text:
50 pieces brand new blank Liberty Bags 8860 6.0 oz color canvas tote bags are 100% cotton canvas. Currently in stock and available for same day shipping. Hobbyists love the flexibility of the Liberty Bags color canvas totes. In this lot we have 5 different colors bags to choose from. 100% cotton canvas totes. 14 1/2" x 15 1/2" with 22" handles.
Additional Details
Style: 8860
Sizes: 14 1/2" x 15 1/2" with 22" Handles
Cotton: 100% Cotton Canvas
Weight: 6.0 oz
Colors: Natural, Royal, Red, Navy and Black
We have five (5) different colors to choose from. You can choose 50 of one color or mix the colors. These are brand new, no irregulars. These are a top choice for screen printing, transfers, crafting, tie dying, embroidery and fabric painting.
Check out our other warehouses BulkLotShirts.com and BulkShirtsWarehouse.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Which happened to me the other day. I bought one pack. That's it, just one pack of my favorite set, Allen & Ginter.
Rookie card of Yu Darvish. Cal Ripken Jr and Adrian Gonzalez are SP cards. The other two cards are Joakim Soria and Giancarlo Stanton.
Dee Gordon autographed card. I love the blue ink.
There are two other Dodgers in this autograph set, Clayton Kershaw and Nathan Eovaldi. (ex-Dodger now) It's my mission to track those two.


text:
ALEXANDRIA, VA — On Wednesday, America's beer distributors will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Michigan's first-in-the-nation vote to ratify the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution. Michigan was the first state to ratify the 21stAmendment on April 10, 1933.
On December 5, 1933, Prohibition ended in the United States when 36 states (a three-fourths majority) ratified the 21stAmendment to the United States Constitution, thereby repealing the 18th Amendment which began Prohibition in 1920. For 80 years, the United States and its citizens have benefited from a state-based system of alcohol regulation, put in place following ratification of the 21st Amendment, which gives each state the primary authority to enact and enforce alcohol laws consistent with the desires and needs of its citizens.
"The American system of state-based alcohol regulation balances robust competition with local social norms and community desires, allowing consumers of legal drinking age to have access to nearly 13,000 labels of beer — from small regional craft brews, large multinational labels and imports from around the world — all delivered through a safe, transparent and accountable system," said National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) President & CEO Craig Purser. "America's modern system of alcohol distribution works to protect the public and provide consumers with unparalleled choice and value."
"While the federal, one-size-fits-all 'solution' of Prohibition proved to create more problems than it solved — like the growth in organized crime and underground black market for alcohol depicted in the Boardwalk Empire television series on HBO and Ken Burns' PBS documentary Prohibition — the 21st Amendment recognized that alcohol is a unique product that is best controlled by individual states, and it provided a solution that continues to be effective today," Purser continued. "America's 3,300 independent, licensed beer distributors — and the 130,000 men and women working in the industry — are proud to partner with states as part of this effective system."
The National Beer Wholesalers Association represents the interests of America's 3,300 licensed, independent beer distributor operations in every state, congressional district and media market across the country. Beer distributors are committed to ensuring alcohol is provided safely and responsibly to consumers of legal drinking age through the three-tier, state-based system of alcohol regulation and distribution. To learn more about America's beer distributors, visit www.


text:
We already had our first preview from QuakeCon today, but are you really satisfied with just one? I bet you're not!
So here we are with some more juicy previews. Be warned they may contain spoilers!
1up :
"Once outside of the gates, the entire world was mine to explore. But the clock was ticking, and I didn't have much time left in the demo. I did, however, start to harvest some of the nearby plants. I'm told that harvesting certain plants will yield items that can be used to create medicinal items and chems, or even special types of ammo because you have the ability to play with the gunpowder in your weapons; although I never had a chance to craft anything during my play session."
Gamespot :
"Just like in Fallout 3, you can seemingly resort to violence just about whenever you want, though in many cases, this can have deadly repercussions--using words instead of bullets can get you what you want without a lot of pain, especially if you have sufficient ability scores or skill points."
Joystiq :
"I also got to hear a little bit about Caravan, the gambling pastime that Obsidian built specifically for New Vegas (the game will also have more traditional games like blackjack and roulette). It involves betting on cards that you can collect throughout the storyline -- I would know more, but at the time, I hadn't yet picked up enough bottle caps to play."
"Gameplay wise, New Vegas is like slipping on your favorite pair of Post-Nuclear slippers. It plays like Fallout 3, right down to the V.A.T.S system that I relied on way too much. But it feels smoother. The color pallette and scenery, however, is subtely different from Fallout 3's as well. It's obvious a lot of time and effort went into the look of the game, so it feels familliar, but different enough to not seem like an add-on or some DLC. The Western states haven't been as obliterated as DC in Fallout 3. They largely avoided full nuclear strikes, so there's less rubble and more people, but that brings the problems that come with society -- specifically, lots of different factions."
"The major differences between New Vegas and Fallout 3 are the different factions at work, your reputation relative to them, and the fact that more of the local infrastructure is operable than in the Capital Wasteland."
"The item-repair system has changed. Now, from the start, players can combine like weapons and repair them to 100% functionality. If you raise your repair skills in this game you are raising your ability to make better forms of ammo and to slow the degradation of your guns. There are also now potions and poisons that you can make, just as there were weapons to forge in the last game. Weapons are made at workbenches located in the game world; potions and poisions are brewed at campfires."
There are also some juicy new screens embedded in the previews, showing a couple of new locations and some new items.
UPDATE : Josh Sawyer clarifies on the changes to Repair:
"Repair still affects the efficiency of the repairs you do. Sure, you can mash ten decent 9mm pistols together into a perfect one but you're wasting a lot of resources by doing so. Repair kits are still pretty valuable if you don't have a matching weapon around to do repairs. I found a crummy Cowboy Repeater early on in my most recent playthrough. With a good Repair skill and two repair kits, it was in good condition despite not having any other Cowboy Repeaters on hand."
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


text:
Does somebody know a synchronization system with file version control?
I have about 3-5 GB of data which I want to synchronize with another storage (directory). Both directory should store the last versions of files. So if any changes occur in one directory, they must be reflected into another one and vice verse. Also all changes ( not matter how large they were: remove of 1GB file or a simple text line addition) should be stored. Of course, rollback should be available.
To make a certain notion of what I am talking about here it is some examples.
Dropbox - system make a synchronization of local storage and remote. It has a backup and version control feature. Very good system I like it, I use it, but it only works for local directory and for remote Dropbox storage. However I need to use it for local data and more flexible job configuration.
VSC (mercurial, git, svn, ....) - synchronization of repositories of text files. Very comprehensive systems, I use them for my documents, there were no occurrences when I could not find something in their capabilities ever. But how I have said it is only for text files.


text:
On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition
For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and CEO leadership. This collection captures Porter's unique ability to bridge theory and practice. Each of the articles has not only shaped thinking, but also redefined the work of practitioners in its respective field. In an insightful new introduction, Porter relates each article to the whole of his thinking about competition and value creation, and traces how that thinking has deepened over time. This collection is organized by topic, allowing the reader easy access to the wide range of Porter's work.


text:
1348642016 - Vans Triple Crown of Surfing hydrated by vitaminwater
Related Links
Shortly after announcing the addition of Taylor Knox to its footwear roster, Reef is proud to now welcome surfing legend, Shane Dorian, to the team. Shane will represent Reef Footwear, and specifically Reef's Supreme Collection of premium leather sandals, as he continues to chase and conquer big waves around the world.
Shane Dorian competed on the World Championship Tour for over a decade, spending most of his time around top-ten status with the latter part of 2000 in World Title contention. Shane has also appeared in countless iconic surf films spanning his twenty-five year long career. After leaving the competitive tour in 2004, Shane discovered his true passion for big wave surfing and never looked back. Dedicating his time, training and travels to surfing some of the largest waves around the world, the efforts are paying off, yielding Shane two Billabong XXL Awards and the status of a bona fide big wave surfing legend.
Reef Men's Sr. Marketing Manager, Heath Walker comments, "Shane Dorian, a true figure of endurance, performance and skill, is the perfect fit for Reef and the Supreme Collection. He marries classic styling with an extremely progressive edge in his approach to all facets of surfing."
The Reef Supreme Collection marks the brands twenty-seven year history of creating high quality, active lifestyle sandals. The collection boasts Reef's highest grade of premium leather and is supported by a sophisticated triple density comfort system.
Shane Dorian adds, "I am very excited to be joining the team at Reef Footwear. From going on trips with some of my favorite surfers and fellow team members Rob Machado, Mick Fanning and Tonino Benson, to providing input on design concepts, I think it is a very natural fit."
Stay tuned for more updates from Shane's epic adventures around the globe.


text:
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta educators accused of crimes in connection with the school system's cheating scandal earned bonuses that totaled as little as $750 and averaged $2,600.
Records show that the exception was Superintendent Beverly Hall, whose bonus pay reached about $365,000 since 2005, when prosecutors say criminal activity began.
The amount of bonus pay given to the educators was revealed this week by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/10sFmF4), which obtained the data from Atlanta Public Schools through the Georgia Open Records Act.
Arraignments for the 35 Atlanta Public Schools officials who were indicted in a racketeering conspiracy are set for Friday. Former educators are also charged with making false statements and writings, influencing witnesses and theft by taking.


