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Comprising a hinged bangle, desgined as a serpent, the body of green enamel, the gilt metal and rhinestone head terminating with a simulated pearl bead; and a pair of ear clips, each designed as a gilt metal leaf accented by rhinestones--5½ in.
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Man worships gold. From archaic times man has adorned himself in this life and in the aflerlife with gold. The Jews danced around a golden calf defying Moses when he came down from the mount with two tablets that would last for all time. Jason searched the known world for the Golden Fleece, a sheepskin for panning gold from the rivers. Herodus records that the Lydians' were the first people to mint gold coins. Women accumulated gold coinage to create their own dowries so they would have the freedom to choose their husbands. One day the K.J.L. coin will be sold at par with the Alexandrian, the oldest known coin.
Phidias clothed his great statue of Athena in the Parthenon in a cloak of gold. The King of Thailand changes the Emerald Buddha, seated on his aerial throne, to a golden mesh tunic at the 4th Season. The Duchess of Windsor is rumored to have been buried in her crystal and gold K.J.L. belt.
Kenneth Jay Lane understands the splendor of gold. He uses jeweler's metal and electro plating to give us a feeling of the riches of our ancient heritage. As Diana Vreeland once said you always need something of barbaric gold to take the curse off a 'robe de style,' meaning a black velvet ball gown. Kenny designs Pre Columbian pectorals, Islamic tribal jewels, and Tamil Nadu priests' golden ceremonial breastplates.
K.J.L. grew up in Detroit. His fantasies at Rhode Island School of Design were Imperial, show biz, and Mae West. KJL's design career started inauspiciously. On a spring day in 1963, I remember him hocking his jewels down 5th Avenue, dressed in a sculpted Savil Row suit, a Windsor knotted tie, and a Mickey Mouse watch. We were both working for Christian Dior at the time. He had a handful of plastic bangles and earrings that he had bought at a dime store and covered them with rough rhinestone crystals on a painted black ground. I thought that kind of stuff was unsaleable. Then, came a series of leopard and zebra patterned bangles. The columnist Eugenia Shepard wrote, "Kenneth Jay Lane's rise in the costume jewelry world has been nothing short of a comet." Eleanor Lambert said "Kenneth Lane created costume jewelry."
In his apartment as in his downtown house of an earlier period, K.J.L. creates atmospheres that reveal years of Grand Tour vacations. Huge billiard table lights hang above the living room. Fake potted palm trees and painted cactus are the sentinels of the luncheons. His is the best rolodex in town: Earl of Warwick, Jackie Onassis, Brooke Astor, the Maharaja of Jodhpur, Princess Ruspoli, H.R.H. Princess Michael of Kent, and Elizabeth Taylor. Orientalists pictures mix with zebra stripes. Books are piled high like the Leaning Tower of Pisa; magazines are stacked into towers of Babel, monuments to absolute clutter. K.J.L. has an endless curiosity, and probably could teach a world history class at Columbia University with the family trees of American and European aristocracy thrown in for fun.
K.J.L.is an explorer of the imagination. It started with Noah's Ark: caparisoned elephants with pearls hanging off their trunks, snakes as exquisite as Sarah Bernhard's enamel serpent, turtles encrusted with rubies, swans drinking diamonds, paved leopards, emerald-eyed frogs, unicorns with crystal horns. These fanciful jewels were created in his Providence, Rhode Island workshop.
Kenny is inspired by the great jewelers of our time: Cartier, Schlumberger, Verdura, Van Cleef & Arpels, David Webb, Belperron, Seaman Schepps, Jar, and Chanel. We could wear their fantastical designs for under $500. We could be Cinderella for a night. K.J.L. recreated English crown jewels, dating back to Mary of Modena, in crystal, dazzling by candlelight. There were conversation pieces: Ming China dragon jade lariats, Egyptian tomb body adornments, and the gold masks of the Inca King Atahualpa.
A few years ago, Kenny and I took a trip to Germany to see King Ludwig's castles and palaces. There we visited K.J.L.'s German dealer to buy colored stones to be set in his Maharaja necklaces. Kenny rolled up his sleeves, looking like a sorter at De Beers Central Selling Organization deciding on Harry Winston's parcel. K.J.L., like the master jeweler that he is, works on his wax models for years before they meet his eye of perfection. I have seen him mentally photograph any jewel that takes his fancy at a party. Magically, it appears for sale in his showroom.
On another trip to Capadocia in Turkey, the tribal center of the rug market: Kenny told me, "Look rich when we go down to dinner." I overloaded on diamond rings, K.J.L. triple strand baroque pearls, and a pair of Van Clef ruby drop earrings. By 11 that evening, all the rug dealers were hovering around our table, inviting us to their emporiums. The power of K.J.L. baroque pearls!
K.J.L.'s final achievement was to find the production facilities to produce his oeuvre to the wider American audience. Jewels under $100, he sells with anecdotes, jibes, and grand sophistication on QVC.
Carol Channing wore K.J.L. diamonds in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and occasionally threw them to her audience.
A K.J.L. diamond is forever.
The former head of cultural affairs for Mexico in the UK on how her Latin American heritage has influenced her collection
Were some of Caravaggio's most famous paintings directly influenced by the figures on Rome's Fontana delle Tartarughe?


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General Motors' CEO Dan Akerson urged employees to embrace change, perform with integrity and accelerate the transformation of the company's culture in a regular meeting with employees this week.
Akerson told employees he wants to focus GM more on brands and customers, and better position the company to survive the next 50 or 100 years. He also decried a spate of recent leaks to the media.
Speaking on a conference call with GM employees on Thursday, Akerson told employees to be leaders and move beyond the traditional "fiefdoms" and bureaucracy that have hobbled the company for years, according to The Detroit News and Associated Press, which both had access to the call.
"We want to build this company so that it is the lion of the industry at the end of this decade and going forward," he said.
The Associated Press said Akerson — who will mark two years as CEO of GM on Sept. 1 — was at times upbeat and frustrated during the call.
Akerson exhorted GM employees to be loyal to the company. Those unwilling to play by the rules "ought to work somewhere else," he said.
"It's unfortunate when those among us don't live up to those standards," Akerson said, according to the News.
"We have the right to expect that people will behave with integrity," he said. "And when they don't, we can't tolerate it, and we won't."
Still, Akerson praised workers at the company's Lordstown, Ohio, plant for being proactive and fixing problems when they saw them, according to the reports. He added that the company is making progress in streamlining management and reducing red tape.
