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Historic Arkansas Museum to Put On Eggnog Competition
The Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock will present its eighth annual Nog-off, or eggnog-tasting competition, from 5-8 p.m. Friday. "Celebrity" judges and event attendees will pick two winners.
The competitors are Little Rock's Capital Bar & Grill, Le Pops, Copper Grill and Loblolly Creamery; Historic Arkansas Museum supporter Bridget Farris; Drue Patton, who works in marketing for the Argenta Arts Foundation in North Little Rock; and Historic Arkansas Museum Director Bill Worthen.
The celebrity tasters will be Phil Brandon of Rock Town Distillery in Little Rock; Kat Robinson, author of the book Arkansas Pie; and home and garden designer P. Allen Smith.
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Air Jordan V "Nightmare on Elm Street" Customs By DeJesus
August 6th, 2012 by John Kim | 26 comments
What do Air Jordans and Freddy Krueger have in common? If you fall asleep, you're either gonna die a grisly death, or miss out on the morning sneaker release. Since its introduction on the SB Dunk Low sample a few years back, the 'Freddy Krueger' outfit has been a popular (yet difficult) concept for custom shoes, and while we've seen Freddy make its way on an Air Jordan VI before, those who know how Krueger operates understand that the sadistic killer likes to take on multiple forms. DeJesus hits us with another sneaker custom in the Air Jordan V that he calls 'Nightmare on Elm Street', using Krueger's deformed skin and burnt garments as the key details for this custom. Even the Jumpman has been overtaken by Freddy (although credit should go to El Cappy for doing it first)! Check out this scary Air Jordan V custom project below, and let us know if you think this is better than the Air Jordan VI version!
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none of you could even attempt this. i bet you couldn't even paint any jordan model a solid color, yes the paint job is glossy on the toebox and doesn't look too good, but it was still a lot of work for him. you should respect it, smh. by the way it's red and black because he wanted it like that.
yeah these are pretty shitty and not in a good way, like a stinky diarreha way
These are hot, the paint job isn't bad especially for it being hand drawn. The jumpman is cool too.
I think people starting to do theses customs cause they think Jordan is gonna hire them or something..I seen this already the Freedy them and with doing air Freddy..i dunno if the person knows but freddy sweater was red and green not black so if that is black them that by itself is a fail...I guess you ge someidea from the coments is u wear them what kinda response u will get..good thought but...
someone else couldve done a better paint job than that but the freddy krueger idea was great
@start12 No I couldn't paint my Jordans a solid color, and nor would I want to. All I know is this dude better stay the hell away from my Js
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Mayhem, Hulk and Iron Man's Wit Fuel First Avengers Trailer
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Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) surveys his new 21st-century Captain America suit. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.
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Stuff gets blown up, jokes get made, hammers get hurled and outrageously cool crime-fighters strut their stuff in the gripping new trailer for The Avengers, which offers our first real look at the new Hulk.
The clip includes a full dose of slow-mo chaos that prompts Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury to assemble his team of superhero all-stars with this epic call to arms: "There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could."
The teaser for Marvel Entertainment's upcoming The Avengers also includes glimpses of Bruce "Incredible Hulk" Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo, who takes over the role in the superhero team-up), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.).
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
I'm Not Sayin', I'm Just Sayin'
If there were to be a actual crash like in 1987, what would you do within your portfolio? There is no right answer for everyone and for some people the right answer is to do nothing. Whatever is right for you you should know in advance what you would do or maybe have a couple of different plans in place.
If the market did crash, I know my double short would go up and I expect (but maybe not) gold would go up. Assuming no crash (which is the better bet) I have figured out how much double short to add for each account now that the market is below its 200 DMA and that is one option I might pursue but if the market fell 20% tomorrow I would be more inclined to sell what I have as opposed to buy more. Further I can see where some of the foreign stocks would not go down as much especially if the "crash" came later in our session. There might be a delayed reaction the following day in the ADRs and so I might sell an ADR into the crash too.
I might also sell my gold in that type of scenario. I don't have it exactly figured out to the minute each exact action I would take and when but generally speaking I have a plan in place if there is a crash.
This becomes even more important for people who are prone to emotion.
The idea of lifting hedges in the manner described may seem counter intuitive but there is no bigger panic than a one day 20% decline. After a crash fear will be off the chart and while I may not have the stones to buy stock for clients on the day of a crash, it doesn't change the history of crashes; they exhaust almost all of the sellers.
Someone will probably leave a question asking what if it keeps going and while it might, I am unlikely to think this is any different than other big panics. I would also add that even though I would expect a snapback after a crash, selling into that snap back might be the better trade but I'll weigh in on that if it happens, which again I am not expecting.
19 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I would do nothing. I have aa much at risk in stocks (about 32%) as seems appropriate now. The rest is bonds of various high quality types, cash, and an odd sort of bear fund - Hussman Strategic Growth.
Fred - 5:57 PM
- RW said...
Good post; flexibility is key. FWIW the bond markets seemed to recover at least a semblance of balance by the end of last week so I'm hopeful the equity markets will settle down a bit as well; repricing risk certainly can become contagious but earnings remain reasonably good as do global markets generally so (fingers crossed).
If the market is still reasonably healthy we should see a rally even if the day starts down but I'm tactically reorientated to increased volatility regardless; i.e., With the exception of a few, select homebuilders and mortgage lenders who I intend to hold short until they die I'm prepared to lighten up on some short positions but not vix ...yet.
OTOH my strategic portfolio has hardly changed in over a year -- net long but strongly hedged -- like watching bloody grass grow.
Good luck to all tomorrow.
"There is only one side to the stock market ...not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side." - Jesse Livermore - 6:00 PM
- Bri said...
20% decline seriously? Buy as much as I can over the next few weeks.
- steve.scoot said...
The volume in short ETF's last week was ginormous, and should be big this week as well. They appear to be better hedges than gold or bonds, in my opinion.
The strategy I hear most is: move to cash, shorts, and
keep a prudent portion in stocks. Seeing the foreign markets march in lockstep with the fall on Friday makes them a poor hedge, although the currencies
FXE, FXF, FXB, were strong last week in spite of the general EEM's, ADRE, EFA, etc. tanking. Does anyone agree that now is a good time to stock up on the pound, swiss franc, and the euro?
Thanks, Scoot. - 7:52 PM
- steve.scoot said...
Sorry, I forgot to add this:
Greenspan (a bipartisan putz, Andy), with the aid and abetting of Congress and the Presidents got us into this mess by maintaining low rates. Doesn't the Fed therefore bear the responsibility for getting us out of the liquidity problem now? Once foreclosures start hitting the market like Krakatoa, that will be the mother of all tsunamis in my opinion, and unless that is dealt with in a hurry......
