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"Behold the turtle: He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." Hector Ricketts knows about the risks that often accompany progress. But he along with an enterprising band of capitalists are by nature risk‐takers with little money but plenty of guts and a passionate desire to make a better life for themselves and their families. This past week I rode in Hector's vans through the streets of Queens; I talked to the drivers, interviewed the passengers, and rediscovered firsthand why America, at its finest, can be a land of limitless opportunity.
When I started a financial services company more than three decades ago, I encountered some of the same obstacles that all new businesses must overcome if they are to succeed. With luck and effort my company grew from three employees to hundreds of employees, from one client to thousands, and from a single office in my parents' living room to multiple offices across the nation and abroad. But when I look back, I'm astonished at how few hardships I faced compared with the ordeal confronting Hector Ricketts. I had no city council to appease, no state‐conferred monopoly to dislodge, no bare‐knuckled political battles to win if I wanted to operate, no labor unions dedicated to putting me out of business, no operating restrictions that made it impossible to compete.
The essential task I shared with Queens Van Plans was to build a client base eager to purchase the service I offered. But while my clients were sophisticated investors with lots of capital, Hector's clients are working class immigrants suffering the daily privations of city life. One rider, an elderly man, asked and received change for a ten dollar bill to pay his dollar fare (the buses don't make change). A second rider, a mom returning early from school with a sick child, asked to be let off close to her home (you don't ask the buses; they tell you where to get off). There were others: all happy to be on clean, safe vans; all thrilled to save fifty cents each trip; all would have been amazed if they knew the lengths to which their government was willing to go in order to shut down their indispensable transportation.
If America is to remain a free and vital society, a nation of unbounded potential, we cannot drown our best and boldest in a swamp of nonsensical, destructive regulations.
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. Businessmen like Hector Ricketts rely on intelligence, competence, and hard work to satisfy customers and employees. The politically powerful, and their minions on the city council, depend on duplicity buttressed by money and muscle. Let the city council ride the vans in Queens. Let them experience, like I did, how ambitious, responsible, tireless entrepreneurs – with almost no material resources – routinely pursue their chosen occupation, without public assistance, to create their own prosperity.
Today's corporate giants were yesterday's small businesses. They overcame challenges, served their customers, produced jobs, paid taxes, and earned a living for their owners. Just as surely, tomorrow's commercial leaders will come from the ranks of today's startups. If America is to remain a free and vital society, a nation of unbounded potential, we cannot drown our best and boldest in a swamp of nonsensical, destructive regulations.
Teddy Roosevelt reminded us that our country is built on the man "who knows the great enthusiasms and great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Hector Ricketts is such a man. He and his co‐workers deserve their fair chance to know victory. If they are denied, we each surrender a piece of our liberty. We may be able to persevere when politicians take away our money. But, ultimately, we can not survive if they take away our dreams.


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The MTA said, "Beat it," but an effort to honor Michael Jackson at the Downtown Brooklyn subway station that he made famous is moving ahead without the transportation authority.
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership revealed this week that it has a deal with the owner of the building that sits atop the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station to hang a mural dedicated to the late great King of Pop.
Jackson gave the grimy station international renown in the 1987 video for his song, "Bad," in which he plays a gang member about to rumble with a rival clan headed by Wesley Snipes. The action in the Martin Scorsese-directed video takes place on the unused platform at the station.
The same platform was used for "Weird" Al Yankovic's alternative version of the same song, "I'm Fat."
Though both videos remain revered, after Jackson's death last June, Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Fort Greene) beseeched the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rename the station in honor of Jacko. When that failed, James asked for a plaque.
That effort was also rebuffed.
But on Tuesday, the New York Post reported that the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership had convinced the owner of 45 Hoyt St., which sits over the subway entrance, to cover one of its unsightly concrete walls with a mural of the singer.
"Tish had a point," said Joe Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. "This station played an important role in a notable moment in pop culture history. And that role can be leveraged to draw attention and visitors to Downtown Brooklyn. We were disappointed that the MTA could not acknowledge that."
It is unclear what the mural will look like, though Chan said that the owner, the Manhattan-based Benenson Capital, has veto power. James said she'd push for a competition among Brooklyn artists, though she thinks Chan will favor a "name artist."
Either way, she's pleased.
"When this whole thing started, I got more e-mails than ever before, mostly from Europe," she said. "They all said they'd come to Brooklyn and spend money to visit the station."
The mural would not require MTA approval because the building itself is privately owned. Benenson Capital did not return repeated calls.
One thing, however, has not been left undecided: Yankovic will not be similarly honored.
"Something tells me that Michael Jackson would be a little more compelling of an international draw than 'Weird' Al," Chan said.
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Early in the book, Night (everyone calls him by his second name) is at a meeting in his agent's office here when the conversation turns to basketball. "I believe if I had unlimited time to practice," he says, "after two years, I'd be able to shoot with any NBA player."Good lord.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
That's the great headline from the LA Times about the box office bomb "Lady in the Water" and the not-so-secret pleausure people are taking in the temporary fall of director M. Night. Of course, the biggest bomb of the weekend was "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," starring Uma Thurman. I can't find any budget online but Uma Thurman is getting pricey and director Ivan Reitman painted on a big canvas. I'd be shocked if this movie didn't cost $70 million as well (the budget of "LITW") and it certainly will end up making a LOT less. But Night is a more fun story, so don't think there's a conspiracy here. And risible details like this from a book about him do make Night a certain figure of fun:
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my favorite night quote of all time. everytime i read it, i laugh until i cry.
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NEW Brisbane import Alonzo Gee is fresh off the plane and ready to soar for the Bullets in the 2018-19 NBL season.
The NBA journeyman arrived in Brisbane on Friday and headed straight to Carina where he underwent a medical check and watched his new teammates train.
Put Gee's name into any internet search engine and a host of videos will pop-up featuring the 31-year-old slam dunking his way across the NBA where he played a total of 417 games for Washington, San Antonio, Cleveland, Denver, Portland and New Orleans.
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"I just want to be a leader, just fit in and don't do anything too crazy. I'm here to play good basketball but I've got a lot to learn from these guys because they know what the NBL is all about,'' he said.
