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It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world. Expecting more novelty than there is, more greatness than there is, and more strangeness than there is, we imagine ourselves masters of a plastic universe. But a world we can shape to our will is a shapeless world.
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.
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Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
Adlai E. Stevenson
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
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That the principle and construction contended for by sundry of the state legislatures, that the general government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short of despotism; since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.
Thomas Jefferson
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it
Ronald Reagan
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it
Ronald Reagan
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
Brian Tracy
I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.
Jurgen Klinsmann
The gains of the wicked bring short-lived pleasure, but afterwards long-continued grief.
Antiphanes of Macedonia
Government`s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it
Ronald Reagan
The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size
French Proverb
Your economy has always been about the exchange of human energy: As contrast produces a new idea within any human consciousness, the Nonphysical Energy to supply it flows forth. The economy expands proportionate to the idea. There is no shortage of anything. Those who believe there is shortage, hold themselves over in this place where they disallow the Energy from flowing to them. And so, in their resistance, they have it not. And then they say, "I am proof that there is shortage. And that man over there that is awash in money is the reason I don't have any." He has nothing to do with your shortage. He is evidence that there is an abundance.
There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.
Theodore White
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.
Albert Einstein
Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
Edward Abbey
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.


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Alderman Serves Up Chick-Fil-A Controversy At Lunch
At least one alderman may have gotten a case of political indigestion.
Durbin: Akin's Comments On Rape Indicate 'Troubling' Mindset
Missouri GOP Congressman Todd Akin is apologizing for his controversial comments on rape, after coming under intense fire from both sides of the aisle, including U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, President Barack Obama, and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Walter's Perspective: Chick-Fil-A Debate A Source Of Heartburn
CBS 2′s Walter Jacobson is not pleased with Chick-fil-A's top executive but is even less happy with a member of the Chicago City Council.
USOC: Flap Over China-Made Olympic Uniforms Is 'Nonsense'
The U.S. Olympic athletes are made in America, but their uniforms are made in China. The revelation sparked controversy Thursday that brought angry reaction from the highest levels of government in the U.S.
Marilyn Monroe Sculpture Drawing Controversy On Mag Mile
The long-awaited 26-foot sculpture of Marilyn Monroe was unveiled on the Magnificent Mile Friday morning, amid controversy about its risqué appearance.
Controversy Brewing At City Colleges
A controversy is brewing at Chicago's City Colleges after a multi-million dollar spending spree, by their new Chancellor, on new administrative hires and consultants and not on students, supplies or scholarships.

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Smarthome is making it a little easier to add control around the home. Even better, the company's SkylinkHome line is also very affordable.
The company just announced two new additions to the SkylinkHome family. In case you aren't counting, there are now a total of 11 kits, as well as a la carte options. SkylinkHome uses radio frequency (RF) signals to control items around the house, such as wall dimmers, remotes, motion sensors and plug-in modules.
The latest in the line is the SkylinkHome SK-4 Wireless Remote Lighting, Garage Kit ($97.97) and the SkylinkHome SK-5 Wireless Remote Lighting, Family Kit ($96.97).
That SkylinkHome SK-4 Wireless Remote Lighting, Garage Kit includes one transmitter and one receiver, as well as two dimmers and one switch. The kit is designed to control lighting and even a garage door, up to 500 feet away. It's a great starter package, as well as an easy way to add a little extra control around the house. The SkylinkHome SK-5 Wireless Remote Lighting Kit (pictured) is another option, and includes three dimmers and two handheld wireless remotes.
For a complete listing of SkylinkHome products, check out the Smarthome website.
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What is the secret to his success? Pigues says it was the discovery of his true life purpose.
"In 2004, I began thinking about what I really wanted to do in this life. What emerged is a life purpose: to help people get more out of work and life than they ever thought possible, using what I and others perceived as the gifts and talents I had been given. For me that was speaking, writing, teaching, coaching and advising," explains Pigues. "I hadn't thought about it that way before. Those were all things that I had been doing in previous corporate roles, but once I was able to get real clarity around that, it made decision making a lot easier." One look at his
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Pigues says he wasn't originally seeking the role as dean – the opportunity found him. "I eventually realized that this really was a way to help people, possibly in an even bigger way than I had ever had the opportunity to do before. In one year I've realized the chance to be able to do that is really special."
As the school's first non-academic dean in history, Pigues has accomplished many things during his first year at NCCU including the creation of a new mission, vision, shared values and strategic plan to advance the business school. In particular, he is most proud of two things:
Increased collaboration between faculty, staff and administration to move the school forward toward a shared vision
Developing mutually beneficial relationships with the business community in Durham, the Research Triangle Park and around the world.
"These relationships are already bearing significant fruit in making students successful," says Pigues. One example of this plan in action is the launching of the Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy, a partnership between NCCU's school of business and the Durham Public Schools, Make It Happen Foundation, LEAD Organization, Durham mayor's office and Genworth Financial, the Academy's founding financial sponsor.