text:
+myConnections: Engage your community - connect to news, events and information you care about. View more information...
View your community's facilities and features online with the new Facilities Module.
Personalize your online experience to stay up-to-date on news, events and other information.
n September 25, 2014, President Obama issued a major disaster declaration for the State of Michigan, triggering the release of Federal funds. This Declaration will help the people and communities of Wayne County recover from the severe storms and flooding that resulted from the weather event that began on August 11, 2014.
Residents who did not participate in the Preliminary Damage Assessment phase with Wayne County, are still eligible to register.
Additional information is posted on the City's website at:http://www.ci.plymouth.mi.us/


text:
Product 17/48
A crocheted succulent never needs watering, never dies, and is always in peak condition. With these collections, you can make 8 different realistic succulents in individual pots, or a beautiful succulent garden arranged in one large crocheted pot. It's the perfect thing to brighten up your window, or to give as an unusual and thoughtful gift.
Succulent Collections 1 and 2 are original crochet patterns by June Gilbank.
Both also include full patterns and assembly instructions for both the individual-sized pot pattern and the larger succulent garden pot pattern:
Succulent Collection 1 includes patterns for 4 different succulents:
Succulent Collection 2 includes patterns for 4 different succulents:
Both also include full patterns and assembly instructions for both the individual-sized pot pattern and the larger succulent garden pot pattern:
Details: each pattern is 15-17 pages long and includes over 30 step-by-step photographs and explanations so you can crochet perfect succulents of your own.
Yarn: worsted weight yarn in at least one shade of green (succulents), red (contrast colour), brown (soil), and any colour you like for the pot.
Hook: US E / 3.5mm
Individual succulents are approx 3" wide by 3.5-4.5" tall (including pot)
Succulent garden is approx 5.5" wide by 4.5" tall (including pot)
Succulent Collection 1:
Succulent Collection 2:
All reviews are entered into a monthly draw to win a pattern of your choice! More information and past winners
Looking for more info about this product? See my blog post about it!


text:
Haha im patiently waiting for UPS to deliver my BB!
Looking forward to seeing some pics of your BB when you get it korn
Today i took my merv on a run, and suddenly the steering stopped working, first i thought that my servo gave up but then i noticed a small rock that was stuck between the servo arm and the chassis. Phew and the servo is fine :P
But then i was doing some "speedruns" in the gravel, lost control and drove my merv straight into a big rock and snapped a pivotball (end is still in my A-arm) and bent my cvd. Boooh :'(
Good thing its only $8 to replace the CVD if its a traxxas one!
@Frozn Must have been a outrageous hard hit when you broke a CVD
@korn indeed we like to see BB shots
keep us posted m8
I will post pictures asap!
You guys are bad for MERV owners, i just placed an order for the following:
BB Parts
Mamba motor
Mamba ESC
5 Li Po's
Slipstream Body - Thanks to frozen
Proline wheels
Carbon Tail - Made locally in SA yayyyy
And getting dye to dye the chassis black
getting a big block and some lipos doesn't make you a better merv owner than anyone lol, that's a joke, I didn't know you could be a bad merv owner.. There's a ton of people on here with sick set ups, and I'm not talking about myself, I don't even own a merv.. take a look around at some peoples builds, you might learn something
aside form that I just wanted to share that the rest of my parts should be in this thursday can't wait to tear it apart, clean and rebuild again
and today so far I just made a new quick fix cover for my slash a minute ago
Last edited by GULLY; 03-19-2012 at 09:32 AM.
6.25% /
Gully, you must have missed that news. You are only good if you have a BB, lipos, and a MERV. You dont have any bro!!!!! Hahahah JK JK. What parts are you waiting for?
I must be a crap owner then .. lol, just trying to stick up for you merv owners out there
if anyone's bad it's me for having a couple homemade parts on the slash
I'm hoping these will be in thursday..
*GHH05112 rear shock tower silver $10
*TRA7246 purple shocks x2 $10
*TRA7030x front bulkhead $6
*INTC23141Silver heatsink/fan $15
*TRA5124 x4 rocker bearings $16
*losa99038 servo horn $10
*INTT3528SILVER wheels/tires $45
*INTT3400 rollcage $30
*INTT3460SILVER piggy back shocks $35
6.25% /
No you just do what you gotta do to keep your mash running!!
You guys are bad for having a slash! ... and I'm not joking!
(...yes I am)
I still think the slash is faster though (if they were to race stock gearing or equal upgrades of course) because the merv wants to wheelie too much and 4 wheels are better than 2
6.25% /
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
Uh oh, look what I started
However let me add to my "what have you done today" bit.. after making the screw BLAMO I did this:
Gully, the ONLY reason the Merv IS faster is because of the tire diameter, if you put the merv tires on your slash, they would be maybe .001mph speed difference (faster slash as it's slightly lighter because of the smaller arms and linkages etc..)
To compensate for the MERV's larger tires, you would have to gear a Slash very aggressively.
So, while we are racing... and you are catching on fire, I will just past you. lol
My wife is running into the same issue... she wants her Boss to keep up with my MERV.
Even with her 28/45 gearing vs my 23/50... the tire size difference keeps me ahead of her.
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
She is actually turning out to be a decent driver... I think she could win a few races.
If there were any around us, anyway. lol
If she can handle the MERV on 28/45 with 3.75 tall Dirt Hawgs...
I think she can handle a low-slug Boss.
Even so, I will be getting the 4370Kv motor and she will get the stock 4000kv. lol
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
dont spoil her to much
I knew that "slash is faster" bit, would get everyone on the offensive
What if they were completely stock and both had their stock gearing, and let's just say they both had 2s batteries in them and were just doing a quick drag race?
do you think they would tie, or which would win?
personally I think the slash is going to take off as soon as the race starts
1. because they are both geared from stock to go the same speed
2. because the merv will probably be stuck in a wheely as soon as the race starts
lol let me know what you guys think..
What I'm about to do to my slash is get a soldering iron/solder wire and fix the ESC connection properly this time
can't we change the name of this thread to what did you do to your mini today or something like that
Last edited by GULLY; 03-19-2012 at 03:27 PM.
6.25% /
I got my BB today! So i started putting it together and started planning it out. I still need a soldering iron and a dremmel before i can mount the ESC. Im going to shorten up the wires on the ESC. Also im thinking about mounting the on/off switch to the inside of the servo.
And here she is all boxed up ready to move back home!
Gully.... doesn't the slash wheelie? I only wheelie when I want to, so very rarely on accident. You can't just "MASH" the gas... bwahahha, you have to merv it!? You have to lean in on it. So perhaps the slash could take off if it's incapable of pulling a wheelie, but that would only mean it's just spinning the tires, so I dunno.
This could be interesting! Lets hope someone pits them together side by side! Again with the merv having bigger tires, it is much much faster in the top speed segment.
Awesome Korn! Was just going to post asking for the pictures! Hahah, couldn't have timed it better.
That switch is kind of a pain if you don't mount it on the other servo spot. Look around a few folks have mounted it into the spare servo cover, and it looks great!
I have a switch that's in a case, so it makes mounting it easier, but right now I just have it hanging loose, I haven't bothered mounting it yet. I'm thinking of getting one of those push-button toggle switches, so I can just.... reach in with the body on making on/off's super simple.
The wire for the on/off switch is soo short i dont know how they mounted it to the spare servo plug. Unless the put the steering servo on the opposite side?
No no, they cut a hole in the spare slot cover, and mounted it there. Pretty sure they just extended the switch wire
well it's really hard for the slash to pull a wheelie, and you need series or lipo to do er I think.. so yeah I'm just saying it will get the one up right from the start becaus eit can peel out even if you hammer the throttle ... gotta go! be back to check later what you guys think..
someone with some extra cash should just go buy them both brand new and race them
6.25% /
Gully, what if we bump it up a notch and say they both had a center diff?
The vent hole in the shell is a good idea for any setup. Where did you buy the shock socks?
Badhorsie.com. $8 shipped for a set. They take some work to get them to fit well tho. I made a how to if you wanna check it out.
I think this is the longest, most viewed, non-stickied thread I've ever seen. I love reading it. Keep posting pics, too. I love learning about what yall are doing to your MERVs... with the exception of GULLY. Haha JK
it probably won't get stickied because this is the 1/16 e-revo AND SLASH thread not the merv thread
some one makes a new one and builds it up it could get stickied.. I wanted to at first but it's kind of a rip off now lol
6.25% /
Looked for new nimh batts
Oh ya... today I paid off all my debt and I have a few spare dollars to spend on R/C stuff. I'm not too sure what I'm gonna get. Maybe some new bearings, there is so much I need... I think I'll buy from RCPlanet. They are pretty good about pricing and shipping for small boxes.
Yeah this hobby is awesome! Totally awesome if you have a MERV too! >)
Today I spent WAY too much time on this forum and WAY too much time thinking about my car.
Admins can change the topic title though to "merv/mash" in respect to Gully hah!
I just finished packing my merv for its move. I might not be on here much till next week when i get home. So it'll be relaxing here without me blowing up the forum! Lol at least when i get home ill have all the tools ill need to install my sv2?
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk
"Who's this random ^ ?
getting a big block and some lipos doesn't make you a better merv owner than anyone lol, that's a joke, I didn't know you could be a bad merv owner.. There's a ton of people on here with sick set ups, and I'm not talking about myself, I don't even own a merv.. take a look around at some peoples builds, you might learn something"
Gully what i meant was you guys are bad in the sense that i didnt wanna do anything to my MERV till i saw this thread, all the nice upgrades you guys do, all the nice setups, so bad for my wallet, at no point did i say anyone was a bad owner etc.
Perhaps learn a few things before doing the whole keyboard ninja dance.
Last edited by GULLY; 03-20-2012 at 01:39 AM.
6.25% /