Scoot - 7:58 PM
- Marlowe said...
Roger .. You are correct; each of us will have to decide. This is what I wrote on my blog:
I spent this weekend investigating the market panic sell-off late in the session Friday. Most of the S&P 500 loss for the week, about -2%, occurred in the last hour of trading! And the catalyst for the sell-off was the statements from the late day Bear Stearns conference call. "These times are pretty significant," Sam Molinaro, Bear Stearns chief financial officer said on the conference call Friday. "It's as bad as I've ever seen." (See " Bear Stearns Bares Its Soul")
Pretty scary for the credit markets, but when there is blood on the street isn't it time to start buying? I'm spending my time reviewing RSI's recent ETF picks and preparing my buy list. Hang on for a wild ride.
You can view my blog at http://rocketscienceinvesting.blogspot.com/ - 8:33 PM
- T said...
Why "experts" state that the Fed should lower rates befuddles me.
That approach dictates a "once shame on you, twice shame on me" reaction.
When stips on loans are raised to get cheap low rate financing the race card is played, and banks are beaten like a rented mule to give out money without even a pretense of qualification.The cycle then repeats with a vengence.
Raising rates would be a big mistake at this time, imo. - 9:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
There's a flip side to "buy when there's blood in the streets" , I think it goes " If you can keep a cool head while those around you are panicking, maybe you don't understand the situation".
Re the poster that said the Fed got us into this mess, there's truth to that, but I think there's more truth to the idea that Moodys/Fitch/S&P may have dropped the ball when they rated mortgage securities. I suspect a whole lot of people bought AAA, AA, or A CDOs that are not behaving like AAA, AA, or A debt instruments and that's behind the sudden margin calls and institutional credit down grades we've been reading about. I could be wrong,
And from an investors perspective, if Moodys/Fitch/S&P dropped the ball rating CDOs, then why is there any reason for confidence regarding their ratings for junk and emerging market bonds? Whoops, there goes the bond market, and then the stock market.
My guess is that the market is worried about a systemic failure at Moodys/Fitch/S&P as highlighted by the mortgage debacle. It's a huge issue for people that hold CDOs or bonds.
The market may or may not recover tomorrow, but I think the rating issue, and consequently market volatility, will be with us for a while. It could end badly if investors decide that Moodys/Fitch/S&P have sold out or are not competent. It's already ended badly for a number of investors. - 11:15 PM
- mOOm said...
I would be dumping my balanced funds and buying leveraged stock funds and stocks on margin across the board. After hopefully getting a bit of the down by day-trading options.
- Andy said...
BusinessWeek Cover
'Bonfire of the Builders'
Is it time to cover housing stocks?
I've heard this myth before, but I may have to give Jamie and Adam of MythBusters a call.
It certainly seems that a bottom has to be near on the homestocks as chapter 11 is the next step. - 4:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
Many, but not all Roger's readers have plenty of time every day to deal with these issues whenever they come. I don't so I am depending on stops, which I admit are more of a blunt weapon. Last week there was a family crisis which would have made it impossible for me to trade on several days.
Also does anyone remember from the last market crisis that some brokerage websites were not accessible. I think part of the kind o planning Roger is talking about has to be how to trade if you can't get through easily.
Linda - 5:46 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
no broker access? while it is hard to believe this is still an issue, Linda makes a fantastic point.
- ammo said...
every industry has its leaders and dogs
this is what u do people
obvious you bought the leaders in each industry
NOW is the time to sell covered calls on them leaders AND THEN PAIR TRADE each of those leaders with a dog in that industry sell the dog stock and sell its covered puts
first you are selling premium at juicy premiums when the VIX is peaking IDEAL TIME
second you have neutralized partial market risk by PAIR TRADING your portfolio
another way is to write covered calls on the stocks in your portfolio and write naked puts on the stocks you would like to add to your portfolio if price got cheaper and then use that premium to underwrite bear spreads and maybe a bull spread on CBOE index options and eCBOT and CME index futures - 6:15 AM
- ammo said...
reality is price is always in flux and never fixed so you can never fix value either, either fundamentally or technically, value is always reassessed
volatility is measurable and has very definable peaks and troughs
volatility is peaking around here but it will also measurably subside
this emotional peak displayed by the peaking VIX is not over yet as things are still swinging on the 200 ema
but it will subside once all the emotions get washed up and left to dry, only to rear its head again some other day
all you can do is bad emotional stuff, nothing, or profit from the rich premiums going forward
peace - 6:51 AM
- Josh Stern said...
I had a good laugh at this unintentionally pointed news ticker item:
Mannkind downgraded at Oppenheimer
MNKD was downgraded from Buy to Neutral, Oppenheimer said. Partnership
delays will affect Technosphere, and the company lacks potential
catalysts by the end of the year. - 8:01 AM
- muckdog said...
If it would've tanked today? I'd rotate into more aggressive holdings tomorrow.
And if that didn't work and the stock market went to $0, I'd sell whatever I could and buy ammunition. LOL. - 5:43 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
...and whiskey.
- RW said...
Got a nice, strong clearing rally as expected w/ no improvement in internal divergences or liquidity so I rotated some longs into shorts.
Do believe I'll have a shot of the good stuff now; prosit! - 6:22 PM
- techfarmer said...
I recently read your TheStreet.com article on hedging with double short ETFs.
So yes, I would hedge using the SDS, double inverse $SPX, and if a crash occurred, my $SPX would have a profit.
I've also written an article on how I'm Staying Calm during these wild and volatile times:
How I'm Staying Calm during these wild and volatile times
I also explain a real hedging situation using SDS during the most recent correction. - 1:45 AM


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I know most of you here are macho and lift heavy with bare hands (use chalk), but I'm not up to that point yet. After reading a few threads, for the fear of getting flamed, I'm going to toss away my harbinger gloves that I've been using for all these years - before you all tell me to go buy a matching purse I'll admit they did somewhat help me with callices and with dumbell exercises... especially with dumbells from slipping out of my hands.
Biggest issue I have is with grip (like during hammer curls, deadlifts, pullups etc.). Other issue I have is with my wrists. During incline dumbell presses, my wrist sometimes bends outwards and that ruins what should've been a perfectly good set.
I am not sure if what I need are wrist wraps (for dumbell presses, benchpressing) or wrist straps (for deadlifts, pullups, hammer curls). Do you recommend that I buy both and use them accordingly? Would it be weird and counter-productive if I use them both at the same time?
