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DIY Mockingjay Wall Art
It hardly seems like any time has passed since The Hunger Games movie was out in theaters this spring, and now, when it's available at the library on DVD and Blu-Ray. Back in the old days, you had to wait a whole year or more before your favorite movie was out on tape or disk. (Imagine the horror.)
Earlier this year, the Rensselaer Library created a display in our teens room dedicated to the movie, and the series. We had the books, and a READ poster, we just needed a giant Mockingjay pin to make the whole thing complete.
Unfortunately, giant cardboard movie props aren't always easy to come by. Fortunately, we have staff members who are crafty.
If you follow these steps, you can make your own wall pin to hang in your room, or give to a friend -- obviously a really good friend.
First, we started by looking for an image of the pin on the Internet. We were looking for something that was mostly line art, with a few simple details. We're not going to link to one for copyright reasons, but there are a thousand out there if you just do an image search.
Then we used a projector to shine the image up on a wall where we had taped a piece of cardboard cut from the side of a box. With the projector, we could make the image larger. You might be able to find this equipment at your school if you don't know someone with a digital projector.
Another option is to blow the picture up using a copy machine, then rub a pencil on the back of the outlines and trace over it onto the cardboard, or cut it out and trace around it onto the cardboard. If you're really good (we're not!) you could free-hand draw it.
After we had it traced, we cut it out with a craft knife. This took some going over the lines a few times. Cardboard is pretty easy to cut in a straight line, but not so easy when you're making curves. Get some help with this one from a parent or teacher.
We could have left the pin flat and just started painting, but we wanted to make sure it would be solid on all sides, not with the open sides of cardboard, and we wanted to give it some texture, so we decided to wrap the whole thing in paper mache.
Paper mache (except for a pinata, which is made to be broken) is best done with the pages from magazines and catalogs. These pages have clay in them and will look kind of shiny compared to school paper or book paper.
It's easiest if you take one or two pages and rip them from top to bottom (don't cut) into strips about as wide as your index finger is across (about 1/2 inch).
Important Tip: Never use a magazine or catalog that someone else is reading! Also, never use a magazine from the library!
The easiest paper mache glue is plain white school glue mixed 50/50 with some water. You want it about like tomato soup: it will run off a spoon, but it takes a second.
After we used the paper mache to run a coat around the whole pin, we used little pieces to build up the head and wings so they stood out.
The wet paper mache made the arrow tip heavy, and the little stem holding it started to sag, so we added toothpicks, then wrapped the whole thing with a little bit of craft wire, coated that with a last bit of paper mache, and when it dried it was very stable. It even stands out a little because it twisted, so it looks better than if it had been flat. Remember, if it looks good, no one needs to know it was an accident!
After it dried, we painted it with yellow acrylic paint. Using the original image from the internet for a guide, we mixed in a little brown to make the shadows darker and mixed in a little white to make the highlights on the wings. The last thing we did was spray the whole thing with a coat of acrylic gloss spray varnish. This stuff will make the craft paint and paper water resistant, give it a crazy nice gloss, and protect your hard work. Since you have to be 18 to buy this stuff, and it can be expensive, check with your school or a helpful adult. One can of this will cover years' worth of projects.
Our pin is about two feet across, and still hanging in our teen room. Stop by sometime and check it out. If you make your own pin, we'd love to see it! For bigger sizes of all the images here, check them out at our library flickr page.


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Our Transforming Course Design approach shares many features with the Academic Transformation model developed by Carol Twigg and colleagues through the National Center for Academic Transformation's national projects to redesign instruction at colleges and universities with effective uses of online resources and activities.
The following features characterize the NCAT approach:
- The use of technology to refashion the course activities according to several models, the most frequent choice being a hybrid model in which some traditional course activities are replaced by online activities or resources. Other models for using technology include augmenting traditional activities with remedial or supplemental online elements, designing new learning spaces for online work with on-site support, and combinations of all of these which allow individual students to choose which approaches best fit their needs.
- The most successful courses maximize student engagement, emphasize active learning and use technology to enable increased amounts of high-quality contact between faculty and students.
- The successful courses achieve these outcomes by increasing the amount of material made available online; using online quizzing and feedback mechanisms; making use of discipline-based computer laboratories; providing flexibility in course options; and maximizing student access to course help, either from an instructor or an undergraduate teaching assistant.
To be successful, this approach requires high levels of departmental commitment, a baseline level of academic technology infrastructure and technology, adequate faculty development support, and a model for assessing and evaluating outcomes.
Our approach also shares common elements with a number of other related initiatives in higher education, including the following:
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- the hybrid course programs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
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The PSP Go is getting off to a demo-filled start in Japan this weekend with a bunch of new demos and games lined up for launch. Guess which one's got me jealous of Japan?
Famitsu's report that a Valkyria Chronicles 2 demo will drop November 2, the day after the PSP Go hits Japanese shelves. Also — and way less important to me — Phantasy Star Portable 2 will have a demo up on launch day itself. Not bad, Sega, not bad at all.
If you really want to turn yourself green with envy, check out this list of stuff coming out on Japan's PlayStation Store around the time of the PSP Go launch that fan site PSN Stores compiled:
* 10/29 Crystal Defenders PSP
* 11/1 Disgaea Infinite
* Dissidia: Final Fantasy – Universal Tuning
* Echochrono
* Elemental Monsters TD Portable
* LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
* Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Demo
* MotorStorm Arctic Edge
* Persona 3 Portable
* PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe
* 11/2 Phantasy Star Portable 2 Demo
* Valkyria Chronicles Demo
Yep. Really wishing I'd stuck to my 8th grade master plan of moving to Japan right about now...
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Your son has always struggled with his writing. Now, he is up against a college application deadline, has a bad case of nerves, and is practically asking you to write the essay for him. How far would you go to help him? After you refuse to write the essay for him, he leaves to work on his own, and the next day has an essay that's really good-too good, you fear. You suspect your son did not write it. Do you confront him? Eventually, your son confesses: his girlfriend, who is an excellent writer, wrote the essay. Not only that, but your son has already e-mailed out his college applications, including the revised essay. What now?
What if you had a different issue to confront, about the education of your youngest son, who will be entering first grade? Your neighborhood public elementary school is terrible, and you can't afford to send your child to private school. But your employer, who lives in a wealthier neighborhood about a mile away, has a great neighborhood public school, and is willing to let you use his address to get your son into the school. Do you accept the offer, and lie to the school district about where you live?
