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- 1991
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Reeves and Phoenix star in My Own Private Idaho
On this day in 1991, My Own Private Idaho, an independent film written and directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix, premieres at the New York Film Festival. The movie told the story of two young male hustlers, one of whom (Phoenix) is a hapless narcoleptic searching for the mother who abandoned him, and the other of whom (Reeves) comes from a wealthy family (the character was inspired, in part, by Shakespeare's Prince Hal in Henry IV). The pair meets in Portland, Oregon, and later travels to Idaho and Italy. My Own Private Idaho–the title reportedly came from a song by the rock band the B-52s–was nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards and won for Best Screenplay, Best Male Lead (Phoenix) and Best Film Music.
Gus Van Sant, who was born on July 24, 1952, received a strong critical reception for his first film, 1985's Mala Noche, about a romance between a gay liquor store clerk and a Mexican immigrant. The writer-director became a star in the indie film world with 1989's Drugstore Cowboy, about four Portland junkies (led by a character played by Matt Dillon) who rob pharmacies to feed their addictions. Van Sant's first Hollywood project was the black comedy To Die For (1995), which starred Nicole Kidman as a weather girl who convinces her teenage lover (played by Joaquin Phoenix, River's younger brother) to murder her husband, played by Dillon. Van Sant achieved major mainstream success when he directed 1997's Good Will Hunting, which earned nine Academy Award nominations (including Best Director and Best Picture) and won a Best Screenplay Academy Award for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Robin Williams. Van Sant's directorial credits also include a 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho; 2000's Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery; Elephant (2003), about 1999's Columbine High School massacre; and Last Days (2005), about the late musician Kurt Cobain.
River Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970, and began his professional acting career as a teenager. His early movie credits included Stand by Me (1986), Little Nikita (1988) and Running on Empty (1988), which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Phoenix went on to appear in such films as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); I Love You to Death (1990), which co-starred Keanu Reeves; Dogfight (1991) and The Thing Called Love (1993). On October 31, 1993, Phoenix, considered one of the most promising actors of his generation, died of a drug overdose at the age of 23 outside a Hollywood club called The Viper Room. Phoenix's younger brother is the Academy Award-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix, whose movie credits include Gladiator (2000) and Walk the Line (2005).
Reeves, born on September 2, 1964, first rose to fame with the 1989 comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. He went on to star in a long list of movies, including the 1994 blockbuster Speed, with Sandra Bullock, and the mega-hit 1999 sci-fi thriller The Matrix and its two sequels.


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I think that all of this type of German radios used battries. Yours will not work on any commercial/house current?
All of mine are made to work on battery, 220 house current and I think some are also 110.
They were intended to be useable where ever the troops were.


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Actress Ashley Judd is splitting from her husband, Dario Franchitti, just weeks after celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary on 12-12-12.
The couple stunned fans by announcing plans to end the relationship on Tuesday.
A joint statement given to People.com reads, "We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We'll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity, and respect we have always enjoyed."
There were no signs of trouble when the "Double Jeopardy" star spent her anniversary with the racecar driver on December 12 as she tweeted, "Experiencing a profoundly poignant, unique, beautiful 11th Wedding Anniversary with my Love, Dario Franchitti. Family is irreplaceable."
Judd married Franchitti in a private ceremony in his native Scotland in 2001 after a two-year engagement.
Her half-sister, country singer Wynonna, was maid of honor, while the groom's brother Mario was the best man.


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Dragonfly Pond Watch Project
Dragonfly Pond Watch is a volunteer-based project of the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP). Observers collect seasonal information at local ponds on a regular basis to monitor the presence, emergence, and behaviors of migrant and resident populations of migratory species. These investigations will expand our understanding of the local life histories of migrant and resident populations and of the timing and location of dragonfly migration.
The MDP needs your help to contribute to our growing knowledge of dragonfly migration! Click on a photo below to learn about the five focal dragonfly species and continue reading to see how to participate in MDP's Dragonfly Pond Watch Project.
Focal Species
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
How to Get Started
Collect data
Visit your pond site and record your observations on our Sample Data Sheet to ensure you collect all requested data.
Download Sample Data Sheet.
Log on
Log into the MDP website or create an account. If you already have an Odonata Central account, your OC username and password will automatically allow you to log on to the MDP site.
Log on to MDP!
Add your PondWatch site
From the MDP website navigate to "Observations > Enter New Pond Watch Observation." Fill in your collected data and information about your Pond Watch site.
Add more observations
Now that you've registered your Pond Watch site, you can record additional observations by navigating to "Observations > My Observations."
Check out current and previous migratory dragonfly sightings. Click on the map to view the interactive map at the MDP website.
Stable Isotope Project
Stable isotopes of hydrogen in the dragonfly wings and nymphal exuviae are being analyzed to investigate patterns of dragonfly movement north and south in North America. Contribute specimens to inform research into a dragonfly's travels from the site where it developed and emerged. Learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Dragonfly Pond Watch?
Dragonfly Pond Watch is a volunteer-based program of the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP) to investigate the annual movements of five major migratory dragonfly species in North America: Common Green Darner (Anax junius), Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata), Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens), Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea), and Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum). By visiting the same wetland or pond site on a regular basis, participants will be placed to note the arrival of migrant dragonflies moving south in the fall or north in the spring, as well as to record when the first resident adults of these species emerge in the spring. Download a flyer about the Pond Watch Project and other MDP projects here.
Why monitor ponds?
Collecting seasonal information at local ponds will increase our knowledge of the timing and location of dragonfly migration across North America, especially for spring migrants returning north, and expand our understanding of the relationship between migrant and resident populations within the same species.
Who can participate?
Anyone with regular access to a pond or wetland who has an interest in dragonflies and would like to contribute to our growing knowledge about dragonfly migration in North America.
How can I get involved?
Select a local pond or ponds of your choice to make observations for any of the five focal species: Common Green Darner, Black Saddlebags, Wandering Glider, Spot-winged Glider, and Variegated Meadowhawk. Make regular visits to your selected site; the frequency of site visits is your choice, but please try to make observations at least once per month. Record data on your location, dragonfly species presence/absence, and when possible, capture photo vouchers. There is no prescribed survey or monitoring method; simply visit your local pond(s) and make observations of the five target species during the time you have available. For additional information about the project, pond selection, and data collection please see the Resources section below.
What if I witness a directed migratory flight at my Pond Watch site in the fall?
Data collected on a fall migratory flight should be entered as a Migration Monitoring observation; regardless of your location. On the MDP website, you can navigate to "Observations > Enter New Migratory Observation" and then choose your saved locality when asked to "Choose a locality". Continue to enter requested information on the migratory flight
Do I need experience to participate?
No prior experience with dragonflies is needed–recognizing these five species is easy to learn! Check out the MDP Field Guide to Migratory Dragonflies to start learning how to identify these species. Visit the photo gallery at OdonataCentral to see an array of photos of Common Green Darner, Black Saddlebags, Wandering Glider, Spot-winged Glider, and Variegated Meadowhawk.
What if I make a mistake entering my data?
Currently there is not a way for users to go back and edit their records. We are working on adding that functionality, but in the meantime, if you make a mistake, just e-mail us at [email protected] and we will correct it for you.
Can I edit the information about my locality once it has been entered and saved?
Absolutely. At the top of the home page, go to Localities and select Manage Localities. A table will appear that contains all localies you have created. Click on the locality name in the table and it will display the site information. Click on the Edit button in the lower right border of the text box and you will be able to change any parameters you wish. Just remember to click the Update button at the lower right once you've finished to save the changes!
What if I visit my pond 2 weeks in a row and I don't see any of the migratory species?
Observations of either presence OR absence should be reported! Since we are monitoring migration timing, movement of migrants, and emergence of residents, it's just as important for us to know when the species aren't at your site as when they are present.
I'm seeing a lot of other cool dragonflies and damselflies at my pond in addition to the main migratory species. Is there any place I can record that data?
If you have clear photographs of additional pond species and can make even a tentative species identification, you can submit your data to OdonataCentral (www.odonatacentral.org), a citizen science project designed to investigate the distribution, biogeography, and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies in the New World. OdonataCentral and MDP are actually sister web sites; visit OC to find out more—and check out the extensive photo galleries for lots of great images of our target migratory species!
Field Guide for Migratory DragonfliesBy D. Paulson, J. Abbot, M. May, M. Blackburn, and C. Mazzacano
The Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP) produced this printable online adult dragonfly identification guide to assist project participants in identifying our five focal species. Read more.


