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Halliburton Company is based out of Houston. Provides services and products for the exploration, development and production segments of the petroleum industry; and provides engineering, construction, project management, facilities operation and maintenance, and environmental services for industrial and governmental customers.
Erle Palmer Halliburton founded the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company in 1920 in Oklahoma. One year after the company's founding, seventeen trucks carried its crews and equipment to drilling sites in Louisiana, Arkansas, and other oil-rich areas from a base in Oklahoma.
The jet mixer, a mechanized mixer that did away with hand-mixing of the minimum 250 bags of cement and water slurry needed for each well, revolutionized the oil industry. Because it could control the proportions of cement and water, it eliminated wasted slurry that would harden before it could be poured. By 1924 Halliburton and his wife, Vida, converted their partnership into a corporation and offered a substantial interest in their business to other oil companies. Their trump card lay in their meticulous patenting of all new processes and devices, which had left the oil companies unable to have oil wells cemented without using Halliburton services. Company patents also covered processes designed for well recementing, a maintenance necessity that gave the Halliburton's relative independence from competitors. The Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company was incorporated in Delaware that year.
By the time the company reached its ten-year milestone in 1929, research and development had improved processes and equipment to the point where a mixture made up of 2,500 sacks of cement could be injected into a well in forty-eight minutes. By that time, the use of four new company planes made for speedy contract completion. Marking this important anniversary was the Halliburton entry into Canada, as well as offering for sale a wide range of oil well apparatus.
The 1930s saw automobile production and domestic oil heating soar. These circumstances benefited the oil industry. As the decade ended, oil and gas were supplying 44.5 percent of the U.S. total energy requirements. Halliburton's expansion kept pace with demand. It opened four new branches in 1932, enabling it to send seventy-five cementing and well-testing crews to sites in seven states. The company introduced bulk cementing to replace hand moving of heavy cement sacks. Eager to participate in the marine oil exploration taking place in the Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton also began to mount equipment on ships and barges.
In 1940 the Halliburtons bought Perkins Cementing Company, extending operations to the West Coast and the Rocky Mountain region. The company established its first South American subsidiary in Venezuela in the same year. These two moves proved profitable; just one year later, earnings reached $13.5 million, of which $2 million was net profit. Soon after the Pearl Harbor attack, the company began to make gun-mount bearings for the U.S. Navy. Other war materials manufactured included parts for the B-29 bomber and jigs, fixtures, and dies for the Boeing airplane plant in Wichita, Kansas. Wartime contracts were lucrative; when World War II ended, annual earnings reached $25.7 million. In 1948 Halliburton shares were offered on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time. By the end of the 1940s, although well cementing and bulk cement sales accounted for about 70 percent of company revenues, there were other profitable undertakings, all supported by specially designed equipment. Electrical well services provided information on the types of formations penetrated by a drill; acidizing of geological formations increased oil flow; and specialized equipment deposited various cements and chemicals into wells. Most profitable of all was a new process called Hydrafrac, licensed exclusively to Halliburton for a period of time by its developer, the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company. Designed to increase well productivity, this method used jellied gasoline, which was pumped under pressure into the bottom of a well to split the rock formation. This resulting crack was then propped open with quantities of sand, making penetration of tight rock formations easier. The Hydrafrac process made it possible to rejuvenate many dwindling oil wells and reduced the number of sites necessary to drain a field. A surge in annual revenues showed Hydrafrac's great success: $57.2 million in 1949, increasing to $69.3 million the following year, and leaping to $92.6 million by 1951.
Between 1950 and 1955 the company expanded in all directions. Drilling activity increased dramatically. Equipment by that time included formation-testing tools to obtain fluids and pressure readings from oil-bearing rock, plus other new equipment used in well completion operations. Wall cleaners, depth measuring equipment, and production packers were other lines that drillers could rent or buy. Services provided by the company included electronic logging and sidewall well-coring, and the transporting of cement and fracturing sands to drilling sites from nearby Halliburton storage areas. Oil exploration in the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast areas was flourishing. Research and development kept the company at the forefront of oil exploration technology. Costing $3 million in 1956 alone, it rewarded the company's efforts with a new composition for cementing deep wells and a method for making the fracturing sand radioactive, among other innovations. All of this was reflected in the annual sales figures, which reached $152.4 million by the end of 1955 and produced net profits of $16.3 million.Whalewisdom has at least 1 13G filings, and 648 Form 4 filings The firm has no submitted 13F filings and does not appear to be an investment advisor.


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Kimba the White Lion
Kimba the White Lion (ジャングル大帝, or Jungle Emperor Leo) is an anime based on the epic manga Jungle Taitei.
Names (US/Japan)[edit]
- Kimba = Leo
- Kitty = Lea
- Caesar = Panja
- Snowene = Eliza
- Pauley = Coco
- Bucky = Tomy
Sequel, Reboot, and Movies[edit]
Leo The Lion (ジャングル大帝・進めレオ, Onward Leo!) is the sequel to the original series, which is part of the original story that NBC did not want, so that Kimba would stay as a cub throughout the entire series. When it first aired in Japan, the series was sponsored by Sanyo as part of the Sanyo Color Theater.
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (ジャングル大帝) is a TV reboot that goes in new directions, unrelated to the original story.
Jungle Emperor Leo is a 1997 theatrical movie that is based on the same portion of the original manga as the Leo the Lion TV series. In this movie, the original ending of the story is used, whereas Osamu Tezuka re-wrote the ending for the TV series.
Jungle Emperor: The Brave Can Change the Future is a 2009 TV movie that bears no resemblance to Tezuka's original stories other than re-using the white lion characters and a few others.
The Kimba/Simba Controversy[edit]
Kimba has been the subject of controversy in recent years. When The Lion King was released, people noted similarities in the plot to that of Kimba The White Lion, making people claim Disney stole from Tezuka's anime in addition to drawing inspiration from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. It is reasonably certain that Kimba was at least a strong influence on the team.
See also[edit]
- Kimba the White Lion at Wikipedia

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Police: Plum man crashes car into BP store, attacks girlfriend
David Cass charged with assault at Fueland convenience store on Route 380 in Washington Township
A Plum man is accused of intentionally crashing his vehicle into a Fueland store and assaulting his estranged girlfriend inside the business on Route 380 on Tuesday morning.
Washington Township police said Amber Lewis, who works at the convenience store at the BP gas station, told them that she locked the doors and called 911 when David Cass showed up at about 7:20 a.m.
Police said the 21-year-old Monroeville woman told them that Cass backed his car up, then sped forward and smashed through the doors, got out of the vehicle, came inside, punched her face and slammed her head off the ground.
"Damage was found to the front of the building's doors," police wrote in a media statement. "The glass was strewn about the parking lot and there were acceleration marks from the car's tires that led to the doors."
SLIDESHOW: Photos of the Fueland damage
Police Chief Scott Slagle said Lewis dropped the phone during the incident, but a 911 dispatcher was still on the line and heard what was happening. When Cass left, she picked up the phone and continued talking to the dispatcher until police arrived.
"She told them he had climbed through the window, and they heard the phone drop, and she told us at that point (that) he punched her in the face, grabbed her by her head and slammed her head numerous times," said Slagle.
Police said they saw the 23-year-old Cass driving eastbound on Route 380 while they were still investigating at the scene.
Cass was pulled over about a mile away and taken into custody on charges of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief and burglary, police said.
Cass posted bail after his arraignment and is free while he awaits a preliminary hearing.