It's good to have both and I'd recommend wrist wraps if your wrists are bothering you. However, don't rely on straps all the time. I use straps for heavy shrugs and stiff leg deadlift sometimes but if your grip becomes an issue while doing hammer curls, then you obviously need to build your grip strength first.
i would say that you buy both of them. using straps isn't as bad as you think they are. if it helps you develop a really solid, strong back, then why does it matter that some people would say "oh, that guy uses straps". use them as a tool for when you get to your heavier sets. for example, i go no straps for my first few warmup sets of deadlifts but as it starts to get heavier, like 315 and above, i put the straps on so that i don't wear out my grip. also, a lot of places don't allow chalk for the mess and other stuff so straps are a good alternative to this.
Gloves are nothing bad, they definitely help with callus (or callices) so why not use them..plus, learn to do what you want in life and not ask for approval of others... don't fear being flamed by some guys on internet forum you don't even know...
i think if you're just starting out, gloves might be ok. but after a while they become a nuisance. i remember having great difficulty with deadlifts and other pulling exercises when i wore gloves. the gloves will make the bar thicker, which will be harder to grip, plus my grip sucked in general because my hand were too soft. nothing wrong with calluses. if anything i like them, they improve my grip.
i think wraps and straps are the way to go if you don't use chalk.
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*While on the topic of muscle confusion, and how often a routine needs to be changed.*
Its not that I can't lift the dumbells when doing hammers. I have the strength to lift the weight but while in the vertical position, the dumbell starts to slip... but when I use gloves, leather on it does help me hold on to them tight.
I should also mention that my grip has been falling steadily in the last 2-3 years. Arthritis (rheumatoid) runs pretty strong in my family and I think I'm seeing a few syptoms already (I'm 29 now). Just started Glucosamine Chondroitin supplementation ...
Do straps in any way at all help me avoid callouses? I mean, can I stretigically place them to cover the areas where they're formed ..
Actually, I posted this thread looking for a way to improve my grip and help me with my last sets (that are the heaviest). Like I said, gloves help with me stuff like hammers, but they are pretty uselss for deadlifts and benchpress.
Not only that, I think it makes sense that when you use gloves you are actually increasing the circumference of the bar/dumbbell you're holding.
Last edited by rag15; 05-30-2009 at 10:22 AM.
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*While on the topic of muscle confusion, and how often a routine needs to be changed.*
Thanks! Now I need some product suggestions.
How about APT Pro Wrist wraps...
For the straps, I think I'm going to go with Black Mamba
Before I buy these two, I just want to make sure that I can use them both at the same time? I mean if my wrist is wrapped with wraps, wouldn't that come in the way of tying the straps around my wrists?
If you think these are an overkill for an intermediate lifter, how about an alternative like newgrips that seem to be a combo of wrist wrap and hand cover. Only thing I don't understand is the cover is attached to the wrap on a velcro. Wouldn't that just peel off during heavier lifts?
Last edited by rag15; 05-30-2009 at 11:50 AM.
I have both, I have a set of Inzer wrist wraps I have used for years benching because I fractured my wrist years ago and they work great!
I only use wrist straps when doing my back accessory work and only after I have done deads, I never wear them doing dead lifts. Chalk only.
Just remeber never to rely on straps.
APT wraps are great, I have a set for my really heavy sets. But I like my 10 year old Inzer 12in wraps much better as they dont pinch my skin like the APT's do. But thats just do to being broken in I'm sure.
I would get a 12in wraps, no need for longer ones unless you are serious into powerlifting.
You do not need to wear wrist straps the same time you do the wraps, there is no need.
Here is the Inzer's I have. Either one in a 12in will do fine.
This is a key point in regards to calluses. Try grabbing the bar in your hand where it's going to end up being anyways. Like at the base of your fingers on pulls. With the hammer curls you could grip it just under the side of the 'bell that comes upward, then it wouldn't have anywhere to go cuz it's already there.
And, to some extent, you want to develop a good base layer of calluses. Think of them as natures gloves.
It is currently a fad, at this writing, for boys to think they need a "six pack", although most of them don't have an ice chest to put it in.
-Mark Rippetoe
Thanks for the tip on buying shorter wraps. I don't have meaty wrists so short (12") will do. How about the wrist straps. What width would you recommend? 1-1/2" or 2" ?
As far as wraps and straps are concerned, if you're not competing then there aren't any rules that apply to their use. The powerlifters are gonna use wraps but not straps. I've seen the stongman competitors use straps. The people that compete in these sports tend to have their opinions in these matters influenced by the rules of their sport, which of course is perfectly natural.
As a recreational trainee, myself, I feel that as long as a person doesn't abuse lifting aides then do what you need to. If your wrists bother you then use wraps on your heaviest sets if your so inclined. I use chalk as a grip aide when pulling. I also train my grip using a fat bar and gripping devices. But when I get to the point of needing to use a mixed grip on pulls (not there yet) I'm gonna get me some straps and use those instead. I think it's a matter of personal preference, and don't see one as being better than the other.
I think because of the type of physical work I do for employment that my grip is probably proportionally stronger than the rest of my body still. Can't wait till I'm lifting enough that my grip fails!
It is currently a fad, at this writing, for boys to think they need a "six pack", although most of them don't have an ice chest to put it in.
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Hey guys,
I am really excited about the unveiling of today's phones but I am rather disappointed about no mention of Gorilla Glass in the 820 specs as it is advertised on the 920. The Lumia 800 and even the Lumia 710 have Gorilla Glass but no mention anywhere of Gorilla on the Lumia 820. Can anybody confirm whether it does or doesn't have Gorilla? Thanks.... - 09-05-2012, 07:35 PM #3
Thanks for the reply. I hope you are right but where does it say so? It would be nice to see advertisements or documentation stating so. Even Nokia's website advertises all of the other units as having Gorilla Glass on the respective spec pages except for the Lumia 820. Does anybody know of any documentation verifying that the 820 does indeed have Gorilla Glass? Thanks.
I disagree with you there, they definitely don't have "the same hardware" as the Lumia 920 is the only one with Pureview as well as the Puremotion HD+ display.
Additionally, the specs between both phones on the Nokia website paint a completely different picture for both devices (i.e. no gorilla glass on 820).
Unless somebody goofed on the specs, this is accurate.
Nokia Lumia 820 Specifications - Nokia - USA
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - USA
Disappointing of them to leave off gorilla glass, especially seeing as how it is in the Lumia 800. - 09-05-2012, 08:25 PM #5
i do apologize for the misinformation. this may help shed some light to the question. this is from corning glass.
