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Seeing that Dublap is here for player development, my thinking is that his tenure here won't be longer than 3 years. For a post-Dunlap hiring, which of the coaches (see thread title) would you want in Charlotte? Other suggestions encouraged; I don't see Sloan being hired, but I'll entertain arguments. If you think Dunlap will stay by the time all of our pieces are in place for a run, I'll listen to that too.
Should we cut bait by seasons end and get a coach while he's available?
I personally like Scott Skiles (recently fired from Mil) in CHA because of his attitude and tough-minded approach; I would cut bait.
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Behind the Scenes: Glam Up Your Garden
One of the main "products" my company produces is content – for television, YouTube, web and social media. The past few weeks we've been working on a "weekend warrior" idea to illustrate how to glam up a garden in one day with colorful annuals from Proven Winners®. For this topic we're produced photos, an article for my website and a segment for television.
It took a team of people and a few colorful plants to make transform this idea into a reality.
1. Chip – Stylist, florist, and general Jack-of-all-trades
2. Bill - Video editor and go to guy for source of salvaged house parts
3. Anna Claire - Co-conspirator of the written word
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5. Nikki - Producer par excellence, woman of many talents
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10. Brent - Man of mystery who just wants to create beautiful video
Step 1 - Creative Meeting
The first thing we did was talk. Sometimes we get together in advance; sometimes it's a day before the shoot. During our creative meeting we kicked around ideas. Then Anna Claire headed off to write and Nikki to iron out the details and set a schedule.
Step 2 – Logistics
Next we set a date and location and picked up the props. The weekend warrior story was about how to spruce up an average size flower border, so we picked the City Garden Home for our location. Chip and I discussed the Proven Winners® plants we wanted to use and he got them pulled together.
Step 3 – Writing
With the plants and location decided, Anna Claire and I got to work on writing a story. I gave her some general ideas I wanted to cover and she flushed it out. Then she handed the copy over to Nikki who rewrote it in script format.
Step 4 - Shoot the Cover
With the story in place Nikki and Brent headed out to tape the before, during and after shots of planting annuals – cover video that accompanies the voice over narration.
Step 5 - Shoot the On Cameras and Voice Overs
Around the office they call me "the talent." As the talent it's my job to do the on camera and voice over narrations. The former involves me standing in front of a camera talking; in the latter Brent records my voice. We shot the on cameras at a garden center so I could discuss plant selection for this project. The voice overs were shot in the studio.
Step 6 – Editing
With everything shot, our editor Bill got the video and turned it into a segment that will be used in the half hour show P. Allen Smith Gardens and online. He wove together the on cameras, cover shots and voice overs.
Step 7 – Programming
While the editing was going on, Keegen and Robbie in the web department took the original copy that Anna Claire wrote put it on the website. These days everything is digital so to get images all they had to do was freeze a frame of the video.
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In a few weeks, Paulie Malignaggi challenges for a welterweight title strap when he meets Ukrainian WBA champ Vyacheslav Senchenko. Right here, fight fans can check out the official Senchenko vs. Malignaggi promotional video for their April 29th World Boxing Association Welterweight Championship clash. There has been some decent trash talk in the lead up to this bout, as Malignaggi angles to get himself back in the mix amongst the big names in the sport, and Senchenko is simply trying to make a name for himself to begin with. Take a look.
The WBA 147 lbs title fight between defending champion Vyacheslav Senchenko and challenger Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi, airs live in the United States from Donetsk, Ukraine, starting at 1 PM/ET, on April 29th.
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How much more hot can it get?
None more Hot! The spiciest Brassicas come together to create the very tasty Hot Squared! For those who didn't know: 2 = Squared. Its a mathematical abbreviation. Seed to Sprout in 3 - 6 Days Nutritional info: |
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Yields approximately 2 Cups (1/2 lb.) of Sprouts
Prep 3 Tablespoons of seed* then transfer (if necessary) into a bowl or into your Sprouter.
Add 2-3 times as much cool (60°-70°) water.
Mix seeds up to assure even water contact for all.
Note: Brassicas tend to float. Try to sink those that do by knocking them down with your fingers. Most of those floating seeds will sink during the hours they are soaking, but it is a good habit to pay attention to your seed's needs, and this is the perfect place to start!
Allow seeds to Soak for 6-12 hours.
Empty the seeds into your sprouter (if necessary).
Drain off the soak water.
Rinse thoroughly with cool (60°-70°) water.
Drain thoroughly.
Set your Sprouter anywhere out of direct sunlight and at room temperature (70° is optimal) between Rinses.
This is where your sprouts do their growing. We use a counter top in our kitchen - right in the middle of the room. We don't mind the diffuse sunlight or the 150 watts of incandescent light, because light just does not matter much. A plant can only perform photosynthesis when it has leaves. Until then light has little if any effect, so don't hide your sprouts!
Rinse and Drain again every 8-12 hours for 3 days.
As long as you grow you have to keep the sprouts happy!
Note: These wonderful little Brassica plants have a unique root structure: Brassicas will show microscopic roots starting around day 3. They are called root hairs and are most visible just before Rinsing when the sprouts are at their driest. When you Rinse the root hairs will collapse back against the main root. These root hairs impress many people as mold - but they are not. Now you know!
On the 4th day relocate your sprouts if necessary.
If you've been keeping them away from light, move them. Avoid direct sun - it can cook your sprouts. Indirect sunlight is best but virtually any light will do. Experiment - you will be amazed at how little light sprouts require to green up.
Continue to Rinse and Drain every 8-12 hours.
As long as you grow you have to keep the sprouts happy.
Your sprouts will be done during day 5 or 6.
The majority of sprouts will have open leaves which will be green if you exposed them to light.
Before your final Rinse remove the seed hulls.
Brassica sprout hulls are quite large (relative to the seed and sprout) and they hold a lot of water (which can dramatically lessen the shelf life of your sprouts), so we remove them:
Transfer the sprouts to a big (at least 3-4 times the volume of your sprouter) pot or bowl, fill with cool water, loosen the sprout mass and agitate with your hand. Skim the hulls off the surface. Return the sprouts to your sprouter for their Rinse and Drain. That's the short course - here is the full lesson.
Your sprouts are done 8-12 hours after your final rinse. After the De-Hulling and the final Rinse we need to Drain very thoroughly and let our sprouts dry a bit. If we minimize the surface moisture of our sprouts they store much better in refrigeration, so we let them sit for 8-12 hours....
We can use a salad spinner to dry the sprouts after their final Rinse and skip the final 8-12 hour wait, instead going directly to Refrigeration.
Transfer the sprout crop to a plastic bag or the sealed container of your choice.
