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A squirrel eyes a woman and her dog. 2:35 PM. Photo: JH.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Sunny and bright, and cold
yesterday in New York. Almost full moon over Manhattan.
Midday I went down to Michael's
to lunch with
Francine LeFrak
. At the next table
Joan Collins
and her daughter-in-law
Victoria Newley,
Catherine Saxton
were lunching.
DPC and Francine LeFrak.
Joan can always get a smile out of you because plays
so well, and that's not like any other. You have to be her to do her. It's a kind of pure, although not naïve personality. It's what was called A Movie Star. Movie stars do not disappoint. So it's always a treat to see her. Besides, it's Joan Collins!
Steve Millington
the GM of Michael's borrowed my camera to get a couple of shots of La Collins. Might he? Why of course. She looks good. As you can see. She looks good without her dark glasses too but she put them on for the shot – to garnish it with a little mystery, no doubt.
Joan Collins.
Catherine Saxton
with Steve. Catherine is a New York public relations consultant who's always has a roster of very famous (even sometimes some regarded as infamous) characters in the national psyche. She manages it so seamlessly as to be the invisible hand in the image.
Catherine is British although she's been in business here in New York for decades. You already know those British girls who "invaded" American media are all always quite serious about it. Joan Collins might be a client, but she might not. She might just be a friend. She's quite serious about her business also. British girls.
Steve Millington and Catherine Saxton.
There were lots of things going on last night
. Down at Rouge Tomate at 10 East 60th Street, there was an event benefit Harlem Prep – a K-5 charter school on 123rd and Second Avenue. Formerly Harlem Day, it was founded by
Ben Lambert
of Eastdil Secured. After 10 years in operation, the school was due to be shut by SUNY this past fall and the students sent back into the traditional public education system.
With Ben's help and blessing, a charter management organization stepped in with the goal of taking over the school and transforming it from one of the lowest performing schools in Harlem to one of the best.
Around the corner and down the avenue
at FAO Schwartz, the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was hosting its 21st Annual Bunny Hop. This is Kids Night Out extraordinaire, and it's funny and cute and fun just to watch. (At least if you're not a parent/guide).
I don't know what the kids themselves are thinking because it's a lot to take in for a little one. Kind of like what going to the circus used to be for kids way back when. They just know they like it.
The co-chairs for the evening were
Kate Doerge, Chiara Edmands, Blair Husain
Palmer O'Sullivan.
Proceds benefit a pledge to raise $2 million over the next five years for the Pediatric Family Housing Endowment – which pays for overnight stays at nearby accommodations for children and their families when receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering's Department of Pediatrics and are unable to afford this expense.
Also last night, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
at NYU Langone Medical Center was hosting its
at Pier 60 of the Chelsea Piers with cocktails, dinner and a live auction.
Amy Pollner Moritz
was chair of the evening. They honored
Loretta Brennan Glucksman
Leah and Michael Weisberg. Jon Stewart
, the very same, emceed the evening. You know he kept everyone listening (and laughing).
Meanwhile on the Upper East Side just down the block from Central Park,
Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld
hosted an opening for Paris artist Nicholas Pol at 22 East 71st Street. The exhibition is entitled
Nicolas Pol and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld.
I didn't make the reception but I heard they were expecting a stellar crowd with such notables (to those in the know) as:
Larry Gagosian, Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Maria Bell, Serge Azria, Alexander Acquavella, Henry Allsopp, Corice Arman, William Bell, Fabiola Beracasa, Attilio Brillembourg, Ginevra Caltagirone, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Nick Cohen,
Simon de Pury, Sante D'Orazio, Alexia Elkaim, Eric Eisner, Stacey Bendet Eisner, Richard Evans, Honor Fraser, HRH Princess Firyal of Jordan.
More, you want more?
David Ganek, Gherardo Guarducci, Marjorie Gubelmann, Kim Heirston, Michael Janssen, Rashid Johnson, Michael Lynne, Sean MacPherson, Ashley McDermott, Tamara Mellon, Matthew Mellon, Stavros Merjos, Enrique Norten, Annelise Peterson, Nicolas Poniatowski, Pietro Quaglia, Molly Rand, Renee Rockafeller, Jane Rosenblum, Cynthia Rowley, Richard Sachs, Shelter Serra, Marc Spiegler, Ferebee Taube, Eve Therond, Alexander Tisch, Bara Tisch, Bj Topol, Claude Wasserstein, Dustin Yellin.
It was held in an historic neo-Italian renaissance mansion owned by
Aby Rosen.
I was told that Mr. Roitfeld had transformed the palatial house into "a den of standardized iniquity -- Pol's new body of work exists in a realm where sin and forbidden fantasies have been commoditized as carnivalesque. Part brothel, part ticketed amusement park…" Okay? (You probably had to be there).
The entrance to the Wade Thompson Drill Room of the Park Avenue Armory for last night's preview of The Art Show, which opens today and runs through Sunday.
At the time, I was over at the Park Avenue Armory
for the opening night preview of the 24th annual Art Show, organized by Art Dealers Association of America and benefiting Henry Street Settlement. Our intrepid photojournalist
Jill Krementz
will be providing her incomparable coverage of this remarkable art fair.
And it is fabulous to see. The Wade Thompson Drill Hall was jammed with guests. I only regretted that I hadn't got there earlier because there is so much to see, so many wonderful works of art and fabulous photography. The Art Fair Show runs through Sunday.
Eric Brown from Tibor de Nagy with Charlie Scheips.
George Farias, Drew Grant, and Patrick McMullan.
Jay Diamond and Alexandra Lebenthal.
Susan Magrino and Julie Loria.
Back to Monday night:
almost 300 guests were on hand at Doyle New York last night to honor acclaimed interior designer
Bunny Williams
. Bunny and they were doing all this to raise money for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.
The evening included a book signing of
Bunny Williams' Scrapbook for Living
, a silent auction, and a raffle, all benefiting Kips Bay.
The event took place within the exhibition of
Doyle at Home, Including the Contents of Quawksnest
, an 1896 home in Cutchogue decorated by Bunny. In keeping with the East End theme, guests enjoyed sliders, crab cakes, and Southsides.
Bunny Williams is also the Chair of the 2012 Kips Bay Decorator Show House, which will take place in May. The girl never sleeps. Much.
Kathleen M. Doyle and Bunny Williams.
Shelia Camera Kotur and James Alan Smith.
Dr. Ivy Engel and Bob Siegal.
Sonia Bendt and Kips Bay Executive Director Daniel Quintero.
Ralph and Clifford Harvard.
Rachel Carr and Mario Buatta.
Samantha Santiago from Kips Bay.
David and Pamela Hottenroth.
Michael McGraw, Etienne Coffinier, and Ed Ku.
Ashlyn Casiano, Jaylene Brown, and Jessica Catalano from Kips Bay.
Barbara Ostum and Cary Crain.
Stephan and Arlene Bassett with Samantha Gore.
Carolyn Coulter, Chip Dort, Elizabeth Swartz, and Kathleen Carroll.
Marisa Marcantonio and Maria Parasugo.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mott with Jill Bowers.
Linda Zagaria and Robert Riggs.
Dr. Ifeoma Aitkenhead and Mr. Ben Aitkenhead.
Bunny Williams and Christina Juarez.
Joan and Jayne Michaels with James Druckman, President of the Board of Kips Bay.
Jim Kelly, Joanne Mournet, Gillian Ryan, and Kathy Kelly.
Justine Oddo, Phyllis Trivolezzi, and Trisha Duvall.
Catching up.
This past Monday night, The School of American Ballet (SAB) held its highest profile annual benefit, the
Winter Ball
, a black-tie dinner dance at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater. More than 400 attended, including the School's board members and alumni as well as leaders from the New York corporate and social communities.
The event featured a one-time-only performance by the advanced students of the School of American Ballet choreographed specifically for this event by SAB and NYCB alumna
Melinda Roy
Nicholas Bos.