Or, what if you had a dilemma that arose, instead, from your good fortune: Years ago, when you didn't have a job and really needed one, your good friend Chris did everything he could to get you a job at his company. As it turned out, you had a real knack for this field, and soon you surpassed Chris at the company. Now you have an opportunity to select someone for an important promotion, and Chris is one of the candidates. Is Chris fully qualified for the position? Yes, absolutely. Is Chris actually the best candidate for the position, in your opinion? No. There's someone better. What do you do?
While you are pondering what to do about these other dilemmas, there is a knock on the door. It is your new neighbor from across the street, who asks whether a female colleague of his can park in your driveway. You agree, but after a series of visits by this colleague, it becomes clear that your neighbor is having an affair, and that everyone on the block knows about it except his wife. Will you confront the neighbor? Tell his wife? Get involved in any way? And will this knowledge of your neighbor's personal life affect your vote when he runs for president of your school's PTA? Should it?
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Greg Cartee, U-M professor of movement science, and his colleagues at the Muscle Biology Laboratory hope to clarify the link between insulin, exercise and sugar uptake by studying how lean and obese rats respond to exercise.
The grant comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney and Health, which has funded Cartee's research since 2006.
Exercise and insulin help our bodies sop up glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood, so muscles can use it for energy. Insulin resistance, the inability to efficiently remove sugar from the blood, can contribute to diabetes, obesity and other health problems. Efficiently clearing blood sugar after meals, a process called glucose, or sugar uptake, is critical to improving the health of obese people.
Previous research from Cartee's lab found that during a sedentary state, fibers from obese rates couldn't take up as much sugar as fibers from lean rats. With the latest grant, Cartee's team will compare responses of lean and obese rats to exercise, probing deeper into why this discrepancy in sugar uptake exists.
They hope to learn if exercise can correct the low sugar uptake in the obese group. In turn, the findings could lead to pharmaceutical interventions, and better exercise strategies and therapies to help both lean and obese people become healthier.
"We believe that even though obese and lean individuals can benefit from exercise, the precise way in which they attain these benefits may not be identical," said Cartee, who directs the Muscle Biology Laboratory. "If we can understand the differences, it will allow us to provide more effective treatments—whether exercise, diet or drug therapy—for everyone."
Most research on insulin resistance and muscle glucose uptake uses average values for glucose uptake by the entire muscle—think of a mechanic trying to understand how a car works without looking under the hood.
Cartee's novel method differs in that he and U-M doctoral student Jim MacKrell developed a way to determine sugar uptake in single cells, called fibers. The team can also classify types of fibers and measure and identify proteins that regulate uptake and metabolism of sugar.
"It's a much better view because we expect that not every kind of fiber will respond the same way to exercise or diet, or even aging," Cartee said.
In this way, they can determine if exercise impacts lean and obese groups equally for each fiber type.
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Herbal Teas
How about a nice cup of tea from your own garden herbs?
by Kate Jerome
Now that the main part of the garden is "mostly" put to bed and the shelves are filled with summer in jars, it's time to settle in for the long winter. So, how about a warm, soothing cup of herbal tea made from your own homegrown herbs? >> read article
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I love winter cooking. There is nothing that makes you feel cozier than the aromas of garlic, rosemary, potatoes, and whatever else you love to eat. But I'm also all for making cooking as simple as possible. I discovered the beauty of sheet pan dinners a few years ago and have been using them as my go-to for busy days and even for entertaining ever since. >> read article
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Freezing fruits and vegetables to extend your harvest
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There is a fine line in a productive summer garden where the harvest goes from plentiful to growing "out your ears." Of course, you can give extra produce away or donate it to a local soup kitchen, but another option is to freeze the abundant harvest. I grew up on a rural farm where food preservation was a way of life. From snapping green beans for canning to washing blackberries for freezing, we learned to help from a young age. Here are tips to help you get started with freezing produce at home.
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Chives: Edible, Pretty and Easy to Grow
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When I was a young, inexperienced gardener, I had the fortune of stumbling upon Martha Stewart's Gardening. The title was deceptively simple, as the book contained intricate herb gardens and rose gardens, which stretched hundreds of feet. But the book became dog-eared as I shamelessly copied loads of ideas she had. >> read article
The Real Dill
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Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are a great combination, but let's not forget one herb that's easy to grow and an extremely versatile addition to the garden: dill. >> read article
Warming Herbs for Winter
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Ever wonder why some herbs are popular in summer while others gain prominence in fall and winter? There are some very good reasons why we use mint, parsley, lavender and lemongrass in summer, and why sage, rosemary, thyme, hyssop and others are considered winter herbs. >> read article
You Can't Have Too Much of a Good Thing
by Karen Atkins
This is the time of year when we go from just harvesting to harvesting in earnest. You actually have to have a plan. What you can't eat, freeze or can now, you need to give away and give away fast. Here are some great ways to make the most of your bounty. >> read article
Shaken or Stirred?
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Themed gardens remain a popular way of motivating or inspiring gardeners to design a garden with specific intent. Several years ago, I wrote an article about growing a salsa garden; a cocktail garden is similar. With the end product in mind – in this case, a cocktail – you have a plan for what you can do with your harvest. This can be a fun way to put a "spring" in your step, especially for new gardeners, those looking for creative ways to be inspired, or those who admittedly have no green thumb. >> read article


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Sun Devils Trounce Trojans, 108-78
Feb 13, 2003
By Brian Gomez, TheSunDevils.com
The Sun Devil men's basketball team made moves characteristic of a racecar driver Thursday night.
A hot start out of the blocks translated into a commanding lead and allowed for a smooth cruise to the finish line. Arizona State did it by relying on its proven leaders and by receiving solid contributions from a number of others, while getting the job done on the defensive end -- something that has become its trademark for success this season.
Less than a month after sustaining a two-point loss in Los Angeles, the Sun Devils were the ones celebrating in victory lane after a 108-78 shellacking of Southern California before a crowd of 10,104 at Wells Fargo Arena.
'We basically took them out of everything they tried to run,' said ASU head coach Rob Evans, whose team forced 17 turnovers and held the Trojans to 43.8 percent (28-for-64) shooting from the field. 'We've just been competing against each other pretty hard, so our defense has gotten better every day.'
