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Giorgio Armani REMIX for her
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Black
Great juice! I really have a thing for this one - it has a very special smell that I haven't smelled before(at least the drydown) It smells very different on me than on my other friends so maybe this just go very nicely with my body :-)
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This was my very first perfume in high school and I ADORE it. I used every last drop of it and was going to repurchase but they've stop selling it where I usually buy them. I got it when it was on sale for about $20 and it was definitly worth it. It was not overpowering but had a long lasting power. Loved the bottle too. Very simple but still nice to look at, fit nicely in my purse as well.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I am a fan of most Armani fragrances, but was a little wary of this one, as I was out to buy the other scent with the white and red writing. The scent is very clean, and not as overpowering as some Armani scents. It can be if applied too liberally. I like its freshness, and can see where this would be approriate for any situation and particularly in the heat of the summer. It is just not special enough for me to repurchase.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I happen to own a bottle of this as a result of some strange events, and I would not buy a bottle myself. Still, I find this pleasantly light, powdery, clean, energetic and at the same time, demure. Where and when do I use it? Well, fruity shower gels, perfumey body lotions, who doesn't like them? Yet, on some days, I feel ultra- puritannical, shower with white soap and use Johnson's baby powder. Remix is my fragrance for those days. I think it could be the perfume for a very healthy looking, athletic person - and I'm not that:)) Still, a reliable fragrance. As for the sex appeal, I think it would be sexy only if you were hooked on missionary position.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I borrowed some of this from my 16 yr old DD when I was in a rush out the door. I NEVER thought that I would like the same purfume she does but this one rocks. It is nice sexy yet subtle purfume that seems to transcend the generational "barriors". I propably wont buy this for myself but I sure will for DD so I dont feel guilty borrowing it again!!!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
gorgeous perfume !!
bought it on a whim, and have loved it ever since.
sweet but sexy scent, perfect for a night out. i wear this when im wearing something particularly sexy, and i need a sexy fragrance to match !! :-)
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Tan, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
well, purple and sleek is the packaging.. nothing too much, nothing too fancy apart from the silver writng on it..
nice not too overpowering scent, ideal for work but it is definately not my HG perfume.. though normally i love GA cosmetics and fragrances as well...
one thing that is why i am giving 3 lippies its staying power... not good at all....
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I haven't been very impressed with Armani fragrances in general, so to my surprise I liked this one. I'm no good at analysis, so I'll just say this: it smells *pretty*. Quite sweet (a little too sweet for my taste after all) but the totally generic teenybopper kind of sweet. Still I'd say this is a younger woman's scent. I tested it extensively over a couple of days but in the end decided not to buy as I was looking for something slightly different. Hence only a 3. Still - try it; you may find you love it.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Medium
Eyes: Brown
It has a warm, modern scent. But it does not stay long.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I just love it. Daytime, no-nonsence, autumn/winter frag. Very modern fres, yet sensual mix of fruits and flowers, plus a splash of androgynous notes in the drydown (cedar and sandalwood). It just sparkles!
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It took a while for Katherine Pierce to feel the terror. "It made me determined to live." Katherine Pierce She'd assumed the man who killed her husband was an amateur stumbling his way through a botched home invasion, a guy who freaked out and pulled the trigger. That's how she rationalized what happened in the days following Scott Pierce's death. When Albuquerque police found a DNA match for Clifton Bloomfield and connected him with other killings in the area, she was terrified, she says. "I realized this wasn't someone who had just messed up. I realized this was a murderer. I could literally be dead."
That knowledge eventually became part of her healing, she says. "It made me determined to live." Back to the Surface She tells the story of that night in June 2008: It was 3 a.m. when the dogs started barking in the Pierces' brand-new residence. Scott and Katherine had married six days prior in a small, family wedding at her sister's house, and lived in their new place for a month. Katherine got up to look around and noticed the back door was open. She has bad vision, and it was dark. She saw the shadow of a person pointing what she thought was a broom at her. "Scott, stop messing around," she said, thinking there couldn't possibly be a stranger in her house. Bloomfield ordered Katherine to the ground, aiming a sawed-off shotgun at her, and demanded to know where Manny was. She told him she didn't know anyone named Manny. She saw her husband appear at the other end of the kitchen. Scott lunged for the man who was threatening his wife. Bloomfield shot him in the neck and then ran. "The main point is to let people know what happened and that the police need to work a little bit harder." Katherine Pierce That's as far as Katherine goes into the emotional memory. According to court documents, she held Scott as he bled; he was conscious at the end of his life and knew he was going to die. If the Albuquerque Police Department had done a more thorough job and arrested Bloomfield after previous crimes, would Scott Pierce still be alive? That's the crux of a lawsuit his widow filed in January 2010 against the city, Police Chief Ray Schultz and several detectives. The city settled the lawsuit early this month, agreeing to pay Katherine $439,000. A year ago, she says, she would have been a lot more willing to reject a settlement and go to trial. But as time goes by and she moves past that night, "the thought of reliving everything in such detail and bringing everything back up to the surface" grows more difficult, she says. "The main point is to let people know what happened and that the police need to work a little bit harder." Mistake After Mistake Bloomfield was arrested after Scott was killed, and a DNA hit told police he had done it before. He confessed to five murders in Albuquerque within the previous three years. Tak and Pung Yi were among the people who died at Bloomfield's hand, about six months before he broke into Pierces' home. Bloomfield's DNA was eventually found to match that of evidence collected from under Tak Yi's fingernail. But the Albuquerque Police Department didn't arrest Bloomfield after the Yis died. Instead, detectives extracted a confession, and two other men were jailed for the crime. Magazine salesman Travis Rowley confessed to killing the elderly couple, implicating himself and his coworker Michael Lee. "If they had followed through with processing the DNA even though they believed they had the right guys," Katherine says, "they would have known someone else was at that crime scene." In June 2011, the city settled a lawsuit with Lee, paying him nearly $1 million for the 15 months he spent in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center for the crime. Katherine's lawsuit says Bloomfield was on supervised probation when her husband was killed, and Bloomfield should have been arrested before the murder for probation violations. He also should have been arrested in domestic violence incidents under the Family Violence Protection Act but wasn't, according to the lawsuit. A judge ordered Bloomfield's DNA uploaded into a database in 2007 after he was convicted of a 2005 home invasion, the lawsuit states. Bloomfield's DNA from two murders he committed in 2005 was also in the lab, but because of slow processing, the links between his crimes never became evident, according to a news release from Pierce's lawyers, Brad Hall and Ben Davis. "APD needs more clear-cut procedures," Katherine says. The Yis' deaths also could have been avoided, she adds. "You read the files, and you see where they made mistake after mistake after mistake. It's frustrating. I bet there are so many cases with similar issues." Assistant City Attorney Kathy Levy responded with a statement to Alibi questions about whether APD made any procedural changes as a result of the lawsuit. She says allegations about coercive interrogation techniques used on the magazine salesman are without basis, and APD communicates with the state's parole office every day. There was no way police could have predicted Scott "would be the victim of a serial killer who randomly targeted his victims," she adds. The settlement is not an admission of liability, she writes, and the city denies the allegations in the complaint. The city opted to settle because if the case had gone to trial, a jury could have decided to award a much larger sum. Living Well Katherine is satisfied with Bloomfield's penalty. He's been sentenced to 195 years in prison for his crimes. She preferred that he didn't receive a death sentence and says he should live out the rest of his days in prison. "But there's nothing that's good enough." Scott was the kind of guy who'd be there for anyone in an instant, she says. He was proud of his career as a nurse because he helped people every day. "He was extremely kindhearted." He loved beauty, she says, and he loved life. If she had a plant that was almost dead, he wouldn't let her get rid of it. "One of Scott's hobbies was switching hobbies," she laughs, and he was always selling equipment so he could buy equipment for something else. His primary interest was photography. Scott always did what he wanted and pursued his passions. That's why Katherine is determined to enjoy things, she says. "I'm just trying to keep going and keep living and doing what I want. If I got anything from him, that's the biggest." Four years later, she's engaged again, though she hasn't set a date, and her future is looking brighter. "Scott told me before if anything happened to him, he would want me to keep living. Knowing who Scott was, living well is honoring him." | Today's EventsMidday Madness Toastmasters Open House at Envision Medical CenterLearn how to communicate better, lead better and make your community better over lunch. Creative Movement at South Valley Public LibraryRunning 505 Fundraiser Night at Flying Star CaféMore Recommended Events ›› | |
