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What's in a shoe? A story of the people who walked the streets of Dura-Europos
Medieval Art Professor Charles McClendon pairs course with local exhibit
Looking back on his spring semester course "The Formation of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art," it's a child's sandal that has left an indelible mark in Charles McClendon's mind.
Small, delicate and behind glass, the sandal was displayed in the exhibit, "Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity," at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. The exhibit partially reconstructed the religious spaces of an ancient city above the Euphrates River that dates back to 300 BCE. McClendon paired the exhibit with his course.
The sandal was one of about 75 pieces that McClendon, the Sidney and Ellen Wien Professor in the History of Art, helped select for the exhibit from the massive Dura-Europos collection at Yale University. The artifacts were first discovered by archaeologists from Yale and the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettresin the 1920s and 1930s, and have long been in storage at Yale.
This latest version of the religious art course "was much more personalized" than when he's taught it previously, says McClendon.
"They weren't such abstract objects. It's about art and artifacts, but you also have a little sandal," he says.
With some funding from the dean of arts and science's office, McClendon was able to make several visits with his students to the museum, where he occasionally teamed up with Boston College Professor and Museum Director Nancy Netzer to teach both classes the material.
"I'm the only one I'm aware of in the Boston area who made this unique material the centerpiece of a course," says McClendon.
McClendon, an expert on medieval art and architecture, was familiar with some of the 12,000-piece Dura-Europos collection from his early teaching days at Yale. He was asked two years ago to consult on the exhibit as it was being conceived. Among his contributions was advice on which objects to include, an essay for the exhibit catalogue and suggestions on how to recreate sacred space in the museum.
"Dura-Europos is very well-known, but completely out of context," says Gail Hoffman, an assistant professor of classical studies at Boston College and a co-curator of the exhibit. McClendon got us "thinking about sacred space, how they moved through it."
The exhibit included recreations of an ancient synagogue wall featuring Biblical scenes, one of the earliest Christian house churches and baptistery, and a place of worship for the mysterious religion Mithraism, all of which were uncovered on a single street during excavation.
His suggestion that the Christian building be arranged in such a way that recreated the line of movement for the baptism rite, for example, may have helped students better understand the original purpose of the art and architecture. But it was McClendon's assignment for the class – to choose an object in the exhibit and conduct an independent study on it – that may make the most difference in the way he teaches it next time around.
"Personal items were found at Dura. Toys that belonged to children, the well-preserved sandal, incense-burners," McClendon says. "It was fascinating – they picked a whole range of objects."
McClendon established and taught the class in 2004 and 2007. Its goal is to help students appreciate how closely interconnected the three religions are and how this is given visual expression. Though he won't be teaching it again for several semesters, the insights he gained from this pairing may carry over into "History of Art: Antiquity to the Middle Age" and "Methods and Approaches in the History of Art," which he's teaching in the upcoming school year.
Not only were students and the public able to see reconstructions on the ground floor, and a number of maps and objects below, but the exhibit also offered touch screen computer kiosks, where visitors could get additional information about objects not included, the restoration process and more.
Students eventually wrote and presented to the class eight- to 10-page papers on the objects they chose.
"We went into a lot more of the sociological questions beyond style of art and what does it symbolize," McClendon says. "What was life like behind it?"
Looking at the remains that way – as clues about people who lived down the street from one another – makes it easier to imagine how they may have been "neighbors who interacted daily and met the same fate at the same time. Jews living on one block, Christians on another. Probably, they shared the same artist.
"For me, and I think for a number of students," he says, "it made these ancient things much more direct and personal."
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Partially Unlike the original LS Pro the Kurobox Pro follows the second version (see LinkstationProLiveDifferences) and does not have it's second SATA port set up for a "we thought we might want an e-SATA port, but changed our minds in production" position (Hardware Hacks for the LS Pro) for ease of connector installation. (Fortunate in my case because I can't solder surface mount stuff worth a ... )
The Kurobox Pro already has a second perfectly usable SATA port. Except it's on the front? Whatsup wid dat? Ditto for the PCI-E 1X slot which would be useful to add two more SATA ports, except that there's no way it would fit in the box, maybe I can find/hack a cable for that one and mount it over the mainboard, but I'm not hopeful.
Anyhoo, if you didn't know: the only difference between a SATA port and an e-SATA port is a connector designed for more insertion/removal cycles. So... I went to Fry's and bought a Nextar.3 external USB/e-SATA box which handily includes a SATA to e-SATA bracket. After a little slot cutting and drilling on the frame (after complete disassembly of course! AND blowing out any metal dust). I now have an e-SATA port on the back of my Kurobox Pro:
The cable is running between the mainboard and the bottom of the drive, and doesn't seem to have impeded air flow that I can tell.
Positioning of the e-SATA connector was pretty arbitrary as the connector wasn't deep enough to touch the drive or bracket. The provided L-bracket made a nice template: trace with sharpie, try and follow straight line with Dremel. :-)
There was a handy notch between the front board and the frame on the serial port side that was just the right size to run the SATA ribbon through, YOUR milage may vary.
Complete article to follow in my copious spare time, plus I'm wiki-challenged. ;-)
I needed the e-SATA box anyway, so it wasn't a bad deal at $50 to satisfy my hardware jones, but you could probably find it cheaper at New Egg or wherever.
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A message from President Barack Obama / by Barack Obama --
You will find your people / by Laurel Slongwhite --
The life almost lost / by Bruce Ortiz --
In the early morning rain / by Jennifer Finney Boylan --
Something has changed within me / by Gregory Maguire --
Action makes it better / by Urvashi Vaid --
You are a rubber band, my friend / by Brinae Lois Gaudet --
God believes in you / by Bishop Gene Robinson --
The person worth fighting for is you / by Alex R. Orue --
A message from Ellen DeGeneres / by Ellen DeGeneres --
Life unfolds exactly as it should (but not as you planned) / by Sean Blane and David Rosen --
It gets better for a British soldier / by James Wharton --
Getting stronger and staying alive / by Gabrielle Rivera --
Coming out of the Shtetl: gay Orthodox Jews / by Marc Tannen --
Going back in / by Mare Vaporum Corp --
And the Emmy goes to ... / by Barbara Gaines --
A message from US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used by permission of the US Department of State --
This I know for sure / by A.Y. Daring --
It gets better Broadway / by the contributors to It Gets Better Broadway --
Rockin' the flannel shirt / by Krissy Mahan --
How it got better for an ordained Christian minister / by Stephen V. Sprinkle --
Out of darkness / by Philip Deal --
I was a teenage lesbian / by Alison Bechdel. Something special / by Sia Furler --
The dinner party / by Adam Roberts --
What I wish I knew / by Ivan Coyote --
Freedom from fear / by Michael Feinstein --
A Message from Prime Minister David Cameron used by permission of the Prime Minister's Office, London --
You will meet people who celebrate you / by Jenn and Erika Wagner-Martin --
An identity unfolded / by Mark Ramirez --
A message from Suze Orman --
Brothers: it gets better / by Lenox Magee, Rannon Harris, David Dodd, and Kean Ray --
Drop dead, warlock / by David Sedaris --
Gwendolyn gone / by Meshell Ndegeocello --
Growing Up Gay ... and KINKY / by Dart --
The biggest gift / by Stewart Taylor --
A message from Senator Al Franken / by Al Franken --
Transsexual prairie girl / by Tamsyn Waterhouse --
Art from rage / by Jason Sellards --
It gets better / by Bashar Makhay --
Too good to be true / by Cameron Tuttle --
Journey to a better life / by Juan Carlos Galan, MS --
The gay guy in the band / by Kevin Yee --
Will I grow up to be Paul Lynde? / by Andy Cohen --
Finding who I am / by Hunter Adeline Brady --
Community / by Chaz Bono --
A message from Nancy Pelosi / by Nancy Pelosi --
Gunn's golden rules / by Tim Gunn --
Perfect, just the way you are / by Darren Hayes --
Where happiness is / by Natalie S. Mandelin --
Not-normal / by Michael K. Wells. Born this way / by Perez Hilton --
Darn it / by Kate Clinton --
Look at the moon / by Agustn̕ Cepeda --
Critical shifts / by Jesse Barnes --
For Aideybear / by Ava Dodge --
A message from John Berry / by John Berry --
The show must go on / by Kyle Dean Massey --
Survival Tools / by Ellen Forney --
Dear Uncle Ronnie / by randy roberts potts --
My office wall / by Trevor Corneil --
Keep on livin' / by J.D. Samson --
It gets better because you're a little different / by Dave Holmes --
Unapologetically, me / by Demetrius Gittens --
A collective voice / by Gabe Milligan-Green, Addy Cahill, and Russell Peck --
I didn't always wear a tuxedo / by Murray Hill --
How I got over / by Tuan N'Gai --
A "better" evolution / by Joseph Odysseus Mastro --
Save yourself, save the world / by Khris Brown --
Becoming an authentic person / by Nicholas Wheeler --
On the other side / by Jay Foxworthy and Bryan Leffew --
Bully me / by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah --
To the bullies / by Tristan Jackson (TJ) --
The good fight --
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A message from Kevin Hague / by Kevin Hague --
Haters can't hate someone who loves themselves, and if they do, who cares / by Lynn Breedlove --
Not playing at a cinema near you / by Rebecca Brown --
From "faggot" to field biologist / by Christopher A. Schmitt --
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Lesbian teacher believes in you / by Kristin Rivers --
Stepping off the sidelines / by Wayne Knaub --
My own worst enemy / by Jessica Leshnoff --
You are a beloved child of God / by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America --
Transgendered and self-educated in Maine / by Jean Vermette --
The power of "You" / by Luan Legacy --
It gets better for small towners, too / by Dwayne Steward --
To me: with love and squalor / by Terry Galloway --
Happiness is inevitable / by Henry Winfiele --
I wish I'd been sassier! / by Brian Gallivan --
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Hope out of tragedy / by Matthew Houck --
Patience makes perfect sense / by Angelo D'Agostino --
Christian LGBT kids: you're part of the plan / by Raven Mardirosian --
Terrible day / by Patrick Murphy --
The worst of both worlds / by Cooter Space --
Closets on fire / by Anthony Antoine --
The King brothers / by Dick King and Mark S. King --
Community found / by Taylor Bailey --
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Authentic self / by Sara Sperling --
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Epilogue / Terry Miller.