CORNING® GORILLA® GLASS | FULL PRODUCTS LISTnokia lumia 900 04.08.12 - 09-05-2012, 08:45 PM #7
If you compare the official Nokia specs lists: Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia
Nokia Lumia 820 Specifications - Nokia
Then you will find that the 820 is not listed as having the Corning Gorilla Glass. It may be an oversight on Nokia's part, but just as well, it might not be. - 09-05-2012, 10:10 PM #8
Well I hope it's an oversight. If not, then shame on Nokia! How could they put Gorilla Glass on a Lumia 710 and not on a Lumia 820??? All news about Nokia recently has been about this being there last chance to make it. This is definitely not a way to come out swinging. I hope somebody associated with wpcentral can contact Nokia on clarification on this subject. No Gorilla Glass on the 820 will be a deal breaker for me. Two thumbs down to whoever made the decision to pinch pennys on Gorilla!
Thanked by: - 09-06-2012, 04:16 AM #9
Featurewise the current 800 and 900 are very much in par as Lumia flagship models. With new 820 and 920 Nokia clearly wants that only 920 is on the leading edge. 820 is a bit of a disappointment. There are users who may want a smaller form factor but still with the best features. Even the wireless charging is optional in 820 and the design looks somewhat cheaper compared to 800/900/920.
Well I wouldn't say the 820 disappoints. It does have the same front and back cameras as well as the same screen as the 900 which is currently considered a flagship. Add to that microSD support, removable battery, 1GB RAM, and a 1.5 dual-core snapdragon processor and I would say you probably won't find a better mid-grade phone. However, Gorilla Glass is found on low end devices and Nokia uses it in practically all of their devices so why not the 820??? If this was do or die for my company I definitely would not have ignored the Gorilla Glass. I wonder who at Nokia dropped the ball on this one. I really wanted the 820 but I don't want a screen protector on it. I'm still hoping there is an oversight on Nokia's part but I doubt it since Corning's website has already updated the list of devices on their website to include the 920 as having Gorilla but the 820 has not been added to the list. Very disappointing!!!
Disappointing indeed. I wasn't considering the ATIV S at all, now I'm taking it into consideration. The 920 is just too big, while the ATIV S is roughly the same size I'd choose it over the 920 because of the weight. The Lumia's have all the nice innovations, but the ATIV S covers the basics pretty well. Hopefully HTC has some nice surprises.
Well they did mention the the camera drivers and the processing algorithms was improved a lot. So basically a good 8MP shooter, but of course not compared the 920's Pureview.
I'm interested to see if they based on this info are able to further improve the camera in the 800/900 with the 7.8 update.
Sent from my Lumia 800 using Board Express - 09-06-2012, 01:26 PM #14
I just read a preview on brighthand.com that says both the 920 and 820 have Gorilla but who knows where they got their information from. I'm still surprised that nobody from wpcental hasn't tried to confirm this yet.
Here is my confirmation, just the 920 listed :( - 09-06-2012, 02:54 PM #16


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History of Byzantium
This Greek manuscript on parchment dating from the 12th to the 13th centuries is one of the most valuable codices in the National Library of Spain, treasured for the richness of its illumination. The work, by Ioannes Scylitza (flourished 1081), is a history of the Byzantine emperors from 811 to 1057, covering events from the proclamation of Michael I Rangabe in 811 to the reign of Michael VI in 1056–57. The manuscript contains 577 miniatures by different artists. Most of the scenes are accompanied by a caption that explains ...
Priest Puncho Miscellany of 1796
This intriguing manuscript was written in the vernacular Bulgarian of the late 18th century and was intended to be printed. The content of the manuscript consists of literary texts compiled from older manuscripts, Russian printed books, apocrypha, a reworked version of the first real Bulgarian chronicle, Paisiĭ Khilendarski's Istoriia slavianobolgarskaia (Slaveno-Bulgarian history), as well as texts of unspecified or unknown origin. The illumination, although stylistically naive, is very rich. It includes two self-portraits of the scribe and compiler Puncho, together with numerous miniatures, some of them with unusual iconography ...
Bashkioi Copy of "Slaveno-Bulgarian History"
This handwritten copy of Paisiĭ Khilendarski's Istoriia slavianobolgarskaia (Slaveno-Bulgarian history) was made in 1841 by the priest Vasilii Manuilov. In addition to the main text, the manuscript contains accounts of two miracles of the Holy Mother. First published in 1762, Paisiĭ's history encouraged the Bulgarians, who had been under Ottoman rule for centuries, to discover their national consciousness and to embrace the Bulgarian language. The work was so influential that it was copied by hand and excerpted many times without Paisiĭ being identified as the author or his ...
Young Albania
This photograph of two small Albanian boys in picturesque costumes, wearing shoes with pointed, up-turned toes, is from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) was an American writer of books on travel and world geography whose works helped to popularize cultural anthropology and geography in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. Consisting of photographs taken and gathered by Carpenter and his daughter Frances (1890-1972) to illustrate his writings, the collection includes an estimated 16,800 photographs ...
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Album of a Journey through Southern Russia and the Crimea, by Way of Hungary, Wallachia, and Moldova
This four-volume work documents the expedition undertaken in 1837 by the Russian industrialist and philanthropist Anatolii Demidov (1812-70) through southeastern Europe and the southern parts of the Russian Empire. Demidov was accompanied by a team of French scientists, engineers, and artists. The expedition gathered a wealth of information about the geography, history, archaeology, and peoples and cultures of a region still largely unknown to the rest of the world. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-60), the staff artist of the expedition, produced 64 lithographed plates for the volumes, along with many ...
Bulgarian Haiduts
Georgi Stoikov Rakovski (1821-67) was a famous Bulgarian revolutionary who drew inspiration from the haiduts, the traditional bandits who lived in the mountains of Bulgaria and robbed from the Ottomans. He intended to write a larger history of the haiduts in Bulgaria, but was able to send his publisher only the 39 pages that comprise Book I before he died of tuberculosis at the age of 46.
Fiume, the Corso, Croatia, Austro-Hungary
This photochrome print is from "Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire," a selection of photographs of late 19th-century tourist sites in Eastern and Central Europe (formerly known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire) that was part of the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company. It depicts the famous Corso, or promenade, in Fiume, as the present-day city of Rijeka, Croatia, was known at the time. The city, which dates to Roman times, was part of Austria-Hungary before World War I and was populated by both Croats and ethnic Italians. It became an object ...
Charter Given by the High and Mighty Lords of the States General on the Date of June the Third, 1621
On June 3,
1621, the States-General, the governing body of the United Provinces of the Netherlands,
issued a charter to a group of Dutch merchants to establish the Dutch West
India Company. Similar to the Dutch East India Company, which was founded in
1602 in order to promote trade with Asia, the West India Company was granted a
24-year monopoly on all trade by Dutch merchants and inhabitants in a region
that included the Americas
and West Africa. The text of the charter,
published in this 1623 pamphlet, contained 45 ...