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Bands reunite
Submitted by FulciArgento on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 8:52pm
What bands would you like to see reunite to play MDF
Submitted by easnoddy on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 9:14pm
Demolition Hammer, Revenant,
Demolition Hammer, Revenant, Vio-Lence
Submitted by demogorgon9 on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 9:43am
Reunite: Angel Corpse, S.O.D.
Reunite: Angel Corpse, S.O.D./M.O.D., Acid Bath.
Submitted by Slammer on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 12:28pm
Submitted by DrippingInsanity on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 10:00pm
Mr. Bungle, Eucharist, Akercocke, Sarcofago, Acid Bath, Lykathea Aflame, Demilich, Infester, Timeghoul, Dystopia, Demolition Hammer, Autumn Leaves, Asunder, Ripping Corpse, Morbius (US), Sempiternal Deathreign, Alchemist (AUS), Dark Millennium , Adramelech, Virulence (Boston, U.S.) A Conflict Scenario in it's entirety One time reunion of all original members of diSEMBOWELMENT playing Transcendence into the Peripheral in it's entirety. Or, just get Inverloch to play the whole album as they used to be d.USK.
Submitted by DeathToWeenies on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 12:33pm
Pungent Stench
Pungent Stench
Submitted by HecTheWreck on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 1:10pm
Merciless (SWE)
Merciless (SWE)
Submitted by donkeytron on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 4:04pm
Any one of these. But all please.
Mr. Bungle, Dystopia, Acid Bath, Cancer, Spazz, Discordance Axis, Deadguy, Bloodlet, 9 Shocks Terror.
Submitted by jwc666 on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 6:27pm
vio-lence, epidemic
vio-lence, epidemic
Submitted by BlackFrost7688 on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 10:23pm
Demolition Hammer and Carnage
Demolition Hammer and Carnage. :)
Submitted by Joke Insurance on Sun, 07/28/2013 - 4:05pm
Yearning, Demolition Hammer,
Yearning, Demolition Hammer, Angel Corpse, S.O.D./M.O.D., Acid Bath, Mr. Bungle, His Hero Is Gone, Pungent Stench, Isis, Spazz, Discordance Axis, Deadguy, Bloodlet, Vio-Lence, Emperor, Hypnosia, Solstice, Animosity, Dark Angel, God Dethroned, Alabama Thunderpussy, Celtic Frost, Himsa, The Agony Scene, Strapping Young Lad
Submitted by Nickweiser on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 12:24pm
Emperor. Demolition Hammer. Angelcorpse
Submitted by Twilight Command on Sat, 08/03/2013 - 2:49pm
Seconding Emperor and Angelcorpse.We've got a shot at Emperor this year, too. They've already announced that they'll be at Wacken. Faust has confirmed that he'll be drumming. Of course, getting a convicted murderer a visa may be an issue.
Submitted by BlackFrost7688 on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 2:11pm
Emperor reunited!
Emperor reunited!
Submitted by Yars on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 11:09pm
Witchfinder General with Zeeb
Witchfinder General with Zeeb Parkes.
Submitted by Necromansy on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 11:42pm
Re: Bands reunite
Submitted by GrungyPorno on Wed, 12/18/2013 - 5:31pm
Re: Bands reunite
Submitted by droel 666 on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 8:13pm
Re: Bands reunite
Impetigo would be pretty fucking rad...
Submitted by woods of dayglo on Tue, 02/04/2014 - 3:09pm
Re: Bands reunite
Hell yeah Impetigo would be fucking killer!!!!! Breakfast at the manchester morgue!!!!
Submitted by cropo on Sat, 01/25/2014 - 11:30am
Re: Bands reunite
dr shrinker mdf 2015
Submitted by Chell on Tue, 02/04/2014 - 8:59am
Re: Bands reunite
Although, Dr. Shrinker have recently reunited. They would be more then down to play MDF! Who wouldn't??
Submitted by woods of dayglo on Tue, 02/04/2014 - 3:20pm
Re: Bands reunite
RIPPING CORPSE would fucking smash skulls!!!! Numskull, N.M.E.-unholy death, Impetigo, Demo hammer, Lucifers Hammer.....
Submitted by Bloodcurse218 on Wed, 05/07/2014 - 9:24pm
Re: Bands reunite
Submitted by spazztic blurr on Mon, 03/23/2015 - 5:42pm
Re: Bands reunite
Spazztic Blurr has already reunited and WILL be at MDF on Sunday, May 24th at Soundstage!!!
Submitted by yaderslayer29 on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:04pm
Re: Bands reunite
Akercocke, Demolition Hammer, Emperor, Insect Warfare, God Dethroned (their last U.S. show)


