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Gov Fallin Announces Water Task Force (May 07, 2012)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Mary Fallin and the leaders of two Oklahoma American Indian tribes will meet on a task force to try and resolve a dispute over water rights in Oklahoma.
Fallin's office announced the creation of the 19-member task force Monday. The group was convened by a court-appointed mediator who is overseeing negotiations between the state, Oklahoma City and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and will meet behind closed doors.
The tribes sued the state and Oklahoma City last year in federal court to stop the Water Resources Board from selling the water storage rights in southeastern Oklahoma's Sardis Lake to the Oklahoma City Water Utility Trust.
Fallin's office says the deliberations of the task force will be governed by the confidentiality provisions of the court's agreed mediation order.
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Jay & Silent Bob aka Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith are getting old like most of us. However unlike most of us these two are talking about it every week via their podcast on the Smodcast network and it is a work of live genius! Created as an intervention for Jasons real life drug addictions this weekly dose of personal back stories, slanted social commentary and belly laughs has been keeping me well entertained since its launch in summer. Perfect company for cooking in the kitchen and long journeys which is what the holiday season is full of right? So now is the best time to download all the episodes via Itunes or whatever, load up your portable player and catch up, be prepared to look like a crazy person laughing out loud on public transport snooches!!
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Reading 1: The Vanderbilt Family Beginnings
The Vanderbilts, a family of Dutch farmers, emigrated to America sometime before 1685. They settled in New York, the colony originally known as New Netherland. Not much is known about the early history of the Vanderbilts in America. They did not stand out in New York society until the fourth generation, when in 1810, 16-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) began to accumulate what would become the largest family fortune America had ever known.
With $100 borrowed from his parents, Cornelius Vanderbilt purchased a periauger (a flat-bottomed sailing barge) and began a ferry service between Staten Island and Manhattan. He repaid the hundred dollars one year later. By then he had earned a profit of $1,000. Eventually, his ferry service became known as the Staten Island Ferry, which is still in operation today. Young Cornelius then signed on as an apprentice on a variety of ships--sailing ships, steamships, and transatlantic cargo carriers--so he could learn all aspects of the seagoing industry. By the age of 50, he had reached millionaire status and had become known by the nickname "Commodore." According to one of his descendants, Vanderbilt's "toughness and use of profanity" earned him the nickname. He did not have many friends, and he treated his enemies harshly. For example, when he believed a former business associate cheated him, he reportedly claimed, "I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you."¹ He then proceeded to do just that.
At the age of 70, Vanderbilt sold his shipping empire and started buying up small, sometimes money-losing, railroads and turning them into profitable ventures. Among other railroad lines, Vanderbilt owned the New York Central, which grew into the nation's biggest business by the 1870s. The hub of this network, which he expanded throughout the Northeast and to Chicago, was Grand Central Station in Manhattan. At the time of his death in 1877, the Commodore was worth $105 million, a larger sum than in the United States Treasury at the time. Wanting to leave his fortune intact, Commodore Vanderbilt left the bulk of his money to the oldest of his 13 children, William Henry. Although William Henry Vanderbilt (1821- 1885) lived only eight years after his father's death, he managed to double the family fortune to $210 million, the equivalent in today's currency of more than $3 billion. He was the richest man in the world at the time of his death. Such a huge fortune could be amassed during this period, in part, because income tax and government regulation of business and industry did not yet exist.
William Henry divided his fortune among his four sons and four daughters, but not in equal amounts. This third generation of wealthy Vanderbilts elevated spending money to an art and came to epitomize American high society. Cornelius II and William Kissam, the two oldest boys who had been running the New York Central Railroad system since their father's retirement in 1883, received $80 million and $60 million respectively. Frederick William (1856-1938), the third son and sixth child, received $10 million. At the time of his father's death, Frederick already served as the director of several railroads. Continuing in his grandfather's and father's footsteps, he wisely invested in railroads, coal, oil, steel, and tobacco. Worth $78 million when he died at the age of 82, Frederick accumulated more money than all his siblings combined. Less than half of his fortune remained, however, after paying estate taxes to the federal and state governments. Even so, he left such an enormous amount of money that ordinary people of the time could scarcely imagine what it would be like to be so rich.
Questions for Reading 1
1. How did Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt make his fortune?
2. Why do you think he chose to sell a successful shipping empire and begin a new career in railroads?
3. Why did the Commodore leave most of his fortune to one son?
4. What factors helped some individuals to amass huge fortunes during the Gilded Age?
5. Why did Frederick Vanderbilt inherit much less money than his brothers, Cornelius II and William Kissam?
Reading 1 was adapted from Bronwyn Krog, "Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site" (Dutchess County, New York) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior;
National Park Service, 1979; the National Park Service visitor brochure for Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site;
and John Foreman and Robbe Pierce Stimson, The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations, 1879-1901 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991).
¹William A. Croffut, The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune (Salem, N.H.: Ayer Company, 1985),49.
¹William A. Croffut, The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune (Salem, N.H.: Ayer Company, 1985),49.


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Invasive species, or invasives, are plants and animals that have found their way into areas outside their normal geographic range. In many cases, humans have transported them to their new homes. Invasive species have been called a type of biological pollution (University of Rhode Island, 2001; Mack et al., 2000). Unlike pesticides or sewage, invasive species do not dissipate over time. With no natural enemies in their new habitat, invasive species often grow, reproduce and spread quickly.
Non-native species are often introduced to estuaries in the ballast water of ships. When ships are empty, they take in water to help keep them balanced. When cargo is loaded onto the ships, they release the ballast water. In addition to water, aquatic organisms are sucked into the ships' ballast tanks. When ships take on water in one part of the world and release it in another, aquatic plants and animals are transported along with the water and introduced into foreign estuaries. The San Francisco Bay estuary is probably the most invaded estuary in the world. Over 230 non-native species now live there; so many, in fact, that they now dominate the ecosystem. Over 160 invasive species are now found in the Chesapeake Bay, and their numbers are growing.
Invasives often cause ecological damage and economic losses where they are introduced. Competing with native species for food, or preying upon native species, invasive species have drastically reduced the populations of native species and have, in some cases, caused their extinction. Purple loosestrife, for example, was introduced to the United States from Europe as an ornamental plant in the early 1800s. Today it has invaded estuaries in 48 states, crowding out 44 species of native plants. Controlling purple loosestrife costs about $45 million a year (Pimentel et al., 1999).


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Posted by Vincent Paquet, Google Voice Product Manager
Google Voice helps you manage your communications with a unique phone number that rings all your existing phones, a single voicemail inbox with online access and automated transcription, and lots of handy features like the ability to block spammy calls and easily record personalized greetings for your callers. Think of it as Gmail for your phone calls and text messages (watch this video to learn more). Google Voice is currently available via invitation, which you can request here.
For those of you who already use Google Voice, you're probably used to receiving voicemail notifications via email. A couple of minutes after someone leaves a voicemail on your Google Voice number, you'll receive an email showing who called, an automated transcript of the voicemail, and a link to play the message. You can click the link to listen to the message right from your computer.