"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Just do it. If you see something that's wrong, do it," Akerson said, according to the News. "We've got to get this company and its culture into the 21st century."
A GM spokesperson today declined to comment on the reports. Akerson holds similar town hall meetings with employees nearly every quarter.
Akerson also discussed GM's European struggles, where sales have sagged as the economic recovery on the continent sputters.
"We have to change what we are doing in Europe or we are going to fail, and failure is simply not an option," Akerson said, according to the News.
GM lost $361 million in Europe last quarter, and has lost about $4 billion there since the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2009.
GM acquired a 7 percent stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen in March, and Akerson said the company was looking into further partnerships similar to the deal with the French automaker, the News reported.
Akerson said he didn't regret the recent changes made to GM's European management, adding that his goal was to put the automaker in a place to succeed for the next 50 or 100 years.
"We want to build this company so that it is the lion of the industry at the end of this decade and going forward," he said, according to the AP.
Akerson implored employees to keep confidential information within the company. A Bloomberg News report this week detailed the internal discussions that led to the dismissal of marketing chief Joel Ewanick.
"We have to stop leaking in this company. It's an act of treason," Akerson said, according to the reports. "It undercuts our competitive position."
Akerson said the Bloomberg report was "almost verbatim what happened," the News reported. He also highlighted an instance in July when photos of the interior of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado pickup were posted online, according to the reports.
"That hurts us. That helps the competition," he said, the News reported.
The CEO also said an executive disclosed a confidential revenue figure.
Akerson said employees would be asked to sign a document, called "Winning With Integrity," to assure that the leaks stop. The News reported that GM employees have had to sign some sort of ethics policy annually for more than a decade.
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Outside a miraculous recovery by Matt Harvey, the New York Mets have the best possible news today. On the day of their first full squad workout, the Mets finalized their refinancing, reported The New York Post.
So, if Fred and Jeff Wilpon are spotted smiling on one of the fields in Port St. Lucie, you'll know why.
The Wilpon family, stung in the Ponzi scandal, were five weeks from having to make a $250 million payment on an expiring loan. Had the loan been called, it is questionable whether the Mets could have come up with the money.
Reportedly, the Mets lost $10 million last season, but with their payroll to be under $100 million for a third straight year and Major League Baseball's new television contract, they could turn a profit this season.
The new loan, which is for five years and headed by Bank of America, is for the Libor average plus 3.25 percent. According to the report, the Mets did not have to pay down their former loan to make this one happen.
The Mets, who are currently valued at $1 billion, still need to have Major League Baseball approve the deal, which will be a formality.
Irving Picard, who was assigned to recovering funds for victims in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scandal, initially sued the Wilpons for $1 billion, which would have necessitated selling the Mets. However, the courts reduced that to $386 million.
The Mets' financial restraints were loosened this winter with the signings of Curtis Granderson, Bartolo Colon and Chris Young.
While that was an encouraging sign, as is the re-financing, don't expect a spending spree next winter and the team to return to the days of a $143 million payroll.
If the Mets are competitive this season with a $90 million payroll, they will likely increase spending in small increments.
ON DECK: I'll have a notebook pertaining to the first full-squad workout.


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The SS Politician was an 8000-ton cargo ship owned by T & J Harrison of Liverpool. It left Liverpool on 3 February 1941, bound for Kingston, Jamaica and New Orleans with a cargo including 28,000 cases of whisky. The ship sank near the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, and much of the wreck's cargo was salvaged by the island's inhabitants. The story of the wreck and looting was the basis for the book and film Whisky Galore!
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If you go online and search Jewelry topics you will find that there are a number of books, and articles on this subject. One of the biggest topics in the category of jewelry is collectible jewelry. Apparently, there is a huge following for those authors that specialize in this venue. And many of them make quite a bit of money selling these articles to magazines, or newspapers.
There are many authors that have columns that run regularly and are syndicated around the country, it's their only job and they make a good a bit of money as writers producing content of this type.
When writing "how to articles" on collectible jewelry you need to get into the mind of your reader, you need to consider what they are searching online, the types of questions they are asking, and gear your articles to answering those points of curiosity. One of the most important questions people ask is how do they value the collectible jewelry they already have, or the handed down jewelry that has been in their family for generations.
Another question is; "How Much Can I Get on eBay If I Sell This Collectible Jewelry?" And along the same lines is "how do I know the collectible jewelry I buy on eBay is really worth the money?"
These are all important things to the readers of such articles. As long as you are asking questions of the consumers, and collectors of such jewelry, and then answering those questions in your articles you will produce excellent content for the Internet, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers. Please consider all this.


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Dimitry (Obuhoff)
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- Nikolai Obuhoff born in Perm, Siberia, in May 1906.
- Fled with family in 1917 (due to Revolution and civil war). Settled in Manchuria.
- Nikolai worked on Manchurian branch of Trans-Siberian Railway.
- After father reposed, Nikolai moved to Beijing to become a novice in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.
- 1932: Completed theological studies, was tonsured and given name 'Dimitry', ordained to diaconate and priesthood by Abp Simon of Peking and China.
- Ministered to Peking Mission, Our Lady of Kazan Monastery, and St. Alexis parish in Modyago.
- 1956: Arrived in Australia with his mother. Archbishop Sava of Sydney commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a monastery in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn. Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Hmk Dimitry recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.
- Sep 16: First Divine Liturgy celebrated.
- 1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent priest (after four years without a priest); two of the other novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan candle-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become St John the Baptist Skete.
- 1962: Transferred to Vladimir Icon parish, Brisbane. Hoped to open a small monastic community in Brisbane, but Bp. Philaret's election as Metropolitan of ROCOR prevented this.
- 1970: Left ROCOR.
- 1975: Accepted into OCA.
- Apr 8: Elevated to hegumen.
- 1976-80: Served in Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church.
- 1980: Ill health forced retirement.
- 1982 Aug: Reposed and buried in Brisbane.
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Designer Portfolio: Miles Redd
Miles Redd is one of those designers whose name has become synonymous with a specific style. To me, his work evokes the bachelor apartment of an eccentric aesthete, some kind of lovable uncle character from fiction who is always drinking rye and saying "old boy." Redd's mixture of antique furniture and art, his masterful arrangements of objects, and, above all, his rule-breaking riot of color, contribute to his singular vision. Despite his constant envelope-pushing, we can see some common elements throughout his portfolio, many of which can serve as inspiration for our own projects and dreams.