Book of Kings or a Bulgarian History, Which Teaches from Whence Came the Bulgarians, How They Became Rulers, How They Reigned and How Their Kingdom Perished and Fell under the Yoke
This book is the first published edition of Paisii Khilendarski's 1762 Slaveno-Bulgarian History, which is considered the founding document of the Bulgarian National Revival. Paisii's history encouraged the Bulgarians, who had been under Ottoman rule for centuries, to discover their national consciousness and to embrace the Bulgarian language. The work was so influential that it was copied by hand and excerpted many times, without Paisii being identified as the author or his name associated with the work. This 1844 edition, compiled and revised by Khristaki Pavlovich, also fails ...
Baker Standing in Front of the "American Bakery," Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
This photograph of an unusual bakery in Istanbul, Turkey, is from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) was an American writer of books on travel and world geography whose works helped to popularize cultural anthropology and geography in the United States in the early years of the 20th century. Consisting of photographs taken and gathered by Carpenter and his daughter Frances (1890-1972) to illustrate his writings, the collection includes an estimated 16,800 photographs and 7,000 glass and film negatives ...
Lake Lucerne
This panoramic photograph shows Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, as it appeared in the early 20th century. Panoramic photographs employ a variety of techniques to create a wide angle of view. This view is comprised of three photographs spliced together to provide a broader image than would be possible with a single photograph. The Boston office of the Notman Photo Co. copyrighted the photograph in 1909. The Notman firm was founded by William Notman (1826-1891), a Scottish-born Canadian photographer who opened a studio in Montreal in 1856. Notman eventually became the largest ...
The Roumanian Question: The Roumanians and their Lands
Romania was formed in 1861 by the union of the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, which had been ruled by the Ottoman Turks for centuries. At the 1878 Congress of Berlin, the major European powers recognized the full independence of Romania. In World War I, Romania fought on the side of France, Britain, and the other Allied powers against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria, chiefly with the aim of gaining territories traditionally inhabited by ethnic Romanians but under the control of Austria-Hungary and other neighboring countries. Published in Pittsburgh in 1919 ...
Slavonia, Croatia, Bosnia, and a part of Dalmatia
Gerard Mercator's 1590 Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte (Slavonia, Croatia, Bosnia, and a part of Dalmatia) is the best representation of Bosnia made up to that time. One of the oldest items in the cartographic collections of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the map was published by the well-known Blaeu firm in Amsterdam. Shown are villages, towns, rivers, and mountains. The scale is in German miles. The map is in Latin, but it gives place names in the languages of the region, which include ...


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Real Life Spider-Man Rescues Autistic Boy
A quick-thinking Thai fireman came to the rescue recently when he dressed as Spider-Man in order to coerce an 8-year old autistic student off a high ledge.
Teachers at a special needs school in Bangkok alerted authorities on Monday when an autistic pupil, scared of attending his first day at school, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside, a police sergeant told AFP.
Despite teachers' efforts to beckon the boy inside, he refused to budge until his mother mentioned her son's love of superheroes, prompting fireman Sonchai Yoosabai to take a novel approach to the problem.The rescuer dashed back to his fire station and made a quick change into a Spider-Man costume before returning to the boy, he said.
"I told him Spider-Man is here to rescue you, no monsters are going to attack you and I told him to walk slowly towards me as running could be dangerous," Somchai told local television.
The boy came to the masked hero without hesitation (I hope no candy vanners are reading this). Sonchai says the fire department keeps Spider-Man and Ultraman costumes to "liven up school fire drills", and also, "freaky deaky sex". Well PEW PEW to you too, Bangkok Fire Dept.
Thai fireman in 'spider-man' rescue of autistic boy [yahoonews]
Thanks to Joemo, Sam and Jason, who ask, "where were you, Iron Man?"
Live near Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)? Do you like pets? Do you like pets dressed up as characters from comic books, video games, movies and cartoons? If so, you're in luck -- there's a pet cosplay festival this Sunday, April 26th! Per the Bablefishily translated page: The eve... / Continue →
Get it, TIE roller? Like high roller, except with a TIE instead of high. I dunno, my roommate told me to write it. Also, to jam a knife in the toaster "to make special effects". It actually did look like a spaceship exploding aside, this is a TIE fighter wheelchair costume ... / Continue →
Now hear me out: you add some lights and sound effects, and then wear it while you ride around on your bike at night wearing all black. How cool would that be?! If you answered, "Ice f***ing cold!", congratulations, you won the right to buy me a Zima. Damn right it's coming ... / Continue →


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WaPo Launches 'Truth-Teller' to Fact-Check in Real Time
Ever hot on the heels of politicians, straightening the fact from the fiction, the Washington Post has decided to take their methods to real-time reporting with their new system, Truth Teller. Funded by a prototype grant from the Knight News Challenge, Truth Teller is a mobile and desktop app that will be able to record, transcribe and show disputed facts and statistics in real time for everyone. Although still in its nascent stages, the end result would be an app that simultaneously transcribes speeches obtained via video (or, ideally, a live feed), recognizes citations of data or popular keywords, and matches them with fact-checked information from the WaPo staff. It's not only the cutting edge of fact-checking journalism — it has the capacity to change the way people consume their political media. Read more


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Prepared Statement of Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Specter, distinguished members of the Committee on the Judiciary: it is an honor to appear before you today. We thank you for the opportunity to testify on the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group report, especially as they relate to police training and the criminal justice system in Iraq. We think it is critically important to look at the totality of the U.S. effort in Iraq. All the attention right now is focused on the military surge. Whether you think the surge is a good idea or not, the Iraq Study Group made clear that no policy in Iraq is going to succeed unless there is a comprehensive political, military, economic and diplomatic effort. If you are going to stabilize Baghdad, you need to have a capable, trained professional police force is place. If you are going to stabilize Baghdad, you need a functioning criminal justice system. The same holds true for the rest of Iraq. As our testimony will make clear, there is a very long way to go to achieve these two goals. So we commend this Committee for shining a bright light on these questions. We hope that you will pursue questions of police training and the criminal justice system in Iraq at future hearings with Administration officials. Your oversight is needed. We also want to take this opportunity to thank Chairman Leahy for his support in the Appropriations Committee for the funding of the Iraq Study Group, through the United States Institute of Peace. The work of the Study Group would not have been possible without this support. The Study Group's recommendations are in the public record, and so we will not repeat them. If it is agreeable to the Chair, we would like to explain some of the thinking behind some of our recommendations. Police and Criminal Justice in Iraq - an Assessment Our recommendations for police training and the criminal justice system in Iraq follow from the assessment we made. There are three major police forces in Iraq. The Iraqi Police Service currently numbers about 135,000 and it is responsible for local policing. The Iraqi National Police numbers roughly 25,000 and its officers have been trained in counterinsurgency operations, not police work. The Iraqi Border Police number roughly 28,000. To summarize, the Iraqi Police Service has neither the training nor legal authority to conduct criminal investigations. It does not have the firepower to take on organized crime, insurgents, or the militias. Iraqi police cannot control crime. They routinely engage in sectarian violence, including the unnecessary detention, torture, and targeted execution of Sunni Arab civilians. Furthermore, the Iraqi National Police and the Iraqi Border Police are charged with tasks that are not traditional policing missions. The National Police operate within heavily armed commando units. They are engaged in counter-insurgency. These units have been particularly vulnerable to infiltration by sectarian militias. The Border Police also have a mission that is decidedly military in nature, particularly given the importance of sealing and securing