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Attaboys new Winged Shmee Custom is now available for preorder... A super limited run of only 8 hand painted customs with a print that comes with each one.
Dutch architects Cepezed designed a wind responsive façade for their office building in Utrecht. The wind vibrates discs which shimmer in the sunlight, emulating ripples in water.
Ink painting by Lucie Beranger, delicate and chic.
Designed by Aora Solar, the world's first hybrid solar power plant is set to go online next week - shaped like a giant tulip.
The recently opened Santa Rita Geriatric, by spanish architect Manuel Ocaña. The geriatric is a round bright volume, enclosing a rich inner garden for the guests to enjoy.
Kersplat! A unique coffee table by James Ian Killinger featured on Contemporist.com.
ameba, designed by pete sans for vibia, is a new modular pendant adaptable to every space and to every need and preference
Famous When Dead's live painting from UPFEST 2009 - The Urban Paint Festival held in Bristol.
A sculpture by Danish designer Henrik Vibskov for the upcoming DDC exhibit during Copenhagen Fashion Week.
FEATUREDRetro Transistor Radios!!! I found a bunch of these minis at my grandmother's, and they were too fascinating not to document... do you know more about them?
Scott Caan, the actor, actually makes a pretty good photographer. There's a lot of cool meta stuff ... like this pic from the Cannes Film Fest.
Paintings by Los Angeles artist Nate Frizzell
Giant chewing gum sculptures in Venice. Artwork by Simone Decker.
VIDEOmr scruff - sweet smoke - absolutely adorable animated video of a life i bet we'd all have fun living...
Plastic becomes a precious jewel in the hands of Patrick Jouin
A pixelized picture of trees on the facade screen, creating a dramatic screen along the street. Designed by studio 63
+OO - Blu Dot exclusive line for Urban Outfitters - cute side tables! Also chair, couch, etc...
VIDEOPassion Pit's Sleepyhead is currently totally stuck in my head ~ cute video too
AJ Fosik's new art show "There's Aliens in Our Midst" at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. This entire show is made of paint, wood, and nails!
The latest in lomography, the Holga 120-3D Stereo Camera is twice the fun (with twice the lenses)! Now you can develop your own retro 3D photos.
Sandra Chui Huynh's take on street art. Graffiti with balloons!
Paper Pot! It works for both toilet paper and tissue paper ~ and it's an adorable twist on the common forms these take...
Escher like tessellating concrete mold... so awesome!
Antiqued wire basket, divided into 2 compartments with decorative backing and thick wire border. Could be a fun one for the kitchen with mail and stuff... or bromeliads?
Laptops just look better logo-less ~ like my Eee Seashell got some Googley Cru Eyes and its far more appealing now! It's also now on windows 7 which was less painful than expected...
The first monograph for Dutch superstar Marcel Wanders is now available from Gestalten. His expansive range of talents are difficult to summarize --- resulting in his elegant and prolific works...
Awesome! Turntable hand built from wood, work of a bangkok artist.
Beginning June 20th 2009 is the Recess Lawn Series, a trio of monthly events, derived from the ideology that 'play can draw up future visions and define realities.
IKEA catalogues from 1963... Ikea - design and identity - is a personal depiction of faces and ideas behind Sweden's most famous products. In addition to a detailed historical overview with lots of classic designers!
The Swiss designer Olivier Sottas presented at this year´s DMY Festival in Berlin 'Plié', a series of floor lamps. The lamps are composed of a paper lampshade, which gets its structure and stability from the artful folding...
Gear Patrol is doing 30 days of upgrades ~ for men! "Be A Better Man in 30 Days" ~ many are just as important for ladies to know too!
The Guggenheim Museum and Google's SketchUp and Virtual Earth has a new design competition. You create a shelter design with Google SketchUp, choose where on earth it is to go on Google Earth and you're entered. Learn all about it here.
Amazing piece by SF illustrator Jenn Burkhardt. Great use of space and perspective.
in da car: 2 cities, 2 photographers, 4 cars, More than 30 participants
Adorable Measuring Snails - 39 Inch Snail
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Loop bench by Jeppe Hein activates the urban landscape by combining a slide with public seating. now showing at Art Basel.
The Japanese architects at Suppose Design Office have designed the Otake house in the city of Otake, located in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan.
Amazing Commercial/Fashion photography by Jo Duck.
The new claymation film from director Tatia Rosenthal and writer Etgar Keret, $9.99, hopefully will make its way to a theatre near you soon. Trailer looks amazing...
Creative sculpture designed by Mike Ross is built from two repurposed 18-wheeler tanker trucks.
Hellohikimori, Alex Trochut, Si Scott and other creative persons made their font submissions for the HypeForType project.
Design by Diplomat. Zilla is an experimental lounge chair made from a composite construction of materials that include glass, aluminium and epoxy.
Modern Curve Chair by MOJOWORKIN - made of stacked birch plywood & finished with 5 coats of satin lacquer.
Stages of Decay by Julia Solis-- beautiful photographs of abandoned theatres, ballrooms, movie palaces, and other such monuments to life and pleasure, now ravaged by time.
A wonderful branched facade for the new building at Zilverparkkade, in Lelystad, Netherland. Designed by René van Zuuk Architekten.
FEATUREDSeductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 ~ Take a peek into the upcoming book from Fleet Street Scandal ~ Kevin Dart has joined up with his friends to flesh out this incredible persona. (+ i'm the quote on the back cover!!!)
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It's stinking HARD to take self portraits!
I was done with this post a zillion years ago, but I couldn't put it up... because I had no pictures. I have been trying for the last 2 hours to photograph myself in this sweater, and it isn't happening! So you'll have to accept that this is the best I can do. However, I have an idea for a realllyyy fun sweater refashion, so I'll ask John to photograph me for that one.
Today is just a simple, easy update.
I was reading a book recently that explained how fashion changed dramatically in the 50's because of the wars. In the middle of it was a picture (illustration, rather) of a brunette wearing an outfit that I could be seen in any day of the week. I was so excited! I realized that I could have her *exact* sweater if I wanted it, too. And I did.
I decided that I would mess with this sweater a little bit to make it into the long, loose sweater worn by our paper model. I did make one adjustment, however. The sleeves are shortened in the illustration and I just couldn't bring myself to chop up such lovely, slouchy, comfy sleeves. So they remain intact. The next sweater I do will include some attachments and a cropped sleeve.
It took me about 15 minutes to tailor the sweater and then another 3 hours to remove the eagle emblem embroidered on the chest.
That eagle quickly became my nemesis.