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Montréal: Have Your Pig's Foot And Eat It, Too
Growing up in the Ottawa Valley was not especially interesting. It was not as adventurous as Toronto. It was not laid back like Vancouver. It was, however, an hour or so from Montréal, the city that boasts bagels, poutine and dépanneurs with beer-stocked fridges. Being young, penniless and car-free, I never got the opportunity to truly appreciate the cosmopolitan Québécois cuisine.
After I moved to Toronto and saved a little money, my friends and I decided to take a weekend trip to the city. To say that "we did the city right" would be an understatement, as we overindulged in a lifestyle that was decadent, yet affordable. We stayed up until the bars closed at 4 a.m. — an anomaly for Ontarians — consuming riches of wine and martinis, and eating until our bellies rounded. Since then I have not returned, still suffering from the food coma that ensued. That was five years ago.
For me, reading Emma Sloley's account in The Australian of going "the whole hog" was nostalgic. Although I had not eaten a pig's hoof stuffed with foie gras or "gooey gratin," her article still brought back memories of Brazilian beef skewers and all-you-can-eat sushi. It made me remember the grilled paninis avec tomates sechées and poutine piled high with fresh curds and gravy. It reminded me that Montréal's cuisine was and is dynamic and worldly.
From an early age Canadians are made aware of the precarious nature of Québec as a province. In history class we were taught how the province established and maintained its identity. I always wondered how a region could keep its culture for hundreds of years. Reading Sloley's article I realized a point that some people tend to miss: their reliance on self-sustenance. She often remarked how the food on the table was sourced from farms in the region. As she mentioned, "the restaurants, while paying homage to their Gallic counterparts, lean towards a locavore-oriented cuisine with none of the formality of classical European dining."
Growing up in a border-town of Provence du Québec, I would like to mention that locavore-orientation (a locavore is one that eats food grown near them — usually 100-mile radus) is not a movement in Montréal, but an idea deeply rooted in the province's identity. To me, dealing locally has been, and hopefully will always be, what makes Québec authentic and genuinely unique. The French-Canadians have supported local farmers from the beginning in an attempt to not be consumed with anglophone tendencies.
Although the city dabbles its toes in global luxuries, like diverse food and shops, it always maintains one foot firmly planted at home. Some people chide its reluctance to keep up with the times, but some see its syrup-paced change as a good thing.
Personally, if I am still fantasizing of food comas, they must be doing something right.
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Toronto born and based, Brit is an avid leisure cyclist, coffee drinker and under-a-tree park-ist. She often finds herself meandering foreign cities looking for street eats to nibble, trees to climb, a patch of grass to sit on, or a small bookstore to sift through. You can find her musing life on her personal blog, TheBubblesAreDead.wordpress.com.


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The Information and Communications Technology industry is growing quickly, and as a result, so is the demand for skilled IT professionals. The fast-pace changes to IT systems and the increase in cyber threats make IT support an absolute necessity in today's digital world. But without enough qualified professionals to fill the labour shortage in this industry, many companies are left understaffed in their IT departments.
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While hordes of tourists descend on New England to see beautiful fall color displays, there's a quieter, more affordable option in the heart of the South. Nestled in the Blue Ridge region of the Southern Appalachians, Asheville is one of North Carolina's best fall destinations. From beautiful estates to scenic drives, fall offers the perfect opportunity to see the area's gorgeous landscapes at their most flamboyant.
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With its funky alternative style and strong Southern cultural roots, Asheville is a fun destination at any time of year. It's particularly special in the fall, when crisp air and a fiery rainbow of leaves add special flavor to the visitors' experience. Asheville is arguably one of the best places in the entire country to take in the deciduous forests' last hurrah before their winter rest. The peak color season here lasts for several weeks, usually spanning the entire months of October and November, with some deviation on either side depending on the weather.
Mid- to late October is prime time to visit Asheville for fall colors, though you have a safe margin of error on either side thanks to the long season. This makes it easy to plan your trip in advance and buy your tickets early without having to worry about precise predictions. If you arrive earlier in the season, you can see the most color up at higher elevations. The splendor spreads slowly down to lower elevations as the weather cools, so there's no shortage of fall color supply to meet your demand throughout the season. Best of all, there are plenty of ways to enjoy Asheville's sunny natural splendor, making it easy to find exactly the right activities for your travel style.
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Ahead of the imminent MWC 2013 Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 release date, new leaks have seen full Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 specs detailed alongside a selection of prematurely unveiled images.
Seemingly set to take design hints from the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, the previously mooted Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has been snapped in prematurely outed advertising materials, with a selection of Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 specs accompanying images of the white plastic backed tablet.
Appearing courtesy of a secured Twitter account, the leaked Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 details have suggested that, as previously expected, the latest addition to Samsung's stylus packing Galaxy Note line will slot in perfectly between the current 5.5-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the larger Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, with an 8.0-inch touchscreen, and S-Pen friendly, display all but confirmed.
With the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 screen said to feature a HD friendly 1,280 x 800p resolution, the leaked document has also suggested that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 specs sheet will be bolstered by 16GB of integrated storage, expandable via microSD, a 5-megapixel rear-mounted camera alongside a second snapper up front and 2GB of RAM. Given its Note branded billing, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, which will reportedly feature a 1.6GHz quad-core processor, is also, as expected, set to host Samsung S Pen support.
Although the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has yet to officially enter the realms of reality, the device has already been confirmed by company executives, with Samsung's head of mobile, JK Shin, earlier this week declaring that "the 8-inch Galaxy Note will be released from MWC."
Adding some intrigue to a device that has made numerous early arrivals ahead of next month's official MWC 2013 unveiling, the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 leak has suggested the tablet will feature HSPA connectivity option, teasing the possibility of an integrated SIM card for mobile data and, potentially, calling abilities.
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The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Fund, created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), has announced the names of 12 students from seven southeastern universities chosen to receive academic scholarships this year.
The $1,500 awards, totaling $18,000, has been presented to the following scholars:
- Ruqayah Hamida Bhuiyan, University of Georgia, Arthur A. "Buck" Jones Scholarship
- Crystal Jones Conner, University of Florida
- Morgan Rose Gramlich, University of Arkansas, Dr. James & Faye Foret Scholarship
- Paige Leigh Herring, North Carolina State University
- Kaylee Elizabeth Ites, Texas A&M University, Lee C. Howell Scholarship
- Mary Elizabeth Lewis, University of Georgia, Robert L. VanLandingham Scholarship
- Isaac Barak Luhrs, University of Tennessee
- Ariana Rhiannon Newton, West Virginia University
- Angelia Dynette Ryker, University of Tennessee
- Carlee Steppe, University of Florida
- Tia Tyler, University of Florida
- MaKayla B. White, North Carolina State University, Art & Mille Lancaster Scholarship
Scholarship recipients are determined through a competitive application process, administered by a selection committee, based on academics, determination, demonstrated interest in the horticulture industry, and financial need. Of the twelve students, six are graduate students and six under graduate.