Iraq's borders. They have to protect against arms and foreign fighters coming into Iraq. They have to work with coalition forces. Yet all of these forces - the Iraqi Police Service, the Iraqi National Police, and the Iraqi Border Police - are organized under the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry is confronted by corruption and militia infiltration and lacks control over police in the provinces. There are ample reports of Iraqi police officers participating in training in order to obtain a weapon, uniform, and ammunition for use in sectarian violence. Some are on the payroll but don't show up for work. In the words of a senior American general in Baghdad, "2006 was supposed to be 'the year of the police' but it hasn't materialized that way." The current Minister of the Interior has called for purging militia members and criminals from the police force. He has been in the post since May 2006. He has made a start at reform. Over 1200 Interior Ministry personnel with criminal records have been identified and removed from the force. Just yesterday, we read reports that several leaders of the National Police were removed because they had "turned a blind eye" to Shiite militias. These are good steps - but everyone acknowledges that reform is a long road. The criminal justice system in Iraq is weak. Much has been done to establish an Iraqi judiciary, including a supreme court, and Iraq has some dedicated judges. Criminal investigations are conducted by magistrates. They are too few and inadequately trained to perform this function. Intimidation of the Iraqi judiciary has been ruthless. As one senior U.S. official said to us, "We can protect judges, but not their families, their extended families, their friends." Many Iraqis feel that crime not only is unpunished, it is rewarded. In short, we believe the problems in the Iraqi police and criminal justice system are profound. Reforms are essential. They are urgently needed. Organizational Reforms Organizational reforms are necessary--and it is up to the Iraqis to carry them out. The Ministry of Interior has too large a span of control over too many diverse police and security activities. As presently organized, the Ministry is not capable of effective and timely reform. If reconstituted to focus on the police mission, we believe there is a better chance that reform in the Ministry of the Interior will take place and take hold. The Iraqi National Police and its commando-style units should be transferred to the Ministry of Defense. This move will place them under better and more rigorous Iraqi and U.S. supervision and will enable these units to better perform counterinsurgency missions. Similarly, the mission of the Iraqi Border Police bears little resemblance to ordinary policing. It, too, should be under the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of the Interior needs to concentrate on the police mission. It needs to concentrate on professionalizing -- and gaining control of - the nation-wide Iraqi Police Service. Before it can do so, it must purge its own ranks of bad elements. The Ministry needs to expand the capability and reach of the current major crime unit, the Criminal Investigation Division, so that there will be a national capability for police investigations, akin our FBI. The Ministry also needs to regain control of the salaries of local police forces, as a powerful tool to press them for reform, and to prevent sectarian militias from controlling local police in Iraq's provinces. The Ministry also must take on the various units of the Facilities Protection Service. Each Ministry has its own security force. The Health, Agriculture and Transportation ministries are controlled by Moqtada al-Sadr. As described to us, this 145,000 man force is "incompetent, dysfunctional or subversive." Several Iraqis simply referred to them as militias. All Facilities Protection Service personnel should be brought under the authority of a reformed Ministry of the Interior. They need to be vetted, retrained, and closely supervised. They must not serve as de facto militias for each Iraqi Ministry. Actions by the United States While the Study Group believes the Iraqis must take the lead in reorganizing their police services, the United States has a critically important training and advisory role to play. Next, the mission went to the Defense Department in early 2004. Defense put much bigger resources against the problem. But Defense has not been a good fit. It has been more successful in training the Iraqi Army than it has the police. It does not have the right experience or personnel to provide the unique training that the Iraqi Police Service needs. The best fit for the police training mission is the U.S. Department of Justice. It has the necessary expertise. It has personnel who are familiar with local policing, with criminal investigation, with the interaction between law enforcement and the judiciary, and with a marshals program to protect judges. With leadership, it can provide the capacity. The Iraq Study Group recommended that the Justice Department direct the police training mission. Why? - Because Iraq needs training and advice across the whole criminal justice system. It needs cop on the beat training, but it needs much more: It needs courts, trained prosecutors and investigators, and the ability to protect Iraqi judicial officials. Therefore, the Study Group recommended: ? The U.S. Justice Department should lead the work of organizational transformation in the Ministry of the Interior; ? The current practice of imbedding U.S. police trainers should be expanded and the numbers of civilian training officers increased so that teams can cover all levels of the Iraqi Police Service. Civilian police executives and supervisors should replace the military police personnel currently assigned to training teams; ? The FBI should expand its investigative and forensic training and facilities within Iraq, to include the coverage of terrorism as well as criminal activity; ? Justice Department programs to establish courts; to train judges, prosecutors and investigators; and to create institutions and practices to fight corruption must be strongly supported and funded. We believe a comprehensive, root and branch approach to reform and rebuild the police and criminal justice system is required. National Reconciliation Reform of the Iraqi security forces are an important part, but only a part, of what needs to be done to bring peace and stability to Iraq. No security plan can work in the absence of national reconciliation. The Study Group report stated that U.S. forces "cannot stop the violence - or even contain it - if there is no underlying political agreement among Iraqis about the future of their country." National reconciliation includes agreement on sharing oil revenues, and agreement on sharing political power. National reconciliation also includes topics of great interest to this Committee: ? the protection of minorities; and ? the strengthening of civil society through the peaceful work of non-governmental organizations. Therefore, the Study Group recommended that: ? The rights of women and the rights of all minority communities in Iraq must be protected; and ? The Iraqi government should stop using the process of registering nongovernmental organizations as a tool for politicizing or stopping their activities. Non-governmental organizations contribute to the building of civil society, and help foster reconciliation among Iraq's sectarian groups. This positive outcome would be much more likely if these organizations are able to function free of government interference. Structural Changes We would like to say a word about structural changes. Looking to the future, the Justice Department needs to join other U.S. government agencies in preparing and conducting complex stability operations of the kind we see today in Iraq and Afghanistan. ? Agencies need to train for, and conduct, joint operations across agency boundaries, following the Goldwater-Nichols model that has proved so successful in the U.S. armed services; and Conclusions Mr. Chairman, the Iraq Study Group Report recommended that training become the primary mission of U.S. forces in Iraq, to enable the United States to begin to move its combat forces out of Iraq responsibly. As the President said, "only Iraqis can end the sectarian violence and secure their country." Long-term security depends as much on the Iraqi police and judicial system as the Iraqi Army. Unless we help create a capable, train professional police force, and functioning criminal justice system, ordinary Iraqis will not live in peace, and will not have confidence in their new government. With the careful oversight of your Committee, we believe the training of Iraqi police and Iraq's system of criminal justice can be improved. We would be pleased to respond to your questions. |


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The current fashion in American historical research is to discover things about the past that the people who lived in it are not likely to have known about themselves, things like the mean or median age at which they married, how much longer they could expect to live at any given age, how their wealth was distributed, in what ethnic or geographic or economic patterns they cast their votes, and so on. In the midst of all this counting and computing a number of historians and archivists have been quietly carrying forward a work that contributes very little to it but that tells us more completely and more reliably than ever before what some people in the past did know, and what they thought, about themselves and the world they lived in.