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Zaidy's Restaurant Review: Breakfast at this Jewish deli, especially on weekends, is very popular so be prepared for a wait. Sure, you can have the fruit plate with yogurt, but most people come here for the cheese blintzes, the corned beef hash (topped with two over-easy eggs) or the crisp potato latkes served with sour cream and homemade applesauce. For lunch, our longtime favorite is the latke Reuben sandwich---two golden-brown potato pancakes stuffed with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and dripping with Russian dressing. We wash this down with Dr. Brown's root beer or cream soda. For dinner, the matzo ball soup is the real thing as is the meatloaf sandwich and the hot, open-face turkey sandwich served with endearingly lumpy mashed potatoes and smooth-as-silk gravy. |


text: What's a Better Domain Name for Personal Branding?Walter Glenn7/16/13 12:30pmFiled to: What's Your Problem?domainsdomain names77EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink When it comes to personal branding, having your own domain name is an important component. Unless you have an uncommon last name, though, the chances are that yourlastname.com is long gone. There are other top level domains, like .me and .name, but is it better to go with one of those or stick with .com? Advertisement Alex writes:My question is pretty simple, if perhaps a little boring. Which email address is better? (More professional, easier to remember, better for personal branding.)myfirstname@email@example.com couldn't get "mylastname.com" so I chose a ".me" instead. What do you think? I'm designing new business cards (I'm an actor) and I'm curious which looks better - will people think I work for a company called "mylastname"? Or will people be thrown off by the ".me" versus ".com" too much? I feel like with the release of the new TLD's, people will be getting more and more used to seeing things that are different than .com/net/org.Have some advice for Alex? Post it below! Advertisement Do you have a problem that needs solving and want help from the Lifehacker community? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we might post it. The best questions are broad enough to apply to other people and have many possible answers (so that you can get lots of opinions from your fellow readers). If you have a question that's specific to you or only has a single solution, send an email to email@example.com instead.Reply77 repliesLeave a reply


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Luxembourg Palace
Luxembourg Palace | |
Palais du Luxembourg (French) | |
Luxembourg Palace garden façade
Location within Paris
General information | |
Location | Paris, France |
Address | 15 rue de Vaugirard |
Coordinates | |
Current tenants | French Senate |
Construction started | 1615 |
Completed | 1645[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Salomon de Brosse |
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The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced: ) is located at 15 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of the regent Marie de Médicis, mother of Louis XIII of France. After the Revolution it was refashioned (1799–1805) by Jean Chalgrin into a legislative building and subsequently greatly enlarged and remodeled (1835–1856) by Alphonse de Gisors. Since 1958 it has been the seat of the French Senate of the Fifth Republic.[2]
Immediately west of the palace on the rue de Vaugirard is the Petit Luxembourg, now the residence of the Senate President; and slightly further west, the Musée du Luxembourg, in the former orangery. On the south side of the palace, the formal Luxembourg Garden presents a 25-hectare green parterre of gravel and lawn populated with statues and large basins of water where children sail model boats.
- Early history 1
- Palace as parliament 2
- Assorted views of the palace 3
- See also 4
- References 5
- External links 6
Early history
After the death of Henry IV in 1610, his widow, Marie de Médicis, became regent to her son, Louis XIII. Having acceded to a much more powerful position, she decided to erect a new palace for herself, adjacent to an old hôtel particulier owned by François de Luxembourg, Duc de Piney, which is now called the Petit Luxembourg and is the residence of the president of the French Senate.
Marie de Médicis desired to make a building similar to her native Florence's Palazzo Pitti, and to this effect had the architect Métezeau (either Louis Métezeau or his brother, Clément Métezeau) sent to Florence to make detailed drawings of the building.[3]
Marie de Médicis bought the Hôtel de Luxembourg and its fairly extensive domain in 1612 and commissioned the new building, which she referred to as her Palais Médicis,[4] in 1615. Its construction and furnishing formed her major artistic project, though nothing remains today of the interiors as they were created for her, save some architectural fragments reassembled in the Salle du Livre d'Or.[5] The suites of paintings she commissioned, in the subjects of which she expressed her requirements through her agents and advisors, are scattered among museums.
Marie de Médicis installed her household in 1625, while work on interiors continued. The apartments in the right wing on the western side were reserved for the Queen and the matching suite to the east, for her son, Louis XIII, when he was visiting (floor plan).
The twenty-four Marie de' Medici cycle canvases, a series commissioned from Peter Paul Rubens, were installed in the Galerie de Rubens on the main floor of the western wing.[6] A series of paintings executed for her Cabinet doré ("gilded study") was identified by Anthony Blunt in 1967.[7]
The gallery in the east wing had been intended for the display of paintings celebrating Henri IV, and buildings housing stables and services were planned to either side of the pavilions flanking the entrance on the street, but these projects remained unfinished in 1631, when the Queen Mother was forced from court,[8] following the "Day of the Dupes" in November. Louis XIII commissioned further decorations for the Palace from Nicolas Poussin and Philippe de Champaigne.
In 1642, Marie bequeathed the Luxembourg to her second and favourite son, Gaston, duc d'Orléans, who called it the Palais d'Orléans, but by popular will it was still known by its original name.[9]
Upon Gaston's death, the palace passed to his widow, Marguerite de Lorraine, then to his elder daughter by his first marriage, Anne, duchesse de Montpensier, La Grande Mademoiselle. In 1660, Anne de Montpensier sold the Luxembourg to her younger half-sister, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise who, in turn, gave it to her cousin, king Louis XIV, in 1694.
In 1715, the palace became the residence of Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orleans, Duchess of Berry (1695-1719). The widowed Duchess was notoriously promiscuous, having the reputation of a French Messalina, relentlessly driven by her unquenchable thirst for all pleasures of the flesh. The Luxembourg palace and its gardens thus became stages where the radiantly beautiful princess acted out her ambitions, enthroned like a queen surrounded by her court. In some of her more exclusive parties, Madame de Berry also played the leading part in elaborate "tableaux-vivants" that represented mythological scenes and in which she displayed her appetizing young person impersonating Venus or Diana. According to various satirical songs which scurrilously evoked her amours "the Lady of the Luxembourg" hid several pregnancies, shutting herself up from society when about to give birth. Her taste for strong liquors and her sheer gluttony also scandalised the court.[10] On 21 May 1717, Madame de Berry received Peter the Great at the Luxembourg. She welcomed the visiting Tsar splendidly dressed in a magnificent sack-back gown which showcased her voluptuous bosom as well as her mischievous face but also helped conceal her growing corpulence for she was then in an "interesting condition".[11]
On 28 February 1718, the Duchess of Berry threw a magnificent party for her visiting aunt, the Duchess of Lorraine. The entire palace and its gardens were elaborately illuminated. The lavish banquet was followed by a masked ball. Madame de Berry made a dazzling appearance before her guests. She was then in the full splendor of her youthful beauty and pride and acted as if she were the very incarnation of the goddess of love, mirth, beauty and sensual pleasures.[12] However, just over one year after this magnificent moment of festive glory, the Luxembourg palace became the stage of a shameful tragicomedy which ended in the harrowing demise of the haughty princess. The tempestuous life of Madame de Berry, the "Venus of the Luxembourg Palace", soon met a premature end. On 2 April 1719, after a grueling four-day labour, shut up in a small room of her palace, the young widow was delivered of a stillborn baby-girl, supposedly fathered by her lieutenant of the guards, the Count of Riom. Ill-prepared by her debauchery and raucous behavior, Berry's delivery was extremely troublesome and almost killed her. The Church refused her the Sacraments thus adding moral infamy to the physical tortures of the labouring woman. Saint-Simon wrote a very sarcastic description of this scandalous childbirth. Hoping to regain her health and undeceive the public that she had been confined, Madame de Berry left Paris and the Luxembourg palace. She died in her castle at La Muette on 21 July 1719 and, according to Saint-Simon, was found to be again pregnant.[13]
In 1750, the palace became a museum, the forerunner of the Louvre, and was open two days a week until 1779.[14] In 1778, the palace was given to the comte de Provence by his brother Louis XVI. During the French Revolution, it was briefly a prison, then the seat of the French Directory, and in 1799, the home of the Sénat conservateur and the first residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Consul of the French Republic.