Five players scored in double figures for the Sun Devils, who out-rebounded USC 42-28 and shot 60 percent (36-for-60) from inside the arc, thanks to steady perimeter play and consistent ball movement. Freshman forward Ike Diogu and senior shooting guard Curtis Millage combined for 53 points on 20-of-27 shooting from the field.
'I just tried to take what the opposition gave me,' said Diogu, who made 11 of 13 shots for 26 points. 'On any given night, I could go for 20 points or I could go for five. I just pick my spots.'
ASU (16-7, 8-4 Pac-10) blew the doors open early on the strength of a 12-0 run over a four-minute stretch. Millage accounted for four of his career-high-tying 27 points during the scoring spree with a pull-up jumper and a lay-in on an outlet pass from senior forward Donnell Knight.
'Guys showed a lot of leadership by passing the ball around,' said Millage, who was 9-for-14 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw line. 'When we get it inside and when we keep moving and cutting hard, everything works for you. If you have a big man in the middle and if you've got good guards and forwards around him, everything is going to fall for you as longas you play to your strength.'
The Sun Devils grabbed a 30-8 lead with 9:16 remaining in the first half when a pair of stellar defensive plays led to more production on offense.
Senior forward Tommy Smith buried a three-pointer after ASU forced sophomore center Rory O'Neil into being whistled for a five-second in-bounds violation. Sun Devil junior swingman Jamal Hill then drained another shot from beyond the arc seconds after Millage drew an offensive foul against sophomore guard Errick Craven.
'It started with the defense,' said Hill, who had 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field in 20 minutes. 'When we play great defense, everything else falls from there. We denied the ball and limited their touches.'
USC (10-10, 5-6) finally reached double figures with 7:24 left in the first half before the Sun Devils went on a 15-4 run to push the margin to 34 points. Diogu converted two three-point plays during the scoring stretch with a hanging shot over junior forward Jerry Dupree and a lay-in off a behind-the-back pass from senior forward Shawn Redhage.
'It was our worst night defensively,' USC head coach Henry Bibby said. 'We played no defense at all.'
Junior guard Desmon Farmer tossed in five of his game-high 29 points late in the second half as the Trojans went on a 9-0 run that cut the deficit to 58-30 at intermission. But ASU wasted little time revving up its engines again in the second half, despite USC's stifling full-court press.
The Sun Devils put the game well out of reach when Millage sank an uncontested three-pointer, before Diogu made a reverse layup and Hill found the bottom of the net on a 15-foot jumper. ASU had a 73-46 lead with 14:41 remaining, and there was no reason to look in the rearview mirror.
GAME NOTES: The Trojans lead the all-time series 39-27...the Sun Devils won for only the second time in the past 11 meetings between the schools...the 108 points mark the most ASU has scored this season and the second most it has scored in Evans' four-plus years at the helm...the 58 first-half points mark the most the Sun Devils have posted in 23 games this season. They had 56 at the break Nov. 26 against Chaminade in the Maui Invitational...in the past two seasons, ASU is 28-4 (.875) when it leads at the half...the Sun Devils are 135-for-186 (.726) at the charity stripe in the past seven games...ASU sophomore point guard Jason Braxton had a career-high-tying seven assists and he didn't turn the ball over in 25 minutes...Diogu is averaging 19.4 points and 9.8 rebounds in his last five games. He is also shooting 61.7 percent (140-for-227) from the field on the season to rank second in the Pac-10 and he is at 67.3 percent (76-for-113) in conference games...Millage is 28-for-35 (.800) at the free-throw line in the past seven outings and he is 64-for-122 (.525) from the field in the last 11 games...Smith is two points shy of becoming the 28th Sun Devil to join the school's 1,000-point club.
REDHAGE CONTINUES TO PLAY WELL: Buoyed by an 8-for-9 effort from the charity stripe, Redhage finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds in 27 minutes for the second double-double of his career. He turned the ball over five times, but atoned for his miscues with four assists and one block.
'I know I'm not going to be able to score 29 points every night,' said Redhage, alluding to his career outing last week at Washington. 'I just wanted to play solid and try to help this team win. If I do that, things will be going well.'
A PERFECT NIGHT FROM FIELD: Smith made all four shots he attempted and hit six of nine free throws to finish with 15 points in only 14 minutes. He also recorded three of his team's six blocks to give him a Pac-10-leading 55 on the season.
UP NEXT: The Sun Devils will return to action at 1:30 p.m. Saturday when they host UCLA at Wells Fargo Arena in a game that can be seen on ABC. The Bruins (5-15, 2-9) are coming off a 106-70 loss to No. 1-ranked Arizona.
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Mild drizzle or epic downpour, this light, stretchy and packable rain protection with a 100% recycled face fabric has all of the essential features needed to stay moving when the weather turns.
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Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your help!
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University golf program continues to be one of the nation's best, and GolfStat.com has the stats to prove it. The Bobcat golf team as a whole as well as a pair of individuals were featured in high rankings in the most recent Division II statistical rankings.
Junior Pedro C. Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was a solid fourth in the nation in par-3 scoring, averaging 3.10 per hole. He was behind a pair of USC Aiken golfers in Roberto Diaz (3.07) and J.P. Solis (3.09) as well as the nation's leader Brent Witcher of Valdosta State University (3.03).
Classmate Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) proved that distance is not an issue, coming in No. 8 in par-5 scoring. His 4.68 average was second among Peach Belt Conference (PBC) competitors behind No. 2 Will Wilcox of Clayton State University (4.55). Johansson was also 17th in sub-par strokes per round at 3.43, third among PBC golfers.
The team was in the top eight in all categories, including third in the nation in par-3s at 3.21. The squad was fifth in par-5 scoring at 4.84, as well as fifth in par-4 scoring at 4.18. The team's sub-par strokes per round this season was 2.90, good for a tie for seventh with Northeastern State University.
The 2009 season was another stellar one for one of the most decorated programs in school history. The Bobcats took fifth at the NCAA Finals, the fifth time in the last six years Georgia College has played for the Division II title, all coming under head coach Jimmy Wilson. Both Johansson and sophomore Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) earned All-PBC status for the second-straight season.
Winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, the GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Messy Italian Election Shakes World Markets
ROME—In a national election meant to push Italy further down a path of economic reform, voters delivered political gridlock that could once again rattle Europe's financial stability.
Markets fell in response to returns. Yields on 10-year Italian bonds jumped 0.45 percentage point in mid-morning trading to 4.81%, their highest level this year. Spanish yields were higher by nearly 0.2 percentage point, and bonds of Portugal and Greece were hit as well. Bond yields rise when their prices fall.
