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It is Sept. 18, 2014, and the long-awaited referendum on Scottish independence has finally taken place..along with the restoration of the Stuart dynasty.
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Charlie comes back againSentiment had been largely in favor of keeping Queen Elizabeth as the reigning monarch, especially since Victoria had done so much to show her Scottish sympathies, with her frequent vacations at Balmoral Castle and her Scottish boy toy John Brown.
But now an even more popular candidate has appeared..namely, the great-great-great-great-and-so-forth grandson of Bonnie Prince Charlie. It's true his line was started out of wedlock .. but modern DNA testing had shown that he was indeed a descendant of the Stuart Dynasty.
By electing Parliamentary delegates from the new Stuart Party, the public showed their overwhelming support. He was swept into office with "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" as his campaign song. Women sang it with special enthusiasm at his political rallies, and some of the younger ones even screamed and fainted when they saw him .. just as their feminine ancestors had done 200 years earlier, when he came to Scotland to lead the failed revolt.
That sad song had lasted for more than a century .. and now it had a happy ending at last. Bonnie Charlie HAD come back again .. and thanks to his overwhelming popularity in Britain, Australia and America, he was able to have a great and positive influence in both places.
In 324, in the decisive final encounter between the two emperors, Roman forces loyal to Licinius (pictured) prevailed at the Battle of Chrysopolis, in Bithynia.
Licinius wins the Battle of ChrysopolisFollowing his catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Hellespont, his rival Constantine had crossed over to Asia Minor, using a flotilla of light transports in order to avoid the enemy army, which, under the command of Licinius' newly appointed co-emperor Martinian, was guarding the coast at Lampsacus. Meanwhile Licinius had evacuated his garrison from Byzantium which joined his main army in Chalcedon on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus. From there he also summoned Martinian's forces and a band of Visigothic auxiliaries, under their leader Aliquaca, to reinforce his principal army which had been depleted by its earlier defeat at the Battle of Adrianople.
Overconfident, Constantine seemingly eschewed any subtlety of manoeuvre, launching a single massive frontal assault on Licinius' troops but his forces were routed by them. Constantia, Constantine's half-sister and Licinius' wife, acted as intermediary, but no mercy was shown and Constantine was executed.
In 1895, on this day the ultra-nationalist Canadian Tory prime minister John George Diefenbaker was born in the peaceful village of Neustadt, Ontario.
Birth of architect of Diefenbaker PlanHis term of office was shaped by the apocalyptic events of October 1962; the often unilateral judgements he took, and the heavy-handed way he communicated those decisions to his colleagues and allies. In his diaries, he rejected these charges, claiming that President Kennedy told him bluntly that, "When I tell Canada to do something, I expect her to do it!". What is indisputed is that on the 22nd, his Defense Minister Douglas Harkness advised him that Kennedy had approved an escalation of the NORAD measurement from two (peace) to three (enhanced awareness) on the way to five (war) without consulting Ottawa even though Canada was supposedly an equal partner to America in NORAD.
Two days later, World War Three broke out and the boot was on the other foot. American Cities were devastated by Soviet nuclear missiles. Under the Dieffenbaker Plan, the Canadian Government laid claim to territory possessed by the United States in order to rehabilitate that land "back to a standard of civilization".
This is an installemend from the Cuba 62 - Canada thread.
In 1861, on this day Union President Abraham Lincoln received an urgent request for reinforcements from Alexander Hamilton III the Governor of the Sugar State.
The Civil War engulfs the IslandsSix months of slave revolts had paralyzed the economic activity across the Caribbean basin and precipitated a plantation owner's backlash.
The larger islands were threatening to secede from the Union and appeal to the British Government for Royal Naval support to protect their new-found sovereignty. Some were even threatening to join the Confederacy.
"When I analyze the stench to me it makes a lot of sense" ~ Bob MarleyThe outbreak of the American Civil War was of course only the latest threat to the continued and perhaps accidental existence of the single maritime polity known as "The Sugar State". Because in 1782 the decisive French naval victory at the Battle of the Saintes marked the beginning of the end of British rule over the Sugar Islands. The crushing of Royal Naval Forces under the command of Admiral Sir George Rodney by the Comte de Grasse's French Fleet enabled the French and Spanish to proceed with the planned invasion of Jamaica. Within eighteen months, the seven thousand islands, islets, reefs, and cays of the Caribbean region were admitted into the Union. And the infant American Republic was confronted with a whole set of fresh challenges that threatened to wreck the ship of state.
In 2010, Ken Loach and his production team completed final editing on Searching For Albert in advance of the movie's scheduled January 2011 release.
Searching For Albert, Part 4Although Paddy Ashdown and his supporters still planned to stage nationwide protests in Britain against Albert when it premiered, opinion of the movie within the rest of the British Vietnam veterans' community had by this time begun to shift considerably in the movie's favor thanks partly to an outreach effort by Loach and his cast aimed at allaying the veterans' concerns about Loach's handling of its subject matter.
Loach's PR campaign even managed to sway some people who had previously sided with Ashdown's boycott plan; in a New Statesman interview published just before Albert's theatrical release, a House of Commons MP who at first had supported the boycott disclosed that he had reversed his stance after meeting with one of the movie's technical advisors. Eventually the boycott plan would fizzle out and Albert would open to rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.
By 1893, Young Winston Churchill had done poorly in school. He narrowly graduated Harrow, where teachers had forever scarred him against the notion of learning Latin. Applying to Sandhurst Military Academy, Churchill needed to pass three of five required exams.
Churchill has his Vision of Mathematics He knew his abilities in English and Chemistry, hated Latin, and doubted French, leaving only Mathematics. In his singular autobiography, Churchill wrote, "All my life from time to time I have had to get up disagreeable subjects at short notice, but I consider my triumph, moral and technical, was in learning Mathematics in six months".
With a foundation built by Harrow master, Mr. C. H. P. Mayo, Churchill made way in solving the "hieroglyphs" to be able to meet the requirements set by the Civil Service Commissioners. A new story by Jeff ProvineAs he worked, he bemoaned perplexing devices such as sine, cosine, tangent, the quadratic formula, and the Binomial Theorem. One night, Churchill writes, "I had a feeling once about Mathematics, that I saw it all - Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and the Abyss. I saw, as one might see the transit of Venus-or even the Lord Mayor's Show, a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly how it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable: and how the one step involved all the others. It was like politics".
Politics, which he had studied after his father, made sense to him, and Churchill began to embrace the tenants of maths. While at Sandhurst, he set aside formulae for a time, but he took them up again upon placement into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. His income was £300 per year plus a £400 allowance from his mother, and he calculated that he needed at least another £100 to remain at his accustomed lifestyle. Looking into many sources of additional income such as journalism, Churchill finally settled on answering every possible mathematical quiz available in so many colleges and newspapers around the empire for cash prizes. He also set into a hobby of mathematical proofs, what he called "little riddles", which occupied more and more of his time. Churchill was transferred between Africa and India before returning to England, also playing polo, studying thought-problems, and progressing ever further into calculus in his own time.
