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Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms, wherever people work, learn, recover, and play. United by a passion to serve, our more than 270,000 employees deliver experiences that enrich and nourish the lives of millions of people in 22 countries around the world every day. Aramark is recognized among the Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE and the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. Learn more at www.aramark.com or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
Aramark's leisure group specializes in lodging, recreation, conference centers and meeting services. The scope of our operations includes lodging, conference and meeting space, houseboats and other marine activities, retail merchandise, casual and fine dining experiences, and interpretive tours in some of this country's most pristine protected lands and national parks. We have been active partners with the National Park Service for over 20 years, providing high-quality visitor services in numerous locations across the United States. We are one of the nation's leading managers of conference centers with a strong focus on customer experience. We are considered a premier provider of professional services by clients and competition alike, committed to providing high-quality recreation, hospitality and authentic experiences to clients and visitors from all over the world.
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The server establishes a welcoming atmosphere from the minute they first greet guests at their table. The server delivers food and carries service trays while demonstrating exemplary guest service skills. This position requires individuals with the ability to be service-minded and committed to providing outstanding guest satisfaction.
Essential Functions:
- Greet guests immediately as they arrive at their tables
- Maintain a watch for underage patrons by checking the identification of customers to ensure they meet alcohol age legal requirements
- Carry service tray in order to deliver and serve food and beverages to table
- Work with bartenders in order to process drinks orders
- Work with kitchen staff to coordinate and collect orders efficiently
- Complete all bussing attendant duties when required
- Maintain positive attitude in high stress situations
- Go the extra mile and follow through to ensure guest satisfaction
- Must be able to work with diverse populations in a supportive and positive manner
- Diplomatically handle guest complaints – always be polite and maintain a professional manner
- May be required to train other employees, educating them on menu items and other aspects of the role
- The server will work at banquets and special functions – serving and keeping food & beverage areas stocked
- The server will be required to prepare banquet facilities by setting up and breaking down chairs, tables, buffets, center pieces
- May be required to set up china, glassware and place settings
- Must be flexible and willing to work a varied schedule
- Know and abide by all state liquor laws
- Other duties as assigned
- Know and comply with all company policies and procedures regarding safety, security, emergencies and energy
- Report to work on time and in complete uniform
- Other duties as assigned
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- Reports to the Catering Manager
- Position requires a strong customer service focus, strong communication skills and a positive attitude
- Must be able to work efficiently – prepared to help wherever needed
- Must have the ability to lift food trays
- Must meet state regulations for alcohol serving age
- Should be able to work all department shifts
- Previous restaurant and food service experience
- Outgoing personality and friendly manner
- Must complete Serve Safe Food Handlers certification
- Must be fluent in the English language both spoken and written – able to read & interpret documents such as safety rules, ARAMARK Alcohol Regulations, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
- Minimum of 1-2 years Serving experience is required
Travel Requirements: Little or No Travel (>10%)
Lifting Requirements:
MEDIUM - Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds
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Self-service micromarkets are taking hold in the vending space, as early adopters impressed with the results are deploying them in larger numbers and inspiring others to follow suit. The features and benefits of this new retailing concept were explored by a panel of experts at the recent Atlantic Coast Exposition in Myrtle Beach, SC. The session was moderated by 2012 ACE Planning Committee chairman Scott Halloran, Trolley House Refreshments (Richmond, VA). His panelists were Kevin Bailey, Breakroom Provisions Co.; Jim Brinton, Avanti Markets; Terri Bryant, Microtronic Markets; and Joseph Hessling, 365 Retail Markets.
Avanti's Brinton, a veteran vending operator and a past chairman of the National Automatic Merchandising Association, runs 90 self-checkout installations in his own company, Evergreen Vending (Tukwila, WA). As a pioneer in deploying micromarkets over the past two years, he said he has witnessed at first hand how this emerging retail model can overcome many of the challenges today's operators confront, and substantially boost their bottom lines.
"Vending revenues are shrinking; sales are declining. It's hard to get manufacturers to want to give us new products. Meanwhile, clients and customers are seeking innovation," said Brinton. "And the number of large accounts that can support manual food operations is shrinking, but they don't want to step all the way down to a vending bank."
Micromarkets provide a solution to all of these challenges, Brinton emphasized. Also working in favor of the new workplace retail model is the public's increasing comfort with self-checkout technology in their everyday lives, at retailers like grocery stores and warehouse clubs. "There's a new comfort level with the technology, and the stars have aligned for micromarkets," Brinton stated.
The Avanti chief described a micromarket as a convenience store-style setup without a cashier behind the counter. "It's like an honor box on steroids," he observed. "Customers check themselves out, and have hundreds of product options to choose from."
Patrons select the items they want, from a variety of familiar racks and merchandisers, and bring them to a self-checkout touchscreen kiosk. This guides them through the checkout process; it recognizes each item, displays the prices and the total, and accepts payment. The kiosk is equipped with an optical or wireless scanner that reads UPC barcodes or RFID tags affixed to each product. Depending upon the system, patrons can pay with cash, a debit or credit card, or a prepaid stored-value card or keytag to which patrons can add value at a charging-station that accepts cash or a debit or credit card. Some systems also offer biometric technology as a payment option.
Brinton explained that the micromarket concept was developed seven years ago and launched as the Freedom Shopping system, which used RFID tags for pricing and security cameras to monitor the premises. This proved to be a workable approach, he said. The micromarket concept got a major boost from the introduction last year of systems that use the UPC barcodes on product packages, or printed by the operator and affixed to unpackaged items, with which consumers are familiar from supermarket checkout lines. The first self-checkout stores using barcode technology were deployed in 2010, at which time the new retailing method really took hold in the vending industry.
"Why is it successful? It's a closed environment with a known group of people, recorded by surveillance cameras," Brinton explained. "They don't want to tell their husband or wife that they lost their job because they stole a Snickers bar, especially at a time when jobs are hard to come by."
Among the many benefits of micromarkets is their ability to offer a dramatically increased selection of products -- as many as 200 packaged items, compared with the 45 or so product facings in a typical snack vender, Brinton pointed out.
Micromarkets allow operators to make nontraditional vending items available to their customers. "You can offer a 2-ft.-long beef stick -- the number one seller in c-stores -- that you can't sell in vending," Brinton instanced. "We operate 90 some stores and our top seller is string cheese, which we sell almost none of in vending."
Another advantage to the self-checkout stores is that customers can hold and examine a product, and read its nutritional information, before making their purchases. "Having products within reach has increased the freshness perception that we haven't been able to change in vending," Brinton added. "Patrons also benefit from one-stop checkout, instead of having to pay at several machines."
From an operational standpoint, the self-serve mini c-store model eliminates the issue of "hung" or undelivered products, as well as service calls for out-of-order machines. "Out-of-products decrease because the operator has real-time knowledge of what products have sold and refunds are no longer are a problem," said Brinton. "And it's also not as big a deal if a certain product is out, because there are so many more to choose from and the customer isn't looking at an empty machine."
He emphasized that another major benefit to the client is that it keeps employees on site for meals, boosting productivity. The Avanti Market chief cited a survey of current micromarket client contacts who said they like vending overall, but ranked micromarkets "excellent" across the board: for selection, ease of use, reliability, employee response and overall satisfaction.
Brinton went on to describe the benefits of self-checkout micromarkets to the operator, which he said have helped drive sales increases of 60% to 250%, and in some cases as high as 600%, in test markets where Avanti systems replaced vending machines.
A major plus for the micromarket operator, the speaker emphasized, is the ability to collect sales taxes and bottle deposits. "I add 9.5% to the bottom line, and customers don't mind," he reported. "They pay it at c-stores and grocery stores, and have no complaints. Self-checkout stores also allow the option of nontraditional pricing; you can charge 99¢ or $1.09 and follow retail psychology."
