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The win gave the Bucs (19-12, 8-4 A-Sun) their sixth series win and their third in conference play.
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Booker was masterful in game two taking a shutout into the eighth as he improved to 4-0 on the season. The junior right hander threw 8.0 complete scattering ten hits while striking out four.
Matt Tomshaw earned the complete game win for the Dolphins (17-16, 9-6 A-Sun) in game one, while Kyle Kriech was tabbed with the loss in game two giving up seven runs (six earned) on six hits in 3.0 innings of work.
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The Dolphins exploded for five runs on three hits and four ETSU errors in the bottom of the second to take a 5-1 lead.
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In the bottom of the sixth, the Dolphins added three runs on four hits to increase the JU lead to 9-2. RBI doubles by Jonathan Murphy and Jamaal Hawkins highlighted the inning for
The Bucs added a run in the seventh as Niesman came in to score on a Byrne single to make the final 9-3 Dolphins.
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ETSU increased its lead to 8-0 in the fourth on a two-run home run by Matthew Scruggs (
The Buccaneers busted the game wide open in the fifth as three runs came in to score on four hits to extend the ETSU lead to 11-0. RBI singles by Scruggs and Hoilman highlighted the scoring for the Bucs in the inning.
Jacksonville ended the shutout in the eighth as the Dolphins scored four runs on five hits including a two-run home run by Chris Connelly to make the score 11-4.
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The Bucs are back in action Wednesday at 7 p.m. as they head to
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JU.................. 050 013 00x - 9 10 0 (17-15, 9-5 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Bo Reeder; Drew Story (7)
JU - Matt Tomshaw
Win - Matt Tomshaw (4-1) Loss - Bo Reeder (2-2)
Game 2: ETSU 11,
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JU.................. 000 000 040 - 4 10 1 (17-16, 9-6 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Ben Booker; Bo Burton (9)
JU - Kyle Kriech; Glenn Witkowski (4); Brian Gilroy (5); Clay Kollenbaum (6)
Win - Ben Booker (4-0) Loss - Kyle Kriech (0-3)
HR - ETSU - Matthew Scruggs (6)
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|ALT-C 2012 held at
the University of Manchester
Keynotes and themes
The conference theme was 'A confrontation with reality' with keynotes from Eric Mazur (Harvard University), Richard Noss (London Knowledge Lab and Institute of Education) and Natasa Milic-Frayling (Microsoft Research Cambridge) and all three took an analytical look at technology enhanced learning.
Eric Mazur is renowned for his work with electronic voting in the classrooms (clickers) and he talked with great humour about the way in which traditional education has focused on transferring knowledge into students' heads - with the main issue being that the really important stuff isn't happening in students' brains en route!
|Eric Mazur illustrating brain activity
during lectures
He encouraged an active, interactive approach which teaches by questioning, which encourages confusion (being confused and wrong, it turns out, is better than being certain and wrong!) and discussion. His data shows a correlation between the amount of discussion increasing and the number of students who understand concepts increasing - though, I would imagine the law of diminishing returns will kick in at some point! It's not so much 'the lecture is dead' more the 'dead lecturing style is dead'. Lots of food for thought! If you're interested to read more, his slides are available online.
|Richard Noss at ALT-C
Both made the point that it's the people underlying the technology which are critical to the success of technology enhanced learning. Natasa talked about the health of the community and needing the tools to measure this and Richard talked extensively about collaboration and the fact that it's people who change the world, not the technology. Even if, as he pointed out 'the knowledge that powers the world is less and less visible' he made the point that you still need an inspired teacher to help you understand the things that are difficult to bump into by yourself.
People are the key, and understanding learning and the processes of learning ripples through the use of technology across the education sector.
The University of Sheffield at ALT-C
It was great to see that we had a couple of our Learning Technologists - James Little and Luke Miller - presenting on their work in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Health and Related Research respectively. James was sharing his experience of blended study-day based education and Luke was introducing his tool for creating online content, MOPE which he's blogged about here before. And it was fantastic to see that Gary Wood, Associate University Teacher in the School of English had won the Google / ALT Learning and Teaching Award for their work on allaboutlinguistics.com. Brilliant stuff - very well done Gary and congratulations to your students as well!
Links and resources
As ever, I picked up a hefty number of links and resources from ALT-C... (I went with a view to looking at issues of curriculum development as well as assessment and feedback)... so here are a few for you to have a look at when you have a moment or two...
- Supporting Responsive Curricula (SRC) project led by Manchester Metropolitan University where they're re-writing the whole undergraduate curriculum in a very ambitious timescale.
- UG-FLEX led by the University of Greenwich which is trying to enhanced curriculum development processes underpinned by integrated systems.
- PREDICT (Promoting Realistic and Engaging Discussions in Curriculum Teams) from City University London and there are some really nice resources for curriculum and programme design there.
- FASTECH - a JICS-funded project based at Bath Spa University and the University of Winchester which is attempting to enhance student assessment and feedback - lots of good resources here.
- UCISA 2012 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning for higher education in the UK - and since we took part in this survey, it's particularly interesting to see the cross-sector results.
- Rough Guide to Curriculum Design from Birmingham City University which is worth a look even if their processes / systems don't match our own.
- Viewpoints from the University of Ulster - looking at tools and approaches to support reflective / learner-centered course design
- Open University Learning Design Initiative - I took part in a workshop where the pedagogical features card sort was used and again, for curriculum design, this looks to be a handy conversation starter as part of the design process.
As ever, I feel sure that I missed a lot of sessions from the conference which I wanted to attend but due to various other commitments I couldn't do so. However, it was good to catch-up with people from various different institutions / make some new connections, see what's happening and where and get a feel for the state of technology enhanced learning across the field. Last year most people seemed to be head down and implementing VLEs, this year it's more about main-streaming and the curriculum in response to our changing learners' needs and expectations.
An intense few days! Next year's theme is 'Building new cultures of learning' with keynotes from Stephen Downes and Tara McPherson and it'll be held at the University of Nottingham - the learner is centre stage. And that's excellent to hear!
Did you manage to get to ALT-C either in person or online? What did you make of it? What were your key themes / messages? Did you enjoy it?