"We launched the Academy as a way to identify talented rising 10th and 11th graders from the local area who have an interest in business and expose them to an incredible two-week summer entrepreneurial experience. More businesses are beginning to understand that we are preparing students who are ready for the real world and can have an immediate impact on their businesses and organizations."
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In addition to his other responsibilities, Pigues has managed to stay connected with UNC Kenan-Flagler through his involvement as an executive coach in the inaugural Leadership Immersion and adjunct professor, teaching Kenan-Flagler's MBA Elected Leaders Course for two years. "These were unique opportunities to take my business and academic experiences and relate them back to the real world," says Pigues.
"All these activities are in the sweet spot of my life purpose and the set of gifts and abilities I think I've been given. It really is effortless," says Pigues. "I feel like I'm just right in the zone of what I was put here to do – help people get more out of work and life than they ever thought possible."
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Monica S. Pigues (MBA '93)
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults. Abnormalities in several signaling pathways are implicated in the pathogenesis of HCM, but the role of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK MAPK pathway has been controversial. Noonan syndrome (NS) is one of several autosomal-dominant conditions known as RASopathies, which are caused by mutations in different components of this pathway. Germline mutations in RAF1 (which encodes the serine-threonine kinase RAF1) account for approximately 3%-5% of cases of NS. Unlike other NS alleles, RAF1 mutations that confer increased kinase activity are highly associated with HCM. To explore the pathogenesis of such mutations, we generated knockin mice expressing the NS-associated Raf1(L613V) mutation. Like NS patients, mice heterozygous for this mutation (referred to herein as L613V/+ mice) had short stature, craniofacial dysmorphia, and hematologic abnormalities. Valvuloseptal development was normal, but L613V/+ mice exhibited eccentric cardiac hypertrophy and aberrant cardiac fetal gene expression, and decompensated following pressure overload. Agonist-evoked MEK-ERK activation was enhanced in multiple cell types, and postnatal MEK inhibition normalized the growth, facial, and cardiac defects in L613V/+ mice. These data show that different NS genes have intrinsically distinct pathological effects, demonstrate that enhanced MEK-ERK activity is critical for causing HCM and other RAF1-mutant NS phenotypes, and suggest a mutation-specific approach to the treatment of RASopathies.
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My first bird was a yellow budgie named Penelope I adopted from an older woman who had to move into a nursing home. I was about 10 years old. After an unfortunate encounter with my uncle's dachshund, Penelope went to the 'keet afterlife :(
Greenie and Yellow were birthday gifts to ease the pain of losing Penelope. I am clearly horrible at naming pets. They amazingly survived being left behind (against my will) in our house during the 1993 flood in Kansas. A few years later they also died, but my memories of that are fuzzy and I suspect my family sold them when I wasn't around.
Later in HS my grandma and I jointly bought two more budgies. Hers was "male" Galveston, mine was female Chatty Kathy. She was all white except purple on her cheeks and seriously never shut up. While I was away at USAF Basic Training, a cat snuck in the house and grabbed Kathy through the bars of their cage. My family didn't have the heart to tell me, as it happened the day they left to see my graduation. Galveston lived many more years and eventually befriended a cockatiel named Shaggy (or Scooby?). "He" died last year from egg-binding.
Now, 5 years after losing Kathy, I have left the military and decided my life is stable enough for a bird. I spent a year researching different breeds and contacting breeders and it all went out the window when I saw my little Green-Cheek in the petstore. The description said they were "quiet and cuddly," so I brought him home that day: 3 July 2007.
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me and my rogue buddy AV together sometimes. we're lucky, i guess, that being in the same group makes basically no difference. ferocious inspiration doesn't really speed up the process of bursting down players that much.
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July 1, 2013
By Jim Moore
The first Cessna TTx customers flew their new wings home from the factory in Independence, Kan., in the last week of June, Cessna Aircraft Co. announced July 1.
The fastest certified piston single in the world, the TTx can churn out 238 KTAS under ideal conditions, with a ceiling of 25,000 feet and optional anti-icing system certified for flight into known icing conditions (FIKI).
The all-composite TTx "is designed for advanced pilots with advanced technology and greater comfort in mind," the company noted in a news release. AOPA Editor in Chief Thomas B. Haines got a chance to fly the new "X" last year, and noted somewhat slower speeds in his flight test report, though still a very respectable 192 knots down at 12,000 feet.
Direct-drive flight controls manipulated with a sidestick make the TTx "feel more like a fighter than a piston-powered, fixed-gear, four-place business flier," Haines wrote.
Cessna announced that business flier David Barnes, CEO of Watermark Retirement Communities, was among the first customers, and he plans to fly his TTx between the 32 Watermark properties throughout the country.
The $734,000 base price (technically, $733,950, a company spokesman noted) does not include options such as a TKS system for flight into known icing (FIKI), which will set a buyer back another $49,500.
