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This compilation features the early, often largely unheard, efforts of performers who later became stars.
Some of the tracks pick themselves: Bowie as Davie Jones on the raw-boned R&B of "Liza Jane", similar tyro efforts from Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart, and relatively well-known warm-ups by the Band (as Levon & the Hawks), the Byrds (as the Beefeaters), and Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder's Rising Sons, for instance. But it's the more obscure unearthings that furnish the real fascination here: Lewis (later Lou) Reed as a greasy Freddy Cannon soundalike on "Your Love"; Love's Arthur Lee cranking out an organ instrumental in Booker T style, only with Sandy Nelson-esque drums; Warren Zevon's youthful folk-rock duo Lyme & Cybelle advising us to "Follow Me"; and sundry juvenilia from Mike Nesmith, Nilsson, Cher, J J Cale, Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin and soul auteur Dan Penn. Most impressive is "Hole in My Pocket", a great Cajun fiddle-inflected slice of R&B rock from the Rockets, already exhibiting the ramshackle power they would wield as Crazy Horse. Neil Young, meanwhile, forges an improbable alliance with Rick James on the Mynah Birds' muscular pop-rock outing "It's My Time".
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Golden Back Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) - 1/2" to 3/4"
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Golden Back Yellow shrimp are a higher grade of Neon Yellow Shrimp that feature a brilliant, neon yellow "racing" stripe down the back. Their gorgeous coloration draws the eye directly to these dynamic little shrimp and adds charm and cheer to any aquarium set-up. These shrimp look great, clean your tank, and are a blast to watch! They are very active and breed quickly.
We generally ship young adult shrimp that are already of breeding age. Golden Back Yellow Shrimp are fairly adaptable creatures that can live in almost any freshwater aquarium with the right water parameters. Younger shrimp may have not reached their full potential yet and will grow into a bright yellow color as long as they are comfortable in the tank. Lower intensity lighting and dark substrate also helps them achieve the most vibrant yellows.
- pH level range: 6.0 - 8.0
- Temperature range: 65° - 80° F (18° - 27° C)
- Water type: Soft to hard
- Recommended Aquatic Arts tank mates: Other types of dwarf shrimp (such as Blue Velvet shrimp, Sakura Red Cherry Shrimp, etc.), various types of snails (such as Nerite Snails, Mystery Snails, Sulawesi Snails, etc.). They can also be kept with small to medium-sized, non-aggressive fish such as Danios, Rasboras, and some types of Guppies.
- Additional notes: Relatively easy to care for - similar to other dwarf shrimp species. Dwarf shrimp prefer to live in tanks with live aquatic plants (such as java moss, baby tears, green cabomba, etc). This is because dwarf shrimp like the cover that plants provide, they love to graze on the plants for algae, and the plants help keep the water clean for them.


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Longfellow Bridge
Longfellow Bridge | |
Bridge as seen from the Prudential Tower observatory
Coordinates | 42°21′42″N 71°04′31″W / 42.361635°N 71.07541°WCoordinates: 42°21′42″N 71°04′31″W / 42.361635°N 71.07541°W |
Carries | Route 3, MBTA Red Line |
Crosses | Charles River |
Locale | Boston, Massachusetts to Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Maintained by | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | steel rib Arch bridge |
Total length | 1,767.5 feet (538.7 m)[1] |
Width | 105 feet (32 m)[1] |
Longest span | 188.5 feet (57.5 m)[1] |
History | |
Construction begin | July 1900[1] |
Opened | August 3, 1906 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 28,600 cars and 90,000 mass-transit passengers |
The Longfellow Bridge (also known to locals as the "Salt-and-Pepper Bridge"[2] due to the shape of its central towers, originally known as the Cambridge Bridge or the West Boston Bridge)[3] carries the Route 3 roadway, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line trains, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic. The structure spans the Charles River to connect Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The bridge falls under the jurisdiction and oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).[4] The bridge carries approximately 28,600 cars and 90,000 mass-transit passengers every weekday.[5] A portion of the elevated Charles/Massachusetts General Hospital rapid transit station lies at the eastern end of the bridge, which connects to Charles Circle.
Longfellow Bridge is a combination railway and highway bridge. It is 105 feet (32 m) wide, 1,767 feet 6 inches (538.73 m) long between abutments, and nearly one-half mile in length, including abutments and approaches. It consists of eleven steel arch spans supported on ten masonry piers and two massive abutments. The arches vary in length from 101 feet 6 inches (30.94 m) at the abutments to 188 feet 6 inches (57.45 m) at the center, and in rise from 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) to 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m). Headroom under the central arch is 26 feet (7.9 m) at mean high water.
The two large central piers, 188 feet (57 m) long and 53 feet 6 inches (16.31 m) wide,[1] feature four carved, ornamental stone towers that provide stairway access to pedestrian passageways beneath the bridge. Its sidewalks were originally both 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, but as of 2013[update], for unknown reasons, the upstream sidewalks were narrower than the downstream ones.
The first river crossing at this site was a ferry, first run in the 1630s.[6] The West Boston Bridge (a toll bridge) was constructed in 1793 by a group of private investors with a charter from the Commonwealth. At the time, there were only a handful of buildings in East Cambridge. The opening of the bridge caused a building boom along Main Street in Cambridge, which connected the bridge to Old Cambridge. In East Cambridge, new streets were laid out and land was reclaimed from the swamps along the Charles River.[7] The Cambridge and Concord Turnpike (now Broadway) was connected to the bridge's western approach around 1812. The bridge became toll-free on January 30, 1858.[8]
In 1898 the Cambridge Bridge Commission was created to construct "a new bridge across Charles River, to be known as Cambridge Bridge, at, upon, or near the site of the so-called West Boston Bridge... suitable for all the purposes of ordinary travel between said cities, and for the use of the elevated and surface cars of the Boston Elevated Railway Company." At its first meeting on June 16, 1898, Willam Jackson was appointed Chief Engineer; shortly afterward Edmund M. Wheelwright was appointed Consulting Architect. Both then traveled to Europe, where they made a thorough inspection of notable bridges in France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Upon their return, they prepared studies of various types of bridges, including bridges of stone and steel arch spans.
Although both state and national regulations at the time required a draw bridge, it became evident that a bridge without a draw would be cheaper, better-looking, and avoid disruption to traffic. The state altered its regulations accordingly, and after the War Department declined to follow suit, the United States Congress drew up an act permitting the bridge, which President William McKinley signed on March 29, 1900. Construction began in July 1900; the bridge opened on August 3, 1906, and was formally dedicated on July 31, 1907.[1]
Wheelwright had been inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition and was attempting to emulate the great bridges of Europe. Four large piers of the bridge are ornamented with the prows of Viking ships, carved in granite. They refer to a purported voyage by Leif Eriksson up the Charles River circa 1000 AD, as promoted by Harvard professor Eben Horsford. The piers are also decorated with the city seals of Boston and Cambridge.
There are pedestrian stairs on both sides of the bridge at both ends adorned with stone towers. Originally, these led to the Charles River shoreline, and on the Cambridge side they still do. On the Boston side, the construction of Storrow Drive in 1950-51 moved the shoreline, so that the stairs now lead to isolated parcels of land cut off from the river by Storrow Drive. There is no way to exit the upstream parcel, due to an off-ramp; the downstream one includes a crosswalk past another off-ramp. To reach the Charles River Esplanade, pedestrians must now proceed along the sidewalk to the end of the bridge, and use a wheelchair-accessible, pedestrian bridge at Charles Circle slightly south of the Longfellow Bridge.
