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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Vacation at Home...
I have been MIA in the blog world. Trying to find the balance and get out of my reading slump. I have literally been having to sit down and tell myself to read. I am reading Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center. When I started reading it, I kept rolling my eyes. It was my bad attitude and not the book. As my attitude gets better, so does the book. I should finish today or tomorrow.
I had some Toni time on the patio for my first day of vacation. I was unable to go on vacation, but I felt peace and quiet this morning.
Here is the patio:
And of course Dexter says "Hi" from the bathtub!
I have also been reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It is a really good read in my opinion. I don't know what book I will pick up next but I look forward to reading something really good. I am thinking it will be something Tudor related.
Happy Wednesday.
16 comments:
- rhapsodyinbooks said...
You patio looks nice. And Dexter looks adorable! Poor baby, having to get a bath! :--)
- June 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Darlene said...
Ahhhh, Dex looks so cute!
- June 16, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Terra said...
Wolf Hall is on my list of books I aim to read soon. Glad to meet you and I am your newest follower.
- June 16, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Julie P said...
Glad you are back! I have been in something of a slump lately myself. I went from reading two or three books a week to barely finishing one--not a normal pace for me!
- June 16, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I hope you enjoy Everyone Is Beautiful. I really liked that book.
Everyone goes through slumps now and again. Just take it easy, and we'll be here when you're back to normal.
- June 17, 2010 at 4:49 AM
- Serena said...
Sounds like some vacation Toni-time is just what you need to get out of the reading slump. I hope you have a great time. I don't have any tudor books to recommend, but I think you should read Confessions of Catherine de Medici if you are looking for historical fiction. I really enjoyed that book.
- June 17, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Anne said...
Glad you are getting some vacation time Toni -- maybe you are too distracted to read? I like to give myself set times for reading, for knitting, for computering - not set in stone times - but for example -- reading before bed - love that.......knitting while watching TV......otherwise I fall asleep no matter how exciting the program is.........when I'm outside I'm either playing with the dogs or puttering around the yard.......yes sometimes I do knit out there too. I meet friends for coffee and we knit a round or two.......everything in moderation, and keep things in perspective........the reality of life.
- June 17, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- DeSeRt RoSe said...
Such a cute dog... I love your patio!
- June 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Jenny Girl said...
I see Dexter is not happy to be bathed or photographed! He is a cutie!
Take a break from reading and blogging if you have to. REad a knitting magazine for a change. I see a lovely fair isle sweater on that chair....
Ennjoy your vacation at home sitting out on the deck.
- June 19, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Toni said...
Hello everyone. Reading all the comments is like getting post cards in the mail. It is kind of nice to read comments on "stuff." Thanks for the words...
OMG.. I read a book...going to post a review tonight.
- June 19, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Kaye said...
Dexter is just so darned adorable!! Enjoy your vacation, Toni.
- June 22, 2010 at 5:48 AM
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Dexter doesn't look very happy in that picture. Did you forget to give him his rubber ducky? LOL!
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BOSTON — Rubby De La Rosa combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as the host Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 to end a two-game skid.
Former Twin A.J. Pierzynski lifted a sacrifice fly and Stephen Drew notched a pair of hits for the Red Sox, who won for just the fifth time in 14 contests. De La Rosa (2-2) yielded one hit and three walks over seven innings before turning it over to the bullpen, which got into trouble in the eighth but escaped unscathed.
Danny Santana, Kurt Suzuki and Durham, N.H.'s Sam Fuld each recorded a hit for the Twins, who have lost three straight. Kevin Correia (3-8) was the hard-luck loser after giving up just one run and five hits in six frames.
Boston snapped a scoreless tie in the fifth as Daniel Nava led off with a single and advanced to third on a base hit by Drew, who was thrown out attempting to stretch it into a double. Pierzynski followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Nava with the game's lone run.
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12.07.12BASF has named Paul Whittleston as vice president for Automotive Refinish Coatings in North America. In his new role, Whittleston will be based in Southfield, Michigan.
Prior to this appointment, Whittleston served BASF as staff to the president of market and business development, North America. His career started in 1993 with Ciba Specialty Chemicals in the UK. He has also worked for Ciba's Water & Paper Treatment Segment in Asia and Ciba's Specialty Chemicals business in Tarrytown, New York as global head of marketing and new business development for the process and lubricant additives business. Following the integration of Ciba into BASF in 2009, he served as business manager for BASF's fuels and refinery chemicals in North America.


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UC Davis program addresses California's need for diverse physician workforce
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An innovative physician education program that combines psychiatry with either family practice or internal medicine training has received $1.2 million in additional funding from the California Department of Mental Health to extend the program through 2014.
Established in 2009, the Integrated Medicine/Psychiatry Ambulatory Residency Training (IMPART) program is the largest combined program of its kind in the country, and the only one that combines residencies in internal medicine with psychiatry in the western United States. The program currently includes 18 physicians in training but, with the supplemental funds, four new physicians began their five-year program in July to become board certified in two specialties.
"The grant is a clear recognition of the importance of integrated medicine in health care today," said Robert McCarron, an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Division of Pain Medicine. He is also the immediate past president of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry and the Central California Psychiatric Society.
"We are not only training physicians who mostly come from underrepresented or culturally diverse backgrounds themselves but who will also work in underserved settings and be future residency directors, policy makers and thought leaders in this critical area."
— Robert McCarron
"We are not only training physicians who mostly come from underrepresented or culturally diverse backgrounds themselves but who will also work in underserved settings and be future residency directors, policy makers and thought leaders in this critical area," he said.
Research shows that underrepresented minority physicians are also more likely to work in health workforce shortage areas and to care for medically underserved populations, patients of their own ethnic group and Medicaid recipients.
Moving toward integrated health care
Integrated health care has emerged as a much needed new movement in the United States to help address mental and physical health needs in primary-care settings. Under health-care reform, the demand for primary-care doctors is expected to increase substantially; in addition, more than half of all mental health care now is delivered in the context of primary care. Personnel trained through the IMPART program will be counted on in the near future to help alleviate a projected severe shortage of physicians in California and throughout the nation.
