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Eighteen-year-old Leanna and her 17-year-old sister, Erica, made headlines when, after dancing at a strip club, they were arrested for theft, falsification of ID and child endangerment stemming from Erica's underage topless dancing — and they say the media reports about that night are false and ruining their lives. The teens sit down with Dr. Phil to set the record straight. Their father, Don, says his daughters have a history of lying, and he doesn't fully believe their accounts of what occurred on the night of their arrest. What does he think really happened? And, did he know his daughters were working at a strip club? Leanna and Erica's older sister, Shannon, and grandmother, Doris, weigh in on the girls' choices. Can they help Leanna and Erica realize the consequences of their actions? Then, Jennifer and Robert say their 18-year-old daughter's false allegations of abuse caused their community to turn against them. They say Tiffany told police, family and friends that they've hit her and left bruise marks, kicked her in public and even locked her in a dog kennel. Tiffany admits to the lies and secretly audiotaping her mother — but why did she do this? With Dr. Phil's help, can this family rebuild their trust?
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Sneaky SistersErica, 17, was recently arrested and charged with theft and falsification of ID after a night of topless dancing with her 18-year-old sister, Leanna. "I lied about my age to get the job, and I used an ID that wasn't mine," Erica confesses. She denies stealing anything.
"I was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child endangerment," Leanna says. "I was very angry that I was arrested because they thought I stole boots," she adds. She says she was held in jail for four hours, while Erica sat in the waiting room. "I think it's ridiculous." She says she did not convince her sister to strip at the club with her. "She knew that we were going there and asked to tag along, and her decisions are her decisions."
Leanna says she had been stripping for less than one month, and Erica says the night of her arrest was her second night of topless dancing at the club. Both sisters say their dad, Don, did not know they were stripping. "I just didn't want my father to know because I knew it would break his heart," Leanna says.
Duped Dad?"I would have stopped it, had I known," Don says of his two youngest daughters' stripping. "It's every father's nightmare that this would happen. I was livid when I found out."
Don says Leanna and Erica have a problem with lying. "It's gotten to the point now where they can look me straight in my face and just lie," he says. "They've gotten pretty good at it." He says he believes his daughters are still lying about some of the details surrounding their arrest. He also says that they've tried alcohol and marijuana and that they've been known to shoplift. "Instead of asking me for [clothing], they just go and lift them out of the store," he says.
Don says he's at his wits' end and has lost control of his daughters. "My biggest fear is that my daughters could end up hurt or dead someplace."
"Quit breaking the law — then they don't judge you," he adds. "If [stripping] is what you want to do, then I would really ask why you don't require more of yourself than that," he tells the girls. He then offers Leanna and Erica professional help and support within their community to help get their lives back on track. "You can start by being honest with your father," he tells the sisters. "You've got one person in this world who loves you, and puts your interests ahead of his own, and would lie down in the street to save your life. Do not disrespect and dishonor him with lies."
UpdateLeanna was found guilty of curfew and child endangerment. She was ordered to pay a fine.
Tiffany's TalesJennifer says her daughter, Tiffany, has always had a problem with lying. She says Tiffany told her principal, police, a social worker, friends and other parents that Jennifer and her husband, Robert, have physically abused her at least five times. "Tiffany has claimed that we put her in a dog kennel, my husband has bit her, I've thrown an iron at her, I've thrown her down the stairs, we took her into the basement and beat her with baseball bats," Jennifer explains. "Tiffany showed her principal pictures of bruises that supposedly came from us."
"The truth is that the bruises on Tiffany's legs came from cheerleading," Robert explains. "I've never spanked her. I've never laid my hands on my daughter."
"These were horrible, sick, malicious lies that were not true," Jennifer says. "I believe 100 percent that Tiffany enjoyed the power that she received. That just fueled the fire, and she didn't know how to stop it." She says that during the course of Tiffany's lies, the teen left the house and lived with another family for eight months. "I begged her several times to come home," Jennifer says. "If I could talk to my daughter, without any fear of retribution, I would look her in the face and say, 'Shame on you. That is not how we raised you.'"
Tiffany admits to the lies and secretly audiotaping her mother — but why did she do this?
"You seem to have a need for drama," Dr. Phil tells Tiffany. He asks if she needs help unraveling her current situation, and she says yes. He then asks if she needs help in her relationship with her mother, and she again says yes. "Wouldn't it be terrible if you were sabotaging the one person who would be the proudest of everything you ever accomplished?"
He offers to provide help and tells the family, "It's time to fix this."


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Fit. It's a word that means many things in English, from ascertaining one's sporting readiness, to asserting attractiveness. Neither of these things particularly apply to the Samsung Galaxy Fit, leaving us wondering exactly where the enrty-level smartphone fits in.
With the feature phone market basically flushed, Samsung has filled a number of positions with Android smartphones in the Galaxy range - the Gio, Fit, Ace and Mini all fall into a sort of non-distinct category, with similar specs across the board.
It's certainly compact, so it will fit into your pocket, measuring 110.2 x 61.2 x 12.6mm and weighing 108g. It's constructed from plastics, and nicely curved, but has a finish befitting it's entry-level status. The back plate's ridged finish feels a little cheap but it seems solid enough in the hand.
The display offers you 3.31 inches of screen space, but with a resolution of 240 x 320, it's amongst the lowest resolutions you'll find on an Android phone - for example, the screen is a lower resolution than the QWERTY HTC ChaCha, and that's half an inch smaller. As a result, the pixel density is only 120ppi from the 4:3 aspect display.
The controls follow the Samsung norms, offering you a central home button and touch controls for menu and back. A long press on the home button brings up the recently used apps, along with a link to the task manager; a long press on the menu button brings up search. A 3.5mm headphone jack and Micro-USB (with tatty sliding door) find themselves on the top, with volume and power/standby occupying adjacent positions on the left- and right-hand sides.
Beauty is more than skin deep
Power the phone on and you are greeted by Android 2.2.1 (at the time of writing) sitting under Samsung's TouchWiz UI. Samsung's touch on Android is fairly light, but in the case of this level of device, there is little that Samsung add to the native Android experience. By the same measure there isn't essentially anything wrong with the interface. It is reasonably smooth to navigate and leaves you with plenty of options for customisation.
You can add and remove homepages and rearrange them, as well as adding your choice of widgets and shortcuts or changing the wallpaper to make the phone your own. All your basic Android features swing into place, with contacts, Gmail, calendars and Google Maps all behaving as they should.
Outside of these core offerings, Samsung have included QuickOffice for viewing your documents on the go, but given the low resolution of the display, you can never really see that much of a doc without lots of zooming. That's a theme that essentially rules the phone experience.
The keyboard is Samsung's standard offering, which is a little basic, but they do bundle Swype pre-installed. This makes it much easier to enter text once you've familiarised yourself with the system, which shouldn't take long. The touch response is actually pretty good and we can't really say that we've had a problem with text entry, even if navigation is noticeably slower than higher-spec devices.
The browser is capable enough, serving up your favourite websites, but you'll need to do a lot of zooming to be able to read anything. We also found that text reflowing wasn't especially useful on the Galaxy Fit, so more often than not you'll find that you'll be zooming and swiping to get though all but the most basic websites. Despite running Android 2.2, the Galaxy Fit also won't run Adobe Flash Player, so you don't get to view those websites or services that are Flash-based, such as BBC iPlayer.
Media support is on the light side given the constrained specs of the Samsung Galaxy Fit, so you'll be able to play low resolution standard definition video, but the run of supported file formats isn't great. That's not too much of an issue on this level of device, which is limited by the screen experience anyway.
On the music front you'll find the music player is pretty much standard and there is an FM radio too. To use the radio you'll need to connect your headphones. The audio quality isn't particularly good and we found that even with good quality headphones, the sound quality overall wasn't as impressive or engrossing as other devices. A small external speaker does an adequate job, with best results coming when the phone is placed down on a table or flat surface.
Fit for what?
Internally you'll find a Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset, clocked at 600MHz, which is the same as you'll find in a number of other entry- and mid-range devices. Memory is on the low side and you only get 160MB of internal memory to play with, although there is a microSD card slot which will allow you to expand up to 32GB. A 2GB card is bundled in the box.
The user experience is reasonable, but constantly hampered by the low resolution of the screen which we keep coming back to. It doesn't perform especially well outdoors either, suffering from reflections and lacking the brightness to really shine out in sunlight.
Around the back of the Samsung Galaxy Fit you'll find a 5-megapixel camera. It is autofocus, although a little slow to determine focus and snap off the shot. There is little in the way of fun about it, a couple of shooting options, but nothing to pick up the current trend of retro shooting or digital styling you'll find in some other phones.
The camera results aren't actually too bad, adequate for casual snapping of shots for sharing, but suffering the usual problems with high contrast or bright scenes. You can't really judge the quality on the device either, again, because of the screen.
Video capture is a reserved 320 x 240 resolution, which is only really good for playback on the device or for sharing with others to view on their device, as it now falls well below the accepted norm for online video, and below the level of some similarly affordable phones. The video capture is fixed focus, so close-ups won't be in focus. It does have a nice pause function, so you can easily string together scenes with minimal hassle.
Call quality we found to be acceptable and had no problems making or receiving calls on the Samsung Galaxy Fit. The battery life, however, was a little less than we expected. The phone struggles to make it through the day with regular use, so if you're going to be away from a charger for any length of time, make sure you take power saving measures like turning down the screen brightness and limiting your use of the GPS or Wi-Fi.
What's impressive about the Samsung Galaxy Fit is that you get a full range of smartphone functionality in an affordable package. It is cheap, but you might find you prefer something like the INQ Cloud Touch or the Orange San Francisco, which both have distinct strengths over the Galaxy Fit and are also very affordable.
Although basic functionality works well, the Samsung Galaxy Fit is let down by the screen, both in terms of the resolution and the reflective finish, so it's well worth looking around before parting with your cash.