The most obvious element of a Redd interior is color. Redd uses richly saturated jewel tones the way most decorators use white paint. In Redd's interiors, a high-gloss finish often mitigates the heaviness of the deep wall colors (images 2-5).
Redd will often echo the wall colors in the furnishings, while not necessarily matching them exactly. A glossy peacock blue living room, for example (image 2), contains two velvet chairs and a lampshade in similar hues, as well as two pale blue cushions on the sofa. Antique blue-and-white Chinese stools in a foyer (image 3) pick up the royal blue of walls without looking too "matchy."
Redd seems to love to showcase two strong colors in an interior, including blue and orange (images 2, 6 & 7), blue and red (images 3 & 8), and brown and red (images 9-12). He is not afraid to use patterns, like leopard print or florals, as neutrals (images 12-14). In rooms with "quieter" walls, Redd replaces saturated color with another point of interest, like a glossy painted ceiling (image 15), or faux-horn trim offset by a shock of red (images 9 & 11).
In these more-is-more interiors, Redd layers color, texture and even things, arranging artwork and objets in appealing vignettes that look effortless. He clusters antique paintings and prints on salon walls, and hangs mirrors in front of well-stocked bookshelves. A common motif is a round mirror, often a convex mirror, opening up the room or providing another reflective surface.
For those of us enamored of Redd's style, his portfolio gives us license to experiment with colors, textures and patterns. His work is a reminder that interiors can be fun, maximalist feasts for our eyes.


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Bethlehem Light Cantata Program Template is for events during the Christmas season. Great for Christmas Plays, Pageants, Cantatas etc.
In this package you'll find 2-11"x8.5" Photoshop Template files. All layers in the files are arranged, color coded and simple to edit. All Templates have multiple Color Options and are Easy To Edit. Layers are Organized and Color Coded. Smart Objects are used for some assets to make editing easier. The files are Print Ready (File Resolution is 300 dpi, Color Mode is CMYK and it has the minimum 0.125 bleed included). All you need to do is, "Edit, Save, Print"
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Indian Defence Budget Hiked By More Than 17 Pc
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In real terms, this increase amounts to Rs.28,992 crore ($6.5 billion) in the total outlay for defence for 2012-13 compared to Rs.1,64,415 crore ($36 billion) for the previous year (2011-12).
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, presenting the general budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha, said this allocation was based on the present needs projected by the defence ministry and that further needs for national security would be met.
He also announced a raise in the capital expenditure of the armed forces to Rs.79,579 crore ($17.5 billion), a 15.7 percent hike from last year's capital allocation of Rs.69,199 crore ($15 billion).
The capital expenditure will go towards new procurement of weapons and systems, and towards committed liability in the form of payments for contracts already signed in the previous years.
India is on the verge of signing a whopping $20 billion contract for 126 Rafale medium multirole combat aircraft, apart from a $600 million deal for 75 Pilatus PC-7 basic trainer for its air force.
It has already signed contracts for 10 C-17s transport planes and upgrade of 51 Mirage-2000 combat jets in 2011.
It also has 49 warships on order with several shipyards, of which 40 are with Indian shipyards.
Several artillery purchases for its army are also due. In particular, the proposal to buy 145 ultralight howitzers from the US under a government-to-government sale is also progressing.
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 07:53 AM
Updated Mar 19, 2012 at 12:34pm IST
India displaces China as world's largest arms importer
London: India has become the world's biggest importer of arms, displacing China by accounting for 10 per cent of global arms sales volumes. Over the past five years, India's imports of major weapons increased by 38 per cent between 2007 and 2011, a Swedish security think tank said with Asia topping other regions in arms imports.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its new report said that India was closely followed by China and Pakistan whose weapons imports constituted 5 per cent each of global sales.
Pakistan took delivery of "significant numbers of combat aircrafts during this period: 50 JF-17s from China and 30 F-16s from US," SIPRI said.
The Swedish think tank said China, which had been world's top arms importer in 2006-2007, has now dropped to fourth place, attributing this to improvements in the country's arms industry and its rising arms exports.
SIPRI said China is now world's sixth largest world exporter of weapons behind the US, Russia, Germany, France and UK.
But "while the volume of China's arms export is increasing, this is largely a result of Pakistan importing more arms from China."
"Beijing has not achieved a major breakthrough in any other significant market," the report said.
According to SIPRI estimates India is likely to spend more than $100 billion on weapons and systems in the next 15 years.
The Swedish institute catalogued India's major recent deals as 126 fighter jets and notable deliveries of other combat aircrafts, including 120 Su-30MKs and 16 MIG-29Ks from Russia and 20 Jaguars from UK.
Other deals include transport planes, submarines and a range of naval vessels, Tanks, small arms and artillery.
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It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
"Let China sleep for when the dragon awakes, she will shake the world"
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Buying weapons from others is nothing to be proud about,,,,,
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Illustrating the power of social media, more than 30,000 fans of the cult favorite television series "Veronica Mars" pledged $2 million in a single day — or 10 hours, to be exact — to finance an independent film based on the teen drama.
The overnight success of the fundraising effort — the biggest film campaign in Kickstarter history, and the fastest to reach the $1-million threshold — represents a milestone in Hollywood moviemaking economics. It demonstrates that devoted fan communities can rally to support projects that mainstream studios might otherwise reject.
Already, prominent television producers are contemplating using crowd funding to finance passion projects and give afterlife to other defunct series. The morning after "Veronica Mars" reached its $2-million goal, Bryan Fuller, creator of ABC's "Pushing Daisies," emailed his agent to see if he too could use the crowd-funding site to resurrect his fan-loved show about a man who can bring people back to life.
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For a few years now, I took great risks shooting in close proximity to exploding fire crackers – thinking back, it may have been too close for comfort and not something I want repeated. So this year while my dad continued the tradition of lighting the long string of firecrackers, to entertain the kids, I stayed on the first floor appreciating what's happening downstairs from the balcony. And, each year my immediate neighbour would light the first blast and what followed simply dwarfed every other fireworks in our area — Gong Xi Fa Cai and happy holidays everyone! 🙂
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While Robert Pattinson is filming The Rover in Australia, Kristen Stewart's been working on a project of her own here in the States. Called The Big Shoe, Kristen's latest flick has one awesome benefit: her hunky costar. You know Jim Sturgess, right? From Across the Universe? Well apparently the duo has great chemistry, both on- and off-screen. A source says that around Jim she was "touching her hair and laughing a lot." The catch? Jim has a girlfriend, and according to the same source -- everything is strictly professional.