When conditions are warm your sprouts will likely grow faster. If their leaves open sooner you should green and de-hull and harvest sooner. Likewise they may grow slower if conditions are very cool. These are just tiny plants they are not difficult to understand. The more you sprout the better you'll know them and be able to adjust to their needs. As always 70° is optimal and 70° is what our instructions are written for.
All sprouts generate heat while growing, which is a good thing, but it can get out of hand on occasion. When the weather is especially hot and humid you will do well to Rinse more frequently (every 8 hours if possible) using colder water than usual (the coldest your tap can offer is fine), to compensate.
Depending on your sprouting device, not all of your sprouts will have access to light and so some will not green. This is not only OK - it is good. The yellow leafed sprouts will be equally nutritious (they have everything but chlorophyll) and many think them more delicious (in Europe vegetables are often grown "blanched" by avoiding light). We think they are prettier when there is a mix of green and yellow to go with the white roots. So don't sweat it - just eat more sprouts!
It is ESSENTIAL that you keep Brassica sprouts from clumping together and you CAN NOT grow them vertically using a tray sprouter. Brassica sprouts will mat together forming a dense bluish root mass which not only is unattractive but shortens the shelf life of the finished sprouts. So mix 'em up! We use high water pressure when Rinsing to keep our Brassica sprouts loose, but this only works for so long - so - when water isn't enough, break the clump of sprouts up using a fork or your fingers (wash your hands first please, if they need it). If you are using a sprouter that can hold water, fill it mostly full then use a fork to loosen. You can also dump your sprouts onto or into something and just shake them apart. You should never be afraid** of touching your sprouts. They are much stronger then they appear - just be reasonably gentle.
** The only thing to fear is fear itself.
Mustard Note
The Mustard we sell is non-mucilaginous. Most Mustard seed is mucilaginous however, so if you have some Mustard from someone other than us, and if it gets slippery when you soak it, you'll have to grow it differently. Follow these directions for mucilaginous Mustard.
* If using Single Harvest Pack - use the whole bag.
These seeds yield approximately 5:1, so in theory you can start with as much as 1/5 as much dry seed as your Sprouter has capacity (though we advise less so that you have some room to move).
Hot2 is tangy combination of hot brassicas. The Radishes tastes exactly like Radishes, the Mustard tastes like horseradish. Mmmmmmmmmmm!
This is Oriental Mustard - it is a yellow seed and is the only non-mucilaginous Mustard we've ever seen and therefore the only Mustard you can sprout in a conventional sprouter. The Radishes produce a marvelous array of colors - green, red, purple, yellow and white.
This is an exceptionally spicy and beautiful blend!
Note: US and Canadian researchers have found that many brassicas contain antioxidants. And that a symbiotic relationship exists where combining brassicas increases their total soluble antioxidants.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A fan of the Swedish pop group ABBA saw the money, money, money roll in as his collection of more than 25,000 ABBA albums, posters and other memorabilia was sold at an auction house in Stockholm, the company said Monday.
Stockholms Auktionsverk said private collector Thomas Nordin's stash of ABBA items sold for 560,000 Swedish kronor ($86,000) over the weekend.
A rare vinyl recording of "Hovas vittne" from 1981 -- made as a 50th birthday tribute to the group's manager, Stig Anderson, and distributed just to party guests-- fetched more than double the asking price at 51,500 kronor ($7,905).
A purple ABBA baseball jacket that started at 4,000 kronor was sold for 38,000 kronor ($5,833). Bidders from around the world also went for ABBA Barbie dolls, bags, soaps, clogs, posters and an extensive collection of newspaper clippings.
The 25,000 items had been divided into 442 lots, allowing bidders to buy sets of clippings, CDs or posters, and many of the less eye-catching items were sold for small amounts.
Nordin amassed his ABBA memorabilia collection over nearly 40 years. He became a fan when he was 9 years old and watched the four-piece group on television, winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
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It's Valentine week, so, of course, the studios have found a way to make a buck out of the event. That's no surprise -- and neither is it a surprise that it's being done in one of those ways that promises to make the week's layout of movies confusing for all concerned, especially for me. There are five movies opening this week. Fine. Of course, three of them open on Valentine's Day (Thursday). The other two open on Friday. It doesn't help that the early information had one of those opening on Thursday, but proved to be wrong. Let's see if we can straighten this out.
Let's get the one film I've seen out of the way -- Michael Haneke's Oscar-nominated Amour. This opens on Friday, which is perhaps as well, since that title might lead the unwary to suspect that this would be a good date movie for Valentine's Day. It wouldn't be -- however you feel about it. This was slated to open at both The Carolina and the Fine Arts, but the Fine Arts decided to keep Silver Linings Playbook (I really can't say I blame them), so it's only at The Carolina. I've made no secret of the fact that I don't like Haneke's work, and this is no different. You can read my take on the film in this week's paper, but I want to state here that I am not in the least suggesting that anyone not see it. I am just temperamentally on a different wavelength than Haneke. And this is not merely nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film, but for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress, so it's worth a look for all those accolades alone.
Now, let's look at the others a bit.
On Feb. 14, we get Beautiful Creatures. This is adapted from a YA novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl -- and it apparently has a following, though whether it has the kind of following to create the latest big franchise is another matter. Warner Bros. is hoping that this souther gothic supernatural romance is their new Harry Potter, or at least a Twilight they can call their own. To this end, they've surrounded their untried young leads -- Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert -- with some consummate pros and scene stealers like Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum, and Eileen Atkins. That, of course, runs the risk of wiping the young folks off the screen, but we shall see. More troubling to me is the presence of Richard LaGravenese in the director's chair. Granting his abilities as a writer -- and he did adapt this -- his directorial credits (P.S. I Love You, Freedom Writers) are a lot less encouraging. I admit to cautious curiosity, but no more.
Valentine's Day seems a curious time to bring out a new Die Hard movie, but nevertheless that's the day we get Bruce Willis in A Good Day to Die Hard. Regardless of the day, this is probably the most anticipated film of the week. That's assuming that it doesn't fall prey to the plight of every other action movie this year. The cinema landfill is already littered with the remains of The Last Stand. Parker, and A Bullet to the Head -- two of which featured aging action stars. What may save the day here for Willis is that he's playing an established character in an established -- and popular -- series. (Plus, he's kept a much higher profile than either Stallone or Schwarzenegger.) Moreover, there's some peculiar excitement over the fact that this has an R rating, meaning he can actually spout his catchphrase again. (Fans are a curious lot.) Again, there's the question of director. Who decided that John Moore -- of The Omen remake and Max Payne fame -- was a good choice? And why?