If the sweater you want to refashion includes embroidery, you can attack it like I did or take a safer route. If you're blessed with an abundance of patience, if you'll just go at it with a seam ripper (carefully) you can eventually remove the embroidery. If you want the safer route, just hot glue/sew on a button or other attachment over it. I wanted to use this fantastic patch from Vienna that my dear friend, Silvio, gave me years ago... but it didn't fit the feel of the sweater.
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Try on your sweater and see what needs to happen. Does the collar need to be changed (CLICK HERE)? Do the sleeves need to be tighter? Does the hem need to come up?
(2) Pin it up. After you've assessed the situation, pin up your sweater. For this sweater, I left the neckline alone and only brought in the sleeves and sides. I literally made a line of pins starting at the bottom and going up around the under arm and down the sleeve. I like to pinch it in a little bit extra at the waist to create more feminine lines, despite the slouchy factor.(3) Sew it. Sew a nice, tight zig zag stitch all around. Be sure to secure it at the ends.
(4) Cut it. Try it on and make sure it looks good. Then cut it. If you discover that you need more taken off, repeat steps two and three. It's easier to take more off than it is to add it back on. If you don't like how it looks, just cut the stitch and start again!
Go ahead and raid your boyfriend/husband/goodwill's closet and see what you can find! Slouchy sweaters are always in style during the warmer months and who wants to spend money when you can do it yourself?! That's all from me today, I am *rushing* out the door. No time to edit this bad boy, so forgive me for any errors you may see! Have a brilliant Thursday, and as always, thanks for reading!


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July 10, 2018
Some Inmates At Feared Turkmen Prison 'Allowed Visits From Relatives'
In a change from past practice in isolated Turkmenistan, relatives have recently been allowed to visit inmates at the Central Asian country's "most notorious prison," the Moscow-based human rights group Memorial says.
June 28, 2018
Analysis: Turkmenistan's Uzbek Problem
Relations between Ashgabat and Tashkent have seemed solid for more than a decade, but an unflattering if accurate report on Uzbek television and early rumblings from ethnic Uzbeks in Turkmenistan could be signs the relationship is headed for a rough patch. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
June 25, 2018
HRW Urges German Tech Firm To Disclose Dealings With Turkmenistan
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on a German technology company to publicly disclose whether it is considering sales to Turkmenistan, and how it is addressing the possibility that its technology will be used by the Turkmen government to block websites and carry out surveillance in violation of human rights.
June 19, 2018
Turkmenistan's Leader -- Protector Or Loner?
In better days, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov's public absence might not have been a problem. But these are bad times, and his country can use all the friends it can get. (The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
June 15, 2018
Student In Turkey 'Tricked Back' To Turkmenistan And Imprisoned
A successful Turkmen college student in Turkey was asked by the Turkmen Embassy to speak in parliament but has instead been sentenced to a long prison term. (The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
June 13, 2018
Spinning Its Wheels: With Turkmenistan In A Skid, Berdymukhammedov Pedals On
Its inflation rate is second only to Venezuela's, and that's just one of the woes prompting Turkmenistan's citizens to seek greener pastures. But President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is busy with other things.
May 30, 2018
New Bill Arrives For Damage To Aral Sea
The bizarre salt storm that blew in from the Aral Sea this weekend was the latest reminder of the ecological disaster that threatens to claim precious agricultural land in an already inhospitable region. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)


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Mata Mata
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SIZE: 18 in (45 cm)
RANGE: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil
HABITAT: Slow-moving and shallow bodies of water
DIET: Fish and aquatic invertebrates
ON EXHIBIT: Turtle Gallery in River Journey
Mata matas use their camouflage to help them eat and avoid predators. In the shallow waters where it lives, the slow-moving turtle looks like a leaf. When fish that are attracted by the turtle's fringes of skin swim too close to the head, the mata mata snaps its mouth shut, the water is slowly expelled, and the fish is swallowed whole; the mata mata cannot chew due to the way its mouth is constructed.
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Home » Events at The Watercress Line
26th - 27th December 2019
"We'll meet again, I do know where, I do know when, I know we'll meet again..."
This Christmas, the Watercress Line invite you to join civilian and military re-enactors and experience the atmosphere of a 1940s Christmas on the railway.
Whether this is a trip down memory lane, or a chance to make new memories, it is the perfect place to bring your family and guests after Christmas.
On both the 26th and 27th December, our period stations will host re-enactors and the general public enjoying wartime music, steam and seasonal merriment. Come and join them for this unique experience.
Your ticket will include all day travel on the railway, and you can hop on and off at 3 of our stations enjoying the 40s entertainment on offer.
What's On
- All day travel on our steam trains
- Live 1940s music at Alresford and Medstead
- Reading Room at Alresford Goods Shed with wartime games
View images from previous Christmas Leave events
Click here for our Re enactor Post with news and information on Christmas Leave and our summer War On The Line events for our regular re enactors.
Dates for your Diary - War on the Line 2020
Our summer wartime event will take place on 13th & 14th June 2020
Advanced fares include all booking fees and tickets cost the same on the day. Parking is Free in Alresford on Bank Holidays and Sundays.
Parking is available at Alresford station.
Alresford, Station Road SO24 9JG: 30p per hour, £1.50 for over 4 hours (free Sundays and public holidays). Coin only. This car park is operated by Winchester City Council.
The Watercress Line's Alton Station is currently closed, please use Stagecoach 64. The bus runs from Alton Station to Medstead Station Approach every half an hour on Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. Please click here for the times.
The Company does not guarantee that the trains will arrive or depart at the times stated and reserves the right to cancel, alter or suspend any train without notice, or to substitute a different train should this be necessary for whatever reason.
Please note: Entry to this special event is by travel ticket only. Once tickets are purchased they cannot be changed or cancelled for any reason. Site/platform tickets, intermediate fares and discount vouchers, including Tesco Clubcard vouchers, are NOT VALID for this event.


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Samardzija would be bargain compared to Price
Cubs right-hander has comparable upside and wouldn't cost a team as much in trade
Sometimes it seems the Rays have been on the verge of trading David Price almost as long as they've had David Price. That, frustratingly and unfailingly, is life in a market in which the payroll must always be pinched.
But next week's Winter Meetings -- or, given the flurry of activity in the Majors this week, even sooner than that -- do offer the potential of actual action on the Price trade front.
In a free-agent market woefully thin on starting-pitcher talent, the 28-year-old Price's presence as an ace with Cy Young standing and a left arm that makes magic is as tantalizing as they come. He wouldn't come cheap, in either prospect outpouring or eventual arbitration dollars in his two remaining seasons of contractual control, but he can alter the outlook for a rotation and an organization. If the Rays do pull the trigger on a trade, they'd be moving one of the offseason's biggest prizes.