Until 1952, the central road traffic lanes of the bridge also contained tracks which connected what is now known as the Blue Line, running from crossovers at the Cambridge end from the Red Line subway tracks, across the bridge and into Boston to the North Russell Street Incline of the Blue Line subway. Before the Orient Heights Blue Line yards were built, major repairs to that line's trains were performed at the former Eliot Square carbarns in Cambridge. For more details on this historic Red/Blue Line connection, see Blue Line (MBTA)#History.[9]
Neglect and rehabilitation[edit]
The Longfellow Bridge, like many bridges in the Commonwealth,[10] deteriorated into a state of disrepair. Between 1907 and 2011, the only major maintenance conducted on the bridge had been a small 1959 rehabilitation project and some lesser repairs done in 2002.[11]
On May 1, 2007, a fire broke out under the bridge, ignited by an unextinguished cigarette. The fire caused the bridge to be shut down to vehicle and train traffic,[12] and also severed Internet2 connectivity to Boston, causing problems with the Chicago-New York OC-192 route, according to the Internet2 blog.[13]
In the summer of 2008, two state employees stole 2,347 feet (715 m) of decorative iron trim that had been removed from the bridge for refurbishment, and sold it for scrap. The men, one of whom was a Department of Conservation and Recreation district manager, were charged with receiving $12,147 for the historic original parapet coping. The estimated cost to remake the pieces, scheduled for replication by 2012, was over $500,000.[14] The men were later convicted in September 2009.[15]
Also that summer, the western sidewalk and inner traffic lane were both closed, the Red Line subway was limited to 10 miles per hour (16 km/h), and Fourth-of-July fireworks-watchers were banned from the bridge, all because of concerns that the bridge might collapse under the weight and vibration of heavy use.[6] The speed restriction was lifted in August 2008, and the lane and sidewalk were reopened later on.
On August 4, 2008 Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a $3 billion Massachusetts bridge repair funding package he had sponsored.[16] Bond funds are to be used to pay for the rehabilitation of the Longfellow, with a preliminary cost estimate of $267.5 million.[17] If bridge maintenance had instead been performed regularly, the total estimated historical cost would have been about $81 million.[18] Design began in Spring 2005; construction was expected to begin in Spring 2012 and end in Spring 2016.[17]
Ownership and management of the overhaul was transferred from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) on November 1, 2009, along with other DCR bridges.[19]
Emergency repairs[edit]
The condition of the bridge was determined to be so bad that the state could not wait for development of a full restoration plan. A $17 million contract was signed with SPS New England Inc for interim repairs.[20] Crews began work in August 2010 that involved improving sidewalks on the approaches to bring them up to ADA compliance. In March 2011 crews began structural inspections for Phase II and cleaning of the stone masonry piers. MassDOT announced in May 2011 that work would begin on stripping and cleaning rust from steel arch ribbons that had not been painted since 1953. Crews were to apply paint primer to the arch ribbons and evaluate them for future major rehabilitation. All work was expected to be completed by December 2011.[21]
Major reconstruction project[edit]
A $255 million project started construction in Summer 2013 to replace structural elements of the bridge, and restore its historic character.[22] The project is expected to require at least 25 weekend shutdowns of MBTA Red Line subway service to accommodate construction, including multiple temporary relocations of the rapid transit tracks.[23] Outbound road traffic (from Boston to Cambridge) was detoured from the bridge for all 3 years of expected construction. A single lane of inbound traffic is expected to be available for the duration of the project, but it may be restricted to only buses at certain hours. A computer animation movie released by MassDOT shows the complex 6-stage rehabilitation process in great detail, including temporary installation of a "shoo-fly track" to allow the permanent railbed at the midline of the span to be rebuilt.[24]
The design/build phase of the bridge is to be completed by the joint venture team of contractors White-Skanska-Conslgli under supervision by MassDOT.[25] Bridge Architect Miguel Rosales of Boston-based transportation architects Rosales + Partners provided the conceptual design, bridge architecture, and aesthetic lighting design. Preliminary design engineering was performed by Jacobs Engineering. STV, Inc. is the final design engineer and engineer of record. When complete, the bridge will have widened sidewalks and bike lanes,[22][23] with two motor vehicle lanes inbound (towards Boston), but only a single lane outbound (towards Cambridge).[26]
The Longfellow Bridge Restoration and Rehabilitation project was scheduled for completion in 2016, but the completion date was extended to December 2018, due in part to historic restoration requiring obsolete construction techniques such as riveting.[26] In August 2016, the outbound side of the bridge was completely closed to all traffic, including pedestrians and cyclists, in order to complete work sooner. This measure may allow the bridge to be fully reopened in June 2018.[27]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Jackson, William (1909). Report of the Cambridge bridge commission and report of the chief engineer upon the construction of Cambridge bridge. Printing department. Cambridge Bridge Commission. p. 42. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ Angelo, William J. (June 6, 2007). "Salt and Pepper Bridge Slated For Major Rehab in Boston". Engineering News-Record. The McGraw-Hill Companies. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ^ A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston. City of Boston Printing Department. 1910. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Bridge Rehabilitation, Cambridge Street over the Charles River". Mhd.state.ma.us. Archived from the original on 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ "MassDOT Highway Division: Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation Project". Boston, Massachusetts: MassDOT (Commonwealth of Massachusetts). 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
The bridge presently carries 28,000 motor vehicles, 90,000 transit users, and significant numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists each day.
- ^ a b With bridges shaky, what if Boston lost its link to Cambridge? Boston Globe, 3 Aug 2008. Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 by Lucius Robinson Paige. p. 176 and thereafter
- ^ History of Cambridge, p. 201-202
- ^ Clarke, Bradley H. (198). The Boston Rapid Transit Album. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 14.
- ^ "Report: Mass. Road And Bridge Repair Is Poor". wbztv.com. Associated Press. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2008-09-02.[dead link]
- ^ Westerling, David & Steve Poftak, A Legacy of Neglect, Boston Globe Op Ed., A11 (Jul 31, 2007).
- ^ Firehouse.com[dead link]
- ^ "Internet2 blog". I2net.blogspot.com. 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ Ebbert, Stephanie (2008-09-12). "Case of the purloined ironwork". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ Ellement, John R. (2009-09-16). "Pair get jail for iron theft at bridge". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts: New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ Viser, Matt (2008-08-05). "Patrick signs $3b bill to fix bridges". boston.com. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ a b "Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP) Plan - By Locality" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ Ross, Casey, Longfellow's long list of woes Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Boston Herald Special Report, (Jan 11, 2008).
- ^ "90 Day Integration Report - September 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Longfellow Bridge". Massdot.state.ma.us. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Brown, Sara (April 12, 2011). "Beacon Hill gets a Longfellow Bridge update". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b MassDOT. "Longfellow Bridge". Accelerated Bridge Program. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ a b Powers, Martine (February 28, 2013). "Longfellow Bridge repairs, disruption to start in summer". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ MassDOT. "Longfellow Bridge Construction Animation". youmovemass. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ MassDOT. "MASSDOT BOARD APPROVES CONTRACTS FOR REHABILITATION OF LONGFELLOW AND WHITTIER BRIDGES". Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ a b Dungca, Nicole (July 29, 2015). "Longfellow Bridge construction extended until late 2018". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ Dungca, Nichole (August 31, 2016). "Rebuilt Longfellow Bridge may reopen by June 2018". Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- Jackson, William (1909). Report of the Cambridge bridge commission and report of the chief engineer upon the construction of Cambridge bridge. Printing department. Cambridge Bridge Commission. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- Freeman, Dale H. (2000). A changing bridge for changing times : the history of the West Boston Bridge, 1793-1907 ; a thesis. University of Massachusetts Boston. ASIN B0006RH37A.
- Seitinger, Susanne (2002). "Lookin' Good, Feelin' Good: the transformation of Charles Circle" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- Moskowitz, Eric (July 25, 2010). "Linking cities and eras". Boston Globe. pp. Pgs. 1–4. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
External links[edit]
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- Longfellow Bridge at Structurae
- "The Bridge", poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Longfellow Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Main Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Daniel, Mac (January 22, 2006). "Longfellow Bridge lane to close". The Boston Globe.
- "Defects lead to closure of a Longfellow Bridge sidewalk". The Boston Globe. June 6, 2008. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008.
- Ebbert, Stephanie (June 7, 2008). "Longfellow Bridge is off-limits July 4th". The Boston Globe.
- Ebbert, Stephanie (June 26, 2008). "Two lanes closed on Longfellow Bridge". The Boston Globe.
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A year after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in this central Florida town, there is a small memorial, a new police chief and an effort to improve race relations.
Trayvon Martin, 17, was gunned down on February 26, 2012, as he walked to his father's fiancee's home in one of Sanford's gated communities. The man accused of his killing, George Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic on neighborhood watch, is set to be tried on June 10.
A judge could grant immunity to Zimmerman at a pre-trial hearing on April 29 under Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law, which allows people to use lethal force in self defense if they are in fear of serious bodily harm.
Martin's death drew top-tier civil rights leaders, such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who brought a national spotlight to this town just north of Orlando and not far from Disney World.
That spotlight forced the town of 53,000 to confront police work that seemed to be a throwback to the days of separate and resolutely unequal racial sensibilities.
