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Dungeon Mastering By Dummies
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Jaj frees his owl during their training, and the party check their collective pockets for the gold left by the invisible creature. Each of them had assumed another to have taken the gold, thus walking out without a single coin.
Jaj's player wanted a better familiar. He didn't qualify yet, but he'd been bribing me so I allowed him to take it early. I said he could have his new pet soon as the training montage was over. He wanted to role play finding his new familiar. Let's see how this turns out.
The previous session one of the players decided to cash in a hand full of treasure cards, causing a normal monster that gives nothing to give obscene amounts of treasure that shamed their combined previous funds. Fortunately for me, none of them remembered to take it, allowing the various forest critters to bling out their claws and live the studio gangster lifestyle.
No one noticed the lack of funds till I'd mentioned it some time later, even though I made sure to mention the unusual crunching of metal beneath their feet as they left the forest.
Winter having set in, the party decides to 'stay home' till it thaws. Hikaru spends her time zealously cleaning the entire temple, Thomas does his clerical duties, taking donations seeming to be chief among them, and Jaj spends most of his time in the kitchen assisting the chef in cooking (his specialty being making shaved ice).
I asked each of the players what they would be doing as part of their training. Hikaru's player actually detailed this more than I will, possibly because he watches so much feudal period anime. Thomas's player states likewise, though less verbose, and using a fortune card had managed to make some money at the same time.
Jaj, however, decides that his class doesn't need to train and wants to go out on his own. It took about five minutes, and some blunt trauma, but he realized that even if his magic were a 'natural talent' that it doesn't get better just by saying so.
This bellow can be heard throughout the temple, and most of Rivertucky. Jacob quickly runs to Thomas' quarters and tells him that his party have been 'requested' by Dominicous.
If you've ever watched TV you'll know what's coming up next. I know I should be ashamed, but I'm not. I just couldn't resist the obvious gag.
The trio enter Dominicous' office, seemingly unoccupied, only to fall down heavily upon entrance. That is except Hikaru, her training has provided her the skill to negotiate such dangers by leaping up and griping the doorframe with her feet. Dominicous swears at them, from under his desk, for making his office unusable. He then demands that they return to their mission; finding the lost armor of Fred, and not to return till they have done so.
After their dismissal, complete with threats and curses, Jacob informs them that a dwarf has been looking for them and is currently at the inn. Making their way to the inn, taking care not to be spotted, they find Gorin at a table with at least three dozen pints before him. Gorin invites them to drink with him, ordering a fresh round. Thomas and Hikaru take the offered drinks, sipping at them, while Jaj refuses his. Gorin's tale is that of his brother, who's been kidnapped by the orcs dwelling within the cave. Unable to return to his homeland due to the large number of orcs he drunkenly pleads for help. Thinking it over the group decide it's a worthy cause and help the dwarf to his room, who finishes off what remains of the drinks (his own and their's), tossing a hefty bag of gold to the waitress for the drinks.
A few things to note here. First, I have implemented drinking rules, well guidelines really, which I'll include at the end of this column.
Second, Jaj's player claimed his character worshipped the setting's version of Bacchus, yet refuses to indulge in wine, women, or song. I quickly ruled that living a lifestyle antithetical of your god's caused their disfavor. This particular disfavor was in the form of hangovers, with a will save to be nice.
Third is that Gorin, my free NPC, was the PC of a player who just decided not to come back to game. He becomes a more important to the plot than he would have as a PC, which I wasn't planning to happen. I'll try to explain where things went wrong in future columns.
The following day the trio, including a hung over Hikaru, return to the inn, retrieve Gorin, and prepare for the journey. While leaving town Thomas notices a wanted poster not starring their faces. This one is for Ted's head. The poster proclaims he is wanted for a 'daring midnight raid' on the temple for which a 1,000 GP bounty is offered. The fine print shows this to be from Fred Yurfberger's reelection committee.
In a bid to keep his seat as grand poobah of Rivertucky Fred sent Ted out of town to grab the PCs, then framed him for theft of the coffer the PCs had found near the start of the campaign. If Ted were to be captured and beheaded the village's population would be appeased and preemp any coup that Dominicous could attempt.
Gorin leads them out, stopping to get some tower shields before they leave. At the river he instructs them to place their shield in the water and stand atop them as a quick way of returning to the cave. The swift river current takes them down river at phenomenal speeds, so quick that Thomas and Jaj are unable to react to the bridge, being knocked down while Gorin and Hikaru safely duck. Within half an hour they enter the cave, and again Thomas and Jaj fail to react quickly enough, a natural bridge tossing them into the air, rolling down the cave, mildly bruised.
This act coined the term 'faster than random encounters' or FTRE, which to this day remains my favorite speed to travel. The bumpy ride softened them up better than a random encounter anyway.
Hikaru rushes to them, seeing if they need any aid. Gorin follows behind, draining a waterskin. While seeming familiar none of the heroes recall the route, allowing Gorin to lead them. Walking into a triangular room with a secret door (that's already been discovered), Hikaru charges the door, bouncing off painfully. Never one to be discouraged she gives it another try. Unfortunately the door opens just prior to her grand attack, a fearful orc looking into the business end of Hikaru's fist. Retaining her stride Hikaru drives her fist into the orc, the blow sending him into his allies and the walls, the resulting mash of people being reminiscent of a gambling machine from Hikaru's homeland.
The party enters the hallway as orcs file out from their rooms. Thomas summons a weapon to fight for them.
End session.
My brilliant plan to end on a cliffhanger succeeds!
Roll initiative!
Oh wait, we already did that... Gorin savagely swipes at the enemy, only to miss them completely and slice into his comrades. The fight continues, Jaj hurling Magic Missiles in all directions, the orcs falling before him one by one till only he is left standing, his hair gently blowing in the breeze, the faintest bead of sweat forming at his brow.