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Canada sending soldiers for military exercises in Poland
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday April 30, 2014 . (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Published Friday, May 2, 2014 12:43PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, May 2, 2014 3:49PM EDT
LONDON, Ont. -- Canadian soldiers will take part in military exercises in Poland as part of NATO reassurance measures in response to the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday.
"The (Vladimir) Putin regime's persistent military aggression and its ongoing illegal occupation of Crimea and other parts of Ukraine threaten the stability and security of central and eastern Europe," he said in London, Ont.
The NATO exercises will run in Swidwin, Poland from May 5 to 9 and will include about 50 soldiers from the 3rd Canadian Division based in Edmonton, comprised of a platoon from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and support staff. They were set to leave Friday, Harper's office said in a news release.
"They will conduct training in parachuting, airborne operations and infantry skills alongside Polish and American counterparts in this United States-led exercise with a view to enhancing Alliance interoperability and readiness," the prime minister's office said in the statement.
Canada has also diverted frigate HMCS Regina, which is currently on counter-terrorism and anti-piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea, to help NATO's efforts to send a message of resolve to Russia.
Harper did not say where the ship is headed, but NATO announced earlier this month it was beefing up maritime patrols in both the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.
Six Canadian CF-18 fighter jets left their base in Bagotville, Que., this week, headed for an air base in Romania, and eventual patrols along that country's border with Ukraine -- and possibly over the Black Sea.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Canada's actions are meant to send a "very loud, clear and tangible message" to Russia.
"Until Russia clearly demonstrates its respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity we will continue to work with our allies and our partners to further isolate Russia economically and politically," Baird said at a news conference in Ottawa.
There has been a "concerning" increase in the last day or two in violent actions in eastern Ukraine, Baird said, calling Putin a hypocrite for asking Ukraine to remove troops from parts of the country.
"Just imagine if a foreign power massed troops outside this department building, sent in thugs to start smashing the windows, then told us to withdraw our security guards," Baird said. "This kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable in the 21st century."
The federal government also said this week that a Canadian military officer is heading an international arms-control verification team investigating "unusual military activity" in Ukraine, but the inspections won't include the disputed Crimea region, which was annexed by Russia.
National Defence has also announced that a team of navy clearance divers would deploy next month for an exercise in Latvia, one of the Baltic states under threat.
Harper's announcement Friday came as U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint news conference that further sanctions against Russia would be unavoidable if it disrupts a presidential election in Ukraine scheduled for May 25.
Both leaders made it clear that the next step would be to order sanctions on separate parts of the Russian economy or military -- on energy or arms for example -- but neither leader specified precisely what was being considered.
Pro-Russia forces shot down two Ukrainian helicopters Friday and Ukraine reported many rebels dead and wounded as the interim government in Kyiv launched its first major offensive against an insurgency that has seized government buildings across the east.
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Darwinism: The myth that Darwin matters
In "These men would've stopped Darwin" (The Guardian, Tuesday May 12 2009), George Monbiot writes, "Science research in Britain is now all about turning knowledge into business, rather than the beauty of exploration," complaining,
Even judged by its own objectives, this policy makes no sense. The long-term health of the knowledge economy depends on blue skies research that answers only to itself: when scientists are free to pursue their passions they are more likely to make those serendipitous discoveries whose impacts on society and the economy are both vast and impossible to predict. Forced to collaborate with industry, they are more likely to pursue applications of existing knowledge than to seek to extend the frontiers of the known world.Oh yes? If they had stopped Darwin, they might have spared the world "scientific" eugenics.
I could live with that just fine. I don't think Darwin made any important contribution to science, only to atheist ideology.
But the critical question – at least to me – is this: In times of great economic hardship, what should the taxpayer be expected to fund? Obviously, the taxpayer is thinking about his (/her) job or business, or home or groceries or health care or ...
"Blue skies" research is fine. I love it - and I agree it is the fount of innovations in the long run. But it should be funded by eccentric billionaires, not by Joe Schmeazle and Jane Schmoe who are losing their job and/or their home, and can't afford groceries. To think otherwise is like Marie Antoinette telling the poor to eat cake if they can't afford bread – a dangerous form of arrogance.
(But I doubt Marie Antoinette really said that anyway. She was a bubblehead, but even a bubblehead had to be more realistic in those days than many people have to be today.)
And while we are here: Darwin married into the enormous Wedgwood fortune and did not need public funding.
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(Reuters) - Battling their grief as much as their opponents, the Kansas City Chiefs scored a rare win in the National Football League (NFL) on Sunday, just 24 hours after one of the darkest days in American sport.
With the country still in shock after Kansas City linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend then committed suicide, the struggling Chiefs (2-10) kept their emotions in check to beat the Carolina Panthers (3-9) 27-21 at Arrowhead Stadium.
"We do have a lot of guys who are really hurting," the struggling team's chief executive officer Clark Hunt told the NFL Network.
"I told them 'There's not a lot I can say to you other than we're family and we have got to pull together right now and support each other.'"
The game added a somber touch to one of the toughest leagues in the world. The NFL is no place for the faint-hearted and on most days, the only thing that matters is the win-loss column.
The New England Patriots, the Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos all won on Sunday to book their spots in the playoffs with four weeks to spare.
The Atlanta Falcons also advanced to the postseason, leaving eight places up for grabs, when they clinched the NFC South Division after they won on Thursday and Tampa Bay lost on Sunday.
The Baltimore Ravens (9-3) missed their first chance to qualify when they were beaten 23-20 by their AFC North division rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5).
The San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears both lost in overtime, defeats that could come back to hurt when seedings for the playoffs are decided, but the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts were celebrating after recording victories that left them on the verge of making the postseason.
The Patriots (9-3), last season's beaten Super Bowl finalists, clinched the AFC East division with a 23-16 win over the Miami Dolphins (5-7) in Florida.
It was the sixth win in a row for the Patriots and the ninth time in the past 10 years they have won their division.
"It's good to get another division win. We accomplished one of our goals this year, to be in the postseason," said New England head coach Bill Belichick.
"That's good, but more importantly we just gotta keep working to get better. We still got a lot of football left to play."
The Texans (11-1) also chalked up their sixth straight victory, beating the Tennessee Titans (4-8) 24-10 to secure their spot in the playoffs, although they have still not clinched the AFC South division.
The Colts (8-4) stayed in touch with an extraordinary 35-33 comeback win over the Detroit Lions (4-8).
Rookie quarterback Andrew Luck passed for 391 yards and four touchdowns, including a 14-yard touchdown pass to Donnie Avery as the game clock expired to hand the Colts the victory after the Lions led by 12 in the final quarter.
The Broncos (9-3) wrapped up the AFC West title for the second year in a row after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-6) 31-23, with quarterback Peyton Manning throwing for 242 yards and three touchdowns.
The Packers (8-4) joined Chicago at the top of the NFC North standings with a 23-14 win over Minnesota Vikings (6-6) at Lambeau Field with Aaron Rodgers completing 27 of 35 passes.
Rookie kicker Greg Zuerlein converted a 54-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in overtime to hand the St. Louis Rams (5-6-1) a 16-13 victory over the 49ers (8-3-1), just three weeks after the two teams played out the first NFL tie in four seasons.
Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Sidney Rice to give the Seattle Seahawks (7-5) a 23-17 overtime victory over the Bears (8-4) in overtime.
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Substance abuse
A note about Washington State marijuana legalization
A voter approved initiative (I-502) regarding the legalization of marijuana in Washington State took effect on December 6, 2012. The passage of this law does not lessen the UW's obligation to uphold the federal law which classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance. As a recipient of federal funding, the University will continue to prohibit the use and/or possession of marijuana on campus, including all University-managed residence halls and apartments.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
The Petrified Forest in eastern Arizona contains the world's largest collection of petrified wood, trees whose organic matter has been replaced by minerals over millions of years. The fossils of about 78 animal species have also been found here. The park's fossil cache has been a valuable source of information for the Late Triassic period (about 225 to 205 million years ago). Aside from petrified wood, the Petrified Forest features colorful badlands and hundreds of petroglyphs.
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By Gillian Fawcett, head of public sector, ACCA
The consequences of the 2008 financial crisis continue to play out and have led governments across the globe to reassess the delivery of public services in an age of prolonged austerity.
However, the outlook in the accountancy sector remains positive with developments showing that the profession is coming up with innovative solutions to meet the needs of public financial management.
ACCA's recent paper Breaking out: public audit in a post-crash world shows that efforts are being put forth by numerous governments around the world to address the challenges surrounding public audit.
Contributors from Scotland to Bhutan, Australia to Jamaica, offer their perspectives on what has worked, what could be improved and what should be considered in this important area going forward.
The reports' contributors highlighted certain areas of best practice and different approaches such as in Canada, where chief audit executives are now required to hold an internal audit designation. They also have a direct and exclusive reporting relationship with the deputy minister in their department. This change, quite early on, demonstrates the strategic role accountants are playing.
All the essays highlighted the importance of early intervention in saving money on big projects, particularly where governments outsource public services. Important lessons can, and should be, learnt from the crisis; there was clearly a systemic failure in both the private sector and the public sector to properly account for risk, and more must be done to account for this in the future.
All the contributors were in agreement that better financial reporting and risk management results in better decision making.
ACCA will be hosting a roundtable discussion at the end of April to look at these issues. Being held at the Palace of Westminster, the event will feature participation from the Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP, who will offer her insights about what Government should be doing to ensure public finances are not only properly managed, but that the right systems are in place to avoid costly mistakes.
Some of the key questions to be considered at the event will include: Are short-term cost saving exercises storing up long-term failures in accountability? Is there a case for auditors to be involved much earlier on in significant public procurement projects, particularly when considering the National Audit Office estimates the UK central government spends £40bn with third parties, if so what needs to change? Should private companies undergo the same audit rigor as their public sector counterparts? And, considering the increasing fragmentation of public service delivery, are there enough checks and balances in the system for parliament to follow the money?
Radical change is taking place across the UK government and public sector. In part it is being driven by the need to recover the public finances, an objective shared by all major political parties. As spending is set to fall by more than one fifth in real terms from 2009/10 to 2017/18, we must ensure resources are allocated to scrutiny. The government must take bold decisions about where to allocate funding therefore, resources for proper scrutiny must be a priority.
What this publication demonstrates is that despite the varying systems, there is a DNA which runs through all parliamentary public account committees and audit systems.
Five years on from the crash, there are positive conversations about how we can achieve more with less.


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SAYYADINA - The Great Northern Revisited CD
Sweden's SAYYADINA (VICTIMS, GENERAL SURGERY, BIRDFLESH, and ex-NASUM) unleash their patented brand of grindcore on 'The Great Northern Revisited'; a collection of split 7', comp. tracks, as well as four previously unreleased songs. 'The Great Northern Revisited' is mandatory madness from these polar-grinders.


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Each fall, the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University takes on a public-service project designed to gauge the state of mind of state residents. The in-depth public opinion survey assesses Kansans' satisfaction level with state government and policies -- free from the influence of outside funding.
The result is Kansas Speaks. A synopsis of the survey was presented in an eight-page publication that was inserted in The Hays Daily News on Sunday. The fifth annual such survey offers a snapshot of the state's collective mood on a variety of subjects. That mood, as succinctly summarized by FHSU political science professor and Docking senior research fellow Chapman Rackaway, is "uncertain." And contradictions are abundantly present in the results.
Take the opinions about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, for example. Thirty-five percent of respondents are satisfied with his performance, while 41 percent are dissatisfied. Looking ahead to 2014 when the governor will stand for re-election, almost 56 percent of those polled do not plan on voting for Brownback.
To nobody's surprise, the governor's support is strongest amongst Republicans. The more a Kansan earns, votes and attains education, the less likely they are to support Brownback. He polls particularly bad with females.
The numbers suggest Brownback is destined to get crushed next year, yet time will tell. This is Kansas, after all. His likely Democratic opponent, Paul Davis, represents yet another faction with poor traction amongst Kansans -- the Legislature. The House minority leader wasn't singled out by name, but if there is guilt by association he might have trouble: Only 27 percent of those polled were satisfied with the job done by legislators.
A majority of Kansans (55 percent) believe spending by state government should either stay the same or increase. Only 44 percent say state spending should decrease, although that is what elected officials in Topeka are doing. Similar disconnects exist with the three types of taxes imposed. Only 11 percent of respondents think significant reductions in income tax are the way to go; state leaders are going with it. Seventeen percent of those polled believe a slight sales tax increase is necessary; enough lawmakers and the governor do to make it law. And less than 9 percent support any kind of increase in property taxes; thus far most local governments are keeping that in check.
A full two-thirds of residents believe K-12 public education spending should increase. As the governor and Legislature are expected to ignore a majority of the Kansas Supreme Court who will demand that increase take place, we wouldn't expect elected officials to pay much heed in this area.
There is only an extremely small minority of Kansans who think spending should be decreased for K-12, social services, and colleges and universities. As these areas make up approximately three-quarters of the state budget, and state leaders already have decided to eliminate a third of state revenue with income tax cuts, the only way these conflicting forces don't collide is if Kansas experiences an economic miracle. Don't count us in the camp of those holding their breath.
There is good news in Kansas Speaks, and one almost all of us can agree with: Kansas is a good place to live. Less than 13 percent rate the state as a fair, poor or very poor place to reside. Everyone else says Kansas is good, very good or excellent.
We'll need that optimism moving forward.
We appreciate the Docking Institute's efforts to get a finger on the pulse of the Sunflower State. Kansas Speaks provides an opportunity to expand our conversation. If only we will listen to what we are saying ...
The full report can be found at www.fhsu.edu/docking/Kansas-Speaks/
Editorial by Patrick Lowry


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That's where the Z Series comes in. It's specifically designed to blend performance and comfort so you can ride farther and faster—and enjoy every ride more than ever before.
Take a look at some of the bikes used by pros at long, grueling races like the Tour de France over the years and you'll notice they were a bit different than those that are popular today. They were built to be stable on fast descents and featured a slightly more upright rider position. They had longer wheelbases and offered excellent vibration damping—proven ways to reduce fatigue. These ride characteristics are central to the design goals of the Z.
Z Series frames use a slightly longer head tube for more flexibility in handlebar and rider positioning. They feature a sloping top tube for increased stand-over clearance, and they benefit from improved vertical compliance due to a more exposed seatpost. The Z also features a slightly longer wheelbase for confident handling at any speed.
Even with those modifications, the Z still packs the same torsional stiffness and bottom bracket rigidity as Felt's legendary F bikes. It all adds up to a bike that can be ridden in classic racing position, yet also provides options.
Even with its distinctly different look and eye toward improved comfort, it's a mistake to think of the Z as a non-performance-oriented bike. Many of Felt's pros choose the Z for select races.
Whether you choose a Z model built from super-premium UHC Ultimate+Nano carbon fiber and cutting-edge electronic Shimano Di2 shifting, or one of the lightweight aluminum/carbon fiber models, you'll get the same assured handling and race-worthy stiffness. It's a ride that's as responsive as it is confidence-inspiring.
All Z Series bikes are built with the right components for the ideal fit, plus gearing for any terrain and unmatched reliability. Each bike is equipped with either a compact or triple crankset combined with a wide-range cassette to help you tackle hills. If ever there was a bike to inspire you to reach new heights, the Z is it.