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Summer 2005
"Oh, my God! When are you due?! Why didn't Beau tell me you're pregnant?!" This was the reaction of my former hairdresser (who still cuts my son's hair) after not having seen me for six months. She was so excited, making it that much more painful for me to tell her that I was not, in fact, pregnant.
She looked stunned. What other reasonable explanation could there be for my sway-backed, belly-button-bulging tummy? I realized I had two choices: I could make up some far-fetched story to explain my "ready-to-deliver" look, or I could disclose my HIV status to her and possibly have an opportunity for a little HIV 101.
I chose the latter. I explained that what she was seeing was lipodystrophy, a side effect of taking the HIV medications. In many people who take HIV meds, fat cells are lost in the arms, legs, and buttocks, and fat is gained in the midsection, upper torso, and back of the neck, creating a Neanderthal appearance. People who have been on meds for a long period of time and had persistently low T-cell counts are also candidates for lipodystrophy. That's me -- thirteen years of taking every possible combination of drugs, with T-cells under 200 most of the time (under 100 about 25-30 percent of that time), and I get the added bonus of looking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame!
Not only is this extremely uncomfortable physically, it also knocks me off my spiritual and emotional axis. If my head gets involved, it's a full-on pity party. Generally speaking, I'm an upbeat, positive person, so when the bluesy days come, I give myself permission to have a bad mental health day and quickly turn it around.
I'd be lying, though, if I said that I don't have angry, resentful days. When I catch a glimpse of myself in a full-length mirror and don't see "Pam," I get angry. I get angry for myself and for my husband. He married an attractive, vibrant woman who had legs for days and a really nice butt; now he sleeps with Humpty Dumpty. To his credit, he never complains or makes me feel "less than" because of the physical changes in my appearance. He does, however, worry about how these changes might affect my health and will make comments like, "Do you really need that?" if I'm indulging in something fattening.
It just doesn't seem fair that, in addition to dealing with the day-to-day challenges of living with this disease, we have to get ugly, too. Outward appearance is so important to self-perception -- when my body morphs like some hideous monster in a science fiction movie, my self-esteem can't help but be affected. In turn, how I see myself affects the way other people see me -- during the year that my regimen included Fuzeon, Norvir and Videx (to name a few of the more offensive medications I was taking), I was convinced that everywhere I went, people knew that I was "sick."
I was bloated beyond recognition, including having chipmunk cheeks, which I have since learned is a condition called benign parotid hypertrophy (BPH). I was truly miserable, with painful injection site reactions from the Fuzeon in addition to all of my other symptoms and side effects. Quality-of-life issues had me in crisis, and after one year of virtually white-knuckling it every single day, I made the difficult decision in July of last year to stop the injections.
I stayed on the oral regimen for about eight months even though every indication was that it was failing ... viral load going up ... T-cells going down. Since this was my third "salvage therapy," I needed to continue taking the same medications until something else came along. In October 2004, when my doctor asked me if I would consider becoming involved in a Phase II clinical trial of a new CCR5 entry inhibitor, I could barely contain my excitement.
Entry inhibitors are an entirely new class of drugs, so most people don't have resistance to them yet. They work by preventing HIV from entering healthy T-cells. Other approved anti-HIV drugs are active against HIV only after it has infected a T-cell. For someone like me who has resistance to the medications in all the other classes, entry inhibitors are very promising.
It took nearly six months for the study to start after I was initially asked to participate; then it was another couple of weeks of waiting after it officially started to see if the HIV in my body entered my cells at the CCR5 level -- if it didn't, I would be out.
When I received the news that I qualified and would begin taking the new drug (or a placebo) a week later, I was both elated and exhausted. All of the anticipation leading up to the study starting and then finding out that I might not qualify had taken its toll. Now I had to wrap my brain around the fact that there was a 25 percent chance that I could receive a placebo. Only time and my labs would tell.
Based on the side effects I had the first week (diarrhea, headache, extreme fatigue) and my bloodwork results after just two weeks, I believe I am not getting a placebo. At the end of two weeks, my doctor took me off of Videx, Reyataz, and Norvir and added Kaletra. I also continued to take Viread and Emtriva, only now it's in a single pill, Truvada, as once-daily dosage.
Because I had a severe allergic reaction to Kaletra about two and a half years ago, I had to be desensitized in order to incorporate it into this powerful new regimen. This involved my being premedicated with Benadryl prior to each dose and starting off with only one gel cap twice a day until I worked up to the maximum of three. At the maximum dosage, it was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" for several weeks. I experienced mottled skin, a prickly "crawling-out-of-my-skin" feeling, a rash on my face and neck, headache, and an unfocused, "wild" feeling. As my liver began to process the medication, these symptoms subsided; however I am intolerant to heat and extremely photosensitive.
After being desensitized to Kaletra, I'm finding the rest of my regimen to be "friendlier" than some of the others I've been on, although I haven't noticed any real improvement or changes in the lipodystrophy. While I'm disappointed that no dramatic changes have occurred, the rational side of me knows that it's only been eight weeks and my body needs time to adjust to all of the changes.
Good old-fashioned, sweat-producing exercise seems to help a little with the tummy and hump issues, but I feel that in order for it to really be effective, I would need to exercise at least an hour a day, seven days a week. I strive to fit it in at least three times per week, but any more than that is quite challenging, as is eating healthier. My favorite foods only exacerbate the bloating; dairy items and pasta are both "no no's"
Anything at all with fat in it ends up under my upper arms, across my back, or around my breasts -- quite a sight. No Victoria's Secret bathing suits for me! Again, the things that I've had to give up tend to make me a little resentful. I miss ice cream, cheesecake, carrot cake (who wants it without the traditional cream cheese frosting?), and a good old-fashioned cheeseburger. I've acquired a taste for some soy products and actually really enjoy tofu cream cheese, but sometimes there's just no substitute for the real thing.