Filling the tanks to their 102-gallon capacity will set a pilot back to 377 pounds remaining for people and baggage, though Haines was able to elicit 180 knots at 12,000 feet (lean of peak) burning 15.5 gph, so fuel can be traded for passengers or gear while still retaining respectable range.
A video of Haines' flight in the TTx is available here.
Topics Aviation Industry, Aircraft Manufacturer, Technology, Safety and Education, Piston, Aircraft Power and Fuel, New Aircraft, First Flight
The Senate has joined the effort to expand the FAA's third-class medical exemption to more pilots and aircraft.
The International Society of Women Airline Pilots champions and supports women in the cockpit.
On any route, the current combination of flight conditions and airspace can present a myriad of decisions to ponder.
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The Colonel - Barrel-Aged "Wild" Porter - Cambridge Brewing Company
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3.76/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A-Pours dark. Minimal light penetration. Tan head pops away to nearly nothing.
S-Complex aroma. Lightly sour. Bourbon notes are slight but noticeable. Decent mixture of cocoa and roast and a big Bretty component.
T-Flavor brings more of the beer's base. Porter flavors of roast and powdery chocolate. Then the Brett and tartness kick in. I enjoyed how the okay bourbon rounds out the flavors.
M-Fuller bodied. A bit boozy. Feel is creamy. Moderate carbonation.
O/D-A neat beer. Really experimental. Some tartness and bourbon blended into a Porter.
Serving type: on-tap
09-15-2013 16:23:38 | More by VelvetExtract
4.49/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had this on tap
A: Dark, slick black
S: Heavy acidic vinegar, with a fair amount of bourbonesque oak and alcohol
T: Heavy initial yeasty attack, with a strong flavor I can only identify as Brettanomyces- tarty, and funky. Finishes nicely into a strong oak/vanilla bourbon flavor.
M: A bit more carbonated and lighter than I was expecting.
O: This is a fantastic beer, and one of the most interesting I've had in a while. The yeast and bourbon characteristics blended better than I was expecting, and it's lighter-than-expected mouthfeel made it quite drinkable.
Serving type: on-tap
03-30-2013 02:02:41 | More by Jakk
4.46/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
Drank on-tap at Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
Served in a fluted glass
The beer poured an absolute pitch black and looked silky and shimmery in the glass. A small crop of khaki colored froth topped the liquid. The head soon dissipated and fell to a lasting ring of foam.
The nose was incredibly unique and complex. Strong wild ale-like characteristics. Lots of balsamic vinegar and sour cherries notes. Good dose of acetic acid. Tart yet semi-sweet. Hints of oak. A touch of roasted malts came through as well.
The flavor profile was very similar to the nose, except perhaps it integrated more porter-like qualities. Tart, semi-sweet, balsamic vinegar-like notes melded with roasted malts on the front end. Sour cherries, black currents and raspberries came through in the center. Lots of oak and red wine character. The finish was a bit disappointing. It was quite tannic and woody with slight metallic and bitter notes.
The beer was medium bodied with a crisp, spritzy effervescence. Somewhat thin for a porter, yet acceptable for a wild ale. The carbonation died down as the beer sat, leaving the liquid feeling a bit flaccid.
Cambridge Brewing's "Wild" Porter was one of the most exciting and memorable beers I have tried in quite a while. While the wild ale qualities definitely outshone those of the porter, the flavors melded seamlessly. If you are a fan of creative wild ales, you should definitely seek this out.
Serving type: on-tap
03-23-2013 00:25:28 | More by Damian
The Colonel - Barrel-Aged "Wild" Porter from Cambridge Brewing Company
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Aromas of baked apple, honeysuckle, nutmeg, and a touch of mineral introduce this elegant yet racy, medium-bodied Chardonnay. A broad spectrum of orchard fruits and sweet oak notes lead to a seductive, slightly creamy vanilla finish.
The Grand Estates Chardonnay opens with bright tropical fruit aromas that lead in to notes of soft oak and butterscotch. Ripe fruit flavors are bolstered by lively acidity, yet balanced deftly with a subtle creaminess.
O Wines Chardonnay is a fruit forward, refreshing style of Chardonnay. The 2011 Chardonnay offers inviting aromas of pear and baking spice with elegant oak expression. This is a great food wine. My favorite pairing with this Chardonnay is grilled fish with a mango salsa and kale salad.
The warmth of the Wahluke Slope and our Cold Creek vineyardproduces a Chardonnay with an appealing tropical fruit characterand rich, creamy texture. This Chardonnay delivers ripe pineappleflavors with brown sugar notes. This wine pairs with scallops,scampi or pasta with rich sauces.