"This situation, with all eyes on Sanford is making them (city leaders) do something about it now," said Cindy Philemon, 49, who helps run the local black heritage museum and welcome center.
A year later Martin's family says it does not want the case considered in racial terms. "We don't want people to see this as a black kid. I want people to see this as a teenager ... who was walking, minding his own business," Martin's mother, Sabrina Fulton, told the NPR radio show "Tell Me More" on Monday night.
Despite the pain of losing her son, Fulton said she was glad that a debate had opened up about Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
The family is backing an amendment to the law seeking to restrict its application. "You can't follow, pursue and chase anyone, be the aggressor, have a confrontation with him, shoot and kill him, and then go home to your bed and nothing happens," she said.
During the weekend, volunteers in the black community hastily worked to complete a modest memorial of stuffed animals, cards and crosses in time to remember the first anniversary of Martin's shooting. It has also become a way for Sanford to remember the many other black victims of violence whose stories largely went untold.
City Manager Norton Bonaparte, who is black, said Sanford had begun to tackle deep-seated problems between police and the black community that were exposed in public forums after Martin's death.
"In honoring Trayvon's life, we have to make ourselves a better community," Bonaparte said.
The police chief at the time of Martin's shooting lost his job over criticism that his department and prosecutors chose not to charge or arrest Zimmerman.
The new chief starts his job in April.
"Now, it's like the police are getting more involved in being with the community," Philemon said. "They are starting to do their part in interacting with us. They say there is not as many shootings as there once was."
Another resident, Thelma Holmes, 62, agreed saying, "It is better than what it was before, because we had a lot of killings of young men ... The people and the police, they're both trying."
Trayvon's death will not be forgotten.
"It started people to come forward. So his death is not going to be in vain," Philemon said. "And he will always be remembered."
Martin's parents and lawyers will be in New York City, not Sanford, to hold a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night.
Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder, was granted bond and ordered to surrender his passport, agree to be electronically monitored, reside in Seminole County, and observe a nighttime curfew.


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Auto Club Speedway Celebrating Anniversary Subway Rolls Out New Daniel Suarez Spot NCAA Distributes Payouts To D-I Schools NHL To Play Two Avs-Sens Games In Sweden Nationals Quiet On New Field-Level Seats CONCACAF, CONMEBOL Weigh Joint Tourney Four Big Tech Companies Bidding For NFL's "TNF" Goodell Follows Up On Changes To NFL Games Disney Chair & CEO Bob Iger Extends Contract Coca-Cola's Marcos De Quintos Leaving Company
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Fila Facing Fine In Oz For Abuse Of Power At Retail
In Australian Federal Court on December 15, Fila "could face a fine of up to [US$7.3M] for breaching the Trade Practices Act after withdrawing its defence in its Federal Court battle" with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), according to Michael McGuire of THE MERCURY. The ACCC alleges that while Fila marketed jerseys and apparel of Australian Rules Football teams, the company "abused its market power and engaged in exclusive dealing" by "demand[ing] that retailers not stock AFL-branded product made by its competitors." McGuire noted that former Fila exec David Carney "has not withdrawn his defence and will continue fighting the ACCC" (THE MERCURY, 12/2).
Marketplace Round-Up
Vineyard Vines has become an official sponsor of U.S. Sailing. The company will create a limited edition commemorative tie and tote bag as part of U.S. Sailing's "Voyage to Athens" initiative. A line of U.S. Sailing themed ties is also being created (U.S. Sailing).... Kaleida Health has signed on as the official healthcare system of the Bills. The multi-year agreement includes category exclusivity, signage, rights to the team's logos and marks, in-game commercial recognition on the Bills radio network and a presence at the Bills' training camp (Bills)... AutoTote parent company Scientific Games and Breeders' Cup Ltd. signed a licensing agreement that "will allow North American lotteries to tie their games into" the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. The new games will be available through MDI Entertainment, which also licenses lottery games from the NHL, NBA, MLB Players Alumni Association, Louisville Slugger, F-1 racing legends and several Winston Cup drivers (THOROUGHBREDTIMES.com, 12/2).
Names & Faces: Is McNabb More Marketable Since Rush Flap?
Limbaugh's Comments, Recent Play
Elevate QB In Endorsement WorldIn Philadelphia, Larry Eichel wonders whether Eagles QB Donovan McNabb is a "hotter quantity in the endorsement world today than he was before [Rush Limbaugh] proclaimed him the beneficiary of soft treatment ... because he is black." CSMG Sports Exec VP/Player Marketing Nova Lanktree, who reps McNabb, said, "I think I'd put it this way. The dignity he showed in dealing with the incident reinforced his star power." Lanktree said that McNabb has not signed any new deals since the Limbaugh controversy, but noted that endorsement deals "are almost always negotiated in the off-season." Lanktree: "The next round looks really, really good." McNabb already has national endorsement deals with Campbell's Soup, DirecTV, Lincoln Financial, the NFL, Reebok and Visa (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 12/4).
GAME ON: ESPN Videogames signed Yankees 1B Jason Giambi as the official spokesperson and cover athlete for "ESPN Major League Baseball," which will also feature the voices of ESPN's Jon Miller and Karl Ravech (ESPN Videogames).
MORE FACES: BRANDWEEK's Hilary Cassidy reports, "DC Shoes will bow a signature shoe for BMX freestyler Dave Mirra this month at skate and snowboard specialty shops" (BRANDWEEK, 12/1 issue)....Bauer Nike Hockey launched its Vapor XX full composite stick at retail throughout North America. Bauer Nike Hockey also signed Senators RW Marian Hossa and Blues D Barret Jackman to endorsement deals (Bauer Nike Hockey).
Nike Contributes Largest Portion Of Outside Money To Arizona
Wildcats Receive $1M Worth Of
Free Product Under Nike DealUniv. of Arizona coaches received "more than $1[M] from outside sources" in '02-03, according to reports cited by Inger Sandal of the ARIZONA DAILY STAR. Nike "provided the largest share," over $660,000, to the 14 head coaches, while summer camps and clinics, and TV/radio shows totaled almost $250,000. Men's basketball coach Lute Olson, who gets the most from Nike at $350,000, said that "winning the national championship helped raise his pay from Nike." But Olson added, "If you compared (shoe contracts) to Duke or Michigan or Kentucky, it's probably a third. They have to go on the basis of how many pairs of shoes (might be sold). With the state of Arizona and the population, it's not going to be as much." UA Senior Associate AD John Perrin said of the Nike association, "We get a million dollars a year in free product that we would otherwise have to buy, it's a terrific deal for the University of Arizona." On using sponsor money to attract coaches, Perrin added, "If the market required to pay $750,000 and Nike paid $100,000, you'd only have to come up with $650,000." Sandal noted UA's new football coach Mike Stoops received $650,000 in salary and bonuses, as well as an expected $100,000 from Nike. Regent Jack Jewett "remains concerned about overreliance on corporate sponsorship," but said the board is "first concentrating on academic performance" (ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 12/3).
Official Tanning Service Helps 'Skins To NFL-Leading Revenue
Redskins Raking In $30M Annually
In Sponsorship RevenueThe Redskins' sponsorship revenue is over $30M per year, "the highest in the [NFL]," according to Eric Fisher of the WASHINGTON TIMES, who writes the team is "stretching well beyond the traditional categories of sodas, fast food, beer, cars, athletic apparel and financial services." Redskins game promotions include the McDonald's Fan of the Game, Capri Sun Kid of the Game, Kodak Fan Photographer of the Game and Solar Planet Cheerleader of the Game. Redskins VP/PR Karl Swanson: "Are we looking for every way to make connections with sponsors and enhance our relationships? Yes. Do we tinker with relationships sometimes to find new avenues of promotion? Yes. None of that is really unusual." Solar Planet, in addition to being the team's official tanning services provider, also sponsors the Redskins calendar and appearances by the cheerleaders. Solar Planet Owner Scott Shortnacy: "This has been a fantastic association for us, and something we've worked on for some time. This is a great way for us to be even more credible than we already are." The Marketing Arm Chief Strategy Officer Chris Smith: "The activation of this type of marketing is tricky. Unless it really makes sense with your brand, it simply raises the level of clutter during a game. But you're certainly going to see it continue unless and until we see a real backlash from fans" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 12/4).
Wheels & Deals: AutoZone To Title NASCAR Elite Division
AutoZone has signed on as title sponsor of the NASCAR Elite Division, which will be renamed the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, consisting of four regional racing series in the Midwest, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. The series, which features Late Model cars, serves as a feeder to the NASCAR Grand National Division and NASCAR's three national series (Autozone).
