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Friends with Benefits (US - BD)
Gabe finds most of his friends beneficial too, but for entirely different reasons...
When the trailers for Friends with Benefits started airing I assumed they were some kind of clever post-home video viral campaign for Black Swan. I know I'm not the only one that was confused, but for those of you that might not have seen Black Swan Darren Aronofsky's ballet nightmare Natalie Portman plays a ballerina who, among other things, becomes convinced Mila Kunis is an evil doppelganger trying to steal her top roll in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Portman's Back Swan follow up was an Ivan Reitman romantic comedy called No Strings Attached, staring her and Ashton Kutcher as friends that start having sex for fun with no emotional strings attached. Disappointing, but an understandable part of the average, award winning Hollywood star's 'one for them, one for me' approach to stardom. No Strings Attached was released in late January, and was in theaters at the same time as Black Swan, which was a surprise hit. The following spring the first trailers for Mila Kunis' Black Swan follow-up started airing, around the same time Black Swan Blu-ray/DVD release ads started airing. The movie was called Friends with Benefits, and Kunis co-starred with Justin Timberlake as friends…that start having sex…for fun…with no emotional strings attached. Was this for real? Were the stars of a popular, award winning doppelganger themed film really staring in dueling 'sex buddy' movies? I actually had a review copy of No Strings Attached, but never found the time (or will) to review it, so I'm unable to directly compare the two plots beyond descriptions, but can note that Rietman's film was
originally titled Friends with Benefits, which means that the two screenplays likely featured the
same title, and that the subject had to come up at some point on the set of Black Swan.
This fun fact is largely where my interest in this movie begins and ends. I never got around to seeing director Will Gluck's Easy A (which I hear great things about), so I didn't have a lot of buzz going for his next film. He's clearly a capable director, has a good sense of pacing, and can do bubbly without going overboard into mawkish. Perhaps most importantly, I really like the two leads, and I really like them together. They've got huge chemistry brewing between them (it takes a few minutes, admittedly, you just wait for it), they're given genuinely funny stuff to talk about, and it's hard to root against their budding relationship. Justin Timberlake has surpassed the point of pleasant surprise, and I now tend to expect the best from him. I was afraid this character was going to be a sort of softened version of Sean Parker, but he's genuinely charming and quite good with sarcasm. Mila Kunis is a constant favourite, but she more or less perfected this kind of role with Forgetting Sarah Marshal, and I'd prefer to see her moving on to more difficult, Black Swan-ish roles for longer periods before resting on her laurels. The supporting roles are nicely filled for the most part, too. Jenna Elfman and Richard Jenkins are so dramatically impressive as Timberlake's sister and Alzheimer's stricken father (respectively) they rise the second half of the film beyond its hackneyed momentum, but this might mark the exact moment I decided I'm done with Woody Harlson's post- Cheers shtick.
My major problem with Friends with Benefits is that it never really delivers on its anti-rom-com premise. The second half of the film is more or less the exact thing the movie pretends to be reacting to. The characters clearly know the rules of living in a movie, and there's plenty of meta-discussion, but they all too quickly forget, and go back to falling in love against the odds. The filmmakers could convince me this itself was part of the concept, but surface merits alone aren't convincing me. Friends with Benefits isn't among the least effective by-the-numbers rom-com I've ever seen. Timberlake and Kunis' chemistry goes a long way, and there's some real emotional heft in the third act, but the dropped concept is really frustrating. Someday, someone will make an effective, touching, and genuinely funny anti-rom-com, but today is not that day. I suppose I'll just have to rewatch Takashi Miike's Audition for a terrifyingly ironic take on the genre until then. Back on the plus side – the frank discussion during sex joke is pretty funny (though these scenes drone on a few minutes too long), there are some clever incidental gags (the Bible app problems, Bob and Ted and Carol and Alice playing on the TV without anyone talking about it), and I'm happy that Gluck earns his R-rating with plenty of naughty language, and just-short-of-full-frontal sex (sorry fellahs, no Kunis nipples, and sorry ladies, no Timberlake penis).
Friends with Benefits looks like just about every other modern mainstream comedy you've seen over the last five or six years. It's unrealistic, but not bizarrely colourful, and the vibrant hues are softly blended with just enough of a hard edge to keep things sharp. This 1080p, 2.35:1 transfer is about as clean and clear as we could expect. The photography is best when it's exploring the New York City nightlife, complete with rich blacks, and cool palettes spiked with warm highlights and poppy neon. The overall black levels absorb a bit of green, and some of the details are a bit hard to discern in the darkest sequences, but contrast levels are sharp without hardening the edges. Daylight scenes are a little blown-out, seemingly on purpose, and feature rich, consistent colours (the trees and grass are ungodly green). Detail levels aren't excessively fine in close-up, though the helicopter shots of Los Angeles are kind of breathtaking in their minuscule, complex elements. On the other hand, some of the daylight helicopter shots of New York City are a little rough and edge-haloy.
There's not a lot to say about this DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 release outside of the fact that it gets the job done. There's not a lot of flair here, but this is balanced by the fact that there aren't any problems either, and the fact that there's no need for this particular film to be aurally aggressive. Again, the New York City nightlife is the consistent highlight, mostly because of the general ambience that fills the streets. There are also two flash mob scenes that feature nicely spread pop music that has strong rear channels presence. Even here, though, the hustle and bustle of pedestrians and traffic is often muted in favour of dialogue. That's all I have to say about that.
Extra features begin with an audio commentary featuring director Will Gluck, and actors Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. This is a definitively playful track, where the behind the scenes anecdotes are told with a wink and a nod by three participants that are clearly having a good time. Listeners looking for really hard facts might find themselves annoyed by unrelated tangents, but I think I laughed more at the candid banter than I did at the film proper. Besides the fun stuff the participants do a good job discussing deleted scenes, many of which are not available on the disc, and which they mention won't be available on the disc. This is augmented with an optional pop-up trivia track, which based on my sampling covers much of the same ground as the commentary, minus the interactions, with a lot more technical focus.
Next up is a series of ten deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary from Gluck (8:50, HD). These basically consist of one-off jokes that aren't needed. The disc also features an outtake/blooper reel (6:40, HD), a ad-cum-EPK that focuses mostly on the challenge of filming on the streets of NYC and LA called On Set with FWB (5:40, HD), a look behind the scenes of the flash mob scene called In a Flash: Choreographing a Mob (5:50, HD), and trailers for other Sony Blu-ray releases.
This whole review comes down to this: if you suspect you may like Friends with Benefits based on the trailer, you probably will. And if you don't suspect you'll like it, but know someone that wants to see it, it's good enough that you won't despise the experience. As a basic, workaday rom-com it works, but as a post-modern commentary on workaday rom-coms it's a disappointment. The Blu-ray looks and sounds fine, and features a fun commentary track with the director and stars.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray ray quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd December 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English and French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and English Audio Descriptive Track
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean
Extras: Director and Actors Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, In A Flash: Choreographing a Mob, On Set with FWB, Trivia Track, Trailers, DVD Copy, Ultraviolet Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg, Richard Jenkins, Woody Harrelson
Genre: Comedy and Romance
Length: 109 minutes
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Wish I had someone to guide me: Sachin
The maestro feels his commitment and wholehearted effort towards the game have helped him achieve the landmark. Nilankur Das reports. On an average | They sayindia Updated: Mar 18, 2012 00:29 IST
Excerpts from that interaction...
Is this wait compared with (Roger) Federer's wait for French Open?
I don't know obviously what Federer had gone through but I am sure it was tough. I would not compare the 100th 100 with the French Open, rather it would be the World Cup. I had to wait 22 years, and that wait was much longer. It is all about belief, I knew it will come but it is as important that you don't take things for granted and keep working the way you usually do.
There is one thing I can put my hand up and say, that I am 100% sure it is due to my effort and commitment. If these were lacking then there would have been a question mark but in those areas, in my book, I scored a 100 out of 100. Scoring runs and not scoring runs will always be a part of a career, and you can experience that when you have played long enough. I was pretty confident about what I was doing and the technique was right and I had the right people around me and I want to thank them.