My ear is always to the ground, hoping the pharmaceutical companies will address the issue of the side effects of their potentially lifesaving medications. They affect all of us living with HIV/AIDS -- men ... women ... children ... black ... white ... rich ... poor. Don't we all deserve a decent quality of life while taking these powerful, often toxic drugs? We need to do more than just "survive" -- we need to LIVE.
I dream of the day when there is a drug powerful enough to fight this virulent virus called HIV without destroying the physical body and mental and emotional psyche of its host. Until that dream becomes a reality, I will remain hopeful and ever vigilant in my own personal battle with HIV. I plan to win.
Pamela Yelsky resides in Redondo Beach, California with her husband and stepson. She is actively involved as Board President of Women At Risk (W.A.R), a non-profit organization that offers services and support to women living with HIV/AIDS. For more information about W.A.R., please go to www.womenatrisk.org.
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May 31, 2008
ATHENS, Ga. _ The Lipscomb Bisons are doing more than just winning games in the postseason.
They have been making history.
In the Atlantic Sun Tournament they played in the longest championship game in terms of innings, a 15-inning, 10-9 win over Gardner-Webb.
Friday night a Foley Field here on the campus of the University of Georgia, the Bisons beat the host Bulldogs 10-7 in the Athens Regional in the NCAA Tournament. It was the first time a Lipscomb team has won an NCAA Tournament game in any sport. It also ended a six-game losing streak for Atlantic Sun Tournament teams in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Bisons (33-28) advance to round two Friday night at 6 CDT against Georgia Tech (40-19), the No. 2 seed in the regional. Georgia, the No.1 seed plays Louisville, the No. 3 seed and an 8-5 loser to Georgia Tech at 2 p.m. CDT.
Ironically, the last time a No. 4 seed from the Atlantic Sun beat a No.1 seed in a regional was 2003 when Stetson beat host Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
This is 24th appearance by Georgia Tech in the NCAA Tournament. They have been to the College World Series three times with the last appearance in 2006,
Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand and his staff were burning the midnight oil Friday night preparing for the Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
"They are obviously a powerful team putting up a lot of good numbers," Forehand said. "The power is there, but it is not only about home runs. They simply have the potential to drive in a lot of runs."
Right-hander Brandon McClurg, 6-5, 3.11 earned run average, is the probable starter for the Bisons. Georgia Tech is expected to send right-hander Eddie Burns, 7-4, 5.40 ERA, to the mound. Burns was selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.
"I think they are an aggressive team," said Forehand. "If they go with their No. 2 starter he is going to give us a challenge."
The Bisons have also been an aggressive team at the plate in the postseason. After batting .298 for the regular season, seventh best in the Atlantic Sun, they led the conference tournament in hitting with a .358 average. They collected 10 hits in the win over Georgia.
"We had some rough games toward the end of the regular season where we weren't swinging the bat very well," Forehand said. "When we got to the conference tournament we talked about our goals. We had a lot of guys who came here for one year and they didn't want to let it all die in the conference tournament. We have been swinging the bats better of late."
The Bisons had little time to enjoy their win over Georgia, which came into the tournament as the No. 8 seed nationally. From the moment the Bisons won the Atlantic Sun Tournament Forehand was adamant that his team would not be happy simply to show up.
He downplayed the effect of the win on his players.
"I think it is a big win and there is the significance of winning our first NCAA Tournament game," Forehand said. "But we're trying to win this regional and we can't think about the Georgia game right now. In a few months we will really have a chance to realize what a big win that was."
Left-hander Rex Brothers, the starter and winner of the Georgia game, summed up the approach of the team.
"We are continuing this year on like we wanted to from the beginning," Brothers said. "We are just going to ride it out and keep playing hard and see how it turns out. We hope it will be Omaha and the World Series."
While red-and-black were the primary colors among the 2,255 fans at Foley Field Friday, there were approximately 200 loud and enthusiastic fans wearing purple-and-gold. More are expected to arrive for the Saturday and Sunday games.
That support has not been lost on the players.
"We know what this means to the Lipscomb family, to our school, to Nashville and to everyone who has something invested in Lipscomb," Bratcher said. "It is all a tribute to our coaching staff. Their work ethic and the way they go about things carries on to us."
White shoes theory: One of the questions from the media at the post-game press conference dealt with the Bisons white baseball shoes. It marked the first time the team had ever worn white shoes in a game, but it won't be the last.
"Our players wanted to wear white shoes all year long," Forehand said. "I told them I didn't like white shoes and we weren't going to do it.
"It started last year. I made a promise that if they made it to a regional they could wear white shoes. I guess we are going to keep wearing them."
Triple home runs: Catcher Caleb Joseph slammed a solo home run, his 17 of the season. Left fielder Blake Bratcher hit a two-run shot, his third of the year. First baseman Ryan Wilkins also added a two-run home run, his sixth. The three round-trippers tied the season-high for the team. The Bisons have hit three home runs in a game five times this season.


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Summer fun ahead at Morphy's Aug. 12-13 auction of toys, banks and comic booksAugust 3rd, 2011 by admin
DENVER, Pa. – Mickey Mouse, a formidable legion of comic book Superheroes, and a classic 1950s Lavender Robot will all be on board when Morphy Auctions presents an Aug. 12-13 auction of antique and vintage toys, banks, marbles and comics. More than 1,100 lots will be offered in the mid-summer sale, which will be held in Morphy's plush new gallery on the Adamstown antique strip, one hour northwest of Philadelphia.
The fun begins with a selection of 80 cast-iron mechanical and still banks. The mechanical group is led by a coveted Kyser & Rex Mammy with Spoon (red-dress version) estimated at $4,000-$7,000, and a J. & E. Stevens football-theme Calamity bank, $4,000-$6,000. The "stills," on the other hand, will be following a whimsical leader – a French cast-iron Standing Mickey embossed with the words "J. Manil Vieier Au Court." Estimate: $1,000-$2,000.
A fleet of boxed, early to mid-1950s Banthrico still-bank vehicles will join a varied lineup of other vehicles that includes a Hubley cast-iron fire pumper ($600-$900) and a delightful Kyser & Rex cast-iron Santa with double-reindeer sleigh toy ($1,500-$3,000).
The bus stops at Morphy's on Aug. 12 for the sale of one of the most comprehensive toy bus collections known. The Wayne Mathias collection includes more than 100 toy depictions of Greyhound, Continental Trailways and other buses. A scarce plastic mold of a Greyhound Scenicruiser – one of several that were sent to Greyhound's top 50 sales offices in the late 1950s – is expected to make $1,000-$3,000.
American and European trains – both prewar and postwar – will be next across the auction block, with highlights including a standard gauge 400 series loco and tender ($1,500-$2,500) exemplifying the largest steam engine ever made by Lionel. A one of a kind, museum-quality motor coach train made in 1932 by Russel Nord of Quincy, Mass., was modeled after one of the first known passenger trains, the DeWitt Clinton. Estimate: $1,000-$3,000.
Displaying unmistakable Continental style, an array of 25 European tin toys includes such favorites as a Lehmann Zig-Zag
($800-$1,200) and a menagerie of fabric-over-tin Schuco wind-up toys. Two German-made Carette cars – one with a roof rack for luggage; the other an open tourer – come with figures of drivers and passengers. Their estimates range from $1,200 at the low end to $2,500 at the top.
The session's second featured collection – coming from toy soldier aficionado Bud Ritter – features more than 50 sets of vintage and contemporary soldier, animal and civilian figures. Many of the sets were made by Britains and retain their original boxes.
Japanese old-store-stock tin friction toys and wind-up vehicles will motor past the podium, with premium lots to include an 18-inch 1961 Yonezawa Cadillac Fleetwood and an 11-inch red Cadillac convertible by Alps. Both are accompanied by beautiful pictorial boxes and carry individual estimates of $800-$1,200.
More than a dozen robots await their day at auction, with the premier entry being a 15-inch Masudaya Non-Stop (a k a "Lavender") Robot with its original multicolored pictorial box. This striking member of the Japanese large-bodied, postwar robots known collectively as the "Gang of Five" could realize $4,000-$8,000.