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Lucinda Cross: Virtual Assistant
Black Star News Business Columnist, Phil Andrews interviews top Virtual Assistant, Lucinda Cross of LC Associates
Small business owners, organizations, and professionals are being swamped by their increasing workloads and looking for new methods to manage their daily lives and actively seeking out Virtual Assistants to bring order and efficiency back to their daily work schedule.
BSN: Lucinda, how did you determine that there was a need in the marketplace
for Virtual Assistants?
Lucinda: I found there was a need for VA's by talking with business owners. The business owners I talked to emphasized that their number one obstacle was building a team, management, organization, and day-to-day drudgework that was getting in the way of them focusing on their product or service. I saw from this, the need to fill this gap for business owners and entrepreneurs without being in the office.
BSN: What is your background prior to creating a virtual assistant company, and has your prior background helped you in your current business endeavors?
Lucinda: I had a successful career as an executive assistant working for high-level executives in major corporations, but I did not really feel like I was making a difference. I decided to explore the business world by starting my first business, which consisted of business development, and writing. With years of skill and experience in major corporations and being gifted in the art of problem solving, I decided to redirect my focus and create a service that concentrated on helping business owners to manage their companies in a way that will help them expand and grow and at the same time.
BSN: What are some of the main problems that small business owners
encounter that would lead to their using your services?
Lucinda: Phones going unanswered, no follow-up with valuable contacts, important tasks that is not being done, proposals that need to be written in order to generate more cash not being sent out, overload of paper and database neglecting, important parts of the business being neglected and great opportunities are falling through the cracks are just a few of the problems small business's with immense potential are struggling with.
BSN: Lucinda, in your bio you mention you have a background in organizational management and business. Please explain what that means?
Lucinda: My background entails all aspects of business from management to business writing, event planning, marketing and general organization such as database creation, and customer satisfaction.
BSN: What is the most important lesson that you have learned in
your more than 7 years of operational, organizational and management experience?
Lucinda: I learned that the key to success in business is communication. Communication is very important in building any business. A business is a relationship, a marriage a documented agreement between parties that express the intent of both parties but without the proper communication, the relationship will fail. I've also learned that while the average entrepreneur is brilliant in their own right, they need someone to compliment those skills and a system to keep everything on track.
BSN: What services would you provide for a small business owner on a typical day?
Lucinda: I provide follow up calls, database creation and update, event planning and follow up, customer service calls, media outreach and some business writing.
BSN: What is the total range of services that you offer as a Virtual
Lucinda: Marketing Services, Business Writing, External Affairs, Special Events, Management and Drudgework.
BSN: What type of companies typically benefit from your services as a Virtual Assistant?
Lucinda: Small Businesses with no brick and mortar can benefit from having a VA at the drop of a click. Small Businesses with less than 20 employees. Authors, speakers and companies who provide a service.
BSN: What is the most rewarding part of your day-to-day business
Lucinda: When a plan comes together, getting the job done and supplying my clients with excellent service. I enjoy working for entrepreneurs and small business owners; curing their business pains and being part of the solution.
BSN: What does it take to be a top-notch Virtual Assistant?
Lucinda: Excellent communication and organizational skills, a good understanding of what each business needs in order to succeed, business savvy and the gift of being a problem solver and able to work independently.
BSN: Lucinda, you recently completed your first book. What is the title of
the book, and why did you decide to write a book?
Lucinda: The name of my book is "10 Reasons Why Every Small Business Owner Needs a Virtual Assistant." I decided to write this book to inform small business owners of a better system and the solutions that VA's solve. Virtual Assistants are becoming more familiar within mainstream American businesses. VA's support their clients without having to ever step foot inside the client's office. I felt that business owners need to know that they can receive help without having to set up an office, listen to family problems, worry when their assistant is late or absent, or best of all supervise! That is a book worth buying and a service worth contracting.
BSN: What are some examples of the problems that you typically help
your clients solve?
Lucinda: I help many of my clients with clear off their office with paper work and place it into a database. I help keep my clients in contact with their customers and find a systematical way for them to do business while supplying customer service. I allow them to use their time more focusing on their product or service, while I handle their priorities. Time management is one major problem I solve. I allow my clients more time with their families and more vacations while increasing their bottom line by supplying them with a functional team member (VA).
One client had over three bags of client information and has not had contact with them in over 3years. I created a database for her, followed up with the past clients through mail and email and created a Customer Appreciation Day event. She benefited tremendously because now she has over 1000 clients who will continue to use her service based on organizing her past lead list.
BSN: Does your company have a web site and what is the URL?
Lucinda: www.lcassociates.homestead.com
BSN: Lucinda, how has your company added to your client's overall productivity?
Lucinda: I have helped over 10 small business owners within 6 months increase their bottom line and organize their company goals and allow them to live up to their mission and vision.
BSN: How many professionals, organizations, and small business owners
contact you regarding your services?
Lucinda: I would say 2-5 entrepreneurs a month. The clients I have now have been referral based and word of mouth. Not too many companies contact me because VA is not branded yet and the idea of having someone so convenient and professional I guess is unbelievable to many small businesses owners. Since I only work with a handful of clients at a time for efficiency slots fill up quickly.
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Hawks continue six-game trip in Vancouverby David Kalan
BLACKHAWKS (6-0-1) at CANUCKS (3-2-2)
TV: TSN, RDS2, CSN-Chicago+
Season series: This is the first of three meetings this season between the teams, who split their four games in 2011-12.
Big story: Chicago will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season as it continues its six-game road trip, but the real story lies on the opposite bench, where presumed backup and trade bait Roberto Luongo is making the Canucks' goaltending situation far more complex than had been expected before the season.
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Blackhawks: With Disney on Ice calling the United Center home for another 10 days, the Blackhawks are in the early stages of a six-game trip -- one that got off to a disappointing start on Wednesday night. After allowing an early goal by Minnesota's Matt Cullen, Andrew Shaw and Jonathan Toews scored to chase Wild starter Josh Harding just 6:45 into the game. But Cal Clutterbuck's goal early in the second period eventually forced overtime, and after a scoreless five minutes, Chicago suffered its first defeat of the season in a shootout -- the Hawks' fifth straight one-goal decision.
"I thought we got better as the game went on," said coach Joel Quenneville, whose team allowed just 10 shots on goal in the final 45 minutes. "I think in the first period we might've been fortunate to get ahead, but at the same time the second part of the game we were in there a lot more and we didn't give up much. You go to a shootout, anything can happen."
Canucks: When Vancouver broke training camp, Cory Schneider's place between the pipes and Luongo's place on a flight out of town if the right deal came along were considered to be more or less givens. The situation is far murkier seven games into the season. Though Schneider has bounced back with three solid efforts after an opening-night blowup, Luongo has been good in each of his three starts -- including a 24-save performance in Wednesday's 3-0 home victory against Colorado. He's 1-0-2 with a 1.61 goals-against average, and coach Alain Vigneault has opted to ride the hot goaltender by giving Luongo his third straight start -- something that he couldn't have imagined a week or two ago.
"I don't think any of us could have, right?" Luongo said after Thursday's practice when asked about his status. "That's the reality of it, but I am in a happy place right now and playing well, the team is playing well and winning and I just want to keep it going."
Who's hot: Many Blackhawks are fueling the Chicago offense, but you'd be hard-pressed to find someone contributing more than Toews, who has three goals and an assist in his last four games. ... Luongo isn't the only Canuck experiencing some surprising success this season. Right wing Zack Kassian has scored five times in his last six games and is in a six-way tie for second among goal-scorers.
Injury report: Michal Rozsival (lower body) is questionable for Chicago; he sat out the game in Minnesota. Forward Daniel Carcillo hasn't played after going down with a knee injury on opening day. ... The Canucks are still without forward David Booth (strained groin) for another 2-4 weeks, while center Ryan Kesler (shoulder and wrist surgery) remains on IR.


