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Last November, three people were murdered and nine more injured when a man went on a shooting rampage at the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. The attack happened amid a sharp increase in threats and violence against abortion providers across the country—including here in Pennsylvania.
"The burden of public safety should not be carried by reproductive healthcare workers alone," said Amanda Kifferly, Director of Patient Advocacy for The Women's Centers. "We support legislation that unites the healthcare community with lawmakers and safety officials to criminalize violent acts against doctors, healthcare staff, and patients seeking care at our Centers."
Pennsylvania abortion providers have been subjected to death threats, obstructive clinic protests, fake anthrax attacks, bomb threats, arson, vandalism, targeted harassment at home and at church, internet stalking, and assault. Counting the tragedy in Colorado Springs, there have been 11 murders and 28 attempted murders in attacks targeting reproductive health care providers in the US and Canada.
Pennsylvania Senator Larry Farnese (D-Philadelphia) has taken steps to address this crisis by introducing Senate Bill 1105, which would provide freedom of access to reproductive health care facilities. "My new proposal makes it clear that people who try to intimidate or hurt women entering a reproductive health care clinic will be punished, ordered to pay a hefty fine, and spend a lot of time in jail," said Sen. Farnese, who has worked as a volunteer clinic escort.
Modeled on federal legislation, SB 1105 provides for safe access to reproductive health care facilities, prohibits harassment and intimidation of patients and clinic staff, and combats vandalism and deliberate obstruction of clinic entrances.
"In light of the violence, arsons, threats, and terrorism against abortion providers and patients over the past several months, this bill is needed now more than ever," said David S. Cohen, professor at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University and co-author of Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism.
Senate Bill 1105 is part of the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health, a package of bills supported by members of the Women's Health Caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature, a bipartisan group of lawmakers focused on addressing the state's appalling record on women's health by promoting evidence-based health policy, eliminating workplace discrimination, and other initiatives aimed at advancing women's health and well-being.
The Pennsylvania Campaign for Women's Health, a group of more than 50 local, state and national organizations calling for evidence-based state policies that support women's health and economic security in Pennsylvania, enthusiastically supports this new effort to address the troubling rise in anti-abortion violence and harassment.
"This policy is based on the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which is a pretty straightforward concept," says Tara Murtha, Communications Chair of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women's Health. "Threatening doctors, harassing patients, physically blocking strangers, and vandalizing buildings isn't acceptable just because the harasser personally disapproves of whatever presumptions they've made about their target."
On Wednesday, January 20 at 10AM, Senator Larry Farnese will participate in a Twitter Townhall Q&A about clinic violence and harassment and SB 1105. Additional participants include David S. Cohen, representatives of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates, the Philadelphia Women's Centers, and the Women's Law Project, and other members of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women's Health. More details will be available early next week.
Leadership members of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women's Health include the Women's Law Project, Keystone Progress Education Fund, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Associates, New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice (NVP), New Voices Philadelphia, AccessMatters, Philadelphia Women's Center, and the ACLU of Pennsylvania.
To request more information or to request an interview, contact Tara Murtha at tmurtha@womenslawproject. To learn more about the PA Campaign for Women's Health, visit www.pa4womenshealth.org.


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Stand With TWU Local 100 Today - January 15, 2012/
Join members of TWU Local 100 at the Sheraton Hotel today - January 15th, 2012 - 7th Avenue and 53rd Street.
The TWU is fighting for their new contract and for workers' right, social justice and affordable transportation for all working people.
go to: www.nycclc.org

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Can anyone explain why the retest dates in PG3 are set at 6mths visual and 12mths full but when I download them into my Apollo 600 and call up the record the machine shows 12mths visual and 24mths full?
This has happened on a lot of downloaded records. Is it something I'm doing wrong or the software?


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Donald Jarrin
Colorado Mesa University
Here on the Juneau Icefield we have many hazards we must overcome on a day-to-day basis. These hazards range from hypothermia to snow blindness, but some of the biggest hazards we encounter are crevasses. These features are found across the glacier, and in this blog I will describe how ice flow velocity dictates crevasse orientation.
For the sketches here I will use the following color scheme: blue for the glacier, brown for the valley walls, yellow for glacier flow direction, green for lateral extension, red for zones of friction, and black for crevasses. It's important to understand that there are arrows showing flow direction and speed, but there is an overall flow velocity throughout the glacier. The middle of the glacier flows more quickly than the sides of the glacier. There is friction from the valley walls which is causing the crescent shape in the flow velocity. In all of figures (see Figure 1 below) we look down on the glacier from a bird's-eye view.
In general, when two things are pulled apart this causes extensional stress (tension). On glaciers extensional stress occurs when faster moving ice is followed by slower moving ice, as seen in Figure 2 below. Because the stress acting upon the ice is extensional and oriented down glacier, the crevasse forms perpendicular to the flow direction.
The opposite of extensional stress is compressional stress. Glaciers experience compressional stress when ice with a faster velocity is uphill of ice with a slower velocity. The compressional stress creates a lateral extensional stress as the ice spreads to accommodate the change in volume. As the ice flows outward laterally, crevasses form parallel to flow. This results in crevasses in the exact opposite orientation to the previous extension method. This process is shown in Figure 3 above.
Shear stress is a little different from the two previous forms of stress. This is because shear stress is a product of both the ice flow and friction against the valley walls. As the ice grinds against the valley wall, the rest of the glacier moves at a more constant rate. This yields a crevasse orientation 45 degrees up glacier from the valley wall. Figure 4 above shows the flow direction of the ice at the shear zone, and a single resulting crevasse. Figure 5 below shows what the crevasses would look like as the glacier moves down valley and encounters friction on both sides of the glacier.
Terminus Crevasses
The last type of crevasses are terminus crevasses. Once the glacier has made its journey down the valley is has the potential to form one last set of crevasses. If the glacier terminates in a broad flat area it can form a fan-shape toe (terminus). If this happens, the glacier begins to widen, thin, and create new crevasses that are sub-parallel to the original direction of flow- down the glacier. Figure 6 above shows that when the toe begins to expand the flow outward, lateral extension pulls the ice apart(shown in green). This is similar to the compression figure above but in this figure the ice is flowing down and outward to the lowest possible elevation.
Though crevasses are a major hazard to anyone who traverses any icefield, as well as being sobering reminders that glaciers are always in flux, they are also valuable teaching tools for looking at ice velocity and overall glacier movement.


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2019 HUMMER H2 Specs – It seems that 2019 Hummer H2 is a pickup truck that has been modified the most between the trucks, and many of those changes are in getting to provide greater-driven SUV but made to be appealing to younger buyers. Amongst other changes, there are noticeable and apparent variations in the cabin, mostly in conditions of technology, but in addition in purchase to offer far more comfort and pleasurable for individuals. It is intriguing to say that new H2 will be more appealing than the older model, or any huge SUV on the market, when changes in terminology of engine shows are for brand new buyers that want to generate the robust car at a lower price.
There are many intriguing changes in the design of 2019 Hummer H2 causing this to be out of this SUV attractive vehicle for area driving. Even so, there is broad lightweight aluminum security on the bottom part of the front end, exactly where is recognizable grille split up on small cells with metallic grids. There are outdated-created rounded entrance lighting, way too. Do not be fooled by its size, it is basically added to big car tires and chassis is somewhat bigger than just before. Nevertheless, the rear conclusion is also modernized, with rounded condition of the truck and new taillights. For individuals who are continue to ready to use this animal for heavy duty only, there are LED lights on the sides of the van for far better awareness on darkish.
Read also: 2019 HUMMER H2 Concept, Specs, and Price
Even though there will be more than 1 model of 2019 Hummer H2 when it comes to the interior of the car each version is as very much desirable and comfortable as in the base model. There is a mixture of leather-based and quality cloth together with modernly created dash panel and also attractive devices, not usually predicted in Sports utility vehicles. The cabin is spaced for higher passengers, too.
There are two engines presented with 2019 Hummer H2. The first model is a small 6.0-liter V8 engine with 300 hp when the stronger a single is 6.2-liter V8 with 393 horsepower. Both include a half a dozen-rate auto transmission. Nevertheless, it is beyond doubt that the maker decreased fuel consumption in this model, which, as well as greater towing potential ought to draw in customers that desire to use it for work.
2019 HUMMER H2 Price
Purchasers and supporters who really like Hummer trucks understand that the very last model of H2 was launched last year so new model will wait for at least the end of a year to get on the market. But, that is not the issue while we learn how intriguing, notable and attractive new model is. The price is also extremely favorable, or it is safer to state that it had been not modified from the final model – $32,000 for the base model.