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Power wins 3rd pole for Alabama IndyCar race
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Will Power and Penske Racing are back in a familiar position at Barber Motorsports Park: Starting in the pole position at a track where they dominated until last year.
Power, a two-time winner, came out on top in a Fast Six qualifying Saturday that featured five drivers from IndyCar powerhouse teams Penske, Andretti Autosport and Ganassi Racing.
"I was thinking it was going to be very tough to beat the Andretti boys, they've been so fast around here," Power said. "But I was able to do one lap each time on my tires, so I had two shots at it. It was awfully close. Nothing between everyone.
"But very happy to be on pole. It was definitely the aim. Puts you in a much better position to keep out of trouble on the start."
There was plenty of trouble at Long Beach two weeks ago, and Scott Dixon was the only Fast Six driver not caught up in it.
Most of the drivers have cleared the air, but Simon Pagenaud has said the tone might have been set for the season when he was spun from behind by Power.
Ryan Hunter-Reay's attempt to pass Josef Newgarden on a tight turn also collected seven drivers, including Andretti teammate James Hinchcliffe.
Power expects some clarification of what constitutes "clean racing" at the pre-race drivers meeting with race director Beaux Barfield.
"What happened between Pagenaud and myself, I feel bad," the Australian driver said. "He had every right to be really angry.
"I think the payback system is not going to work very well for us with these cars and the tracks we go to. It will become dangerous. We'll talk about it in the drivers meeting, come up with some compromise."
Mike Conway won the tension-filled race at Long Beach but will start in the 21st spot.
Hinchcliffe qualified second, as he did at Long Beach, while defending champion Ryan Hunter-Reay starts third.
Hinchcliffe was stranded beside the track for most of last year's race after damage on the first lap. He also started on the front row in 2012 and finished 12th.
"Kind of feels like always the bridesmaid, never the bride," Hinchcliffe said. "It's my sixth front-row start and never had a pole yet."
Newgarden is fourth and his team with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing might as well represent the underdogs in the group that also includes Ganassi's Scott Dixon and Penske's Helio Castroneves.
Power and Castroneves combined to claim the pole and the win in each of the first three years at the track. For Power, that's three pole starts in five years at Barber. Hunter-Reay broke the team's stranglehold last year, starting and finishing first.
Much of the weekend's buzz has been about the impact of temperatures that have soared since testing in February, making for a slicker track.
"Everybody is going to be swatting at flies the whole day in the car," Hunter-Reay said. "Trying to keep it on the racetrack is going to be tough. We're all going to have that.
"I think it should be a pretty interesting race because of it. I think it's anybody's race. "
The only potential drama in qualifying came when Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais lost his fastest two laps for interfering with Hunter-Reay in the second session. Hunter-Reay said Bourdais' team didn't alert their driver that he was coming up behind.
"He was in the third gear or second gear in a six-gear corner and he was coming in that lap," Hunter-Reay said. "I know Bourdais; he's pretty switched on. So either he did it intentionally or he had no idea I was there, and it was the latter. He said his team didn't tell him.
"It's all right. We still ended up in the Fast Six, so no big deal."
Dixon was in contention late in Long Beach before he stopped for fuel as a precaution. Now, he's seeking to break through at Barber, where he has been the runner-up in each of the first four races.
"I think two of the second-place finishes we had before were hard-earned and we were pretty happy with it," he said. "The other two we lost on a last pit exchange or a strategy issue."
Juan Pablo Montoya starts eighth, his best qualifying spot since moving from NASCAR back to open-wheel racing this season.
"We're gaining on it," Montoya said. "I think we have a really good race car and it's amazing because every practice is better. Every qualifying is better. It's just a matter of getting the hang of it."


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Published February 05, 2015
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Andre Ethier homered and drove in four runs to back another solid start from Zack Greinke, as the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the Cincinnati Reds, 6-3, in the second test of a three-game series Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.
Ethier smacked a solo shot in the second and added a bases-clearing triple in the fourth in support of Greinke (8-1), who struck out 11 and held the Reds to three runs on eight hits over 7 2/3 innings. Greinke had gone an MLB-record 22 straight starts without allowing more than two earned runs.
J.P. Howell fanned Jay Bruce to end the eighth and Kenley Jansen worked a 1-2-3 ninth to record his 16th save of the season.
Hanley Ramirez returned from a three-game absence and added an RBI for the Dodgers, who have won three straight games.
"We did a good job tonight," Ethier remarked. "We were able to get some runs early. It's fun to see the way our guys have been pitching."
Devin Mesoraco drilled a two-run homer for the Reds, who have lost four in a row. Alfredo Simon (6-3) absorbed the loss after giving up five runs on five hits and four walks in just 3 2/3 innings.
Ethier's two-out blast in the second staked Los Angeles to a 1-0 lead before the Dodgers loaded the bases in the fourth following back-to-back singles from Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig and a one-out intentional walk to Adrian Gonzalez.
Ethier then cleared the bags with a triple into the right-field corner, and after Drew Butera walked, Chone Figgins smacked a single to right to score Ethier for a 5-0 lead.
The Reds finally broke through against Greinke in the fifth, as Donald Lutz clubbed a one-out double and scored two batters later on Roger Bernadina's single to center.
"Zack mixed pitches well," Cincinnati third baseman Todd Frazier said of Greinke. "You've got to get him when he's throwing strikes. I swung at too many balls tonight."
Los Angeles got the run back in the seventh when Ramirez ripped a base hit back up the middle to score Crawford, who walked earlier in the frame.
Cincinnati chased Greinke in the eighth, as pinch-hitter Chris Heisey stroked a leadoff double before moving to third on Billy Hamilton's groundout.
Greinke bounced back to fan Skip Schumaker, but Mesoraco crushed a 3-2 fastball out to left to bring the Reds within 6-3.
Game Notes
Crawford left the game in the eighth inning with a sprained left ankle after turning his ankle attempting to track down Heisey's double. He was replaced in left field by Scott Van Slyke ... Ethier's homer was his first since April 19 ... Puig went 1-for-2 and has reached base safely in 28 straight games dating back to April 25 ... Cincinnati finished 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base ... Lutz finished with two of Cincinnati's eight hits.


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Follow Friday: Walking Pictures, Ancestry, and Free Stuff
8 comments:
- Susan Petersen said...
I absolutely love this photograph! Thank you for sharing.
- August 13, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Hi Susan. Thank you so much for your comment. I love this photograph too. How pulled-together the ladies look for an afternoon out shopping. I wished I looked that pulled-together for my afternoon outings at the mall.
- August 13, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Heather Rojo said...
I found some of these "walking photos" amongst my mother-in-laws photographs. They were taken in Madrid, Spain in the 40s and 50s. Apparently the government (under dictator Franco) had strict rules about solicitation, but the photographers were allowed to display photographs already taken of passersby, thus never actually "soliciting" on the sidewalk. I wonder if this was true in other places? Anyways, you started a lively family discussion at the dinner table last night!
- August 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Heather, this is really interesting. What I love about this whole blogging thing is I'm learning new things all the time. Two weeks ago I'd never heard of "walking pictures." Now I've learned something about "walking pictures" in Spain. I'm glad my post made for a lively discussion at your dinner table! Thanks for your comment.
- August 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Heather Rojo said...
Cynthia, I just did a blog post about a "walking photo" I found from Spain. I mentioned your post, too.
- September 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Thank you so much for mentioning my post. I can't wait to read about your "walking photo" from Spain!
- September 3, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Brett Payne said...
Thanks for sharing these, Cynthia. Both of these photographs have all the hall marks of having been taken by street photographers, and I believe they must ideed be "walkies." The positions of the feet are a dead giveaway that they're actually walking, and both are obviously taken in a public street. The chances that they were taken in such a manner by a family member or friend who happened to have a camera handy are pretty slim, I think.
There's also no reason to think that street photographers weren't as active (excuse the double negative) in occupied wartime Poland as they were elsewhere. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they were even more active than at other times, having to seek out customers due to hard economic times.
Regards, Brett
- September 4, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Brett, thanks so much for your comment! I really enjoy reading your blog by the way.
As soon as I read your post on walking pictures it was like a light bulb went off. I immediately thought of the two I mentioned in this post. I was pretty sure about the photo at the beginning of this post, but I was a little more skeptical of one taken in occupied Warsaw. I noticed the position of the feet, but didn't know if the Germans would allow street photographers out and about, possibly inadvertenly (or not) taking pictures of things they perhaps shouldn't.
Thanks for confirming things for me.
- September 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM


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Kasim Rehman (alumni)
Publications - Show all
1. Kasim Rehman, Frank Stajano,, George Coulouris, "An Architecture for Interactive Context-Aware Applications," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 73-80, 2007
2. Kasim Rehman, Frank Stajano, George Coulouris, "Visually Interactive Location-Aware Computing," Ubicomp 2005, Tokyo, series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3660, pp. 177-194, Springer Verlag, Sep 2005
3. Kasim Rehman, "Visualisation, interpretation and use of location-aware interfaces," PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, May 2005
4. Kasim Rehman, Frank Stajano, George Coulouris, "Interfacing with the invisible computer," Proceedings of the Second Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 213-216, ACM Press, Oct 2002


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Blue Jays' Buehrle shuts out Indians, improves to 4-0
Mark Buehrle has a simple explanation for his unbeaten record.
"The slower you throw, the better off you are," he said after pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.
Buehrle (4-0) pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and lowered his ERA to 0.64 in four starts. The 34-year-old left-hander, who once pitched a perfect game, was pulled after giving up a single and walk to start the eighth. He allowed four hits overall, struck out three and walked three.
"I haven't changed anything in 10 or 11 years," he said. "I'm not going to keep asking questions. I'm going to go out there and run with it and see what happens."
Jose Reyes hit an RBI single in his first game since opening day, when he strained his left hamstring in his first at-bat of the season and went on the disabled list.
Corey Kluber (1-2) allowed five runs in 6 2-3 innings.
Dioner Navarro drove in three runs. Run-scoring singles by Jose Bautista and Navarro in the first put Toronto ahead, which was more than enough for Buehrle against the struggling Indians, who have lost seven of nine.
Navarro added a two-run single in the seventh that chased Kluber.
Buehrle gave Toronto's overworked bullpen a much-needed breather. The Blue Jays played a doubleheader Thursday in Minnesota and needed four relievers in Friday's 3-2 win over the Indians.
"He's good, that's all there is to it," said Toronto manager John Gibbons.
Indians manager Terry Francona agreed.
"It's not just today, it's been his first four starts and probably for the majority of his career," Francona said. "He gets a lead and he kind of puts you in a rocking chair. Little fastball, cuts it in to keep you honest, expands the plate, takes something off of it, throws a lot of changeups. We'll get a guy on, he'll get you to roll over, he's really good at that."
Cleveland didn't get a runner past second base and was shut out for the first time this season.
Melky Cabrera, who had four hits Friday for Toronto, tripled with one out in the first as right fielder David Murphy crashed into the wall after a long run. Cabrera scored when Bautista's popup fell in shallow right field. First baseman Nick Swisher tried to make the catch with his back to home plate, but got twisted around and the wind-blown ball fell in for single.
Following a passed ball by catcher Yan Gomes and a groundout that moved Bautista to third, Navarro's groundball took a bad hop and glanced off Swisher's chest for a hit.
Reyes' two-out single up the middle scored Brett Lawrie and gave Toronto a 3-0 lead in the second.
"I'm really happy just to be back, be with my teammates, see my guys again," Reyes said. "I'm happy that I'm going to be on the field and play and do what I love to do, just play baseball."
The Indians had two baserunners in the first and second, but Buehrle worked around trouble both times. Murphy's single and a walk to Mike Aviles finally ended his day, but Esmil Rogers struck out Asdrubal Cabrera and Swisher before Jason Kipnis flied out.
NOTES: Reyes initially was injured during spring training, then got hurt on opening day. He rehabbed his leg in Florida and missed 16 games. He batted .296 last season for Toronto, but missed 66 games with a sprained left ankle. … Santana was hitless in four at-bats and is 3 for 40 in his last 10 games. … Bautista has reached safely in all 18 games. … Gomes has committed five errors and three passed balls in 16 games. … Blue Jays DH Juan Francisco, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Buffalo earlier in the day when Adam Lind went on the disabled list with a sore back, had an infield hit in the fourth and walked in the sixth. … Indians OF Michael Bourn, who is 1 for 13 in three games since returning from a hamstring injury, was given the day off. .. The series ends Sunday when Toronto's Brandon Morrow (1-1) faces Carlos Carrasco (0-2).


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Bigger stage, brighter spotlight for Wall, Lillard
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) -- John Wall was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Damian Lillard hit perhaps the signature shot of the opening round of these playoffs.
Within the game, both are already considered stars.
Over the next couple weeks, casual fans might see why.
Wall and Lillard will be on the biggest stages of their pro careers starting Monday, when the conference-semifinal round of the NBA playoffs gets underway. Major challenges await them both - Wall and the Washington Wizards take on East No. 1 seed Indiana, while Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers face West No. 1 seed San Antonio.
But if the first round was any indicator, neither will fail to embrace the spotlight that's coming their way.
"Playoffs bring a bigger light," Miami guard Dwyane Wade said. "These guys are very good, young, talented players. Now you're getting an opportunity to see what the future of the NBA looks like with these young guys. They're ready for the moment. They're playing unbelievable basketball."
Plenty of the usual suspects - Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin - are in the second round, and it's fairly common to see them on television either playing the game or flexing their stardom in other ways.
Wall and Lillard, they don't exactly have the same status.
Then again, neither had been in the playoffs before now, either.
Wall and Bradley Beal - another postseason rookie - combined to average 38.6 points per game in Washington's surprisingly easy five-game ouster of Chicago in the opening round.
Lillard made 23 3-pointers in the first round, the first 22 of them all likely to be forgotten, the last one likely to get replayed for generations. His buzzer-beating 25-footer won Game 6 for Portland and finished off the Blazers' series with Houston.
"That's definitely the biggest shot of my life - so far," Lillard said.
Here comes the second round, the biggest chance of his NBA life - so far.
Five things to know about the conference semifinals:
HOME MATTERS: Yes, road teams won a whopping 24 of the 50 games played in the opening round. But in the end, home court ultimately proved critical, with San Antonio, Oklahoma City, the Clippers and Indiana all winning Game 7's at home. Toronto was the only home-court team to fall in a Game 7, losing to Brooklyn by a point.
WINNING IS HARD: Here's something that illustrates how tough it is to win even a first-round series in the NBA: Miami and Oklahoma City are the only teams to appear in the conference semifinals in each of the past four seasons. How hard is year-in, year-out success these days? Consider that six of the eight conference-semifinalists in 2010 didn't even make the playoffs this year.
CALMER CLIPPERS: The safest bet of the second round is that the Clippers will face much less drama than they did in the opening series. While the Donald Sterling story surely won't go away anytime soon, the Clippers should be able to have their minds more on basketball now - and that will be critical as they face the Thunder and Durant, the presumed MVP-in-waiting.
UPSET WATCH: The top two seeds in both the East (Indiana, Miami) and West (San Antonio, Oklahoma City) all made the second round. History says at least one of them won't be going any further. Not since 2005 have the conference finals both been of the No. 1 vs. No. 2 variety.
FISHER CHASING HISTORY: If Oklahoma City doesn't get swept by the Clippers, Derek Fisher will likely stand alone atop an NBA all-time list. Fisher has played in 155 postseason wins, tied with Robert Horry for the most in league history.
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Charities Fight Consumerism with Giving Tuesday
(NEW YORK) -- There's Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and now charities are starting what they hope will become a national day for giving that will join the holiday lexicon: Giving Tuesday.
As of Friday, #GivingTuesday had 2,065 partners listed on the movement's website, including corporations, nonprofits, schools and religious groups.
The idea for the campaign sprung from the 92nd Street YMCA deputy executive director Henry Timms and Kathy Calvin, CEO of United Nations Foundation. Timms began thinking about the concept during the holidays last year, and the idea gained momentum this past spring.
"When 92Y's Henry Timms called he explained the opportunity this way, 'We have a day for giving thanks, two days for getting deals. Why shouldn't there be a day for giving back?'" Calvin said.
She said the UN Foundation loved the idea.
"There are so many creative ways that people can volunteer and donate in today's world of social media," Calvin said. "A national day of giving back around the holiday shopping season just makes sense. It helps people everywhere make the most of their philanthropic side."
The organizers, including public relations firm Fenton Communications, are asking partners who have the capability of collecting data to report how much they raise on Tuesday, how many people volunteered at an event, or other relevant information. They hope to report those figures on Wednesday.
But will Giving Tuesday catch on, especially in light of the expected increase in retail holiday sales?
Devin Hermanson, senior marketing director of relief organization World Vision, said he hopes so.
According to a phone survey by Harris Interactive and World Vision, 83 percent of Americans say they would prefer to receive a meaningful gift that would help someone else instead of a traditional gift like clothing or electronics.
However, the percentage of people willing to give a charitable gift as a present has fallen.
Last year, 51 percent of U.S. adults said they would be "more likely" to give a charitable gift as a holiday present. This year, that percentage dropped to 45 percent.
"Holiday shopping is treated like an Olympic event," Hermanson said. He hopes the same attention will be paid to Giving Tuesday.
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TLC to Premiere NEAT FREAKS Special
If you Windex your desk every day and begin to question your sanity, you are not alone. NEAT FREAKS premieres Wednesday, December 5 at 10 PM ET/PT.
Most people clean their own bathrooms. But how many clean all the public bathrooms, city buses and strangers' houses they come in contact with? Alfreta does...and she's not alone. TLC's NEAT FREAKS, a one-hour special, goes inside the lives of four people who can't help but clean and organize all day, every day. Christy spends 8-10 hours each day scrubbing down every inch of her home and hyperventilates at the thought of anyone stepping inside it. Michele adopted eight older children because she's repulsed by the snot and drool of infants, even her own grandson. Caleb is afraid of germs and sprays everything in his home and on his body with hydrogen peroxide. He even insists on spraying down his dates before being intimate. Watch what happens when these four neat freaks are forced to step out of their comfort zones into a world filled with dirt, dust and disorder. Can they curb their compulsion to clean, or will they turn into filth-fighting fanatics?