A major benefit of micromarkets is that they allow the operator to give customers the products they want without being constrained by whether or not they will fit in a vending machine, Brinton reiterated. In addition to oversized meat snacks and string cheese, he amplified, loaves of bread, frozen pizzas and gallon containers of milk are offered, by his company and other operations. Customers buy these items at work to take home, extending sales beyond traditional dayparts.
"There are a lot of pluses to self-checkout markets," Brinton stated. "But in a lot of locations, vending works great and a self-checkout system isn't the answer. I operate 5,000 vending machines, and by no means do I plan to pull the plug. The micromarket is just another way."
The ideal micromarket client base is very extensive, according to Brinton, who said the self-serve stores perform equally well with blue- and white-collar customers, and can be easily tailored to the demographic in sites ranging from call centers and professional offices to medical facilities and factories. Critical to the success of the unattended stores is that they be placed only in sites with a "closed" population and limited public access, Brinton emphasized. He has found that the systems typically perform best at locations with 150 or more employees, but certain sites with as few as 100 can support them.
He said one of the biggest surprises micromarket pioneers have encountered is that total monthly sales revenues have doubled on average -- and in some cases tripled -- at accounts converted from vending to the self-checkout stores. At call centers generating less than $2,000 in monthly revenue from vending, for example, sales have climbed to nearly $6,000 when a micromarket was installed. Corporate sites that generated less than $1,500 in sales from vending are yielding close to $3,500 after converting to a micromarket, the panelist reported.
Another unexpected business boost that has accompanied implementation of the self-checkout model is that food sales have increased from 7% of the vending mix to 25% of micromarket sales. "I don't hate being in food any more, when I get $5 and $6 for a sandwich," said Brinton. "And snacks, drinks and desserts all go up when food goes up." Additionally, ice cream and milk, which typically represent only 1.1% of sales in vending, climb to 4.3% of sales in micromarkets. Likewise, hot beverages account for only 1.4% of vending sales, but 2.4% of micromarket sales.
And the financials speak for themselves, according to Brinton, who said the average profit in the traditional vending model is 1.15%, compared with 17% with a micromarket. "It's time for us to make the revenues we've been paying to our customers," said Brinton. "I pay commissions at zero of my 90-some markets; it's a solution they need."
Brinton cited increases of 50% to 100% more in sales, 5% to 15% higher prices, the ability to collect sales tax and reduced service frequency and equipment maintenance among the factors for micromarkets' higher margins when compared with vending (see financial table below).
Self-serve stores also have an energy-saving edge over vending machines. The annual cost of power for a 14-machine vending location is $3,330, compared with $1,630 for a micromarket serving the same size account, according to Brinton.
Brinton estimated that there are at present some 700 self-checkout micromarkets installed across the U.S., and projects a total installed base of 7,000 systems by the second half of 2014. He foresees a nationwide market for 50,000 self-checkout stores, assuring operators that they haven't missed the boat.
A question-and-answer session followed, initiated by an audience member asking how much space is needed for a self-checkout store.
Panelist Kevin Bailey of Breakroom Provisions replied that a micromarket can run the gamut from small to very large, adding that it's often possible to fit one into the vending space that it replaces.
"You inherit the space, and have the flexibility to make it work," concurred 365 Retail Markets' Hessling.
Another question was whether the client helps pay the upfront acquisition cost. Brinton said that his locations typically do not absorb any of the cost. He also noted that, since installations require Internet connectivity and surveillance cameras, it's no longer the receptionist making the decision. "It typically goes up one or two levels above the usual decision-maker," he explained.
Another concern among operators attending the session was whether the client helps offset shrinkage. "Most times I say I'll accept responsibility, but I would like the company to back me up," Brinton replied. "Most clients start off lukewarm about being involved, but within a month they say they will flush out the bad apples. Some support me from day one; they figure if somebody will steal a Snickers bar from me, that individual is likely to steal a laptop from them."
"They become a hero to their employees, and you become a hero to them," 365 Retail Markets's Hessling added. "It's something they don't want to give up."
Another operator expressed concern that c-stores will move into the micromarket space, and start to chase potential business that vending operators now are pursuing.
"C-stores have siphoned business from vending over the years; they used to just be gas stations," Brinton remarked. "Now we've turned the tables. I see an opportunity for smaller independents to pursue the micromarket opportunity by prekitting from their inventory and servicing four to five locations. Each self-checkout store averages $40,000; they can pick up $200,000 to the top line with very little investment. I do think you will see some of them come into the space."
Hessling assured participants that the competitive threat is minimal, since vending operators are far ahead of the curve. "You have inventory, you know who to talk to and you have contacts in HR. You have the infrastructure," he stressed. "It would take a lot of learning for c-stores to get to where you are."
"We are experts at distribution," moderator Halloran emphasized. "C-stores get tractor-trailers in the parking lot and dump it into the facility. I'm not saying it won't happen, but I think it will take time."
Another operator asked whether college dormitories are a good fit for micromarkets. Brinton said that some Avanti customers are successfully operating them in that environment, but have to put certain extra limitations in place to minimize shrinkage.
"Multi-tenant buildings are a fantastic place for them," he added. "Building owners are much more receptive to having a micromarket than a traditional vending installation because of variety. Having a deli or c-store on premises helps them attract tenants."
Shrinkage rates were another topic of concern for the audience. Hessling said 365 Market operators report shrinkage in the 1% to 2% range, and Brinton said he estimates the Avanti system's shrinkage at 1.5%. "It's not only unscanned items, but also has to do with how it's pulled from the warehouse, too," he noted. "You have to be very careful and accurate with your processes, and not automatically blame the customer."
"Some of our customers will open a market at a blue-collar account like a textile mill and see a 3.7% shrinkage rate," Bailey of Breakroom Provisions added. "As an operator, you still have to look at the overall number. You're collecting sales tax, you have no out-of-pocket expense and your sales increase."
Hessling pointed out that telemetry allows the operator to tighten controls. "You should know what you put in and what sold," he said. "If you have a good process, it's a good way to control shrinkage."
In cases where shrinkage seems to be high, reviewing security camera video footage can often help identify the culprit. "The camera only records when customers are in the market, and it has a grid that lets you look at a specific area -- like just the Snickers bars -- and also to just watch a specific five-minute interval," said Brinton. "You can talk to the client, if you have a good agreement. In one case, we worked together and discovered it was the cleaning crew."
"Half of your clients believe that if people are stealing from you, they'll steal from them. The other half don't want to be involved, but they usually do become involved," Bailey added. "Route operators are very familiar with how their markets look. If you keep finding two Cokes missing, you can put up a sign with a picture of a Coke, saying: 'Please shop responsibly to keep prices reasonable.'"
Hessling added that he encourages operators to keep a video monitor pointing toward customers to let them know they're being watched.
An audience member asked the panelists what kind of equipment mix operators typically use for a micromarket. Bailey said 50% of Breakroom Provisions customers use Coke and Pepsi-branded coolers, supplied by their bottlers. The others purchase their own beverage coolers, because they want the flexibility to stock the drinks they choose or desire a more cohesive-looking market -- just as in vending.
"You can put out a bunch of mismatched equipment, but the opportunity lies in the products and presentation," Hessling agreed. "You can really retail and sell, and that's what's driving growth. It's familiar because it's so similar to the retail atmosphere that your customers know and like outside work."
Asked about the labor efficiency of the micromarket model, Brinton observed that the typical vending operator would like to merchandise two to three rows of Snickers in a vending machine, but doesn't have enough space. In a self-checkout market, the operator can stock a whole a box of Snickers as one of 300 SKUs. "And when one item runs out, it's not nearly as noticeable as in vending," he remarked. "We've also seen a drastic increase in alternative beverage sales, because we're not as focused on filling one item."