RACING FORWARD: Winston Cup champion Matt Kenseth and NASCAR Chair Brian France appeared on CNBC's "Capital Report" last night to discuss the future of NASCAR. ("Capital Report," CNBC, 12/3). On FSN's "BDSSP," Kenseth said of NASCAR's new title sponsor Nextel, "I don't think a lot of things are going to change besides the name change. The only thing that will be good for the sport is that Nextel is going to be able to advertise more and market more in areas because there's no age restriction (like on tobacco companies)" ("BDSSP," FSN, 12/3).
KODAK MOMENT: Morgan-McClure Motorsports GM Larry McClure said, "We should have our major sponsor signed by Dec. 8. ... And Kodak will still be an associate sponsor on our car for the next three years." MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE's Allen Gregory noted Kodak, which had served as primary sponsor on the M-M No. 4 car for 18 years, has "heard proposals from six teams," including Roush Racing, Bill Davis Racing and DEI. But Penske Racing South "has suddenly
Andretti Will Remain Behind The
Wheel Of The No. 1 CarSPONSOR SEARCH: USA TODAY's Graves & Jenkins report John Andretti will drive DEI's No. 1 Chevrolet in the Daytona 500, but "sponsorship problems might prevent the team from racing a third full-time car" in '04. DEI has not found a primary sponsor for the No. 1 car, which will run in five-to-eight events next season with drivers Andretti and Martin Truex Jr. (USA TODAY, 12/4).


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Where You Stand Is Where You Sit - Addendum
Challenging the central leadership of the party has no downside for Yamada, as it might for others. Yamada has literally nothing to lose.
6 comments:
- Joe said...
I'm curious; what are the time frames for the gerrymandering, er, re-districting?
I know the Supreme Court has said the current vote-to-population ratio is unconstitutional, but what does that mean in practical terms? Can the SC put the brakes on an election until things are sorted out? - 8:35 PM
- Janne Morén said...
Joe, that's a good question. They can invalidate an election after it happened, and there'd be a lot of awkward questions about the legitimacy of the election if somebody tried to run one without a reform.
Of course, if the supreme court has the ability and the duty to stop elections taking place then that opens up a certain kind of opportunity. If you run the majority party, and is imaginative and lacking a bit in the moral department you could always simply refuse to vote for any such reform bill. Elections would be postponed indefinitely, leaving you in power for as long as you want.
Theoretically, of course; in practice the situation would probably quickly deteriorate to the point where you're forced out, legally or not. - 8:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
OT, but did you notice partial solution to where to put the marines, now appears to be Darwin Australia? Guam being a refueling stop and not a forward base, this is pragmatic/opportunistic "planning".
- Anonymous said...
Okinawa to Darwin?
Good link as any
- Joe said...
Mr. Moren: Then I suppose that it doesn't mean anything at all, because while ruling that it is unconstitutional, they also explicitly refused to invalidate the last election.
- BiggerInJapan said...
I know Yamada-san very well on a personal level. Did you know he was a farmer himself, before he become a lawyer?
He actually believes in what he is doing now. Quite a rare treat in today's Nagata-cho, perchance? - 12:06 PM


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8th Oct 2012, 12:44 | #1 |
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Looking for new CPU for folding!
Hi all i currently have a 2500k but i'm looking to upgrade a ihave asus max IV-gene-z 1155socket, by budget will be about 300pound, it will be for folding and gaming (when i get time) any ideas on the 3770k ?
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upgrading from a 2500k to a 3770k isn't a worthwhile upgrade in my opinion, save your money
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Be Gud upgrade I'll have £300 to spend on CPU?
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Hi Ross2011
The 2500K is a very good processor. The 3770K is a better processor, the question is whether it is worth the cost to you. An alternative idea would be to wait 6 months and get a Haswell CPU (next generation). The Haswell chip will not fit the 1155 socket but you will have 6 months to save up for a new motherboard.
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More likely around 9 months as haswell should be hitting sometime next summer
Your only real upgrade cpu wise is a 3930k and a 2011 board but obviously your going to need more like 600 odd pound for that, I'd wait for haswell
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Or hit 80 posts and then try and get a second hand 2600k on the market place for around £150 and put a big cooler on it, then run it at 5Ghz. Will take you from around 15k PPD to 30k PPD.
It also helps if you have high speed memory for when folding I find, I use the samsung 22nm stuff, 2x4Gb dimms and run them at 1866MHz (9-9-9-27 1N) @ 1.40v. Some units I am chucking out almost 36k PPD but average 30k. |
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Hi Ross, as suggested in your other thread on the same topic, I'd recommend keeping the 2500k where it is, and building a secondary folding rig with the best second hand parts you can find for £300.
As TaRkA suggests above, a cheap 2600k in a cheap mobo/case with the bare minimum extra expense will net you far more PPD than simply upgrading your 2500k would. Plus you'd be a proper hardcore folder having more than one rig doing the deed.
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It was the Socialist authorities' second major concession to their political opponents this year. Last month, after weeks of daily pro-democracy demonstrations across Serbia, Mr Milosevic finally recognised opposition victories in last November's municipal elections in Belgrade and other cities.
For the students, the resignation of their despised rector was so important a demand that they continued their protests even after the authorities acknowledged the opposition election successes. Mr Velickovic resisted almost to the end, vowing last Tuesday that he would seek the dismissal of all the university deans who had supported the students' call for his removal.
It is possible that there is more to the rector's resignation than meets the eye. His departure from office must be approved on 20 March by the Belgrade University council, but that body is packed with pro-Socialist stalwarts.
In the weeks leading up to his resignation, Mr Velickovic was the butt of several student stunts designed to ridicule him in the public eye. Playing on the fact that he was generally keeping a low profile, students went looking for him in Belgrade zoo, peered through telescopes in the city's observatory in case he was in outer space, and fished for him in the Sava river using a red Socialist Party card as bait.
Despite their concessions over the election results and the rector, the ruling Socialists have continued to harry the opposition on other fronts. Last Thursday the pro-Milosevic state television and radio network said it would stop helping an independent station, BK Television, to broadcast programmes outside Belgrade.
BK is owned by one of Mr Milosevic's political critics and has reported extensively on the anti-government protests of recent months. By limiting its broadcasts to Belgrade, Mr Milosevic seems intent on preventing the opposition's views from attracting an audience in rural areas of Serbia where he still retains public support.
The opposition coalition movement, Zajedno (Together), said it would hold a rally tomorrow (Sunday) and dedicate it to the struggle for media freedom in Serbia.
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Posted on ESPN.com: Card companies get creative
In the past few years, Topps has inserted a few surprises in its baseball card sets just to see if collectors would notice -- and to get a few non-collectors to take notice, too, and pick up a pack or two. In 2007, it was a Derek Jeter card with Mickey Mantle digitally placed in the dugout and George W. Bush in the stands. In 2008, it was Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani celebrating in the Red Sox's World Series dogpile, a no-hitter highlight card for Johan Santana (a no-no that never happened) and more. Last year, it was a card of President Barack Obama throwing out a ceremonial first pitch and a smattering of rare cards of legends like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. When the New York City-based company released its 2010 baseball card set in January, collectors started finding cards with pictures of New York Yankees who had been pied in the face (a tradition the team started last year after walk-off home runs) and last month Topps teased the fact that a short-printed variation card existed in the set featuring Abraham Lincoln. Nick Swisher Topps Card ToppsNothing is funnier than a pie in the face. These types of cards typically aren't easy finds -- they're not one per pack or one per box. They're found more like one in 10 boxes or more. While the pie cards caught the attention of collectors -- and the prices paid for them (the Nick Swisher pie card seen here sells for as much as $150) -- the Lincoln cards had gone unnoticed by many, if they had them at all, until just last week. The first Lincoln card found features Milton Bradley, and it was discovered by a 33-year-old New York collector who had just returned to the hobby recently after collecting when he was younger. Brian Lalonde said he found the card in a jumbo pack he bought at a Walmart in Ogdensburg, N.Y. It's No. 306 in the set and has "Baseball Abe" and Lincoln's face digitally placed into the image on the scoreboard instead of the standard card's "baseball notes" seen in the photo behind a diving Milton Bradley. "I have contacted Topps and they assured me that it is a super-rare card and they will not give me any more information about it," Lalonde said. "They won't give me a print run or anything. It seems that they are being very secretive." Part of the mystery with projects such as the Lincoln cards is letting the collectors discover them and letting the secondary market then react to the finds, said Topps Director of Product Development Clay Luraschi. bradley baseball card Courtesy of ToppsLook who's watching... "It was all in fun," Luraschi said. "Since Chicago is in the 'Land of Lincoln' we thought it would be fun to throw Abe on a couple of Cubs cards." And, has that added mystery added to the fun for Topps? "Without a doubt," Luraschi said. "People are really enjoying them." Since Lalonde's discovery, collectors on message boards like Beckett.com and other hobby sites have found three more rare Lincoln versions featuring Cubs players -- Tyler Colvin's card has Lincoln watching from the dugout, Jeff Samardzija's card has Lincoln watching from the stands and Ryan Dempster's card has Lincoln as an umpire in the background. "You got the four," said Luraschi, replying to a question asking whether all of the Cubs variation cards had been discovered. (It's worth noting that wasn't a yes-or-no answer, so the mystery could continue ) The discoveries have had collectors digging through their 2010 Topps commons (hobby-speak for lesser-name players) looking for the Lincoln cards as they've been fetching some decent money. The Bradley card has sold for as much as $150, though prices have been falling since more have been found (around $50), while the standard version of his card sells for about 60 cents. "Once one was found, it became somewhat of a treasure hunt," Luraschi said. "Looking for Lincoln has become something fun to do, and trading cards should be fun." Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball magazine. Check out Beckett.com -- and be sure to get the latest news on sports cards and memorabilia at The Beckett Blog. You can also follow him on Twitter. Abe Lincoln in a baseball trading card? - ESPN |
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So.. no other hobby site deserves to be mentioned by name or URL? Beckett could serve the hobby community a little better by not being so selfish with their self serving press IMHO..