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Southern Mint Julep
4 Sprigs Fresh Mint.
1/2 Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar.
1 Glass of Bourbon, Rye, or Canadian Club Whisky.
Use long tumbler and crush the Mint leaves and dissolved sugar lightly together, add Spirits and fill glass with cracked ice; stir gently until glass is frosted. Decorate on top with 3 Sprigs of Mint.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the proper way to make a Mint Julep. From mint flavored simple syrup to mint infused Bourbon, there are 1001 ways to skin this cat.
Even among the more basic recipes, as with the Mojito, there is disagreement about how crushed, or muddled, the mint leaves should be. Some people muddle the mint up into a paste, others leave the leaves more intact.
Interestingly, Issue 3 of McSweeney's Lucky Peach magazine has an article by food science guru Harold McGee called, "On Handling Herbs", in which he talks about how to get the best flavor out of herbs when using them in cooking.
One of the first things he notes is, "Ripe fruits are delicious as is, because the parent plant has evolved to encourage animals to eat them and spread their seeds far and wide. Herbs and spices can make foods delicious, but they're usually not delicious in themselves, because plants don't want animals to chew up their leaves and seeds and roots…most herb and spice flavors are actually chemical weapons."
He goes on to say, "How you handle herbs can also affect their flavor. The defensive chemicals responsible for plant flavors are usually concentrated in fine, hairlike glands on leaf surfaces (the mint family, including basil, oregano, sage, shiso, and thyme) or in special canals within the leaves (most other herbs). If you leave the herbs pretty much intact, what you get is mainly the characteristic flavor of that herb. But if you crush the herb, or cut it very finely, you damage a lot of cells and cause the release of the green, grassy, vegetal defensive chemicals."
I've known this anecdotally, but never had it explained quite so clearly. If you muddle the mint in your Mojito or Julep, it tastes grassy and bitter. If you handle the mint gently, you get light, clear, mint flavor and scent.
To me, this argues against truly "crushing", "pulverizing", or "muddling" the mint (or other herbs) in any drink.
To make a mint Julep these are my usual instructions:
Mint Julep
4 fresh and lively sprigs mint (there is nothing sadder than a julep made with wilted mint)
1/4 oz Simple Syrup (generous 1/4 oz Small Hand Foods Gum Syrup)
2 oz Bourbon and a little extra for garnish (2+ oz Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, bottled 2003)
Fine Ice
METHOD: Strip the leaves from the lower stems of the mint and place in julep cup. Reserve upper sprigs for garnish. Pour in your simple syrup and use a spoon or muddler to gently rub the mint and syrup up and down the sides of the cup. Add Bourbon and ice to fill half way up the cup. Vigorously mix together mint leaves, syrup, bourbon, and ice. Top up with more fine ice and sprinkle a little extra bourbon over ice. Slap the reserved sprigs against your palm, form into a bunch, and insert into ice. Poke straws in ice near the mint sprigs, serve, and inhale.
Also, if you aren't reading Lucky Peach, you really should be. For my money, it's the best writing about food, cooking, and working in restaurants that you can currently find. If you have to, cancel your cable subscription to the Food Network, and subscribe to Lucky Peach instead.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the drinks in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, the, uh, Sauterne Cup.


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I have a question -- since there is only "MEAP eBook" option available for purchase, does it mean that the paper version of the book won't be released?
The content looks very good -- keep up the good work!
John Hyaduck wrote:Hello Renzo - starting a project migrating legacy python code into a more functional clojure application. I am planning on expanding my toolkit using your promising reference book to save reinventing the wheel. Hopefully I'll be better able to concentrate on the application. Will be in touch as I find useful functions and give feedback as appropriate. John Hyaduck
385181 wrote:Hi Renzo,
My name is John Carnell and I am just finishing up the new Manning book Spring Microservices in Action. In addition to my work in Spring/Java I have been writing Clojure code for about 1.5 years. Just wanted to wish well on your book. I got a copy of your book and I have been really enjoying what I have been seeing. The Clojure community has needed a book like this for a while. I just wanted to wish you good luck with this book. There will be times where writing this book will be overwhelming and you will ask the question: "Why the heck did I ever do this too myself?" : ) Stick with it and I will be excited to see when your book gets published in print.
- John


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By Phillip Morgan
The Hillsdale Academy Colts hosted an athletic, physical Quincy team last night and lost 5-3.
"You have to give credit to Quincy," Sullivan said. "They played well, they're well-coached, and they're aggressive."
In the first half, the Academy controlled the ball, and threatened to score on a number of occasions. Forwards Liam Wolfram and Franklin Tropiano worked�hard�to split the Orioles' aggressive defense. The Colts created good opportunities through sound passing, but when the Orioles'�defense cleared the ball, the Quincy forwards�struck quickly�the other way.
"Hillsdale Academy is one of the best passing teams we play," Quincy head coach Tim Hart said. "Part of our strategy is to wait on the pass, pick them off it, and send it."
Both teams play was notably physical, as the defenses punished the attacking forwards.
The size and speed of Quincy, particularly that of junior Jake Ryder, left the Colts at a�slight disadvantage.
Ryder scored three of�Orioles' five goals and recorded an assist on the first goal of game by junior forward Evan Albright.
"This was his best game of the year," Hart said of Ryder.
Sullivan agreed.
"He had some really nice moves that we just couldn't stop," Sullivan said "He's a player that was tough for us to stop. For his size, he's athletic, moves well, and he shoots well."
Jere Wiegel made an aggressive move to the net and�scored for Colts, on assist from Franklin Tropiano, at�27:45, making the score 2-1.
Ryder punched in one more before the half, giving Quincy a 3-1 advantage at the break.
It was more of the same in the second half. Ryder got his third goal right away, as he headed in a pass from junior Nick Haberl.
With the�score at 4-1, the Colts mounted a comeback.
First, Alex Wood scored on a pass from Tropiano.
"At 4-2 we started to get a little momentum," Sullivan said.
At the 12-minute mark, Liam Wolfram scored off a pass from Sam Brady.
"Against them you can never consider lead safe," Hart said.
Having seen their lead dwindle, the�Orioles' offense took control.
Junior midfielder Tanner Parshall set up Nick Haberl on a through pass. Haberl knocked the goal in, giving Quincy a 5-3 lead and much needed breathing room.
"We try to bring midfielders up on the attack and control the middle," Hart said.
The Colts were unable to go on another scoring run, and the evening ended with win for the Quincy Orioles.
"We've had a lot of good games with Quincy," Sullivan said after the game. "It's a good rivalry.
We look forward to playing them."
Quincy's next game is at home on Wednesday, Sept. 11, against Blissfield
Hillsdale Academy plays Washtenaw at home on Friday, Sept. 13.
Ryder and co. too much for the Colts
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NEWTOWN , Conn. (AP) - Authorities say they may be able to release the identities of the victims of the Connecticut school shooting on Saturday morning.
State police Lt. Paul Vance said Friday evening that officials were "cautiously optimistic" that they could have all the identities pinned down by the morning.
He says that authorities already have preliminary identities but that "it's a very meticulous process."
Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza is believed to be the gunman who shot up Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, killing 26 children and adults, then himself.
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Championship Strikeout
In the wake of this weekend's tragedy involving the Dallas Cowboys you can be sure many will call for the NFL to take a tougher stand on drunk driving offenses but the truth is that will make little difference.
In case you did not hear Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown was killed in a one-car accident in which the driver was teammate Josh Brent, who is free on bail but is facing a felony charge of intoxicated manslaughter. The two friends were also teammates at the University of Illinois and it was there only three years ago that Brent was sentenced to 60 days in jail and probation following a plea agreement on a drunken driving charge.
So he got behind the wheel again when he should not have and this time killed someone. What has to be perplexing to team and league officials is the NFL has a safe-driver policy in which every player is given a phone number they can call anytime and a ride will be provided to them. The problem has been and always will be that intoxicated drivers always think they can find their way home so regardless of penalties and punishment they will still get behind the wheel.
When the NJSIAA Football Playoffs began in November I expected that as many as six teams from the shore could win state sectional titles. The season ended this weekend and in what would have to be considered a major surprise the shore struck out with Southern, Manalapan, Neptune, Middletown South and Shore all losing in championship games.
The Shore Sports Network concludes its coverage of the season on Thursday's final edition of The Barnabas Health High School Football Show on 105.7FM. We'll reveal our 44 best players from the Shore Conference along with our players and coaches of the year in Ocean and Monmouth counties.
Now that the football season is over it's a quick transition to basketball and the 29th Annual WOBM Christmas Classic officially began last night with the Coaches Seeding Meeting Dinner at The Villa in Toms River.
Coaches ranked the teams 1-16 in a secret ballot and those seeds and first-round pairings will be announced tomorrow morning at the annual Tip Off Breakfast hosted by the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Toms River. Special thanks to Nick Pagano and the staff at The Villa, which is in the parking lot across from The Office Restaurant and Lounge and a terrific place for private parties and banquets.
The field for this year's WOBM Christmas Classic includes newcomers C.B.A. and Freehold Township on the boy's side and girl's first-time entrants Freehold Township and Jackson Liberty.