Anticipation and pressure...
The anticipation and disappointment on not getting this hundred was way too greater than anything else. I don't know how to explain to you. I wish there was someone to guide me, about how to deal with this. I am not complaining, but it happened for the first time. It has been a tough journey. My family and friends stood right behind me.
Your top five hundreds…
Perth I would say (114 in 1992). Something that means a lot to me is the hundred at Chennai (against England) in 2009. That was really, really important to me because of what had happened before that. Yes, the first 100 (at Manchester 119 not out in 1990), Chennai (136 against Pakistan 1999), and Sydney when I scored 241* (in 2004)
The double ton against Bangladesh?
Possibly the funniest incident of my life, took place in that match. I was batting with Anil (Kumble) and while taking a run and passing him, I told him 'keep an eye out for the second run'. And, while taking the second I saw that the throw was good and I stopped and Anil ran. But the keeper missed and I returned to my crease but because I was going for the second run, Anil kept running and actually twice we ran in the same direction and three times we were about to get out but we did not, and we had a good laugh.Rahul Dravid spoke of the role the physios and masseurs play...
Absolutely, without the physio and masseur life would be difficult, really difficult. I'd like to thank all of them who helped me when I was in desperate need. There are a lot of things which happen outside the field, and that helps you prepare for the match. Whatever happens behind the scenes is never discussed, but they are equally a part of my success.
A knock through tremendous pain?
I have played a lot of innings like that. A specific innings that comes to mind is when I got that double century (against South Africa) at Gwalior. I remember before that game I was lying on the physio's table, getting various treatments and my whole body was in trouble.
All we were discussing was that let us win the series, and then I am going to request the BCCI for a break from the third match because I am completely exhausted, I couldn't even stand on the field. I was that exhausted physically and mentally.
To deal with injuries is not easy, and at my age it becomes even more difficult. That was the case even before I played that game. But I went to the ground and forgot all about that. When you are focused, you are willing to find a path and reach a destination of winning that match. Then after the game I was asked 'do you remember what you had said before the match?' It happens to everyone and sometimes you go through that more than others.
On his children Arjun and Sara…
It's important they lead a normal childhood and not get surrounded by the media all the time. It's alright to get that when Arjun is matured enough. But right now, he is madly in love with cricket and with all this attention and pressure it shouldn't be that he starts hating all this.
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Of all the bad news unveiled today by the chancellor this might well be the worst: after two and a half years of austerity, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is likely to say that the fiscal hole that Mr Osborne promised to eliminate in five years, back in May 2010, is actually bigger now than it was then.
Yes. You read that correctly. The austerity has been real: by the end of this tax year we'll have had £59bn's worth of tax rises and spending controls since April 2010. But the hole in the public finances has expanded to absorb it. Or at least, that is the view of the OBR.
When he wrote his Budget, Mr Osborne thought that three years of austerity would more than halve the structural current deficit, from 4.8% of GDP to just 1.9%.
That was before the recovery faltered. And before the OBR took a much gloomier view of the economy's room for growth in last year's Autumn Statement. By April of this year it had decided that Mr Osborne's measure of borrowing would still be 4% this year, for all his efforts.
That was pretty bad - it meant that a squeeze of more than 4% of GDP had shrunk the hole by less than a quarter of that amount.
But when you apply the OBR's model to the economic data we've had since April, it looks very much as though they will have revised up that totemic measure of borrowing, yet again, for this Autumn Statement.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, for example, reckons the OBR will put the structural current deficit this year at 4.9% - even under its most optimistic scenario, where Robert Chote and his colleagues consider the loss of growth this year to be temporary.
That is what you might call "psychologically significant". Because it means, even on the most optimistic assumptions, the OBR is going to tell the chancellor that the structural hole he set out to fix is actually larger, now, than when he took office. The disease that the chancellor came in to cure has gotten worse since 2010, despite his best efforts.
Usually, when a medicine doesn't seem to be working, you get a debate between those who say it's the wrong medicine - and others who say it's just not been applied forcefully enough.
What's funny about the current situation - and doubtless galling to Ed Balls and other critics of Mr Osborne - is that we are not really having that debate today. Even though these borrowing estimates are themselves dependent on an OBR assessment of the economy which many economists do not share.
On his own chosen measure, we will probably find out today that the chancellor has literally nothing to show for nearly three years of austerity. The majority of institutions and individuals who supported Mr Osborne in 2010 are likely to say two things in response: he's got the right medicine, and the last thing he should do is apply it more forcefully.


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I have done a lot of writing about spam DMs or Direct Messages on Twitter recently and it may sound as if I don't like to get DMs at all. Nothing could be further from the truth! I just adore DMs and prefer them to email, truth be told. Surprised? Don't be!
The DM is a private conversation. It is ideal for people who have very little time and/or short attention span with its limited character set. A big "up side" to having limited characters is that it can force someone to get to the point, be concise and stay focused.
I used to write long, rambling emails. I used to enjoy reading them from others, too, but I simply do not have time for that luxury anymore. I spend most of my email time battling spam. It takes more time to sift email now and I do not enjoy sifting. It is my own fault since I should use a separate account for those purposes, but I digress.
I always have TweetVisor up, so I can usually see DMs as they come in and reply instantly whenever I am online. TweetVisor shows everything all at once on one page, so I see my public @replies, too. This saves a TON of energy and effort, plus it allows me to be very speedy in my communications. Most of the time, an @reply on Twitter is great for both parties, lending exposure for both parties and the chance for new followers, but sometimes the conversation goes deeper or gets more involved or personal. How do I know when to take it to DM?
- When you send your email address or other private information, take it to DM.
- When you're in an involved conversation and exchanged multiple messages that really concern no one else, take it to DM.
- When it would be impossible to follow or jump into the conversation, take it to DM.
- When you want to flirt for real, take it to DM. (Caution, you may get blocked! But that's the same as real life, isn't it?)
- When the information you'd like to impart is very specifically for that one person, take it to DM.
- When the subject is private information, take it to DM.
- When sending a link someone requests that you have already tweeted within the past 4 hours, send it via DM to avoid being thrown out of search. (see my article about search for more information)
- When you feel the need to use off-color language, in general, take it to DM.
- If you feel the need to say something negative, keep it out of your stream and take it to DM. (Avoid)
- When contacting customer support or Twitter support about a sensitive subject or complaint, don't be rude and embarrass the company in an @reply, take it to DM.
Basically, an @reply or tweet is a shout out and a DM is a whisper. Whatever is said in DM is not general knowledge and should never be shared with someone else. You should never post the contents of a DM or tell someone else the contents of a DM. That is a trust violator that is not easily, if ever, overcome. Don't overuse the DM, either, or your important messages may not be seen due to an onslaught of automatic DMs, frivolous flirtations and True Twit DM messages clogging the column. Master the art of the DM and it will simplify many areas of your electronic life!
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Hello - I'm Rebecca and live in northern ontario in Canada - which makes finding bento supplies and some ingredients a challenge. I make a couple of trips to Toronto every year for tournaments and know that I'll be stocking up on ingredients that I can't find here during those trips.
I became interested in bento when I found this site while looking for a japanese-style recipe for a pot luck dinner for my karate club (I am shodan-ho and in training for my black belt). I was especially interested in the portion control and weight-loss potential as I am a diabetic and have struggled with my weight all my life despite having an active lifestyle.
Since I started using bento for my lunch (and sometimes supper as well) about 6 weeks ago in combination with weightwatchers, I have lost 10 lbs. My blood sugars have been great. I allow myself no more than 1/2 cup of rice in my bento and that has been working just fine.
My teenage son has also become interested in bento. It suprised me when he asked me to make him a bento lunch for school. More to my suprise is 2 weeks into school,, his bento lunches are coming home empty and his additional snack for his second nutrition break has also been eaten. I lost track of how much food was wasted last year in his lunches because he didn't eat them.
