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By Samantha L. Quigley
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2008 - A military child's education is one of many things a servicemember's injury or death in the line of duty could jeopardize.
To make sure that never happens, retired Air National Guard F-16 pilot and Iraq War veteran Maj. Dan Rooney created Oklahoma-based "Folds of Honor."
"Folds of Honor is dedicated to providing deserving families with tailored, effective, lasting change through education," said Jason Ohrenberger, the organization's senior vice president for future development. "[It] provides current- and future-use educational scholarships for spouses and children of military servicemembers killed or disabled in action in Iraq or Afghanistan."
For spouses, who in many cases become the primary breadwinner, these scholarships can help pave the road to a better job. It also can offer them peace of mind about paying for their children's college educations even if they're not ready to head off for college just yet.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and must include copies of the servicemember's discharge paperwork, certificate of death or disability or proof of prisoner-of-war or missing-in-action status, proof of dependency and a family photo, all in digital format. Newspaper clippings or official paperwork on the incident involving the servicemember also may be submitted.
To date, Folds of Honor has presented more than 200 scholarships totaling nearly $1.1 million. Partnerships with the Professional Golfers' Association of America, the U.S. Golf Association, TaylorMade Adidas Golf, and the Air National Guard have helped make that possible.
Folds of Honor is a new supporter of America Supports You, a Defense Department program connecting citizens and companies with servicemembers and their families serving at home and abroad. The organization's affiliation with the Defense Department program will help further its goals, Ohrenberger said.
"Deserving families need to know about Folds of Honor, its mission and the educational scholarships available to them and how they can apply," Ohrenberger said. "America Supports You's reputation and significant contact with prospective applicants will significantly advance the mission."
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|The Imprisonment Quilt
Perhaps the most historic quilt ever made in American History is the quilt made by a queen. A queen in American history? Well, once upon a time there was a Kingdom of Hawaii, with a beautiful palace more high tech than any in Europe or America. There were Kings and Princesses. They had a beautiful, peaceful island nation and political ties with the crowned heads of Asia and Europe. Queen Lili'uokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii was its last sovereign, and she was deposed and arrested and held as a prisoner at Iolani Palace for six months. During this time she made a famous Victorian style crazy quilt known as the "Imprisonment Quilt"
In 1893, when the ex-queen was implicated in the attempted counter revolution they imprisoned her in a corner room. She was unjustly arrested. Although the other rooms at Iolani Palace are opulent and well appointed, this one room contains only a bare metal bed and a chair. The windows are still furnished with the frosted glass installed to prevent her from looking out the window. It is spartan and definitely "not royal". The one wonderful feature of this room is the display of the famous quilt.
Queen Lili'uokalani was allowed to have one lady in waiting during her imprisonment, but she was not allowed to choose her companion. A woman was chosen every day to sit with her, and to help her pass the time the ladies would sew. She started with four small pieces of scrap material, and the other ladies would ask if they could add to the quilt. Over time hundreds of pieces of ribbons and cloth were put together in the quilt. It is covered with silk embroidery, of symbols of the Hawaiian Kingdom, names of supporters, the Queen's biography and even a family tree.
Queen Lili'uokalani
As a palace treasure, the quilt is displayed in the Imprisonment Room at Iolani Palace under Plexiglas. We were not allowed to photograph it during our tour of the palace, but I have a photograph of a poster that was on display in the Royal Barracks behind the palace. I was lucky enough to be on the tour with a distant cousin, who pointed out her great grandfather's name, Ernest Renkin, on one of the quilt squares. Her great grandmother was one of the ladies chosen to be a companion to the Queen during her imprisonment.
There are mysterious symbols embroidered in silk all over the quilt. These include a clock with its hands set at 8:27, a fork and knife, a turtle, a Chinese gentleman with a parasol, a key, a pair of pliers, symbols of Freemasonry, etc. Her brother, King Kalakua, and her husband, John Owen Dominis, my first cousin 4x removed, was a 33rd degree Mason. A small book, The Queen's Quilt, describes each square on the quilt, many of the names and symbols. This book is available through the Palace gift shop at http://www.iolanipalace.org/ or through bookstores and on-line at Amazon.com.
There is a second type of famous quilt in Hawaiian history. In 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown, the flag of the Kingdom was outlawed. Women began to sew quilts incorporating the old flag and other symbols of royalty. Scraps of the old flags were often used. Today they are valuable possessions known as "My Beloved Flag".
A Hawaiian woman displays her flag quilt
Quilting is a very popular hobby in Hawaii. The missionaries who arrived from New England in the 1820s taught quilting to the local women, and it spread in popularity. There are many quilt shops, exhibits, galleries and museums. The women of Hawaii have developed their own style of quilting, which is often using just one or two colors on a white background, usually stylized flowers and leaves. It is very distinctive and popular with tourists as locally made souvenirs; in full sized quilts, pot holders, bags and other smaller gifts.
For more information:
The Queen's Quilt, by Rhoda E. A. Hackler and Loretta G. H. Woodard, 2004, Friends of Iolani Palace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dl3boyzSsM A Hawaiian TV news story on the Imprisonment Quilt, and the story of one of the names on the quilt.