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Royals edge ChiSox on Gordon's 10th-inning hit
Kansas City, MO – Alex Gordon hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Kansas City Royals edged the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in the middle test of a three-game series.
With two outs and the bases loaded, Gordon took the first pitch off Brian Omogrosso (0-1) and ripped it deep into right, scoring Lorenzo Cain and giving his team the victory.
Gordon and Billy Butler had two RBI apiece, while Alcides Escobar and Miguel Tejada each drove in one run to help the Royals even the series.
"A lot of guys came up big -- Billy (Butler) with that huge ninth-inning double against their close -- that was big for us," said Gordon. "It was a good fought game, back and forth, and we kept battling and came out on top."
Kansas City starter Wade Davis allowed just one run on five hits and three walks, but needed 102 pitches in his six-inning outing. Greg Holland (1-1) pitched a perfect top of the 10th to pick up the win.
Alejandro De Aza had a two-run double for Chicago in the seventh inning and later scored on a wild pitch, while Alex Rios knocked a solo homer and also drove in two runs for the White Sox, who saw starter Jose Quintana give up three runs on six hits and two walks over five frames.
Rios got the White Sox on the board in the third. With the bases loaded, Rios grounded into a fielder's choice to third, but was able to bring DeWayne Wise home.
In the fifth, Mike Moustakas singled with one out, Jeff Francoeur doubled and Salvador Perez walked to load the bases. Miguel Tejada hit a blooper into left to score Moustakas. Franceour scored on an error by Jeff Keppinger and Perez reached home on an Escobar single.
The White Sox answered back in the seventh. Davis gave up back-to-back singles to Hector Gimenez and Wise, then De Aza doubled, scoring both runners to make it 3-3.
Aaron Crow relieved Tim Collins, but with Rios batting, Crow threw a wild pitch, allowing De Aza to run home, giving the White Sox a 4-3 lead. Four pitches later, Rios homered to give Chicago a 5-3 lead.
Salvador Perez drew a walk to lead off the ninth. Chris Getz pinch-ran for Perez and advanced to second on a wild pitch thrown by Addison Reed. George Kottaras was walked afterwards. Reed got Gordon and Escobar to fly out, but surrendered a double to Butler, who smacked it to deep right, scoring both Getz and Kottaras, sending the game into extra innings.
"I just was wild," said Reed. "I couldn't get comfortable out there. I walked the first two guys and I was just all over the place. I was missing spots big time. It wasn't even close. Then I kind of got into rhythm and that 3-2 pitch to Butler was a hanging slider. A terrible pitch."
Cain singled to start the tenth and later stole second. Getz was intentionally walked and Kottaras also walked, loading the bases and setting up Gordon's game-winning hit.
Game Notes
Gordon was just 1-for-6 with two strikeouts ... Cain is 8-for-18 over the last four games and leads Kansas City with a .341 batting average this season ... Tejada was 2-for-3. He is hitting .313 this season ... The Royals have won 13 of 17 against the White Sox at home.