Proceeds from the will be used to award scholarships, maintain world-class studios and residence halls, and offer vital student programs beyond the classroom. Almost $1 Million was raised to support the School of American Ballet. I've written about the SAB more than once before. It is a very impressive institution, and that includes not only the faculty but the student body.
This year Winter Ball guests stepped outside of everyday life and into a fantasy world as the School honored ballet's Russian heritage. The David H. Koch Theater Promenade was transformed by
Ron Wendt
and Van Cleef & Arpels into a dramatic and elaborate Winter Palace.
After dinner, 200 of the city's philanthropic chic young professionals joined the Winter Ball for dessert and dancing to music by
DJ Coleman Feltes.
That part of the evening is called "The Encore."
Brie Bythewood, Amanda Brotman, and Ann-Marie Macfarlane.
Caroline Lagerfelt and Kelly Rutherford.
Guests included
Brie Bythewood
, who was a Young Patron Co-Chair along with
Amanda Brotman, Ann-Marie MacFarlane
Chelsea Clinton
Nicolas Bos
, President and CEO of the Americas, Van Cleef & Arpels,
Ashley Bouder
Charlotte D'Ambroise
Lindsay Degen,
Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond
and Joseph DiMenna
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
Elizabeth Miller
Effie and Robert Fribourg
Pamela Joyner
Alfred J. Giuffrida
Sterling Hyltin,
Jill and Harry Kargman
David Koch
Arie Kopelman
Caroline Lagerfelt,
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Terrence Mann
Nole Marin
Darci Kistler
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Sara Mearns
Gillian and Sylvester Miniter
Liz and Jeff Peek
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David Prottas
Kelly Rutherford
Jean and Martin Shafiroff
Marjorie Van Dercook
Eileen Guggenheim,
Russell Wilkinson.
Lisa Perry.
Alexandra Lebenthal.
Chelsea Clinton.
Julia and David Koch.
Julia Koch, Diana DiMenna, and Betsy Pitts.
Liz and Jeff Peek.
Van Cleef & Arpels at table.
Jill and Harry Kargman.
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Emma Gagnon, near Fort Kent, Maine. on the Gagnon farm in August of 1942, making soup. This photo is part of a series of photos taken of the Gagnon farm for the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information.
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The House Committee on Tourism Development and Energy is expected to consider two clean energy bills when it meets on Thursday, March 22 at 10 am in room 131 of the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.
The committee will take testimony on HB 167, The Clean Energy Opportunity Act, a bill that would gradually increase the share of electricity in Kentucky that comes from energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. Testimony will also be heard on HB 187, a bill that would encourage investment in renewable energy by allowing commercial-scale renewable systems to connect to the grid through an arrangement called net-metering.
Click on over to read more and contact Frankfort.
And, hey!, while you're at it, why not sign this petition in response to Greg Stumbo's insulting "buy a mountain" comment:
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There wasn't any red carpet welcoming Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul to town Saturday to promote his film, Smashed, but he nevertheless sauntered into the Regency Theatres in Laguna Niguel as if arriving at a Hollywood premiere.
Paul is the co-star of Breaking Bad, the AMC hit series that focuses on Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. White decides to turn to a life of crime by producing and selling methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman, played by Paul, hoping to provide a financial future for his family before he dies.
The New Film
Smashed is a comedy-drama directed by James Ponsoldt and Susan Burke, starring Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
It also has some other well-known co-stars in Octavia Spencer of The Help and Megan Mulally of Will and Grace. The 85-minute independent film focuses on Kate (Winstead) and Charlie Hannah (Paul) who both like to have a good time. Their marriage centers around music, laughter and getting smashed. When Kate's partying spirals into atypical behavior, compromising her job as second-grade teacher, she makes the choice to sober up.
However, sobriety comes at the cost of 'fessing up to a web of lies she's been telling at work, mending an estranged relationship with her mother, and being around Charlie, who still likes to have a good time despite her trying to change her life.
The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22 and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing. On Feb. 5, the film was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics and on Aug. 8, a release date of Oct. 12 was set.
Opening Up
After the film, Paul, 33, stuck around to answer questions along with the film's producer, Jonathan Schwartz, and Ponsoldt. Moderating the Q&A was the president of the Orange County Screenwriters Association, Mark Sevi.
"The film started as an idea, a conversation between the stupid things myself and my co-writer [Suzanne Burke] did when we were younger," said Ponsoldt. "People have asked us why a film about alcohol addiction as opposed to drugs. We thought alcohol addiction would be better because it is so pedestrian, so mundane ... everybody drinks. The goal was to make alcohol the common denominator so the audience could relate."
The move took only 19 days to film, he said. By the time it was ready to show at Sundance, it had already been awarded a jury prize.
Paul was asked why he often plays the "damaged individual," like Pinkman in Breaking Bad, a role he has played for four seasons.
"This being the final season of Breaking Bad is bittersweet, because I have loved playing Jesse," he said. "Why am I always cast as a damaged person and do I mind? I have no idea, but I do love playing the bad guy. When I read a script, I tend to gravitate toward a more complicated person. My own personal life is very good and I am very happy. I like playing the darker characters, they are definitely more fun."
Speaking of his personal life, this rising star is engaged to Laguna Niguel native Lauren Parsekian, president and co-founder of the Kind Campaign, a nonprofit organization that addresses what she calls "girl-against-girl "crimes.
Although Paul has several upcoming roles in major feature films, one with actor Pierce Brosnan, he said he enjoys working on independent films because "everyone becomes a close-knit family."
"We had a small crew and cast, and we never had a chance to hang out in each others trailers because there were no trailers," he laughed. "We hung out on the set, which was the house and just had a great time."
The film also has some heavy hitters such as Spencer, who plays Jenny, a sponsor and confidante to Kate.
"She was so much fun to work with," Paul said. "She is incredible."
Mulally, former star of Will and Grace, plays the principal of the school where Kate teaches second grade.
In terms of his own acting, Paul said he gravitates more toward the "method" style versus technical.
"For this project, I just practiced drinking a lot," he laughed. "I filmed myself drinking, went out drinking ... I wanted to be a part of this film from the moment I heard about it and spent three hours with John when we first met. Then another three with James; I was sold and begged to be involved."
Another audience member asked Paul how he gets into character whether he is playing Breaking Bad's Pinkman or a Charlie Hughes role.
"I torture myself intensely," he laughed. "I try to live through that character's skin ... I immerse myself in their thoughts and draw on their past ... their experiences."
The son of a retired Baptist minister, Paul was also asked if his dad likes Breaking Bad and its violent content.
"He loves it," said the Idaho native.
In the end, there is no real agenda or answer to the movie Smashed, Ponsoldt said.
"There is no rhyme or reason to the movie--it means something different to everyone who sees it," he said. "We were blessed by being around a great crew and cast. Everyone we worked with was so wonderful, and so well-prepared. Aaron brings such professionalism and vulnerability to what he is doing when he acts. In this day and age when there are big blockbusters with a lot of money being thrown at them, this was an amazing experience because we couldn't really do take after take, and yet it still came out amazing."


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District of Nebraska Civil Rights Cases
Housing/Accommodations Cases, Dockets and Filings
Cases filed
Cases 1 - 10 of 35
Monroe v. Sun Newspapers of Lincoln, Inc.
as 4:2014cv03152
Plaintiff: Paul Monroe
Defendant: Sun Newspapers of Lincoln, Inc.