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The world-famous Golden Gate Bridge welcomes you to San Francisco, the most-visited and beloved American city. Prepare to lose your heart as you explore delightful and diverse neighborhoods, take in breathtaking views from the tops of crooked streets, wander through Fisherman's Wharf, and sample a fabulous variety of cuisines.
Begin your stay in San Francisco by walking the Barbary Coast Trail, a wonderful 3.8-mile overview of the city ranging from Nob Hill to Ghirardelli Square. Spend a day exploring the Golden Gate Recreation Area, which includes the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Muir Woods and more. Jump on the ferry at Pier 39 for a trip to Alcatraz, the famous island prison that also has spectacular gardens, bird colonies, and views of San Francisco Bay. Stop in one of Boudin's famous sourdough bakeries for a true taste of San Francisco, and be sure to visit Chinatown for great food and atmosphere to match.


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- "Vic, I hope you play golf."
- ― Gonzalez
Home's on the Range is the first mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories given to protagonist Victor Vance by drug dealer Gonzalez from the Leaf Links golf club, Vice City.
Victor was asked by Gonzalez to meet him at the golf range in Leaf Links. After a short time of playing Gonzalez and a couple of his goons appear in Caddies. Gonzalez tells him that if he can play golf good enough then maybe they can work together. After playing a round, Victor eventually gets a perfect hit and Gonzalez praises him and the mission is completed.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Press X to begin
- Press to set your shot's power
- Press to set your shot's accuracy
- Jesús - Killed by Victor Vance on orders from Gonzalez.
Post mission pager message
Lance Vance: Watch your back Bro'. Word on the street is - Martinez has split from FED protection...
- In order to complete this mission, Victor must time his swing sufficiently to score a direct hit on the buoy before Gonzalez does.
- Attempting to enter the golf course through the main entrance results in Victor being stripped of his weapons, and due to a glitch not all of them are necessarily returned after. To avoid this, it's possible to hop the fence to the left or right of the entrance building. A more profitable option is to obtain a PCJ-600 and approach the golf course from the L-shaped road to the north. A ramp near the bottom of the "L" is a unique stunt jump that lands near the driving range and awards Victor $250 for the trouble (the bike will vanish after the mission, however).
The reward for completing this mission is $1,000. In addition, the optional side-mission Swinger's Club becomes available.
- This mission is similar to Practice Swing in The Ballad of Gay Tony, in which Luis Lopez has to hit a Union Man from the driving range for Rocco Pelosi.
- This mission name makes a reference to a song of the same name.
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PUYALLUP A man connected with a child rape case in Warden was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography.
Robert John Kearns, 54, was sentenced to five years imprisonment, and a lifetime of court supervision by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward F. Shea. Kearns also has to register as a sex offender.
Kearns pleaded guilty to the charge in November following an FBI and Grant County Sheriff's Office investigation.
According to court records, Kearn received pornographic images of children from Pamela Ortega of Warden. A search warrant executed April 14, 2011, located the images on Kearns' laptop.
Kearns came under investigation in a case involving Ortega, who pleaded guilty to three counts of rape of a minor and was sentenced to four concurrent terms of 25 years in prison for using her children to produce the images, court records show.
Kearns had apparently requested the images from Ortega, who in turn sent them, records show.
The case was prosecuted by Stephanie J. Lister, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
In Ortega's case, a Grant County court records show the mother raped her children and broadcast the acts online.
Investigators determined she had sexually abused her then 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son while Internet users watched, records show, noting she also molested a 2-week-old infant in her care and broadcast the act live over the internet.
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Sept. 14, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the third consecutive season, MIT captured third-place in the Betty Richey Tournament hosted by Vassar College. The Engineers overpowered Elms College 11-0 in Sunday's consolation game, after dropping a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss to the host school on Saturday. With Sunday's win, MIT improved to 2-5 on the season.
Against Elms, sophomore Jessica Oleinik registered four goals while sophomore Danielle Smith recorded a hat trick of her own. Anna Teruya, Ekavali Mishra, Alona Birjiniuk and Virginia Nicholson also contributed to the Engineers' scoring as Tech outshot the Blazers, 26-3. Sophomore Keri Dixon made a pair of saves to secure her second shutout in three games.
In Saturday's first round match-up, MIT battled Vassar to a stalemate for the first 70 minutes, including a second half that saw numerous chances for both teams. The Engineers fired off five shots in regulation and forced Vassar goalkeeper Taylor Herman to make four saves. Dixon made two of her three saves in regulation to preserve the 0-0 tie.
Vassar sent MIT into the consolation round just over three minutes into the extra session, as Rachel Lowenthal converted a loose ball in front of the net that the MIT defense was unable to clear after Dixon stopped the Ducks' initial shot attempt.
Teruya and Mishra represented MIT on the All-Tournament team.
The Engineers now return home after completing a six game road swing to face Daniel Webster on Friday, September 19 at 6:00 p.m.


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How Strong Is the Art Market?
Brett Gorvy, who runs Christie's postwar and contemporary art department, and WSJ's Kelly Crow on Lunch Break discuss the key issues that will gauge the health of the global art market this fall. Photo: Christie's.
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A Maries County sheriff's deputy was injured while in a foot chase with a suspect Monday.
Tammy D. Hudson/Hart, 24, of Rolla, had been evading law enforcement agencies for months, according to Sheriff Chris Heitman.
Hudson/Hart was wanted for charges of stealing and drug possession, was later caught and arrested.
According to a press release from the sheriff's department, Hudson/Hart was wanted for a felony drug possession charge out of Phelps County, a felony stealing charge out of Phelps County, and a charge of stealing out of the City of Rolla.
Sheriff's deputies located Hudson/Hart Monday afternoon but when deputies attempted to arrest her, she fled on foot. During the foot chase, one of the sheriff's office personnel suffered minor injuries.
Members of the sheriff's office were eventually able to catch up to Hudson/Hart, who resisted as she was placed in handcuffs.
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Well... Hello, I'm John, I'm 18, and I've always aspired to do some form of entertainment media. For a long time, I was undecided between films and gaming, but I've finally decided on gaming (about a year ago actually) due to the fact there is more room to place things, little tidbits, quality. A film is limited to 2 hours usually, and I just couldn't see myself being able to work within those sort of limitations. Thus, the interactivity and somewhat loose limits of gaming intrigued me. I'm currently actively partaking in a Game Design course through Mountwest Community and Technical Center (MCTC) in Huntington, WV. It kicks ass, and we're moving into our new campus in the Spring! I'm currently looking for a team to either start an indie project or begin modding with. Thus far, my skills are mostly in Mapping, although I'm looking to improve in all areas. I play music in my spare time, enjoy motorcycles, cars and mechanical things of all sorts.
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A new UBS survey suggests Apple currently holds the top spot in smartphone retention rates by a long shot, holding a strong 89% rating over the nearest hardware competitor HTC at just 39%. Apple also had no trouble beating out the Android platform in general, although being a platform gave Google an added "stickiness" of around 60% retention among consumers.
Despite Android holding a higher rate than most other hardware manufacturers in this space, roughly 31 percent of current Android device owners are planning on jumping ship to the iPhone as their next purchase.
UBS also noted that the app catalog for platforms has had limited importance in the determining factors involved when consumers choose their next smartphone. That really says something about the iPhone 4 specifically, of which the hardware is over a year old yet still continues to beat out the newest, cutting edge smarthphone offerings.