"It's full pre-picking, and service cycles are less frequent than vending," noted Breakroom Provisions' Bailey. "You have lots of efficiencies."
Halloran pointed out that operators can increase prices remotely from their computers. "You don't have to put a price tag on anything," he said. "If they want to know what it costs, they scan it. It's not in their face, every day, that it's 65¢. When it goes to 69¢ overnight, they don't even notice."
"They're not choosing an item; they're shopping," agreed 365 Retail Markets' Hessling. "They have so many options available, and they don't have 85¢ hitting them in the eye every day, like in a vending machine, so they don't focus on price as much."
Bailey observed that micromarket customers are conditioned by the way they shop at c-stores. "If you stand outside and poll c-store customers, a majority will not know what they paid," he said. "It's about the merchandise, how it looks and feels and that they can pick it up. It's not about the system to the customer."
"Every store must be eye-appealing to everyone," agreed Microtronic Market's Bryant. "It's very important to focus on merchandising to recreate the look and feel of a mini convenience store."
A seminar participant worried about managing the large number of SKUs required for self-checkout stores.
"Your customers want those extra SKUs, and you have to have to flip your thinking to 'look what I can sell,'" replied Bailey. "It seems like a lot of SKUs, but look at it as just a case of each chip or candy bar."
"You're servicing a store rather than filling a vending machine, and you should expand your SKUs to make more money," added Hessling.
"You have to take your vending machine hat off and think like a retailer, or the customer won't see the benefit they were expecting," advised Halloran.
Another question that arose was how micromarket operators deal with date codes when customers pick the freshest product from the back. "You have to be very creative and clever," Brinton replied. "I never have two roast beef sandwiches with different dates, or two of the same flavor yogurts with different dates. You have to set it up on cycles and constantly rotate."
Bailey emphasized that self-checkout market operators have a bigger opportunity than ever before to profit from selling food. "You have to realize that people will buy a $5 and $6 sandwich, and when that goes up, everything else will go up with it," he advised. "Don't be afraid to price food for what it's worth at a deli; they'll be happy to buy it."
"It's really at-work retailing," Hessling emphasized. "I've seen operators buy earbuds for $1 and sell them for $5. You own this industry. Those are your contacts. Adapt and make money."
Brinton wrapped up the session by emphasizing that installing a self-checkout store goes a long way toward locking in a client's business. "You want to secure your sites," he urged. "If you lose a vending site to a proactive operator who installs a micromarket, it takes a lot longer to get that piece of the business back."
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Five years is a long time. Think about it: In 2008, the financial markets were in upheaval, still reeling from the failure of Lehman Brothers and the infamous bail-out of the too-big-to fail firms. Since that time the U.S. Congress wrote and passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, mandating that the various regulatory agencies put in place rules that would stem some of the bad behavior that happened during the financial crisis. A lot, it seems, can change in five years.
For the derivatives industry, the financial crisis volatility that many survived was hit with customer confidence issues caused by the failures of MF Global and Peregrine Financial Group. With the new customer protection rules released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in October, the mandated residual interest rule was put in place.
This rule basically forces brokers to shorten the current time they collect margin from customers to one day, and in five years, to the following morning. Although many firms are electronic, hence collect payments at T+0 and T+1 rates, some have a large group of clients that still write checks. To make this change would mean pre-payment of the account, something that could curb usage of the futures markets. But, as Mike Dawley, managing director of global futures and OTC clearing securities division of Goldman Sachs, noted on an FIA Expo panel, "who knows who will still be around in five years?" This highlights what many in the industry believe, that T+0 will never happen, although T+1 is a good bet. Don Roberts, managing director of futures & forex for ThinkorSwim, the derivatives arm of TD Ameritrade, summed it up that the regulator (like Congress) "kicked the can down the road."
This is only one of the many issues on which we questioned a score of top futures commission merchants (FCMs) to discuss for our annual review. New regulations and compliance issues have become such the focus the last few years in the business, brokers seem to finally see the light of day and are getting back to real business. Matthew Simon, senior analyst and head of futures research at TABB Group, which just completed its annual FCM study, noted that after the past few years with the failure of MF Global and PFG, the shrinking volumes, low interest rates and continuous money flowing out to keep up with compliance, "this year we found more optimism," he says. "Not so much that volumes will grow [rapidly], but that efforts put in terms of [futurization of swaps], and that rules that were talked about for years are now a reality and [FCMs] can get back to making money on executing trades."
And he's correct, except that there still is some anger about some of the regulations. Joe Guinan, chairman and CEO of Advantage Futures, believes despite being one- and five-years out, the residual interest rules border on "ridiculous."


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — More than 20,000 evacuation calls were never delivered to residents in the path of a wildfire that destroyed about 350 homes around Colorado Springs last month, records show.
It was the second time in five months that Colorado residents said they didn't get calls to pack up and run as flames raced toward their homes.
Officials in El Paso and Teller counties were trying to determine why two-thirds of the 32,000 impacted residents did not receive calls during the Waldo Canyon fire that began on June 23.
Nearly 10,000 attempts to reach residents in Colorado Springs were abandoned after the calls were not completed, and more than 11,000 calls were not answered, according to records obtained by KMGH-TV (http://bit.ly/NgfyJT) .
Cassidian Communications, the reverse notification provider, said some calls were not completed because of heavy volume. Phone company officials said their phones were working fine at the time.
Ben Bills, spokesman for El Paso/Teller County E911, said his agency wants to know why some calls went through and others did not, and he plans meetings to discuss the problem.
Bill Simmons, who lives in Colorado Springs, said Tuesday he never got a warning call because he hasn't registered with the city for such notifications.
Simmons said he left his home because police went through neighborhoods warning people to leave as flames neared the city. His home survived, but his neighbors lost their homes.
"Fortunately I was at home when they came by with bullhorns," he said.
Simmons said agencies that handle emergency phone notifications should send out mail notices telling people how to register.
William and Barbara Everett died in the Waldo Canyon fire, which burned about 28 square miles.
The couple did not receive a reverse notification call to evacuate because they had no landline service or cellphone service registered with the notification system, El Paso/Teller County E911 and Colorado Springs police said.
The system had 13,000 people registered in its cellphone database before the wildfire, officials said. That jumped to 52,000 as homes were burned, and at one point, 1,000 residents per hour were registering their mobile numbers, The Denver Post reported (http://tinyurl.com/cxyglrk).
Some of those people requested that their registration expire within a couple of weeks, so the number is expected to drop, Bills said.
In March, authorities in Jefferson County launched an investigation after some residents who signed up never got a warning about a fire.
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The company that handles that system, Baton Rouge, La.-based FirstCall Network Inc., said the process worked exactly as it should have. FirstCall provides the alert service to as many as 200 agencies nationwide.