Cause Of Action: Americans with Disabilities Act
Kerrigan v. Meadowbrook Estates Partnership et al
as 8:2013cv00235
Defendant: Meadowbrook Estates Partnership, F Street, Steve Clouse and others
Plaintiff: Steve Kerrigan
Cause Of Action: Property Rights of Citizens
Lombardo v. Barrett Property Management et al
as 8:2012cv00189
Plaintiff: Marc Lombardo
Defendant: John C. Barrett, Verla Kay Barrett, Barrett Property Management
Cause Of Action: Fair Housing Act
Hall v. Housing Authority et al
as 8:2011cv00408
Defendant: George Achola, Jonetta Henry, Housing Authority and others
Plaintiff: Deber Hall
Cause Of Action: Fed. Question
Andersen v. Midland Lutheran College
as 8:2011cv00093
Defendant: Midland Lutheran College
Plaintiff: Hans Harold Andersen
Cause Of Action: Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
Vega v. Valley Venture II d/b/a Interstate Apartments et al
as 8:2010cv00429
Defendant: Michelle Harlan, Richard Nutt, Valley Venture II d/b/a Interstate Apartments
Plaintiff: Marisol Vega
Cause Of Action: Fair Housing Act
Drews v. Hansen
as 8:2009cv00052
Plaintiff: Daniel Drews
Defendant: Paul John Hansen
Cause Of Action: Federal Question
Type: Civil Rights > Plaintiff
United States of America v. Latvian Tower Condominium, et al.
as 8:2008cv00489
Defendant: Latvian Tower Condominium Association, Inc., Karl Tegtmeyer
Plaintiff: United States of America, United States of America
Cause Of Action: U.S. Government Plaintiff
Type: Civil Rights > None
Tumeh v. McDonald's Corporation
as 4:2008cv03150
Plaintiff: Karen Tumeh, Karen Tumeh
Defendant: McDonald's Corporation
Cause Of Action: Federal Question
Type: Civil Rights > Plaintiff
High Plains Community Development v. Nebraska Department of Health And Human Services, Regulation and Liscensure et al
as 4:2007cv03149
Plaintiff: High Plains Community Development
Defendant: Nebraska Department of Health And Human Services, Regulation and Liscensure, Terry Hinn, Marilyn Hinn Hayes and others
Cause Of Action: Fair Housing Act
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The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Who voted this summer to eliminate food stamps (aka SNAP)?
Editor, The Transcript:
In the homeless shelter where I worked
I asked Kareem, age 6, "Have you had your supper yet?"
It was nine at night. He was my regular guide, taking me to families I had to see.
"No," he said.
I could ignore his answer, as you did.
Or I could take him to the room of a friend in the shelter whose skillet usually had some tasty leftovers;
Or I could take him to the bodega — as I did —-
And buy him his favorite meal: orange juice and canned spaghetti.
In 30 Bronx years, in various places, I saw many
Whose meals were too haphazard, or tiny, or absent.
(By the way, our Y Camp on Saturdays
Served home-cooked lunches
To kids and parents.)
I see the House of Representatives is now Casual Headquarters:
"What difference does this vote make anyway?" they might have said.
You can see that choosing no food at all
won't feed the Kareems of our country.
Means the ones who hold the budget (that's you) dodge responsibility,
Leaving neglect and hunger trailing in your wake.
Means the ones who care (family and community) will find little budget for food,
While they walk a path to limited life, to slow genocide.
Reps, safety nets need weaving, repairing.
Isn't that a part of your job that can't be delegated? Help each other to do it.
Set up the looms now!
It's not as if your own wherewithal has flown.
I'm still paying taxes for your salary, office, staff, travel, pension, health insurance.
Time to earn your money — show you care.
Can't you see that even with food stamps in play, food banks and pantries
can't keep up with the overflow need? Visit one and see for yourself.
Haven't you heard that many soldiers' families are getting SNAP to survive?
Don't you think "love" is part of your job description?
Try it on for size.
Do you want to see the actual headline:
"U.S. votes to cancel main anti-hunger program."
This won't play well in underdeveloped nations,
Let alone in our land.
Disbelief and disrespect will follow.
Instead, open your eyes and your hearts —
Weave that safety net, make it strong.
Don't shame yourself or your country.
Distribute a message of hope and caring.
For food is respect for life,
And central to nourishing.
To those of you reps who voted for food stamps:
When the real vote comes, do it again — and nobody shrink the net.
To you,
A thousand thanks, always.
Patricia Allen Upham


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LEWISTON — Three weeks after vowing to stay sober and crime-free, Norman "Bo" Thompson is back in jail.
Officials at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland said Thompson was booked on two charges Wednesday morning and held on $3,000 bail.
Thompson, 36, was arrested by Portland police after he was found in possession of items reported missing from a car parked at 23 Lamb St. in Westbrook, patrol supervisor Brett Bissonnette said Wednesday night.
Portland police Lt. James Swett confirmed Wednesday night that his department made the arrest in connection with the Westbrook burglary.
The car owner, Bissonnette said, contacted police at 9 a.m. Wednesday to report that debit cards, cash, a phone charger, a GPS device and a driver's license were missing. Westbrook police went to the jail Wednesday afternoon and served Thompson with summonses for charges of burglary of a motor vehicle and violation of bail conditions.
Westbrook police officer James Sarrenkopf is investigating the burglary, Bissonnette said.
Thompson, who listed an address of 509 Cumberland Ave. in Portland, is scheduled to appear in 9th District Court in Portland at 1 p.m. Friday, the jailer said.
It may take little to keep Thompson in jail for a long time.
He is best known for a third-story leap from a Lewiston tenement in 2007 that was photographed by Sun Journal photographer Russ Dillingham, who tackled Thompson as he fled from police. A week later, Thompson was arrested after a 14-hour standoff with police at his mother's house in Mexico.
In May 2009, Thompson was sentenced to 15 years in jail for burglary, theft and other charges. Since nearly all of the sentence was suspended, he could serve another 13 years for the past offenses.
"You have a significant amount of time hanging over your head," Justice John Nivison told Thompson at the sentencing.
In a July 12 interview with the Sun Journal, Thompson said he was "all set."
"I don't think I'll get in trouble again," he said. "I got too much to lose."
Thompson talked about his move to Portland, where he has been attending an anger management group, meeting with a substance abuse counselor and participating in art therapy.
His therapy followed a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, he said. He took medications to keep his impulses in check.
"I think I'm getting old an' I got to
retire from trouble." he said in the recent interview. "I'm 36 an' I can't handle it no more."
While in jail, he had met older prisoners.
"I don't wanna be them sittin' in jail
when I'm 50," he said.


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Writtle College students runners-up in Natural England competition (From Chelmsford Weekly News)
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9:00am Thursday 26th December 2013 in News
A TRIO of Writtle College students finished second in a regional Natural England competition.
Victoria Parrish, from Epping, Hannah Hensley, from Wickford, and Katy Corrigan, from Ingatestone, came within one point of winning the South East Inter College competition on catchment sensitive farming.
In the contest, the group who are all 17-years-old visited a 245 hectre farm in Kent and analyse the venue's environmental impact caused by it's livestock and crops before discussing how improvements could be made.
Rebecca Harris, lecturer in agriculture at the college, said: "The girls were outstanding.
"This was a challenging task as it meant first analysing a farm's practices and then suggesting improvements to make it more environmentally friendly."


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'Green Acres': Unsung Masterpiece
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While most of CBS' 1960s-era rural comedies have dated rather poorly—the early seasons of "The Beverly Hillbillies," a major water-cooler success in its day, contain some gems, but "Petticoat Junction" is just plain unwatchable—"Green Acres" is better than ever.
It is so off-the-wall that it refuses to date.
Besides great turns by stars Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, what terrific characters there were: Mr. Haney (Pat Buttram), the relentless con man with the lanky voice; Hank Kimball (Alvy Moore), the hapless county agent and master of the parenthetical clause who could never tell a story in a straight line; Fred Ziffel (Hank Patterson), the pig farmer with the "talking" pig Arnold; the Monroe brothers, Ralph (Mary Grace Canfield) and Alf (Sid Melton), carpenters who could never seem to complete a job. (Truth alert: I always thought "Make Room for Daddy" veteran Sid was a bit of a miscast, but Mary Grace was aces.)
The actors brought such believability to their roles it's almost as if they walked in off the street.
Or out of a corn field. Whoever cast the show was brilliant. I remember grizzled little Granny being THE sensation on "The Beverly Hillbillies" when it premiered; it's like whoever found Irene Ryan went back to the well and came up with these folks.