text:
Instagram is a popular photo sharing application/service found on other smartphone platforms. For the most part, Windows Phone users have been eager to see Instagram app made available in the Windows Phone Store. But a change in Instagram's Terms of Service may change the level of excitement an Instagram Windows Phone app may have.
Effective January 16, 2013 Instagram will claim worldwide license to any content posted to the service. That means Instagram could use your photos for advertisement or sell them to third parties without any compensation headed your way.
The bone of contention that many Instagram users are having issue with reads,
"Instagram does NOT claim ANY ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post on or through the Instagram Services. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the Instagram Services, you hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and translate such Content, including without limitation distributing part or all of the Site in any media formats through any media channels, except Content not shared publicly ("private") will not be distributed outside the Instagram Services."
You still "own" your photos but by using Instagram and accepting the Terms of Service, they can use or sell these images as they see fit. Luckily, content marked as private can't be distributed outside Instagram. They can probably use the content for internal advertisement but can't sell the images to third parties.
It's not uncommon for photo hosting sites to have limited rights to use content posted for advertising or promotional purposes. But having the right to sell your images?
It's no surprise the new Terms of Service aren't being well received by current Instagram users. But does it make Windows Phone users re-think the need for a Windows Phone Instagram app? You can find all the details on all the changes to Instagram's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service here. Oddly, the change in content license is not highlighted in the announcement.
Source: Cnet
Update: It appears Instagram has taken users concerns into consideration and are working on a revised Terms of Service and Privacy Policy update. According to Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram,
"I'm writing this today to let you know we're listening and to commit to you that we will be doing more to answer your questions, fix any mistakes, and eliminate the confusion. As we review your feedback and stories in the press, we're going to modify specific parts of the terms to make it more clear what will happen with your photos."
Systrom made it clear in this blog post that it is not Instagram's intention to sell users photos and still affirms that Instagram does not claim ownership rights of users content. It will be interesting to see how the new language clarifies how Instagram defines the licensing rights they claim on content.
NVIDIA's $399 RTX 3060 Ti is here, and it demolishes the RTX 2080 SUPER
NVIDIA has unveiled the latest product in the RTX 30 series, the RTX 3060 Ti. The GPU will go on sale starting December 2 for just $399, and it is faster than the $699 RTX 2080 SUPER.
Dragon Quest XI Xbox review: Old school JRPG fun fun for a new generation
The legendary Dragon Quest series has finally made its Xbox debut. Can it win the hearts of an entirely new generation of gamers? Let's find out.
Should Halo Infinite get its rumored battle royale mode?
Recently, a rumor that Halo Infinite will have a battle royale mode surfaced. Would this be a good move for Microsoft and 343 Industries to make? Here's what we think.
We pit the HP ENVY x360 15 against the Lenovo Yoga C740 15
Both the Lenovo Yoga C740 and the HP ENVY x360 15 are great convertible devices, but which one should you actually buy? Here are our thoughts.


text:
Rise: Fee-Free Bank Account that Automatically Builds Your Credit Score close
Save your search Overview | 1 keyword | 0 wordlists | 203 entries | Generate Names | add New Private Project | add New Contest
The fin-tech startup is called Rise. At launch, we are targeting various demographics, including students, lower income individuals, and higher income individuals—so we are across the board with our target market. We will also be partnering with universities and financial literacy programs. Here are our 4 prime features: 1: automatically establish, build and optimize your credit score without taking on risky forms of debt. 2: We intelligently analyze your activity and balances to find the best actions to save you money 3: You shouldn't take on risky debt to earn cash back on spending. Rise Card acts like a debit card while offering the rewards of a credit card. 4: You shouldn't have to pay fees to use your money. Rise doesn't charge fees, allowing for a risk-free, learning experience We currently own, bankrise.com and risealways.com; however, I'm not a big fan of either of them. I'd want the name to suggest financial growth—centered around the brand's name and preferably beginning with "rise". This domain will likely be a temporary until we have the additional funding for a more premium domain. In a perfect world, we'd own rise.com... I'm excited to see your suggestions and thank you in advance
Sign up free to save your projects, keywords, wordlists and favorite names.
Hold a Contest to get names from our community
Keywords saved
All words: Combine | Append | Tweak | Blend
Keyword suggestions by Contest Holder
My Wordlists for this Contest max 30 Reset
Product or Service Type
Food & Drink
203 entries
Click in domain search to save names to this Contest.
Unlock this feature
Create a free account
Hold a Name Contest
Our contributors review your project brief and submit more than 150 available domain name ideas. You provide feedback, select your favorites and choose a winner.
Get free Pro when you hold a contest


text:
Lic# 00972592
Request Showing
Thank you for your interest in this property! If you would like to request a showing, or if you have any questions about this property, please use the form below to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you!
Media and Website Produced by f8 Real Estate Media
© 2016-2020 f8 Real Estate Media, All Rights Reserved


text:
Luxury Acrylic Mirror Soft Case For iPhone
$4.00 – $8.05-40%
Luxury Acrylic Mirror Soft Case For iPhone
|Brand Name
TPU makeup mirror Acrylic case
|Compatible Brand
Apple iPhones
|Compatible iPhone Model
iphone xs
|Compatible model 1
For iPhone 6 6s
|Compatible model 2
For iPhone 6 6s Plus
|Compatible model 3
For iPhone 7
|Compatible model 4
For iPhone 7 Plus
|Compatible model 5
For iPhone 8
|Compatible model 6
For iPhone 8 Plus
|Compatible model 7
For iPhone X
|Compatible model 8
For iPhone XS
|Compatible model 9
For iPhone XR
|Compatible model 10
For iPhone XS MAX
|Compatible model 11
For iPhone 11
|Compatible model 12
For iPhone 11 Pro
|Compatible model 13
For iPhone 11 Pro MAX
To get the best price we ship majority of our item directly from manufacturer in China. For some product we may shipped from USA warehouse. We do our best to shipped your order as fast as we can, however once we shipped the item we do not have control over the shipping/delivery company and also the customs and therefore we are not able to be responsible for delays that may occur. Tracking information may not be in real time, and will be made available to you as soon as it is made available to us.
Approximate shipping times (does not include weekends/public holidays):
a) USA ~ 15 to 35 business days (tracking system available)
b) Rest of the world ~ 25 to 60 business days (tracking system available varies)
Delayed delivery – in very rare instances, packages may take longer than the stated expected time frame. Unfortunately, we are unable to control shipping times and any unexpected delays that may occur en-route and we seek your understanding and patience should this occur. In such cases, we will ship out a new package if there is no tracking updates for more than 30-60 business days.
This may especially be true during the busier holiday seasons at the year's end (November to December months), during promotions or other instances.
Please note that processing time (4-7 business days) is different from shipping time and should be added to the total delivery time. Orders generally take 4-7 business days to be fully processed (checked, packed, forwarded to logistics and sent forth to the post office).
After your order has been processed, your package will then be picked up by our shipping company for dispatch. An email with your online tracking information will be available on our website.
Processing Time – in very rare instances, may take longer than the stated expected time frame. During busy time like holidays, promotions or other instances processing time might take longer. We do our best to deliver as fast as possible and seek your understanding and patience during such events.
Once an order is placed, you will be given a 24 hours for instant order cancellation. Please do drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as possible if you'd like to cancel an order that you have just made. After 24 hours any cancelation order must follow our return & exchange policy.
We are not responsible for any packages returned to us as refused, unclaimed, deliverable, or because of incorrect or insufficient address.
If you notice an incorrect or insufficient address when receiving the confirmation email, email us back as soon as possible at email@example.com as a reply to your order confirmation email with the updated details.
Once we process the order we are not able to change the address and we are not to be held responsible for incorrect or insufficient address.
Customs fees are the responsibility of the customer. Please check with your local customs agency regarding fees. Also, kindly note that in rare occasions, customs agents may delay delivery of some packages.
In some instances, an order may be split into different packages for any of the following reasons:
– Certain items may be on back order
– Weight restrictions for regular shipping imposed by the post office
– Different designers/warehouse location (we work from multiple warehouses to bring you the best selections at affordable prices)


text:
The Dr. Leonard J. Gordon Park at Jersey City Heights is best known for the sculptures of Buffalo and Bears (c. 1907) that one sees when passing on Kennedy Boulevard as well as for its nickname "mosquito park" after the pesky New Jersey insect.
Its development took place at the time of the "City Beautiful" movement in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The movement's purpose was to revitalize industrialized communities with public spaces for recreational purposes. The Jersey City Charter Company owned the undeveloped hillside woodland site with stone boulders and sold it to Jersey City for $46,000 on September 19, 1907.
The 5.7 acre park was designed by the landscape architect John T. Withers who left much of the rocky terrain as he found it. Appointed by Mayor H. Otto Wittpenn as the municipal landscaper, Withers was also responsible for the Mary Benson Park on Newark Avenue and the Bayside Park in the Greenville section of Jersey City. According to local historian J. Owen Grundy, "Withers had made quite a reputation in Jersey City at the turn of the century by giving illustrated lectures before various organizations showing how attractive a city could be if the citizens and public officials cared" (Grundy).
The larger-than-life stone statues of the "buffalo and the bears" were the work of sculptor Solon Hannibal Borglum (1868-1922). As an artist he was influence by the many years he spent on the Western plains of Utah and later Nebraska, where his father owned a ranch. It allowed him to foster an appreciation for the peoples and animals of the land. He visited the Sioux, who revere the buffalo, at their South Dakota reservation; it resulted in his work Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance (1899).
Art commentator Meredith Bzdak remarks that "Borglum's Buffalo and Bears are unusual works for their time. The animals are depicted in a naturalistic fashion, lying directly on the grass and therefore completely within the space of the viewer; they are unencumbered by a base or pedestal. These works . . . typify his spontaneous style. Forgoing strict anatomical illustration, Borglum preferred to simply suggest an animal's form and to infuse the work with a sense of movement" (Bzdak 57). Among his other works are Lassoing Wild Horses (1898) and On the Border of the White Man's Land (1899); they represent his theme of frontier life recurrent in his work. Borglum's brother, Gutzon, is the noted sculptor of Mount Rushmore and the statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Essex County Court House in Newark.
An iron fence that is anchored in concrete piers surrounds the urban park. In the center is a circular gazebo or bandstand. On November 9, 1930, the Hudson City Soldiers and Sailors Welfare League, Inc. placed a World War I memorial statue Dough Boy in the park. There is also an American eagle atop a granite shaft that was placed there by the Raymond Sipnick Post of the Jewish War Veterans.
According to Grundy the naming of the new park came from the opinion of William H. Richardson. He was a member of the city's Board of Shade Tree Commission and "believed that all city parks should be named to honor distinguished citizens" (Grundy). Two years prior to the founding of the park, Dr. Leonard J. Gordon (1844-1905) had died, and city leaders agreed that his legacy to the city merited the park naming. Mayor Mark M. Fagan said at a memorial for Dr. Gordon, "No better man or more useful citizen ever lived in this city" (Quoted in Grundy).
A New York native, Dr. Gordon served in the Union army during the Civil War. After moving to Jersey City, he obtained his medical degree from Bellevue Medical Center in 1875 and completed his internship at the Jersey City Charity Hospital that predated the Jersey City Medical Center. After practicing medicine for two years, he was appointed chemist for the Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Dr. Gordon's contributions to his adopted city were the placement of the sculpture Soldiers and Sailors Memorial by Philip Martiny in front of City Hall and the advancement of the Jersey City Free Public Library. He championed the founding of a public library for the city, coming up against the vote of a municipal referendum. When the approval and appropriations for the library were finally granted, Dr. Gordon became the president of its board of trustees and then the library's director. In his honor, a memorial window and a bust of Dr. Gordon at the entrance of the main library on Jersey Avenue were donated by local residents in February 1907.
Dr. Gordon's brick, Queen Anne-style home by the architect William Milne Grisnell, built in 1888, was at 485 Jersey Avenue, not far from the library at 472 Jersey Avenue.
Bzdak, Meredith A. Public Sculpture in New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
"Dr. Leonard J. Gordon." New York Times 18 January 1905.
Grundy, J. Owen. "Gordon Park: Doctor's Tribute." Jersey Journal 8 May 1970.