"Congratulations to this exemplary group of students who have excelled academically and demonstrated determination and a passion for horticulture," said Danny Summers, Executive Vice President of the fund.
"We continue to hear from recipients how important these awards are in reducing their financial stress allowing them the ability to concentrate more on their studies. I am confident each of these students will make an effective and positive contribution to our industry. I look forward to seeing their accomplishments as they complete their studies," he added.
With this year's awards, the fund has awarded a total of $522,000 since the fund was established in 1989.
The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501 (c) 3 corporation providing scholarships to students who are residents of the sixteen southeastern states pursuing a career in horticulture.
An application for 2019 scholarships will be available online by Jan. 1, 2019. More details can be found at www.sbmsef.org.


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Rutgers community discusses school's revenue sources
As a land-grant institution, Rutgers University is one of nearly 100 schools around the country recognized as being designed to help citizens from all walks of life achieve higher-education degrees.
To reach this goal, the University has been steadily fundraising and working to increase its revenue, reaching $1 billion last January, according to The Daily Targum.
The school utilized many different sources for revenue, and is actively searching for more ways to increase its funding, said Nancy Winterbauer, vice president for University Budgeting.
"In terms of new revenue sources, there are many ways in which Rutgers is seeking to expand the amount of funds available to the University beyond annual tuition increases and petitions for increased state support," Winterbauer said.
The University is not funded solely by students' tuition. Along with associated fees, it accounts for only 27.6 percent of the University's revenue, according to a Rutgers' revenue sources fact sheet.
This matches the percent of Rutgers' funding spent on instruction, according to its 2014 expenditures sheet. In contrast, student services make up 3.3 percent of Rutgers' expenses.
While student fees are not the only source of revenue, they are the largest overall group. State appropriations make up the second-largest group, providing 21 percent of the University's revenue, according to the revenue sheet.
Federal, state and municipal grants and contracts, along with the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) earned revenues and the auxiliary enterprises combined make up close to one-third of the University's revenue streams as well.
RBHS expenses are also the second largest group, including University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey legacy costs, according to the expense sheet.
"(The) parking budget is self-sufficient," said Jack Molenaar, director of the Rutgers University Department of Transportation Services. "(The) bus budget is covered by student transportation fees and the rest is made up by state funds to Rutgers."
There is a list of sources that different areas of the University plan to utilize to raise funds, Winterbauer said.
These range from asking alumni to contribute more and drawing in more out-of-state and international students to increasing external research funding and revamping academic services, she said.
Increasing the endowment is another goal Rutgers has, she said.
The endowment broke $1 billion in December 2015, according to nj.com.
"(There are) new revenue sources that Rutgers is utilizing more and more each year," Winterbauer said.
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Richmond Streetcar Boycott, 1904
The segregation of public transportation had a long history in Virginia. During Reconstruction there were some horse-drawn streetcars that were exclusive to whites, but by the mid-1870s black and white passengers probably sat were they pleased. After electric streetcars were introduced to Richmond in the 1880s, segregated seating became a hotly contested topic. In January 1904, nearly a decade after the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson declared that substantially equal segregated seating on railroads did not deprive African Americans of the equal protection of the laws, the Virginia General Assembly passed an "Act Concerning Public Transportation," with little fanfare or public debate, creating legislation which allowed, but did not require segregation on streetcars. On April 1, 1904, the Virginia Passenger and Power Company made an announcement that the rules for segregation would be enforced later that month on electric street cars in Richmond.
The new legislation allowed transit companies to set aside and designate certain seats for members of either race. The authority to make this designation was given to the conductor, who was to change the number of seats allocated to either race as the racial makeup of the streetcar changed. This makeup would constantly change as the streetcar moved back and forth through the various sections of the city, thereby empowering the conductor to have a passenger change seats as often as he thought necessary. A history of mistrust and violence already existed between the African American community and the streetcar conductors, especially after a near lynching in 1902. The newly granted police powers for the conductors did nothing to ease the minds of the African American community.
The announcement of segregated streetcar service was met with opposition by the African American community in Richmond. John Mitchell, Jr. and Maggie Walker advocated for a boycott of the streetcars in their respective newspapers, the Richmond Planet and the St. Luke Herald. Both urged African Americans to avoid streetcars and walk instead. The boycott was well accepted and had a high percentage of participation. Once the boycott took effect in April 1904, barely a week passed without Mitchell encouraging and supporting the boycott of the streetcars to continue. This was done through a series of stories, poems, and a variety of pieces that extolled the health benefits of walking.
Mitchell and other African American leaders believed that the boycott could be effective. The streetcar company was already suffering economic hardship, and the new legislation did not require segregation, only allowed for it. Thousands of African American Richmonders continued the boycott for more than a year, walking and finding alternate forms of transportation. Despite seeming close to a victory, the Virginia General Assembly altered the legislation in 1906, requiring segregation in public transportation. The Richmond boycott lost its energy shortly thereafter.
1. What made the segregation practices on the Richmond streetcars unique?
2. Why did the boycott of the Richmond streetcars end?
Further Discussion
1. If the Virginia General Assembly had not changed the law in 1906, how long do you think the boycott would have continued? Do you think that the ultimate outcome would have been different?
2. There are obvious links between the Richmond streetcar boycott and the Montgomery bus boycott. Which do you find more remarkable? Why? Do you think that your answer would be different if both protests had taken place in the same time period?
Born in the Wake of Freedom: John Mitchell Jr. and the Richmond Planet
Suggested Reading
Alexander, Ann Field. Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the "Fighting Editor" John Mitchell Jr. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002.
Meier, August, and Elliott Rudwick. "The Boycott Movement Against Jim Crow Streetcars in the South, 1900–1906." Journal of American History 55, no. 4 (March 1969): 756–775.


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I cannot believe that I left out the very most important part of the story regarding Hank and the tale of the super mean German Shepherd.