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Staff Profile: Thomas C. Emmel
Thomas C. Emmel is director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, as well as professor of zoology and entomology, and curator of natural sciences with the Florida Museum of Natural History. He previously served as director of the University of Florida Boender Endangered Species Laboratory since its inception in 1995, and the Department of Zoology's Division of Lepidoptera Research from 1980-2003. His Ph.D. in population biology was obtained under Paul R. Ehrlich at Stanford University, which led to his intense lifelong research interest in ecological and conservation issues. He has also written extensively about the biology, taxonomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology of butterflies and tree snails, and on general biology topics. Author of more than 400 publications, including 35 books, he has worked intensively since 1984 on the endangered Schaus Swallowtail butterfly in the Florida Keys and has directed an extensive captive propagation and reintroduction effort to help this endangered species recover so it can be taken off the federal endangered species list. His research on the effects of mosquito control pesticides on non-target wildlife and humans living in south Florida have led to better control measures for the use of pesticides and enhanced wildlife survival.
Other long-term research projects deal with microevolution, population biology, and ecological genetics of Cercyonis satyrid butterflies; chromosome evolution and macroevolution in the Lepidoptera; mimicry complexes in Mechanitis and Melinaea ithomiine butterflies of the Neotropics; biology, life histories, ecology, and conservation of the California butterfly fauna; butterfly diversity in the West Indies (especially Hispaniola, Trinidad and Tobago), Central and South America, Papua New Guinea, and South Pacific island groups; and fossil butterflies.
Some of Emmel's more recent authored or edited books include Systematics of Western North American Butterflies (1998); Butterfly Gardening (1997); Florida's Fabulous Butterflies (1997); chapters in Swallowtail Butterflies: Their Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (1995); Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida. Vol. 4. Invertebrates (1995) and Conservation Biology of Lycaenidae (Butterflies) (1993); Butterflies of the Florida Keys (1993); Florissant Butterflies: A Guide to Fossil and Present-day Species of Central Colorado (1992); Mosquito Control Pesticides: Ecological Impacts and Management Alternatives (1991); Butterflies (1991); Biology (1989); Butterflies of California (1989); Florida Environmental Guide (1986); Biology (1986); and other works.
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Add "lame duck" to what is increasingly becoming a lame Rose Bowl matchup.
The Associated Press is reporting that Wisconsin Coach Bret Bielema has accepted the coaching position at Arkansas.
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Charlie St. Cloud
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Tower of Van Roy Truffles - Raspberry, lemon, orange, plain and salted toffee - all individually wrapped.
Take a trip down memory lane with this fabulous jar of Stockleys retro mixed sweets.
This 1.8 kg retro jar is just like the ones newsagents used to keep on shelves behind the counter for when you bought your sweets by the quarter ounce in a white paper bag!
These fabulously tasty mixed sweets are great for dipping into yourself or dishing out to kids as a treat or reward and also makes an unusual and interesting gift.
For Christmas delivery, orders must be received by 17th December.
Fire Cupid's arrow into your loved one's affections with these Niederegger Champagne Marzipan Hearts.
They're made of succulent Niederegger marzipan with a fine champagne truffle filling wrapped in melt-in-the-mouth milk chocolate.
This luxury set makes a lovely present for any occasion and is sure to bring a smile to the face any discerning chocoholic.
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- Niederegger Champagne Marzipan Hearts
- Milk chocolate
- Marzipan centres
- Ideal gift for someone special
- 125 g
Thanks to the Stockley's Traditional Sweet Shop selection you don't need to head off to the newsagent every time you fancy a bag of old school sweets.
This smart presentation box containing 12 jars of traditional sweets is great for dishing out to kids as a treat or reward and also makes an unusual and interesting gift.
With jars of Sherbet Lemons, Dolly Mixture, Jelly Beans, Strawberry and Cream, Pear Drops, Mint Imperials, Fruit Marbles, Bon Bons, Liquorice Comfits, Dewdrops, Golden Mintballs and Aniseed Balls, these timeless sweets are guaranteed to stir happy childhood memories for anyone you share them with.
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This compact hamper is bursting at the seams with all your favourite classic and retro sweets – and you can personalise it for the perfect present.
We've managed to squeeze in 27 different varieties to treat the lucky recipient's sweet tooth and the hamper will then make a storage box for more sweets or anything else they may fancy.
It comes with a gift card that can be personalised with any message of your choice up to 99 characters – just add your message in the box above and we can personalise the card before delivering the hamper to either your and the recipient's address.
Contents: candy necklace, 2 candy sticks, 1 candy whistle, 2 cola bottles, 100g double candy lollies, 5 double dip sherbet, 1 drumstick lolly, 5 fizzers, 6 flying saucers, 25g foam bananas, 100g fried eggs, 100g fun gums, 2 gob stoppers, 5 jelly babies, 100g jelly beans, 100g kola cubes, 100g liquorice wheels, 5 Love Heart sherbet dip, 1 marshmallows, 100g mega double candy lolly, 1 milkshake, 100g mini love heart rolls, 4 parma violets, 6 popping candy, 1 rainbow drops, 1 refresher chews, 8 super shrimps.
Hamper measurements: 31 x 22 x 12 cm
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Whether you prefer them shaken or stirred, this Jelly Bean Cocktail Mix set is the perfect way to tantalise your taste buds.
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You don't need to head off to the sweet shop every time you fancy a handful of Stockleys Wine Gums.
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Tantalise the taste buds with this Thorntons Classic Collection.
This luxurious selection has something for everyone and includes favourites like creamy fudge, hazelnut praline and fruit and nut - all covered in white, dark or milk chocolate.
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Indulge in a supersized slice of chocolate heaven with this Lindt Lindor Maxi Ball.
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Warren W. Pryor
Assistant Professor of Biology
Warren Pryor teaches Marine Biology Lab, Comparative Anatomy, Vertebrate Physiology, Principles of Biology I, Experimental Design & Research Methods, Special Problems in Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Biological Field Studies. Mr. Pryor specializes in research on freshwater ecology and invites undergraduates to participate research under his direction. He posts periodic updates about the activities of his students and himself on his blog.
Mr. Pryor spent the first 18 years of his career in zoos and aquariums, first as an aquarist at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, and then as an animal curator at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. He has travelled to places of particular biological interest including the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula, the rocky coast of southern California, the Galagpagos Islands and several times to Australia.
Mr. Pryor has logged hundreds of hours as a certified SCUBA diver, is an avid sailor, and enjoys boat building and knitting.
Professional Education
- MA, Biology (Thesis Track), University of Nebraska at Omaha - 1988
- MS, Marine Biology, Florida Institute of Technology - 1982
- PADI, Basic SCUBA Certification, #84229344, 1984 to present
- Freshwater mussel ecology
- Public aquarium management
Professional Memberships
- Freshwater Mollusk Conservtion Society
- American Association of Zookeepers
- Pryor WW, Morris DJ & Simmons LG. 1988. An evaluation of supplementing bacterial filtration with algae scrubbers in a recirculating marine aquarium. Zoo Biology 7: 281-288.
- Pryor WW. 1991. Care and display of the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. AAZPA 1991 Regional Proceedings, pp. 746-752.
- Pryor WW. 1995. Measurement of biomass and growth in quahog clams with notes on thei captive husbandry. 1995 AZA Regional Conference Proceedings, pp 123-128.
- Mohan, PJ and Pryor WW. 1996. Effects of specialty aquarium lamps on protein and photosynthetic pigment concentrations in the rock anemone, Epicystis (=Phymanthus) crucifer. (Poster) Annual AZA Conference proceedings. Waikiki, HI. Sept. 17-21. p 399.
- Pryor ww. 1998. Enexpensive respiration rate measurement in captive pimpleboack freshwater mussels. 1998 AZA Regional Conference Proceedings, pp 313-316.
- Pryor WW & Piropato C. 1999. the Worms! Exhibit at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. International Zoo News 46: 147-153.