Brilliant yellow-gold in color this wine explodes from the glass with butterscotch and honeysuckle scents. Flavors of ripe pear combine with vanilla cream, honeydew melon and wet stone act as nuances for complexity. The palate is smooth with balanced acidity driving flavors from start to end. The finish lingers with a slight toasty note.Blend: 100% Chardonnay
This elegant, medium-bodied Chardonnay opens with aromas of apple, pear, spice and a typical Horse Heaven Hills minerality. Hints of toasty coconut join a host of orchard fruit flavors, ending with a lengthy finish of vanilla and cream. Made with 100% Chardonnay.
The Columbia Valley Chardonnay is a pleasurable, food-friendly Chardonnay. This is a fresh, soft style of Chardonnay with bright apple and sweet citrus fruit character with subtle spice and oak nuances. We blend Chardonnay grapes from vineyards all over Washingtons Columbia Valley to make this a complex, interesting wine. The sur lie aging gives it an appealing softness.
This beautifully expressive Chardonnay offers an enticing mix of tropical fruit, fresh apple, and old world characters of flint and slate. The elegant structure of this wine is finely balanced between richness and minerality, adding complexity on the clean, lingering finish.
Fruity, crisp and refreshing. Beautifully focused flavors of orange, pear, white peach and delicate nectarine mingle with pleasant oak accents. A mineral and honey aftertaste rounds out the long satisfying finish. An amazingly versatile Chardonnay that goes well with poultry, pasta and even shellfish.
The 2010 Chardonnay is refreshing and crisp with delicate floral notes. Tropical fruit flavors blend with melon, citrus and green apple, and perfectly pair with grilled poultry, light cheeses and seafood.
A burst of ripe fruit flavors greet the palate: infused orange and apple with hints of ginger, honey and wet stone. Rich vanilla aromatics complete this delicious, crisp Chardonnay. A perfectwine for get-togethers with friends.Pairs well with a broad range of your favorite foods.
The nose is attractive and ripe, made of clean stone fruit flavors and vibrant citrus notes. The silky texture and the long, crisp, fruit-filled finish complete our wine, un-obscured by oak. This wine is reminiscent of a Grand-Cru.
Clear, rich yellow in color, the 2010 Browne Family Chardonnay displays aromas of Meyer lemon candy, honey flower and vanilla cream; jasmine and wet stone are also evident. A full-bodied Chardonnay due to 9 monts on lees, poached orchard fruit, citrus oil and toasted sugar flavors persist throughout.
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Free Wifi and baby accessories. Stay in our luxury 3 Bedroom condo located on Universal Boulevard, at Vista Cay Resort close to all the action on International Drive/I Drive. World famous restaurants and outlet shopping at Belz. We are walking distance to the Orange County Convention Center/OCCC.
Just 2 miles from Sea World, Aquatica waterpark or Wet N Wild and Discovery Cove or just 3 miles to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure and City Walk.
Our unit has been decorated like a professional, with a tropical décor and all the comforts of home. The unit is very spacious.
Resort style heated pool overlooking Lake Cay. Spa and kiddie pool. Clubhouse with free movie theatre, game room, fitness center and internet library . Basketball court and jogging path.
Another pool at Vista Cay of the Isles for guests to use also with jacuzzi and putting green and picnic area with grills.
Condo has a balcony, fully equipped kitchen with upgraded appliances and granite or corian countertops. Full size washer/dryer in the condo. Living room with sofa sleeper and tv. Dining area. 3 bedroom and 2 full baths. Every bedroom with a tv.
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Love the view!
Love the view!
- Guest Tammy (Blythewood, SC)
- Date of stay 06/22/13
- Review Submitted 12/16/13
We rented a 3 bedroom 2 bath condo facing the lake. It was very relaxing to sit on the balcony and enjoy the view of the lake. The condo was huge, especially the master bedroom and bathroom. I loved having the huge laundry room right off the kitchen. Our girls loved your beautiful pool. We are already planning our stay at Vista Cay for next year!Recommended for: Girls getaway, tourists without a car, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers.
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A Great Time!
- Guest Yan (Rhode Island )
- Date of stay 08/08/13
- Review Submitted 08/13/13
Our experience at Vista Cay has been amazing! We love the house - it's so perfect and exactly what we were looking for! Ms. Laurie was extremely helpful in helping us find the right house for us. We came here a few years ago and just had to come back to this resort! Would highly recommend!Recommended for: Romantic getaway, pet owners, sightseeing, girls getaway, age 55+, tourists without a car, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, adventure seekers.
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Really nice!!
Really nice!!
- Guest Diana (Spain)
- Date of stay 08/13/12
- Review Submitted 08/24/12
It was a perfect stay with my family. The condo is excellent and very confortable. There are a lot of amenities that made our stay wonderful.Recommended for: Sightseeing, age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers.