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The end is near for Google+ Photos, the photo sharing service that's part of the company's social network.
Google will begin closing down the service on Aug. 1 on Android, with the Web and iOS devices to follow soon after.
For a time, Google touted the service as a key element in Google+, with a range of editing tools and image enhancement technologies rolled out over the years.
But Google hinted that its days might be numbered when the company rolled out its new Google Photos service at Google I/O in May.
The closure of Google+ Photos is likely to prompt more questions about the future of Google+, which has struggled to rival the success of Facebook.
Photos and videos stored in Google+ Photos will be moved to Google Photos. People who don't want to use the new service can download their images using Google Takeout, the company said.
Google Photos provides free, unlimited photo and video storage in Google's cloud, along with tools to organize the media.
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Coaling, about 15 miles east of Tuscaloosa on U.S. Highway 11, is less than a decade old, but it has a rich history dating back to the 19th century when it was a major coaling station between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham for the railroads that crossed Alabama.
Its name is also derived from the underground mining industry that operated in the vicinity in the 1800s.
It was incorporated after Mercedes-Benz began building its first U.S. assembly plant in nearby Vance; residents were fearful Tuscaloosa or Vance would annex it.
Along with Vance and Lake View in Tuscaloosa County, and Woodstock and West Blocton in Bibb County, Coaling is on the Interstate 20/59 'Mercedes corridor' that has seen tremendous growth, both in residential and industrial development since Mercedes announced it was building its plant in the area in 1993.
Incorporated: 1997
Population: 1,103 (2006)
Government: Mayor, town council
Council meetings: First and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Coaling Town Hall, 11281 Stevens Loop Road
Office hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Telephone: 205-507-0200
Town Officials
Mayor: Charley F. Foster, 205-507-0200
Police Chief: Jason Mellown, 205-507-0200
Fire chief: Stan Odom, 205-507-0200
Town attorney: Isaac Espy, 205-758-5591
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6) Now when you want to stop recording, just click on button below Red button, that is Round from outside and Square from inside.
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6) You will see new option of Watusi Preferences there.
7) Click on Record Calls option and enable it.
8) Now make call to anyone and it will record automatically.
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Sunday, July 31, 2005
Road Food!
On the road again! This time to the UK, my husband, a pilot, takes the aircraft to maintenance for the month of August. Clay and I tag along.
One of the nice aspects of our trip is sampling the pub food. I guess the term now-a-days is 'Gastropub'. An imaginative and sophisticated style of cooking, served in the cozy pub atmosphere. Wooden tables, candles and flowers adorn each table. Copious servings, always a roast of some kind, and a vegetarian option. It is the kind of food I serve at home, really!
This is a sample of what was on the menu for Sunday Lunch at The Sun, located in Bentworth. The menu changes with the season, with Daily Specials noted.
Today, there were two chalkboard specials. One was the Roast Lamb, and in the photo above is the Somerset Pork Roast with cider & onion sauce. Traditionally, you are always served 3 veg and 1 potato side dish. This is lots of food on the plate!
For dessert, I couldn't resist the Banofee Pie. I wonder it they would give me the recipe. This was really yummy!
See for yourself....
5 comments:
- Cathy said...
Have a great trip Melissa! That pork roast looks so good... I love all those vegetable sides - you're lucky to get one vegetable around here! The pie looks yummy as well. I'll have to look that up - I've never heard of Banofee Pie.
- Fanny said...
You're so lucky, i love Banoffee Pies, they're so good.
Fanny - 3:04 PM
- Melissa said...
---Hi Cathy! Banoffee is a combo of banana and toffee.....epicurious has a recipe online, i'm anxious to try this 'at home'.
Take care!
---Hi Fanny! Yep, this seems to be my newest love! You have a good recipe? - 8:30 AM
- Fanny said...
Hi melissa,
yes i have one and i'll post it on my blog when i'll have time.
Fanny - 11:58 AM
- Melissa said...
--Fanny, Excellent!!!! I'll check your blog for the recipe!
By the way, your blog is charming! Are you French? - 1:02 PM
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Three glasses a day might keep the doctor away.
🎶Drunk in looooooooove. 🎶
Say buh-bye to the bubbly.
Pick your poison wisely.
Isn't a beautiful day outside of the office enough?
Only the best for your squad.
Please let this crazy rumor be true!
All the free tacos.
The Ohio Gov. stands by his advice that women should "be careful" at parties where there's alcohol.
Way to ruin our Cinco de Mayo plans.
Because drinking shouldn't require special equipment.
If this is your drink of choice, you really need to get out more.
I didn't realize the importance of drinking responsibly until I was waking up from a coma."
I never thought it could happen to me.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila ... (your fat pants just hit the) floor.
More reason to lift ... your wine glass.
A new study shows women are drinking more.
Here's to nine months of sobriety!
"Just give me a f*cking bacon-jalapeño mac and cheese."
Easy to drink and easy on your wallet.
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定义于头文件 <iomanip>
Allows insertion and extraction of quoted strings, such as the ones found in CSV or XML.
1,2) When used in an expression out << quoted(s, delim, escape), where
is an output stream with char_type
equal to CharT
and, for overload 2, traits_type
equal to Traits
, behaves as a FormattedOutputFunction
, which inserts into out a sequence of characters seq
constructed as follows:a) First, the character
is added to the sequenceb) Then every character from
, except if the next character to output equals delim
or equals escape
(as determined by the stream's traits_type::eq
), then first appends an extra copy of escape
c) In the end,
is appended to seq
once more
- Then, if
seq.size() < out.width()
, addsout.width()-seq.size()
copies of the fill characterout.fill()
either at the end of the sequence (ifios_base::left
is set inout.flags()
) or at the beginning of the sequence (in all other cases). - Finally, outputs each character from the resulting sequence as if by calling out.rdbuf()->sputn(seq, n), where n=std::max(out.width(), seq.size()) and out.width(0) to cancel the effects of std::setw, if any.
3) When used in an expression in >> quoted(s, delim, escape), where
is an input stream with char_type
equal to CharT
and traits_type
equal to Traits
, extracts characters from in, using std::basic_istream::operator>>, according to the following rules:a) If the first character extracted does not equal
(as determined by the stream's traits_type::eq
), then simply performs in >> s.b) Otherwise (if the first character is the delimiter):
1) Turns off the skipws flag on the input stream
2) Empties the destination string by calling s.clear()
3) Extracts characters from
and appends them to s
, except that whenever an escape
character is extracted, it is ignored and the next character is appended to s
. Extraction stops when !in==true or when an unescaped delim
character is found.4) Discards the final (unescaped)
character.5) Restores the skipws flag on the input stream to its original value.