The bento and cooking the food has also been useful in that my son attends a nut free school. When I make the food myself, there is absolutely no question of nut products. Which makes life easier - as you have to read the ingredient list of Every Product EVERY Time when buying prepared foods. I wish I'd discovered bento earlier while my son still had his peanut allergy. He has outgrown it, but I am especially careful as I know how dangerous and nerve-wracking for parents food allergies can be.
Hi Rebecca. I know exactly where you're coming from with the school lunches. I just stopped sending them to school with my son because he never ate them. Wish I'd known about bentos back then. I HAVE supplied my daughter-in-law with bento boxes though, and my elder granddaughter loves eating her kindy lunch from her Minnie mouse one.
My blog is Food and Shoes
I am shodan ho too
wish you all the best
I'm just glad I found something that works - I know he's eating healthy food for lunch and having a good meal. One of his friends has been asking for me to make his lunches too. I gave him the website address - maybe he'll show his parents.
Oh hey! I know where you're coming from; I'm from Sault Ste Marie. The amount of Japanese and other Asian ingredients we can find has increased in past years, but it's still pretty limited. Every grocery store and health food store seems to have a few things, and you have to do the rounds to all of them to assemble all the things you need, if you can find them at all.
Hello! I'm also new here. I've been making bento for about 2 years now. My husband LOVES them (and pretty much all Japanese food). We're from the Maryland/Virginia, USA area. We got married in a very rural place and started eating a lot of Japanese food. I had a really hard time finding some ingredients. Luckily, my husband is in the military and our commissaries keep foreign food in stock. Some things were impossible to find though. I found a website that I feel confident about (sometimes when ordering from a foreign website I just pray that I didn't just waste my money). It's called asianfoodgrocer.com. You can even get overnight refridgerated shipping for miso and other perishable items. It's pricier than getting non-perishable items but if you really can't find them where you are then it might be worth it.
Hope this helps and good luck with the bento making:)
Hello aggie-june
Your introduction brought back happy memories for me. I honeymooned in Minden, not very far from you. I'm delighted that bento are proving so beneficial for you and your family.
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Bulldogs beat Calvin 10-7 to capture 3rd straight league tournament championship
The dynasty continues, and the Adrian College baseball team is returning to where it wanted to be all along.
Powered by a record-setting day from Sam Fischer and contributions throughout their lineup, the Bulldogs captured their third straight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship Friday with a 10-7 victory over the Calvin Knights at Nicolay Field.
The tournament sends the six-time defending MIAA champions to the NCAA Division III regional tournament, which is scheduled to begin next week. Adrian (30-13) will learn its destination Sunday evening.
Calvin (28-16) got another monster performance from senior Matt Schepel, who hit two long home runs and finished with four hits, but had its season come to an end. The Bulldogs scored in six consecutive innings and pounded out 15 hits before holding off the Knights.
"It feels good when you set goals and achieve them," Adrian coach Craig Rainey said. "It's great for the seniors, and that is who we wanted to win this for. Most of those guys have had great careers, and this is the most deserving way for them to go out."
Adrian's seniors are the third straight graduating class that won conference championships in each of their four years.
"One thing that was preached to us was not to be the class that ended the streak," Fischer said. "It's important for the guys to keep up with what goes on in this program. We expected to win and knew we had a target on our backs, and the guys accepted that challenge. It's a great feeling to go back to regionals, and we'll try to do some damage and take it to the next level."
After Drew Shutes ended the top of the second inning with a diving catch in right field, the Bulldogs struck first in the bottom half of the frame as Dan Heatherly scored on Corleone Desimone's fly ball. Calvin responded in the top of the third as Schepel clobbered a two-run home run over the center-field wall, giving the Knights a 2-1 lead.
Adrian quickly answered back. Shutes' RBI single plated Ryan Dorow, then R.J. Rios belted a two-RBI double to score Fischer and Heatherly in the bottom of the third, giving the Bulldogs a 4-2 lead and chasing Calvin ace Cory Laster.
"We knew (Laster) threw 109 pitches just 48 hours ago, and Calvin was short on arms, so we wanted to make it tough on him," Rainey said. "The guys worked the plan of taking pitches and trying to get him out."
The Bulldogs extended their lead against Calvin's bullpen in the fourth inning as Fischer's double scored Dorow and Mitch Stefanski's RBI single plated Fischer. The Knights got two runs back in the top of the fifth as Schepel drove in Travis Kraai with a single and Grant Van Putten scored on Peter Cupery's flyout.
After Jalen Bouma grounded into an inning-ending double play, Adrian capitalized as Heatherly led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run over the left center wall. In the sixth inning, Fischer came home on Heatherly's fly ball, giving the Bulldogs an 8-4 lead.
Jeff Gertley delivered his first career home run, a solo shot to right center, in the bottom of the seventh. Later in the frame, Fischer set a new single-game MIAA record with his fifth hit, then scored on Stefanski's RBI single, making it 10-4.
"I always get up for tournament games and championship games, and I've just been hot lately," Fischer said. "We know we have the talent, and we just had to come out and play and keep an even keel."
Calvin didn't go quietly, scoring three runs in the top of the eighth. Schepel hit a solo home run onto the AC Softball Complex to lead off the frame, then Kyle Spoelma's double plated Colt Wolfe and Jordan VanderWall, making it 10-7. Tommy Eng relieved starter Rylie Robinson (Clinton) and struck out Kraai to end the threat.
"I did not have my best stuff, but the guys behind me made plays and that's all I could ask for," Robinson said. "Our offense gave me all the confidence in the world, and I didn't have to be too fine. We've been rolling all tournament long, and I knew we would keep answering back."
The Knights got two runners on in the top of the ninth, but Bouma grounded out to Eng to end the game and Adrian's celebration began.
"We had a feeling it would be a hitters day and knew we had to score runs," Rainey said. "The tournament is a great thing, because it gives us a chance to compete in tight games and get ready for regionals. You have to play when the chips are on the line, and winning both title validates our season."
Fischer was 5-for-5 with an RBI and four runs, while Stefanski went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Adrian. Heatherly was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs, while Robinson pitched 7 2/3 innings for the win.
Schepel was 4-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs scored for Calvin. Laster was charged with the pitching loss.
"It's a privilege to play for Adrian College baseball and for people who care about us," Heatherly said. "The guys appreciate everything that has been done for us."
-- The game was delayed for 17 minutes in the bottom of the first inning.
-- Adrian scored 35 runs on 41 hits in three tournament games.
-- The Bulldogs are 6-0 all-time in MIAA Tournament games played at Nicolay Field.


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Sleeping In The Clouds: 5 Takes On the All White Bedroom
In general I like at least a little color in my rooms, but the bedroom is definitely the place that most entices me to want to ditch the saturated hues for a peaceful palette of whites. However, as we all know, decorating with only one color does not mean decorating in only one style. Here are a few examples of pure white's versatile applications.
• Simple, crisp white bedding and bare walls allow the whimsical headboard and light fixture to take center stage. With a variety of textures and forms, the all white room is anything but bland.
• This is taken from Ally's eclectic home, an unmade bed never looked so elegant thanks to the dreamy all white decor and intricate white mirror.
• The cottage-y horizontal wood plank walls play up the sweet simplicity of this serene room by Jane Cumberbatch.
• Oversize light fixtures and beautiful architectural details keep the room fresh and interesting while still radiating a sense of calm.
• Busted! This beautiful room by Thomas O'Brien is not all white, but it's a wonderful example of how to create interest and calm with a very limited neutral palette....plus it is one of my favorite bedrooms and I had to work it in somehow during bedroom month! White bed linens and an ivory rug create a sense of peacefulness while the antiqued mirrored doors and black accents provide touches of glamor.
Could you live with an all white room?
