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The five — educator Juanita Cunningham, businessman Austin Long, contractor William "Buddy" Vernon and the Rev. Clarence Cotton Sr. and the Rev. Lorenzo Edwards — were pioneers in the battle for racial equality.
They are five local people whose lives and careers today might seem noble but fairly ordinary.
But in the 1940s, '50s and '60s in Ocala, there was nothing ordinary about black men and women who aspired to be school principals, to be master craftsmen, to run businesses, or earn doctorate degrees.
The five — educator Juanita Cunningham, businessman Austin Long, contractor William "Buddy" Vernon and the Rev. Clarence Cotton Sr. and the Rev. Lorenzo Edwards — were pioneers in the battle for racial equality, said Jerone Gamble, coordinator of senior services at the College of Central Florida.
Sometimes those battles were fought in the courts and in peaceful protests, but much of the progress achieved in those turbulent times owes to the determination of people who blazed paths in their fields of endeavor.
"They were role models and stories of success, in spite of discrimination," said Gamble.
Gamble will join the five Tuesday as they discuss their journeys and share their insights during a program called "Black Ocala: An Oral History" at the College of Central Florida.
The event will examine the culture that spawned a generation of the black leaders in Ocala and discuss how that culture has changed and may now be lost on the youth of today.
Here is a sample of what they will say:
A family of firsts
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed Juanita Cunningham's graduating class at Bethune-Cookman College in 1958, and it made a lasting impact on her, she said.
[Watch a video of Juanita Cunningham.]
King spoke about loving your enemy, black or white, and discussed the tenets of his civil rights movement of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.
"Love and education are the keys," she recalled him saying 55 years ago.
Cunningham was born and raised in Hawthorne, then moved to Miami after marrying her husband, James C. Cunningham. The couple came to Ocala in 1951.
"James was the first elected city councilman since Reconstruction," she said.
He was the first black president of the Ocala City Council and operated Cunningham's Funeral Home while she became an educator. He died in 1985.
Her oldest son, James C. Cunningham Jr., now a lawyer, was "the first black president of Florida Blue Key" at the University of Florida law school, she said.
But those successes didn't come easily.
"We took care of each other. We shared," she said of the black community. "There was a strong work ethic passed along from the parents and adults. My teachers encouraged me to do the best I could do. I was told (by teachers and family) I needed to go to college."
Cunningham was named assistant principal at Vanguard High School in 1975 and principal in 1984. She said she treated the black and white students "with love" while administering punishment and parental advice "they may not get at home."
Lost sense of community
When the Rev. Clarence Cotton Sr. describes the closeness of the black community in Ocala in the late 1940s and 1950s, he makes a motion with his arms like a hug.
[Watch a video of Clarence Cotton Sr.]
"We had a spirit of sharing. It was key," said Cotton, 75, an Ocala native and Baptist minister with post-graduate studies in secondary education administration and theology.
"People were always willing to help each other. Teachers knew the parents, and adults took an interest in the children. My high school football coach helped keep an eye on me," he said.
But Cotton said construction of the bridge on State Road 40 just west of Pine Avenue around the late 1960s "killed the neighborhood" and displaced many homes.
By 1961, "at the height of segregation, sit-ins and nonviolent demonstrations, during a night of unrest, I rode around town telling people to be careful, and the police told me to go home and park the car or they would arrest me. I went home and got a truck and kept driving around telling folks to take care," Cotton said.
"After an incident where black students were arrested following the displaying of a rebel flag at a local school, my response was, if you are going to wave something, wave the red, white and blue. Yes, the rebel flag has a place, but it's in the museum or history books," Cotton said.
In 1972, Cotton moved to Greenville, S.C., and served for 38 years in the school system, including administration of a middle school and a high school. He returned to Ocala in 2011, still overseeing a group of associations sponsoring 72 churches. He expressed concern for a loss of the "emphasis on public education" in the community he saw in past generations.
The consequences of integration
The Rev. Lorenzo Edwards, pastor of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in downtown Ocala since 1968, said Ocala's black community of the 1950s and '60s was more vibrant and cohesive than today.
[Watch a video of Lorenzo Edwards.]
"Everyone knew everyone," and every parent and teacher had concern for every child, Edwards said.
West Ocala then was a place alive with family businesses like Hub's Dry Goods and Crompton's Store, and entertainment clubs such as the Blue Note, Club Bali and the Brown Derby, where folks met and socialized. He said Saturdays on Broadway was an "all-day affair," especially for families from the country.
"Now there is some splintering in the community," he said, noting that the clubs are gone and most commerce is done outside the community because "since integration, patrons don't care where the store is located."
He graduated from the segregated Howard High School in 1955 and then moved to Newark, N.J., and lived with an uncle and worked at the Ford Motor plant.
Edwards returned to Ocala around 1958 and worked at Camp and Sons meat packing and later Swift Company. He met and married his wife of 55 years, Barbara Ann Clark. The Ocala native served on the Ocala City Council, twice as chairman, was president of the local branch of the NAACP and was dean of Minority Affairs at Central Florida Community College.
Edwards recalls the civil rights era.
"I stood up along with my friends and community for our rights in nonviolent, peaceful protests but I was never physically touched," Edwards said.
"Rev. Frank Pinkston was president of the local NAACP, and we all looked up to him. He went around the area speaking to residents about knowing and understanding our rights," Edwards said.
"Some of the black men formed the 'hunting and fishing club' to act as security guards for Rev. Pinkston," Edwards said.
Edwards participated in the sit-in protest at McCrory's (formerly on the corner of Magnolia and Southwest Broadway) in 1960. During the sit-ins, black patrons who had been refused service at lunch counters previously took a seat and refused to leave until they were removed or arrested.
Edwards was arrested when he helped pick up trash near one of the protest sites.
Grocer and pioneer
Using $665 in savings, Austin Long opened a grocery store in west Ocala in the late 1940s during segregation in spite of warnings from friends.
[Watch a video of Austin Long.]
"I had to go pick up the groceries at first from the white wholesalers who didn't think a black man could make it in the business," Long said. "I had the Lord as my partner. With faith in Him, I could do the impossible."
Long, 97, ran Long's Grocery, adjacent to Howard Academy, from 1947 until he sold the store in 1986.
"The neighborhood relied upon Mr. Long's store," Cunningham said.
"Long's Grocery was a place where you could get anything. We sold work clothes, 15-cent hamburgers, hot dogs, pints of milk and some dry goods," Long said.
He extended credit and locals came in there to pay their utility bills.
Long was born in Marianna and left school in the fifth grade.
"My mother passed away in 1924 and left a family of eight children. I didn't attend high school," he said.
By 1941, he was serving with the U.S. Army in World War II in the South Pacific. He returned home and worked for the city "for 10 cents an hour" but after six months decided to become his own boss.