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He said "There's a body I'm trying to find
If I carry it out it'll bring a good prize"
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.
Is it really true that ISIS, the 'radical islamist terrorist group' trying to take over Iraq named themselves after the Bob Dylan tune?
Must be a tribal thing.
Well.....of course it is.
Syria wasn't going down fast enough. Go through Iraq, destroy it even further and then on to Damascus?
Turkey is in on it. Obama says US and International help may be on the way.
What? Iran is not going to allow this in their backyard? Revolutionary Guards to the rescue? US airstrikes to support Iranian Revolutionary Guard's offensive in Iraq?
ISIS mercenaries gather for a photo op....."Baghdad is going to be overrun. The Green Zone is going down."
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Adolf Hitler's top henchman has been dug up after Nazi-loving creeps made his gravesite a mecca for hate.
Rudolf Hess' bones were exhumed on Wednesday, while the rest of the remains were cremated and then scattered at sea, the BBC reports. His grave stone, reading "I have dared," was taken down.
Each year on the anniversary of deputy Nazi leader's death--Hess hanged himself in prison at age 93 in 1987, according to The Associated Press--neo-Nazis would try to stage a march to the cemetery and lay floral wreaths at his tomb stone.
Until the gatherings were banned in 2005, German paper Der Spiegel reports that hundreds and even thousands would come together at the site. As soon as the neo-Nazi meetings were banned, the church that owned the land refused to renew Hess' family's lease.
According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hess flew to Scotland in May 1941, hoping to make peace between German and Britain but was immediately arrested. BBC reports the fuhrer then denounced him over the apparently unauthorized mission.
Hess' granddaughter sued against the decision, according to German paper Sueddeuthsche Zeitung, but the she was eventually convinced to drop the case.
Selected Reading: BBC, Der Spiegel, NPR


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New York Fashion Week opens with new fall trend: Freedom
From delicate purple skirts to thigh-high boots in lizard, New York Fashion Week opened Thursday with an anything goes vibe for fall.
"The trend is freedom," said Max Azria, who sent embroidered tunics, fur outerwear and delicate lingerie-style underpinnings down his runway on the first of eight days of previews.
Richard Chai focused on women's metallic military jackets and slim, ladylike purple skirt suits with man-tailored shirts underneath. Men shared the runway dressed in plaid suits and lean overcoats.
In addition to seasonal greens, berry tones and regal blues popped up on catwalks set up at Lincoln Center and around the city.
Tadashi Shoji was moved by an ice princess just right for a messy weather forecast of blizzard-like snow as Fashion Week headed into the weekend.
Shoji's muse was based on the notion of "exiled mobility" in looks that moved through the Russian Empire and the eventual fall of imperial rule. In shades of white and navy, she traveled from St. Petersburg in long, loose dresses with cascading backs and to Siberia and more peasant styles, including pouffy sleeves and pleated skirts.
For the Chicago-based designers behind Creatures of the Wind, there was a less intricate and more masculine look from seasons past with big, boxy jackets and a palette of black, brown, gray, navy and ivory. A splash of bright orange added color and a pattern of "broken geometry" a bit more interest.
Models on the runway of Kenneth Cole Productions were likely hoping to go home with his shearling coats, quilted puffer jackets and hearty boots. The show marked his return to the runway after a seven-year hiatus.
It's early in the designer previews for editors, stylists, retailers and bloggers, but there seems to be a utilitarian vibe emerging - maybe a commentary that shoppers want clothes that offer function combined with fashion.
More than 100 shows are planned through Feb. 14 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week drawing editors, retailers, stylists and bloggers. The hordes shift to London, Milan and Paris after that.
Azria and his design partner, wife Lubov Azria, were inspired by Istanbul's architecture and the Gypsies of southern Europe.
Printed boxy shift dresses were worn over fluid lingerie-like underpinnings. Long vests - both fur and cashmere - topped cozy crewnecks. There were more layers, with leather leggings or lizard thigh-high boots that appeared to peek out from the hemlines of dresses and sweaters.
"It sounds a little crazy, but it's also a little bit hippie. It's different than what we've been doing," Max Azria said backstage.
Why the change for fall from more structured styles the two went with for spring?
"My wife likes it all. She likes the colors, the prints, the textures. She likes to see a melange," he said.
Chai put on a little edge, but he kept his collection neat and trim.
He is among a few designers to include men and women on the same runway. Though they walked one by one, the crowd surely could envision couples: She in a metallic, military jacket and pencil skirt, he in a plaid suit.
Chai used emerald and the dustier, more botanical Linden greens that Pantone Inc., which provides color services to most of the fashion industry, put on its Top 10 list of the season.
The designer featured a lovely shade of light purple - a little unusual for fall - on a textured jacquard with a lacelike effect for a pencil skirt and matching peplum top. A man-tailored shirt underneath added a modernity and utility that Chai is developing as signatures.
Christina Ricci watched in an embellished blue top by Chai paired with black pants.
"I have some of his clothes in my closet," she said. "I'm kind of a uniform girl. I wear jeans and tank tops a lot."
Shoji'js frosty muse was dressed in high-neck washed keyhole gowns decorated in lace, then made a quick change into a white neoprene capelet with navy metallic lace and a flouncy white-and-navy gown underneath.
A red tulle-and-lace gown with black beaded cutouts also seemed special.
Fabrics were heavy and embellishments rich.
Some of the looks seemed a little costumey, but the opulence worked for the black-tie show-stoppers and an ivory gown with a pearl-encrusted bodice that would be an out-of-the-box - and fabulous - choice for a super-luxe winter wedding.
Just last season, Chris Peters and Shane Gabier were focusing on intricate couture techniques.
Their more masculine looks for fall also included a broad double-lapel jacket in black kidskin, ivory vinyl and olive wool worn over a black cotton and ivory vinyl shirt and a houndstooth plaid trouser in black and yellow.
A coat of navy and black wool and black vinyl was paired with a navy wool twill trouser.
A more feminine and pretty look came in a dress with a black kidskin top and a jacquard bottom in "broken geometry" of bright blue, green and olive.
The two designers have risen fast in the fashion world. Vogue editor Anna Wintour sat across the room from model-actress Dree Hemingway, Mariel's daughter and the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway.
Gabier and Peters say one of their chief inspirations this season was the Memphis movement, an Italian design collaborative from the 1980s that specialized in colorful furniture, fabrics and other objects.
An opening video beamed on multiple walls in a vast Chelsea basement acknowledged that much has changed in the world since Cole last showed during Fashion Week - and how important social media is to the industry.
These days, it's more important that the audience "like" something rather than love it, Cole said.
Chances of both are pretty good. His collection, dubbed "Urban Liberation," offered a lot of mixed textures, from perforated leather to cozy knits (and a few futuristic metallic touches thrown in, in a classic autumnal palette of bottle green, burgundy, black and gray.
The prints were mostly cityscapes, one printed on the back yoke of a tunic top that was a pleasant surprise when the model rounded the corner of the catwalk.