Yet while all that is going on, another able, if not as breathlessly advertised, pitcher might also be available. And it can be argued that he'd be the smarter buy.
I'm talking about Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija, whose trade potential could also pick up pace in the coming hours and days, but only if the Cubs are suitably swayed.
That's the "if" that must be brought up with both of these guys, because the fact of the matter is that they're both under contractual control for two more years and neither the Rays nor the Cubs are in a position in which they must deal their Opening Day starter.
Having said that, barring any surprise high-profile acquisitions on the free-agent front, the Cubs do appear to be open for business in the trade market, likely to use 2014 as, hopefully, the final building block for their burgeoning farm system that is loaded with bats, with an eye on a more earnest National League Central bid in 2015 and beyond.
The Cubs' patience and plotting, guided by Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, has always made sense for them. But it might not make as much sense for Samardzija, who is about to turn 29, is two years away from free agency and has the competitiveness and confidence to believe he should be pitching in October.
As in, next October.
On the heels of his standout career as a Notre Dame wide receiver, Samardzija leveraged his NFL chances to make his first professional contract a five-year, $10 million deal with a $2.5 million signing bonus. So from a financial perspective, he hasn't had any real or pressing need to rush into a club-friendly extension with the Cubs, though the Cubs have certainly made efforts toward that end.
From the Cubs' perspective, there is not a direct desire to move a healthy arm under reasonable contractual control, and there is also the nagging sense that Samardzija's trade value might only increase in the coming year. But if an opportunistic club comes along with the right proposal, perhaps the "Shark" could be snagged.
Samardzija would be a worthwhile target. His 2013 ERA of 4.34 was profoundly pedestrian. But even an old-school organization such as San Francisco, which promised Tim Lincecum $35 million after he amassed a two-year ERA tally of 4.76, has shown that baseball executives understand the sometimes misleading nature of the oft-cited stats.
Much more encouraging, if you delve a little deeper, is the 3.77 fielding independent pitching mark Samardzija posted this year, as well as his 3.45 xFIP (expected fielding independent pitching). He's 6-foot-5, routinely clocks a fastball in the mid-90s and struck out nine batters per nine innings. Combine all that with Samardzija's positive numbers from his first season as a starter in 2012 (3.81 ERA, 9.3-per-nine strikeout rate), and you've got a lot to chew on.
In today's game, given the rapid rise of strikeout totals, if you don't have a durable power pitcher in your arsenal, you're behind the curve. Samardzija has amassed the Majors' 12th-best strikeout rate among starters over the past two years, and a 2.94 strikeout-to-walk ratio overall. And while Samardzija can't match Price's current credentials, the cost of acquiring him wouldn't be anywhere near as crippling as they could be for Price.
With Price, you have to balance the enthusiasm over the splash his arrival would bring against the worry about the risk you're taking on. The Rays are perpetually in win-now mode, which means they will target Major League-ready talent as much as projectability. If they got a legitimate top-five prospect on the cusp of the bigs for James Shields, what will they want for Price?
A lot, that's what.
If you're the Mariners, that means a package built around Taijuan Walker, who might have ace potential all his own. If you're the Rangers, it could mean parting with Jurickson Profar or Martin Perez. If you're the D-backs, you might have to let the Rays touch the seemingly untouchable Archie Bradley. If you're the Pirates, you might have to brace yourself for the possibility of watching Jameson Taillon blossom with Tampa Bay.
Not to mention the fact that Price could command somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million in arbitration over the next two years.
So, yes, Price is captivating, but he certainly isn't cheap. And because all pitchers have an expiration date and Price has already logged 1,156 professional innings before his age-28 season, any trade for Price will be both a thrilling and a dangerous proposition. After all, 2013 brought him his first DL stint (triceps strain) and a noticeable dip in velocity.
Samardzija would come with a fresher arm (he's only been a starter for two seasons, and he's thrown 113 fewer professional innings), a much more attractive financial package (Samardzija made $2.6 million this year and is first-time arb-eligible) and perhaps more upward mobility if he gets out of the Wrigley bandbox (Price, of course, has pitched his home games in much more favorable conditions at Tropicana Field).
I don't know if either guy will be dealt this coming week or this winter. In fact, I'd still label a Samardzija trade a long shot, despite some recent reports.
But I do know that, between the two, Samardzija looks like the much better bargain.


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Everybody Hates Kim: A List Of People That Had Beef With Kimmy And Her Cakes
Kim Kardashian has been rubbing people the wrong way since she made it big.
So, she's an attention sloring liar and possible homewrecker. So that's bound to piss people off. Here are a few people that have been fed up with Kimmy Cakes and her ways. Just take a look at the angry people.
Were they justified in their anger?
Amber Rose – Rose recently voiced anger because Kimmy allegedly took Yeezy from her. That's not cool, Kimmy.
People That Love Children – Apparently, the Kardashians were using child laborers and overseas sweatshops to create their products. This has gotten rights groups acting insane with anger.
PETA – This chick wore FOX fur on her back. Fox! Gasp! And because of that, PETA went ham (get it?) on Kimmy for her lack of care for animals. You don't want to make them angry.
Kris Humphries – Well, she did divorce him after a 72-day sham wedding. So, he kind of has a point.
Brandy – Allegedly, Brandy and Kim were beefing on the set of their Tyler Perry movie…
Tyler Perry Fans – Perry's fans are threatening to boycott the movie based on him casting Kim in the flick. Kimmy's Cakes and the church obviously don't blend.
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Michael Buble – Mike is a singer that made headlines for calling Kim a b***h during a live show. Uncalled for, sir!
Khloe – These two have been off and on forever, but earlier this year it got to a boiling point with Kim being super jealous of Khloe's married life. Now that Kim has tasted that life, she probably is okay not having any part of it.
Paris Hilton – They had a huge falling out and Paris didn't want any part of Kimmy. However, it looks like they finally worked things out. Joy to the world.
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Address and contact details of Deltek:
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On Jan. 8, Ruth Gigax and Marilyn McMunn of Jasper were honored during services at Weston United Methodist Church. Janis Wilt, on behalf of the United Methodist Women, presented the women with the 2011 Special Mission Recognition Award.
The women were honored in appreciation for their ministry to assist women, children and youths, and for the outstanding support they give to the church and the community.


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The FBI suspected that US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen, could have bought air tickets for three of the 9/11 hijackers before the attacks, a transparency watchdog said.
Judicial Watch, which is based in Washington, cited government documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request which it said suggested the flights were taken shortly before the September 11, 2001 terror strikes.
A heavily redacted FBI document dated barely two weeks after the devastating attacks and published on the US watchdog group's website showed Awlaki's name and a credit card number alongside that of plot ringleader Mohammed Atta.