(Images: 1: vt wonen, 2: Apartment Therapy: San Francisco, Ally's Contemporary with a Touch of Paris Glam, 3: Jane Cumberbatch, 4: skona hem, 5: Thomas O'Brien)


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July 17, 2012 – TB Joshua Prophesies On 2go Users' Death – Rumour
The rumour making waves since yesterday is that TB Joshua has prophesied mass death of 2go mobile chat users this week.
The gist claims witches will take over 2go network and spread demons.
As at the time of this report, this viral news is unconfirmed.
TB hasn't said anything in regards to this.
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Haba Naija this kind rumour no fair o.
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Community Comments
Input from the public, businesses, and stakeholders on the Solid Waste Plan 2040 will be posted here throughout the planning process.
The City of Lincoln reserves the right to refuse to publish and to edit comments for clarity and brevity.
On November 5, 2013, Richard wrote:
I attended the meeting on O st , we have rental prop without garages and if you have small boxes to divide trash , they will blow in the wind or get buried in the snow if left outside, Our suggestion is to pick up trash once a week and put recyclables in one provided by the trash hauler and pick up the trash ever other week at no extra charge can only put large items out on curb 3 times a year and print it in the paper where the area is and let people come with their trucks and pick up what they can use. This works in Germany and has been going on since the 80s works well
On September 10, 2013, Marla wrote:
Hello I live in Roane Co, TN but was recently talking to a Lancaster Co, NE resident. I told him about our local recycling program where once, or twice a year the county will take in partially full cans of paint for recycling. We fill our trunks, drive into the "convenience centers" and volunteers help unload the cars and we are on our ways. It works great.
Does Lancaster Co have such a program? My friend has paint to dispose of and I'm encouraging him to do it in a responsible, equitable manner. I'm excited you have a grand plan. Hope paint recycling is included. Please let me know
Most sincerely
On August 20, 2013, Judy wrote:
I am hopeful you won't make mandatory recycling for those of us who recycle everything we can. Many of my neighbors, including myself, have been recyclers for many years. I do agree there are some who don't recycle anything, and for those it would be a good idea, but please keep in mind that many of us do recycle and have for years and it would be unfair to mandate we pay for recycling services.
On August 19, 2013, John wrote:
Since I was raised in Southern California, where land is premium and waste is plentiful, we recycled everything which could be. And each household was limited to 2 waste barrels of certain dimensions. Probably the biggest action for recycling to date was we were paid for the labor, low as it may be today, bnut per ton, pound everything has a price to it.
On August 15, 2013, anonymous wrote:
Hi, my husband and I attended the open house and he walked out with a lovely glass of ice tea. However I went to dispose of it and noticed that it is a #7 plastic which the City of Lincoln does not recycle. This is ridiculous! It's is not responsible as far as I'm concerned to hold a meeting with these products, unless there has been a change and the City does recycle them now and have poorly put out the information. You should be ashamed of yourself to hold a meeting and do this.
On August 13, 2013, Lynn wrote:
In San Diego they have a recycling program for composting and yard waste where they grind up boxes, paper, anything that will disintegrate and charge for it; it pays for the program plus some. I saw on public television, it was very thorough. For things that don't disintegrate, you should get a city incinerator.
Educate, educate, educate the public (for instance, show pictures of things that will never decompose). The City needs to take a stand and say everything must disintegrate if you send it to the landfill.
Research communities in Europe, like Germany, that do not allow plastic bottles, only glass bottles. In Oklahoma City, they have a program in different sections of town on certain weekends where it is "free put your stuff out on the curb", people go around and get free stuff, and then anything left over the garbage takes.
Need to do something about the toxic liquids going down the drain, how do you govern? Again, educate people on dangers.
Have information on the computer and in the newspaper, conduct contests with neighborhood associations on how well they have cleaned up their neighborhood - celebrate neighborhoods working together and really get the picture.
We need to do something with metals; someplace we need regional meltdown companies, need to start doing that.
On August 11, 2013, Dave wrote:
I am not in favor of mandatory recycling, especially if it is going to cost more money. I have been recycling for over 10 years now. Our garbage collector collects twice a week. If I am lucky I'll have one bag of trash every week. I have contacted them several times on only picking up once a week and they told me it would still cost the same. If the garbage collector will start picking up trash once a week and recyclable once a week for the same price than I am fine with that.
As for your percentages in the newspaper of how much recycling would reduce a household amount, it is way off base. My reduction in waste the last 10 years has been at least 50%. Sure hope you didn't pay those consultants that came up with the numbers in the newspaper too much. If so the taxpayer just recycled more of their money to them.
On August 11, 2013, Greg and Martha wrote:
I have been a tax-paying resident of Lincoln for the past 25 years. My wife has been a life-long, tax-paying resident, so we both have a vested interest in Lincoln and its long-term future.
Here are our thoughts about solid waste recycling, and how it might impact our garbage service:
- Currently, there are several options for solid waste recycling. We happen to use the (firm name omitted) service, which we only pay about $5/month. It is an awesome service; every week they come to pick it up, and, unlike some other recycling services, they DO take glass, tin, aluminum, mixed paper, and cardboard. We have used & paid for this service since its inception (3?) years ago.
- I believe firmly that you should encourage those who are NOT recycling to recycle, by promoting those firms who recycle the materials you as city managers want recycled. I.E., if city residents currently have a monthly contract with a service, and that service can verify that the customer is regularly using this service, then that resident shall be deemed as meeting your requirements of solid waste management, and no further action OR taxation will be required of this resident.
- Conversely, if a resident refuses to even attempt to use a recycling service after a period of time (say 6 months?), then force them into paying more for a city-imposed service (to be carried out by their current refuse service provider) with a hefty additional billing attached. But to make this effective, you should email, mail, advertise, etc., all the available options, along with the current billing costs, so that they can see with their own eyes how much cheaper it would be to act on their own behalf and be pro-active, before being forced to pay the much-higher, city-imposed costs.
- Maybe on the education front, you should show some graphic photos of our current dump sites: the boundaries, the lack of expansion, and what the costs per taxpayer would be if the city were forced to build yet another dump.
I hope that this provides a little help. Thanks for letting me give my opinion on the matter.
On August 10, 2013, anonymous wrote:
There are other states that require residents to recycle or they are fined. I believe it is time for Lincoln to start working towards the requirement of recycling. I currently pay for mine to be picked up and I realize not everyone is in a position to do that, however, if more recycled the price may be able to go down, or possibly be included in ones garbage pick up bill. Until we got our recycling tote I did not realize how many items we used could be recycled. On a weekly basis our recycling tote is full, where our garbage tote is barely half full. Thank you for all your work to keep Lincoln/Lancaster County the great place to live that it is.
On August 8, 2013, Russ wrote:
I just returned from visiting brother around Sedalia, MO.
He raises a large garden and uses a lot of compost from the town of Sedalia, so I got interested in the towns operation. Due to the fact that I retired from a water and sanitation district in Colo.
They really have working:
Using solid waste, tree slash all sizes, stumps and logs 8 ft lg. not over 18" in dia.
The compost looks and feels (no smell) like potting soil.
They are selling this for $10.00 per yard to residents, landscapers, farmers.
I believe they received a federal grant to get started.
Sedalia's town ph. is 816-827-3000.
P.S. I will bring a sample of the compost at your meeting. 8/13
On August 8, 2013, Art wrote:
I think curb side pick should be mandatory. My garbage hauler benefits by my recylaling My garbage is reduced by at least half yet I get no reduction in garbage hauler fees. Garbage haulers should pick up recycling for no extra charge.
On August 6, 2013, Terri wrote:
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been recycling for years and will continue to do so. I recycle everything possible and have a recycling "center" set up in my garage and take my bins to one of the recycling centers in town as needed. Because of this, I don't generate a large amount of trash. I do support a city-wide recycling effort, not only to lengthen the life of the landfill but because I believe this is the right thing to do.