Gorin was unfortunately ill suited to use his weapon of choice, a glaive. The close quarters added to the problem, and the fumble did not help one bit.
Well no, Jaj didn't slaughter the orc horde, it was more of a team effort, after which there was much searching and looting.
Looting orcs, normal orcs anyway, has always baffled me. No one with half a brain would give a common orc anything more valuable than some weak armor and a rusty weapon. Honestly, if you give a magic items to your orc servants you may as well give them to the 'adventurers' that are coming to slit your throat!
End session.
Not's quick and not at all gritty drinking rules.
Drinking is an unpredictable affair, thus whenever a character fails a Fortitude save against alcohol (which counts as a poison for any characters who have poison resistance) another player may dictate his next actions for a short period of time. After failing three Fortitude saves in a row the character has passed out. Stronger drinks count as multiple doses and each dose within the night adds 1 to the base DC.
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The Better You Look The Meaner You Are
"Having a good hair day can make you feel like you can take on the world. Scientists believe that a blow dry may affect your mindset far more than previously thought. In fact, seeing yourself as physically attractive can make you to believe you belong in a higher social class. As a result you are also more likely to believe people lower down in a hierarchy are there because they deserve to be, according to researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business in California."
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Perhaps charities should wait until the humidity reaches 90% before asking for donations. Also, this research only deepens the mystery of Donald Trump's hair.
This makes me on all but a few days one compassionate and egalitarian bastard.
Scientists believe that a blow dry may affect your mindset far more than previously thought.
"Dry" is the wrong three-letter word here.
I find it easy to believe these conclusions apply to most people in and around the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Paul's first LSD trip with John was on March, 21, 1967. During the recording of the song "Getting Better" John accidentally took LSD. After he noticed that something was wrong he let George Martin know that he wasn't feeling well and he couldn't concentrate. George and Paul were aware of the situation, but George Martin wasn't. He really thought that John was just feeling ill so he took him to the roof in Abbey Road. As soon as Paul and George knew what was going on they went up to get John. That night Paul decided to take John home (Cavendish) and drop acid with him for the very first time.
"We stood there for a minute or two, with John swaying gently against my arm. 'I'm feeling better,' he announced. Then he looked up at the stars. 'Wow..' he intoned. 'Look at that! Isn't that amazing?".
I followed his gaze. The stars did look good but they didn't look that good. It was very unlike John to be over the top in that way. I stared at him. He was wired-pin-sharp and quivering, resonating away like a human tuning fork.
No sooner had John uttered his immortal words about the stars than George and Paul came bursting out on the roof. They had come tearing up from the studio as soon as they found out where we were.
They knew why John was feeling unwell. Maybe everyone else did, too - everyone except for father-figure George Martin here!
It was very simple. John was tripping on LSD. He had taken it by mistake, they said - he had meant to take an amphetamine tablet. That hardly made any difference, frankly; the fact was that John was only too likely to imagine he could fly, and launch himself off the low parapet that ran around the roof. They had been absolutely terrified that he might do so.
I spoke to Paul about this night many years later, and he confirmed that he and George had been shaken rigid when they found out we were up on the roof. They knew John was having a what you might call a bad trip. John didn't go back to Weybridge that night; Paul took him home to his place, in nearby Cavendish Road. They were intensely close, remember, and Paul would do almost anything for John. So, once they were safe inside, Paul took a tablet of LSD for the first time, 'So I could get with John' as he put it- be with him in his misery and fear.
What about that for friendship?" - George Martin
"I thought, Maybe this is the moment where I should take a trip with him. It's been coming for a long time. It's often the best way, without thinking about it too much, just slip into it. John's on it already, so I'll sort of catch up. It was my first trip with John, or with any of the guys. We stayed up all night, sat around and hallucinated a lot.
Me and John, we'd known each other for a long time. Along with George and Ringo, we were best mates. And we looked into each other's eyes, the eye contact thing we used to do, which is fairly mind-boggling. You dissolve into each other. But that's what we did, round about that time, that's what we did a lot. And it was amazing. You're looking into each other's eyes and you would want to look away, but you wouldn't, and you could see yourself in the other person. It was a very freaky experience and I was totally blown away.
There's something disturbing about it. You ask yourself, 'How do you come back from it? How do you then lead a normal life after that?' And the answer is, you don't. After that you've got to get trepanned or you've got to meditate for the rest of your life. You've got to make a decision which way you're going to go.
I would walk out into the garden - 'Oh no, I've got to go back in.' It was very tiring, walking made me very tired, wasted me, always wasted me. But 'I've got to do it, for my well-being.' In the meantime John had been sitting around very enigmatically and I had a big vision of him as a king, the absolute Emperor of Eternity. It was a good trip. It was great but I wanted to go to bed after a while.
I'd just had enough after about four or five hours. John was quite amazed that it had struck me in that way. John said, 'Go to bed? You won't sleep!' 'I know that, I've still got to go to bed.' I thought, now that's enough fun and partying, now … It's like with drink. That's enough. That was a lot of fun, now I gotta go and sleep this off. But of course you don't just sleep off an acid trip so I went to bed and hallucinated a lot in bed. I remember Mai coming up and checking that I was all right. 'Yeah, I think so.' I mean, I could feel every inch of the house, and John seemed like some sort of emperor in control of it all. It was quite strange. Of course he was just sitting there, very inscrutably." - Paul Mccartney