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Amos Eaton, natural scientist, educator, and co-founder of the Rensselaer School, was born on May 17, 1776 in New Concord parish (now Chatham, Columbia County), New York. Eaton graduated from Williams College in 1799, and despite an interest in the natural sciences, undertook the more practical study of law in New York City. He was admitted to the state bar in 1802. From 1802 to 1810 he practiced law and worked as a land agent and surveyor in Catskill, New York.
In 1811 Eaton was imprisoned on charges of forgery in a land dispute. Although Eaton and many others always maintained his innocence he spent nearly five years in jail. During his incarceration he began a course of scientific studies and upon his release spent a year at Yale College studying science under Benjamin Silliman and Eli Ives. He then returned to Williams College where he introduced a very successful course of scientific lectures and published A Botanical Dictionary and Manual of Botany for the Northern States in 1817.
In 1818 Eaton moved to the Troy-Albany area which had become a center of industrial and commercial growth. He spent the next six years as an itinerant lecturer, ranging from West Point, New York, to the Castleton Medical Academy in Vermont, and compiled textbooks in chemistry, zoology, and geology. Under Stephen Van Rensselaer's patronage he undertook geological and agricultural surveys of Albany and Rensselaer counties and across New York State along the route of the Erie Canal. His published survey reports earned him recognition in American geology and the 1820's have been designated as the "Eatonian era."
Eaton's most significant and lasting contribution was to scientific education. He developed a teaching theory and methods that focused on "the application of science to the common purposes of life." In contrast to the then current method of learning by rote, students were to learn by doing. Field trips were used to gather specimens, experiments were performed in laboratories, and students prepared and delivered lectures with the instructor and fellow students serving as critics.
To implement his novel ideas, Eaton enlisted the support of Stephen Van Rensselaer in founding the Rensselaer School in 1824. Eaton served as Senior Professor at Rensselaer for the rest of his life and trained a significant number of influential scientists, including James Hall, J.C. Booth, Asa Fitch, Ebenezer Emmons, G.H. Cook, Abram Sager, E.S. Carr, Douglass Houghton, and Eben Horsford.
In 1835 Eaton further developed his curriculum and gave it even more focus on practicality. The Rensselaer School was renamed Rensselaer Institute and was divided into separate departments of science and engineering. Eaton remained at the Institute until his death on May 10, 1842 at age 66.
Additional biographical information is available from the following sources:
Ballard, Harlan H. Amos Eaton, Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (1897).
Durfee, Calvin. A Sketch of the Life and Services of the Late Professor Eaton, Boston (1860).
McAllister, Ethel M. Amos Eaton, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia (1941).
Nason, Henry B. Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886, William H. Young, Troy (1887).
Rezneck, Samuel. Education for a Technological Society, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (1968).
Van Klooster, H. S. Amos Eaton as a Chemist, Journal of Chemical Education (October 1938).
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Get Ready to Dust Those Bunnies!
To arms! The battle for cleanliness has begun anew, and it's up to us to do our part in this war. Dust bunnies are everywhere; clogging up vacuums, massing under beds and waiting for the perfect time to strike. I say we need to strike first. We as a people need to band together and Dust Those Bunnies!
Okay, it's a little campy but this game looks fun. From the minds of Utah-based Gamers Rejoice, Dust Those Bunnies! puts players in charge of some of the most devastating anti-dust weaponry (brooms, vacuum cleaners, etc.) and lets them loose the dogs of war all over the little buggers. It boasts two game modes, Wage War and Commando, both requiring players to sweep those dusty critters into a dustpan for victory. Wage War is more like a "full" game, with access to a full arsenal and the threat of dustpan-destroying bunny bombs. Commando is a bit less strenuous, with no bombs but also none of the fancy stuff found in Wage War. It's just the player, a broom and the bunnies.
It's too soon to predict whether or not Dust Those Bunnies! will find itself on a notable page in the App Store anytime soon, but it certainly looks to be doing its part. The black and white film reel visuals are a cute touch, too. Be sure to give it a look.


text: In 2011, Danny Choo with Culture Japan visited a place called Clone Factory in Akihabara, Japan in order to have his clone made. The clones are not made from human DNA, but are created using 3D image captures and effects to map facial shapes and measurements. Once the computer has digitally builds the 3D image of a face, the image can then be printed by a 3D printer. These clones are printed using layers of ink which harden in a plaster mold before getting cleaned up with small tools and pressurized air. A few days after Choo's session, he received his clone, the head of which his producer stuck onto the body of a stormtrooper. Clone Factory can clone just about any solid object, and you can expect to pay around 138,000 yen, or around $1500 USD, for your clone.


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Fluor's job fair to support future projects
Fluor, a Fortune 500 company that delivers engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project management to governments and clients in diverse industries around the world, is hiring.
"Fluor is hiring professional staff with at least five years of industry experience. Examples include process, pipeline, project engineering, civil/structural/architectural, electrical, control systems, mechanical, piping, project controls, material management and construction/commissioning managers," said Christopher Moody, senior recruiting manager, Human Resources, Fluor.
Fluor has a backlog of projects, and it sees opportunities in the oil and gas market. Over the course of the year, Fluor's Houston office expects to hire a few hundred staff members, which would represent a 10-15 percent growth in 2013. Therefore, Fluor will be hosting a job fair at its Houston-area office, 1 Fluor Daniel Drive, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 16.
Although pre-registration is not required, it is suggested those interested visit Fluor's website to apply for positions that interest them.
"Fluor's hiring managers will be talking to candidates about current and upcoming positions. It is recommended attendees bring resumes and be prepared to discuss their qualifications," Moody said.
The majority of positions are based in Fluor's Houston office; however, there are opportunities for domestic and international field assignments.
Benefits for full-time, salaried positions are listed on the website under careers, along with other information about job opportunities.
Fluor maintains 60 global office locations on six continents, with 43,000 employees serving international clients in a variety of industries.
Examples of clients and industries Fluor is involved with is evident in two recently awarded projects. The first is an engineering, procurement and construction-management contract by The Dow Chemical Co. for a propylene production asset project in Freeport. Fluor successfully completed the front-end engineering and design contract, thereby setting the stage for this next-phase EPCM project award.
"Fluor is excited to be the EPCM contractor for the successful execution and completion of this project," said Peter Oosterveer, president of Fluor's Energy and Chemicals Group. "The U.S. is experiencing a significant rebound in the petrochemical sector due to the attractive price of shale gas, and we look forward to helping our longtime customer Dow realize this important project."
Germany-based BASF has chosen Fluor as its engineering partner for chemicals capital projects across North America.
Services provided on projects per the agreement will include conceptual and front-end engineering and design, detailed engineering, procurement, project management and construction-management services. Fluor was selected by BASF in mid-2011 as its engineering partner in Asia and Europe.
"BASF is a valued and important long-term Fluor client for which we have performed significant projects across the globe for decades," Oosterveer said.
On the list of Fortune 500 companies, Fluor is No. 124 of America's largest corporations in 2012.
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I have to say that shimano road sti units are just a pain when it comes to changing cables. At least more so than other brands. There just seems little room to get to the mechanisms. Maybe its just me and that I find mtb shifters much easier by comparison, but when you have to replace a shifters because you can't get a broken part out then something is wrong in the design.ReplyDelete
At least they are more reliable than sram!
OUCH!!!! Painful no doubt. I hear ya. I do like Shimano myself, I switched my FatBike, HT and CX all over to Shimano Tiagra STI in the last 18 months, I like the comfort and easier shifting for dirt riding and the larger hoods and levers then my previous Scram that work better wearing winter gloves.ReplyDelete
I've run various shifter combos over the last 25+ years. Currently 10 speed Ultegra on the carbon Ibis, old school 8 speed STI on the steel Ibis. Main mountain bike is running SRAM X7 shifters and X9 rear derailleur - my first SRAM bike. It works well. Son Ian's 'cross rig is also running SRAM Rival - pretty nice.ReplyDelete
When it comes down to it though, I'd take Shimano if given the choice. I like the lighter action to the shifting. The SRAM stuff works well though. I've never owned anything Campy wise. If I build up the dream road bike, I'd for the Chorus group, just for something different.
Oh yeah, I removed the cable from the shifter today. Pulled the shifter off the bike to make things easier. When I flipped the shifter upside down, could see the cable had pulled all the way across the inside of the housing - so the barrel end was against the cable exit hole, but was too big to pull all the way through. I was able to pull it out using needle nose pliers, between the shifter itself and the housing - barely had room - but it worked. Much relief. I'll pick up a new shifter cable and handlebar tape this week. I'll also be extra careful routing the new cable...
First, as a matter of full disclosure, I am a fan of Shimano. I just did a ride with a friend of mine who works at a bike shop. He couldn't get his XT derailleur to stop shadow shifting. He turns to me and asks what the problem was. I pointed out the fact that he works at a bike shop, and I was riding a single speed. It seems to me shifting shouldn't be this complicated.ReplyDelete