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How to Clean Leather Shoes
Leather shoes are known for their flexibility and durability, as long as they're accurately maintained. And if you know how to clean leather shoes properly, you can preserve them for years. Don't worry since we're going to show you a regular maintenance routine below.
How to Take Care of Your Leather Shoes
To get the best appearance, you just remove any dirt when it comes. But, to get the longevity, the common cleaning will make your shoes last for a long time. The following method is what shoe stores or professionals suggest, and it always works in most cases. Normally, proper results will rely on how dirty the shoe's surface is, and the accurate products you select to deal with the cleaning job.
First, prepare necessary tools
- Soft and clean cloth and a shoe brush
- Newspaper
- Shoe polish
- Shoe cleaner/comparable soap
- Leather conditioner
- White distilled vinegar
Let's start cleaning
- Step 1 – Before cleaning, you need to spread newspapers to protect your floor from being dirty.
- Step 2 – Take out the shoelaces to make cleaning easier or the laces will block parts of the shoe's surface.
- Step 3 – Use the dry cloth or shoe brush to get rid of any excess dirt or debris that might be stuck to the shoes. Remember not to scrub or scrape too much because this action can cause unexpected damages.
- Step 4 – Dampen another clean cloth and apply a small amount of shoe cleaner or soap on it. Then rub gently the dirty areas and scuff marks with a circular motion. For salt stains on the leather shoes, you need to make a mixture of equal parts water and white vinegar. Make sure you also carry out a gentle rubbing action.
- Step 5 – You can wash the laces in the washing machine with your regular laundry detergent or hand wash them in a small tub with detergent and warm water. Remember to dry them separately.
- Step 6 – Once cleaning, let the shoes air dry. Avoid direct sun and heat because they can damage the leather.
- Step 7 – Finally, polish the leather shoes by taking another dry, clean cloth and the shoe polish. This makes them look better and last longer as the years go on.
Apply the cloth with a small amount and rub with a circular motion on the shoes. Then wipe away with a different cloth. Keep in mind not to apply to areas made of non-leather material.
Let the shoes dry for a bit of time and continue applying another clean cloth with the conditioning product to prevent drying and stiffness. Don't forget to clean again to finish the task. Here is a video of how to clean and polish the leather shoes:
Extra trips to consider
- Avoid applying silicone-based weatherproofing since it might discolor the leather shoes.
- For patent leather shoes, you should use a mixture of water and mild soap. Remember to clean them with a soft wet cloth and then apply a silicone-based polishing product to make it shine.
- Instead of utilizing wax polish, you can use cream polish on the shoes to keep the leather last longer and always shine.
How to Make Homemade Cleaners for Your Leather Shoes
If you are out of the shoe cleaner and don't have time to go out for buying the new one, you can make homemade cleaners with available stuff around the house. Although some might not be the best selection for each particular dirt, they can work in a pinch.
Vinegar + Water
It can be said that this mixture is highly mentioned as an efficient way to remove water spots and salt stains on your leather shoes. For spots caused by moisture alone, you can easily get rid of them by wetting the entire area and let it dry evenly. However, remember to apply condition afterward to keep the shoes soft since the vinegar mixture might dry the leather.
Cream of Tartar + Lemon juice
The mixture of lemon juice and cream of Tartar is effective for spot cleaning leather and small marks on the shoes. Wonderfully, it's easy to find both ingredients at home. And after cleaning, don't forget to apply the condition to prevent drying.
Water + soap
For cleaning leather products, it's suggested to use a mild soap such as saddle or castile soap. The combo of water and soap will be effective for getting rid of light dirt if being used properly. Avoid adding too much moisture or the leather will absorb it and create extra stains to clean. The saddle soap often works well because it's designed for availing on leather and contains a high level of oil than others.
For dealing with any greasy stain, you should use cornstarch to make the leather shoes clean. Rub the cornstarch vigorously right on the treated spots and then clean them. Make sure you do it as soon as possible in order to get an effective result because the cornstarch doesn't act well in the older areas.
How to Make Homemade Conditioners
If you can make homemade cleaners for the leather shoes, it's not hard to make homemade conditioners with stuff at home. Always remember that the conditioner is extremely important for these shoes because it prevents cracking and stiffness.
A mixture of vinegar and linseed oil brings the good results for the leather shoes than using olive oil directly. Additionally, you can utilize baby oil, banana peels, rubbing alcohol, Vaseline, or shampoo to clean or polish the shoes.
Final Thought
If you are dying to buy yourself the leather shoes, don't forget to accept the suggestions of their maintenance. Although some reckon that having a pair of leather shoes is a great investment, make sure you take care of them correctly or you might throw yours away soon.
After completing this article, we hope that you know how to clean leather shoes as well as how to make homemade cleaners and conditions to treat your beloved shoes well. Follow carefully because it will help you save more money on looking for the new ones.
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Meredith Whitney appeared on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene Tuesday morning and talked about Jamie Dimon's testimony before Congress last week, saying that "He is, like nobody else, the antithesis of [Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd] Blankfein. He charms. He's incredible. He gave the senators a massage and they gave him a massage back."
Whitney also said that, "I don't think this could have happened at a worse time for the banking industry."
Questioning over JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss is expected to be tougher for Dimon from the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, in part as a response to what many observers saw as relatively light questioning from the Senate last week.
Whitney on Jamie Dimon's testimony before Congress last week:
"He had a couple tough questions, but he is, like nobody else, the antithesis of Blankfein. He charms. He's incredible. He gave the senators a massage and they gave him a massage back. You see a complete juxtaposition between the two, and it's theater…I think what you saw last week is everybody's trying to argue for, oh, JPMorgan, come rebuild your branches in our hometowns and create jobs. As we said, it's political theater."
"I don't think this could have happened at a worse time for the banking industry and I was surprised that things went as well as they did last week. I was very surprised because it's a very difficult trade to explain. I don't think it's been explained well at all…Hedging for credit and to take such a disproportionately weighted bet seems curious to me…What's clear in the last couple of months is that it's hard to argue that some of these transactions aren't proprietary trades."
On Dimon saying that increased regulation will stymie bank lending:
"I just don't think so. It stymied the velocity of money, the velocity of liquidity in the sytem because you have to hold more capital. It just slows down the system. But in terms of lending, absolutely not. The fact is, so much of the loan book is mispriced across the market. So you have to have re-pricing in the market. Banks have to figure out a basic way to make money again."
On whether banks are not lending to small business because of fear of increased regulation:
"This is the biggest misconception about small business. Small businesses fund themselves like consumers. So small businesses have funded themselves since the early '90s with home equity loans and credit card loans, and those are both contracting. So it's not that banks are not lending to small businesses. Banks aren't lending to consumers."
On Citi:
"I still think of Citi as a pre-reverse split-type institution, a $2.70 stock. That's down from $47 or mid $40s where I made a call on October 31, 2007, and it hasn't come back. It's not going to come back."On whether banking is reinventing itself:
"It has to. It so clearly has to. Over the last 15 years you've seen incredible consolidation and this too-big-to-fail concept and the supermarket structure evolve. It's so clear that the supermarket structure doesn't work anymore, so the big banks are getting smaller and the smaller banks are getting bigger. I think that you will see a very different financial market in 5-10 years. Very different than you see today." On the U.S. economy:
"It just has to rebalance itself. So the areas that grew our economy the last 30-50 years are the ones that are the most challenged and struggling right now. So you're rebalancing that with the center part of the United States that's booming. So you go to Texas and Oklahoma and North Dakota. Some of these states have very small populations but are getting incredible immigration and emigration from California and high-tax zones, so the U.S., this is great. Every 60 years or so the U.S. economy reinvents itself. It's in that process right now regionally. And it just takes time."
On whether to invest in regional banks now:
"I think there will be banks you are going to be able to buy. That's where the real growth is. Ultimately, the big banks are going to be much smaller institutions. So you want to be not only where institutions are getting bigger, but also where the markets are getting so much bigger. So huge tailwinds from the central corridor. I'm sure people can figure it out for themselves."
On Glass-Steagall:
"Well, you think about what happened over the last 15 years and is the system better for it? So Tom Hoenig, who I think is one of the smartest financial leaders, argues that the U.S. was an incredibly dominant financial superpower for 25 years when industries were specialized, and you had higher profitability. Once you got to this supermarket structure and too-big-to-fail system and post-Glass-Steagall world, you had pricing just marginalized. And if you look at your but for leverage, these institutions just weren't that profitable. so because margins became razor-thin, they had to take more and more risk. And in doing so, with depositor's money or at least the benefit from a lower cost of funds from depositor's funds, meaning a higher credit rating because they had these banking divisions."
On what concerns her most right now:
"I cared about and I still do, about the reconstitution of the United States. The demographic shifts, the state arbitrage, where businesses are moving. You have more businesses investing outside of California in other states like Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana. More business development in those states. And rich people, by the way, have the greatest mobility. So you leave these ghost towns with high structural unemployment, a very low tax base, and these towns keep having to raise taxes, which you get the flight of the deep tax base anyway. So the bond market is a side event of all of this. What really matters is the real divide between have and have-nots in this country. Where you want to be invested. Where businesses want to be invested. Because in these towns where businesses are leaving and taxes going up, home values are going down and are continuing to go down."


