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May 6, 2009 - Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, KSP In the News
Madam Park Geun Hye Addresses U.S. - Korea Relations in a Changing World
Madam Park Geun Hye, former chairperson of South Korea's Grand National Party and the daughter of late President Park Jung Hee, came to FSI's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center to offer an address on "Korea and the United States in a Rapidly Changing World." In introducing Madam Park, Shorenstein APARC Acting Director Michael H. Armacost observed that she was just 22 years old when her mother was brutally assassinated and ably served Korea as acting first lady during her father's term before rising in her own right to become a respected leader of her party. In her address, Madam Park noted that U.S. - Republic of Korea ties are longstanding and had been "forged in blood," emphasizing the two nations' common interests in maintaining a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons and a liberal, open, and expanding trading system for goods and services.
- Korea and the US in a Rapidly Changing World
May 6, 2009 Shorenstein APARC Special Event
Geun Hye Park
Topics: South Korea | United States

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Old Dominion University climbed a level in the National Doctoral Universities category in
U.S. News & World Reports 2003 edition on Americas Best Colleges.
The annual rankings place Old Dominion in the company of such schools as Arizona State, Illinois State, Louisiana State, Oregon State, and New Mexico and West Virginia universities. Regionally, Virginia Commonwealth and George Mason universities also placed in the same category.
Schools are ranked based on reputation, retention rates, graduation rates, class size, median freshman SAT scores, high school GPA and alumni giving, among others.
This ranking is a testament to the institution and reflects the quality of the faculty as well as the quality of both the undergraduate and graduate programs, said John R. Broderick, vice president for institutional advancement.
The universitys reputation continues to grow on many fronts over the past few years weve had a Rhodes Scholar, a Truman Fellow and three USA Today Academic All-Americans, and our faculty are consistently recognized among the best in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education.
Broderick also pointed to the universitys more rigorous admissions standards, specialized programs like Learning Communities and the Career Advantage Program, nationally ranked academic programs and national media attention as additional reasons Old Dominions status
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Playing learning games gives you chance to play with your kids, have fun with them and they may not even notice they're learning on the process. Let me guest, either you are a father (like me), a mother, a teacher, or maybe a kid who just taken by mother Google on your surfing. "Another game site"… you might say but before you click your browser's back button, give me a chance to what I have on this site and what I offer while you are here. First, I'm a father too and I know that there are thousands of game sites out there who's probably have a better games than what have here but there could also games that your child is not supposed to be playing. Second, it is time consuming to browse for the game that is suitable for your kids. Third, leaving your child alone in web is a little bit risky, so you're filtering sites that your child can access thru parental censoring which I also doing with my daughter. I'm suggesting that you bookmark this site and allow your child to access this site because I can assure you that this site contains educational games.
Reasons why I created this site?
For the kids - Parent just like us, both working leaving the kids at home. my daughter knows her way surfing the web for the games she want, so I added a user account for her on my computer and filter out the site she is not suppose to see. Putting it all here so they she can go in one place. It is not for long that they have to face reality but at least until then they get old enough to understand things.
A collection of free games – I have my passion of collecting learning games and now I want to share it with you. I develop some of them and others are from generous game sites.
As my hobby – it is not only a cute to have a website of my own but it is also good to learn how to make one. Well, it's probably out of topic but if you are just like me, who's having a thought of creating a website of own. You can drop me an email for anything you want to know.
What can you get from this site?
Free learning games for you and your kids.
You can play them online for free (because it's free). A collection of game in math, vocabulary, and some quiz game that I'm sure will helps your child and they will surely love it.
Free children's game, I love free and I'm pretty sure you also do. I have number of fun games which I can't categories where they belong but they are fun to play so I putting all here.
Free printable material for your kids. If your child is 3 to 6 years of age maybe this is the best time to start teaching them simple things and its enjoyable, like coloring or maybe print a dotted letters so the kids can trace it. This is a great help for your kids at their early learning stage.
Learning games have no doubt had several positive effects on children's learning. I hope what I have will help your kids and best of all you enjoy it too, so have fun…!


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Panda Energy awards turnkey $300 million turnkey contract to Siemens and Bechtel; Dominion starts up 585-MW CFB plant; Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed...
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Eleven questions to ask senior managers about their risk-management objectives.
quality. When and what to hedge are some of the most important decisions senior management is required to make. These decisions need not be dominated by arbitrary processes disconnected from the company's actual financial objectives.


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At his Ottumwa campaign stop Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden's goal was to present President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as starkly different opponents.
Biden touched on Medicare, jobs, the importance of the middle class and taxes at his campaign stop at Bridge View Center Tuesday morning. Deputy Fire Chief Cory Benge said 476 people turned out to listen to the vice president.
"I don't think it would be considered hyperbole or an exaggeration to suggest that this is the most important election, creating the starkest choice between candidates we've seen in our lifetime," Biden said.
Biden said what Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan have done their whole careers and are proposing to do is inconsistent with what they said at the Republican National Convention.
"If you listen to Romney and Ryan these days, you'd think they thought of Medicare," Biden said. "You'd think it was a Republican idea."
Biden said that while Romney and Ryan have said Medicare benefits have decreased under this administration, of the 48 million people on Medicare today, some have saved hundreds on prescription drugs and are able to access preventive care such as mammograms and colonoscopies.
Biden said under Romney and Ryan's proposed Medicare plan, "immediately the 48 million American already on Medicare would lose benefits."
"What they don't tell you is the 530,000 Iowans already on Medicare would lose benefits immediately," he said. "This Medicare proposal would become insolvent in 2016. These guys are not on your level right now."
Biden said their proposed "voucher" or "coupon" plan would work well for those in great health, "but if you have a pre-existing condition — and most of us at 65 have something — you're not going to have enough money."
While Biden agrees with Republicans that an urgency is necessary to act on the national debt.
"But not one single time do they tell you that the last time a Democrat held this office, the budget was balanced and the debt was coming down," he said.
Biden said Obama inherited a debt of more than $1 trillion, and the economic recession kicked in when his administration was starting. And he said no progress has been made on bringing the debt down because "anything to reduce the debt, requiring even $1, one dime in additional taxes on people making over $1 million, they voted against."
Romney was a "pioneer in outsourcing" when he ran Bain Capital, Biden said, sending jobs overseas and making money doing it.
"His new proposal is changing the corporate tax code, it's called a 'territorial tax,'" Biden said. "It means if ... an American goes over to China and starts a company, hires thousands of people and makes a profit, the only tax they have to pay is the Chinese tax. They can bring the profit here and not pay any tax. Studies show that would create 100,000 jobs, all of them overseas."
Biden said that Obama understands jobs need to return to America, "and that's why the president stepped up and rescued the auto industry when Romney said if we do that we would make General Motors the living dead."
Biden said his father had a saying: "Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value."
Giving tax cuts to the wealthy isn't the right move, Biden said.
"Taxes on middle class families with children will go up $2,000 a year [under Romney's plan]," Biden said. "And it would give another $250,000 tax cut to 125 families who are already getting half a trillion in tax cuts."
He said this plan would end in "catastrophe" for the middle class and America falling back into a recession it's struggling to escape.
"When I hear Romney and Ryan, the new Republican party talk about America being in decline, I don't recognize the country they live in," Biden said to cheers and applause. "There is no give up in America. Gentlemen, it's never been a good bet to bet against the American people."


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Palestine: Eight Palestinians killed, dozens wounded Sunday
Eid moon sighting possiblities, Muslims in South Africa have declared Eid
Pakistan: More rain with thunder, lightening forecast in next 24 hours in Rawalpindi
Libya: US embassy evacuated after heavy violence
Palestine: List of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces between July 8 to July 27
Palestine: Two Palestinians beaten by Jewish mob in Jerusalem
Palestine: Reports show murder of 3 Israeli teenage settlers was not carried out by Hamas
Palestine: Remains of 85 Palestinians located under rubble of bombarded homes
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Kasper Rorsted was born in Aarhus, Denmark.