Saturday morning starts off with 150+ lots of marbles, including sulphides, swirls and lutzes. A very rare sulphide with the suspended figure of a flying bat could reach $2,000-$3,000.
A great assortment of Schoenhut painted-wood character figures, animals and circus accessories has been apportioned in 35 lots. Two old-timers from the comic pages, Boob McNutt and Happy Hooligan, are dressed in their original clothing and are in excellent condition. Each was produced in 1924 and is estimated at $300-$600. The Schoenhuts are followed by 10 lots of Palmer Cox Brownie memorabilia.
Saturday's session also contains a fine selection of 1960s-1980s old-store-stock toys, mostly in sealed boxes or on header cards, Flintstones and Jetsons figures and vehicles, 15 lots of military toys from a single collection, including rarely seen Soldier of Fortune sets; and early Disney tin and celluloid toys, watches and other memorabilia. A Capodimonte porcelain tableau depicting Snow White and Seven Dwarfs at the dinner table was created by Italian designer Enzo Arzenton, and is estimated at $1,500-$2,500.
An exceptional and complete Lionel Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Circus Train has its original tin wind-up train, colorfully decorated circus tent, gas station and other accessory pieces, including the all-important composition figure of circus barker Mickey. Described in the catalog as "one of the nicer sets we have ever offered for sale," the factory-boxed set comes to auction with a $4,000-$8,000 estimate.
The Saturday session concludes with more than 300 lots of 1940s comic books, all from the original owner who purchased the comics brand new. All are fresh and ungraded, but there are several good candidates for grading, including 1948 Phantom Lady #17 ($600-$800), 1947 All Star Comics #33 ($700-$1,000), and 1941 Startling Comics#49, whose cover art features an
Alex Schomburg image of a robot wading through water with a frightened woman in his arms ($800-$1,200).
All items auction items are currently available to preview at Morphy's gallery. All forms of bidding will be available for this auction, including in person, by phone, absentee, and live via the Internet through Morphy Live or LiveAuctioneers.com. For further information call 717-335-3435 or email email@example.com. View the fully illustrated catalog and all other auction information online www.morphyauctions.com.


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Kenneth Rudzewick grew up in Maspeth. He attended St. Stanislaus before graduating from Holy Trinity High School, and has been involved as a community leader as a banker, Kiwanian, parade organizer, and philanthropist. Rudzewick started his banking career in 1956 at Maspeth Federal, where he eventually became executive vice president and mortgage officer. In 1987, chairman Franklin J. Frontera announced his election to the board, and in 1999 after 43 years of service Rudzewick was elected to the prominent position of president and chief executive officer, where he has served ever since.
Rudzewick is well known for his passion for the Maspeth Memorial Day Parade, but one of his favorite successes in Maspeth has to be his involvement with bringing Maspeth Town Hall back to its life as a vital part of the fabric of the community. Rudzewick and his wife Barbara live in Middle Village and are parents of four children, Tom, Jill, Glenn and Roger, and grandparents to Nicholas, Kristian, Emily, Kathryn Grace, Meghan, James Rudy, Matthew and Brendan Levon.
Audrey Koziol was born in Maspeth, raised her children here and now has a grandson, Steven, who is a first grader at St. Stan's. She has been involved with the Home School Association and has notched 15 years volunteering for fundraising events while her children, Audrey Ann, Stephanie, Paul and Kevin, attended St. Stan's through 2004.
Koziol credits her time spent at St. Stan's with forming great friendships with parents, teachers and volunteers. "Those relationships still continue," she says. "My children became theirs, and their children became mine. We are more than a community, at St. Stan's we are family."
Roe Durante was born in Maspeth and now resides in Malverne, Long Island. She was a fixture in the Mothers Club and the Home School Association for more than a decade in the 1980s and 90s. She and her husband Anthony are alumni and truly embody the spirit of family at the parish. Her mom Connie Marino (who is being placed in the Hall of Fame posthumously) was known as a lunch monitor and volunteered with the Mother's Club at the school in the 1960s and 1970s. Roe and her family followed suit. "My mom put the volunteer bug in my heart and I was always happy with the time spent with Sr. Rose and all the teachers, who my mom and I always considered our extended family," said Durante.
John Sammon, an Eagle Scout, was born in Astoria and has been calling Maspeth home for 22 years. Sammon posts double duty at St. Stan's in both the sports program and scouting. He is Cubmaster for Pack 312 and advisor for Crew 312 at St.Stan's for the Boy Scouts of America. He has spent seven years in scouting and eight years as a baseball coach.
A commitment to the community is part of scouting and he credits commitment with keeping him energized at St. Stanislaus. One of his favorite events in scouting is holding the district-wide Pinewood Derby at St.Stan's. "Watching the boys faces light up as their car flies down the track always brings back memories of my childhood," Sammon said.
The Hall of Fame Induction Dinner will be held this Saturday in the school auditorium from 7 to 11 p.m. Two-hundred people are expected to attend.


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In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams "AVERAGE," from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn't have your average problem... He's actually a superhero that's looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge
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Published: Jun 14, 2012 to ?
Genres: Action, Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Supernatural, Seinen
Very entertaining manga imo. At first, i thought this would be some parody manga just making fun of fighting but the action is quite intense and I love the art style of the series. The MC is pretty badass as well and often makes moves that are completely out of this world. The villains and supporting characters are badass too.
Over 60+ chapters translated and counting.
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I read 10 chapters, stopped, and then decided to wait for a potential anime adaption. Hopefully, it'll happen soon.
looks interesting
"People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our choosing"
I couldn't get into it for some reason.
Seen the original? The difference in graphic quality is amazing. ^_^
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I've been reading it and I actually really like it. Then again I'm also a bit of a sucker for
Before I started reading it I thought it was going to be one of those manga with an obvious plot, bland, archetypal characters, and horrible taste in humor. The characters are actually really interesting and the humor fits my tastes. I'm kind of hoping that they make an anime adaption in the future.
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selfless heroes. Under spoiler just in case.
It was recommended to me by a certain Devil, so I could not dislike this manga. It's hilarious and badass(with some fanservice[even if it was a mosquito]) with artwork that explodes in the degree quality from page to page. I really like it! ^_\
I could see a 2 season anime for this in the future.
Prostrate before me, mortal!
Before I began studying it I believed it was going to be one of those manga with an apparent story, dull, archetypal figures, and awful flavor in comedy. The figures are actually really exciting and the comedy suits my preferences. I'm type of expecting that they make an cartoons adaption later on.
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Its really really hilarious! I love this manga!
Caught up in One Piece!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ *confetti*
I have been loving this manga, i really hope Viz gets around to printing it, because this is one i would like to have a hard copy of.
This next test applies the principles of momentum to movement through portals...
So the digital version of the first volume came out last week, and it's available for $7,99. They did a good job with the cover, by combining the authors' names with the volume's number! If this sells really well, Viz might consider printing it! *Fingers Crossed*
didn't like it at first but it's so good lol. damn it so long just to see the guy actually take 1 punch
I'm up for a NAFTA
The main character's so OP it's a great change of pace.
When I first read it (the original) it completely put me off, got back to it half a year later and now it's one of my favourites.
"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities." - Tyrion
This manga is awesome! The artwork is excellent and the story exceeds expectations. I thought that the story would be rather anti-climactic if the guy can beat everyone in one punch but this is not the case. I like how it focuses on the struggles of other heroes and then Saitama steps in to save the day with one incredibly crazy punch.
All the other heroes are pretty quirky and stand out from one another which is pretty cool.
I love how Saitama does not give a fuck.
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This gives me that Dbz vibe!
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Dear Viz, please print the first volume already, I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!


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Colleen Adaire Casey and Jacquelyn "Jackie" White were best friends. Last spring, Casey killed White in a hit-and-run crash. Casey, 26, of 2583 Club Drive pleaded guilty Thursday to leaving the scene of an accident involving death.
Colleen Adaire Casey and Jacquelyn "Jackie" White were best friends. They even shared a home.
Early one morning last spring, Casey killed White in a hit-and-run crash.