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The Turning Point:
November 10, 1988-January 14, 1989
The art world shared the experience of the country as a whole. In the
course of the year, numerous artists became political activists, not only
on the national level, but within the art world itself. In formal terms,
too, much of the art first made or shown in 1968 seems to reveal a transformation
as profound as that in the political climate. Gallery exhibitions and
theoretical writings defined radical new aesthetic initiatives. Conceptual
art challenged the premises of modernism, attempting a far-reaching redefinition
of the nature of art. The appearance of new media, new modes of organization,
and a generation of young, iconoclastic artists suggested the emergence
of a new sensibility.
According to Craig Owens, one of the most cogent theoreticians of postmodernism,
"Appropriation, site-specificity, impermanence, accumulation, discursivity,
hybridization . . . characterized much of the art of the present and distinguished
it from its predecessors" (October, Spring 1980). These strategies
also characterized much of the new art of 1968. The disappearance of distinction
between painting and sculpture; the use of unconventional industrial and
natural materials; the use of real objects or photographic images in place
of illusionistic representation; combinations of word and image; site-specific
art; emphasis on the artist's process and the relationship of the observer
to the work in real space; the use of appropriated images and period style-al
I these characteristics of the art of 1968 are now current practice in
We are most grateful to the artists, galleries, museums and collectors
who loaned works which have enabled us to recapture the spirit of the
1968 art scene. Benny Andrews, Mel Bochner, Rafael Ferrer, Robert Morris
and Lawrence Weiner were particularly generous in sharing their recollections.
Corinne Robins, Robert Rosenblum, and Irving Sandler also provided invaluable
advice. Hans Haacke, Michael Heizer, and Dennis Oppenheim generously supplied
us with documentation of seminal site-specific works, and Richard Artschwager
with information needed to reconstruct some of his early objects. We wish
to thank Professor Irwin Unger of New York University for his perceptive
historical analysis of the political events in 1968, which forms an important
part of this catalogue.
This exhibition could not have been organized without the assistance
of Susan Hoeltzel, Molly Sullivan and Sally Webster of the Lehman College
Art Gallery, Roger Welch, whose selection of videotapes contributed greatly
to the project, and above all, our splendid Intern, Virginia Cupiola,
whose persistent research and exceptional administrative abilities were
absolutely essential to the organization of the show.
Nor would the project have been possible without the support of The Progressive
Companies, of Cleveland, Ohio, The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, The Ohio Arts Council, as well as of the Herbert and Edith
Lehman Foundation, and Friends of the Lehman College Art Gallery.
The exhibition "The Turning Point: Art and Politics in 1968" celebrates the founding, twenty years ago, of the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art by the two of us with the encouragement and support of Agnes Gund. It likewise marks the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of Lehman College of The City of New York. In fact it was the coincidence of these two anniversaries that planted the original seed for the project. The exhibition opens in Cleveland on September 9 1988 and moves to the Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, on November 10th. The Cleveland showing coincides with the Center's Fall Lecture Series which will address this year similar issues as the exhibition. The distinguished speakers are Seymour Hersh, Adrian Piper, Robert Rosenblum, and Leo Castelli.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Plays State Theatre Centre 9-28 March
The Importance of Being Earnest has delighted millions since its first London performance in 1895. A masterful comedy of manners, widely acknowledged as the wittiest play in the English language, it sparkles with classic bon mots, comic invention and brilliant dialogue that will lift your spirits. With mistaken identities, young love, giddy confusion and lots of laughs. It's the classic comedy that is anything but earnest!
Director Kate Cherry says: "This is Oscar Wilde's Victorian rom-com, in which four beautiful young people meet their true loves. Wilde has fashioned us a delightful soufflé of a play, sparkling with elegance, wit and fabulous frocks. I know people will have a great time - they'll see a very theatrical piece that is visually sumptuous and fun to look at. And, of course, they will laugh a lot at Oscar Wilde's world-famous witticisms."
The cast of eight is made up entirely of Western Australian actors and features many well known faces such as Jenny Davis, a stalwart of the Perth Theatre scene, as Lady Bracknell, comedian Pete Rowsthorn (Kath & Kim) with Adriane Daff, Rebecca Davis, Stuart Halusz, Michael Loney, Scott Sheridan and Pauline Whyman.
The production will play the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre from 9-28 March 2013.