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[编辑] Parameters
s | - | the string to insert or extract |
delim | - | the character to use as the delimiter, defaults to "
escape | - | the character to use as the escape character, defaults to \
[编辑] Return value
Returns an object of unspecified type such that the described behavior takes place.
[编辑] Exceptions
Throws std::ios_base::failure if operator>>
or operator<<
[编辑] Example
#include <iostream> #include <iomanip> #include <sstream> int main() { std::stringstream ss; std::string in = "String with spaces, and embedded \"quotes\" too"; std::string out; ss << std::quoted(in); std::cout << "in: '" << in << "'\n" << "stored as '" << ss.str() << "'\n"; ss >> std::quoted(out); std::cout << "out: '" << out << "'\n"; }
in: 'String with spaces, and embedded "quotes" too' stored as '"String with spaces, and embedded \"quotes\" too"' out: 'String with spaces, and embedded "quotes" too'


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Friday, November 30, 2012
November Wrapup
Well, I guess it's the last day of November. I must say this has been one of my laziest months ever. I mostly spent it drinking hot chocolate, decorating my apartment for Christmas, and starting some new projects. I'm hoping that December brings much of the same, but maybe with a little more venturing outside the house. Here are a few snapshots from the month:
My favorite posts from November:
Snowglobe Craft Night
Antiques Auction
Winter Wonderland Hallway
And a few goals for December:
Host a fancy Christmas party
Buy some handmade gifts for friends and family
Try a bunch of new baking recipes
I hope you all had a great November and I hope December is even better!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Winter Wonderland Hallway
In an effort to find creative ways to decorate my little apartment for Christmas, I ended up spending a lot of time turning my boring hallway into a "winter wonderland." It's basically just tinsel garland, white led lights, and paper snowflakes, but I'm really liking how it turned out.
Want to make your own? First, you'll need to buy two tension curtain rods that fit in the width of your hallway. Hang them up at even heights at each end of your hallway.
Then start by tying the garland around one of the rods, string it around as many times as possible, and do the same with the lights. Make your favorite paper snowflakes (I don't need to go over this one right? I think everyone made these as a kid...) and tie them onto the garland and the light strands using either white yarn or string. My yarn has some sparkle, but I suppoooooooose that isn't mandatory.
Done! Now I feel very festive every time I walk through this hallway.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Cool Stuff
I shared a little holiday DIY over at After Nine to Five this week for
glittery star garland
I'm in love with this tutorial for
friendship bracelet hoop earrings by PS I Made This
... so creative!
This girl
made a really detailed dollhouse to look like the homes in The Hobbit. I seriously love The Shire and would definitely love to have those skills.
I think I need to make this
sparkling pumpkin cider beertail from Brit+Co
I love this idea for
faux striped walls in Apartment Therapy
. I can't paint the walls in my apartment, so I may just have to give this a try.
If eight of your favorite websites were Pokemon
... need I say more?
Find any cool stuff this week?
Monday, November 19, 2012
Yes, I'm wearing jeans. This is a rare sight, but I'm too lazy to do laundry and I need more pairs of fleece tights for the winter (I'm also too lazy to iron my clothes if you'll notice...) But at least it's cold enough to wear boots regularly and these are my favorites.
Outfit details:
Modcloth tunic
, Target cardigan,
Macy's jeans
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), vintage earrings *This post contains affiliate links
Friday, November 16, 2012
Sponsor in December
It's almost December and I seriously can't wait! I have so much fun stuff planned for this blog, so here's the monthly reminder that I'm accepting pay-what-you-can sponsorships and trades with other bloggers. Email me at wattlebirddesigns at gmail dot com for more info. And check out my awesome November sponsors!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Antiques Auction
Over the weekend, I got the chance to attend my very first real in-person auction. There were so many great antiques - furniture, clothing, books, and pretty much everything in between. I seriously wish I had a bigger apartment so I could have bought more. Here's a peek at some of my purchases.
This big ornate mirror was probably my favorite purchase of the day. I had been looking for a cool mirror for my living room area and this was one of the first things to catch my eye when I walked into the preview. It was a steal too ;)
This silver tea set was my most expensive purchase of the day, but I think it was totally worth it. I collect tea sets and I know I'll be keeping this one forever.
This table is actually a Singer sewing machine table from the '50's, which I guess I now collect too (though not on purpose). I just seem to find these tables everywhere and they're always so cheap and in decent condition. I wasn't planning on bidding on this, but when it looked like it was going to go for less than $20 I just couldn't help but bid on it.
And finally, I purchased two boxes full of hats, shoes, purses, and belts. I looked through the boxes at the preview and really liked a lot of the items, particularly the shoes. Then when I got home I found that not one of the pairs of shoes fit me right (they were either sliiiiightly too small or sliiiiightly too large - I might just keep some of the ones that are too big and try to make them work). So anyway, there will probably be a huge Etsy shoe sale in the coming months! But I love some of the old hats and purses so much.
I seriously had more fun than I thought I would just holding up my number and bidding against people. If you get the chance to go to an antiques auction in your area, I highly recommend it!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Cool Stuff
Did you know I'm one of the new craft contributors for
After Nine to Five
? I've had a lot of fun working with Ashley and coming up with ideas for cool DIY projects. You can check out my first two:
Yarn-Wrapped Boots
Wine Cork Board.
Party On
is still going strong too. It's been a bit quiet this week, but we just had a huge photo shoot so there will be plenty of new posts up next week. So far a few of my favorites have been this
Ginger Apple Sangria Recipe
Halloween Cupcakes
Of course there is plenty of cool stuff on the internet that I didn't make. I'm so in love with this tutorial for
Mini Marquee Signs over on Oh Happy Day
, which is also what gave me inspiration for a new life goal this week:
filling a phone booth with balloons
I really really really want this
Christmas Tree Necklace from Fred Flare
. I'm still on a hiatus from buying clothing and accessories until Black Friday, so maybe I can hold off until then, and then I'll basically wear it every day until Christmas.
Also, this
Pi Pizza Cutter from ModCloth
is basically the best thing I've ever seen.
And offline, I'm really enjoying putting together Christmas decorations for my apartments, going for walks outside, listening to Taylor Swift preeeetty much nonstop, putting peppermint mocha creamer in my coffee, and catching up on Parenthood.
What are you up to this week?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Happy morning-after-the-election! If you're like me and you stayed up to watch results, then you're probably feeling a little sluggish now. Politics is really emotionally draining for me, which is why I don't really talk about it here. And I don't plan to now either. But I was always told that if people vote, the right person always wins. And it seems like there were a lot of lines at polling places around the country yesterday, so that's a good thing. Now let's all get along again, okay?
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About the Fresno EMT Program
Looking for EMT schools in Fresno? National University's Division of Extended Learning has an accelerated EMT Program divided into two six-week courses. During the 12 week course, students will learn the skills and knowledge to function as a working Emergency Medical Technician at the basic level. The program is intended for those who wish to gain employment at a fire or police department, ambulance company, hospital, special event company, or specialized facility. It is also for those individuals who are planning on attempting to obtain a higher level of medical training such as Paramedic (EMT-P), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Registered Nurse (RN), Physician's Assistant (PA), or Medical Doctor (MD) as an enhancement for the competitive application process for these professions. To expedite a swift transition into the workforce or onto higher medical training, the EMT course is also designed to facilitate the passing of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Exam.
EMT Admission requirements:
1) Applicant must be at least 18 years or older on or before program completion.
2) Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent from a regionally accredited high school or adult learning program.
3) Applicant must have a current BLS at the Healthcare Provider Level CPR card certification.
Tuition Includes:
- National Registry Psychomotor Exam
- Polo shirt, 2 class t-shirts, 168 hours of didactic instruction (classroom and laboratory), and 24-hours of clinical experiences (hospital/ambulance ride alongs)
- Access to the career center where employment-related services are available, including career counseling and resume/cover letter writing assistance
*NUPI does not require students to hold medical insurance or have current inoculations during the program.
Why NUPI EMT School?
- National University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), signifying that credits earned during EMT hold academic weight and are transferable if desired
- The EMT program is recognized by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and accepted across the nation at both state and local levels
- EMT program uses advanced adaptive computer based testing technology to ensure students are better prepared and more confident for the National Registry exam
- Our staff instructors bring real-world experience and knowledge into the classroom
- EMT curriculum exceeds the standards set forth by the NREMT, National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards (NEMSES), and Title 22 for the State of California


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The Vikings are coming—courtesy of alumnus Sam Willmott and junior theatre campers
The Norsemen are invading Interlochen Arts Camp this summer, and Sam Willmott (IAC 2002-04) is to blame.