Palace as parliament
From 1799 to 1805 the architect Jean Chalgrin transformed the palace into a legislative building. He demolished the grand central staircase (escalier d'honneur), replacing it with a senate chamber on the first floor, which incorporated and destroyed Marie de Médicis' chapel on the garden side of the corps de logis. Chalgrin also enclosed the flanking terraces, making space for a library. At the same time he created a neo-classical escalier d'honneur in the west wing, a single monumental flight enclosed by an ionic colonnade and covered with a coffered barrel vault, the construction of which resulted in the destruction of the long gallery that had formerly housed the cycle of paintings by Rubens.[15]
Beginning in 1835 the architect Alphonse de Gisors added a new garden wing parallel to the old corps de logis, replicating the look of the original 17th-century facade so precisely that it is difficult to distinguish at first glance the old from the new. The new senate chamber was located in what would have been the courtyard area in-between.[15]
The new wing included a library (bibliothèque) with a cycle of paintings (1845–1847) by Eugène Delacroix. In the 1850s, at the request of Emperor Napoleon III, Gisors created the highly decorated Salle des Conférences (inspired by the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre), which influenced the nature of subsequent official interiors of the Second Empire, including those of the Palais Garnier.[15]
During the German occupation of Paris (1940–1944), Hermann Göring took over the palace as the headquarters of the Luftwaffe in France, taking for himself a sumptuous suite of rooms to accommodate his visits to the French capital.
His subordinate, Luftwaffe Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle, was also given an apartment in the Luxembourg palace, and spent most of the war enjoying the luxurious surroundings. "The Field Marshal's craving for luxury and public display ran a close second to that of his superior, Goering; he was also his match in corpulence", wrote armaments minister Albert Speer after a visit to Sperrle in Paris.
The palace was a designated "strong point" for German forces defending the city in August 1944, but thanks to the decision of Commanding General Dietrich von Choltitz to surrender the city rather than fight, the palace was only minimally damaged.
From 29 July to 15 October 1946, the Luxembourg Palace was the site of the talks of Paris Peace Conference.
Assorted views of the palace
View from the Luxembourg Gardens
See also
- List of works by James Pradier Sculpture
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 129.
- ^ Ayers 2004, pp. 129–131.
- ^ Collins 2004, p. 166 says that the building's architect, Salomon de Brosse sent Clément Métezeau. Other sources (Benevolo 1978, p. 706, and Ayers 2004, p. 130) state that Marie de Medicis probably sent Clément's brother, Louis Métezeau, to Florence to make detailed drawings.
- ^ Remarked upon in correspondence of the Florentine resident Giovanni Battista Gondi, in Deborah Marrow, "Maria de' Medici and the Decoration of the Luxembourg Palace" The Burlington Magazine 121 No. 921 (December 1979), pp. 783–788, 791.
- ^ Marrow 1979.791.
- ^ They are conserved in the Louvre.
- ^ Blunt, "A series of paintings illustrating the History of the Medici Family executed for Marie de Médicis", The Burlington Magazine 109 (1967), pp. 492–98, 562–66, and Marrow 1979.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 131.
- ^ Dicken's Dictionary of Paris, 1882, p. 143.
- ^ Carré, Henri. Mademoiselle. Fille du Régent. Duchesse de Berry 1695-1719, Paris, Hachette, 1936.
- ^ E. de Barthélémy (ed.), Gazette de la Régence. Janvier 1715-1719, Paris, 1887, p.180. The Duchess of Berry was heavily pregnant at the time of Peter the Great's visit. She secretly gave birth a few weeks later in her castle at La Muette where she had secluded herself until the time of delivery. In spite of all efforts to conceal it, Madame de Berry's maternity was well known. It inspired the satirists who lampooned Berry's penchant for lovers writing up a long list of all possible fathers for her secret baby
- ^ Mémoires complets et authentiques du Duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la régence, Volume 15, Paris, 1829, pp.404-405.
- ^ Pevitt, Christine, Philippe, Duc d'Orléans: Regent of France Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1997
- ^ Andrew L. McClellan, "The Musée du Louvre as Revolutionary Metaphor During the Terror", The Art Bulletin, vol. 70 (June, 1988), pp. 300–313 (300).
- ^ a b c Ayers 2004, p. 131.
- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Benevolo, Leonardo (1978). The Architecture of the Renaissance, vol. 2. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 9780891587200.
- Collins, Peter (2004). Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture, 2nd edition. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773525641.
- Hustin, Arthur (1904). Le Palais du Luxembourg. Paris: P. Mouillot. Listings at WorldCat. View at Google Books.
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- "The Luxembourg Palace" at the website of the French Senate
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Poème électronique
Poème électronique (English Translation: "Electronic Poem") is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. The Philips corporation commissioned Le Corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress. Le Corbusier came up with the title Poème électronique, saying he wanted to create a "poem in a bottle". Varèse composed the piece with the intention of creating a liberation between sounds and as a result uses noises not usually considered "musical" throughout the piece.
Original performance[edit]
The pavilion was shaped like a stomach, with a narrow entrance and exit on either side of a large central space. As the audience entered and exited the pavilion, the electronic composition Concret PH by Iannis Xenakis (who also acted as Le Corbusier's architectural assistant for the pavilion's design) was heard. Poème électronique was synchronized to a film of black and white photographs selected by Le Corbusier which touched on vague themes of human existence. Le Corbusier's original concept called for a pause in the film while his voice was heard, speaking directly to the audience. However, Varèse objected to the idea that Le Corbusier's voice would be played over his composition, and the idea was abandoned.
The interior of the pavilion was also lit by a constantly changing pattern of colored lights, and in addition to the film, three separate projectors showed additional still photos on the walls.
Varèse designed a very complex spatialization scheme which was synchronized to the film. Prefiguring the acousmonium style of sound projection, hundreds of speakers were controlled by sound projectionists with a series of rotary telephone dials. Each dial could turn on five speakers at a time out of a bank of 12. Many estimates of the pavilion's sound system go as high as 450 speakers, but based on the limitations of the switching system and the number of projectionists used, an estimate of 350 seems more reasonable.
The speakers were fixed to the interior walls of the pavilion, which were then coated in asbestos. The resulting appearance was of a series of bumps. The asbestos hardened the walls, creating a cavernous acoustic space.
The spatialization scheme exploited the unique physical layout of the pavilion. The speakers stretched up to the apex of Le Corbusier's points, and Varèse made great use of the possibilities, sending the sound up and down the walls.[1]
The piece was originally recorded on three separate monaural tapes, two of which were in turn recorded onto a stereo tape with panning effects. The stereo tape and the remaining monaural tape were finally combined onto 35-mm perforated tape in order to synchronize the tape with the film and lighting changes.[2]
Sequence of events[edit]
The images in Le Corbusier's film are all black and white still photographs and willfully abstract. The first image is a bull's head in a spotlight. The final image is a woman holding an infant. Le Corbusier assigned thematic sections to the film:
0 – 60" | Genesis |
61 – 120" | Spirit and Matter |
121 – 204" | From Darkness to Dawn |
205 – 240" | Man-Made Gods |
241 – 300" | How Time Moulds Civilization |
301 – 360" | Harmony |
361 – 480" | To All Mankind |
The sequence of sounds in Varèse's composition:
0" | 1. | a. | Low bell tolls. "Wood blocks." Sirens. Fast taps lead to high, piercing sounds. 2-second pause. |
43" | b. | "Bongo" tones and higher grating noises. Sirens. Short "squawks." Three-tone group stated three times. | |
1'11" | c. | Low sustained tones with grating noises. Sirens. Short "squawks." Three-tone group. 2-second pause. | |
1'40" | d. | Short "squawks." High "chirps." Variety of "shots," "honks," "machine noises." Sirens. Taps lead to | |
2'36" | 2. | a. | Low bell tolls. Sustained electronic tones. Repeated "bongo" tones. High and sustained electronic tones. Low tone, crescendo. Rhythmic noises lead to |
3'41" | b. | Voice, "Oh-gah." 4-second pause. Voice continues softly. | |
4'17" | c. | Suddenly loud. Rhythmic percussive sounds joined by voice. Low "animal noises," scraping, shuffling, hollow vocal sounds. Decrescendo into 7-second pause. | |
5'47" | d. | Sustained electronic tones, crescendo and decrecendo. Rhythmic percussive sounds. Higher sustained electronic tones, crescendo. "Airplane rumble," "chimes," jangling. | |
6'47" | e. | Female voice. Male chorus. Electronic noises, organ. High taps. Swooping organ sound. Three-note group stated twice. Rumble, sirens, crescendo (8 minutes and 5 seconds)."[3] |
- ^ Joe Drew, "Reconstructing the Philips Pavilion", ANABlog, January 2010.