In 1906, Churchill read several of Albert Einstein's papers of his Annus Mirabilis in a translation of Annalen der Physik, for which the Jewish German would be given a Nobel Prize. Churchill wrote, "For the first time to me, mathematical play was shown as credible, and my life took new direction". He exchanged correspondence with Einstein and eventually used his growing political influence to offer Einstein a lucrative position as full professor at Cambridge. The two worked together on many projects, later sorting out Einstein's General Relativity, while both also worked their "day jobs" as professor and Minister of Parliament. Churchill grew slowly through the ranks of government before being beaten out in 1931, taking up what he called his "wilderness years". He published his own mathematical papers written from home, studying topology and complex interactions. As war with Germany approached, Churchill returned to the government in patriotic spirit, eventually being named Prime Minister for his calls for defense. Over one of their many teas, Einstein mentioned to Churchill the idea among the physics community of an "atomic" weapon using the explosive power of fission by separating a nucleus.
Churchill, who had previously been a proponent of tanks and aircraft, leaped upon the idea. Using uranium from Scottish peat bogs, Project Tube Alloys (later renamed Wonder) successfully tested the first atomic bomb in 1943. Churchill endorsed its use with thirteen targets, and Germany quickly surrendered, soon followed by Japan. As word spread of the radioactive fallout with the city of Dresden as the prime example, Churchill was given much blame and removed from office with the elections of 1945. He returned briefly in 1951 to the prime ministership, during which he tried to sort out the problems of the Atomic Age he felt he created, only to succumb to a series of strokes. He died in 1965, when his work on the Unified Field Theory merited him, as well as Einstein and several others, a shared Nobel Prize.
In 1814, at the Indian Queen Hotel in Baltimore, thirty-five year old amateur author Francis Scott Key (pictured) scribbled the words to his famous poem "Fall of Fort McHenry" on the back of a letter he had kept in his pocket; ironically the lyrics were set to the tune of a popular British drinking song becoming the rebel anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner".
The Fall of Fort McHenryVice President Elbridge Gerry had sent Key and his colleague John Stuart Skinner to appeal for the safe return of President James Madison who had been arrested by British Redcoats at Bladensburg as he fled the burning White House. They boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant in Chesakpeake Bay and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and then-Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner.
However Ross and Cochrane were fully engaged in their war plans and Kay and Skinner were moved to the aptly named HMS Surprise where they witnessed British gunboats slipping past the Fort McHenry and effecting a landing in a cove to the west of it. Despite a determined defence by troops from Fort Covington, once the shell and Congreve rocket barrage had stopped, Key observed that the Union Jack had been hoisted in place of the fort's smaller "storm flag".
In 2433, by the Qin Calendar, the court sorceror Xu Fu was born in Qi, near the present day city of Zibo in Shandong Province.China Everlasting Part 2 - Court Sorceror
In the service of the First Sovereign Emperor Qin Shi Huang (pictured), Xu Fu was sent to the eastern seas twice to look for the elixir of life. The fleet included sixty barques and around five thousand crew members, three thousand virgin boys and girls, and craftsmen of different fields who sailed to Mount Penglai where the Eight Immortals lived. Fortunately, the crew also included archers who Xu Fu was forced to dispatch to kill a giant sea creature that was blocking the path.
On their return to the capital Hsien-yang, Fu synthetised the elixir of live, enabling Ch'in Shih-Huang to rule in perpetuity. Shortly afterwards, and suitably rewarded, the now immortal Xu Fu returned as King to rule Nippon, the modern day Japanese islands. The capital city Kyushu was described by the Records of the Grand Historian as a place with "flat plains and wide swamps".
For twenty-two centuries, the two immortals of our world have lived apart and in peaceful co-existence.
Yet many assassinations have been attempted on Qin Shi Huang. The Emperor has grown paranoid of remaining in one place too long and hired servants to bear him to different buildings in his palace complex to sleep in each night. He also hired several 'doubles' to make it less clear which figure was the emperor. It would perhaps be no surprise to many if, in the far recesses of his paranoid mind, the Emperor was to perceive Xu Fu as a future adversary in a final battle for the mastery of the future.
Flag of | In 1951, Israeli ground forces in Syria began their final assault on the Syrian provisional capital Palmyra. |
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In 1960, on this day the Fire Department of New York published what was then its most comprehensive estimate of department casualties from the Jamaica Bay hurricane; according to its figures 213 FDNY personnel had been killed during the storm and 96 injured, with at least 64 firemen missing. | New York |
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Logo | On this day in 1957, the Houston Oilers played their first-ever exhibition game at Sam Houston Coliseum, beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 115-114. |
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On this day in 1973, the Lawnmower Man - identified by FBI agents as one George Stark - was indicted on multiple murder charges in a Las Vegas courtroom. | |
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On this day in 1982, the NWA held its Starrcade '82 PPV telecast at the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. In the main event NWA world champion Ric Flair retained his title with a victory over "Outlaw" Ron Bass; what truly made the night memorable, however, was that it saw Bret Hart get kicked out of the Enforcers by Jim Cornette after mistimed interference by Hart enabled Jimmy Valiant to regain the NWA TV title from George 'The Animal' Steele. | |
Jimmy Valiant |
Following the Steele-Valiant match, the ex-TV champion joined his fellow Enforcers and Cornette in a vicious beatdown of Hart that left the Canadian grappler seriously battered...and vowing to crush Cornette's stable once and for all. |
On this day in 1947, the US Senate officially confirmed Henry J. Kaiser as FEMA's first director. In a press statement from his home in southern California, Kaiser thanked Truman for entrusting him with this critical task and said he looked forward to the challenge. | FEMA Dir. |
Henry J. Kaiser |
Senator | In 1975, President Rockefeller offers the vice-presidency to Senator Paul D. Laxalt of Nevada. Laxalt accepts, and Rockefeller presents his name to the Senate for confirmation. Senator Paul Laxalt is quickly confirmed as vice-president by the Senate. Conservatives hail the choice, as they consider the Senator one of their own. There is open speculation about a Laxalt run for the presidency itself in 1980, if Rockefeller chooses not to run again that year - or perhaps even if he does. |
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Courlander wrote seven novels, his most famous being The African, published in 1967. The novel was the story of a slave's capture in Africa, his experiences aboard a slave ship, and his struggle to retain his native culture in a hostile, new world.
In 1978, Alex Haley went to federal district court in the Southern District of New York charging Courlander with plagiarism. Citing appropriation of more than 80 passages from Roots, Haley's pre-trial memorandum in the copyright infringement lawsuit stated: 'Defendant Courlander had access to and substantially copied from Roots. Without Roots, the African would have been a very different and less successful novel, and indeed it is doubtful that Mr. Courland could have written the African without Roots. . . . Mr. Courland copied language, thoughts, attitudes, incidents, situations, plot and character.'
African Americans were unsurprised, it was not the first time an anglo had cashed in on their copyright material, and it would not be the last.
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In 1462, on this day the royal and municipal armed forces of Piotr Dunin's Polish Army were decisively beated by the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Świecino.
Teutonic Knights triumph at the Battle of ŚwiecinoThe victorious commanders Fritz Raweneck and Kaspar Nostyc had led a force of two thousand seven hundred mercenaries gathered from the nearby castles Mewe (Gniew), Stargard (Starogard Gdański), Nowe, Skarszewy and Kiszewy.
Raweneck also had the supply chain (tabors), cannons and up to thirteen hundred auxiliary infantry of Pomeranian peasants, used mainly for fortification works. He took the brutal command decision to order the tabors to lead the charge, absorbing the very heavy fire from crossbows of the Polish infantry. Teuton units then savaged the Polish heavy cavalry under Pawel Jasieński and the battle was won.