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Relocations: 3 Contemporary Russian Women Poets
Two women dominate the history of Russian poetry: Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva. Both authors transcended the label of "woman poet" and live in the realm of the eternal untouchable legends of Russian poetry. To wit, I remember a Russian professor in college correcting a short essay I wrote on an Akhmatova poem because I used a feminine noun to describe her, as what in English we would call a "poetess." My professor crossed that word out emphatically and wrote in the column in bold Cyrillic letters: "Akhmatova is a POET," using the masculine-gendered noun to correct a term Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva were both outspoken in rejecting. In the strictly-gendered Russian language, this choice of gender is not a trivial distinction, and provided a lesson in gender politics that has stuck with me to this day.
Yet since these two grand dames, standard bearers of the rich Russian poetic tradition and shining lights of 20th century poetry, passed away, there have been precious few Russian women poets translated into English. This is where Zephyr Press comes in, and bless them for it. Relocations: 3 Contemporary Russian Women Poets is their latest bilingual collection of contemporary poetry by Polina Barskova, Anna Glazova, and Maria Stepanova. Relocations was released around the same time as their edition of Anzhelina Polonskaya's Paul Klee's Boat, and in just two books, Zephyr Press has published more Russian women poets than all other American publishers in the last 20 years combined. And they've been doing it for a while now.
Relocations is a 21st collection of poetry in constant dialogue with Russia's past, present, and future. The ghosts of Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva haunt the pages, as does the brutal history of Russia and the Soviet Union's 20th century, with its revolutions and wars, and the middle-class stabilization and increasing internationalism of Putin's 2000s. These three quite different but well-paired Russian women poets are each attempting to "modernize" Russian poetry, while at the same time reclaiming the status of "woman poet":
". . . they [Barskova, Glazova, and Stepanova] confidently leave behind Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova as poets of female desire, while remaining conscious of themselves as writing women. Stepanova insists on calling herself a ' poetess,' a knowing postmodern reclaiming of a category Tsvetaeva and Akhmatova felt necessary to reject."
In her introduction, editor Catherine Ciepiela notes that these women live and work internationally, in contrast to their lyric Russian poet forebears like Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, and Joseph Brodsky, whose movements were restricted by Soviet authorities. The "relocations" of the collection's title are as much physical as artistic, as each poet's work "relocates" across genres of poetry as much as each poem represents part of the international lives these 21st century Russian women live in Russia (in the case of Stepanova), abroad (Barskova and Glazova), and the spaces in between.
Polina Barskova's poetry is included first in the collection, translated by the collection's editor, Catherine Ciepiela. Her work is dominated by a conversational tone that puts emphasis on the sounds of words strung together, stretched across the page in unrhyming, varying forms free verse. Dual language poetry books are awesome for this reason, especially if you know the original language, and Ciepiela does a fantastic job translating Barskova's language into a playful, yet serious, English, as in this excerpt from "The Translator I":
bq, We flounder through powdery snow
Siamese t-t-
Twins joined by the tongue's sweet saliva,
My round-the-word dawns break inside you over you
With awkward precision—
A tattoo job,
Wet still, trace of blood from the needle,
The trace of my writing stains you.
Barskova writes from a first person, seemingly autobiographical narrative "I", unafraid to link herself to the history of Russian letters, as in the epic "Leningrad Directory of Writers at the Front 1941-45," which provides creative interpretation of the choices made by the Soviet Union's most famous poets and artists to survive the brutal Leningrad siege in World War II. And at the same time, Barskova is capable of moments of profound beauty in imagery and ideas, as in her section's closing poem, "Tomatoes and Sunflowers":
Brimming—branches, shadows, lineaments,
Flavor and scent not quite stench, just exhaling.
Grasses black, brown, blue, then down from the
Sky, a gust—there's a rush, shuddering.
But as soon as the picture completes itself
And perspective shrinks to zero, everything
Collapses. You know what will stay with me?
The spider web—its dire embroidery,
The tomato—the crack that won't close again,
Half-minute foretaste of ashes, calamity—
I was given it all, none of it promised to me.
Anna Glazova, translated by Anna Khasin, is a quite different poet from Barskova and Stepanova, and writes much shorter poems that are unnamed, uncapitalized, and unrhymed, with a detached narrator observing the essence of the world around them in a style that is at once sensually lush and haunting:
the work of hands is the work of ears of grain.
through bread we want to touch death.
who eats bread.
we, wheat, growing, don't know.
he who cuts
breaks the whole thing with all.
Glazova's style is described in the introduction as "phenomenological," reflecting the individual's direct interpretation of their surroundings. The closing poem in Glazova's section is a fitting image of her style, encapsulated in the haunting final line, a rare instance of the narrative first-person:
it takes all kinds of thoughts to come of departure,
hid the throat in the collar, somebody standing in the backyard
or taking a feral way to the through yard.
given that to wait for an answer
is simpler for me than to arrive home.
and the sense of a foothold keeps getting lost.
this is me remembering how hard it is sometimes to walk before the wind.
The poems of Maria Stepanova, translated by Sibelan Forrester, are bold, narrative reflections on the world, especially current affairs, with a strong narrator writing in the first person. Stepanova is well known in Russia as the founder of Openspace.ru, an online journal of cultural commentary akin to The Huffington Post. She more recently founded Russia's first publicly-funded cultural journal, Colta.ru. Unlike Glazova's work, which straddles ambiguous narrative spaces by not identifying the narrator, Stepanova writes strongly feminine and feminist poems that play with form, rhyme, meter, and content, that drop endings off of words, leave out lines, and hint at what remains unsaid between the lines. These poems are quite different from the works of Barskova and Glazova, both in terms of form (longer, rhyming at times) and content, they all refer directly to the feminine form in its many forms, with political intonations both indirectly and directly expressed, as from the "The Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, Broadcast Live by RTL German TV":
But who is a man, and who inhabits him,
Puffs him up, follows after him as if he's a plough,
As pregnancy reduces the female form to zero,
Traces the coming contour with an unseen circle,
So its cramped O will be filled from within,
And are you and I to remember it forever?
Between the poems on current events and contemporary political topics, the Russian and Soviet past makes an appearance in Stepanova's work as well. Like to Barskova's poem about the Leningrad siege, Stepanova's "Sarra on the Barricades" gives a history of Stepanova's own great-grandmother, who participated in the 1905 revolution, and who miraculously lived long enough to know her great-granddaughter. The poem is a spectacular recreation of Russia's 20th century history, dominated as it was by women, the women who were left home, left to make do and keep the country running with what ravaged remnants of society remained while the men went off to fight and die by the millions in revolution after revolution, war after war, purge after purge:
Now—just in my own cramped skull.
With her daughter.
With her granddaughter.
With her great-granddaughter me.
The storm cloud swallow of feminist skies.
Noah of a female ark.
And when she crowns the barricade,
I shall not bare her arms and breasts,
But neither will I drape her with a flag,
Because there's no such flag.