He studied economics at the International School of Business in Copenhagen and at Harvard Business School. He started his career in sales and marketing at Oracle and Digital Equipment. From 1995 Rorsted held different management positions at Compaq. In 2002 Compaq merged with Hewlett Packard and he became Managing Director Europe of Hewlett Packard.
In April 2005 Rorsted joined Henkel as a member of the Management Board and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2008. Henkel is a German DAX-30 company with sales of around 16.5 billion euros and about 47,000 employees worldwide. The company holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Rorsted also serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann AG, Germany, and on the Board of Danfoss A/S, Denmark.


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Acts 29 Midwest Meeting
I appreciated the candor from The Upstream Collective blog writing about the Acts 29 Regional in St Louis posted by Caleb on 08/18/09 at 9:02 pm.
Today we attended the Acts 29 Midwest quarterly meeting. It's basically a get-together of Acts 29 church planters, leaders, and other interested parties. The meeting took place at the Journey in St. Louis. We enjoyed reconnecting with Journey pastor Steve Miller- the last time we saw him he had to leave the Upstream Jet Set trip to Marsaille early due to a stomach bug. He's better now.
We work with a lot of Acts 29 guys. In fact, we've got on on our board of directors- Kevin Jamison, pastor of the Oaks Community Church in Middletown, Ohio. We've always appreciated Acts 29 and their contribution to the ongoing conversation among leaders about the need for culturally appropriate expressions of the church. They have provided a sense of movement and identity for hundreds (thousands?) of church planters who would otherwise be on their own.
That said, this was our first official Acts 29 function. The short meeting was a "mini-conference" of sorts- with a message by Bob Thune of Coram Deo in Omaha and a live interview with "Your Jesus is Too Safe" author Jared Wilson. We went into the meeting with certain expectations. We wanted to connect with some of the planters/pastors. We wanted to catch up with friends. We wanted to check in with the Acts 29 network to see how things were going, and how involved Acts 29 churches were in international missions.
Some things that surprised us about the meeting:
- Not everyone was white and middle class. Call us ignorant, but most of our interaction with the network was with 30 yr. old white guys who grew up in the suburbs but moved into the city to plant a church. But in a roomful of Acts 29 planters, there were a handful of black, Korean, Chinese, and Filipino church planting teams.
- Women were present. Sure the network is a boys club, but there were several ladies in the room- planter's wives, no doubt, but it was nice to see. Some might have us believe that Acts 29 would block them at the door.
- Hair: As much gray and as gelled spikey. Who knew that Acts 29 had anyone younger than Darrin Patrick?
- Despite being made up of young and innovative guys, a lot of what we heard was surprisingly modern and, well, traditional. It's a wonder these guys ever get lumped in with the emerging church. We heard a lot of proposition, a lot of linear discussion, and quite a bit of "how-to." Maybe an Acts 29 meeting in California wouldn't be as modern.
- Lots of those in attendance weren't actually part of the Acts 29 network. There were students, denominational representatives, Darrin Patrick fanboys, and at least a couple Driscoll wannabes.
As much as we were surprised, we also saw lots of what we expected to see at an Acts 29 meeting:
- A relentless focus on the gospel. Seriously, we heard countless references to the gospel- being "gospel centered," "gospel focused," and "gospel literate." Acts 29 leaves no doubt in our minds that the gospel is the single most important thing to them.
- Lots of sports analogies. Acts 29 is a bit of a boys club, and they like to talk about "wins" and "home runs" and "moving the ball down the field." Thune's curriculum, "The Gospel-Centered Life" was referred to as a "playbook."
- Macbooks, iPhones, and horn-rimmed glasses. The stereotype isn't totally unfounded.
- No-nonsense, honest, straightforward communication. I get the feeling that nobody at an Acts 29 meeting is going to tell you everything's okay unless it really is okay. They seem to practice a kind of radical honesty that is both refreshing and unnerving at the same time.
- Fun. Everyone there wanted to be there. They genuinely enjoyed being together, and we felt welcome.
We'd like to thank Acts 29, the Journey, and Lifepoint Ozark for letting us tag along. We're fans of Acts 29, and we look forward to serving network churches however we can. Be sure to check out the Acts 29 website for more information.


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At many restaurants there is an air of mystery about how your food is prepared – chefs labor long and hard behind closed doors only to wheel out the finished product. It is far more fascinating when your meal is prepared tableside so not only can you see how they make it, but exacly what goes into the process.
Considered by many as a simple dip, guacamole is in another category entirely at Besito in Roslyn and sometimes worth the visit alone.
The dish is freshly prepared at your table to your taste – mild, medium or spicy – made in a molcajete, a stone mortar and pestle traditionally hand carved from volcanic rock, one of the world's oldest kitchen tools. The molcajete appears in Mexican pre-history as early as 6,000 years ago. The molcajete, round and standing on three feet, is often decorated with the carved head of an animal on the outside edge of the bowl, resembling a pudgey little three-footed creature.
The Dish: Guacamole at Besito
What's In It: the Besito guacamole contains avocado, cilantro, jalapeno chiles, onion, tomatoes and salt. The chopped cilantro, onions and chilies are ground with some salt into a paste; the avocado is scooped into the bowl and crushed with the paste; more cilantro, onions, the tomato are folded in. Additional jalapeno chilies and salt are added to taste.
The dish is brought to the table with chips and salsa.
If you want to create your own drama at home, Besito supplies a simple recipe. Be warned that food prepared in a bowl or blender lacks the depth of flavor found in that prepared in a molcajete. In a molcajete the ingredients are slowly crushed together, releasing different layers of flavors and happily interacting with the stone mortar.
How's It Taste: fresh, with the exact balance between the smoothness of the guacamole and the crunchiness of the chips.
Cost: an order of guacamole costs $12.


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Boxing: World Series of Boxing - British Lionhearts v German Eagles
Friday December 14
Earls Court, London
ESPN 11pm
No headgear, no vests, five-round bouts and scoring via the 10-point must system: the World Series of Boxing (WSB) is still classed as amateur boxing, but it bears more than a passing resemblance to its professional cousin.
It's also a team event competed in by nation-based franchises, with the British Lionhearts debuting this year. Results have been good, with 4-1 wins against Italia Thunder and the USA Knockouts in the best-of-five bouts format – until a 5-0 defeat against Kazakhstan halted their progress last week.
This is the big one, however. The German Eagles swoop into London, and the British have selected some of the squad's big guns to shoot them down. Olympic silver-medallist Fred Evans (pictured, on the left) competes at middleweight against fellow Olympian Vasilii Belous, while another Team GB member, Andrew Selby, is in a tough bantamweight contest against the wily Redouane Asloum.
The pick of the bouts could be at light-heavyweight, where gifted Irish teenager Joe Ward takes on Kevin Kunzel: unbeaten in two and a half seasons of WSB action. With two other bouts at lightweight and heavyweight (featuring Sam Maxwell and Joe Joyce for Britain), it's an enticing event.


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The damnable plastic corks Behrens & Hitchcock insisted on using for so long may or may not have affected the aging of this wine. But this particular cork proved almost impossible to extract, nearly breaking my Screwpull.
In any case, despite being 15 years old, the wine deserved its inky appelation. It was an intense ruby-purple, even though it had already thrown a lot of sediment. The bouquet was pleasant but one dimensional, suggesting black fruits. On the palate, it was again one dimensional with a lot of youthful blackberry and black cherry fruit. Surprisingly, mature Caberent markers like leather or tobacco were missing. Again, as I have done before, I am forced to wonder whether those stupid plastic corks are affecting the aging of Behrens & Hitchock wines of that era.