"I had saved up $665 cutting fruit and other jobs and used that to open Long's Grocery with my wife Mary Queen, who passed away in 1960," he said. "Most businesses operated by black people were restaurants, beer taverns and barbershops, but I wanted to run a grocery store."
The determined tradesman
William "Buddy" Vernon inspired many in his community when he became a skilled mason and licensed building contractor in 1948.
[Watch a video of Buddy Vernon.]
"I was a block mason and learned how to lay block and calculate the hypotenuse of a triangle to square up a building," said Vernon, 88, also an Ocala native.
"A lot of people thought blacks weren't qualified masons. We fought a lot of things with the Lord's help. One of my high school teachers, Levi Alexander, said, 'You can be what you want to be if you want to be something.' I always remember that," Vernon said.
Vernon said he was working on a Victorian-style 1890s house remodel job early in his career when two white co-workers shunned him. The general contractor replaced the whites with black workers as Vernon kept steadfastly working the job.
"I had a family to take care of," he said.
Vernon married his wife, Dorothy, in 1942 and served in the Pacific during World War II. He said he experienced unfair treatment in the service but praised the assistance of the G.I. Bill for his education. He later was one of the founders of Veterans of Foreign Wars Brady-Owens Post 7193.
He called his return to Ocala after military service "a hurtful part" of his life.
"The restaurants and other establishments had white and black entry doors," he said. "When one of our children was born in the hospital, we could use the delivery room, but as soon as he was born, we had to go out back to a wooden building."
Vernon operated Vernon's Masonry from 1948 until 1963, then formed the Vernon and Isham Company.
Vernon built homes and did masonry work on Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church and several other churches, and did commercial projects, including the Ocala High School and Dr. N.H. Jones Elementary.
Vernon said he did not experience any cases of extreme violence here during the transition away from segregation, but there was mistreatment.
"There was evil in people's hearts that only the Lord could change," Vernon said.
Reflecting upon his experiences in the turbulent times Vernon said, "Thank God it turned out all right."
Knowledge as a weapon
Jerone Gamble credits influences in the black community of the 1960s with his desire to pursue higher education and with igniting his interest in the arts.
"Parents and teachers in the 1950s and 1960s in Ocala encouraged and helped children. The center of the world for most of us was our church," said Gamble, an Ocala native and 1967 graduate of Howard High School, Bethune-Cookman College and Yale University, and an ordained minister. "I remember helping my father plant sweet potatoes. He told me to get an education because what you have in your head, no one can take away."
Now, Gamble said, "We can get young black adults to college but, especially black males, we can't get them through college."


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Petraeus hoped affair would stay secret
Washington - CIA Director David Petraeus did not intend to resign from his position until it became clear that his extramarital affair with his biographer would become public after a federal investigation of his email accounts, according to two longtime military aides who admire the retired general.
In a farewell letter last week to CIA staff members, Petraeus described his affair with Paula Broadwell as behavior that is "unacceptable both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." The statement and others from his allies in the days that followed created an impression that he had stepped down of his own volition, and out of a sense of moral obligation.
But some of his closest advisers who served with him during his last command in Iraq said Monday that Petraeus planned to stay in the job even after he acknowledged the affair to the FBI, hoping the episode would never become public. He resigned last week after being told to do so by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on the day President Barack Obama was re-elected.
"Obviously, he knew about the relationship for months, he knew about the affair, he was in it, so yes, he was not going to resign," said Peter Mansoor, a retired Army colonel and Petraeus's executive officer during the Iraq "surge," who spoke Monday with the former general for about half an hour. "But once he knew it was going to go public, he thought that resigning was the right thing to do. There is no way it would have remained private."
Steven Boylan, who served as Petraeus's public affairs officer during that same 2007-08 period in Iraq, said the retired four-star general "felt he had to (resign) once he knew it would be made public. He didn't feel he could lead the organization with this being out there."
A more detailed timeline of the events that upended the career of one of the nation's most accomplished military officers emerged from interviews with former Petraeus advisers, people close to Broadwell, law enforcement officials, and people close to Petraeus family friend Jill Kelley, who received harassing e-mails from Broadwell that triggered the FBI investigation and exposed the affair.
The new information shows that Petraeus told Broadwell last summer to stop sending the harassing emails after Kelley told him about them. Law enforcement officials said the emails indicated that Broadwell was jealous of Kelley's friendship with Petraeus. His warning came about the same time Petraeus ended the affair with Broadwell.
In an interview on Monday, Kelley's brother said his sister, a volunteer military liaison in Tampa, Fla., who is friends with Petraeus and his wife of 38 years, Holly, had no idea that her complaint to the FBI would lead to the end of Petraeus's career.
There are still unanswered questions about the sequence of events. Over the weekend, Kelley hired Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell and Broadwell hired longtime Washington defense lawyer Robert Muse. Attempts to reach Broadwell have been unsuccessful, and Muse declined to comment. Petraeus has responded to inquiries only through associates. A spokeswoman for the Kelley family asked for privacy.
Although Petraeus has left his post and his biography has been removed from the CIA website, congressional leaders continued Monday to demand that he be prepared to testify in a hearing this week on the events surrounding the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. How quickly a CIA force responded to calls for help from the mission is among the questions that Petraeus, who has received broad Republican and Democratic support on the Hill for years, probably would face.
Petraeus met Broadwell in 2006 at Harvard, where she was a graduate student writing a dissertation on leadership. They began corresponding and when he moved to Tampa in 2009 as head of the U.S. Central Command, she became a frequent visitor.
At the same time, Petraeus and his wife became friends with Kelley and her husband, Scott. They attended parties with the Kelleys, and Jill Kelley spent time at the military base as a volunteer. Petraeus's posting was cut short when Obama tapped him in June 2010 to become commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley McChrystal was forced to resign.
Broadwell, a West Point graduate like Petraeus who had spent more than a decade as an Army officer before leaving, visited him several times for extended stays. She had decided to turn her dissertation into a biography of the general, which was published earlier this year as "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."
Several of Petraeus's aides said they were surprised - and concerned - by how much access the general granted Broadwell during her visits. But Mansoor and others say the affair began only after Petraeus left the military in mid-2011 to become CIA director.
"It began as a mentor-mentee relationship," Mansoor said. "At some point, it morphed into a more personal relationship. But the physical aspects of the relationship happened a couple months after he got to the agency."
Beyond the military, the two shared an interest in fitness and the study of leadership. When they were apart, email served as their communication method of choice, with hundreds of messages passing between them through various and sometimes anonymous accounts.
By late spring of this year, however, the relationship appeared headed for trouble.
In Tampa, Kelley began receiving a series of what she described to a friend as bizarre emails from an anonymous account. They did not specifically cite Kelley's connection to Petraeus, but warned that her friendship with him would have to stop or she would be exposed. Associates of Petraeus and Kelley have said they have been nothing more than social friends.