The first great enterprises of this kind in our time were the new editions of the papers of the founding fathers, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and most recently Washington, editions that include the letters a man received as well as those he wrote, so that the reader can follow the course of his thinking and his exchange of thoughts with his contemporaries. These editions, some of them now moving past the twentieth volume, have already made it possible to get inside the mind of eighteenth-century America in a way that was never before available to any but the most assiduous student.
Now we begin to get the first fruits of another kind of editorial enterprise that offers extraordinary excitement to anyone who still cares what people in the past thought about themselves and in particular what they thought about the way they were governed. These are editions, not of the papers of a particular man, but of the surviving documents that concern crucial political episodes or developments, editions that offer the reader virtually all the surviving evidence of what was said and done. Here are four of the first examples, and a splendid achievement they are.
The first of them may seem out of place in this review. Why consider debates in the English House of Commons in 1628 along with documents on American developments in the late eighteenth century? The juxtaposition is not capricious, because the Commons during this period generated many of the ideas that were later embodied in the government of the United States. This is not the place to pursue that lengthy line of descent. Instead, merely to suggest the richness of these collections, it may be enough to draw from them a few of the fictions by which Englishmen and Americans have governed themselves from the seventeenth century to the present.
All government, of course, rests on fictions, whether we call them that or self-evident truths; and political fictions, like other fictions, require a willing suspension of disbelief on the part of those who live under them. The suspension is seldom total, and when it is the results are disastrous. For the individual, total suspension of disbelief in any fiction spells insanity …


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Chemical studies of old English coins are helping unravel a centuries-old mystery: What happened to all the silver that Spaniards dug out of the New World?
Silver from Mexican mines started being incorporated into English coins around the mid-1550s, a new study shows. But silver from the legendary Potosí mines, in what is now Bolivia, didn't show up until nearly a century later, researchers report online November 6 in Geology.
The new study adds hard data to theories linking the transatlantic influx of silver to price inflation across Europe from about 1515 to 1650.
Minerals such as gold and silver contain a chemical fingerprint of where they were born, for instance in the composition of copper and lead that appear along with the more precious metals. Anne-Marie Desaulty and Francis Albarède of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France, analyzed 15 English coins, dated between 1317 and 1640, for variations in their copper, lead and silver.
Lead in all the coins before the reign of Mary I, which began in 1553, showed that the ore was at least 220 million years old, suggesting it came from ancient rocks in either central Europe or England. Lead in later coins showed a much higher contribution of silver younger than 50 million years old — suggesting it came instead from the mines of Mexico.
The coins show very little hint of Potosí silver, which has a distinctly different lead signature than Mexican ore. That's surprising, Desaulty says, because the Potosí mines were churning out far more silver at the time than Mexico was.
Geography may explain this, she says: It was easier to ship Mexican silver eastward to Europe than to get Potosí silver across the breadth of Brazil. Instead, Potosí silver went west, from Lima to Acapulco and onward to markets in China.
Scholars have known of this westward trade route before, which probably didn't become really important until the early 17th century, says John Munro, an economist at the University of Toronto.
It's not yet clear whether these particular English coins reflect a larger trend across Europe. In work published last year, Desaulty analyzed Spanish coins and found that they contained very little silver from either Mexico or Potosí until the 18th century. But Maria Filomena Guerra, of the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France in Paris, has used a different technique to analyze chemical elements that appear in trace amounts in Spanish, French and Italian coins. She found Potosí silver reaching Spain around 1570, and France and Italy in 1575.
"Spain receives the silver directly from Potosí," Guerra says, "so it is evident it must reach Spain before the other countries."
A.-M. Desaulty and F. Albarede. Copper, lead and silver isotopes solve a major economic conundrum of Tudor and early Stuart Europe. Geology. Published online November 6, 2012. doi:10.1130/G33555.1. [Go to]
A.-M. Desaulty et al. Isotopic Ag-Cu-Pb record of silver circulation through 16th-18th century Spain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 108, May 31, 2011, p. 9002. doi:10.1073/pnas.1018210108. [Go to]
M.F. Guerra. The mines of Potosí: a silver Eldorado for the European economy. In Ion beam study of art and archaeological objects. European Commission, 2000.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A nephew of New York Giants owner John Mara has pleaded not guilty in Connecticut to charges he hit a man in the head with a bottle during a New Year's Eve party.
The 22-year-old nephew also is named John Mara. Defense attorney William Dow III says he pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of assault and breach of peace in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Police say a witness identified Mara as the person who committed the assault. An arrest affidavit says victim Philip Blackman suffered life-threatening injuries that required immediate surgery.
Mara lives in Mount Kisko, N.Y. He was arrested in February.
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Billed as the fastest two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby doesn't allow much time for a drink and a smoke. Happily, the race's signature cocktail—the Mint Julep—is a short one, not meant for sipping (as its crushed ice dilutes it quickly).
In that spirit, we chose to pair it with a short cigar. In the name of science, two editors lit up simultaneously and timed how long it took to finish each cigar.
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Just in case you're looking for hunch bets tomorrow. My money is on the horse with my favorite bar catchphrase: I'll Have Another.
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"Rapid" Jack Bettridge
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The race got off to a quick start under cloudy skies and somewhat muddy conditions. Savona and Bettridge left the gate quickly and stayed neck and neck around the first bend. The Turtle seemed distracted, however, checking his email and Facebook responses, and Rapid Jack built an early lead.