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daneswood needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 85 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Simple logo required for a fruit, vegetable and salad wholesaler selling excess organic and non-organic stock to retail outlets.
Fresh Produce Net
Desired Color Scheme:
Two shades of green for the text element- a fresh green and darker, olive green. Open to suggestion about the graphic element
Desired Style:
Needs to be fun and simple. Organic, fresh, natural
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
Fresh Produce Net is a new venture which will offer fresh produce from suppliers and growers who have excess stock and wish to sell it on at a discount to normal prices. In order to facilitate this, the company require a logo which reflects the 'fresh' and 'produce' aspect. Â
The logo will need to be in vector format so that it can be used for print and online.
The company logo should use two shades of green - a fresh green and an olive green. Logo should contain text (Fresh Produce Net)and a graphic which relates to fruit, vegetables and/or salads.Â
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And now, a love note to Mr. Blogspot...
Dear Mr. Blogspot,
You've been good to me. I've been delighted with the ease, the SEO and especially your analytics. Merci. But I need something a little more robust for what I've got planned on the road ahead. It's kind of a big deal. I'm so excited I could pee!
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PS. The day I left Rome, I was so sad that my barista made me this special coffee. And so, I give it to you, dear Blogspot. It's been real.


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My wife provides me a list whenever she wants me to go shopping. This wasn't always the case. As a matter of fact, when I first started asking for shopping lists, it was met with a lot of resentment. "Why can't you just remember?" she would ask.
I could happily go the rest of my life without ever hearing that phrase again.
I would constantly get the passive-aggressive sighs and rolling of eyes when I inevitably forgot something that she asked me to get. That did little for my self-image and confidence. This was, of course, before my diagnosis of ADD.
I thrive on structure and consistency. I fade when faced with ambiguity and chaos.
I flourish with lists and schedules. I wither with vague plans and fuzzy goals.
Putting me on auto-pilot is the same as telling me to go kill some time.
If I'm doing my own thing then schedules and lists can fall by the way-side, but if someone… if anyone wants me to do something for them, I will need more than just some nebulous notion cast my way. When you have ADD or ADHD it's not that you can't tackle tasks on your own, it's that you attempt to tackle every task on your own. That's why a filter of which way to go first is extremely helpful.
Can I get an "Amen?"


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Made in Summit: Bomber Industries: Snowboard bindings made in Silverthorne
Name of business or product: Bomber Industries.
Date business or product was launched: 1993.
What goods do you make here in Summit County? How much do they cost? Hard boot snowboard and splitboard bindings and snowboard plate systems, $189 to $489.
What's great about making your products here? We can prototype something and test it on snow the same day.
What's new with your company or product? We have a new snowboard plate, and we are launching a new website completely devoted to boardercross.
Why do you think it's important for people in Summit County to buy locally made goods? It keeps money local, helps businesses to grow here and helps the overall economy of the county.
How can people find out more about your products? Visit http://www.bomberonline.com or http://www.bomberbx.com, or stop by 129 W. 10th St. behind the Grease Monkey.
Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil.
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Whether Santa brought you a new Kindle Fire HD or your old one just needs the dust blown off, holiday down time is the perfect chance to side-load several of Google's apps onto your Amazon tablet without rooting the device. As you may know, the Kindle Fire tablets do not come with the standard suite of Google applications made available to other Android tablets. That can be a bit of a bummer for users who are particularly attached to their Google apps.
Reddit user InnerManRaptor came forward to save the day, posting a step-by-step account on how to side-load Google apps onto the Kindle Fire HD. It includes fiddling with the Kindle's settings to make side-loading possible, then downloading the APK (Android Package File) files onto your desktop and carefully transferring them over to the device. The APK includes Currents, Maps, Street View, Google Talk, YouTube, and Gmail, though not all the apps work perfectly. While YouTube, Gmail, and Currents work well, Google Maps cannot pinpoint the Kindle Fire HD's location from Wi-Fi as it would on a standard Android device. Additionally, these apps are not the same versions featured with the latest iterations of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Still, if you ache for the ability to access your Google accounts on your Kindle tablet device, this is a worthy middle-ground without having to trade in the tablet for a Nexus device.
More information about side-loading Google applications on to a Kindle Fire HD is available in the intrepid XDA Developers forums. If you're also interested in Google Play functionality on your Kindle Fire HD, the folks at Android Authority have a helpful how-to on tweaking the System folder in order to get the Play store working on the 7-inch Fire.
Disclaimer: As always, use caution before downloading files from an unknown source.


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After going for monthly facials at Nu Reflections Face & Body Clinic and making a conscientious effort in looking after my skin, I'm starting to see visible improvement. The Eternal Youth Facials have been most pampering and moisturising for the skin, and helpful in tackling aging concerns. I still get mistaken for being early twenties or mid twenties and I believe I should credit that to part maintenance and part genetics.
This month, I got to try a new facial treatment, called the Aqua Facetherapy facial.


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Morning MarketBeat: Investors Worry Less, Rejoice More
Pre-Market Brief:
MARKET SNAP: At 5:46 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.5%. Treasury yields higher. Nymex up at $94.14; gold down 0.2% at $1,605.55. In Europe, FTSE 100 up 0.7%, DAX up 1.4% and CAC 40 up 1.6%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 up 1.7% and Hang Seng up 0.6%.
Overnight action: Cyprus gets new bailout deal; Spain brings pain to investors; Sinopec reaches $3 billion asset deal.
Watch for: March Dallas Fed manufacturing survey (10:30 a.m. Eastern Time). Apollo Group, Dollar General, Focus Media, Gordmans Stores, JA Solar and Sonic are among companies scheduled to report quarterly results.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.
The Breakfast Briefing
Investors have learned how to cope with bad news much better than they used to.
Volatility in the stock market has vastly subsided in recent months, even as ominous headlines continue to linger. That newfound calm was evident last week when U.S. stock markets barely blinked despite a renewed flare-up in Europe's debt crisis, WSJ's Jonathan Cheng and Kaitlyn Kiernan reported today.
Tensions in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and its future in the euro zone prompted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to drop all of 2 points last week, illustrating how investors showed prudence as opposed to a sell-first-and-ask-questions-later mentality.
Late Sunday night, Cyprus and its international creditors hammered out details of a potential deal that would preserve the country's place in the euro zone. Asian stocks rose on the news.
The early-morning agreement (it seems like nothing ever happens before midnight) to wind up one of Cyprus's two big banks and restructure the other left financial markets modestly pleased. In morning trading, most European bourses were in the green—France the strongest, up 1.6%—and the euro strengthen against the dollar to $1.3012. Government bonds in Spain and Italy, as well as stock markets there, also improved.
"Those betting a last-minute deal would be worked out, essentially saying 'whatever' and saw no reason to adjust portfolios or take out insurance, have been proven for now correct," Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, told clients Sunday night.
In the U.S., the S&P 500 has risen 24% since the beginning of 2012 and sits less than 1% from its all-time high. Over the same time frame, the CBOE's Volatility Index, or the VIX, has slumped 42%, with much of that decline taking place over the past nine months. Dubbed the market's fear gauge, the VIX finished Friday at 13.57, which is well below the 25.8 reading it averaged from 2008 through 2012. Earlier this month it was below 12. The record low is 9.31, which occurred on Dec. 22, 1993.
The fact that markets have become less fearful can be traced to renewed confidence in the global economic recovery and, perhaps more importantly, increased faith that major central banks will stick to their easy-money policies for the foreseeable future.
At last week's Fed meeting, most officials said they don't expect to raise interest rates until 2015. That's the main reason more investors are starting to think this sense of calm that has engulfed the market could be the beginning of a sustainable pattern rather than a fleeting trend.
Of course, risks still remain. Earnings growth has slowed, the U.S. economy isn't growing as fast as many economists would like and Europe is still a mess.
But if last week is any indication, it's going to take something far more exogenous to shock the markets than the current list of woes.
Morning MarketBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 2002, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Afghanistan, killing as many as 1,000 people and injuring several hundred more.
–By Steven Russolillo
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Stocks to Watch
Investors are likely to keep a close watch on BlackBerry Monday in the wake of its steep drop following the launch of its Z10 smartphone.
BlackBerry shares closed down almost 8% on Friday after Z10's debut in the U.S. failed to generate the same sort of excitement as Apple's iPhone and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy.
Dollar General is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 90 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. "We think DG is well positioned for strong top-line growth, albeit with some margin pressure from traffic-driving initiatives, including tobacco. We also think the stock deserves a higher valuation," Patrick McKeever, an analyst at MKM Partners, said in a note.
Apollo Group is projected to post second-quarter earnings of 19 cents a share. The stock of the for-profit educator is down over 19% for the year to date.
Overnight Headlines (Links)
Abreast of the Market: Investors Are Finding New Calm In Crises: "Volatility in U.S. markets has dropped off noticeably as investors see less need to run for the exits at the first hint of bad news."
Trading Clamps Spur Lobby Effort: "High-speed trading firms and exchanges are being forced into the lobbying game by taxes on trades in Europe, proposals for similar levies in the U.S. and beefed-up regulatory scrutiny."
Fund Directors Are Feeling the Heat: "The SEC case against six former directors of Morgan Keegan is making waves across the mutual-fund industry."
Michael Dell Finds His Deal, And Job, In Cross Hairs: "Michael Dell's plan to gain greater control of his company and take it private began to backfire, as rival bidders for the computer maker floated competing offers that, if accepted, could leave him out of a job."
Heard on the Street: For Dell, It's Nice to Be Wanted: "It's sometimes better to be the subject of a bidding war than a combatant."
Ahead of the Tape: Apollo Deserves a Better Grade: "Shareholders of Apollo Group are treating it as if it were on double-secret probation, but shares of the for-profit education company are a potential bargain, writes Spencer Jakab."
Crop Potential Softens Cotton Rally: "Cotton traders are pulling back from a recent rally, concerned that a U.S. government report slated for release this week will show that farmers are planning to plant more of the crop than has been expected this spring."