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Will the future of enterprise storage be defined by software?
Over the last 20 years, the emergence of the networked-storage-systems market has given rise to an entire multibillion-dollar industry. Although many things have changed over this period, there has been one constant: Systems were largely defined by, and features were mainly delivered through, hardware.


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Washington's biggest annual party weekend, anchored by the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, continued to balloon this year, with a growing roster of pre- and post-parties. What had already morphed years ago from a journalist-focused dinner into a celebrity-soaked spectacle has become a multiday circuit of parties competing for high-profile guests.
While the face-off between President Obama, dinner host Seth Meyers, and pseudo presidential candidate Donald Trump drew the attention of television viewers, many of the 2,600 dinner guests at the Washington Hilton on Saturday—and countless more who didn't sit for dinner but swung through the swirl—were more concerned with navigating the parties from the likes of Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, and MSNBC.
As the clashing personalities from Washington, Hollywood, and New York made their way through the weekend's event, they saw several repeating motifs—mini cupcakes and photo booths being the biggest repeat offenders—but some hosts pulled off more original party concepts, with a dizzying array of fairly ambitious small plates being served by big local caterers as well as new restaurants. (For many, the Hilton Washington's dinner of filet and scallops was probably their only seated meal of the weekend.)
This year's star wattage was dimmed slightly: The royal wedding on Friday morning kept away some of the more famous TV news faces, and with Congress not in session, fewer members were on hand. But a familiar phalanx of movie and TV celebrities parachuted in: Chelsea Handler, Jon Hamm, and Zach Galifianakis were among those sparking excited requests to pose for photos with less-famous faces.
For years the dinner has been called "nerd prom"—a play, in part, on the high number of people present who look awkward in formal wear. And the high school analogy can be helpful in delivering a taxonomy of hosts and parties.
MSNBC's popular, populist bash at the Italian Embassy—with Cee Lo Green singing three songs (Maryland Sound handled audiovisual production) and Rachel Maddow dutifully making drinks behind her own bar—might be the bash thrown by the football star and the pretty blonde cheerleader. Produced by Philip Dufour, the party gave the grand, open Piero Sartogo-designed space little embellishment, letting just some red drapes, a single crystal chandelier, and lots of lighting from Atmosphere Inc. add some pomp. Outside was a tent from Perfect Settings with hand-rolled cigars and a Johnnie Walker bar.
Among Occasions Caterers' many modern passed hors d'oeuvres were tiny veal and pork meatballs served on forks with a twirl of spaghetti, and melon balls topped with prosciutto dust and fried parsley. On the sweet side were tiramisu in mini mason jars and push pops in two flavors. Also on hand: Sponsor Starbucks returned with a coffee bar, and on the way in, guests received $10 gift cards for DonorsChoose.org.
Meanwhile, the party hosted by Vanity Fair and Bloomberg—the hardest invite to snag—might show what happens when the rich, handsome student council president (that would be Bloomberg LP) takes up with the snobby boarding-school girl who just moved to town, and doesn't see the point in hanging out with his boring high school friends. (Vanity Fair signed on to co-host and run the guest list for Bloomberg's long-running party in 2009.)
This year the duo returned to the residence of the French ambassador, with its now-trademark mix of pastel lighting, pillows with political quotes, and a starry guest list that included Sarah Palin, Seth Meyers, Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson, Arianna Huffington, and Newt Gingrich. Design Cuisine served mini steak sandwiches, fish-and-chips, and pigs in a blanket.
The other two big post-parties were less concerned with politics and media; the point was to give Washington's young social set—and the sponsors who want to reach them—a place to go. This year Capitol File's long-running party, produced by Gala Events and overseen by mag publisher Sarah Schaffer, was prominently sponsored by Bing, with logos on tables and projected on the wall of the Ronald Reagan Building.
While it might be stretching the high school metaphor to say Capitol File was the party for the status-seeking strivers—the preppy future business majors—(with some celebrities from the Creative Coalition, an event partner, mixed in), the Washington Life entry truly felt a house party where someone's parents were on vacation. The magazine entered the after-party fray for the first time, at a temporary venue in an Embassy Row mansion, with the festivities sponsored by Grey Goose.
Earlier in the night, the dinner crowd floated between the Hilton's meeting rooms, for celebrity gawking and cocktails hosted by various media outlets. Most blurred together, with just a few perks meant to make their hosts stand out: Thomson Reuters worked with First Protocol to reel in Samantha Ronson to DJ in its white-clad room, and CBS News and Atlantic Media co-hosted on a large tented terrace.
The weekend kicked off with a busy Friday evening. The Creative Coalition used its party to announce a new anti-bullying campaign, and put out cans of Red Bull—a style mismatch in the stately Washington Club, but a fitting choice for the earliest call time of the string of events that went late into the night, with many people making stops at several.
The refreshments at the dinner put on by Atlantic Media owner David Bradley for National Journal and The Atlantic had a decidedly different style: José Andrés's ThinkFoodGroup was on hand to serve his edgy fare, including liquid olives. Susan Gage handled the dinner (and decor) inside a tent over Bradley's back yard.
The New Yorker returned to its venue from last year (the W Hotel's rooftop), as did Time and People. The Time Inc. sibling magazines created possibly the New Yorkiest vibe of the evening, with artistic installations made of past covers, and loud dance and lounge music, at the St. Regis. A large, heavy gift bag—not the kind easily toted along to the next party—was loaded with snack food and beauty products from the likes of L'Oréal and StriVectin.
There was also a photo booth (from Onomonomedia), a touch echoed at the hospitality suite hosted by Tina Brown's Newsweek Daily Beast (this one from the Digital PhotoBooth) on Saturday. Brown also entered the Friday night fray with her own party.
Another new host was former Senator Chris Dodd, the new chairman and C.E.O. of the Motion Picture Association of America, with a party in the group's offices, just around the corner from the St. Regis, with Seth Meyers. Also produced by Philip Dufour, the party did double-duty as a preview of Graffiato by Mike Isabella, the 120-seat Penn Quarter restaurant from the Top Chef alumnus, who served substantial food on small plates: crispy chicken ravioli; gooey, cheesy beef panini; and pancetta frittata with leeks and basil cream. (There were also mini cupcakes with the M.P.A.A. logo on top.)
Friday night's festivities ended with a rollicking "First Amendment" party at the raw, all-white Longview Gallery, hosted by Funny or Die, National Journal, and The Atlantic. While a younger set crowded big bars in the main space, Google hosted a tent in the back, packed with people trying to get a look at Jon Hamm and Chace Crawford.
Saturday's traditional daytime stop—the garden party long known as "Tammy's brunch," though host Tammy Haddad has a list of co-hosts (including BizBash C.E.O. David Adler)—moved from Haddad's backyard this year to the fabled former home of Katharine Graham. Now owned by Mark Ein but uninhabited for years, the venue required considerable build-out—including plaster and paint inside, plus a platform over the pool in back—from producers at Design Cuisine.
The caterer's extensive menu of savory and sweet small plates included sopaipillas with cinnamon and sugar, French toast crème brûlée, and mini croque-monsieurs—and more mini cupcakes, this time with the logos of the two causes being honored: the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and CURE: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy. Event Farm handled registration, and check-in was done on iPads and iPhones.
Susan Axelrod and Wendi Murdoch were the co-chairs, and their husbands were on hand—that would be David and Rupert, of course—as was a considerable celebrity factor (Matthew Morrison, Jeremy Piven, Joan Rivers). But the person getting the biggest reaction was Sarah Palin.
The McLaughlin Group's Sunday brunch, co-hosted since last year by Thomson Reuters, has made the Hay-Adams roof the longtime morning-after destination. This year guests got to check out the hotel's recent redo of the space, with its views of the White House and monuments.
Meanwhile, at the Georgetown manse of Politico publisher Robert Allbritton, Politico executive director of events Beth Lester filled a tent in the backyard with Asian touches—blue and white vases, and food from Asian fusion restaurant the Source by Wolfgang Puck, making its off-site catering debut, with help from Design Cuisine. On the menu: mini curry jumpo lump crab salad sandwiches and braised pork belly over a crispy grit cake, plus more traditional breakfast fare, a sushi bar, and a coffee bar with nine variations—perhaps much needed after the long weekend.