- ^ Vincenzo Lombardo, Andrea Valle, John Fitch, Kees Tazelaar, Stefan Weinzierl, Wojciech Borczyk, "A Virtual-Reality Reconstruction of Poème Électronique Based on Philological Research", Computer Music Journal, Summer 2009, Vol. 33, No. 2: 24–47.
- ^ Roger Kamien, "Music: An Appreciation". page 528. Copyright © 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976 by McGraw-Hill.
External links[edit]
- Virtual Electronic Poem project web site
- Virtual Electronic Poem project documentary on YouTube
- Marc Treib, Space Calculated in Seconds, Princeton, 1996
- Philips Pavilion Pictures of the Philips Pavilion
- monaural rendering of Poème électronique
- Interpretation of the original film and light projections


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Claudia Cattaneo: We will always wonder why Talisman made itself so vulnerable to declining oil prices — a situation it faced many times before
Claudia Cattaneo: There will be more. With share prices at garage-sale levels, the whole Canadian energy sector is vulnerable to being picked on by anyone with a war chest
Repsol SA has dropped a plan to buy all of Talisman Energy Inc., and is instead weighing the purchase of some of the Canadian company's shale assets, people with knowledge of the matter said
Claudia Cattaneo: When it comes to Talisman Energy Inc., activist investors such as Carl Icahn should get out of the way and let the company's leadership finish the job
Claudia Cattaneo: It's a tough time to be an oil company CEO, but boards seem to be dealing with underperformance in different ways
Analysis: A sale is becoming Talisman Energy Inc.'s best bet as analysts turn more bearish on the Canadian oil and gas producer than at any time in almost eight years
Claudia Cattaneo: Is Talisman shrinking itself to grow or increase dividends? Is it prepping itself for a sale? Is it strengthening itself to be an acquirer?
Claudia Cattaneo: Investors have become increasingly disenchanted with Talisman Energy, resulting in a low stock price and persistent rumours of a sale. Talisman signaled Monday it's changing course rather than putting itself on the block
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Remember the scrapbook frame I made for my daughter for her birthday, well I had to make one for my son! It took a little while to figure out colors I wanted for his, but as soon as I found the little mini banner that says, "A Great Day," and the other embellishments that came with it, I knew how I wanted my son's frame to look. He always says, everyday, "It's a Really Great Day, Mom!" His current bedding is blues, his baby quilt has pastel blues, greens, and yellows so I figured these would go well.
It was super hard with him being 3 1/2 to pick which pictures I wanted to go into the frame. I picked the ones that are our favorites as well as show his personality best.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Son's Scrapbook Frame
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Orange and Yellow Wedding Gift
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Flower Ribbon Topiary
I made my first Ribbon Topiary - again for my daughter's first birthday. I was kinda nervous about it thinking it wouldn't be fun to make, but it ended up being very fun to make. I wish I had more time to make more of them.
Tutorial and example from here and pinned here.
Here's mine:
I didn't use a square block to hold the dowel on the bottom like the original did. I just stuck it in my container (from the $1 store) and surrounded it with candy and some glass flowers. It stayed pretty well in place. If you think children will play with it, then you might want to have the foam block for stronger support.
After I was finished, I also added some clear flower stickers on top of some pieces of my ribbon so it kinda looked like a flower tree. =) I wanted to add some butterfly stickers, but I couldn't find any the right size that I liked for it.
For me, I just looked through all my ribbon, found the colors I needed, cut them up into equal pieces and stuck them on. Some people have said to not use a lot of different kinds of ribbon, but I did and loved mine. Some pieces I didn't even loop, I just left straight for a different look.
This is a great project to use scrap ribbon on and spice up a room not just decoration for a birthday =) Think holiday themed ones.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Father's Day Layout
Father's Day layout using papers from BoBunny - "A Hero is Made: Dad"
This photo is from Father's Day 2011.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Favor Boxes
I made these favor boxes using my Silhouette Cameo for my daughter's birthday. I filled mine with fruit snacks, suckers, and little toy favors: spin tops and butterfly rings.
They have all sorts of these favor boxes to download and cut out with your Silhouette - graduation, dad, mom, birthday: dinosaur, butterfly, thank you and more!
Check them out! Super simple and super cute favor boxes for a birthday or just a thank you! They'd even be great for a wedding!
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Mother's Day Layouts
I made this Mother's Day layout for the 2nd Saturday class I teach. Since I already had a mother layout with my mom, I made one for my MIL.
I entitled it Mother of 1 to Mother of 6 and just had a picture showing each new son they added to the family over the years.
I used my Silhouette to cut the layout and then I used the negative pieces for the other side.
The title parts "of 1" and "of 6" are hard to see in the picture, but I did them with a spring green vinyl.
Lucky to be your Mom
I made this layout for myself. I used a flower basket download from Silhouette. I made sure to do this download onto a striped/multi-patterned paper so you could see the different pieces well.
Again I did my title in the spring green vinyl.
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13 Famous Movies That Reused Old Footage
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IGN Presents the History of Awesome: 1995
September 23, 2015 - The first E3 and the first PlayStation debuted in 1995, marking a new era in video gaming. Toy Story, Chrono Trigger, and plenty more...
Top 10 Samuel L. Jackson Genre Movies
April 3, 2014 - With Cap 2 in theaters, we shine our spotlight on the best genre movies starring the one and only Samuel L. Jackson.
Die Hard Rip-Offs: Worst to Best
September 20, 2013 - With our ears still ringing from Roland Emmerich's White House Down, we rate the other movies that have been inspired by John McClane.
10 Movies With Re-Shot Endings
June 26, 2013 - With the new ending of World War Z coming under serious scrutiny this past week, we've compiled a list of films which had their finales fiddled with.
The A-Z of Die Hard
February 8, 2013 - With A Good Day to Die Hard about to hit screens, we celebrate the the series' most memorable moments and characters.
Who is the Next British Action Hero?
February 7, 2013 - With Bruce Willis talking up British action stars, we select 15 of the best, including Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill.
Watch All Five Die Die Hard Films in Theaters
January 16, 2013 - To commemorate the premiere of A Good Day to Die Hard, 20th Century Fox is hosting a Die Hard marathon in theaters for one day only.
Yippee Ki-Yay! It's Die Hard's 25th Anniv. Collection
December 4, 2012 - This time, he's the right guy in the right place at the right time. Get all four Die Hard films on Blu, including a "Decoding Die Hard" disc.
Die Hard 5 Villain Rumors
February 1, 2011 - Die Hard 24/7, the fifth entry in the action franchise, will reportedly see Bruce Willis' John McClane battling yet another member of the evil Gruber clan.
Get Ready For The Expendables
August 12, 2010 - Nearly every damn action hero ever made, from Stallone to Stone Cold, is in The Expendables, a hollow-point love letter to all things '80s-action-movie excess. To celebrate the movie, IGN thinks you should revisit these classics made out of explosions, gunfights and lots of sweaty biceps.
Die Hard Open 24 Hours
June 9, 2010 - The origin of the new Die Hard movie title began with this idea: What if we fan-fic the eff out of our development budget and work on a Die Hard/24 crossover?!
Willis Up for Die Hard 5
February 23, 2010 - Die Hard fans rejoice! Bruce Willis reckons a fifth instalment in the franchise will happen soon. The action star told MTV News (whilst on the press tour for Cop Out); "I think we're going to do a Die Hard 5 next year."
IGN Darwin Awards: Worst Crooks Ever
December 4, 2009 - Movie crooks fall into two categories: Danny Ocean and other. The "other" category is full of the criminal equivalent to Star Trek Red Shirts, guys who are there to intentionally monkey wrench the whole op, all so the hero or heroes can have yet another excuse to dispatch a one-liner and, in some cases, an armory full of ammo.
IGN Playlist: Best Modern Heist Movies
December 2, 2009 - Welcome to the IGN Playlist, where we hit "shuffle" on the top shelf of our extensive movie collection to bring you a random assortment of some of the best that a genre has to offer. Today, in honor of Armored which opens tomorrow, we're going to offer up our favorite modern heist flicks.
John Cena: Man of Action
June 30, 2009 - We had a chance to chat with the film's star, former WWE Champion John Cena, about his experience working on 12 Rounds and his favorite actions films from back in the day.