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When the historic Settles Hotel once again opens its doors to the Crossroads area in less than a year, it will be Austin-based management and consulting firm La Corsha Hospitality Group at the helm.According to Big Spring native Brint Ryan — founder and CEO of Ryan LLC and the investor currently driving the ongoing restoration of the downtown landmark — the hotel is expected to re-open during the first quarter of 2012, with the Austin firm prepared to take the lead in marketing and managing the facility."The Settles Hotel restoration has indeed been the challenge we all anticipated, but I'm confident it will once again be the social center of West Texas," Ryan said. "Clearly we needed an experienced team of professionals to help us achieve our goals. After using their consulting services during the last year, entering into a long-term management agreement with La Corsha was our obvious choice. Their work has been very impressive and has taken our vision for the Settles Hotel well beyond anything that exists in West Texas."Restoration of the building began in 2006, when Ryan — along with his brother, project general manager Kristopher Ryan — announced he would purchase and, ultimately, re-open the hotel.The building, erected for $500,000 in 1930, was a destination of choice for travelers for many years — as well a center of activity for the community — but has been vacant and in an advanced state of dilapidation for more than two decades.According to Settles Hotel Development Corporation officials, the project includes plans for commercial and residential use of the property, with retail space available on the first and second floors. The project's budget has ballooned from $12 million to $20 million since its inception.According to a news release, when the Settles reopens next spring, it will feature its historic grand ballroom and lobby, a full-service restaurant, separate bar, a swimming pool and fitness studio and multiple social function and meeting rooms. The restoration team has been using the original blueprints to keep the 1930s architectural details intact."We are honored to be working on the Settles Hotel with Brint and his design team. In its prime, the Settles was a magnificently opulent hotel and the social heart of Big Spring," said Jeff Trigger, founder and CEO of La Corsha Hospitality Group. "We look forward to returning the hotel to her former grandeur and positioning within the community."Trigger's company specializes in operating luxury hotels, restoring and repositioning historic properties and developing independent restaurants and bars, according to information provided by the hospitality group. The company's resume includes a number of high-profile projects, such as Austin's Driskill Hotel; Dallas' Mansion on Turtle Creek, Hotel Adolphus and Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa; and San Antonio's Saint Anthony Hotel.Trigger said La Corsha is also responsible for developing Congress Austin, which includes the renowned five-star restaurant, Congress; critically acclaimed Bar Congress; and Austin's newest downtown destination, Second Bar + Kitchen.Contact Staff Writer Thomas Jenkins at 263-7331 ext. 232 or by e-mail at email@example.com


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Here this week's installment of Five Eagles numbers that matter:
80 - Riley Cooper's yards-per-game average in three starts last year against the Giants, Patriots and Seahawks. Cooper lacked consistency (four drops), but overall, was productive when given the opportunity, averaging 19.7 yards per catch. He had a 58-yard grab against the Patriots and the game-winning touchdown against the Giants.
Any plans the Eagles have had about utilizing Cooper's size in the red zone have not materialized (just three RZ catches over the past two years). But given his special-teams role, Cooper is still the favorite to be the Eagles' fourth wide receiver next season and fill in for DeSean Jackson or Jeremy Maclin on the outside in the event of injury.
10.1 - Brian Westbrook's average yards per reception back in 2005. LeSean McCoy's career is off to a tremendous start, and in terms of running the football, he's right there with Westbrook. But he is not yet the receiver or blocker that Westbrook was. McCoy averaged just 6.6 yards per catch last year, a career-low. And he's averaged 7.3 yards per reception for his career.
There will be a lot written this summer about McCoy's new contract and how he's one of the most well-rounded running backs in the league. And that is true. But remember, he's only had two seasons as a full-time player and doesn't turn 24 until July. There are specific areas where he can get even better.
16 - The ranking of the Eagles' punting unit last year, according to Football Outsiders. Chas Henry was average at best in his rookie year, and the Eagles tried out veteran punter Brad Maynard this week, according to Aaron Wilson of Scout.com. Maynard, 38, spent last season with the Browns, whose punting unit ranked 19th.
The Eagles were good on kickoff coverage, and Alex Henery had a promising rookie season, but overall, Bobby April's special-teams unit ranked 18th. Certainly plenty of room for improvement in 2012.
61 - The number of snaps played by cornerback Brandon Hughes in Week 12 last year against the Patriots, according to Pro Football Focus. With Nnamdi Asomugha banged-up and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie inactive, the Eagles chose to go with Hughes instead of rookie Curtis Marsh. Like the rest of the secondary, Hughes played poorly that game, but the point is, the coaches trusted him more than Marsh late in the season.
This year, with Samuel gone, cornerback depth could be an issue. Marsh, a third-round pick from 2011, is probably the most likely candidate to play outside, should Asomugha or Rodgers-Cromartie go down. Hughes should be able to at least compete for that spot though. Rookie Brandon Boykin is expected to compete for the slot position with Joselio Hanson. And deeper down on the depth chart is Trevard Lindley (a fourth-round pick in 2010).
Four of the Eagles' six cornerback spots seem pretty much locked down: Asomugha, Rodgers-Cromartie, Boykin and Marsh. That leaves Hughes, Lindley and Hanson fighting for one or two roster spots.
0 - Number of playoff wins for the Eagles in the last three seasons. The last postseason victory was against the Giants on Jan. 11, 2009.
Much has been written (including by me in this space) about Andy Reid's future with the Eagles. Jeffrey Lurie has seemingly given Reid everything he wants this offseason. After last year's 8-8 campaign, the owner delivered a state-of-the-franchise address, labeling Reid's performance as "unacceptable." Even if the Eagles get off to an outstanding start this season, I'd be surprised if Reid were given an extension currently signed through 2013). And if they fail to win a playoff game for the fourth year in a row, with Joe Banner out of the picture, it will be all on Lurie to determine the direction of the franchise.
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While Paul and you may be unhappy that there isn't a new Xbox Windows Phone game out this week, we can at least be kind of happy an oldie has returned for Windows Phone 8. Yesterday we mentioned that Shuffle Party was going to make an appearance this week in the Store, picking up support for Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft continues to whittle down the list of games incompatible with Windows Phone 8 and Shuffle Party isn't really anything to turn your nose at. Sure, gameplay is simple and there is an ad at the top, but it's a free game!
When we first reviewed this game we noted that we enjoyed the graphics and Avatar integration. It's an excellent free game. There really isn't any reason for it not to be on your phone right now.
You can download Shuffle Party for either Windows Phone 7.X or 8 devices right here, use the QR code below, or by swiping right in our Windows Phone Central app.
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December 23, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 21
House and Senate versions of 1975 Safety Act would cripple safety standards
House bill: Helmets, no; belts, yes
Helmets and individual rights
Senate, House differ on safety construction
Highway safety program standards (as published by DOT)
Virginia issues roadside hazard warning
Hood intrusion standard delayed for some vehicles, postponement denied for cars
Center seeks fuel tank investigations
Commercial drivers 'at extra risk' on the job
December 10, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 20
Chrysler limits recall to police cars, does not include general public
Ford covers weak vehicle components with 'secret warranties' paid only to persistent, 'obnoxious' customers
Ontario passes safety belt use law
NHTSA developing belt use standard
Rollback of truck weights urged
IIHS film receives international award
Update: NHTSA opens moped docket
Appeals in seatback defect case
Measuring safety program effectiveness brings calls for valid scientific evaluations
NHTSA issues report on state program implementation as part of a three phase evaluation of programs
REPRINT 'Columbia Journalism Review': Is it time to bury the holiday death watch?
November 24, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 19
Government considering moped use standard
Moped mishaps mar NHTSA demonstration
State helmet noncompliance threatens DOT authority
Interagency task force releases draft reports, supports use of air bags
GM agrees to recall 140,000 trucks, penalty to be decided
One year suspension of air brake standards proposed for buses
Should truck weight increase be suspended along with brake standard?