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This story appears in the February 2000 issue of HomeOfficeMag.com. Subscribe »
I know it's tempting to get the coolest technostuff: You know your equipment won't be obsolete for at least a month; you're sure your business won't have failed because of a few missing megabytes; and, perhaps most important, you get bragging rights: "I have a 750 MHz Athlon processor with a Voodoo 3000 graphics card." It's the computer equivalent of saying, "My dad can beat up your dad."
Yeah, cool equipment is tempting, but it's usually stupid. Overspending is a major reason new businesses go out of business. Unless you design Time magazine covers or crunch galaxies of data, your business will just as likely succeed with my tightwad's approach to outfitting your home office. Here's my cut-to-the-chase list of what the average homebased entrepreneur needs:
Desktop Computers
Compute This!
Yes, companies are offering "free" PCs, but the strings attached are too odious. For example, www.peoplepc.com offers a "free" computer, but you have to agree to buy your Internet services from that unproven company at a steep $24.95 a month for at least 36 months, plus $48 to ship your computer. With free Internet access and e-mail now available from http://worldspy.com (see "E-Mail And Web sites"), PeoplePC's shrimpy hard-drive computer ain't no bargain. And don't try to sell me on Gateway's iMac-inspired PC for $799. It's not expandable and has a cripplingly small hard drive.
Here's the bargain: the Dell Dimension L with the plenty-fast-enough 433 MHz Intel processor. Its $899 price may--to a cheapskate--seem a bit painful compared to mass retailers' offerings, but Dell's quality, well-integrated components, freedom from strings attached and superior tech support justify the extra bucks, even for a miser like you. To ease the pain, in most states, there's no sales tax. Yet another balm: Dell usually throws in a free peripheral: a basic scanner, printer or WebCam, for example.
The only upgrades a cheapskate need add to the basic Dell:
· Increase the hard drive from the puny standard 4.3 gigs to a capacious 13.6 gigs for $68. Or if you're planning to store lots of graphics or music files, go all the way to 20 gigs for just $131.
· If you'll spend more than a couple of hours a day in front of your monitor, it's probably worth the $87 to upgrade to a high-quality 17-inch Trinitron monitor.
· Need an office software suite? Add the Professional Edition of Microsoft Office 2000, the gold standard. It's about $199 (street). Want an even lower price for more features? Sun Microsystems' Microsoft Office-compatible StarOffice 5.1, is downloadable at www.sun.com/staroffice . . . for free!
Print Condition
If you print less than 150 pages per month, consider the HP 810 Deskjet: With fine print quality in black and white or color, it's fast, quiet, reliable, easy to set up and only $128, including shipping, from www.egghead.com. Its only downside is its preposterously small ink cartridge (it only holds three-quarters of an ounce!), which means you'll probably have to replace it every month or two at $25 a pop. HP is using the old strategy: Give away the razor, soak 'em on the blades.
If you print more than 150 pages per month, it's worth the extra $42 to get essentially the same printer, but with an ink cartridge that has twice the capacity. The HP model 830c costs $170, including shipping, from www.egghead.com. And if you print more than 400 black-and-white pages a month but don't give a fig about color, fork over $255 to http://pcwonders.com for the NEC Superscript 870 laser printer. It's faster and, in the long run, more economical than an inkjet printer.
Notebook Computers
Taking Notebooks
First of all, ask yourself whether you really need one. Will you actually use it for customer demos? Are you really going to work enough on the plane to justify spending the price of a Hawaiian vacation?
Okay, okay. Let's say you do need a notebook computer. Consider the Toshiba 2100CDT: 400 MHZ-fast, with an active-matrix screen, 64MB RAM, and solid construction, all for $1,480 including shipping, from www.egghead.com. Willing to live with a small screen, a basic Microsoft CE software suite and a slightly squooshed keyboard in exchange for a 2.5-pound carrying weight, a six-hour-plus battery and an amazing price? Get the HP Jornada 820 for $618, including shipping, from www.onvia.com.
E-Mail And Web Sites
A number of companies now offer unlimited Internet access and e-mail for the skinflint's favorite price: free! But only two offer it without an annoying procession of flashing ads cluttering your screen: www.bluelight.com (an alliance between Yahoo! and K-Mart) and www.worldspy.com.
Let's Get Down To E-Business
Again, we're talking free. At www.bigstep.com, you can create and maintain a customized Web site, conduct secure e-commerce, send personalized e-mail newsletters to your customers, receive detailed reports and market your business on the Web at no cost to you. The catch is a tiny one: You need to use their designated provider of merchant accounts for your credit-card servicing. Its fees are moderate, so this requirement is really no biggie.
Phone, Fax And Copy Machines
Nothing Phoney About This
This seems too good to be true. The 900 MHz Uniden EXL cordless phone automatically selects the lowest long-distance rate from a database of major carriers whenever you dial. The phone, with an integrated answering machine, is just $70 ($40 without the digital answering machine) at www.uniden.com. The company claims you'll save hundreds of dollars annually on your phone bill. Bonus: the phone is headset-ready. If your phone is welded to your ear much of the day, a headset will make your day a lot comfier. Headsets in a range of styles are available at RadioShack for about $20.
Many homebased entrepreneurs prefer a two-line phone/answering machine. Try V-Tech's model 2960, for $139 including headset and shipping, at http://www.suttertel.com.
Get Your Fax
Yes, computers come with built-in fax cards. And, as a cheapskate, I hate to pay for convenience, but a stand-alone fax machine is a big convenience. Plus, you can use it as a low-volume copy machine. The Panasonic KX-FP101 uses plain paper, offers a host of features and is built rock-solid, all for $99 at the Electronics E-mall: http://store.yahoo.com/electronicsemall2k/
Do You Copy?
Unlike many personal copiers, Canon's are trouble-free. A great deal: a refurbished model PC745, which copies 10 pages per minute, enlarges and reduces. Get it for $389 at Comtech: http://store.yahoo.com/comtech9/canonpc745.html.
A Chair Made In . . .
This is key to ensuring a comfortable workday and avoiding repetitive stress injuries. The easy, cheap way to find a chair that fits your bod is to head over to Office Max or Office Depot. They have dozens of ergonomic chairs priced at $40 to $200.
Don't rush your decision. Try five chairs that look attractive to you. Then spend five minutes in your top two choices--chairs often start to feel different after the first couple of minutes.
A candid admission: I splurged on my desk chair because I spend 12 hours a day in it, and found a chair that's considerably more comfortable to me than any other. I bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair. List price is $900, but I got it for $690 from OP Contract Furniture (www.opcontract.com).
Tightwad Tips
A General Tightwad Tip
I generally get the best price (and save sales tax) by using price search engines. For computer stuff, I start with www.shopper.com. For everything else, I start with www.shopping.yahoo.com or www.mysimon.com.
Not counting a notebook computer, my cheapskate's approach will equip your office with excellent equipment for about two grand.
Final Exam
What should you do with all the money you'll save?
- A) Use it to market your business
- B) Decorate your office so it looks like the Harvard Club
- C) Take off for Tahiti with your sweetie
You're smart enough to start your own business, so you figure it out.


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He is a famous Serb political philosopher working in the trenches of Kosovo Albanian universities – not a place most Serbs dare to tread. He teaches human rights to Albanian students who grew up on war and who have no experience with Serbs, yet who seem to adore him as much as he does them.
Obrad Savic left plush academia in Leeds, England, to teach in the slush of Kosovo. But it's a job that fits him and his message of universality. He is something of an intellectual refugee – kicked out of Belgrade by Slobodan Milosevic – who is now changing the lives and minds of future leaders in the most contested ground of the Balkans.
In fact, Mr. Savic says, his most important point is not how different Balkan peoples are – the accepted stereotype – but how genuinely the same they are. That fact, he says, is crucial for the next generation to understand. "We have always been a bridge between east and west, north and south. We're not European and not Asian. We recognize all the different influences from these places, Arab and Turkish, Byzantine and cosmopolitan," argues Savic. Balkan people are expert at reading these mixtures and understand them in a unique way that has never been fully appreciated.
It's a message he repeats in classes, art forums, and cafes: The Yugoslav breakup forced people to think of themselves as captives to small nations with separate identities who had a proclivity for violence and hate. He terms it a "great fallacy."
"Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, Croats, Kosovar Albanians – how similar we are, you can't imagine," says Savic. "We are from small countries with small differences, and at a profound level, something we've forgotten, something not political or social, we are European and Balkan. The big question now is, will Europe accept us?"
This isn't Savic's first gig in Pristina. During the police state period of Serb rule in the late 1980s, Kosovo Albanians created underground universities in protest over second-class citizenry. The tension in Pristina was terrific at the time for Albanians.
But Savic took three months off – "I disappeared from Belgrade" – to come and lecture underground. Friends warned that Serb police would throw him in prison or worse if they found out. But "the risks seemed worth it," he says. "There was just great political energy among the Albanians, in the underground schools, the writer's union, everywhere."
"He's an 'old Yugoslav' in the best sense," says Chris Hall, president of American University of Kosovo, where Savic may teach next year.
With glasses perched on his forehead, cellphone dangling from his neck, wearing a vest and a philosophical expression, waving to acquaintances as he hangs out at trendy cafes like Strip Depot, with students approaching him like an academic rock god – Savic is in his element. He's a "cool Serb," as one student put it.
"A whole generation of Pristina kids have never seen a living Serb academic, or think they are monsters," says Dejan Anastasijevic, a columnist for the Belgrade weekly Vreme. "So it's nice he's there, even if he isn't typical."
Blerin Xhemajli, who attends Savic's classes at the Kosovo Institute of Journalism, one of several places he teaches, sees his professor as unique. "He's ... maybe our favorite lecturer, and the only Serb teaching," he says. "He doesn't care about ethnicity; he wants to debate all the time. He talks about his life and he seems as interested in us as we are in him."
Refusal to take oath of loyalty
Savic didn't plan it like this. But in 1998, he refused to sign an academic loyalty oath – designed by then President Milosevic (who died at The Hague) and Radical Party chief Voislav Seslj (now at The Hague).
The law, called Chapter 6, destroyed academic freedom, Savic says, and aimed to rid Serb colleges of dissenters and replace them with "house" intellectuals.
"Especially in a European university, the idea that an intellectual would sign an oath of national loyalty to the parliament because it paid the salary, was unconscionable," Savic says. "We weren't heroes; we just could not sign on with a Milosevic mafia, so we were blacklisted and kicked out."
In response, Savic took his act to universities in Sofia, Budapest, New York, and London. He lost a "national house," he says, but has not yet found a "cosmopolitan home."
Now he has come to live and work in a place where not all Serbs feel safe. "Of young people here 60 percent are less than 30 years old," says Agron Bajrami, the editor of Kohaditore newspaper. "Serbs are foreign things for most people. Our experience with them is in conflict. The time is ripe for more teaching of each other in both communities. Savic is showing it's possible.
"We know Savic well," he adds, "and we don't think of him as a Serb. He is the kind of person who is above that."
Not 'Murder on the Orient Express'
Now, Savic is in Kosovo lecturing on media, human rights, post-modern theory, European politics, civil society, law, memory, and history. News media, he finds, are crucial because the powerfully shape how a society thinks of itself.
More broadly, he helps students grapple with the meaning of Europe and how to sort out the Balkans. What this often becomes is a study of Balkan self-image.
For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, that image was created in Europe, Savic says, by French diplomats, British and German romanticists, and the genre of "travel writing." Often "civilized" Europeans wrote of a wild west, a savage zone. Writers as diverse as Bram Stoker ("Dracula") and Agatha Christie ("Murder on the Orient Express") described the odd and eccentric, and emphasized the strange and the tribal. The late Edward Said described the phenomenon of Orientalism, where West viewed East through a gauzy, romantic lens.
But Orientalism usually means the way an outside culture distorts the reality of "the other." In the Balkans, Savic says, "we began to conceive of ourselves through the European image. It was a powerful process I call 'self-orientalization.' We've seen ourselves through the lens of hundreds of years of European writers."
Since the 1999 NATO bombing in Kosovo, Albanians very much have identified with America, Savic points out, and "very much not with a European concept…. After America bombed, they began to construct a Kosovo idea of America."
Indeed, Americana is splattered all over Kosovo: The Statue of Liberty is pasted on the sides of buses, on businesses. "I Love America" T-shirts are on sale in sidewalk shops. There are Bill Clinton and George Bush Avenues. Kosovar houses in the remotest villages fly American flags.
Such affection for the US is superficial and reasonable after the war, says Savic. But Kosovars side with the US for real reasons, he adds: "In general, Europeans are concerned with international law, and the Americans feel their idea is international justice. It is a clear distinction and deeply felt by the Kosovars."
For Savic, the focus is the next generation, his students – "the future of this place." They "get" the arts, the environment, new technology, urban ideas; they want to travel and will be at home in any large city in Europe or the States, hooked into the Web, listening to rap.
"They are finding a postmodern Albanian identity … they cherish something new and different. They are breaking from a narrow-minded family loyalty, patriarchy, obsession with collective identity." His students, he says, are fascinated with Europe, in love with the US, and extremely sophisticated – Balkan-like – at filtering and looking for what is intelligent and creative in other cultures, "what is coming at them through Planet Hollywood and the Internet."
In Belgrade, Savic is known as a founder of the Belgrade Circle in the late 1980s. The Circle, made up of some 500 liberal, pro-Europe intellectuals, was a response to the rise of Milosevic and a brutal politics of Serb supremacy and victimization. In a Yugoslavia that tried to erase ethnic tension through socialist equality, it was a profoundly illiberal turn.
The Circle opposed a famous "memorandum" by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts that rocked Yugoslavia by asserting, among other now discredited things, that the Serbs of Kosovo were undergoing "physical, political, legal, and cultural genocide" at the hands of the Albanians.
"Most intellectuals didn't see what the memorandum meant … they thought it was stupid politics or a loony fringe. But soon Milosevic appropriated it as the new policy to underlie state institutions, and it was too late. The wars started."
Media distortion of Balkan wars
Now Savic says news media are being used to distort and forget the wars. He critiques the late French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, whose theories of the displacment of reality and illusion in postmodern society were an inspiration for the first of the film series "The Matrix."
But Baudrillard allowed his work to be used as a way for Belgrade intellectuals to explain away Serb-led wars in the 1990s, and that view is promoted in media there.
Savic wrote two years ago: "Even today, according to all the field reports, the majority of the citizens of Belgrade genuinely believe the Bosnians (Muslims) were the ones who bombed Sarajevo! Should that be so, if there is no objectivity, and should a sovereign difference between the real and the imaginary be abolished, a reasonable question arises: who has the right to declare an amnesty for facts? What really happens is a media and symbolic mutation of the real events and their real consequences."
Today, a secure future for the Balkans hangs heavily on Europe, he feels. "This region needs to be integrated; we need to be EU candidates in the next four years," he says. "We need to be able to dream about 2012 or 2014.
"We are a region," Savic continues. "You can't separate Montenegro from Macedonia from Kosovo or Serbia. We are all on the same boat here in the Balkans. I don't think people outside understand that."