In early trading, stock markets in France, Germany, Spain and Italy were each down around 2%. Hardest hit was the Italian benchmark, which traded down around 4%. Italian banks suffered particularly. UniCredit UNCFF -0.60% SpA fell sharply.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung nearly 300 points Monday, ending with its worst day in almost four months, as the prospects of a stable government appeared to drop.
A majority of voters endorsed parties that had promised to tone down or even reverse the financial sacrifices Italy has promised its European partners, giving surprise lifts to both the center-right coalition of former premier Silvio Berlusconi and a party of protest led by a former comedian.
Early Tuesday, the left-wing coalition led by the Democratic Party's Pier Luigi Bersani appeared to have gained a razor-thin victory in the lower house of parliament over the center-right coalition headed by Mr. Berlusconi—29.6% to 29.2%, final data from the Interior Ministry showed. By leading the vote count in the lower house, the Democratic Party will automatically get the majority of 340 out 630 seats and, therefore, will likely receive the mandate to form a government.
The Senate, however, appeared headed for political impasse. The Democratic Party was the leading vote-getter in the upper house as well, by less than one percentage point. But its 31.6% result fails to provide its coalition with a majority to pass legislation. If a new government isn't able to guarantee clear parliamentary support, Italians could return to the polls within months.
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How Italy forms a new government
- Based on election results, the Italian president holds talks with leaders of the parties that have won parliamentary seats, the speakers of the two houses of Parliament and any living former Italian presidents (in this case, only one, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi).
- After the talks, the president appoints a person—usually the leader of the party or coalition that won the majority in Parliament—to form a new government.
- Once formed, the new cabinet is sworn in. It then faces separate confidence votes in the two houses of Parliament.
- The process takes no less than three or four weeks. In 2008, Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government was sworn in 24 days after the general elections after winning in a landslide. With closer election results, the process is likely to take longer.
Battle lines were already being drawn late Monday. The Democratic Party declared slim victories in both houses, saying it will keep Italy's interests in mind during this "very delicate situation for the country." But a top official in Mr. Berlusconi's center-right coalition said he is asking the country's interior minister to call the vote a draw.
The apparent stalemate reflects the groundswell of support for former comedian Beppe Grillo's Five-Star Movement. His throw-the-rascals-out platform drew enough voters to give it nearly as many votes as Italy's mainstream coalitions—25.6% in the lower house, according to final data from the Interior Ministry, making it the single largest party in that house.
Surprising, too, was the comeback of Mr. Berlusconi, whose party was in the doldrums as late as November. The 76-year-old billionaire politician's late surge is attributed largely to the media blitz in recent weeks.
"Whoever thought Berlusconi was finished will have to think again," said Angelino Alfano, the head of People of Freedom, the conservative party founded by Mr. Berlusconi.
Messrs. Grillo and Berlusconi both gave voice to Italian anger over tax increases and pension cuts introduced by the emergency government of Mario Monti, whose own Civic Choice coalition ended up with about 10% of the national vote in both houses, according final data.
Mr. Grillo wants a referendum on whether Italy should stay in the euro. Mr. Berlusconi sent voters a letter promising to reimburse them for a controversial property tax.
"The cost of austerity led to an electoral rebellion," said Enrico Letta, deputy head of the Democratic Party. "This is a complex situation to live and manage."
The election surprise poses a challenge for euro-zone creditor nations such as Germany, which have demanded that financially stressed euro-zone countries overhaul their economies in exchange for supporting the European Central Bank's pledge to save the currency union if necessary. A public rejection of austerity policies could rapidly spread to Spain and beyond, forcing European authorities to accelerate their response to the regional crisis or risk another round of the kind of contagion that effectively closed a host of euro-zone credit markets.
"The big difference between Italy and Portugal or Greece is size. Political instability or uncertainty in the euro-zone's third-largest economy will have negative systemic consequences for everyone else," said Sony Kapoor, a former banker who is the managing director of Re-Define, a London-based international think tank focused on European affairs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose as many as 81 points in intraday trading Monday on expectations of a victory by the Democratic Party, quickly erased those gains, finishing the day down 216.40 points, or 1.5%.
On Monday, the euro dropped 1% against the dollar, for its worst day since the beginning of the year. The euro hovered around $1.31 in the European morning Tuesday.
The Nikkei Stock Average was off 2.3% Tuesday, erasing much of Monday's 2.4% surge.
Italy's unclear election results are in large part due to the country's electoral law, which was introduced in 2005 and has been dubbed "porker" law because of all its critics. The law awards the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament to the party that wins the most votes at a national level, even if the victory is by one vote.
Senate seats are awarded on a regional basis, with the largest regions gaining more seats. As a result, the difference between gaining a governing majority or not can be determined by a few votes in a few large regions.
It will be difficult for any government to have the parliamentary backing it needs to govern effectively. The only way either of the mainstream parties can claim a majority in the Senate, according to the latest vote tallies, is by allying with each other or with Mr. Grillo. Those are seen as implausible scenarios.
"The situation looks ungovernable, and that's the worst outcome you can imagine," said Guido Rosa, president of the Italian Foreign Bank Association.
The result is that Italy may, over the next few weeks, try to form a temporary government backed by a grand coalition of left and right-wing forces with the sole aim of changing Italy's electoral law and then going to a vote again as early as summer. It isn't clear who would run such a short-lived government, however.
Italy's elections close the door on more than a year of emergency government that was ushered in during the fall of 2011, when investors led a mass selloff of Italian bonds, threatening the country's solvency. Panic was widespread because Italy is considered too big to allow to default in the way that Greece did.
Berlusconi's Latest Close-Up
As Silvio Berlusconi pursues a comeback in Italy's election, some say the waning of his political success is exposing weakness in his media empire.
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At the time, political uncertainty was seen as part of the problem: Mr. Berlusconi's government was seen as not having the will and ability to fix Italy's ailing economy.
Mr. Monti's government of technocrats took power and passed tax increases and spending cuts that pulled Italy back from the brink of the euro-zone debt crisis. But the austerity dragged Italy's already-ailing economy into a further slump, pushing up unemployment and forcing people to rely more on their families for homes and funds. Italy's debt, meanwhile, continues to be 127% of gross domestic product, meaning that more austerity is likely needed.
Italians poured their disaffection into a bucket of votes for Mr. Grillo. The former comedian isn't himself actually planning to be a member of parliament, but has named a slew of candidates—including many 20-somethings who have never been in politics—to take his party's seats.