And neither the color red, nor the white and blue
Are suited to such a task.
In the cacophonous lead-up to the Sochi Olympics in a few weeks, these last lines remind the reader that politics in Russia is an inhuman constant, whether under the flag of the Soviets or the ostensibly democratic Russian Federation. Their sentiment of the flag as beneath humanity echoes one of my favorite poems by the American poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writing in the height of the George W. Bush war era: "I don't believe a flag / is important / / enough to kiss— / or even burn. / / Some men would hate me / enough to kill me / if they read those words."
Reviewing poetry presents a world of problems. Reviewing translated poetry presents another world of problems in addition. Reviewing translated poetry by women poets throws the male reviewer into a universe of problems that could take lifetimes to extract himself from. As with most reviews, context is everything. How to contextualize the contents of the work under review is the most important task any reviewer faces, and with a collection like Relocations, the reviewer could go in any number of contextual directions, before settling, finally, on presenting these three incredible female poets as a vital new chapter in the history Russian poetry.
Relocations is a highly enjoyable collection of poetry introducing the English-language world to three incredibly diverse and talented women poets writing in Russian that could be as meaningful to a casual fan of poetry as to a comparative literature scholar. Since the 80s, Zephyr Press has published more Russian poetry than just about anybody, including numerous women poets, starting with the comprehensive collected works of Anna Akhmatova, a thick tome that has become the standardized edition that I remember all so well buying from my college bookstore as a wide-eyed freshman, Akhmatova's legendary profile on the cover. It would have been easy for Zephyr Press to stop there—after all, most publishers do, rarely delving into contemporary poetry; but Zephyr Press started publishing contemporary Russian poetry in the 1990s in a bilingual anthology called In the Grips of Strange Thoughts, which morphed into a series of Russia's most interesting contemporary poets.
Relocations is a fantastic addition to the In the Grips list, and a much-needed, timely, fun, and all-too-relevant read in 2014. The best part about anthologies like Relocations is that no matter what style of poetry you like best, it's included within, though you're more likely to enjoy all three poets as their poems strike various chords in your mind as you make your way through the collection. A great anthology, highly recommended.


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Tigers Hang On for First Win of Season
September 12, 2013
Greencastle, Ind.- Two first-half goals from Stephanie Martin propelled the Tigers to their first victory of the season in Thursday night's game against Earlham College. With the 3-2 win DePauw moves to 1-4, while the Quakers drop to 0-2-1.
The Tigers were off to a quick start when Martin knocked in a pass from Elizabeth Seewer in the 2nd minute. Emma Ueland added to the Tiger's lead scoring on a pass from Megann Lear. Martin wrapped up the first-half scoring with her second goal of the half on a pass from Lear. Martin's goal proved to be the game-winner.
Down 3-0 at the half the Quakers came out strong in the second-half scoring in the 50th minute when Kelly Mayhew drove in a pass from Gia Casaburo. Christine Page added another goal in the 54th minute knocking in a pass from Mayhew.
Despite a quick flurry of Quaker goals early in the second-half the Tigers were able to hold on to the 3-2 victory.
DePauw outshot Earlham 19-8 and held a 10-3 edge on corner kicks.
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Giulietta Pre-Fall 2013
Is that Holly Golightly we see? For Giulietta's Pre-Fall 2013 collection, Sofia Sizzi looked to Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe in Breakfast at Tiffany's for inspiration. Sizzi was already a fan of simple '60s silhouettes, but she freshened them up with gradient jewel prints and light-handed embellishments. A bright pink short-sleeved dress with a full crinoline skirt made for some serious fun, and so did her homage to Golightly's cat, who got immortalized in a green-and-black print.
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Justin Zook wins third consecutive backstroke gold with WR swim
With a world record, Justin Zook won a third consecutive gold medal in the men's 100m backstroke (S10) at the Paralympic Games.
LONDON — It was a monster night at the pool for the United States as the team claimed six medals Tuesday at the Aquatic Center. This was the most successful night of swimming for the U.S. so far at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and the total of swimming medals now stands at 25, the most U.S. medals in any sport.
Justin Zook and Lantz Lamback led the Americans as they topped the podium in their respective events. Jessica Long, Victoria Arlen and Cortney Jordan captured silver medals, and Tucker Dupree rounded out the night's medal haul with a bronze.
The medal Zook won in the 100 meter backstroke (S10) was his third consecutive gold in the event, and he set a new world record in the process, touching the wall at 1:00.01.
"We said maybe to go out in 29.0, 29.2 [at the turn], somewhere in that range," he said. "I am a person who looks at the clock every time I flip, and I saw that it was 29.1, so I knew we were on pace to do something pretty special."
He said after the event that he never really thought about a three-peat in the event until those around him started to ask him about it. He says it's important to him to know he made right decisions on his journey.
"I picked the right coach. I maybe ate some of the wrong foods but most of the time I did what was necessary," he said. Zook, coached by Tom Franke and John Taffee, also credited his parental support system as a major factor to his success.
Lamback was thrilled with his gold medal, celebrating in the water just after finishing the 50m freestyle (S7) in 27.84 – a new Paralympic and American record. This is his second medal in the event; he won the bronze medal in Beijing in 2008.
"I was expecting a very tight race. I wanted to win so bad, and I just went out there and went after it," he said, adding, "My name just happened to have No. 1 next to it."
With one race left to go in his 2012 Games program, Lamback says the gold medal will play a role in his approach. "It's a confidence booster. It makes you feel strong, like you've done all your work in all the right places."
Long won her fourth individual medal, fifth total, of these Paralympic Games in the 100m backstroke (S8), taking the silver with a time of 1:18.67. Mallory Weggemann finished seventh.
The gold medalist, Heather Frederiksen of Great Britain, is an athlete Long has faced off against before.
"Heather and I are great competitors. We always push each other to the last 15 meters and I'm so proud of Heather for everything that she's gone through and winning this," she said. "I am just happy to be up on the medal stand."
Long is not the only American with a British rival. Arlen won her silver in the 50m freestyle (S6) against Team GB's Ellie Simmonds, who took the bronze. Mirjam de Koning-Peper of Netherlands got the gold.
"We both push each other to go faster," Arlen said of Simmonds. "I enjoy racing her and I enjoy being in the ready room with her. I couldn't have asked for a better rival."
Arlen is another multiple medalist of the 2012 Games, and the silver tonight was her third medal in three events. She wasn't sure how the race tonight would play out, but was hoping it would be positive.
"I was expecting a really tough battle," she said. "Sprinting isn't necessarily my thing because I can't kick, I can't necessarily rev up. It takes me maybe a 100 or 400 to get going, and so I was expecting a fight and I actually was hoping to medal but I wasn't expecting to.
"I'm really happy with silver," she said.
Jordan also swam a 50m freestyle Tuesday in the S7 class. She won gold in the event four years ago, and sprinted to a 33.18 finish, her best time by nearly half a second.