Casey, 26, of 2583 Club Drive pleaded guilty Thursday to leaving the scene of an accident involving death.
Circuit Court Judge Frank R. Addy Jr. sentenced Casey to 15 years in prison, suspended to three years in prison and three on home detention, followed by three years of probation.
Casey hit White, 23, of Spartanburg near Lake Forest and Torino drives at 4:20 a.m. April 22. White was taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead later that morning.
The prosecution has asserted Casey knew she hit White and later, with the help of her boyfriend, Kevin Terrant Miller, 31, of 2583 Club Drive, Spartanburg, tried to cover up the crime.
Both women had been at a social gathering earlier. Solicitor Barry Barnette told Addy that White left first, followed by Casey, who was driving a 1997 Cadillac DeVille. White was struck a little more than a mile from where the party was held, and after hitting her, Casey drove a short distance to the home where she and Miller lived. The couple returned to the accident scene, apparently unaware that emergency dispatchers could hear their conversation.
"Somebody called 911 on her phone," Barnette said. "I don't know if they thought they disconnected or not, but you can hear the 911 operator talking, trying to ask what's going on."
Casey said she had hit someone and did not want to go to jail, while Miller told her that she had to stop drinking and driving, Barnette said.
In a second 911 call, Miller acted as if he had discovered White lying in the road, Barnette said.
Casey's attorney, Brendan Delaney, told Addy that his client initially thought she hit a deer. Delaney said Casey and Miller returned and found White lying in the road, after which Casey became hysterical and left.
Miller was charged in July with accessory after the fact of a felony.
Casey faced up to 25 years in prison. White's family asked the judge for a sentence that would send others a message and cause them to consider the possible consequences of their actions.
White's cousin, Joey Edgins, addressed the court.
"On the night that Jacquelyn had her life taken from her, Colleen made a decision that changed her life, as well as the lives of many," he said.
Edgins said it would take years to unravel through self-examination all the small decisions that caused his "family to be one member short where only a few remain."
White's mother, Janet, lost her battle with cancer in June 2010. Her father, Thomas "Tommy" White, died in 2008 — the same year that White graduated Spartanburg High School.
"Colleen did not consider others when she started that car," Edgins said.
And he said it would take years, not months or a couple years, of self-examination for Casey to develop consideration toward others.
"May your verdict be a reminder of how valuable human life really is," Edgins said.
White's brother, Thomas, also addressed the court. His sister would have celebrated her 24th birthday in August.
"I think we all can agree here that to lose one's life at an age that young is just not right, nor is it fair," he said.
Thomas said there are no more chances to make memories and share good times with his sister. His immediate family now includes two people — him and a brother.
"This whole thing could have been avoided if the right decisions were made, but they weren't," he said.
The defense said White was the victim of a tragic accident, not a crime.
Delaney said Casey was 22 hours short of a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina Upstate at the time of the incident. She had no criminal record before entering her guilty plea. Her only brush with the law was two speeding tickets.
Casey's friends and family members filled the pews to show their support.
"This is certainly a tragedy of great consequence, your honor," Delaney told the judge. "Jackie and Colleen were best friends. They lived together. They were living together at the time of this accident."
Delaney said the S.C. Highway Patrol's Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team concluded that White contributed to the accident.
"She was illegally walking two to three feet in the roadway, in dark clothing, in a rural area where there was no streetlights," Delaney said.
He said the accident reconstruction report revealed that Casey was driving the speed limit and in the correct lane.
Delaney also pointed to a coroner's report that White's blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and referenced an addiction to heroin.
Delaney said in one of those 911 calls one can hear "absolute blood curdling screams from Colleen when she realizes that this accident has occurred and her best friend is laying there dead on the side of the road."
Delaney said Casey left the scene after she went into shock.
The defense felt the 143 days Casey has spent in jail was enough time, saying she would suffer along with White's family.
"If (Casey) could take back the events of that tragic night she certainly would, but unfortunately she can't," Delaney said.
Casey's father, Wilson Casey, whose syndicated trivia column is published in the Herald-Journal, said he felt sympathy for White's family and called White a "great girl."
"Colleen and her were best friends. Jackie was having some problems and Colleen and her boyfriend took Jackie in. They clothed her. They fed her, at times (when) other members of that family didn't want to take care of Jackie. But Colleen and Kevin loved her," Wilson Casey said.
Casey at times dabbed her eyes with a tissue she clutched in her shackled hands.
"I'm just sorry that any of this happened. She was my best friend," Casey said in court.
But Thomas White painted another picture of Casey. He told the judge "drugs and alcohol were very common things in Colleen's life. She's a danger to this community. I'm really surprised it hadn't happened earlier."
In rendering his sentence, Addy said evidence indicated the women "loved each other like sisters." Addy considered what his reaction would be in a similar situation.
"I know that I wouldn't want a person to go to jail for a long period of time or even go to jail, to tell you the truth," he said.
He also considered evidence that some of White's actions may have contributed to her death, but told Casey people have to stop after an accident.
"I've looked at the autopsy report. Had you stopped there's probably nothing you could have done to save Jackie, in all candor," Addy said.
He said it appeared there was nothing anyone could have done, even emergency responders.
"But I still can't get around the fact that you didn't stop," he said.


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Jill Zarin has found herself in the crossfire again. It seems that ever since her friendship with Bethenny Frankel fell by the wayside, Jill can do nothing right. The most recent controversy surrounding the red-headed former reality star centers around an appearance at the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas' Women's Event at Night. Jill was billed as the keynote speaker, and along with her sister, Lisa Wexler, and her mother, Gloria Kamen, they were to discuss their advice book Secrets Of A Jewish Mother.
Somewhere along the way a few people were offended by comments Lisa allegedly made, insulting stay-at-home mothers, rumors began circulating that women stormed out or left in "droves." One lone tweeter with an agenda (an agenda as she self-admittedly loathes Jill) decided to claim Jill and her family were "hot messes" and "disastrous", offending many of the 700 guests in attendance. Well, of course, the blogs and then the media picked up on the alleged controversy, which prompted the organizers of the event to send a formal email apology letter to all the women who attended.
Jill is finally speaking out giving her side of things and claiming that very few people were actually upset, and the supposed mass walk-out was largely comprised of women who needed to leave, as the event ran long. She claims no one was behaving as if they were upset during or after Lisa's comments.
"They completely lied," Jill tells Naughty Nice Rob. "They didn't have their listening ears on and misunderstood what she said. No one walked out. It was running one hour late and was already 10:00 PM after dessert, so a few left. I have it all on tape." Indeed, Jill does have it on tape – and the videos are up on her YouTube channel!
"From the minute we got on stage, we had mic issues," Jill recounts. "So bad that they took off all our individual mics and gave us only one big handheld mic — so unprofessional. No one could really understand us."
Jill adds, "We were thrown under the bus. We were never asked to be funny. We were asked to talk about subjects in the book, which we did."
Lisa is also speaking out about what happened, taking to her radio show, and not backing down from her comments. Lisa describes the episode as a miscommunication. And she is not willing to apologize to the Federation or the women who attended the event, but she is sorry that Jill is taking the heat from her comments. She is also sorry she chose the wrong forum to express her feelings.
Lisa insists she was not insulting stay-at-home mothers, but merely discussing the quandary any professional woman faces once she decides to become a mother, which is a subject broached in their book, and very few people even noticed her comments during the event. Lisa blames herself saying she did not prepare adequately for the program and essentially admitted to ad-libbing. She says the controversy was started by people on Twitter that don't like Jill and attack her from multiple aliases.
Jill also appeared on her sister's show, both women both claim there was no dispute between the Federation until the twitter/media episode blew it out of proportion, and the Federation issued the letter as damage control. Jill believes the Federation had "no right" to send that letter and "hurt their livelihood," particularly without discussing the matter with them first. Jill doesn't feel anything said was so egregious it warranted so much upheaval and she defended Lisa's comments as "lessons."
Jill is still disappointed by the "atrocious" handling of the situation and the lack of communication by the Dallas chapter – apparently, they found out about the letter through the internet! Jill explains they have spoken at many chapters across the country with no controversy, and they have been asked back repeatedly. Jill is also offended that her participation as a member (a Lion of Judah) was not considered in the Dallas chapter's handling of said negative reaction from attendees.
