!!
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Link Spaces Through Color
At a critical time in the competition, Jennifer manages to step up her game and deliver a very creative dining room and living room transformation for her sister's family. By choosing to use the same color palette in both rooms, Jenn links the two spaces together visually and makes each room feel larger via the continuous paint color. Each part of this generous space is given its own character, however, through the insertion of unique fabrics and elements that work together while still maintaining distinct personalities. The dining room features incredible hand-drawn leaves in a very sophisticated paler version of the main wall color, while the pattern shows up in the living room in the form of brown and green drapery. Red leather dining chairs and a small splash of red in the living room artwork showcase Jennifer's ability to punch up her room with small doses of concentrated color without going over the top.
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The updated piece of furniture the fish tank now sits on is an especially insightful solution to the ones normally offered at pet stores, and demonstrates that thinking outside the box can transform one kind of item into something else entirely. Minor points such as the drapes not extending up to the ceiling plane and the overabundance of fake plants and flowers slightly detract from these rooms. In general, though, Jennifer demonstrates why she should continue in the competition to become the next HGTV Design Star.
Bring Function and Design
Of all of the room transformations this week, Matt's room was the most difficult in terms of issues to resolve. Because of the need to preserve — and hide — a generous amount of storage, a sink area and a large piece of equipment, Matt has to contend with creating a dramatic and beautiful space while maintaining functionality. True to form, Matt again comes up with some innovative solutions that turn his challenges into winners. By creating a television/media wall in this room, and putting it on casters, the large piece of equipment in this space can still be accessed when needed without having to be consistently viewed. A bold sweep of drapery, in a similar tone to the wall color, hides storage and the sink area, allowing the rest of the room to be outfitted with seating.
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It is in the selection of the furniture pieces that this room begins to slightly fall apart. Four identical dark-brown leather chairs weigh down the space considerably, creating two parallel walls of darkness. The use of some bright throw pillows on the chairs would have provided some visual relief and warmth. Odd accent table choices make the center of the room resemble a yard sale rather than a Design Star makeover. Although I completely appreciate Matt's willingness to mix styles in an eclectic fashion, issues of appropriate scale and balance call some of his furniture choices into question. In the grand scheme of things, however, there are many very innovative and clever ideas manifested in this room, and Matt continues to show that he is a creative and original thinker.
Flooring Is a Great Start
Consistently traditional in her design style, Trish continues to demonstrate her talent for creating the warm, inviting and familiar in this makeover for her parents. By choosing to invest much of her time and resources into a warm, brown wood-laminate floor, Trish provides a great foundation for new upholstery, rugs and accent tables. The other successful design move made in this room is the establishment of the fireplace as a clear focal point by painting it a warm white that demands attention. Blue drapes that extend all the way to the ceiling line lengthen the visual plane, while the employment of a mix of textures and tones lend this room sophistication and warmth. Thoughtful and special touches, such as the inclusion of framed family photos, begin to take this room in a great direction by taking it beyond a generic lobby that could be found anywhere.
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Small issues with space planning, such as a chair in the corner that doesn't have the possibility of interacting with the main seating area, and a generic quality to some of the accessories indicate that Trish may have been faced with time-management issues. Overall, this design is pleasant and successful but not innovative in a significant way. The next HGTV Design Star must constantly push the envelope and offer a new perspective — even in the realm of traditional decor — and this room does not. The world of traditional design is constantly expanding to showcase new and interesting ways to include familiar elements, and Trish needed to demonstrate a little more of her unique, traditionalist vision in this transformation.


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Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. took a moment to stare at Atlanta's skyline from the 23rd floor of the W Hotel. Along with looking at the city's towering buildings, he pointed out various sites that have changed drastically since his youth. "They tore down all of those apartments," Simmons said while pointing at an area where America's first public housing projects, Techwood Homes, stood. The property has since been replaced by a mixed-income development.
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wonderful post Ollie!
and Baboon, that's quite alright. i saw your boys beat Ireland at Croker last year with a Port Talbot pal and it was wonderful.
my, weren't Italy woeful.
dispiriting for an admirer such as myself.
wonderful post Ollie!
and Baboon, that's quite alright. i saw your boys beat Ireland at Croker last year with a Port Talbot pal and it was wonderful.
my, weren't Italy woeful.
dispiriting for an admirer such as myself.
I adore Stephen Jones, and he's usually a top-notch kicker; it was painful to see him miss all those kicks on Sunday. One reason for that flattering score line. Scotland were lucky not to be humiliated on home ground. (Though I still think they were.)
was intense; shame we lost, eh?