"I have a special place in my heart for [this] race because it was my gold medal race," she said. "Coming back and being able to continue with this, and get a silver and better my time, I'm thrilled. This will also have a special place in my heart."
When asked what it means to represent Team USA on the world stage, Jordan's voice was full of pride and admiration.
"I love our country. My dad is in the military, and I've been raised to love our country. I've always wanted to represent it, and the fact that I've gotten to represent it twice and well, I'm extremely proud."
The excitement of winning a medal was not lost on Dupree, who swam his way to his first-ever Paralympic medal in the 100m freestyle (S12).
"I can't even put words to it," he said. "It's a great feeling, knowing I left it all in the pool and finally get on the podium."
He finished seventh in the event in Beijing, so winning a medal in London is more than he expected.
"I wanted to have fun," he said. "That's the sport. We put a lot of our lives into it and it's one of those things… I don't know. I'm just at a loss for words right now. It's awesome."


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August 21 – Happy Birthday Tom Greenwade
He was the guy who signed Elston Howard, Hank Bauer, Gil Hodges, Clete Boyer, Ralph Terry, and Bobby Murcer to their first professional contracts. Those signings alone represented a solid career for any MLB scout, but he's also the guy who convinced the Dodgers to sign Jackie Robinson and made Mickey Mantle a Yankee and for good measure, convinced Yankee GM George Weiss to trade for an outfielder named Roger Maris. That's why there are quite a few very astute baseball people who feel today's Pinstripe Birthday Celebrant should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. They'd get no argument from me.
Tom Greenwade was born in Willard, Missouri on August 21, 1904 and lived there all his life. From that base, he would get into his late model Cadillac and search the baseball diamonds of midwestern America for young baseball players who could run fast, had good arms and hit baseballs hard. He had been a pretty good minor league pitcher himself until a serious bout of typhoid fever destroyed that dream. When he managed his local American Legion team to a Missouri State championship in 1937, he got noticed by the front office of the old St. Louis Browns and was offered a scouting job with that organization. He jumped at the opportunity and a couple of years later accepted an offer to scout for the Dodgers and work for" the Mahatma," Branch Rickey. Though Clyde Sukeforth often mistakenly gets the credit for doing so, it was Greenwade who got the assignment to scout Jackie Robinson and urged Rickey to make him the chosen one.
When the Yankees came calling and offered him a job, the loyal scout discussed it with Rickey before accepting it. The Dodgers were paying Greenwade $3,000 per year at the time and the Yanks were offering $11,000. Rickey knew he didn't have the bucks to compete with the behemoths in the Bronx and told Greenwade he'd be crazy not to make the move.
Though he was very good at what he did, Greenwade was far from perfect. When he first saw Mantle play as a teenager he failed to realize the kid was a switch-hitter. After realizing his mistake, he moved quickly to seal the deal with the Commerce Comet. Since the rules prevented teams from negotiating with players still in high school, Greenwade drove to Mantle's house hours before the evening graduation ceremony was to take place and convinced his parents to let Mickey skip the event and play in his semi pro team's scheduled game instead. Once that game was over, Greenwade got Mantle and his dad Mutt into his car and negotiated the contract that would keep the Yankee Dynasty going for another fifteen years.
Greenwade quit scouting in 1964 and returned to Willard where he lived the retirement life until he passed in 1986 at the age of 81. Greenwade shares his birthday with this former Yankee closer and this former first baseman.


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WILMINGTON -- If you are planning a day trip to downtown Wilmington, surveillance cameras will likely monitor you when you park, walk down the street and even when you eat in a restaurant.
Paranoid yet?
"You feel like Big Brother's watching," said Kim Gold, 48, of Wilmington. "I just hope he is. Wilmington is just not as safe as it used to be, so anything they can do to deter crime is great."
Webster said in addition to acting as a deterrent, the cameras have helped police spot drug deals and radio the information into patrol units that can make an arrest.
But the cameras are also recording the activities of civilians on a daily basis. It's that trade-off that has always made privacy advocates and civil libertarians uneasy.
Now, though, the next wave of video surveillance technology is poised to connect all those electronic eyes into a seamless network and pair it with such advances as facial-recognition software. Police could be more effective at catching criminals, but businesses could also become more efficient at identifying customers and their buying habits and preferences.
"Right now, all those cameras are disparate systems," said Stephen Henderson, who teaches criminal law and procedure at Widener University School of Law. "What happens when all those are put together? That's the critical question, and it's beginning to happen."
As a practical matter, though, there are a limited number of police officers, so they focus their efforts on people suspected of crimes. Public cameras remove that limitation, especially as they become smaller, cheaper and more widespread, he said.
"Then you have the worst of all possible worlds: You have no resource constraint and no legal constraint," Henderson said. "And that creates the danger of a surveillance society."
For people such as 29-year-old Waikeem Clemmons of Wilmington, the cameras just aren't that big of a concern, even if a government agency wants to expand their use.
"They don't creep me out," Clemmons said. "You shouldn't be having sex, scratching your butt or picking your nose in public anyway."
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NFSA wants to speed that depreciation up to five years, thus increasing the tax savings for sprinkler buyers, and thus spurring their purchase. The makers and installers of fire sprinklers -- NFSA's members -- clearly benefit. Landlords and developers benefit. Public safety benefits if more buildings have these sprinklers.
The loser is the federal Treasury, because revenue would decrease in the short term.
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#2 – Selecting the right light. Pond lighting is generally 12 volt. 12-Volt is much easier and safer to work with then standard 115v power. 12 volt power is produced by simply adding a transformer. There are basically two types of lights spot lights and flood lights. The difference is that a spot light will produce an intense light to directly light up a subject or feature, where a flood light can provide a glow on a larger target.
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The teaser trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is out of this world.
The movie, which takes place just before the events depicted in 1977's "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope," follows the Rebel spies' efforts to steal the Empire's plans for the first Death Star. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker and Donnie Yen. Alan Tudyk, meanwhile, gives life to a motion-capture character.
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On her own since age 15, Jones' character is introduced just as she's being charged with forgery of Imperial documents, possession of stolen property, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. After Rebel leader Mon Mothma describes her as "reckless, aggressive, and undisciplined," she replies," This is a rebellion, isn't it? I rebel." And wouldn't you know it? That kind of criminal record is exactly what the Rebels need.
Like Rey (Daisy Ridley) taking the lead in 2015's "The Force Awakens," Jones's character is front and center, continuing in the studio's strong feminist streak.
In 2013, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced two standalone movies were in development. Last year, he revealed "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" was the first, with a Han Solo origin story being the second. Gareth Edwards, whose credits include "Godzilla" and "Monsters," was hired to direct the blockbuster. Chris Weitz and Gary Whitta wrote the script, and Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To produced it.
In March 2015, Lucasfilm previewed a different teaser at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, Calif., where Edwards showed mocked up footage of a lush planet and TIE Fighters.