OK, so yes, Kristen's past indiscretions make me want to doubt that. Allegedly Kristen is so set on reconciling with Rob and working on their relationship that she has blinders on to all other men. For some crazy reason I don't quite understand, I actually believe that.
Here's how I see it: Kristen has gone bat shit crazy since she cheated on Rob with Rupert Sanders. She's apologized publicly, she's made amends with Rob, she's traveled to Australia to see him, and the latest -- now she's wearing his underwear around because "she misses him." Her emotions are at an all-time high, and now I'm truly believing that she's head-over-heels in love with Rob and nothing's changing that.
Of course, that doesn't mean she can't be attracted to other men. Shoot, I definitely wouldn't blame her for being attracted to Jim Sturgess -- considering that he's handsome AND he can sing. Only time will tell if she can hold out until Robby comes back from the land down under.
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Inside Out "Connections" A solitary figure walks on the beach at dawn. Although he is alert to his surroundings, his sensory systems take in only a fraction of the energy that envelops him. That which does reach the receptor cells is captured and converted into signals that can be recognized by the central nervous system. D
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Religion and the Affordable Care Act - With enrollment in Obamacare beginning on October 1st and some in Congress seeking to de-fund it, Saul Gonzalez reports on the role of religious leaders, both for and against it, in the many, multi-million dollar campaigns underway to sell the law to the uninsured. A critical target is the so-called "Young Invincibles" whose participation is considered vital to offset the high costs of care for the aged. Pakistan's Christians - In the aftermath of last week's deadly attack on a church compound in Pakistan, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Karachi that one legacy of the West's former colonialism is deep resentment among Pakistani Muslim extremists of everything they see as Western, including Christianity. D
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Start Up "Plant Your Feet on the Ground!" Gary and the crew travel to Pittsburgh to talk to John, the creator of "Pittsburgh Paragliding", a new business that's really taking flight for Pittsburgh tourism. Then they head to Chicago to meet with Brock and Prosper, who start "Vivid Braille" a new retail clothing store with a creative twist. And last they swing by Indianapolis to talk to Colin, who invented "The Garden Tower Project", and new way of growing fresh organic vegetables. D
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Second Opinion "Angina" While there are different causes of angina, the symptoms can be scary and a sign of an underlying heart problem. Fortunately, there are good treatments available. Meet Joan and Fred Jahnke as they describe how they live with Joan's microvascular disease and the often-frightening angina that it causes. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Heartwarming Italian American Classics" Italians are known for their big family meals, and in this episode Lidia celebrates two heart-warming Italian-American classics that are perfect for any Sunday get together - Chicken Trombino and Italian American Meatloaf - two family friendly dishes that will bring your loved ones close to the table. D
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Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking "Millstone Farm, CT: Chefs Jacques Pepin, Bill Taibe and Tim LaBant" A farm fresh meal from Millstone Farm's best ingredients includes a delicious meal of eggs in lettuce wraps, slow roasted pork shoulder and baby turnips, greens and fennel fritter salad. D
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Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Extraordinarily Delicious Ensenada" Fish tacos embody Ensenada's history in one bite: Fresh fish from pristine waters encased in crispy batter influenced by Asian immigrants, topped with Spanish-inspired creamy sauces, wrapped up in a very Mexican corn tortilla and spiked with chile. We seek out some of the best versions at Mariscos El Norteno, a stall opposite the Ensenada Fish market, and a 30-year old corner stand, Los Originales El Chopipo. No trip to Ensenada would be complete for a foodie without a stop at La Guerrerense where Sabina Bandera Gonzalez has been serving the best seafood ceviches and tostadas for more than 29 years. D
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The Jazzy Vegetarian "Meatless-Meatloaf Supper" Host Laura Theodore prepares her vegetarian version of traditional meatloaf and mashed potatoes. She begins with "Wonderful Walnut Mushroom Loaf," which is reminiscent of the classic meat version. Low calorie, "Mashed Potatoes and Cauliflower;" taste like creamy mashed spuds without the cream! "Sesame Green Beans" round out the menu. D
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Martha Bakes "Muffins and Popovers" Breakfasts and brunches call for homemade muffins or popovers. Martha makes her blueberry muffins two ways, flavored with a little spice or finished with a crumb topping. She then demonstrates how to make airy popovers, equally suited to serving with fresh blueberry preserves or savory creamed spinach. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Asia Express" Joanne embraces teaching traditional recipes and then showing new ways to use them. She and her student Reggie make mayonnaise and create an Asian inspired meal of tuna burgers with wasabi mayonnaise and Thai cabbage and grapefruit slaw, leaving Reggie wondering if he will ever buy mayonnaise again. Recipes: Grilled Yellowtail Tuna Burgers with Wasabi Mayonnaise and Thai Cabbage and Grapefruit Slaw. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Old-Fashioned Sweet Endings" Test cook Erin McMurrer shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best Peaches and Cream Pie. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for rolling pins. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of pie crust. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Pork Chops and Lentil Salad" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to perfect Red Wine-Braised Pork Chops. Next, host Christopher Kimball reveals the test kitchen's best tips for storing, chopping and handling fresh herbs. Then, science expert Guy Crosby explains the science of braising. D
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Scrapbook Soup "Not A Person In Sight!" Not one photo of a person - find out how to journal and scrapbook without people. It all starts with a photo - but who says it has to be a person? We begin with an embossed card with Marion Emberson. Then, meet Susan Lenart Kazmer for a dress form collage. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Sydney, Part 1" (12 x 24 Canvas; Acrylic Medium) "Great Blue Heron" - In this session, Jerry under-paints the background explaining how to use mottling techniques to suggest distant trees, bushes, and weeds (using impressionistic techniques). Bonus Feature: Repairing a damaged canvas, Step 1. D
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Aviators Buying a used aircraft: Anthony shows that buying The Aviators' new 210 can be just as simple as buying a used car. And accessorizing it can be just as fun. Heli-tourism: We'll show you how helicopters can give you a unique look at one of the great wonders of the world. D
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This Old House "Essex 2012/13, A Home for Mom & Dad" After a little antiquing at The White Elephant, Norm and Kevin help Tom install interior screens and a Dutch door. Electrician Allen Gallant shows off the exterior lighting and generator, and homeowners John and Julie Corcoran give a grand tour of the beautifully decorated "English cottage" with interior designer Keith Musinski. D