The most obvious Valentine bait is Lasse Hallstrom's Safe Haven -- another film of another Nicholas Sparks novel. You already know what that means. The film will have a picturesque North Carolina setting. It will involve a romance between a love-shy young woman and some guy with a big neck. (For local interest, I am reliably informed that it has a scene shot on the Linn Cove Viaduct, which is kind of local.) The presence of Lasse Halstrom msy help. It apparently made the last Sparks adaptation a notch above the rest -- or so Justin Souther claimed. It is that claim wins him the opportunity of being the lucky old critic who gets to see how this latest Hallstrom-Sparks meeting comes off. He can thank me later, and almost certainly will.
So what's left? Oh, yes, the other Friday opening. (The one that my information had down as Thursday. My information was wrong.) This Escape from Planet Earth. For whatever reason, the Weinsteins continue to pursue the idea of putting out animated movies, even though they've shown absolutely no aptitude for the form. To prove, this they're bringing us another movie from Blue Yonder Films (Hoodwinked!). It has a name -- but no real box office names -- voice cast of folks like Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, and Sofia Vergara. It also has a pretty juvenile trailer and a no-more-than-workmanlike story about some boneheaded do-gooder alien being trapped on earth as part of a scheme to eliminate alien planets. It's coming out in both 3D and 2D versions, show check your showtimes. Its best hope is simply that there's not much kiddie stuff out right now.
Even with all these openings, the only thing of particular note we're losing is Stand Up Guys, though the Oscar contenders are starting to thin out, so catch 'em while you can.
Special Screenings
Don't forget the AFS screening of Sidney Lumet's film of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1974) on Wed., Feb. 13 at The Carolina at 7:30 p.m.. Admission is $5 for AFS members, $7 for the general public.
This week's Thursday Horror Picture is a double feature of The Mummy's Ghost and The Mummy's Curse (both 1944) on Thu., Feb. 14 at 8 p.m.in the Cinema Lounge at The Carolina. On Fri., Feb. 15 World Cinema is showing Ermanno Olmi's Il Posto (1961) at 8 p.m. in the Railroad Library in the Phil Mechanic Building. The Hendersonville Film Society is screening Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978) at 2 p.m.on Sun., Feb. 17 in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing in Hendersonville. The Asheville Film Society is running Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990) on Tue., Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge at The Carolina. More on all titles in this week's paper, with expanded coverage in the online edition.
On DVD
There's a large amount of stuff out this week, but at the top of the list for me is Perks of Being a Wallflower -- a movie I like better every time I see it. But there's more: Robot & Frank, Skyfall, Bully, The Sessions, and, more regrettably, The Man with the Iron Fists and Silent Hill: Revelation (the primary revelation being that the first movie was so much better).
Notable TV Screenings
The Oscar orgy continues on TCM, but if you hold out till Tue., Feb. 19 there's a swell line-up starting at 8 p.m. -- The Racket (1928), Wings (1927), The Love Parade (1929), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), and A Farewell to Arms (1932). That's a tough group to beat.
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Will Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss have roles in an upcoming drama centered on a pro basketball team? (Noah Graham / Getty Images / March 27, 2007) |
The Lakers may be fictionalized.
According to Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com, television network Showtime is "developing a one-hour scripted drama set behind the scenes of a pro basketball team and the family that runs it."
Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis are behind the project through their production company, Street Reason Entertainment. Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson and current assistant coach Kurt Rambis will also reportedly be listed as executive producers.
Writer-director Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham," "White Men Can't Jump") will write and run the project.
Although the real-life drama of the Lakers is typically found on the court or in the locker room, the Showtime story will focus behind the scenes in the front office.
The Buss family recently lost Jerry Buss to cancer. His ownership stake of the team passed on to his six children, including Jeanie, who manages the business side; and Jim Buss, who is charge of basketball operations.
Although there are some similarities in plot to "King Lear," all involved hope the transition to the Buss children is not the tragedy William Shakespeare wrote centuries ago.
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At the May 29 meeting of the Rotary Club of Summerville, Jan Waring-Woods was inducted into membership of the club. From left, Club President Jaime Moore, Waring-Woods' husband Jim Woods, Waring-Woods, and Assistant District Governor Tony Pope. The club meets each Wednesday at 12:30 pm at Holiday Inn Express-Summerville.


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Well, same-sex marriage probably won't be legal in Arizona until 2016, at the earliest.A ballot initiative to put the issue on 2014 ballots stopped before it really got started, due to problems with funding.
The ruling by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to recognize same-sex marriages for tax purposes is a good sign, according to a group of Arizona's gay-marriage proponents.The agencies explained yesterday that same-sex couples that were legally married in any jurisd ... More >>
Section three of the Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday, marking a huge step forward for marriage equality. Thursday is the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, giving the LGBTQ community and its allies plenty of reasons to celebrate. No victory is complete without s ... More >>
Governor Jan Brewer's fight to keep the partners of gay state employees from getting benefits is a losing battle for the governor, so far.The day after the Supreme Court made its decision to strike down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the court decided to not review Brewer's fight to implement ... More >>
This post was written by L.A. Weekly staff writer Dennis Romero.The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage to resume in California today.In its ruling on the state's anti-gay marriage law, the court essentially said that a "private party," the conservative backers of the law, had n ... More >>
As the U.S. Supreme Court made a pair of decisions on same-sex marriage this morning, the Arizona group trying to get an "equal marriage" proposal on the ballot in 2014 is getting serious about its effort."It's go time," Equal Marriage Arizona chairman Warren Meyer tells New Times.
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has given up trying to tell transgender people which toilets they can and cannot use, at least this session, according to multiple reports from the state capitol.Kavanagh tried to regulate transgender toilet usage twice this session, with ... More >>
Viri Hernandez, a DREAM Act student organizer who has spent the last few years mobilizing Latino voters in West Phoenix, is criticizing Pastor Warren Stewart for his stance on gay relationships. (The DREAM Act was intended to grant a pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals brought to this count ... More >>
As the Bisbee City Council prepares to adopt an ordinance tonight that would give same-sex couples the right to a civil union that provides the same legal benefits as a marriage, we can't help but wonder why the rest of the state isn't doing this. After it passes as expected, the city will acknowle ... More >>
According to Arizona's most powerful homophobic organization, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is trying to let men "gain access" to little girls in bathrooms.Yes, the Center for Arizona Policy -- which claims pornography "has been linked" to rapes, child molestations, and serial killers and claims "homos ... More >>
The Southern Poverty Law Center has asked Governor Jan Brewer and others to skip out on an event hosted by the Family Research Council because of the group's persistent "demonization" of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.Brewer's office says that's not happening.