- Pryor WW. 2000. Size distribution of a population of giant floater mussels (JPyganodon grandis) in Bowman Lake, Allen County, Indiana. Drum & Coaker 32:20-22.
- Firchau B, Pryor W & Correia J. 2004. Census of elasmobranchs in public aquariums. In: The Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual: Captive Care of Sharks, Rays and their Relatives, pp. 515-519.
- Pryor WW. 2005. Distribution of the native freshwater mussels in the rivers of Allen County, Indiana. www.sjrwi.org/documents/PryorWDistrbNatvMusslAllenCo.pdf
- Pryor WW.1990. Changes in tentacle and column length of the symbiotic sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella, during the light portion of the photoperiod. Presented at the Regional Aquatics Workshop, Saint Louis Zoo.
- Pryor WW. 1990. Changes in tentacle and column length of the symbiotic sea anemone, Aiptasia Pulchella, during the light portion of the photoperiod. Presented at the Regional Aquatics Workshop, Saint Louis Zoo.
- Pryor WW. 1997. Wild urban clams; The freshwater mussels of Allen County, Indiana. Poster Presentation at 1997 AZA National Conference.
- Obringer A, Lund A, Pryor W, Crichton E, Loskutoff N, & Kirchner E. 2002. Sex and the devil: Monitoring reproductive activity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Abstract in Program of the Indiana Academy of Science 118th Annual Meeting, p 106.
- Pryor WW. 2003. Population biology of the pimpleback mussel, Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831), (Bivalvia Unionidae) in the Saint Joseph River, Allen County, Indina from 1997- to 2002. Abstract in Program of the Indiana Academy of Science 119th Annual meetin, p 99.
- Pryor WW. 2004. Population biology of Quadrula pustulosa at Johnny Appleseed Park. Presented at the Great Lakes Mollusk Watchers' Conference, Porter, Indiana.
- Pryor WW. 2006. Sediment analysis in the Saint Joseph river. Seminar Presentation to the Science Faculty and Students of the University of Saint Francis. goodman SS, Gillespie RB & Pryor WW. 2007. Assessment of freshwater mussel communities in Cedar Creek, norheast Indiana. Abstract in Program of the Indiana Academy of Science 123rd Annual Meeting, p 54.
- Tracy SJ, Smith HN, Heyerly AL & Pryor WW. 2007. Investigation of the thermal environment of freshwater mussels in northeastern Indiana: A preliminary report. Abstract in Program of the Indiana Academy of Science 123rd Annual Meeting, p 55.
- Pryor WW, Morman RE, Wire KR, Baumgartner JM & Meier AH. One hundred years of unionoids: replication of the 1908 survey of freshwater mussels of Allen County, Indiana. Poster at Indiana Academy of Science, 124th Fall Meeting, October 23-25, 2008, University of Evansville.
- Morman RE, Baumgartner JM & Pryor WW. 2009. Mussel community trends in the Saint Joseph River (of the Maumee): Annual surveys at Johnny Appleseed Park. Presented at Indiana Academy of Science, 125th Fall Meeting, October 22 & 23, 2009, Indiana University Kokomo.
- Baumgartner JM, Morman RE & Pryor WW. Spatial difference in community composition of unionids of the Saint Joseph (of the Maumee) at Johnny Appleseed Park. Presented at the 22nd Annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
- Morman RE, Baumgartner JM & Pryor WW. 2010. Ecological physiology of Lampsilis siliquoidea (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Crooked Lake, Whitley County, Indiana: A priliminary analysis. Poster at Association of Franciscan Colleges and University, at University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN.
- Morman RE & Pryor WW. 2010. Distribution and habitat characterization of unionids in Crooked Lake, Whitley County, Indiana: A preiminary report. Presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Unified Malacologists, 6 November 2010 at Ohio State University.
- Gleason C. Morman RE, Wright AE & Pryor WW. 2011. Thermal Environment Fluctuations of Unionids of Crooked Lake, Whitley County, Indiana, August 2009-July 2010. Presentation at the OVUM Meeting, 1 October 2011 at the Thomas Moore College Field Station, California, KY
- Taylor A, Pryor W & Geyer A. 2012. Investigating food energy availability to Lampsilis siliquoidea: combustion analysis of plankton in Crooked Lake, Indiana. Poster presentation at the Regional Chemical Society Meeting, Midland Michigan, October 2012.
- Taylor A, Geyer A, Wright A & Pryor W. 2012. Preliminary atempt to determine the food available to Lampsilis siliquoidea (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Crooked Lake, Whitley County, Indiana. USF Science Seminar, 21 September 2012.
- Wright A & Pryor W. 2012. Freshwater mussel respirometry studies performed on Lampsilis siliquoidea of Crooked Lake (Whitley County, IN). Presentation at Ohio Valley Unified Malacologists (OVUM) meeting, 6 October 2012, Fort Wayne, IN.


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Friday, February 1
Hot teams
-- Senators won five of last seven games.
-- Blues won last four games, outscoring foes 16-8. Detroit won its last two road games, 5-3/4-1.
-- Tampa Bay won its last four games, scoring 20 goals.
-- Anaheim won three of its first five games.
-- Chicago won six of its first six games. Canucks won last two home games, 3-2/3-0.
Cold teams
-- Carolina lost three of its first five games.
-- Washington lost six of its first seven games; Flyers lost five of seven.
-- Winnipeg lost three of its four road games.
-- Dallas Stars lost last four games, scoring seven goals. Phoenix lost five of its first seven games.
-- Minnesota lost its two road games, 5-4/5-3.
-- Five of seven Ottawa games stayed under the total.
-- Last five Washington games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last seven St Louis-Detroit games stayed under total.
-- Under is 4-1 in Jets' last five visits to St Pete Forum.
-- Seven of last nine Dallas-Phoenix games stayed under total.
-- Last three Anaheim games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 5-0-1 in last six Vancouver games.
Series records
-- Hurricanes won five of last seven games with Ottawa.
-- Flyers won their last three visits to Washington.
-- Red Wings won four of last five games against St Louis.
-- Lightning won 14 of last 17 games against Winnipeg.
-- This is ***************.com. Super Bowl pick: Ravens, 23-20.
-- Coyotes lost three of last four visits to Dallas.
-- Road team won last five Minnesota-Anaheim games.
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University of Maine--Machias is a public institution that was founded in 1909. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 925, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 43 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Maine--Machias's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, Tier 2. Its in-state tuition and fees are $7,480 (2012-13); out-of-state tuition and fees are $19,300 (2012-13).
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Through our Environmental Liberal Arts core, distinctive baccalaureate programs, and student-centered community, the University of Maine at Machias creates enriching educational opportunities that prepare graduates for professional success and lifelong engagement with the world. UMM embodies an active community of diverse learners who share a commitment to exploration, leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary problem solving. Inspired by our unique coastal location, UMM's creative energy, applied research, and community engagement enhance the social, cultural, economic, and natural environments of the State of Maine.
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Colin Read, Everybody's Business
---- — This is a transportation region.
At the crossroads of a major North-South highway corridor that connects two of the largest economic regions in the largest trading partners in the world, Clinton County knows a lot about international transportation.
As a pioneer in automobile transportation at the former Lozier plant, where Georgia Pacific now resides, Plattsburgh knows cars.
Once the home of a major Strategic Air Command Air Force Base, primarily because of the large number of clear-sky days, Plattsburgh understands airports.
Years ago, Bombardier, a world leader in air and rail vehicles, recognized the quality of the Plattsburgh workforce and its proximity to the home office. They continue to expand and invest here, and have amassed orders worth billions of dollars for their rail cars made here. Plattsburgh knows mass transit.
More recently, Nova Bus came to town, and they too have amassed huge orders for their innovative and energy-efficient buses. Plattsburgh understands green.
And, Plattsburgh is here because of its strategic location where the Richelieu River in Quebec widens into Lake Champlain. For longer than there have been planes, trains and automobiles, Plattsburgh has been a major strategic port of call for the barges and boats that moved goods during our Gilded Age, and well before.