Italians' disgruntlement was also reflected in the number of people voting. Italians have traditionally turned out at far higher levels than in other European countries and the U.S., but in this election 75% of the electorate cast ballots, the lowest level in the postwar period.
Another clear result from the two-day elections was the wan showing by Mr. Monti's alliance of centrists. After a year at the helm of Italy's caretaker government, Mr. Monti announced that he was entering the political fray by forming a new movement of centrist politicians and members of civil society. The former European Union commissioner had been widely expected to ally with the Democratic Party after the elections—a scenario that many analysts said would have provided a guarantee that Italy's new government would forge ahead with economic reforms.
But Mr. Monti hasn't been able to shed his image as the man who imposed austerity on Italians. Mr. Monti said in a news conference that he was satisfied with the result of his party, which was only formed 50 days ago. He said markets need not fear confusion because his government had "restored financial solidity to Italian finance."
"We precisely laid the bases for Italy's reform and therefore to allow the inevitable travails of elections to occur in the most tranquil context possible," Mr. Monti said, adding that his government would "watch over the aftermath of elections."
—Christopher Emsden, Stacy Meichtry, Jonathan Cheng, Charles Forelle and Liam Moloney contributed to this article.
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Corrections & Amplifications
Yields on 10-year Italian bonds jumped to their highest level this year on Tuesday. A previous version of this article incorrectly said they were at their highest level in a year. Also, the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest one-day loss in almost four months on Monday. An earlier version of this article incorrectly called it the biggest drop in five months.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rallied on Monday and global equities finished their best year in the last three as U.S. lawmakers closed in on a deal to avoid a budget crisis that many fear could cripple the world economy in 2013.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Congress was close to an agreement that would start chipping away at the deficit without raising middle-class taxes.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell also said an agreement was "very, very close," though it wasn't clear whether a vote would happen on Monday or be pushed into early 2013.
U.S. stocks rose, capping off a strong year on a high note and leaving the MSCI all-world index on track to end the year up more than 13 percent.
The S&P 500 closed out 2012 with a gain of 13.4 percent in 2012 after a nearly flat performance the prior year. The Dow was up 7.3 percent and the Nasdaq nearly 16 percent.
Oil prices edged higher on Monday on optimism over a budget deal, while U.S. government debt prices fell.
The budget deal is not likely to provide a long-term road map to reduce the U.S. budget deficit, which has been above $1 trillion for four straight years.
"Traders understand that this is a stop-gap measure, but they'll take it," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial in Newark. "Markets can rally with some growth, but not with no growth. For now, they don't mind kicking the can down the road."
Without a deal $600 billion of automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax increases would begin to take effect January 1, a blast of austerity that economists fear would thrust the United States into recession and hurt world growth.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 150.93 points, or 1.17 percent, at 13,089.04. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 21.80 points, or 1.55 percent, at 1,424.23. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 59.94 points, or 2.02 percent, at 3,020.25.
European shares also gained after a quiet day in Asia, where Japan's Nikkei and other indexes were already closed for 2012.
With the world's major central banks expected to keep pumping stimulus into their economies at any sign of weakness, most economists forecast further gains in equities next year.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries fell 16/32 on the pending fiscal cliff deal to yield 1.76 percent. Treasury yields finished the year only slightly above where they started it, thanks to heavy safe-haven buying and the Fed's asset purchase programs aimed at keeping long-term rates low.
Risks remain for 2013, investors said.
Europe could lurch back into trouble if slow growth puts further pressure on heavily indebted countries such as Spain and Italy, said Alan Wilde, who helps manage $50 billion at Baring Asset Management in London.
"This pressure point may make acceptance of austere policy measures unpalatable and politicians may find they have to find other ways to cut costs," he said.
In the United States, striking the right balance between growth and deficit reduction will also be a challenge, as will addressing long-term fiscal problems.
"It looks to be another lengthy time of instability and volatility on Wall Street as the real work to address the longer term fiscal health of the U.S. government moves into 2013," said Ron Florance, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
But in 2012, investors' worst fears — a euro zone collapse, a hard landing in China's once-booming economy and another U.S. recession — never came to pass.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 gained roughly 13 percent this year, largely due to the European Central Bank's vow to tackle the region's debt crisis, and recovered from an early morning dip on Monday to end the year at 1,131.64.
Peripheral euro zone bonds also rallied after a roller coaster year. Yields on Spanish and Italian sovereign bonds, a measure of the compensation creditors demand for lending money to those governments, spiked in the summer but have since fallen sharply. Euro zone bond markets were closed on Monday.
The euro was down 0.2 percent at $1.3191, but was up 2 percent for the year. An agreement on the U.S. budget would also be viewed as positive for the euro because it would help boost global growth.
Against the yen, the dollar hit 86.64, its best showing since mid-2010, and was set to end the year 12 percent firmer against Japan's currency, its biggest gain since 2005.
With a new Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to pursue a policy mix of aggressive monetary easing and heavy fiscal spending to beat deflation, analysts see the yen staying under pressure in 2013.
Commodities also found recent support as economic data in key emerging economies such as China have started pointing to a gradual pick-up in the pace of growth in 2013.
Gold was $1,675.60 an ounce, up more than 6 percent for the year and on track for a 12th consecutive year of gains. Rock-bottom interest rates, concerns over the financial stability of the euro zone, and diversification into bullion by central banks have boosted the metal. Copper also rose, ended the year up 6 percent after a late rally on Monday.
U.S. crude rose $1.02 to $91.82 per barrel but ended 2012 down more than 7 percent, snapping a string of three straight yearly gains. Brent crude closed 2012 up for a fourth straight year after geopolitical threats offset worries about falling demand. Brent crude averaged more than $111 a barrel in 2012, the highest on record.
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Author and Superior Court Judge James E. Rogan says the impeachment process of Clinton could have ended soon if the president was more forthcoming.
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I was Chair of Developmental Studies at Felician College from 2010-2013. From 2008 to 2010, I taught composition and literature courses for the Department of English at Seton Hall University. From 2000 to 2010, I served as the Director of the Felician College Writing Lab. During that time, I co-authored a corporate ESL curriculum which I taught at the Federal Reserve Bank in East Rutherford, NJ. I also developed and taught a ten week Praxis II preparation course for Teacher Education students. Prior to these experiences, I worked as a Learning Specialist at Rutgers University, a Corporate Trainer teaching basic skills to employees, and a high school English teacher.