Individuals with serious mental illness can expect to live 25 fewer years than the general population, and physicians miss nearly half of co-morbid chronic disease conditions in people with serious psychiatric disorders. The combined residency programs not only train primary-care doctors to better recognize and address mental health issues, but they also train psychiatrists to practice better preventive medicine and improve care to improve health outcomes for all patient populations.
"A multicultural focus is imperative in California, where minorities are now in the majority," said Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, a professor of internal medicine and director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. "Our charge through the IMPART program is to meet the health needs of the patient population in California, and that population is widely and increasingly diverse. It is anticipated that health-care reform will result in an unprecedented number of newly insured patients, and because these patients will come mostly from poor and underserved communities, these changes will require academic health centers to fundamentally realign their core training and health-care delivery practices. Innovative initiatives such as the IMPART program is strategically contributing to increase the numbers of personnel prepared to work with these currently uninsured and underserved patient communities."
Overcoming language and cultural barriers
Residents receive combined training in the Integrated Behavioral Health Clinic at the Sacramento County Primary Care Center, as well as in special integrated medicine clinics at UC Davis Medical Center.
Second-year resident Angie Yu, who is in the combined internal medicine and psychiatry track, became interested in the program as a medical student when she rotated through the Integrated Behavioral Health Clinic.
Brought up in an immigrant Chinese family in San Francisco, Yu saw first-hand how language and cultural differences act as barriers to obtaining the standard of care others take for granted.
"A multicultural focus is imperative in California, where minorities are now in the majority."
— Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
"Psychiatric issues so often confound the health problems faced by immigrant communities," said Yu. "The stigma of mental illness adds yet another obstacle, and when superimposed on already dire socio-economic circumstances, it becomes extremely difficult for these patients to seek the care they need."
Yu recalls one Pakistani man who was seen repeatedly at an outside health clinic for vague physical complaints. When he was finally referred to the Integrated Behavioral Health Clinic, residents took the time to talk to him about his life and social situation, learning that he was completely alone in the United States and severely depressed. A thorough physical examination also revealed that he had an ear infection that was causing his frequent fevers, a finding that was previously overlooked because of the distraction of his myriad complaints.
"Combined training allowed for an integrated approach that enabled us to address this patient's underlying physical problems in the context of his mental health needs," said Yu. "We serve many patients with similar stories, and it is very gratifying to be able to care for the whole patient, empowering each to be an active partner in his or her mental and physical well-being."
An excellent collaboration
The IMPART program is an excellent example of teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration between the UC Davis Center of Reducing Health Disparities and the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Internal Medicine, and Family and Community Medicine. The grant is funded through the Mental Health Services Act that passed in 2004 -- also known as Proposition 63 -- which imposes a 1percent tax on personal income of Californians earning $1 million or more. Authored by then California State Assembly member Darrell Steinberg and Rusty Selix, executive director of the Mental Health Association in California, the act is designed to provide better coordinated and more comprehensive care to those with serious mental illness, particularly in unserved and underserved populations. Funding is provided for a variety of mental health-related programs, including workforce education and training.
About the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities
The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, in alliance with the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, provides leadership and support within and beyond UC Davis Health System to promote the health and well-being of ethnically diverse populations.
The center focuses on raising awareness of the unique cultural and linguistic attributes of minority populations, developing culturally and linguistically sensitive communications for health-care professionals, and working with policymakers, administrators, practitioners, consumers and families to reduce health-care disparities and improve quality of care. The center's ultimate goal is to improve health outcomes for all. For more information, visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/crhd.


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The state of human rights in China came under scrutiny on the Internet after suspicions were raised about the alleged suicide of a labor activist and photos of a victim of forced abortion went viral. On June 2 a young woman from Shanxi Province was forced by China's family planning officials to undergo a chemical abortion at seven months gestation because she and her husband could not produce RMB 40,000 (about $6,400) in fines demanded because of their unauthorized second pregnancy. When family members posted a photo of the mother and the aborted baby, it quickly produced outrage across China. Human rights groups are also questioning the death of Li Wangyang, a union leader and dissident, who officials say hanged himself in a hospital on June 13. Family and supporters of Li, jailed for 21 years because of his involvement in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, publicly challenged official accounts of his death.
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Since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002, Leigha Marie Hervey sat with her family in its season seats in section 111, keeping an eye on the field and the scoreboard, but watching the New England Patriots cheerleaders a little more closely. Hervey, who danced competitively for 15 years, tried out for the Patriots' cheerleading squad the year after she graduated from Wachusett Regional High School.
Since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002, Leigha Marie Hervey sat with her family in its season seats in section 111, keeping an eye on the field and the scoreboard, but watching the New England Patriots cheerleaders a little more closely.
Hervey, who danced competitively for 15 years, tried out for the Patriots' cheerleading squad the year after she graduated from Wachusett Regional High School. She didn't make it past the preliminary round then, but last March — nine years after her initial tryout — Hervey gave it another go and, among a group of 300 other talented candidates, shined during the six-week audition to secure a spot on the 2013 Patriots cheerleading team.
"It's always something I wanted to do," said the 27-year-old Hervey, who grew up in Rutland and now lives in Holden. "I always have a goal I want to achieve, and that was my next goal. I said, 'I'll just try out one more time just to see if it will happen,' and it happened."
The Patriots, who host an AFC divisional playoff game Saturday night, have had a thrilling season, giving Hervey and her squad mates plenty to cheer about.
Hervey, a business owner, said the last few months have made for one of the best experiences of her life. Hannah LeBeau, 20, of Auburn, who is also a rookie Patriots cheerleader, couldn't agree more.
"It's so much fun," LeBeau said. "I wouldn't trade it for anything."
Like Hervey, LeBeau, an Auburn High graduate who attends Dean College, has a strong dance background. She was a longtime competitor and was a member of the Boston Tap Company for three years. Performing the Patriots cheerleaders' dance routines and entertaining close to 70,000 people on Sundays comes pretty naturally.