Burn Notice: "End Run" Review
June 19, 2009 - Okay, so I've got some bad news. Nate's (Seth Peterson) back. Yah, bra. Brother Westen has returned home from Las Vegas after being mysteriously absent from the Season 2 episode "Do No Harm." That was the episode where we were just told that Nate had been released from jail, and not actually shown Nate being released from jail. And now he's returned with more designs for making Michael's (Jeffrey Donovan) life miserable. Of course, this time around Nate doesn't' actually realize the hell that he's putting his brother through as he's just a pawn in a much larger scheme.
IGN Playlist: New York Action/Thrillers
June 9, 2009 - Welcome to the IGN Playlist, where we hit "shuffle" on the top shelf of our extensive movie collection to bring you a random assortment of some of the best that a genre has to offer. In anticipation of the upcoming remake of The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, we poured through a huge variety of New York action/thrillers to come up with a fun, eclectic list for your viewing pleasure.
Hero Showdown: John McClane vs. Jack Bauer
November 20, 2007 - Last week's Hero Showdown featured a battle of the video game badasses - Max Payne vs. Agent 47, with the cloned hitman taking 58.3% of the vote against the vengeful Payne's 41.6%. In other words, Payne felt the pain on that one, but that was then and this is now, and IGN Stars has yet another Hero Showdown for our faithful, primed-for-Turkey-Day readers. So here's one to vote on while you groove on the gravy, mash on the potatoes, and stuff yourselves with stuffing this holiday weekend
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November 19, 2007 - Welcome back to Obscure Character of the day, the feature where we break down some of the most memorable bit players in the world of pop culture. This week, and leading up to the 11/20 release of Live Free or Die Hard on DVD, OCD celebrates the Die Hard legacy, putting John McClane's world under the OCD spotlight.


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Thursday, August 5, 2010
☞ BESPOKE: Lenox Green Malls Extended North
There was a lot of construction in the center traffic islands around 124th Street and Lenox this past June (top two photos) and the final plan has now been revealed. The last photo shows the Green Malls in the Mount Morris Park Historic District which include benches and all sorts of flora. The third photo down shows that there are now new, open mall plots being filled with dirt on the said construction site from 124th to 126th Street. Most of upper Broadway in West Harlem have many these avenue green spaces so it's nice to see the city investing in them in Central Harlem. Those trees will sure soften the look of some of the harsher, new architecture seen in the second photo. All photos by Ulysses
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A reader just mentioned there are tree medians further up Lenox. The one's further up the block are not the wide plots that are being set up now. Wider plots have more of a garden feel to them since they provide space for bushes and various types of trees to coexist. The tree medians further north on Lenox look like the typical sidewalk type of tree planting.
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DURHAM � Crews are working twenty-four hour shifts in hopes of reopening Durham Marketplace by this weekend.
Town Manager Todd Selig said the fire at the store started in a cheese cooler at the front of the building.
�The sprinkler system knocked the fire down and put it out, but it did smolder for a period of time,� Selig said. �They don�t have a definitive opening date because it will depend upon the progress of the cleaning inside of the building, but they are hopeful that they will be able to open by Sunday or Monday.�
At 11:17 p.m. on Sunday, the Durham Fire Department responded to a fire alarm activation at the 7 Mill Road business. Crews from surrounding communities assisted Durham firefighters including Lee, Newmarket and Dover. McGregor Ambulance also responded to the scene.
The store sprinkler system knocked the fire down by the time crews arrived, but firefighters came to assist in extensive cleanup. The building was full of smoke when they arrived, so crews set up fans to ventilate the building and mopped up the wet floors.
Durham Deputy Fire Chief John Powers said the fire was extinguished by the sprinkler system and the firefighters were able to turn the water off when they arrived.
The fire was declared under control shortly after 11:30 p.m.
�The owners are in the process of restoring the building and discarding the stuff that was affected and restoring the store and hoping to have it up and running on Sunday,� Powers said. �They said the safety of their patrons is priority number one.�
Chuck Cressy, the storeowner, is hopeful to open on Saturday. He said SERVPRO, a commercial cleaning company, is working with them to remove smoke, soot and water with their cleaning products.
�We will know on Friday if we can open on Saturday,� he said. �Every single food item is gone and will be replaced and a lot of the paper goods and the canisters that were holding the food have been removed. The entire store is being cleaned and over 30 people per shift from SERVPRO are working twenty-four-seven.�
He said thankfully no one was in the store when the fire started, but the cleanup is extensive.
�The cooler was in front of the store and no other water sprinklers went off except the sprinkler directly above the cooler. Immediate damage was limited to smoke only, but that is just as bad as getting everything wet from the sprinklers,� he said. �The cleanup process is a twenty-four-seven process with the biggest team SERVPRO can put together.�
Selig said residents have been asking him how they can help with the cleanup.
�The cleanup really has to be done by trained professionals,� he said. �There are no tasks for folks to help with at this point, but residents can help by paying attention to when it reopens and bring their business back.�
Crews work tirelessly to reopen Durham market after cheese cooler fire
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Kittens, housecats, and large cats (all f) are carnivorous domestic animals and can be tamed with tripe, food rations, fortune cookies, or edible corpses if they are fresh.
Eating the corpse of a domestic cat is alike to cannibalism unless you are an orc or a caveman. This will give you the aggravate monster intrinsic, but will not decrease your luck: "You feel that eating the kitten was a bad idea." While you should not sacrifice a former pet that died tame, offering a cat corpse is otherwise safe.
The famous "Schrödinger's Cat" can sometimes be found in a quantum mechanic's large box - either dead or alive. Just as in quantum physics, its state is determined only the moment you observe it.
Beware! At lower levels, hostile (not your pet) kittens, and other felines are extremely dangerous. They move much faster than you do, and thus may attack you multiple times per turn. Deaths at the hands of cats account for about .6 percent of deaths on nethack.alt.org.
Types of catEdit
f kitten | |
Difficulty | 3 |
Attacks |
Bite: 1d6 |
Base level | 2 |
Base experience | 22 |
Speed | 18 |
Base AC | 6 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 |
Frequency (by normal mechanisms) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 150 |
Nutritional value | 150 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | None |
Resistances conveyed |
The kitten is one of three possible starting pets, the others being dogs and ponies (for Knights). They are capable of growing up into housecats after they kill enough monsters.
The kitten and its grown up forms are sometimes better fighters than newly started characters, and can be used to fight for you in the early stages of the game. Nevertheless, they may be more vulnerable than you against passive attacks, such as acidic monsters or floating eyes. They also are extremely vulnerable to falling rock traps and rolling boulder traps and many die to this within the first hundred turns of a game.
f housecat | |
Difficulty | 5 |
Attacks |
Bite: 1d6 |
Base level | 4 |
Base experience | 44 |
Speed | 16 |
Base AC | 5 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 |
Frequency (by normal mechanisms) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 200 |
Nutritional value | 200 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | None |
Resistances conveyed |
The housecat is a grown-up kitten and is therefore usually encountered as a player's pet. They are capable of growing up into large cats.
As with their brethren, they are excellent fighters to have as companions to early game characters, but remain vulnerable to passive attacks.
Large catEdit
f large cat | |
Difficulty | 7 |
Attacks |
Bite: 2d4 |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 76 |
Speed | 15 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 0 |
Alignment | 0 |
Frequency (by normal mechanisms) | Very rare |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 250 |
Nutritional value | 250 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | None |
Resistances conveyed |
The large cat is the final form of a grown-up housecat, and is therefore usually encountered as a player's pet (especially with early game characters, as they are easy to obtain by training a starting kitten).
As with their brethren, they are excellent fighters to have as companions to early game characters, but remain vulnerable to passive attacks. Eventually, it may be worthwhile to attempt to upgrade your large cat to another monster using a polymorph trap, especially if you have more than one pet.
Pet catsEdit
Cats are one of the most common pets. Many roles begin the game with one.
Taming wild cats is usually easy, because all sizes of cat are considered domestic animals. Throwing a meaty treat, a safe fresh meat-based corpse, or processed human food at a hostile or peaceful cat will tame it. Throwing any other comestible at a cat will at least render it peaceful, with the exception of cream pies and eggs (which will break on impact).
All meaty treats (tripe rations or meatballs), can be used to train your cat to fetch.