"They attended events together. They spend Christmas at each other's homes," Boylan said. "There was nothing torrid. No affair-like thing between them. They were strictly friends."
Kelley was alarmed enough by the emails that in June she told a friend who worked as an FBI agent in Tampa about them. The agent took her concerns to the bureau, where investigators traced the messages to Broadwell, who lives in Charlotte, N.C.
In examining her email account, investigators found messages from Petraeus of a highly personal nature. The FBI suspected the communications were being sent by someone who had hacked into the CIA director's personal account.
The mistake apparently came in part from steps Petraeus and Broadwell took to conceal their relationship. According to the Associated Press, instead of sending emails to each other's accounts, the two composed the messages, then left them in a "draft" folder where they could be accessed with a shared user name and password. The method, often used by terrorists, makes it harder to trace email traffic. But in this case, it may also have fueled law enforcement concerns that a hacker was accessing the accounts.
The FBI informed Kelley that Broadwell was the sender and Kelley said she did not know her, according to a person close to Kelley.
At some point this summer, Kelley told Petraeus about the emails and named Broadwell as the person who had sent them. Apparently in response, the CIA director sent emails to Broadwell telling her to stop the harassment, two law enforcement officials said.
Mansoor, who during his last tour in Iraq spent 15 months in a bedroom adjacent to Petreaus's, said the affair ended four months ago. That roughly coincides with the time Petraeus discovered that Broadwell was sending the emails to Kelley, although Mansoor would not say who ended the relationship.
"This is someone who spent his entire career in the military and he is used to having people around him who have shared bonds and experience," Mansoor said. "He had that with her and she made herself available to him."
When confronted by FBI agents about the emails, Broadwell, 40, acknowledged the affair with Petraeus and turned over her computer to investigators. Petraeus, 60, also acknowledged the relationship in his interview with the FBI.
Kelley's brother said that his sister dined and shopped regularly with Holly Petraeus, and that she had no idea her complaint would eventually reveal an extramarital affair.
David Khawam, a lawyer in New Jersey, said his sister called him Sunday morning and told him to turn on the news, which featured her role in the unfolding investigation.
"'I've done nothing wrong,'" Khawam said his sister told him. " 'I'm the victim here. But it still feels awful.'"
In late summer, the FBI informed senior Justice Department officials about the case. A department spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, declined to say when Attorney General Eric Holder was informed.
After reviewing the investigation, federal prosecutors decided there was no evidence that warranted charges against Broadwell or Petraeus.
Broadwell was interviewed the week of Oct. 21 and Petraeus was interviewed on Oct. 29. During his interview, he was told that he would not be charged and the FBI did not suggest that he resign, law enforcement officials said.
What remains unclear is why, after it was decided that criminal charges would not be filed, Clapper was informed about the investigation. Another question is why the notification was made on Election Day about a case the Justice Department had declined to pursue weeks earlier.
At some point during the summer, the Tampa FBI agent Kelley had first approached for help was taken off the investigation. Frustrated and concerned that an inquiry into what he thought may be a possible national security breach had not progressed, he got in touch with the Washington, D.C., office of Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. Reichert passed on the information to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
"I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee concerned that sensitive, classified information may have been compromised and made certain Director Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to our national security," Cantor said in a statement.
Cantor contacted FBI Director Robert Mueller on Oct. 31 and a week later, Clapper told Petraeus he needed to resign.
"I don't know if it would have taken this course without Cantor," a person close to the investigation said.
Over the weeks, Petraeus had repeatedly opted not to disclose his transgression, even to his CIA inner circle. As the investigation unfolded, he went about his business as if nothing were amiss. On Oct. 27, he attended a black-tie gala in Washington, where he mingled with Broadwell at the VIP reception. Mansoor said the two maintained contact for professional reasons even after the breakup.
After his final meeting with the FBI on Oct. 29, Petraeus headed overseas for meetings in Egypt, Libya and Jordan.
Even Deputy Director Michael Morell was left in the dark until after Petraeus had been confronted by Clapper, who learned of the matter on election night from the Justice Department.
"He conducted himself as if almost nothing was wrong," a former senior Defense Department official said.
Speaking about Petraeus's resignation, the official said, "There's no evidence that he would have done it on his own."
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A reader asks: Why is Linux still not as user friendly as the two other main OSes with all the people developing for Linux? Is it because it is mainly developed by geeks? My initial feeling when reading this question was that it was kind of a throwaway, kind of a slam in disguise as a genuine question. But the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I felt. There truly are a large amount of resources being dedicated to the development of Linux and its operating system halo (DEs, drivers, apps, etc). Some of these resources are from large companies (IBM, Red Hat, Novell). Why isn't Linux more user-friendly? Is this an inherent limitation with open source software?
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Suspicious activity results in heroin arrest in Manchester
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MANCHESTER — Suspicious behavior by two men in an area known for drug activity on the West Side Tuesday evening led to the arrest of a city man on a felony charge of possession of a narcotic.
Police said detectives saw two men walking behind addresses in the area of Second and West Hancock streets who then crouched down behind a fence.
When the detectives approached the men, they reported seeing two syringes by the feet of one of the men and a bottle cap filled with a brown liquid, presumed to be liquid heroin.
Police arrested Frank Forgione, 26, of 494 Wilson St., and charged him with possession of a narcotic. The other man was released at the scene.
Although Forgione is wanted in Massachusetts on charges of damage to property, Manchester Police did not bring forward the fugitive charge and Forgione was arraigned only on the felony drug charge Wednesday morning in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
A police prosecutor, who said Forgione has convictions in Massachusetts for shoplifting and larceny in Massachutts, sought $5,000 cash/surety bail on the felony drug charge. Because no plea can be entered to a felony in Circuit Court, a probable cause hearing was set for July 15.


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MILFORD – In a letter sent to the Board of Selectmen, Robina Pascasio of Milford, described what she called a number of "close calls" around the parking lot of the Little Stars Daycare at 218 Purchase Street.
"I'm extremely cautious pulling out but this morning it was clear and in an instant a speeding driver swerved into the daycare parking lot to avoid hitting me," she said.
The daycare and its parking lot sit directly on Purchase Street. The play area outside the building is fenced in and secured with childproof locks.
"Thank god there was no tragedy today," the letter reads.
The real danger, according to Pascasio, is the parking lot, where peak pickup and drop-off hours directly align with peak commuter hours.
The road is one of the busiest in Milford for commuting, with Hopkinton's EMC a few miles down the road, said Police Chief Tom O'Loughlin.
"People are going faster than they should on that roadway, primarily with the focus of getting to work," he said.
He said that for drivers heading in the Hopkinton direction, the daycare is on a blind turn.
Chief O'Loughlin sent his own letter, attached with Pascasio's, to the Board of Selectmen, requesting children warning signs be put on the road, north and south of the daycare, to warn drivers.