text:
About the ProductThe Athena table creates a perfect union with the chairs of the same series. The table top repeats the ornamental motif of the interwoven sheet metal typical of the armchairs of the family and is conceived to guarantee a perfect service of functionality and practicality for the hours of relaxation outdoors. It is equipped with a central hole for a umbrella and has adjustable feet for a stable and safe position on every kind of ground. Ideal for receiving relatives and friends and enjoying moments of conviviality under the umbrella, without overlooking style and elegance.
The BrandMore about this Brand
EMU - Elettro Meccanica Umbra - was started in Italy in 1951 to produce military equipment; specifically radios. The founders of EMU, brothers Aldo and Angelo Biscarini, and Dante Menconi, stumbled on a process to plasticise the metal components of the radios to protect them from the weather.
Environmental Performance


text:
Deciphering the Nutrition Facts Label: Do You Know What You're Eating?
by Karen Schroeder Kassel, MS, RD, MEd
How much calcium is in macaroni and cheese? Which brand of macaroni and cheese has the least fat? The best way to find out this information and more is to read the food label. All food packages bear the Nutrition Facts label, which is full of useful information to help you eat more healthfully.
Let's look at a sample label for macaroni and cheese to find out what is inside. Keep in mind the differences between packaged and prepared values. Prepared values include milk and butter (or margarine) that is needed for cooking this particular food. Prepared values are based on specific measurements provided in the instructions.
Serving Size
The serving size tells you the amount of food that the nutrient information given on the label is based on. Pay attention to the serving size, including how many servings are in a package, and compare it to how much you actually eat. In the sample label above, one serving of macaroni and cheese equals 1/3 of the box. If you ate the entire package, you would consume nearly 3 times the amount of the nutrients listed on the label.
Calories and Calories From Fat
Calories are a measure of how much energy you get from food. Calories come from three sources: fat, protein, and carbohydrate. The label tells you how many of the calories in one serving come from fat.
Important Nutrients
The top half of the nutrition label lists nutrients that can strongly affect your health. They can be divided into 2 groups: those to limit and those to get enough of.
Nutrients to Limit
These are the nutrients that can have adverse effects on your health if they are eaten in excess. For example, too much fat, too much cholesterol, or too much sodium may increase your risk of certain chronic diseases including heart disease, some forms of cancer, and high blood pressure. Saturated fat and trans fat is of particular concern. Unsaturated fats, which are not required to be listed on a label, are a healthier type of fat. Most of the fat you eat should be the unsaturated type (both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated).
Another kind of fat on the label is trans fats. Most trans fats come from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils as found in shortening and some margarines, which are commonly used in baked goods. Trans fats, along with saturated fats and cholesterol increase the "bad" lipids in your blood, putting you at higher risk for heart disease.
Eating too many calories in general can lead to overweight and obesity. Being overweight is a risk factor for many health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis. Therefore, it is essential to also note the total calories listed on the label.
Nutrients to Get Enough of
These are a few of the nutrients that are beneficial to our health, and many Americans may not get enough. These include vitamins A and C, the minerals calcium and iron, and fiber. Calcium can help decrease the risk of osteoporosis, while vitamin C acts as an antioxidant. Fiber, which helps to maintain regularity, is also believed to help decrease the risk of certain chronic diseases.
Total Carbohydrate
Here, you can find the total grams of carbohydrate in the product. One gram of carbohydrate provides 4 calories. Total carbohydrate includes dietary fiber and sugars, which are both listed on the label, as well as other forms of carbohydrate.
The Percent Daily Value (%DV)
The percent daily values are listed in the right-hand column of the Nutrition Facts label. These percentages tell you whether the nutrients in a serving of food contribute a lot or a little to your total daily nutrient intake— 5% or less is "a little" and 20% or more is "a lot."
What Is My Daily Value?
The percent daily values are based on recommendations for a 2,000 calorie diet and are outlined in a table below the Nutrition Facts label. The information in this table is exactly the same on all food products. (Small food products may not have this table if there is not enough room to display it). These values are based on expert dietary advice for the amount of certain nutrients you should consume over the course of the day.
The label is designed to guide you on what your daily intake of certain nutrients should be. This can help you track your intake based on what is accepted as expert advice. For example, you want to eat less than 65 grams of total fat per day if you have a 2,000 calorie goal. Note that you need to keep saturated fats at a minimum, while focusing on healthier fats. Other substances that are harmful in excess, such as cholesterol and sodium, are the same for both 2,000 and 2,500 calories.
The daily values provide a good starting point to refer to. For example, just knowing that one serving of macaroni and cheese contains 3 grams of fat is not very helpful. But to know that this 3 grams accounts for 5% of the total amount you should have in a day is a more useful way of interpreting it.
Comparing Percent Daily Values
The percent daily value makes it easy for you to compare the nutrient contents of different brands of similar foods. But first check the serving size to see that it is the same; serving sizes are generally consistent for similar types of food. This can help you choose the product with the lower percentage of fat or the greater percentage of calcium, for example.
Sugars and Protein
There are no daily values for simple sugars and proteins.
There is no DV for simple sugar because there is no specific recommendation for the amount of sugar we should eat each day. The amount of sugar listed here includes both natural sugars (such as those that occur in fruits and dairy products), as well as sugars added during processing. To determine which type of sugars a food product contains, check the ingredient list.
Usually, there is no DV given for protein. This is because protein intake is not a major health concern for adults and children over the age of four. However, if a food package makes a specific claim about its protein intake, such as "high in protein," the %DV must then be included. The average American eats plenty of protein in his or her daily diet. Each gram of protein provides four calories.
The DV for calcium is 1,000 (milligrams) mg per day. To determine the exact amount of calcium in a product, you will need to do a little math—just multiply the %DV by 10. If a container of yogurt contains 30% DV; multiply this by 10, which will give you the value of 300 mg.
The DV is 1,000 mg, which is the recommendation for people ages 19-50. However, adolescents (ages 9-18) need 1,300 mg per day, and people age 51 and older need 1,200 mg each day. For these groups, strive for 130% and 120% of the daily value, respectively.
Choose My Plate—Department of Agriculture
Eat Right—Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Dietitians of Canada
Health Canada
Calcium. Office of Dietary Supplements website. Available at: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional. Updated June 8, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2016.
How to understand and use the nutrition facts label. Food and Drug Administration website. Available at:
...(Click grey area to select URL)
Updated May 25, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2016.
Hypertension. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
...(Click grey area to select URL)
Updated May 19, 2016. Accessed June 8, 2016.
Nutrition facts label. Department of Agriculture Choose My Plate website. Available at:
...(Click grey area to select URL)
Accessed June 8, 2016.
Kraft dinners—macaroni and cheese dinner—original flavor. Kraft Mac and Cheese website. Available at:
...(Click grey area to select URL)
Accessed June 8, 2016.
Last reviewed June 2016 by Michael Woods, MD
Last Updated: 6/8/2016
EBSCO Information Services is fully accredited by URAC. URAC is an independent, nonprofit health care accrediting organization dedicated to promoting health care quality through accreditation, certification and commendation.
This content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.
To send comments or feedback to our Editorial Team regarding the content please email us at email@example.com. Our Health Library Support team will respond to your email request within 2 business days.
All rights reserved.
Home |Terms and Conditions |Concerned About Privacy? |Accessibility |Careers |For Employers and Medical Plan Providers
Copyright © 2011 Caremark, L.L.C.
You may also be looking for: CVS/pharmacy | MinuteClinic | Specialty Pharmacy | SilverScript | Accordant


text:
IA CP43 Prairie Buffer
$140.00 /acre
Product Guide
Select a topic:
IA CP43 Prairie Buffer
*Species substitutions may be necessary based on availability.
*Percentages shown above are based on total seed population. Percentages shown on seed tag when purchased are based on total weight. Therefore, the percentages shown on the seed tag will be different than the breakdown above, but the integrity remains the same.