Unfortunately, in the radio broadcast, emotions got out of hand where Jill is concerned, and she released the name of the woman who sent the email apology (which is already all over the internet thanks to the prolific posting of the letter). Jill is furious and hopes she will suffer consequences for the letter. Jill point-blank mentioned that she thinks the woman should be fired.
Jill continues to speak of how the event was mismanaged and she had no idea the event was a fundraiser or that they were billed as the "entertainment." Jill maintains that many people left simply because the time management issues, and the Federation attempted to blame her and her family for their own poor organization skills.
Lisa astutely points out that Susan (the author of the letter), a full-time working mother, should be understanding of Lisa discussing the challenges working mothers face. Jill says the Federation benefited from the controversy since it gained national attention and she made front-page news over the "nonsense."
Jill also talked about learning to deal with negative reactions from the media – a lesson learned from appearing on Real Housewives of New York. Jill cautions viewers about the editing process, which vilified her in favor of Bethenny. Jill believes "somebody" on RHONY (whose name she did not mention) paid a select group of people to besmirch her reputation and continue to slander her in the press through the internet.
According to Jill, she has subsequently received a lot of apologies from fans who feel they misjudged the situation initially, and she says, "haters will be haters." All in all, a lot of huff and puff over what seems like a simple miscommunication!
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Cheap & Easy Upgrade: 1x2 Molding
A few years ago a friend asked us if we could decorate her apartment in Brooklyn. She didn't have a whole lot of money to spend on it — which was fine as we didn't like to spend people's money anyway. The apartment was a basic new-remodel, with the original space broken up into basic drywalled rooms, which lacked any character. Sometimes of course this is exactly what you're looking for, but we wanted to make it look more feminine and European.
We didn't have much art for the walls either — and if you don't have something that looks good, don't just tack up a giant movie poster to cover an empty wall. We'd always liked the way molding looked, and it seemed like a very cost effective, stylish, and resourceful way to achieve that European look, and for less than the cost a "Breathless" poster. And you can frame out a long empty wall in any variety of design.
You can go to a hardware store or lumber yard and buy new molding by the foot, but if you're on a super-tight budget, there's usually wood that can be found at any construction site or dumpster. If you can't find either, than 1x2 boards are the way to go, they're cheap, and because there's no detail on them, you can butt them together at right angles very easily. In our book Wary Meyers' Tossed & Found we concentrate on the 1x2, in this molding project and in another project called the Eiffel Mantel.
- 1 The project's opening spread with an Yves Saint Laurent inspired pink and orange color scheme of large panels to break up a wall.
- 2 This is another apartment where we made the molding a little more orientalist — this was actually the first time we used it. The original plan was to make the "molding" with paint, inspired by David Hicks' stripe details from Mrs. Mark Hampton's bedroom, but it looked so flat and still like a big expanse of wall — we weren't working with Mrs. Hampton's architecture — so we decided to make the painted lines three-dimensional.
- 3 This photo is the initial David Hicks inspiration, and I think the pink stripe is actually ribbon.
- 4 The next picture is a concept sketch page from our book, in this case, a deeper study of customized "monogrammed" 1x2 molding, including an alphabet, some Kanji (Japanese characters), and Cyrillic, and how these could be used as decorative "picture frame" moldings.
- 5 We took this photo earlier this year behind a sea shell shop (by the sea shore) in Islamorada, Florida. All the 1x2's you could ever need are out back, waiting for a dumpster, having already safely protected large shells and coral.
So, if you're staring at boring blank walls, this is a really great way to add some interest. All you need is a saw, some paint, a hammer and nails, and Wary Meyers' Tossed & Found. And incidentally it was the David Hicks color scheme of Burgundy and Pink that prompted us to pick the pink metallic leather for the chair's lightning bolt patch.
John and Linda Meyers are otherwise known as Wary Meyers Decorative Arts, which focuses on interior design, object design, painting, illustration, and soft sculpture (coming soon). Their new book, Wary Meyers' Tossed & Found: Unconventional Design from Cast-offs is a DIY trip through their world of yard saling and resourceful repurposing. Out now from Stewart, Tabori, and Chang.


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More proof that Mike Martin is related to the Incredible Hulk:
Good lord; dude eats the souls of lesser men. Or he eats steel for breakfast and shits out fully-assembled Buicks before lunch.
In the spirit of the "bold predictions" thread, I'm also going to say that I fully expect an Alan Branch-esque year out of MM by the end of his career at Michigan.


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I've been tempted to start a column on Tesla's Elon Musk that's just an ongoing list of him explaining things (for example, Elon Musk explains love). He's clearly got a fascinating mind working up there. A great example of this is him telling future Musk biographer Hannah Elliott how the dystopian video game BioShock works in her sprawling lifestyle feature about the billionaire tech investor for ForbesLife.
It reveals a little about the game and a lot about Musk himself.
BioShock is already grounded in Rand-ian Objectivism, as laboriously detailed in this piece from Kotaku, so Musk's insight isn't particularly earth-shattering although it's Muskian:
"It talks about Hegelian dialectics being the things that determine the course of history," Musk explains, his eyes fixed on the screen. "They're sort of competing philosophies or competing meme sets, and you can look at modern history where it's not so much genetics going into battle as a battle of meme structures."
Exactly. He's basically talking about memetics and the clash of ideas. A fun primer on memetics and society-shaping can be found in Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash.
The more interesting layer to this quote is its context within the larger story. Musk made this reporter play BioShock with him for 90 minutes. I would absolutely play "BioShock" with Elon Musk if given the opportunity, but the reasons why it might have happened are hinted at in the next section of the piece.
Musk, then secretly separated from actress Talulah Riley, was lonely. Here's Elliott's explanation of his estate:
What was missing from all of this, though, was any sign of actual people. The white shelves in a towering library stand embarrassingly bare. (Musk devours books exclusively on his iPhone, most recently The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs.)
The pool is covered, the manicured backyard devoid of toys, lawn chairs, or a grill. The boys are at school-Musk, having been through a much-publicized divorce, shares custody of his sons with his college sweetheart, Justine. His second wife, Talulah Riley, a 26-year-old British actress, is, I'm told, back in her home country filming a movie. There is no evidence-clothes, shoes, makeup-of a female inhabitant.
Eventually, Musk ends up hanging out with director/pal Jon Favreau and shows a reinvigorated spirit at the reveal of the Tesla Model X. Musk may be secretly alone still or he may have been undergoing a temporary setback the likes of which he's faced before and has always bounced back from. Hard to know.
Beneath the Tony Stark references and assorted Muskisms, the other current in this article is the his own dialectical challenge.
There's Tesla, which has a sizable market cap but not much product. It's using customer deposits to fund operations and has ambitious targets for delivery it has to meet. Despite the flashiness of electric power, the making of transportation implements is an old business. It's not "magic."
Then there's SpaceX, his other company. Sending stuff into space is the kind of "magic" he describes in the piece. His Dragon space capsule will launch next month and connect with the International Space Station. If it works it'll be a leap forward in private space aviation (SpaceX has already made a few of those).
For now, Musk is balancing both of those, at the expense of his romantic life. But wouldn't a girlfriend be a lot better than a car company? Just a thought.


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Creating eye-catching airplane liveries is a business in which the imagination of designers may be restricted by the practicalities of applying paint to plane.
I discuss a new process called O3 from Color Craft in Inside Track in the Apr. 29 issue of Aviation Week that has caught the eye of airlines because it promises a much simpler method for transferring the mundane – warning signs – and the magnificent – jazzy designs – to airplane hulls.
The back story to Color Craft's advance has two elements. The company wanted to create a unique product (naturally) and designers wanted a better chance to let their imagination run wild.
Several years ago, one of Boeing's long-time design consultants, Teague, was developing a special paint scheme to "wow" the world, says William Postl, the design manager for Teague's exterior design team.
He says that the scheme was "subtle but refreshing and had an airbrush flow of light blue to mica pearls." That made it very challenging for paint hangar crews. But it was completed and looked great.