After a week of high profile condemnation for Chick-fil-A's CEO's public stance on gay marriage, the hits just keep on coming. The most recent defection is the Muppet's own Jim Henson Company which announced via Facebook that they would be for forming no new partnerships with Chick-fil-A because of ... More >>
In what's sort of a running joke since then-congressional candidate Ben Quayle released his goober-ish campaign ad saying "Barack Obama is the worst president in history," Quayle has an update on his stance.Quayle actually had to defend the video ad after people got a little pissy about it, but he t ... More >>
The Southern Poverty Law Center rolled out with its new round of "hate group" labels, adding the Arizona chapter of the charity/religious advocacy group United Families International to the list for being "anti-gay."Republican state Representative Andy Biggs is the former policy adviser to the gr ... More >>
Have you been following the story about Kenyata White and Aeimee Diaz, the lesbian couple asked to leave District American Kitchen after another table of men complained about their distaste for the female pair's public displays of affection? We have, too, and have since reached out to both the coup ... More >>
Dennis Gilman's raw footage of Babeu's Saturday presserIn addition to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's admission to being a gay man during a Saturday press conference, wherein he denied allegations published in my colleague Monica Alonzo's expose concerning deportation threats against his ex-lover, ... More >>
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads ex-U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum by a mere three percentage points as they and other Republican candidates speed toward Arizona's GOP presidential primary, just one week away. This, according to a survey just released by the North Caroli ... More >>
Trent Franks thinks letting gay people get married will lead to the end of America.Forget China, the national debt, the failing economy, terrorism, and various other legitimate threats to the survival of the United States, according to fagala-fearing Congressman Trent Franks, letting gay people t ... More >>
A Democrat, Phoenix mayor wanna-be and Republican walk into a campaign fundraiser ...facebook.comCouncilman Tom Simplot (left), Phoenix lobbyist Wes Gullett and Arizona Senator John McCain.Now there a trio of politicos you wouldn't expect to see hanging out together. But political campaigns make ... More >>
Canadian alt-pop twin sister duo Tegan and Sara have spoken out against Tyler the Creator of Odd Future in regards to his strong homophobia, according to NME.Odd Future's (OFWGKTA) Tyler the Creator commonly uses homophobic slurs, such as "faggot," and rape fantasies in his group's songs, as well ... More >>
www.icanhascheeseburger.comPhoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts has done something courageous for a guy in a macho-dominated industry: he came out of the closet.In an article in the New York Times yesterday, Welts, 58, announced that he is gay -- a fact his colleagues had suspecte ... More >>
In terms of gay marriage, Arizona's conservative image is about to take a hit -- that's according to a statistician who claims the trend in public opinion is shifting in favor of allowing gays to wed at a more rapid pace than ever.According to a study conducted by Hank Pellissier, a statistician ... More >>
John McCain's wife and daughter recently posed for a photographer's campaign to repeal a California ban on gay marriage, putting them at odds with the Arizona senator's position on the matter. Cindy McCain followed the lead of her daughter, Meghan, who posed for photographer Adam Bous ... More >>
Lynne Stevens has always been one of the odder figures in the local anti-immigrant movement, mainly because she doesn't fit the profile of angry old coot, as personified by her peer, convicted public urinator Buffalo Rick Galeener. A persistent protester of Salvador Reza's Macehualli Day Labor ... More >>
Americas first openly gay comedian is still busting down barriers
Doc examines Christian families with queer kids
Local author blows up stereotypes
Gays are okay, except sometimes
Opponents of gay marriage know it will succeed, and they're scared
"Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals" at Burton Barr resonates in today's America
Gay convict claims judge's homophobia put him on Death Row
When it comes to immigration for gay bi-national couples, love does have borders
Eminem's new album sparks a heated free-speech debate
State Representative Steve May is a walking, talking contradiction
Jeff Ofstedahl became the Valley's most visible gay activist, turned Echo Magazine into a political force, and carefully planned his departure for four months of sailing and finishing a novel. Then his doctor called.
ASU art professor Joe Young has spent four years telling the world he's the victim of institutional homophobia. But he's no victim. He's the incredibly persistent aggressor in a long, vicious game of smear-the-boss.


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If there was one primary theme among exhibits in the 48th annual Tri-State Home Show last weekend, it was outdoor living displays.
• Fifty-Five Plus Club: Collegedale Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 4829 College Drive N.E., Collegedale, 11:30 a.m. bring vegetarian potluck dishes to fellowship hall, noon lunch followed by program from Keith Snyder, chairman of the Biology/Allied Health Department of Southern Adventist University. He will speak on his digs for dinosaur bones in Wyoming. 423-505-6605.
Fay Swadley Adams, associate professor of piano at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, will lead a master class open to all music teachers on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Crutcher Pianos, 6223 Lee Highway.
The Gamma Theta Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., in partnership with Hyksos Temple Prince Hall Shriners, will host its annual Youth Symposium on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Booker T.
Dr. J. Woody Kennedy has been installed as 2014 president of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society. Dr. Joseph (Gene) Huffstutter was named president-elect.
Bill Haley discovered glass insulators when he was a middle-school kid in the '60s, exploring the woods of Soddy-Daisy.
Volunteers from the Cumberland County Playhouse are presenting the funny, audience-interactive "Murder at the TonyLou Awards" for six performances starting Monday, March 10. The title is a play on the authors' names: Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose.
'Opera's Bad Boys and Girls' - March 9
CSO salutes classical music's gypsies, tramps and thieves.
The good guys may get the girl in the end, but it's opera's villains who get the meatiest roles.
Robert Lee, a 29-year-old singer from Stevenson, Ala., gave a solid performance on Monday's episode of "The Voice," but the mail carrier just didn't deliver what the four judges were searching for.
Six months before her wedding day, Kjerstin Gruys swore off mirrors.
Bob Dombrowski has created more than 100 artist's books over 30 years. One is even archived in New York City's Museum of Modern Art.
4 FAT CAT TUESDAY, Chat'o Brasserie, 200 Manufacturers Road, 6-8 p.m., $30, Mardi Gras party to benefit Pet Placement Center. 423-877-0738.
Necessity is still the mother of invention.
Husband and wife political pundits James Carville and Mary Matalin will be in Rome, Ga., on Thursday, March 20, to speak at Berry College as part of the Shatto Lecture Series.
Ashley Augustine, a senior at Baylor School, is one of 3,000 candidates in the 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Claire Tuley, a Chattanooga paralegal, took on seven-day "Jeopardy" champ Arthur Chu on Thursday night's episode. She finished second on the popular game show.