"I don't really think about being in front of that many people until I get on the field," LeBeau said, "and I look up, and I see level after level of people cheering and having fun. It's the most exhilarating thing I've ever done."
That was even true in last Sunday's downpour, when the Patriots beat the Bills in the regular-season finale, and Hervey and LeBeau were drenched like everyone else in the stadium.
"It was really cold, and I know it sounds kind of crazy," LeBeau said, "but those are the games we live for. It just makes it that much more exciting looking at everyone in their ponchos in the pouring rain. It's like we're all going through it together."
The 24-member squad practices intensely for three hours every Tuesday and Thursday, LeBeau said, and the cheerleaders arrive at Gillette Stadium five hours before kickoff to practice and prepare their well-choreographed routines, which they perform at midfield pregame and on the sidelines and in the end zones during the game. From section 111, Hervey's family members give her a special wave when she walks onto the field.
The squad also takes part in numerous charitable, community and promotional events throughout the season.
"Some of the little kids you meet, they're so excited to see you, it's almost like you're Tom Brady," Hervey said. "It's nice to make someone happy just because I'm signing their T-shirt."
In November, Hervey and three other cheerleaders traveled to China to visit schools and help promote the NFL and the Patriots. Also this year, she participated in an event for Special Olympics and an American Red Cross blood drive. Last week, as part of the Cheer for Dana-Farber fundraising program, the Wachusett Regional cheerleaders performed with the Patriots' squad, which was also special for Hervey.
Hervey, who graduated from Mount Ida College in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in fashion design, owns Leigha Marie Designs, a line of custom-made swim and sportswear for fitness competitors. Three of her custom-designed bikinis are featured in the 2014 Patriots cheerleader calendar, which was shot in St. Lucia.
Hervey, herself a fitness competitor who was the 2011 Fitness America World Champion, Las Vegas, learned to sew from her mother and grandmother. During Hervey's competitive dance days, she would help her mother design and make her solo costumes. Designing clothes became her passion.
LeBeau, who has helped choreograph a number of student-run shows at Dean, is studying psychology. She would like to pursue a career as a counselor. She loves working with kids and has really enjoyed the Patriots junior cheerleader program.
"It's awesome getting to interact with the kids, and it's nice to know they're looking up to us and they might want to do what we do someday," LeBeau said.
Patriots cheerleaders can be on the squad for four years. Both LeBeau and Hervey said they plan to try out again in April.
On their way to 12 victories this year, the Patriots had a number of come-from-behind wins. One of the most exciting for LeBeau and Hervey was the 30-27 win over the Saints when Brady threw a touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with 5 seconds left. The cheerleaders were standing right near the corner of the end zone where Thompkins caught the ball.
"It was awesome, and we were going crazy," Hervey said. "We're all huge football fans."
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Facebook Heading to Nasdaq 100 and Will Join at Least Four More ETFs
Shares of social media giant Facebook could get a lift over the next several days.
NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) made the announcement after the close of US markets on Tuesday. The news means Facebook is headed for the PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ), the ETF often referred to as the "Nasdaq 100 tracking ETF."
With $30.9 billion in assets under management, QQQ is not only one of the largest US-listed ETFs of any kind, it will also be the largest ETF to be home to Facebook. Currently, the largest ETF by assets to hold shares of Facebook is the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FDN).
Facebook will replace Indian information technology firm Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY). That stock currently accounts for 0.1% of QQQ's weight.
While most investors are likely to focus on Facebook's addition to QQQ because it is a large, popular ETF, it should be noted that the statement issued by NASDAQ OMX points out Facebook will join the the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (INDEXNASDAQ:NDXE), and the NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index (INDEXNASDAQ:NDXT) as well.
The NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index is the index tracked by the First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (NASDAQ: QTEC). Home to 44 stocks, QTEC is not exactly small with nearly $113 million in assets.
The NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index is the index tracked by the First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQEW) and the Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (NYSEARCA:QQQE).
Currently, the ETF with largest weight to Facebook is the First Trust US IPO Index Fund (NYSEARCA:PX) at almost 10%. The first ETF to have included Facebook in its lineup was the Global X Social Media Index ETF (NASDAQ:SOCL).
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More than 100 men and women walked into the Cage Center as students but walked out as alumni at the recent Fall Commencement.
Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Debbie Heida introduced this year's commencement student speaker, Kylie Berry of Hampton, Ga. Kylie majored in math and physics and graduated with honors.
"At freshman orientation, I joked that Kylie was destined to be at Berry because of her name," Heida said. "Kylie has shown that she was destined to be at Berry because she is incredibly smart, an integral part of our campus community."
During her time at Berry, Kylie served as a grader in the math and physics department and math tutor at the college, a math and science grader and tutor at Berry elementary and middle schools, and a mentor for incoming freshmen.
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Mark Byrnes is a senior associate editor at CityLab who writes about design and architecture.
A look at how modern Buffalo compares with the city in its heyday
There were few better cities in America than Buffalo in 1902. The city installed America's first electric street lights, one of the world's first skyscrapers (Guaranty Building, 1894) and the world's largest office building (Ellicott Square, 1896). Fresh off of hosting the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition, the City of Light was cutting edge.
Time has not served Buffalo well since. Fighting rapid population loss and economic stagnation, the city's attempts to revitalize itself have resulted in swaths of surface parking and clusters of vapid office towers that impede on its radial street grid. We pulled sections from this 1902 map via the Library of Congress and compared it to current satellite imagery to see just how much has changed.
This section of downtown still has a few structures from the early 20th century. But it has also lost a lot to surface parking. A minor league baseball stadium and the city's tallest structure now occupy this area as well.
Every American city has a cluster of 1980s bank towers, and Buffalo is no different. Notice that the gold-domed bank on the right side still remains.
Every American city also has a cluster of modernist office towers. Here are Buffalo's - a classic example of density being sacrificed for scale.