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Avocado Honey Pudding Pops
I first made avocado ice cream back in 2010, when I had an abundance of avocadoes going ripe very quickly. What better way to stop the ripening process then freeze them in the form of ice cream? I used Alton Brown's Avocado Ice Cream recipe, and it was delicious. It reminded me a lot of green tea ice cream. It is a bit on the grassy side, so we topped the ice cream with drizzles of honey, and it was a perfect match.
Here is an adaptation of avocado ice cream, but in the form of an ice pop. I used honey as a sweetener, since it helps turn the savory avocado into a delicious dessert.


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Use Google Calendar appointment slots
This feature is available only with a work or school Google Calendar account.
You can set up appointments on your calendar that people can reserve. For instance, professors can have their students reserve time during office hours each week.
Set up & share appointment slotsCreate appointment slots
- Using your work or school account on a computer, open Google Calendar.
- Make sure that you're in Week view or any Day view.
- Click anywhere in the calendar. In the event box that pops up, click Appointment slots.
- Enter the details, including a title, and pick the calendar where you want the event to show up.
- To add more information, like a location or description, click More options.
Note: If you make an existing appointment event repeat, an extra appointment slot is added at the same time as any already booked slots on that event. To avoid double booking, go to your appointments page and book the extra slot for yourself. Learn how to make events repeat.
To add others to the appointment, open the event and click Add guests. For example, a professor might want her assistant to be there during office hours.
Note: Don't invite people who want to reserve an individual appointment slot. Anyone that you add here will be invited to every appointment throughout the block of time, and will also get an email each time someone reserves an appointment.
After you've set up appointment slots, you can invite people to book time.
To invite people to book appointments, don't invite them to the appointment slot. Instead, get a link to send them for your appointment slots page:
- Open Google Calendar.
- Click your appointment Edit event.
- Click This calendar's appointment page.
- Copy and paste the calendar's appointment page link from your browser.
- Send this link to people who want to book an appointment.
Note: People need to use Google Calendar to make a reservation. They can create a Google Account to get started.
Your appointment block will show as a single event on your calendar and the calendars of anyone you invite.
You can see that the appointment block is different from other events by the grid symbol in the upper left corner.
Make an appointment
- Visit the link for the appointment page. You may get this in an email, or in a calendar that's been shared with you. Find and click the link for the appointment page.
- On the appointment page, click an available appointment button Save.
Note: To cancel your appointment, go to your calendar and change the status of your response.


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Skin Drink
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Skin feeling tight? Relieve it with a generous helping of Skin Drink all over your face and neck. We pack it full of nourishing ingredients like rose petal extract, fresh avocado and calming aloe vera extract to moisturize your skin and keep it feeling soft and supple, regardless of the season. Evening primrose, neroli and rose oils improve the skin's texture and leave you with a healthy looking glow.
How to use: Apply a dab onto a clean face for smooth, silky skin.
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Flights to Gdańsk
Convenience, comfort and competitive prices are the keywords for SAS flights from the US to Gdańsk in Poland.
The Scandinavian gateway to the Baltics
Getting from the US to Gdańsk is easy with SAS. Our transatlantic flights depart from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C. in the US. Transfer at one of our Scandinavian airport hubs (Oslo, Copenhagen or Stockholm) for a short flight across the Baltic Sea to Gdańsk.
Finding and booking your ticket to Gdańsk is quick and straightforward on our website . There are no hidden charges – and even with a less expensive restricted ticket, you have 24 hours from when you buy your ticket to change or cancel your reservation (for flights departing more than 24 hours from time of purchase).
World-class service and comfort
SAS will get you to your destination comfortably and on time. Choose between three travel classes of outstanding service to tailor the flight to your budget and desired level of comfort. No matter where you're seated onboard the aircraft, you'll enjoy an ergonomic seat, high-quality food and a personal entertainment screen with movies, music and games. For a step up from SAS Go, check out the many additional features of SAS Plus and SAS Business.
Gdańsk – capital of amber and ambience
The 1000-year-old seaport city of Gdańsk has a unique, enchanting vibe. Beautifully rebuilt and restored after the destruction of World War II, the city's delightful waterfront, charming Old Town, elegant buildings and cheerful attitude makes it a perfect city for a European getaway.
The city's dramatic history of war, revolt, trade and affluence is evident as you walk the streets and visit the city's monuments and museums. A stroll down the main pedestrian thoroughfare, the Royal Route, takes you past interesting historic buildings and lots of cafés, restaurants and shops.
Located on the Baltic coast, Gdańsk is famous for its amber, and the six-floor Amber Museum is well worth a visit. In the city's alluring shopping streets, you'll find many boutiques and street vendors offering excellent amber and silver jewelry as well as quality woodwork and needlework.
A cruise downriver on a pleasure boat is another great way to enjoy this maritime city.
Book your SAS flight to Gdańsk today.


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As car lovers we like to think we have a good idea what's going to happen when we hop into a car we've never driven before. Whether it's a pre-conceived notion about how truly terrible a car is or expected automotive euphoria behind the wheel of a car we've always lusted after, even if we don't think we know it all we know more about what to expect behind the wheel than the hordes of non automotive obsessed individuals.
This weekend we want to know about the time you got behind the wheel of a car and experienced something you wouldn't have expected. Maybe you were blown away by a car you never thought you'd like or perhaps you were disappointed by a car you always knew you loved. Either way, we want to know what car gave you the biggest automotive shock you've ever received and why. What is the most surprising car you've ever driven?
The biggest automotive surprise I ever got was when I test drove the 1980 BMW 320i that followed me home shortly thereafter. After some time spent traveling I returned home in the middle of a New England winter at an all time car ownership low of one vehicle, my 1957 Plymouth, which was long tucked away for winter hibernation.
I had my heart set on buying an E28, but finding a half decent one in the middle of winter proved to be more of a challenge than I had initially anticipated. I came across a very ratty 1986 535i a couple hours away from home that I had decided would be perfect, but just in case it wasn't I set up an appointment to look at the—for my V8 and large inline six driving younger self—grossly underpowered 320i.
Long story short, the 535i was more beat up than I could have imagined and my test drive in the not-too-rusty 320i through the hills of Western Massachusetts taught me the valuable lesson that a car doesn't have to be fast to be a whole lot of fun—truly a very welcome surprise.
What is the most surprising car you've ever driven?