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Note: If making broth from scratch, use a whole chicken to make the broth. Bring water to a boil, simmer for 30 minutes, and remove chicken. Let sit until cool enough to handle and shred meat from bones. Return bones to pot and continue making broth. Reserve 2 cups shredded chicken for soup; save remaining chicken for another use.
- 8 cups chicken broth, divided
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1 leek, white and light green parts cleaned and thinly sliced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 2 cups shredded chicken meat
- 8 oz. egg noodles
- Salt to taste
- In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, warm 1/4 cup chicken broth. Add the celery, leeks, and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, undisturbed, until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the noodles until they are tender to the bite. Drain them and set them aside.
- Add the chicken to the soup and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes. Add the cooked noodles and cook until heated through, about 1 minute. Add salt to taste. Serve hot.
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Tracking the Results of Salmon Habitat Restoration
The Columbian VANCOUVER, Wash.—If dollars spent equated to salmon recovered, the Northwest may well be awash in fish.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been plowed into improving habitat for salmon and steelhead over the past three decades in the Columbia River basin, all in an effort to recover wild salmon runs that have now dwindled nearly to the point of extinction.
Yet regional fishery managers are only now devising systematic ways of assessing the hodgepodge of man-made log jams, side channels and tree-plantings scattered across the Northwest.
"It's a huge expenditure of public money," said John Harrison, public affairs officer for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. "And we need to know whether what we're buying is working."
In the three decades since the four-state council started tracking ratepayer money funneled toward offsetting the damage from the hydroelectric system, roughly $850 million has been spent on habitat restoration in the Columbia River basin alone. This does not count the multitudes of projects bankrolled by other federal agencies, states or local organizations.
One group of researchers pegged the total cost of river restoration projects nationwide at more than $1 billion — annually.
Just last week, Gov. Chris Gregoire endorsed $101.5 million worth of habitat projects statewide seeking a piece of federal stimulus money.
On top of that, federal agencies earlier this month committed another $40.5 million for restoration projects on the Washington side of the Columbia River estuary in return for Gregoire's endorsement of the federal plan to operate dams. (Oregon, which shares the estuary but is suing to force fish-friendly changes to federal dams, gets zilch.)
What do we get for all that money?
It's tough to say.
Emily Bernhardt, an assistant professor of biology at Duke University, joined other researchers across the country to figure out elements in common between successful river restoration projects. They formed a database of 37,000 projects across the country. The project fizzled, however, when it became apparent that scarcely 10 percent indicated any monitoring at all.
"There is a great deal of this work going on and very little accountability," Bernhardt wrote in an e-mail after The Columbian published a story earlier this year about a project on the East Fork of the Lewis River that collapsed after just a few months.
In a study published by the journal Restoration Ecology in September 2007, Bernhardt and 11 other researchers wrote that project information is kept on a piecemeal basis. Of the data that was available, much of it had been filed away on shelves and in filing cabinets. The study suggested a national program of strategic monitoring so project sponsors could share information about what works and what doesn't.
Researchers conducted telephone interviews of 317 restoration project managers across the country.
"Ecological degradation typically motivated restoration projects, but post-project appearance and positive public opinion were the most commonly used metrics of success," the researchers wrote. "Less than half of all projects set measurable objectives for their projects, but nearly two-thirds of all interviewees felt that their projects had been completely successful."
In the Northwest, fishery managers are beginning to devise more systematic approaches. It's not easy to make the case for studying a river restoration project after it's finished, said Ken Dzinbal, who is coordinating a monitoring program for projects underwritten by the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
"If you're a congressman or state senator, it's far more noteworthy to announce you've got $1 million to fix a problem," Dzinbal said. "It is not very noteworthy to say, I got another $100,000 to make sure we can continue to monitor this 10 years from now."
State authorities conducted their first comprehensive monitoring study of restoration projects in 2002, he said. They're trying to answer three basic questions. Did the project work? What's the cost-benefit? What's the ideal design?


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Junie Browning has been in the MMA news for a week now after his involvement in a brawl in Phuket. The initial report accused him of beating up a woman earlier in the day then then getting in a brawl in a bar and a second brawl in the hospital.
Browning now gave his full account of the story to the Phuket Gazette. It's lengthy but a lot of it is important to get an overall layout of the situation.
Junie's description of the brawl:
I could tell from the moment he stepped in front of me, he was looking for a fight. At this point, it just involved me and Simon, my girlfriend was standing next to us. In only a few seconds, my girlfriend was thrown across the street and I had been hit from behind in the back of the head by a glass beer bottle.
I stood up looking for my attacker and found myself surrounded by a mob of people. It was no longer a man on man "bar brawl" but a fight for my survival. I was trying to defend myself in the street when at some point I fell back to the ground.
They [dragged] me back into the bar where they pummeled me with punches and kicks. It was me against everyone. For a second time I received a massive blow over the head with a thick glass mug that split my head open and made me fall to the floor.
I curled up in the fetal position, submissive, and I continued to be kicked and hit. My arms up covering my face I felt a slice to my forearm and another stab to my neck.
A Thai girl had a knife and was attacking my head with it. I must have lost consciousness from blood loss because the next thing I knew, my girlfriend had sprawled her body on top of mine to protect me from any more blows. She was screaming that it was "enough" and that the fight was over.
Browning says he had to be revived twice in the ambulance and was taken to the hospital where the next part of the story and the "fight in the hospital took place." That and the tale of Junie going into hiding after the jump...
Once at the hospital:
They began to assess my wounds and stitch up the three large gashes on my head. Without any consideration to my safety or the events that had just occurred, they placed both Menzies accompanied by MJ Castro, and the man who had attacked me with a mug, in the beds right beside me.
Needless to say, I became furious and again words were exchanged. As it escalated a second time into a physical fight, MJ attempted to intervene and was struck in the rumble. Security and Patong Police arrived and restrained all parties. I was taken into the waiting lobby on a stretcher in handcuffs in front of numerous people to finish giving me medical attention.
Now, to interject for a moment here. This is one of the inconsistencies in Browning's story. Not that I don't believe him and I fully believe that the evening was probably an insane blur if his account is true. But earlier in the article, Browning says "All of my attackers remained standing in the bar unharmed" so I'm curious why two of them were suddenly brought to the hospital and placed in beds.
Anyway, continuing:
My intentions were to file a police report in the morning and deal with this in a civil manner. Hours later, my phone began to ring with numerous reliable sources stating that we were not safe and we needed to leave now! They said that local Thais and mafia had a price on my head and were headed to the hospital and both my girlfriend's and my life were at risk.
We were told to trust or talk to no one and to just leave. We are aware that the mafia is a real thing and took this very seriously. We panicked and decided that our best option was to escape in the middle of the night and hope we could make it home.
Our first thought was to get a hold of the police for protection, but were told that it was corrupt and that they would be of no assistance. My girlfriend pulled out my IV and jumped a fence to find a taxi to come pick me up.
Browning ends his explanation by saying that they've been on the run from the attackers and the mafia, attempting to get the assistance from the US Embassy while still suffering badly from his injuries. It's a wild tale and at this point all you can hope is that, regardless of who started what, Browning is able to get medical help and the involvement of the Embassy to ensure safe and fair handling of the situation.


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Paul Hynek, who is the current President of the Lauder Institute Alumni Association, has kindly found time to talk with the me about his experience at the Wharton/Lauder program. One of the recurring themes that is not difficult to identify in conversations about the Wharton/Lauder program with the alumni is that it invariably has a profound positive influence on both professional and personal development. Paul's career success and contributions to communities everywhere he goes speak for themselves.