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I went to visit my dad and pop-pop on Sunday for Father's Day. We did the Maryland thing and had a crab feast — Maryland steamed crabs, Maryland crab soup, crabcakes, corn on the cob and hot dogs (the hot dogs were just an added bonus).
I was in charge of dessert. My dad always says he doesn't like dessert, but he's usually the one eating the biggest slice. I can say though he's not one to like his desserts piled on with icing. When I came across a recipe for blackberry pound cake, I knew it would be a hit.
I recently read Orangette's (Molly Wizenberg) book A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes From My Kitchen Table. In the book she shares her mother's go-to pound cake recipe for nearly the last 20-some years. It also seemed fitting since a lot of her of recipes and stories are inspired by her father.
While the original recipe called for raspberries, blueberries and kirsch, I took Wizenberg's suggestion to substitute blackberries instead for my pound cake. You can find the original recipe at Orangette, or you can follow my recipe with the blackberry substitution. I served this cake alongside a dollop of whipped cream for Father's Day, but it was also eaten with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (hello, leftovers!). It also preserves well for several days wrapped tightly in saran wrap, so you can make it ahead of time, and according to Wizenberg, it also freezes nicely as well.
Blackberry Pound Cake
Adapted from Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life
2 cups, plus 8 tablespoons cake flour
1 2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
1 1/4 cup (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature and cubed
2 cups fresh blackberries
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-cup bundt pan, or if using non-stick, spray with cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, blend together with an electric mixer the eggs and sugar until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add the butter and blend until fluffy, about an additional 1 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, salt, and orange and lemon zest.
Add the dry ingredients to the sugar, eggs and butter, and blend until just combined. Do not over mix.
Add the fresh blackberries and fold into cake batter gently using a spatula. Pour cake batter into bundt pan and spread evenly. Bake in the oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.


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Where is better to conduct marriage for foreigner: in Russia or at home?
Marriage to a foreigner is possible both in Russia and in the country of residence of the foreigner. What's better? According to, for example, Spanish lawyers, it is easier to marry in Spain itself as such marriage would be considered less suspicious in Spain. But if the marriage is registered in Russia, you just need to legalize it overseas.
How to register a marriage with a foreigner in the Russian registry office? What documents for registration of the marriage with a foreigner in the registry office, must the future spouses have?
There are certain requirements that need to be performed. In addition, it is necessary to collect some documents, and it is better tediously think about it in advance.
So here's what you need to enter into marriage with a foreigner in the Russian registry office:
Documents Russian bride must have:
- Passport of the citizen of the Russian Federation.
- Documents confirming the termination of previous marriages or death of previous spouse – if any; the certificate of divorce or death of a spouse. If the previous husband of Russian bride, was a foreigner, the documents must be legalized and provided with a notarized translation.
Documents foreigner-fiancé must have in the Russian registry office:
- The passport of a foreign citizen, with which he made his visit to Russia.
- Documents confirming the termination of previous marriages or death of previous spouse, if any.
This is an international certificate of divorce or the death of the former spouse of a foreigner (or a court decision on the recognition of a previous marriage of the groom invalid). Documents must be legalized according to special form (it can be specified at the consulate of the foreign state in Russia). Notarized translation is required for documents (special notaries are engaged in each city).
- Document that the alien is not married. Help is given by institutions of the country of nationality of the foreigner, or the embassy of his country in Russia. This certificate must also be legalized and have notarized translation.
Usually, on the latter two "problematic" questions foreigner can contact the consulate of his state in Russia. At the consulates often already worked out a system for issuing such certificates and documents for the marriage between foreigners and Russians in Russia.
In addition to these documents for registration of marriage with a foreigner in Russia is served registrar a joint statement, which lists all the data for each of the spouses (date of birth, residence, the names of the future spouses, etc.) and signatures.
Exactly where and how fast you can register a marriage with a foreigner in Russia? Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions:
- Marriage can be conducted (authorized) by any registry offices throughout Russia. Citizenship of persons who are married does not matter.
- The state duty for registration of marriage is now 200 rubles.
- The decision to change the last name has to be taken before an application to the registrar.
- Application for marriage registration shall be considered within 30 days. Speed up the registration of the marriage may be in the case of pregnancy, childbirth and other circumstances that need to be documented.
- The certificate of registration of marriage in Russia is issued in Russian. Legally, marriage is put in the passport of Russian citizens. The stamp of marriage is not put in the alien's passport.
- Marriage certificate issued by the Russian authorities of the registrar has the power in foreign countries. But only on condition that the documents are legalized or apostilled. Apostille can be put in special registry offices, which are in Russian major cities only.
What to do with the documents after marriage?
For information on how to legalize documents abroad, you need to ask in the "registry offices" of a foreign state.
As a minimum, foreign state authority would ask for a marriage certificate issued in Russia, which needs Apostille and notarized translation. Local authorities may require proof of living together and maintaining a common household, documents on registration on the housing of the groom, etc.
To notarize the translation from Russian into another language abroad, you need to find special notary translators. Typically, this information can be obtained at the consulate.
So, these were the documents necessary for registration of marriage with a foreigner in the Russian registry office.


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Redeeming hearts through relationships
New Song Mission seeks to fulfill the great commission by living among those which we will be witnessing to. By living and working alongside them daily, we believe this is the best way to witness and teach the lost about the love of Christ and their need for Him in their hearts. "Living life" with people is the best way to show them Christ through our actions while developing relationships that will lead them to a belief in God and eternal life through Him.
Our missionaries live among our witness field, working with them daily in activities such as, gardening, classes for women teaching them how to be mothers and Godly wives, holding community Bible studies, assisting with home repair in an area that is in dire need, providing nourishment not only in food but in the Word of God.
Our missionaries are devoted to investing daily in lives that will make an impact in the kingdom of God. They will be sharing in the same struggles that those around them are having while witnessing to them to see that God loves them no matter where or how they live, how much money they have or don't have, and that regardless of circumstances they can live a blessed life as a believer in Christ.
Our mission is not about putting up buildings, starting an orphanage or making life economically easier for those we are impacting, but rather to teach them about the love Christ has for them and to turn lost souls into eternal lives. While we will be doing some construction projects, water wells, etc., the main purpose of our ministry will always be saving the lost.
By making true disciples of Christ, we will teach men to be spiritual Godly leaders of their home and community, for women to be the mothers and wives God has called them to be, and for future generations to be changed in an area where the people, communities and the country is dying daily without knowing Jesus Christ.


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* My apologies for going long tonight...
Dear friend, so many things I've suddenly wanted to write you about. So many unrelated things on my busy little brain. I won't hit you with them all at once, but here's a short list.
1. Success & Celebrity
2. Internet OCD
3. Fear
Tonight we'll go with: Success
It's a very strange thing to have to "sell" one's own work, whatever sort of work it is.
If we find ourselves at a place (finally) where we value our own work enough to want to share it with the world beyond, and hopefully, support ourselves financially, we have to face this beast called "self-promotion." So awkward. So uncomfortable.
But (eventually and with some prodding) we do it. We put it out there and we wait tense and unbreathing for some positive sign of being well-received by someone other than our mother.
Oh, the pain of waiting...
(p.s. If I have ever made you wait for a response to your artistic efforts, I sincerely apologize. I know how bad that feels and don't wish you to feel it.)
And when acknowledgment comes...how sweet it is. Like a water mister at Six Flags on a July day. Joy. Relief. Excitement. Hope!
It makes possible the next effort. Who of us continues to be brave without being lifted up now and then?
But then...how many accolades are necessary in order for us to take ourselves, our own work, seriously? To give it weight?
Someone said enthusiastically to my friend, also an independent singer/songwriter: "I hope you make it!"
Of course - it's an expression of love and support and it should be received as such. (Let's not be easily offended.)
But I do wonder if these words we utter aren't also a subconscious indicator of just how saturated we are in a consumeristic and celebrity-driven society? Don't they sting because they betray the doubt that's already there in each of us, under the skin?
The voice that says, "This - what you offer - doesn't really matter."
Afterall, this friend is actively working in the profession of her choice, creating new musical art every day, carving out a living doing what she loves, contributing to the community. Is this not "having it made"? Do we really need to be featured on MTV or win an award or become a household name before we can feel legitimate in our work, in our very life?
When pressed, I'm sure few of us would argue the point, and yet it slips out: I hope you make it.
And then there's the fact that each of us who decides to step out and show something we've created must face that inner ugliness that does actually desire fame and celebrity, or at least, the praise of men. It's there, under the skin, just a little bit.
Because then I'd be a "real" artist.
According to the Christian faith (which is my faith), that's not what I'm supposed to be after. In fact, just the opposite. I'm supposed to want Creator God to be great - and me to become less.
I'm supposed to desire balance and right perspective in my life.
I'm supposed to love others as I love myself and desire their good before my own.
To walk humbly with my God.
How in the world do we self-promote and also voluntarily become less?? I do believe it's possible to grow a thriving business, or to make a living from one's work (yes, even art), and still "become less" spiritually speaking.
I'm just saying...it's tricky business.
There are hierarchies which become established among artists, and arrogance and insecurity both. We want to be part of certain circles, and pride often follows the connections and acceptance and praise. It's not pretty.
I'm saying this here because...I want no part of it. I want you to want no part of it, because we don't need another celebrity. Let's instead build a community that reminds each other of the truth that we are just that: a community of people, each with something to share at the table. Doesn't matter what it is.
I need what you offer, even as you need what I offer.
A few months ago, Matt Bronleewe and I wrote a song called "Sunrise" (not yet recorded). This is how it begins, and this is my conviction:
One brings a song and one beats the drum
One builds a shelter so others will come
One starts a fire, and one grinds the grain
We are gathered from the fields and the rain
Strangers with one strange hope...
written in love,


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This past weekend, Pam and I spent two days, pulling weeds, removing sprinkler piping and fighting a Bird of Paradise to the death (the plant lost!). This is all in preparation for the drought tolerant landscaping that we're planning on doing.
We had hoped to move on to the next step, tilling the top layer of dirt, this weekend, but as luck would have it, its going to rain for the next 5 days. Now, we need the rain, but really, it hasn't really rained in almost a year and now all of a sudden we're cooking on this thing and it rains.
I think I know the reason: I also washed my car and the nature gods can't have that.
This is what the front yard looks like so far:
We plan on keeping those palm trees (just too hard and pricey for us to get rid of at this point). We're not sure what we're going to do with the barber shop light the previous owner put in, but we'll think of something. Any ideas?