Months later, at Disney's D23 Expo, the full cast of the movie was revealed. "'Rogue One' takes place before the events of 'Star Wars: A New Hope' and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe," Kennedy, Lucasfilm's president, said in a statement. "It goes into new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know."
The "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" trailer debuted on "Good Morning America" Thursday. The movie will land in theaters on Dec. 16.
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MADISON — Drew Crawford scored a career high 30 points as the Northwestern Wildcats defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in a men's basketball game at the Kohl Center Wednesday night.
The Badgers had a 32-27 lead early in the second half, but Tre Demps and JerShon Cobb hit consecutive three point shots as the Wildcats took the lead for good.
Wisconsin was 15-57 on field goal attempts – just 26 percent.
It was the first win for Northwestern over Wisconsin in Madison since 1996 and the first-ever win for the Wildcats at the Kohl Center, which opened in 1998.
Ben Brust led the Badgers with 21 points, Sam Dekker added 11 points and 7 rebounds while Frank Kaminsky had 8 points and 10 rebounds.
Wisconsin is now 17-4 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten. Northwestern improves to 11-11 overall and 4-5 in the Big Ten.


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The US Under-20 National Team captured the 2010 Milk Cup with a convincing 3-0 win over hosts Northern Ireland in the final, making it three wins from three matches for coach Thomas Rongen's side.
Captain Gale Agbossoumonde opened the scoring on a free kick before a wonder goal by Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo made it 2-0 at halftime. A first-time blast by Adrian Ruelas sealed the result in the 68th minute and the US held on for the win despite finishing with 10 men after Agbossoumonde was ejected near the end of the match.
"It's a special tournament, one of the best in the world," Rongen said. "We haven't won it for a while. I am happy for the group and happy as a coach that we were able to execute our game plan. I'm extremely pleased."
Toronto FC forward Fuad Ibrahim nearly latched onto a cross by US right back Zarek Valentin on two occasions early on but the US would later take the lead on a set piece in the 24th minute. Agbossoumonde took a long run-up and blasted a searing right-footed drive from 35 yards out that found a crack in the Northern Ireland wall and easily beat the opposing 'keeper.
The Americans enjoyed the best opportunities of the first half and Ruelas nearly doubled the lead in the 30th minute on a near post header off a corner kick by midfielder Alex Molano, who showed he can deliver expert service on dead balls.
Agudelo then stole the show with a sensational solo effort from midfield in the 43rd minute. He powered past several Northern Ireland players on his charging run before unleashing a shot which was deflected on its path under the crossbar. Just nine minutes before the goal, Agudelo had poked home a goal when the opposing 'keeper dropped a corner kick at his goal line, only for the referee to whistle for a dubious foul on the play.
"I just tried to go out there and have fun," the Red Bulls' Agudelo said after the match. "We knew what we were going to do go because we believe in ourselves. US soccer is improving every day."
Down 2-0, Northern Ireland nearly got a goal back in first half stoppage time when forward William Grigg bounced a header just wide of the right post. Grigg was again dangerous early in the second half but could not get the ball on target in the 58th minute and then again two minutes later when his volley from point blank range finished over the bar.
The match was sealed in the 68th minute as Ruelas extended the US lead, driving home a Valentin cross with a first time shot that finished inside the far left post to make it 3-0.
"We put up our best performance in the final in terms of a football performance," Rongen said. "Everything fell into place for us today."
Agbossoumonde, who wore the captain's armband, was sent off with 10 minutes remaining after a scrum broke out when US goalkeeper Zak MacMath was clipped on a play in the US box. Rongen chose to have Dillon Powers hoist the Milk Cup trophy in place of Agbossoumonde at the conclusion of the match.
"He needs to learn," Rongen said. "It's always a good teaching moment … Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. That's not the way we teach our players."
Houston Dynamo player Francisco Navas Cobo nearly put his signature on the match in the 89th minute with a fine solo effort, which was blocked by the Northern Ireland 'keeper.
US goalkeeper Zak MacMath also made a final save in stoppage time on another Grigg attempt to preserve the shutout and victory.
USA: 18-Zac MacMath; 2-Zarek Valentin, 6-Perry Kitchen, 22-Gale Agbossoumonde, 5-Greg Garza; 13-Adrian Ruelas (79' 19-Ethan White), 8-Dillon Powers (88' 3-Sacir Hot), 7-Alex Molano (63' 21-Conor Shanosky), 9-Omar Salgado (68' 10-Francisco Navas Cobo); 14-Fuad Ibrahim (58' 15-Bryan De La Fuente), 17-Juan Agudelo
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AUSTIN December 20, 2013 - With the holidays around the corner, families everywhere are in the midst of their Christmas shopping for the important people in their lives. If you need a gift idea for the outdoor lover in your family, Texas Parks and Wildlife is offering a chance to shop the outdoors.
A great stocking stuffer this Christmas would be a golden ticket to more than 90 Texas state parks. The Texas State Parks Pass gift card grants the cardholder, and as many guests they can fit in their car, free entry to any state park for 12 months. The card can be purchased in any amount and works like cash in state parks, which allow it to be used towards entrance fees, facility use, store merchandise, and much more. Information about how to order a State Park Pass can be found on the TPWD website.
Commemorative Texas State Parks Christmas ornaments are also available for purchase this holiday season. This year's ornaments pay tribute to the CCC-era reconstruction of Mission Espiritu Santo at Goliad State Park, legendary Enchanted Rock, and the Wyler Aerial Tramway at Franklin Mountains State Park. Each wooden ornament features an example of the natural, cultural and historical resources that TPWD serves and protects. Ornaments from previous years are also available, and prices vary. Contact the state park customer service center at (512) 389-8900 to order or find out more.
A TPWD Magazine subscription would be an ideal gift for any family member or friend who appreciates engaging imagery and stories about the animals, plants and parks around the state. The magazine has been one of the state's premier outdoors publication for more than 70 years and there are special offers online, including two gift subscriptions for $20 or a one-year subscription for only $10.
For the art lover in your life, collector's editions of the 2012 and 2013 hunting and fishing stamps are available for $21.65. Each edition includes a collection of six different stamps designed by noted wildlife artists and each purchase helps support TPWD conservation efforts. The stamp artwork may be purchased as an unframed stamp and print, or as a framed unit through the Collector's Covey.
Let your eco-friendly friends and relatives do something for the outdoors by buying them one of TPWD's custom license plates that highlight the bluebonnet, a white-tailed buck, largemouth bass, and the newest design, a campsite. Each plate costs only $30, and $22 goes directly to help fund conservation efforts in Texas. The conservation license plates have generated more than $4 million in sales for Texas land and water conservation initiatives since its inception.
Nine colorful Great Texas Wildlife Trail maps, which display the Texas coast line, the Panhandle, the Pineywoods and the Hill Country, are available to purchase for $5 per map or $25 for all nine. The maps include more than 900 birding and wildlife viewing sites throughout Texas, and information about the wildlife likely to be found at each site. For more information, visit TPWD's Great Texas Wildlife Trails website.