The details of transactions carried out using the credit card were unclear from the heavily-censored document, but Judicial Watch said they stemmed from searches of airline reservations made by Awlaki.
Also named were two other hijackers, who like Atta were Saudi nationals.
The flight listed with Atta's details was for travel between the US capital Washington and Las Vegas, Nevada, and Miami, Florida, dated August 13, 2001.
Less than a month later, Atta was on American Airlines Flight 11 which hit One World Trade Center in New York. Other hijacked planes hit Two World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, while another crashed in Pennsylvania.
The other tickets that Judicial Watch said the FBI suspected had been purchased by Awlaki were for a Southwest Airlines flight on July 10, 2001 between Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, both in Florida, for hijacker S. Suqami.
Satam al-Suqami was also aboard American Airlines Flight 11, according to the FBI.
The third ticket purportedly was for a hijacker named Al-Sheri for a National Airlines flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas and then on to Miami, apparently to be taken on August 1, 2001.
The Al-Sheri brothers were aboard the same flight as Atta and Suqami.
Awlaki -- a forceful and somewhat charismatic preacher fluent in Arabic and English -- was seen as a particularly effective global recruiter for the Islamist militant network until he was killed in September 2011.
US President Barack Obama said the killing of Awlaki in a US drone strike was justified as the suspect was actively plotting deadly attacks against Americans as a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
US officials believe Awlaki played a significant role in the attempt to bring down a US airliner over Detroit by an assailant with explosives sewn into his underwear on December 25, 2009.
He was also believed to have coordinated the thwarted 2010 plot to blow up cargo aircraft bound for the United States and had called for attacks against US and Arab governments.


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Spokane, Wash., November 29, 2012: Nobody likes talking to an automated phone system. In fact, in a recent report commissioned by Interactions Corporation, 83% of customers stop giving business to companies with bad IVR systems and 70% of customers will share their bad IVR experience with friends and family and will use social media networks to voice their frustrations (just search 'I hate IVRs' on Google).
Created in the early 70's, IVR technology afforded companies the advantage of offering 24/7 access to a variety of services and information via the phone. The mainstream adoption of these systems in the 90's further drove consumers' appetite for anytime access. Much like most self-service platforms of the past, IVR systems were not designed to provide a positive customer experience, but rather to allow customers to complete simple tasks at extended company hours.
"Companies are finding that delivering a richer, more robust experience on their websites and mobile applications results in higher conversion and engagement rates," said Fred Brown, Next IT CEO. "Today's competitive brands know that owning the customer experience will put them on top, every time. That means bucking traditional self-service by offering a technology that consumers prefer."
IVAs Put Customers First
Brown's right: according to Forrester, today's customers expect efficient, consistent, personalized services across all service channels – something that IVRs simply were not designed to achieve.Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs), like the ones built by Next IT, are different because they are designed with the end user in mind. They serve as brand advocates, are user-driven, conversational, available across channels and don't force users through a pre-determined menu. Check out the "Customer Experience Tech Showdown" infographic to see a side-by-side comparison of the two technologies.
"IVR companies are realizing they can't compete with free-flowing, unconfined solutions and they have started looking at ways to replicate the experience delivered by IVAs," Brown continued. "The issue they will meet is that the IVR doesn't simply become an IVA."
Next IT clients using IVAs as a first customer-engagement point on their websites and mobile platforms are enjoying increased customer satisfaction, over $45 in revenue per interaction and up to 30% reduction in call volume to call centers and IVR systems, resulting in over $2 million per year saved – results that are not being ignored by leading research firms and publications like Gartner Research, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.
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Junior Andy Nguyen makes up one half of a lethal doubles team that helped Harvard earn the doubles point aginst Binghamton on Friday. (Gil Talbot)
CAMBRDIGE, Mass. No. 20 Harvard Men's tennis continued its winning ways on Friday as it recorded its 15th win of the year against the Binghamton Bearcats, 7-0, at the Murr Center tennis courts. Harvard went a perfect 6-0 in singles play while going 2-1 in doubles action.
The team of Andy Nguyen and Denis Nguyen defeated Alexandre Haggai and Ismael Dinia 9-8, while Jonathan Pearlman and Christo Schultz took down Ruben Haggai and Robin Lesage 8-2 to earn the doubles point.
With the Crimson up 1-0 in the match, Harvard rolled through singles play taking each match. Pearlman defeated Alex Haggai 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 1 slot while Denis Nguyen won against Ruben Devos 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 2 position. Schultz continued his stellar spring after he defeated Lesage 7-5, 6-0 in the No. 3 slot while freshman Shaun Chaudhuri, who played out of the No. 4 position, defeated Dinia 6-4, 1-6, 6-1. Alex Steinroeder won out of the No. 5 slot as he downed Rafael Rodrigues, 6-4, 6-2 and Henry Steer proved victorious against Ruben Haggai in the No. 6 spot, as he won 6-2, 6-4.
Harvard will conclude its weekend slate of matches against No. 58 St. John's on Sunday. The match is slated for 2 p.m.
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Ice cream, artisan cheese, sunset concerts, wellness fairs and weddings aren't the usual "products" that come to mind when one thinks of farms. But for today's family farms, diversity is the key to survival.
Ice cream, artisan cheese, sunset concerts, wellness fairs and weddings aren't the usual "products" that come to mind when one thinks of farms. But for today's family farms, diversity is the key to survival.
When James and Agnes Simcock founded Simcock Farms in Swansea 128 years ago, they likely never imagined that one day, belly dancers would be a farm attraction. But for its current owners, a recent wellness faire, complete with belly dancers, psychics and reiki practitioners, was one more way to keep the family farm afloat.
"It's diversity or die. You have to do these types of thing to survive," said Beverlyann Simcock, owner of the farm at 361 Marvel St.
A concert violinist and former teacher, Simcock said she called her creative side into action and went into agritourism when she and her husband, Jim, purchased the family farm from his parents 12 years ago.
The farm already had an ice cream stand and it continues to be a big draw for local families and ice cream lovers, but now there's also rescued farm animals for the kids to enjoy and plenty of events to bring visitors out to the farm.
On Tuesdays, motorcyclists are invited to stop in for Two Wheel Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are Cool Car Nights. They also host archery events and a variety of fundraisers.
The agritourism at Simcock Farm also includes pick-your-own plum tomatoes, school tours and the usual fall farm activities: hayrides, a corn maze, and pick-your-own pumpkins.
Another draw is the farm stand store where the produce grown on the farm is sold along with canned and pickled items from northeastern producers. Simcock said she also pickles produce grown on the farm and she makes baked goods that are for sale at the store later in the season.