Additionally, he said police would step up direct officer patrols of the area.
In the past, O'Loughlin has talked to EMC officials about the commuter volume, and he said the company has been cooperative in getting the word out to its employees.
But still, according to daily police radar tests, people are driving far too fast, he said.
"If it's thick traffic and the traffic's going at 35, why are you going at 45?" he said. "You're going to be stuck in it anyway, just go along."
The chief's request was on the agenda for the Board of Selectmen's scheduled Aug. 4 meeting. Because that meeting was cancelled, it will be addressed Aug. 18.
Though the Board has not addressed it yet, Chairman Dino DiBartolomeis said the request will likely be approved.
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If your motivation plummets during summer's hot and sweaty days, a sweltering kitchen may be the last place on earth you want to be.
But despite the season, we still need to eat and drink. A good story and recipe can go a long way to raising your spirits and divert attention from how miserable you are.
All Things Considered wants to know which recipes give you that boost in the summer.
The recipe doesn't have to be original — it doesn't matter if you got it out of a magazine, off a box or a blog. But it's got to be good and have an interesting, true story behind it.
Maybe it's your brother-in-law's cousin's killer cole slaw — the one he brings to the Fourth of July party every year. He wouldn't give up the recipe, so you had to arm wrestle him for it. Or maybe your Aunt Shirley never smiled, except when she had your mom's homemade cherry ice cream, and you smile remembering that fact every summer you made the ice cream yourself.
Limeade Spiked With 'Pixie Dust'
Melissa Gray, the curator and producer of the Found Recipes series, says her quintessential taste of summer is a cold and bubbly glass of limeade; it takes her back to her college days:
"Twenty years ago, my best friend Dawn Benedetto and I are suffering through this heat wave in Richmond, Va., and we are getting super cranky; we are harping at each other because we had no air conditioning. But the 3rd Street Diner did, it was open all night and it had limeade.
I think it was made with pixie dust and angel wings because we chilled out there all night long drinking limeade until well past midnight. We were girls gone wild. Wicked and wild, but we never melted."
Recipe: Sparkling Limeade
Makes 4-6 servings
1 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
Zest of 1/2 a lime
Juice of 7-8 limes
3-4 cups seltzer water
Mint (optional)
Combine water, sugar and lime zest in saucepan; bring to boil then simmer until sugar is melted. Pour mixture through strainer to remove zest. Let lime syrup cool to room temperature. Mix with lime juice and seltzer water, then pour over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge or sprig of mint.
Joining me now is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED producer Melissa Gray. Hello, Melissa.
MELISSA GRAY, BYLINE: Hi, Robert.
SIEGEL: Melissa is, as we say, the curator of our "Found Recipes" series. She's got a glass of what looks like lemonade. And I understand you also have an announcement to make.
GRAY: Yes, we are going to have a contest, Robert.
SIEGEL: A drinking contest?
GRAY: No. That would be irresponsible, Robert. So we're going to have a "Found Recipes" contest instead.
SIEGEL: A found - you have to explain what "Found Recipes" is.
GRAY: I will explain it. So for nearly a year on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, we've had cookbook authors, chefs and bloggers come on and share recipes on the stories behind those recipes. So summer is nigh, hence the "Found Recipes Taste of Summer" contest. We want our listeners to share a recipe for a summer food or drink that they simply cannot do without. But there is a catch.
SIEGEL: It's not valid in Nebraska?
GRAY: It is valid in Nebraska.
SIEGEL: OK, good. What's the catch then?
GRAY: The catch is while the recipe doesn't have to be original, the story behind it has to be true and interesting.
SIEGEL: Interesting as defined here being interesting to you. Why don't you give us an example of what you find interesting?
GRAY: OK, OK. So I'm going to make this one up, but if it were true, I would completely pounce on this story. Your brother-in-law makes one killer coleslaw. He brings it to the family reunion every July. He's really cagey about the recipe though, and you, Robert Siegel, had to arm wrestle him for it in front of Grandma. But now you have the killer coleslaw recipe, and you want to share it because no one should have to arm wrestle in front of Grandma ever again.
SIEGEL: Failing that ideal story being submitted...
GRAY: Yes.
SIEGEL: ...what would be some other kinds of stories you might encourage?
GRAY: Well, we're looking for fun stories, just nice, summery, great, diversionary stories. I don't want a tear-jerker. I don't want a heart-warming story because, you know, it's going to be hot enough out there. And there's no crying in "Found Recipes," Robert.
SIEGEL: You didn't think that wrestling with Grandma was a tear-jerker, that story?
GRAY: No.
SIEGEL: No. Well, let me guess. Listeners should perhaps send their submissions to us at npr.org by clicking on Contact Us at the bottom of the page. Have I got it right?
GRAY: You've done this before, Robert. Yes. Just make sure to include Taste of Summer in the subject line. Now, I will go through the stories and pick out three lucky listeners who'll get the "Found Recipe" treatment, complete with music. Their stories will be recorded and broadcast later this summer. And then we'll also ask folks out there to weigh in on which one they think was best, and we will announce a winner at the end of July.
SIEGEL: And tell us about the colossal prize I'm going to win for winning this contest.
GRAY: Bragging rights.
SIEGEL: Bragging rights, I see.
GRAY: Yeah.
SIEGEL: What - and as long as we're at it, what's with the lemonade?
GRAY: Well, Robert, it's not lemonade. It's limeade. And, you know, I couldn't come here empty-handed without giving you my taste of summer. Twenty years ago, my best friend Dawn Benedetto and I are suffering through this heat wave in Richmond, Virginia, and we were getting super cranky. We are harping at each other because we had no air conditioning. So the 3rd Street Diner did. It was open all night, and it had limeade. And I think it was made with pixie dust and angel wings because we chilled out there all night long, drinking limeade till well past midnight because, Robert, we were girls gone wild, wicked and wild. But we never melted.
SIEGEL: And that glass of limeade possesses those miraculous medicinal properties.
GRAY: As far as I'm concerned, when the weather's hot, this is what I want. This is my taste of summer, and so I am bringing this to you.
SIEGEL: That was very good.
GRAY: Well, thank you.
SIEGEL: That's Melissa Gray, announcing the "Found Recipe Taste of Summer" contest, which you can enter at npr.org. Thanks a lot, Melissa.
GRAY: Thank you, Robert.
SIEGEL: This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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If a 'disruptive' innovation in medical (or other) technology is developed, it may be difficult to test this ethically in an RCT if it becomes 'obvious' that the control subjects have poorer outcomes—either due to other foregoing testing, or within the initial phase of the RCT itself. Ethically it may be necessary to abort the RCT prematurely, and getting ethics approval (and patient agreement) to withhold the innovation from the control group in future RCT's may not be feasible.