Note: Queen Lilioukalani married, my first cousin five generations removed, John Owen Dominis (1832 - 1891). His mother, Mary Lambert (Jones) (1803 - 1889) and my 4th great grandmother, Catherine Plummer (Jones) Younger (about 1799 - 1828) were sisters.
Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Treasure Chest Thursday - The Imprisonment Quilt", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 26, 2010, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/treasure-chest-thursday-imprisonment.html: accessed [access date]).


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In a tournament that includes a format in which each round pairs teams of two against one another and features two singles matches and one doubles match, Peters and Soleimany formed MIT's No. 4 team and was the only pair from a NEWMAC school to reach the semifinals in either the A or the B draw. The Engineers' pair opened with an 8-5 victory over a team from NEWMAC foe Babson. They continued with an 8-6 decision in their match against a team from Roger Williams before a team from Tufts defaulted to them. In the semifinals, they lost to an Amherst team 8-3 to give them a 3-1 record in the tournament.


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It was just a matter of time before the story of U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox, convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, was made into an original drama.
Enter "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere who will take on the role of the woman known by her tabloid moniker "Foxy Knoxy."
Deadline.com reports the story of the student convicted of brutally murdering her roommate is getting the Hollywood treatment for Lifetime and will air sometime in 2011.
Following an 11-month trial, and scores of lurid personal details revealed in the press, the photogenic Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison last December.
Her boyfriend and another man were also jailed for the killing of 21-year-old exchange student in the Italian town of Perugia.
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There is so much business advice that you can give small businessmen, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives. There are so many things to know and so many components to running a business. And they all have to come together or it won't work.
If businesses can't turn a profit, they will go at a business, and another business will take their place; that is the evolution of the free market. That's how it works, and those of the rules; but let me tell you about another rule; a rule of thumb which I use to tell all my franchisees before I retired from my franchising company.
If You Fail to Give Good Customer Service; Your Competition Will."
In fact, you can count on it. I'm not sure where I picked up that quote up along the way in my business reading, but it stuck with me because it's true. And because I believe in that so much, over the last two years I have written well over 100 articles on customer service for both small and large businesses.
You cannot trick a customer into thinking you are giving them good customer service, because customer service is in the mind of the consumer, not what you dictate it to be. In fact, the customer is free to choose, they can choose your products and services or your competition. If you fail to give them good service you've made a choice as well.
Basically; you just put on the sign on the door saying; "We don't welcome you, take your business somewhere else." And they will. It's as simple as that. I hope if you're an online article author and you provide content on customer service that you will consider this and explain the harsh reality to those businesses that think they can get by with shoddy service. Please consider all this.


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Update On Book Orders From St. Helen's Book Shop
As you may know, we've had a long standing relationship with the good folks at Oregon's own St. Helen's Book Shop. As an affiliate to the site, we've sent traffic their way and in turn, they stood as the only book store in the country that had a direct partnership with Chuck Palahniuk, whereby he would come in and not only sign all of their stock, but also accept personal inscriptions on book orders made through the St. Helen's site.
Unfortunately, St. Helen's had to close up shop in early December, and so around that time they ran their last big promotion on Palahniuk titles (read Lori's letter about the closing on their front page). Many of you ordered books around this time, hoping to get them in time for Christmas. But recently, I've heard from a few customers who have still not received their inscribed book orders nor have been able to get in touch with the people running the site. I don't personally work for St. Helen's so I can only offer my regret at this matter. But in order to get some sort of status on the situation, I emailed Chuck today and quickly heard back with this update:
Lori, who ran the store, has had a terrible time getting certain books. The hardcover of Fight Club was going back to press around Christmas, and it's taken weeks to fill the back orders of book stores.
If people ask, Lori has promised to bring me the books next Tuesday. I'll spend a few days inscribing them, and they should ship out at the end of next week.
Lori and I are both sorry about this turn of events. The idea that these were most likely Christmas presents makes everything worse. Feel free to post the text of this letter. Lori's honorable, and I'll make sure everything works out.
So there you have it. Chuck is personally on the task. Be patient and you should have your book soon. Also, for those asking about who will fill the void now that St. Helen's is gone, I would recommend Powell's, AbeBooks and of course, eBay. These are all sites where you can find signed Chuck Palahniuk books. For personal inscriptions, you'll just have to see Chuck during his next tour!


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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
The GMES system is a network for collecting and disseminating information concerning the environment and security obtained from monitoring the Earth from space and in-situ. This system will assist decision-making by public and private authorities in Europe and support research.
Communication from the Commission, of 10 November 2005 entitled: "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): from concept to reality." [COM(2005) 565 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is an initiative aimed at streamlining European activities and funds in the field of Earth observation. It will provide the public authorities, European researchers and businesses with reliable and independent information concerning the environment and security.
The GMES system has four key features. It will provide services to public policy makers and individuals, provide observations from space and in-situ (including airborne systems), and will be able to integrate data and manage information.
The system will aid the evaluation and implementation of European policies which have an impact on the environment, particularly as regards Europe's environmental commitments, agriculture, regional development, fisheries, transport, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), as well as other policies which affect European citizens such as border surveillance.