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Melvin Willis, a 22-year-old activist from Richmond, Calif., on Tuesday attempted something that not even the U.S. Attorney General dares to do: Place the CEO of a giant bank under arrest.
"Too-big-to-jail is an outrage," Willis told me in a telephone interview after the attempt.
Willis had just interrupted the annual shareholders meeting of Wells Fargo in Salt Lake City where he told CEO John Stumpf that he was under citizen's arrest.
In the realm of high finance, such vigilante justice never gets far. Private security guards surrounded Willis and members of his posse. They were escorted from the Grand America Hotel before they could even read off the charges.
Willis is a part-time staffer at the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. The group drove more than 700 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area to demonstrate against Wells Fargo, as they have so many times in the past. Offenses in their "citizen's arrest warrant" included illegal foreclosures and unlawful discrimination against black and Hispanic mortgage applicants.
Last year, Wells Fargo agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to settle civil complaints containing these same allegations. But the bank did so without admitting nor deny guilt, and not one executive was named as a defendant.
After the financial crisis hit in 2008, Wells Fargo received $25 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. It has since repaid this taxpayer bailout, but it can't shake its branding as too-big-to-fail bank, an institution too critical to the financial system to ever be shut down or prosecuted.
"The only thing John Stumpf has is a lot of money," Willis said.
"Otherwise, he's just a person like any of us. If we did what he did…we would all be locked up."
Last month, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder went before the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmed what activists like Willis have been saying.
"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy," he said "And I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large."
Since that remark, activist groups have been flooding Washington with petition signatures demanding justice. A petition by MoveOn.org demands "immediate steps to break up the big banks and prosecute the criminals who used them to destroy our economy."
Meantime, a debate rages in Congress over whether new regulations and capital requirements have really ended too-big-to-fail.
On Wednesday, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and David Vitter, R-La., unveiled a bill that large banks vehemently oppose. It will "ensure that even the biggest banks have … enough reserves to back up their sometimes risky practices so taxpayers don't have to," Brown said at a press conference.
The bill immediately drew histrionics from the banking industry: "This is a bank break-up proposal and tying together the loose fringes of the parties doesn't make it 'bipartisan," said Tony Fratto, a former Treasury and White House official, in a statement e-mailed to media on Wednesday. He is now managing partner at Hamilton Place Strategies, which represents the banking industry.
"We've come a long way since 2008," he wrote. Whether because of regulation or market discipline, banks are better capitalized, more liquid, and much safer today."
It is difficult for people who still live in the rubble of the financial crisis to know whether this claim is true. Before joining the activist group, ACCE, two years ago, Willis said he was working odd contracting jobs. One gig involved demolishing a trailer park to clear land for a new hospital.
Another involved maintaining bank-owned homes for foreclosure sales.
He eventually had enough and decided to look for ways to speak out against the deteriorating living conditions he witnessed. But attempting to arrest a bank CEO, like so many other actions taken against big banks, was just an act.
"It was never our intention to physically grab John Stumpf," Willis said.
"It was a peaceful action to get our message out. We asked him to submit to our arrest…. If he actually said, 'Yes, Take me in,' I would have been shocked."
"It was taken as rhetorical," said Wells Fargo spokesman Ancel Martinez, who was also at the meeting. Willis and other members of his group were asked to leave, not because of their message, but because they were disrupting the meeting, he explained.
The bank understands it is working against a tide of critics. It has responded by granting more than $6 billion in principal forgiveness on mortgages and putting eight million customers into new loans with lower interest rates, Martinez said. It also conducts "home preservation workshops" that have resulted in 840,000 mortgage modifications, he said.
"Part of the aggravation and the discontentment in this country has been that this tepid recovery has been uneven," Martinez said. "We want more jobs to be created. We want business to be thriving. When you have an uneven recovery, there's continued pain, and I think that leads to frustration for a lot of sound reasons."
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In January 2002, the Boston Globe published the first in a series of articles that exposed the sordid history of sexual abuse of youth in the Boston Roman Catholic archdiocese. Those stories revealed how church officials had kept knowledge of abuse from parishioners and kept abusing priests in parishes where they continued to blight the lives and faith of the innocent.
Later in 2002, as more cases of sexual abuse in more dioceses tumbled out of the dark and the silence to which they had been consigned, the U.S. Conference of Bishops hurriedly promised transparency. The Catholic faithful, the bishops said, should know the extent of priestly abuse and their church's response.
In 2007, after paying at least $660 million in abuse settlements, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles joined a torturous legal defense of a privilege to conceal its part in that history. The Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, along with advocates for the victims, challenged the claim of archdiocesan officials.
Last week, in response to a court order, the archdiocese released internal records documenting the actions church officials took — or failed to take — when priests were accused of abuse. More documents will be released in coming weeks, but from those we've seen already, we know that in the 1980s, then-Archbishop Roger Mahony and his Vicar of Clergy, then-Msgr. Thomas Curry, failed repeatedly when moral judgment required them to choose the good of the Catholic community over loyalty to their fraternity of parish priests.