Historical control trials (HCT) exploit the data of previous RCTs to reduce the sample size; however, these approaches are controversial in the scientific community and must be handled with care. [94]
Due to the recent emergence of RCTs in social science, the use of RCTs in social sciences is a contested issue. Some writers from a medical or health background have argued that existing research in a range of social science disciplines lacks rigour, and should be improved by greater use of randomized control trials.
Researchers in transport science argue that public spending on programmes such as school travel plans could not be justified unless their efficacy is demonstrated by randomized controlled trials.
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Graham-Rowe and colleagues [96] reviewed 77 evaluations of transport interventions found in the literature, categorising them into 5 "quality levels". They concluded that most of the studies were of low quality and advocated the use of randomized controlled trials wherever possible in future transport research.
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One study showed that the power of having support from a loved one, or just having social support, lowered stress in individual subjects. Painful shocks were applied to married women's ankles. In some trials women were able to hold their husband's hand, in other trials they held a stranger's hand, and then held no one's hand. When the women were holding their husband's hand, the response was reduced in many brain areas. When holding the stranger's hand the response was reduced a little, but not as much as when they were holding their husband's hand. Social support helps reduce stress and even more so if the support is from a loved one. [52]
Lazarus [62] argued that, in order for a psychosocial situation to be stressful, it must be appraised as such. He argued that cognitive processes of appraisal are central in determining whether a situation is potentially threatening, constitutes a harm/loss or a challenge, or is benign.
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Kris Van Assche, creative head of Dior Homme, and luxury sunglasses label Oliver Peoples have already put out successful collections of their collaborative designs but this week has seen the launch of the Spring/Summer 2009 collection.
Seen on the street: old-school canvas rucksacks
Sometimes online shopping can be as exhausting as a trudge round the real shops (remember them?) So whilst all the coolest backs in town seem have an old-school canvas rucksack slung across them, tracking said item down online is more tricky.
Been-there with beanie? Rethink in cashmere
OK, so the slouchy beanie hat is hardly news, having been here since the days of Nirvana and worn by every self-respecting celeb as they venture out to get the milk after another all-nighter in Primrose Hill. But the beanie hat in a luxury textile casts the rock drummer's hat of choice in an entirely new light.
Forzieri's golfing cameo, could you wear it?
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Forzieri's target consumer for this pendant could be a number of people, Tiger Woods fans, golfing enthusiasts or a golfing widow, I'm not really sure.
Hot tips: how to tie a bow tie with Alexander Olch
Two months ago I needed to learn how to polish shoes so I YouTubed that shiz- got 1,590 hits. The interweb truly is the font of all knowledge, there are guides and video instructions for anything and everything from real experts!
Brooches for men: add a dash of style to your lapel
It's rare that a Christmas episode of Top of the Pops sheds light on a new sartorial trend but the most recent festive programme featured Kaiser Chiefs' singer Ricky Wilson sporting a vintage brooch on his lapel.
Return of…the WISHLIST! Unisex Circle Scarf from American Apparel
Post-Christmas and the inevitable unwrapping, posing and dressing that occurs as a direct result, I find myself on the hunt for new purchases to slyly absorb into my wardrobe (NYE Resolution: hide fewer credit card bills!)
Ditch the generic stripe! Brandish's guide to wearing scarves
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When your own boss writes that he wants to burn his stripy scarf it's time to write a definite guide to scarves.
We featured a stripy scarf pick way back in November but we need to go back to basics.
There are no jokes when it comes to airport security. Except this one.
"…remember that there are no jokes when it comes to airport security." Sage but inaccurate words from Bruce Schneier an aviation security expert commenting on what is currently the biggest joke in aviation security: the Gun Suitcase available from kidslivedesign.com retailing at a gun toting £98.
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Stripe scarves are starting to become so ubiquitous that they're joining Taz socks and Homer Simpson ties in the naffness leagues, not any old stripe scarf though, it's the fine stripe stretchy knit scarf with usually comes in a burgundy melange of colours and has fringing on the ends.
Accessories for Spring
Available as part of the new Jil Sander collection at OkiNi are some very lovely accessories that are the very essence of the pared-down but colourful 60s-themed collection.
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You know when relatives get Christmas presents that just get under your skin? Well, Hama beads were that present during this holiday season. Whether in my pockets, in my shoes, woven onto my laces, down my skinny jeans (don't ask!) they were everywhere.
Video: Band of Outsiders x Sperry
As videos go this one is kinda dull. There are no explosions, guns or tits nor is there a girl satisfying a horse/dog/herself (delete as applicable) so it's doubtful that this is the kind of fodder we would usually ogle on our TV's or behind our bedroom's locked door. However there are shoes, lots of lovely shoes. The video is from Band of Outsiders and showcases their collabo with Sperry bringing some awesome deck shoes for the coming season.
hypebeast: Tommy O'Gara of Dita Eyewear
Over on the newly facelifted hypebeast.com is a slightly gushing but none the less interesting interview with Tommy O'Gara of Dita. Dita sit happily in the high end of the eyewear market making their name over the years for excellent craftsmanship rarely matched by other brands. Concentrating most of their efforts on the ever stylish Californian and Japanese consumers O'Gara describes the brand as having a "retro modern edge" which fits nicely into the current climate of retro style- definitely one to look out for.
Pimp your bed with Bless
Right so hopefully by now you have your look squared off to a tee, but as I may have mentioned before style does not begin or end with your clothes so now it's time to adorn your bed with some uber cool bedding. From the mad caps at Bless comes this bed spread with a life size sleeping couple printed …
Exclusive eyewear
Like most things in fashion the popularity of glasses waxes and wains, right now it's waxing- which is lucky for me, a closet speccy four eyes- thick rims and in particular Ray Bans are hot shit right now so much so that people with perfect 20 – 20 vision are donning pairs with clear glass lenses in. So now is the time to announce some exclusive and pretty unaccessible frames for you to drool over, to the left is the Moscot Lemtosh frames in a whole new colourway, these frames have outlasted entire generations spanning pop culture from Buddy Holly to Johnny Depp and to the right is the latest collab between Stussy and Kotake Cyobei Saku, more contemporary than the Moscot this pair of the already proven Naomi frames takes a subtle edge with an all black rim.
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I love it when a good fashion mystery gets solved, and last week Style Salvage unearthed the names of the two siblings we featured recently on Love the Look.
Kerchiefs: another alternative to bow ties
The other day I posted an alternative to the bow tie .. and here's another. The kerchief worn as necktie adds a jaunty, hipster edge to your shirt collar. There are several ways to knot, consider your personal style and what you're wearing it with. Ideally find something vintage. Silk always looks dashing or use that spotted pocket square you've never had a use for.
Present Tense: last minute Christmas gifts
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Three teams with brand names, basketball pedigrees and high seeds plus a team lacking all of those attributes will be at Cowboys Stadium Friday for the South Regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Big 12 Conference is the host institution.