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"We've seen a lot of impacts and they've had consequences," Carnegie Institution climate scientist Chris Field, who heads the report, told The Associated Press on Saturday. "And we will see more in the future."
Cities, where most of the world now lives, have the highest vulnerability, as do the globe's poorest people.
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"Throughout the 21st century, climate change impacts will slow down economic growth and poverty reduction, further erode food security and trigger new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger," the report says. "Climate change will exacerbate poverty in low- and lower-middle income countries and create new poverty pockets in upper-middle to high-income countries with increasing inequality."
The report says scientists have high confidence especially in what it calls certain "key risks":
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Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann, who wasn't part of the international study team, said the report's summary confirmed what researchers have known for a long time: "Climate change threatens our health, land, food and water security."
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Why Your Product Needs a Redesign the Minute It Hits Shelves
Editor's Note: Vote for your pick among the winners of Inc.'s Best In Class Awards for today's best-designed American-made products. Inc.com announces the Reader's Choice winner Friday, May 30.
Though a great many products have stood the test of time (think, ballpoint pens and baking soda), Pepin Gelardi says that these days, good design is matter of evolution.
"Design is a form of problem solving that is aware of its own process and seeks to constantly improve," says Gelardi, who is a partner at Tomorrow Lab, a product design and development company in New York City. In other words, a well-designed product is typically only well designed until the next iteration comes out.
Entrepreneurs might cringe at the thought of having to revisit their product's design regularly, but, if you think about it, doing so makes sense, says Gelardi. After all, the best products should help solve a problem--and as problems evolve, so too should our responses to them.
To peel back that onion a bit more, here are Gelardi's edited responses to our top questions about design:
What's your favorite medium for design and why?
Pepin Gelardi: When exploring and planning, I love a whiteboard. It's a chance to bring a room of minds together to build an idea or solve a problem.
For product development, my company is built on obsessive prototyping of ideas and technologies. Desktop 3D printing and cheap, easy to program microchips live at the heart of this process allowing us to create prototypes that can teach us critical lessons about our users, the physical world, and methods of manufacturing.
Why should design matter to entrepreneurs and business owners?
PG: When comparing products that do and do not succeed in the market, there's a tendency to point to the 'better designed' object as the winner. However, you can't say the Apple iPod was designed well and that the Microsoft Zune wasn't. Clearly a lot of work went into both products and they were both great looking (I'm particularly fond of Astro Studio's design for the Zune HD) and both were easy to use. Once you step outside the product and into the product ecosystem and beyond, you begin to see where Microsoft failed to bring together as strong a vision.
What business leaders have to understand is that in the Apple example, design is integrated into the entire organization. In many large corporations, design is used to ensure that the end consumer is considered at every step of development. This is good. However, in the Apple example, a strong leader uses design to lead all aspects of the organization and design becomes a type of social contract between the various departments aligning everything.
How will design stay relevant in the future?
PG: Design is becoming a larger way of thinking and leading people to solve solutions. We need to focus on bigger problems and have the courage to offer solutions that require coordinated efforts to evolve organizations and affect policy. There's only so much we can do by designing ideas bound within the concept of a product. That said, I also feel strongly that physical solutions are critical to making an impact on the physical world where, to be honest, all our real problems reside.
What's one of the biggest opportunity in the design world?
PG: I think it's pretty well understood that if we keep making things and consuming them the way we're doing now, we're pretty much finished. Finding a way to sustain our extraordinary level of prosperity is easily our biggest opportunity and greatest challenge. It is an exciting and ongoing conversation in the design world.
What's your best advice for entrepreneurs interested in design?
PG: I want to encourage everyone to practice communicating visually every day. I genuinely feel that we're developing new ideas and technologies so fast that we're reaching the limits of written language. Don't get me wrong, language is still the best way to communicate and explore the human condition. But new ideas cannot grow through words alone. Visual investigation and communication foster a much higher level of collaboration.
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Following WordPress into a Blackhole
When we looked into the recent wave of WordPress site hacks, our investigation took two separate paths: uncovering the TimThumb vulnerability and the Black Hole Toolkit used to exploit it.
Now it is time to talk more in detail about what the Blackhole Toolkit is.
For starters, the Blackhole exploit kit is used to spreading malicious software to users through hacked legitimate sites. It was most likely made by Russia developers. The big clue for this is that operators can switch between Russia and English languages. The full version of this toolkit costs around $1500 on the black market. However, bargain hunters can find a stripped down version for the free online.
But, much more important than acquiring Blackhole is finding out how to get rid of it. More precisely, simply finding out if you have been infected. So, how can website owner recognize that his page was infected and has been blocked by an antivirus program because it is being misused as a redirector to site with Blackhole exploit kit? And how do they compromise your site?
Four browser nets and one phish
Not all browser nets can catch the same phish. One Friday evening, just before I wanted to go home, I received an interesting email.
It contained sentences like " We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account
may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party" and words like "protected", "security" and "unauthorized". Of course, at the end of the email, there were directions to click on a "Paypal" link to update information like login name and password.
Google-images poisoning stats
I think most of you have probably heard about Google-images poisoning, but what is it?
More thorough technical information about this attack could be found on the Unmask Parasites blog or the ISC site. In this blog, we only tried to focus on the data from the avast! Community IQ database to show how big this attack was, and to look at how many domains are still infected — with their admins either unknowing or not paying much attention to their websites. Read more…
Malware running on AutoRun
A normal part of using a computer is seeing the "Removable Device Inserted" announcement when plugging in a memory stick.
This is AutoRun, a really useful tool built into Microsoft operating systems. In addition to helping people pick the application for opening the new files, it is also a very common way of spreading malware. Did you know that AutoRun is a way for spreading around about two-thirds of current malware?