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Over at Boing Boing, you can read weekly installments of the new Elfquest story, which began in the 1970s and continues today as perky as it ever was. Why is this comic so amazing? Rob Beschizza explains that it has something to do with Elf orgies and Cthulhu. Also, aliens.
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Chris' Camera Bag
A Photo Web log by Chris Young
Sometimes I think I'm getting to be a pretty good naturalist.
Then I drive a couple of hours outside my home range and have to start learning all the new plants and animals I run across.
The top photo shows a box turtle at Meramec State Park in Missouri (about an hour southeast of St. Louis).
The Missouri Dept. of Conservation Website says one can find ornate box turtles and three-toed box turtles in the Show-Me State.
The box turtle looked at first glance to be an eastern box turtle, but since I was west of the Mississippi I have to conclude it is an ornate.
The picture below is of an ornate box turtle photographed at the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area last summer.
Notice the straight, narrow yellow markings.
The third photo is of a three-toed box turtle seen in a different part of Meramec State Park.


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Mars500 video diary no. 1 - tour the facilities with Diego Urbina
In this first video diary from the Mars500 crew, Diego Urbina takes us on tour inside the Mars500 facilities - see how the crew are living and working for the next 17 months in isolation.
The Mars500 crew sent multi-language greetings to life scientists meeting in Trieste this week at ESA's Life Sciences Symposium


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Topic: China Unicom
Pre-paid Chinese iPhone could see 10M sales a year
01/29/2010, 01:01 pm
Despite a slow start, Apple's smartphone presence in China could grow to 5 million iPhone sales per year -- and could even double that if the company were to offer a lower cost prepaid model.
Apple focuses more on brand quality, less on sales in China
01/26/2010, 12:01 pm
While initial iPhone sales have not had a blockbuster start in China, Apple executives said this week they don't mind -- for them, it's all about building the Apple brand for the long haul.
Apple wins Chinese iPhone trademark, Google Nexus One compared
01/04/2010, 04:01 pm
Apple has obtained the trademark for "i-phone" from a Chinese company that applied for ownership of the name in 2004, and a hands-on with Google's Nexus One phone concludes it isn't an "iPhone killer."
O2 says iPhone strained London network as China sales top 300K
12/29/2009, 08:12 am
U.S.-based AT&T isn't the only wireless carrier to see its network come under heavy strain due to the popularity of the iPhone. Meanwhile, Apple's official provider for the handset in China this week reportedly reached the 300,000 unit sales mark.
Chinese iPhone sales reach 100,000, overcome Apple's slow start
12/10/2009, 08:12 am
Despite only selling 5,000 handsets at launch in late October, Apple's iPhone has since sold at a steady pace, moving 100,000 devices since its debut.
China's largest e-commerce site sells 5 iPhones in 2 weeks
12/03/2009, 10:12 am
Just five official China Unicom iPhones have been reported sold through Taobao.com, the eBay of China, in its first two weeks of availability on the Web site.
China Unicom expects 10% of 3G users on iPhone in 3 years
11/20/2009, 11:11 am
Despite a slow sales start, Apple's wireless carrier in China has high expectations for the iPhone, with the company anticipating the handset will carry 10 percent of China's 3G users within three years.
iPhone approved in South Korea; China Mobile talks continue
11/18/2009, 07:11 am
Apple is set to launch the iPhone in South Korea this month after earning approval from the nation's telecommunications director Wednesday; and talks with carrier China Mobile remain ongoing.
Apple's iPhone App Store takes off in China
11/17/2009, 08:11 am
Despite a slow start in official handset sales, the iPhone has found success in China with customers flocking to the App Store, even with the device's lack of Wi-Fi.
Despite disappointing China debut, iPhone's 2010 predicted to be strong
11/03/2009, 12:11 pm
With only 5,000 new iPhone customers signed up at launch, Apple's official debut in China has been viewed as a disappointment. But one Wall Street analyst still believes the handset will still sell 36 million globally in 2010.
China Unicom gains 5,000 iPhone subscribers from launch
11/03/2009, 07:11 am
China Unicom announced Tuesday that its brand new 3G network had already signed up more than a million subscribers, but only 5,000 iPhone customers since the device launched last week.
Apple's iPhone sees tepid sales debut in China
11/02/2009, 11:11 am
Hundreds of people showed up for the iPhone launch party in Beijing last week, but the handset failed to sell out in many Chinese stores.
Apple's iPhone hits China with high price, without Wi-Fi
10/30/2009, 07:10 am
The iPhone saw its formal debut in China Friday on carrier China Unicom, with the Wi-Fi-less hardware sold via 2,000 stores at a starting price of 4,999 yuan, or $730.
Apple's iPhone abroad: Orange UK to sell; China debut in October
09/28/2009, 07:09 am
When O2's exclusive contract for the iPhone expires this year, Orange will also offer the handset in the U.K.; and China Unicom will offer Apple's iPhone for $732.50 on October 1.
Apple creates worldwide NAND flash shortage; China Mobile deal
09/14/2009, 09:09 am
Apple's iPhone and iPods use so much NAND flash memory that there is a worldwide dearth of memory chips; and negotiations with China Mobile for the iPhone are ongoing.
Following Apple, RIM hopes to grow its presence in China
09/03/2009, 01:09 pm
As Apple's iPhone prepares for its debut in China later this year, competing handset maker Research in Motion is also pushing for its BlackBerry line to expand to 3G in the nation of over one billion.
With China Unicom deal official, Apple turns to China Mobile
09/01/2009, 11:09 am
When Apple's iPhone enters the Chinese cell phone market later this year in a non-exclusive deal with China Unicom, it could only be the beginning, as the handset maker reportedly already has its sights set on another carrier.
China Unicom, Apple iPhone deal is non-exclusive agreement
08/31/2009, 07:08 am
On the heels of last week's announcement that Apple's iPhone would become available in China late this year, the company has confirmed its agreement with China Unicom is not exclusive to the carrier.
It's official: Apple, China Unicom strike 3-year deal
08/28/2009, 07:08 am
Following weeks of speculation and false reports, Apple and China Unicom have finally hurdled the Great Wall for a three-year deal to sell the iPhone.
China Unicom, Apple deal could be announced Friday - report
08/27/2009, 03:08 pm
The on again, off again rumors of an imminent iPhone launch for carrier China Unicom are back once more, this time with reports suggesting talks between Apple and the Chinese provider are nearing an end.