Interlochen presents rarely performed Copland opera
Interlochen alumni and faculty join the cast of Aaron Copland's second opera, The Tender Land, 25 years after the composer's death.
Interlochen's Kawai piano, at home in the woods
Our Kawai grand piano has made its long journey from Japan to its new home in a practice hut on Interlochen's campus, where students will use it to sharpen their skills on their journey as artists.
Motifs: July and August 2015
All-State Alumnus brings OrchKids to Interlochen
For the first time ever, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's "OrchKids" attend Interlochen Arts Camp, along with their artistic director, Dan Trahey (All-State 1992, 1995, tuba).
In Memoriam: July 2015
What was it like to dance for Aaron Copland?
Martha Graham Artistic Director and Interlochen alumna Janet Eilber shares her memories of a revolutionary artist
Interlochen 2015: The Leisure Side of Camp
Interlochen 2015: The Leisure Side of Camp
Interlochen Summer Camp 2015: Week 1 at a glance
Interlochen Summer Camp 2015: Week 1 at a glance
Interlochen announces new instructor of percussion
Longtime Arts Camp percussion coordinator Keith Aleo joins full-time Academy faculty.
Ice cream, knee socks and art: Interlochen Arts Camp 2015 opens
"The dream of Interlochen has come full circle," Interlochen President Jeff Kimpton said to the students at First Gathering. "We're here for many reasons, but primarily we're here for your development as artists."
Congratulations, 2015 Academy Graduates
Interlochen Arts Academy said farewell to its 2015 graduating class at its 53rd commencement celebration on May 30, featuring student performances, speeches and special moments to commemorate the students' achievements and celebrate their limitless futures.
On the Road with the Academy Singer-Songwriters
The Singer-Songwriter program hit the road in April on a first-of-its-kind performance and educational tour.
From the Archives with Byron Hanson: May 2015
A Piano's Journey
Each year, hundreds of brand new pianos are shipped to Interlochen for the Summer Arts Camp. This year we are following one specific piano, a Kawai GX-2, on its entire journey from the Kawai factory in Japan to the Interlochen campus where it will be played by hundreds of young musicians.
Copland's Achievement
In the summer of 2015 Interlochen celebrates Aaron Copland. Biographer and Musicologist Howard Pollack explores Copland's unique cultural legacy.
Motifs: May and June 2015
The Audition
Interlochen alumnus Keith Buncke is just 21 years of age, but he just earned a principal role with the Chicago Symphony.
In Memoriam: May 2015
Spectrum (a collaboration with Danceworks Chicago)
The Interlochen Arts Academy dance department partnered with Danceworks Chicago and choreographer Chrisian Denice to present "Spectrum" - a piece that uses dance and movement to express the realities of life with autism.
2015 Virginia B. Ball Scholarship Winner
The Interlochen Arts Academy is proud to announce that Gorham, Maine sophomore Elizabeth Lemieux has won the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing scholarship contest.
In Memoriam: March 2015
Remembering JoAnn Harmon Arnold
Thousands of students have experienced Interlochen Arts Camp thanks to the efforts and support of JoAnn Harmon Arnold.
Creativity and the Artists' Community
Kedrik Merwin, director of music at Interlochen Center for the Arts, makes the case for a new way of looking at arts education.


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The Yi Sŭngbok Memorial
The highlight of my trip was an ad hoc pilgrimage to the secular shrine of the eight-year-old South Korean boy murdered in 1968 along with his mother and two younger siblings by North Korean infiltrators. Legend has it that they broke into his house while he was studying (on his birthday, no less), and interrogated him about his pencil, which they thought was of such good quality it had to have come from America. When they asked him whether he liked North Korea or South Korea, he responded, "I hate Communists!" ("나는 공상당이 싫어요!").
The communist brutes then tore apart they boy's mouth with a knife, and proceeded to slaughter his family. An elder brother played dead and escaped to a neighbor's house. The authorities were alerted and tracked down the invaders and killed them like the dogs they were. His father, who had been away from home the fateful evening, helping his mother, and the elder brother are alive to this day.
GI Korea has much more on this one of 100,000,000 million victims of Communism — "I Hate Communists!"; Remembering Lee Seung-bok. The shrine, and especially the movie there, scared the dickens out of my kids, but I am of the belief that they should have fear of evil.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Sep 10, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Birst Inc., the leader in Cloud BI, today announced that Build.com, the leading online-only home improvement retailer, is gaining greater customer insight by using Birst's enterprise-caliber business intelligence (BI) platform to quickly and easily combine and analyze a variety of customer-related data. Leveraging this insight will enable Build.com to extend its customer lifetime value, decrease customer acquisition costs (as a percentage of revenue), and focus on acquiring more profitable customers to boost overall business results.
As one of the 100 largest Internet retailers in the United States, Build.com is using Birst to create a single source of customer-related information by combining customer web analytics with other key customer data from multiple sources. Birst is analyzing this information to calculate the lifetime value of Build.com customers and layer that information over the organization's attribution model in order to determine the origination of customers of varying levels of profitability. With this insight, Build.com is able to increase revenue by narrowing its focus to channels and activities that are generating the most profitable customers. Brandon Proctor, Vice President of Marketing for Build.com, is keen on incorporating data and analytics to help solve for business challenges. "The new actionable insights we gain will enable us to propel our growth at an even faster rate, while maintaining efficiency and, ultimately, profitability."
To provide consumers and professionals with a smarter shopping experience, Build.com is also using Birst to develop more effective models for personalizing customers' online experiences. By analyzing customers' propensity to buy when provided with specific product recommendations, Build.com is better able to recommend the right product at the right time, reducing customer touch points prior to purchase and decreasing customer acquisition costs. Likewise, Build.com is extending the lifecycle of desirable customers by using Birst to better understand the types of customer interactions that are likely to lead to additional product purchases.
Additionally, Birst is enabling Build.com to automate a variety of regular reporting and analysis related to organizational performance. With access to a unified source of information and intuitive online dashboards with drill-down capabilities, Build.com is gaining greater, more transparent, and consistent insight across the organization. This, in turn, is enabling employees to more easily collaborate, focus on other business needs, and make faster, more-informed decisions.
"Birst is providing us with a distinct advantage across the marketplace," said Brandon Proctor, Vice President of Marketing, Build.com. "With Birst, we're increasing efficiencies, decreasing costs, making better decisions, and improving employee productivity. We expect to save more than 100 hours per month in time spent generating reports now that we have access to a single, centralized source of information. All of these benefits -- including greater revenue, and time and costs saved -- represent additional resources we're now able to reinvest in growing our business."
To provide its employees with fast access to vital information and free valuable IT resources to focus on other areas of the business, Build.com sought a cloud-based BI solution offering advanced data visualization capabilities and the ability to easily combine data from a variety of applications. In comparing a number of BI solutions, Build.com determined that Birst -- with its interactive dashboards, fully integrated ETL, pre-built data connectors, and automated data warehouse -- was uniquely suited to meet the organization's needs. Implemented in just a few weeks with help from DiamondStream, a Champion-level Birst implementation consultant, Birst is delivering self-service, enterprise-caliber analytics combined with all the benefits of software-as-a-service (SaaS).
"In the online world, it's imperative that organizations be able to think, move, and grow -- fast," said Brad Peters, CEO of Birst. "Birst's Cloud BI platform makes it possible for online retailers like Build.com to quickly access the actionable insight they need to make data-driven decisions that produce real results."
About Birst Birst is the only enterprise-caliber Business Intelligence platform born in the cloud. Less costly and more agile than Legacy BI and more powerful than Data Discovery, Birst is engineered with an automated data warehouse and rich, visual analytics, to give meaning to data -- all types and sizes. Coupled with the agility of the Cloud, Birst gives business teams the ability to solve real problems. Fast. Find out why Gartner named Birst a Challenger in its most recent BI Magic Quadrant and why more than a thousand businesses rely on Birst for their analytic needs. Learn to think fast at www.birst.com and join the conversation @birstbi.
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Blizzard is implementing a new social feature for their games called BattleTags. BattleTags are a player-chosen nickname that can be used across all Blizzard games, websites, and forums.