So there we were, sitting in the ER. After several hours and a good cleaning, that wound just looked bad. Not big, but deep. A gash, if you will. The child asked several times if he needed stitches, and all I could say was, "I just don't know." Hank is one of those kids who just HATES the doctor. He cries during school shots as if he's been stabbed in the heart with a dull spoon, and no amount of promises of ice cream or action figures can calm his little nerves.
So after the nurse cleaned his wound and Hank realized that the doctor was next in, he started to shake. And shudder. And cry. Knowing that there was nothing I could promise, nothing I could say, no amount of hugs or kisses that would soothe my first-born, I pulled out the only trick I could think of:
"Use the force," I said.
Dudes, it worked. He closed his eyes and said, "Focus." Then, he promptly stopped crying, and smiled.
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On Claire Pomeroy's last day as a member of the governing board of the $3 billion California stem cell agency, she also published an essay on the Huffington Post in which she discussed fleeing from an abusive home at age 14.
Pomeroy, former vice chancellor and dean of the medical school at UC Davis and now president of the Lasker Foundation in New York, wrote last month,
"For some children, the uncertainty of life on the street is better than certainty of violence at home. It was for me. At age 14, I escaped from an abusive home with no money, nowhere to go and only the clothes I was wearing. I remember staring into the night, standing somewhere between fear and freedom. I became one of the millions of homeless teens, yet I was lucky because foster care ultimately saved me."
"However, after an emergency placement and three foster homes, the challenges were not over. At 17 I aged out of the foster care system early when my foster parents moved out of state. On my own again, I had to find a job, a place to live and finish high school. Then I climbed the next mountain to graduate from college and medical school."
Pomeroy said she only recently began publicly talking about her foster care experience. She said she is doing so because "many people lack an understanding of the harsh statistics and their impact on the country's future. The nation faces a crisis that demands a call to action to start truly caring about foster youth before it is too late."
She said that she was "lucky" in the foster care system but said that many children, particularly minorities among others such as the disabled, were not as fortunate and "were failed by the system and society." Pomeroy called them "throwaway children" who were "robbed of their ideals, gave up hope and struggled to find a reason to live."
Less than half of the foster children who "age out" of the system graduate from high school, she wrote. Only 3 percent to 11 percent earn a bachelor's degree. More than 400,000 children were in foster care in 2011 and have a one in 11 chance of being homeless.
Pomeroy called for expansion and improvement of foster care across the country. "It is time to stop forcing children to be the heroes of their own survival," she wrote. "Now is the time to do the right the right thing."
On a personal note, we have four grandchildren, one of whom was adopted out of foster care as a toddler. The other was adopted at birth. Some of the siblings of those two African-American children remain in foster care today.


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Norman "Gripper" Stebson was a villain who appeared in the series Grange Hill from 1981 to 1983, and served as the primary antagonist during his reign in the series, especially during the fifth and sixth series.
He is played by Mark Savage.
Series 4
In his first appearance Gripper is seen shoplifting from a shop, and later on that morning forcing kids to give him money. He is also hostile towards his classmates, such as Pogo Patterson and is also seen subtly attacking a classmate during a PE lesson when playing football, however is spotted by a teacher and gets in trouble.
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Gripper began picking on a new kid at Grange Hill named Roland Browning, mostly because Roland was overweight and shy with no friends. Gripper had picked on Roland during the series, making him give him money and humiliating him. When discovering that Roland was receiving help from a Councillor for his problems, Gripper revealed the secret to Roland's class by writing it up on the blackboard when Roland had refused to give Gripper more money and tried to fight him in the toilets without success. Gripper was unable to torment Roland further during series 5 due to Roland being hospitalised after being knocked down by a van.
Series 6
After Roland was released from hospital Gripper wasted no time in tormenting him again and demanding money. However Gripper began to let up on Roland when picking out a new target, a Sikh boy who became a student at Grange Hill and shared a class with Gripper. Gripper took a hatred towards non-whites, and began gathering white students to join his cause against black and Asian students.
In the end Gripper was expelled from the school after leading a race war, and attacking a female student.
Series 7
Gripper reformed himself after leaving Grange Hill and got a job working for a butcher. His bike was stolen by a new school bully, however he had gotten it back. Although Gripper had briefly crossed paths with his former victim Roland, Gripper didn't seem to acknowledge his presence and didn't bother him.
Series 8
Gripper didn't stay on the straight and narrow for long however, as the following year he was revealed to be the culprit behind a spate of thefts at the school: His sister Emma, who was still a student there, had been helping Gripper and his long-term crony Denny Rees sneak into the school. He was finally exposed when new first year wide boy Gonch Gardner arranged to have the staff room bugged with a cassette recorder and recorded one of his raids, and the police were contacted. (Gripper was not seen on screen but his voice was heard on the recording.)
- Actor Mark Savage had received abuse and death threats due to his portrayal of Gripper.
- Another Grange Hill villain Matthew "Mooey" Humphries who appeared from 2003 to 2007 was sort of similar to Gripper. He intimidated and stole from younger students, and also picked on an overweight student Alex and made his life Hell.


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Thursday, November 21, 2013
i can see the rush of criminals heading to their local police station to register their guns..s/o. The Democrats continue their march towards a non existent impossible to achieve utopia
The 1,800 or so criminals who have killed, robbed or assaulted innocent people with guns in the District of Columbia so far this year were hauled into the police station to be fingerprinted, photographed and to undergo a criminal-background check.
Now, legal gun owners who have committed no crime are getting the exact same treatment. That is neither constitutional, nor fair.
The latest gun-control scheme that starts on Jan. 1 will force every legal firearm owner in the nation's capital to go in person to police headquarters to renew their registration certificates.
The Metropolitan Police Department filed proposed rules last week to enact this absurd law, and citizens have until Dec. 15 to comment on the regulations.
To avoid becoming a felon, anyone with a gun registered before 2011 will have to go to police headquarters to be fingerprinted, photographed, provide proof of address, pay a fee and confirm they may still legally possess the firearm. The Firearms Registration Section will then create a new registration certificate — now in the form of an ID card — for each gun.
This operation could end up making the rollout of Obamacare look smooth and easy.
The police propose scheduling everyone in three-month windows based on your birthday. The eight windows start on Jan. 1 and go through 2015. They intend to set up an online system to make an appointment. The department is trying to set up a system to accept credit cards for the $13-per-gun fee, but that has not been finalized.