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Modelling of high cycle fatigue strength and cyclic crack propagation behaviour of steelsCopyright: IEHK
Within the RFCS project "Freqtigue" a material database of different steel grades for the automotive industry with fatigue parameters and crack growth data is generated for testing frequencies ranging from 25 to 20 000 Hz. The use of ultrasonic testing equipment allows the determination of fatigue parameters in the ultra-high cycle fatigue regime with several billions of cycles leading to information in a reasonable time for the component assessment of a lifetime of not less than a century. One focus here is the modeling of the service life under cyclic loading with commercial calculation software. For this purpose, a bridging approach is used. With the use of several representative volume elements of the microstructure and a crystal plasticity constitutive model, local plasticity and thus material damage can be calculated depending on the microstructure. The approach takes the statistical spread of these indicators into account. With this approach fatigue parameters can be calculated as well as the lifetime predicted.


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This is revolting. It speaks for itself. Not that this blog has any opinions on revoltingness.
For purposes of this blog, the message is that you (and more importantly authors) need to be both ethical and careful about ellipses and other truncations.
Thank you to Havah Hope for this link.


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Bill Richardson withdraws as Commerce Secretary
MSNBC and the Associated Press are reporting that Bill Richardson is withdrawing his nomination to be secretary of the Department of Commerce (link). The reason is an on-going investigation into his links to a company that did business with New Mexico:
"Let me say unequivocally that I and my Administration have acted properly in all matters and that this investigation will bear out that fact... But I have concluded that the ongoing investigation also would have forced an untenable delay in the confirmation process... I appreciate the confidence President-elect Obama has shown in me, and value our friendship and working partnership. I told him that I am eager to serve in the future in any way he deems useful. And like all Americans, I pray for his success and the success of our beloved country."
Barack Obama, wiping away what were most likely tears, said:
"we must move quickly to fill the void left by Governor Richardson's decision."
Apparently Blagogate filling the news cycles was bad enough and they decided it was better to dump him now. If Richardson had been confirmed, he would have helped make the Obama administration look bad, but at the same time he would also at least partly have represented the interests of the Mexican government. Overall this is for the best.
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Welcome to SYAE
Our mission is to spread yoga throughout the continent and maintain the integrity of Swami Satyananda's original teachings.
We were established in 2004 under the inspiration of Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.
In 2020 Yogic Studies 1 starts on 5th April and Yogic Studies 2a starts on 23rd August.
The very first European Satyananda Yoga Gathering will take place in Serbia, May 28 – 31, 2020. For more Information…
our courses
The courses held by Satyananda Yoga Academy Europe combine residential stays with several months of guided study and home practice. During residentials, students immerse themselves in a yogic routine; at home, they integrate practices into daily life.
Our courses are modelled on those taught at Bihar Yoga Bharati,
Institute for Advanced Studies in Yogic Sciences, the first of its kind in the world wholly devoted to the subject of yoga. They are rooted in traditional teachings, but they also include contemporary scientific theory. They reflect Swami Satyananda's belief that yoga is a practical science that helps people manage the demands of a modern lifestyle.
Our courses help students to:
Who our courses are for
Our yogic studies courses are for committed students who want to develop their experience of yoga and establish it as part of their daily life.
Our teacher training courses are for experienced students who want to transmit Swami Satyananda's and Swami Niranjan's teachings faithfully.
upcoming courses
Yogic Studies 1
Open to both beginners and longer-term practitioners, this course explores the key elements of the Satyananda Yoga tradition and it provides an understanding of yogic concepts and practices that can be applied in daily life.
Yogic Studies 2
This course outlines the philosophical systems of yoga – Tantra, Samkhya and Vedanta – and how these are applied in the Satyananda system of Yoga. It includes studying Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita and the Chakra System in theory and practice.


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2007 California Vehicle Code Division 14.3. Transportation Of Inhalation Hazards
CA Codes (veh:32100-32109)
32100. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
division, to create a special category of inhalation hazards and
poison gases and to establish special safeguards for their
These materials are highly toxic, spread rapidly, and require
rapid and widespread evacuation if there is loss of containment or a
fire. For these reasons, the Legislature intends to more rigorously
restrict and otherwise control the transportation of these materials.
32100.5. This division applies to the transportation of inhalation
hazards in bulk packaging, except when that packaging contains only
32101. As used in this division:
(a) "Inhalation hazard" means any material defined as "Poison A"
pursuant to Section 173.326 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations or for which a "Poison-Inhalation Hazard" or "Inhalation
Hazard" shipping paper description is required pursuant to Section
172.203 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) "Bulk packaging" means the same as defined in Section 171.8 of
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) "Residue" means the same as defined in Section 171.8 of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) "Inspection stop" means any location designated as such in
regulations adopted pursuant to this division or any safe stopping
(e) "Safe parking place" means any loading or unloading facility
or motor carrier terminal where the driver may safely and lawfully
park and leave the vehicle unattended when authorized by the owner or
person in charge of the facility or terminal.
(f) "Safe stopping place" means any place designated by the
department pursuant to this division where a driver may stop for
food, fuel, or any other necessary reason, provided the vehicle is
attended at all times. A vehicle is "attended" when the driver or
person in charge of it is awake and occupies any part of it except
the sleeper berth, or is within 100 feet of the vehicle and has an
unobstructed view of it.
32102. (a) The department may adopt any regulations that are
necessary to administer this division. It is a misdemeanor for any
person to violate this division or regulations adopted pursuant to
this division.
(b) The department shall, by regulation, designate through routes
in this state which are to be used for the transportation of
inhalation hazards. The department may also designate separate
through routes for the transportation of inhalation hazards composed
of any chemical rocket propellant specified in Section 32050. The
Department of Transportation shall assist the department in
developing the recommended routes. The department shall hold public
hearings in each field operation division of the department in which
are located proposed routes. In recommending the through routes, the
department shall do both of the following:
(1) Perform a risk assessment which shall include, but not be
limited to, consideration of the population density, capabilities of
the emergency response personnel near the proposed routes, and the
safety of the roadways.
(2) Consult with officials having the responsibility for the
prevention and suppression of fire in communities in which are
located the proposed routes, the representatives of persons engaged
in the transportation of inhalation hazards, manufacturers of
inhalation hazards, and the State Fire Marshal.
(c) The department shall prepare for distribution to persons
engaged in the transportation of inhalation hazards maps which
clearly indicate the routes which are to be used for the
transportation of inhalation hazards.
(d) The department shall prepare for distribution to persons
engaged in the transportation of inhalation hazards a list of
locations of required inspection stops and safe stopping places and
shall revise the list to keep it current.
(e) Until other routes are designated by the department for the
transportation of chemical rocket propellants pursuant to subdivision
(b), the designated through routes for the transportation of
chemical rocket propellants to Vandenberg Air Force Base shall be
those routes designated in the letter of agreement between the
department and the United States Department of the Air Force executed
in 1992.
32103. (a) Every motor carrier shall make available in each vehicle
used in the transportation of inhalation hazards the latest map
showing the routes to be used for the transportation of inhalation
hazards and a list of the safe stopping places and inspection stops
for vehicles transporting inhalation hazards as prescribed by
regulations of the department. The carrier shall require that the
driver be thoroughly familiar with this division before operating any
vehicle in the transportation of inhalation hazards.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1992.
32104. (a) It is unlawful for the motor carrier or its authorized
agent to drive or to permit the driving of any vehicle transporting
inhalation hazards, or for the driver to drive the vehicle, upon any
public highway not designated in regulations adopted by the
department as a route for the transportation of inhalation hazards.
This subdivision shall not apply when the use of the highway is
required (1) to permit delivery of, or the loading of, inhalation
hazards at a point not on a highway designated as a route for the
transportation of inhalation hazards, or (2) to permit the vehicle to
proceed to, and return from, an inspection stop, safe stopping
place, or safe parking place.
(b) It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle transporting
inhalation hazards to stop at any place other than a safe stopping
place, safe parking place, or an inspection stop unless the vehicle
is disabled or except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or to comply with the orders of a peace officer or an
official traffic control device.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1992.
32105. (a) Unless there is no practicable alternative, every driver
of a vehicle transporting inhalation hazards shall avoid, by
prearrangement of routes, driving into or through heavily populated
areas, congested thoroughfares, or places where crowds are assembled.
Operating convenience is not a basis for determining whether it is
practicable to operate a vehicle in accordance with this subdivision.
(b) No vehicle transporting inhalation hazards shall be left
unattended upon any street or highway.
(c) Inspection of the following items of equipment shall be made
immediately preceding the actual transportation of an inhalation
(1) Brakes and the brake system.
(2) Steering, connection devices, and lighting systems.
(3) All tires.
(4) All supplemental equipment as required by Section 32106.
(d) En route inspection of tires and brakes on vehicles
transporting inhalation hazards shall be performed at the following
(1) At an inspection stop at least every four hours or 150 miles
traveled, whichever occurs first, or as close thereto as is
practicable, depending upon the proximity of those inspection stops.
(2) Regardless of elapsed time or miles traveled, at the top of
and prior to descending any grade upon which the Department of
Transportation has declared a speed limit for trucks of less than 55
miles per hour as provided by Section 22407. The inspection shall be
made off the roadway.
(3) Regardless of elapsed time or miles traveled, at any location
designated in regulations of the department as a required inspection
(e) (1) Every person operating a vehicle transporting an
inhalation hazard shall complete a record of every inspection which
is required pursuant to this section in the form approved by the
department showing the time and place of every inspection.
(2) The record of every inspection shall be made at the time the
inspection is conducted.
(3) The person making the inspection shall certify the fact in the
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1992.
32106. Every vehicle used in the transportation of an inhalation
hazard, in addition to any other equipment required by law, shall be
equipped and maintained as required by this section.
(a) Brakes and the brake system shall be maintained in good and
safe operating condition.
(b) Steering, connection devices, and lighting systems shall be
maintained in good operating condition.
(c) All tires shall be in good condition, properly matched and
inflated. Except as may be necessary to cause immediate replacement,
no vehicle shall be driven unless all tires in actual use on the
vehicle are properly inflated.
(d) Fire extinguishers and other safety equipment prescribed by
regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 34501 shall
be carried in each vehicle or combination of vehicles.
32107. Every vehicle, or combination of vehicles, transporting an
inhalation hazard shall contain a self-contained breathing apparatus
and equipment capable of immediate communication with emergency
32109. Nothing in this division exempts any vehicle transporting
inhalation hazards and subject to this division, or the owner or any
other person, from other provisions of this code. All those other
provisions relating to the driving and movement of vehicles, and the
size, weight and equipment thereof, shall apply as applicable to each
and every vehicle engaged in transporting inhalation hazards subject
to this division.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. California may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.