In 2009, Christopher Orlet wrote ~ for decades, Western intellectuals have judged him the Good Marxist. His assassination by Joseph Stalin's agents was further proof -- if further proofs were needed -- of his honorable intentions. If only Leon Trotsky, rather than Stalin, had emerged as Vladimir Lenin's successor, how differently the history of the Soviet Union, indeed, the whole history of communism, might have read.
Blood Brother: If Trotsky had succeeded Lenin written by Christopher OrletHOW MIGHT HISTORY have looked had Trotsky succeeded Lenin?
"If ever Trotsky had been the paramount leader instead of Stalin, the risks of a bloodbath in Europe would have been drastically increased", writes Robert Service, for the simple reason that Trotsky, a believer in permanent revolution, would have taken more risks than Stalin in encouraging revolution in Germany and elsewhere. (While we are playing What If, former Trotskyite Christopher Hitchens has pointed out that Trotsky's German revolution would have preempted the Nazis coming to power, and thus not only World War II?, but the Holocaust as well).
Judging from his past deeds, Trotsky would have continued to act with savage ruthlessness, that meant forcing peasants onto collectivized farms -- as he vowed to do -- or ordering the execution of dissidents, crushing the Kronstadt worker and sailor rebellion in 1921 (they demanded, among other rights, freedom of speech and the press), or creating a system of hostage taking during the civil war -- all of which he did do.
The reason so many Western intellectuals, right and left, fell -- and continue to fall -- for Trotsky is they were charmed by his charisma, his intellect, and his literary skills ("His autobiography is magical to read," Service admits), as well as fooled by his obscurantism. What's more, they were desperate for any Soviet alternative to Stalin.
The idea that a humane communism could have come out of Trotskyism is pure romanticism, Service says. Yet, Trotskyites maintain even today that the tragedy of Soviet history lay in Trotsky's failure to win the battle of succession for leadership of the Soviet Union. Service's biography will not convince them otherwise. But for those with an open mind, Trotsky: A Biography shows that in the end, Stalin and Trotsky were blood brothers. Blood being the operative word.
This shortened article is an abbreviated form of the longer essay
In 1176, on this day in the mountain passes of Phrygia, the Army of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos recovered from an ambush at the hands of the Seljuk Turks. This spectacular victory enabled the Byzantine Empire to recover the interior of Anatolia which it had lost after the Battle of Manzikert a century before.
Miracle at MyriokephalonFor much of that time, a long peace with the Sultanate of Rûm had enabled the Empire to concentrate on the Western theatre, defeating Hungary and imposing Byzantine control over all the Balkans. Meanwhile the strongest Muslim ruler in Syria, Saladin was more concerned with Egypt and Palestine than the border territory.
The hard won victory at Myriokephalon created a strategic pause in which the Empire could consider its future natural borders more holistically. And a new possibility soon began to take shape in the minds of the Byzantine Leadership: to abandon Anatolia altogether and perhaps shift the Empire Westwards, relocating Constantinople out of Asia and back into Europe.
In 1995, the highly successful animated series Garfield and Friends had run the majority of its course and would ultimately be approved for seven seasons.
Calvin & Hobbes Animated Series Premiers On the lookout for something new on the CBS Saturday morning lineup, producers approached Bill Waterson, creator of the acclaimed Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Waterson was wrapping up his series, saying, "It's always better to leave the party early". Despite the cries from newspapers and readers alike, he refused the risk of running his creation into the ground.
While he had anticipated retiring to paint, the idea of a cartoon fascinated him. Waterson had always admired the artistry of animation, saying in a 1989 interview with The Comics Journal, "If you look at the old cartoons by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, you'll see that there are a lot of things single drawings just can't do. Animators can get away with incredible distortion and exaggeration". Since he had won his freedom on Sunday comics pages with his sabbatical in 1991, he decided he could use this as a chance to experiment artistically again.
A new post by Jeff ProvineCalvin & Hobbes would end its newspaper run on December 31, 1995, and fans eagerly awaited the first episode of the animated series the next September as kids went back to school. After months of hangups working with Waterson's perfectionism and him being reportedly "very scared" to choose voice actors, the show aired to critical acclaim. Waterson's writing and initial sketches combined with new flexibility and background music to bring Calvin alive. Sequences of riding wagons and sleds down hills were applauded, as were the leaps in computer technology to incorporate the backgrounds Waterson imagined. Subject matter and Calvin's famous intelligence merited the series the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program twice, beating out the incumbent Animaniacs.
Despite the success of the series, Waterson would stand by his principles in licensing. Producers were furious that they could not capitalize on the audience with Hobbes dolls, G.R.O.S.S. memorabilia, or action figures of Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, and other personae of Calvin's creation. After only two seasons, the show would be cut off to be replaced by a cheaper, wholly educational lineup.
Waterson headed into retirement and refused to answer any questions about a possible Calvin & Hobbes film.
In 1859, on this day Joshua Abraham Norton began his reign as Emperor out of necessity to cure problems that had plagued the young nation during its republic. Norton himself was English, born in London and spending most of his life in South Africa before coming to San Francisco as a businessman.
Norton Proclaims Himself Emperor of these United States In a deal gone wrong where a dealer had misled him on the quality of his rice and the justice system denied his rights during his lawsuit to void his contract, leaving Norton financially destroyed in 1858 at age 39. He left the city in self-imposed exile, returning with his political dream in 1859.
The United States surely had its troubles if a hard working man such as Norton could be destroyed, and the system had to be fixed. He delivered a notice to the newspapers stating, "At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton... declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U. S". On February 1, representatives of each state were to meet him at the Music Hall in San Francisco "and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist".
A new story by Jeff ProvineSeveral editors published the notice as humorous, and a few newspapers back East picked it up as well. On October 12, he released another notice, dissolving the United States Congress in stating that the "universal suffrage, as now existing through the Union, is abused; that fraud and corruption prevent a fair and proper expression of the public voice; that open violation of the laws are constantly occurring, caused by mobs, parties, factions and undue influence of political sects; that the citizen has not that protection of person and property which he is entitled to by paying his pro rata of the expense of Government". While Congress did not immediately disband, the notion of reform was picked up by several Midwesterners who had also been overtaxed and under-supported by the government. Though voted as a lark, the state legislature of Indiana decided to send James Herriman, a businessman who was going to San Francisco anyway, as representative. Upon word that Norton had been taken semi-seriously, South Carolina sent a delegation of representatives, hoping that their political maneuver would show the Union that they could do as they pleased under states' rights.
More states for various reasons began plans to send representatives to San Francisco. Proposals of every kind were put on the ballot for elections, and, by November, eighteen states planned to attend. The idea spread that it would be a kind of convention, perhaps even ground to discuss an end to the slavery question as well as trade and tariff disputes. In January, Norton released an edict to "hereby Order and Direct Major-General Scott, the Command-in-Chief of our Armies, immediately upon receipt of this, our Decree, to proceed with a suitable force and clear the Halls of Congress". Winfield Scott did not move the Army, nor did he make action to arrest the Emperor on grounds of treason.
At the 1860 February San Francisco Convention, Mayor Henry F. Teschemacher gave Norton permission to use the Music Hall, impressed with the publicity and income San Francisco was having with the arrival of politics and journalists. Presiding over the convention, Norton addressed each issue tirelessly, repeatedly overturning calls for recess. Economic, judicial, domestic, and international policies were closely examined, appropriated into committee, and then voted upon under the emperor's direction. By the end of the month, newspapers began to address Norton as "emperor" not out of humor but genuine honor from his efforts to support the common man. The convention ended with the writing of a Constitution, which, like the previous US Constitution, required ratification by two-thirds of the states.