What's the magic recipe behind the positive force of the program? How does one harness the great potential and take advantage of the many opportunities that come with it? Here's what Paul thinks about it:
DENIS: Paul, you graduated from Wharton/Lauder a while ago, and back then it was a different program in many ways. Did the program meet your expectations? Did it enable you to achieve all the goals that you had set when you were applying?
PAUL: I have always been a huge fan of the Wharton/Lauder program.
DENIS: You mentioned in the speech you gave during the [Lauder] graduation ceremony in 2010 that you saw yourself as a Penn student more than anything…
PAUL: Yes, that's right. Benjamin Franklin has always been my hero and Penn has such a variety of outstanding schools: Business, Engineering, Law, Medical, Dental, etc. It is a fascinating place!
DENIS: What was the particular appeal of the Lauder Institute and why did it shape your choice of a graduate school?
PAUL: I had been a French major in college, and my view of the world changed radically when I left my comfortable suburban Chicago and went off to live in France for a year. It really taught me to think much more from a global point of view, and I loved learning the language, I loved being in a different culture, being challenged. And I wanted more of that, I thought it would just be a tremendous way to enhance what I would learn in a more traditional MBA program.
DENIS: In retrospect, what aspect of that education has proved to be most useful and valuable?
PAUL: The combination of what I got from both Wharton and Lauder. Wharton taught me to arbitrage basically anything I come across: how to find opportunities for financial [gain], information, product or service delivery, how to recognize opportunities to do something more efficiently or provide something in a better way—it's just to sort of have my antennae out all the time to spot opportunities that may not be obvious had I not gone to Wharton.
And from Lauder: it did fulfill the promise to give me a much more global point of view of the world and the ability to not just see data points behinds the events going on around the world, but because I have some of the underlying cultural context, I could see the trends that are driving them. And that could be more important—it is one thing to know where something is, but to have an idea of where it might be going is much more valuable.
DENIS: When you were going through the program, do you remember what were your favorite subjects at Lauder?
PAUL: My favorite subjects? I ate it all up! I actually saw myself as more of a Lauder student than Wharton. I really prioritized [Lauder] and I was a very diligent student in all my Lauder classes, I did not skip out of them for interviews and things like that…
DENIS: What was the influence of the Wharton MBA experience on your professional life?
PAUL: I can speak to the extent of that influence: it is complete and fundamental in terms of how it transformed my career, every single thing I have done since graduation. Most of the things I have been involved with are directly because of Wharton or Lauder, and the ones that aren't have all been significantly enhanced because of it: either a better position, a higher salary, and always just better and more fulfilling responsibility.
DENIS: Can you give an example?
PAUL: Sure, I really see myself as a high-tech software type guy, and I got into that because I was Vice President of the Princeton Review of Japan living in Tokyo, and a very good friend of mine, Richard Sprague, Lauder '91, was working for Apple Japan, and he introduced to this whole new world of software technology.
DENIS: I know you eventually became a tech entrepreneur. Was your MBA degree of any value there? Was it at all applicable?
PAUL: I've had people ask me: "Well, why would you go to business school if you are just going to be an entrepreneur?" And I see it exactly the opposite way—especially for me, I really would not want to be an entrepreneur without the benefit of having gone to Wharton/Lauder. Apart from the classes specifically devoted to entrepreneurship, which are great, virtually every single class, every person I met, and every event I went to is helpful to me.
DENIS: In what way?
PAUL: Learning some new technique, or another pattern that somebody's gone through that I can apply in my entrepreneurial career. Then there are just the basic things; but the most important thing I got out of the program in relation to entrepreneurship is confidence. I think we are all a pretty confident lot who get into Wharton/Lauder, and you can't help but leave with a whole lot more confidence. Next to passion, I think confidence is the most important thing you can have in entrepreneurship. So any program that jacks up your confidence is worth far more than you pay both in terms of the tuition and the opportunity cost for the time that you spend there. Another one is the ability to break down highly complex dynamic situations where you have incomplete information that tend to stall a lot of people into kind of a paralysis. The program gives you the ability to prioritize and coordinate, to break down these situations into bite-sized actions that you can work on immediately regardless on how the other parts may not lend themselves to action right away, and so that you can keep moving towards your goals. It is a really nice skill to be able to break these things down into things that you can work on right now.
And then another thing that I got out of it is the rich vein of patterns that you can learn in class, from your classmates and case studies. You can map that knowledge back to your specific problem. For example, I was getting some funny business from my first Chinese factory. The problem I had that they sent me $80,000 worth of electronic items that did not work. Since it was my first factory, I had no experience, and had no experience to draw on, and it was such a foreign situation to me: the culture, or the subculture of Chinese factory owners that I have not learned yet about. So I have loosened up the definition in my mind of Chinese factory owners screwing me over, and redefined it as overdependence on a single supplier, which is classical MBA speak. By looking at it that way, at that higher abstract layer, I was able to pattern match it to examples that I had heard on campus. Then I shipped it back down to my specific level, and mapped some of these best practices and tips to my particular situation, and I was able to resolve the matter. First, I fixed the faulty product myself by gearing up an ad-hoc production line in my fulfillment center in the States. I negotiated a better deal with the factory owner, and lined up a backup factory as well.
It did not hurt that because of Lauder I was completely prepared, and I had my ticket to go to China and tell him that he'd have to tell me in my face that he was not going to make good, and so he knew that, and he did not want me to come there. As a footnote, he has since become a trusted friend of mine. The first time I went to visit him, I learned a bit of Mandarin, but not only did he not understand my Mandarin, he did not even realize I was trying to speak the language. But being the good Lauder boy that I am, undaunted I went back on my own, and the next time I went back, I was able to make out a conversation in their Ningbo dialect what prices another factory owner was giving my factory rep, and from that I was able to determine what commission percentage my factory rep was charging me. Because of Lauder I was able to understand the factory owner, and befriend him, and then learn without committing them myself probably the top 100 mistakes that people make in dealing with Chinese factory owners.
DENIS: You are now actively involved with the Lauder Institute Alumni Association. Can you tell us a little about the goals of your involvement?
PAUL: I am the President of the LIAA. It serves to keep bringing ongoing benefits and enable communication between alums.
We were building on the great foundation that was made before our time (hats off to Norm Savoie and company) and we have just recently started a monthly newsletter, called "The Lauder Times," and there is a section that is called Lauder Love, where we want to spread discounts on products, job postings, all the kind of things like that. As the first one I offered my software for free, and about fifty people downloaded it so far.
Our goal is to have a whole lot of events; so we are going to have our Global Forum in 2013 and other events… but the challenge with our alumni is because they are spread all around the world, a lot of them just cannot go to various events. We want to come up with things that will be of benefit to people that cannot attend something; and we have several other initiatives we are working on that will be coming up in the subsequent editions of the newsletter.
I am also an admissions interviewer for Lauder, and I enjoy that very much. It is fun! Wharton interviews shifted to the more behavioral style, whereas Lauder is more classical, and I like it: I like meeting people. I go to lots of admissions events as well—for both Wharton and Lauder—and I will be the sort of a Lauder guy at the Wharton admission events, and I'd tell people about why I chose Wharton and Lauder. I enjoy that quite a lot.
Basically, not a day goes by where I don't have some form of interaction from somebody from Lauder.
DENIS: What advice would you give the new graduates from the program?
PAUL: The main thing I would say is: stay involved. It is not a two-year program. Think of the two years on campus as orientation for the life-long program; I encourage people to adopt that point of reference.
A friend of mine—and I agree with him—said that in the years right after graduation he saw the benefits that he got out of the program split roughly equally between these three things: one third for classroom learning, one third for Wharton and Lauder relationships that he made at school, and then one third for Wharton and Lauder relationships he made after school. As time goes by the importance shifts from classroom learning to emphasize more the relationships you made at school and then in particular—the relationships you made after school. It's really not enough to just keep in touch with the buddies you have from school, but you have to keep growing your circle and staying active, and meeting more people. That's exactly what we want to help people do at LIAA.