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Piero della Francesca expanded the evolution of continuous narrative in the fifteenth century in his cycle of the True Cross at Arezzo by adding what is called here "narrative encapsulation." This technique involves the layering of several versions of the same story within a unified composition to enrich the fabric of meaning. Three examples from his cycle are elucidated here, to show how, in their expanded form, they enhance the overall significance of the narrative.
On what basis can we say that the History of Art is actually one history encompassing both painting and film, and to which both Jan van Eyck and Woody Allen belong? One possible answer would be that with all of their differences in uses and means, the concepts of art and of being an artist have remained more or less the same. The author thinks that misses the point. Rather it seems to him the other way around: With all the unbridgeable differences over what art is and what it means to be an artist, the uses and means of art are basically consistent. The shared nature of the uses can be defined in this way: Here as there, in late medieval painting as in film, it is a question of producing artificial reality. To be more precise, it is about the construction of a system of artificial realities related to one another and to the audience. That is a structure that does not add to the world's objective realities, but serves to communicate how we perceive these realities and what they mean to us. It is therefore about the production of visual media.
The serial structure of Andy Warhol's silkscreens articulates a dynamic structure of actualization of which anything is an instance, thus providing a model of how the mundane world comes to be, persists to be the same, but is always changing. His serial works enact iterative structures of free, synthetic, iterative self-realization, a rational process of the actualization of things. In making numerous depthless images identical, Warhol makes them different through obvious surface printing accidents, spontaneous traces of differentiating activity. They reveal the constructive activity irreducible to any element involved in making the series. This underivable activity is spontaneous, non-deterministic and free, but also relational because serial.
In the two Diana pictures, Titian prompts the observer to reconstruct an extended time for the dramas and to multiply perspectives by empathetic identification with the protagonists. A reconstruction of what Actaeon saw, thought and foresaw is instructive. Within his scene, and that of Callisto, it leads to the identification of a venereal presence within the realm of the virgin goddess, Diana. The pictures are shown to deal with the conflict between the principles of sterility and fecundity represented by the goddesses, in turn treating allegorically the evolutionary shift in Nature and for humankind that came with Jupiter's ascendency.
In 1754 when Jean Pillement, after a successful stay in Spain and Portugal, arrived in London at the age of twenty six, the English economy was enjoying a dynamic growth which had a direct repercussion on the art market. Thanks to the extraordinary public demand of the time for fine prints of desirable works of art, an artist's stature and fame was directly related to the number of his printed works circulated domestically and abroad. Pillement succeeded in taking full advantage of the opportunities which engravings offered in England; not only through his talent for draughtmanship but also through the renderings of his drawings by first class engravers and etchers, native and imported. It was in England that many of his ornamental designs were first engraved and published. It is also where Pillement began to turn his attention to landscape drawing and painting. His pastoral scenes, seascapes and picturesque views found an appreciative clientele in London. His stay of ten years in England opened to him as well the French market for engravings and established his reputation as a brilliant ornamentalist as well as a landscape artist.
In his Schilderboeck published in 1604, Karel van Mander relates that his friend, Cornelis Ketel "got the urge to paint without brushes, with his hands" and that a year later, in 1600, "it occurred to him to paint without hands, with his feet". This astonishing artistic process has aroused the curiosity of many amateurs and art historians since the seventeenth century, but the reasons that led van Mander to name the technical eccentricities of this painter-poet were never convincingly explained. The present article aims at understanding these singular acts and their underlining in the context of the artists' lives and the artistic theory of this period.
This article is a study of the portraits of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici and his Spanish consort, Duchess Eleonora di Toledo, a subject that has not been undertaken in modern scholarship. The majority of these are by their court portraitist, Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572), whose state portraits (now in collections in Florence, Turin, Philadelphia, Prague, Pisa, Sydney, and Washington) expressed the ideals of the Medici court and the duke's "politica culturale". Others who portrayed the ducal couple were the miniaturist, Giulio Clovio, the painter, Il Tosini, and the sculptors Cellini, Bandinelli, Poggini, Rossi, Del Tadda, and Compagni. The authors present evidence for the inclusion of two of Bronzino's acknowledged masterworks in portraiture of the early 1550s in this group of ducal portraits" the Portrait of a Lady (Turin, Galleria Sabauda) and the Portrait of a Gentleman (Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada). The multifaceted evidence discussed includes a study of the physical properties of the paintings, comparisons with Bronzino's other portraits of the ducal couple (including some using comparative computer imaging), and a consideration of them in the context of Bronzino's workshop practice in the production of Medici portraits. The authors also make a detailed study of the sitters' attire and accessories, which supports the conclusion that they are indeed the Medici couple.
This study examines a long passage on painters' excuses in Bronzino's poem, Il secondo delle scuse. The poem, a burlesque capitolo, offers considerable insight into Bronzino's views on art, its theory and practice. After explicating the poem, I discuss how Bronzino's own artistic practice reflects his beliefs and how his views on art compare to those evinced by Vasari in the Vite. Particular attention is paid to Vasari's Life of Bronzino. The study includes a transcription and English translation of the section on painter's excuses in Il secondo delle scuse.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones' affinity for classical ideals, literature and art is reflected in his mythological paintings, in particular the Perseus and Andromeda series. The objectives of this study are threefold: to reveal Burne-Jones' visual assimilation and aesthetic integration of Neoplatonic ideals in one of his mythological cycles, Perseus and Andromeda, to examine Burne-Jones' adaptation of the classical sources for the Andromeda theme and his awareness of the pictorial tradition for this mythological tale and, to understand Burne-Jones' interpretation of the femme fatale, visually expressed in the image of Andromeda from the Perseus cycle, by focusing on three episodes: The Rock of Doom, The Doom Fulfilled and The Baleful Head of 1875-1888. In his mythological paintings of Andromeda, Burne-Jones embodied an unprecedented strangeness that was bound to strike the imaginations of other artists in the Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist movements. His paintings provided his contemporaries with examples of classical appropriation in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, along with a systematic use of the great themes of Greek mythology, whose modernized symbolism was adapted to the major preoccupation at the heart of the decadent view of the world - the tragedy of the artist confronted with modern life and contemporary society, the fear of woman and a terrified obsession with sexuality, and the consternation at the mystery of things represented by the myth of Perseus and Andromeda.


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Student Affairs Vice President Retires
After serving for nearly three decades in the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life at IC, vice president Brian McAree retired on August 23.
McAree joined the College in 1983 as director of residential life and was named assistant vice president for student affairs and campus life in 1989. He has served as vice president since 2000, overseeing a comprehensive student services division that includes over a dozen departments and programs, ranging from career services and athletics to public safety and the health center.
"Brian McAree exemplifies the student-centered ethos that is at the heart of the Ithaca College mission," said President Thomas R. Rochon. "Though he must step back at this time from the demanding job he has performed with distinction for the past dozen years, I know Brian's heart will always be with IC and its students." (See page 2 for more.)
"During his tenure with the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life, a number of graduates have gone on to enter the student affairs profession at colleges and universities across the country—a testament to the high caliber of leadership and mentorship provided by Brian and his team," said President Emeritus Peggy R. Williams, who appointed him to the vice president's position. "He leaves big shoes to fill—in terms of his work ethic, his fine character, and his engaging spirit and sense of humor."
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Featuring the latest high resolution audio decoders such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, the Marantz SR5008 7.2 Network Home Theater A/V Receiver also includes Dolby Pro Logic IIz decoding so you can connect front height speakers for a dramatically expanded front soundstage. Enjoy a whole new world of music listening via your home network with your choice of thousands of internet radio stations available from subscription streaming services including SiriusXM, Pandora and Spotify. Prepared for the future, the SR5008 also features sophisticated video processing that upscales SD (standard definition) to 1080p HD (high definition), its also compatible with 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160) sources and 4K Ultra HD displays.
High Power, High Quality 7 Channel Power Amplifier Design. Rated at 100 watts into 8 ohms for each of the 7 channels, the SR5008 provides high power and wide dynamic range, and all 7 power amplifier channels feature discrete high current power output devices for compatibility with the widest range of speakers, including lower impedance models. Exclusive HDAM Technology and Current Feedback.Incorporating technology derived from our Reference Series components, the SR5008 features our exclusive HDAM (Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Module) system, which combines ultra fast slew rate and maximum dynamic range to deliver optimum sound quality with todays high resolution audio formats. The SR5008 also incorporates Current Feedback instead of the typical voltage feedback configuration. Current Feedback technology provides a wide closed-loop bandwidth and very high slew rate, delivering superior audio fidelity. The SR5008 is equipped with Dolby Pro Logic IIz decoding, so you connect front height speakers for a dramatically expanded front soundstage. Full Range of Network Sources. The SR5008 lets you enjoy a broad range of music streaming content from thousands of internet radio stations via streaming music services including SiriusXM, Pandora and Spotify (subscriptions required).
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Audyssey MultEQ XT provides automatic room acoustic measurement and correction by analyzing the sound from all of the speakers and subwoofer via the supplied measuring microphone, generating precision digital filters for each channel for the smoothest, most natural tonal balance, even if the speakers are different brands and models. Audyssey Dynamic Volume tames overly loud jumps in sound level, such as commercials, for enjoyable listening even at reduced volume levels while Audyssey Dynamic EQ provides real-time acoustic compensation that provides a smooth, natural tonal balance at any listening level.Easy of Setup and Easy of Use. With the on-screen graphical display that combines large, clear text and colorful icons and the Marantz Setup Assistant, setup is both simple and quick, letting you easily make all necessary adjustments and settings to quickly and easily optimize the SR5008 for your particular speaker configuration and source equipment. The multi-way speaker connections on the rear panel are banana plug compatible and theyre color-coded for quick and easy connection, and the supplied color-coded speaker cable labels ensure correct speaker cable hookup the very first time. The easy to use remote control features discrete source selection buttons that let you instantly choose your preferred source at the touch of a button.
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My Baking Diary - 5 Minutes Non-Chocolate "Mug" Cake
>> Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Cooking (and now baking) is one of the many ways I de-stress. I find it therapeutic to just stir ingredients in a bowl/mug, cut ingredients into neat sizes, & watch the results of my labour coming to reality. As lunch breaks are a short, yet great time to catch a breather, I decided to fix myself a simple salad *bliss...de-stress time for 1st-half of the day*
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Since the day I decided to pick up baking, I've attempted many simple, fuss-free recipes that does not require a cake mixer/weighing scale. After a long day at work, I decided to unwind & try out a non-chocolate "mug" cake. "It only takes 5 minutes anyway", I thought to myself. But I've learned some lessons from my 1st attempt last week, so I ensured that I don't make the same mistake this time around, even if it takes me more than 5-minutes to get this simple 'cake' out.
I used my own tip in my previous blog post & mixed my ingredients in a bowl first before transferring the mixture into the mug. It's truly much better! :D It took me more than 5-minutes, no doubt, but the end result is a much smoother & well-mixed microwaved cake ;) Below is the list of ingredients used for this attempt (same recipe with some tweaks):
Cake 1: Vanilla + Mango
Cake 2: Banana + Coffee
Cake 3: Triple Choc - Cocoa powder, chopped blueberry dark chocolates, chopped white chocolates, chocolate rice (optional)
* coffee mug
4 tablespoons flour - make sure you measure it right - or the cake is a lie!
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons whisked egg - 1 egg is too much, 1 egg white is too eggy, 1 yolk is too dense, but 2 tblsp is just right!
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
splash vanilla or other flavoring - try peppermint or cinnamon
1 ripe banana (3/4 mashed & 1/4 sliced to top the cake)
3-5 tablespoons of mashed mangoes (I used the orange ones & you can add as much mangoes as you want into your cake. I have some diced mangoes as toppings too)
2 tablespoons of chopped dark chocolate (I used what I have in my fridge - with blueberries)
2 tablespoons of chopped white chocolate
1 tablespoon of chocolate rice (optional)
1 tablespoon of chopped almonds (optional)
Some coffee powder
* For a fudgier version, omit egg!
"Mug" Cake Crazy,