I am a single woman in my mid-50's. As stated, I routinely recycle and therefore have minimal trash. However, I am still required to pay for weekly trash pickup even though I put my trash out only every 2-3 weeks. As the city begins to discuss mandatory recycling, keep in mind those of us that do routinely recycle without paying any additional fee. I don't want to be forced to pay for recycling when I have been taking my recycling in myself for many years. I also don't want to pay more for trash pickup just because it includes recycling.
In summary, I am all for recycling and will continue to do so; however, I do not want to have to pay more for something I currently do at no additional cost. Keep us singles in mind when discussing this topic. We just do not generate the trash that families do but are required to pay the same amount.
On August 5, 2013, anonymous wrote:
To Whom It May Concern:
I am an elderly widow and am concerned about the curbside recycling that is being considered.
I take one medium sized can to the curb for pickup about once every three weeks. I recycle everything else and take it to the drop off-site near my home. However, I still have to pay the full price for garbage pickup and then extra for lawn pickup while a household next door with four children and two large garbage cans at the curb for pickup every week is paying the same as I do. This is very costly for me on my limited income.
My son lives in Portland which is huge on recycling. They have several different sized containers available at different prices according to the size of the household. They have a separate recycle pickup day and if a household uses the recycling service $2.50 is deducted from their garbage bill. This seems fairer to everyone and more affordable to small households.
On August 5, 2013, Sandy wrote:
We have recycled for yrs. We take our recyclables to East High drop-off or to Union College where they have bins.
My question: will the people who recycle their items at a designed spot be required to pay a fee for curbside pickup? I feel it would be very unfair to be forced to pay a fee when we don't need curbside pickup!
On August 4, 2013, Jeff wrote:
I have two suggestions: Enter into a contract with Waste Management to cover the whole city no more independent refuse haulers. Reason it would save a lot of fighting among companies which has happened here in Lincoln. It would also put a company that is in all services refuse.recycling misc heavy hauling, sewage recycling you name itand they have been around for a long time. It is there business and they run it like a business. Second: We recycle all of our waste and I take it over to the recycle center at East High located on A Street. What I don't like is that the refuse company has supplied a a dumpster that lets all people who don't pay for the refuse to drop off all of there junk there. I hauled three bikes and to go karts out of there they other day and to them to Mad Dad's to use for parts if nothing else. It is dumped all over the ground there and next we are going to have rats/coons and who else knows what will be going through the junk I think it should stopped and used for a recycle location only not both.
On August 3, 2013, Jaclyn wrote:
The City wants your opinion on how to make Lincoln more green and less wasteful: Dear Sirs and Madams, We recycle. But do not pay for the service. I can't afford to add another utility to our household budget. We collect our items in our garage and take it to the R street recycling site behind Best Buy. I would pay for recycling at my home as an additional service if you could get our garbage collector, (firm name omitted) to only do once a month pickup or bi-weekly for a lesser charge. We are paying $20 for a months service which is once a week. We barely have half a barrel full each week as most of our items are taken to recycling. If you could get (firm name omitted) to lessen their charges and the options for trash pick up. I would love to pay for someone to come and get our recycling curb-side ! Thank you.
On August 3, 2013, Paul wrote:
Forcing waste haulers to provide recycling services would only drive up their costs and increase their fees. Perhaps the city could provide a curbside service once or twice a month for pickup of recyclables.
If recycling services become mandatory, maybe you could provide a discount to help offset the cost on a temporary basis. We recycle, I don't think it is inconvenient for me to drop off my recyclables once a month. This is for a family of four.
On August 2, 2013, Nick wrote:
Recycling should be mandatory for all residents and business by 2016. $5.00 for residents is more than affordable as I pay $20 a month right now. I started recycling with recycle link in 2010 and to date I have recycled 2,195 pounds. Each week the recycle container is full and my waste container is less than half full. I see places that convert the waste into methane gas and the buy product that's leftover is used in jewelry. I think it's New York City that does this. If we focus on the long term benefits we can take a problem and turn it into a solution. You now that someday you won't be able to keep putting it into the ground.
On August 2, 2013, Morgan wrote:
Hello, I wanted to send my feedback on the Solid Waste Plan 2040. I think providing curbside recycling to every household in Lincoln would be amazing. I really hope this goal can be achieved!! It is time for Lincoln residents to be responsible and implement sustainable solutions. Thank you for your hard work.
On August 1, 2013, Logan wrote:
Keep the fees low and make it convenient, all in one recycling.
On August 1, 2013, Larry wrote:
We have been recycling for several years and use a company called Recycle Bank. The charge a small fee and provide a container. The company pickup on every Wednesday and all recycle materials go into the container. They provide a sack the goes in the container when it get full.
We do not separate recyclable waste items, all of it goes into the container. This is the best system I have heard about. We have reduce our land fill garbage to about a grocery sack full a week.
I would recommend this company be contacted for more details if the committee is interested in recycling at minimum cost.
On August 1, 2013, April wrote:
Saw the news about recycling, and my suggestion for recycling is to NOT raise a curb-side fee to $5.00, but to lower a residents garbage fee by $5.00 if they actually take the time to take the recyclables to a recycling bin. I use a very inexpensive 3 section mesh clothes sorter to throw my recycles in-sorted by plastic, cardboard, aluminum/tin, and my glass is separate. The mesh bags are supported by a PVC frame, and are very easy to remove and take to the bins. Bought it @ WalMart for under $10.00.
In order for this to work, there has to be MORE bins EVERYWHERE, so that it is easier for people to drop off the recyclables. If there are not enough bins and they become full quickly, I feel people will become frustrated and just not want to do it. Wouldn't it be cheaper for the garbage companies to go to pick up locations, then to start and stop the big trucks at each residential driveway?
Also, there needs to be a saturation of public awareness of the need to recycle. Perhaps commercials, newspapers ads, and billboard signs. I remember a TV ad about an Indian standing and looking at the road ways littered with plastic bottles and paper trash and he had a tear running down his face. Maybe we need to dig up that commercial from the archives and run it constantly.
Also there is a company in Lincoln that will shred papers for I believe about 25cents a pound. All my junk mail, envelopes from businesses, statements, bills, etc go there for shredding. My identity is shredded, and you can actually watch them do it. I go maybe once a month is all. Newspapers and magazines can go there to, but I drop them off in the big bins instead.
Recycling is not hard-people are just LAZY! Maybe by getting off the couch to take care of the recycling, perhaps the obesity rate will go down just a little also.
Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.
On July 17, 2013, Ursula wrote:
When you have a recycling program you don't create much Garbage. So the hauler would provide you with 2 full size containers 1 labeled Garbage and 1 Recycables, then pick up 1 week Garbage, 1 week Recycables , that way you don't create more fees for the households. The City can then separate the Glass, Paper etc. Coming from Germany (Country that recycles the most in the world), i know first hand how it works. Cities have Containers on Street Corners etc. were you can drop off Glass, Paper etc. Good example is the UNL Campus (Jazz in June), they have containers labeled recycables or trash.
I wish you would Google Germany, 1 good website is earth911com/general/trash-planet-germany.
One final note Germany has twice a year a pickup for lge items like Vaccuums or items they don't use anymore, you see people driving around picking up what they like. Thank you
On June 13, 2013, Jim wrote:
I use Lingro, and I love it. It makes my soil rich, and my garden plants respond very well to it. Please keep making it. It enriches any soil it is mixed into.
On June 5, 2013, Kristen wrote:
Good Morning,
I read in the LJS this morning citizens were encouraged to send in suggestions for the solid waste planning group regarding recycling ideas. I would suggest you reach out to some rural towns in Nebraska who have faced this same issue. Most of the small towns in Nebraska either struggle to get access to a landfill or it "filled" many years ago.
In the rural Nebraska town where I grew up, Laurel, there is a wonderful recycling center that is heavily used by the community and they do this voluntarily! Now, in all honesty they accomplished this by charging, in addition to a trash pick up fee, a "bag" fee a few years ago. Community members were required to purchase special trash bags, which were smaller too, and there may have been a bag limit per week. Opting not to use those bags or go over the limit increased their trash costs. In a matter of months most of the community was down to one trash bag per week and the rest went to the recycling center. I am not sure if this would be feasible in Lincoln since the trash pick up is done by private companies, but it worked for Laurel.