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- Date of stay 06/23/12
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We liked the room and accommodations. Yes, we would stay with Rent Sunny Florida again.Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
Great for business and pleasure - especially tradeshow attendees at Orange County Conv Center
Great for business and pleasure - especially tradeshow attendees at Orange County Conv Center
- Guest Derek (Atlanta, GA )
- Date of stay 10/14/11
- Review Submitted 10/21/11
There are many reasons why I have rented from this company over a dozen times. I travel for business and am in Orlando a few times each year for tradeshows, usually at the Orange County Convention Center. This complex is across the parking lot from that facility. Rather than either sharing a hotel room with a co-worker or spending the money on multiple rooms, we stay at Vista Cay and get 2 or 3 bedroom units often at prices very competitive to a standard hotel room. In addition to private bedrooms, you get a full kitchen, dining and living areas, and an amazing complex with fitness facility, pool, and a nice paved running trail around a private lake. I have stayed in a different unit every time and know that the quality of the stay is consistent from unit to unit. I've recommended this place to my friends and business colleagues and they all thank me after their first stay.Recommended for: Girls getaway, age 55+, tourists without a car, families with young children, families with teenagers, adventure seekers.
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All season long, I've been craving for some designer to do real justice to the remarkable contribution James Cameron has made to popular culture with Avatar, the way that he treated a familiar story in a mind-bogglingly unfamiliar way. Maybe Italo Zucchelli's new men's collection for Calvin Klein is as close as I'll get. Zucchelli transfigured a handful of menswear clichés with fabric technology so that they became something quite new. A suit is just a jacket and a pair of pants, after all, but cut them out of Mylar (which, according to Zucchelli, is supremely difficult to work with) and you've got yourself an outfit that has the eldritch sheen of a seagull plucked from an oil slick. The drift of the collection was texture and finish: the pebbling on leather, the ribbing on knits, and the combination of the two, like the brown leather blouson wiht the ribbed knit lapel. I don't mean to suggest complication: A leather jacket and jeans was as straightforward an outfit as anything Zucchelli has ever proposed. But still, there is an elusive futuristic edge to everything he does. Once, I would have settled on Gattaca. This time, the dramatic outerwear suggested Lemmy Caution, the trenchcoat-wearing 'tec in Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville. It went so well with the multilple mixes of The xx's "Basic Space" that accompanied the show. The look—and the sound—of the future.
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Missing the compass app on your iPad? Compass HD for iPad is for you.
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As a San Francisco native and resident, I've accumulated a long list of local spots to share with visiting friends and family. These public spaces provide a more vibrant city experience and make up the authentic fabric of San Francisco (sorry, Pier 39!). Everyone has their own favorite hidden spots throughout the city that might include stairwells, parklets, murals, slides, and POPOS.
POPOS (Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces) are scattered across the center of San Francisco—almost seventy semi-secret spaces. A deal between the city's development agency and developers in the 1980s created a boom of these public spaces. POPOS include terraces, gardens, and plazas. They are often poorly indicated and, as a result, under-frequented. How can we use technology to draw attention to these hidden urban oases?
With this spirit of discovery in mind, the Urban Wander project began. Our team wanted an effective and fun way to curate these beloved secret spaces. We also wanted to use technology to enhance the experience and subvert and take back public space.
We started by workshopping the idea to the Urban Tech SF Meetup group. Enthusiastic urbanites mapped out their favorite off-the-beaten-track spots in San Francisco and then led the audience on a verbal walkabout. Details of amenities such as local art spaces, cafes and best times to visit were noted. We wanted to design for those users who may be returning visitors to San Francisco, seeking a deeper experience of the city—or for locals who may want to find a new place to eat lunch.
Building upon the dataset of spaces from recommendations and open data sets from the city of San Francisco, the Urban Wander team took to the streets and did several exploratory field trips. What were these spaces like during the middle of the day compared to the evening? Who might best enjoy these spaces? What activities are most suitable? Our approach was to not simply produce a list, but to create a curated set of urban adventures. Let's Get Physical routes the heart pumping stairwells around Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, Beautiful Views maps bird's eye terraces and garden rootops atop city skyscrapers, and Kids' Corner highlights playgrounds and open green spaces.
Advancements in mapping technologies like geofencing and geotriggers were an exciting addition to the toolbox. More obscure urban spots, such as the rooftop garden at Westfield Mall, are accessed through a series of confusing elevators. Geotriggers will provide clear instructions. Users will also have the ability to provide ratings and feedback about their experiences. In future versions, the application will allow users to schedule and host events in these locations.
Urban Wander has just launched the responsive desktop version of the site that includes four fun city routes. The IOS app is currently in alpha, with a download available soon. Stay tuned. We also plan to scale the application to other cities—open spaces can be enjoyed by people throughout the United States and world. Let's enable residents and tourists in other cities to reap the value of urban exploration.
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My Industrial Design thesis project was focused on wandering and discovery. Such a great focus.
This is such a great idea! I wish we had one of these maps for Los Angeles. There are so many gorgeous hidden places across the city to discover.
We'd love to scale the app to different cities, LA being one of them!