Other featured products on the "Shop the Outdoors" website include a colorful wheel featuring hummingbird species documented in Texas, a variety of documentaries and videos, and the opportunity to win a chance to hunt and fish for free- forever.
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Steeped in history and charm, Savannah is the largest city in Georgia and a great destination for anyone who wants a quick and deep immersion in rich Southern culture, excellent Southern food and the Southern Gothic atmosphere so well conveyed in the famous bestseller set here: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Founded in 1733, Savannah is a perfect place to learn about the Revolutionary and Civil wars, since the city has a number of fine museums. One of the best is the Savannah History Museum, located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It's a National Historic Landmark that has a wide array of artifacts (over 10,000), some of which are one-of-a-kind pieces that date to the Revolutionary War. But this is more than your typical war museum. It also features clothing styles of the 19th and 20th centuries, displays that are sure to draw the attention of anyone interested in fashion. The Oscar of Savannah-born songwriter Johnny Mercer is here, as is Forest Gump's famous bench, so there's interest as well for film enthusiasts.
For a little living history, you can see cannon-firing demonstrations on Saturdays at the Fort Pulaski National Monument on the edge of the Savannah River. A pivotal site in the Civil War, the fort is much as it was 150 years ago, after a full restoration in 1924. The fort and its environs are also a great stop for nature enthusiasts. The area is home to 11 protected species, including the manatee and the peregrine falcon.
For yet more history, visit the theater. You can watch live performances in the Historic Savannah Theatre on Bull Street. In the lobby of what's deemed to be the oldest operating theater in the United States, you'll see photographs, interesting newspaper clippings and artifacts that mark this venue's 193-year run. Its restoration in 2002 has given it a state-of-the-art sound and light systems, as well as an art deco facade reminiscent of the 1940s.
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While carriage and trolley tours are still one of the best ways to explore the city, just strolling the cobblestone streets will bring many discoveries. Quaint cafes and specialty food shops will tempt your tastebuds with aromatic servings of sweet tea, delectable fried green tomatoes and, of course, the rich and tasty local delicacy called she-crab soup. (Many claim Savannah has the best cuisine in the South.)
Other destinations to include on any tour by foot are the downtown river walk along the lazy Savannah River and Savannah's historic district, which is the nation's largest. For shopping, check out River Street, which offers nine blocks of stores selling everything under the Southern sun.
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I noticed your post about teaching. I'm looking into teaching and will likely start with subbing in social studies. I am also a quadriplegic with a similar level injury am curious about doing the job and doing things like taking pills while at school.
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The name "Zion" means a place of peace and refuge. As a sanctuary with over 146,000 acres of cliffs, canyons, diverse plant and animal life, and uninterrupted beauty, Zion is well-named. Its massive sandstone walls, some as high as 3,800 feet, offer an opportunity for serenity and reflection for all who visit—and Zion Lodge offers the only in-park lodging inside this hiker's paradise.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hot on the heels of her praised Super Bowl performance, US singer Beyonce announced a world tour starting in April, the latest move in her carefully choreographed return to music.
The singer, who was watched by more than 100 million people as she performed at half-time in New Orleans on Sunday, is making a comeback after taking a year off following the birth of her first child with rapper husband Jay-Z in January 2012.
The Super Bowl was her second major public appearance this year after she performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration, and she is also presenting at the Grammy awards on Sunday and releasing a documentary about her life.
Her return to the world stage was temporarily derailed when she admitted that she sang with a pre-recorded track of the national anthem at Obama's inauguration, but on Sunday there was no questioning her vocal skills and her live performance.
She called out to the crowd mid-song during a string of hits in her 12-minute set and reunited on stage with former Destiny's Child band members, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, for their hits "Bootylicious" and "Independent Woman." "Beyonce creates these moments, these unforgettable cultural snapshots ... This is going to be a musical snapshot to remind everyone why she's here, and it's all about that voice," Tamar Anitai, MTV Buzzworthy's editor, told Reuters.
Reviews of her performance were largely positive, with hashtags :#SuperBeyonce" and "#BeyonceBowl" becoming top trending topics on Twitter.
David Rooney at The Hollywood Reporter said it was tough for Beyonce to follow Madonna's 2012 Super Bowl performance.
"(But) she pulled together a slick, hits-laden performance that combined the tightly choreographed spectacle of Madge's show with her own thoroughbred vocal pyrotechnics," he said.
A power outage at the stadium following her performance, which led to a half-hour delay in the game, prompted her husband of five years to tweet: "Lights out!!! Any questions??"
Music's power couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z, were ranked No. 18 and No. 20 respectively in Forbes' list of the highest-earning musicians in 2012, earning $40 million and $38 million.
On the back of the praise, Beyonce, 31, wasted no time in announcing her world tour.
"The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour," which starts in Belgrade on April 15, includes 20 European cities and more than 20 North American venues. Slated to run for almost one year, a second wave is planned for Latin America, Australia and Asia.
The North America leg starts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on June 28 and ends in New York on August 3.
But before the tour starts, the singer has a busy schedule, presenting at the Grammy awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday where she is also a nominee.
The notoriously private singer will also open up about her life in a new documentary, "Life is But a Dream," which she directed, that is set to air on HBO on February 16.
The documentary addresses her relationship with her father after he stepped down as her manager, her miscarriage before she had daughter Blue Ivy, and her work in the studio.
"It was really interesting directing and editing myself, seeing all the mistakes that I made and still putting it in the film," the singer told reporters last week.
The documentary also features rare footage of her 1-year-old daughter who has been shielded from the public.
"My daughter has changed me and changed my life, and has given me so much purpose. I feel like this movie. It's very necessary and I think it shows a human side," she said.


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The story sounds hideously like another--one of a chaotic, predatory attack on a woman journalist in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Clothes torn from her body, hundreds of men surging to grab her breasts and claw at her. A woman wondering, "Maybe this is how I go, how I die." It has been almost a year and a half since CBS correspondent and CPJ board member Lara Logan endured an attack like this. Now, an independent journalist and student named Natasha Smith reports that it has happened to her.
Smith reported the attack on her blog today, describing how a horde of men descended on her Sunday night, pulling her limbs and throwing her around as she tried to protect her camera. She said she soon lost her camera, her backpack, and began to pray: "make it stop."
"They were scratching and clenching my breasts and forcing their fingers inside me in every possible way," Smith wrote. "So many men. All I could see was leering faces, more and more faces sneering and jeering as I was tossed around like fresh meat among starving lions."
In Cairo to film an independent documentary on women's rights and abuses against women in Egypt since the revolution, according to her website, Smith shared an account of her attack that is eerily parallel to Logan's. Smith did not immediately reply to an email request for an interview. Atul Singh, editor-in-chief at Fair Observer, confirmed that Smith is an associate editor for the website. He said that "the attack occurred" but declined to elaborate.
Here's what I mean by eerily parallel. This February, Logan described what happened to her for Women Under Siege, a project I direct at the Women's Media Center on sexualized violence in conflict:
"I kept appealing for mercy, begging them to stop in the midst of the violence and the chaos, as they tore my clothes from my body and raped me with their hands," Logan wrote. "Hundreds of them."