I will also mention there was not a lot of public information about this policy change beforehand in Laurel and as such the public backlash was able to get the city to abandon the harsh penalties over time. Now, I believe trash costs are just high for everyone, but habits were certainly changed for the year or two the bag rules were in place. Contact information for the town can be found here: http://www.laurelne.com/gov.asp.
I might also mention that you reach out to Gill Hauling of Jackson, Nebraska. They provide service to many small towns in Northeast Nebraska and although I am not familiar with their policy, I know they offer a curbside recycling service that has been widely taken advantage of. There are very few small towns where everyone doesn't have their "two" trash cans out for every trash pickup. Their number is: (402) 632-9273.
On May 13, 2013, Richard wrote:
Recycling, while necessary, is hardly the best approach to waste management. Recycling can increase the amount of waste generated and certainly does little better than landfilling with regards to GHG generation. PREVENTION is the best approach. I suggest rather than looking at the issue as waste management, you look at materials management overall or a consumption based approach to problem definition prior to devising actions. http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/consumptionbasedghg.htm After all, if you are asking the wrong questions, the answers don't really matter.
On February 11, 2013, Harold wrote:
I just became aware of Bio Char's potential value and lack of public awareness. Biochar has untapped benifits for horticulture as a soil additive, as well as a carbon sequestration method. Carbon does not decompose. LOOK IT UP!
On November 19, 2012, Susan wrote:
Within the Five Guiding Principals, the "overarching goad" of promoting waste PREVENTION is very important to me. We have many opportunities for recycling in Lincoln, but this needs to be coupled with incentives to reduce and reuse materials.
On November 16, 2012, Tim wrote:
As long as people have few financial incentives to cut back on their solid waste we will continue to have more problems on this issue than we need to. It seems with other states/cities charging per container/pound and their statistics, issues, comments and participation we could ease into this kind of program over the next year or two. Also, and we could begin this right away. We tried this once where the day before trash day we had recycling day with everything by the curb could be taken away and used by someone else. More and better pr in advance will help and after a few months it will continue to catch on.
On November 16, 2012, Rebecca wrote:
Mandatory recycling!! includes dividing waste for garbage pickup at all residences and businesses into glass, plastics, cans, newspapers, cardboard, and finally garbage, and then paying a substantial penalty fee for failure to divide recyclables from garbage as directed.
On November 15, 2012, anonymous wrote:
Hi. I'm just wondering if we could rethink trash collection requirements for the elderly in particular or for any of the single person households – we have many of those in Lincoln these days. In my jobs both in retail sales and in healthcare I do hear that that is a hardship especially for the older and elderly who live at home alone and rarely generate any trash. I know a long time ago, 25 years ago, I asked my trash haulers if we could stop my elderly neighbor's, and consolidate her trash with ours. She had one small lunch-sack size trash once every two weeks and yet had to pay for the full service and the trash hauler told us very soundly that if we did that they would sue us for theft of service, or sue her. That doesn't seem right; it seems irrational, it seems very harsh. It seems like with the change in living situations that we're having and more people staying at home in their elder years we should be able to accommodate that.
Also I would think that it would be nice to have some mandatory recycling; I'm seeing lots of furniture, lots of TVs, computer equipment, all going out to the curb. I recycle my things like that and there are plenty of people around Lincoln who will take them; some for free, some for a fee. And I think that rather than just every time we get new furniture or something, that we throw things out at the curb, is inappropriate. So perhaps we just need to start imposing a fee at the time of service or having people have to mandatorily dispose of those in a better fashion than just throwing everything just to the dump. We have eco-stores and places like that. So anyway, that's my concern. Thank you.
On November 15, 2012, Kendall wrote:
I feel that Lincoln has two great opportunities to reduce waste and make collection much more efficient. First, I suggest we adopt some method of "Pay-As-You-Throw", where collection fees are based on the amount of trash generated (volume or weight). This encourages waste reduction and recycling, and makes a fairer system than the one we currently have, where those who have a smaller waste stream are subsidizing those who make no effort to reduce. Second, I suggest we eliminate overlapping routes. My neighborhood sees an endless parade of trucks from different companies covering the same routes. One company/truck per area would be more efficient, as well as reduce noise, traffic and wear & tear on streets. I realize these suggestions go against the status quo, but the bottom line is their efficiency, fairness and results, beneficial to the majority of the public. Seems worth ruffling a few feathers to make this positive change.
On November 14, 2012, Richard wrote:
For reviewing the HDR Report it is obvious that Lincoln and its citizens MUST do a better job of reducing solid waste. Tipping fees need to increase substantially. Mandatory recycling of fiber and plastics must be instituted. The large amount of food waste must be composted with yard waste. More C & D waste must be diverted and recycled. With an increase in revenue from tipping fees. a concrete and masonry rubble processing plant should be investigated. Require all city paving projects to use a certain percentage of recycled C&D waste for paving. The primary goal of the SW plan should be to REDUCE the volume of solid waste entering the landfill, not just maintain a steady state.
On November 13, 2012, Karla L. wrote:
I would like to see data from other communities that have city recycling services. Their of recycling may be similar to current Lincoln rates due to a threshold of those who do recycle per their own initiative and those who just will not recycle because it is not of personal value to them. Also would be supportive of housing a site for household hazardous wastes. The said waste schedules are confusing though I realize this is our private company.
On November 13, 2012, Bradi wrote:
Recycling with garbage- incentives to waste companies that offer recycling with garbage pick up. One day a week pick up garbage, another for recycling. City contract with recycling companies. Partnership of garbage and recycling companies.
On September 10, 2012, Carrie wrote:
WasteCap Nebraska hosts bi-monthly Green Team Roundtable in Lincoln. Each Roundtable begins with a Circle question designed to generate conversation. As part of the August meeting the question posed to the team was "If there were one thing you could recommend be included, what would that be?" There were a number of different responses with the most prominent responses being: education, awareness, convenience, landfill bans on plastic bags and packaging, and incentives for recycling. A more detailed list can be found on http://www.wastecapne.org/greenteams/.
On August 8, 2012, Mary Anne wrote:
I think it is important to have curbside recycling at every home, this will make it easier for people to recycle. The city could be divided into areas for each of the existing recycling companies to service, similar to refuse service.
On July 10, 2012, Kurt wrote:
Hi, as the city plans forward, I would encourage the planning committee to engage in a deep conversation about the recycling program in Lincoln. What we have is a good start but the content and quantity of material going to the landfill is a shame. We need a curbside option with all trash carriers and we need a single stream recycling center. A town of well over 250,000 will absolutely need a better recycling program. I currently live in a large apartment complex..the residence throw EVERYTHING away because there are NO handy options. Recycling is best when it is convenient to do the process. Save tax dollars and the landfill by improving the recycling process in Lincoln. Please visit Omaha and see what they are doing to reduce volume of and kinds of trash filling their landfills.


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With all of his accomplishments came the knowledge and influence of the different people in Alexander's life. Alexander III was the son of Philip II and the Epirote princess Olympias. He was twenty when he succeeded the throne of Macedonia. Alexander followed in Philip's footsteps with spectacular success but he did not stand in his fathers shadow. His mother Olympias was a great help in this. She was an iron willed woman who did everything in her power to protect her son and advance his career. She was an incredibly determined mother. It was Olympias who put the idea in Alexander's mind that he would become successful in his own right, not just because he was the son of Philip.
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Brood's Sophomore Collection of Sportif Couture Brings Out the Big Guns
Brood's Sophomore Collection of Sportif Couture Brings Out the Big Guns
>> Serkan Sarier's off-the-schedule debut last season brought out a VIP-heavy crowd and earned him pickup at Barneys — "they have an exclusive at the moment," the designer said on Monday at Nicholas Robinson Gallery in Chelsea, where an equally heavy-hitting crowd gathered to view his followup collection.