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An initial series of priority services will focus on land and marine monitoring and emergency services. These services will be based on research and development projects which broaden and boost existing measures. They will also, eventually, make it possible to gather and disseminate data regarding, in particular, the distribution of urban areas and areas protected under the Natura 2000 network, changes in the temperature and composition of seas and oceans, areas which pose a risk, for example to man-made constructions, as well as data regarding major natural or man-made disasters. These services should be operational by 2008.
Other services are planned to follow on from these initial ones. They will focus, among other things, on atmospheric pollution, humanitarian aid, the prevention of forest fires and floods as well as global changes. These services will be defined in relation to specific political priorities and criteria, such as economic and social advantages, their Europe-wide utility and the availability of the necessary monitoring tools.
Observation resources
The GMES system comprises observations of the Earth taken from space and observations on or in the sites themselves. Observation from space involves using existing satellites as well as preparing the next generation of satellites, particularly as part of the European Space Agency's GMES programme, with support from the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and as part of the Galileo system and the INSPIRE initiative (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe).
In situ observation involves, firstly, all the networks of sensors used on land, at sea, in other bodies of water and in the atmosphere to measure and provide a comprehensive description of the Earth system and, secondly, all the studies aimed at collecting socio-economic data, land-use data (including aerial photographs), geology, the state of the soil, biodiversity and other geographical data such as altitude, administrative borders, transport and public service networks, etc. This side of GMES is to be strengthened both at EU level and worldwide.
Pooling and disseminating information
The advantage of the GMES system lies in the fact that it pools data obtained from a variety of sources and presents them in a user-friendly format. A structured framework is therefore needed to incorporate and manage this data, i.e. a single network which will gradually integrate all the networks which are currently not interconnected.
This presents certain challenges, in particular in terms of increasing the interoperability of data acquisition systems, harmonising and promoting the standardisation of structures and data interfaces, removing political obstacles to the exchange of data, etc. The INSPIRE Directive is a key initiative in removing such obstacles.
Funding and regulating GMES
The basic infrastructures and technologies needed for the initial series of services will to start with be funded jointly by the EU and ESA. Eventually GMES services should be funded by users.
The funding strategy for GMES will draw on ESA's budget for the space component, the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes for Research, on resources pooled at Community, national and regional levels to fund the in-situ and data management components as responsibilities in these areas are fragmented, and on public-private partnerships.
The responsibilities will be spread between the EU (defining priorities), ESA (space component) and the Member States (coordination and implementation at local level). Furthermore, industry will also need to be involved in the actual implementation of GMES.
The management structure for GMES must be flexible and open-ended in order to adapt to the ongoing development of new services and the changing needs of users.
A large amount of data has already been collected and analysed, both at national and international levels. However, the coordination and provision of resources must be improved, particularly as regards streamlining requests for information, overall continuity, comparability and integration of the data obtained from space and in-situ, modelling activities and systems interoperability, easy and reasonably priced access to data, the provision of regular and reliable services, the dialogue between the actors involved in the information chain, safety aspects and sources of finance
The GMES system is the main European contribution to the implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The EU's participation in GEOSS will facilitate data exchange with international partners and encourage the use of Earth observation, as well as the development of a system of worldwide observation systems.
The GMES concept was initiated in 1998 and then endorsed by the Gothenburg European Council and the European Space Agency in 2001. The space component of GMES is a key part of the European Space Policy and its leading programme after Galileo.
GMES is a geostrategic instrument which will make the EU able to independently evaluate its actions in a reliable and timely manner.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 12 November 2008 "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): we care for a safer planet" [COM(2008) 748 final – Not published in the Official Journal]. The Commission proposes provisions relating to GMES funding, operational infrastructures and management, in order to achieve implementation of the project at a later stage. Pre-operational services were launched in 2008: marine and atmosphere services and land, emergency and security services. However, the Commission stresses that GMES services are not yet fully and permanently globally available. In order to do this, further investment is necessary.
While GMES services will trigger partnerships between the research and business community, and could in the long term be financed by the private sector, the Commission considers that GMES should remain primarily a public-driven programme, co-financed at European, intergovernmental and national levels. The financing needs will be subject to a detailed financial and budgetary analysis, led by the European Union. It also considers that European instruments in support of competitiveness and innovation should be deployed to stimulate the growth of the GMES downstream sector.
In addition, the Commission stresses the importance of the international dimension with regard to Earth observation and the necessity of exchanging observation data within the framework of cooperation schemes, and thereby sharing infrastructure costs with non-EU partners. It therefore proposes to establish an international cooperation strategy for GMES.
The Commission also notes that the implementation of GMES will necessitate the establishment of partnerships among the different players involved, under the leadership of the EU. It proposes to be responsible for the overall political coordination of the programme. Technical implementation should be entrusted to European entities which interact with public and private actors, in particular European agencies.
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) [Official Journal L 108, 24.4.2007]. The EU has established the INSPIRE infrastructure in order to facilitate the pooling of interoperable geographical and environmental information and to make this information available to interested parties via Internet sites.