Buffalo brought the suburbs to its downtown waterfront. Not necessarily the most common or best choice on the city's part. Along the top of each image you can see the Erie Canal has since been replaced by an elevated highway.
What was once a dense cluster of manufacturing and housing has turned into an urban prairie. This transition is repeated through much of the city's East Side.
On the West Side, many neighborhoods kept their density. Blocks of multi-family homes remain intact in this area off Allen street. It is also one of the more vibrant sections of the city.
This section of downtown is dominated by elevated roadways and surface lots but was once a vibrant cluster of rail and canal-based transit.
A short walk from here is the western terminus of the Erie Canal. A partially restored commercial slip can be seen on the left and the First Niagara Center can be seen on the right. A far cry from its days at the turn of the century.
Looking at how Buffalo has changed since its more spectacular days, we see a city that demonstrates some of the best and worst aspects of American urbanism.
Instead of reconstructing aging school facilities, the district is using a voter-backed ballot measure to pay for a legal campaign against a subway extension.
New York's empty storefronts are a dark omen for the future of cities.
The school system's plan to build affordable apartment units for the city's teachers has triggered a fierce backlash in one affluent area.
Depends on the city, and the transit agency.
The city has an ambitious plan to fix its housing woes. But so far, most of development has been focused on the city's downtown area.


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"The United States of America was in crisis as 1934 approached. Art seemed irrelevant as the national economy fell into a profound depression after the stock market crash of October 1929. Thousands of banks failed…businesses struggled or collapsed.
A quarter of the workforce was unemployed, while an equal number worked reduced hours. More and more people were homeless and hungry. Nearly 10,000 unemployed artists faced destitution.
The nation looked expectantly to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was inaugurated in March 1933. The new administration swiftly initiated a wide-ranging series of economic recovery programs called…"
Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan easily alludes to FDR's New Deal. The exhibit description adapted above of Smithsonian American Art Museum's current curation, "1934: A New Deal For Artists," reads as if written for today.
The economy was in crisis as 2009 approached. Wall Street failed, businesses collapsed. Art seemed irrelevant as the national economy fell into a profound recession. The nation looked expectantly to Barack Obama, who swiftly initiated a wide-ranging series of economic recovery programs.
During the Great Depression unemployment hit 25%. Today it's at eight America is freaking out. Especially if you watch the news. Fox News reports are particularly alarming. Conservative pundits warn that the New Deal actually prolonged the depression and predictably echo Regan's inaugural assertion that "[i]n this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
Whatever we do, we certainly have a situation on our hands. And we're the ones who'll decide what to do about it. Government funding can offer structure and direction, but how we choose to use it determines our future.
America generally seems to agree that creating a solution to our financial woes involves an aim to maintain or regain our pre-recession lifestyle. The assumption is that everything must return to normal.
Wrong. Things can't go back to the way they were – and we don't want them to. What got us into a national financial scramble are bad habits that created an unsustainable economy. Rather, we can look to our current recession as an opportunity to evaluate and reevaluate our surroundings – and produce a new American lifestyle of sustainable prosperity.
Our creative economy can lift us from today's financial recession.
FDR created the Public Works of Art Program as the first federally funded arts project in American history. Today's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $50 million in grant funding for the arts. $50 million of $787 billion – or .0000635% – isn't much to work with, and some are bothered by it anyway. By comparison, "$165 million…is less than one-tenth of one percent of the total amount of bailout money given to AIG in one form or another."
Obama's economic plan throws limited funds to the arts, so if art can recess the recession, it'll be all about public-private partnerships. Luckily, years of overselling real-estate has left us with plenty of empty space – and free time from the highest unemployment rate in 25 years – to find creative ways to use it.
So how can DC turn our part of $50 million into over $5 billion? By being DC.
A report soon to be released by the DC Office of Planning and DC Economic Partnership has found DC's creative economy is overlooked and under-hyped. Creative jobs are 10% of the city's workforce – and bagged over $5 billion in wages alone during 2007 – sans financial stimulus.
DC is among America's largest media hubs, and the city's creative economy is growing faster than the financial progress in other industries and geographic areas.
Bringing art into empty building space is a great way to build community and generate economic development. Condo buildings and retail spaces that sit vacant as property shifts hands and faces are prime real-estate for pop-up arts events.
Pinkline Project and Artomatic are both examples of people using empty space in creative ways. Artomatic 2009 expects over 1000 artists to draw more than 50,000 visitors to the Capitol Riverfront from May 29-July 5. Working with private developers and independent businesses to secure space and event logistics, Artomatic is funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The recession offers an opportunity to redefine our own everyday creativity. We can look to the interchange between arts and lifestyle to produce solutions for our economic recession. The same is true now as was during the Great Depression. And luckily, a bit less extreme. The deal still needs to be new – and the arts are still a relevant solution.
Today, we're all the artists.
"Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration created the Public Works of Art Program—the first federal government program to support the arts nationally. Federal officials in the 1930s understood how essential art was to sustaining America's spirit. Artists from across the United States who participated in the program, which lasted only six months from mid-December 1933 to June 1934, were encouraged to depict "the American Scene."
The President realized that Americans needed not only employment but also the inspiration art could provide. On December 8, 1933, the Advisory Committee to the Treasury on Fine Arts organized the Public Works of Art Project. Within days sixteen regional committees were recruiting artists who eagerly set to work in all parts of America.
Between December 1933 and June 1934, the PWAP hired 3,749 artists who created 15,663 paintings, murals, sculptures, prints drawings, and craft works. The PWAP suggested "The American Scene" as appropriate subject matter, but allowed artists to interpret this idea freely… The PWAP art displayed in schools, libraries, post offices, museums, and government buildings and lifted the spirits of Americans all over the country…"
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great post! and yes, the creative minds in this city are way under utilized.


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Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer--the true archetype of a Renaissance man.