In the gallery's dark basement space, populated by a small grove of birch trunks shipped in from Upstate New York just for the occasion, Sarier previewed his jewel-toned Fall 2011 lineup of sportif couture cocktail dresses and outerwear. "I'm very inspired by couture and athletic wear — I was trying to pair something that in concept seems so opposite, but once you start working with elements, seem like they really belong together," Sarier, who previously spent time in the Paris ateliers of Emanuel Ungaro, Giambattista Valli, and Olivier Theyskens, explained. "So this season I was looking at a lot of elements from extreme sports like mountain climbing, rock climbing, parachute jumping . . . and borrowing elements [from those] and trying to merge them with elements [and] volumes that we are more familiar with [in] couture. For instance, if you look at this jacket (shown, left), it has the silhouette kind of remniscent of '50s volume, but all the volume has a reason to be there — it's all pockets and zippers [and] they have a function, they are not just decoration. I think today, whatever we add on a garment has to have a purpose to be there."</p>


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We Remember
On the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, I spent part of my day at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History viewing a three-story panel from the 101st to the 103rd floors of the World Trade Center's North Tower. The FWMSH holds this artifact as a permanent part of its collection now, a remnant from a still present tragedy and a constant reminder that carried me to memories of that day, the lives lost, and the wars that followed. It also made me think of how an object has the power to transport you out of the routine of the everyday to one of reflection and insight. At over thirty-six feet tall and six feet wide, this steel façade enveloped me into the scale of the tragedy.
Standing there made me think of a series of works of art that has preoccupied me of late and that references another tragedy in our nation's history. In 1968, the artist Leonard Baskin was commissioned by the National Park Service to illustrate a commemorative volume for the Custer Battlefield National Monument. At that time, the Battle of the Little Big Horn (June 25, 1876) stood as the most memorialized human tragedy in American history. But unlike artists before him, Baskin chose not to focus on the "reality" of the military battle, but rather on the human tragedy wrought in the faces of Indians and the officers in a series of moving portraits. As then director of the Amon Carter, Mitch Wilder observed, "We see man's mortality, brutality, and futility. And yet we read in the faces of Baskin's people the basic humanity which ties us together in a tragic climax no one seems to comprehend."
Wilder's words could just as easily apply to the World Trade Center artifact; works of art or historic artifacts have the power to touch our basic humanity even when beyond comprehension. One of the watercolor-and-ink drawings that Baskin made for the commission, An Oglala Sioux, is currently on view in the exhibition at our museum The Allure of Paper.
Above: Leonard Baskin, An Oglala Sioux, 1971. © The Estate of Leonard Baskin; Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York
This is my first blog post as director of the Amon Carter. I hope you'll check in and let me know your thoughts as I share mine with you; I'll be posting every other Tuesday.


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Streetlife Museum of Transport
In the early 1980s, an idea was conceived to build a new transport museum in response to the serious overcrowding and lack of interpretation in the original museum, which was first opened in 1925 by Hull's first Curator, Thomas Sheppard.
In 1987 work began on the first of five phases to build the Streetlife Museum of Transport; a project that was initially funded by Hull City Council and the European Regional Development Fund. As the phases were built the Heritage Lottery Fund began to fund the construction and, in 2002, the galleries were installed and Streetlife was finally complete.
Visitors are now able to experience a first-class collection of transport exhibits, from trams to tricycles. The award-winning galleries allow visitors to sample the sights, sounds and smells of 200 years of transport history and guarantee a fun day out for families, groups, individuals and enthusiasts.
Part of the Designated Collections of national importance relating to the city and region of Kingston upon Hull are on display here.
Venue Type:
Museum, Transport heritage site
Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 13.30-16.30
Open Bank Holidays
Closed Christmas
This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Collection details
Social History, Land Transport, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Designated Collection
Science and Transport Car Constructor
A science resource about transport through the ages with a very good interactive where children can build and test their own transport.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Science Camera Action
Short, entertaining films made by pupils about friction and pulleys and levers, inspired by what they learnt through participating in science based sessions in museums.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Transport Explorer
Looking at transport past and present - very good interactive looking about a town with four different types of transport, cars, bicycles, trains and boats and how they work. Excellent images of historical vehicles within the interactive.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
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|2012-12-01, 23:29
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|2012-12-02, 02:52
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Interesting. After all those chapters of "Mogamet is not simply an evil racist. He has a good side." It's nice to have it clearly shown here in this chapter. But in a way, it's also very tragic.
People here keep on saying "If only he could show the same love towards the Goi." Problem is... he did once. The concern that he showed Titus in this chapter, he once showed towards everyone. And the world shat on him for it. It was only when he started prioritizing magicians first that he got anywhere. So the lesson that the Magi world taught him boils down to... If you love everyone, want the best for everyone, you're a slave with no rights. Become a militant racist and you get your own country.
Or in a more simplified form... "Nice guys finish last." Hmmm... the world can really suck sometimes, huh?
Since this is a manga, we can at least count on Mogamet to have an experience that's uplifting enough to counterbalance his ugly past, and thus return to his former self. Only question is, how will it come about? Ali Baba and Morgiana are not around. Alladin and Titus are both magicians, anything awesome that they do will only reinforce his beliefs that MAGICIANS ARE THE MASTER RACE.
I'm really excited to see how things will develop from here. Perhaps we'll get a scenario where all the magicians of Magnoshutatt are nearly spent, broken before the might of the Laem/Kou empire, and it will be up to the common citizens of Magnoshutatt (Rallied by Alladin, with the help of Marga? Maybe? LOL, I'm reaching, I know) to step in and tip the balance back in their favor? Coming full circle, seeing Goi dying to protect Magicians as Magicians once died to protect Goi would be a good way to change Mogamet's mind.
Or alternately, since they seem to be going to war with Laem, we could just have Ali Baba step in and show off his newly upgraded powers. Perhaps even use whatever connection he's developed with Scherhazade to negotiate an alliance, and show those silly magicians GOI POWER
A little bit more cliched, but since it's been so long since we've last seen the guy, I'll take whatever I can get.
|2012-12-02, 03:28
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|2012-12-02, 06:03
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Because why? Lolimagi may create clone puppets which inevitably have a shelf life but she's still not a racist pig like him.
|2012-12-02, 08:29
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Regardless, I think it would make more sense to make Magoshuatt a neutral land than actually incorporating it into Laem. It is one less place to guard, feed, manage and commit troops to if Laem just wants to defend (instead of attack) against Kou. Magoshuatt can relied on to defend itself, assuming that Laem acts in its own strategic interests and "relieves" Magoshuatt when things get too grim (in the form of diversionary attacks or raids against the Kou logistics etc etc). This also saves the Laem lives since they only have to operate over a smaller area and have more strategic freedom of movement. This is especially true of Kou concentrates its firepower on Magoshuatt.
Considering how old Mog is like, he probably wouldn't let anyone (Laem or Kou) through. If pure defense is the goal for Laem, then this arrangement actually benefits Laem. Probably better than straight out annexation, since it results in less QQ and more PewPew by the magicians for that front.
The only problem is that loli magi doesn't think that Magoshuatt is not allied to Kou. She doesn't know that Old Mog told Kouha to take a flying leap. She also thinks that Old Mog is allied to Al Sarmen due to the dubious origins of those magical tools. Regardless, if anyone actually observes old Mog, one can tell he doesn't take shit from Goi (like the Kou). Furthermore, now that we think about it...why would a magic supremacist magocracy...make magic tools for Goi to use offensively? Doesn't quite make sense....
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|2012-12-02, 10:13
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IMO, Mogemett overestimated his country's power. Even counting all the magicians, Magnoshutatt have no more than 5000 units. Against Kou Empire which is based on China - A country that always favored tactics with massive force, Magnoshutatt doesn't have much chance.