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Ask This Old House "Painting Kitchen Cabinets/Installing a Smart Thermostat to Reduce Energy Use" Host Kevin O'Connor travels to Chicago to learn how subway trains are serviced. While in Chicago, he helps a homeowner paint kitchen cabinets. Then, landscape contractor Roger Cook teaches how to estimate landscape material by the cubic yard. D
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American Woodshop "Scroll Saw Inlays" Box accents and floor inlays enhance wooden heirlooms. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Veneered Coffee Table with Metal Frame" The Rough Cut Veneered Coffee Table project brings Tommy on a Road Trip to the metal works shop of Payne Engineering in Canton, MA. There, Tommy learns the basics of making a metal frame. Back in the shop, Tommy builds out the coffee table and teaches some basic veneering techniques. D
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MotorWeek 2014 Road Tests: Kia Cadenza, Chevrolet Spark EV. D
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America's Heartland Visit an Idaho farm using technology to let consumers "track" their produce. Meet Kansas City bakers supporting local wheat farmers. Head west to California where poultry producers make a commitment to animal welfare. D
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NOVA "Secrets of the Viking Sword" The Ulfberht sword of the Vikings is a revolutionary high-tech tool of its day, a work of art and considered to be one of the greatest swords ever made. NOVA uses cutting-edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and unravel its mystery.G
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Moyers & Company "Saving The Earth from Ourselves" Right now, the government of Russia is holding in custody the Arctic Sunrise, a ship crewed by 30 environmental activists from the organization Greenpeace International. They attempted to board a Russian offshore oil platform, demonstrating against drilling for fossil fuels in the fragile environment of the Arctic. Their protest, which may lead to charges of piracy, comes at the same time as news that not so long from now - by mid-century or even sooner - summer in the Arctic Ocean will be ice free. D
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PBS NewsHour Weekend Coming up on Saturday, New Jersey is hoping to become one of 15 states that will put tuition equity on the books -- allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. But some say that would take away resources for the in-state students who are U.S. citizens. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "London: Historic and Dynamic" Rick ponders royal tombs in Westminster Abbey, learns how to triple the calories of an English scone at teatime, discovers treasures in the British Library, and enjoys the vibrant evening scene in Soho. He uncovers Churchill's secret World War II headquarters, joins the 9-to-5 crowd in the new London, shops where the queen shops, and straddles the Prime Meridian at Greenwich.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Salute to Nashville" Ava Barber is host for this show from 1977 in which she performs "Country Roads." Tom Netherton pays tribute to Eddy Arnold with "Make the World Go Away." Bobby and Cissy dance to "How the West Was Won."G
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Last of the Summer Wine "The Glory Hole" Compo and Clegg cannot understand Foggy's love for a simple hole in the ground, which to him is a solid reminder of the war.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Hyacinth Is Alarmed" Richard realizes Hyacinth is happily anticipating a gift he has forgotten to buy for their anniversary.G
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As Time Goes By "Getting to Know You - Again" Lionel and Jean have made vague promises to keep in touch but there is some doubt as to whether either will do so.G
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The Cafe "Connection Failure" The circus is in town. The Internet is down. Phil is due momentarily to start photographing The Cafe. Kieran feels the clowns are stealing his thunder. Sarah is still coming to terms with Richard and Ava's wedding. Clara is in a flap and Stan cannot find the right moment to talk to her alone.G
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The Red Green Show "Possum Lodge Radio" CB radios replace the telephone system at Possum Lake. Red turns an outhouse into a phone booth.G
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My Family "Cards on the Table" Ben's poker school is costing him a fortune, while Susan's visit to fortuneteller Zelda Nobbs reveals that something far more deadly is in the cards.G
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Doctor Who Series "Cold War" The Doctor and Clara land on a damaged Russian submarine in 1983 as it spirals out of control into the ocean depths. An alien creature is loose on board, having escaped from a block of Arctic ice. With tempers flaring and a cargo of nuclear weapons on board, it's not just the crew but the whole of humanity at stake.G


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The Orioles could still send left-hander Wei-Yin Chen to the minors so he can get a start during next week's All-Star break, but that decision will likely be made tonight and be more based on whether the club needs an extra bullpen arm for the weekend.
Chen held the Texas Rangers to one run on three hits over seven innings Wednesday in his first start back from the disabled list, and while it is tempting to keep him on a regular pitching schedule, the team understands the importance of keeping Chen fresh for the second half. Chen has had a long five weeks of rehab that included going from Baltimore to Sarasota to Bowie and Harrisburg, and the break offers some rare time off.
If the club options Chen, he wouldn't be available to come up until July 22 in Kansas City. Orioles manager Buck Showalter hasn't set his starting rotation for the beginning of the second half and might want Chen to open the second half July 19 in Texas.
If an Orioles starter -- Chen and Miguel Gonzalez are the only two with minor league options -- does get sent down, he would likely pitch for Class-A Frederick, which is home next week.
Last season, the Orioles optioned right-hander Chris Tillman to Double-A Bowie to give him a start during the break there.


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Bruce Jackson has the "Breaking Bad" bug, and he's got it bad.
But Jackson, University at Buffalo SUNY Distinguished Professor in the department of English, is mourning the end of the AMC television series and its protagonist, Walter White, in his own way: He developed "Breaking Down 'Breaking Bad,' " a graduate seminar for the spring 2014 semester that will analyze the critically acclaimed series' realistic storyline, development and execution.
Although the show ended Sept. 29, Jackson says there is more to learn from the hit drama. Specifically, he marvels at the approximate 60 hours of a single narrative arc, which he believes is "one of the most spectacular narrative achievements in television."
"What's happening now is something new," Jackson says. "This is not just an interesting TV program. 'Breaking Bad' goes into narrative and human and social complexity as no TV program has before. It is not like 'The Sopranos,' which was episodic; it is not like 'The Wire,' which was segmented. And it is not like 'Homeland,' which has had to direct itself into a new narrative. It is one epic narrative 60 hours long. We've never had that before, in any medium."