You can #chat with your cat to get an idea of how it is feeling:
- it will yowl if it is caught in a trap, confused, fleeing, or tameness is getting low.
- if the cat is leashed, and there is a trap next to it, it will whimper without you #chatting to it. This works even if the trap is undetected.
- if it will be hungry soon (1000 turns or less), it will mew.
- if it is hungry, it will meow.
- the rest of the time it will purr.
Encyclopedia entryEdit
Well-known quadruped domestic animal from the family of
predatory felines (_Felis ochreata domestica_), with a thick,
soft pelt; often kept as a pet. Various folklores have the
cat associated with magic and the gods of ancient Egypt.
So Ulthar went to sleep in vain anger; and when the people
awakened at dawn - behold! Every cat was back at his
accustomed hearth! Large and small, black, grey, striped,
yellow and white, none was missing. Very sleek and fat did
the cats appear, and sonorous with purring content.


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Vowing to appeal a recent judges decision about the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Charter School Act, Doug Mann, attorney for TPS says an appeal is likely. This is a complete waste of taxpayer education dollars by Tulsa Public Schools.
As I have blogged before, the OCSA is constitutional, until a judge rules it's not.
In this case a judge from OKC ruled it is constitutional.
Since 2001 there have been a number of attempts to start some more charter schools in the Tulsa district. All have failed, mainly by the cloud this lawsuit has created in the minds of potential sponsors.
As a result, OKC without a cloud has more than twice the number of charter schools as Tulsa. Tulsa has had three since 2001.
You can read more about it here.
Meaningful public education reform has been thwarted. Every Tulsan has lost out as a consequence. It is amoral to continue to take taxpayer dollars to fund a system that is incapable of reforming itself.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Judge Upholds Oklahoma's Charter School Law
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Season 4 Now Available on DVD
Yes, you've waited a long time for this one. The Project Runway Season 4 DVD is now available.
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to order. And while you're at it, don't forget to order the Daniel Vosovic book,
Fashion Inside Out
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The One Hundred
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Research:Article feedback
Article Feedback v5 | Data & Metrics | Stage 1: Design (December 2011 - March 2012) |
Stage 2: Placement (March 2012 - April 2012) |
Stage 3: Impact on engagement (April 2012 - May 2012) |
WP:AFT5 (Talk) Dashboards |
Volume analysis |
Conversions and newcomer quality Final tests Quality assessment |
This page documents a research project in progress.
Information may be incomplete and change as the project progresses.
Key Personnel[edit]
- Dario Taraborelli
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- Fabrice Florin
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The Article feedback project is an initiative of the Wikimedia Foundation to engage Wikimedia readers in the assessment of article quality, one of the five priorities defined in the strategic plan. It is based on the WMF-developed ArticleFeedback MediaWiki extension called Article Feedback Tool (AFT) and deployed as of v.4 on all articles on the English Wikipedia. A new version (v.5) of the Article Feedback Tool is under development, with a new emphasis on engaging readers to participate more on Wikipedia.
Research reports from the first phase of AFT's deployment (up to v.4) can be found on this page.
AFT v.5 was initially enabled on a small sample (0.3%) of randomly selected articles from the English Wikipedia on top of a small list of high-profile articles. Visitors are randomly assigned to one of three buckets for testing purposes. Key metrics and a work plan for testing AFT v.5 are available on this page. Clicktracking data specifications are described here.
The first reports from phase 1 of the AFT5 experimentation are available. They report results on the difference in volume and quality of feedback as a function of the design and placement of the AFT widget. For real-time data from the current AFT5 tests, check the metrics dashboard and feedback stream, as well as data dumps.
Time Line[edit]
A detailed timeline of the project can be found on this page.
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Article Feedback Version 5 | Specs: Hub • Feature Requirements • Technical Design • Testing • Extension Page Metrics: Data and Metrics Plan • Clicktracking • Volume Analysis • Quality Assessment Tools: AFTv5 Category • Wikipedia Data Stream • Open Bugs • Recent Code Changes • PDF Prototype Community: MW talk page • Ideas Log • Wikipedia talk page |


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This Natural Cane 2 Basket Storage Unit is an attractive solution to storing many items, not just shoes as is pictured. The full functionality of t...more
This Natural Cane 2 Basket Storage Unit is an attractive solution to storing many items, not just shoes as is pictured. The full functionality of this Storage unit is appreciated when you choose to add the optional padded seat from the drop down menu and select any of the quality fabrics to match your décor.
Bulit upon a sturdy wooden frame with each storage baskets separated with wooden dividers for extra strength this cane storage chest should last you many years. You can choose to have your Natural Cane 2 Basket Chest Unit delivered in one of three finishes - candy brown, white or chestnut.
Natural cane furniture is becoming increasingly popular around many homes for its durability and inability to be affected by any fashion trends set to sway our decision when looking for the most attractive and reliable indoor furniture we can find at the right price for our homes.
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So the other day I entered the names of two people who had been on my Facebook feed, because I hadn't heard from them lately. Turns out I had been de-friended - apparently on their ends, since I haven't let anybody go in a long time. Sometimes I'll hear about how people will flip out if they've been de-friended or unfollowed, as though it's akin to shunning or disfellowship. Oddly, though, I'm not insulted, or hurt. I feel this apathy is somewhat connected to my recent social media burnout.
If you know me in my real life, you know I have worked in social media marketing for the past seven years. Before that, I worked in SEO (back before Google launched). Come next month, I will transition to a new job related to publishing. I will write and promote authors and publishers, and hopefully bring readers to the books they want to read. There will be SEO and SMO to handle, yes, but my work will be concentrated on a few sites as opposed to 30 different clients. I will finally have more focus in my work, and hopefully bring my expertise to this business and increase it.
As for social media on the personal side, the subject of the post says it all. I still use Twitter frequently as Leigh, as I find it's the best fit for me. I've been advised to do more with Facebook since it appears that readers do utilize it for book recommendations, but I find it's a struggle to talk about myself. The last thing I want is to constantly hustle people into buying books. I get turned off by authors who tweet promo every hour, so why would I do the same thing? I do admit, it's a challenge to be "on" all the time, but I do like talking with people on Twitter. Perhaps I should concentrate more on communication rather than talking at people.
Well, I suppose I'll figure it out soon enough. In the meantime, I'm trying to build strength for the new job, more writing, and the Coming Together book I'm editing. Look up for the cover and visit EroticAnthology.com for the guidelines. I'd love to see submissions over the holiday!


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Novel Everyone in the Wizarding world knows what happend 13 years ago at Godric's Hollow. What most don't know is Harry wasn't the only one to survive that fateful night with just a scar, but also his twin sister Jessica. They were seperated and have never known of the others existance until now. Now with Jessica turning 14 she will find out all about the wizarding world and her familys past...inclding meeting her twin brother. With the Tri-wizard tournamnet lommin in the distance and a strange attraction to her brother's school nemisses, how will Jessica survive her first year at Hogwarts. Genres: Drama, Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Harry, Hermione, OC , Ron, Voldemort Pairings: Draco/OC Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Contains Spoilers Published: 2011.07.22 Latest Chapter: 2011.08.12 Updated: 2011.08.12 Status: WIP (2129 words) |


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William Maher, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the host of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an Internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled Amazon Fishbowl.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. His commentaries target a wide swath of topics, from the right-wing to the left-wing, bureaucracies of many kinds, religion, political correctness, Hollywood, the mass media, and persons in positions of high political and social power, among many others. He supports the legalization of cannabis and gay marriage and serves on the board of PETA. He is also an outspoken critic of religion and is an advisory board member of The Reason Project. Maher is number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time.
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"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies."
Bill Maher
"Bush gave an interview and he said people will vote for him because 'They've seen me weep, they've seen me laugh, and they've seen me hug.' These are the same qualifications for a Tickle Me Elmo."
"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."
"If conservatives don't want to be seen as bitter people who cling to their guns and religion and anti-immigrant sentiments, they should stop being bitter and clinging to their guns, religion and anti-immigrant sentiments."
"The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after talking to Bush for a few minutes, he said, "You know what? Let's just grab lunch.""
"We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists."
"When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values."
"Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit.""
"But isn't there something wrong when I'm the ONLY guy in the country that got fired for 9/11?"
"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out."


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Walsenburg Police Chief Tommie McLallen says officers were called to a home in the 300-block of Hendren Avenue in the southern Colorado town early Thursday morning.