Regular season and postseason champion Kansas, the No. 1 seed, advanced Sunday with a 70-58 victory over No. 8 seed North Carolina. The victory was the Jayhawks' third over the Tar Heels and coach Roy Williams (for 15 years the KU coach) in the NCAA Tournament. The previous two came in tourneys where Kansas won the national championship (2008) and reached the title game (2012).
The Jayhawks (31-5) will take on No. 4 seed Michigan (28-7). The Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference advanced with a dominating 78-53 victory over No. 5 VCU Saturday. Michigan, which won the national title in 1989, has reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1994.
The other half of the regional is from the Sunshine State.
Florida, the last school to win back-to-back national championships (2006 and 2007), has reached the Sweet 16 for a third consecutive season for the first time in school history. The third-seeded Gators (28-7) put away No. 11 seed Minnesota, 78-64, Sunday in Austin, Texas.
After the game, Florida's Mike Rosario was asked about the Gators' regional semifinal opponent. "Right now we don't know too much about those guys," he said.
Rosario and the Gators aren't alone although the knowledge about Florida Gulf Coast University will grow exponentially over the next few days.
The Eagles (26-10) become the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16 with an 81-71 victory over San Diego State Sunday. FGCU qualified by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and became the first team to win at least 2 games in its first Men's Basketball Championship appearance since … its next opponent, Florida in 1987.
"Our goal was to make history and we did it," Eagles coach Andy Enfield said.
The history making will continue starting Friday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.


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A plausible measure was recently suggested to treat weapons as we do automobiles e.g. registration, annual accounting, purpose of use and confirmation of ownership.
To the editor:
A plausible measure was recently suggested to treat weapons as we do automobiles e.g. registration, annual accounting, purpose of use and confirmation of ownership.
I don't feel my personal right to own an auto is in jeopardy by this practice, just common sense. Vehicles have evolved into many varieties. Motorcycles to cars to trucks to RVs to tanks, is one example. A culture that litterally depends on cars for work, for jobs in roads and mass production, for financing, for insuring, marketing, and national defense, etc., is a staple for our lives and economy.
Unfortunately, it is a marvel that has been used for evil purposes also. So many hit-n-runs, drive-bys, speeding accidents, loss of life and limbs plague this history. But, it is not the car that kills, it is its driver.
How do you prevent accidents? You will always have some, but you can defer them. Perpetrators must have a deterrent. How do you catch that "hit-n-runner", "drive-byer" or thief? You get the license number and track it back. Registration does not impede ownership or auto rights; it informs of it.
The same coverage can be extended to firearms. Sure, there is nothing perfect anywhere; but we can take a step further. We can expand registration to all arms, central data base updated annually or upon sale or specific situation e.g stolen. Just like cars, as the number of weapons goes up so does the probability of accidents or abuse.
Some may say, "if this, what else is there down the line?" We don't know the future, but we do know the past. The many accidents and atrocities to come could be stemmed by keeping track. It seems so "common sense!"


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Hard reset format all your data like photos, contacts and apps in your android mobile. You will not recover your files after hard reset. So try recovery methods first. If you can not recover your PIN or Password, then follow this method.
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Do below steps on your mobile :
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- Number 4 : you can reset your gmail account. Means your old Mail deleted then new mail added to your mobile.
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A factory reset, also known as master reset, is a software restore of an electronic device to its original system state by erasing or formatting all of the information stored on the device (Mobile or tablet or any other electronic device) in an attempt to restore the device's software to its original manufacturer (Company) settings. Doing so will effectively delete all of the data, settings, and applications (Apps) that were previously on the device. This is often done to fix a software issue that the electronic device is facing, but it could also be done to restore the electronic device to its original settings.
Since a factory reset entails Formatting all information stored in the device, it is essentially the same concept as reformatting a hard drive. Factory resets can often fix many major performance issues such as freezing and slow performance and will not remove the device's operating system. Pre-Installed applications and data on the card's storage card (such as a MicroSD card means memory card) will not be erased. A factory reset should be performed with caution, as it effectively destroys (Remove) all data stored in the unit (Device).
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Lot Area: 53sqm; Floor Area: 21sqm
This property is included in a public auction of Pag-IBIG foreclosed properties to be conducted by the Acquired Asset Management Group on December-5-2017, from 9:00AM to 12:00NN, at the Roofdeck. JELP Business Solutions Center, 409 Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong City.
Property details
- Item No: 280
- Property Number: 8008058619
- Property Location: Summercrest Village – Blk 06 Lot 66 – Brgy. Sahud Ulan, Tanza, Cavite
- Type: Row House
- Lot Area (sqm): 53.00
- Floor Area (sqm): 21.00
- Minimum Bid (Net of 10% Discount): PHP 315,240.00
- Appraisal Date: 06/04/2017
- Remarks: UNOCCUPIED (Inspected by Prop. Mngt.) – For Title Consolidation
Auction Details
- Date: December-5-2017
- Time (submission of bids): 9:00AM to 12:00NN
- Venue: Roofdeck. JELP Business Solutions Center, 409 Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong City
Contact Info
Interested parties may visit the ACQUIRED ASSETS MANAGEMENT or contact MS. ROSCIEL A. BRIONES, MR. CONAN G. ACENAS, MS. KHEENEE O. ARNEJO, MR. VICENTE G. DONIEGA or MR. JON VERNARD A. MERANIO at tel. no. (02) 654-9244. You may also email your inquiries for further details at firstname.lastname@example.com
Source: Pag-IBIG Website
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Properties shall be sold on an "AS IS, WHERE IS" basis.
Availability of units and prices are subject to change without prior notice.
Misprints should not be construed as misrepresentation of the property.
Last updated on: 2017-11-21 with file PUBBID120517NCR(WD)


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With this listing you will receive one (1) 14k gold-filled 9mm lobster claw clasp.
This would be a perfect addition to your stash, This clasp is great looking and high quality! Small enough for your most delicate designs, but still big enough to use with ease. Great for charm necklaces and other chain necklaces where a spring ring just won't do.
Item: Lobster Claw Clasp
Size: 9mm
Quantity: One (1) Clasp
Material: Gold Filled 14/20
Finish: Shiny
Also available in larger sizes:
11mm: http://etsy.me/1TQDILZ
13mm: http://etsy.me/1DvbwVH
Your beads/chain/findings will come packaged neatly in a sealed plastic bag. Small items will be tucked into a reusable organza pouch and fragile items protected in a box. All beads/findings are placed in a bubble mailer for protection while in transit!
Once you receive your supplies, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns! We love to hear from you and we are known for our customer service after the sale!
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More Gold Filled Clasps: http://etsy.me/1Og55NT
Payment is expected at the time of order via direct checkout or Paypal. If you are not ready to purchase, please convo me and ask for a reserve. I will reserve an item for you for 3 days.