Throughout the show's five seasons, White, a former high school chemistry teacher, adopts the name Heisenberg as an alias under which he murders, cheats and cooks and sells crystal meth. The narrative starts with White's desire to fund his cancer therapy and provide for his struggling family, but soon twists with White's growing hunger for the thrill. Though there are other recurring characters, the show does not delve into any subplots and all the characters have a relationship to White; his accomplice, Jesse Pinkman; and their lawyer, Saul Goodman.
Goodman plays a pivotal role, according to Jackson. The unorthodox lawyer aids White and Pinkman in not only keeping their livelihood a secret and laundering money, but also by repeatedly offering a way out of the perilous business through new identities.
Throughout the semester, Jackson plans to have class presentations by guest speakers, such as representatives from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and Jim Milles, a professor and legal ethics expert at the UB Law School.
"The kind of drug trade depicted in the film could not function without lawyers who help the dealers do it; that is, they don't only defend them when they're arrested, but they give them advice on how to be better criminals," Jackson says. "So the series gives an accurate representation of how the illicit drug trade functions, how the DEA works and how some lawyers bend the rules."
And Jackson truly knows how the industry works.
In the summer of 1966, he held a 100-day position as senior consultant for field research on the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. Specifically, he worked on the Narcotics and Other Dangerous Drugs report, with responsibility for analyzing illicit criminal activity patterns and developing plans for reorganization in police departments, and suggesting changes in drug laws, along with a wide range of other reforms. Most of the report's suggested reforms, he notes, like decriminalization of drug use and legalizing marijuana, were not only ignored, but cut out of the final report.
Jackson and a partner visited drug users and dealers, rehab organizations, and city and federal police in New York; Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas; St. Louis; Los Angeles; and San Francisco. Many of the drug agents he met in New York were subsequently sent to prison themselves for stealing money and drugs from dealers and for taking bribes. He went on a high-speed car chase in Los Angeles and an all-night stakeout in Austin.
"That was the worst night of the job," Jackson recalls. "Eight or nine of us were in a van with all the windows closed and the air conditioning off in Texas in the middle of August. By the time they gave up about 5 a.m., it was incredibly ratty in there."
"Breaking Down 'Breaking Bad' " has been listed by the department of visual studies (VS 500) and cross-listed by media study (DMS 606), theater and dance (THD 513) and the UB Law School (LAW 692). The only requirement for the 16-student seminar is that students have seen the entire series before enrolling.
Jackson says students must be prepared to analyze the show and its recent adaptations and cultural significance; for example, One World Symphony, a New York City-based opera company, is adapting the "Ozymandias" episode from the final season of "Breaking Bad" as a new opera.
James Agee Professor of American Culture in the department of English, Jackson is an acclaimed folklorist, ethnographer, documentary filmmaker and photographer. He has published extensively on capital punishment and on American prison conditions - much of this work in collaboration with his wife and colleague, Diane Christian, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the department of English.
The pair founded and co-teach "The Buffalo Film Seminars," an undergraduate class ("Film Directors" ENG 438) in which films are screened and discussed weekly in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown buffalo. The series also is open to members of the public who pay theater admission. This spring will be the series' 15th year.
For more information on the "Breaking Bad" graduate seminar, contact Jackson at [email protected].


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Monsanto has granted a new royalty-bearing Roundup Ready 2 Yield (RR2Y) license to Dow AgroSciences, which expands Dow's trait-stacking and existing licensing rights across its soybean seed brands and licensing partners.
Under the agreement, Monsanto grants Dow AgroSciences a nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license in the United States to develop, produce, sell and sublicense seed and germplasm with RR2Y technology. Dow also receives an option to license the technology in other countries like Brazil, where Monsanto plans to commercialize this technology after obtaining regulatory approval.
Dow gains the rights to stack RR2Y technology with other biotechnology traits. Dow also gains the rights to out-license its germplasm containing RR2Y technology, alone or in stacks, to third parties that hold Genuity RR2Y licenses from Monsanto.


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The Inevitable Crowdfunding Backlash When People Realize Projects Fail & Change
from the early-excitement-can-lead-to-disillusionment dept
It may be a coincidence that we highlighted this risk with Diaspora (one of the first Kickstarter projects to go really "big") a couple years ago... but it's possible that our worries are coming true. Last week, I saw a report from Liz Gannes at AllThingsD, which suggested that the Diaspora team was focusing on something completely different, a "collaborative web remixing tool" called Makr.io. The team definitely went through some significant hardships so it's not that surprising that they've shifted gears. Given that story, it's hardly a surprise that they're now officially "handing control of the project over to the community." They claim they'll still be playing an important role, but it seems pretty clear this is an effective withdrawal from the project, which never really caught on the way some people hoped.
And, of course, this isn't just limited to Diaspora. Bloomberg recently had a (well-timed) story highlighting how an awful lot of successful Kickstarter projects, at the very least, don't meet their deadlines to actually make or ship a product. This has turned at least some people off to the service, which (again) is unfortunate.
Of course, these kinds of platforms are only a few years old, and of course they're going to go through growing pains. I hope that, as they continue to grow and find success, at least there's some greater recognition -- and public admission -- of the potential risks involved, so that they don't take people by surprise, and that people understand that as much as they love an idea, execution is the truly hard part. Investing in the idea is great, but there's a risk involved that the end result won't match the snazzy video that the team put together for Kickstarter in the first place.


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Horrible Histories celebrates the Tenth anniversary of its live stage shows with a special Gala performance of BARMY BRITAIN PART THREE plus favourite scenes from PART ONE and PART TWO! This eighty minute special features cameo appearances by Terry Deary and Martin Brown, who will also be signing after the performances! BARMY BRITAIN PART THREE! Is a brand new show full of crazy new characters and rude new rulers from Britain's barmy past!
Will King John be a martyr for the Magna Carta? Party with the Puritans and light up your life with the great fire of London! Clap along with crazy King Charles! Will you see eye to eye with Admiral Nelson? Does the Duke Wellington get the boot? Vomit with the vile Victorians and make a great escape from the First World War! In this anniversary performance they will be joined by vicious Vikings, evil Elizabeth, the dastardly Dick Turpin and party Queen Victoria! Its history with the nasty bits left in!
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Gilbert Thornton Renaut, a retired federal attorney who became an Annapolis activist, mayoral candidate and neighborhood problem-solver, died of a heart attack Feb. 27 at his home in the capital's Murray Hill community. He was 66.