DENIS: What would be your advice to those who have just started the program and joined our large family? What should they be concentrating on and what would help them have a better experience at school?
PAUL: There are two lessons I learned when I got there that nobody had told me about before, and I wish I had know going in:
One was that it is a game, and you have to realize that you will be given more work than you can possibly do. And if you are a type-A person, an overachiever, it is a difficult realization to understand that you cannot do all the work, and that you have to develop strategies to maximize your coverage.
Do they still have study groups or is there a different term for that?
DENIS: They call them "learning teams" these days.
PAUL: So you need to have a good learning team, efficient time management and the ability to get the tells (you know that poker term: the tells) from the professors to know what's really going to be on the tests. But that's just part of the game.
Two: you also have to let the unimportant stuff go, and eventually if you understand that it is a game, that they are giving you too much stuff, and that you have to prioritize, you'll get on top of it. You will see that you will have time to prepare and be able to do well on the tests, but also to learn things that aren't test-related just because they interest you.
You are in an Ivy League school, and there a lot of things that you can get involved with. Perhaps, in a class you take a tangent from a chapter to something else just because it is interesting to you, but you have to get to the point where you feel comfortable playing the game of having what you have to get done—done, and not worrying about the stuff that you can't get done. The benefit of this, the nice thing that I learned is that because of the nature of business school, and Wharton/Lauder in particular, you may well find that blowing off reading a chapter from a class that you have to read by the next day to go have a beer with a classmate could actually be more beneficial to you in the long term than reading that chapter.
Striking up that relationship with somebody you do not know that well could pay off much better than just reading some chapter that you're going to forget in a year.
You know, I was eating breakfast and dinner in the Law School cafeteria, and I met tons of law students: compared to us, they were a somewhat miserable bunch. You could tell that we were happy about our situation, and one time they asked us what kind of social things we had coming up, and we listed about ten of them. They said, "No, no. Not for the rest of the semester, just this weekend." And we said, "No, that's just tonight!" We had so many things going on that they weren't used to! When I got to the point where I could manage my time effectively, and understood the importance of those events, I was a very happy guy indeed!
DENIS: Thank you, Paul!


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I find myself in a state of frustration just about constantly. The things I want to talk about – most people have no idea of even the concept surrounding the topic. It's not their fault, nobody else I know shares the passion I have for what I do. Much like what we produce, I too stand apart. While it can be lonely, it's an essential quality that genuine artisans looking to persuade others to purchase a product must have.
I find it especially frustrating when people compare our soap to something one would find at a craft fair. I have had quite a few people tell me that you can buy home made soap anywhere. Home made soap is one thing, we prefer the distinction of hand made. I usually point out to people that the difference between someone who makes soap at home and us, is that we happen to live in a factory. Craft soap is fine, it's similar, but it isn't what we make. Therefore it is not comparable in price or quality. How are we different? We've not only spent time learning how to make soap, but learning why soap is soap, the history of soap and of soap making, we've learned about the beneficial properties of herbs, spices, and botanicals. We've spent months researching additives from milk to silk, clays to charcoal and everything in between. We've learned about photography, web development, marketing, accounting, blogging, social networking, wood working, and now the art of blending fragrances. We've learned how the ingredients we use are made, we have learned about the people who make our ingredients, and the particular skills carefully developed over time to make those ingredients. We go much deeper in understanding every aspect of our product.
The purpose of this post is to explain how to set your product apart if you're interested in microindustrialism.
A phrase I find myself repeating over and over again is that "if you're going to build it, you might as well overbuild it." If it's worth doing, then make sure you do it as well as it can be done. Consider that the difference between passable and unsurpassable is a thin margin. To get to world-class excellence you must put in that extra effort. That extra effort is time consuming, laborious, and something many would say may not be worth the effort. What that means is that you may be able to do a half way decent job of making and selling something, but until you reach the level we have spent years reaching you will always be a crafter. If you want it to be everything you say it is, you must go as far as you can in quality. How?
Every aspect of our product is designed – intentionally to completely engage every sense. From the beautiful fragrances, to the texture of the handmade paper, to the visual impact of a finished product. If you make something that you hope to sell for money, then these aspects will set you apart from mass producers and crafters who are just out there to have fun and maybe make a buck or two. This is not a hobby for us, we've transformed and continue to transform our lives to make this a reality. Our product interacts with a customer at multiple levels and in every way possible it should exceed expectations.
Consider this: To produce just 1 bar of our soap, takes the collective knowledge, passion, and time of, in the most real sense possible, thousands of people scattered throughout the world. Each bar is literally years in the making. From the villagers in rural Burkina Faso who mill shea nuts by hand into the world-renowned rich and conditioning shea butter heavily used in our soaps to the French farmers who grow the lavender in Provence just as their ancestors have for grown lavender in the same fields for the previous 700 years. Consider that length of time. 700 years ago, Columbus' grandfather had yet to be born. All of this history, knowledge, tradition, etc. goes into a product that people simply rinse down the drain. What could be more excessive and sickeningly decadent than that?
Up to 10% of each bar is pure, unsaponfied shea butter. Some soap makers feel that putting shea into something that is rinsed off is completely wasteful, and have criticized me for doing so. One in particular told me that shea is so luxurious, it should only be used in lotions. For us to put such an excessively wonderful ingredient into our soaps is one reason why they're considered to be so luxurious.
Most people don't consider what hand made means. What it means, is that it is someone's life work. Someone somewhere in the world spent years perfecting their technique. Highlighting just one of the many products we use to make our fine soaps, paper makers must make paper to be just the right thickness. To understand what it takes to make paper the right thickness you must understand how it's made. When made by hand, pulp or shredded plant and fabric material are placed into a vat of water and then scooped out into a screen. Depending on how long the water has been mixed with the pulp and how many sheets have already been made from the vat, it may be holding more or less water and the artisan may have gotten more or less pulp than required, meaning that if someone aims to produce paper of a certain thickness they have to determine how much water it's holding and how thick the slurry needs to be in the screen to match the desired thickness after it has been dried and pressed. A professional paper maker gave the figure of only 12 errors on average per thousand sheets of paper he made. While anyone can learn to make paper in less than an hour, learning to make paper with that degree of accuracy takes many years. That level of skill goes into our product every time we wrap one of soaps in a piece and that isn't something others care to claim and it's just another way we go above and beyond in production. Yes, hand made paper costs considerably more than cheap shrink wrap or cardboard boxes, but incorporating the quality and wonder of hand made paper is appreciable, and while people may not consciously be aware of it, when they hold it in their hands they will know that something about it is better and different. If you don't believe me, go pick up a sheet of paper produced by hand and see the difference yourself.
In addition to that, paper made by hand has a deckled edge. Deckled edges are the rough edge that is left from paper fibers naturally settling in a screen. It's a mark of quality and is sometimes simulated in machine made papers to give a more finished and luxurious appeal. Knowing the difference between genuine and simulated deckling is what putting in the extra effort means.
To understand what hand made soap means is that we have spent over 2 years and thousands of dollars making batch after batch, fine tuning and making the smallest adjustments to bring you something that produces amazing lather, leaves your skin supple, and smells delicious. Money is nothing, it's value differs from person to person, but the time we spent has amounted to thousands of hours of research, reading, practice, and discussion. It has been an all consuming task that we have spent gladly and will continue to engage in.
Like many others we could have understood the basics and then ran with it, but we didn't. We set ourselves apart by pondering the deeper meaning of quality, luxury, and richness. We go the extra mile in really appreciating every nuance of the soap making process and by having that deep understanding of every aspect of your product, you too will set yourselves apart.