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When you have a stream of paying client work, it can feel like an arduous, non-efficient task to turn your gaze to your own work/brand and apply the same principles of design and communication. I am a mother of a one-year-old and we moved our family to Japan five months ago. The last several years have been a series of changes every few months (mostly by choice!), ping-ponging between the USA, Spain and Japan. As life changes, so does your perspective, organization and schedule. All of these factors influence your work and professional direction. It requires reflection on your priorities and how to map them out into the 24 hours a day we each have.
I have finally taken the moment to refresh my own business identity as we have re-settled into a new season of life. And it feels good! I'm still sorting out details and wrapping my head around how to convey what I do and how to do more. Designing is the foundation of all that I do professionally, but design can also lend itself to many more creative endeavors than just "graphic design." Figuring out this shift in creative direction means letting the messiness of the brainstorming in progress lead to new endeavors. But for now, I'm jumping for joy that my new platform for communication is up and in action! Thanks for following along!


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Just ask any New Yorker who keeps a pair of sneakers in her bag for the walk to work: they're way more comfortable than the more stylish, yet ankle-twisting high heels worn at the office.
But when it comes to knee and ankle trauma, walking in high heels is actually better than running in athletic shoes, according to a new study — and barefoot may be best of all.
Researchers observed the running motions of 68 active young adult runners, including 37 women, in treadmill and video studies. The team found that wearing athletic shoes caused excessive strain on hip, knee and ankle joints with 38 percent more ankle twisting than when running barefoot.
"Remarkably, the effect of running shoes on knee joint torques (twisting) during running that the authors observed here is even greater than the effect that was reported earlier of high-heeled shoes during walking," said study leader D. Casey Kerrigan of JKM Technologies LLC in Charlottesville, Va.
Strange-looking 'barefoot' shoes that do little more than protect the sole of the foot from rocks and hot pavement, like Vibram FiveFingers, have become more common among runners.
Tony Post, president of Vibram USA, explains that going shoeless allows the foot to flex, taking advantage of the natural shock-absorbing function of the arch.
"In a sense the arch is acting like a leaf spring," Post told Wired Science.
And while Kerrigan certainly isn't suggesting that runners should ditch their athletic shoes for high heels, she does advocate getting as close to barefoot as possible.
"Reducing joint torques with footwear completely, to that of barefoot running, while providing meaningful footwear functions, especially compliance, should be the goal of new footwear designs," said Kerrigan.
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List of all Hindi Star Plus TV Serials with starcast, confirmed release date, reviews, genre, duration and other details.
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Genre: Romance Film, Drama, Indian soap opera
Release date: 29th August 2011
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Director: Sumeet H Mittal, Rohit Raj Goyal
Genre: Comedy, Comedy film, Drama
Release date: 23rd April 2012
Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum is a story that revolves around the Majumdar family. It is produced by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia of Hats Off Productions. Aired from (April 23, 2012 to November 17, 2012). On 17th November 2012, Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyar Hum aired a 1 hour special episode which marked the...
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Release date: 18th June 2012
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Aeolos Studios and Suites
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
Aeolos Studios and Suitesfrom €137
- Studio, Jetted Tub (Cave Pelagos)
- Junior Studio, Jetted Tub, Partial Sea View
- Superior Studio, Jetted Tub, Sea View ( Daphne)
- Junior Suite, Jetted Tub, Sea View (Meltemi)
- Honeymoon Suite, Jetted Tub, Sea View (Aegeo)
- Executive Suite, Jetted Tub, Sea View (Cave Ikaros)
- Honeymoon Studio, Jetted Tub, Sea View (Anemos)
- Honeymoon Studio, Jetted Tub, Sea View (Ilios)
- Junior Studio, Jetted Tub, Sea View
More great choices
What's around Aeolos Studios and Suites
Top spots nearby
Recommended by this property
- Agios Nikolaos Monastery (17-minute walk)
- Santorini Caldera (36-minute walk)
- Athinios Port (3.1 mi / 5.1 km)
- Oia Castle (3.5 mi / 5.7 km)
- Kamari Beach (5 mi / 8 km)
- Ancient Thira (5.5 mi / 8.9 km)
- Red Beach (6 mi / 9.6 km)
- Perissa Beach (6.1 mi / 9.8 km)
- Perivolos Beach (6.6 mi / 10.6 km)
Getting around
- Thira (JTR-Santorini National) - 8 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 7 rooms
- Check-in time 2:00 PM-9:00 PM
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation.
24-hour airport shuttle service is available on request. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements. Due to the nature and location of the property, this hotel cannot accommodate guests with reduced mobility. For more information, please contact the property using the contact details on the booking confirmation.
Required at check-in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum guest age is 18
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children (18 years old and younger) not allowed
- No cribs (infant beds)
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking
- Free nearby parking
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
- Caters to adults only
In the hotel
- Free continental breakfast
- Poolside bar
- Outdoor pool
- Pool sun loungers
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Sailing nearby
- Pool umbrellas
- Spa tub
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 1924
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Washer/dryer
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Memory foam mattress
- Private spa tub
- In-room massage available
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Jetted bathtub
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Satellite TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Kitchenette
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Access via exterior corridors
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Aeolos Studios and Suites's small print
Also known as
- Aeolos Studios
- Aeolos Studios and Suites Santorini
- Aeolos Studios and Suites Hotel Santorini
- Aeolos Studios Hotel
- Aeolos Studios Hotel Santorini
- Aeolos Studios Santorini
- Studios Aeolos
- Aeolos Studios Suites
- Aeolos Studios and Suites Hotel
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
This property does not have elevators.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- Tourism fee: EUR 3.00 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 25 per vehicle (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Hotel registry number: 123231399000
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Recent reviews
Fabulous 8.6 From 68 reviews
The staff exceeding all expectations! Daisy and Dennis made our stay feel extra special! The hotel is in a prime location of the island without being too overpopulated. We loved enjoying our room view each day and hope to return!
Great location and spectacular view!
Amazing view and great decor. We enjoyed relaxing both indoors and outdoors. Both bathrooms came with jacuzzi. Didn't try the outdoor jacuzzi because the weather was too cold.
The Good - 1. Dennis is probably the best concierge / reception worker I have ever had the pleasure of working with 2. The location and the view are amazing, and compared to other hotels in the same village you have more privacy, and less stairs to get down 3. Boutique nature of the hotel means it is calm and quiet, and having fewer rooms means you get treated with more attention than some of the larger hotels on the island. The Less than Good - 1. Pool Bar is a bit of a stretch. A complimentary beverage is offered if you are around mid day, but there is not a true bar at this hotel. There is also no traditional mini bar in the room. 2. The pool area is small and a high traffic area, which makes lounging by the pool a bit challenging. 3. The bedding, towels, and robes are all on the rough side, due to the fact they are all air dried. 4. The kitchenette is very simple - not much in the way of room or features outside of a mini fridge, hot plate, and small sink. Overall, we were very satisfied with our experience at the hotel. The initial trepidation faded, and the longer we were guests of the hotel the more we enjoyed it.
The hotel is set up in a way that the front desk closes at or around 10 pm. So if you're late then it's self service. My flight was delayed and we arrived At the airport around 11 pm. Tried calling the hotel but no one picked up. I worried the number is wrong. I asked taxi drivers to call the hotel but still, no one picked up. The taxi driver said that he can drop us off and wait for us in case something went wrong. We drove to the hotel and a guest assisted us. The guest helped us carrying our luggage. Then our room had our name on it to self check in. It was kinda weird. Anyways, the view was amazing. The breakfast was ok, not great! The don't have ice in case u need a cold drink, they always struggle to find us ice. The hotel is situated close to two supermarkets, so it's always easy to get snacks. And ATV rental is close as well. The hotel has approx 9 rooms, 4 rooms share a swimming pool and the rest share a hot tub. Whoever has the hot tub cannot use the pool and vise Vera (strange policy). The room itself was great, clean, and has what you need. There's a coffee maker but you have to buy your own coffee, creamer, and sugar. The AC isn't strong enough for the summer heat, keep it on. The check out was easy and someone helped us carry the luggage outside, there are many steps to take to get to/from your room. Overall, it's a nice location, nice view, and friendly staff. Cons: front desk closes at 10, no coffee in room, Weak AC, and no ice.
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916 Oak Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
(847) 910-7700
Art Moderne jewelry and accessories
Booth D29
Beverley R Antique & Period Jewelry
172 E. Walton Place
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 573-2200
Antique & period jewelry of exceptional quality and workmanship
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616 Mountcalm Place
St. Paul, MN 55116
(651) 224-3669
American abstract art; antique and Modernist jewelry 1700-1960
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Phoebe Booth Antiques LLC
2222 N. Magnolia Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(917) 597-4368
European decorative arts from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
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The Caldwell Gallery
P.O. Box 310
Manlius, NY 13104
(315) 682-6551
Fine American and European art
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Carlson & Stevenson
18 Park Place
P.O. Box 1113
Manchester Center, VT 05255
(802) 236-2342
19th Century watercolors, painted country furniture, silver, and textiles
Booth D36
Century Guild Gallery
2136 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 617-8711
Contemporary art and antiques
Booth E50
337 East Fifty-fifth Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
(816) 444-4622
Fine English antique furniture of the 18th and early 19th centuries
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Christine Magne Antiquaire of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
French and European Furniture and Decorative Arts 1600–1900
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Philip Chasen Antiques
Oyster Bay, NY
(516) 922-2090
Fine Art Nouveau and Art Deco, specializing in the works of Tiffany Studios, Emile Galle, Daum Nancy, and Louis Icart
Booth C20
Comfort Upholstery
David Arevalo
2201 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 492-6668
Mid-century modern, French, contemporary, deco, and Arts & Crafts upholstered furniture
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William Cook
15 Bridge Street
Hungerford, Berkshire, UK RG17 0EG
01488 681254
Fine 18th & 19th century antique furniture, objects, and works of art
Booth A05
Crescent Worth Art & Antiques
825 S. Waukegan Rd. A8 #224
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(847) 347-7170 cell
Period furniture, 19th and early 20th century oil paintings, decorative arts from the 18th to early 20th century.
Booth B11
David Brooker Fine Art
262 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CT 06890
(203) 254-7315
17th to 19th century English and European paintings
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Deluxe NYC
979 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 472-7222
Vintage couture jewelry and 20th century accessories
Booth A03
Elliott & Elliott
292 East Third Street
P.O. Box 751
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
(231) 838-3993 cell
Multi-dimensional presentation of unique form, color, and texture; elegant antique jewelry to whimsical American folk sculpture
Booth A04
The Federalist Antiques, Inc.
515 Park Drive
Kenilworth, IL 60043
(847) 256-1791
American Federal furniture, European models, and Asian trade materials of the Federal Period
Booth C17
The Find
9 Highwood Avenue
Highwood, IL 60040
(847) 266-1700
Modernist art and antiques for the home
Booth A01
The Finnegan Gallery
2025 W. Fulton Street
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 738-9747
Period English, French, and American garden furniture, architectural elements and folk art
Booth D27
Flapper Alley, Ltd.
1518 N. Farwell Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 276-6252 cell
Antique clothing and accessories, textiles, trims, fine bed and table linens, jewelry, and period decorative accessories for the home
Booth E47
P.O. Box 4051
Greenwich, CT 06831
(203) 661-9675
Fine works of art from the late 19th to early 20th century
Booth D30
Kurt Gippert Bookseller
P.O. Box 47619
1757 N. Kimball Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 583-7613
Antiquarian, rare, collectible, and out-of-print books; historic autographs and documents
Booth B10
Harvey Pranian Art & Antiques
1035 Wesley Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202
(847) 866-6766
19th and 20th century furnishings, folk and outsider art, design, jewelry
Booth C15
Jerry S. Hayes Fine Majolica
P.O. Box 18483
Oklahoma City, OK 73154
(405) 843-8999
Vintage majolica specialist featuring fine English potters - Minton, George Jones, Wedgwood, Holdcroft, and Palissy artisans
Booth D34
Joseph Hayes
653 Euclair Avenue
Bexley, Ohio 43209
Tel: 614-561-7104
18th & 19th century English and Continental antiques and accessories
Booth E42
Heller-Washam Antiques
1235 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 775-3301
18th & early 19th century American furniture, accessories, paintings, folk art, textiles and garden furnishings
Booth C16
Ile de France Antiques and Restoration
1423 West Greenleaf
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 727-1699
Antique French furniture from the 19th century; restoration services
Booth C24
Stephen Kalms
The London Silver Vaults - Chancery House
53-64 Chancery Lane
London, UK WC2A 1QS
020 7430 1254
Antique English and Continental silver, Georgian period to late Art Deco
Booth C14
Kamp Gallery, Inc.
996 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, IL 60093
(847) 441-7999
European masters from 1600-1970, American artists from 1750-1970, contemporary Russian paintings and other modernists
Booth B07
King Art, L.L.C.
2063 N. Cambridge Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 276-6779
17th to 20th century American & European oil paintings fine art
Booth B12
Matthew Klujian & Sons
1421 W. Devon Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660
(312) 485-3800
Antique Oriental & Persian rugs, cleaning, repair, and restoration
Booth C21
Lee's Antiques
341 Sheridan Road
Winnetka, IL 60093
(312) 330-8933
Exquisite and provocative antiques and furniture, lighting, and mirrors from Italy and France 1900-1980
Booth B08
Lotz's Antiques
1713 North Ballas Road
St. Louis, MO 63131
(314) 965-0322
American and English antique clocks
Booth E48
Made in Russia
Dennis Easter
P.O. Box 3075
Palm Beach, FL 33480
(561) 723-3131
Antique Russian and Greek Orthodox icons, Catholic relics and reliquaries, and other Christian religious artifacts
Booth C18
Trace Mayer Antiques
3700 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 899-5335
English, American, and Continental European fine and decorative arts
Booth A0
Moss Studios, Inc.
8550 N. Robb Road
Fowlerville, MI 48836
(312) 493-0611
Industrial modern furniture and home accessories
Booth E51
David Moy Jewelry
1507 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
(773) 805-8585
Fine and estate jewelry
Booth B06
Neverbird Antiques
P.O. Box 479
Surry, VA 23883
(757) 294-9296
Fine folk art, samplers, books & documents
Booth E49
North Shore Senior Center
Attn: Rose Carroll
161 Northfield Road
Northfield, IL 60093
(847) 784-6035
Ceramics, silver, jewelry, and decorative accessories
Booth E46
The Norwoods' Spirit of America
602 Boxmere Ct.
Timonium, MD 21093
(410) 252-2012
Choice Americana of the 18th and 19th centuries, folk art, early school girl work, and paint-decorated smalls
Booth D31
The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.
8441 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 242-4750
Antique prints and maps 16th-20th centuries; natural history and historical Americana.
Booth E44
Piccolo Art
P.O. Box 793
Wilmington, NC 28402
(252) 312-7261
Fine portraits and portrait miniatures from the 17th to the 20th centuries
Booth E39
Charles Edwin Puckett
3867 West Market Street #253
Akron, OH 44333
(330) 668-0032
Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Antique Maps & Prints, Classical Antiquities
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Loana Marina Purrazzo
237 Kearny St. 205
San Francisco, CA 94108
(310) 488-0573 cell
Distinctive vintage mid-century modern sculptural design, jewelry, & objects of art from 1880-1980
Booth E38
Route 66 West
465 N. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 322-6669
Vintage Bakelite and designer costume jewelry; 20th century objects
Booth D33
The Silver Vault
P.O. Box 911
Woodstock, IL 60098
(815) 337-3990
Fine silver of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; English, American, and Continental; Arts and Crafts period holloware and jewelry
Booth B09
Ralph Spano Antiques
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 475-6735
Fine 18th and early 19th century American & English period furnishings and fine art
Booth E45
store B Vintage
1472 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 772-4296
Fine quality wearable vintage clothing, handbags, millinery, & accessories
Booth B13
Nula Thanhauser
P.O. Box 5106
East Hampton, NY 11937
(215) 266-2888
Antique and vintage purses, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, signature designer and custom bags & accessories, as well as unusual period frames.
Booth E40
21865 Rainbow Road
Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 381-1242
Art, antiques and design for contemporary living with a focus on singular natural history forms and American industry
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Jayne Thompson Antiques
847 Kennedy Bridge Road
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
(859) 748-5628
Fine 18th & 19th century English & Continental furniture, paintings, rugs, & decorative objects
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Wellesley House
P.O. Box 42
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(847) 735-9773
18th and 19th century English antiques and decorative arts
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Wells and Company/RWells Gallery
6 Emma Street
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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La Famigliola Cresce