The Constitution was largely ignored by the political powers that were, holding their own elections in later 1860 with Abraham Lincoln winning the office of presidency. The South went up in arms over the North's perceived aggression, and talk of secession began. Norton sent another edict, saying that there was no need for a War Between the States over matters of a derelict Congress. States simply needed to appoint representatives to his National Parliament as described in his Constitution. He ended with a reminder General Scott that he was overdue in his elimination of Congress. This time, Scott gave the notice more thought, finally approaching Lincoln, who refused to give up Republicanism to a tyrant.
The South began to send delegates, as did California, formally turning away from the government in Washington. More states followed, and, in April, South Carolina fired upon Union troops at Fort Sumter. Upon hearing the news, Norton immediately called for the arrest of the men who had tried to begin a war. Forgiveness was begged, and Norton called Lincoln and his increasingly illegal government to meet with him in San Francisco before things grew worse. Lincoln, willing to try anything to avoid a bloody war and the separation of the states, agreed to go. After a month-long conference, Norton persuaded Lincoln to surrender Washington and join the National Parliament.
Although there would be uprisings in various parts of the country, Norton would be swift in controlling issues and meeting with rebel commanders, usually persuading them to join him in the new empire. With a civil war avoided, the problems of slavery were solved by Norton's program of freeing skilled slaves with financial compensation to their former masters and installing mandated education programs to free yet more. Education, as well as simple steadfastness in what was right, cured many of the racial ills of the US. During the anti-Chinese riots of the 1870s, Norton stepped around his bodyguards and placed himself between the rioters and their intended victims, bowing his head and reciting the Lord's Prayer until the embarrassed rioters fled or formally apologized. Rumors stated that he planned to marry Queen Victoria of Britain, but Norton never seemed to find the time with such activities as personal inspections of the city's cable car system.
Much of Norton's reign was spent on improvements, such as the suspension bridge between Oakland and San Francisco as well as the long-term project of a tunnel under the bay. While San Francisco was given special consideration as the new capital, numerous projects were carried out throughout the country, like the transcontinental railroad completed in 1864. Late in his reign, Norton turned to international diplomacy, as he had when he had become Protector of Mexico in using the US Army to fight imperialistic advances on Mexico from France. In 1871, Norton called for an Assembly of Nations to meet and discuss issues in a convention he would preside. By 1877, the Assembly of Nations was a continuous facility that would soon outlaw the use of war in diplomacy.
Emperor Norton died in 1880 on his way to give a charity lecture at the California Academy of Sciences. Norton had not appointed a successor, instead leaving a detailed will for power to return to the hands of the Parliament, but forever banning political parties and an unbalanced budget (except in the case of military emergency). Thirty thousand San Franciscans attended his funeral, and the country remained in mourning for a month, though many can say that we are still in mourning of the lost Emperor. His legacy has even continued internationally, such as the Assembly of Nations' diffusing of the Sarajevo Affair in which the assassination of the Archduke may well have led to war.
In 1787, on this day the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of both the Union and the federal government was adopted by the Constitutional Convention and later ratified at a local level in the name of "We, the States".
A future-proofed US ConstitutionThe leader of the Virginia delegatation, Patrick Henry had originally refused to attend the Federal Convention, planning to use the power of his rhetoric to defeat the Constitution when it was later presented at the State Ratifying Convention. Persuaded to attend, he convinced the other delegates that the draft preamble smacked of consolidated government rather than confederation. "We, the People" was both improper and illegal because "the people had no right to enter into leagues, alliances or confederations. States and foreign powers are the only proper agents for his kind of government".
Evidence of the success of Henry's gambit soon followed. The Governor of New York, George Clinton issued a "Neutrality Proclamation" after President George Washington had done so at a federal level. And the heads of both Clinton and Henry' would be sculptured at Mount Rushmore, symbolizing their critical involvement in the protection of States Rights at the birth of the Republic.
In 1777, on this day in upstate New York, loyalist forces under the command of General George Washington triumphed at the Battle of Saratoga. And the revolt against the bicameral American Parliament led by the turncoat Benedict Arnold effectively ended with the crushing of his republican army.
Republican Revolt crushed at SaratogaAlong with many of his peers, Washington had fought in the Seven Years War. And at the climax, the cash-strapped British Government had wisely reinforced the "historic rights of Englishmen" by offering representation alongside the necessary taxation to refill her Majesty's Coffers.
Arnold however had fallen under the influence of Thomas Paine, an extremist who argued that nothing less than full independence was due to Americans. Bizarrely, Paine was an atheist who used religious metaphors to express his republican view that "Government by kings was first introduced into the world by the Heathens ... It was the most prosperous invention the Devil ever set foot for the promotion of idolatry".
In 1806, Aaron Burr is accused of conspiring to steal Louisiana Purchase lands away from the United States and crown himself a king or emperor in a new country, or to declare an illegal war against Spanish possessions in Mexico for the same purpose.
Louisiana Theft by Guest Historian Eric Lipps
There is more than a little truth to the accusations. Politically ruined in the United States following his fatal duel with President Alexander Hamilton in 1804, Burr has grown increasingly alienated from the young republic.
It does not help, either, that Thomas Jefferson is now President: Burr is still bitter over the manner in which Hamilton kept his eventual slayer from gaining even the vice-presidency in 1800 by urging electors to vote for the Virginian over him if they could not support Hamilton himself. In the two years since the duel, he has persuaded himself that he deserves to rule, and he is tempted by the prospect of leading a second revolution.
In 1951, a devastating tropical storm ravaged Mexico City, killing half a million people. The storm was a consequence of the climate changes wrought by the Bellus-Zyra disaster. | Mexico City |
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On this day in 1944, the Western Allies launched Operation Toadstool, an airborne offensive aimed at liberating Belgium and Luxembourg from Nazi occupation. | |
In 1960, on this day the Jewish-American women's philanthropic organization Hadassah started a fundraising drive to collect money to help New York's Jewish community rebuild synagogues that had been wrecked by the Jamaica Bay hurricane. | |
On this day in 1972, the Dallas Cowboys opened the 1972 season and their quest to regain the Super Bowl championship with a 28-6 thrashing of the Philadelphia Eagles at the Cotton Bowl. | |
On this day in 1941, with Wehrmacht and SS divisions less than 40 miles from the outskirts of Moscow, Adolf Hitler inexplicably ordered a halt to the German advance in Russia. This would turn out to be as great a tactical mistake for the Third Reich on the Eastern Front as the four-day suspension of ground operations near Dunkirk in June 1940 had been on the Western Front. | |
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Nature Boy | On this day in 1981, 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair beat Tommy Rich at a live NWA card in Charleston, South Carolina to win his first NWA world title. However, the new champion had little time to celebrate; moments after the match ended Rich, driven to a psychotic rage by bitterness over the defeat and by the stress of his war with Terry Funk, went ballistic and attacked Flair with a trash can, touching off a post-match brawl that ended only with the intervention of arena security. |
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General Agwai will lead the biggest peacekeeping operation in the world with 200,000 troops and 6,000 police under his command.
The general told BBC News that building a peacekeeping force of that size from scratch would take time, and he warned against high expectations, saying without peace his troops would be in a 'in a very uncomfortable position'.