Communication from the Commission, of 3 February 2004, entitled: "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): Establishing a GMES capacity by 2008 - (Action Plan (2004-2008))" [COM(2004) 65 final – Official Journal C 94, 23.4.2004].
Communication from the Commission, of 3 December 2003, entitled: "2003 Environment Policy Review - Consolidating the environmental pillar of sustainable development" [COM(2003) 745 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
White Paper of 11 November 2003 – Space: a new European frontier for an expanding Union - An action plan for implementing the European Space Policy [COM(2003) 673 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
Communication from the Commission, of 23 October 2001, entitled: "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) – Outline GMES EC Action Plan (Initial Period: 2001 – 2003) [COM(2001) 609 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
Further information can be found on the GMES website.
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When that little fur ball terror known as Abby Gail McKinley, our cairn terrier, was but a pup, I expressed consternation to our vet one day about her boundless supply of energy.
"Don't worry," he said, "when they get to be four years old they start to settle down."
Abby is now seven years old and has shown no sign of settling down. She is still the same terror she always was. (And we love her for it.) I can only conclude that she wasn't listening to the vet.
Some days our interns and supervisors seem to exhibit the same kind of listening skills.
After all, when you listen to the "experts" or the media, the message is that congregations are in big trouble, in decline, headed for hospice care, relics of the past. Gloom and doom, big time.
But when I listen to our interns and supervisors, I hear about the places where curtains are being washed for the first time in years and walls painted; where unprecedented numbers of baptisms are taking place; where a moribund women's ministry with three stalwart members who were convinced that nobody else in town was interested in women's ministry started up a new one and drew fifteen the first night; where buildings are being expanded and new members are being received. The stories I hear are about living, vital, active congregations. I hear about congregations making the remarkable discovery that the best days are not in the past, but in the future.
I do not always see the world through rose-colored glasses. I know that there are plenty of troubled congregations around, places where bitter conflict is the order of the day, places that have given up. I do not wish to deny that reality. But it is not the only reality. There are also plenty of good stories out there, and I appreciate the opportunity to hear them and on occasion to retell them.
So to all those interns and supervisors who haven't been listening I offer this advice: don't start.
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There are less than two months until Marvel Studios releases The Avengers into theaters and at this point, there's not too much more the studio and director Joss Whedon are willing to show in the marketing. We had The Avengers Super Bowl spot which won the attention from fans among all of the movie-related commercials during the big game, the latest trailer which debuted in 3D this weekend on prints of John Carter in theaters and an endless amount of fan-made trailers, including our own Avengers mashup.
While there's still uncertainty surrounding the villainous army featured in the film, even after a series of trailers, images of tie-in merchandise and TV commercials, we now at least have an idea of how long the film will be.
Collider had a chance to speak with Whedon at SXSW for The Cabin in the Woods premiere and like most interviews with the director of The Avengers, questions didn't always stay on topic and Whedon shared some info on how long we can expect to sit in theaters for Marvel's epic team-up flick.
"My first cut was three hours long and it's now down to 2 hours and 15 minutes, and I'm extremely proud of that. I had always intended to go over two, under two and a half. There was no way a movie with this many great actors and this much epic scope was gonna clock in under two and not feel a little anemic, somebody wasn't gonna get their moment if that happened. But at the same time, I get very angry that romantic comedies run over two hours long, it's like 'Guys, that's not okay.' More isn't more. I don't want anything in the movie that shouldn't be."
For comparison, Whedon says The Avengers is currently 135 minutes, a little longer than previous Marvel Studios films:
- Iron Man: 126 minutes
- The Incredible Hulk: 112 minutes
- Iron Man 2: 124 minutes
- Thor: 114 minutes
- Captain America: The first Avenger: 124 minutes
So, there's an extra 10 minutes there to re-intro the characters. As for the 45 minutes cut so far, Whedon explains it's content that he loves, stuff that would be great on TV where there's time for content to doesn't necessarily move the plot forward. So, will it show up on the home video releases?
"No [there won't be a director's cut on the DVD]. I… believe very strongly in putting the director's cut into the theaters. I believe that the director's cut is the best movie for the studio and the best version of the movie for the audience. I've never really been in a situation where I had to pull the beating heart out of something that I did. I think people get to see a lot of extraordinary extras because I did shoot a bunch of stuff that I love, but the movie is the movie I want it to be."
I would disagree with the best film for studio being synonymous with best film for the audience, but we can agree three hours is too long. When it comes to The Avengers it's safe to say fans would love to see all of the movie whether it be through an extended edition of the complete film or through deleted scenes. Don't be surprised to see re-releases of the Blu-rays which include it at some point in the future.
The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgard. It is of course written and directed by Joss Whedon, opening in theaters on May 4, 2012.
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MILAN - The Milan masters displayed their customary discipline, but it was the fresh perspectives of up-and-coming young designers that energized this round of Milan Fashion Week: Uma Wang's hauntingly fresh looks, Fausto Puglisi's vibrant edgy couture and Marco de Vincenzo's romantic optical illusions.
Milan designers - fierce defenders of their own creative independence - are finding common cause in backing newcomers: fresh energy also is good for the collective. Giorgio Armani lent his space to Italian-
Haitian designer Stella Jean and Dolce&Gabbana have given retail exposure to Puglisi, who hails from their beloved Sicily.