The problem? How to replicate such an artistic flair as many times as needed. "How could we take an illustration or even a simple graphic and apply an image and seal it to an airplane [so it could] withstand harsh weather conditions using a dry paint transfer process [with] a clear coat?"
The idea was passed on to Glen Darby and Richard Baird, leaders of Boeing's paint team, and Dave Klinkman at Color Craft.
It took awhile, "but Klinkman made it happen," Postl says. And in the process, created an image transfer process that has won Boeing's recognition in a top supplier award this year.
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As Steven Hawking once said "Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change" and this statement is no less relevant when it comes to intelligent interior design. We have long seen how clever partitioning and smart storage solutions can transform interiors, but now the engineering and design of movable walls is taking these ideas into new realms. With this revolutionary wave of design, the possibilities truly are endless.
Over the last couple of years, there's been an increasing interest in movable walls from all sides of the design industry. From Swedish manufacturer IKEA, which has been running trials with multiple families in Malmö, to the creation of a bespoke property on the Spanish coast by architects PKMN, it seems that adaptable apartments with movable walls may soon become commonplace. Re-imagined as floor-to-ceiling cabinets on wheels, these walls can transform the space available, complete with furniture and beds that fold away with ease until you need them again.
Shrinking space
Research suggests that the average square footage of living space worldwide is decreasing. New apartments in Boston, for example, are on average 22% smaller than they were a decade ago. A standard fixed layout limits the potential of these smaller spaces, whereas flexible, moving walls are an easy way to generate instant space. Long familiar in open-plan office environments, it's only recently the movable wall technology has been considered for home reconfiguration.
How does it work?
A wall suspended less than an inch above the floor can run on tracks mounted to a stationary wall. Just like rolling bookshelves in libraries, this sliding action is effortless and light. Innovations in sliding sockets mean that it's also easier than ever to work around your existing power sources. Another solution is to run extension cables through the wall. Moving walls can create sub-rooms and privacy, as desired, and then convert back as easily as pulling a curtain.
Australian innovation
The team at Rothelowman, an architectural firm in Australia, has designed convertible apartments featuring a movable wall, which are now under construction in Victoria. The roller wall is inspired by Japanese technology and allows an easy switch from studio to one-bedroom apartment. The feature wall also contains a pull-down bed, television, kitchen with fridge, wardrobes and even bedside tables. The design is targeted at inner-city living where space is always at a premium.
Larger homes can benefit too
In London, Geraghty Taylor architects are working at the other end of the scale. They develop large homes into two or even three smaller units, catering to inter-generational families, those whose need to accommodate au pairs or nannies, or simply those with young adults who are yet to leave home.
A 'floorplate' incorporates all the cables and services with underfloor heating, eliminating the need to cut into walls, floors or roofs. Movable walls then assist in breaking down rigid definition so that rooms are no longer designated for one purpose only. All layouts are informally flexible and ever changeable, making them thoroughly 'future-proof'.
If you're looking to unlock the potential of a new property, Engel & Völkers is ideally placed to help you find the perfect place. Wherever you may be looking to buy, we have designated offices in 36 countries spanning four continents.


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What about having baby assessed by an IBCLC to find out why baby is not transfering more milk-assuming milk transfer is the problem?
Supplementing with anything while sometimes needed and helpful, does not solve the underlying problem, which appears to be that baby is not getting enough milk at the breast. If a baby is not getting enough milk at the breast, it is due to 1-not nursing often enough, 2-baby not nursing well enough (not able to get enough milk out per session) or low milk production-the milk is just not there, or not enough. or a combination of these.
A good, experienced IBCLC could spend an hour or more with you and assess the situation. She cannot overide a doctors order, but certainly she should be able to help you figure out what is what here.
If you have to supplement, of course it is better to do so with your own milk when possible. What type of pump are you using? pump type/age etc, often makes a difference in what a mother can pump.
I don't know if you need to supplement or not, but again, there are ways to do it that are usually less impactful on breastfeeding going forward.
I suggest you call your local LLL if possible. They may know what breastfeeding support options are available. You can also look up IBCLCs here http://www.ilca.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3432


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Colorblock design, metal zipper at bust, metallic piping, and body-contouring seam detail make this BEBE SPORT top a sure way to turn things up. Made from moisture-wicking fabrics, created for high-impact activity.
- 86% nylon, 14% spandex
- Supplex fabric
- Center back to hem: 20" (51 cm)
- Machine wash according to care label
- Made in USA
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Zipper Heather Racerback Top is rated out of 5 by 7.
Rated 5 out of 5 by lauralee from Bebe Sports Cloths Love them! This is a perfect fit and SEXY This is the second one Iv bought first one last me 6 years of wear. love the zipper in the top.
Date published: 2013-03-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by heather from perfect "Bought the top and matching capris. The small worked great. I'm 5'1, 120 lbs and usually wear a 34C in a bra. I got a compliment on it the first time I wore it to yoga... I'm a hot yoga instructor and I can attest that this top holds up to an intense sweat session! Oh and no bleeding in the wash :)"
Date published: 2012-08-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by lja from "Very Cute, Runs a Size Small..." "I am 34B and usually wear a size Small in most brands and wear X-S in GAP. I bought this top in Small and Medium and kept the Medium. It's still a snug fit, but it's supposed to be snug. Someone I didn't know came up to me in the gym and complimented me on it and wanted to know where I got it. Washed fine, no bleeding - whew!"
Date published: 2012-04-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by noreen from Great Fitting Top "I have had this top w/a matching foldover black shorts for about 4 years. I liked it so much I bought 2 more of the same. I pair it with foldover black shorts. I am a size 0 and the small fits me well and looks great!!!LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!"
Date published: 2011-11-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by bon from Fits Perfect "I disagree with the other reviews. Fit perfect, received complements. Did not bleed. Have this top in other color combo's and had no problems. I do feel Bebe Sports fabric quality is not as nice as it was when they first opened. The clothes don't last as long. They also have a weird smell to them."
Date published: 2011-11-27
Rated 1 out of 5 by suzanne_2 from watch out!! "I have this same shirt in white with hot pink edges.. the pink part is bleeding really bad onto the all white part. I even hand wash it with cold water and hang dry it. The floor is pink where the shirt hangs, bc of the bleeding. I just wanted people to know this bc this shirt has white in it, and the black edges might bleed into it."
Date published: 2011-10-21
Rated 3 out of 5 by jen_4 from "Cute, but not flattering" "I bought a small according to the size chart, it was pretty tight that I can't imagine being able to get it off after I sweat. The inner bra lining is white, which I can see getting really dirty easily. The colorblock design I thought was really cute, but it's not very flattering, and it's very tight in the midsection. The zipper looks awkward when unzipped (as it does on the model)."
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"Judgment day has arrived for owners of 30GB (and only 30GB) Zunes. The music player inexplicably entered a worldwide coma last night, and players are completely non responsive." [Kroc: I wonder if this is anything like the bug that caused Windows 98 to crash after 49 days when the tick-count exceeded 32-bits :P]


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Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Ice Storm Came
This is Keely. I'm writing on my mother's behalf, because they are without power and probably will be for some time to come. I live in town and we still don't have power yet, as of Wednesday morning. Mom and the family are okay. They have wood heat, so they've been bored, but plenty warm. She says that they've lost a lot of branches and limbs out of the trees. It's like 1994 all over again.
According to the Kentucky New Era, around 7500 homes lost power out in the county, and about 1500 homes lost power in town. The news said it may be up to a week before power is restored to everyone. Since they live out in the middle of nowhere, it may be about a week before you hear from Mom again.
There's a Red Cross shelter at one of the churches, for people that are without heat due to the power loss. I'm sure they've gotten a lot of takers. I think there is at least one other one, but I'm not sure where. Also, apparently most of the hotels in town have been full since Tuesday when this all started.
Monday night, it rained and sleeted until about a half inch of ice covered everything early Tuesday morning. Most of the people that I've talked to said that they lost power around 4:00 AM on Tuesday. Tuesday it rained all day. It was only barely above freezing, so some of it stuck onto the pre-existing ice. It continued raining into Tuesday night and then it changed over to snow at about 6:00 Wednesday morning. Many of the people who had already had their power restored on Tuesday lost it again, as well as a lot of other people who had previously had power.