Manufacturers split over heat warning devices
More auto makers cite heat, odor, and smoke as warning system
Council to hold hearings on defects and recalls program
DOT ask for more safety money, less for vehicle safety programs
School bus seats may have saved lives
NTSB cites multiple causes in van deaths
BMCS proposes to make tire chains optional
November 5, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 18
Helmet laws reduce fatalities, study reports
Carbon monoxide fatalities reported, Chrysler conducts recall, further NHTSA action urged
Senator asks immediate action on passive restraints
Calls grow for catalytic converter warnings, GM to issue nationwide warnings
Center ask NHTSA to help get defect answers from automaker
NHTSA contemplating bicycle rack rule
Update: NHTSA consumer hotline, electrical system comments
Controversy continues over federal test facility
Bumper injury rumors false, NHTSA says
NHTSA issues new public petition rules
Expanded defect reporting requirements proposed
October 10, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 17
Energy policy for better fuel economy could lead to smaller cares and more deaths, says study
NHTSA denies petition for belt, crash test performance standards
Automakers say side door strength standard brings about designs that don't allow for best protection
Dealer proposes 'ethical car'
Proper role of benefit-cost analysis examined in creating safety standards
President Ford appoints safety committee members
A small population is key to DOT incentive grants
NTSB releases two N.J. Turnpike crash reports
NHTSA initiates consumer hotline
September 30, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 16
Studies question adequacy of belt automatic adjusting and locking mechanism
For California residents automakers preparing catalytic converter warnings
GM says warning system for converter overheat unnecessary, citing light smoke, odor, and poor drivability as its unique warning system
Defect reported in some Plymouth Furys
Court upholds safety act of 1966 despite Ford's constitutional challenge
NHTSA replies to school bus critics
NTSB: upgrade rollover tests to include buses
Update: a brief follow-up on earlier Status Report articles
-Motorcycle helmets
-Speed limits
-Air brakes
Center seeks action on steering assembly rule
NHTSA proposes cost information rules for those automakers that oppose federal standard
Committee rejects belt law that encourages uniform traffic rules
Seven motor home models fail tests; two recalled
NHTSA asks comments on electrical system safety
Task force studying vehicle efficiency goals
NHTSA issues truck-camper warning
NHTSA delays light-truck belt rule
NHTSA upgrading child restraint booklet
September 15, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 15
Motorcyclists wage anti-helmet drive
Helmet law constitutionality well established
DOT completes Utah sanction hearings on helmet use, must now decide whether or not to penalize
Constitutionality of new defect law challenged
Court qualifies definition of 'defect'
Federal Highway Administration says accusations of failure wrong but offers same recommendations of accuser
Air brake requirements delayed
Pennsylvania safety equipment rules challenged
Safety belt rule temporarily extended
DOT should take more leadership role in replacing 32,000 unsafe bridges
Highway safety spending increased
August 14, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 14
Catalytic converters may be 'potential fire hazard'
DOT may penalize delinquent states without helmet laws
Bills would alter DOT penalty authority
'Very substantial' increase reported in 1975 model claims, sub compacts fare poorly
School bus seat proposal still flawed
House, Senate disagree on safety funds
Crash recorder being developed
Senate approves funds for defect test center
Manufacturers must issue defect notices in Spanish too, says NHTSA
July 30, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 13
Highway proposal may allow states to redirect funds to non-safety projects
Countermeasures to reduce losses urged for tractor-trailers
House lets truck weight increase stand
Congressmen criticize school bus proposals
Simple emergency room procedure shows alcohol in trauma victims, say researchers
DOT implements permanent 55 mph rule
ABC News schedules special on autos
Governors upset by federal guidelines to prove 55 mph compliance
FHWA deficient in safety supervision
NHTSA creates service to locate uncorrected recall cars
New guardrail retains trucks, buses
NTSB reports on California bus crash
July 9, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 12
Motorcycles, tractor-trailers most lethal, study shows
Data shows lethal dangers to car drivers in car-truck crashes, say researchers
More delay proposed for air brake rule
Few children found in proximity of air bag deployment, shows study
Current standard rapped: Better flammability standard urged
NHTSA belt and crash performance standards urged
NHTSA prohibits 'meat-axe' hoods, issues windshield intrusion standard
NHTSA tests confirm fuel system hazards
NHTSA issues tire quality rule
Small-state bias shown in DOT grants
June 18, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 11
Passive restraint meeting held, signaling long rulemaking process
Senator, NHTSA disagree over public meeting requirement
Passive restraint requirement urged by highway safety experts
NHTSA reopens school bus standard comment period
Volvo warns belt data misunderstood, studies don't draw definite conclusions
May 12, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 10
Few children protected in cars, 93 percent travel unrestrained or improperly restrained, shows survey
Child restraint handbook revised
Belt use in Puerto Rico
Belt use among drivers remains low, researchers find
Air bag test plan 'interesting but won't delay NHTSA decision
President questions air bag cost-effectiveness
NHTSA seeks detailed passive restraint data
New neck injury data published
DOT advisory panels get new members
Swiss enact safety belt use law
NHTSA withdraws hydraulic brake rule for trucks, buses, and multipurpose vehicles
April 28, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 9
GM may abandon air bags
$1.3 billion dollars available for highway hazard removal but only 8 percent used
Center for Auto Safety develops system to chart hazard removal efforts
Correct parkway roadside hazards, safety chief says
DOT officials alerted to new books critical to highway safety
Vetter named to NHTSA post
DOT implements 55 mph limit
Scandinavian laws' effectiveness on drunk driving 'unproven'
NHTSA publishes consumer data, halfway through current model year
Upgrading of steering assembly rule planned
April 11, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 8
IIHS tests show cars already on the road satisfy bumper requirements proposed for 1977
BRIEFING: NHTSA's April 4 public meeting on bumpers
Insurer calls for 10 mph bumpers
More unrepaired vehicle damage data urged for cost-benefit analyses of bumper designs
Bus proposal weaknesses prompt query
Comments divided on brake rule delay
Bus crash probe prompts call for stronger rules
NTSB officially separated from DOT
NHTSA sitting on speedometer, speed ceiling rule
Correction: Nissan submitted comments favoring bumper roll back
March 31, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 7
DOT's 1980 bumper plan 'already being met', IIHS tests show
Auto makers react to proposed bumper standard, preferring rollback
NHTSA ignores own school bus research, fails to heed warnings of possible standard loophole
NHTSA to publicly discuss passive restraint data
Massive air bag test plan suggested by President's council
All safety standards should be passive and modify the environment not the person, says IIHS VP
'Millions' of defective cars remain on highway, says federal report
Recall data dissemination planned
Coleman new transportation secretary
1974 Status Report index available
March 14, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 6
DOT drops plan to legalize weaker bumpers
BRIEFING: NHTSA bumper hearing
-Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses
-Economic impact
-Congressional intent
-Part prices
-Car price
CHRONONLOGY: The rise and fall of the 2.5 mph bumper plan
NHTSA issues consumer damage information rule
NHTSA schedules hearing on hydraulic brake standard
February 21, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 5
IIHS calls DOT weakened bumper proposal 'worse than no standard at all'
Insurers demand data used for revised bumper proposal
Weak bumper rule's economic basis 'flawed'
Sen. Magnuson asks for report on private meetings
REPRINT 'The National Observer': The five-mile-bumper
Auto industry reps say new brake rule no safety benefit and is inflationary, IIHS protests at hearing
GM liable in camper deaths
February 14, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 4
NHTSA rebuked for ignoring research findings, delaying improved safety standards
UAW president said his comments on emissions and safety misunderstood
Ford supports modified five mile per hour bumper
President Ford trims request for safety funds
NHTSA administrator asks insurers about 'air bag discounts'
New HLDI reports on auto loss and collision coverage available
February 5, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 3
Hearing set on plan to weaken bumper rule
NHTSA accused of 'prejudging' bumper rule
REPRINT "Advertising Age" editorial: Economy woes no excuse to forget our environment
Vehicle fires increasing, study finds
Several congressmen seek repeal of 'bigger truck' measure
Federal council bases fuel economy improvement on projected weight limits for safety features
NHTSA sues GM over two defect investigations
3M study questions reflective plate conclusions
Rep. Moss to head House investigations unit
Belt non use may limit monetary awards, court rules
Hydraulic brake standard delay - public comments sought
January 21, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 2
NHTSA proposes major roll-back on bumper rule, again cites economy as reason
REPRINT Los Angeles Times editorial: Tinkering with protective bumpers
Senate committee chairman says bumper standard is not cause for poor auto sales and a rollback is 'grasping at straws'
UAW calls for study, not moratorium on emission and safety standards
DOT proceeds with truck brake rule after sharp criticism against delay
Paccar truck manufacturer files suit to overturn brake standard
Industry effort shifts to stall hydraulic brake rule
IIHS testimony prompts reopening of Ford defect investigation however NHTSA skirts 'basic issues' raised
President Ford will name Coleman new DOT secretary
January 10, 1975 |Volume 10, Number 1
New book shares legal strategies to combat roadside hazards
A brief summary of "The Law and Roadside Hazards"
Chapter 2: Federal-aid highway act
Chapter 3: Highway safety act of 1966
Chapter 4: Federal domain roads
Chapter 5: Related regulatory legislation
Chapter 6: Pendent jurisdiction
Chapter 7: Government negligence
Chapter 8: Negligent private parties
Chapter 9: Negligence and liability
Chapter 10: Standard of care
Chapter 11: Statutory duty
Chapter 12: Public nuisance
Chapter 13: Remedies
Chapter 14: Defenses
Appendices: Evidentiary background
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so-called "backyard photographs" (1) give us the most celebrated pictures
of Lee Harvey Oswald bearing arms. Like many other researchers,
we have serious doubts about the authenticity and history of
those photographs, but for the purposes of this article we intend
to regard them as "Oswald" photographs. However it
happened, whether by normal photographic means or as a
result of something more sinister, there can be no denying that
those photographs do indeed show a rifle, a revolver and the
face of Lee Harvey Oswald.