Transportation has changed a lot since pivotal naval battles off our shores that made our nation. However, transportation remains as essential to our region today as it was then. And, transportation touches each and every one of us.
This past week, the Vision2Action group once again sponsored a forum, this time on Clinton County transportation.
The open house and workshop, followed by a town forum and call-in show conducted by Mountain Lake PBS, let our residents know what transportation in Clinton County could look like by 2040. Indeed, many of these innovations are already occurring today.
For instance, a discussion of Complete Streets informed those who participated that streets are not simply pathways for cars to get from point A to point B. In fact, our streets now share more with streets from 1776 more than the streets of 1976. Increasingly, our downtown streets are places for small businesses as people are once again recognizing the value of a downtown core.
Our streets are pathways for pedestrians, trails for trekkers and those who realize exercise enhances health, and routes for bicyclists who get healthy as they get to work. Visionary communities recognize these multiple uses of our modern streets, and now design them accordingly. In fact, the Clinton County Health Department documented the many ways our smart streets translate into a healthy county.
Over the past few years, other transportation networks have been expanded dramatically in Clinton County. It makes sense that a major, world-class producer of mass-transit buses and subway cars should have some sort of mass-transit system in place itself. Of course, a smart community scales its mass-transit mode to be proportional to its size and needs. The small, colorful buses that our county operates are a prime example of an appropriately-sized solution for our community.
The county is still experimenting with the viability and design of its bus network. Any such network must create benefits that exceed the costs, and must constitute the best investment of public funds. The costs are easy to quantify. These are the expenditures represented on spreadsheets our county legislators pour over. On the benefits side are the revenues from fares. More difficult to quantify, though, are factors such as the value to a worker who would otherwise be unable to take a job at the hospital, for instance. Or, the value of peace of mind that, should one's car be sidelined, there is a temporary solution.
And, there is value by having more people take a fuel-efficient bus rather than be the sole driver of a gas-intensive car.
The challenge is to quantify such benefits and to develop a plan to get ridership up so taxpayers are assured their investment in transportation is well spent. The county is working diligently on this equation.
The Vision2Action forum gave Clinton County participants an opportunity to see for themselves that transportation networks define communities, while communities define our transportation needs. A thoughtful community does not design itself in a haphazard manner. Nor does it let happenstance dictate its future. We all have witnessed examples of poor urban planning. This Vision2Action forum, and the others in the series, give us ways to help forge our own future.
You can catch a repeat of the town forum this morning at 10 a.m. on Mountain Lake PBS. Check it out.
Colin Read chairs the Department of Economics and Finance at SUNY Plattsburgh. Continue the discussion at www.pressrepublican.com/0216_read.


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The wonders of Podcasting, I get to tune in today, rather than yesterday when I had no time. If you see a Mothership out there, it's just me taking the Apple Campus 2 for a spin.
That's seriously funny stuff. You are the new Ken Ray!
Lots of good things happening in the Apple Campus.
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Jon Matonis, Contributor
I cover payments, cryptography, and digital currencies.
BitTorrent and Bitcoin were made for each other. An article on TorrentFreak reports that PayPal is requiring private BitTorrent tracking sites to provide them free access for purposes of monitoring user content for possible copyright infringement.
On the very same day, another TorrentFreak article claimed that researchers at Boston's Northeastern University show domain seizure of file-sharing sites to be ineffective and that blocking the money streams to these sites would be a more 'fruitful' solution. And, it is already happening in a major way. The money stream targeting even extends to ISPs that happen to be BitTorrent friendly.
Just as with the payment-oriented attacks against the online pharmacy industry, censorship-resistant bitcoin appears to solve the problem by providing a decidedly nonpolitical currency. Used properly, bitcoin can have the privacy attributes of paper cash and bitcoin doesn't make morality judgements about what you choose to do with your money. It is purely a value transfer protocol and it functions generally in accordance with the same distributed peer-to-peer principles as BitTorrent.
Of course, many commenters to the articles have already made the connection to a bitcoin solution but with varying degrees of endorsement. Private BitTorrent trackers traditionally rely on donations for the operation of their service and PayPal is so widely used that donations would drop if forced to rely on lesser-known payment methods.
Indeed PayPal is a private corporation and using their payment service is voluntary. But the problem is that, through fear of liability or outright pressure from authorities, PayPal enforces a blanket global policy across legal jurisdictions as a substitute for due process. File-sharing sites comprise both file-hosting and BitTorrent tracking sites each of which may have different legal status in different jurisdictions depending on interpretation and enforcement of various copyright laws.
PayPal is actually setting the stage for its payment successor. "Bitcoin as a viable currency keeps growing in appeal with every incident like this. These companies are undermining their own viability," said a veteran redditor.
According to TorrentFreak, PayPal has started freezing the accounts of private BitTorrent trackers until they provide PayPal unfettered access to the site in question. File-hosting services MediaFire, DepositFiles, and Putlocker have had their PayPal accounts disabled too. Additionally, file-hoster PutLocker had their PayPal funds frozen for six months because they objected to the backend monitoring of their customer's files.
This action wouldn't seem so difficult if PayPal were barely used, but for those unable to prepare for alternatives it can have a significant impact on revenue. "This has a paralyzing effect on the file-hosting industry where 90% of the users of some sites pay using PayPal," declared an owner of a major file-hosting service.
Established private tracker TorrentBytes announced that they may have to shut down unless they can find a way to process payments:
Problem is not lack of donations, but entirely on handling them. As of current every service provider the site has to pay for only accepts PayPal, Credit/Debit cards or direct bank wiring. Only one provider allows bitcoin. Unless we can figure out some realistic and possible way to do site finances completely PayPal free, it seems like the story of TorrentBytes will end very soon after January 2013.
Bitcoin can be accepted fine without any third-party involvement. Spending them remains the bigger hurdle. While services like BitPay and Coinbase exist that will accept bitcoin payments on your behalf and convert out to national currencies, operators like TorrentBytes may not have a bank account or a credit card to use for their own procurement. If businesses don't want to exchange bitcoin for cash physically or load bitcoin onto a surrogate offshore debit card for purchases, bank accounts are still required with most online bitcoin exchanges. Life can be tough in the early days of a stateless currency.
If PayPal free is the goal, several VPS providers already accept bitcoin for payment of hosting services. In turn, file-hosting sites and private torrent sites that have successfully adopted the bitcoin payment method from their users include Lumfile, filecloud.io, and TorrentLeech.
Maybe the researchers have a point about targeting the money stream. It has been speculated that blocking the money stream to governments would solve the regulation of the economy and unbridled spending problems too.
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"It has been said that blocking the money stream to governments would solve the regulation of the economy and unbridled spending problems too." Good one :)
You forgot to mention that popular usenet provider, Hitnews, recently began accepting bitcoin
Seems to me that PayPal has overstepped itself and put itself in the hot seat of legal responsibility that it should have fought harder to insulate itself from to start with.
By taking on the watchdog position of policing everyone who uses their service they opened themselves to being held legally and fiscally liable.
I see that as holding the Mint responsible for illegal drug, gun or gambling because those criminals use the money they print. Banks and financial companies have a reasonable due diligence to only process money for legal purposes and the systems in place to detect those activities are not perfect but took a long time of observation and thought to determine and implement in the industry. The reason they did is no one wants to be responsible for someone else's liability but in the PayPal arena they either foolish have accepted or were erroneously were forced to take on the role of internet cops and are invading and risking other businesses in their militant approach to terms of service and snooping.
I think it's high time and we will see a shift in online payment and money flow processing as others carefully watch and build business models that avoid the mistakes of the ones that were first into the space. Such is the risky evolving world of risk and regulation with new technology and services. Someone has to be first and take the stumbles and pain of miss stepping through a business model no one else has, however this is one that could have been avoided with a little more brainstorming perhaps.