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AFP - West African nations on Friday threatened force if Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo refuses to quit power and said those responsible for post-election deaths would face international prosecution.
Leaders from the 15-member ECOWAS regional bloc also said a high-level delegation would be sent to Ivory Coast as an "ultimate gesture" to Gbagbo in the hope that he could be persuaded to leave peacefully.
The statement following an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States came as Gbagbo's internationally recognised rival, Alassane Ouattara, urged the army to desert the incumbent leader.
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The financial measures may make it difficult for Gbagbo to pay salaries for soldiers and others, and Ouattara addressed the military in a statement on Friday.
Ouattara read the statement in the Golf Hotel, the luxury Abidjan resort where his shadow government is holed up, protected by 800 UN peacekeepers who are in turn blockaded by Gbagbo's security forces.
"As commander in chief, I order the Defence and Security Forces to carry out their republican mission of protecting the population against the militias and foreign mercenaries that are spilling Ivorian blood," he said.
Both Ouattara's camp and UN human rights monitors accuse Gbagbo's FDS of involvement in large-scale human rights abuses, and there have been reports of them working with masked militia fighters and Liberian mercenaries.
"Violence is returning to our towns and our city neighbourhoods. Serious human rights violations are reported from all corners," Ouattara said.
"Under cover of the curfew, people have been been kidnapped and executed by elements of the Republican Guard and the Cecos, backed by foreign mercenaries and militiamen," he said, in his first public statement this month.
While commanders of the entire 17,000-strong FDS have pledged loyalty to Gbagbo, his most feared support comes from two elite squads, the 1,500-strong Guards and the 2,000 members of the Cecos police special forces unit.
Ahead of Friday's summit, the United States had said it was talking with regional countries from ECOWAS about boosting the 9,000-strong UN mission in Ivory Coast.
French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said Friday that Gbagbo could still step down honourably, but warned that time was growing short.
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1. Affix the stencil to your wall with either spray adhesive or painter's tape. Spray adhesive is recommended for beginners – it results in fewer leak spots. Most "All Purpose" or "Low Tack" spray adhesives work just fine (available at most hardware and craft stores – brands like 3M and Elmer's). You will only need to re-spray the stencil once every several applications. Just don't spray indoors without a drop cloth (it can leave a sticky film on your floor). It's best to spray outside, if possible.
4. Carefully remove your stencil from the wall. You can do this while paint is still wet. It will be easier to clean up any leak spots with a q-tip before the paint dries completely.
* More detailed instructions are included with every order.
Stencils can be used for more applications than just walls. Try stenciling your floor, ceiling, wooden furniture, upholstered furniture, drapes, pillow shams, exterior walls, etc.
Stenciling fabric is lots of fun! We have stenciled drapes, pillow shams, rugs and more. For fabric, use spray adhesive on your stencil. You'll want to secure your fabric to your worktable with masking tape. PAINT – you can either use fabric paint (Jacquard brand has many good choices) or you can add a fabric medium to regular acrylic paint (Liquitex makes a good one). Use a stencil brush to dab in your color(s). You will want to follow the instructions on whichever paint you use, but generally, you should use an iron to heat-set your paint. Home dryer machines usually do not get hot enough to set paint. It's best to let your stenciled fabric air cure for about a week before ironing. Then, place a sheet of aluminum on your ironing board, fabric on top with the painted side down and iron each section for about 15-25 seconds. Use the highest temperature possible for the type of fabric you've painted.
For textured walls (with mild texture like orange peel, not extreme like popcorn), you can still use stencils. It is advisable, however, to use a stencil brush, not a roller. Rollers will most likely cause unwanted paint leakage – unless you're doing a very faded look using almost no paint. With a brush, though, you can stencil easily without leaks. The key is to have a near dry brush. Dab off most of the paint on paper towels before going to the wall. Use the dabbing method perpendicular to the wall. It is very important that you do not use a swiping motion. You can even test your technique on a hidden area of your wall with the free mini stencil before doing your large stencil. In any case, it is absolutely possible to stencil mildly textured walls.
Our stencil company was created by Cate Tinsley in 2010. Olive Leaf Stencils has been dedicated to providing stencil designs that stand apart from the usual, generic-looking stencils found at craft stores. Our stencils are created from Cate's original, freehand drawings, which makes them unique. Cate is a painter/fine artist from New York and now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stenciling is also one of her passions and she hopes that, with the help of her stencils, everyone is inspired to tap their inner artists.


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Latkes, Frying Pans &
Latke Shapers
Please set aside (for now) the advice that frying is bad for your health. It is Hanukkah and EVERYONE (almost) prepares fried potato latkes.
Our GIFT to YOU:
Expert directions for making delectable, crispy, potato latkes, suggestions for selecting the perfect fry pan, and a spotlight on our favorite new latke accessory — the fun Latke Shaper!
For all of this information, we contacted The Peppermill, a popular Brooklyn kitchenware store that specializes in premium cookware, bakeware, culinary tools, kitchen gadgets, kosher gourmet food products and specialty baking ingredients. Since its opening in 1997 The Peppermill has been touted as the Kosher Williams-Sonoma.
Ms. Chayala Braver, cookbook author, columnist and manager of The Peppermill, shared great tips and advice with KosherEye: "The best latkes are crisp on the outside and tender on the inside", said Chayala. "It doesn't matter if you hand-grate the potatoes or use a food processor. Latkes should not be soggy and the secret to attaining that result is to remove as much liquid as possible from the latke mixture." The Peppermill trick for removing the liquid — a simple kitchen dish towel! Just place the mixture in the center of the towel, fold the towel lengthwise and twist the ends as tightly as possible to remove the liquid. (Yes, we will add that goodie to KosherEye's Kitchen Secrets & Tips.)
If your latkes turn out too greasy, this bit of advice may help:
The oil is probably not hot enough - temperature should be 375 degrees. Allow it to come back up to the proper temperature between batches of latkes and also try frying only a few at a time.
Don't crowd your pan. Adding too many latkes to the pan at once will lower the temperature of the oil. The oil may not get hot again fast enough and the latkes will start absorbing lots of oil.
The Peppermill shared one of their favorite classic latke recipes, The Crispiest Potato Latkes Ever. They also suggest a unique recipe, which appears in their current Hanukah newsletter, Cheese & Potato Croquettes.