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There are moments in life when you realize that the one thing you've been looking for has been right in front of you all along. For Mary Lynn and Dave Mannon, that something happened to be a spacious 1930s home in an idyllic neighborhood of Houston.
They'd lived across the street from the house for years and were in dire need of more space for their family of four, but the thought of purchasing the house didn't even occur to Mary Lynn when she found out her neighbors were moving. "I came home and told Dave how sad I was to hear they were leaving," says Mary Lynn. "He said, 'We're moving!'?"
Months later, they were happily ensconced in their new home. And though Mary Lynn loved the home's interiors and initially changed little, with two more children (Bo, now 13, and Mary Louise, 9, who joined Seth and Connor, now 20 and 19, respectively) came the realization that a renovation was in order.
"The house was decorated beautifully—painted in these wonderful dark colors," says Mary Lynn. "In the beginning, I really didn't want to change a thing, but once the kids got older we decided we needed to rethink things. This is a large house—5,200 square feet—and we live in every bit of it! With two teenagers and two young children, we simply needed to change the way the house flowed."
They enlisted architect Kirby Mears and interior designer Eleanor Cummings to lead the renovation. Most all the improvements and additions were kid-oriented, Mears says. "The Mannons were most interested in making this a great house for kids," the architect explains. The existing small sunroom on one end of the house gave way to a new two-story addition, with an enlarged sunroom-family room on the first level and children's bedrooms and baths above.
Another addition on the back of the house links the former family room (now a casual dining area Mary Lynn simply calls the "round-table" room) with a new outdoor grill area, TV/game room, and garage on the first level. Above is a new master suite that gives Mary Lynn and Dave a quiet place to call their own.
Mears incorporated French doors and tall windows throughout, capturing natural light and opening the house to the outdoor landscape, including a renovated swimming pool in back.
As for the decor—elegant yet welcoming was Cummings's charge. "Mary Lynn and Dave didn't want anything over the top," she says. "The palette is muted; the rooms are balanced and uncluttered. Nothing is too precious or fancy. They don't live that way."
The living room sets the home's rustic-yet-refined tone. Long and lean, it is left uninterrupted by area rugs for the sake of simplicity. Cummings introduced a mix of materials to provide balance. Clean-lined linen sofas and reclaimed oak floors lend a provocative contrast to the fanciful silk curtains. A weathered mirror and a patinated console offset the room's otherwise sleek characteristics.
In the adjoining sunroom-family room, the needlepoint palette comes to life—its greiges and blues evolving into a comfortable space for gatherings. A mix of upholstered pieces in leather and linen dance around the room's jewel-toned centerpiece—a tufted ottoman covered in cut velvet. Proof that furniture can, indeed, age gracefully.
Large enough to house an entire varsity wrestling team, the round-table room is what Mary Lynn terms "a home run." The room evolved after Cummings dropped by and found the three boys and their sister crammed around a small breakfast room banquette they'd obviously outgrown.
Taking on multiple personalities depending on the job at hand, the space serves as library, dining room, study hall, and art studio.
"We spend a lot of time here," says Mary Lynn. "You'll find gift wrap, study guides, books, a violin, hockey sticks, cards. It's just a great place to gather, and it can be many different things. And our dinners here last for hours. I guess there's just something about a round table."
It could also be the room's serene palette and open furniture plan. Anchored by a large Belgian bluestone table, the room is otherwise sparsely furnished. Accentuating the less-is-more design philosophy is a palette dominated by simple bleached pine used on the floors and ceilings, as well as on cabinets surrounding the fireplace. The result is a Belgian-inspired Zen zone.
Having had its heart-of-the-house status usurped, the kitchen is free to concentrate on its culinary duties. While it's pint-sized compared to other rooms in the house, Mary Lynn wouldn't have it any other way.
An extra-wide travertine-topped counter separates the kitchen from the updated breakfast room. Anchored with a tufted banquette upholstered in spill-proof plastic linen, it's a room meant for the hands of children. A pale gray palette paired with bleached pine-paneled ceilings proves that kid-friendly and refined design don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Separated from the breakfast room by antique sliding doors, the dining room is arguably the home's most formal space. Italian with silver gilding, the doors were a savvy space-saving solution, replacing a swinging door that monopolized floor space needed for the farm table and dining chairs. But while the room may be stately, comfort is still king in this home.
"The room is sophisticated but cozy," says Cummings. "The dining chairs are generous and comfortable. They're covered in hemp on the back and cotton on the front. The fabrics and the clean lines of the farm table balance the more stately antiques in the room. And the doors are quite fancy but beat up a bit. It all balances out."
"It's simple," says Mary Lynn. "Uncluttered. It's light and airy and not filled with lots of little things. It sums up what I love about this house. It's casual but elegant and doesn't take itself too seriously. It reflects who we are and what we like. It's the perfect backdrop for our life."
Photography: Fran Brennan
Produced by Helen Thompson
Architect: Kirby Mears, Murphy Mears Architects, 1973 W. Gray, Suite 13, Houston, TX 77019; 713/529-9933, murphymears.com.
Interior designer: Eleanor Cummings, Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 2726 Bissonnet, #240-215, Houston, TX 77005; 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
BEFORE Living Room
The original living room.
AFTER Living Room
In the living room, clean-lined custom linen sofas balance fanciful silk curtains from Rogers & Goffigon. Original to the house, the broad fireplace mantel commands attention.
Sofas (custom); coffee table (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Sofa fabric ("Basket Linen"/Flax): Peter Fasano Ltd., 413/528-6872, peterfasano.com.
Pillows (antique, Fortuny): B. Viz Design, 318/766-4950, bviz.com.
Mantel: original to house.
Art over mantel (Pairs flea market): owner's collection.
Sconces (antique): Kay O'Toole Antiques, 713/523-1921, kayotooleantiques.com. Wall paint (custom): ceiling and trim paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Drapery ("Panache"/Crest #92917-08): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068.
Needlepoint chairs (flea-market find); table between chairs; ottoman: owner's collection.
Living Room
By the windows, two small-scale needlepoint chairs discovered at a Paris flea market may not be physically imposing, but they certainly pack a punch—and were the impetus for the home's palette. "These chairs just called to us," says Mary Lynn. "When we found them, we didn't know where they were going to go, but we knew we had to have them. The colors are so beautiful and easy on the eyes. They set the tone for the house."
Living Room Details
One of the needlepoint chairs plucked from a Paris flea market that inspired the home's soothing palette.
Living Room Details
A beautiful olive leather chair blends harmoniously beside a grand wooden cabinet housing mint-colored vases.
Tall cabinet: Brian Stringer Antiques, 713/524-7872.
Vases in cabinet: Brown, 713/522-2151.
French leather chair by cabinet: Kay O'Toole Antiques, 713/523-1921, kayotooleantiques.com.
Dining Room
To create a more formal dining room, designer Eleanor Cummings incorporated antiques and vintage pieces throughout the space. The French mirror above the console is from Tara Shaw Antiques. Fabric on dining chairs is from Fabricut.
Drapery ("Byzantine"/Manuel #92922-04): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068.
Table (antique): Neal & Co., 713/956-7100.
Dining chairs: Kay O'Toole Antiques, 713/523-1921, kayotooleantiques.com.
Chair fabric ("Avalanche" #3514502): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, fabricut.com.
Chandelier (antique): Area, 713/668-1668.
Sconces (Paris flea market): owner's collection.
Console (French): Watkins Culver Antiques & Design, 713/529-0597, watkinsculver.com.
Mirror (antique, French): Tara Shaw, 713/533-9744, tarashaw.com.