"Gilbert had an abiding passion for Annapolis," Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen said in a statement. "His decades-long record of involvement as a civic leader, as a member of numerous boards and commissions, and as a candidate for public office greatly enriched our quality of life. I will miss his keen intellect, his wry sense of humor, and his spirit."
Born in Phoenix, Ariz., he grew up on Park Avenue in Baltimore's Bolton Hill. His father was Frank Edward Renaut, an official of Maryland News Co., and his mother was Ruth Easton Renaut, an Impressionist painter.
He was a 1964 graduate of City College, where he played lacrosse. He earned a degree at St. John's College and was a University of Maryland School of Law graduate. He was the Maryland Law Review editor from 1974 to 1975.
In the early 1970s, he lived on Reservoir Hill near Druid Hill Park and taught mathematics at Walbrook and Edmondson high schools.
Mr. Renaut moved to Annapolis in 1975 and commuted to Washington in his capacity as a federal attorney. He twice ran unsuccessfully for mayor, and in campaign literature said that he became interested in Democratic politics "after being inspired by President Kennedy and the civil rights movement."
He was a federal litigation lawyer and, according to his campaign literature, was awarded the Secretary of Labor's Distinguished Achievement Award for his espousal of injured maritime workers' rights.
Mr. Renaut also won a $2.1 billion judgment against Exxon while working as a Department of Energy lawyer.
He became an activist in Annapolis and entered a battle to save the old Severn River Bridge, a structure that was later demolished and replaced.
In his Annapolis mayoral campaign materials, he described himself as a "seasoned mediator" whose "greatest talent is bringing people together to find common ground." He called himself a 1960s liberal.
"You must ask yourself if you want leadership that blames, that points fingers, that denounces those with whom it disagrees, or if you want real leadership that leads by example and not by making enemies," he said during his 2005 campaign.
Mr. Renaut was president of the Ward One Residents Association, a group that represented people living in downtown Annapolis' historic district. He waged a long fight to uphold a 2 a.m. bar closing hour.
As a mayoral candidate, he pledged to "create an inclusive, transparent decision-making process." He said he wanted the city to become a "model of civic engagement and shared prosperity."
He ran again in 2009 but dropped out of the race shortly before the primary.
In the mid-1980s, he built what a Sun article called "his dream house," a residence in the Murray Hill neighborhood. Built of post-and-beam construction, the home featured shingled exteriors walls and conformed to building standards of 1840.
"At some point, I became less interested in just having a house and more interested in having a sense of pride about something I had done well," he said in the 1986 Sun feature article, which detailed his insistence on historic authenticity.
"He was a leader in the preservation effort in downtown Annapolis," said Joseph Budge, an Annapolis resident who is current president of the Ward One Residents Association. "He was self-deprecating and did not seek the spotlight. He was thoughtful and had strong opinions, and was a strong advocate for the quality of life. He made reasoned arguments and was a joy to work with."
Mr. Renaut was a founding parent of Montessori International Children's House and was a past chairman of the Murray Hill Residents Association.
He was also a past president of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association and a past chairman of the Annapolis Race Week. He enjoyed sailing on his boat, Celeritas.
He was appointed to the Mayor's Commemorative Committee and was 1987 chairman of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission. He was a past member of the Board of Supervisors of Elections and the Annapolis Comprehensive Plan Citizens Advisory Committee.
He enjoyed photography and developed his own film. He collected antiques and read history. He also did family genealogy.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the John M. Taylor Funeral Home, 147 Duke of Gloucester St., Annapolis.
Survivors include two sons, Jonathan Easton Renaut of Washington and Samuel Charles Thompson Renaut of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a daughter, Elizabeth Renaut Stauffer of Stevensville; and four grandchildren. His 1975 marriage to Deborah Schwartz ended in divorce.


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2009 Brings Big Money in Key Congressional Races
As Democrats try not to let political turbulence slim their ranks and Republicans focus on winning back the majority, money continues to pour into campaign coffers. Big-money congressional races are often in competitive states or districts that could wind up flipping for Republican or Democratic, a Center for Responsive Politics review of campaign finance reports through the end of 2009 shows.
In the Senate, where several seats are expected to be an uphill push for incumbent Democrats, sitting senators have amassed massive war chests.
In Arkansas, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln has $5.1 million and counting to use in her race against a to-be-determined Republican (and fend off a primary challenge from Democratic Lieutenant Gov. Bill Halter). Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer raised $7.3 million through the end of 2009 for her face off against a Republican in November. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has had a trying year, but ended 2009 with $8.7 million for his reelection bid. And freshman Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) may also have a tough road ahead, but had $3.5 million in the bank at the end of 2009 for his race.
In the House, vulnerable Democrats include freshmen like Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) and Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.). Markey ended the year with almost $800,000 in the bank, and Grayson ended the year with a little more than $900,000 in cash on hand. Vulnerable Republicans include freshmen Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.), who ended the year with about $316,000 in his campaign war chest.
Below are several other congressional races to watch that involve the biggest money-in-politics numbers.
House: South Carolina 2
Two words were all it took to turn on the spigot for record amounts of campaign cash to flow into this central-south district of South Carolina that includes the state capital, Columbia.
When Republican Rep. Joe Wilson voiced his infamous "You lie!" at President Barack Obama's speech to Congress regarding health care in September 2009, little did he know that the ensuing national attention would bring massive contributions for his 2010 congressional reelection race, and also draw in hefty contributions in favor of his opponent, Democratic challenger Rob Miller.
The high-profile outburst — and subsequent attention that it drew to a district that has been held by a Republican since 1965 — has helped the candidates retain their third-quarter status as the most expensive race in the country. Currently, Wilson and Miller have raised a total of $5.4 million. They ended 2009 with a combined $4 million in cash on hand combined. This is the second time that the two men have faced off; Miller ran against Wilson in 2008 and lost by eight percentage points.
Although some believed that Miller would out-raise Wilson through his affiliation with ActBlue, Wilson also embraced the Internet as a vehicle for donations and wound up raising more money than he did over the course of his entire 2008 race in just one quarter.
There is no significant self-financing by either candidate; the majority of the cash — 97 percent for Miller and 92 percent for Wilson — has come from individual contributions.
Although Wilson, who serves on the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Labor committees, leads with $3.4 million raised, Miller has raked in a healthy $2 million.
House: Florida 22
Democratic incumbent Ron Klein confronts Republican challenger Allen West in this money-saturated election in the 22nd district, located on the southeastern coast of the Sunshine State. Combined, the candidates have hauled in slightly more than $1 million over the course of the fourth quarter as they vie for the seat.