I'm living in Amman, Jordan this summer, and after reading this article it's so apparent to me that the developing world needs this kind of innovation even more than San Francisco .There are so many hidden stairwells and walking paths, empty lots with breath-taking views and a dearth of public parks in the city. People don't walk, don't discover the city on foot because there is a perception there is nowhere to go. I love discovering the city on my own, but having an resource like this would be so useful in Amman for travelers and locals alike.
Public space is incredibly important, as currently demonstrated in Turkey. More citizens need to have access. I encourage you to start documenting these hidden spots in Amman and possibly putting together an open source document like Open Street maps. http://www.openstreetmap.org
The urban planning and policy think tank SPUR catalogued all of the city's POPOs back in 2009 (spur.org/popos) and the City of San Francisco has a downloadable map of them as well: http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3339. Always good to see what's out there before launching a new project!
Indeed, we are big fans of SPUR! Urban Wander's added value is going beyond POPOS (located all in FIDI) to highlight urban gems (parklets, slides, stairways, community gardens...) in other parts of the city. So many opportunities to discover and explore in this great city:)
I'm a big fan of www.TCLF.org (The Cultural Landscape Foundation). Based in N.Y., they somehow have managed to scan the U.S. for endangered gardens, traditional estates, art deco/modernist/post modern office buildings and homes, urban wetlands and woodlands, and so much more. Even the hilly-sloped garden of Alcatraz Island prison is on their list! So many pretty places with cultural and environmental significance in all U.S. regions and territories (a Caribbean paradise or two). Caveat: maybe you'll get a little bit bummed out if you click on the link leading you to 10 "Lost Landscapes" (demolished or paved over since about 2000). But they only have a list of ten there.
Thanks for the link! Love the idea of activating endangered gardens and reclaiming those spaces:)


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The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix are great in a movie that's not about Scientology.
For a movie with not a lot of plot, or much of a point, The Master is nevertheless mesmerizing, especially in its first half. Its central pleasures are the all-stops-out performances of Philip Seymour Hoffman and, especially, Joaquin Phoenix—roaring back from a two-year layoff following the very strange mock doc I'm Still Here. Even after the picture has drifted off into the land of whatever, Phoenix remains an electrifying presence.
The film has been preceded by much speculation that it would be an exposé of L. Ron Hubbard, the late concocter of Scientology. It does score a number of telling points in that regard, through its thin scrim of fiction, and one can easily imagine Hubbard's hyper-touchy heirs being ticked off. But the movie's focus is firmly on Phoenix's character, Freddie Quell, a whackjob drifter who blunders into the orbit of Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), a bluff, jovial spiritual hustler whose book, The Cause—a declaration that all mental torments can be traced back into the womb, and beyond—is attracting many followers. (The movie is set in 1950, the year that Hubbard published Dianetics, the root text of Scientology.)
The beginning of the film belongs to Phoenix. His Freddie is a bony, unstable character with a twisted grimace that serves as a smile and a perpetual squint—as if the world were too painfully bright a place for wide-eyed witness. We see him mustering out of the Navy at the end of World War II, and then hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. He is obsessed with sex; on a beach we see him masturbating into the ocean. He lands a job as a photographer in a department store, then flees it after a nasty fight with a customer. (A memorably alarming scene.)
In San Francisco, he stows away on a big pleasure boat. Its "commander" is Lancaster Dodd, and its passengers his West Coast followers. Freddie is discovered and brought into Dodd's presence. "The Master," as he's called, asks Freddie if he'd "care for some informal processing." He begins: "Do you linger at bus stations for pleasure? Do your past failures bother you? Do you like to be told what to do?" It's a strange ritual, but Freddie, an empty vessel, feels himself filling up.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) was quoted as saying at the recent Toronto International Film Festival that Dodd's group is not intended to be seen as a cult. (Given the famously litigious nature of the Church of Scientology, such a preemptive statement was surely prudent.) But the cult trappings are clear: the blind adoration of the leader, the love-bombing interspersed with hostile interrogation, the wearing-down of the new recruit in order that he be rebuilt. Dodd styles himself a writer, philosopher, and nuclear scientist. He says he believes that "our spirits exist in many vessels through time," and that our emotional pains are the result of space-invader "implants…from millions of years ago." He claims that his program can dispel all such problems, as well as cure diseases and end war and poverty. On the other hand, Dodd's son, Val (Jesse Plemons), tells Freddie, "He's making this up as he goes along."
Hoffman, in his roomy '50s suits and trim little mustache, is predictably terrific at projecting the outsize charisma that would draw believers to such a bizarre spiel—and also at conveying the fury that boils beneath his genial façade. Amy Adams, playing Dodd's attentive wife, Peggy, brings off a similarly precise balancing act: Peggy is sweet and welcoming at first, but as the film proceeds, there are gathering flashes of her angry fanaticism. ("We have to attack," she tells her husband. "We can never dominate our environment unless we attack.")