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Throughout the year, volunteers are an integral part of the daily operations of The Apprenticeshop. As with any working community there is no shortage of things to be done! We are grateful to the generous people of our community who help accomplish the many tasks that a working waterfront throws our way. In past years, some 50 volunteers donated approximately 2500 hours in support of our programs.
The contributions made by our volunteers enhance the community and the individuals who are a part of it on a daily basis. Volunteers help The Apprenticeshop carry out its mission of inspiring personal growth through craftsmanship, community and the traditions of the sea.
If you are interested in learning more about The Apprenticeshop programs and you have time and talent to share as a volunteer, please fill out a Sign Up Sheet and email us or call 207-594-1800 to ask about volunteer opportunities.
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How to turn the good ship NCUA around is among questions pondered in this week's column from Sarah Snell Cooke, Credit Union Times' editor/publisher.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bring value to the customers and they will engage with you, keynote speaker says.
LAS VEGAS — Panelists describe "a staggering shift" of payments business away from financial institutions, an unexpected consequence of online banking.
LAS VEGAS — "There is more pessimism than there has been," says keynote speaker at Tuesday's morning session of the BAI Payments Connect conference.
LAS VEGAS — Bank of America exec tells BAI Payments session there are now more than 500 ways anyone transaction can happen.


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Jack Larson
Artist Remakes Stolen Sculpture For Grieving Family
Through the years, Pat Scrimshaw has created some intricate and beautiful pieces, but there's one that's never had such meaning. In 2009 Pat carved a 4-foot elephant statue as a way for the Larson family to honor their three-year-old son Jack, who was killed while crossing the street.
Thief Robs Family Of Beloved Wooden Elephant
To know the Larson family is to know that the last few years have brought incredible pain. Kory Larson lost his youngest child, Jack, in an accident not far from home.
Minn. Man Gets 11 Months In Jail For Boy's Death
A Crosslake man will spend 11 months in jail for the traffic death of a 3-year-old boy in 2009.
Jury Convicts Minn. Man In Crash That Killed Boy
A jury has convicted a 68-year-old man who was driving a van that struck and killed a 3-year-old boy in Merrifield two years ago.