Magnoshutatt's magicians may have quality but in a long war, they will lose to Kou's quantity. Scher is right that Mogamett is on the path to destruction, the old man is extremely racist and stubborn.
|2012-12-02, 11:23
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|2012-12-02, 13:31
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Plus, if we discount the one Magi and the Djinn users, I think it is highly likely that Magoshuatt has the absolute advantage in morale, logistics and quality. Quality goes without saying, since the average magcian can probably beat the shit out of Kou's "peasant soldiers". Logistics because the magicians are fighting on home ground, while the Kou probably have to stage from Balbadd. Morale because if OldMog is to frame the war, he probably frame it as a war of survival against people who want to exterminate the magicians (hint hint). Consideirng what some of the upper tier mages can do, I don't think they will struggle to meet a 10 to 1 kill ratio. Furthermore, what kind of crazy superweapon the magicians might have to defend themselves in a pinch is really anyone's guess...
I mean don't anyone remember that X-D@y W@r by the-nation-that-cannot-be-named, the kills-to-loss ratio there was more than 10 to 1. To cite another example, Sino-Vietnamese war basically is a stalemate in which the enemy has a 7 to 1 advantage. Even though who really "won" is hard to tell, the Vietnamese didn't "lose" against a foe with a larger army, had better gear and have armor support. I am not sure of Kou would be willing to take those losses after some time, especially if there is a Laem army behind Kou's back (Kou probably doesn't know that Lolimagi and OldMog fell out).
Of course, Chinese strategy and tactics involves more than just overwhelming numbers. Damn that Mao, giving a bad name to Chinese war strategies and tactics. The idea that China "always favored" large numbers is really a big misconception "fed" to their enemies arising from the need to emphasize numbers... since the PLA was weak everywhere (air, armor, artillery, navy) else during the 50s to 70s.
Chances is that there are people within the Magocracy that are working for Al Sarmen. Hoever, I seriously wonder if helping Al Sarmen is actual Magoshuatt national policy...
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|2012-12-02, 15:30
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But I also wonder with that helping Al Sarmen is actual Magoshuatt national policy. As they could clearly have been helping Magoshuatt when he over threw the last gov and made Magocracy and the deal was probably to study the dark rukh and the event from 12 years ago could have been the first time they made a dark djinn and thus could tie into why Magocracy makes weapons and studys Dark rukh and also how Metal (His name is fr too long to spell and I'm too lazy to copy and paste so I calling him Metal) came see the bad side of cursing one's fate.
|2012-12-02, 19:47
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But what if the loli body is just a "shell" of sorts that she created with her rukh and her real form is that of a huge, scary butch woman (ala Biscuit from HxH)? Would that guarantee her death then?
Anyways, I brought it up before, but what if Dumblemort has his own army of Dark Djinn? IMO, that would be a force powerful enough to rival that of Laem or Kou's armies. And as for how he could build up such a massive force..... well, he has thousands of impoverished Goi at his disposal, does he not.....?
|2012-12-02, 20:11
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|2012-12-02, 20:43
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|2012-12-06, 18:10
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For anyone that doesn't know Anime News Network as reported that there will be a "Secret" Magi project launching next Spring. My money would be either A) Movie about different Arc of the manga. B) A anime version of The Adventures of Sinbad. C) A Movie set around a future manga arc that would explain how either a new friend for Aladdin and Co or Alibaba obtained a new Djinn. So it would be a good old Dungeon arc. On a side note how many dungeons are there. 83ish?
|2012-12-06, 19:22
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I think the Japanese manga market is tired of the fairly standard way most shounens have been told in recent years. Just look at the Shounen Jump series that have been started/canned recently. They're all VERY formulaic in the way the characters and story are setup. Magi's characters, storytelling, and themes are pretty fresh for the Shounen manga market, and the execution is definitely hitting high points in most categories.
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Can we reinvent the Christmas song? I do not think so. But you can put different ingredients to make it taste anything else. A bit of "Jingle Bell Rock", a little slow House beat, a bit of Reggae or funk, of course Sleigh Bells and Chimes and you've got an other flavor. Let's taste it.
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BPA chemical may be tied to heart disease
People exposed to higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in food packaging, may have a slightly higher risk of heart disease, according to UK researchers.
They can't say for sure if some factor other than BPA, like weight or blood pressure, might be the underlying reason for the heart problems. Still, this is the third study from the team to find such a link.
"We've now shown this association in two quite separate ways, in completely different people... and at very different exposure levels," said lead researcher Dr. David Melzer of Peninsula Medical College in Exeter, UK. "It's getting a bit intriguing, really."
BPA's potential health effects are controversial. The chemical is used in countless consumer products, including drinking bottles and the lining of tin cans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which originally stated that the chemical was safe, is now rethinking that position. According to the agency's website, "recent studies provide reason for some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children."
The FDA has reportedly said it will decide at the end of this month if BPA should be banned from food and beverage packaging.
Major manufacturers of baby bottles in the United States no longer use BPA in their products, Canada has declared the chemical a toxin, and the French government has banned its use in food packaging.
Exposure to BPA has been tied to behavioral problems in girls, a hormonal syndrome in women, and a variety of physiological effects in animals (see Reuters Health stories of October 24, 2011 and January 11, 2011).
But whether BPA is actually to blame for these health problems is still a matter of debate.
In 2008 and again in 2010, Melzer and his colleagues reported that people with heart disease were more likely to also have higher levels of BPA in their urine than people without heart disease.
Those studies only took a snap shot in time of people's BPA levels and whether or not they had heart disease. That makes it hard to tell which came first -- the elevated chemical levels or the clogged arteries, also called coronary artery disease.
To find out, the team started its latest study with a large group of Britons who didn't have heart disease.
Each of the participants provided a urine sample. On average, people had a BPA concentration of 1.3 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL) urine, which Melzer said was lower than the concentrations found in his earlier studies on US residents.
The researchers then tracked over a decade who developed coronary artery disease and who didn't. They compared the BPA levels of 758 people who ended up with heart disease with those of 861 people who remained free of heart issues.
For each increase in BPA concentration of 4.56 ng/mL, there was a 13 percent greater risk of heart disease across the participants in the study.
However, after accounting for factors like blood pressure, weight, exercise and social class, the link between BPA and heart disease was no longer statistically reliable, the researchers found.
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death of Americans, and it affects about one in five people over age 65.
Even if BPA is actually involved in heart problems, it would still be a minor risk factor compared with things like smoking and obesity.
"There's no suggestion that BPA is more important than traditional risk factors," said Melzer.
He also cautioned against putting too much stock in the accuracy of the risk estimate, because his study used only one urine sample for a decade-long follow up.
More importantly, he said, is that the research agrees that there is some relationship between BPA and heart disease.
"There's always the possibility it's not BPA that explains these findings, but now that we've found it three times, we need to get more data from humans," he told Reuters Health.
There is still no clarity about how BPA would take a toll on the heart, should that turn out to be the case. Melzer suggested it would be valuable for future studies to either add or subtract the chemical from people's diets to see how it affects their health.


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R. Mary Schneider, 61
R. Mary Schneider, 61, of Wapakoneta, died at 5:53 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.18, 2013, at her residence after and extended illness.
She was born July 2, 1952 in Indianapolis, Ind., to Raymond T & Ruth O. (DeLawder) Friestuhler who preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter and son, Anita (Mike) Foor and Calvin (Jamie) Schneider, both of Wapakoneta; six grandchildren, Serena, Sara, Connor Foor, Jacob and Cody Metzger and Kyle Schneider.
She was preceded in death by a brother Raymond Friestuhler.
Mary was a 1971 graduate of St. Joseph Catholic School. She was employed by Kantner & West Chiropractic as part of their office staff. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Freyburg. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and especially enjoyed spending time outside.
Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church, Freyburg. Father Patrick Sloneker will be officiating.
Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, Wapakoneta. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Wapakoneta where a Remembrance Service will be held at 7:45 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family.
Condolences may be expressed at schlosserfuneralhome.com.