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Hello guys,
I'm trying to develop upload script which i have made referenced to other tutorials available on the net. i was wondering if this is clean and secured script?
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i have made and update to my script. but i'm still getting warning where the uploaded file cannot be moved to my server upload folder.
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I have tried change the above upload path to "C:\xampp\htdocs\uplodednotes" and it works fine. But when i'm putting more sub-folder like the above directory, below is the warnings i've encountered
Warning: move_uploaded_file(uplodednotes/upload/aclass/dave/skippMay.pdf): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\uplodednotes\upload\upen.php on line 48
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I'm sure to have made the folder named "dave" has write permission. Any advise of what went wrong would be much appreciated..
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An 82-year-old man required hospital treatment after being tasered by a Metropolitan Police officer, a watchdog said yesterday.
The pensioner was being arrested for carrying an offensive weapon and criminal damage when officers fired the electroshock weapon at him. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched an investigation into the incident in Ealing, west London.
The taser was discharged after armed police were called to Islip Gardens on 28 June to reports of a man being threatened.
The 82-year-old was taken into custody at Acton police station but, when he complained of pain, officers called an ambulance and he was taken to Central Middlesex Hospital.
He remained in hospital for several days and has since been discharged, the watchdog said.
IPCC commissioner Rachel Cerfontyne added: "Our investigation will examine whether the use of a Taser in these circumstances was proportionate and appropriate."
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DS Smith has spent €1.6bn (£1.3bn) buying the packaging division of a Swedish tissue-maker in a deal which it claimed made it Europe's biggest recycling company.
The acquisition from SCA – whose packaging operations have about 12,000 employees and brought in sales of €2.5bn in 2010 – will be paid for by a combination of debt and £466m from a nine-for-eight rights issue priced at 95p per share.
DS Smith's chief executive, Miles Roberts, said yesterday he wanted to spread into northern Europe. His company collects old cardboard boxes from retailers and manufacturers, recycles them, and has them back in use with customers such as Mars, Kraft, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser as little as a week later.
"We're big in the UK and France, but SCA is focused in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Nordics – where we have a very limited presence," Mr Roberts said. "Our customers want us to expand and grow our model. That's what this deal does."
SCA's customers include Mars, Danone, Unilever, Mercedes, BMW and swaths of Germany's car and aeronautics industry.
The acquisition must be agreed at a shareholder meeting on 3 February.
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Airline Outrage: Do What With My Laptop?
By Wayne Rash | Posted 08-21-2006When I wrote the article, laptops (and all other electronics) were banned only from some transatlantic flights, but there was concern that such a requirement could spread. Fortunately, it hasn't so far.
The good news is that the restrictions on electronics that applied to those transatlantic flights have been removed. You can now fly again with your laptop and your iPod. Just be prepared for some very detailed screening when you go through security. And be aware that those restrictions could be back again just as quickly, and with as little warning, as they were before.
But I have to admit that I was surprised at the level of rage that I heard in response to the article. Comments on the Web page where the article appears, and in my e-mail, tell me that there's a very deep current of dissatisfaction at the way business travelers are being treated. A constant theme was that if forced to check their laptops, most business travelers would simply not fly on a commercial airline.
For many travelers, there are alternatives to the degradation, inconvenience and stupid rules promulgated by the TSA. When I go visit my editors at eWEEK, for example, I'm pleased that Amtrak has succeeded in finding a way to make its trains reasonably quiet and comfortable, and fairly fast.
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Product Summary
The Elo TouchSystems IDS (Interactive Digital Signage) touch platform enables increased customer engagement and real-time metrics for OOH (out-of-home) environments by adding an exciting new dimension to traditional broadcast digital signage - the power of touch. The IDS solution incorporates two high-performance optional Computer Modules, ECM1 and ECM2, that are designed specifically for the Elo Interactive Display Signage (IDS) touch displays and offer maximum flexibility in delivering high quality digital signage functionality to increase customer engagement in OOH environments. The Computer Modules pair with the Elo IDS touch displays to form a professional platform that delivers a range of performance options in a sleek and stylish package. The Computer Modules, are easily installed into the IDS displays providing an integrated system that optimizes media bandwidth and interactivity for the delivery of highly engaging and measurable consumer content. The optional Computer Modules come in two powerful configurations providing a wide range of touch computing needs with a choice of Intel® processors. The ECM1 and ECM2 provide a high standard of quality for customer registration stations and check-in points as well as interactive digital signage applications. For average computing needs, the ECM1 comes with the Intel Celeron™ Dual-Core 2.2GHz processor and the ECM2 is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz processor for high performance computing needs.
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Product Type | Digital Signage Appliance |
Manufacturer Part Number | E587119 |
Manufacturer Website Address | www.tycoelectronics.com |
Manufacturer | Tyco Electronics |
Product Model | E587119 |
Product Name | E587119 Digital Signage Appliance |
Brand Name | Tyco |
Processor & Chipset
Processor Speed | 2.20 GHz |
Processor Type | Dual-core (2 Core) |
Processor Model | E1500 |
Processor Manufacturer | Intel |
Standard Memory | 1 GB |
Memory Technology | DDR2 SDRAM |
Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA |
Total Hard Drive Capacity | 160 GB |
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Graphics Controller Manufacturer | Intel |
Graphics Controller Model | GMA X4500 |
Network & Communication
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4 x USB |
Operating System | No |
Power Description
Input Voltage | 110 V AC |
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions | 2.3" Height x 11.3" Width x 9.0" Depth |
Weight (Approximate) | 5.50 lb |
Green Compliant | Yes |
Green Compliance Certificate/Authority | RoHS |
Standard Warranty | 3 Year |
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HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — Coach Norman Dale demanded that his Hickory Huskers pass the ball four times before taking a shot. And most of us have been led to believe that ball movement is the key to a good offense.
But this season, the Oklahoma City Thunder have the most efficient offense in the league, scoring 107.5 points per 100 possessions. And they're doing it with the league's lowest assist ratio.
The Thunder are the only team that has assisted on less than half of its field goals. Even the iso-happy Kings are assisting on a greater percentage of their buckets.
This isn't unprecedented. The 2005-06 Mavs had the second-most efficient offense in the league with an assist rate of slightly less than 50 percent. And over the last 15 seasons, there's been no real correlation between assist rate and offensive efficiency.
The Thunder's top three scorers all do most of their work without help.
Thunder percent of field goals assisted, 2011-12
Player | FGM | Assisted | % Assisted |
Kevin Durant | 468 | 220 | 47.0% |
Russell Westbrook | 438 | 97 | 22.1% |
James Harden | 239 | 119 | 49.8% |
Others | 653 | 450 | 68.9% |
Both Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant rank in the top five in unassisted field goals, with Westbrook leading the league by a large margin. James Harden's 120 unassisted field goals rank 49th.
Most unassisted field goals, 2011-12
Player | FGM | Assisted | Unassisted | % Unassisted |
Russell Westbrook | 438 | 97 | 341 | 77.9% |
Kobe Bryant | 485 | 205 | 280 | 57.7% |
LeBron James | 447 | 179 | 268 | 60.0% |
Tony Parker | 316 | 67 | 249 | 78.8% |
Kevin Durant | 468 | 220 | 248 | 53.0% |
Chris Paul | 295 | 50 | 245 | 83.1% |
John Wall | 282 | 53 | 229 | 81.2% |
Derrick Rose | 276 | 67 | 209 | 75.7% |
Brandon Jennings | 325 | 117 | 208 | 64.0% |
Deron Williams | 325 | 119 | 206 | 63.4% |
Durant, Westbrook and Harden are three different players. And they get their points in different ways.
Isolating Durant
According to Synergy Sports Technology, 23 percent of Durant's offense comes from isolations, while only 13 percent has come as the ball-handler on pick and rolls. Only Kobe Bryant has scored more points (369) on isolation plays than Durant (283).
Of Durant's 286 isolation plays, 56 percent have come from the middle of the floor. And according to Synergy he's been much more effective from there (1.10 points per possession) than from the left (0.94) or right (0.96) sides.
Durant also ranks fifth in the league with 210 fast-break points.
Westbrook in transition
Westbrook (243) ranks third in fast-break points, behind only LeBron James (292) and John Wall (283). Of Westbrook's total points, 21 percent have come on the break. But Westbrook isn't taking the ball all the way to the rim as often as James and Wall are. He seems to be a fan of the pull-up 15-footer in transition, with 39 of his 243 fast-break points (16 percent) coming on shots from outside the paint.