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LOUDON, N.H. — The New Hampshire Motor Speedway says it's banned smoking in the grandstand seating areas.
The Loudon racetrack says there will be designated smoking areas throughout the concourse level, and that smoking will still be allowed in parking lots, campgrounds and in souvenir, display and hospitality areas.
The track says that people who are spotted smoking will be directed to designated smoking areas, and that repeat offenders will be asked to leave the track.
In a message posted on its website, the track says it created the policy with the goal of reducing the risk of secondhand-smoke to its customers.
The new policy drew strong comments on the track's Facebook page from people who were happy and angry with the policy.
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These are only a few of the new Changito stamps that we sell in our store! We sell the entire collection! Some others from the new Changito line are Changito Stamper, Changito Vaccuum, Changito At Home, Ta Dah, Changito Piggyback, Changito Driver, Thanks Support, Pick Me Up, Hooray Blast, Drive Happy, and High on You. Be sure to check them out!!
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Our food system is inefficient, cruel and we are wasting our resources. We will run out of clean water, deplete the soil of nutrients and collapse the ecosystem. We are destroying the tropical rainforest, the lungs of the planet, and home to millions (if not trillions) of species of life forms that took millions of years of evolution to create. We are growing food on this land to feed the animals we eat (for the most part.) We are creating mass extinction and we are not immune to extinction ourselves as we are dealing in a land of finite resources. Humans are starving right now because we choose to feed their food to the animals we eat. Approx. 50,000 litres of drinking water goes into producing 1 kilo of beef or a gallon of milk. It takes approximately 10 times more grain to feed a "food" animal to eat it than it does to just feed the grain directly to the human being. We can feed 7 billion humans much more efficiently than 100 billion or more land animals. And we are ignoring our moral obligation to protect innocent animals and people who cannot protect themselves. Yes animals in the wild eat flesh but they do not breed in captivity and confine their prey to spaces indoors without space enough to turn around or be comfortable at all during the entire life. These animals are living a life of torture. No wild animal is so cruel to abuse, torture, confine, neglect, overcrowd, beat, cram in cages so small they never move, allow them no exercise, no sunshine, EVER, no movement even! Cut up into pieces while conscious, skin them alive, boil alive, etc etc etc This is common the world over. 100 billion a year we slaughter!!!!! and we kill another 1-3 trillion in the oceans. Non human animals are not capable of cultivating plant crops, however we are. We do not need animal products to survive. Some animals do need other animals to survive we are not one of them - many have proven this. Our intestines are long like herbivores and we have a back up emergency system we are abusing. Animal protein and fat creates disease in our body where plant food does not. We can derive all we need from plants and bacteria, rather than have the animals process this for us. If we focus on feeding the people directly we stop the torture and slaughter. If you eat meat dairy or eggs and you watch how the pigs, cows, chickens, farmed fish etc live you, will see they suffer immensely. When we take from the oceans we risk the lives of the sharks and whales who are essential to the ocean ecosystem. We need to keep it in balance. And the taste for flesh is not worth mass suffering beyond comprehension. We can learn to eat the plants. If you don't have the stomach to watch these videos on how the "food" animals live - it is because you already know it is creating suffering for them. Please stop supporting animal cruelty immediately! We can eat if we grow food for us rather than the animals we breed into existence to consume. We threaten the wildlife when we farm the land to grow the animal food. There is enough food for everyone but not enough to feed and care properly for so many animals! Every social issue is solved by going to a plant based diet and provides a tangible way of knowing who is cruel and who believes all life is sacred. The torture can stop but it takes each and every one of us to make it happen. Violence is a choice. Please stop contributing to lifetimes of starvation, torture, confinement, abuse, and slaughter. Please stop! Let us instead worship all life, not just our own. Let's love and worship instead of destroy, torture, and exploit ok?! Please! We can do this! And we will be better for it!


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Do you rely on men or women's gift guides when shopping for the holidays? You might want to rethink that strategy. While gender-specific guides can be useful, not all men like ties or tools, and not all women find candles and lotion appealing. As a recent post on Reddit shows, generic gender gifts often miss the mark.Stereotypical gifts for men include boxers, tools, watches, and cologne. However, not all men want or need these items. "People tend to get guys power tools and cologne and boxer shorts and whatnot," writes one male user. "But I want the same shit you were getting me when I was 15. Video games, movies, comic books, and toys. I want to rip open a present and see a Mars Attacks set of cards staring back up at me. That would be the best Christmas ever."Women also receive their share of stereotypical gifts, though some find "men's" gifts much more appealing. "Men get electronics and interesting books and fancy liquor," writes a frustrated female user. "Women get stinky candles and perfume, over and over and over."So what should you get instead? It depends on the person. Pay attention to their interests and hobbies, and try to find a relevant item you'll think they enjoy. Think over past conversations and try to remember if they mentioned wanting or needing anything. You could also approach mutual friends or acquaintances for ideas or simply ask the person directly. Don't just assume they'll like a particularly item simply because they're a man or woman.The key to great gift giving is to put a little thought into a gift, rather than simply relying on a generic guide. Good luck!
On September 6, retailers and fashionistas from around the world will take part in Fashion's Night Out (FNO), a one-day celebration dedicated to fashion, shopping, food, and fun. Retailers are busy planning for the big day and have announced a number of events to lure in shoppers. What's going on in your area?
When one thinks of top designers, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen don't exactly come to mind (at least to me). However, the twins who got rose to stardom after playing Michelle Tanner on ABC's Full House took home the biggest prize at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards – Top Womenswear Designers!"I'd like to thank you -- you," Mary-Kate, 25, said to her twin at the New York awards ceremony last week.
While the Oscars and Emmys are a great place to spot elegant gowns and high-profile looks, fashion lovers have a new show to check out - The Council of Fashion Designers annual CFDA Awards. For the first time ever, fans will be able to view the show, in its entirety, online. The big event airs on Style.com June 5.
"We are thrilled to be able to share American fashion's biggest night with the public for the first time and to be working with Style.com on this incredible project," said CFDA CEO Steven Kolb. "This is an amazing opportunity to expand our audience as we open this exclusive industry event to fashion lovers around the world."
Coffee. Is there anything it can't do? In addition to providing that much-needed boost in the morning, previous studies have found that coffee can reduce stress and the risk of suffering from strokes, breast cancer, and Alzheimer's Disease. Now, it seems the beloved beverage can help people live longer as well. More...
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt is the new face of Chanel No. 5, the French brand announced on Wednesday.
"Chanel has selected world renowned actor Brad Pitt to be the face of the upcoming advertising campaign for Chanel No.5," Chanel announced via Twitter.
The company declined to provide any additional details about the selection or respond to inquiries about whether Brad's new role means a male version of the iconic perfume is in the works. Pitt will be the first man to market the fragrance.
Little black dresses don't leave a lot of room for things like keys, credit cards, and cell phones, and dragging a purse around a party or nightclub can be a pain. That's why two University of Washington students invented the JoeyBra – a garment that allows women to stow items in a pocket attached to the side of their bra.
"From our own personal experience, we know that women hate taking purses to dances, bars, or dance clubs," founders Mariah Gentry and Kyle Bartlow write on JoeyBra.com. "Leaving these items at home can pose a safety risk, but with JoeyBra women will never have to worry losing or damaging their valuables again."
Looking for a handbag that's quirky and cool? Check out the fun bags below (not those kind of fun bags). Though the colorful bags look like they came straight out of a cartoon, they're 100% real and fully functional. Jump From Paper is the company behind the unique products.
"JumpFromPaper is a playful and innovative line of handbags," reads the company's website. "Are they real? Yes they're real. Although slim in appearance, each JumpFromPaper bag has a roomy interior to accommodate an iPad/tablet, book, magazines, and your everyday accessories."
What do you think of the bags? I love them and am thinking of ordering one of the larger sizes to use as a hipster diaper bag. More photos below.
Have you ever wondered what sort of dresses the world's most popular websites would inspire? I'm thinking no, but just for fun check out the dresses designed by Victor Faretina.