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The Effect of Protein Kinase C Activation on Gz-Mediated Regulation of Type 2 and 6 Adenylyl CyclasesHo M.K.C. · Chan J.S.C. · Yung L.Y. · Wong Y.H.
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Three serine-to-alanine mutants of the α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein Gz (αz) were examined for their signaling properties in the presence of phorbol ester treatment. All three αz mutants resembled wild-type αz in their abilities to inhibit αs-stimulated type 6 adenylyl cyclase (AC6) and phorbol ester treatment reduced their magnitudes of inhibition. Depending on the permissive condition, the βγ-mediated stimulation of type 2 adenylyl cyclase (AC2) was differentially regulated by αz and the three mutants. Mutation of Ser27 but not Ser16 of αz affected the efficient release of βγ subunits upon receptor activation and abolished the stimulation of phosphorylated but not αs-stimulated AC2.
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Advantages: Much better than they used to be.
Disadvantages: Still a way to go.
...Well I know that this train company is still listed in Ciao as Connex South Central, but for the last year and a bit, this train service has changed hands. It is now run by a company called Govia, under the new name South Central.
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Eventually I settled upon the Premier Inn Blackpool Central, lured in by the fact it has a large free car park and the "central" in the hotel's title.
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Advantages: Easy to use, clearly written
Disadvantages: Missing some important details, everyone else will have the same book and follow the same advice..
...South America on a shoestring is part of lonely planet's regional guides for those travelling on a budget and I used the 10th edition, published March 2007 which is the most up-to-date version for my trip around that continent this year.
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The Russian Olive is often grown as an ornamental shrub for its unique silver foliage. It would be stunning in your yard as a background shrub or accent next to plants of deeper colors.
The silver hues of the Russian Olive are sure to be a focal point in your yard wherever you plant it. Imagine for a moment walking into your summer yard with a silvery-leaved bush amid the common plantings. Nothing will draw your eye like the uncommon color of silver among the trees and flowers.
The secret to the unique appearance of the Russian Olive is the unusual scaly layer that covers the 3-inch long, ½ wide grey-green linear leaves. When kissed by the afternoon sun, those leaves almost seem to sparkle!
Most people value the Russian Olive for the silvery accent, but it also has spring and fall interest. Your Russian Olive will tantalize your senses each year with its succulent spring scent. This spring splendor is brought to you by the abundance of small 4 petalled shaped yellow flowers that cover the branches as it prepares for the fruit that gives it its distinctive name.
The fruit of the Russian Olive is silvery-scaled and a ½ inch olive-like shape. It can be sweet to sweet-tart depending upon the growing conditions, and is delicious eaten raw or made into preserves. Wildlife love it as well, so be sure to time your harvest carefully or they'll beat you to it.
Russian Olives grow 15-20 feet high with an equal spread. They are a fast-growing shrubby tree with a rounded, if somewhat irregular shape, but easily adapt to pruning if you prefer a particular form. You can let it grow into a large shrub or prune it into a multi or single stemmed small tree.
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— Me
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Why do things always die with a whimper? Why is there never any closure?
Even if we drifted apart and hardly ever talked or chatted, the un-friend is a shock to the system.
I know exactly how to feel and what to say (and not to say). That doesn't make me feel any better, though.
Crrepy, creepy Cassie
I can't help it. I'm sorry.
I thrive on information
I love it.
I love knowing things. Who un-friended me. Who unfollowed me. Gauging the relationship that i have with people online. Wondering when I should press that Add Friend button. "Testing" them.
Knowing saves people, says Ender from Speaker for the Dead.
I have been divorced from caring about the losses for a long, long time now. It does no good for me to jump up and ask them why they did X or Y. Let it be. Leave it alone.
Yet the truth is that I can't save myself…from myself. There is some kind of mental cancerous growth in my mind that's slowly killing me. The more I try not to care, the more I do care, and the more I can't do what I want - know things, have answers, unlock the door.
Let it go, Cass.
Just let it go.
— Sylvia Plath
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl"
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Auction News: Stainless Steel Rolex Moonphase 8171 Sells For $1.14 Million At Christie's New York
It seems like it wasn't so long ago that not a single Rolex had ever sold publicly for over $1 million. Now, it seems to be happening every (Christie's) sale. Last month, a rare Rolex Daytona Paul Newman "RCO" broke the million dollar mark, and in the spring, this split-seconds 4113 also broke a million. Then, just yesterday, a very rare Rolex "Padellone" triple calendar moonphase sold for $1,145,00 in heavy bidding. But there are a few interesting things to note here.


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The Detroit Pistons had a nice stretch recently, winning four straight games to get to .500. Since then, they've dropped four of five, including three of four last week.
The Pistons began the week getting blown out at home by the Timberwolves, took a tough overtime loss at New Orleans, came home to beat the Nets and then blew a double-digit fourth-quarter lead and lost in overtime to the Trail Blazers.
We'll go through the week that was, take a look at how the rookies are doing, discuss some of the week's highs and lows, recap the injury report, take a look at how the Pistons stacked up statistically last week and for the season, pick a HoopsHabit.com Pistons player of the week and take a quick peek at the week ahead.
As of now, the Pistons are 11-14 and fifth in the Eastern Conference. Detroit trails third-seeded Atlanta by 1½ games but is already 10 games behind Indiana in the Central Division.


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Complaining about tap water quality in the USA could be labelled an 'act of terrorism'
A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a group of Maury County residents that unfounded complaints about water quality could be considered an "act of terrorism."
"We take water quality very seriously. Very, very seriously," said Sherwin Smith, deputy director of TDEC's Division of Water Resources, according to audio recorded by attendees. "But you need to make sure that when you make water quality complaints you have a basis, because federally, if there's no water quality issues, that can be considered under Homeland Security an act of terrorism."
"Can you say that again, please?" an audience member can be heard asking on the audio