Sofia has made the transition to having some "solid" food in addition to her standard milk. I guess I never gave much thought to what comprises babyfood outside of the U.S., so I was pleasantly surprised* to see the elaborate feeding instructions from our Roman pediatrician. Her diet now includes extra virgin olive oil (there are special brands of Italian oil just for babies), veal, pasta (very small pasta), formaggino and something called biscottino biberon, which appears to be powdered biscotti, and goes into her bottle to make her milk taste wonderful. She's enjoying the new menu so much that she's already getting sturdy after just one week.
*Well I guess I wasn't too surprised after having seen the bizarre babyfood at the grocery store a few months ago. But still...
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The Catalyst: Driving Reactions to Issues in the News
Is Population or Consumption the Overriding Concern?
Our Panel Responds:
- Julia Whitty, environmental journalist
- Jonathan Foley, global environmental change scientist
- Joseph Chamie, population expert
The number of people on Earth is expected to grow from 6.5 billion to about 9 billion by 2050. That much is relatively uncontroversial. But recently, we've seen disparate views emerge as to how this population growth will affect the planet.
Four decades after publishing The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich, for one, is still a firm believer that overpopulation—and along with it, overconsumption—is the central environmental crisis facing the world. In an opinion piece for Yale e360, he and Anne Ehrlich write: "Many human societies have collapsed under the weight of overpopulation and environmental neglect, but today the civilization in peril is global. The population factor in what appears to be a looming catastrophe is even greater than most people suppose." The reason, say the Ehrlichs, is that each additional person today on average causes more damage to humanity's life support systems than did the previous addition. And because Homo sapiens are smart creatures, we have already farmed the richest soils and tapped the most abundant water sources. Therefore, to support more people, it will be necessary to move to poorer lands, dig deeper wells, and spend more energy to transport food and water to increasingly distant homes and factories. Population, the Ehrlichs aver, remains an underacknowledged apocalypse in waiting.
Others, however, take a markedly different view. In the recently published book, The Coming Population Crash, and in a series of articles also for e360, environmental journalist Fred Pearce looks at the same demographic trends and sees very good news. "The population bomb is being defused at a quite remarkable rate," he writes. "Women around the world have confounded the doomsters and are choosing to have dramatically fewer babies." He then goes on to cite declining fertility rates in countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. And in Africa, where high fertility remains the norm, Pearce is optimistic that those extra people can provide a way out of the continent's poverty trap. Bad agriculture, not population growth, he contends, is the continent's main predicament—and in this essay, he describes how more people, employed on ecologically friendly, small-scale farms will be key to African sustainable development. Chris Reij, a Dutch geographer whom Pearce interviews for the article, concurs. "The idea that population pressure inevitably leads to increased land-degradation is a myth," he says. "It does not. Innovation is common in regions where there is high population pressure."
Consumption, not population, Pearce concludes, is the main problem confronting human society today. After all, he writes, "virtually all of the extra 2 billion or so people expected on this planet in the coming 40 years will be in the poor half of the world." Assuming per capita emissions remain roughly where they are today, those 2 billion poor people will only boost the developing world's share of greenhouse gas emissions from 7 to 11 percent. In other words, achieving zero population growth—even if it were possible—would barely touch the climate problem. The real culprits, according to Pearce, are not "generations of poor not yet born" people, but the stable population in the developed world with its gigantic ecological footprint.
The Erhlichs, of course, also cite consumption as a critical concern. But in their view, consumption and population (according to the familiar equation I=PAT, with "P" being population and "A" representing consumption) are mutually reinforcing parameters. For Pearce, population has been dangerously overhyped—and in the worst cases, by those seeking to excuse overconsumers and blame the poor for our common environmental predicament. The Ehrlichs look at demographic trends to 2050 and see twin synergistic forces: too many people and too much consumption. Pearce examines the same trends and sees a silver lining in that the rate of growth is trailing off, even if the numbers are still rising. And where those numbers are growing is crucial too because in places like Africa, he believes, human ingenuity and human labor can become a part of a food-producing environmental solution.
Against the backdrop of these two contrasting views, we'd like to ask you: What is your assessment of the severity of "the population problem"? Will more and wealthier people on the planet strain our already taxed ecosystems, as the Ehrlichs argue, or as Pearce believes, will our newcomers have negligible environmental impact? Is population or consumption the overriding concern—is it possible to meaningfully distinguish the two?
The fastest way to slow our population growth is to reduce poverty, yet the fastest way to run out of resources is to increase wealth.
Julia Whitty is the Environmental Correspondent for Mother Jones. Her latest book DEEP BLUE HOME: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean will be published in July.
For my cover article in the current Mother Jones (The Last Taboo), I attempted to address just the question posed here: Are our population problems a result of too few condoms or too many credit cards? I chose to base my article out of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, a place associated in the minds of many with all the ills of an overcrowded world, and also home to my maternal lineage.
Kolkata's an interesting place to try and peer into our collective future. Seen from above, the circulatory system of roads and railroads of the entire Indian east—home to 300 million people, roughly the same as the US—funnel into the city. Trucks and freight trains run day and night, laden with fuel, fish, and food. The city itself funnels into a central core, a defensible bend in the Hooghly River and the classic star-shaped, 18th-century Fort William—a stronghold harking back to a time when wealth was measured in tea, silk, jute, ivory, and gemstones, and when survival was defended by cannon fire.
Survival in the 21st century is different. The real measure of it lies in the depth of the snowpack in the Himalayas, in the sustainable tonnage of fish caught in the Bay of Bengal, in the inches of topsoil left on the fertile Indian plains, and in the parts per million of coal-smoke in the air. The root cause of India's dwindling resources and escalating pollution is the same: the continued exponential growth of humankind.
As recently as 1965, when the world population stood at 3.3 billion, we collectively taxed only 70 percent of Earth's biocapacity each year—using only seven-tenths of the planet's lands, waters, and air to produce what we consumed and to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions. According to the California think tank the Global Footprint Network, we first overdrew our accounts in 1983, when our population of 4.7 billion began to consume natural resources faster than they could be replenished, a phenomenon called ecological overshoot. Last year, 6.8 billion of us consumed the equivalent of 1.4 Earths.
The only known solution to our ecological overshoot is to decelerate our population growth faster than it's decelerating now and eventually reverse it—at the same time we slow and eventually reverse consumption levels. Success in these twin facets of human sustainability will crack the unbreakable code of our most pressing global issues: climate change, food scarcity, water supplies, immigration, health care, biodiversity loss, even war. On one front we've already made unprecedented strides: reducing global fertility from 4.9 in 1950 to 2.5 today—an accomplishment of trial and sometimes brutally coercive error, but also a result of one woman at a time making her individual choices. The speed of this childbearing revolution, swimming hard against the tide of our essential biological programming, rates as perhaps our greatest collective feat to date.
The paradox embedded in our future is that the fastest way to slow our population growth is to reduce poverty, yet the fastest way to run out of resources is to increase wealth. The trial ahead is to strike the delicate compromise: between fewer people, and more people with fewer needs, in a new economy geared towards sustainability. The easy part is birth control. The hard part, as Paul and Anne Ehrlich write, is that we still don't have condoms to prevent overconsumption, or morning-after pills to reverse unwanted buying-sprees. Perhaps we need delegations of kindly people from the developing world to come to our shores and remind us how to live simply again.
Cartogram by Worldmapper.org
POPULATION distribution across the planet, as of 2002.
In the United States alone, we burn roughly 25 percent of the world fossil fuels — about 6 times our share of the planetary pie.
Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of the Minnesota, where he is also a professor and McKnight Presidential Chair of Global Ecology and Sustainability. He also leads the institute's Global Landscapes Initiative, which focuses on the nexus of global land use, agriculture, food security and environment.
I can't seem to give a public presentation on environmental issues without someone in the audience standing up and asking, "But isn't the real problem overpopulation?" Nine times out of ten, this person is white, older, of at least middle-class income, and well educated. And, most of the time, these folks have several children of their own, and often many grandchildren.
At these moments, my irony detector is usually going off the scale.
But maybe they're right? Isn't population a huge problem? Surely the vast number of human beings now on the planet is an issue? Or are they looking for a convenient scapegoat, ignoring the possibility that our own patterns of consumption are the central issue instead?
Unfortunately, as with most important questions, there isn't a simple, single answer.
To start, though, let's be clear about one thing: global environmental problems are not solely caused by population growth. The number of people on the planet per se, doesn't affect our climate, our ecosystems or our natural resources. It's how we collectively consume and pollute that impacts the environment.
Plus, a relatively small number of us are responsible for the vast majority of the globe's consumption, pollution, land and water degradation, and biodiversity loss. In the United States alone, a country of 300 million, or about 4 percent of the global population, we burn roughly 25 percent of the world fossil fuels – or about 6 times our share of the planetary pie.
And, for the most part, the richest nations of the world are not growing their population (except through immigration). Instead, we are increasing our use of resources, with no end in sight, while desperately trying to keep our consumer-based economies afloat.
So, are things really that simple? Is the problem simply overconsumption by the rich, and not population?
No. Population growth is definitely contributing to our global problems too, but in a different way.
The world's poorest nations, which include some of the fastest growing populations, are often the most vulnerable to environmental, political and economic disruptions, whether from storms, earthquakes, epidemics or sudden financial shocks. While these people are not contributing very much to global environmental degradation, so far, they are the going to be the first to feel the impacts – whether from famine, disease or dislocation.
This creates the compound tragedy of our times. In simple terms, rich people are rapidly increasing their consumption, and causing the lion's share of our planetary environmental problems. But poor people are still growing in numbers, which sadly puts more people in harms way, and is increasing the magnitude of human vulnerability to environmental disruption.
It's a one-two punch: the rich, big consumers of the world are consuming more and more (with no end in sight), causing a disproportionate share of the world's environmental destruction, while the poorest and most vulnerable populations (who are going to be hit hardest by environmental collapse) are growing faster than anyone else.
Yes, population is an issue. And so is overconsumption. But we have to recognize that they are working in parallel, at very different ends of the economic scale, creating the doubly whammy of environmental degradation (through increasing overconsumption) and increasing vulnerability (through population growth).
It's a perfect storm of human suffering.
As if that weren't enough, the world is adding a difficult twist: Sizable numbers of poor people are moving into the global middle class, dramatically increasing their levels of consumption along the way. While the world will continue to hang in the balance between growing numbers of poor and stable numbers of rapacious consumers, the number of megaconsumers will also slowly increase over time. And we in the United States can hardly complain: none of us has the right to deny poorer nations the right to develop (especially when their per capita consumption is still so much lower than our own).
So, in all of this doom and gloom, is there any good news?
Yes: not too long ago, demographers were forecasting that global population by 2050 would reach 10 to 12 billion, instead of the 9 we expect today. And when I was a kid, people were talking about 15 to 18 billion people by 2050. As population forecasts have been revised over the years, they have generally been revised downward.
Fortunately, population growth in the world appears to be slowing faster than anyone forecasted, largely through voluntarily measures (with the exception of a few states like China), while simultaneously improving human welfare around the world. The demographic transition appears to be working. People, all across the world, are choosing to have smaller families.
The bad news is that consumption appears to be still increasing rapidly, with no end in sight. So far, there hasn't been a negative feedback on consumption, telling us to slow down. The rich want to be richer. Big consumers want to consume even more. It's an endless treadmill, and no one knows how to get off. Instead of the "Population Bomb" of the 1960s, we now have an even larger "Consumption Bomb", and we don't now how to diffuse it. And this bomb may well define our relationship to the environment for the 21 century and beyond.
Going back to the people in the audience, how should I answer their question about population being "the real problem" in the global environment?
I will continue to give them the best answer I have: Yes. And No.
Cartogram by Worldmapper.org
WEALTH distribution across the planet, in terms of GDP per person (2002).
Seven Sensible Statements on Population and Consumption
Joseph Chamie is research director at the Center for Migration Studies, a non-profit organization providing research and a forum for debate on international migration. Before arriving at CMS, Chamie was Director of the United Nations Population Division at the UN Secretariat in New York City.
I. The unprecedented growth of world population during the 20th century has greatly impacted all life forms and the entire natural environment on this planet.
The 20th century was one of revolutionary demographic developments, unparalleled during all preceding centuries. World population nearly quadrupled during the past century, growing from 1.6 to 6.1 billion, greatly impacting all the world's ecosystems. In the future, historians may well conclude that the most significant event of the 20th century was the rapid growth of world population.
II. Current rates of population growth are unsustainable over the long term.
While world population in the distant future remains uncertain, several things are clear today. First, if growth rates were to remain fixed at today's levels, world population would nearly double around mid-century and leap to 40 billion by 2100. Second, although slowing down, the rapid growth of the world's population is not yet over and will continue to stress the earth's environment. In the near term, there is little doubt that the world's population will reach 7 billion, probably by 2011, and will likely reach the 8 billion mark around 2025.
III. Stabilizing world population would help enormously to tackle environmental problems.
The growth of world population is clearly an important aspect of environmental stress and degradation, as every man, woman and child requires water, food, clothing shelter and energy. Moving towards population stabilization, while not a panacea for the world's problems, will make it far easier to address problems such as environmental degradation, climate change, shortages of water, food and critical natural resources as well as poverty and development and human rights abuses.
IV. The developed nations, a fraction of world population, are disproportionately responsible for many global environmental problems.
The rich industrialized countries, representing less than a fifth of world population, have greatly impacted the environment. For example, they are responsible for approximately four-fifths of carbon dioxide buildup, which has accumulated in the atmosphere over decades and centuries. The imbalance is even more striking on a per capita basis. The CO2 contribution to the atmosphere of the average American is roughly 5 times that of the average Mexican and nearly 20 times as much as the average Indian.
V. While raising the living standards of the growing populations in developing countries is a certainly a desirable goal, it will likely worsen the planet's ecosystems.
Understandably, the growing populations of the developing countries hope to raise their living standards. However, even small improvements in their relatively low living standards will have negative environmental consequences. Moreover, continuing high rates of population growth, especially in Africa and Asia, will make matters even worse, exacerbating environmental degradation as well as retarding economic and social development.
VI. Overpopulation and overconsumption are both central to resolving the planet's environmental problems.
Reducing rapid rates of population growth has a central role to play in safeguarding the earth's environment. There is hardly any environmental problem whose solution would be easier with a larger population. In addition, sound environmentally sustainable technologies need to be developed now along side significant reductions and reversals in damaging patterns of production and consumption.
VII. Global agreements on resolving population and environmental problems already exist and simply need to be implemented.
During the past two decades the international community of nations has adopted various recommendations relating to population and environment at United Nations conferences and summits. The following recommendation from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development reflects the global consensus that now requires implementation:
"Recognizing that the ultimate goal is the improvement of the quality of life of present and future generations, the objective is to facilitate the demographic transition as soon as possible in countries where there is an imbalance between demographic rates and social, economic, and environmental goals, while fully respecting human rights. This process will contribute to the stabilization of the world population, and, together with changes in unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, to sustainable development and economic growth."
Cartogram by Worldmapper.org
POVERTY distribution across the planet, as of 2002.
Originally published June 10, 2010