George Lyon, who was a plaintiff in the original Heller case, pointed out that it will cost him $104 to re-register his eight guns. "I don't see that they need a re-registration system at all," the Washington lawyer told me "But if they do, this whole thing ought really to be done online, automated and without adding more fees."
The renewal process was supposed to be done online and by mail and start in 2012, but the police did not retain any of the fingerprints or photos taken until March 2013.
Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier testified before the D.C. Council's Judiciary Committee in January 2012 against keeping the three-year limit on certificates because her department did not have the resources, and so it "may cost more than the potential benefit."
City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson refused to let it drop, but passed a law to give D.C. police a two-year extension.
In an interview late Wednesday, Mr. Mendelson said that, "The reason for renewals is to make sure people don't become disqualified to own a firearm."
I pointed out that the police could easily run gun owners' names and social security numbers through the FBI's background-check system at any point. "I don't want a name based system because it's not as good for identification as fingerprints."
The registration-renewal requirement is already being challenged in court. Heller v. District of Columbia — commonly known as "Heller II" — takes on the entire registration law that was enacted in 2009 after the Supreme Court overturned the District's 30-year-old handgun ban in the original Heller decision.
Dick Heller, the lead plaintiff, asked me of the requirement, "What's the point? Will that make the bad guys come down and register? Nope, just the law-abiding."
Heller II is pending in federal district court with each side filing motions for summary judgment this month and next.
"Re-registration is onerous and completely unnecessary and is a trap for the unwary," said Stephen P. Halbrook, the lead attorney for Heller II. "Fail to re-register for whatever reason, and you're committing a crime — possession of an unregistered firearm. This is plain harassment for exercise of a constitutional right."
The whole convoluted mess will not do a single thing to make the city safer.
A police spokesman estimates there are approximately 30,000 firearms registered to private citizens in D.C. This number is remarkably low for a city of 600,000 because most law-abiding people won't go through the 11 steps necessary to register.
And, as Mr. Heller pointed out, the criminals aren't showing up at police headquarters to offer up their fingerprints or take a written test before buying guns.
Gun registration is a clear violation of the Founding Fathers' intent that the Second Amendment would prevent government tyranny. Once the government knows about every single gun owned by each citizen, then an armed populace is no longer a deterrent.
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Lois McMaster Bujold has been writing books about Miles Vorkosigan since before he was born, and he's now almost as old as I am. My favorite books are the two about his mother, conveniently bound together in Cordelia's Honor, but every Vorkosigan book is a pleasure. I buy Bujold in hardback.
Which is why my copy of Cryoburn (The Vorkosigan Saga) came in the mail a few days ago, and why I've finished it. It's not top-tier Bujold, or at least I don't think so yet, but it's a book with heart. The theme of the book is generations, what it means to have parents that will die or that have died, what it means to a family. Miles gets to look at this issue from the outside, because he is visiting a planet that refuses to believe in death. Instead they freeze people in hopes of awakening them when there is a cure for what ails them.
Of course, this is a book with Miles, so there are capers, kidnappings, daring escapes, bureaucratic bungles and bribery. Roic has grown up a lot, although life as Miles's single armsman still stretches him to his limits. But at the end, most of the convoluted plots and counters seem to dissolve; of course Miles gets his way and we see happy endings for the people we've come to care about. What remains is the foreshadowing that leads up to the tiny epilogue at the back, the part that tells us why Bujold wrote the book. I guess that's a spoiler. B+


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Monday, 23 March 2009
Weather Report
When we went to India, she started it off there as well, but bored of it within a few days - after all it was always a 'Sunny Day' :( How Boring!! Now that we are back, she is back to weather reporting! Just a couple of days ago, I had posted on how Spring has come and we are enjoying lovely sunny weather - well, that's all gone today! It is all windy and grey again! No wonder, the British start their conversation with the weather - there is just so much to talk about!
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- hitch writer said...
isnt there a saying in the UK that you can never trust english women and weather they are fickle or unpredicatable...
i dont remember but something on those lines... !!
our weather is always sunny lol yea... tell us bout it... its approaching april may and june !!
- 23 March 2009 at 12:14
- Smitha said...
@Hitchwriter - lol! Hadn't heard of this ' you can never trust english women and weather they are fickle ' - will check it out :)
By the way, for some reason, I am never able to post comments on your blog from my phone - so always end up reading it but not commenting :(
- 23 March 2009 at 12:22
- Vinod_Sharma said...
*Tongue-in-cheek*...only English women, Hitch writer?
- 23 March 2009 at 12:23
- hitch writer said...
VINODJI it was Women and English Weather...
but I wanted to stay alive !!!
now that i have said this... i have had it .... * runninng for cover *
its meant to be funny !!
- 23 March 2009 at 13:03
- Indian Home Maker said...
Awww @the little Miss weather reporter :)
Obviously being able to play outside would also depend on the weather.. reminds me of Bets and Fatty worrying about daily weather :)
I wonder if you have heard "Raggedy Anne' ... my kids had this adorable audio story which always began with Raggedy Ann, the doll worrying about the weather and then finding fun things to do indoors... and I had to explain the difference in daily weather conditions here and there.
Lol@ weather being a topic of discussion there, now it is a topic of blog post also Smitha ... With a hug to your little weather reporter, IHM
- 23 March 2009 at 13:58
In the US it seems like most people start their conversations with the weather, their health problems, and which elected official they hate most ;-0.
I try to steer away from those topics myself.~Mary
- 23 March 2009 at 15:17
- Indyeah said...
Aww...so cute your own little weather reporter:))
LOL@''When we went to India, she started it off there as well, but bored of it within a few days - after all it was always a 'Sunny Day'':D
from your posts I am getting to know why the weather is the fav topic of conversation there:D
Dhiren :P
Vinod Sir you reminded him!:D
- 23 March 2009 at 15:46
- Pixie said...
LOL!!! how so very cute! :)
True... even the weather in Bangalore has changed... It used to be so hot and humid - now it's changed and its very pleasant and nice and windy...
- 23 March 2009 at 16:05
- OG said...
:) LOL hehehehehe... your daughter is so funny..... :)
one thing I realised after coming to america.....
that if you have nothing to speak about, or to break the ice.. talk about the weather... and the people here get animated.... :)
- 23 March 2009 at 16:30
- kanagu said...