Tri-State Home Show opens Friday - Feb. 28-March 1
Find the latest in home products you'll need whether remodeling or building
More than 225 vendors will display the latest in home products and services across 470 booths at the 48th annual Tri-State Home Show, which opens Friday, Feb. 28, in the Chattanooga Convention Center.
It's not the traditional Chattanooga fundraising dinner.
25 SPAY-GHETTI NO MEATBALLS, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 6-9 p.m., $50, silent auction and dinner catered by 1885 to benefit Wally's Friends spay/neuter program. 423-877-9966.
Did you break out with a bad case of spring fever after this week's balmy temperatures?
• Community Garden Start-up Workshop: EPB Community Room, 10 M.L. King Blvd., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, sliding fee scale of $50-$100. Crabtree Farms staff teaches basics of successful community gardening on Saturday, leads tour of existing gardens on Sunday. 423-493-9155.
Bridal Affair is Sunday - Feb. 23
City's biggest bridal expo offers more than 100 vendorsfor one-stop shopping
Planning a wedding? Why waste time driving around town to comparison-shop when you could just visit all your favorite bridal vendors in one convenient location this Sunday, Feb. 23?
Houston Antiques Show marks 40th anniversary - Feb. 21
Glass expert Dean Six will be featured throughout the three-day show
North Carolina glass expert Dean Six says he makes fewer than a half-dozen personal appearances a year at antiques shows. One of those is this weekend's Houston Museum Antiques Show & Sale, which opens Friday, Feb. 21, in Stratton Hall and closes Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23.
20 DINNER AND THE ARTS, Center for Creative Arts, 1301 Dallas Road, 5:30 p.m. silent auction, 6 p.m. dinner (sold out), 7:30 p.m. performances by CCA students, $5 at door. 209-5931.
Baby boomers, did you hang on to those wedding gifts of CorningWare that were so prized by new brides of the 1970s?
• Bridal Fair: Lee University, Walker Arena, Cleveland, Tenn., 1-4 p.m. event sponsored by WCLE-FM, 2:30 p.m. bridal fashion show, free, hourly door prizes, honeymoon cruise giveaway. 423-472-6700.
Flowers and candy will be popular symbols of love today. But the marriage ring represents true love for four couples whose love has spanned decades.
Dr. Rick Rader, director of the Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center at Orange Grove, has been asked to serve on the Special Olympics International Global Medical Advisory Committee.
'Big Band Fever!' - Feb. 14-15
CSO presents popular dance music of the swing era in two weekend shows
Take your valentine for a spin around the dance floor when the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera presents "Big Band Fever!" on Friday and Saturday nights, Feb. 14-15, in the Tivoli Theatre.
11 ZUMBATHON, UTC Aquatic and Recreation Center, 601 E. Fifth St., 4-7 p.m., $5 UTC students, $10 all others. Dance to raise money for American Heart Association's Go Red for Women, with giveaways and DJ. 423-425-4213.
It represents Cupid and the devil. Love and anger. Chinese brides wear it for good luck. Taylor Swift wrote about it, and then it inspired her world wide tour.
• Civil War lecture: Catoosa County Library, 108 Catoosa Circle in Benton Place campus, Ringgold, Ga., 1 p.m., free, sponsored by 6th Cavalry Museum. Jerry Trollinger, cavalry re-enactor, presents "Forward, Trot, Gallop, Charge: The Work of the Cavalryman and His Horse." 706-861-2860.
Inside McKenzie Arena, the UTC men's basketball team warms up to thumping hip-hop beats. As the starting lineups are announced, AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" rumbles through the air. Electronica from the group Zombie Nation gets things jumping at tipoff.
Isabella Vanderhoof, a student at Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts, won the 19th annual vocal competition sponsored by the Performing Arts League of Chattanooga.
Jay Leno makes his final sign-off from late-night TV tonight. Again.
What do you get when you cross Appalachian folklore with African-American heritage?
Jay Leno makes his final sign-off from late-night TV tonight. Again.
Simmons-O'Neal concert Sunday - Feb. 9
Two choirs combine to honor former directors
Singers in the Chattanooga Boys Choir and the Chattanooga Choral Society for the Preservation of African American Song will join voices Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9, for their annual concert in memory of two revered music educators.Two choirs combine to honor former directors
Just four years after making her debut in Chattanooga's most prestigious arts festival, Amanda Brazier is back as its featured poster artist.
11: ZUMBATHON, UTC Aquatic and Recreation Center, 601 E. Fifth St., 4-7 p.m., $5 UTC students, $10 all others. Dance to raise money for American Heart Association's Go Red for Women, with giveaways and deejay. 423-425-4213.
When you lay in bed at night listening to pops and squeaks, is it really the "house settling" or a forewarning of a deeper problem?
• Civil War Lecture: Catoosa County Library, 108 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga., 1 p.m., free Civil War lecture by historian Gerry Depken on "Welcome to the Sixth: The Newest Cavalry Unit Writes Its History from 1861-1865." 706-965-3600.
All Brahms, all night - Jan. 30
Pianist Geoffrey Duce joins CSO tonight
Pianist Geoffrey Duce joins CSO tonight at Tivoli.
When Phil Johnson and his fiancée, Leslie, were shopping for "the ring," the couple checked into pre-owned rings as a possible source for a great bargain.
1 HEART BALL, The Chattanoogan, 1201 S. Broad St., 6 p.m.-midnight, $300, black-tie dinner-dance with live and silent auctions to benefit American Heart Association. 423-763-4407.
Dr. Raymond and Jane DeBarge loved the location of their home on Missionary Ridge because of its wonderful east/west views. But after 13 years, he convinced her it was time to downsize to the town home the couple had purchased in the North Shore six years ago.
• FAFSA Workshop: UTC University Center, East Fifth Street on campus, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., free event for high school seniors and their parents.
A teen who lived on Signal Mountain was featured Wednesday night on "American Idol" — and made the cut.
Unum presented Hamilton County school teachers with more than $50,000 in mini-grants at its annual Strong Schools Grant teacher luncheon held Jan. 8.
A teen who grew up on Signal Mountain was featured Wednesday night on "American Idol" and made the cut.


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Dulles airport: Two planes scrape wings at Dulles
Two planes scraped their wings at Dulles International Airport Thursday afternoon.
The incident involved the wingtip from United flight 951 from Brussels that scraped the wingtip of a parked United aircraft next to it at the C gates.
No one was injured in the incident.
MWAA spokesman Rob Yingling says the FAA was alerted to the incident.
Here's the full United statement: Upon arriving at the gate at Washington Dulles today, the wingtip from United flight 951 from Brussels made contact with the wingtip of a second United aircraft parked at an adjacent gate. The passengers and crew deplaned the Brussels flight. There were no passengers onboard the parked aircraft. Our maintenance team is evaluating both aircraft to determine any damage.