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The Wyndham Hotel, located on Sanya Bay, will provide a unique mixture of open-air retail shops and restaurants directly under a 5-star hotel and residential property. The 500+ guestrooms and apartments will have easy access to the beach through a podium level pool area. The retail promenade will be connected directly into the towers above and out to the city streets to attract visitors and shoppers from adjacent hotel properties.
Additionally, the site planning is set to integrate two existing adjacent hotel buildings to create a new larger unified resort.
The project site is highly visible from the nearby international airport as plans take off and land. The building massing is designed to take advantage of this view to capture the attention of arriving tourists.
At night, LED lighting integrated into floating concrete screens animates the hotel building. The single-loaded apartment tower corridors have a glass finned open air screen for visual privacy and to conceal views of HVAC package units. At the podium levels below shops and restaurants face out to the street inviting people into the site.
An existing hotel pool area will be salvaged and reintegrated into a new larger pool area. A new trellis and BBQ area forms the connecting elemement fusing the old and new pool areas together.
The new pool area sits on top of a podium of parking and hotel service areas. The curving forms of the hotel and apartment massing serve to encompass the pools and gardens in a large outdoor rook-like space. The retail areas tucked into the podium are day-lit by an open slot paralleling the curvature of the towers, creating a gap bridged with connections for the lobbies and restaurants to the pools.
The open air retail areas are situated at B1 and B2 basements levels and are therefore not counted against the allowable above grade development area. This allows the developer more floor area dedicated to selling apartment units and property hotel rooms for a higher return on their investment. Further, the retail areas are retained and rented by the developer long term for another source of revenue.
The site has a 6 meter grade difference from east to west. This allows the retail to open out directly to the street on the eastern edge of the site and still be below grade once inside the project. A large open air courtyard lined with shops below street level will bring people down into the retail passage. Signature restaurant spaces are situated above at the hotel lobby/pool level over looking the street below.
Night view looking up at the hotel lobby and open air guestroom atrium from the street retail plaza.