LOL Smitha!!! your daughter is damn cute to report you the weather.. as my friend Raj has said in one of the post.. there is only three climates in Chennai.. hot, hotter and hottest.. LOL :D
Thats what came to my mind now :)
- 23 March 2009 at 17:29
- vimmuuu said...
Wishing you more of sunny days. Buhahahahahahaha !!!!
- 23 March 2009 at 18:03
- Smitha said...
@Hitchwriter and Vinod - Very Funny!!!!
@IHM - Yes, Have heard Raggedy Ann :) Can imagine your children's confusion - I used to be quite confused when I was younger too :)And yes, weather has become a topic of blogs too :) Thats what British weather does to you :)
By the way, I have done the your tag - just keep forgetting to tell you!
@FrankandMary - Welcome! Yes, I can imagine that! Guess, weather easily becomes the easiest ice-breaker:)Do visit again!
@Indyeah - I have to stop blogging about the weather I guess :) Life revolves so much around the weather - can we go to the Park - oh no - its raining :)
@Pixie - Bangalore weather was so wonderful.. Yes, it was a little warm, when we were there in Feb.. I envy you, coz you're in Blore - I miss it so much!!
@Kanagu - LOL - Loved this - 'three climates in Chennai.. hot, hotter and hottest'
@Vimmuuu - Thank you very much :)
- 23 March 2009 at 20:11
True true...today was so damn windy here also...where r u living now?
It was soo windy that I was almost blown away twice [i work in a refinery which abt 1000 acres may be] open space na, so high winds may be!
- 23 March 2009 at 20:16
That is one cutsie weather reporter. {{Hugs}} to her.
Smi, it is bad here too. After few Sunny days, it is back to rain and cold.
- 23 March 2009 at 20:21
- Indyeah said...
what I meant was not that you blog only about the weather but that I get info about UK weather from your posts :PP
- 23 March 2009 at 20:30
- Smitha said...
@Sahaja, Yes, its extremely windy:( You know, 2 or 3 years back - I think it was 2006, one woman got blown away in London! I am in Leeds now.. We used to be in London - moved here last Oct..
@Solilo - Rain there too?? So we're not the only ones with bad weather :)
@Indyeah - I was just kidding - I plan to bore you a lot more with weather :) By the way - don't you ever sleep???
- 23 March 2009 at 21:57
- Saritha said...
So sweet weather reporter...
Horrible summer started here
- 24 March 2009 at 12:34


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On Sunday, it was a treat to listen to Bruce Springsteen on an extended Desert Island Discs (You missed it?! Find it <here>). His choices absolutely summed up the man: nothing obscure, pretentious or showy. With one eye on the holidays, trying to forget I still had school on Monday morning, I set about writing my own eight tracks to take to a desert island.
After much deliberation, these are my picks:
- The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
- The day I started to discover my own musical taste after flirting with the Top 40 and odd songs I thought I liked (my first single that I owned was none other than Chesney Hawkes). This was the start of my love of all things BritPop and a 20 year plus love of Ocean Colour Scene. Still a great tune to sing along to with your mates after a few beers. Well worth going to see live still too.
- I owned Beautiful Freak, but it was this track that begun my 20 year plus obsession with all things Eels. We had "I Like The Way This Is Going" as our first dance. It backed up my theory that E has written a song for every possible eventuality in life. Rarely does an artist transform the band / setlist / theme of each tour as much as E. His autobiography is worth a read.
- One of my picks that Bruce had on his list, "the first time I really heard him with this song, it just instantly started to change my life". I bought as many Dylan albums as I could when I was in my second hand CD buying stage; every time I found a new one in Golden Discs there was great excitement.
- Another of Bruce's choices. Astral Weeks is one of the best albums out there, and I agree with the spiritual nature that is identified on Desert Island Discs, "It made me trust in beauty, it gave me a sense of the divine. The divine just seems to run through the veins of that entire album."
- If you don't 'get' Thunder Road, I'd highly recommend reading Nick Hornby's joyful chapter in 31 songs. There is no other song that I have come close to listening to as much as this one. We also walked down the aisle to this after getting married.
- The 'Bard of Barking' has written some of the best British political songs of the last twenty years, as well as some of the best love songs. This was one of the first songs of Billy's that I got to know. His gigs are part political rally, part music, but often all the better for that.
- "The son of two vicars.." as most write ups begin. I have made some great friends from going to Tom's gigs, beginning in the old days of 'the forum'. Tom deserves far more recognition that he gets, I'm sure you can buy his back catalogue cheaply - do it. This song was from the early days when we headed off to obscure venues around the country, drank lots of beer and JD and sang along. Actually I still try and do that as often as I can!
- Morricone's western scores are some of the best pieces of music ever composed. The theme to Once Upon A Time in the West is perhaps the greatest film music ever (Coincidentally, there Springsteen cover <here>). This choice is also wedding related... I had suggested Emily listen to some Morricone tracks for her arrival music, she dismissed it, but then came back a few weeks later with Gabriel's Oboe - a truly stunning piece of music, absolutely fitting for the moment.
What would your Desert Island Discs be and why?
I realised when I had finished that there were so many tracks missing. These are some that have also been pivotal in my life: Ben Folds Five - Best Imitation of Myself, Pulp - A Little Soul, Counting Crows - Mr Jones, Country Feedback - R.E.M., Neil Diamond - America, Amy McDonald - This Is The Life, The Avett Brothers - Murder in the City, Gaslight Anthem - '59 Sound, Joe Purdy - I Love the Rain Most, Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms, Crowded House - Private Universe, Taylor Swift - Teardrops on my Guitar, David Ford - State of the Union...