obviously have to deal with the "backyard photographs"
in an article on this subject, but we do not intend to dwell
overlong on them. That has been done by many researchers
with far greater knowledge and expertise on the subject than
we will ever possess. Suffice to say that there were either one (3) or
two (4)
negatives and two developed prints found by Detectives Rose and
McCabe during their search, with other police officers, of the
garage of Michael and Ruth Paine's house at 2515 West Fifth Street,
Irving, on Saturday 23rd November 1963. (See Note 1.)
That same FBI Report also describes how, on 23rd March 1964, McCabe had provided a full account of his finding of the Imperial Reflex camera (CE 750) which was later claimed to have been used to take the "backyard photographs." However, he had neither seized nor mentioned it as he did not consider it to be of "evidentiary value." As we now know, that camera was to remain in a box in the Paine garage until 8th December 1963 when Robert Oswald took possession of the residue of his late brother's property and found it. He later realized that it could be relevant and handed it to the Dallas Office of the FBI on 24th February 1964 (8).
Two further "backyard photographs" gained some notoriety when they were discovered separately in later years. The first came to light when Oswald's friend George de Mohrenschildt returned from Haiti in April 1967 and found the third "backyard photograph" in a piece of luggage which he had left in storage during his absence (9). On the back were two handwritten inscriptions: "To my friend George from Lee Oswald - 5/IV/63" and, in Russian Cyrillic script: "Hunter of fascists ha-ha-ha!!!"
deMohrenschildt (HSCA Exhibit)
The identity of the author of the second (Russian) inscription remains uncertain. It has been suggested that Marina Oswald may have been the writer (13).
The photograph itself shows Oswald in a similar pose to that in CE 133A but with both arms held higher. Photographic analyst Jack White has claimed that the de Mohrenschildt photograph appears to have been taken with a far more sophisticated camera than the others. It allegedly shows far greater detail (14). We feel that further research is required in this area. (See note 3.)
In 1976, during the Schweiker-Hart assassination investigation, yet another "backyard photograph" emerged. This one was found in the possession of Mrs. Geneva Ruth Dees, the widow of former Dallas Police Officer #1884 Roscoe Anthony White (15). The picture was reportedly found among a collection of 40 photographs retained by White as souvenirs (16). Is there any significance to the fact that during his brief DPD career (two years to the day - 7th October 1963 to 7th October 1965) (17), White had spent some time as a photographic technician (18)? (See Note 3.)
Oswald in training
his book "The Killing of a President," Robert J Groden
includes what he describes as "the only known legitimate
photograph of Oswald holding a rifle" (19). This photograph, taken during
Marine Corps training, shows a line of men apparently firing
rifles in the same direction (to the right). At first, we wondered
whether these men had been deliberately posed in this position.
Had each of them taken his turn to be the "front man"
to give everybody the opportunity to be the cameraman's principal
(See Note 4.)
next photograph only just qualifies for inclusion here, but it
does show Oswald with what is undoubtedly a rifle. The photograph
shows a group of about ten Marines relaxing somewhere apparently
in the Far East. They are on a beach with palm trees in the background.
As in the preceding USMC photograph, Oswald is the central figure.
He is sitting cross-legged, wearing Marines fatigues. He is facing
left and, like his companions, he is wearing a forage cap. In
the foreground, at Oswald's feet, are his helmet and his rifle.
Edward Jay Epstein has identified Oswald's fellow Marines as
Godfrey Jerome Daniels, George A. Wilkins, Jr., Zack Stout, Bobby
J. Warren and James R. Parsons. He states that none of these
men was ever questioned by either the Warren Commission or the
On leave from the Marines
We now come to the first of two photographs appearing in Gerald Posner's book "Case Closed." It shows Oswald with a severe Marines-style haircut, dressed in casual clothes, standing alone in a field, clutching what appears to be some sort of rifle (32). He is holding the weapon by his left side in a very relaxed manner. The caption reads: A rare photo of Lee hunting while on his first leave from the Marines in February 1958, when he visited his family in Fort Worth, Texas. The photograph appears courtesy of Robert L Oswald (Lee's elder brother). During his periods of leave, Lee would hunt squirrels and other game with Robert (33), but does not appear among the Warren Commission Exhibits.We are mystified by Mr. Posner's statement that this photograph was taken during Oswald's first leave in February 1958. (34) Oswald did not have to wait 16 months for his first leave. There is nothing sinister about this photograph. It depicts what appears to be a happy individual relaxing away from the rigors of a career with the United States Marine Corps.
Oswald at 8 years.
The second photograph of interest to us in Mr. Posner's book is also credited to Robert L Oswald. It bears the following caption: "In this seldom-seen photo, eight-year-old Lee plays with his cap pistol while wearing his brother Robert's military academy hat. At school, he had already developed a reputation as a bully." (35). The photograph does indeed show the young Oswald wearing a military cap and pointing a cap pistol. Funnily enough, and probably to Mr. Posner's disappointment, he is not pointing the toy gun at the photographer but at some imaginary target way off to the left and completely out of view of the camera. Oswald is displaying a grin, and certainly not the smirk so frequently credited to him by Mr. Posner. Unable to mention that in his caption, Mr. Posner cannot resist the totally irrelevant remark about developing a bully's reputation at school. We question the author's motive in including this photograph in his book. "Case Closed" contains only 36 photographs, and it seems strange to us this one to the exclusion of others which would have been of far greater value. There could, for example, have been more than just two taken during the actual shooting in Dealey Plaza Altgens 1-6 and the Moorman 3 polaroid).
now return to what are loosely-termed the "backyard photographs"
to examine the photograph which originally inspired this
article. Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald,
testified before the Warren Commission at Washington D.C. on
Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th February 1964. On
the morning of the first day, she made the following amazing
statement concerning events at the Paine house on Friday 22nd
November 1963 - presumably in the evening:
After carrying on in a similar vein for a minute or so, Mrs. Oswald continued:
The question and answer sequence then continued:
After further questions and
answers on other matter, Mrs. Oswald described how the photograph
was destroyed in a suite at the Executive Inn, on the outskirts
of Dallas, during the evening of Saturday 23rd November 1963.