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20 most worthless pieces of junk: #2 -- Wipe warmers
While that's a heck of a tip, if Pitt or anyone else has a wipe warmer to keep their baby's backside warm while being wiped clean, then it's a waste of electricity, space, money, time and a bad attempt at cleanliness. In short, it's a useless piece of junk.
If the point of a wipe warmer is to prevent the baby from screaming because a cold wipe is being used and is uncomfortable, consider that one of the most common complaints about the product is that the wipe isn't warm enough and that it turns cold seconds after taking it out.And even if it does work and is warm, it's still junk. I'll get to those reasons in a minute, but first let's get past the warm and fuzzy people who say they want a wipe warmer for their eco-friendly reusable baby wipes. An eco-friendly warmer may sound nice with its bamboo cloth and promise to inhibit the growth of bacteria, but anytime you combine water and heat, you're creating the chance for microbes to grow.
Unfortunately, one of the most common complaints about wipe warmers is that the wipe is not warm enough when is comes out of the warmer, and that in the seconds it takes to pull a wipe and move to wipe baby's bottom, the changer is left with a cold wipe in hand.
Here are some other reasons not to buy one, according to an AssociatedContent.com story:
- Space. They're bulky and take up too much space on a changing table. Beyond that, it's good to have something portable for when you take the baby out of the house, and plugging a wipe warmer into your car's lighter seems taking it a little too far.
- Waste. The heating element will dry out a significant number of wipes, so pulling out several wipes to reach a damp one is a waste of wipes. The heating element has also been known to burn wipes yellow or brown. The last thing you want when using a wipe is grabbing one that's dry; dampness helps clean up the mess a lot more.
- Cost. Warmers run at least $20, and you're also burning money on electricity.
- Cleanliness. As I said above, a warm, wet and dark place is an invitation for bacterial growth. That should be enough to throw your wipe warmer out the window.
Aaron Crowe is an unemployed journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read about his job search at www.AaronCrowe.net.