Wall paint (custom); ceiling and trim paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Flooring (reclaimed white oak/custom color): Murphy Mears Architects, 713/529-9933, murphymears.com.
Dining Room Entryway
To save space, old painted doors from Watkins Culver Antiques were installed on rollers.
Antique doors on roller: Watkins Culver Antiques & Design, 713/529-0597, watkinsculver.com.
Dining Room Details
A collection of glasses sits on top of a French console in the dining room.
BEFORE Kitchen & Breakfast Room
The kitchen before the Mannons' renovation.
AFTER Breakfast Room
A tufted banquette adds a sleek silhouette in the kitchen. Plastic-linen upholstery is from Great Plains. The table is from Crate & Barrel.
Table (discontinued): Crate & Barrel, 800/996-9960, crateandbarrel.com.
Banquette (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Banquette fabric ("Marrakesh"/Blue Smoke, by Great Plains): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com.
Stool: Found For the Home, 713/522-9191, foundforthehome.com.
Chandelier: owner's collection.
Drapery fabric ("Peasant Cloth"/Dove #AA4): de Le Cuona, 212/702-0800, delecuona.co.uk.
Art: owner's collection.
AFTER Kitchen
Homeowner Mary Lynn Mannon loves the kitchen's cozy floor plan. "I don't want to be running circles around a big island," she laughs.
Cabinetry: custom.
Hardware: Rocky Mountain Hardware, 888/788-2013, rockymountainhardware.com.
Drapery (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Silhouette above window shade: owner's collection.
Sink (by Shaw); faucet (Rohl): Rohl, 800/777-9762, rohlhome.com.
Chair (Empire Collection): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, restorationhardware.com.
Range: Viking, 888/845-4641, vikingrange.com.
Oven hood: custom.
Rug runner: owner's collection.
Light over kitchen sink (antique): Brown, 713/522-2151.
BEFORE Round-table Room
The space before there was reason to call it by its current name.
AFTER Round-table Room
This versatile space multitasks as study hall, crafts area, dining room, and all-around hub for the family. The Belgian bluestone table is from Watkins Culver Antiques. Dining chairs are covered in contrasting upholstery from Edelman Leather and Peter Fasano through George Cameron Nash.
Table (Belgian bluestone): Watkins Culver Antiques & Design, 713/529-0597, watkinsculver.com.
Chairs (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Chair fabric ("Brulee"/Wheat #BR06): Edelman Leather, 800/886-8339, edelmanleather.com.
Antique chair: W. Gardner Ltd., 713/521-1027.
Chair fabric ("Artisan Linen"/Bison): Peter Fasano Ltd., 413/528-6872, peterfasano.com.
Belgian wicker chair and ottoman: Thompson & Hanson, 713/622-6973, thompsonhanson.com.
Pillow on wicker chair (remnant from rug); rug by wicker chair (Oushak): Carol Piper Rugs, 713/524-2442, carolpiperrugs.com.
Antique doors: Chateau Domingue, 713/961-3444, chateaudomingue.com.
Chandelier (antique): Brown, 713/522-2151.
Mantel and cupboards: original to house.
Basket for firewood: Area, 713/668-1668.
Art over mantel: Round Top (Texas) Antique Show.
Wall paint (custom): ceiling paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Family Room
Comfort is key in the family room. A plush French leather chair is inviting after a big dinner. A velvet ottoman doubles as a coffee table.
Sofa (custom); ottoman (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Sofa fabric ("Liaigre Linen"): David Sutherland Showroom, 713/961-7886, davidsutherlandshowroom.com.
Pillows on sofa ("Flair"/Cielo #6011-43): Dedar, 800/493-2209, dedar.com.
Ottoman fabric ("Lido"/Mallard #2020/4): Rose Tarlow-Melrose House, 323/651-2202, rosetarlow.com.
Leather chairs (French): owner's collection.
Chair fabric ("Supple Suede"/Moss): GH Leather, 713/670-9800.
Small table: Mecox Gardens, 713/355-2100, mecoxgardens.com.
French buffet: Joyce Horn Antiques, 713/688-0507, joycehornantiques.com.
Art photography (by Charles Grogg): John Cleary Gallery, 713/524-5070, johnclearygallery.com.
Wall paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Daughter's Bedroom
Poster bed: owner's collection.
Painted ("French Lilac" #1403): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Sheets; lavender duvet and pillow shams: John Robshaw Textiles, 212/594-6006, johonrobshaw.com. Available through Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Purple-patterned pillow: Area, 713/668-1668.
Wallpaper ("Peony" #BP 2309): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121. farrow-ball.com.
Carpet (seagrass): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Bedside table ("Parsons Table"): West Elm, 866/428-6468, westelm.com.
Table lamps (by Philippe Starck): through Sunset Settings, 713/522-7661.
Chandelier: owner's collection.
Settee: Round Top (Texas) Antique Show.
Settee fabric (Ninove"/Flax #1652): Pindler & Pindler, 805/531-9090, pindler.com. Fuchsia pillows ("Caribe"/Azalea #51690): Schumacher, 800/523-1200, fschumacher.com.
Oval-backed chair ("Vintage French Round Upholstered Side Chair"/Sand): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, restoration hardware.com.
Plantation shutters: Shade Shoppe, 713/623-0750.
Ceiling and trim paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Photograph (by Mary Lynn Mannon): owner's collection.
BEFORE Master Bedroom
Prior to renovation.
AFTER Master Bedroom
Designer Cummings incorporated clever architectural details and a quiet color scheme to create the Mannons' tranquil master bedroom.
Headboard (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Headboard fabric ("Texture"/Beige #0980): Calvin Fabrics, 888/732-1996, calvinfabrics.com.
Bedskirt fabric (by Sferra); duvet ("Francesca," by Sferra); quilted coverlet (discontinued); sheets ("Francesca," by Sferra): Indulge Décor, 713/888-0181, indulgedecor.com.
Tufted chair (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Chair fabric ("Delphinia"/Papaw #910045-06): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068. French iron table with marble top: Skelton St. John, 713/524-1990.
Zinc lamps: W. Gardner Ltd., 713/521-1027.
Zinc bedside table: Peck & Co., 866/217-5200, peckandcompany.com.
Swing-arm lamps ("Hudson" #TOB2204, by Thomas O'Brien): Circa Lighting, 877/762-2323, circalighting.com.
Wall paint (custom); ceiling paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Carpet (custom): Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries, 713/528-2666.
Art: Round Top (Texas) Antique Show.
Chandelier (Paris flea market): owner's collection.
Master Bedroom Details
The antique door surround between the bedroom and bath is from Kay O'Toole Antiques.
Door surround (antique): Kay O'Toole Antiques, 713/523-1921, kayotooleantiques.com.
Master Bedroom
Charming shuttered windows set high up in the rafters illuminate the serene space. The vintage chandelier was found in a Parisian flea market.
Master Bedroom
A clean color palette invites natural sunlight in the master bath. An impressive antique lantern hangs from the lofty ceiling. Marble subway tile is from Walker Zanger.
Lantern (antique): Kay O'Toole Antiques, 713/523-1921, kayotooleantiques.com. Tub: Waterworks, 800/899-6757, waterworks.com.
Tub faucets (discontinued): Waterworks, 800/899-6757, waterworks.com.
Sconces ("Vendome Single Sconce" #TOB2007, by Thomas O'Brien): Circa Lighting, 877/762-2323, circalighting.com.
Vanity: custom.
Vanity sink; vanity faucet: Kohler, 800/456-4537, kohler.com.
Mirrors (custom): Eleanor Cummings Interior Design, 281/924-3787, eleanorcummings.com.
Paint (custom): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Vanity countertop (Carrara marble): Sweeney Marble, 713/227-4069.
Subway tile ("Small Brick marble"): Walker Zanger, 713/880-8999, walkerzanger.com.
Photograph (by Mary Lynn Mannon): owner's collection.
BEFORE Pool Area
Prior to renovation.
AFTER Pool Area
Mary Lynn and daughter Mary Louise read by the pool outside the sunroom-family room. The old sunroom was replaced with a two-level addition that includes a larger sunroom plus a covered porch. Architect Kirby Mears included French doors in several rooms facing the renovated pool, vastly improving the home's indoor-outdoor connections and taking advantage of pool views. The redesigned swimming pool includes a hot tub and a bubbling fountain at one end. Chairs are from Thompson+Hanson.
Chairs; side table: Thompson & Hanson, 713/622-6973, thompsonhanson.com.
Lanterns: Peck & Co., 866/217-5200, peckandcompany.com.
Fan: Hunter, 888/831-1326, hunterfan.com.
BEFORE Exterior
The entire house was addressed in the renovation.
AFTER Exterior
The brick was painted a subtle "chameleon" (green-brown-gray) hue that complements the new slate roof in a blend of color tones.
Stunning Remodel
For more remodeling ideas, take a look at this Chicago residence that used to be a stable. Really. It's a Stunning Remodel.