The two are neck and neck in terms of cash raised, but Klein has more than $1 million left over from last year's race, which leaves him with $2.4 million in cash on hand, as opposed to West's $700,000.
The vast majority, 98 percent, of West's money is from individual contributions, while that number for Klein is only 71 percent; he gets 28 percent of his contributions from political action committees, including financial industry and labor interests.
Klein was originally elected by a very small margin in 2006, and was first challenged by West in 2008. In the 2008 election cycle, Klein greatly out-raised West and won with 55 percent of the vote.
Klein, who serves on the Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees, is a member of the New Democrat Coalition. This organization of approximately 70 House Democrats has moderate views and an agenda that emphasizes issues of "economic growth, national security, personal responsibility and technological development," according to their website. Klein is co-chair of the NDC's energy task force.
West, on the other hand, is one of the National Republican Campaign Committee's "Young Guns," one of the candidates they hope will be most likely to help the GOP regain control of the House in November. A retired American Army officer, West spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month.
This heated race has led to more than $2.6 million raised between the two candidates so far.
House: Minnesota 6
Two Democratic challengers are vying to face off against Republican incumbent Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's 6th district. Located in the central-eastern part of the state, this district's race has generated a large amount of campaign cash. However, most of it is concentrated in the pockets of Bachmann, a rising star among conservatives.
First elected in 2006, Bachmann is the first Republican female representative from Minnesota. She serves on the Financial Services Committee and has recently garnered national attention for her appearance at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference. She is also active in the ever-growing Tea Party movement.
So far, she has raised $1.5 million for her campaign. Expenditures have left her with just over $1 million in her campaign coffers. The majority of this money, 87 percent, is from individual donations, with 12 percent coming from political action committees, including financial industry interests and conservative ideological groups.
Democrats Tarryl Clark and Maureen Reed, have collected approximately $600,00 and $575,000, respectively, as they compete to run against Bachmann in November. After expenditures, they each have slightly less than $400,000 on hand. Neither of these challengers are self-financed.
The entire race saw more than $1 million raised in the fourth quarter, bringing the candidates' total fundraising to $2.7 million. The candidates have spent slightly less than $1 million on their campaigns so far, which leaves them with $1.8 million currently on hand.
Senate: Florida
The most expensive Senate race in the country currently is the competition to fill the seat from which Republican Mel Martinez resigned in August 2009. Republican George LeMieux, who was appointed by governor Charlie Crist after the resignation of Martinez, currently occupies the seat.
Now, the race with no incumbent has already brought more than $17 million, $4 million of which was raised in the fourth quarter. Total expenditures so far for the seat totaled $4.8 million at the end of last year.
Crist, a Republican, is leading the pack in terms of fund-raising numbers, with almost $9 million raised, and 95 percent of that total from individual donations. He was elected governor of Florida in 2006, after previously serving as Florida's attorney general. After spending $1.4 million on his senate bid, he ended 2009 with $7.6 million on hand.
Marco Rubio, another Republican vying for the spot who is the former speaker of the Florida legislature and is favored among some conservatives, has raised $3.4 million, with 98 percent from individual contributions. He has the least cash left, $2 million.
On the Democratic side, Rep. Kendrick Meek raised almost $4.7 million in 2009, 80 percent from individual donations. Meek has spent $1.7 million, slightly more than either Crist or Rubio thus far, but still has $3.4 million in his campaign reserves.
Control of this seat has alternated back and forth between Democrats and Republicans since the 1950s, and the stage is set for intense competition. In addition to Crist, Rubio and Meeks, there is a group of at least ten other Democrats, Republicans and independents whose campaign funds contribute to the overall numbers for the race as well.
Senate: Ohio
In Ohio, Republican George Voinovich's decision to not seek re-election in 2010 has opened the seat up to an expensive competition.
Republican Rob Portman, who has previously served Ohio as a U.S. Representative and has also occupied numerous federal positions, including director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Bush administration, is on top from the money-in-politics angle. He has only spent $1.7 million of the $6.2 million he raised, and he ended 2009 with more than $6 million in cash on hand.
Portman is being challenged in the primary by the largely self-financed Thomas Ganley. Of the $1.6 million Ganley raised, 96 percent is his own money, with only $60,000 in individual campaign donations. He ended 2009 with about $1.3 million in his campaign war chest.
Democrat Lee Irwin Fisher, the current lieutenant governor raised $3.3 million in 2009, spent more than $1.5 million and ended the year with $1.8 million. Another Democratic player, although one with minimal money, is Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. Last year, she only raised about $678,000 and had just $61,000 in her war chest after expenditures.
A handful of other candidates have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, mostly as independents, and reported small reserves that are mostly self-financing.
Together, the candidates in this race have raised a total of $11.8 million, spent a total of $4.1 million and ended 2009 with $9.2 million in cash on hand combined.
Senate: Pennsylvania
The Senate race of incumbent Arlen Specter against both a Republican and a Democratic challenger has resulted in the second most expensive Senate race nationwide.
Specter was first elected to the Senate in 1980. He represented his Pennsylvanian constituents as a Republican until an announcement in April of 2009 that he was would run for reelection in 2010 as a Democrat.
As the incumbent, Specter has the access to the most cash, and accounts for the majority of the money in this race. Specter has raised $13.9 million, 73 percent of which are from individual donations and 20 percent of which is PAC money. He ended the year with $8.6 million in his war chest after expenditures.
Republican challenger Pat Toomey has not raised the same staggering amounts that Specter has, but polls show that he is giving Specter a run for his money, so to speak. Toomey raised $4.9 million over in 2009, and ended the year with $2.9 million left in his war chest. His money is 93 percent individual donations.
The conservative Club for Growth, the organization formerly headed by Toomey, has also sought to diminish Specter's war chest by reminding donors of his Specter's promise to refund contributions made prior to his decision to become a Democrat.
Specter's Democratic challenger, Joseph Sestak, raised $652,000 during the fourth quarter and ended the year with $5.1 million in cash on hand. Democratic-leaning groups and liberal ideological donors top the list of Sestak's supporters as he tries to unseat Specter in a Democratic primary from the left
All together, all candidates in this race raised slightly less than $15 million in 2009 and their expenditures totaled $7 million. They finished the year with a combined $16.7 million in cash on hand.
CRP Senior Researcher Douglas Weber contributed to this report.


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