Items are shipped out via USPS first class mail with delivery confirmation within 24 hours of purchase unless it is the weekend. If an order comes in after 12 noon on Friday, it will be shipped on the following Monday. I offer discounted rates for purchases of more than one item!
International Shipping: Most of the time international shipping does not include tracking or delivery confirmation. Slowly, this option is becoming available in some countries, but it is not the norm. If you are curious about transit times or would like more information on shipping from the USA to your country please feel free to contact me with any questions and I will do my best to answer.
!!!Please keep in mind that during sales our shipping will be a bit slower!!!
Please remember, that if we are having a sale things get a little crazy. We do our best, but during sales, the average shipping is more like 48 hours...sometimes even longer if you have a long and complicated order with lots of convos and items etc. Please be patient...we love to make you happy, hate to make mistakes:)
If you would like to insure your package please let me know. I will insure it and send you a bill for the extra charges.
I accept returns/exchanges. If you are unhappy with your purchase in any way, please contact me! I want you to be happy with your purchase. It for any reason, you think you need to leave me a feedback that is not exemplary...let me know and I will fix whatever you need me to fix!
I do discounts on a case by case basis as some of my items are already listed at wholesale or on sale. Other items can be discounted as much as 25% for larger or quantity orders. If you are making a large order or would like multiples of a single item, please let me know which items you want and I will let you know if I can discount the items and how much the discount will be. Then I will set you up a reserve listing reflecting your prices.


text: Unlike other gems, the pearl is born of water and living creatures. Pearls begin as a foreign body embedded within a mollusk's shell. The animal's defense against the foreign body is to form a protective layer of nacre around the intruder. The culturing process simply entails planting a "seed" within the mollusk, normally either a plastic bead or a small piece of shell, nature takes its course and another pearl is born. Our cultured freshwater pearls come in an ever growing variety of shapes, sizes and colors, so whatever your fashion preference you are sure to find the pearl to suit your needs. Ancient beliefs about the origin of the pearl include: moonlight filled dewdrops and Aphrodite's tears of joy. Although not technically a stone, pearl is one of June's birthstones. Currently, the International Commission of Colored Gemstones (CIBJO) recognizes only five organic (once living material) gemstones: Ammolite, amber, pearl, jet, and coral. Also be sure to check out our freshwater pearl mixtures and our flawlessly crafted glass pearls by Jablonex and crystal pearls by Swarovski.


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Sol 195 Update on Curiosity from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Feeding Chemin21 February 2013
After taking a break from tactical operations for an MSL science team meeting (and a bit of vacation) last week, I'm back on as SOWG chair for Sol 195 planning. The most exciting part of this plan is "feeding" some of the first drill sample to Chemin. There wasn't much room to add additional science observations to the plan, but we were able to squeeze in a couple of ChemCam LIBS activities. We can't wait to see what Chemin will tell us about the minerals in the drill sample!


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Dizzee Rascal is back, with Bonkers, a track which sees him collaborating with Armand van Helden. The naysayers have been saying it's half-arsed or a bit cheesy but I like it, whether I'll still be saying that come summer when I've heard it more times than I've seen checked shirts on the tube.
Acne Outlet: get the Wide Dots Liberty shirt for a bargain price!
Acne Outlet store, where have you been all my life? Selling prime pieces from the beloved label at discount prices Acne Outlet instantly made onto my bookmarks.
ACDC at the O2: Angus Young is a trailblazer for shorts
We all know that by now shorts have staked their claim on the fashion map, and rightly so, until men can wear skirts in the street a la most recent Fantastic Man issue, the options are fairly limited.
Garbstore, our new labelcrush
At the Store press day recently I came across an unfamiliar brand, Garbstore. Their ethos is 'unfamiliar vintage' and it fits right in with What We Like on Brandish as well as being bang on trend with the workwear feel. Garbstore have a store in Portobello which stocks labels like Bedwin and Rittenhouse as well as their own label.
Sander Reijgers interview, Brandish talks to the creator of the sex doll hoodie
Photography by Isolde Woudstra izzyphotography
Sander Reijgers' sex doll hoodies have been a mini-internet phenomenon and it's not hard to see why. The hoodies are witty, but sympathetically so, which probably goes some way to explain their popularity, but we spoke to Sanders himself to find out more.
Poll: Russell Brand still a fan of ruched leggings, are you?
There was a time when it seemed like Russell Brand could have been a saviour of men's fashion. His Dickensian witticisms and gothic-lite get up were a breath of fresh air, but lately Brand has let things slide a little. His favourite ruched leggings leave very little to the imagination, and teaming them with flip flops? Rookie mistake!
Maxim magazine folds
Maxim magazine are publishing their June issue this April and announced it's to be their last. Dennis Publishing pulled the UK edition of the mag which debuted in 1995, riding high on a wave of lad mags which included FHM and Loaded. Chief executive, James Tye said: "The Maxim brand remains the bestselling men's lifestyle magazine in the world, but Dennis Publishing must move with the times and recognise that the future of the brand in the UK is online."
Topman's White Tee project with Philip Lim, JW Anderson and Henry Holland
With a roster of designers which includes big names Henry Holland, Philip Lim, as well as Richard Chai, Juun J Topman are really keeping on their toes as far as getting new design talent in is concerned. They've also got LFW MAN designers JW Anderson and Christopher Shannon in on the act as well as the Topman Design team so we're looking forward to seeing it instore on May 28th.
Raf Simons teams up with Doc Martens
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Another day, another Raf Simons collaboration, this time with Doc Martens. We can't wait till this one hits the stores, the metallic tones work so well with the hardwearing DM leather and I'm sure they'll look even better with wear.
Luke Treadaway appears in madras at the Empire Film Awards
Most people use the date the clocks go back as the official start of Spring but at Brandish we pay attention to altogether more stylish markers.
Umbro England kit modelled by John Terry
If you're interested in seeing the England kit then you're probably down the pub watching the match against Slovakia, but here is the image waiting for you to pore over with a kebab when you get home.
Brandish speaks to the team behind the Umbro England kit: David Blanch, Charlie Allen and Aitor Throup
Today marked the launch of the Umbro England kit, with a special preview for press. The kit is being officially unveiled tomorrow at the England vs Slovakia match, but take my word for it when I say it's pretty special!
We caught up with the trio behind the innovative design today and grilled them on the creative process behind this launch. David Blanch is the creative director for Umbro and an ex-footballer but his love of fashion runs deep. He has worked at the RCA which also was home to Savile Row tailor Charlie Allen for a while before he launched his own label.
Brandish speaks to Fantastic Man's Gert Jonkers pt2
Here is part two of our interview with Fantastic Man Co-Editor In Chief Gert Jonkers, along with Jop van Bennekom they produce one of our favourite fashion mags, click here to read part one.