text:
Threatening only worked once that I remembered, and I think that's just because Voyd and Ebi were willing to abuse each other in essay format ^^.snowy wrote:
Maybe we could bribe these new Tag Regulars into coming here... Somehow... I'm not really feeling devious at the moment.
I'm not really sure how to get people on the forum rather than breaking the tag for a week and see if they can handle it. More likely they'd just go abuse a different tag though.


text:
To be honest, I'd never heard about the New Perspective on Paul before today. Does anyone know of denominations that subscribe to the NPP interpretation, in part or in full?
Specifically, the following concepts, taken from this article:
Covenantal Nomism
Briefly put, covenantal nomism is the view that one's place in God's plan is established on the basis of the covenant and that the covenant requires as the proper response of man his obedience to its commandments, while providing means of atonement for transgression
I read this to mean "God saves us by providing atonement, so long as we keep up our end of the bargain."
This of course, would be different than Sola Fide.
The righteousness of God
Proponents of New Perspectivism argue that the righteousness of God, spoken of by Paul in Romans, is refering to God's faithfulness rather than the positive imputation of Christ's righteousness.
According to Wright, justification isn't merely an initial means by which someone is right with God, but rather a mark of who already is.
Denial of imputed righteousness
N.T. Wright reinterprets texts classically used as prooftexts for imputed righteousness. He understands 2 Corinthians 5:21, for example, to refer to God's covenant faithfulness. While many still profess agreement with the substance of the doctrine of imputed righteousness, the classic (or traditional) interpretations of texts relating to imputation have more or less been removed


text:
« Philadelphia Charter Founder Charged with Fraud | Main | Charter School Item Will Go to Wash. State Voters »
'Parent Trigger' Goes to the Big Screen
Over the past few years, "parent-trigger" laws have been touted in school districts and statehouses as bold, even radical strategies for fixing struggling schools, though the policies have also proved divisive, giving rise to lawsuits and political rancor. This fall, the trigger concept will be judged in a very different forum, with its own standards for success: the box office.
On Sept. 28, the movie "Won't Back Down," a fictional account of frustrated parents seeking to transform a school in Pittsburgh, will open in theaters around the country. The trailer to the film (see the clip below) says that it is "inspired by actual events," leading to speculation that it will closely mirror real-life examples of parents attempting to use trigger policies to take control of low-performing schools in Compton and Adelanto, Calif.
The movie, distributed by 20th Century Fox and produced by Walden Media, stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a parent and Viola Davis as a teacher who work together to marshal support in the community for a petition to overhaul the school and resuscitate it academically.
But that storyline has stirred fears among critics of parent-trigger laws that "Won't Back Down" will extol those policies, ignore their shortcomings, and cast blame for schools' struggles primarily on teachers.
Parent-trigger policies typically allow parents to overhaul the structure and operations of their schools, by replacing their staff, converting schools to charters, or other means, if a majority of parents sign petitions agreeing to those changes. Seven states have some type of trigger law on the books, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The policy's primary testing ground so far has been California, where legislators approved a trigger law in 2010.
Efforts by parents to capitalize on that authority have met strong resistance. A petition drive to tranform a struggling school in Compton stalled amid acrimony and legal challenges. A separate effort to tranform a low-performing elementary school in the Adelanto school system, northeast of Los Angeles, provoked a similiar standoff. But last week, a San Bernardino Superior Court judge overruled the objections of district leaders and said a group of parents had the right to move forward with converting the school to a charter.
Backers of trigger policies say they empower parents who want to make sweeping improvements to their schools but otherwise lack the legal rights and political clout to do so. Others say the laws divide communities, cast unfair blame for schools' ills on teachers, and leave parents vulnerable to dubious ideas for improving schools put forward by those outside their communities, such as charter-school operators.
Caroline Grannan, a member of Parents Across America, a nationwide advocacy group which has raised concerns about the film, said she worries it will offer a similar message to the 2010 documentary "Waiting for 'Superman'," which described families' efforts to obtain a sound education for their children, but was panned by many teachers who said it unfairly cast educators as primarily responsible for schools' shortcomings. (Walden Media co-produced "Waiting for 'Superman.'")
Grannan acknowledged that like other critics, her reading of the new movie's message is speculative: as of a recent interview, she was basing her views of "Won't Back Down" on the trailer, since it is still months from its official release. But she says those snippets suggest the film will gloss over the friction and uncertainty spawned in communities like Compton and Adelanto by parent-trigger proposals, and present the "bad teacher" as the central obstacle to improving schools.
"It's likely to contribute to a climate in which teachers are blamed," Grannan said of the film. Efforts to use parent-trigger policies, she said, have "devolved into conflict and chaos," and any film that suggests otherwise is "completely false."
School improvement does not occur through "instant miracles," she added, "but Hollywood loves them."
But David Weil, the CEO of the Anschutz Film Group, of which Walden Media is a part, said those concerns are off the mark. Weil, who responded to questions in an e-mail, said the story is not tied to "any one law or event," and that the film depicts a number of parents and teachers—one of whom is portrayed by Davis, a recent Oscar nominee—collaborating in making changes to a school, not doing battle. Several key characters, he said, "are teachers and are central heroes to the story."
"We believe that teachers are the unsung heroes of our society and they represent our hope for the future as a nation," Weil said. "When audiences screen the film in its entirety, they'll find that the film tells the story of a school where the majority of the teachers are engaged and working to find solutions to the challenges they face in the system."
Weil cautioned against judging "Won't Back Down" by its trailer. "Would you judge a book by its cover?" he said. While the preview "depicts some of the storylines and issues that are featured in the film," he said, it is not meant to "summarize the plot."
Educators, parents, and other filmgoers will have the opportunity to give the movie their own, complete screening two months from now.


text:
Apple CEO Steve Jobs' recent trip to Tennessee to pick himself up a new liver has raised some sticky questions about what money can buy.
Jobs, 54, was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer five years ago and had a piece of his pancreas removed. The prognosis with tumors of the pancreas is not good, the cancer can spread to the liver.
First, let me say I wish Jobs the best. This column is being typed on an Apple computer, while an iPod is playing and an iPhone is displaying missed messages on its screen. You would be hard-pressed to find a stronger Apple devotee and Steve Jobs admirer than I am.
But the news that this incredibly wealthy resident of Silicon Valley, Calif., had transplant surgery thousands of miles from his home at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, according to the Wall Street Journal, raises some important questions about access to health care at a time when America is in the midst of a major battle over health reform.
According to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing based in Richmond, Va., the quasi-public agency that distributes donated organs to those on waiting lists around the nation, there were roughly 16,000 people on the national liver waiting list when Jobs got a liver. He was one of 1,581 people who got livers in the United States in the first quarter of this year. Almost none of those people had any form of cancer.
In fact, if Jobs' tumor has spread from his pancreas into his liver as is likely, some transplant surgeons say that they would not recommend a liver transplant because there is no data that shows a transplant will stop or even slow the spread of the cancer. This raises the question: Is this the best use of a liver?
Not enough is known about Jobs' condition to say with certainty whether he still has cancer or whether the cancer has spread.
What is known is that Jobs beat very long odds to get a transplant.
Three hurdles to getting an organ
In the United States, three hurdles must be overcome to get an organ. First, you need to have a primary care doctor diagnose that you have a failing organ. Second, you need to gain entry to a transplant center. Third, you have to be selected by both your transplant surgeon and UNOS as the person best suited on the national waiting list of those admitted to various transplant centers as the best recipient.
Jobs did not have problem with the first hurdle. He has plenty of doctors watching him. They found his initial pancreas problem and his subsequent liver problem. Millions of Americans are not so fortunate. They can't afford a primary care doctor. Some Americans show up at emergency rooms so sick due to failing hearts, livers, lungs and kidneys that they could not possibly survive a transplant. Others simply die without any doctor diagnosing what is going on with their organs. These unlucky patients are rationed out of their chance to get a transplant without even knowing it.
For those who do have a primary care doctor, like Steve Jobs, the next step is to get into a transplant center. This involves getting seen by a specialist, who will perform all sorts of tests both physiological and psychological. Most important, the potential patient must do well on a very precise wallet biopsy performed to ensure they can pay for a surgical procedure that might cost as much as $200,000.
The parents of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan sued insurance giant Cigna Healthcare last year for declining to guarantee payment for a liver transplant at UCLA Medical Center. The family could not pay and she was not admitted to the transplant program. So she died.
Besides a lack of money, other factors that might lead a transplant center to reject a potential liver transplant patient include advanced age, mental illness, addiction, lack of a stable family to help after surgery, being a prisoner, or having other complicating diseases.
Jobs did not face these obstacles to gaining entry to a transplant program. But, he does have a complicating illness so he had to find a transplant center willing to ignore that fact. It was probably easier for a wealthy CEO to do that than it would be for you.
The waiting list is long for livers. But different centers have longer and shorter lists. Patients who are smart or who have savvy primary care doctors know that different transplant centers follow different rules in deciding who to admit and not to admit. Some will bargain a lower fee for a liver transplant for a poor family. Some would view a liver transplant for a person with cancer as a "waste" of an organ. Some might take a chance on a patient with cancer. This likely explains why Jobs went to Tennessee.
According to UNOS, there were 295 newly listed liver patients in Tennessee last year and 1,615 in California.
Shorter wait time in Tennessee
And UNOS data shows the median number of days from getting on the liver waiting list to getting a transplant was 306 nationally, in Tennessee only 48.
By traveling to Memphis, Jobs could drastically increase the odds he would secure a liver and cut the wait time. He also might have tried to gain entry to more transplant centers to increase the odds that he would get a transplant. Jobs or anyone with enough money can "multiply list" at many centers and, by putting chips on more than one number, boost the odds of winning the transplant lottery. About 3 percent of all those on the national waiting list for livers, hearts and kidneys are listed at more than one program.
Jobs appears to have known exactly how to use his resources to maximize his chances of getting a life-saving transplant. Most Americans do not.
But, regardless of how much money or clout you have, actually getting an organ when one becomes available is the hardest hurdle. Organs are given on the basis of physiological measures of who is most in need, matching of blood type and other biological factors. Getting to the shortest waiting list and finding a transplant center to take him despite his cancer did not guarantee Jobs a liver. There was some amount of luck involved too.
Still, Jobs' liver transplant shows precisely what is wrong about our nation's debate over health care. Some say we do not need to reform what American Medical Association officials often refer to as the "finest health care system in the world." Really?
The current system is hardly fair. People die every day from a lack of good care or the ability to pay for it. The truth is, those with resources can make the system work in their favor. And celebrity, money and the promise of future gifts can help procure access to scarce, life-saving resources.
The health care system is a broken mess, but not because a Steve Jobs can get a liver. Rather, it is because all too often only the wealthy and privileged can take full advantage of the best our health care system has to offer.