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text: I am a Cajun food addict and now my husband is too! We love all the spices, thick sauces, and of course the seafood. Nothing has beaten the Cajun cuisine I've eaten in New Orleans, but we found a spot here in San Antonio that has brought those flavors to us. It's like a bit of good ol Louisiana right here in SA. Aside from the food being yummy, the staff is great as well. As soon as you step foot inside Big Easy Cafe everyone is friendly and ready to make you feel right at home. My husband and I each picked a different dish (pictured at the bottom.). We were so stuffed there was no way we had room for dessert. As we comfortably enjoyed our lunch, it almost felt like we were in New Orleans listening to some live Cajun music playing. We totally recommend Big Easy Café & will be back soon! To learn more about their catering services, live music events, and view their menus, please visit their website at: www.bigeasycafesa.com


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Penultimate Festival: 50th Year-long Anniversary Celebration
Grand Reunion/Homecoming Celebration and Launching/Release of Coffee Table Book
This year marks a very important milestone in our Chapter's history. We are celebrating the chapter's Golden Anniversary. Numerous events celebrating the 50th year are happening this year. Four major events are still to be held this last Quarter of the year to highlight the Chapter's year-long celebration:
- Capitol will be conducting a Special Recruitment and Orientation Program targeting at least 50 prospective young men and women to join Capitol Jaycees with series of activities starting with Recruitment seminars and several community development projects for the month of November until the end of the 2011;
- a Metro Manila JCI Golf Tournament at Eastridge Golf Country Club in November/December;
- a major Renovation and House-warming/Re-inauguration of our Chapter's Jaycee Clubhouse in December; and to cap it all off,
- Capitol will be launching its Coffee Table Book – "50 Years of Jayceeism in Quezon City", wherein highlights of Capitol's 50 legendary years will be featured. The book launch will take place in December, 2011 at the newly renovated JCI QC Capitol clubhouse.
Four-In-One Sponsorship Package
The Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a confederation of the world's leading global network of young and active entrepreneurs. There are more than 250,000 active (ages from 18 to 40 years old) JCI members and millions of JCI Associates (Alumni-graduates after 40 years old) participating in projects meetings learning programs and events. JCI thrives in more than 6,000 communities located in more than 100 countries throughout the world.


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Nutty Parm
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup Brazil nuts
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast *
- 2 teaspoons Savory Spice Blend
- Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and process until the nuts are finely ground. Transfer to a covered container or shaker and keep refrigerated.
- Substitute different nuts for the almonds or Brazil nuts.


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Waterford Crystal
Waterford Crystal is a manufacturer of crystal, named after the city of Waterford, Ireland. The brand is owned by WWRD Group Holdings Ltd., a luxury goods group which also owns and operates the Wedgwood and Royal Doulton brands, and which was acquired on 2 July 2015 by the Fiskars Corporation.[1]
In January 2009, the main Waterford Crystal base was closed due to the insolvency of Waterford Wedgwood PLC. In June 2010, Waterford Crystal relocated almost back to its original roots, on The Mall in Waterford city centre. This new location is now home to a manufacturing facility that melts over 750 tons of crystal a year, although most Waterford Crystal is now produced outside Ireland. This new facility offers visitors the opportunity to take guided tours of the factory and also offers a retail store, showcasing the world's largest collection of Waterford Crystal.
Early crystal productionEdit
The origins of crystal production in Waterford date back to 1783[2] when George and his nephew William Penrose started their business. It produced extremely fine flint glass that became world-renowned. Their Waterford company closed in 1851, and re-opened 100 years later.[3]
Foundation of 1947Edit
In 1947, Czech immigrant Charles Bacik, grandfather of Irish senator Ivana Bacik, established a glass works in the city. Skilled crystal workers were not available in Ireland so continental Europeans were used. Aided by fellow countryman and designer Miroslav Havel,[4] the company started operations in a depressed Ireland. By the early 1950s it had been taken over as a subsidiary of the Irish Glass Bottle company, owned by Joseph McGrath, Richard Duggan and Spencer Freeman of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake, heavy investors in Irish business at that time.[5]
In 1970 John Aynsley and Sons was taken over by Waterford and renamed Aynsley China Ltd.
1990s onwardEdit
Jasper Conran began designing his signature range of crystal for Waterford in 1999. The endeavour has evolved into four unique lines for Waterford and a complementary tableware collection in fine bone china for Wedgwood in 2001. The Chinese fashion designer John Rocha started designing a range of cut crystal stemware and vases in collaboration with glass designer Marcus Notley in 2001.[6]
Due to rising competition Waterford Wedgwood announced the closure of its factory in Dungarvan in May 2005, in order to consolidate all operations into the main factory in Kilbarry, Waterford City, where 1,000 people were employed by the company. The move resulted in nearly 500 Dungarvan workers losing their jobs.
Waterford Crystal Limited was, until March 2009, a subsidiary of Waterford Wedgwood plc, itself formed through the acquisition by the then Waterford Glass Group of the famous pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood in 1986. The last chairman was Tony O'Reilly, and the CEO John Foley. The leading shareholders of the holding company were former billionaire O'Reilly and his family, joined in the last decade by O'Reilly's brother-in-law, Greek shipping heir Peter Goulandris.
2009 receivershipEdit
Waterford Wedgwood was forced into receivership in early 2009 during the Great Recession. On 5 January 2009, news of the receivership of Waterford Wedgwood PLC was announced in Ireland and the UK.[7]
On 30 January 2009 it was announced that the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry was to shut down immediately, despite earlier promises to discuss any such move with the unions in advance. The Kilbarry operation featured a tourist centre offering guided tours of the factory, a gift shop, café, and gallery. Many of the employees performed an unofficial sit-in.[8] The sit-in made the BBC News,[9] hoping to prevail upon receiver Deloitte to retain those jobs.[10] On 4 February 2009, there were protests across the city at how the workers were being treated. On 27 February 2009, the receiver, David Carson of Deloitte, confirmed US equity firm KPS Capital were to purchase certain overseas assets and businesses of the Waterford Wedgwood Group.[11] The sit in ended in March 2009 after workers agreed to split a payment of €10m.[12] The fight by the workers to keep the factory open is chronicled in a PBS online documentary.[13]
Under the receivership managed by Deloitte, ownership of most of Waterford Wedgwood plc's assets was transferred to KPS Capital Partners in March 2009. Waterford Crystal, along with Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, and other brands, were transferred to the new company WWRD Holdings Ltd.[14] The sale did not include the factory or visitor centre in Kilbary, and the visitor centre shut its doors on 22 January 2010.[15] A new visitor and manufacturing facility opened in June 2010.[16]
Acquisition by FiskarsEdit
On 11 May 2015 in a deal that closed in July 2015,[1] the Fiskars Corporation, a Finnish maker of home products, agreed to buy 100% of the holdings of WWRD.[17] On 2 July 2015 the acquisition of WWRD by Fiskars Corporation was completed including brands Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and Rogaška. The acquisition was approved by the US antitrust authorities.[18]
Most Waterford crystal is now produced outside Ireland in countries such as Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany. Waterford produces many patterns of lead crystal stemware, including lines such as Adare, Alana, Colleen, Kincora, Lismore, Maeve, Tramore, and many others.