The produce grown on the farm's 37 acres is also sold wholesale to restaurants and markets, but the dairy cows that were once a fixture on the farm were all sold in 2003 because they couldn't afford to keep them, she said.
"Farming is a huge gamble," she said in reference to this year's rainy spring, the summer's fluctuating hot and cool weather, and the other unforeseen conditions that impact the farm. "One year the deer came in and ate all the green stuff and then they came back and ate all the red stuff."
There's also the impact of fewer people cooking their own food these days along with backyard gardeners who grow their own produce, as well as enough to supply their neighborhoods, said Simcock.
And for those who do want fresh-picked produce from the farm without the trip out to the pastoral property, she also instituted the Simcock Express, a home delivery service that serves Somerset, Swansea and Fall River customers.
"All this other stuff is what keeps the farm going. You have to think of other ways to keep the farm viable," she said.
Butternut squash and cranberries are the two main products at Chamberlain Farms in Berkley, but weddings, events, fundraisers and agritourism also go a long way to keeping this second-generation family farm in business.
Jackie Chamberlain, wife of second-generation farmer Bob Chamberlain, said they've done it all at the farm over the years: ice cream, a farm stand, selling squash out of the back of a flatbed truck, and more recently, Friday night buffet dinners.
The buffet dinners were a big hit. In fact, they became so popular that the last one a couple weeks ago had a two-hour wait. Rather than dealing with the "unknown" every weekend, Chamberlain said she stopped doing the buffets in favor of weddings and other functions with a pre-determined amount of people.
In 2006, she had a wooden pavilion built on the property overlooking the pond to enhance the farm that dates back to the Quaker era as a venue. The rustic pavilion and an adjoining tent, complete with chandeliers, can accommodate up to 200 people.
They no longer sell ice cream or produce at the farm stand, but in the fall, the farm is bustling with a corn maze, pumpkin picking, school and Scouts tours and even tourists from Europe stopping in to visit the cranberry bog during the harvest.
"I feel that the scenery is as much of a commodity as what we pull out of the ground, I've been able to create a business plan that's going to help sustain the farm," she said of the farm that her husband's parents, Almer and Harriet Chamberlain, bought in 1969. "Everyone who comes here leaves with a better sense of the farm."
Butternut squash is grown on 26 acres of the property along with 15 acres of hay, an acre of pumpkins, and three-quarters of an acre used to grow produce for the events at the farm. There's also 15 acres of cranberry bogs that are harvested and sold to two cranberry companies: Ocean Spray and Decas.
The farm's butternut squash is now sold wholesale to some local supermarkets, but most of it is wholesaled to the Kettle Cuisine soup company for its butternut squash soup.
The farm has also become more viable as a "producer," she said, by peeling and bagging the thousands of pounds of squash picked every week. "That's considered to be a value-added product; when you take a raw product and turn it into something else. The idea is to get the long dollar, not the short dollar, by cutting out the middleman," she said.
The farm's butternut squash and cranberry business was already viable, but Chamberlain said she didn't want to spend her time picking butternut squash so she developed her own business plan capitalizing on the farm's scenic open spaces as a commodity.
"This is a full-fledged functioning farm. It's year-round, 24/7. This is it — sink or swim — and agritourism has helped to shore it up," she said.
As a vineyard on the Coastal Wine Trail, the Russell family's Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery at 417 Hixbridge Road, Westport, has long been a destination for wine lovers. And its wines have garnered enough awards and critical accolades over the years to make a French winery say "Oh là là."
The vineyard's sister company, Buzzards Bay Brewing also has its own strong fan base and years of success behind it. Buzzards Bay owner and brewer, Bill Russell, son of Westport Vineyards founders Bob and Carol Russell, is celebrating the 15-year anniversary of the release of its first beer, Olde Buzzard Pale Ale, this year.
To add to the success of the farm's wines and beers, the vineyard also promotes itself as a venue through its membership in the Coastal Wine Trail and events such as its Friday Sunset Music Series in the summer, and family friendly activities in the fall.
"These types of things have always been on our radar," said Bill Russell. "Some farms have drive-by traffic, but we're out in the middle of Westport and we don't have that. It's a way for people to come out and find us."
One of the most effective promotions of the farm, he said, has been the Coastal Wine Trail. Comprising a group of vineyards and wineries stretching from Newport, R.I., to New Bedford, the Coastal Wine Trail markets the vineyards as agritourism destinations.
The Coastal Wine Trail's yearly kickoff, a day to enjoy local wines, cheese, breads and chocolates, has become so popular, he said, that its event this year in June was split into two sessions to accommodate the demand for tickets.
The state Department of Agriculture also promotes the vineyard through its Wine and Cheese Trail initiative. In the fall, the farm has an array of family friendly activities such as hayrides, a petting zoo, and its big open house held the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Now in its sixth year, the Sunset Music Series, featuring local favorite bands, also brings a varied group of people out to the farm.
"We started the Friday night series as a way to get people out here. Families come out; kids run around; and the scenery at sunset is beautiful. People just enjoy coming out here and it helps people get to know who we are," he said. "We're a family business. And it reminds people that we're a farm."
Barbara Hanley was a on a mission to save Westport's dairy farms when she approached the Santos brothers, twins Kevin and Karl, and twins Arthur and Norman, with a plan to help them save their third-generation, family-run dairy farm in Westport by using the milk to make artisanal cheese.
Federal regulations that set the rates at which the farms can sell milk work for larger farms in other parts of the country, she said, but the rates have resulted in the loss of local dairy farms. "They might get paid $12 to $20 per 100 pounds of milk, but it might cost them $24 to produce," she said.
The goal, she said, is to use as much milk as possible to make cheese, which can be sold for a higher profit. Last year, 60 percent of the milk was used for cheese, and this year, she expects that to increase to 70 percent.
What she thought would happen when she set about on what she called her "holy mission" to save the Santos' farm with the cheese hasn't been fully realized several years into the partnership. "None of us have taken a paycheck yet. We're making money, but we're putting it back into the business," she said. "Back then, I thought everyone knew we were on this holy mission and they'd be knocking down the doors to buy the cheese."
Made under the Shy Brothers label, so named for the shy Santos brothers, they first began making thimble-shaped Hannahbells, an artisanal cheese in the classic French flavor and three other flavors: rosemary, lavender and shallot. The cloumage, a curd cheese similar in texture to a sour cream or marscarpone, is the brand's second cheese.
Sold through the company's website, markets, and farmer's markets, the cheeses have garnered numerous awards and praise from chefs. The cloumage, a cheese that holds up to savory and sweet flavors, has become the darling of chefs in this area, as well as in some of the better known restaurants in New York, she said.