There is a famous book that I have read and enjoy. It has some solid information in it, but the major premise of the book is outsourcing everything in your company – from production, product development, to customer service. This is fine for cheap junk from China, but not suitable for a luxury product that is produced in small quantities. Outsourced service providers lack the knowledge and experience a professional artist has and no one should know your product better than you do if you're claiming it is of higher quality and value than other products available.
By dealing with your customers one on one, you preserve a level of humanity that is far too often left out. People generally like to deal with other people, and it's sad to say that these days, getting a live person to answer your question is a luxury.
From our experience, we've yet to see another soap on the same level as ours. The passion we both have for bringing a luxury grade product to the few who can find us is all consuming. To better explain what I mean, right now I'm investing time into reading texts that were written about the art of perfumery, over 100 years ago. These antiquated texts explain how to produce delightful fragrances before they had artificial scents and modern machines. I'm also reading modern day texts to help me define a process to produce our own custom blended fragrances in house, to ensure that nothing can touch what we produce. By going back to these older texts, I gain a deeper understanding of not only the process but the history and tradition of it, which will provide a more developed ability and ultimately a much better product.
As small manufacturers, we do not and cannot play the game of volume. We lack the ability to produce in large numbers, but it has been done to death. The only way to compete is to produce something that is genuinely and significantly better than the common place items you compete with. Soap can be found for under $1 a bar at bulk stores and even gas stations, but what we produce isn't even in the same category.
Give your clients their money's worth, not just in the product but in the discipline of your craft.
Luxury is not about price or an image. It's a dedication to beauty and purity in the pursuit of perfection. For us, it isn't in the packaging, it's in the time it took for someone to develop the skills necessary to make the packaging. It isn't in the ingredients, but it's in the care in which they were prepared. It's not about the superficial qualities that are most commonly observed, it's about the inherent ones that are so easily overlooked. You cannot separate the villager who spent the time developing those necessary skills to hand mill shea nuts into butter from the actual tangible shea butter. You can overlook it, as most people do not think about it when they read the words "shea butter" on the label, but you still know it's there. You don't think about the years of practice it took a paper maker to ensure the quality of the paper when you rip off the wrapper and throw it away – but those are the aspects that make a product undeniably luxurious and while you may not consciously observe them it is evident on some level that people pick up on.
If you want to make something that is worth the extra expense, it's not in having a good graphic designer or a catchy slogan. Sure those things help, but go above and beyond in making it and the thing will sell itself.
Here's to your best creations!


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The Port Arthur News
Holly Days and Jingle Bear are seeking donations for the holiday fund drive co-sponsored by The Port Arthur News, area Rotary Clubs and the Retail Merchants Association.
Because there is such a need for the basics of life — food and shelter, the funds raised by the Holly Days fund drive will be distributed to agencies in Mid- and South County that are directly addressing those basic needs. There are no administrative costs.
Names of all donors of $1 or more will be printed in the Port Arthur News on a regular basis along with a short notation, such as the donation being made in the memory of someone. Names of Platinum Club members — individuals or businesses who donate $1,000 or more — will be listed each day from when their gift is received until the end of the drive on Jan. 1. Names of Gold Club members who donate $250 or more will be published each Sunday during the fund drive.
Contributions may be made online or mailed to Holly Day Fund c/o Retail Merchants Association, 3830 FM 365, Port Arthur, Texas 77642.


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St Marks Arts Market, El PasoSt. Marks UMC of El Paso is soliciting artists and vendors for its annual Arts Market to be held September 13th. All interested artists and vendors, please contact Frances Gonzalez at 915-581-4444.
El Paso arts crafts events
ST Marks Arts Market
Saturday, Sep 13 9:00a
Advanced Ceramics
Saturday, Aug 2 1:00p
El Paso Museum of Art, El PasoInvestigate advanced decorating techniques in pottery. Students will do a mix of hand building and wheel throwing. Prior experience with wheel-throwing required. Supplies included...
Wheel-throwing with Clay
Sunday, Aug 3 1:00p
El Paso Museum of Art, El PasoLearn basic and intermediate wheel-throwing skills including centering, opening, pulling, shaping, forming vessels and glazing. Supplies included...
Project Linus Meeting
Saturday, Aug 2 9:30a
Fort Bliss Trading Post, Fort BlissExcept for April 2014, El Paso Project Linus meets on the first Saturday of the month from 9:30 - 11 AM at the Ft. Bliss Trading Post (the Old Commissary), 1717 Marshall Rd. New volunteers welcome...
First Friday ArtWalk & Ghost Tour - San Elizario
Friday, Aug 1 6:00p
San Elizario Historic District, San ElizarioThe San Elizario Art District presents the monthly First Friday ArtWalk & Ghost Tour...
Mission Trail Art Market
Sunday, Aug 17 11:00a
San Elizario Historic District, San ElizarioThe Mission Trail Art Market is in its 6th Season .Discover the Mission Trail Art Market, The Mission Valley's premier art and craft sale. Enjoy the food concessions and entertainment...
A Christmas Fair
Friday, Nov 14 6:00p
Centennial High School, Las CrucesA wonderful fair to kick off the Holiday season. Great shopping from Local Artisans, craftsmen and so many great local businesses. Shop while you enjoy the live music and great food...
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I've put a decent amount of time (and calories) into compiling this list. I visited 13 pizza joints around town over the span of 10 days and felt I had developed a countdown that was both fair and thorough.
Why only 13 places, you ask? Well, at some point the wear and tear of that much pizza begins to take a toll on the body and, more important, I have to keep things respectable when I hit the beach on vacation later this month.
Anyway, I told myself that I wouldn't check out anymore places, even if readers got in touch with me to make suggestions.
I received an email from one reader on Tuesday, however, urging me to check out Gallery Pizza located on New Brooklyn Erial Road, in Erial.
"No more pizza," I told myself as I initially dismissed the email.
I had my list in place and my write-ups all worked out. Heck, even if the place was any good, I'm not one to make more work for myself.
But then I changed my mind. I don't know why—maybe it was tomato sauce withdrawal—but I gave in.
So I took a last-minute trip down to Gallery Pizza Wednesday and gave it a shot. I'm glad I did. It turned out to be worth the extra 500-plus words.
Gallery is No. 3 on my countdown.
I could waste space telling you about a friendly staff, spacious seating accommodations (about 20 tables), and clean facilities, but let's get to the point—the pizza.
I walked up to the counter with the intention of ordering only a single slice, but I was caught off guard. Gallery Pizza offers both a traditional thin-slice style of pizza and a deep-dish selection. I couldn't make up my mind about which one to try, so I did what any slightly overweight 20-something guy would do—I ordered both.
Good call.
Not only was the traditional slice piping hot with a tasty sauce, running cheese, and a crispy crust, the deep dish slice was fantastic, too.
When pizza lovers in this area think deep dish they tend to think of Pizzeria Uno, but I have to tell you—Gallery Pizza has the national chain's slice beat. Crispy, crunchy, tasty—you know, the works.
To be fair, I'm only evaluating the slices on the basics—cheese, sauce, crust, but Gallery Pizza also offers a variety of both traditional and exotic toppings on their slices, too.
If you are looking to bring in the family for a sit-down lunch or dinner, you'll find that there is plenty of space available. But if you are loooking for the convenience of delivery, well, this establishment, which opened its doors in 1981, won't be able to help you.
Sorry folks, but its dine-in and pick-up only.
Still, for those who live in the Erial and Sicklerville areas of the township and have yet to try Gallery Pizza, head down the street and give it a shot. For those on the other side inundated by the usual go-to spots, take the ten-minute ride across town—it's worth the trip.