The former head of Nigeria's armed forces is courteous and softly-spoken. He told me his military heroes are General George Patton and General Ariel Sharon. Asked if his new job is a poisoned chalice, his response is characteristically low-key.
'When I was accepting this job I did it with all sincerity,' he said, 'believing that somebody has to do the job and if somebody has to do it, why not me.'
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Manchester High School West Principal MaryEllen McGorry was placed on paid leave in September, just weeks after the school year began. Superintendent Thomas Brennan immediately hired a private consultant to investigate whatever it was the administration thought McGorry did to deserve the suspension. As the year went on, the bills racked up.
McGorry continued to collect her $103,700 salary. On top of that, the outside investigation has cost the city at least $48,000. The city also has continued to pay McGorry's secretary, Denise Michael, who was suspended as well. She was paid $27.80 an hour.
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Evan Geist leaves his ego behind these days when he puts on his Marist baseball uniform. A stint in the bullpen will do that to a starting pitcher.
Geist has a wicked curve ball and a scholarship to Florida State University but discovered midseason he wasn't being as good a teammate as he could be. Coach Mike Strickland moved Geist to the bullpen for nearly three weeks of the season and relegated the senior to closer duties.
When he returned to the starting rotation, he flourished, earning complete game wins in his first two state playoff appearances. He had 21 strikeouts in 14 innings to help the War Eagles advance to the Class AAAA semifinals. Marist beat Whitewater in a doubleheader May 24 to advance to the finals.
"Not starting helped me take a back seat and take in what was happening," Geist said. "I love my teammates and I wanted to be there for those guys. I started to pitch better when I played more for them."
Said Strickland, "He's grown into a situation where he's been able to take advantage of his skills."
Geist has been effective as a starter and in relief. Heading into the semifinal series, Geist carried a 7-1 record with a 2.01 earned run average. He has struck out 73 batters while allowing only 15 walks in 45 1/3 innings. Opponents are batting .163 against him.
Instead of wanting to be the ace of the staff, Geist is comfortable with his role as one of several effective pitchers on the War Eagles' team.
Blake Stevens is 3-1 in the postseason, with a one-hitter in a 9-0 win over Alcovy in the quarterfinals. He struck out seven and walked only one. Junior Brandon Liebrandt is 3-0 after a no-decision in a rocky start in the first round against South Paulding. He allowed five runs and 11 hits in five innings but earned a win in each of the next two rounds.
"I started rough and was 2-1 at the beginning of the season," Geist said. "I wasn't throwing well and was moved to the closer [position], where I pitched mostly the fifth, sixth or seventh inning. I started to throw more strikes coming out of the bullpen and got my confidence back."
Geist has been a member of the varsity for two seasons and played in the field as a junior when he wasn't pitching. But the left-hander has been strictly a pitcher this season.
That move has helped Geist work more on his repertoire of pitches and improve this season. His curve is his money pitch, but Geist also has an effective change-up and fastball.
His skills and improved outlook on the game helped him earn a scholarship and follow in the footsteps of his father. Pete Geist earned a baseball scholarship to Georgia Tech and was taken in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers after his junior season.
There is a chance the younger Geist might get chosen in this summer's MLB draft, but Evan Geist said he likely will go the route of his father – go to school and try to improve his chances in the draft.
"My parents want me to go to school," Geist said. "If I go to school for two to three years, my draft status hopefully will go way up."
But for now, Geist is happy to be helping his team try to win a state championship. He looks back at his stint in the bullpen as a lesson learned.
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Tonight, at 10:30, Bravo will debut "Dukes of Melrose" (an add-on to their already fashion- heavy Wednesday lineup, "The Rachel Zoe Project," and "It's a Brad, Brad World") and, Thursday night at 8, "L.A. Frock Stars" bows on the Smithsonian Channel.
On Bravo, it's all about Decades, a glam boutique located on tony Melrose Avenue owned by two business partners, renowned vintage expert Cameron Silver, and Christos Garkinos, touted as "The Robin Hood of fashion," who "consigns from the really rich and sells to the less rich."
It's 12-episodes of true-to-form Bravo glitz. The central struggle is the conflict between the partners — Silver wants to spend big, Garkinos wants to save. An early scene depicts Silver negotiating for two stunning vintage gowns that originally cost about $55,000 each — Garkinos is apoplectic.
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Summer camp is something most kids look forward to every year, but medical issues can stop some kids from having that opportunity. As our Maria Valvanis tells us, Nathan Littauer Hospital is celebrating another year of providing a place for those kids to go.
GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. -- "I found out I had type one diabetes in February and I heard about this camp, so I came," said camper Ross Broady.
It's your typical summer camp, with a twist. Nathan Littauer Hospital's Camp Superstarrs focuses on kids with special needs that can't go to regular camps.
Camper Mikey Delong said, "It's fun. There's a lot of things to do here."
"It's a place for a child to be a child, to have fun in the summertime and experience what every child should," said camp director Susan McNeil.
Campers come with a variety of medical issues, ranging from asthma to physical disabilities, that prohibit them from being active without proper supervision. A combination of counselors and volunteer hospital staff solve that problem, giving kids the chance to jump back into action.
"Students go to arts and crafts and fishing and swimming," said McNeil.
"My most favorite is the swimming," said Delong.
And between all the fun and activities, kids also have the opportunity to come in to the health lodge to learn a little bit more about what makes them so special.
"Every day, the child is learning something, what triggers their asthma, how to take care of it and get them more familiar with their disorders and they can recognize it and take care of it and it's not so scary," said McNeil.
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And Nathan Littauer CEO, Laurence Kelly, tells us it's the smile on campers' faces that makes Camp Superstarrs' future a sure thing.
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HE was wearing black on Saturday but come this Saturday it'll be the green and gold Moree five-eighth John Porch will be donning.
Porch flies out today with his Australian Schoolboys team-mates for their tour of Fiji and New Zealand.
He's been down in Sydney since Monday training and couldn't have got a better going away present than he got at Walcha on Saturday – a premiership.
It was Porch's third in as many seasons after winning with the Tamworth U19s last year and U17s the year before but this one was extra special.
He got to share it with his school-mates, with the Farrer firsts making up most of the Bulls side.
"It was a good way to finish off the season, and with all my mates from school," Porch said.
Most of them have been playing together since they were in Year 7 or 8, and will be finishing up this year.
The day before the grand final they'd been down in Sydney playing in the State Schoolboys Sevens Finals.
Last year Porch and his Farrer team-mates made it all the way to the nationals.
They were hoping for one last hurrah there again but just missed out, finishing fourth.
Still, it was a good experience, Porch said, and there may be more to come out of it for some of them, him included, after being talent-identified.
On Saturday they came out with a real urgency.
"Last time we struggled in the first half. This week we stepped up in the first half which gave us a good platform," Porch said.
"Once we got the first couple of tries we started to look really dominant."
And they didn't stop, to win 44-15 over, ironically, the Magpies.
Porch directed them well and scored just on half-time, stepping back on the inside of the Magpie defence.
He learnt of his national selection last month and can't wait to get over there.
"It's going to be a good experience, one that doesn't happen to a lot of people," he said.
The tour will see them playing five games and what should be tough games.
"We play Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand. They'll all be pretty big and physical," he said.