As the second horse pulled away quickly, it began to look like Secretariat's famous early move at the Belmont Stakes. The Turtle was far behind, and both drinks were long gone.
By the halfway point, they took a breather to comment on how both horses were performing. (The Padróns were keeping up the pace with leathery zing, joined by coffee or cappuccino notes as well as cinnamon and graham cracker.) And by the stretch, the eventual winner seemed clear. Barring a thrown shoe or a foul by Savona, Bettridge would be the easy champion.
At the wire (the point at which the leading cigar burnt to its band), Rapid Jack had clocked 18 minutes and 56 seconds in wolfing down his cigar. Savona was still huffing and puffing.
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Last fall's inaugural IMEX America had everything: more than 140 global exhibitors, a wide range of education, a setting in one of the world's most convention-friendly cities, partnerships with every event industry organization under the sun (or so it seemed!), and—maybe most important—a meeting and incentive community that was fed up with three years of recession and eager to get back to business.
Held in Las Vegas last October, IMEX America drew 3,700 attendees (including some 2,000 hosted buyers) and nearly 2,000 exhibitors. By all accounts, it was a fantastic launch of a new show.
But that's nothing compared to this year. IMEX America will add a second hall at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in order to accommodate new and expanded exhibitor booths. As of mid-July, one in five exhibitors from the first show had booked bigger booths for this year (and half of those are more than doubling their space).
Also to date, 40 new booths have joined the show, and more are still expected. A few of the new destinations this year are: Charlotte, N.C.; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Seattle; the U.S. Virgin Islands; Abu Dhabi; Peru; and Madrid. New participants in the technology section of the show include etouches, Showcare Event Management, and SignUp4.
IMEX Group Chairman Ray Bloom also expects an increase in hosted buyers this year, to well over 2,000, which he attributes to IMEX America partners and intermediaries wanting to bring larger hosted groups because of the positive feedback from their clients after the 2011 event.
Hosted buyers must place business internationally as well as in the United States. The IMEX America hosted-buyer program includes flights from selected destinations; overnight accommodations; transfers between the airport, hotel, and trade show; hosted buyer lounge access; exclusive registration facilities at the show; plus access to the IMEX Online Schedule. To qualify for the program, buyers must meet strict criteria and commit to attending eight appointments per day at the show with exhibitors of their choice. Find out if you qualify and how to apply for the program.
Streamlined Communication and Other Changes
In response to extensive feedback from hosted buyers and buyer-attendees following the inaugural IMEX America, the IMEX Group is introducing some changes and new features this year.
• One E-mail a Day
Attendees who use the IMEX online appointment-scheduling system this year will have a personalized IMEX inbox, which will collect all supplier messages to buyers in a single inbox at the IMEX Web site. The system then will generate just one aggregated e-mail per day to each buyer. According to IMEX, this should help buyers manage all exhibitor marketing information and invitations to receptions and special events more easily.
• Free Wi-Fi
IMEX will extend the use of free Wi-Fi throughout the Sands Expo to all buyers.
• Free shuttle bus service
Free shuttle-bus service is being extended to non-hosted buyer attendees between their hotels, the Sands Expo, and McCarran airport.
• Travel Discounts
For non-hosted buyers, headquarters hotel The Venetian/The Palazzo will offer bookings at $139 with no resort fee. Airline discounts are also available on Delta, IMEX America's Official Airline.
• More Campfires
Be on the lookout for "campfires" in the Tech Pavilion and Inspiration Center on the show floor throughout the show day. These are intimate, 30-minute sessions on a wide range of topics from RFPs, to meeting architecture, to QR codes, to productivity tools, to creative thinking and much more.
• More Networking
Several new networking receptions in 2012 will provide more opportunities for expanding professional business networks. Education partner Meeting Professionals International, for one, has planned a new early evening reception for the end of Smart Monday October 8.
Smart Start on Smart Monday
Meeting Professionals International, IMEX's strategic education partner, will provide keynote speakers and a full day of education October 8, free to all buyers and suppliers, before the trade show opens. Topics covered in breakout sessions include:
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• Gamification
• Doing more with less
• Negotiating
• Technology tools
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Smart Monday also features Association Focus 2012, a day of education and networking for association executives and meeting professionals. The day starts with a networking brunch and keynote presentation by Mark Sanborn, author of The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary.The book appeared on the New York Times, Business Week, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, and its sequel, Fred 2.0,will be released in early 2013.
Following are breakout sessions in three tracks: executive (sponsored by ASAE), global (sponsored by the International Convention and Congress Association), and meetings (sponsored by the Professional Convention Management Association).
Late in the day, two roundtable sessions will provide a great opportunity for interaction, networking, and problem solving around crowd-sourced issues. Once registered, attendees will select the topics they want to talk about—possibilities include association management companies versus professional congress organizers, global partnerships, VAT issues, the science of meeting design, hybrid meetings, and creating brand awareness. The most popular topics will get table discussions. View all of choices at the IMEX America Association Day Web site.
Association Focus concludes with the popular Association Evening networking dinner, attended by all registrants of the day of education (and other interested association buyers) plus a select group of exhibitors from the organizations sponsoring Association Focus.
IMEX has numerous partnerships with meeting and travel industry associations. Find the full list here.
How to Register
IMEX America takes place October 9–11 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center at The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Free buyer attendee registration is open at the IMEX America Web site.


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As a supermodel, businesswoman, mother and yoga instructor, Christy Turlington has several lifetimes' worth of experiences under her belt. She talks with Dr. Oz about the role yoga has played in her life, from her early days of modeling to the present.
Christy says she was introduced to yoga when she was about 18 years old, and she was attracted to the meditative aspect of the practice. While she says she wasn't as healthy as she could have been at the time—due to smoking and constant travel—she did yoga whenever she could and meditated to maintain a sense of calm. More recently, Christy says she used techniques honed through years of yoga practice to ease her pain during natural childbirth. "In terms of pain management, my breathing was the best thing I could do to manage pain on that level," she says.
A practicing Catholic, Christy says that the principles of yoga can incorporate into any belief system. "It provides clarity and an understanding of what it is you want, as opposed to information coming from outside of yourself," she says. "Yoga has brought me to the part of religion I really like—the positive sides of religion, the parts we all share, rather than the things that create separation."
To find a place of calm and centeredness when you only have a few minutes, Christy says you can practice the butterfly, or half lotus pose: Sit with the soles of the feet touching and the knees open. Keeping the spine very straight, eyes closed or open, breathe in a pattern of inhalation, exhalation, pause.
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