Hannahbells, a cheese that she said people seem to either love or hate, was their original choice because it was something different in a market dominated with cheddars. "It was a double-edged sword. Either we do a cheddar where there's lots of competition, or we pick something that nobody was doing," she said. "In 2007 we sold our first cheese and I thought we'd be instantly successful. I was unbelievably naïve."
Though it hasn't caught on to the extent she originally expected, the business has been profitable and continues to grow, she said. "The business is growing in a healthy way. If it had grown the way I expected it to back then, we wouldn't have been able to handle it. It would have been a nightmare."
Nowadays, the lessons Hanley and the Santos brothers have learned over the years in their path to maintaining the family farm and growing the artisan cheese business are helping other dairy farmers become cheesemakers through the Massachusetts Cheese Guild. Hanley is the president of the guild, an organization aimed at promoting the cheese industry within the state.
"There's an unbelievable learning curve to get into this business and we pledged when we got into it, that we'd share the information with others," she said.
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The annexation of Crimea by Russia is nearly complete, with fewer useful options for the United States.
The annexation of Crimea by Russia is nearly complete, with fewer useful options for the United States.
With a claimed turnout at the polls of up to 80 percent, a claimed 97 percent of Crimeans who voted on Sunday supported union with Russia. On Tuesday, President Vladimir V. Putin signed a treaty to reincorporate Crimea into Russia, reversing the 1954 turnover by the Soviet Union of the peninsula to Ukraine. The treaty requires legislative approval, which is expected.
He also provided assurances that Russia had no designs on the rest of Ukraine, including the eastern part bordering on Russia, in principle relieving concerns of neighboring former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact client states as well as NATO and the United States about Russian expansionism.
President Barack Obama announced retaliatory economic and financial sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian political figures on Monday. European Union foreign ministers said they would follow suit with a collection of asset freezes and travel bans. Putin and other Russian leaders have scoffed at the measures.
So far neither the Russians' provocative massing of troops on the Ukraine border nor the United States' military exercises in neighboring countries Poland, Romania and the Baltic states has led to direct U.S.-Russian conflict, although the risk remains.
Also, so far, the moves and counter-moves between the Russians and the Western allies have not damaged the unity they have shown in dealing with Iran in the talks that resumed Monday in Vienna.
On balance, the sensible approach for the United States in its relations with Russia over Ukraine, Iran and Syria is to ease away from conflict and build on earlier cooperation to find common ground. Peace and resolution of these difficult international problems call for such an approach rather than for more nationalistic braying.


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The wonder of the season is beautifully captured in this Christmas card for your aunt. A background of ornaments, silver lights and snowflakes add plenty of whimsy, and the sentimental message says it all: it's the most wonderful time of the year to send your warmest, most heartfelt wishes. Whether she's celebrating with you this year or miles away, you'll always be connected to each other at Christmastime.
This pretty pink Christmas card to a sweet aunt will make her face light up with delight. Lovely, sparkling ornaments look so charming in the background, and right at the center are your heartfelt words, wishing her the most wonderful memories this holiday season. What a special greeting for such a special member of the family during this magical time of year.
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As 2010 comes to a close, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the amazing animal discoveries that came to light in the past year.
Israel's "Lifting Door" Spider
With a leg span of 14 cm (5.5 in.), a new spider found in the dune of the Sands of Samar in Israel is the largest of its type in the Middle East. In addition, scientists have concluded that Cerbalus aravensis is a nocturnal spider that lives in an underground den with a "lifting door" made of glued sand particles so the den remains camouflaged.
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Two groups of researchers using electron microscope technology have determined the true colors of two species of dinosaurs. Sinosauropteryx, a turkey-sized carnivorous dinosaur, had reddish-orange feathers and striped tail. Anchiornis huxleyi, a chicken-sized dinosaur, had black and white wings and red crown – similar to some woodpeckers.
All-Black King Penguin
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A newly discovered spider in Madagascar builds the longest and largest orb webs in the world. The spider, called Darwin's bark spider, builds webs over rivers that can measure up to 2.8 square meters (about 30 square feet)! The webs are made of the toughest biomaterial yet discovered and can catch 30 or more insects at any given time.
Reclusive Loris Photographed
One of the most reclusive primates in the world, the Horton Plains slender loris, has only been spotted four times since 1937. So rare were sightings that researchers thought this loris had gone extinct sometime between sightings in 1939 and 2002. As deforestation has led to a decline in all populations of slender loris, researchers made the effort this year to study the nocturnal primates in their native habitat in Sri Lanka and southern India. This photo was taken as part of the study.
Giant Penguin Fossils
Scientists in Peru uncovered the fossils of a Water King, a giant 5-foot penguin that weighed twice as much as an emperor penguin (the world's largest living penguin) and lived 36 million years ago. The fossils, which included well-preserved feathers and scales, led scientists to determine that the Water King had brown and gray feathers, unlike the black and white feathers we associate with modern penguins, and it was a very strong swimmer and diver.


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Iraqi Ambassador: U.S. Sacrifices Have Given Iraqis New Hope
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HOLMDEL, N.J., July 11, 2006 - U.S. military men and women have given the Iraqi people hope, Iraq's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said during a July 9 ceremony here at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial.
Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi spoke to a group of American Gold Star Mothers, mothers who have lost a child in the service of the United States. The women listened intently as Istrabadi expressed deep gratitude on behalf of his country.
"I know that there's no particular word of condolence or consolation that would mean very much in comparison to the loss that you have suffered, and so I'm not going to try to console you for that loss," he said.
Instead, the ambassador painted a picture of what his country was like after Saddam Hussein came to power and what he has seen happen in recent years, thanks in part to the Gold Star Mothers' children.
He told of his parents' two exiles from their country, the most recent in 1970, just after Saddam came to power. Istrabadi's father decided to leave Iraq shortly after an televised hanging of 13 men interrupted family programming on the equivalent of the eve of a major Islamic holiday. "I will forget many things in my life, but I will never forget the faces of those 13 men," he said.
Over the next three and a half decades, Iraq was ruled by perhaps the most tyrannical regime on the face of the earth since fascism gripped Europe, Istrabadi said. Two million Iraqis were killed by Saddam's regime and, to date, 270 mass graves with the remains of 400,000 people have been discovered.
"Political prisoners were being executed en masse in my country, the country in which the rule of law, itself, as a concept, originated thousands of years ago," Istrabadi said.
Though Saddam was growing older, the hope for regime change was slim. Saddam's grandson, Mustapha Qusay Hussein al-Tikriti, 14, was an heir apparent, the ambassador said.