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Regional Democratic Party Delegates have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Mike McGuire
2014 Democratic Candidate for Assembly District 02
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At the 2013 California Democratic Party State Convention
the following resolutions were adopted:
1. Affirm Continuing Support of CEQA
2. Supporting Fair, Accountable and Representative University
3. Support of Hospital District Part Skilled Nursing Facilities
4. Charter Cities Should Pay Prevailing Wage
5. Resolution Supporting Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence & Mass Shooting
6. Do Not Repeal The Voting Rights Act
7. Condemning Republican Efforts to Promote and Pass Voter ID Laws
8. Support Of The US Postal Service
9. Minimum Wage Workers' Rights
10. Close The Corporate Loophold
11. Calling For Overturning of Proposition 8 By US Supreme Court
12. Supporting California's Public Schools and Dispelling the Corporate "Reform" Agenda
13. Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing
14, Support Immigration Reform and Provide Path to Citizenship for New Americans
15, Resolution to End Unlawful Drone Strikes, Extrajudicial Executions, and Restrict Domestic Drone Surveillance
16. Urging President Obama to Reject the Tar Sands Pipeline
17. Resolution to Save Social Security
Here is a link to the text of the Resolutions: http://www.cadem.org/admin/miscdocs/files/Resolutions-Report-FINAL-2.pdf
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Final Race at Del Mar Declared ''No Contest'' After Gate MishapDel Mar's 10th and final race Saturday was declared a "no
contest" by its stewards when a horse broke through the gate and triggered a
chain-reaction effect by many of the other runners in the 12-horse field. Only
quick actions by assistant starters on the gate prevented injury to horses or
other starters, all of whom escaped injury in the rare incident. The horse Indian Spirit – in post 6 -- reared and lunged forward just prior to the
start of the seven-furlong test for maiden claimers, unseating rider Patrick
Valenzuela and then veering sharply to his left in front of the horses inside
him as his assistant starter held on. Immediately, several other horses also
lunged forward, breaking through their gates. Assistant starters and the track's outriders were able to
either hold on or quickly corral all of the horses that had broken through
their gates. After a quick conversation with starter Gary Brinson, the
stewards made the "no contest" call, meaning for all intents and purposes the
race did not happen and that all monies involved with it were refunded. They
cited California Horse Racing Board rule 1544 that covers such circumstances. Brinson reported to the stewards that he never hit the start
button on the gate and video clearly shows that several of the gates never
opened, backing his report. Del Mar officials reported that $1,002,713 in bets were
refunded from the race on the following bets:
win, place and show; exactas; quinellas; trifectas, superfecta and Super
High Five. The track did pay off its two largest bets – the Pick Six
and the Pick Four. The Pick Six paid $4,671 to 47 tickets that had five
winners. The Pick Four paid $114.50 to 5,279 tickets that had three winners. Del Mar handled a total of $15,990,976 on its nine races
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Two-factor theory
The two-factor theory (also known as Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory and dual-factor theory) states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction, while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction. It was developed by psychologist Frederick Herzberg, who theorized that job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction act independently of each other.[1]
Two-factor theory fundamentals: Attitudes and their connection with industrial mental health are related to Abraham Maslow's theory of motivation. His findings have had a considerable theoretical, as well as a practical, influence on attitudes toward administration.[1][2] According to Herzberg, individuals are not content with the satisfaction of lower-order needs at work; for example, those needs associated with minimum salary levels or safe and pleasant working conditions. Rather, individuals look for the gratification of higher-level psychological needs having to do with achievement, recognition, responsibility, advancement, and the nature of the work itself. This appears to parallel Maslow's theory of a need hierarchy. However, Herzberg added a new dimension to this theory by proposing a two-factor model of motivation, based on the notion that the presence of one set of job characteristics or incentives leads to worker satisfaction at work, while another and separate set of job characteristics leads to dissatisfaction at work. Thus, satisfaction and dissatisfaction are not on a continuum with one increasing as the other diminishes, but are independent phenomena. This theory suggests that to improve job attitudes and productivity, administrators must recognize and attend to both sets of characteristics and not assume that an increase in satisfaction leads to decrease in unpleasurable dissatisfaction.
The two-factor theory developed from data collected by Herzberg from interviews with 203 engineers and accountants in the Pittsburgh area, chosen because of their professions' growing importance in the business world. Regarding the collection process:
" | Briefly, we asked our respondents to describe periods in their lives when they were exceedingly happy and unhappy with their jobs. Each respondent gave as many "sequences of events" as he could that met certain criteria—including a marked change in feeling, a beginning and an end, and contained some substantive description other than feelings and interpretations...
The proposed hypothesis appears verified. The factors on the right that led to satisfaction (achievement, intrinsic interest in the work, responsibility, and advancement) are mostly unipolar; that is, they contribute very little to job dissatisfaction. Conversely, the dis-satisfiers (company policy and administrative practices, supervision, interpersonal relationships, working conditions, and salary) contribute very little to job satisfaction. |
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From analyzing these interviews, he found that job characteristics related to what an individual does — that is, to the nature of the work one performs — apparently have the capacity to gratify such needs as achievement, competency, status, personal worth, and self-realization, thus making him happy and satisfied. However, the absence of such gratifying job characteristics does not appear to lead to unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Instead, dissatisfaction results from unfavorable assessments of such job-related factors as company policies, supervision, technical problems, salary, interpersonal relations on the job, and working conditions. Thus, if management wishes to increase satisfaction on the job, it should be concerned with the nature of the work itself — the opportunities it presents for gaining status, assuming responsibility, and for achieving self-realization. If, on the other hand, management wishes to reduce dissatisfaction, then it must focus on the job environment — policies, procedures, supervision, and working conditions.[1] If management is equally concerned with both, then managers must give attention to both sets of job factors.
Two-factor theory distinguishes between:
- Motivators (e.g. challenging work, recognition, responsibility) that give positive satisfaction, arising from intrinsic conditions of the job itself, such as recognition, achievement, or personal growth,[4] and
- Hygiene factors (e.g. status, job security, salary, fringe benefits, work conditions) that do not give positive satisfaction, though dissatisfaction results from their absence. These are extrinsic to the work itself, and include aspects such as company policies, supervisory practices, or wages/salary.[4][5]
Essentially, hygiene factors are needed to ensure an employee is not dissatisfied. Motivation factors are needed to motivate an employee to higher performance. Herzberg also further classified our actions and how and why we do them, for example, if you perform a work related action because you have to then that is classed as "movement", but if you perform a work related action because you want to then that is classed as "motivation".