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Adiksu Technologies strives to provide you custom websites that will help you to remain in step with your competition by continuously improving your information technology based business solutions.We use modern web development platforms,tools and latest project management techniques.
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So I was reading up on the Roanoke Colony disappearance just now because I just got done watching the "Croatoan" episode of Supernatural. If you don't know about the mystery, basically a whole colony of settlers that came to America that lived on Roanoke Island disappeared, along with their livestock and cabins, leaving behind only two graves and the word "Croatoan" carved into a post and the letters "Cro" carved into a nearby tree. There are multiple theories about what happened to them, which you can read up on here (and the whole story) but what really leaves me contemplating are the appearances of that word in other deaths.
But none of this [theories] really explains the significance of the carving of the word "Croatoan" on that post or the fact that the same word has accompanied inexplicable disappearances in North America in the last few centuries, often in places far away from Roanoke Island. A few days before his death, and following a disappearance that remains unexplained to this day, Edgar Allan Poe was brought to his death bed in a state of delirium whispering the word "Croatoan". The same word was found in other places at other times: scribbled in the journal of Amelia Earhart after her disappearance in 1937, carved into the post of the last bed that the celebrated horror author Ambrose Bierce slept in before he vanished in Mexico in 1913, scratched on the wall of the cell that the notorious stagecoach robber Black Bart inhabited before he was released from prison in 1888 never to be seen again, and, most disturbingly of all, written on the last page of the logbook of the ship Carroll A. Deering when it ran aground with no one aboard on Cape Hatteras in 1921 (not that far from what was once known as Croatoan Island).
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The New Hands are a group of nine young Rainbow Warriors from all parts of the world. They stand ready to continue the proud heritage passed on by the original founders of Greenpeace.
One of the New Hands is Greenpeace fundraiser and activist Seychelle Cloutier-Collard who is based in Montreal. Seychelle shares her birthday with Greenpeace. She and the other New Hands will celebrate Greenpeace's diversity, vitality and vision that remain strongly in place after 40 years of campaigning. The other New Hands are from the U.S., South Africa, Fiji Islands, China, Denmark, Argentina, India and Spain.
The New Hands on Deck will work to protect the earth against nuclear testing and will also work on protecting the oceans, the climate, and nature. They will work to add to the long list of Greenpeace victories. Their work is important given the long list of challenges the world faces. Today we use resources as if we had five planets, leaving our one planet under severe pressure.
The New Hands on Deck want a world that lives in peace and uses the earth's resources sustainably with sun, wind and water powering our homes and factories, with the boreal forests protected from destruction, with the climate saved and with the oceans, home to two-thirds of animal species, saved.
The New Hands on Deck believe as strongly as the 11 founders of Greenpeace that peaceful, direct confrontation and a belief in fighting for what you believe in can bring change.
Seychelle got involved with Greenpeace three years ago as a face-to-face fundraiser and a volunteer. She regards Greenpeace her family and takes part in a wide range of activities, from painting banners, to assisting campaigns, to taking part in actions, to talking to people in the streets. She has also canvassed with Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo.
Seychelle's biggest action took place in the tar sands in Alberta. She and a handful of other activists helped stop a tar sands operation for hours to send a message that Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Shutting down the tar sands is one important way to make Canada more climate friendly.
Seychelle says she feels blessed and really lucky to be part of the New Hands and sees it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will strengthen her love for and devotion to Greenpeace. She hopes to consolidate her will to act for the Earth for her generation and to learn from long-time activists.
She joined Greenpeace because she cannot watch the harm being done to the Earth without acting in some way. She hopes the world will find a way of living sustainably.
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Dioramas of Japanese towns, usually being attacked by giant monsters
All kinds of awesome.
Sorry, I'm officially tired of the tilt-shift thing. Make real dioramas. Trust me, they are way cooler, but require way more work.
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Little known fact about Godzilla vs. King Kong: the King Kong in the film is actually a man in a gorilla suit.
(Source: idwcomics)
"Oh, honey, you promised you wouldn't wear your disco suit again."
Eric Joyner
Eric Joyner
The little robot dude doesn't realize that the one thing kaiju prize above all others is their treasure of under-water donuts.
"I think I'll have the escargot… wait a minute, that's disgusting!"
Spent a fantastic couple of hours yesterday at the Model Railroad Club of Toronto annual open house. Spectacular, massive diorama filling a space over 100 feet long. But there's only one thing missing. Say it with me: KAIJU!!!


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Do you really need to buy a new computer? Chances are, you can get at least another year of use out of your aging computer (these days, three years is considered old) by adding a new piece of hardware.

What you replace will depend on the condition of your computer and the ways you use it. A good rule of thumb is not to spend more than half the cost of what you'd pay for a new computer.

Don't be afraid to open up your computer. If you can assemble a piece of furniture from Ikea, you can upgrade your computer.

You will need a screwdriver and an inexpensive anti-static wrist strap, which can be found at Radio Shack for $6. Put the bracelet on your nondominant hand and clip the other end to the computer's casing to prevent a static build-up that could damage the sensitive electronics inside your machine.

Before you buy, make sure that a new component is compatible with your machine by checking with the computer manufacturer. Here are four upgrades, listed from easiest to most challenging, that could extend the life of your computer. Note: If you open the case, you may void the warranty.

Not every upgrade requires opening the PC case. If your monitor is outdated, you may find that buying a big, glossy LCD monitor gives your PC a bigger boost than buying a new computer.

Best Buy currently has an Acer 21.5 flat-panel LCD monitor for $99. Fancier models have energy-saving LED edge-lighting similar to their HDTV cousins. For an extra $50, Amazon.com has an Asus 23-inch LED monitor.

A new monitor can also be connected to a laptop and can serve as a desktop replacement. Plug a new monitor into the DVI or VGA port in your laptop. If it's running Windows 7, the laptop will automatically detect the monitor. You can then opt to use both displays to see two different windows on each screen (such as your browser on one and your email on the other, or a single screen on the new, larger monitor).

What to do with the old desktop PC? Connect it to your HDTV and turn it into a "smart" TV with full Internet access.

Today's bigger, more complex software programs can quickly use most of a computer's random access memory, known as RAM. With a boost of RAM, your computer will boot up faster and system-hogging programs like photo editing will run faster. A PC with more memory is less likely to lock up or behave strangely.

Here's how to check your PC's current RAM usage: Right click on your toolbar at bottom of screen next to the start button > Task Manger > Performance tab. If physical memory exceeds 80 percent and your PC seems sluggish, you need more RAM.

Determine the type of RAM in your computer: DDR, DDR2 or DDR3 are most common and indicate successive generations, with "3" denoting the most recent. Your new memory must match the type inside your machine.

Online retailer Crucial.com offers a simple tool to determine how much and what type of RAM will work on your computer. Try its Crucial System Scanner Tool. It's a small, safe download, and you'll have results in minutes.

You'll have to open up the computer for this one. If you're unfamiliar with the inside of a computer , watch an installation video or visit your local computer store for a hands-on demo.

The computer's hard drive stores files. If your hard drive is nearing capacity, you've removed extraneous files and have regularly defragmented the drive (found in Windows System and Maintenance), it's time to add more storage.

You can add an external drive or an internal drive. The easiest method ― no screwdriver required ― is to add an external drive, which simply plugs into the computer's USB port. Newegg.com offers a 1-terabyte Toshiba external drive for $99. How much is a terabyte? Enough for 330,000 3-megabyte photos or 250,000 MP3 files.

Replacing the internal hard drive may save you money. Look for 3.5-inch drives for desktops and 2.5-inch drives for laptops. Newegg has a 2TB Samsung EcoGreen F4 for $80.

While your computer's processor does not entirely control the speed and processing capability of your computer, it plays a dominant role. If you are demanding more from your computer now than when you bought it, a new processor could speed things up. This is the trickiest of the four upgrades.

You must be absolutely certain that the new processor you have in mind will work in your computer. This upgrade is most suitable for newer computers. Check your computer manual or contact the manufacturer to find out what type of socket the motherboard inside the computer has to determine which processors will fit.