The Iraqi people had every reason to believe that the next 50 years were going to look very much like the previous 35, Istrabadi said. That all changed on July 22, 2003, when Saddam's two son's and the grandson, Mustapha, were killed in a firefight with U.S. troops in Mosul. U.S. troops had moved into the country as a liberating force on March 19, 2003.
"The intervention of the United States in my country has been a lifeline for us," Istrabadi said. "It has restored hope for us that our future will be very different from our past."
That past included state-sanctioned torture chambers and rapes. The regime was so controlling that Iraqis were required to have a license to own a simple typewriter, Istrabadi said.
Iraq does not have a perfect democracy yet, he admitted, describing democracy as a process. That process is working in Iraq as evidenced by changes resulting from two successful elections and a referendum that created a permanent Iraqi constitution, he said. He participated in those elections, voting for the first time as an Iraqi citizen at age 42.
The political changes that came with the elections are reflected in the Iraqi people, he said.
"I can't explain it, really, but you could see in their faces there was a change," he said of his first trip back to Baghdad after the fall of Saddam's regime. "They were more relaxed. They weren't just going about their business and hurrying back. You would hear laughter in the streets again."
Istrabadi admitted that speaking to mothers who have lost children fighting on behalf of his country is perhaps the hardest thing he's had to do. He expressed regret over those deaths, but assured the mothers their losses were not in vain.
"You have given us the opportunity to remake our country into a decent place to live, a place to raise our children, (a) place of which we can be proud again, rather than cringe every time that we have to admit that we are Iraqis," he said. "Words of thanks seem to me to be insufficient to convey to you the thanks of a country, a grateful nation, which has lingered too long under tyranny.
"For me and for my country, our gratitude to the United States and to the sacrifices of its sons and daughters and its mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters and children, will be eternal," Istrabadi said.
After his speech, mothers who had lost children fighting in Iraq hugged Istrabadi and thanked him for his words. They almost didn't hear them, however, because he had considering canceling the appearance after his own mother recently fell ill.
Istrabadi said his mother urged him to keep his appointment. "(She said,) 'This event you are going to is extremely important. You must go,'" he said.
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We've already shown you the juice and smoothie selection at the new Creative Juice bar inside Equinox (just two locations for now). While we were chugging back the juice, we also nibbled on some of the food.
It's all, as you would expect, on the healthy side of the spectrum—stuff to grab after a workout. There's a veggie burger, some salads, and a cup of steel-cut oatmeal cooked with apple juice and almond milk, mixed with passion fruit purée, and topped with pumpkin seeds, goji berries, and dried mission figs.
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Apparently on Friday night, Barron and Lindsay were at some party in Miami (naturally) when LiLo overheard Hilton talking shit about her. Then, according to the Hiltons, she did what any sane person does when they think maybe someone might've been trashing their good name — she sent out orders for someone to fuck up his face. Next thing you know, Barron is posting pictures to Instagram — the Internet's emergency room! — of his busted mug.
Paris went into protective older sister/spotlight lover mode and is straight pissed. She's firing back on Barron's Instagram, "They both will pay for what they did. No one fucks with my family and gets away with it!!" Unfortunately for all of us who love a good celebrity fight, it has since been deleted.
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Here in the Plaza Mayor there are stalls full of people selling nativity sets, and individual pieces for manger scenes. If you want just a shepard or a cow, you can wander for hours through all the stalls until you find the perfect one. They sell figures in all sizes, made of all materials and styles. This is where we bought our first set, and added to it over many years of Christmases in Madrid.
Our nacimiento has over sixty figures now, but they are only about 1 1/2 inches tall. We started with the usual Holy Family, a few shepards, animals and the Magi. Then we added the usual townspeople you see in Spanish nativities. They represent all ocupations, the potter offering a pot, the weaver offering a piece of cloth, a farmer with a chicken slung over his shoulder. Then we got carried away, and kept on going.....
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When my daughter was little, it was a challenge to go to the Plaza Mayor and find something we DIDN'T already have. We haven't added any new figures in the last five or six years, but then again we really don't need to add any more! Now you know why sometimes in Spain, a nativity is often called a "Belen", which is the Spanish word for Bethlehem. It represents the whole town!
There is one typical figure seen in nearly all Spanish nacimientos, even in churches, that I thought was not very appropriate so we didn't have one for years. Finally, when my daughter was in middle school, she went to the Plaza Mayor with my husband and they came home giggling slyly. I knew they finally bought "el cagón" who is usually hidden behind the stable. I won't tell you what he is doing, you'll just have to Google it! Don't be shocked. It is just a part of Spanish humor I don't quite understand. He is supposed to be a symbol of fertility, but I consider it quite naughty.
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That is the question that I'm often asked by successful clinic graduates wishing to help those closest to them achieve freedom from their deadly addiction to cigarettes. Unfortunately, there is no simple solution. Smokers are going to smoke until they are ready to quit. Pestering, threatening, insulting, destroying or hiding cigarettes all cause the smoker to feel resentful and usually result in higher consumption of cigarettes for spite. These are not the methods of choice.
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People giving up cigarettes need to know this natural evolutionary process of smoker to ex-smoker. When they encounter urges after the first two weeks, they are no longer experiencing physical withdrawal, rather they are responding to a psychological trigger. They are experiencing a new situation for the first time without a cigarette. The urge will pass and they will have learned how to face all future similar experiences as an ex-smoker, with no discomfort.
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Rihanna isn't the only one getting an alleged Chris Brown related beatdown.
R&B superstar Brown is being sued by a photographer who claims the "Run It" singer's bodygaurds got violent with him on a Los Angeles basketball court.
Brown and his bodyguards were working the boards at the LA Fitness courts in February when they were approached by the photographer, who attempted to snap pics of the crew shooting hoops.
The singer's posse "shook" the paparazzo with "incredible force," said the photographer who also claimed he fell down a flight of stairs after the entourage chased him.
He's preparing to press charges of assault and battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and premises liability for the incident, which happened just weeks after Brown allegedly banged up ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
Rosen is also suing the gym, claiming an employee blocked him from leaving.
"This is a specious and frivolous lawsuit by one of the paparazzi seeking publicity and a payday," Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, said in a statement. "He's done this before and lost. We will vigorously defend against this."
According to the Associated Press, a photog with the same name filed a nearly identical lawsuit against James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan in 2007 -- but it was dismissed.
Rihanna was left with a bruised face and swollen eyes after the Feb. 8 attack, which cops said started after Brown received a text message from another woman. Brown pleaded not guilty to assault charges on Rihanna earlier this month.
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Obama's dangerous new narrative
No contemporary American politician has benefited more from the power of good storytelling than Barack Obama. He vaulted from obscurity to the presidency on the power of narrative — invoking his biography and personal values to make a larger point about how he would lead the nation.