Gallery Pizza Info:
2905 New Brooklyn Erial Rd.
Sicklerville, NJ 08081-1244
Editor's Note: This article is part of an ongoing feature highlighting writer Bob Wankel's favorite foods in Gloucester Township. Bob will rate a food item (this week, pizza) he has recently tried at a township establishment, with an article appearing each day till we reach his No. 1 pick. Disagree with Bob's rankings? Feel free to tell us all about it in the comments.


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J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. When employing individuals, the District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, physical or mental disability (actual or perceived and unrelated to ability to perform the job), military service, or sexual orientation.
If you are interested in becoming a substitute for the J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 you will need to:
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Every year in Middle Tennessee, the old antebellum mansions & homes are opened up to the public in grandiose style.
These wonderful old homes are decorated with the authentic holiday items from yesteryear and showcase everything from trees to authentic holiday dress.
Some are grand elegant displays while others showcase the simpler holiday lifestyles of our ancestors, but all are wonderful displays of our heritage.
In honor of Tennessee History & Heritage, we have gathered up a listing of the best Christmas Antebellum and Mansion Tours that Nashville and the Middle Tennessee has to offer this Christmas Season.
19th Century Historic Home TourChristmas in Columbia - A 19th Century Historic Home Tour features about a dozen or so historic homes, two historical house museums and an antebellum era mansion in Maury County. Several of these homes are private homes not usually open to the public. These homes are beautifully decorated for the holidays and most all of the tour stops are within easy walking distance of each other.
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A Croft House ChristmasHave a holly, jolly, 19th-century Christmas with Nashville Zoo! To celebrate the season, the Zoo's Historic Home will be decorated with greenery, ribbon, and vintage decorations.
Candlelight Tour of HomesVisit historic homes throughout the town of Franklin. The Carter House located at 1140 Columbia Ave. in Franklin, and is among the homes visited in this gracious home holiday tour.
Christmas at BelmontExperience Belmont Mansion dressed as a Victorian fantasy land. Visitors get the opportunity to see the Belmont decorated in high Victorian style with hundreds of decorations throughout. The mansion is located at 1900 Belmont Blvd. in Nashville.
Christmas at Sam Davis HomeThis historic house is decorated for Christmas throughout the Holiday season usually beginning the day after Thanksgiving and lasting until the end of December.
Presidential ChristmasEnjoy the holidays at The Hermitage, the mansion of Andrew Jackson and his family. Special Christmas exhibits feature the early traditions and decorations of the 1800s. Enjoy delicious meals in the cafe and unique holiday shopping in our museum store. The mansion is located at 4580 Rachel's Lane in Hermitage.
Season of CelebrationA Season of Celebration at Cheekwood Mansion is an annual event that focuses on the Cheek Family home during the holidays. This beautiful 55-acre property was completed in 1932 and provides visitors vast array of art and gardens. The mansion is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville.
Traveller's Rest Plantation ChristmasWith the Traveller's Rest Plantation & Museum visitor's will experience an 1830s Christmas with costumed docents see how the holiday season was celebrated in the early 18th century and hear about the holiday guests the Overton family entertained. The mansion is located at 636 Farrell Parkway in Nashville.
Trees of ChristmasVisit the Clarksville Trees of Christmas, at the Smith-Trahern, a New Orleans-style mansion, built in 1858. Every year, the mansion pulls out all the stops with old-fashioned wreaths, garlands and colorful ribbons. The mansion is located at 101 McClure St. in Clarksville.
Victorian ChristmasThe Belle Meade Plantation features a Victorian Christmas. Visitors can see what Christmas was like during the 1880s. The mansion is located at 5025 Harding Road in Nashville.
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Aspiring sand sculptors are invited to test their skills in this year's Southern District sand sculpture competition.
Jointly organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the Southern District Recreation and Sports Association, the Southern District Sand Sculpture Competition cum Sand Sculpture Exchange Programme 2004 will be held at Shek O Beach from 1pm to 5pm on November 21.
An LCSD spokesman said that the competition was a great opportunity for sand sculptors to share their experiences with other participants, to enhance teamwork spirit and to foster close family ties.
"Also, the participants will have the chance to appreciate the skills of sand sculptors invited from Kagoshima, Japan," he said.
The sand sculpture competition will be divided into five divisions, namely family, corporate, open, students (including primary and secondary schools sections) and disabled divisions.
Each team should be made up of two to six members. In the disabled division, at least half of each team should be disabled members.
Based on the themes suggested by the organisers or deciding their own composition topics, participating teams have to complete their sand sculptures in an area of about three metres by four metres within two hours.
Spades and buckets will be provided. The participants can also bring along their own tools, but electrical and mechanical ones are not allowed. Ornaments such as shells and stones that will not harm the ecosystem can be used.
Adjudication of the compositions will be based on skill, creativity, aesthetics and whether they are relevant to the themes stated by the participants.
Four top prizes will be awarded to winners of each division. All teams will also vie for the overall championship.
Application forms are now available at LCSD's District Leisure Services Offices in 18 districts.
Completed application forms, together with an entry fee of $60, should be submitted on or before November 5 to the Southern District Leisure Services Office, 4/F Aberdeen Municipal Services Building, 203 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
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A warm, rich, buttery vanilla extremely similar to Ligne St. Barths' Vanille West Indies, which is still expensive, but significantly less expensive than the notoriously exorbitant Tihota. The only difference I can detect between these two scents is that Vanille West Indes is a more summery, beachy vanilla because of the orchid, but the core vanilla used in both of these scents is identical! I am surprised at how amazingly similar these two scents are, so if you love Tihota but wish it was more reasonable priced, check out Vanille West Indies! I wrote a review of that it also.
*Update: I am finding Indult Tihota boring, and am very, very glad I only purchased a sample! I think Ligne St. Barth's is better because it is more interesting and not as one dimensional. The orchid really adds beauty and character to the perfume; and makes it more unique.
I am so sorry I didnt purchase a bottle of this perfume when it was available, bec it is perfect to me. I ordered 2 small vials from Luckyscent before it was discontinued and have half of one vial left and the other vial is kept in the dark and tightly wrapped so it doesnt evaporate. A lot of vanilla scents turn funky on my skin, and I dont know why. When I first spray this on my arm I smell vanilla, grown up vanilla, no flowers but something else and it is not the musk unless the musk and vanilla give off such a warmth I can almost chew my arm off. It is so delectable yet not sweet in the sense of being gourmand to me and I love it so much bec it also doesnt turn soapy on my skin. I find some scents turn into a foul odour after a couple of hours and they resemble a chemical smell to my nose and I have to wash them off with a lavander soap. To me this was the best vanilla and musk scent ever brought to market and is one that can be worn winter, fall and cooler nights in the summer. Lovely scent, too bad I missed out on a bottle. If anyone knows of a dupe let me know please.
Very beautiful, rich, simple vanilla. Best mostly-vanilla fragrance I've found. Too bad about the scary pricetag.
Whenever I take a whiff of this, it's like I can hear angels singing. This is one I've been aching to try for well over a year now. I purchased a sample online as $250 for a bottle is just absurd. However, I'm in love with the way this perfume smells. This is supposedly the best vanilla perfume in the world, and for my pricey little sample, it better be. It is a truly, truly pure vanilla. No bells. No whistles. I know a lot of people don't like that because they believe it's "too linear". It is linear and that's how I want my Vanilla perfume! I love smelling like pure vanilla bean, which is what this fragrance is with just a teeny hint of musk. It smells soooooo sexy. It's the simplicity of it that I appreciate most. I think everyone's clamoring for some complicated, unusual scent. This is not that. It smells uber creamy and feminine. I've contemplated tracking a bottle down, but it smells so amazingly similar to Lavanila's Pure Vanilla (my signature), that I really don't think I even have to bother. So that's $250 I'll keep. Lavanila's perfume is $65 and smells so much like Indult Tihota that I cannot even find any real differentiation. Mmmm....I've probably sniffed my own wrist about 22 times while writing this review. I can't get enough of it. I suggest you track a sample down so you can smell the goodness too.