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|Bubba Watson during practice at the Presidents Cup.
Designed by Alister MacKenzie, the man who teamed with Bobby Jones to create Augusta National and who also designed Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne has stood the test of time since it opened in 1931. On Friday the famed layout was even more treacherous due to winds that gusted up to 40 m.p.h.
"It's carnage on a golf course like this today," said Adam Scott of the International team. "Thank goodness it's match play and we weren't actually counting our strokes. It's a great golf course when it can play fairly in conditions like this."
I watched a portion of the Golf Channel telecast on Thursday night. Those Royal Melbourne greens looked impossible to me. I find it hard to believe that Matt Kuchar was able to make five birdies on his own ball. Kuchar teamed with Steve Stricker to beat Robert Allenby and Y.E. Yang 4 and 3.
Tiger Woods, this time partnering with Dustin Johnson, was on the losing end for the second straight day. Jason Day and Aaron Baddeley beat the Americans 1 up.
Play on Saturday will include five foursomes matches in the morning and five fourball matches in the afternoon. Sitting out the morning matches are Stricker and Nick Watney of the U.S. team and Yang and K.T. Kim of the International team. All four are required to play during the afternoon session.
Saturday Morning Foursomes
Match 1: Robert Allenby/Geoff Ogilvy (I) vs. Bubba Watson/Webb Simpson (US)
Match 2: Ernie Els/Ryo Ishikawa (I) vs. Bill Haas/Matt Kuchar (US)
Match 3: Retief Goosen/Charl Schwartzel (I) vs. Hunter Mahan/David Toms (US)
Match 4: Adam Scott/K.J. Choi (I) vs. Tiger Woods/Dustin Johnson (US)
Match 5: Aaron Baddeley/Jason Day (I) vs. Jim Furyk/Phil Mickelson (US)
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Greetings AnJ Nation!
My internet is intermittent at best so am going to post just the dialogue for now...it's an OMG day!
Jesse and a couple cops enter Chandler mansion....
Jesse: It's clear. I want you to cover this floor first, be careful.
Jesse: I've got a body in the living room, shot in the back.
Jesse: Looks like the shot came from the terrace. Police! Don't move! Officer: He's got a gun
[Gunshots] fired by Jesse
[Breaking glass] onto the terrace
Jesse: Go, go, go. (directs officers to go back inside)
Opal: Don't shoot.
Krystal: Is -- is he --
Officer: The chief told you two to wait in the car.
Scott: I just heard shots. Is everybody -- officer: Don't move!
Scott: I don't have a gun. Let me -- let me help my uncle.
Officer: You can't help him.
Jesse's voice: Where's that damn ambulance? Man's bleeding to death out here!
Krystal: Someone else got shot? Officer: Suspect trying to -- lady, wait! You guys -- you can't -- wait! This is a crime scene.
Krystal and Opal run out to the terrace and see Tad lying there bleeding with Jesse hovering over him.
Jesse: You shouldn't be out here. Officer: I tried to stop them, sir.
Krystal: Who did this? You?
Opal: Tad, no, no, no, no.
Jesse: The ambulance is going to be here any second, all right? Get out there. You meet them, and you send them right back here. Secure the crime scene.
Opal: How could you do this to my son, to your best friend, how?
Jesse: Opal, opal, it was dark. I thought he was the shooter.
Opal: Well, you thought wrong. Tad did not come here to put a bullet in adam. He came here to stop J.R. from doing it.
Opal: I knew this was coming. I saw it, clear as day, Tad's head all covered with blood.
Krystal: Opal -- opal, sit down. Sit down.
Opal: But in my vision, he was alive. Now I see him slipping away.
Krystal: No, no, Tad is not going anywhere. He has two little girls, and they need him.
Opal: This is all my fault, Krystal. I never should have let him get anywhere near this house of horrors.
Krystal: You are not the reason why he's here. If -- if it's anybody's fault --
Opal: Who's that?
[Running footsteps]
Jesse: Could have been Adam's killer. Krystal, keep pressure on his wounds until the paramedics -- Krystal!
Opal: I've got it, I've got it.
Jesse: Krystal!
Opal: Don't worry, shh. Just be careful.
Krystal: It's ok, it's ok. He's going to be all right.
Jesse: Another suspect just took off across the back lawn. He's headed west. I need you to get out there and call for back up. I want this guy locked up.
Officer: You got it, Chief.
J.R.: The guy that you're looking for is Aidan. He's working with Annie. She's the one that -- shot my dad.
Jesse: Annie is halfway across the globe, J.R. Interpol is watching her.
J.R.: Really, I just saw her in my house with a gun!
Jesse: You been drinking?
J.R.: God! Emma is missing from the nursery! I went up there to check on my son, and Aidan was interrogating him. When I told him I was going to get the cops, he jumped out the window. Jesse: I need you to put an A.P.B. Out on Annie Lavery, and issue an amber alert for her daughter, Emma. Where does that tunnel go?
Scott: That could lead to a couple of places on the property.
J.R.: No, it only goes to one place. That's the garden. Some of it got caved in during the tornado. If you come with me I'll show you.
Jesse's voice: All officers, suspect is headed for the garden. I repeat, suspect is headed for the garden.
Officer: Chief, this is Bailey. I'm in the garden. I got two sets of footprints, one male, one female, over.
SCENE: The amublance arrives and get Tad on a guerny and head out through the mansion.
J.R.: My god, what the hell happened?
Opal: You happened, that's what. Tad got shot trying to keep you out of trouble.
Krystal: Oh, my god.
Jesse: Whoa, whoa, whoa, I need to ask the two of you a few questions.
J.R.: I already told you, annie killed my father. What else do you want to know?
Officer: Chief --
Jesse: Um -- what was Tad doing with this? (Jesse holds up a gun).
In the garden...
Officer's voice: Hold it, hold it right there!
Officer's voice: Come out where I can see you.
Jesse: Come in. Any available officer, come in now.
Officer's voice: Chief, this is Bailey.
Jesse: Bailey, I heard a gunshot. It sounded like it came from the front gate. I can't get any response. Bailey's voice: On my way.
[Radio static]
Jesse: Come in. Come in, officers at the front gate, come in, damn it.
Zach: Coming out.
Officer's voice: Toss the gun, and come out slowly. Turn around, hands behind your head.
[Gun hitting the ground]
Officer: On the ground, on the ground.
Officer: Chief, at the gate, suspect in custody.
Jesse: What about the girl? Any sign of Emma Lavery?
[Everyone speaking at once]
Angie: Page Dr. Steele in neuro right away.
Opal: Please --
Jake: Tad. Who shot my brother?
Opal: Jesse.
Angie: What?
Opal: Thought he saw a shadow on the Chandler terrace, assumed it was adam's killer, fired away.
Jake: Tad? Can you hear me?
Officer: I'm going to need the bullet you pulled out of chandler's back. We need to see if it matches the weapon found on the scene.
Jesse's voice: Dispatch additional units to the Chandler mansion. I need all officers on the lookout for the missing child.
Ryan: Whoa, whoa, whoa, a child is missing from Chandler's?
Officer: A little girl, taken by her own mother.
Officer: Chief, where do you want this guy?
Jesse: Slater, where's Annie? Where's -- where's Devane?
Officer: I haven't seen him. This guy who shot at me by the gate.
Jesse: Who else is here in the house?
J.R.: Colby's with little Adam, that's it.
Jesse: I want you to take these three to the library, hold them there for questioning.
J.R.: Chief, I want to go to the hospital.
Jesse: Yeah, so do I, but I got work to do. Listen, I'm going to need your cooperation so this investigation, unlike some others, gets done right. Jesse: Get colby to come downstairs, you stay with the little boy.
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Reaching Out To Neighborhood Kids With The Truth About Drugs
Gail Carroll's education and prevention efforts shows the commitment of those spreading the truth about drugs during National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
Scientologist Gail Carroll distributes Truth About Drugs materials in communities throughout the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
LOS ANGELES----In declaring October National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, President Obama wrote, "Every day, far too many Americans are hurt by alcohol and drug abuse." He paid tribute to "all those working to prevent substance abuse in our communities," and encouraged rededication "to building a safer, drug-free America."
It was exactly this idea that motivated Gail Carroll of Monrovia, California, a drug education volunteer who subscribes to that philosophy year round. A Scientologist, her involvement in this activity was inspired by the Truth About Drugs, the global drug education initiative supported by the Church of Scientology.
"I first became interested in doing something about the drug problem four years ago when I watched The Truth about Drugs—Real People, Real Stories documentary," she says. "It really gave me a message about the dangers of drugs from a very real and not sugar-coated viewpoint."
The Truth about Drugs—Real People, Real Stories is a hard-hitting, no-holds-barred documentary covering each of the most commonly abused substances. The gritty portrayal of drug addiction is told in the straight talk that is the hallmark of the Truth About Drugs program through a compelling series of firsthand accounts of former addicts. The former abusers share their dramatic, heartbreaking tales of surviving life-shattering experiences.
"I saw immediately that this would be an incredible tool to educate kids on the dangers of drugs, so I set out to do something in my community," says Carroll. "I felt that now that I had this information, if I were to sit on it, that would make me part of the problem, not the solution. It was time to get the word out and become more active in the community."
She went to her local police station, met with a young police officer and gave him the DVD.
"He was very impressed," she says. "He took the DVD to the assistant principal of the local high school."
Carroll brought a Truth About Drugs Educator's Guide to the assistant principal. The guide consists of a full semester of lesson plans, essays and homework assignments designed to elicit student participation, including 24 sets of the 13 Truth About Drugs booklet series on commonly abused drugs; the 16 "They Said, They Lied" public service announcements that serve as introductions to the lessons; posters on each of 11 different drugs; and the documentary.
"The assistant principal was very enthusiastic about it and gave it to the health teacher, who immediately began to use it," she says. "The Truth About Drugs is now part of the high school's drug education program.
Why did the school adopt the program? What they like best is they way the program gets through to the kids," says Carroll. "The kids actually watch it. The DVD does not talk down to them or lecture them, but talks to them. The music is modern and edgy and communicates to the youth of today."
Carroll and her husband distribute these materials where crowds congregate, such as at their local farmers' market, and for the past four years they have set up a booth at their local National Night Out—an annual crime and drug prevention event.
"Teenagers often come up to us and tell us they use these materials in their school," she says. "Our local high school teacher spoke at a week-long drug education seminar organized by the Los Angeles County Sheriff for his Clergy Council. After he spoke, one of the ministers raised his hand. He said he had brought the materials home after the last session and had showed them to his teenage daughter. He was delighted to find out she was very familiar with the program. It turned out she attended the school where I had first introduced the program. It really came full circle."
Scientologist Gail Carroll (left) works with law enforcement in San Gabriel Valley to turn the tide on drug abuse through drug education and prevention.
Scientologist Gail Carroll (right) at this year's Pasadena, National Night Out.
About "How We Help - The Truth About Drugs"
The Church of Scientology has published a new brochure, Scientology: How We Help—the Truth About Drugs, Creating a Drug-Free World, to meet requests for more information about the drug education and prevention initiative it sponsors. To read a copy of the brochure or to learn more about the drug education program supported by Church of Scientology, visit the Scientology website.
Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote, "The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any widespread social progress—drugs and other biochemical substances. These can put people into a condition which not only prohibits and destroys physical health but which can prevent any stable advancement in mental or spiritual well-being."
The Church of Scientology supports Truth About Drugs, one of the world's largest nongovernmental drug education and prevention campaigns. It has been conclusively proven that when young people are provided with the truth about drugs—factual information on what drugs are and what they do—usage rates drop commensurately.
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From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation
"Workshop Wednesdays" are a joint effort, started in 2016, to share information cross-departmentally in depth.
These are held in Hoole Conference room Wednesdays @2 (or may start there and explore other territories!)
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- Exhibits: how, what, why, and why are they important?
- How to access content directly that you find in Acumen... ?
- Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine
- Tour of Acquisitions, Cataloging and E-Resources
- Tour of the stacks and archivist areas
- August 17: Tour of the stacks and archivist work areas (led by Kevin Ray)
- July 20: Practical options for incoming digital content - survey results (led by Alissa Matheny Helms)
- June 15: Hands-on XSLT workshop (led by Vanessa Unkeless-Perez)
- May 18: How we use XSLT to provide online display in Acumen (led by Vanessa Unkeless-Perez)
- April 20: Tags, Transcriptions, and how does that all work, anyhow? (led by Jody DeRidder)
- April 6: Update on the video/film inventory: what do we have? (led by Claire Clemmons)
- March 30: Wayback Machine/Internet Archive Overview (led by Alissa Matheny Helms)
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Tania James's books include the story collection Aerogrammes and the novel The Tusk that Did the Damage. She has been a fellow of Ragdale, MacDowell, the Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Fulbright Program. She teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University and lives in Washington DC.