When I spoke to Logan today, she told me that Smith's account was hard for her to read, that she felt the same terror again "the way the mob came after her; the way the men looked--so close to you--and the faces of the people who looked away."
At one point, Smith wrote, women surrounded her and "frantically tried to cover" her naked body. "I fell to the ground and apparently temporarily lost consciousness." When she awoke, she said, the women told her the attack had been prompted by "rumors spread by troublemaking thugs that I was a foreign spy, following a national advertising campaign warning of the dangers of foreigners."
Smith is apparently referring to an ad campaign that ran on Egyptian television the week of June 8. While it's not entirely clear who was behind the campaign, the government acknowledged pulling it "because we were concerned that it was being misunderstood," according to The New York Times.
There have long been rumors that the Egyptian government coordinates mob attacks against journalists in Tahrir Square. In February 2011, U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley called the abuse "'a concerted campaign' orchestrated from within Mubarak's inner circle," according to the Los Angeles Times. Logan and others have said they believe that recent attacks on international journalists--and on foreign and local women in Egypt--were directed from above, despite Mubarak being ousted from power early last year.
"It's a systematic campaign against journalists, who are enemies of the state," Logan said. "They want to get the foreign media out. They don't want foreigners from the media, aid organizations, or doing democracy work. We are regarded as a threat to the regime."
While an assault as severe as what Smith and Logan experienced may not happen frequently, violation is a tedious reality for many women journalists, especially those who report on protests or in crowds. A number of women I spoke to last year for my CPJ report, "The Silencing Crime: Sexual Violence and Journalists," talked about multiple levels of sexual abuse--from groping to gang rape--while on assignment in this kind of venue.
In May, CPJ released a new Journalist Security Guide with sections on how to protect oneself from sexual violence and how to cover protests.
"If you can find a single female journalist who hasn't been groped in a crowd, I will be stunned," said reporter Gretchen Peters, who has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade, first for The Associated Press and later for ABC News.
Smith described how she was in the square amid an atmosphere of "jubilation, excitement, and happiness" Sunday when in an instant, "everything changed." That description reminds me of another attack on a journalist which occurred in 2007 but only came to light in my report.
New York-based Swedish correspondent Jenny Nordberg was in Pakistan in October 2007 to cover the return of Benazir Bhutto, the exiled former prime minister who would be assassinated two months later. During a chaotic procession in Karachi, Nordberg became separated from her colleagues and surrounded by a voracious crowd of men who sexually assaulted her. She was freed only after people in a passing truck pulled her to safety. It took her four years to speak about what happened to her.
"I did not tell the editors for fear of losing assignments," Nordberg said in 2011. "That was definitely part of it. And I just did not want them to think of me as a girl."
Today, Nordberg told me that for Smith to share her story is "both brave and very important for others--journalists as well as editors." I agree. In February, CPJ published this piece in Attacks on the Press about editors' perspectives on how to protect their journalists on assignment. "It's important to know [about assaults] so you can orient yourself how to put your people in the field," Jamie Wellford, Newsweek's photo editor, told me at the time.
Nordberg went on to say that "nobody is safe in a crowd, regardless of your nationality or hair color"--both Smith and Logan are blonde. "It's just a particularly humiliating and awful assault, meant to silence someone. For a victim to then not stay silent is an act of courage."
Logan too praised Smith for speaking out clearly and quickly. "I know exactly what she's talking about and I commend her for going into detail and creating such a vivid description because I think it gives people an opportunity to truly understand how horrific it is and what it feels like," she said. "You have to understand how savage it is to feel truly enraged, to care, and to want to do something about it and at least take a stand."
UPDATE: This post has been corrected to reflect that CPJ spoke to Atul Singh, editor-in-chief of Fair Observer, and not Middle East Editor Abul-Hasanat Siddique as previously reported. Also, Singh did not say that Smith had relayed the attack to Fair Observer editors, as previously reported.


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Happy New Year!
It is New Year's Eve and time to celebrate! Wishing everyone a year of love, health, happiness, and prosperity along with tons of creativity to keep the mojo juices flowing. Speaking of flowing, time to open the bubbly and pour a glass to toast in the year. Here's to 2011...may it be good to all of us.
I made my champagne bottle card with a template offered from Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. Check it out here. I printed the template and cut it out in this shimmery green luminescent CS (can see on open card) that I being saving for the right project. I printed the label from a free digi by Tiffany Doodles and cut with Spellbinders Label 4 and edged with a Pilot gold marker. I covered the top and neck of bottle with a scrap of gold wrapping paper left from Christmas package. Tied ribbon around the neck and added a bit of bling. Finished off the inside of bottle with sentiment from GKD "Lovely Labels 1" by Nina and cut with same label die.
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Nawazuddin, Prashant favour ban on item songs
Actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Prashant Narayanan support the Central Board of Film Certification's (CBFC) decision to be more stringent about the content of item songs which go on TV
The two feel that raunchy numbers can impact children and banning such songs won't take too much away from a movie. Prashant, who has been part of intense and bold films like "Bhindi Baazaar" and "Murder 2", respectively, says it is good that a "non-crucial part of a film" would be banned.
"If people have to sell their films by showing the item songs only, then it is good that they are banning it. I feel something which is not a crucial part of the film and is used as a marketing strategy to sell a film should not be shown on TV," Prashant said here in an interview.
The censor board decided to tighten its standards for item songs and other similar category videos after a number of complaints regarding the quality of content on a public platform like TV came in, following the Delhi gangrape incident.
Nawazuddin feels such songs are having a negative impact on children and, therefore, it is a good step by CBFC.
"This ban on item songs is very necessary. If you say that TV is a family entertainer, then there are kids as well in a family and don't learn anything other than this," the 39-year-old said here in an interview.
"The entire day they only watch such songs and dances and then they react in a similar manner. So I am feeling good about it (the measures)," added the actor who wowed everyone with his performances in "Gangs of Wasseypur" and "Kahaani".
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Settled on an isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Seattle has a unique flavor and culture that has made it one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. It's Millennials' third-favorite city in the country, and has a solid job market for the fastest-growing careers, including a booming tech scene. It's the nation's 11th largest metro economy, and with nearly 700,000 residents, Seattle is the Pacific Northwest's largest city.
Although Seattle's rainy weather gets a bad rap, it's also very temperate — the winters don't get too cold and the summers don't get too hot. Plus, the city still averages about 70 sunny days every year. There are many universities and colleges in town, with the most important being the University of Washington. Just north of downtown Seattle, the UW ranks among the top universities in the world and is home to six Nobel Prize winners and 15 MacArthur Fellows. In 2015, the university was named No. 1 innovative public university by Reuters.
One thing that Seattle renters have to know is that you only have to give 20 days notice before you move out of an apartment — quite a bit different than the 30 to 60 days most cities require. As a result, the 10th (and surrounding days) of any month is a great time to look for an apartment, with a fresh crop of listings popping up after renters give notice.