Funk Brothers dummer Uriel Jones passes away
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Sad news today as we hear that Uriel Jones, (pictures centre, with James Jameson) one of the Funk Brothers has passed away aged 74. Jones was the last remaining drummer in the group which only gained notoriety fairly recently thanks to the award-winning documentary 'Standing in the Shadows of Motown'
Brandish speaks to Fantastic Man's Gert Jonkers
Current issue, pictured above, out now.
We were lucky enough to speak to Gert Jonkers recently, who, along with Jop van Bennekom head up the team at Fantastic Man. It's no secret that we're big FM fans at Brandish, and one look at the magazine's clever art direction, witty articles and embedded fashion editorials will show you why. Nowhere else can you read about Beryl Woodsware crockery and Tom Ford in the same magazine so it was a real privilege to speak to Jonkers, stay tuned for part two of this interview tomorrow.
Franz Ferdinand enlist Christian Westphal for tour costumes
Ever since their inception into the pop charts Franz Ferdinand have been pretty fashion savvy, but now they're stepping things up a notch as they've enlisted Danish designer Christian Westphal to come up with costumes for their upcoming tour. Promoting their latest album 'Tonight' their tour takes them across Europe and then to the US including an appearance at Californian festival Coachella.
Jorg Gray watches get Barack Obama seal of approval
We're all aware of the implications of Barack Obama's style choices and now he's landing a little presidential sparkle to watch company Jorg Gray.
Alexander McQueen talks to Numéro Homme
The Spring Summer issue of Numéro Homme is out, and for the non-francophones among us they kindly include an English translation of all the interviews at the back of the mag.
Philip Utz spoke to Alexander McQueen who, with typical forthrightness called Utz up on his interview skills, called fashion journalism a "thinly-veiled exercise in marketing" and then proclaimed that "the British Fashion Council doesn't know what the fuck it's doing."
Sebago celebrate their 40th birthday with limited edition shoes at Colette
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You may have noticed I've been away, I've just come back from a great trip to Burkina Faso where Sebago shoes are totally the in thing (stay tuned for an East Africa fashion round up). The shoe company is celebrating their 40th birthday with a limited edition range in conjuction with Colette and Parisian agency La MJC.
Arena Magazine Closes Down
The sad news yesterday was that Arena magazine has been closed down by publisher Bauer Media. The magazine has been running for 22 years and it has always been BOT (Bang On Trend) despite rapidly falling circulation figures in recent years.


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Salem approves automatic expulsion for students who bring gun to schoolBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
October 28. 2013 12:52AM
SALEM — The School Board has unanimously approved a weapons policy that calls for the automatic expulsion of any student who brings a gun onto school property.
Students who bring weapons other than guns onto school property are automatically suspended with an investigation to follow.
The policy also considers any school-sponsored event as being on school property, even off-site activities, which was the only point of contention for board members.
According to Superintendent Michael Delahanty, the policy is consistent with national regulations that consider any event sponsored and sanctioned by a school as taking place on school property.
At the initial reading of the policy earlier in October, School Board member Michael Carney said he had concerns about the legality of having the weapons policy cover off-site activities.
Carney cited the possibility that a student who is properly licensed to carry a firearm could be on private property but would be subject to the consequences of the property.
"We looked at the U.S. code that is referenced, and the term school means any setting under the control and supervision of the local education agency for the purpose of a school activity," said Delahanty. "So if we are off-site, but it is a school-sponsored activity, that becomes a safe school zone and all the rules and regulations apply."
Carney said he still had some issues with the policy.
"I understand the explanation, but still have a hard time rationalizing how we can go on private property that is open to the public and say no one can bring a gun (if it is legally licensed)," said Carney.
Delahanty said the policy applies only to students.
"It doesn't suggest that there is a consequence for anyone other than a student carrying a weapon onto school property," said Delahanty.
Carney voted for the policy but said there could still be a potential legal firstname.lastname@example.com
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General manager Paul Holmgren said he is not thinking about making a coaching change, and he criticized the Flyers' "compete" level during an impromptu news conference at the team's practice facility in Voorhees on Thursday.
At first, Holmgren gave coach Peter Laviolette a seemingly lukewarm endorsement.
Asked if Laviolette was on the hot seat, Holmgren said, "I don't think so."
Holmgren later added: "I haven't even thought about" making a coaching change and that he was "not at the point" of making a major trade.
The general manager chastised the Flyers' effort in their 5-2 loss to the Devils on Wednesday.
"If there were 100 puck battles, I don't know if we won a handful of them," he said.
Holmgren said the Flyers are "making a lot of mistakes. Some of them are from a lack of competitiveness, and I think our team needs to compete better. I don't think we can let the players off the hook here."
The Flyers are 12-15-1, have not had a winning streak of more than two games, and are 11th in the Eastern Conference.
Do not blame Laviolette, said Kimmo Timonen, the highly respected defenseman who is two games shy of the 1,000 mark.
"It's not his fault; we play the game," said Timonen, whose team will host New Jersey on Friday, their second meeting with the Devils in the last three nights. "It's always easy to blame the coach. He only places the system down and we have to execute the system. If we don't, then that's our fault."
Asked if he felt pressure for Laviolette, Timonen said, "I don't think about it. We shouldn't be thinking about that. We should be thinking about how we're going to beat the New Jersey Devils. If we start thinking about issues what's going on off the ice, it's not going to help us. What happens, happens. It's not really in our hands. What matters is what we do on the ice."
The Flyers, who have a head-scratching 4-11 road record, have 20 games left in the shortened season.
"It's been a tough year; it's been a completely different year for most of us who have never been a part of the lockout," winger Jake Voracek said. "It's been a lot of tough games, a lot of traveling, a lot of back-to-back games. It's something different, but I don't know why anyone would put (the blame) on Lavy. I would never say that."
On the record, the Flyers support Laviolette.
On the ice, they are playing like they don't have his back. They frequently fall behind and lose their fight, and they rarely play a sustained 60 minutes.
Last summer, Laviolette was given a two-year extension that runs through the end of the 2014-15 season.
In parts of four seasons with the Flyers, Laviolette has a 134-88-27 record. After replacing John Stevens early in the 2009-10 season, Laviolette directed the Flyers to a 28-24-5 record, and that team made an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Flyers then went 47-23-12 (winning the Atlantic Division) and 47-26-9 the next two seasons.
The Flyers have a similar team as last season. They subtracted three key players (James van Riemsdyk, Matt Carle and Jaromir Jagr) and added players such as Luke Schenn, Ruslan Fedotenko and Simon Gagne _ after they failed in attempts to sign marquee free agents Zach Parise, Shea Weber and Ryan Suter.
At 12-15-1, the Flyers have 25 points _ 14 points behind last year, when they were 18-7-3 at a similar juncture.
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