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Last night, Buster Posey was carried off the field after Scott Cousins plowed him over. This was the worst bang-bang play a catcher took in San Francisco since– Okay, you almost drew me into that one, but I'm not going there. It didn't look good as Posey wasn't able to put weight on his leg. Everyone's favorite lox dealer, Eli Whiteside, would take over if the busted Posey misses time. As Eli would say, oy. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Mike Minor – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks. The reason why I haven't been screaming for you to grab this Minor, besides the fact I'm not Gary Glitter or Jeffrey Jones, is I have no idea the Braves plan for him. I imagine he's sent back down as soon as Beachy returns. You can pick up Minor, just in case he sticks. I do still have much love for him. Even if he hasn't returned any of my phone calls, appreciated my unannounced drop-bys or patted my butt when I've asked him to.
Jordan Schafer – 2-for-5, was called up and led off for the Braves. With his poor slash line in the minors this year, the only thing Schafer should be leading off is Letterman shows.
Mike Morse – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and now has three straight games with a home run. Dot, dot, dash. That's Morse code for pick him up right now.
Zack Greinke – 7 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks and he pitchslapped Jason Marquis. In Greinke's last three games, he's given up 5 ER, 4 ER and 3 ER. I look forward to his start in early June when he throws a shutout.
Zach Braddock – Still out with a sleep disorder, but yesterday he missed a rehab start because of a cracked fingernail. He said, "I'm not going to let a fingernail–" Then fell asleep mid-sentence.
Matt Guerrier – Lost yesterday's game; Jansen lost the previous Dodgers loss. Guerra, MacDougal, Rubby…. Your time to suck is now! Dodger bullpen? More like Dodgy bullpen.
Ted Lilly – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks. Would've been nice to see more Ks — because I like Ks, okay?! — but he's lowered his ERA from 4.93 on May 4th to 4.41 in the (not Denard) span of four starts. Next stop, 4.00!
Hong-Chih Kuo – Throwing at 90% intensity as he works his way back from an anxiety condition. Somebody just needs to ask him, "You happy with your status, Kuo?"
Juan Nicasio – Will get the Rockies Saturday start. He was making it look easy in Double-A — 2.22 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, plus-10 K-rate. That's a yes, please and thank you. Unfortunately, Double-A players sleep in hammocks that smell like mildew and can't hit like major leaguers. Outside of NL-Only leagues, you're asking to get roofied if you grab Nicasio. Though, if he pitches well, I could see reevaluating.
Jed Lowrie – 0-for-5 while the Sawx scored 14 runs. Ticker tease!
Jarrod Saltalamacchia – 2-for-4 with his 4th home run in his last ten games while upping his batting average thirty-three points. I don't mind him, but Salty raises Rudy's blood pressure.
Carl Crawford – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, his 3rd home run and 2nd in three games. On top of the homer, there were two doubles and some premature extrabasulation. He's batting .308 in May and the "Now Through Memorial Day" sale on Crawford ended early.
Brad Hawpe – 2-for-4 and homers in back-to-back games. Yesterday, someone asked if Hawpe's recent hitting would keep Rizzo down. The thing about Rizzo is the same with most rookies. They fail — with or without a hashtag. A rookie in Petco? I would take a flyer, but I wouldn't count on Rizzo saving your season.
Andruw Jones – 3-for-3, 4 RBIs and two home runs. Someone just woke from a five-year coma and can't stop talking about the Hall of Fame career Andruw Jones is having.
Russell Martin – Has 9 homers and 4 steals on the year. Not bad considering there were two Yankee backstops drafted before him.
Frank Francisco – John Farrell, the Blue Jays manager (which I always feel the need to clarify), said Frank2 was their closer. Then he said Dotel, Frasor and Rauch could all jump on the closerousel if a matchup proved favorable. By which he means, if they don't want to blow the save, they'll look elsewhere.
Erik Bedard – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks. So, here's a day in the life of Grey Albright: Yesterday, I was backing up my SUV in a gas station and I ran into an old man walking behind my car. Not on purpose! I love old people. They have good stories and carry hard candies. But, from my rearview mirror, it looked like I decapitated him. Quickly, I jump out of my car — after momentarily considering driving straight to Mexico and selling blankets and chiclets for the rest of my life. Turned out I didn't behead him, I knocked his toupee off. I bring this up now because if the old man were Erik Bedard, he wouldn't have walked away from the accident. I.e., he's injury prone. Enjoy Bedard while you can, he's not staying healthy.
Franklin Gutierrez – 2-for-3 as The Big FraGu went deep for the first time this season. To be clear, I like The Big FraGu's nickname better than him.
Neftali Feliz – He got the save yesterday and his season ERA is 1.13. Still, something is not right. He has a 1.50 WHIP and 14 walks vs. 8 Ks. This isn't the same guy who has a career K-rate better than 9. I'd say he's hiding an injury, but his velocity has been fine. It might be a mechanics thing. I don't know, I'm not Tom Emanski. BTW, who's the backup to grab in Texas? Blech, no one really. BTW II, The Return of BTW, there should be a Razzball glossary term for when your closer is doing poorly (Joakim Soria, anyone?), but the rest of the bullpen is so bad you just ignore it. Make suggestions in the comments. Thank you.
Luke Hochevar – 7 IP, 7 ER, 11 baserunners, 1 K. Seven innings and seven runs? Looks like he was a victim of manager's indifference.
Ian Kennedy – 8 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks in Coors. Sorry if I told you to bench him yesterday. Mea culpa, my Latin friends. I avoided a sonavabenching because Rudy snuck Kennedy into our lineup. His 'fro is obviously just camo-ing his giant brain.
Ervin Santana – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks. On May 13th, I told you Ervin was about to be magic. Since then, his ERA is 2.05. Cust kayin'.
Wilson Valdez – Started at 2nd base for Utley then pitched the 19th inning to earn the win. Geez, everyone's breathing down Ryan Madson's neck. When the game ended at 2:45 AM, all fans remaining in attendance got to take home with them one homeless person.
Don Kelly – LL Donkey has started the last two games in front of Brandon Inge. Inge needs to turn to Big Mike for some guidance.
Kevin Slowey – Out with an abdominal strain. Jim Hoey to replace Kevin Slowey. Too bad they couldn't replace Joe Mauer with Jack Bauer. "Look, Liriano, we don't have time! I need you to throw me a fastball low and outside and I need you to throw it NOW!"