Unlike Maslow, who offered little data to support his ideas, Herzberg and others have presented considerable empirical evidence to confirm the motivation-hygiene theory, although their work has been criticized on methodological grounds.
Herzberg's theory concentrates on the importance of internal job factors as motivating forces for employees. He designed it to increase job enrichment for employees. Herzberg wanted to create the opportunity for employees to take part in planning, performing, and evaluating their work. He suggested to do this by:[6]
- Removing some of the control management has over employees and increasing the accountability and responsibility they have over their work. Which would in return increase employee autonomy, authority and freedom.
- Creating complete and natural work units where is it possible. An example would be allowing employees to create a whole unit or section instead of only allowing them to create part of it.
- Providing regular and continuous feedback on productivity and job performance directly to employees instead of through supervisors
- Encouraging employees to take on new and challenging tasks and becoming experts at a task.
Validity and criticisms[edit]
In 1968 Herzberg stated that his two-factor theory study had already been replicated 16 times in a wide variety of populations including some in Communist countries, and corroborated with studies using different procedures that agreed with his original findings regarding intrinsic employee motivation making it one of the most widely replicated studies on job attitudes.
While the Motivator-Hygiene concept is still well regarded, satisfaction and dissatisfaction are generally[who?] no longer considered to exist on separate scales. The separation of satisfaction and dissatisfaction has been shown to be an artifact of the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) used by Herzberg to record events.[7] Furthermore, it has been noted the theory does not allow for individual differences, such as particular personality traits, which would affect individuals' unique responses to motivating or hygiene factors.[4]
A number of behavioral scientists[who?] have pointed to inadequacies in the need hierarchy and motivation-hygiene theories. The most basic is the criticism that both of these theories contain the relatively explicit assumption that happy and satisfied workers produce more, even though this might not be the case.[citation needed] For example, if playing a better game of golf is the means chosen to satisfy one's need for recognition, then one will find ways to play and think about golf more often, perhaps resulting in an accompanying lower output on the job.[citation needed] Another problem is that these and other statistical theories are concerned with explaining "average" behavior, despite considerable differences between individuals that may impact one's motivational factors. For instance, in their pursuit of status a person might take a balanced view and strive to pursue several behavioral paths in an effort to achieve a combination of personal status objectives.[citation needed]
In other words, an individual's expectation or estimated probability that a given behavior will bring a valued outcome determines their choice of means and the effort they will devote to these means. In effect, this diagram of expectancy depicts an employee asking themselves the question posed by one investigator, "How much payoff is there for me toward attaining a personal goal while expending so much effort toward the achievement of an assigned organizational objective?"[8] The expectancy theory by Victor Vroom also provides a framework for motivation based on expectations.
This approach to the study and understanding of motivation would appear to have certain conceptual advantages over other theories: First, unlike Maslow's and Herzberg's theories, it is capable of handling individual differences.[citation needed] Second, its focus is toward the present and the future, in contrast to drive theory, which emphasizes past learning.[citation needed] Third, it specifically correlates behavior to a goal and thus eliminates the problem of assumed relationships, such as between motivation and performance.[citation needed] Fourth, it relates motivation to ability: Performance = Motivation*Ability.[citation needed]
That said, a study by the Gallup Organization, as detailed in the book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, appears to provide strong support for Herzberg's division of satisfaction and dissatisfaction onto two separate scales. In this book, the authors discuss how the study identified twelve questions that provide a framework for determining high-performing individuals and organizations. These twelve questions align squarely with Herzberg's motivation factors, while hygiene factors were determined to have little effect on motivating high performance.
- ^ a b c Herzberg, Frederick; Mausner, Bernard; Snyderman, Barbara B. (1959). The Motivation to Work (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley. ISBN 0471373893.
- ^ Herzberg, Frederick (1966). Work and the Nature of Man. Cleveland: World Publishing. OCLC 243610.
- ^ Herzberg, Frederick (January-February 1964). "The Motivation-Hygiene Concept and Problems of Manpower". Personnel Administrator (27): pp. 3–7.
- ^ a b c Hackman, J. Richard; Oldham, Greg R. (August 1976). "Motivation Through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory". Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 16 (2): pp. 250–279. doi:10.1016/0030-5073(76)90016-7. OCLC 4925746330.
- ^ Herzberg, Frederick (January-February 1968). "One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?". Harvard Business Review 46 (1): pp. 53–62. OCLC 219963337.
- ^ Schultz, Duane P.; Schultz, Sydney Ellen (2010). Psychology and Work Today: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (10th ed.). New York City: Prentice Hall. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-205-68358-4.
- ^ King, Nathan (1970). "Clarification and Evaluation of the Two-Factor Theory of Job Satisfaction". Psychological Bulletin 74 (1): pp. 18–31. doi:10.1037/h0029444. OCLC 4643874729.
- ^ Georgopolous, Basil S.; Mahoney, Gerald M.; Jones, Jr., Nyle W. (December 1957). "A Path-Goal Approach to Productivity". Journal of Applied Psychology 41 (6): pp. 345–353. doi:10.1037/h0048473. OCLC 4643146464.
Further reading[edit]
- Hyun, Sungmin (2009). Re-examination of Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation in the Korean Army Foodservice Operation (MS thesis). Iowa State University.
- Khalifa, Mohamed Hossam El-Din; Truong, Quang (2010). "The Relationship between Employee Perceptions of Equity and Job Satisfaction in the Egyptian Private Universities". Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics 3 (5): pp. 135–150.


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After only a month on Bloomberg's media desk, Edmund Lee, formerly of AdAge, has already solved one of the industry's biggest mysteries: How's The Daily doing?
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Since 1989, the Women's Committee has hosted this signature event which not only enhances the Walters' collection with interpretive floral arrangements by over 30 regional garden clubs, but also raises funds in support of the Committee's Education Endowment Fund and special museum projects. This year, the display will be located in the museum's Palazzo Building that houses 15th- to 18th-century paintings, sculptures, and jewelry.
Friday, April 4th, 10:30 a.m. Tickets $75 Margot Shaw, founder and editor-in-chief of flower magazine will give a lecture and demonstration in the Graham Auditorium followed by a luncheon on the Scupture Court. Arrangements will be auctioned following the lecture. Purchase Tickets
Saturday, April 5th, 6:30 p.m. Tickets $150 To toast this milestone, a sit-down dinner will be held on the beautiful Sculpture Court in the Palazzo Building. A special surprise will be in store for guests during the cocktail hour. Purchase Tickets
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Thursday Nights at the Walters
Date: 09/05/13 - 12/18/14
Time: 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Discover how the Walters comes alive at night! Every Thursday from 5-9 p.m., you can wander the galleries, see special exhibitions for FREE, eat in our café and find the perfect gift at the museum store.