This developed into what was virtually a monologue directed solely
towards Mr. Rankin:
is not really a formal conclusion to an article of this type.
We did not set out to prove or disprove any contentious point.
However, if we have provoked the reader into prodding
the surface and searching a little deeper to seek the truth,
then we have gained our objective. Over 31 years have passed
since the assassination and many thousands of researchers have
studied the case, some of them literally devoting their lives
to it. Hundreds of books, articles, videos, etc. have been produced.
Despite all this attention, however, there still remains much
to be learned. How did that dated postcard from Lee to his brother
have lain unnoticed and unrecognized until a young, but dedicated
researcher realized it's significance? What other similar gems
remain to be found and deciphered?
Ian Griggs & Melanie Swift at Oswald's gravesite.
It is surely up to all of us -- from the most distinguished and widely-known professional researcher to the total beginner who has just discovered Rush to Judgment in his local library -- to continue to query and to look beyond the obvious. We must not blindly accept everything which has been written, irrespective of the standing of the author. Check it all out! If a leading researcher made an honest error in an early book, that error may well have been accepted, then perpetuated in subsequent years. Go back to primary sources and confirm everything.
1. "Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits," Commission
Exhibits 133A and 133B. Cited hereafter in format CE 133A and 133B.
1.The missing negative.
In the early afternoon of November 23, 1963, Dallas detectives obtained a warrant to search the Paine residence in Irving, Tex., where Marina Oswald had been living. (125) The search concentrated primarily on a garage in which possessions of the Oswalds were, stored. Among the belongings, Dallas Police officials found a brown cardboard box containing personal papers and photographs, including two snapshot negatives of Oswald holding a rifle. (126) (Only one negative was made available to the Warren Commission; the other has never been accounted for.) (127)
HSCA VI, p 141
HSCA VI, p141
Another Marine photo of Oswald?
4. After this article was published, Robert Groden published his book, "The Search For Lee Harvey Oswald," where he shows a photo captioned "Lee in Japan on guard duty with a rifle sometime in 1958." According to the sources listed in this book the picture is from the National Archives.
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Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar is a martial arts expert and believes that sports are beyond money for him.
Present at the Golf Premier League press meet here Friday, he said: "I am a sportsman first and then an actor. Everyone owns one team (in a sport), but I want to own all the sports. My father was a wrestler, not everyone knows that. For me sports are not a place where you make money."
"I am here because the Pearls Group is going to enter many sports like kabaddi, cricket or hockey and wrestling. Don`t put that tag on me that I am here for money," added the 44-year-old, who organises a karate championship annually.
Akshay further stated that it was his skill in martial arts that helped him get a break in films.
"I have been into sports since my childhood. My identity is because of that. I came to films because of martial arts. If someone gave my first film, it was not because of my acting talent, it was because my kick was good," Akshay said.
"You won`t believe when I first came here (to Mumbai), I had not seen a camera. I kept on bringing sports again and again. Now I want to promote parkour and I do it in my ads," he added.
Akshay`s initial films 'Mr. Bond', 'Khiladi' , 'Deedar', 'Waqt Hamara Hai' and many more were action flicks.
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INTERVIEW: DJ Sara Cox talks social media's effect on friendship
From Facebook to Snapchat to Skype, the ever-growing digital world is encouraging us to be more and more distant from real-life friendships. In Sara Cox ON Friendship, the Radio 2 DJ explores… read more
INTERVIEW: DJ Sara Cox talks social media's effect on friendship
From Facebook to Snapchat to Skype, the ever-growing digital world is encouraging us to be more and more distant from real-life friendships. In Sara Cox ON Friendship, the Radio 2 DJ explores the effect that the growth of social media is having on our friendships. She discovers what it means to be a "friend" in this era, delves into the science behind these online relationships and learns whether technology can actually aid friendship.
Sara Cox ON Friendship is the first of three documentaries to air on UKTV's new flagship channel "W". Starting on Monday 15th February, Sara Cox, Grace Dent and Sophie Ellis-Bextor explore what our ever-changing technology is doing to us in terms of love, friendship and being famous.
We sat down with Sara herself to find out more:
What were you expecting to find before embarking on this mission?
I was expecting to find out that I thought Facebook was a complete waste of time. Despite the fact that something like one billion people were quite into it, I was still thinking, nah – those one billion people don't have a point. So I was expecting to go on Facebook for the show and then never really look at it again in all honesty. I'm definitely not addicted to it but I don't think I'm doing it right, which is a really nana thing to say, isn't it?
Are you still using your new Facebook account?
Yes, I've still got it but under my married name which is nice as lots of people are on there with their proper names or married names so it's quite private. For the first time I'm able to put up pictures of the kids which I would never do on Twitter or Instagram; that's what I really like about [Facebook] because now my mum (who's up North) can see pictures which is quite sweet.
I'm more comfortable with the photos. I've not sat down and written a big long post. I find that quite weird, it's quite self-indulgent isn't it? I'm saying this about a decade late – everyone's always been moaning about this and I'm like, have you noticed this annoying thing about Facebook?
So, after holding off for so long, were you quite reluctant to join up?
Yea – in the meetings with the producers their faces lit up when I told them I wasn't on Facebook. I got a bit bloody-minded about it. It's like the fact I haven't seen an episode of Sex and the City – I didn't want to do it as I've held off for so long.
But you are a big fan of Twitter (@sarajcox), do you see a real difference between it and Facebook?
Yes, because I love the whole 140 characters thing. You can really have fun with language; you've got to have some self-discipline but I love the way you can try and get a gag across or a little quip in just so many characters. I think it's really fun.
It was in the news that it's going up to 12,000 characters or something which I think will just completely wreck it. I think that's leaked as a bit of a PR stunt, I don't think they're going to do it.
Do you think social media damages our real friendships?
That was what I was looking into, but I think in reality people are aware of who their real friends are. I think where it is damaging is that people have such a fear of missing out on what's going on, that we're all constantly on our phones. I know I am, I'm terrible for it.
I keep meaning to put it on airplane mode and put it in a cupboard when I'm doing homework with the kids or whilst I'm cooking dinner. They're coming up to me and trying to show me something and I feel like the mum in Matilda, when she keeps trying to show her mum something and she doesn't notice.
Life is going on around you and instead you're looking at what Bear Gryll's wife has been posting. So I feel there's an issue with that – not really being in the room because you're just looking at your phone.
Does it make you worry about your kids?
We just try to limit screen time. We went out for lunch recently and I brought felt tips and paper; my son will play hangman quite happily and my little daughter will draw. They all wanted phones and Lola (my eldest) had her phone with her so it's like a domino effect. I was thinking how terrible they looked but really that's me not wanting people looking thinking "oh look at her, she's not doing very good parenting".
It's silly really; I think board games shouldn't just be for Christmas. Around Christmas we play Connect Four, we all love charades but it just feels random on a Wednesday night to say, "charades anyone?"
Does Lola [Sara's 12-year-old daughter] have any social media accounts?
She has a private Instagram account – I think she's got about 6 pals on it. I've told her that she shouldn't put anything on there that she wouldn't want on a cinema screen in her school hall, in front of all her teachers and headteacher and grandma and possibly the Queen and the Prime Minister. It's mainly pictures of hamsters or the dog. And so is mine really, just horses and hamster – so sad.
What was the most shocking thing you discovered whilst filming the documentary?
I really did love the brain scan – it proved that your pleasure receptors reacted when you see pictures of your close friends. It's such a nice thought that when you're with your friends it's like ding ding ding! I learnt so much; your brain is amazing. To think as you're walking through somewhere like Soho, past thousands of people, it's doing it's facial recognition thing, judging if you know that person. Then if you do see some you really love… ding ding ding!