In contrast, only six percent of Wall's and nine percent of James' fast-break points have come from outside the paint.
Harden off the screen
Now, a low assist rate doesn't mean a team's offense is iso-heavy. According to Synergy, less than 12 percent of Harden's offense comes in isolation. But 30 percent of it comes on the pick and roll. And on 88 percent of those pick-and-roll plays, Harden dribbles off the screen or splits the defenders.
Still clutch
We tend to focus on the Thunder's lack of ball movement when they need a bucket on a late-game possession. It seems like they struggle to get good shots on final-minute possessions because they usually just give Durant the ball on the perimeter and ask him to do it by himself.
The one possession that really sticks out was in the final seconds of regulation in Game 5 of last year's conference finals. Durant got the ball more than 30 feet from the basket, went nowhere, and got blocked by Shawn Marion…
The Thunder have been in plenty of close games this season, and overall, they've been excellent in "clutch time" (last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with a score differential of five points or less), scoring 112 points per 100 possessions.
Durant leads the league with 126 clutch-time points on 41 percent shooting, while Westbrook ranks third with 102 points on 49 percent shooting. But only 31 of the Thunder's 86 clutch-time field goals (36 percent) have been assisted.
At the end of the first overtime on Friday, we saw OKC actually run a final-possession play that went beyond a simple down-screen to get Durant the ball on the perimeter. Harden got the ball at the top of the key this time, and he got the ball to Durant, who was open in the corner, thanks to a back-screen from Nick Collison…
But plays like that have been few and far between. And OKC is just 8-for-26 in the final minute, with a tie game or a deficit of 1-3 points, shooting and scoring just below the league-average rate in that situation.
Playoff problems?
Now, is there a problem with a low-assist offense in the postseason? Maybe…
All offense drops off in the playoffs. The average playoff team over the last 15 years has scored 1.8 fewer points per 100 possessions than they did in the regular season. And overall, there's no correlation between a team's regular season assist rate and the amount their offense regresses in the postseason.
But the 24 playoff teams who had a regular season assist rate of less than 55 percent saw their offense drop-off slightly more (2.4 points per 100 possessions) than the average. Three of those 24 teams made The Finals: the 2005-06 Mavericks, the 2008-09 Magic, and the 2010-11 Heat. All three lost when they got there.
Last year's Thunder had a regular season assist rate of 54.5 percent, and their offense dropped off by 1.7 points per 100 possessions in the playoffs, slightly more than the league did overall last year (1.5). In those playoffs, they were 1-for-11 from the field in the final minute with a tie game or a deficit of 1-3 points.


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Distinguished Officer of the Month - February 2011
Officer Marco Alfaro
The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) is pleased to announce that Officer Marco Alfaro has been awarded the departmental Bronze Medal of Valor and selected Distinguished Officer of the Month for February 2011. Officer Alfaro has been a member of this Department since April 2001, and is currently assigned to the Midwest District.
On November 11, 2010, at approximately 11:04 p.m., Officer Alfaro was dispatched to the Wendy's restaurant, located at 7555 NW 12 Street, reference an armed robbery-in-progress. Upon arrival, Officer Alfaro was confronted by four armed men who were exiting the restaurant after committing an armed robbery and stealing approximately $1,200. Officer Alfaro identified himself as a police officer and ordered the subjects to stop. Immediately, one of the subjects turned, pointed a gun at Officer Alfaro, and fired. Officer Alfaro used excellent officer safety skills in seeking cover and quickly requested back-up. As the four armed subjects fled the area on foot, Officer Alfaro ran after them. He was able to give accurate BOLO information and establish a perimeter. Shortly after, City of Doral Police Department Officer Yohan Martinez observed two males, one of whom fit the description of one of the suspects. Officer Martinez immediately took him into custody, while the other subject fled into a warehouse area. Meanwhile, MDPD Officers Michael Triglia and David Phillips had responded to the area and were searching the surrounding warehouses. Officer Phillips found clothing fitting the description given for another subject and then located the subject, hiding in a stairwell. With the assistance of Officers Triglia and Larry Laverde, Officer Phillips took him into custody. Robbery Bureau Detective Orlando Lopez observed another male fitting the description of one of the subjects. He was trying to flag down vehicles on a nearby highway, and Detective Lopez was able to detain him at gunpoint until the arrival of Officer Jorge Garrido. Prior to being taken into custody by Officer Garrido, the subject had thrown a stack of money to the ground. The money was later recovered. Additional units responded to the scene and a canine search was conducted for the last subject. Officer Marloys Morales observed the last subject fleeing into a wooded area. Canine Officer Daniel Escarra responded and continued the search. The subject was located and taken into custody without incident by Officers Escarra and Morales. Officer Alfaro positively identified this subject as the individual who fired a shot at him. Additionally, Officer Alfaro was able identify the other three subjects in custody. Sergeant Josephine Lorente assisted with obtaining information from the victims of the robbery and was quickly able to ascertain that a female victim, who is a manager at the Wendy's restaurant, was somehow involved in the robbery. Sergeant Lorente relayed this information to the Robbery Bureau detectives and it was learned that this victim was the sister of one of the subjects. During their attempt to elude capture, the subjects had removed their shirts and dumped their handguns. One gun was recovered the following day at the rear of Wendy's. This quick response to a critical situation resulted in the arrest of multiple dangerous subjects and the recovery of all the money taken from the restaurant. This display of excellent teamwork reflects honorably upon the Department and the entire law enforcement profession. The other participants received the Employee Excellence Award. Prepared by:
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BIODIVERSITYThe Earth's biodiversity — the variation of life at all levels — is the result of 4 billion years of evolution. And now it's vanishing in the blink of an eye. Under relentless pressure from exploding human populations, animal and plant species are going extinct at 100 to 1,000 times the natural rate. The diversity of life that sustains both ecological systems and human cultures around the world is collapsing. The Center for Biological Diversity is racing to save the unique plants and animals that make up the diversity of life on this planet. Our campaigns to save species and wild places now reach beyond U.S. borders from the Antarctic to the North Pole and Asia to North Africa. To help preserve biodiversity, the Center has: Center supporters are an essential part of our fight to save the unique, irreplaceable plants and animals that give the Earth its precious legacy. We have more than 240,000 members and online activists — without whom we wouldn't have a 93-percent success rate in the courts or a reputation for being one of the most cost-effective nonprofits in the country. And you can be a part of it. Get the latest news on preserving biodiversity and learn how you can support our work to stop extinction: Sign up on this page now. |
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Celebrity spotting at CoachellaIt was Friday afternoon, just before Cee Lo Green was supposed to take the main stage. Actress Vanessa Hudgens and a group of friends (including rumored new boyfriend Josh Hutcherson) were sitting on the grass, minding their own business and waiting for the performance to start. And that's when they descended. First it was just a photographer or two, but soon a number of paparazzos surrounded the group, snapping pictures from a distance of about five feet. A couple of Hudgens' male friends rose to their feet and starting taking photos of the paparazzi, distracting them as the young actress made a run for it. She dashed out of the VIP area and sprinted across the field near the Main Stage, losing her floppy hat and nearly her low-slung pants in the process. FULL POST Ahead of the Curve: Weekly pop culture cheat sheetWe have all been inundated with pictures like this one from the upcoming "Water for Elephants" for weeks, and the wait is finally over. On April 22, the movie based on Sara Gruen's novel of the same name and starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon will be coming to theaters. It's about a veterinary student, Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) who is about to complete his final exams when he is suddenly thrown into taking care of animals at a circus. During his time there, he falls in love with Marlena, played by Witherspoon, an equestrian star who is married to an abusive animal trainer. Here are some other things happening this week that you don't want to miss: TV Land Awards: Red carpet exclusivesAs you may have heard, the "TV Land Awards 2011" are set to premiere tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The show was pre-taped last Sunday, and we were able to conduct a few red carpet interviews with cast members from "Family Ties," "The Cosby Show" and "The Facts of Life," as well as Regis Philbin. When we asked Philbin why he thinks he was selected to win the Legend Award, the ever-jovial TV vet joked, "I think they ran out of other legends - they're all gone! I'm the last one left!" |
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Hello Kitty Ruffles
A 6 inch carrot cake with cream cheese icing for a small birthday cake. I wanted to keep the Hello Kitty theme looking a little more grown up and sophisticated by decorating it with the black and grey ruffles. You know, not layering too much pink on pink. ;)