Over all, the Hopkinsville area got about a half inch to an inch of ice, and a couple inches of snow. I don't guess that sounds like much to most of the rest of the world, but here it's been a pretty big deal. There are branches and limbs down everywhere you look, and more than a few trees. I lost one in my back yard. Luckily it missed the house and the power lines. Our neighbors also lost one. It missed their house, but it's all tangled up in the power lines.
Yesterday, when I talked to Mom, she said that there was a tree down across the driveway. The neighbor was trying to push it out of the way, but he decided not to when he heard the rest of the trees creaking and groaning like they may follow it down. She's supposed to work today, so I assume that the tree has been moved.
I hope to get our power back on today. We have gas heat, but it's governed by an electric thermostat. No power, no heat. It was pretty chilly in the house last night, but I didn't want to leave the cats. I think I slept with about six blankets on. It's not so bad as long as you're in bed.
I hope everyone else out there is staying safe and warm. Mom should be back to her regularly scheduled blogging soon. I'll let you know if there are any developments in the mean time.
Posted by Keely on 1/29/2009
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- RunAwayImagination said...
Hi Keely,
I'm a long-time reader of your mom's blog, so it was good to read your post and know they're all right. Thanks for letting us know, and pass on our good wishes.
I hope your power is restored soon.
Your brother tried to reach you last night to check up on you but, obviously, didn't make a connection. Good luck for a speedy recovery.
- Keely said...
I'll tell Mom if I talk to her today. She worked, so I'm planning on going by there to see her while she's in town. If we still don't have power by tomorrow night, I'm going out there to stay where it's warm.
- The Back Porch said...
Thank you for keeping us posted on the area. I grew up in Princeton, but then lived in Cerulean and have enjoyed your mom's blog. But I still have family in Princeton, and they do not have power, water, or cell phones. Some of them have went to Hopkinsville to get fuel and water. So it's good to be informated as to what's going on. Please keep letting us know. Thanks again!
- Keely said...
I hear that the entire city of Princeton is without power. Also Madisonville, and several other places. I don't know how I would even begin to start fixing something like that. A friend of mine that works at Walmart says that we have the only one in a fairly large area that's open. All of the other ones lost power in the store and are now out of generator power.
- Lesa said...
Thanks for keeping us posted! I was wondering how your Mom was doing. We lost power some time in the night Tuesday and it came back on late Wednesday night. We are one of the very fortunate! My sister lives closer to Trigg County and still doesn't have power. Stay safe and warm!
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Part of my preparation/reward for my marathon training was to run the Bacchus half marathon this weekend. It's a half-trail, half-road, fancy dress (costumed) race through a vineyard in Surrey with wine tasting every 2 miles, plus a free glass of wine and hog roast at the end. See why I signed up??
So for my costume, I used navy and white wicking supplex and used the Jalie running skirt pattern for the bottom half, and used my self-drafted knit sloper for the top, plus an added kerchief to make it nautical. :)
There are loads more details on my drafting and construction techniques over at FehrTrade.com
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Sep 15, 2012, 05.31 PMby melongrowergirl
I don't know what's more funny, your costume our the kind of half marathon it was made for! :-))) I like such funny ideas!
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- The oversize windows that let in an abundant amount of natural light is what I love most about our studio. Even on the cloudiest of days here in the Pacific Northwest, the studio is bright, open and allows for a beautiful backdrop of the ever changing skyline. No amount of artwork can compete with Mother Nature. We also love the ability to leave the slider-door wide open and fall asleep listening to the sound of crickets each night. Downsizing from a one bedroom house with a yard to a studio apartment on a 4th floor without even a full balcony was a major adjustment. However, embracing change and the opportunity to downsize has helped us live more within our means and put our energy into doing the things we enjoy most. Having family and friends over to our space allows us to create new memories which is more valuable than any materialistic item.
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Inter bulldoze their way past a hard-working Chievo side, despite the heroics of goalkeeper Christian Puggioni, thrashing their opponents to win for the first time in three games
Goals from Antonio Cassano, Andrea Ranocchia and Diego Milito contributed to Inter's commanding victory, allowing Nerazzurri to capitalise on dropped points over the weekend from Napoli, Lazio and Milan. A solitary goal from Luca Rigoni wasn't enough for the visitors, and without Christian Puggioni in goal, the deficit could have been far larger.
Inside the opening two minutes, Inter grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. Javier Zanetti drove down the right, winning a corner. The resulting set piece was swung towards the back post by Antonio Cassano, and after both Andrea Ranocchia and Juan Jesus failed to head home, the ball found its way back to the corner taker. On the half volley, Cassano smashed a drive towards the near post and the ball wriggled its way into the back of the net, following suspect goalkeeping from Chievo's Christian Puggioni, giving the home side a dream start.
The early set-back aside, Chievo gave a good account of themselves, pressing high and forcing extra men forward at any opportunity. On 12 minutes however, Francesco Acerbi was left with his head in his hands, as the former Milan defender somehow failed to equalise for the visitors.
The centre-half found himself in acres of space in the Inter penalty area, following a well-weighted free-kick delivery, and seemingly just had to get some firm contact on the ball to turn it home. Such simplicity escaped him, and his deftly flicked header skipped off the turf, going centimetres wide of Samir Handanovic's back post.
On 21 minutes however, the away side were not ruing bad luck anymore. After taking a throw-in short and receiving the ball back, left-back Bojan Jokic was given too much space, as he was permitted to whip in a near post cross. Chievo captain Luca Rigoni found himself totally unmarked from eight yards out, nodding the ball past the helpless Handanovic, as Inter's defensive frailties reared their head once more.
Esteban Cambiasso almost put the home side back ahead minutes later, as the Argentine drove powerfully through the heart of the Chievo defence, forcing Puggioni to race out and meet him, diverting the ball wide excellently with his outstretched foot.
Inter did indeed manage to poke themselves back in front from the resulting corner, though. Cassano whipped in a great delivery once more, and Ranocchia rose highest giving the keeper no chance, heading the ball into Puggioni's top right-hand corner. The 24-year-old wheeled away in celebration, perhaps follow realisation that he may have just made up for his earlier error.
Gargano went close in quick succession, the latter from a free-kick on 37 minutes, as Chievo conceded a free-kick due to handball 25 yards from goal. The Inter midfielder lifted the ball over the wall and sweetly struck the inside of the post, with no teammates in black and blue stripes available to turn the rebound home.
After a sparkling first 45 minutes, everything seemed set in place for Inter to match into the European qualification places at half time. Offense reigned, opportunities flowed, as the defensive side of the game was willingly neglected.
Merely five minutes after the restart, Diego Milito thumped Inter's third into the back of the net. Cambiasso broke down the right, before picking out Milito with a great pass. The Argentine swivelled elegantly from eight yards out, before thrashing the ball into the bottom corner with his first opportunity of the game. Nagatomo and Cambiasso were denied moments later, but Puggioni was at his best to deny Inter.
After the frantic first half, chances became few and far between after Inter's third goal. Both sides traded half chances, with the best falling to Chievo, as Jokic continued to deliver quality balls into the box from the left.
Puggioni made a breathtaking double save on 70 minutes, as the Chievo defence was totally unlocked by a clever flick by substitute Ricky Alvarez. Nagatomo got onto the end of the inventive ball, but the Chievo keeper was quick off his line to make a block. The ball shot off the turf, finding itself at the feet of Rodrigo Palacio, but the Italian shot-stopper was back on his feet quickly to beat away the Argentine's effort too.
Without the heroics of Puggioni, Inter fans may have left the stadium having watched their side dispatch six goals past their opponents, but the Chievo stopper was in top form to keep his side in the game throughout.
Stramaccioni's men leave San Siro with their morale sky-high, as the mercilessly put Chievo to the sword, and with the full-time return of Dejan Stankovic and Diego Milito in the offing after injury, the Nerazzurri seem poised to push on in Serie A.