Bravo Wales!
Cymru am bith!
better from England than i was expecting.
in the opening ten or so Wales could've driven bulldozers through English spaces and then the start of the second, what a wonderful Welsh move.
nice tries all around, and i am glad England demonstrated some moves now and again, as well as the discipline to tighten up after initially being caught cold at the start of both halves. much better than against Italy.
immediately after being sinned Goode looked suicidal on that bench.
two random thoughts:
Shanklin reminds me of the Aussie Latham somewhat: fierce creature.
i watched the BBC1 coverage with BBC1 commentary (you can switch to BBC Wales or R5 on digital but i didn't), but - blow me - Moore is a one-eyed twat isn't he?
much of his praise for Wales was essentially either a back-handed compliment or damning with the faint stuff. i don't mean picking Worsley as his MoM or anything like that, (Tait was anonymous i thought and afaic tell from Hartley coming on, most of what he did after being brought on was row), just in general, the entire 80.
still, i've been shaking my head for some time that the Telegraph got rid of the odd genuinely fine sports writer to make way financially for his well-paid columns, in which he regales us with inanities.
Didn't see all of it, due to stress-related cigarette breaks (watching at a pub) and drink-related comprehension problems late in the game, but bravo England. I don't think many Welshmen would've begrudged them the win on that performance. And they were killing us in the tackle at certain stages.
That all said, it's the mark of champions (cf Man United, New Zealand, Brazil) to play badly and win. Which is a strange feeling for a Welsh rugby fan.
I thought England were pretty good on Saturday, actually; but what was nice, was that they were good against the odds, and good because Johnson had the intelligence to sort out a decent defence game, by effectively marking out and neutralising our two most dangerous players on Saturday: Jamie Roberts and Andy Powell. (Sorry, should mention the mighty Martyn Williams too, such an amazing player, and lovely human being. It's nice to like so many of your player personally: Ryan Jones might be the most adorable and sane Captain of any rugby team in history.)
And they scored two good trys, to our one, so good defence and good trys makes them look good, and us bad. Then again, we didn't field Shane or Gav or Hook. And we still won. And that's nice, that's good, because we have depth: not putting on three of our best players no longer cripples us.
It's still down for a Wales vs. Ireland Grand Slam face off, fingers crossed, because that would be magnificent. I am admiring the Irish side right now. It would be good to beat them, superb to get 3 Grand Slams within 5 years.
I said "Grand Slam". Of course, that means it won't happen. Welsh pessimism is so strong, you can never mention this shit.
Jamie Roberts is a handsome, brilliant bastard, isn't he?
"France is a great place to win, if we're fortunate enough to do that."
Great captain, one to be proud to walk behind.
to stir baboon the Swansea boy!
Although, as baboon knows, none of us Swansea boys speak Welsh!
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The "Golden Boots" backs are really a reason it's always brilliant to beat France, which is why Ireland should be proud to have done so, and why last March's Grand Slam match was such a jumper-chewing affair. You can never write them off, just for those guys. It's also why I love the swarthy, handsome, stylish French sides more than anyone except Wales when they're as good and as charming as they are now.
Besides, Scotland was the 'banana skin', and we're beyond that now; though it's good to be in a position where every match up until Ireland can be called a 'banana skin'.
I guess it's because we're No. 4 in the world rankings now.
I don't want to think about tonight until it's happening, but the team is looking as strong as it could be - Shane and Jamie fit to play, Gavin on the bench (despite getting wrecked and rowdy the other weekend), and with a new little superstar in Leigh Halfpenny.
I am stupidly excited!
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I especially enjoyed the painting of Bruna. It shows her standing next to her Model A Ford which she drove across the county for many years. I have heard many stories of Bruna and just know that we would have gotten along. She was by all accounts a feisty woman. The talent she is most remembered for is her writing. She, along with Betty Wall, compiled a book on the McGuire and Wall family lines. But how most people knew Bruna is through her weekly column printed in newspapers across Ray County to include the Richmond Missourian, the Richmond Conservator, the Hardin News and the Lexington News. I have read that many people that had moved away from the county would request subscriptions to the newspapers solely to read Bruna's column. She had a folksy tone to her writing and her in-depth knowledge of all the people in the area made her an expert at finding relevant connections to everyone.
Bruna also attended college and traveled around the country. In a time period when a woman's role was marriage and children, Bruna broke the mold. She would try anything and was extremely brave, especially when puttering around in her Model A with faster cars whizzing past her.
If you knew Bruna, you will always remember her. I only wish I could be so lucky.