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Lifetime Announces New Unscripted Series for February 2011 Launches
Heidi Klum-Hosted SERIOUSLY FUNNY KIDS Joined by All-New Hospital Docu-Series ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE, Family Reality Program QUAD SQUAD (working title) and Workplace Docu-Series GLAMOUR BELLES
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011 -- In addition to its recently announced unscripted series Seriously Funny Kids, hosted by supermodel and supermom Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Lifetime Television will launch three all-new reality programs next month, including One Born Every Minute, Quad Squad (working title) and Glamour Belles.
The half-hour series Seriously Funny Kids, which follows Klum as she interacts with children and brings out the hilarious and often insightful things they say, will debut on Tuesday, February 1, at 9pm ET/PT with back-to-back episodes. Lifetime has ordered 20 episodes of the program. Seriously Funny Kids is produced by LMNO Productions, with Klum, Eric Schotz (Kids Say the Darndest Things, I Get That A Lot), James Rowley (America's Most Talented Kids), Desiree Gruber (Project Runway) and Jane Cutler (Project Runway) of Full Picture and JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and David Hillman of Lifetime Television serving as executive producers.
Following Seriously Funny Kids will be the premiere of the hospital docu-series One Born Every Minute at 10pm ET/PT on Tuesday, February 1. In eight, hour-long episodes, the series takes an in-depth look at life inside the maternity ward at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, as expectant mothers enter their final stage of pregnancy. From the delivery room, to the operating room, to the front desk, to the nurses' station...40 cameras roll 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to capture the high drama, humor and overwhelming emotion of child birth as new lives begin and others change forever. Based on the popular U.K. format, One Born Every Minute is produced by Reveille Independent, with Elisabeth Murdoch (MasterChef), Howard T. Owens (MasterChef), Daniel Soiseth (America's Next Top Model), Robin Ashbrook (Live to Dance), Shelley Schulze (Trauma: Life in the ER), Sanjay Singhal (The Event: How Racist are You?) and JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and Sandy Varo Jarrell of Lifetime Television executive producing.
The family reality series Quad Squad (wt), following a set of identical quadruplet sisters -- one of only 63 identical quads in the world -- as they juggle their last year of high school in Minnesota, will premiere Wednesday, February 9, at 9pm ET/PT. The program will feature vivacious 17-year old sisters Calli, Kendra, Megan and Sarah Durst as they endure the everyday trials, tribulations and emotions of being middle-America teenagers during one of the most pivotal times in their lives - senior year of high school.
Eight one-hour episodes will document the fun and pressures associated with each quadruplet's experience juggling adolescence, including boys, school, homework, sports, gossip and what lies ahead for them, their older brother Travis and their single mother Naomi. As the sisters decide on colleges, they must deal with the possibility of splitting up, and with Travis heading off to school as well, Naomi faces an empty nest for the first time in 19 years. Quad Squad (wt) is produced by Asylum Entertainment, with Jonathan Koch (30 for 30), Steven Michaels (The Locator) and JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and Kim Chessler of Lifetime Television serving as executive producers.
Lifetime will premiere the workplace docu-series Glamour Belles on Wednesday, February 9, at 10pm ET/PT. Over the course of six half-hour episodes, Glamour Belles will shine the spotlight on the colorful employees and customers of Joann's Gowns, a small town, yet nationally renowned, pageant gown shop in Union City, Tennessee. The show follows the humorous drama that surrounds Joann's, where girls from throughout the country hope to purchase the perfect dress that will help lead them to the biggest pageant crown. Led by owner Paige Burcham Carlton, Joann's experts help transform their stable of customers into modern day princesses with a healthy dose of Southern hospitality, hilarity and honesty that can only be found at the venerable store. Behind the rhinestones and ruffles, the unique cast of characters who work at Joann's includes its flamboyant store manager Jared, brash assistant manager Nikki, naive salesgirl Brooke, melodramatic seamstress Stephanie and the store's original owner Joann, Paige's outspoken mother. Glamour Belles is produced by Magilla Entertainment and executive produced by Matt Ostrom, Brian Flanagan, Laura Palumbo Johnson (Jersey Couture), and JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and David Hillman of Lifetime Television.
Lifetime Television is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television(R), Lifetime Movie Network(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital� (which includes myLifetime.com, LMN.tv, Lifetime Games, Roiworld.com, DressUpChallenge.com, MothersClick.com and LifetimeMoms.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal.