They start with the Fijian Presidents XV on Saturday, then tackle the Fijian Schools, New Zealand Barbarians in Auckland, Samoan Schools in Hamilton, and then New Zealand Schools in Auckland on October 6.
It will be the start of a busy couple of months for Porch.
The day he gets back he's meeting with a few Sydney clubs about playing with them next season, then it will be into full-scale exam mode.
"I come back on the seventh. Then I've got a week until I start my HSC," he said.
He finishes on November 2.
It's been a big effort to make the Australian side and meant a lot of travel. At one stage Porch was in Sydney four weeks in a row.
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(Chuck Neubauer | The Washington Times) --A controversial Nevada lobbyist turned developer, accused in June of making illegal campaign donations to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, gave an unusual deal to the senator's son, Leif, on an $850,000 house his company built for him on land the younger Mr. Reid owned in Reno.
F. Harvey Whittemore, indicted June 6 on federal charges of giving $138,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Mr. Reid, billed his company, Wingfield Nevada Group, for the costs of a contractor and architect during a yearlong house construction project and then gave the senator's son three months after the house was completed to come up with the money, records show. Leif Reid did not secure the $850,000 debt with a recorded mortgage in favor of Mr. Whittemore's company until the job was completed and a certificate of occupancy was issued.
Normally, a developer insists on being paid as construction costs are incurred and the landowner either has to use his savings or obtain a construction loan backed by a mortgage on the property to make the payments, real estate analysts said.
"There is no question it is favorable treatment. No one gets a favor like that," said Charles R. Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, and a journalism professor at American University.
Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, had gone to bat for a plan by Mr. Whittemore to develop a new city, Coyote Springs, 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas — a dream that crashed during the economic downturn.
A civil lawsuit filed in June by Wingfield Nevada partners Thomas Seeno and Albert Seeno Jr. said Mr. Whittemore acknowledged in an email he did not timely collect the balance on the construction contract on the Leif Reid house. It and an earlier suit they filed in January accuses the developer of embezzling and misappropriating millions of dollars in company funds for his personal use — an allegation Mr. Whittemore has denied.
Dominic Gentile, Mr. Whittemore's attorney, declined to discuss the house deal, telling a reporter to look at Wingfield Nevada records to find out if the younger Mr. Reid made payments before the house was finished. "The answer to your question lies in the records of the company," he said. "Mr. Whittemore has attempted to get those records for over a year. The company has refused to produce them."
Leif Reid did not respond to recent phone messages and emails requesting comment. In February, he told The Washington Times that Wingfield Nevada had built his home, and that afterward there was a mortgage or lien on the property to secure his obligation to pay the firm for the house. "It was not a loan," he said. "The deed of trust was reconveyed when my mortgage closed in April 2007." ... continues...


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Hertel's expertise in Qatar has been employed to fulfill an unusual request. The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) has a new resident in the form of a giant spider.
Maman, as the spider is known, is a 30ft x 33ft sculpture, with a sac containing marble eggs. Maman is the creation of artist Louise Bourgeois, and is considered one of the world's largest and most impressive scultures.
Qatar is the latest location for Maman to spin its web, with permanent versions in London, Kansas, Ontario, St Petersburg, Bilbao, Tokyo, Seoul and Des Moines.
Installing such an enormous and valuable structure is a delicate task, and Hertel were asked to provide the scaffolding for the assembly inside the QNCC. Surprisingly, this was the first time that scaffolding had been used to support the build.
Scaffolding Manager Keith Clarkson and Scaffolding Designer Evans Kapinda set to work with coordination by Liam Hully. Maman was safely set free in one piece in its new home, thanks to the expertise provided by Hertel.
Wisam Alnaser, who was responsible for the build was pleased: "The big credit goes to Hertel for their amazing and super-fast work and support. I'd like to thank them very much – it really was a pleasure to work with them."
Jeroen Vahrmeijer, the Chief Museums Officer of the Qatar Museums Authority said "I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for the work and dedication towards getting Maman up on its feet at the QNCC.
"It was a pleasure working with you, and I hope that you are as proud as I am to be involved with showing art to Qatar and its visitors."
Lee McLean Marshall, Hertel Country Director Qatar commented: "We've had some pretty unusual requests for scaffold in the past, but this one reminds me what a tangled web we weave.
"Although this project is outside of our usual industrial environment, we were happy to be able to help something that is a part of the community in Qatar with the Museums Authority.
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Photographs are social media's hot content marketing format. Easy to take with any smartphone and/or other mobile device, photographs are fueling social media platform growth. Instagram, which recently passed the 80 million user mark, and to a lesser extent Pinterest, which has just under 20 million users, exemplify this trend. Even more important, consumers prefer photographs to engage with brands, according to research by Performics and ROI Research.
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Fashion has a new face and her name is Grace Mahary! This beautiful face, is a 23 year old model newcomer from Alberta, Canada born of Eritrean parents.
Making her debut in last season's Spring 2013 Fashion Week, she's now on the major runways for New York, London, and Milan Fashion Week. From Givenchy to MaxMara and Balmain – this model is going places.
"I still find it hard to accept that I'm a full time model," she said. "It's an unbelievable honour to have worked with iconic fashion houses like Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Prada, but the sweet designers behind Balenciaga and Saint Laurent were a pleasure to work with too. I have to admit though, I learned and laughed the most with Riccardo Tisci and his team at Givenchy."
Her full angelic lips, sexy strut and modern eclectic personal style is making us swoon over her. Here are some of our favorite looks from her so far.
Aahh and this one. She could be any man's raison d'etre.
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Unless you've been under a rock (and living near table mountain doesn't count), you would have heard about the near-banned ad campaigns that air during the US Superbowl Football finals.
The one ad that made it.. and made it onto our Friday Haute Babe radar is the Carl's Jnr Burger advert that featured the Swimsuit Illustrated model and cover girl Nina Agdal… TRUST me.. Cod Fish Burgers have never looked this good, ever.
The 20 year-old beauty is a Danish fashion model who has lent her hazel-eyed siren vibe to Billabong, Macy's Frederick's of Hollywood and Victoria's Secret. With her girlish innocent looks natural locks and gazelle proportioned limbs, Nina is definitely set to dominate the fashion waves this year.
With her Louise Brooks-bob and eccentric off-duty style, Wang Xiao's got the makings to be the latest street style and runway star.
She has walked Fashion Week in New York, Milan, Paris and London and participated in shows such as Luca Luca, Rebecca Taylor, United Bamboo, Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, C'N'C and etc. Wang Xiao made the editorials for Vogue, ID magazine, Marie Claire, L 'Officiel, V magazine, Harper's Bazaar. Also among her accomplishments shooting for an advertising company cK One, ck one Jeans and Uniqlo.
According to All About Models,she is a model with such a unique appearance she is destined to become a star, because she has great potential, the ability to transform, to be different in the frame and of course she loves modelling.
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Born in Rwanda, raised in France and now living in England Nadja Giramata stormed her way onto the modelling scene. She was spotted at Picadilly Place in Manchester on her way from to college.
She has walked in fashion shows for names such as Les Copains, Philip Treacy, Christophe Josse, Mauricio Pecoraro, Fyodor Golan, Sergei Grinko, Miss Etam and Lorenzo Riva.
She has done advertorial work for Topshop, Tommy Hilfiger and Pucci.
She appeared in editorials for i-D, Grazia France, Metal, Twenty-6, Pop, Style Switzerland, Dedicate, and the German and Italian editions of Vogue.