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ok so here it is. I have been searching for a l'occitane vanille replacement and I think this is as CLOSE as I can get. Is it expensive? yes. I bought a sample- and couldn't stop smelling my wrist. I fell in love! It's the only gift I am asking for for xmas. Nothing can replace my beloved l'occitane, but this is darn close. I am so excited to get a FB, it lasts all day so I think it will last a long time, i am praying it does:) BTW took a lippie off for cost, but to me it's a perfect scent. I get frustrated with people who complain it's not complex enough, or to linear. That is what I love about it, a pure vanilla with no other flower scents to foul it up. If you want complex, this is not for you.
9/20/11 SOOOO upset this has been discontinued ;(((((
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I love vanillic notes, so I had to order a sample of this one from the Perfumed Court especially after hearing such rave reviews on Luckyscent, etc. Tihota is a perfectly nice vanilla, simple and straightforward, but a disappointment considering the price. It does not have the richness of Guerlain Spiriteuse Double Vanille, and the composition is very uninteresting. I agree with the other reviewers, other more affordable alternatives abound; go for the SDV if you want to splurge.
I can't get over that waxy artificial musk note. This stuff positively smells like a vanilla CANDLE! Had great expectations for this one, since I'm a great fan of French Polynesia and Tihota is a word derived from the Polynesian language, so I was intrigued. However, the vanilla here does by far not live up to the hype created for this perfume, maybe in the same way as French Polynesia and Tahiti do not really live up to the hype created around them, since the reality is that you pay 600$ for a run down, shabby, not very clean bungalow, representing a standard of accommodation for which, as a comparison in Thailand, you would pay a maximum of 80$, that means no luxury, just very basic stuff - that applies for Tihota as well. Its just very basic, artificial smelling and hugely overpriced at that. Actually a scrubber for me.
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My review is based on a Luckyscent sample, so I don't have a longterm experience with this product and have no idea what the packaging looks like in person.
That said, I absolutely adore vanilla and have been on a loooooooong search for a simple, sexy, warm, non-gourmand, non-nauseating, not-too-sweet version to fall in love with. Considering the $250 for 50ml (1.7 oz) pricetag, it's an absolute relief that Tihota is NOT it.
Is Tihota a lovely perfume? Yes. Does it live up to its Luckyscent description as: "the finest pure vanilla weve ever had the honor of carrying"? IMO, not quite. While the notes are simply listed as vanilla bean and musks, for me this is far, faaaaaaar to sweet to be an ideal vanilla. Upon first application, I smell a fuzzy amber and citrus opening that's very similar to La Maison de la Vanille's Vanille Sauvage de Madagascar, followed by an overwhelmingly sweet vanilla. While the lasting power is great, for me the drydown is nearly identical to Lavanila's Pure Vanilla.
I would not purchase this product but recommend it to sweet vanilla lovers. I also suggest trying the La Maison and Lavanila lines before purchasing a full size of Tihota, since both are similar at a much smaller cost. If, however, you're like me and on the search for sexier, less sweet vanillas, out of all the vanillas I've tried so far, the one that's absolutely stood out for me is Farmacia SS. Annunziata dal 1561's Vaniglia del Madagascar (quite a mouthful for quite a lovely vanilla).
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Update: Came back tomy decant of this. Adding another lippee. It's really growing on me.
Tihota Tihota... Amazing staying power. On me it last all day and all night. There is a simplicity and purity about this Vanilla yet it stands out from all the others. Not at all corrupted by other complicated notes. This one dimensional fragrance creates Aura. I urge those of you that are interested to first purchase a small decant from perfumecourt or luckyscent before you fork over the $250.00 for a 1.7oz bottle. During the first part of the day I find it intoxicating an addicting. Sometimes I wish it were a tad bit sweeter. Maybe orangey sweeter. Oddly enough, as much as I love this fragrance I will not purchase a full bottle.
I must admit, I did not think that I would ever find a vanilla so uncomplicated in the most perfect way that would make me fall head-over-heels in love, but I have! I most definitely have with Indult's Tihota. Its composition is simple - just vanilla and musk. However, it's the balance of the two notes that is so impressive. Thanks to the nose of Francis Kurkdjian, we are able to experience simplistic beauty at its finest. Tihota is sweet and smooth, but not cloying at all. There is a certain darkness to it that keeps it from smelling like cake. The lasting power is phenomenal! I apply it in the morning and it lasts all day. Its presence is soft, but never abandons you. I read in a review that this fragrance creates more of an aura-like quality rather than actual sillage. I totally agree! It emanates from you like a soft glow, as if you're being accompanied by an invisible entourage, if you will. Simply gorgeous!
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One comparison between the Stillwater and Lawton Eisenhower girls basketball teams and it might seem like the two programs are headed in opposite directions.
Lawton Eisenhower (5-0) is coming off a tournament win in Altus, while the Lady Pioneers (3-2) are still trying to fill the void left by senior Blake Bulard's season-ending knee injury.
What may seem like a mismatch on paper, could turn into an advantage when Stillwater hosts the 19th-ranked Lady Eagles at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pioneer Fieldhouse.
"Eisenhower is a good team," Stillwater coach Carl Treat said. "They won the Altus Tournament and have a lot of momentum right now. This weekend will be our first big test against two tough Class 6A schools. We look forward to the challenge and hopefully it will help give us some momentum as we head into the Christmas break."
Treat has spent the last week working like a mad scientist to try to find the right combination for replacing Bulard. It hasn't been easy but after a good week of practice, the Stillwater coach feels like he's getting closer to putting together a lineup that works.
"We've sort of done it buy committee," Treat said. "We had some really good practices and a couple of girls are starting to step up and fill that void a little. When somebody goes down like that, everybody has to contribute a little bit more.
"We just have to keep working at it. Those were our first games without Blake. We're still looking for the continuity, but we've had a good week of practice."
Before the Lady Pioneers can set their sights on an undefeated Eisenhower team, Stillwater must first get past a Lawton High as the two teams battle at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Pioneer Fieldhouse.
"They've had a couple tough losses the last few weeks," Treat said. "I know they're going to give us everything they've got. Both of us are trying to get a couple more wins before Christmas break, so this weekend is huge for us. We have three games in the next two weeks. If we can win those, it just helps build momentum for the rest of the season."
Playing games back-to-back like this would be a concern for most coaches. But even after playing their fifth game in 10 days, Treat said that he's not concerned about whether or not it will have an affect on his players.
"I don't think it's really going to be a factor," Treat said. "They're kind of in the same situation that we're in because Lawton goes to Enid on Saturday and Ike plays Enid on Friday, so we're both playing two games this weekend."
Treat said to ensure that his team was fresh, he went a little lighter on practice — even using some time to study film.
"Having most of the week off was a good thing for us," Treat said. "It gave us time to watch some film and look at the things we did right and things we did wrong (at Bixby). It was a chance for us to rest up and work on getting better."
With the pieces of the puzzle finally starting to fall in place, a pair of wins — especially over a ranked team in Eisenhower — may be the boost Stillwater needs to ignite its season. And while it is still December, it's never too early to start thinking about the playoffs.
"This is a real big weekend for us," Treat said. "We've played some smaller schools early in the season, but these are a couple of schools that might be competing for a playoff spot. We usually don't worry about those types of things in December, but we know that a couple of quality wins will help us as practice and get ready for Christmas break. But either way, we can't get too high or too low with whatever happens. We still have a long season ahead of us and a lot of games left to play."
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