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Based in Perth, Western Australia, Blake Graham specializes in nutritional and environmental treatments for those with chronic medical conditions, such as ME/CFS, FM, and MCS. This article is reproduced with kind permission from his Nutritional Healing Newsletter at www.Nutritional-Healing.com.au
Iodine is a mineral of universal suboptimal status in many places in the world, including Australia and America.
American iodine expert Dr. David Brownstein, MD, author of Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It (4th edition, book or DVD), writes that his clinic in Michigan has tested around 5,000 patients and found 96% of people are iodine deficient.
Dr. Brownstein finds treating this deficiency extremely important for a range of health issues, including:
• Hypothyroidism,
• Chronic fatigue syndrome,
• Fibrocystic breast disease, and many others.
Iodine is most well known for its role as a constituent of thyroid hormones.
But iodine also has many other important functions, including in:
• The metabolism of other hormones (including adrenal and sex hormones),
• Immune function,
• Detoxification of fluoride and bromide [see Dr. Brownstein's YouTube videos on the need for iodine as a detoxifying agent to counteract widespread bromide, fluoride, and mercury toxicity, which "are only possible in an iodine deficient state" – www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlRt6W3zDbg and www.youtube.com/watch?v=biC41mMiVDM],
• Antioxidant balance, etc.
Optimizing iodine levels is associated with:
• A sense of overall wellbeing,
• Lifting of a brain fog,
• Feeling warmer in cold environments,
• Increased energy,
• Needing less sleep,
• Achieving more in less time,
• Experiencing regular bowel movements,
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• And improved skin complexion.(1)
Testing for Iodine Sufficiency
The gold standard test for iodine sufficiency is called the Iodine Loading Test. The Iodine/Iodide Loading Test is based on the concept that the human body has a mechanism to retain ingested iodine until whole body sufficiency for iodine is achieved.
• During optimal iodine supplementation, a mechanism is triggered that progressively adjusts the excretion of iodine to balance the intake.
• As the body iodine content increases, the percent of the iodine load retained decreases with an increase in the amount of iodide excreted in the 24 hour urine collection.
• The more deficient a subject is in iodine, the more iodine is retained by the body and the least excreted in the urine.
• Sufficiency is achieved when 90% or more of the ingested amount is excreted in the urine.
• The test consists of ingesting a high dose iodine/iodide (50 mg). Urinary iodide levels are measured in the following 24 hour collection. (1, 2)
Dietary Intake Is Often Insufficient
The doses of iodine required to achieve ideal levels are considerably higher than that provided by iodized salt and basic mineral supplements. To achieve optimal iodine levels people should do the above test. [It can be ordered from the labs listed below, and if your levels are low, ask your medical team about taking an iodine-rich supplement. A very high-dosage product is] Iodoral, by Optimox.
For more information on the importance of optimizing dietary iodine levels, visit Iodine Publications [This linked listing of more than 20 recent iodine research papers includes several published in 2007-2008 dealing specifically with the effects of iodine supplementation in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia patients.]
Lack of Iodine as a Promoter of Cancer, Especially in Women
See the YouTube presentation by Dr. Jorge D. Flechas, MD, MPH, on "Iodine Insufficiency and Cancer," including thyroid, breast, ovarian, endometrial, stomach, and other cancers. He explains why females are more often affected, and the role of limiting dietary salt intake or cooking with un-iodized salt. Dr. Flechas specializes in iodine therapy and in hormonal therapy treatment of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia at his clinic in North Carolina.
Some Test Sources
If you are in Australia and would like to do the Iodine Loading Test, send us an e-mail with your postal address and we can post you a test form. The test fee is $60 AUS.
In the U.S., labs offering the Iodine/Iodide 24-hour Loading Test are:
FFP Laboratories, Flat Rock, North Carolina
Email: email@example.com
Hakala Research, Lake Wood, Colorado
DDI – Doctor's Data Inc., St. Charles, Illinois
1. Guy Abraham, MD. "The safe and effective implementation of orthoiodosupplementation in medical practice," The Original Internist, 11:17-36, 2004.
2. Guy Abraham, MD, and David Brownstein, MD. "A Simple Procedure Combining The Evaluation of Whole Body Sufficiency for Iodine with The Efficiency of the Body To Utilize Peripheral Iodide: The Triple Test," The Original Internist, Vol. 14, No. 1, 17-23, March 2007
*Blake Graham, BSc (Honours), AACNEM
Clinical Nutritionist
Perth, Western Australia
Phone/Email: See Contact Page
Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is generic and is not meant to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any condition, illness, or disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.


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Enterprise Business Intelligence Strategy
Almost all organisations struggle to turn an Enterprise Business Intelligence strategy into a workable, cohesive operating model for the business stakeholders.
Lack of investment, indifference to data quality and the sheer effort required to make it work mean that many fall by the wayside.
Data Quality?
Good data quality costs money, requires strong discipline and management controls – attributes that most organisations have little appetite for.
Many organisations are lured away from climbing the peak of Enterprise Business Intelligence into "Big Data" and "Analytics" eager to try the brave new world of Data Science where back office statisticians in darkened rooms conjure up algorithms that may solve many of the organisational challenges in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
Data Science
C level executives fresh from the latest research conference brimming with buzzwords such as "Big Data", "Predictive Analytics", "Machine Learning" and Artificial Intelligence call a meeting to announce that the organisation needs to embrace this new and agile way of working.
Teams are setup and architects busily start white-boarding, data scientists are recruited, fresh and eager straight from University.
Never mind the Big Data many companies struggle to get their small data right and stumble at the first hurdle finding that the same issues applicable to Enterprise Business Intelligence are inherent in analytics;
- poor data quality, governance and control
- lack of investment
- core resources stretched on other critical strategic projects
- expensive outsourced infrastructure suppliers that hide behind their SLA's
- IT architects promoting blue sky solutions that don't actually work in the real world and with obscure acronyms that confuse non technical business users.
Agile – what does it mean?
Many business users are eager to stake their claim to "their" data and wrest control of it from perceived monolithic IT departments only to realise that they lack the skills and knowledge to actually make use or sense of the data.
IT is then re-introduced to the strategy.
Tensions then often arise from the more structured, assured IT approach vs. the "agile" way put forward by the emboldened business teams with little understanding of what Agile actually means (it's an organisational change management approach and to work best requires onshore collaborative, holistic teams – often disregarding the fact that 75% of core IT resources and skills were off-shored in the last big re-organisation).
The Result
The result can often be $$m's in wasted platforms, resources and supplier costs. So many organisations embark upon these often complicated and vast projects without having any sort of strategy – a strategy which is often quite straightforward to conceive but the leaders responsible lack the courage to promote it for fear of failure.
The lessons learned are similar across many different types of projects;
- develop, communicate and agree a clear strategy
- build a business case to support the investment
- ensure sponsorship
- employ resources with expert domain knowledge rather than "data scientists"
The rewards are immense for certain organisations that do use analytics successfully but there are also costs of failure for those that ignore the lessons from past BI and Data Warehousing initiatives.


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Blog reprint from Sketch42
I'm so wanting a black and white stripe table cloth for my dining room table. I think it looks really fresh and exciting, especially when its super wide, like the one below.
Here it is on the chairs, I love it. Looks kind of summery and outdoorsy.
This one is blue and white, but I love the nautical feel and I thought the picture was so pretty.
I love it here again… It looks great on a round table!
Softer, and with lucite chairs and feathers? I love the way the table cloth looks!
This rug, and those chairs, and that table cloth. YUM.
Very skinny stripes. But pretty.
Those curtains. WOW.
Napkin anyone?


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Friend killed in 'senseless' gunplay, Waterbury police say
Police: Friend killed in 'senseless' gun play
WATERBURY >> Police say gun play between two friends has left one of the men dead.
Dow Kling was fatally shot in the chest in a Waterbury apartment on Sunday.
Shawn French has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and first-degree reckless endangerment. Waterbury Deputy Chief Chris Corbett called the shooting death senseless and preventable.
Police said the two 22-year-old men were taking turns pointing a gun at each other and pulling the trigger. Both men thought they were shooting blanks.
The arrest warrant says French initially lied to police, saying he saw a man running from the home.
French said in Waterbury Superior Court on Monday he has no intention of owning a gun again.
He was released on $25,000 bond. It was not known Tuesday if he's represented by a lawyer.