In the key art for its new drama, "Da Vinci's Demons," Starz has chosen to highlight the "inventor" aspect of the great genius by placing his image in front of a sketch of one of his many inventions, the flying machine. The machine features prominently and rather spectacularly early on in the series.
Starz released the key art Wednesday, which has the phrase, "Genius Cannot Be Contained." "Da Vinci's Demons" premieres at 9 p.m. CT April 12 on Starz.
The drama, from the co-writer of "The Dark Knight Trilogy" and the upcoming "Man of Steel," David S. Goyer, presents the young da Vinci (played by Tom Riley) as a swordsman and idealistic dreamer. He's a bit of a troublemaker who doesn't get along with many of the powers that be in Renaissance Italy.
"Leonardo was a transformational figure--the original Renaissance man and the kind of genius that only emerges every thousand years or so," Goyer said in a release. "What I like about this image is that it embodies a lot of the show's themes. It's aspirational. The triumph of the human spirit over ignorance and repression--the audacity of imagination."
More from Starz: While the da Vinci depicted in the history books was renowned for his works of art and inventions that included the calculator, army tank, diving suit, solar power and many more, "Da Vinci's Demon's" depicts a 25-year-old da Vinci on the cusp of greatness, with intellect and talents that are almost superhuman. In the series, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time, tortured by his unsurpassed intellect. He begins to not only see the future, but invent it.
What do you think of the poster? Are you up for spending time with Leonardo Da Vinci?
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I've been petbattling for few months. There's something I've been noticing between one petbattle and another. This is that some of my opponents switch characters from one battle to the next one. How can you do that?
I mean when I just finished an encounter against three moths then immediately queued and one minute latter I'm battling the same three moths, but this time the guy isn't a sexy female blood elf, but a low level alliance fat panda. Really under a minute? with no loading screen?
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Elton John, "The Diving Board" (Capitol)
Eager to make a relevant record at age 66, Elton John sought a return to his roots on "The Diving Board," advertised as piano trio music in the vein of his marvelous early albums. But while they had energy, humor and good songs in abundance, "Board" is dull.
The 15 cuts suggest Elton and producer T Bone Burnett weren't fully committed to the trio concept. Bass and drums remain subdued throughout, and several songs are dressed up with strings and backup singers. Meanwhile, John plays polite piano in starchy renditions of generic ballads. There's no "Bad Side of the Moon" here.
Longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, which read as if he mailed them in. "I went to Paris once, I thought I had a plan, I woke up with an accent, I wound up in quicksand," goes the chorus to "My Quicksand," which does create a sinking feeling.
The hourlong album is heavily back loaded, and the final three cuts are the best. "Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)" swings with a gospel feel, and the inventive instrumental, "Dream #3," offers more surprises than anything else in the set. On the autobiographical closing title cut, Sir Elton is supported by warm horns and is convincing as a cabaret singer. It's a better role for him than trying to reclaim his youth.


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Just checked a recent survey conducted by Hubspot for over 4000 companies! The results from a marketing perspective make quite a compelling case that more is better when it comes to creation of content for websites. We know that blogs, landing pages and indexed pages are critical pieces of inbound marketing methodologies and Hubspot data shows that the online pages with more content generated more leads and traffic back in return.
Some interesting revelations of the data include these facts:
- Businesses that blogged 20 or more times in a month got the maximum return in traffic and leads
- Businesses with more than 400 indexed pages generated the most traffic and leads
- Businesses with more than 31 landing pages generated the most leads
The obvious conclusion that 'more is better' can cause some organizations to think that they should pad up their websites, start splintering the pages and post small blogs 4 times a day! But this notion should be counter balanced by the brawny inbound theory that content has to be unique and valuable to visitors to be truly effective. The 'return in traffic and leads' would only be possible for websites that have content worthy of being read. And what does the 'splinter strategy' bring for your website? Only some sparse descriptions, inconclusive arguments and vague lead conversion paths!
So how does a business climb uphill for bigger blog, indexed page and landing page totals while also ascertaining that content is fresh, interesting and adequately productive? Let's check a few points that can be taken care of:
Write about every angle of your business
The topics that are crucial to your business and industry should be talked about as much as possible. The need for a product/service, its uses and advantages, the tips for selecting a certain product or service, latest news and trends in the industry, posts with encouraging questions and comments make your page interesting and provide informative content fodder to the readers. Even the negative angles of your business offerings make an interesting read for some of the online visitors. But why would you include that in your blog? Obviously, to prove the criticism wrong! So write about the perceptible 'disadvantages of your products/services' and then subtly spin the content back in your favor with a conclusion that strongly supports their worth and advantages. You can double your blogging output without being trapped in the 'writers block'.
And remember – do not go for tricky short cuts in order to beef up your content pool. Use of article spinners and duplicating the content will not help. It might also be tempting to split exiting posts into multiple blogs but all you will get in the end is a poor quality, parched website that does not deliver productive user experience.
Use multiple landing pages to let more customers reach you
You do need to have more landing pages to generate more leads – probably a different one for each set of target audience and more landing pages imply that your business has more to offer. The landing pages look livelier when they have meaningful offers for the page visitors. Here are a few tips that can be used to create and add oomph to landing pages:
- Set the purpose of each landing page before actually developing it. Decide what you want the visitor to do when he/she visits the page
- Send the user to the pages that load quickly – do not use many pop-ups and do not link to pages that were disabled. Do not make your page visitors wait for too long!
- On each landing page, highlight the specific benefits that your products/services offer
- While designing web landing pages, try to enter your prospects' mind and answer the questions that could be asked by them.
All it takes is to just examine your keywords and adgroups to determine what the user (who uses those search terms) really wants. Then deliver them to the offer page as seamlessly and with as few steps as possible
Sending all the traffic in a campaign to the same landing page is always a big mistake. The keywords that the users employ for a search already describe their aims. Each step in the landing page process can make you lose customers if you do not directly send them to the destination they are searching for. Why bother your customers through a complete website maze when they can take a detour to land on the exact spot?