I broadly agree with your comment, but erm:
"Banks and financial companies have a reasonable due diligence to only process money for legal purposes and the systems in place to detect those activities are not perfect but took a long time of observation and thought to determine and implement in the industry. "
HSBC was literally founded on trading opium, and is still very much in the drug game (as, no doubt, other banks are too). They very recently got fined nearly $2billion for laundering drug money (of course, no one was prosecuted): http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/11/hsbc-bank-us-money-laundering
This surely does sounds like PayPal digging its own grave. That'll be rough trade for MC/Visa/AX, too, since they'll be losing out on PayPal's customer base.
"… since they'll be losing out on PayPal's customer base."
Actually, it's the other way round, PreyPal, in the main, rides on the back of Visa and MasterCard … http://bit.ly/UVXx53
How does one get started with Bit Coin?
Jon PayPal and others are setting the stage for their own downfall. IMHO Right now they have a worldwide monopoly in a sense, but as Bitcoin are accepted more it will give the people the power to use whatever choice of currency they want. Bitcoins like Paypal are just a transactional system in a way. You have money in your Paypal account, and you have money in your Bitcoin-qt wallet -whats really the difference.
Bitcoin-Central new status as a kind of a bank will legitimize it and when the profits come in some will get there heads out of the sand. We also saw the ECB -bank that controls the EURO already thinking about Bitcoin FRB- Fractional Reserve Banking – the cornerstone of creating money out of thin air. These changes will lead other legal entity to re-think Bitcoins.
I just completed a new book -Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AYA4SVS -my 2 cents is that the global bankers see the velocity of transaction reduce by Bitcoin and this effects their transactional fee's they charge and bottom line their Bonus money – Maybe we could pay the bankers bonus with Bitcoins then they may accept it more.
"PayPal's customer base"? That consists of two types: those that are already using a Visa or MasterCard and those that are unable to get a credit card from a real bank … PreyPal cannot survive without riding on the backs of Visa and MasterCard, not the other way round; PreyPal is a parasitic, clunky, middleman that does about one percent of total payments business and has little long term future outside of the atrophying eBay marketplace now that Visa and MasterCard have developed their own digital wallets …
The ugly reality for consumers, particularly payees, dealing with the clunky PayPal …
This particular tactic reminds me of the big media companies trying to shut down bittorrent. Guess PayPal didn't pay attention to who is winning.
Please PayPal, tighten your grip – it only ensures more customers slip through your fingers.
"It has been speculated that blocking the money stream to governments would solve the regulation of the economy and unbridled spending problems too."
Good point. Starve the beast! (have a look at this article to see where the phrase came from: http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2013/1/9/reagan-was-always-for-starving-the-beast.html )


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Springfield, Mass. -- February 25, 2009 -- Corey Finch scored 14 points to lead the Springfield College women's basketball team to a 69-55 victory over Wellesley College in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal game this evening at Springfield College's Blake Arena. With the win, the Pride is now 16-10 overall, while Wellesley ends its season at 10-12.
Springfield, the #3-seed, thus advances to play a NEWMAC Tourney semifinal game Saturday versus #2-seed Babson at WPI in Worcester. Babson was a 59-35 victor over #7-seed Coast Guard tonight. In fact, all four of the top four seeds won their quarterfinal matches this evening. Also winning were #1-seed WPI over #8-seed Mount Holyoke, 52-42, while #4-seed Wheaton defeated #5-seed Clark, 73-62. The NEWMAC Tourney semifinal games will be played at WPI's Harrington Auditorium Saturday at 12 noon and at 2 pm. The order of the games has yet to be determined.
Finch, a senior forward from Hanover, Pa., who, in all likelihood, was playing in her final home game, was one of four double-figure scorers for the Pride. In addition, senior center Lauren O'Connor (Valhalla, N.Y.) scored 12 points, followed by freshman guard Kelly Murphy (Mechanicville, N.Y.) and sophomore guard Rachelle Walker (Lee, Mass.), who each scored 10 points. Walker scored all of her 10 points in the first half.
For Wellesley, senior Julia Thomas (Concord, Calif.) played a valiant final game of her career. She led all scorers with 18 points, and added 8 rebounds. She was 8-of-12 from the floor. She probably would have played more than the 34 minutes she was credited with, except that she turned her ankle for a few minutes and did not play much in the latter stages of the game as a result. Senior Courtney Richter (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and sophomore Katie Frett (Hallowell, Me.) both scored 10 points each for the Blue. Frett led all rebounders with 10.
In that first half, Springfield jumped out to a 12-2 lead in the first 3:08. Finch scored four of those points for the Pride. When Finch hit a lay-up with 11:49 left, SC had its largest lead of the first half at 20-6. With 2:43 left, Murphy made two free throws, giving Springfield a 31-18 edge. But Wellesley outscored SC, 6-2, in the final moments, cutting the lead to just nine points at the half, 33-24. Frett hit a short jumper at the buzzer for the Blue to keep it under 10.
To start the second half, Springfield once again scored 12 of the first 14 points. And with 13:39 to go, following a lay-up by Murphy, the Pride led, 45-26. Springfield kept the Blue at arm's length throughout the entire second half. With 3:26 left, Finch made a short jumper to give SC its largest lead at 62-40. With 1:29 left, SC was still up by 19 at 67-48 following a Murphy free throw. Wellesley outscored Springfield, 7-2, to end the game.
Wellesley was able to stay in the game because of its rebounding. The Blue outrebounded the Pride, 39-29, for the game. Springfield shot .460 from the floor (29-of-63). Wellesley did not shoot quite so well, .420 (21-of-50). Springfield turned it over just 9 times, while Wellesley turned it over 24 times.


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All We Know is one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012A revelatory biography of three glamorous, complex modern women
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"Splendid . . . [A] sophisticated, droll and astute triple biography. [Cohen] had me underlining ideas and facts on the majority of its quick-moving pages . . . The photographs are strikingly integrated with the text, the times and topics are riveting, and Cohen is exceedingly well-matched to her subjects—sly, comfortable with contradiction, confident that these flawed figures were important, not mere accents to the company they kept . . . Part of the joy of All We Know is the sharpness of the subjects; they write wittily of themselves, each other and innumerable compatriots in the cultural centers of Europe and the United States, often in dazzling style." —Karen R. Long, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"Enchanting . . . Eloquent . . . Marvelous . . . Grand and thrilling . . . [A] strikingly elegant and assured biographical study of three now almost forgotten lesbian women . . . [All We Know]'s strength lies in the extraordinary, exfoliating, anatomy-like mass of detail [Cohen] has uncovered about her subjects: her tender, erudite, weirdly jubilant, often microscopic work of historical and biographical recovery . . . You are stunned by its depths; and you hope its excellence and pertinence and originality will not lead, doomfully, to its sinking without a trace, as fine things connected with the subject of lesbianism have had a way of doing for so long. It's a major work of scholarship and interpretation." —Terry Castle, London Review of Books"[A] tour de force examination of the intersecting roles of gender, sexuality, class, literature, art, fashion, and modernism . . . Throughout this brilliant and gorgeously written book runs an undercurrent of deep sympathy and an acute eye for revealing details." —Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe"Provocative and beautifully paced . . . [A] superbly satisfying book . . . By bringing these three footnotes into the spotlight, Ms. Cohen allows us to look deeper into our definitions of failure, identity and modernity, while also reappraising the stature of artfulness as opposed to art." —Laura Jacobs, The Wall Street Journal"[A] magisterial book . . . All We Know is really much more about reflecting on lives (especially in the case of de Acosta) than about chronicling them. Experimental biography, if such a genre can be said to exist, is a high-wire act. Cohen never loses her balance . . . There's no hint of mess in this almost perfect book." —Craig Seligman, Bloomberg News"[A] seductive, brilliant new book . . . Meticulously researched and compulsively readable . . . [Cohen's] treatment of these larger-than-life and, often, destructive figures is coolly appreciative; though unflinching in her analysis of their failings, she is never judgmental . . . Cohen's account of the paradoxes of history and temporality is as notable for its light touch as it is for its subtlety and depth. A monument