"It's the week of youth," Milan Fashion Chamber president Mario Boselli said ahead of Wang's show Monday, the last day of Milan Fashion Week. "Youth brings a certain energy."
Milan may have made its name with body-
hugging tailoring, but the main design language this round was more relaxed, about draping the body in soft materials that subtly reveal the shape.
Despite the predominance of the brassiere top, these were not vamped-up collections. It came in studded leather, ironic pop-art cartoon renderings, or luxurious python bandeaus, which were almost always veiled beneath sheer fabrics or worn beneath peek-a-boo tops that stood away from the body. A belt often defined the silhouette.
Silky chiffon and organza shimmered with metallic accents in Milan, often woven into the materials to create the effect of the summer sun reflecting off the water. The softness was also expressed through next season's palette of bleached pastels. Black, white and bold jewel tones also made appearances for contrast.
The fashion in Milan this season was very much a battle between minimalists and non-minimalists. While some designers hued to the clean lines, many employed ruffles, bustles and pleats for flair. And there was no shortage of sequins, beads or metallic studs.
And even the most feminine collections had sporty references: athletic stripes, visors, tube socks, jogging shorts, tank tops and trekking shoes. The 1950s swimsuit, ostensibly modest, left the poolside and headed for the street.
After several seasons of high-rise footwear, shoes came down to Earth. Most of the looks were sandals, and elaborately decorated trekking styles were also a favorite.
Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani not only summed up next summer's diaphanous look, he perfected it.
The designer, whose relaxed styles have caressed rather than grabbed the body for over three decades, used different lightweight fabrics to create shadowy layers for summer 2014. He also mixed silks and knits to create a pale shimmering effect.
As in many of the collections seen this round in Milan, Armani kept to a pastel palette for his delicate styles, with flashes of bright shades such as deep-sea blue and coral red. Tiny floral embroidery, always an Armani favorite, lent an even more feminine touch to the summer look.
By day the latest Armani style is a small jacket over a soft flared skirt, or a longer jacket matched with an extra short pants skirt. The Armani night is perfect for a luxury graduation ceremony, with oversized caps and flowing floral gowns.
Fausto Puglisi
Sicilian-born designer Fausto Puglisi's road to Milan fashion fame took him to America and back.
Puglisi has a long list of fashion patrons and inspirations: the late Gianni Versace, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Dolce&Gabbana, who put his creations in one of their boutiques and Anna Wintour, the artistic director of Vogue America who is providing important support.
For spring-summer 2014, Puglisi paired ladylike long skirts printed with California palm trees with masculine shirts, cinched at the waist by a wide leather belt. The shirt is often left open to reveal a black leather studded bra. The outfit could be captioned, "Grace Kelly checks out the dark side of the street."
The palm tree motif defines his collection throughout, showing up as dainty embroidery on a silk dress, or bold sequins on a leather biker jacket. The importance of the belt in Puglisi's collection was epitomized in skirts and jackets made entirely out of buckles and belts.
Pleats and ruffles, slits and crinolines, blacks and bright summer shades - many of his elements had an opposite as befitted his "not always a lady" theme.
Uma Wang
Like Venus emerging from the froth, Uma Wang's fashions for next season had a dewy freshness expressed through materials that undulate across and drape the frame.
The Shanghai-based Wang presented a series of pretty, wearable dresses during her Milan runway debut that revealed without exposing.
The disciplined collection for a metaphorical progression: Deep blue fabrics represented the ocean, then the palette moved to pebble brown, granite gray and finally black as waves crashed against the shore. The fabrics also shifted, from soft sheers and silks to more sculpted cotton, linen and viscose. A sheer black dress billowing over a long black sheath gave off a haunting presence.
With the sturdier textiles, Wang created dresses that stand away from the body.
Gianfranco Ferre's architectural style continues to survive him.
Design team Federico Piaggi and Stefano Citron's women's styles for next summer, presented Monday on the last day of Milan Fashion Week, had a structural look that adhered closely to the design language developed by Ferre, who died in 2007.
Concentric seams gave structure to the bust, the waist and hemlines, while layered pockets, shoulders or pleats gave a depth to the looks reminiscent of an Escher print. Hemlines varied from mini to floor-length, often in the same garment, with either a short skirt under a draped overlay, or short shorts exposed beneath a wide slit.


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Chocolate and Peanut Butter might be one of the world's best combinations. I know for some 'foodie types' that chocolate and raspberry, or chocolate and orange might be more sophisticated combinations, but for me it doesn't get better than PB & chocolate.
Peanut Butter Brownies are an obvious no-brainer. You can start with a standard boxed brownie mix, or make homemade brownies (like my truffle brownies), either way the addition of a peanut butter swirl is crazy good.
I've mentioned before that Mike is a purist of sorts when it comes to desserts - he prefers classic chocolate chip cookies vs. anything with oatmeal, raisins or PB, simple chocolate cake with butter cream frosting, and plain, 'chewy' (as he'd say...) brownies. So, I added the peanut butter swirl to half of the pan. You can do this if you are unsure if you'll like it... but I'm telling you, you will!