Get more pages of your website indexed by search engines
Do you have different web pages for all regions, cities, or states that you service or work in? If they are in any way different, shouldn't they ideally have separate web pages? You do comprehend the significance of product differentiation for marketing success in various areas. A quick audit can help you to discover some opportunities that you may be missing in the online scenario. For increasing your site's number of indexed pages, take a few minutes to establish an inventory of what you already possess.
To increase the number of your indexed pages, aim for higher PageRanks and for this, have the right blend of features for your SEO. If you can get a little higher PageRank for your most important content, by taking some away from less important content, you might be able to get more of your pages into search engine's index. The businesses that have a large website, with a lots of sitewide links to "overhead" pages sometimes have a hard time getting their deeper pages indexed. In this scenario, changes to the website structure can make a big difference in how many pages get indexed.
One tactic to increase the number of indexed pages is to bookmark the new pages at social bookmarking sites like Delicious, Reddit and StumpleUpon. As these are frequently updated and search engines are aware of this, they crawl and follow your bookmarks, links, very quickly.
Being a member of online forums, groups and networks can also spread the news of your web pages via links and these in turn attract search engine crawlers.
To sum up, when more traffic and leads are on your mind – get back to the basics. Augment your content, develop more landing pages and get them indexed. More content does work for your website!


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DETROIT — Daniel Alfredsson scored his second goal of the game with 1 second left in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins today.
Alfredsson's shot went off Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and appeared to be knocked into the net by Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi, who scored into his own net earlier in the game. The goal stood after video review.
Detroit was up 2-0, trailed 3-2 and led 4-3 lead with 7:43 left. Craig Adams pulled Pittsburgh back into a tie two minutes later.
The banged-up Red Wings are desperately trying to close the season well enough to extend their postseason streak to 23.
Fleury made 25 saves. Detroit's Jimmy Howard stopped 39 shots.
With 3:46 left in regulation, Detroit's David Legwand was ejected and given a five-minute major for using the butt end of his stick to hit Evgeni Malkin in front of the net. The Penguins failed to take advantage of the extended opportunity with an extra skater, and it cost them in a mistake-filled game.
The Penguins scored at least twice on themselves and were called for a slew of penalties.
Olli Maatta redirected a shot into his own net with midway through the third — Todd Bertuzzi was credited with the goal — and Scuderi did the same in the second on score given to Gustav Nyquist.
Malkin scored twice, including a go-ahead goal late in the second.
Alfredsson and Nyquist put the Red Wings up 2-0, but they didn't take advantage of opportunities to build on their lead.
After the Penguins were called for four penalties in the first half of the second period, Lee Stempniak and Malkin scored 25 seconds apart to tie it and Malkin added another goal 2:16 later to put them ahead 3-2.
The Red Wings were without defenseman Jonathan Ericsson, a day after he had surgery on the middle finger of his left hand. He is expected to be out for at least a month.
By the time Ericsson is ready to return, the Red Wings might not be playing anymore.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is trying to catch the Boston Bruins for the top seeding in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins are hoping to hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in since beating Detroit in a finals rematch five years ago.
Malkin entered the game with six goals and 13 assists in his last 15 games against Detroit, including the 2008 and 2009 finals.
He was at his best after Pittsburgh was at its worst today.
The Penguins were called for four penalties in a seven-minute stretch of the second period, but only gave up one goal after their first trip to the box and it was scored by one of their own players.
Nyquist was credited with a power-play goal that was knocked in the net by Scuderi early in the second period.
Stempniak redirected a shot with 4:43 left in the second and Malkin made it 2-all soon thereafter. Ten seconds into a 5-on-3 power play, Malkin's slap shot through traffic put Pittsburgh ahead 3-2 with 2:02 left in the second.
NOTES: Malkin snapped a three-game stretch without a point, his longest of the season with a goal. ... Nyquist began the game with an NHL-high 14 goals since Jan. 20 and scored for the third straight game.
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It's just occurred to me that I could get an A4 logo printed onto a white T-shirt at the Uni print shop for £6-7.Originally Posted by Nnanden
If I could get a whole batch together, there'd probably be a discount too. The only problem would be postage.
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HOT SPRINGS — The Arkansas Board of Corrections is backing a push to move from a three-drug cocktail to a single drug in lethal injections.
Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson says the board voted Friday to back the attorney general's office going forward with legislation that would involve a single-drug protocol in executions.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's spokesman Aaron Sadler says legislation could be filed in the next week or two.
The move comes after the Arkansas Supreme Court last year threw out the state's lethal injection law, siding with death row inmates who said it violated part of the state's constitution that deals with separating the branches of government.
Wilson says the board hopes that narrowing the drug protocol will take care of the court's concerns.


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"Troll Hunter" is a Norwegian film about a group of students who hunt trolls. See where they got the name from? Well the clever PR folks have put up an official application so you can become an honorary troll hunter. Sounds awesome, right? Sure the entire application is in Norwegian but who doesn't speak that these days. Those Viking lovers are so hot right now.
To capture the magic of Bill Murray's appearance in "Zombieland" the makers of "Zombieland 2" are currently on the hunt for a star of equal caliber to make a surprise appearance. No surprise there, unless you haven't gotten around to seeing the first film yet in which case I apologize for ruining the surprise for you. I'm a bad person.
Here's a trailer for "Grave Encounter's", a new found footage film about a group of reality show hosts who go around looking at haunted houses. The catch is apparently they actually find something. Not like those ass clowns on "River Monsters", they haven't found one actual monster.
Am I the only one who still gets Judd Nelson and Robert Downey Jr. mixed up? I can't be. Well anyway here's a trailer for the new sci-fi/horror flick called "Shadow People" staring "Iron Man" himself. Wait, no... the other one. Which one was in "The Breakfast Club"? Yeah that one, he's the guy in this movie.
Dan Aykroyd has fired off some info around the upcoming "Ghostbusters 3" film and here's a short run down. Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver are still in. Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Eliza Dushku are still maybes. And lastly no confirmation on me, but I assume my offer is coming any day now.