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2. USEFUL TERMINOLOGY - What's that : To have a better understanding, you should first increase your vocabulary. Some words you will find useful while reading medical literature.
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Oct. 8, 2007
The Lipscomb Bisons finished in first place in the Mission Inn Collegiate Classic at the El Campeon-Mission Inn at Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla.
Senior Cody Hale, from Tullahoma, tied for first place in the tournament with a two-round total of 136, six-under par. Hale shot rounds of 70 and 66.
The Bisons finished 11 over par for two rounds with a score of 579 (295, 284). The third round of the tournament was canceled due to rain.
Clint Suggs finished in a tie for seventh place for the Bisons with a score of 145 (74, 71).
Parker Beck funished in a tie for 20th with a score of 148 (74, 74).
Samuel Marcrom tied for 34th with a score of 150 (77, 73). Cory Parkinson shot a 153 (78, 75) to tie for 55th.
St. John's University was second in the 18-school field. Western Kentucky finished third.


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Five keys for the Dolphins in Sunday's game at Houston:
1. Protect the rookie QB.
Ryan Tannehill couldn't have drawn a much tougher assignment for his NFL debut – on the road, in a loud dome while facing last year's No. 2-ranked defense. The Dolphins need to keep him upright to have a chance, and the right side of the line is new and untested, with rookie RT Jonathan Martin and inconsistent RG John Jerry taking over this year. The Texans have a terrific pass rush with J.J. Watt, Connor Barwin, Brooks Reed and Whitney Mercilus, although Watt (elbow) and Reed (knee) are banged up.
2. Run the football again and again.
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The winner is Jared Ward of Albert R Lyman Middle School, followed closely by schoolmate Noah Kemner and Annsheri Reay of Monticello Elementary School.
Contestants were sent from Monticello Elementary, Monticello High, Blanding Elementary, Albert R Lyman Middle School, and Bluff Elementary.
Three finalists will attend a Regional Spelling Bee in Moab on March 19. The schools each sent three contestants, which were selected at spelling bees at each school.
Other spellers in the contest include Brayson Wilcox, Benjamin Salazar, Emily Jacobsen, Grange Simpson, Anne Marie Barton, Shelbie Musselman, Cole Patterson, Jake Freestone, Natalia Sampson, Nigel Sam, Jordan Clinger and Kaitlyn Crippen.


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This is the design process I use when working with bands on their album artwork and design.
- Design brief: Send questionnaire/chat to the band.
- Research & reference: Research the genre, its history, the bands peers and artworks that have been mentioned by the band as influential, listen to the new album/rough cuts if they are available .
- Sketching & conceptualising: Develop the cover design concept(s).
- Reflection: Take breaks through the design process and let the ideas develop. Get feedback from the band.
- Presentation: Hand over the cover design and rock out to the new CD when it arrives!
Step one: Design brief
Most projects start with a discussion with the band members about any ideas and concepts they have. Then I try to gather some keywords, influences and work they've already seen.
Conversations usually start and revolve around these planed standard questions:
- Your Band name – should be dominating the design and concept?
- Album name – if required?
- Please provide a little information about your band
- Key words that describe your band – eg. Metal, rock, indie, gore, fast, heavy, melodic etc
- What do you like/dislike – bands, films, books, games?
- Who are your peers in the same field please give links if possible?
- "Look and feel" required such as horror/surreal/old/grungy/clean/minimal/fun?
- Any definite ideas you have about the design concept + examples of album artwork design you like/dislike (links if possible)?
- Who is your Target audience?
- Colour preferences if any. Should the album art be single colour/two colour/full colour/no specific preference?
- Any other information you would like to add?
Step two: Research & reference
Once we have had a chat and got the questions answered I relax, think it over and chill with some of the bands music where possible. I use this time to think up ideas/concepts and how and what I'll need to create the design.
Then I begin collecting parts and bringing together photography, textures, found objects that may help from my extensive collection of stock imagery. (I nearly always have my camera with me on the off chance I see some interesting texture, object or element I may find useful on your/future projects.)
Step three: Sketching & conceptualising
I then play with ideas and rough sketch's discovering what works and build up a couple of design ideas using key elements I think would be useful and communicate the overall concept.
After getting some more feedback from my collected ideas, I start the actual design. This part of the process can be fast or slow it really is the unpredictable part of the creation, happy accidents leading paths to new elements are always fun and can take a project to a new level of creativity.
Step four: Reflection
I take a few breaks through the creation process to let ideas develop. I get more feedback from the band and finish up the design.
Step five: Presentation
I then send off the cover design and rock out to the new CD when it arrives!
Job done!
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