text:
Letter: Analyses suggest global warming not 'a hoax'
To the Editor:
Recently the Sky-Hi News published a letter claiming that global warming is a hoax. At the same time, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its latest report asserting that warming of the climate system is unequivocal and that it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause since 1950. Who to believe? Should an uninformed opinion be given equal weight to an informed opinion? Is scientific evidence just another tool to be manipulated for political or financial purposes?
I spent most of my professional career working on the development of the next generation of nuclear reactors. The most curious aspect of working in an area as controversial as nuclear energy was that many skeptics would automatically dismiss my opinion on the subject because they thought I had a vested interest manipulating the results of my work. Scientific research does not work that way. I do agree, however, that one should be skeptical of second-hand interpretations of the scientific evidence from those with political or financial motives, including Al Gore on the left and the Hartland Institute on the right.
In spite of my training in science, I am not a climatologist nor do I have the time to study all of the data. Fortunately, Richard Mueller and his colleagues at the University of California Berkley have done it for me. Dr. Mueller was an early climate change skeptic and a darling of the climate change deniers until he took a careful look at all of the available historical data. He intentionally avoided contentious computer simulations, instead relying on an unbiased statistical analysis of the records. He concluded that recent "global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct." Furthermore, "Humans are almost entirely the cause." As for the current 16 year pause in surface warming, his analysis showed that it should have been expected based on the variability of past data, including periods of global cooling. That doesn't change upward trend of 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit over the past 50 years nor the fact that the strongest correlation is with the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The trend is likely to continue in the future with the rapid growth of developing countries. The real discussion ought to center around what could or should be done about it.
John Kramer
Winter Park
Support Local Journalism
Support Local Journalism
Readers around Grand County make the Sky-Hi News' work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.
Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.
Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil.
If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted.
User Legend: Moderator Trusted User


text:
With pickled shallots and a tangerine vinaigrette.
This salad combines the best flavors of fall for an elegant dish you'll wish you could re-create all year. What to buy: We tested this recipe with mesclun mix, and though it would suffice in a pinch, we preferred mixed chicory.... Read More
View Recipe


text:
Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open, plus NCAA Final Four connections, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
A few nuggets about a Redlands Connection:
Both Redlands High School and, eventually, city rival Redlands East Valley became connected to the San Bernardino Kiwanis Tournament as 100-percenters – but in different ways.
Ever since the tournament started in 1958, the Terriers have been rabid entries to a tournament that was once considered the prime time of prep basketball, perhaps, in two counties.
REV, meanwhile, joined the fray in 1997, when the school opened for the first time. Ever since, the Wildcats – their only coach, Bill Berich – have taken the floor against any and all opponents at the Kiwanis.
As for Kiwanis tournament dedication, look no further than Randy Genung. He coached the Terriers in the Kiwanis for a staggering total of 25 years, 1977 through 2001. After that, Brad Scott took over as head coach while Genung assisted through 2010. That's 33 straight years at the Kiwanis.
Redlands, now under current coach Ted Berry for the past few seasons, just completed play in the 60th San Bernardino Kiwanis Tournament. The Terriers reached the finals, but lost to Barstow.
Incidentally, the Terriers have played in every single Kiwanis Tournament event since the first one in 1958.
As for the Kiwanis tourney, it's still standing amid a remarkable stretch of history.
Greg Bunch?
Fred Lynn?
Greg Hyder?
John Masi, Scott Kay and Ty Stockham?
Those are a few of the past players who have shown up to play in San Bernardino.
While we awaited the outcome of the 60th annual San Bernardino Kiwanis Tournament, we're reminded of the spectacular past performances of those high schoolers that came looking for tournament hardware, either a team title or all-tournament recognition.
Bunch, for instance, was the 34th player selected in the 1978 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. Out of Cal State Fullerton. He was a 6-foot-6 forward who made the all-tournament team in 1973 for Pacific.
Lynn, of course, was remembered for a brilliant baseball career. The El Monte High player was a 1968 Kiwanis all-tournament selection.
Hyder's high school career at Victor Valley, coached by prep legend Ollie Butler, eventually led him to becoming the 39th pick in the 1970 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals (now the Sacramento Kings).
Kay, meanwhile, was tournament MVP in 1969. Years later, he coached San Bernardino High School to tournament titles with players like Bryon Russell – the Utah Jazz forward who was guarding against Michael Jordan's game-winner in the 1997 NBA championship.
Russell, incidentally, was two-time Kiwanis tournament MVP in 1987 and 1988.
Masi, of course, turned up as UC Riverside coach during some brilliant days when the Highlanders dominated NCAA Division 2.
Stockham, the son of San Gorgonio coaching legend Doug Stockham, was another all-tournament player that also wound up leading his team to a tourney championship as a coach.
Part of the past includes Ken Hubbs, an original all-tourney selection in 1958.
Hubbs' legacy, of course, is that he played major league baseball for the Chicago Cubs – winning 1962 National League Rookie of the Year honors – and was killed in an airplane crash shortly before spring training began in 1964.
Eventually, the Ken Hubbs Award was established. Such Kiwanis stars – San Bernardino's Kyle Kopp and Shelton Diggs, Redlands' Chad Roghair and Eisenhower's Ronnie Lott, among others – won the Hubbs honors.
It's left the Kiwanis with plenty of tradition, history and quite a continuing legacy.
More tradition: Jerry Tarkanian, whose coaching legend started after leaving Redlands High School in 1961, brought his Terrier team into the mix at the 1960 Kiwanis. Danny Wolthers was picked on the five-player all-tourney team.
Tarkanian, of course, left Redlands for Riverside City College, departing for Pasadena City College – coaching five State titles for the Tigers and Lancers – before landing at Long Beach State (122-20 from 1968-73).
Ultimately, his travels took him to Nevada-Las Vegas (509-105 from 1974-92), leading the Runnin' Rebels to the 1990 national championship.
Final coaching record – 784-202.
Footnote: It was during his Redlands days that Tark began his well-known history for chomping on wet towels during games.
Redlands and San Bernardino Kiwanis Tournament connections are seemingly endless.
Sixty Years of Redlands Tournament Players
Here is a list of the all-tournament players from Redlands High School and Redlands East Valley (all players through 2003 represented RHS; afterward the school is indicated):
- 1958 – Tom Fox
- 1960 – Danny Wolthers
- 1963 – Tom McCutcheon, Jim Gardner
- 1967 – Randy Orwig
- 1977 – Don Smith, Pat Keogh
- 1978 – Tom McCluskey
- 1980 – Mark Tappan
- 1981 – James Sakaguchi
- 1982 – Jon Hansen
- 1983 – Jon Hansen (MVP), Mark Smith
- 1986 – Jared Hansen
- 1987 – Chad Roghair
- 1989 – Fritz Bomke
- 1990 – Marcus Rogers
- 1991 – Ledel Smith
- 1992 – Eddie Lucas
- 1993 – Mike Allen
- 1994 – Nick Day
- 1985 – Jon Allen, Chris Harvey
- 1996 – Johnny Avila
- 1997 – Eric Siess
- 1998 – Eric Siess
- 1999 – Danny Genung
- 2003 – Richard Vazquez, Michael Estrada, Matt Mirau
- RHS 2004 – Mychal Estrada
- REV 2004 – Brandon Dowdy, Jacob Letson, Lance Evbuomwan (MVP)
- RHS 2005 – Mike Solimon
- REV 2005 – Lance Evbuomwan, Darnell Ferguson, Brandon Dowdy
- RHS 2006 – Tristan Kirk, Alex Wolpe, Josh Green
- RHS 2007 – Josh Green (MVP), Tristan Kirk, Ricky Peetz, Nate Futz
- REV 2007 – Robert Ellis, Jamell Simmons
- RHS 2008 – Tristan Kirk, Ricky Peetz, Matt Green
- REV 2008 – Ryan Griggs
- RHS 2009 – Matt Green, Hinsta Kifle
- RHS 2010 – Ashton Robinson
- REV 2010 – Greg Dishman, Terrell Todd, Paulin Mpawe
- REV 2011 – Jamal Ellis
- REV 2012 – Eli Chuha
- RHS 2013 – Brad Motylewski, Kamren Sims
- REV 2013 – Eli Chuha
- RHS 2014 – Brad Motylewski
- REV 2014 – Chris Harper (MVP), Julian Sinegal, Alex Ziska
- RHS 2015 – Samer Yeyha, Davonte Carrier
- REV 2015 – Kim Aiken, Brett Vansant
- RHS 2016 – Olivier Uzabakiriho
- REV 2016 – Kim Aiken
- RHS 2017 – Brian Landon
- REV 2017 – Sebastian Zerpa, Mykale Williams


text:
Everyone is welcome to join our classes or workshops. No previous experience is required, there is no need to wear special clothing, and most people meditate on chairs.
The way in which we present meditation and Buddhist mindfulness is accessible to everyone. We offer practical advice as well as methods and techniques that can easily be integrated into daily life. We are here to help you.
Classes run in a series and are also self-contained, so you can attend a whole series or an individual class.