The movie also has a gorgeous score by Jonny Greenwood—a river of thrumming bass strings and eerie synthetic tinklings that courses through just about every scene. And this is a picture that's all about scenes. There's a heartbreaking interlude in which Freddie visits the house where an old girlfriend once lived. And the scene in which we see Dodd and Peggy, shot from behind at a bathroom sink, is an audacious conception: they're simply talking, but slowly we realize that she's also patiently releasing his precious bodily fluids.
If only all this bravura filmmaking took us somewhere. And if only all of it made sense. There's a living-room scene in which Dodd is cheerily singing for a group of followers—and suddenly all of the women on hand turn naked. Why? There's also a long motorbiking passage in the Arizona desert whose import eluded me entirely.
The Master is a movie for cinephiles. The performances, the unique directorial rhythms, and the glorious photography (by Mihai Malaimare Jr., most noted for his work on the latter-day films of Francis Ford Coppola) are intoxicatingly fine. At the end, though, less-committed auditors may wonder why such a long trip (two hours and 17 minutes) was required only to dump us back where we started out, with so little enlightenment provided along the way.
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Great. Links are late again.
wonder why such a long trip ... was required only to dump us back where we started out, with so little enlightenment provided along the way.
Ah, HA!!
I am Torgo. I take care of the place while the Master is away.
O Manos... thou of primal darkness! Thou who dwelleth in the depth of the universe in the black casims of night! Thou who bestoweth the mother darkness upon thy faithful, to live eternally in her keeping. Thou dost make him most blessed forever! And thou who dost cursed with eternal burning life those whom transrest against thee! Holy art thou, holy art thou, holy art thou! Manos will be done! Thy priesthood remains steadfast, thy priesthood remains constant, thy priesthood remains righteous. Thou hast taught us, O Manos, and we hath listened. Give ear to our words, O Manos, and hear us! Hear us! Hear us! For we are faithful and thou art our God.
chasms dude, chasms.
But does Tom Cruise ever come out of the closet?
Tom Cruise: But I'm not in the closet
I saw another review with a headline that probably sums up the movie well:
Sounds to me like this movie suffers from the narcissistic Hollywood delusion that movies are intended to be showpieces for actors, rather than good stories.
Although I am completely mesmerized by Amy Adams, so I will probably watch it at some point.
Amy Adams is the female Kevin Costner. Kind of cute. Monotone delivery. Inexplicably handed plum roles in top films.
Or is that Natalie Portman?
REEER! [exaggerated scratching gestures]
Kurt Loder finds a movie pointless and misses the meanings of some scenes...big surprise. I read his review of Prometheus after seeing the movie myself, and yeah, he misses a lot. I've learned that if a movie confuses him, it's probably worth seeing.
Agreed. He's part of the crowd that hates ambiguity, it seems
And no, the purpose of filmmaking isn't to tell a "great story." That CAN be the purpose, but it is usually incidental to what makes a movie great
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It's not too early for newly elected members of Congress to cut the celebrations short and get mentally ready for some very tough choices that lie ahead.
They will definitely not be "in Kansas anymore" as the cliche goes. And given the campaign rhetoric there will not only be intense scrutiny of these tough choices, but a very ready and willing electorate ready to continue its four-year pattern to remove those who don't improve.
The choices don't get easier through the next two years, they get tougher. Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the nonpartisan budget watchdog group Concord Coalition, put it this way: "Few candidates have had anything useful to say about realistic fiscal solutions. To the contrary, many new members of Congress will have been elected on pledges to forswear the very things that will be needed: spending cuts in popular entitlement programs and defense, tax increases and, most of all, compromise."
Rep. Michele Bachmann demonstrated this in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper the day after the election. Cooper pressed her to say if she believed cuts to Medicare and Social Security were going to be necessary. She didn't commit, but only said both systems need reform, though she took effort to point that just recently Social Security is taking in less money than it is paying out.
So, logically then, a person who sees the imbalance as a problem and wants to reduce the deficit of Social Security would either have to reduce benefits or increase the Social Security taxes. We'll leave it up to readers to speculate which one Bachmann would prefer.
For a reality check, members of Congress should consider the cuts in federal spending proposed by Brian Riedl, of the conservative Heritage Foundation. Free Press conservative columnist Cal Thomas recently recommended Riedl's cuts as doable cuts Congress should consider. We agree they're doable.
Riedl's proposals would reduce federal spending by $343 billion, cutting the annual deficit by about a third. Among those cuts that might raise some objections, even among Republicans, include: eliminating the Small Business Administration, which he says "unnecessarily intervenes in free markets" for a savings of $1 billion.
Riedl recommends cutting increases in veterans health care for a savings of $2.5 billion and reducing veterans disability compensation for $1.9 billion in savings. Other recommendations include eliminating farm subsidies ($15 billion) and substitute crop insurance, eliminate Foreign Agricultural Service that helps farmers market to other countries (savings of $2 billion).
He also recommends charging food business fees for the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service instead of using $1 billion in taxpayer funds.