So presumably no one understands more vividly than Obama and his close aides just how toxic and potentially paralyzing his situation has become this spring, as four distinct ethical and policy controversies have simultaneously converged.
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Obama's critics now have a narrative — a way of connecting four discrete episodes to a larger point about this president's leadership style and values. In other words, they didn't merely happen on his watch but were in important ways caused by his watch.
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The narrative is personal. The uproars over alleged politicization of the IRS and far-reaching attempts to monitor journalists and their sources have not been linked directly to Obama. But it does not strain credulity to suggest that Obama's well-known intolerance for leaks, and his regular condemnations of conservative dark-money groups, could have filtered down to subordinates.
The narrative is ideological. For five years, this president has been making the case that a growing and activist government has good intentions and can carry these intentions out with competence. Conservatives have warned that government is dangerous, and even good intentions get bungled in the execution. In different ways, the IRS uproar, the Justice Department leak investigations, the Benghazi tragedy and the misleading attempts to explain it, and the growing problems with implementation of health care reform all bolster the conservative worldview.
( Also on POLITICO: Watchdog: IRS used 'inappropriate criteria')
To stain reputations, presidential controversies usually need some kind of powerful connection to the style and values of the person occupying the Oval Office. Watergate was not a random scandal — it flowed directly from President Richard M. Nixon's paranoia and contempt for law. No one who knew Bill Clinton in the decades before he became president would have been surprised that his second-term scandal involved weaknesses of the flesh. Under George W. Bush, the misjudgments at the outset of the Iraq War reflected an instinct for certitude and a disdain for dissenting views that started at the top.
In Obama's case, the narrative emerging from this tumultuous week goes something like this: None of these messes would have happened under a president less obsessed with politics, less insulated within his own White House and less trusting of government as an institution.
( Also on POLITICO: D.C. turns on Obama)
There is little doubt that Obama and Democrats would be making precisely this argument if the same set of controversies had descended on a Republican president. And the hope and expectation on the right is that the barrage of alarming headlines out of Washington will prompt Americans to make a top-to-bottom reassessment of what they thought they knew about their president.


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Talk:Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand
Raskolnic is an exceedingly insulting term. People get killed over it. It should never be used by truely Christ-like people.
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First off, the Patriarchal Diocese has the Serbian name 'EPARHIJA AUSTRALIJSKO-NOVOZELANDSKA', which translates as 'Diocese of Australia and New Zealand'. If it were 'in Australia and New Zealand', it would be 'EPARHIJA U AUSTRALIJI I NOVOM ZELANDU', which it isn't.
Furthermore, removal of Raskolnik and Schismatic serves to airbrush the facts: the 'free church' was a schismatic organisation created by a defrocked bishop. It WAS schismatic, and calling it something else merely legitimises it.
for further info on this, see the blog antiglupost [1]
- Regarding the name for the patriarchal diocese - no arguments.
- Regarding Free/Schismatic: I would think the term on this article should be to call it by its legal names, ie Free Serbian Orthodox..., perhaps with a small 'formerly schismatic' or something like that - raskolnic is improper simply because it's not an English word. The suitable place for discussing the merits and/or problems of the former diocese would be on its own article, which this article would link to, and would have (consistant with the whole idea of OW) both sides listed. An example of how this would work can be found on the SCCOCA article. — by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 23:18, May 20, 2006 (CDT)
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- Jenny
On the first Tuesday of the month, my family has a tradition of dressing up for dinner. I'm not talking about combing your hair here. Dresses with crinoline come out. My six-year-old puts on lipstick. At least one person teeters around dangerously in inappropriate shoes.
The food doesn't always live up to First Tuesdays, as they are known –- it might be pizza, it might be salmon again -- oh, but the fancy clothes come out of the closets in spades.
Once in a while during the week –- Tuesday, Sunday, whatever -– I feel I need to trot out the culinary equivalent of a vintage Helmut Lang dress. I like to let my kids understand what life might hold for them if they scrape their pennies. One day, far off in the future, when they are living in a dorm, they may realize that their mother is actually brilliant and that bagels for dinner actually suck and yes, there is a sense of pride that comes from cleaning off a nightstand, and get themselves to a proper restaurant.
Usually this sort of fancy-pants meal means extra effort. But in the case of the divine Poached Sole with Blood Orange Beurre Blanc it came to me almost as easily as roast chicken.
Let me start off by telling you that as per usual, I made this dish with John Dory, a white fish I prefer because my fishmonger always has it, and it is inexpensive, cooks quickly and has a low-mercury threat (as in fairness does sole). Do what suits you.
Our recipe writer, Furey and the Feast, who is the only person I've seen yet who proclaims in her food52 profile that 20 guests are the ideal number for a dinner party (20! Girl, I hope you have a big dishwasher and a late bedtime!), tells you to use chicken or vegetable stock as the base for this sauce. I went with vegetable, because I had some on hand from last week's soup blog, but I suggest you do the same as chicken might be a little heavy considering all the other goodies in this recipe.
You are doing a basic poaching sauce, with shallots and peppercorns tossed in, which will later become a savory, citrusy reduction thickened with good old fashioned butter, poured like a baby blanket over that thin little sliver of fish. While it is all reducing, whip up something nice –- I made a fennel, blood orange salad -– that will be the prom date this sole deserves on your table.
I set out cloth napkins. I lit a candle or two. I insisted that some form of manners be used. I am happy to report to you that there was ooohing. I think maybe ahhing too, but I couldn't hear over the 6-year-old telling the 11-year-old that she should pull her shirt up, which resulted in some sort of screaming and leaving the table. But only for like five minutes.
A few notes: strain out the peppercorns as you plate this, or you will have to do so at the table, which is sort of annoying. Watch that fish as it cooks -– you don't want to overcook it! I had only a pound and a half of fish, and while I used half the butter the recipe called for, I would up the proportions of all the liquid by a bit if you're using the full two pounds. Play something romantic. Speak of La Grenouille.
Poached Sole with Blood Orange Beurre Blanc
Serves 3 to 4
1. Combine stock, wine, blood orange and lemon juices, shallots and peppercorns in a 10-inch sauté pan over medium-low heat. (Use a smallish sauté pan so that poaching liquid covers most of the fish). Bring to a simmer.
2. With a spatula, lower fillets into poaching liquid and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until fish is opaque and flaky. Remove from liquid and set aside. Keep warm.
3. Increase heat to high and reduce poaching liquid to 1/4 cup, about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, one tablespoon at a time. Season to taste. Ladle sauce over fish and garnish with lemon or blood orange slices. Serve immediately.
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