text:
A(nother) "New" Start
This month, after 23 years, 8 months, and 27 days (they counted), I retired from the Army. This week, we finished moving out of our last "PCS" house. Next week, we begin the "settling in" process in what we call our "forever house."
I was able to celebrate my retirement with family, friends, and co-workers. We were not able to track down some we wanted to invite, and others we did invite were not able to attend. I want to publicly thank everyone who celebrated with us, apologize to everyone who didn't get an invite and would have wanted to attend, and assure everyone who could not attend that you were there in spirit and in our thoughts.
I owe so much to so many to have reached this milestone. None of my achievements were mine alone. I was never the best among those with whom I served and always better for having served with them.
To my family and friends:
I also wanted to dedicate this post to four people, whom I will never forget:
Jackie Wertman
Dan Winchester
Mike Adams
Joe Sullivan
"To live well, to laugh often, to love much, to gain the respect of intelligent people, to win the love of little children. To fill one's niche and accomplish one's task, to leave the world better than one finds it whether by an improved flower, a perfect poem or another life ennobled. To never lack appreciation of earth's beauty or fail to express it, to always look for the best in others, to give the best one has. To make one's life an inspiration and one's memory a benediction. This is success."*


text:
The morning in June, 2002, that I was going to be ordained in the Order of Interbeing, I was doing walking meditation after breakfast. I was staying at Upper Hamlet of Plum Village, in France, where the ceremony was going to be held. Because people who were staying in the other hamlets had to travel, on foot from Lower Hamlet, and by bus from New Hamlet, to reach Upper Hamlet for the ceremony, I had quite a bit of time after breakfast and before the ceremony started. So I was doing walking meditation on a oval path in Upper Hamlet that goes around the lotus pond and by the dharma hall.
As I walked, I reflected on how I came to be there at Plum Village to be ordained in the Order. As I reflected, I realized that I would not have found my way to SnowFlower and to Thay if it were not for my ex-wife. As some of you know, my relationship with my ex-wife, particularly since our divorce, has been difficult at best. But if it had not been for my divorce, and the suffering and loneliness that created, I would not have found my way to my local Sangha and started going to retreats with Thay and would not be walking there that morning. So even though I often thought of my marriage to my ex-wife as a horrible mistake, without that mistake I would not be having this blessing.


text:
Auto Publishers Price Starting at
*Based on model year EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your atual mileage will vary, depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, driving conditions, battery pack age/condition (hybrid only) and other factors.VIEW OUR INVENTORY
Futuristic new styling; aerodynamic body; large towing capacity; off-road ability
The Ram 1500 is an all new vehicle for 2019, which means a totally redesigned chassis with tons of improvements. The new styling is the first thing that will stick out to anyone who looks at the truck, with Ram having ditched any semblance of retro aesthetics in favor of a truck that feels like it's from the future. There's plenty of futurism underneath that skin as well, with a lighter frame, new shock technology, an electronically locking differential and Ram's eTorque mild hybrid system. Inside, the new 1500 gets Chrysler's 4th generation Uconnect system and has an available 12-inch touchscreen.


text:
A man was today charged with throwing a banana on to the pitch at last Sunday's north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal.
Thomas Flint, 23, a carpenter, of Brantwood Gardens, Enfield, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on April 12, Scotland Yard said.
He is charged with throwing a missile on to the playing area, and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Flint, who is understood to be an Arsenal fan, is on bail.
During the Barclays Premier League match at White Hart Lane, which Tottenham won 2-1, Tottenham's Wales international Gareth Bale had a banana thrown at him by Arsenal supporters.
Arsenal said on its website www.arsenal.com that if the individual charged was found guilty, he would also receive a stadium ban from Arsenal Football Club.


text:
Candidate's Guide to Primary and General Elections
The Texas Election Code designates the Secretary of State as the chief election officer of the State of Texas. In order to provide information on the electoral process to all Texans, my office has prepared this guide in the expectation that increased information will result in increased participation.
If you have any questions, please contact the Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State at www.sos.state.tx.us or by calling 1-800-252-VOTE (8683) or (512) 463-5650.
2014 Candidate's Guide
- Qualifications for Office
- Major Party Candidates
- Minor Party Candidates
- Filing in the Republican or Democratic Primary
- Filing for Libertarian or Other Party Nomination
- Filing Independent (Nonpartisan) Candidate
- Filing Write-In Candidate
- Important Dates
- Important Addresses
Related links:
- 2012 Candidate's Guide to the Primary and General Election
- 2010 Candidate's Guide to the Primary and General Election
Important note concerning campaign finance and advertising
Before becoming a candidate, we urge you to contact the Texas Ethics Commission for information on campaign contribution reports, the appointment of a campaign treasurer, and personal financial statements that you may be required to file. The Commission may be reached at the following address:
Texas Ethics Commission
P.O. Box 12070
Austin, TX 78711-2070


text:
Oklahoma reminds federal benefit check recipients to comply with US Treasury Electronic Payment Rule going into effect on March 1, where all federal benefits will be paid electronically via direct deposit or Direct Express card
February 19, 2013
(press release)
– Check recipients are required to switch from paper checks to direct deposit or the Direct Express® card by March 1, 2013
With less than two weeks remaining until the March 1, 2013, deadline for all federal benefits to be paid electronically, the U.S. Department of the Treasury reports that Oklahoma seniors and other Social Security recipients are still receiving more than 54,000 paper checks each month.
"If you or a loved one haven't yet made the switch, please take note of this new law and sign up for electronic payments today," said David Lebryk, commissioner of the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service. "Our friendly, knowledgeable call center agents are available to answer questions and assist seniors and others with the switch to direct deposit or the Direct Express® card."
Use of electronic payments is widespread In Oklahoma today, more than 777,000 monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments are already made via direct deposit to a bank or credit union account, or to the Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card. The card allows federal benefit recipients to pay bills, withdraw cash and make purchases without paying check-cashing fees. The money on the Direct Express® card is FDIC-insured, and many card services are free.
"By switching to direct deposit or the Direct Express® card, you will receive your money in a safer, easier and more reliable way. With electronic payments, your check can't be stolen out of your mailbox, and you don't need to go to the bank or credit union to deposit or cash your check every month. It's in your account on time, every time," Lebryk said. "Plus, by making the switch, you will help save American taxpayers $1 billion over 10 years."
The Treasury Department's Go Direct® public education campaign is working with more than 1,800 partner organizations throughout the country to spread the message about the electronic payment rule and educate federal benefit recipients about their options. The Treasury Department encourages beneficiaries who have questions about electronic payments to visit www.GoDirect.org to view several educational videos and print materials that explain how electronic payments work and how to use the Direct Express® card.
Making the switch is easy Check recipients can sign up for direct deposit or the Direct Express® card by calling toll-free 1-800-333-1795 or by talking to their local federal paying agency office. People can also sign up for direct deposit online at GoDirect.org. The process is fast, easy and free.
By taking a few minutes to gather the necessary information ahead of time, most federal benefit recipients can sign up for electronic payments with one brief phone call.
Individuals will need their Social Security number or claim number, their 12-digital federal benefit check number and the amount of their most recent federal benefit check. If choosing direct deposit, recipients also will need their financial institution's routing transit number (often found on a personal check), account number and account type (checking or saving).
There are no sign-up fees or monthly fees to receive benefits electronically.
Anyone already receiving federal benefit payments electronically will continue to receive their money as usual on their payment day. No action is required.
The Go Direct® campaign is sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Banks. The Go Direct® and Direct Express® logos, Go Direct® and Direct Express® are registered service marks of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (used with permission). The Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card is issued by Comerica Bank, pursuant to a license by MasterCard International Incorporated. MasterCard® and the MasterCard® Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/19/5200599/oklahomas-federal-benefit-check.html#storylink=cpy
* All content is copyrighted by Industry Intelligence, or the original respective author or source. You may not recirculate, redistrubte or publish the analysis and presentation included in the service without Industry Intelligence's prior written consent. Please review our terms of use.