"Similar to the Real ID system, BattleTags will ultimately give players on Battle.net a new way to manage public profiles, find and chat with friends they've met while playing, form groups, and stay connected across multiple Blizzard games," said Blizzard. The big difference between Real ID and BattleTags seems to be the information being displayed. When you give out your Real ID, you're letting people know your e-mail address and real name. Not everyone's cool with giving that information out to say, a World of Warcraft guildmate. BattleTag essentially lets you stay in touch with people without sacrificing your privacy. Most of the BattleTag features have not been implemented yet. The in-game chat and friends list are live, but only in the Diablo III beta. Even if you're not in this beta, though, you can now claim a BattleTag through the Battle.net Account Management page. There's no need to rush to grab a BattleTag. These tags aren't unique. When you create the nickname, Blizzard will attach a random 4-digit number to it. Also note that you can only have one BattleTag per Battle.net account, and there's currently no way to change it, so you ought to take your time thinking of a tag. BattleTags will be integrated into Diablo III at launch. The feature will be incorporated into World of Warcraft and StarCraft II at some point as well but no time table was provided.
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In November 1914, an advertisement was placed in the national press inviting monetary contributions to a 'Sailors & Soldiers Christmas Fund' which had been created by Princess Mary. The purpose was to provide everyone wearing the King's uniform and serving overseas on Christmas Day 1914 with a 'gift from the nation'. The response was truly overwhelming, and it was decided to spend the money on an embossed brass box, based on a design by Messrs Adshead and Ramsey...
A charming round cloisonne box with butterflies and flowers. It is in perfect condition and would make a lovely gift in which to put a piece of jewelry or other small treasures. Inside the box is a rich turquoise enamel. More photos upon request. Measures 3" in diameter and 2" high.
Large vintage silver plated trinket box in the shape of textured peanut. The inside is polished silver plated and outside has a darkened background against the silver veining. Marked Italy, it measures: 7" wide X 3-1/2" tall X 3-1/2" deep. Dates 1970's
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A very unusual blue lusterware sardine box with a sardine on top. The fish is actually curved with the body arching so that just the head and tail are attached to the box, see last photo, a very nice little detail. The colors are great with the inside being a contrasting vibrant orange lusterware. The box looks like it has never been used. Made in Czechoslovakia by Victoria, it is in excellent condition and measures 5" x 4" x 3".


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This Routine Can Make Your Evening Less Stressful And The Next Day More Productive
Kids used to intrude on work. Now work intrudes on kids, and also on us, with burning emails, bleeding projects, and broken people.
Kids used to intrude on work. Now work intrudes on kids, and also on us, with burning emails, bleeding projects, and broken people.
It was a Saturday morning, and there was nothing I urgently needed to accomplish. But there was a lot I hoped to do. Over breakfast, the possibilities began to clamor for attention in my brain. I wanted to continue reading The New York Times. I also wanted to work out, run a series of errands, ch. . .
The issue at these times is how to prioritize when so much is coming at us. Few challenges seem greater today than delaying instant gratification and focusing on the activities that require greater effort but ultimately yield more enduring value.
The reality is that we each have limited working memories, meaning we can only retain a certain amount of new information in our minds at any given time. If we're forever flooding the brain with new facts, other information necessarily gets crowded out before it's been retained in our long-term memo
Change is hard. New Year's resolutions almost always fail. But at The Energy Project, we have developed a way of making changes that has proved remarkably powerful and enduring, both in my own life and for the corporate clients to whom we teach it. Our method is grounded in the recognition that h. . .
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text: Medical News Age, Social Support Linked to HIV Drug AdherenceApril 4, 2006 Antiretroviral (ARV) drug adherence is critical, and treatment should be closely monitored for indications of HIV progression such as a decrease in CD4 cell levels and an increase in viral load, said Dr. Sabina De Geest of the University of Basel, Switzerland. Using data from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, De Geest and colleagues sought to determine the prevalence of self-reported ARV adherence and to explore the relationships among socioeconomic, patient, and systematic factors related to adherence. Data showed that nearly one-third of patients acknowledged missing at least one dose of medicine in the four weeks prior to completing the questionnaire, the researchers reported. Around 15 percent said they missed at least two doses, and 7.1 percent said they took less than 95 percent of prescribed ARV therapy doses. Irrespective of the definition of adherence used, patients who were younger, lived alone, had been on previous ARV regimens, and those who received a boosted protease inhibitor regimen were significantly more likely to have not adhered to therapy in the past four weeks, the researchers found. Those patients with optimal viral suppression in the previous six months and those with CD4 count increases of more than 50 cells per microliter were considerably more likely to have adhered to treatment. The study, "Correlates of Self-Reported Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study," was published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (2006;41(3):385-392). Reuters 03.28.06; Will Boggs, M.D. This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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Brazil says Hong Kong lifted meat import ban
SAO PAULO Hong Kong has lifted a ban on Brazilian meat imports, a spokesperson for Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An MRI can diagnose a tear in the disc of cartilage cushioning the knee, but it does not reliably predict which tears can be repaired with surgery, a new study finds.
It's estimated that more than 850,000 Americans undergo surgery each year for injuries to the menisci, two wedges of shock-absorbing cartilage in the knee joint. That surgery can involve either suturing the tear back together or removing the damaged portion of the meniscal tissue altogether.
At present, surgeons cannot tell whether the tear will be reparable until the surgery is underway.
Knowing ahead of time would be helpful for both surgeons and patients, according to Dr. Nicholas M. Bernthal, the lead researcher on the new study.
For patients, it matters because repaired meniscus tears have a more involved recovery compared with surgical removal of the tissue.
When the injured tissue is simply trimmed off, "people can basically get up and walk home," said Bernthal, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles.
They'll have some pain, he noted in an interview, but there are few restrictions on what they can do, and most can fully return to their usual physical activities within about two weeks.
People who have the meniscal tear repaired, on the other hand, need about four to six weeks of recovery, often with physical therapy.
So it would be nice, Bernthal said, to be able to tell patients ahead of time which surgery they are going to get.
"This is one of the few instances in surgery where we can't tell people what to expect," Bernthal said.
MRI scans are widely used to diagnose meniscus tears, and they are accurate up to 99 percent of the time, Bernthal noted.
But that same MRI information has traditionally been considered a poor predictor of whether or not the tear can be repaired. While the imaging can show doctors that a tear exists in the meniscus, it is not good with the details -- where the tear begins and ends, or how complex it is.
Recent debate about whether today's more advanced MRI technology might be better at predicting the reparability of meniscus tears prompted Bernthal and his colleagues to test the idea.
They asked two senior radiologists to examine the MRI records of 119 patients who had already undergone surgery for a meniscal tear -- either a surgical repair or removal of the injured tissue.
The radiologists tried to predict whether or not each tear could be fixed.
They often got it wrong. One doctor was correct 63 percent of the time, and the other only 58 percent of the time.
And when the researchers looked at the specific reparability "scores" each doctor gave the patients, they found that the radiologists were in agreement only 38 percent of the time.
Bernthal and his colleagues report the findings in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
According to Bernthal, the two radiologists in the study are very experienced and "renowned" in their field. So it's likely that radiologists in community hospitals would also fare poorly if asked to predict the reparability of a meniscal tear.
For now, Bernthal said, patients having surgery for a meniscal tear will continue to have to wait until the procedure itself to know just what to expect afterward.
"My assumption is, somewhere down the line, we'll get to the point of being able to predict (reparability)," Bernthal said. "But we're just not there yet."
Not all meniscal tears require surgery. Some people recover with simple measures like rest, ice and over-the-counter pain medication.
SOURCE: link.reuters.com/zuc34r American Journal of Sports Medicine, online December 20, 2010.


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The Effects of Inflation and Money Supply Announcements on Interest Rates
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- Author(s): THOMAS URICH, PAUL WACHTEL
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1984.tb03901.x
This paper examines the impact of the money supply and inflation rate announcements on interest rates. Survey data on expectations of the money supply and consumer and producer price indexes are used to distinguish anticipated and unanticipated components of the announcements. This distinction is used to test for the efficiency of the financial market response to the announcements of new information. The results indicate that the unanticipated components of the announced changes in the Producers Price Index and in the money supply have an immediate positive effect on short‐term interest rates. The Consumer Price Index announcement has no apparent effect. There is no evidence of a delayed announcement effect. However, there is some indication of a liquidity effect of the money supply change on interest rates. This takes place when reserves are changing and several weeks prior to the information announcement.