We seriously cannot wait to see more of this gorgeous beauty. Still want more? Checkout past CSquared Haute Babes here.
The fashion world just can't get enough of Arizona Muse, her inch thick brows and gamine presence. Since reinventing herself with that oft-imitated signature bob, Ms. Muse has scooped up every campaign under the sun including superstar signifiers like YSL, Chloe, Fendi and Vuitton. Throw in a few well-placed covers for the likes of i-D, Dazed & Confused, Self Service and every Vogue under the sun and you have the makings of a model moment.
Her breakout season was September 2010 as a show exclusive for Prada. 2011 saw Arizona take off as one of the top modeling success stories of the year with multiple covers and campaigns. Arizona lives with her son Nikko in Brooklyn, NY. In Spring 2012, Arizona was named as Estee Lauder's newest face.
Muse has appeared in editorials in French, American, Chinese, British, Korean, Spanish, and Italian Vogue, W, V, Numéro and Dazed & Confused. Her sudden rise to success has been the feature of an article in American Vogue and had the March 2011 issue of Dazed & Confused dedicated to her.Vogue editor Anna Wintour has praised her, stating in the February 2011 issue: "When I look at Arizona, I see shadows of Linda Evangelista and Natalia Vodianova, but most of all I see her, a gorgeous, smart, grown-up. And how could anyone resist someone with that name?".
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It isn't too often that we see models of Malaysian persuasion, but we sure hope Shir Chong's arrival on the scene will spark a scouting frenzy in Southeast Asia. From Sabah on the island of Borneo, Shir got into modelling thanks to winning a reality TV show/model competition. Having worked solidly throughout Asia, including work for CK One, Shir is sure to continue shining once her international agency placements are finalized.
Sessilee Lopez (born January 4, 1989) is an American model with a Dominican and Portuguese background. Her career started in 2004, when she signed with IMG Models.
Her runway debut was at the Vivienne Tam and Daryl K Fall 2004 shows. Since then, she has walked for Shiatzy Chen, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, Hermès and several other established fashion houses. She has appeared in editorials for American, Italian, French, Japanese and German Vogue, V Magazine, W Magazine, Allure, i-D, Dazed & Confused, Marie Claire, Numéro, Swedish, American and French Elle, Spanish and American Harper's Bazaar.
She has signed contracts with Benetton and ckOne. She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Gap Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, Barneys New York, GAP, Benetton, ckOne, Macy's, Levi's, Saks Fifth Avenue, DKNY, Nordstrom, Adidas, H&M, H by Halston and Uniqlo.
In September 2009, Lopez appeared alongside fellow models Arlenis Sosa, Chanel Iman, and Jourdan Dunn on the cover of I-D magazine. Lopez appeared in the 2008 and 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
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Crystal Renn born June 18, 1986 in Miami, Florida, started her modeling career in high fashion at the age of 14 after being spotted by a professional scout in her hometown in Clinton, Mississippi. Renn was told she would need to lose almost a third of her total body weight if she wanted to become a model.
Renn reassessed her diet and exercise habits, after gaining 70 pounds (32 kg) and re-emerging as a U.S. size 12, she was re-marketed by her agents as a plus-size model. Renn has authored a book, >Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves, about her experiences in the fashion industry in relation to her several body type transformations.
In addition to working repeatedly with notable fashion photographers Ruven Afanador and Steven Meisel and being the only plus-size model to appear on a Harper's Bazaar cover and appearing in four international Vogue editions, Renn has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Lane Bryant, Evans and Torrid,and has also appeared on the runway for Vena Cava, Heatherette, Elena Miro, and most notably for Jean-Paul Gaultier in his Spring/Summer prêt-à-porter 2006 collection in Paris, garnering favorable and extensive media interest. Recently, she walked in the Chanel Resort 2011 runway show
Renn is also notable for appearing in back-to-back campaigns in 2007 wearing big crayons and regular-sized (not specifically plus-size) clothing for Spanish retailer Mango; her photos appearing amid those of smaller models and without notation regarding her larger size, a rare occurrence in conventional apparel advertising.
In 2011, Renn became the face of the spring/summer campaign for Jimmy Choo and the spring/summer MR Denim Collection by Marina Rinaldi, a plus-size jeans collection.
We love that Renn embraces her sexy curves and continues in her quest to make curves more acceptable in the modeling industry. Checkout former CSquared Haute Babes here.
The story of Kong Yan Song is symbolic of the young Chinese internet generation. It all started when some photos were published online and quickly spread on forums before gaining the title "The Most Beautiful Legs in China" in April 2009.
Kong Yan Song, born in 1988, was a sports student at the University of Beijing when she become famous.Voted "The Most Beautiful Legs in China" and quickly nicknamed "The Empress of Legs" her modelling career was launched.
Then one day the paparazzi spotted the long legged beauty with her equally long-legged little sister Kong Yao Zhu. Yan Song's little sister, born in 1990 is not only a pretty face but a medical student as well.
Both sister legs are almost more than half of their body! The two have began featuring in photo spreads together:
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Monrose began her modeling career in 2010 at the age of 18, when she was discovered by Your Angels Models, a local modeling agency in her native Martinique. Just weeks after signing with Your Angels Models Monrose began working with Wilhelmina in New York and Silent models in Paris.
After her first runway season Monrose was named a top 10 new face by Style.com, Models.com, and COACD. In July 2011 Monrose left Wilhelmina for Silent models, which now represents her in both New York and Paris.
Debuting during the S/S 2011 collections in New York, Monrose has since walked the runway for top designers including Michael Kors, Bottega Veneta, Lanvin, Miu Miu, and Yves Saint Laurent.
Monrose has appeared in Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue Turkey, Interview, Dazed and Confused, and V Magazine. She was photographed byMario Testino for the F/W 2011 D&G ad campaign.
Before becoming a model Monrose dreamed of a career as a designer. Deeply interested in fashion, in a January 2011 interview with Vogue Italia she named John Galliano, Zac Posen, Tom Ford, and Marc Jacobs as her favorite designers.
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Arlenis Sosa, born May 7, 1989 is a Dominican model. She is the current spokesmodel for Lancôme and appeared in the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
She moved to New York when she finished high school. Arlenis was discovered when she was walking with her family, and designer Luis Menieur (her mother's agent) complimented her and told her she could be a model. In March, she just walked into Marilyn Models and was signed on the spot.Two weeks after she signed, she booked her first editorials for major magazines Vogue and Vogue Italia.
She has since been featured in editorials and articles in American, Italian, French, Teen, Spanish, and German Vogue, Allure, Elle, Interview, i-D, American and Spanish Harper's Bazaar. Her runway debut was at the Banana Republic F/W 08, and later walked for the Dior Resort show, and opened for Oscar de la Renta. She dove head-first into the fashion industry. "Anna Wintour sent me to the Met ball the first week I arrived in New York - I felt like Cinderella!"
Sosa has walked for some of the most prestigious designers and Fashion Houses in the world, including Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, John Galliano, Emanuel Ungaro, Hussein Chalayan, Alexander Wang, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Bottega Veneta, Anna Sui, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Tsumori Chisato,Jason Wu, Carlos Miele, Derek Lam, Isaac Mizrahi, Matthew Williamson, Narciso Rodriguez, Ruffian,Tadashi Shoji, Iceberg, Mariella Burani and Diane von Furstenberg. She also participated in 2008's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She has appeared in advertising campaigns for David Yurman, Topshop, Polo Ralph Lauren, Express, Lancôme, and GAP. Sosa, who is known for her full lips, became the face ofLancôme in September 2008.