text:
252 x 232 mm
252 x 232 mm
The tragic relationship between Prince Pedro of Portugal (†1367) and Ines de Castro (†1355) is one where Life seems to imitate Art. Their secret love affair, the assassination of Ines by order of Pedro's father, and the cruel vengeance meted out by Pedro on Ines' murderers are episodes that recall well-known classical and medieval stories of tragic loves, such as Pyramus and Thisbe or Tristan and Iseult. The Gothic tombs of Pedro and Ines in the Cistercian Abbey of Alcobaça, sculpted between 1358 and 1363, provide several references to this remarkable story of love, hate, revenge and death, using symbols and ideas taken from various iconographical, allegorical and literary traditions, including the Ages of Man and the Wheels of Life and Fortune. Together, these two tombs tell a tragic story of love and death, reshaping and molding a series of artistic and literary models that were very popular in court culture at the time to a specific pair of lovers. Conversely, the rich imagery of the two tombs has substantially contributed to feed the legendary nature of their tragic story. Thus, although Pedro was unable to alter their tragic history, he made these two monuments the foundation of a fertile love story that would become legendary; surpassing the fame of the immortal loves of his own days.
This essay examines the historiography and gender surrounding Donatello's bronze David and refutes twentieth-century interpretations of the statue as an instance of intentionally homoerotic art. No single work of Renaissance sculpture has attracted as much argument, with dating, iconography, even the very identity of the figure a subject of scholarly dispute. Arguing from Donatello's presumed same -sex preference, H. W. Janson, in 1957, maintained in his critical catalogue that the David's nudity and posture embody a deliberate homoerotic disposition. Janson's assertion s ubsequently sparked half a century's vigorous debate among scholars across disparate methodologies. The case for David's homoeroticism rests, first, on the figure's alleged prurient and effeminate physical deportment and, secondly, on the supposition that its iconography is primarily secular – as if primarily religious, Quattrocento sensibilities would have most probably rejected the deliberate eroticizing of such a celebrated ancestor of Christ, venerated in the Gospel according to Mathew. Reviewing in chronological order the historiography in several critical opinions on the David, including the dating and patronage evidence crucial to the argument, this paper contends that the assert ion of intentional homoeroticism, assumed from a misleading construal of both the statue's posture and iconography, is grounded in twentieth-century anachronism.
This article examines the relationships between sensing, imagination and movement in Titian's canvas of c. 1550, Venus with Organist (and Dog), Prado, n. 420. The author argues that the scene turns on actions activated by sounds, musical and otherwise, to create a witty conversation piece on the depicted actions of the organist, the woman, and the dog. Compared to prior scholarly emphasis on sight and touch, this article draws on recent scholarship in early modern sensory history, anthropology and urban studies as well as the consideration of performative space to draw attention to the lived experience of sound and its representation. This essay, therefore, suggests how one can re-imagine this painting in terms of an unfolding of aural events. In doing so, it illuminates the connections and contradictions existing between sixteenth-century aesthetic debates and interpretations in the scholarly literature.
Titian's Venus and Adonis has long been praised both with regard to its affective complexity and its departure from the representational tradition of this story exemplified by narrative focus on the "leave-taking" of the young hunter from the bed of the goddess. Building upon seminal studies of scholars like Erwin Panofsky and David Rosand, this essay explores the artist's emphasis on the vain reach of the goddess towards the leave-taking Adonis as a complex figuration imbued with allusions to several related stories within The Metamorphoses that establish the causes of Venus's failure. What these recollections ultimately address is the topos of the Virgilian tempus fugit, as well as the inherent melancholia of the sublimation of desire into a work of art.
This essay explores the landscape dimensions of one of Lorenzo Lotto's most compelling and enigmatic portraits, The Young Man (c. 1530), now housed at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. As in other famous portraits from his principal period in Venice, including Andrea Odoni (1527) and Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia (c. 1533), Lotto's still unidentified Young Man is set in an interior space, surrounded by objects that embellish his character. Scholarship has focused on constructing the man's biography from a close reading of the contents in his room, yet the prominent role of the landscape beyond the window and its interplay with elements within the man's studiolo – namely the green and blue fabrics on his table, the lizard, and the rose petals – still go unnoticed. Through a close examination of the nature metaphors in Lotto's Young Man in light of contemporary paintings of St. Jerome and romances like the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice, 1499), the present paper aims to expand our understanding of landscape in Lotto's painting; in particular, ways in which Lotto merged landscape metaphors with portraiture to allude to the gentlemanly ideal of otium and, more broadly, the cultural ethos of the studiolo.
The Enigma of Angelo Caroselli
On the basis of analyses of archival sources and the recently re-emerged documents, the author of the present paper discusses the career and artistic personality of Angelo Caroselli, one of the most mysterious and interesting artists active in the seventeenth century in Rome and Naples, whose work, unfortunately, has so far not received adequate recognition. The paper defines the scope of interest in the early career of Pietro Paolini, while ascribing to Caroselli the Mary and Martha from the Galleria Pallavicini in Rome. In Saint John the Baptist from the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples (a copy of a work painted by Caravaggio for Ottavio Costa, now in Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City) the author finds a possible confirmation of Caroselli's activity as a copyist of Caravaggio's paintings. Furthermore, the paper presents new and fascinating examples of his work as a copyist – bordering on forgery – which constituted a characteristic feature of an area of the painter's occupations, as documented by his biographers: Passeri and Baldinucci. Then, the paper examines stylistic relationship between Caroselli and Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ascribing to the former some works that are close also to the style of the latter, a painter from Viterbo, e.g. the Portrait of a Man from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, or the Holy Family with St Francis from the collection of the bank of Naples, Banca Intesa San Paolo, the latter painting most likely belonging to the Neapolitan period (1616–1623). Apparently, from the same years date also some other works, e.g. the Temptation of St Anthony at the Galleria Silvano Lodi & Due in Milan, the Penitent Saint Mary Magdalene from a private collection and St Sebastian Nursed by Irene from the Koelliker collection. Finally, the author ascribes to Caroselli the last important work, so far, despite its important location rarely considered in connection with this painter, namely The Dream of Saint Romuald at the Palazzo Reale in Naples.
Focusing on the detail of the king's protruding elbow in Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Charles I in the Hunting-Field from 1635, the article assesses the much discussed canvas with regard to the painter's artistic reflection on the material conditions of royal representation – an aspect hitherto left unconsidered. Demonstrating the influence of Baldassare Castiglione and Franciscus Junius on Van Dyck, the article discusses the artist's reception of the notion of the sprezzatura as both an aesthetic ideal promoted in Italian art theory, and a technical term current in the Northern tradition. Charles I in the Hunting-Field, it is argued, presents an artistic linking of both schools with the visual tradition of the English royal portrait, by which Van Dyck fashioned both a new model of court portraiture and himself as England's new Apelles.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, dancing masters had a central role in educating European aristocrats in matters related to genteel behavior. The five positions of French noble dance, originally invented for the purposes of choreography, became common ideals of posture both in society and in full-length portraiture. Breaking with previous postural traditions in art, French manners introduced new attitudes for the human figure. In swagger portraiture, a genre whose purpose was to praise the qualities and status of the sitter, the five positions came to serve as markers of nobility and good breeding, and thus contributed to the aesthetic concept of aristocratic life.
This paper argues that two aspects of Poussin's Echo and Narcissus (c. 1625–1630) are particularly crucial to the significance the painting held for its seicento audience: Poussin's staging of the Narcissus myth as a lamentation tableau, and his inclusion of Echo. The painting comprises two themes that are intertwined and elaborated upon at length in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century interpretations of the myth: the allegorization of both Narcissus and Echo as the desiring soul who, in Neoplatonic terms, seeks to rejoin the divine or, conversely, remains mired in grief and succumbs to illness; and the identification of Narcissus and Echo as lamenting lovers with those who are compelled to make or enjoy works of art. Engaging its viewers by means of its composition and iconography, the Echo and Narcissus would have proposed a dilemma about the truth value of painting, asking if the love for material beauty is merely an end in itself, or if art can provide the impetus for its own transcendence to a spiritually inspired wisdom that releases the soul from a state of yearning, sickness, and despair.
The Triumph of Pan of 1636 is undoubtedly one of the greatest masterpieces by Poussin now hanging in the National Gallery, London. In addition to its remarkably inventive visual poetry, it is a scholarly work of great intelligence that marks a high point in the artist's career in Rome during the 1630s. The thorough planning that went into its creation, which is evident from the numerous preparatory studies that have survived in various collections, clearly shows Poussin's care and concern to create a work of distinction, both visually and intellectually.
No fewer than eleven preliminary sketches survive for this work. The meticulous planning and thought that went into the painting therefore suggests that the subject itself must have been of some importance to the artist, and no doubt to his patron as well. However, the intensity of effort, and unique visual impact, of Poussin's Triumph results in a work that is not easily placed within the repertoire of Poussin's Dionysian imagery. Despite the fact that it is mostly based on motifs associated with the retinue of Dionysus, the actual narrative of this work is not unequivocally clear and has, therefore, remained largely allusive.
It is worth emphasising that Poussin had an inexhaustible interest in themes relating to the narratives, rites and ceremonies connected with Dionysus, and probably painted more Bacchic scenes than any of his contemporaries. Most of these images closely follow standard narratives derived from classical sources and contemporary mythographies, and can be interpreted accordingly with a relative degree of ease. However, an exception to this has to be Poussin's Triumph, for which there is no evident literary or figurative source upon which its iconography is derived, and it appears, therefore, to be an entirely original invention on Poussin's part.
This article re-examines key aspects of the work's iconography, as well as the context in which it was created in order to offer a more specific interpretation of its narrative. Drawing on classical texts and contemporary mythologies, the author proposes that this work is principally concerned with Dionysus rather than Pan, and suggests that the scene is derivative of celebrations such as the Anthesterian and Lenaean festivals, which were connected with Dionysus, and that it is therefore Dionysus who is represented in the form of the gilded statue at the centre of the work.
The present paper is devoted to the problem of the so-called pseudo-polygonal vaults in the Gothic architecture, which might be regarded as one of the most striking examples of the medieval architectural illusionism. As a pseudo-polygonal vault such a rib construction is understood, that evokes an impression of a polygonal wall termination in a rectangular interior, usually a choir. The most important distinctive feature of the pseudo-polygonal vault is a tripartite composition of at least one internal elevation; besides, there are two basic types of such coverings. The older one, which originated in the early 12th century in Normandy (church of Saint-Étienne, Caen), is characterized with a radial arrangement of the ribs, which are supported in all the four points of the eastern wall. The second one emerged for the first time in the West-French region of Anjou in the last decades of the 12th century (entrance porch of the former Benedictine abbey at Saint-Florent-les-Saumur), and is characteristic for the triangle corner fields, usually filled with bisectional ribs. St. James' parish church in the New Town of Toruń in North Poland is described and analyzed here as the most perfect example of the pseudo-polygonal choir arrangement, in which all the architectural details are planned in a way to emphasize the seeming multi-sided termination of the chancel. The church is presented here in the broader background of the North-European brick Gothic architecture, and the Hamburg, Rostock and Lochstedt influences are traced and explained. The paper's main goal is to introduce the pseudo-polygonal vaults to a broader range of art historians, thanks to the splendid example of St. James' in Toruń.


text:
12/2/2020 - EOD Update
2 days ago
I think maybe SPX (CFD's) has finished the wave v but in SPX (Cash) is still missing this wave. So, i don't have hurry to close my short positions . On the other hand, this sub wave v seems to me more an abc wave and also can be an irregular wave iv.
© Free Blogger Templates Nightingale by Ourblogtemplates.com 2008
Back to TOP