Notice Mike's taken care of the plain side already. I love this Gold Touch Non-stick Baking Pan from William Sonoma ($26). It is my official 'brownie pan'.


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Ladyfingers, like Oreo cookies and graham crackers, can easily be made from scratch at home (see my homemade Oreo cookies and homemade graham crackers for details on those cookies). From scratch ladyfingers will certainly be fresher than store-bought ones, and you probably already have the ingredients on hand (eggs, sugar, flour, and baking powder).
When you make homemade ladyfingers, you also get a chance to get creative! Why not try making man-toes or little babyfingers? For a Bachelorette party, you could try making and then eating some other body parts. ;) Or, if like me, you're thinking cupcakes, you can make your ladyfingers in cupcake tins so that they are all ready to be used in tiramisu cupcakes.
Notice how they aren't filled to the top so there is room for all of the
tiramisu goodness!
It's important to know that ladyfingers come in two varieties – the crunchy kind and the soft, sponge cake-like kind. The ladyfinger recipe that I am sharing here is for the soft kind. This is the kind that works best in tiramisu because it can better absorb all of the coffee/rum syrup.
I wouldn't recommend eating these ladyfingers on their own. Their flavor comes from whatever you soak them in. If you don't want to make tiramisu with them (I'm not sure why you wouldn't), you could also dunk the ladyfingers in chocolate milk or whipped cream or chocolate fondue. Feel free to share other ideas in the comments.
Ladyfinger Recipe
Update: If you are using this to make tiramisu cupcakes, either cut this recipe in half or double the tiramisu cupcake recipe.
This ladyfinger recipe is adapted ever so slightly from the ladyfinger recipe on Allrecipes.
- 4 eggs separated
- 2 tbsp + 2/3 C white sugar
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Line two 17 x 12 inch baking sheets with baking parchment. (Or, if you are going to use these for tiramisu cupcakes, line a 12 cupcake tin with cupcake liners.)
- Fit large pastry bag with a plain 1/2 inch round tube. If you don't have one, just cut off the end of a Ziploc bag.
- Place egg whites in a bowl and beat on high until soft peaks start to form.
- Slowly add 2 tablespoons of the sugar and continue beating until stiff and glossy.
- In another bowl, beat egg yolks and remaining sugar.
- Whip until thick and very pale in color.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
- Fold half the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture.
- Fold in flour, and then add the remaining egg whites.
- Transfer mixture to the pastry bag (or Ziploc bag) and pipe strips that look like ladyfingers (or whatever shape you'd like) onto the prepared baking sheet. Alternatively, evenly divide the batter between the cupcake liners. The cupcake liners will not be filled to the top (see the photo above).
- Bake for 8 minutes.


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White House to Honor Iraq War Veterans, Families
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"This dinner -- an expression of the nation's gratitude for the achievements and enormous sacrifices of the brave Americans who served in the Iraq War and of the families who supported them -- will include men and women in uniform from all ranks, services, states and backgrounds, representative of the many thousands of Americans who served in Iraq," the statement said.
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, welcomed the final group of U.S. troops home from Iraq on Dec. 20.
Dempsey today praised troops and their families for their service and sacrifice while serving in two operations during the Iraq War.
"We will be honored to be a part of 'A Nation's Gratitude' hosted by President and Mrs. Obama to recognize the significant contributions of the U.S. military and military families to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn," the chairman said in a Facebook post earlier today.
"These heroes and those they represent have sacrificed to defend our nation and provide the Iraqi people an opportunity for a peaceful and secure future," he continued. "I'm proud of their courage and appreciate this appropriate recognition of their service."
The White House has been working with military and civilian leaders across the Defense Department on this tribute, the statement said, and will release more details regarding the dinner as they become available.
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The Hippocratic Oath
Dr. William Palmer's cigar case with cigar, France, 1840-1855
The Hippocratic oath was introduced in ancient Greece as a guide to behaviour for new physicians. It was incorporated into medical practice in the Islamic Empire. Since then it has been forgotten, rediscovered, rewritten and reused.The Hippocratic oath was probably compiled by several authors following Hippocrates' philosophical principles.
Its most basic principle was that a doctor must always cure patients, but never harm them. It also discussed respecting teachers, passing medical knowledge to new generations and keeping patients' secrets. Many of these principles are still part of medical culture.
The return of the Hippocratic oath
The modern Hippocratic oath was used again in the 1940s, as a symbol of medical ethics. At the end of the Second World War, the world learned about Nazi atrocities committed on prisoners. Nazi scientists such as Josef Mengele used people in experiments to test the effects of radiation or high altitude and cold. Others gave untested vaccines to prisoners, then infected them with a deadly disease and counted how many survived. They claimed they were advancing medical knowledge.
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Look around you. It may seem that the Earth
is perfectly still. But the Earth's outer shell or surface is actually moving all the time.
The Earth's thin outer shell is broken into big pieces called tectonic plates. These plates fit together like a puzzle, but they're not stuck in one place. They are floating on the Earth's mantle, a really thick layer of hot flowing rock. The flow of the mantle causes the plates to move in different directions. When the edges of plates meet, four things can happen:
Even though plates move very slowly, their motion, called plate tectonics, has a huge impact on the Earth. Plate tectonics
form the oceans, continents, and mountains. It also helps us understand why and where events like earthquakes occur and volcanoes erupt.