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Who says a high fashion model can't be scintillatingly sexy? Edita Vilkeviciute handles both sides of the market with ease and grace, vamping it up as she flanks Tom Cruise on the cover of W one minute, then adding classic elegance to Calvin Klein's fragrance ads the next - best of both worlds!
Vogue China | November 2011
Vogue Espana | March 2012
A Lithuanian model, after her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London.
Vogue Paris | April 2012
Vilkeviciute has graced the pages of many fashion magazines around the world in including Vogue in Germany and France, Allure, and i-D.
Spanish V Magazine | May 2012
Vogue Japan | September 2012
She is the current face of Karl Lagerfeld, GAP in Japan, Dior Beauty and Emporio Armani. In the autumn/winter 2008 campaigns, Vilkeviciute replaced Hilary Rhoda as the face of clothing line Etro. She also did a campaign for Louis Vuitton's Mon Monogram range of personalised leather goods. Took her own self-portrait for the new Rag & Bone Do-It-Yourself ad campaign spring 2011 along with models Sasha Pivovarova, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Candice Swanepoel, Karolina Kurkova and Lily Aldridge. As of 2012 she is the model for Calvin Klein's new fragrance Eternity Aqua for her.
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Julia Frauche was born near Paris, France in 1989 but grew up in Cannes with her older brother and younger sister, where she enjoyed studying and playing soccer.
Although scouted at the age of 16, she chose to focus instead on education and finishing high school. However, after moving to Paris for university at 18, she was scouted again and decided to give modelling a go.
In 2011 she switched agencies to Next Models, signalling a change from commercial to runway work and leading to her runway debut at the spring Jason Wu show at New York Fashion Week in September. That month she also walked for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Fendi, Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana in New York, and in October she appeared on the catwalk for Balenciaga, Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Chloé and Sonia Rykiel in Paris.
Julia Frauche has the kind of serene blonde good looks that will always be in demand, as you know timeless beauty never goes out of style.
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In 2003, she made history becoming the first ever black model to represent cosmetic company Estee Lauder. She is also an activist, serving as the Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health for the World Health Organization. According to Forbes, Kebede was the eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007.
Desert Flower by former supermodel Waris Dirie. The film recounts Dirie's childhood in Somalia, her rise to stardom and subsequent awareness campaign against female circumcision. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received a standing ovation. Kebede has also had minor roles in two films: The Good Shepherd and Lord of War.


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The small but perfectly formed Forfey Festival returns to Forfey Farm near Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh from August 3 to 5.
Along with all sorts of artsy fun, there's live music from local heroes Bad Operator, Strait Laces, Katharine Phillipa, runawayGO, Wonder Villains, Feet For Wings, In Case Of Fire, More Than Conquerors, Sullivan And Gold, Farriers, Morning Claws, Master & Dog, Crooksy's, Go Wolf, Colly Strings, Not Squares, Katie & The Carnival, Before Machines, Axis Of, David C. Clements and The Lowly Knights.
"Early Cow" tickets priced £38 are available from forfey.co.uk/festival
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Veteran sportscaster Mike Irwin has joined the Razorback Nation sports team.
In 1976, Irwin became the first television sports reporter to cover Razorback athletics on a daily basis from Northwest Arkansas. Over the past 37 years his name has become synonymous with cutting edge reporting and expert analysis of Hog athletics.
KARK, KNWA, KFTA & KARZ are proud to welcome him aboard.
"I have admired the Razorback Nation concept for quite some time," Irwin said. "If you do what I do for a living why would you not want to be a part of the largest television sports staff in Arkansas, one that is totally focused on bringing the very best coverage to Razorback fans? I am fired up to be a part of this team."


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Price: $2,215 to $3,060 per person*
Surrender yourself to the most romantic evenings at the finest boutique hotels in tropical Costa Rica. Delight yourself on a beachfront luxury hotel in Manuel Antonio and then head to the lush warmth of Santa Teresa. Pamper yourself with spa treatments, adventure tours and romantic dinners. Love is truly in the air in this vacation package.
*Prices reflect our best approximation of low and high season rates and are subject to change at any time. You will receive a 100% accurate price when you inquire with us. The rates listed here, are per person, double occupancy accommodation and include taxes, domestic transport, tours and hotels as described, unless otherwise indicated. Price does NOT include international airfare or optional travel insurance or any other services not expressly mentioned.
Day 1- Arrive in San Jose where one of our representatives will meet you and show you to a private transfer that will take you to Manuel Antonio where you will stay at the luxurious Arenas del Mar.
Day 2- Relax in your suite, lounge by the pool or sunbathe on the private beach. Make sure to have a romantic dinner at Arenas del Mar's restaurant.
Day 3- Go on a canopy tour and experience Manuel Antonio from high above on the treetops. Soar past exotic vegetation, see exotic wildlife and treat yourself to a rejuvenating spa treatment later during the night.
Day 4- Visit Manuel Antonio National Park, a lush reserve with access to some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.
Day 5- A private transfer will take you to sunny Santa Teresa where you will stay at Latitude 10 Resort.
Day 6-7- Enjoy your stay in this tropical paradise. Santa Teresa is known for its activities like surfing, snorkeling and beach sports. You can also relax with some yoga lessons surrounded by gorgeous vegetation.
Day 8: Fly to San Jose where you will catch your flight back home.
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- Kalai, April 17, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Beautiful rasmalais, Lavi! Don't worry about not having time. Enjoy the precious moments with the kutti. 11 months old already?? Wow! :)
- Cham, April 17, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Rasamalai is beautiful! came out so perfect. U ve a small baby, definetly, u should be busy! Hugs to u and for the Little one :)
- Divya Vikram, April 18, 2008 at 5:56 AM
Wow.nice rasamalais..would love to taste yoours dear..And enjoy ur maximum time with ur lil one..
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thanks Lavi, ur ras malai looks awesome.. i tried to make them once, but it was a big flop :D
- shriya, April 25, 2008 at 7:13 AM
Hey lavi dear,It's so nice of you to try out my recipe. Looks really yummy.
- Srivalli, November 1, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Lavi...pictures have come out really great!..the bowl looks delicious!
- anubhavati, April 6, 2009 at 9:07 AM
First time on your blog and loved it...Saw your entry for the Click-Wood event on Bee`s site. Was a beautiful one i must say. Your rasamalais also look super spongy and yummy!!! Do visit my site too when you find time. - Sharmilee! :), September 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Lovely click, will follow ur tip when I try it next time! Thank you!!!
- Dazy, September 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM
If I am not mistaken, this kind of desserts are consumed by Bengali people. Once my old friend tried out this at her place, that time I had no chance to learn. This time it would definitely be a keeper.
- simply.food, May 16, 2010 at 1:20 AM
Thankyou for sharing this recipe with ICC cooking challenge.It was my 1st attempt at making this dish and it turned out really well thanks to your amazing recipe.Your ras malai looks delicious.
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One who believes that they are all-that. Usually a suburban kid blasting black music (not like african tribal, but ghetto stuff) in their moms SUV. May play drums in a band but isn't always the case of a Neitge. An all around white kid with no home for his soul "Dude, you're such a neitge!"
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1. a wigger, wanna be ghetto. Usually pretends to have accent, and listen to rap, ex. three6mofia
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