For instance, if you bought a laptop with an Intel Core i3 processor, you could move up to an i5 for less than $200 or a top-of-the-line i7 for under $300. The socket for this series is 1156. Intel has announced it will cut the prices of this line of processors by approximately 5 percent in September and October.


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Elizabeth is thrilled to be part of the Los Angeles premier of Lauren Yee's play CHING CHONG CHINAMAN, opening Nov 4 and running through Nov 20th. For more information please click HERE.
See Elizabeth next on CBS' newest comedy HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN as Robyn on Saturday October 22nd 8:30/7:30 c
This summer Elizabeth had the pleasure of working with the hilarious and talented Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan on the movie "Save the Date"
View Elizabeth's updated drama reel with brand new footage!
Check out a clip of Elizabeth in the CW pilot "Danni Lowinski"
Elizabeth just finished working on TRON: UPRISING a new animated series for DisneyXD starring Elijah Woods, Mandy Moore, and Bruce Boxleitner
See Elizabeth as Yut Ho in the World Premier of Tom Jacobson's new play "The Chinese Massacre (Annotated)" at CircleX Theatre Company.
*Please Note: this play contains both violent and adult themes*
Elizabeth is thrilled to be joining the cast of the new CW pilot Heavenly as series regular Spenser.
Earlier this spring, Elizabeth finished filming a guest star role on the CW pilot Danni Lowinski. She played nail technician Lisa.
Thank you to everyone who came to see Wrinkles at East West Players!


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Do Muslim women need saving? Lila Abu-Lughod's question challenges what has become, in her words, the "new common sense": a "moral mainstreaming of global women's rights" that urges Westerners to intervene on behalf of faraway women held hostage by "backwards" religious beliefs. As feminists, we might see reason to celebrate a global, energized focus on gender. But Abu-Lughod argues persuasively that we have to approach these appeals with caution. Her analysis upsets not only wrong-headed ideas about the "Muslim women" we seek to save, but also fantasies of freedom and consent that form the basis of Western feminism.
Abu-Lughod identifies two fields that, together, legitimize the project of saving Muslim women: the enormously authoritative language of international human rights and sensational, commercialized narratives of Muslim women's suffering. "Key to the vocabularies of both are consent, choice, and freedom," she writes. "The central drama is the difference between those who choose and those who do not, between those who are free and those who live in bondage." The source of bondage is, inevitably, religion or "tradition." In works of titillating "pulp-nonfiction," like Burned Alive or The Caged Virgin, women in states of grotesque abjection are treated as representative of Islamic norms. Forced marriage, sex slavery, and "honor crimes" are presented as spectacular instances of a generalized cultural violence. The protagonists of these books must escape the trappings of traditional society in order to attain their "universal" human rights—located, always, in Western liberal democracy.
It's an age-old fairy tale: an artificial division between the West and its mythical counterpart, what Abu-Lughod calls "IslamLand." On one side: innocent moral agents—the beneficent saviors. On the other: nefarious brown men and "caged birds," the Muslim women utterly disempowered to resist them. In reality, the spread of international capital and centuries of (ongoing!) colonial history make it impossible to separate "their" world from our own. A "consistent resort to the cultural" in public discourse conveniently ignores these critical forces. We are never asked to consider our own positions of privilege and power in a starkly inequitable, interconnected world. We are never asked to turn our gazes back on ourselves, to Renisha McBride, Islan Nettles, and the many other women subjected to abuse closer to home. And we are never asked to consider the existence of moral systems or structures of desire that are merely different from, not inferior to, our own.
An anthropologist, Abu-Lughod has been doing ethnographic research on women in rural Egyptian communities for decades. She places the above discourse surrounding "Muslim women" beside stories of the lives of Egyptian women she has come to intimately know. Abu-Lughod's research explodes the narrow frames of patriarchy and "tradition" we use to read Muslim women. In the process, she demonstrates how ideas of "consent, choice and freedom" as remedy for "violations of women's rights" oversimplify, beyond recognition, the complex forces and particularities at play in lived experience.
Take Khadija (name changed by Abu-Lughod). Her husband has a drinking problem, and is frequently violent. Yet she stays with him nevertheless. Who else will care for her two children and the third on the way? Khadija is constrained not by Islamic norms or patriarchy, but a debilitating poverty with political and economic roots on a macro scale. Wider dynamics condition her husband's life as well. In a community where drinking is unusual, he acquired a taste as a young man while mixing with European tourists who visit nearby Pharoanic sites. Like many, Khadija's husband began a relationship with an older European divorcee. She supports him financially, providing a rare livelihood in an impoverished town. "Domestic violence in this case is anything but 'traditional,'" Abu-Lughod explains. "It is produced at the nexus of the global field of European tourism in the third World and the inequalities between rich foreigners and local villagers that fuel it."
Kinship, too, binds Khadija to her husband. They are distant cousins, and Khadija's mother-in-law had a hand in arranging the match. The marriage, Abu-Lughod writes, might be read as an offering of protection, a "gift" to poorer relations from kin precariously better off. In a community where kinship grounds the social order and forms a crucial network of support, the importance of this element cannot be underestimated. Khadija cannot be isolated from either the larger geo-political forces in which she entangled, or the intimate relationships that inflect her everyday life.
What might we as feminists hope to "save" Khadija from? An unequal global distribution of wealth, of which we are the beneficiaries? Structures of kinship and familial attachment, in favor of independence and freedom of choice? Khadija's situation confounds our understanding of choice. The complexity of her socio-political context, affective interpersonal ties, and systems of support make it difficult, as Abu-Lughod writes, "to distinguish freedom and duty, consent and bondage, choice and compulsion." And far from being the result of "tradition" or "backwards" culture, Khadija's is a thoroughly modern predicament.
Western feminism has inherited from liberal culture the notion of an autonomous subject, the bearer of inviolable rights, consent and free choice (think pro-"choice" campaigns, the emphasis on "consent" in our campaigns against sexual violence, the very notion of women's "liberation"). Women of color and Marxist feminists have critiqued this legacy before, noting how "choice feminism" ignores our differential social positionings and abilities to choose. Khadija's story presents a model of personhood that cannot be abstracted from its imbrication in social relations. This suggests that "relatedness-to-each-other," not independence, might be the fundamental condition of all human life—with all the insecurity and unknowability that entails.
"The fiction that any of us can 'choose freely' is maintained by conjuring up those in distant lands who live in bondage with no rights, agency, or ability to refuse or escape sex or violence," Abu-Lughod writes. The idea that we lack control over our lives is, frankly, scary. It makes sense that we would want to displace that fear to a faraway place. But coming to terms with the fiction of "Muslim women" means confronting the myth of autonomy we construct for ourselves.
By locating oppression in alien communities, we excuse our own, deeply violent "liberal" structures. In her 2001 radio address to the nation, Laura Bush states, "The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women." A more recent 2010 cover to Time magazine displayed Bibi Aysha's mutilated face alongside the headlines "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan?" But it is not merely war abroad for which the idea of saving Muslim women "manufactures consent." Domestic institutions like police surveillance, border control, hospitals, prisons, and juridico-legal structures all justify themselves by producing notions of "bad Muslim" behavior. France's ban of the veil is a good example, using Islamophobia—rooted in a vision of evil Muslim men and abused women—to shore up state surveillance and anti-immigrant policy. It's ironic how the myth of autonomy results in ever more complicated technologies of control.
But how might we map an alternative? I am inspired by the idea of a feminist politics that privileges interconnectivity, not independence. A politics that listens to others and looks back, critically, on itself. I hope we can commit to a feminism that recognizes how deeply enmeshed we are in each other's lives, and refuses the artificial lines that divide the rest of the world from ourselves.
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Darkroom in London is one of my favorite stores in the city and they always do a phenomenal job with their store display. Approaching their store fit-outs as complete installed environments, this "So Sottsass" Memphis-inspired interior they just launched for the London Design Festival is an absolute knock-out.
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These are some screengrabs I took from a great short feature Wallpaper put together for the opening of Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Some of the forms and his approach to the garden "folly" certainly resonate with my own recent approaches to the garden and the grid.
The new home for printmaking and photography at the RCA. Jealous.
East London Printmakers. Run by their own group of keyholders, all profits rolled back into keeping their awesome shop running. Super nice group of people to boot!
Lovely screenprinted interior details at new London crêperie La Petite Bretagne.
Sketch is absolutely worth a visit when in London. Martin Creed's installation in the Gallery Restaurant is unbelievable. We didn't want a whole sit-down affair, so popped into The Parlour for high tea one afternoon.
Brixton Market is amazing. I walked over there every day for lunch during my volunteering stint at London Printworks Trust. They have every kind of food and it's in a beautiful covered arcade so unpredictable London weather be damned!
Forest was right near the Black Hill CSM campus - the location for my Set Design class earlier in the month. I went in to their lovely store during the week, it is full of beautiful Scandinavian things.
Martino Gamper, Total Trattoria. In 2008, instead of having some dry presentation of his latest designs, Gamper opened a trattoria in the Aram Gallery in London. He designed EVERYTHING. All the chairs, tables, candle-holders, light fixtures, coasters, glasses - even the kitchen! The 30 guests were then invited to dine in this wonderful space; sharing a meal and toasting to Martino's talent.
I'm that person who gets their film developed a year after it's been shot. Here are a few of the greatest hits from my little disposable camera that travelled with me around Europe.
Borough Market is such a great spot. When I headed there with my parents we ate upstairs at Roast right by the windows looking down at shoppers and lunchtime-drinkers in the neighboring streets.
Look Mum No Hands. Great coffee shop/bike shop on Old Street.
Hate to say it, but there was a lot more that popped out to me from London Fashion week than did in New York. Blasphemy I know, but see for yourself!