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The biggest investment-grade bond loss in 14 months is bolstering Bank of America Corp.'s view that the unprecedented bull market in the notes is over. JPMorgan Chase & Co. disagrees.
With bonds of the most-creditworthy borrowers from the U.S. to Europe and Asia losing 0.8 percent in January, Bank of America strategist Hans Mikkelsen cut his forecast for investment-grade debt returns last week, saying a sustained shift away from notes will cause borrowing costs to soar. At JPMorgan, Eric Beinstein said he's skeptical bond losses will deepen because the biggest debt buyers are unlikely to switch to equities and central banks will keep supporting the market.
Debt strategists at the two biggest U.S. banks are coming into conflict after a 44 percent rally since 2008 left yields at a record-low 2.55 percent in December and the best start to a year for stocks in two decades added $2.6 trillion to their market value. JPMorgan anticipates more government stimulus that bolsters credit as the International Monetary Fund lowers its forecast for global growth.
"Despite concerns about a potential rotation out of credit, demand for investment-grade debt will continue to be supported," Greg Hall, managing director in debt capital markets at Barclays Plc in New York, wrote in an e-mail.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled Jan. 31 he isn't close to easing up on $85 billion in monthly bond purchases to spur the economy and bring down unemployment, which climbed last month to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in November and December.
Corporate bond sales of all ratings surged 86 percent last month to $419.5 billion, the busiest January on record, as borrowers sought to lock in borrowing costs that climbed from record lows.
The extra yield investors demand to hold the bonds rather than government debentures ended last week at 214 basis points, or 2.14 percentage points, after reaching 205 on Jan. 28, the least since May 2011 on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Corporate & High Yield index.
A disorderly rotation causing borrowing costs to soar "is the biggest risk to investment grade this year and the one we are getting increasingly concerned about," strategists led by Mikkelsen said in a Jan. 28 report. "We now consider it most likely that total returns will fall short of our low 1.6 percent target."
Beinstein's team, in a Feb. 1 note, wrote "spreads will modestly tighten over time" and "a meaningful spread selloff is unlikely despite the low returns in high-grade credit year- to-date."
Elsewhere in credit markets, the cost of protecting corporate debt from default in the U.S. rose, with the Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, which investors use to hedge against losses or to speculate on creditworthiness, climbing 2.9 basis points to a mid-price of 89 basis points at 11:07 a.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg.
The gauge typically rises as investor confidence deteriorates and falls as it improves. Credit-default swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
The U.S. two-year interest-rate swap spread, a measure of debt market stress, increased 0.5 basis point to 16.5 basis points as of 11:07 a.m. in New York. The gauge widens when investors seek the perceived safety of government securities and narrows when they favor assets such as company debentures.
Bonds of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America are the most actively traded dollar-denominated corporate securities by dealers today, accounting for 5.1 percent of the volume of dealer trades of $1 million or more at 11:09 a.m. in New York, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Investment-grade bonds globally declined the most last month since November 2011, when they lost 1.9 percent, and followed a return of 10.8 percent in 2012, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Corporate index. The MSCI World Index gained 5 percent, the most since October 2011 and the best January since 1994.
"The pressure, especially if we're looking at an economic rebound, is that rates are going to go higher and spreads have little room to offset some of the rising rate impacts," Thomas Chow, a money manager at Delaware Investments in Philadelphia with about $170 billion under management, said in a telephone interview. "That's why we saw a negative return in January and we're probably going to see instances going forward of that."
Investors have been tempering their enthusiasm for bonds, putting $21.3 billion into debt funds in January, about one- third the $57.8 billion they poured into stock funds, according to EPFR Global data. That follows an unprecedented $493.5 billion of flows into bonds globally last year.
The iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund, the exchange-traded fund that owns $24.3 billion of securities, recorded an outflow of 6.3 million shares in January, equal to about $748.1 million, Bloomberg data show. That's the biggest monthly redemption of shares for the fund since December 2010.
For Mikkelsen, bonds' performance now looks worse than he would have expected, the strategist said.
If the 10-year Treasury yield rises to 2.5 percent by the end of June, "the rotation starts because performance is going to look really bad," he said.
Treasury 10-year note yields climbed 7 basis points last week to 2.02 percent, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader data. They reached 2.04 percent, the highest since April 13.
Facing sustained losses, investors may pull their money out of mutual funds that invest in bonds, creating forced sellers, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists led by Stephen Antczak in New York.
After "powerful" one-way inflows for several years, bond investors may find themselves in "uncharted waters" if the trend reverses, credit strategists led by Edward Marrinan at RBS Securities in Stamford, Connecticut, wrote in a Feb. 1 report.
The IMF cut its global growth forecast to 3.5 percent this year, down from a 3.6 percent forecast in October, the Washington-based agency said Jan. 23. It now projects a second year of contraction in the euro region as progress in battling Europe's debt crisis fails to produce an economic recovery.