In 1966 Waterford's chandeliers were installed in Westminster Abbey for the 900th anniversary of the dedication of the abbey after Christoper Hildyard, a minor canon of the abbey for 45 years, convinced the Guinness family to pay for them.[19] Chandeliers hang in other notable buildings, such as Windsor Castle, and the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.[20] Waterford Crystal made the 2,688 crystals for the famous New Year's Eve Ball that is dropped each year in New York City's Times Square. The ball is an 11,875-pound (5,386 kg) geodesic orb, 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter and is lit by 32,256 Lumileds Luxeon Rebel LEDs.[21][22]
One of the most popular products in their collection is the "Apprentice Bowl". It requires 600 precision cuts, all done by hand. Cutters would set out to complete this bowl in their fifth and final year of apprenticeship. They were only permitted three attempts, where the cutter would then be graded and if they passed it would receive the Waterford Crystal watermark.[23]
Sporting trophies are also crafted by Waterford,[4] such as the Masters Series crystal shield trophies that are awarded to the winner of each of the nine men's professional tennis Masters Series tournaments, the AFCA National Championship Trophy that is awarded to the US college football team which finishes the season at the top of the Coaches Poll, and a representation of the Ashes urn that is presented to the winners of the Test cricket series between England and Australia. The trophy for the Masters snooker championship is also made by Waterford Crystal, as is the Scottish Open snooker championship trophy.
Also crafted by Waterford are the winning trophies for the French, Belgian and German Grand Prix in Formula One, a bat and ball trophy presented at the final game at Yankee Stadium to Derek Jeter and a glass tennis racket for Boris Becker.[4] They also design the trophies for the People's Choice Awards.[24]
Waterford Crystal Ball, designed for the New Year's celebrations at Times Square
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b "Fiskars Corporation has completed the acquisition of WWRD and extended its portfolio with iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands". Press Releases. Fiskars Corporation. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "The Penrose Collection", Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, retrieved 14 January 2014
- ^ Werdigier, Julia (5 January 2009). "Waterford, the Crystal Maker, Is in Receivership". New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ a b c O'Neill, Sean; Hamilton, Fiona (4 September 2008). "Miroslav Havel: chief designer of Waterford Crystal". The Times. London. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ Garavan, Thomas N.; O. Cinneide, Barra; Garavan, Mary (1996). Cases in Irish business strategy and policy. Cengage Learning EMEA. p. 347. ISBN 1-86076-014-7.
- ^ "Sentimental Journey", House and Home interiors magazine, p74, Dublin, July/August, 2001.
- ^ Arm candy (5 January 2009). "Waterford placed into receivership as no buyer found". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ "Staff protest over Waterford Crystal closure". RTÉ News. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Workers occupy crystal factory". BBC News. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (9 March 2009). "Workers and Tourists Keep Showing Up at a Closed Irish Factory". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Waterford Crystal bought by equity firm". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Edwards, Elaine (22 March 2009). "Waterford Crystal workers to end sit-in after deal accepted". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Wide Angle: Raise the Last Glass". PBS. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "WWRD Holdings Limited acquires the assets of Waterford, Wedgwood, and Royal Doulton". KPS Capital Partners. 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Waterford Crystal visitors' centre closes". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Waterford Crystal visitor centre opens". The Irish Times. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ Bray, Chad. "Fiskars Agrees to Buy Owner of Waterford and Wedgwood". New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Fiskars Corporation has completed the acquisition of WWRD and extended its portfolio with iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands". NASDQ Global News Wire. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Beeson, Trevor (2002). Priests And Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries. London: Continuum Books. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-8264-6337-1.
- ^ Morris, Shirley (April 2007). Interior Decoration – A Complete Course. Global Media. p. 105. ISBN 81-89940-65-1.
- ^ NBC News Times Square ball to get LED makeover (retrieved 31 December 2006)
- ^ "New Year's Eve: About the Ball". New Year's Eve. Times Square District Management Association. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Connolly, James. "Waterford Crystal Apprentice Bowl". waterfordcrystalcollection.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Mulligan, John (26 January 2010). "Waterford Crystal to create 80 jobs at flagship factory in city". Dublin: Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waterford Crystal.
- Waterford UK Official site
- Waterford Crystal Visitor Centre
- "Raise the Last Glass" PBS online documentary.


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You can find part one here
So today, I want to share with your our current choices and all time favourites when it comes to music for our children. THey are not only disc made especially for children.
Keep in mind that these are our current choices, choices that are evolving through time, as our children grow. This list will probably be completely different in a year, it would be fun to visit it then.
So without further ado:
Music for sleeping and relaxation:
X's choice for bedtime:
M's choice for bedtime:
Our current choice for E:
Other favorite choices:
Sleep baby (found on itunes)
Best nature sounds ( I cannot seem to find the exact one sorry)
Calm day music
The nutcracker: Can't find the exact album we own
I THINK it is this one
Music for children / folkloric music IN FRENCH
Music of the world
Discs to learn:
|also available in english
|And all the other ones in the series...
And they adore this remake of a Beatle song by Los Manolos!! Dancing guaranteed!
Los Manolos
Another absolute favourite is Iz's somewhere over a rainbow
The Beatles seems to be the flavor of the month. Will probably change eventually...
I'll add to this list as time go by, and when new favourites are found.


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Upcoming Performance!
October 10, 2012 Leave a comment
The 2012 Tri-State Black Band at the Wisconsin-Superior Annual Tri-State Honor Band Festival will be performing the band adaption of my piece Toward Sky's End with their clinician, composer and conductor Noah Taylor, at Thorpe Langley Auditorium at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on October 18, 2012 (More Info). I'm so thrilled that my music is making it out that far away from home (that's about 1,300 miles away from Austin)! I wish them a fantastic clinic and concert and hope they enjoy the piece! I hope to hear/see some recordings… Besides that, school's going well and I can't complain much. Allergies aren't great, but I'm eating and sleeping better than I have since I was a little kid (we're talking 9+ hours a night!) and I think that's helping to keep me pretty healthy. Normally this time of year I'm about to drop dead from congestion! Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned for more!


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