Now for Chayala's suggestions on frying pans to produce The Crispiest Potato Latkes Ever! "The best pans are undoubtedly heavy weight stainless steel. If you're looking for the best, nothing beats a clad fry pan. This means that the entire pan has a core of aluminum that maintains the heat so the oil remains at the optimal frying temperature. The key is to have the oil reach 375 degrees before you start frying the latkes. Proper oil temperature keeps them from sticking to the pan."
Chayala understands that clad pans can be pricey — costing between $80 and $150 dollars for a 12" pan. She suggests that if that's not in your budget, try a good quality non-stick pan like Anolon. These will be in the $50 range and have a superior coating that will not peel off.
Final tip — it is important to be sure the pan is very hot before you begin. Once the batter is in the pan, lower the heat a bit to keep the latkes from burning.
KosherEye is thrilled to hear of this next Peppermill discovery! This year there is a new item for making latkes that are perfect for Hanukkah - Latke Shapers. Just place the non-stick Latke Shapers in a frying pan and fill with batter to make latkes shaped like a dreidel or menorah. Wow! This will delight both kids and adults!
Latke Shapers are $4.99 and can be ordered from The Peppermill or telephone 866-871-4022.
The Peppermill wishes everyone a Happy Hanukkah!


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social animals, human beings tend to allow their better judgement to be
stampeded by the crowd's impulses. This applies not only to the
followers of trends, but their critics: the bigger the icon, the bigger
the kudos accorded those who accomplish its takedown.This is only aided
by the ephemeral nature of popularity: both sides to laud–or
criticise–things based on their aura rather than the true nature of the
thing itself.
A recent example of this is the Moleskine notebook. Produced by the
Italian company Modo e Modo, Moleskines are essentially copies of a
French design. Their advertising copy links them to a number of
literary and artistic luminaries: Hemingway, Chatwin, Picasso. Since
all of these people are dead, they can't complain that they never, in
fact, used the notebooks in question, although they may well have used
very similar ones (Chatwin certainly did; his were purchased from a
Parisian stationer, until the supplier closed down in 1986).
is really where the trouble starts. Coupled with their good looks (the
Moleskine is a very attractive notebook), the cachet of the artists and
writers essentially providing endorsements for them gave Moleskine
notebooks the jumpstart they needed. It's important to note that the
kind of person who will spend time looking for the perfect notebook is
generally the classic "early adopter" so beloved of computer technology
companies, and I suspect they (we) are perhaps more vulnerable to the
lure of the Moleskine's whispered promises."Buy me," it seems to say,
"and you too can be inspired to write like Hemingway."
Marketing does not fool us, exactly; it hands us the lines
we feed ourselves. Seduction is something we allow to happen, and investing objects
with mysterious power is an old trap. We want to believe that possessing these
items is what will give us power, or wealth, or inspiration; we want to deny
that 'genius' is a label we apply to those who are both supremely gifted and
work harder than anyone else. Olympic athletes have a genetic makeup that makes
them suited for their chosen sport, but this is at best a starting point;
potential will always go unfulfilled unless it is accompanied by a daily grind of
back-breaking labour. Nobody wants to hear this; it's not a cheering message.
The idea that we simply lack some talisman, owned by those whose powers we aspire
to possess, is a far more attractive one.
The story so far: early adopters are drawn in by a combination of factors, one
of which is the mystique evoked by Modo e Modo's marketing copy; the cult of
the Moleskine grows, and they begin to crop up in a multitude of stationery,
art and book shops, helped along by distribution agreements with several major
chain bookstores (Barnes and Noble, Waterstone's). Enter the critics, with the
message that Moleskine fans are clearly being taken for the proverbial ride, Hemingway
and Chatwin never bought Modo e Modo products, and that the talismanic
qualities that are (implicitly or explicitly) being appealed to do not, in fact, exist.
Several lines of argument appear in response to such sceptical claims; I do not
claim any of them as my own, merely hoping to summarise the main position.
f1) They're just good notebooks, better than anything else on the market; yes, you pay a premium for them, but it's worth it to have the
f2) The talismanic qualities do exist; I write more and better in my Moleskine
than I did before. Of course, the Moleskine only serves to evoke this response
in me–it isn't some kind of immaterial power residing in the notebook
itself–but if the effect is real, surely the end result is the same.
f3) I just like them, it's a personal aesthetic preference. I don't deny the
marketing argument, but you have no basis for criticism as far as subjective
preference goes.
There isn't much consensus on f1; some think that there are better notebooks, or
cheaper notebooks that are just as good. Many don't. Personally I haven't found
any that are both as well made and suit my personal needs as perfectly, and I
suspect many of those needs generalise well. Briefly, the pocket Moleskines are compact, with a high page
count for their size, and good paper (albeit with well-documented feathering
and bleed issues; you need to choose your pen carefully). They are stitched and
bound in oilskin-covered card, which makes them resilient. Lastly, they have several nice touches that make
them stand out from the crowd. The built-in bookmark and elastic snap that
keeps it closed while not in use are of obvious utility; the back pocket grows
on one. I use mine to carry library photocopier cards and Post-it notes.
The second argument is trickier. Merlin Mann calls the Moleskine a MacGuffin,
which seems to have a certain truth to it. However, speaking of the Moleskine
in these terms does it something of a disservice, and does not tell the whole
story by any means. On the one hand, it may draw out certain good behaviours in
some people: writing more, writing better. The Moleskine, when evoking these
tendencies, helps define an ideal we aspire to (it may do this by instantiating
a certain ideal itself, that of the ideal notebook, or at least coming closer
than other notebooks).
As portentous as this sounds, it is only one side of the truth; the downside is
that a Moleskine can inhibit as much as inspire. By declaring this ideal of
good writing, it poses a challenge–or an obstacle. If one is constantly
second-guessing oneself, worrying about whether what one is writing is in some way 'worthy' of being written down in a
Moleskine, then it is that much harder to write anything. The loudest voices
may be of those trumpeting their new muse, but it may simply be that those who
find the Moleskine a mental burden do not exist; perhaps they are ashamed of
their failings, or simply don't recognise the syndrome.
Having suffered from this problem myself, I suspect that which side of
the fence
one falls on is due to temperament, and how one views one's writing.