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US stocks decline following disappointing earnings
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are lower in midday trading on Wall Street as traders react to some disappointing earnings from U.S. companies.
Laboratory Corporation of America plunged 10 percent Wednesday after cutting its full-year earnings forecast.
Joy Global, a maker of mining equipment, sank 4 percent after reporting earnings that fell short analysts' forecasts.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 11 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,791 as of noon Eastern time. The index is down almost 1 percent this month; it's still up 26 percent so far this year.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 76 points, or 0.5 percent to 15,896. The Nasdaq composite fell 29 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,030.
MasterCard rose 4 percent after announcing a stock split, a dividend increase and a stock buyback program.


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There's no question that the cheaper model of Sony's full-frame interchangeable-lens duo looks mighty attractive, thanks to its lower price tag. The less-expensive 24-megapixel model (Alpha ILCE-7, aka A7) boasts faster performance and a better autofocus system than its slower, AA-filter-free 36-megapixel sibling (Alpha ILCE-7R, aka A7R). But despite those advantages, I still generally like the A7R better for its superior image quality. However, compared to similarly priced and bigger full-frame dSLRs, the A7 is a very attractive alternative as long as you don't need to shoot action.
Note: the design and feature set for the A7 is identical to the A7R, so much of my discussion of the camera is, well, also identical.
The A7 incorporates the lower-resolution sensor in order to use Sony's hybrid autofocus system; Sony says that it couldn't put the phase-detection pixels on the 36-megapixel sensor for the A7R. If you need both resolving power and autofocus speed, you're out of luck for now.
Both new sensors have redesigned microlens arrays. While most modern sensors use gapless microlenses, these also required some tweaking on the edges near the lens mount to prevent vignetting, since the sensor's such a tight fit in the mount opening.
Image quality
While the higher resolution and better resolvability of the A7R's sensor beat the A7's, the A7 still fares quite well. It produces sharper images than the 6D and D610 at midrange ISO sensitivities, but it also looks like Sony's performing more aggressive processing on them; you can see the artifacts on the out-of-focus edges.
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In general, the A7 produces excellent photos. On one hand, you can start seeing artifacts in JPEGs as low as ISO 800, but processing raw lets you alleviate the edge artifacts and recover some detail. Depending upon subject matter, you can get usable JPEGs as high as ISO 6400 that print nicely as large as 13x19, and even at ISO 12800 there's a reasonable amount of retained tonal range and detail to make those shots usable when scaled down a bit.
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I really like the A7's video. It's not insanely sharp, but it's pretty good, with just a tiny bit of aliasing. It delivers nice tonal range, albeit with some clipped highlights. Even in low light at ISO 3200, it produces saturated colors without a lot of image noise. Also, for those who care, Sony lets you set shutter speeds as low as you'd like -- it doesn't cut you off at 1/30-second like most cameras. The built-in microphone delivers surprisingly warm, full-bodied sound, too.
I wouldn't call the A7's performance stellar, but it's much better than the A7R and is relatively on par with its dSLR competitors. Unfortunately, it's not much better -- and in some cases worse -- than the NEX-6. And its overly long startup time is a big sticking point, not to mention its short battery life.
It takes a whopping 2.8 seconds to power on and shoot, even longer than the A7R; that's because you have to wait for it to fully power on before touching any of the controls or they simply won't register. Depending upon what you're photographing, that could be insignificant or could count for several lost opportunities. And because the battery life isn't great, you don't really want to leave it on all the time.
Time to focus and shoot in both good light and dim runs about 0.4 second, which is good for dim but not great for bright conditions. Shot-to-shot time is fast, though, at about 0.2-second for raw or JPEG. And while it can sustain a solid burst -- it doesn't slow until after about 27 shots for raw and it doesn't slow at all for JPEG -- with continuous AF that's for a fairly low frame rate of 2.1fps.
Because it has the same image processor but smaller files, it's more responsive than the A7R at least. And the hybrid autofocus system feels faster and a lot less frustrating to use than the contrast-only system in the A7R. It does have the same manual focus peaking and a sharp EVF as its big brother, so manual focus is just as fast and easy. Both cameras incorporate the same excellent EVF and LCD screens as on the SLT-A99, and as with the A7R I do wish the LCD could tilt down further for easier overhead shooting.
Unfortunately, it also has the same embarrassingly loud shutter. While there's some dispute as to whether or not it causes significant shake from vibration -- I didn't find it an issue -- it still outs you when you're shooting for stealth. And while I love the bright, contrasty LCD and huge, vivid electronic viewfinder, they contribute to the camera's terribly short battery life given that the camera is targeted at people who photograph a lot. The only thing zips along merrily on this camera is the battery-level icon.
Design and features
Although I don't consider the A7 a beautiful camera, in a lot of ways it's beautifully designed; it feels very comfortable, with a substantial grip, sturdy dust-and-moisture-resistant magnesium alloy body, and enough heft that it counterbalances fairly well with big A-mount or other lenses.


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March 6, 2011
The March 6, 2011 Modern Art & Design Auction featured property from the estate of computer billionaire Max Palevsky and works from the collection of James Byrnes, the first curator of Modern Art at LACMA. Over half of the 500 plus items offered in the March 6th auction had never before traded hands on the open market. It was the highest grossing sale to date, with total sales reaching $2,256,323 and a sell through rate of 82%.
Highlights from the sale included a number of Ettore Sottsass pieces custom designed for the Estate of Max Palevsky, reaching a hammer total of $333,813. Record prices were achieved for several of these unique Sottsass designs, including a marble console (Lot 55 est. $10,000 - 15,000) that realized $75,000, a sevres porcelain vase (Lot 70 est. $1,000 - 1,500) that brought $31,250, and a pair of marble end tables (Lot 84 and 85 est. $2,400 - 3,000) that together realized $25,000. In addition to the Sottsass designs, four Murano glass windows, a selection of Venini glass, and a rare Carlo Scarpa vase for Venini were also offered for sale. All property from the Palevsky Estate was sold with no reserve.
Fine art from the Collection of James Byrnes found very strong competition with 50 lots bringing $171,313. Highlights included a rare Harry Bertoia brooch (Lot 220 est. $5,000 - 7,000) that brought almost $22,000, an original Calder work on paper (Lot 25 est. $15,000 - 20,000) that realized $25,000, and an Ynez Johnston (Lot 332 est. $2,000 - 3,000) that realized $10,938. All of the works from this collection received heavy pre-sale attention due to Byrnes' relationship with each of the artists. Nearly all of the works were acquired directly from the artists, which created desirable provenance.
The star lot of the sale was a sculpture by Reg Butler (Lot 92 est. $20,000 - 30,000), which soared to $125,000 after an intense bidding battle. The price set a new world auction record for the artist. This British sculpture turned up unexpectedly in a local collection this year, after remaining in private hands since 1963. Replicas of this important work are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Tate Gallery.