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If you get on the light rail in the dead of winter to find yourself surrounded by pantless passengers, don't be too surprised. Seattle is one of several cities nationwide to celebrate No Pants Light Rail Day, during which riders bundle up in coats and scarves, skip the slacks, and act like all is normal.
Seattle is one of the best cities in the country for public transportation, so you can plan to live in the city vehicle-free without worry. There are several rail options, and plenty of buses. The Link Light Rail connects downtown, the University of Washington, and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.. If you're just hoping to travel around downtown and the nearby nearby residential neighborhoods, King County Metro Transit is your ride. But those aren't your only options: There are two streetcars that run in the South Lake Union and Capitol Hill areas, plus a monorail that traverses downtown.
Seattle was also recently named the best city in the country for bicyclists. Currently, Seattle has more than 100 miles of off-street bike trails, protected lanes, sharrows, and greenways. By the end of a 20-year project to further improve bike networks, that will grow by more than 400 miles.
Football fans will feel right at home rooting for the Seahawks — the only NFL team located in the Pacific Northwest and 2014 Superbowl champions. Visiting the Space Needle is also on the Seattle bucket list, for a phenomenal view and cultural experience. Ocean entertainment is also ample, including day-cruises, whale watching, and fishing expeditions. Check out one of the many establishments serving locally brewed beer, as Seattle is one of the hotbeds of the microbrewing movement in the country.
Seattle's premiere attraction is world-renowned: the iconic Space Needle. Completed in 1962 and built to be the tallest structure west of the Mississippi, the Needle is 605 feet tall, and can sustain 200-mile-per-hour winds and 9.1-magnitude earthquakes. At the top — a brief 41-second ride thanks to the Needle's elevator speed of 10 miles per hour — enjoy a meal at the SkyCity Restaurant or soak in views of the Seattle skyline, Cascade Mountains, and Mount Rainier. After that, head deep underground and tour subterranean storefronts that have been abandoned since the Great Fire of 1889, after which Seattle literally rebuilt right on top of itself.
Nearly surrounded by water, Seattle has ready access to fresh seafood, leading to some of the best fish dishes you're likely to find in the U.S. Winning the Zagat Guide's top spot for Seattle seafood, The Walrus and the Carpenter is an oyster bar that aims to resurrect the fishing pub aesthetic, with post-industrial feel, close quarters, and small plates. Other spots for reliably delicious seafood are Taylor Shellfish and Chandler's Crabhouse.
For fine dining, find Italian food and house-made pasta at cozy Altura in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, or Canlis, which offers simple, elegant New American food while overlooking Lake Union. A more relaxed environment, Delancey is another local favorite, serving seasonal fired pizzas, and Westward is a must-stop for those seeking Mediterranean cuisine with a view of downtown across the water.
Cocktail-seekers will be delighted with what Seattle has to offer, considering the area's many distilleries, like Oola, Sound Spirits, Fremont Mischief, and Copperworks Distilling Company. Foreign National blends molecular mixology with the vibe of neighboring French-Vietnamese restaurant Stateside, and has quickly become one of Seattle's favorite bars — but you have to wait your turn, as there are just 28 seats. For a rooftop view, try The Nest, atop the Thompson Hotel, with snacks and innovative mixers. You'll find all the beer you need at Brouwer's Cafe, with more than 60 brews on tap and 300 in bottles, or Pike Brewing Company, one of many craft brewers in the city. Bramling Cross splits the difference between cocktail aficionados and beer-lovers, offering concoctions like the Brewski Old Fashioned (bourbon, vanilla stout sugar, bitters, and stout) and the Ranye West (aperol, lemon, angostura bitters, and Rainier beer).
Seattle is brimming with arts and culture, and it's not all high-brow Frasier-esque trips to the opera (though the Seattle Opera is an excellent, internationally-respected company). The city's music scene has given birth to music legends such as Ray Charles, Eddie Vedder, and Jimi Hendrix, and the grunge movement in the '90s was centered on this musical mecca, thanks to the likes of Seattle natives Nirvana and Soundgarden. Head to the EMP Museum to learn more about Seattle's famed musicians and pop culture history. The Museum of Flight spans 15 acres to showcase more than 160 air and spacecraft, simulators, as well as the first Boeing factory. But for a more complete picture, pair that visit with the Museum of History and Industry to trace more Seattle exploration and development through the years. For a break from history, give your eyes a palate-cleanser at Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Museum of Glass, and the Seattle Art Museum. One of the city's most offbeat, unique offerings is at the Teatro ZinZanni, which features international cirque, comedy and cabaret performances.
With a handful of annual festivals and events every month, you'll never find yourself at a loss of interesting activities in Seattle. One of the largest — Sasquatch Music Festival — takes place each May in the Gorge Amphitheatre near the Columbia River Gorge. Thousands travel from around the country to camp out for performances by indie music greats like Florence & the Machine. Pride Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival are two other enormous events that are on the city's "must" list, along with Bumbershoot, one of the most acclaimed Seattle festivals. It's a cultural celebration complete with music, theater, dancing, and other performances that's nearing its 50-year mark. Several "Festals" throughout the year give individual cultures their due, such as Arab Festival, Croatiafest, TurkFest, TibetFest, Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, and more.
Although you can find somewhere to peruse potential purchases in just about any neighborhood, some places hold more promise. The Ballard neighborhood is where the boutique shoppers flock to find fashion and home decor from indie shops. If name brands are more appealing, head downtown for Nordstrom, Tiffany & Co., J.Crew and national chains — plus Pike Place Market, which has indie shops and farm-fresh food. (If you feel like you can catch a slippery whole tuna, you can even get fresh seafood thrown to you.)
The biggest sports headlines in Seattle are, naturally, made by the only NFL team in the Pacific Northwest: the Seahawks. The recent Superbowl champs play at CenturyLink Field, which they share with the Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer team — another regional sports institution. The Mariners play in Safeco Field, where you'll find the largest videoboard in the MLB. The University of Washington Huskies, in the North Division of the Pac-12, also have a huge following of football fans, with more than a dozen Pac-10 championships, plus several Rose Bowl wins.
There's so much to see in Seattle, sometimes it helps to have a guide. The Seattle Ducks tours show you around the city — scoping the Space Needle, Pioneer Square, and the Seattle skyline from Lake Union — via amphibious vehicle, while sharing fun facts about the sights. The Duck tours can get a little splashy, however, so if you'd prefer a dignified boat tour, try an Argosy Cruise, which also offer fully-narrated picturesque views. There's plenty to be seen on solid ground, too, and you can find that at Northwest Trek Park. In just under an hour, the Discovery Tram Tour traverses 435 miles of natural meadows and forests to give you an up-close experience with elk, moose, bison, and mountain goats. To take on the outdoors alone is simple and stunning as well, and Seattle has more than 400 city parks to choose among. The Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park is located in city itself, while a short drive (and/or ferry ride) away are Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades national parks.