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Your two loves – husband and camera. What about the doggy!? Looks like it's a very lovely doggy, although I know how huskies can be real pain in the… bum. (Mine also has one blue and one brown eye.)
My true love(s)
My photography has taken a right turn from still life to portraiture. It is refreshing to have a subject that is interactive after spending the past 12 years with inanimate objects. The challenge with this shift is learning how to be a director as well as a photographer, although I am really enjoying it and finding it extremely rewarding. This is an image of my husband after shoveling our driveway during our first big snowstorm of the year, which just happened to coincide with Rochester's Winter Lakeside Festival. It was a fun day to tromp around in the snow with my two loves (my husband and my camera)


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Politics & Government
October surprise: Oliver Stone's 'W.' doesn't have one
Watching "W.", you get a sense of the scrupulous care and respect with which director Oliver Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser approached their movie about the troubled presidency of George W. Bush.
This is, for Stone, an unusually restrained and well-behaved film, one that is going to confound viewers expecting a free-for-all demonization of the 43rd president of the United States.
What you don't get while watching "W." is a convincing argument that the movie needed to be made.
Principal photography on the project began in May and Stone rushed through post-production to deliver the picture before the upcoming election. But the finished film leaves you wondering what, exactly, the big hurry was. There's nothing in "W." anyone who buys a ticket to see it won't already know about its focus: The Bush administration's decision to use the supposed existence of weapons of mass destruction as justification to invade Iraq in 2003.
And there is little new to be gained from the film's flashbacks to various formative points in Bush's life: His carousing-fratboy days, his initial failed foray into politics, his struggles with alcohol and his conversion into Evangelical Christianity.
There's no discernible chronology or design to the incidents in Bush's life that "W." chooses to depict — we get the pretzel choking, for example, but not the inauguration — and the scattershot nature of the script robs the story of momentum. The narrative doesn't build on itself, which is why the movie feels a bit dull and dry.
The most surprising thing in "W." is the compassion Stone brings to his protagonist. Portrayed by Josh Brolin with a hugely charismatic swagger that masks a deep insecurity, Bush comes off as a black-sheep son desperate to earn the love of his demanding father (James Cromwell). "You disappoint me, junior — deeply disappoint me," the elder Bush says early in the film, and "W." argues practically everything Bush does is an attempt to make his Poppy proud.
It's a simplistic, perhaps reductive, reading of the man, but Stone has previously shown a weakness for Freudian father-son conflicts ("Wall Street," "Alexander") and "W.'s" relentless emphasis on that premise at least gives the otherwise sprawling, unfocused film something of a foundation.
Cromwell plays Bush Sr. as a humorless, charmless man — a marked contrast to his son — which makes it easy for the audience to sympathize with George W., no matter how badly he manages to screw things up.
That includes going through with an ill-planned invasion of Iraq, which "W." depicts as the result of the president having surrounded himself with a nest of snakes who manipulate him while playing to his ego.
As Vice President Dick Cheney, Richard Dreyfuss radiates pure evil, while Toby Jones renders Karl Rove as a cheerful elf — Santa's helper with an agenda. Jeffrey Wright gives Colin Powell the expected authority and gravitas (the most heartbreaking moment in the film may be when Powell surrenders to the mob and agrees to go along with the attack on Iraq).
More disappointing are Thandie Newton, who plays Condoleezza Rice essentially as a bobble-head doll, and a miscast Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, who doesn't get the flintiness right. Contributing greatly to the movie's humanization of Bush is Elizabeth Banks as the first lady, who falls in love with the president-to-be despite his tendency to chew with his mouth open, isn't fazed when Bush rams their car into a garage door and offers to buy him tickets to see Cats to cheer him up when he's down.
Ultimately, though, "W." rests on Brolin's shoulders, and although there are instances when he nails the president's mannerisms perfectly, his performance is more an interpretation than mimickry. Political leanings aside, Brolin makes you like Bush as a person, so when you laugh at his "Fool me once'' speech, for example, you're not so much mocking him as laughing along with him. It is a testament to how sympathetic Bush is portrayed in "W." that when there's a scene of him sitting on the toilet, it takes a minute to realize Stone is giving you a scene of the president sitting on the toilet.
Late in "W.," we get a hallucinatory dream sequence that hints at what the film might have been if Stone had gone at it full-throttle, but you couldn't really make that movie without a proper ending, which "W." doesn't yet have. Instead, "W." is passably interesting, occasionally riveting, and largely superfluous. But it's certainly a worthwhile curiosity, and it's not what anyone expected. At the movies these days, that alone is worth something.
Rene Rodriguez is the film critic for The Miami Herald. Read his blog.


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Wenger - Nasri can have a great future here
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Today Arsenal will plays against West Ham. This is important game for arsenal to win despite they fail to win last game against Everton, this game will give them little bit space against Aston Villa ,but hopefully Aston will lose or draw.
Samir Nasri and Van persie hopefully tonight game they will show good performance to win and score more goals as well. Arsène Wenger believes that Samir Nasri has all the ingredients to become a major star at Arsenal.
The French midfielder moved here from Marseilles last summer and his creditable tally of six goals in 23 starts includes vital strikes against Manchester United, West Brom and Hull City.
Since his arrival Nasri has been likened to former Arsenal favourite Robert Pires and, although the comparisons are rather obvious, they are compelling. Both are French, both left Marseilles for Arsenal and both are creative midfielders with an eye for goal.
Nasri has a long way to go before he emulates Pires' medals tally but, despite joining Arsenal at a much younger age than Pires, he has adapted quicker. Wenger expects Nasri to emerge as Arsenal's creative hub in the years to come.
"What people forget is that Pires arrived at 27 and Nasri arrived at 21," said the Arsenal manager.
"Nasri has a great future because he is that kind of player, he can score goals, he can dribble, there is more power to come from him and I think he's adapted quite well.
"Yes [he reminds me of Pires] but he can also be a central player.
In my opinion, all what we can say about nasri is great but to win in a game we need all team to give their best shot and cannot belong to a one person for get the goal. All player should try shoot on target, it will give more opportunity to score.