When I
initially purchased a Moleskine, several years ago, I wrote fairly
about a story I was trying to write, but I didn't get much of the story
written. Entering a period of greater depression, my doubts assailed me
more vigour, and my writing petered out. Whenever I did try to write, I
had to
use simple sheets of lined paper; if I sat down with my Moleskine, I
stare at the empty page, trying to think of something worthwhile to
write. As
my condition improved, I began writing more often in the Moleskine, and
now I write in it at least every couple of days. Many of the posts on
blog began life as musings in my Moleskine.
There is a third point, of course, which is that whatever the Moleskine is, it
is not simply a talismanic object. It is, in fact, a notebook–and rather a good
one at that. In my initial paragraph I warned against the seductive nature of
the aura surrounding a fashionable object, and here we can see that warning
realised. The fan claims that the Moleskine helps them write more, and better;
the critic responds that in many cases, using a Moleskine may actually hinder
the writing process. All this does is polarise the debate: what we should be doing is looking at how these claims really relate to an individual
choice (that is to say, whether or not they buy one, if they're thinking about
doing so). I don't mean to claim that a given transaction (or the set of all
such transactions) is the only thing that gives this argument meaning, but it
is certainly an important nexus of it.
What do I mean by this? Well, to begin with, the decision puts these arguments
in a context, relates them to behaviour, and generally provides some
much-needed perspective. The question of how an individual's writing will be
affected by using a Moleskine is an individual one: it depends on their
circumstances, their nature. Moreover, there are practical questions: is this
the right kind of notebook for me? What does it do better than the rest? Is the
price worth it? These issues depend on the individual, on the context in which
the questions are asked, not on spurious normative claims. The hard work of
answering a question is done once the terms of the question and the context in
which it is being asked are defined closely enough.
These questions of individual circumstance bring us to the third argument.
Essentially, it grows from a confusion about subjectivity: the word
'subjective' is used as a shorthand to mean "circumstances specific to
me". When someone says that buying a Moleskine is "A personal preference", or "A subjective judgment", what they
really mean is "It suits my needs, but not necessarily yours." This
isn't what it really means for something to be subjective: the circumstances on
which the choice is based are in fact objective facts; if you were in their
position, you would make a different choice. There probably is an element of
subjective aesthetic appreciation, but I think that if it exists (this is a
point of philosophical contention) its influence is overrated.
I have several Moleskines in current operation: a sketchbook, some Cahiers for ultimate portability and throwaway scribbles, and a lined notebook
in which I write… well, pretty much whatever I feel like. A couple of months
ago I wrote the following in it:
"Decided that too much sanctity is stifling me. Need to loosen up.
Consequently, this notebook will loosen up—starting with some Post-it artwork.
The Moleskine crazy is apparently, just like the iPod, big. Now I'm just one of
the crowd. Still, nice to be an early adopter for once, even if I haven't
written in it as much as I might (I put this down to the aforementioned desire
not to violate such a beautiful notebook with incessant and unremarkable
Post-its are another good way of avoiding this problem; I draw on them, badly,
then stick the good ones in the Moleskine. However, I've decided it's high time
I did more of it—so I bought a Moleskine Sketchbook. We'll see how it goes.
Benedict Eastaugh: "I'm a 22-year old Philosophy student and web designer, and I've been
doing design work since 2001 or so. My experience extends from large
community portals to research group sites, and encompasses a lot of
work for small businesses and self-employed individuals.
Image: ome punkster
[We're bringing back "classic" posts here on Moleskinerie as we get ready to celebrate our 3rd year on January 12.]
Originally published on April 8, 2005. You may post your comments here.


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Straus re-elected Texas House speaker
AUSTIN — House Speaker Joe Straus won another term as leader of the 150-member chamber Tuesday as he easily prevailed over a challenge from Rep. David Simpson and other hard-core conservatives who remain uncomfortable with their more moderate GOP colleague from San Antonio.
Simpson, R-Longview, surrendered before a vote, sparing his colleagues of a public record of how many members opposed Straus. Straus clinched another term by acclamation.
Straus allies portrayed him as a fair and respectful and, now, a seasoned leader.
Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, reminded his colleagues that Straus demonstrated his conservative credentials by leading the House through the most significant budget shortfall in modern history two years ago.
"Joe Straus is a leader," Otto said.
Veteran legislator Rene Oliveira, D- Brownsville, said he "can disagree with him without fear or reprisals or ridicule."
Straus would be "fair and seasoned, which is what we desperately need," Oliveira said.
Speaking to his colleagues, Simpson, a two-term legislator, said he was withdrawing his candidacy and hopeful that House leaders would consider some of his reform ideas that inspired his challenge.
"I sincerely hope the leadership will prove by their actions that my candidacy was unnecessary," Simpson said.
Simpson wanted rules forbidding the House speaker to raise money to be used against legislators, quicker committee assignments and fewer committee chairs serving on the House Calendars Committee. Simpson contends too much power is concentrated when committee chairs get to serve on the committee that decides which bills advance to the House floor for debate.
Straus moved into the House leadership to open the 2009 legislative session started. Speaker Tom Craddick's autocratic rule had alienated 11 Republican House members who decided that one of them should challenge Craddick for the speaker's job. Just days before the 2009 session started, the small group of Republican members voted for Straus to take on Craddick, R-Midland.
Straus had less then 2 full terms as a legislator on his resume but quickly mobilized the support of most House Democrats and a few more Republicans to oust Craddick in a rare effort to remove an incumbent speaker.
Straus presided over a narrowly divided state House, with 76 Republicans and 74 Democrats. Reflecting that closely divided chamber, Straus elevated nearly as many Democrats to key House committee chairmanships as Republicans.
His moderate leadership style alienated some of the chamber's more conservative Republicans and conservative groups outside the Capitol. Those forces united to challenge Straus after Republicans rolled to large election wins in the 2010 election and began the session with a super majority of 100 Republican members.
But Straus easily defeated challenges from two Republicans and will lead the chamber for the next two years.


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Check out our Bentley R-Type Saloon photo gallery
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Last update in R-Type Saloon gallery: 2006-03-29
In the German studio, Arden Automobilbau GmbH presented a tuning kit for Bentley Continental GT/GTC.
The British and their studio Mulliner prepared for the release of an expensive car, which is estimated at $1.26 million.
Bentley prepares a Bentayga V8 for the Design Series special version, which is complemented by an assortment of unique elements.
Bentley told about the 'hot' version of Bentayga SUV, which got the name Speed.
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Rhys Millen and Bentley are going to chase the production SUV record up the Pikes Peak hillclimb in a vehicle by Bentley Motorsport.
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