In education, he recommends cutting college Pell grants to their 2009 funding level, thereby saving $8 billion. In health care, Riedl would save $3.7 billion by requiring co-payments for home health care under Medicare.
His proposals number more than three dozen. There's no doubt they are doable. But we could find a list of current members of Congress, both parties, who at one point or another voted to increase spending on the cuts he recommends. This is how difficult this is going to be. Newcomers will, as history has shown, understand the reality of cutting federal spending that is often not readily apparent on the campaign trail.
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The main reason I've really thought it was necessary to do the ED is because my DD is very small - petite, shall we say. She doesn't look skinny or in any way malnourished (though, obviously, one can have issues that aren't obvious). She's what I would call "pleasantly plump" with creases/rolls in her thighs when she sits, enough tummy to squeeze/pinch, and an overall very proportional look - which is kind of funny given that on the CDC charts she's at 7th% for weight, 60th% for height, and her head is 75th%. On the WHO charts, her weight is just under 25th% and maintaining the curve pretty nicely. In fact, when the CDC chart showed her falling, the WHO chart showed her rising. (Which is just crazy, but I digress...)
So, she's small AND she has mucousy stools with occult blood. Sometimes, the stools irritate her skin. An irritating stool may make bleeding sores, but that's not very common.
And THAT'S IT. She's not fussy, she sleeps amazingly well, she is happy, developing entirely normally (very much like her brothers), she's active, talking, interested in solids (though we avoid them almost entirely because I'm worried about the sensitivity/gut issues)... She's NOT your typical allergy baby. She did have issues with congestion when she was younger but they've pretty well resolved. And sometimes I wonder if she (and my 3yo) have "allergy eyes." But there's nothing else of concern.
So I am going nuts trying to keep my diet "clean" and then realizing that the meal the waiter told me was clean actually had both soy and dairy in it and so she reacts... And we start over. And I'm constantly wondering if it's really worth it. I can get her "clear" frequently, and have challenged a few things on purpose (whether that was a good idea for my own sanity, or not, I'm not sure), to find that she does react to soft cheeses, cheese baked into bread, soy sauce, soy flour, etc. (Remarkably, some super-procesed soy/dairy items she does NOT seem to react to - but those are obviously not good for ME!) I feel like I've made progress but maintaining a clean/clear diet feels insurmountable. I realize that the more we eat at home, the easier it is, and we've been (unfortunately) eating out more than usual in the last couple of weeks. But, we do eat out every Sunday with a group after church... always Asian food. I LOVE Asian food and I do NOT love the soy-free main dishes at the place we always go to. If I have to keep with the DF/SF diet, I have decided I'll start eating just spring rolls with duck sauce... It's the only thing that seems at all yummy AND is clean. But I can't really not go eat with my family/friends every week.
So is it worth it? If she's totally happy, should I keep trying to avoid these things? Is it worth going nuts over? Should I just suck it up and do a food diary so I can better identify what might be causing issues when it does? (Like that sandwich that I was assured would be dairy free that came with a salad with a vinaigrette that had soy - and the bread had milk. ) Do I really have any hope of her outgrowing it, one way or another? If I could actually keep her gut free of dairy and soy for X amount of time, will it heal? Is there anything I can do to help it heal? (Slippery elm?)
Tonight, I felt like my brain would fry it I tried to think any more about what I could/should eat. DH (our main cook) insisted we needed to order something in. I finally decided to go for what sounded good, even if I knew some of it was "bad." I still ordered a salad with none of the soy-containing dressing (and thoroughly enjoyed it with a dressing from home), ate a flatbread that did end up with cheese on it (other than the goat cheese I ordered), but was AMAZING; and I got that piece of chocolate cake. 'Cause I just wanted a piece of chocolate cake!! So we'll see what happens to DD in the next 24-48 hours... And I may feel really awful. I really do have it ingrained in my head (and my little boys ask me about DF/SF all the time!) to stay on the ED, but it can be so hard. I am, at least, glad we're not having to avoid OTHER things!
So sorry to write a book... Please let me know if it's worth it and WHY. I need to have that in my head if I'm going to keep it up.


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text: On Tuesday, March 12th, at 7 p.m. in the Levan Center for the Humanities, the annual Norman Levan Center for the Humanities/St. Johns College lecture will be given by David Carl, Director of the Graduate Institute of St. Johns College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His lecture is William Blake and the Metaphysics of Poetic Genius. In his lecture Dr. Carl will explore the question What is Truth? Philosophy criticizes poetry for being removed from truth and offering us images and illusions in place of reality. How does poetry respond to this critique? Through an examination of the metaphysical foundations of the poetry of William Blake, Dr. Carl will attempt to defend the poets claim that without the imagination there would be no reality, and that truth is more a poetic construct than it is a philosophic construct. Dr. Carl has a BA and MA in philosophy and received his Ph.D in comparative literature from UC Davis. This is a public lecture open to all, and both lecture and parking are free.