Do you think in 5 or 10 years everything will come full circle and social media will just be a bit of a fad?
That'd be nice… but I don't think anything can stop this tidal wave now. Technology is just so brilliant now, isn't it? I mean, what did we do before we could just Google something on our phones?
(At this point in the interview Sara's manager interjected to remind Sara that when she asked for representation, it was with an actual hand-written letter. Shocker).
Overall, do you think social media has an overwhelming positive or negative effect?
I don't know, maybe it'll break even eventually. I find it entertaining because you can sit and watch Strictly or The X Factor and there's 775,000 people watching with you. It's like the world's biggest couch.
The banter on it (I hate that word) is brilliant. There are some really funny people on there. It's changed for me a little bit now I'm on Radio 2, I find people are generally quite nice to me on Twitter. When I was on Radio 1 I got, "You're so f***ing old, get off my radio!" Now on Radio 2 it's more like, "Are you going to play that Toyah track?"
I rarely get any horrible ones, if I do I like to chide them. I'm never abusive – I'll say, "that was terribly unkind of you to copy me in to that tweet, what a nasty thing to do. I hope you feel pleased with yourself."
Catch Sara Cox ON Friendship on Monday 15th February at 9pm on W. Watch a preview clip of the show here.


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> Peacock Feather Shawl
Peacock Feather Shawl
Pure decadence with every stitch, you will love making this shawl as much as you will love wearing it. A perfect marriage of Gelato and La Boheme give The Peacock Feather Shawl a wonderful texture and gorgeous drape. Add a little shimmer and shine to your clothing ensemble.
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements: approx. 23" from center top edge to bottom edge, approx. 40 (68)" wingspan; all measurements taken after blocking. Shown in large size.
Yarn: Fiesta Yarns, "Gelato" (100% rayon; 260 yds, 3 oz): sugar cane #153; 1 (2) hanks.
Fiesta Yarns, "La Boheme" (47% rayon, 32% brushed kid mohair, 14% wool, 4% nylon, 3% metallic; 165 yds, 4 oz): sugar cane, #153; 2 (3) hanks.
Hook: Size US F (3.75 mm) and US H (5 mm) or size to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: tapestry needle.
pre-blocked gauge:
2 st patt reps = 2.5" X 4.5" in Post Stitch patt and Gelato.
1 st patt rep = 8.5" X 9.75" in Pineapple Stitch patt and La Boheme.
blocked gauge:
2 st patt reps = 4.5" x 5.5" in Post Stitch patt and Gelato.
1 st patt rep = 10" x 13" in Pineapple Stitch and La Boheme. NOTE: Gauge will be DRASTICALLY different after blocking and it is VITAL that you take a blocked gauge to ensure the correct finished size and yarn requirements.
NOTE: Pattern is mainly in chart form with very little written instruction. The increases are charted for your convenience.
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Can't believe it's july already, our babies are almost one!
Dh graduated from residency last night . It's family fun this week followed by a family reunion this coming weekend. We are excited but I know I am going to be wiped out after all of it.
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Dd2 is 10 months old today still no teeth here no sign of any either! Not complaining! I live in north Texas and its hot hot HOT! I'm thankful for not being pregnant in the heat this summer but on the other hand now I have 3 kids to load in and out of the car in the melting sun. Oh well September will be here soon and the heat will be gone again!
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shut the front door! it's july! i keep thinking I have all this time still to plan the kids birthday, but nope, not so much.
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I was watching Peyton sleep the other night and she did not look like an itty bitty baby anymore. She was 11 months on the 1st!!!! She has such an amazing personality and I get the royal treatment when I am out and about with her. Grocery shopping takes for ever bc it seems like everyone just stops and plays and talks with her. People have actually started dancing with or for her.
Yesterday we went to a minor league baseball game in 106 weather. We had a good time though and the heat did not bother us. We had some red cheeks but we stayed hydrated and in the shade. I felt really bad for the players though but I am sure most of them wouldn't want to be doing anything else.
Dh told me the other day that he would like more children that he would always want more children and he just enjoys them. Not that I was shocked but I thought after three he would be done. We decided that I need to get as healthy as I can (my decision really) before we tried again but we are NTNP. As for healthy, just mentally and physically. The Mental part is bc we live in a town that has nothing to do and I feel stuck here. But dh has made it a point to get us out on weekends for my sanity and it has really helped! Physically is basically me getting my body flowing by doing some yoga and going for a walk or jog--nothing to crazy. I feel best when I do that. It helps me stay alert and peaceful if that makes any sense.
Well happy monday everyone and enjoy the heat!!!!
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Hello everyone! I'm trying my best to get over a weird cold that has really wiped me out. I don't get how I got a cold in summer and nobody I know is sick.
Caspian is walking all over now. He figured out how to stand up without pulling up on something. He is fully enjoying all the berries from the garden. He figured out pretty quickly he could eat just about anything in there. He opens the garden gate like a pro. Oh! And he has really started communicating what he wants. He loves to point at everything. "that!" I was reading to Juniper on the couch and he was on the floor walking around complaining. I finally asked him what do you want Casper? He walked over pulled down my shirt, pointed at my boob and made a smacking sound with his mouth! at least I knew what he wanted!
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Melissa, huge congrats to your Dh. What an awesome accomplishment! I'm sure fun week will be draining, but so worth it!
Alison, that is so cute!! People love babies.
Megan, sounds like a good plan! Sorry it's so hot there, can you park in a garage so you do have to be in the sun to load/unload? That saves me...
Naomi, I share in your shock. Where did the last year go???
Amy, sounds like Caspian realizes already that with two big sisters he's gonna have to make himself known! Atta boy! So did you do another test yet?
Afm, I've sad that dd will be one next month. She is also walking all over and I feel like my baby is disappearing before my eyes. My mom is coming on Wednesday and we have fun planned during her visit. It's 100* here so the pool will be an everyday occurrence still.
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July... holy cow! Can't believe August comes next! I just got back from vacation to a box of undyed yarn that will be Senia's first birthday outfit... *sigh*
Anyway, we were down in southern WI from Wed night through last night. Had a pretty good time. Found a lot of great clothes for myself at Goodwill so that's always fun. We had a cookout at home (down there) on Thurs night with my parents and then both Fri night and Sat night (after the funeral and dinner) my aunt, cousin, and neice came over to hang out over wine and pizza. My cousin's daughter is 11 but gets along with my girls well.
We came home to find out that our shih tzu had been attacked by a pit bull Sat morning. He was gotten off right away but my poor little guy had his eye popped out so he's having surgery to remove it in the morning. He spent the night away last night and now he's down in the basement where it's cool and so the girls and I don't have to see him. I'm sure I'm picturing it worse than it is but I just don't want to look at that. I can't wait until he's back home tomorrow and I can give him hugs. At least Luke said he's happy and doesn't seem to be in much pain.
I'm definitely looking forward to tomorrow being over, though. I don't even have a babysitter lined up, and then we have the surgery and Luke's brother's memorial bday party type thing. It's supposed to be at 3 but we're supposed to pick up Odie at 2:45 more than an hour away... I'm stressed, to say the least.
On the Seni front, she's huge and crazy! She started walking last week so that's fun. She has no desire for little steps- she wants to take off at a run but keeps falling over. I noticed she says "hi" too- I wasn't sure if that's what she was saying but she says it every time I pick up a phone. I have more to say but she just passed out on the floor so I think I'm going to take a pic and then lay on the couch with her!
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So very sorry Crystal about Odie. my sis had to put her schnauzer down today. Just overall crappy doggy day.
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Hubby is off till thursday so we went to the memphis zoo today! It is really nice and huge ..kids loved it micah was standing up looking in the polar bear glass at him!
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