Thursday Night Film: Rashomon (1950)
Date: 03/13/14
Time: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
A Japanese classic by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon tells the story of a murdered samurai through four different points of view; each story revealing a different version of events. The witnesses: a woodcutter, a bandit, the samurai's wife, and the dead samurai himself, all have a story to tell, but how do we know which one is telling the truth? Please join us for a special screening of this masterpiece of world cinema. Japanese, subtitled in English. Running time: 88 min.; NR.
Walk-In Tour: Designed for Flowers: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Date: 03/16/14
Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Take the opportunity to tour our spring exhibition with its curator, for only the price of an exhibition ticket (free for members)! A private collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics serves as the introduction to the traditional way of flower arranging, called "ikebana." Works of art in different mediums from the permanent collection will add social and aesthetic context to the ceramics. Meet Dr. Mintz in the Centre Street lobby for this installment of our Sunday walk-in tours.


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Historic Beaux Arts hotel in DC's Dupont Circle
4 blocks to Metro
Once a luxury apartment building, this historic hotel in the Washington, DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood is within 4 blocks of cafés, boutiques, clubs, galleries, and a major Metro subway stop.
European inspiration
The Churchill Hotel's European-inspired touches include a sunken lobby with stately columns, an intimate dining room, and a paneled lounge. Wireless Internet is available throughout the hotel.
Plenty of room
The Churchill's spacious guestrooms and suites feature high ceilings and large closets. Bathrooms have telephones, marble vanities, and Gilchrist & Soames toiletries.
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- General
This historic Washington DC hotel is a short walk from the shops, galleries, and dining hotspots of Dupont Circle. The Adams-Morgan neighborhood, brimming with ethnic cafés, is six blocks away. Monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums are within three miles and easily accessed via the Metro.
A business station off the lobby has a computer with complimentary wireless Internet access and a printer (surcharge). Guests can exercise in the fitness room or pay a discounted fee to a health club one block south. 24-hour room service is available.
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Event catering
- Audiovisual equipment
- Business services
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 173
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 9
- Tour assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Year Built 1906
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Wedding services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Business center
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Room service (24 hours)
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Valet parking (surcharge), Parking limited (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Microwave (on request)
- Wake-up calls
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom phone
- Hair dryer
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Sewing kit
- Shower/tub combination
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- In-room safe
- In-room massage available
- Daily housekeeping
- Dining
Chartwell Grill - Small, traditionally decorated restaurant named after Sir Winston Churchill's estate. Crab cakes and steak with French fries and garlic mayonnaise among menu highlights. Adjacent paneled lounge with leather chairs, semicircular bar serving cocktails, light fare.
- Recreation
The second-floor fitness center contains two treadmills, a stair machine, an exercise bike, and a wall-mounted television. Complimentary bottled water and apples are provided. Snack and soda vending machines are also available.
The Churchill offers discounted passes to a large health club one block south. In addition to an extensive array of equipment, the club has classes in yoga, boxing, kickboxing, Latin dancing, and Pilates.
Hains Point, about 2.5 miles away on the banks of the Potomac River, features an 18-hole public golf course, a two-tier driving range, and a miniature golf course that's on the National Register of Historic Places. Other attractions include a playground and the giant sculpture The Awakening.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.99 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 39 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30.00 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
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Professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning made a remarkable comeback when he helped the Miami Heat win the NBA Championship after undergoing a kidney transplant just months before. Dr. Oz talks with Alonzo and his doctor, Dr. Victor Richards, about chronic kidney disease and the struggles Alonzo had to overcome.
After Alonzo was diagnosed in 2000 with focal glomerulosclerosis, a type of kidney disease, he began to take the necessary steps to prepare his body to fight the disease. He adjusted his diet, removing red meat and alcohol, cutting down on his salt intake and removing fried foods. He also took up yoga and educated himself on his disease to learn how to treat his body. Then, Alonzo underwent a successful kidney transplant in 2003. Although he says battling the disease was one of the toughest experiences of his life, he also says a lot of good has come from it, because he was able to help others by sharing his experience. "It was a dark moment for me, but at the same time it was a great moment because I looked at it as a moment that enabled me to affect millions of lives," Alonzo says. "I think through overcoming my [disease] and coming back and being a world champion, I think that has inspired so many others to overcome their disorders." Now that he has fully recovered and has successfully returned to the NBA, Alonzo is dedicated to helping others who have kidney disease. He started a foundation called Zo's Fund for Life, which raises money for individuals who can't afford medication and helps raise awareness and funds for research. Alonzo has also written a book, Resilience, that chronicles his recovery from his transplant to winning an NBA title. |


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Hi there,
I just installed my CS4 on my laptop that uses Windows 7 and I can't save or write to file. I keep getting "c://access denied." I tried to change all the permissions as required to do from other people's posts and I'm still having the same problem.
Any ideas? I'd like to get this resolved, because I can't even write to file with FrontPage as well. I'd like to get my main page to my website up and running.
Please respond ASAP.
Hi Murray,
Thanks for responding so quickly.
I've opened my index file, and it has two frames, one for the main and the other for the contents. When I go to make changes, just by adding some text to the "contents" part and then save, I get the error message. I used DW on XP and never had this problem b4, this is my first time with Win7. But, the root folder is my C: drive so I can upload to my website, the way I've done it in the past.
I did save to a secondary file for both frames and that saved, but I can't make changes to it and it comes up seperatley. So, I'm alittle confused here...any help you can provide would be good.
Would you like to see the page and try it yourself?
Hi Murray,
Actually, this is my first time using frames, because I wanted a new look for my site. But the root path for that file is simple:
c://index.htm or c://far_from_home.htm.
And, I can't save a blank file because when I changed permissions, I now get an error message "c:\testpage.htm" and right underneath it "A required privilage is not held by the client."
But the root path for that file is simple:
c://index.htm or c://far_from_home.htm.
But that's not the correct path syntax.
On a Windows box, it would be C:\index.htm or c:\far_from_home.htm
And your root folder is going to become very messy very fast working like this. It would be much smarter to have a root path like this -
c:\websites\thissite (which would keep all of this site's files in that 'thissite' folder.
Finally, it's always a good idea to use the BROWSE icon to browse to your pages/folders rather than manually entering the path. It's much more accurate to do it that way.
Actually, this is my first time using frames, because I wanted a new look for my site.
No you are scaring me. DO NOT USE FRAMES. They were too antique to use even in the late 90's.


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