With films like "Machete" hitting it big this summer, the term 'ensemble cast' has been thrown around quite a bit. An assemblage of a few well-known an often hilariously mismatched actors can sell just about any premise. In the case of "Netherbeast Incorporated," it may be a stretch to say that it features an ensemble cast in the most traditional sense, but without the hodge-podge of established comedic actors and candidates for the "Where are they now?" list, I doubt that many people would bother giving this office comedy with an undead twist a chance.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
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James R. Bingham (1917-1971)
Sometimes I feel badly that - while Today's Inspiration has been around for about five years now - there are so many worthy illustrators I haven't even showcased once. Meanwhile, I've highlighted Bingham's work several times already.
There's something about Bingham's approach that just really grabs me. While firmly rooted in the classic "realistic" approach to illustration, Bingham managed to put his own unique, appealing stylistic stamp on everything he did.
And though he did not adopt the "new direction" to illustration that evolved during the early 60's, he did experiment with a variety of mediums and techniques that presented the viewer with fresh and sometimes startling approaches to similar subject matter. I get the sense that, within his comfort zone, Bingham liked to keep things interesting for himself.
So this week, let's take a look at one of my favourite illustrators of the 50's, James R. Bingham.
These images have been added to my James R. Bingham Flickr set.
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Very nice work (on the Flickr site too): James R. Bingham's style is still influencing illustration today! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog today---WOW!!!ReplyDelete
What a treasure trove! I've signed up for the email list and started perusing your flicker sets and archives on your website.
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James Russell Bingham was my grandfather and up until today I thought that his artwork has been all but forgotten. I have seen some of his artwork through my mother and his personal art that we still hold today but I have not seen many of the pieces he had done for the Saturday Evening Post. If you come across any of his artwork or articles about my grandfather if you would please contact me at email@example.com. Thank you for your time.ReplyDelete
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WATERLOO, N.Y. - The more Cindy Karlsen learned about her husband, Karl, the more suspicious she became.
WATERLOO, N.Y. - The more Cindy Karlsen learned about her husband, Karl, the more suspicious she became.
There was the $700,000 life insurance payout he received after the 2008 death of his adult son, who was crushed when the pickup truck he was working under suddenly slipped off its jackin upstate New York. There was the $200,000 life insurance payout he received when his first wife died in a house fire nearly 2,500 miles away in Murphys nearly two decades earlier. And finally for Cindy Karlsen, there was the $1.2 million policy that her husband had taken out on her life.
That's what prompted her to work with Waterloo, N.Y., police, leading to second-degree murder and insurance fraud charges against Karl Karlsen in the death of his 23-year-old son, Levi. Prompted by the New York case against Karlsen, authorities in Calaveras County are now taking a new look at the circumstances of the 1991 death of his former wife, Christina Karlsen.
Christina Karlsen died on New Year's Day 1991 in a fire at the Murphys home she shared with Karl Karlsen and their children, including Levi.
Calaveras County Deputy District Attorney Jeff Stone confirmed Monday that prosecutors here are still gathering information on the 1991 death of Christina Karlsen.
"We are continuing to try to piece together the information that is available from back then and try to determine whether we would be considering any charges out here from that event," Stone said. "We have met with the family."
"I think it's a very greedy man with a very cold heart," said Art Alexander of Murphys, Christina Karlsen's father. Alexander, who has long suspected that his son-in-law and former business partner was responsible for his 30-year-old daughter's death.
Christina, Alexander was told, was trapped in the bathroom after spilled kerosene was ignited by a faulty electric light. Although Karl Karlsen is credited with getting Levi and their other two children out safely, Christina was unable to escape.
The insurance policy, Art Alexander said, had been taken out just before Christmas. The fire happened New Year's Day. Karl Karlsen's abrupt move to New York further stoked the father's suspicions.
Alexander was relieved to learn the 1991 fire was getting a second look: "I thought they would never catch up with him."
Record Staff Writer Dana M. Nichols contributed to this report.


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LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has had 36 private meetings with British Cabinet ministers in the last three years, and the large number has spurred accusations that the heir to the throne is meddling in politics.
The Daily Mail newspaper compiled a list of the meetings from public records. They include seven with Prime Minister David Cameron since the May 2010 election.
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We'll never actually know what was in Daryl Renard Atkins' mind when he and an accomplice murdered and robbed Eric Nesbitt six years ago. But by emphasizing the eight bullets left smoldering in the victim and a history of violent crimes, a Virginia prosecutor convinced a jury to sentence Atkins to death based on the "vileness of the offense" and the prospect of future dangerousness.
By June of 2002, however, a divided U.S. Supreme Court took a different tack, saying that perhaps Atkins could not apply the "reasoning, judgment and control of [his] impulses" and did not commit his crime with the same "level of moral culpability that characterizes the most serious adult criminal conduct." The reason for the court's reluctance to uphold Atkins' death sentence was the evidence of his mild mental retardation and its assertion that executing him would violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
The ruling in Atkins v Virginia (536 U.S., 122 S. Ct. 2242; 153 L. Ed. 2d 535 [2002]) reversed a Supreme Court precedent set only 13 years earlier in Penry v Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302 (1989), which held that executing mentally retarded individuals passed constitutional muster. But observing that the Eighth Amendment must "draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society," Justice Paul Stevens, writing for a six-member majority, said in the recent decision "that death is not a suitable punishment for a mentally retarded criminal."
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In an acerbic dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia helped to muddy the waters by fueling what will likely be an ongoing legal fight over who escapes the executioner and who does not. "One need only read the definitions of mental retardation adopted by the American Association of Mental Retardation and the American Psychiatric Association to realize that the symptoms of this condition can readily be feigned," Scalia wrote. "And whereas the capital defendant who feigns insanity risks commitment to a mental institution until he can be cured (and then tried and executed), the capital defendant who feigns mental retardation risks nothing at all."