The Fed has held its benchmark interest rate at zero to 0.25 percent since December 2008 in an effort to boost economic growth and cut the jobless rate following the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Policy makers who provided forecasts in December were "approximately evenly divided" between those who said it would be appropriate to end the purchases around mid-2013 and those who favored a later date, Fed minutes said.
Effects from the government's bond purchases are big enough to offset a rotation by individual investors, the JPMorgan strategists wrote. The biggest investment-grade bond buyers, including pension funds and insurance companies, are generally not big buyers of stocks because of risk management and regulatory concerns, they said.
"We do not believe a shift of funds from high-grade credit to equity is underway, or is likely," according to the report.


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Here is a very informative video that will give you a basic understanding of pond aeration:
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Here is a very informative video that will give you a basic understanding of pond aeration:
To purchase aeration equipment you can also visit: http://www.livingwateraeration.com
Оver the last decade, ponds have gained popularity as an important component of gardens, and this has led to a higher demand for new, effective techniques for maintenance of ponds. Since ponds are expensive to construct, prolonging their life is very economical. Оne simple and effective way of doing this is through installing pond aerators.
Pond aeration simply involves adding oxygen to the water in your pond. Maintaining sufficient amounts of dissolved oxygen ─ a very important parameter of water quality ─ in your pond helps in breaking down of decaying vegetation and other substances that provide nutrients . This process is usually carried out by microbes found either at the water or soil interface and proceeds several centimeters deep into the soil.
The decomposition of organic materials in the pond can occur aerobically or anaerobically. Aerobic decomposition occurs when there's a continuous oxygen supply and proceeds rapidly as the concentrations of dissolved oxygen near saturation levels.Generally, the rate of anaerobic decomposition is less rapid than aerobic breakdown, and end products include organic compounds like alcohols and organic.
Decomposition in anaerobic environments is slower and incomplete compared to aerobic environments where the end product of decomposition is mainly carbon dioxide. This means that when we facilitate decomposition of organic matter in the pond by adding oxygen with aeration, there will be fewer nutrients available for excessive growth of aquatic plants as well as algae blooms.
Sometimes nature may offer adequate amounts of dissolved oxygen through rain, wind, splashing of water from a waterfall or a stream, and by photosynthesis which is carried out by the aquatic vegetation within your pond. But as nutrients are added to your pond from sources like runoff, grass clippings and leaves from the nearby trees, the demand for oxygen in the water increases. Added to the fact that water holds less amounts of dissolved oxygen in summer and its demand increases during this time, its clear why things like algae blooms, fish kills, build up of stagnant vegetation and foul odors are common during that time of the year.
Pond aeration can help nature provide the amounts of oxygen required in your pond and therefore help prolong its life. Іt will increase the dissolved oxygen concentrations and help balance the normal biological processes in the pond system. Aeration can also help to move water in all low circulation areas ─ that otherwise would have excess algae growth─ and facilitate mixing of chemical, if necessary to apply them, in the entire pond .In other words , pond aeration offers a way to clean up a stagnant pond and improve the quality of water for irrigation purposes.


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Pottery & Porcelain Marks – Words & Initials – E: Erdmann Schlegelmilch is one of the many RS Prussia companies founded by a member of the Schlegelmilch family. Other marks beginning with an "E" are here. For more information on "R.S." marks, see the "R" section.
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Gundersen glass was made at the Gundersen-Pairpoint Glass Works of New Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1952 to 1957. Gundersen Peachblow is especially famous. Gundersen-Pairpont succeeded both the Pairpont Corporation (1900-1938) and the Gundersen Glass Works (1939-1952).
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Sellers sits as Dodgers work Uribe into infield mix
LOS ANGELES -- Shortstop Justin Sellers, who made a pair of costly throwing errors in Tuesday's 3-0 loss to the Giants, was not in the Dodgers' lineup for Wednesday's series finale.
Luis Cruz started at short, moving over from third base. Juan Uribe got the start at third.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said the lineup change was not a direct result of Sellers' poor defensive showing Tuesday.
"It's all the same. It was a part of what we're doing already," Mattingly said of the shortstop situation.
In the seventh inning of Tuesday's loss, Sellers made two errors that helped the Giants break a scoreless tie. His errant throw to first base allowed Joaquin Arias to reach safely. Arias later scored.
Sellers was off on a throw home later in the frame, an error that provided another run for San Francisco. Mattingly said after the game Sellers should have taken the out at first base rather than throwing home to try to get an out at the plate.
"When I came in Donnie told me I wasn't starting because he wanted to keep Uribe in the mix," Sellers said Wednesday. "He told me it wasn't about yesterday and not to worry about yesterday. I got yesterday out of the way."
Sellers started the first two games of the season with Hanley Ramirez sidelined by a torn ligament in his right thumb. The club likes Sellers for his defense, but he's struggled at the plate and is 0-for-6 with two strikeouts.
Sellers said he spent 35 minutes on Wednesday working on his swing with hitting coaches Mark McGwire and John Valentin.
"I've got to try and get right at the plate," Sellers said. "But I haven't lost confidence."
Mattingly hasn't lost confidence in Sellers either.
"He'll be back out there," the manager said.