to great achievement as well as to incompleteness, All We Know does justice to both the distortions and the truths of these three lives . . . To say that All We Know is a biography does not really capture its complexity, surprise, or sheer interest . . . In her attention to the multiple connections between her major figures and to the shaping influence of informal social worlds, Cohen has written something larger and more ambitious [than a biography]: All We Know is the story of a milieu as much as it is an account of individual lives, and a remarkably subtle and thoughtful treatment of sexual desire, identity, and the cruelty of history." —Heather Love, Los Angeles Review of Books"Fascinating . . . Vivid . . . A gossipy yet deeply intellectual account of the first generation of women who considered themselves 'modern' . . . All We Know is a revolutionary take on the genre of biography, aiming not so much at each of its three subjects but at their generation and how it struggled to invent female personhood for the 20th century." —Bethany Schneider, Newsday"Fascinating . . . a boldface name—stuffed triptych of undeservedly little-known modernists: the intellectual and would-be biographer Esther Murphy, the arts enthusiast Mercedes de Acosta, and the feminist and British Vogue fashion editor Madge Garland, whose observations—'fashion is both personal and ephemeral, it cannot be preserved'—hint at a fleeting beauty that defined all three." —Megan O'Grady, Vogue"Reading All We Know is like taking to a well-sprung dance floor in the arms of someone who can't put a foot wrong." —Hilary Spurling, author of Matisse the Master"All We Know is a remarkable book about three extraordinary women. These serious and eccentric women have been rescued from oblivion by Lisa Cohen's absorbing book. She turns conventional biography upside down and inside out. This is a deeply researched, skillful, and entertaining trilogy of overlapping stories." —Michael Holroyd, author of A Book of Secrets"[A] remarkable, sui generis study . . . [Cohen is] a brilliant biographer, one who marries scholarship to literature in a totally unprecedented way." —Hilton Als, The New Yorker"In her deeply researched, incisive, and scintillating first book, Cohen presents a triptych of brief lives portraying now forgotten but nonetheless singular women whose intelligence, passion, creativity, daring, and charisma were shaping forces in modern culture . . . Cohen's astute, graceful, and far-reaching profiles not only acquaint us with three extraordinary, innovative, and influential women who rejected gender expectations but also illuminate the essential visions and voices twentieth-century lesbians and gays brought to evolving modernity." —Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)"Woven through the history of modernism are glittering strands of lives that seem certain to fade from the historical record, but without whom the fabric of that great cultural upheaval would lose color and design. In an unfathomable feat of research and storytelling, Lisa Cohen recovers three of those lives and suggests that the ephemeral nature of their legacies is central to their importance in their own time—and in ours." —Honor Moore, author of The Bishop's Daughter"An astonishingly original, scholarly, sensitive, and above all beautifully written work." —Selina Hastings, author of The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham"Staggering . . . Astounding . . . Lush . . . Cohen writes with an outstanding amount of research and knowledge . . . Cohen has such a masterful command of information that the story never stops fascinating the reader." —Courtney Gillette, Lambda Literary"Lisa Cohen has written a stunning, sophisticated account of three unconventional lives. Following in the noble tradition of Gertrude Stein's Three Lives, David Plante's Difficult Women, and Hilton Als's The Women, Cohen's triumvirate narrative illuminates mysteries of taste, innuendo, fashion, fandom, conversation, and sexuality. Heroically researched and deliciously readable, All We Know is a tender homage to archives, to ephemera, to fruitless quests, and to a spent life's haunting nuances." —Wayne Koestenbaum, author of Jackie Under My Skin"Ambitious . . . Erudite . . . [A] meticulously researched biography." —Kirkus Reviews"This well-researched, gossipy, informative, and entertaining biographical triptych is also a thoughtful, three-part inquiry into the meaning of failure, style, and sexual identity . . . Cohen secures a definitive place for [Esther Murphy, Mercedes de Acosta, and Madge Garland] in the socio-cultural history of the period." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Lisa Cohen's All We Know is a remarkable achievement. Cohen's sensitivity to the nuances of personality is matched by a keen analytic intelligence. She has a strong narrative gift, a superb way with words, and an appreciation for oddity that expands the horizon. All We Know is an utterly fascinating, brilliantly executed book—a splendid act of historical reclamation." —Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall"In All We Know, Lisa Cohen sets out to resurrect three almost-forgotten women who, especially in the 1920s and '30s, were boldface names in the literary, art, and fashion whirl of London, Paris, and New York. And she succeeds beautifully." —Annalyn Swan, author of de Kooning "Lisa Cohen is a biographer's biographer. In her riveting and highly original All We Know, she tells a vivid tale of the interlocking lives of three women of the past century—a brilliant talker, an intimate of both Garbo and Dietrich, a fashion editor—and of the soigné bisexual world they inhabited." —Brad Gooch, author of Flannery "With an accessible prose style free of academic jargon, Cohen brings deserved attention to these women who lived often in conflict with themselves and their age. Strongly recommended." —Margaret Heilbrun, Library Journal
Lisa Cohen's writing has appeared in Fashion Theory, Bookforum, Ploughshares, The Boston Review, and other journals and anthologies. She teaches at Wesleyan University and lives in New York.
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---- — FOXBORO — The gimmees are officially over.
Your New England Patriots, offensively-challenged and all, finished off their seven-game exhibition season with a semi-convincing, 23-3, win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Yes, seven games, including the four preseason tilts. Did you really think I'd count the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and the Buccaneers with their quarterback situations (two rookies and a mess)?
Lost in the Tom-Brady-doesn't-have-any-weapons debate the last month is that the Patriots' defense has looked pretty good, maybe even good, in September.
If you take away the Stevan Ridley fumble return for a touchdown in the opener in Buffalo, the Patriots have allowed only 27 points over the last three exhibitions ... I mean, first three games of this 2013 season.
And in New England, under coach Bill Belichick, points is a big, big deal, on both sides of the ball.
"We're always talking about that the biggest stat for us is points allowed," said Patriots defensive captain Vince Wilfork. "For the past three weeks I think we've done a really good job of just holding our opponents to low scoring games. Obviously that is something we work on. The red area (inside the 20-yard line) is another big area for us. Third down is a big area us. I think we stepped up big time today."
Today, or yesterday, yes, it was nice. It has been trending this way since the "real" games started in September.
But it's not enough to lay down any sort of gauntlet. Instead of rookies and soon-to-be benched quarterbacks, the Patriots face a pair of $100 million QBs, Atlanta's Matt Ryan (next Sunday night) and New Orleans' Drew Brees (two weeks later) and an up-and-comer in Cincinnati's Andy Dalton in between.
This Patriots defense, though deserves some kudos.
Aqib Talib has become the Patriots' shutdown caliber cornerback, the first since Asante Samuel. This might be the No. 1 reason this Patriots defense isn't a fool's gold. The fact that he can cover a physical presence like Vincent Jackson (6-foot-5, 230 pounds), without help is all you need to know. Before Jackson left the game with a rib injury, he had only three catches (six targets) for 34 yards.
Talib also made the play of the game, cutting in front of Jackson in the final seconds of the first half and intercepting a Josh Freeman pass, setting up the back-breaking 53-yard field goal as time expired for a 17-3 lead.
The other key element to this defense's success, that we may be understating, is this is the unit's second year together. Ten of the 11 starters for most of 2012, are full-timers in this season.
"I don't know if people understand how important that is, that we know each other a little better," said Patriots safety Steve Gregory. "We definitely feel more comfortable together."
While the Patriots defense has done an admirable job, statistically, thus far — last two games opposing QBs are 34-for-76 (45 percent), 0 TDs, 4 interceptions — there are still some lingering questions like, how good is this defense?
"I feel we're playing pretty well," said Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones, who had a part in two sacks (he was credited with one full sack).
When prodded again, about how good he really thought the Patriots defense was, he didn't waver.
"I feel we're playing pretty well," he said.
That's a good answer, a very good answer. Because it's the truth. And it's a start.
Three weeks from now, "pretty well" probably won't be good enough.