In another case, James Colburn was spared execution in Texas on Nov. 6, 2002, in light of his paranoid schizophrenia and hallucinations. Colburn has been convicted of stabbing a woman to death. His lawyers also claimed that he was heavily sedated with antipsychotic drugs during his trial.


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But realistically how much worse could it get?
Yes, I know Im never supposed to say that out loud. So: previously on The Litany Of Failure: after a brief pause for our latest Osten, the minicorps were sent to Nescafe, which is worth 96,000,000,000 more than Donald and theres absolutely nothing he can do about it, to come up with a promotion for a new Tasters Choice brand, which for me is like saying Do you like your raw sewage caffeinated or uncaffeinated? Networth twisted that into Would you like your sewage hot or cold? and held a public debate on the subject, which drew a decent audience because people will stand around and listen to anything if theres a chance of getting ten thousand dollars at the end of it. Magna almost went with a European models of the world serving European sewage of the world thanks to American chunks of waste material until someone managed to sedate Michael, leading to his spending the rest of the episode in a sulking coma that only vaguely resembled his typical night at a singles bar after being rejected by All Women Of The World, Everywhere, Current, Future, And, In Case He Takes The Last Out, Dead. Instead, they spent most of their budget on an event planner before they actually had an event to plan, which would qualify any of then for a job with Enron if it still existed, and wound up with a lot of balloons powered by a loan of Chris permanent excess of hot air. This sent them to the Boardroom, where Danny, in a desperate attempt to save his guitar from the Last Incinerator Ride, spent most of a decade arguing that the word exempt actually translated to but only if you say so, Mr. Trump, sir. However, despite Michaels unquestioned ability to be a bigger drag on his team than the collective contracts of the New York Knicks, Donald remained on his medication, refused to revise his dictionary, and sent Guitarzan out onto the street, where he was last seen being rhythmically beaten to death by the judges of American Idol, all of whom knew where he was heading next and werent about to take that kind of chance.
Which corporation paid out the big bucks for a one-hour commercial? Which team members will completely destroy their chances of being hired for anything other than a burger flipper at BK? (Excepting Todd, whos on mop duty and will stay there until he learns how to handle more responsibility.) Will our narrators continue to coast on the strength of their confessionals? And what unspeakable idiot will be fired this week?
Donald, thats your cue. Roll opening credits.
Erin displays her law school-trained argument capabilities with Exemption, shmaxemption. It doesnt mean (censored)! Of course, this is coming from someone who also firmly believes Towel rack, wardrobe choices!, so you really have to consider the source.
If it was up to me, Erin says in c-t, not wanting us to leave the source just yet, Michael would be fired. Everyone in the suite knows hes a lazy piece of carp, and I think Donald Trumps going to say Exemption isnt for those who abuse it, and hes going to fire Michael. This is taken directly from Erins upcoming book of legal strategies, entitled Its Not A Crime If You Had Good Intentions, a June release from Hopeless DAW Publishing and #156,128,983,234,863,138 on Amazons sale rankings. (The vanity people insisted she buy a copy.)
This, of course, is the cue for Michael and Stephanie to walk back into the suite. Erins jacket disintegrates in shock.
Im back, Michael notes in the exact same tones of a condemned man with a twenty-four hour stay of execution to get his cell cleaned up in. How are you guys? The answer to that one is not well, as he tries to sit down among his teammates, who are instantly repelled by the aura of death.
I was very upset when Michael came through that door, Bren c-ts. Michael has zero tact, zero integrity, zero character. (As opposed to Bren, who has zero chance of winning the job.) And it was like the dad in me awoke and said Okay, Ive got to discipline.
Magna makes a quick search of the suite, but all of the handcuffs and whips were removed when She Who Must Not Be Hired left. The only thing left to work with is an old-fashioned tongue-lashing, and Bren goes to work. Michael did nothing during the task. He sat around on his All-Star Survivor (in this case, that would be Tina) and watched the others work. He rode his exemption as if it was a Pony Express leg and it didnt matter if the thing dropped dead right after he passed his stay of execution off to the next victim. He was useless. Worthless. Pointless. And theyd like Verna back. Now.
Michael tries to say something on his own behalf, but Brens on a roll. Michael didnt give a damn about the rest of Magna. (Well, duh. No one on either team cares about anyone else on their team except as bodies to stand in the firing line before them.) Michael didnt give a damn about Donald. (High treason!) No one stood up for Michael in the Boardroom. Either he straightens up and flies right, acts like a man, and takes every bullet from here until he dies and ten seconds after that, or Bren is going to use his primary skill as a Southern lawyer and go duck hunting, with Michael known as the duck.
Oddly, Michael does not repeat his attitude towards being challenged from the prior task, so Bren is at no risk of being stuffed into a locker this week. (Besides, Michael knew he could take Danny. Bren is more of a question mark.) Instead, he apologizes and promises to be a good little decoy from now on. Half of Magna sneaks off to an isolated corner of the suite and tries to turn the 24 hours on the stay document into 24 seconds. This doesnt work, but does give them valuable practice for any future role in Donalds organization.
Everyone needs to be readjusted, Michael declares in c-t, selling his fake redemption for all its worth absolutely nothing. Maybe this is my readjustment phase! Certainly is. Let me just get this screwdriver in under your left eye and give your brain a couple of twists
Alex registers his c-t existence with Michael has delayed his execution. He has not been pardoned. This is very perceptive of Alex and probably means hes on a direct track for the final six. It also makes it sound like Michaels going to be fired this week, which means Michaels storyline is just starting to roll and hes completely safe until the end of the hour. Besides, its not fair to fire someone whos just had a frontal lobotomy.
The guillotines going to drop right on his neck, Alex concludes in c-t delusion apparently Alex believes in the zero-miss theory of execution, because weve all seen Michaels neck and we move to the next morning, where a very sleepy Tana answers the phone and is told to have both teams gather in front of their TV at 8:00 a.m: Donald will be speaking to them (plausibly) live at that time. Its nothing personal: its just that he was allergic to the shower mold on Erins last outfit.


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