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Dirty Disney JokesQ: Did you hear how Captain Hook died?
A: Jock Itch!
Q: What did Cinderella do when she got to the ball?
A: Gag!
Q: Why do the seven dwarfs laugh when they play soccer?
A: The grass tickles their balls
Q: How do you kill the hunchback of Notre Dame?
A: Give him a knife and say "Who's special?"
Q: What did Mulan and her husband name their retarded baby?
A: They named him Sum Ting Wong!
Q: What's slimy cold long and smells like pork?
A: Kermit the frogs finger
Q: Why doesn't Bambi's friend Thumper make noise when he has sex?
A: Because he has cotton balls.
Q: What's pink and has seven dents?
A: Snow White's cherry!
Q: What do Viagra and Disney Land have in common?
A: They both cause you to stand around for an hour waiting for a two minute ride!
Q: What does Prince Naveen do when his dishwasher stops working?
A: Slap her on the *** and tell her to get back to work.
Q: Whats the best thing about Pocahontas in the shower?
A: Slick her hair back and she looks 15...
Q: Why does Miss Piggy douche with honey?
A: Because Kermit likes sweet and sour pork.
Q: Wanna know something about Pinocchio?
A: His nose ain't the only piece of wood that grows.
Snow White saw Pinocchio walking through the woods so she ran up behind him, knocked him flat on his back, and then sat on his face crying,
"Lie to me! Lie to me!"
Little Red Riding Hood was walking through the woods when suddenly the Big Bad Wolf jumped out from behind a tree and, holding a machete to her throat, said, "Red, I'm going to **** your brains out!"
To that, Little Red Riding Hood calmly reached into her picnic basket and pulled out a .44 magnum. She pointed it at him and said, "No you're not! You're going to eat me, just like it says in the book!"
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were in divorce court and the judge said to Mickey, "You say here that your wife is crazy."
Mickey replied, "No I didn't. I said she is ******' Goofy."
Pinocchio had a human girlfriend who would sometimes complain about splinters when they had sex. Pinocchio therefore went to visit Gepetto to see if he could help. Gepetto suggested he try a little sandpaper wherever indicated and Pinocchio skipped away enlightened.
A couple of weeks later, Gepetto saw Pinocchio bouncing happily through town and asked him, "How's the girlfriend?"
Pinocchio replied, "Who needs a girlfriend?"
Disney Pick Up Lines
"Let's play Pinocchio. You sit on my face and I'll tell you lies."
"Hi my name is Mickey, and there is nothing Minnie about me!"
"Hey there beautiful, we should go back to my place and play with my toys named Woody and Buzz"
"Girl, let me open your thighs, take you wonder by wonder, over, sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride!"
"Yes, thats a magic lamp in my pants, and if you rub it a genie will come out and grant you wishes!"
"I wish I was Winnie The Pooh, so I can get my nose stuck in your honey pot!"
"Hi I'm Buzz...wanna see my Woody?"
"Let's go back to my place and play with my flubber!"
"Girl, if you get in the backseat of my car, I'll make you squeal like Piglet."
"Is your name Winnie?, because I want to stick it in your pooh!"
"They don't call me thumper for nothing!"
You can be my beauty, I'll be your Beast. Let's go make love, or a ******* at least?
"Is your name Ariel, because I want you to be a party of your worldddddd!"
"I'm a forgetful Dory and I Lost my Nemo can I sleep with you?"
"Boy, how bout I take you home and we can Hakuna Ma-TaTas"
"Hey, there Beauty, the Beast is in my underwear"
"After a night with me you'll want to spend more time in bed than Sleeping Beauty"
The Top Ten Signs You Have An Unhealthy Disney Obsession
10. You know how many hairs are on the leg of the drunken pirate sitting on the bridge.
9. You have more Disney movies than Blockbuster.
8. Your favorite song is "Zippity-Doo-Dah".
7. When you hear people talking about "the underprivileged", you assume they are referring to those who have to stay off-site.
6. You refer to Wal-Mart and McDonald's employees as "cast members".
5. You've added spires and turrets to the roof of your house.
4. You tried to pay your electric bill with Disney Dollars.
3. Your children's names are Ariel and Alladin.
2. You pray that nobody will ever discover your dirty little secret: That you sneak out of bed in the middle of the night, logon to the internet, and drool over online pictures of WDW.
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seriouslee...YSU is not a "sorry institution," but has lacked strong leadership since 2007. And I think most would agree that the BoT is clueless.
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Seriouslee..I agree with much of your post, but remember...it's nearly impossible to fill a president's position in such a short time. At YSU, they can't even hire a secretary's position in less than five months. From what I've seen, I believe there are a very few excellent candidates on this list, but they have submitted applications and have interviewed elsewhere. In the real world (and I know that's not Youngstown), people apply for and accept positions in other parts of the country all the time. Even tho YSU got stung by Randy Dunn, I would rather hire a strong candidate from the "outside" than a weak candidate from within.
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It's an interesting list to be sure. Several physicians, several fired presidents. At least one is a finalist for a president's position in the SUNY system and at least two have applied for the Univ. of Akron job. Yeah, I think the fix is in.
April 14, 2014 at 4:42 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
....and on the seventh day of his presidency, Tressel will bring the steel mills back to Youngstown, and the good people of Youngstown will live happily ever after!
April 12, 2014 at 9:54 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
Of course the Board should treat all applicants equally...why is this news? But then, consider the source. Dr. Garg...methinks thou dost protest too much.
April 5, 2014 at 10:51 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
You are delusional if you think any college campus can guarantee the safety of student.
March 28, 2014 at 8:40 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
dumb, you are wrong about akron's financial debt...they are in far worse shape that ysu, to the tune of 24 million. akron went on a massive spending spree a decade ago. see below.
March 23, 2014 at 9 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
What a crock of horse manure! During last year's presidential search, the search committee was limited to BoT members, along with a few community members, one ex-administrator, and one current faculty member. The candidates they eventually put forth were "interesting" choices. Two of the three were weak candidates at best (and in my opinion, presented themselves poorly during campus and community meet and greets)...and the third was Dr. Randy Dunn. And we see how that worked out....
The University is crying out for strong, capable leadership. I have very little faith in this Board of Trustees. While they are fiddling with their micromanagement of the University, Rome burns.
March 12, 2014 at 5:12 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
The Board of Trustees shares much of the blame here. In last year's search for a new president, the board chose to operate in a secretive manner. Those on the search committee included only current members of the board, one ex-administrator and one current faculty member. No students? No staff? No union representation? No deans?
After the search, the board presented 3 candidates to the campus and outside community. One candidate was embarrassingly unqualified; the other imploded during on campus interviews. Dr. Dunn was the only candidate the board could have chosen. It has also been suggested that the board did not fully inform Dr. Dunn of the university's financial situation until Dunn assumed the presidency.
For years, the board has turned a blind eye while those in power promoted friends to high and mid-level administrative positions, even if other individuals interviewing for those positions had more advanced degrees and greater, more relevant experience. Now the board wants to micromanage decisions on all new hires. Duh. A little too late.
I'm not so sure Dunn saw the handwriting on the wall and opted to save himself. I doubt Dr. Dunn will leave much of a legacy at YSU. However, I fear that the board's chronic ineptitude may do far more damage to the university and community than Dr. Dunn's decision to leave.
February 24, 2014 at 9:35 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
Okay......ODNR bought by Halliburton
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"You haven't heard of Fela either, have you…"
Jer Fairall: I think that Merrill Garbus gets somewhat lost here, proof that her sheer force as a presence mixes awkwardly with players more formally disciplined and far less bizarre than her. As a composition, though, this is simply one of the very best sounding things I've heard in quite some time, so impressively accomplished that its weakest links eventually just snap into place anyway, as if in deference to the sheer dynamic efficiency of the thing.
Anthony Easton: This isn't terrible, mostly because Angelique Kidjo has an astonishing voice, ?uestlove is one of the best percussionists in the last decade or so, and Fela Kuti's original has terribly significant bones. That they made a jazz/funk work out into an Americanized pop song is a bit problematic, and that they invited Tune-Yards, but that it isn't terrible means there is no forgiveness needed.
Will Adams: There are the snapping drums, that inimitable bassline, the big band brass, the call-and-response harmonies, and the clattering finale you wish would carry on for another ten minutes. I may be biased, as I spent ten hours sitting at an office desk today, but I've never been more grateful to encounter a song that asks me to dance so enticingly.
Alfred Soto: I think I've been waiting all my life for ?uestlove to play those beats over these horn charts, and Kidjo and tUnE-yArDs sound at home simultaneously as objects of desire and projecting it. In short, this is the party time it's billed as.
Brad Shoup: Our gang take the "Red Hot" portion of the album title as a mandate, forsaking the ace brooding of the original. It's not a poor approach by any stretch, especially considering Kidjo and Garbus evaginate the lyric to ecstatic ends. Kuti's dismissive gnarrs become matters of fact with Kidjo's delivery. The horns are on that reverent Antibalas tip (and could be Antibalas, for all I know), and Naru's essentially another rhythmic element, but the damage is hella done.
Colin Small: It's extremely difficult to replicate a sound without sounding like a cover band or "Weird" Al Yankovic. Yet the creativity that this collaboration brings together is flattened here in favor basically replicating the sound of Fela Kuti himself. Admittedly, the facsimile is a pretty good one, but it lacks Fela's crucial exploratory length and slow development. It instead includes some rapping. More importantly, while Kuti allowed music to flow from his present struggles, tUnE-yArDs and company restrict its flow to sound like the struggles of the past.
Katherine St Asaph: This gets progressively less awesome the more you realize how few people will bother to listen to Fela Kuti's original. Or how Tune-Yards got in.
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Do some research its no longer a theory nor bs. If you don't believe the facts your either ignorant as shit or your on the payroll. Either way I hate you. You are what's wrong with America
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If i was an American citizen I would definitely vote for Dr. Ron Paul. He is pretty much into peace and making a better home and country for Americans. He doesnt give a damn about other countries and he believes that its not his or anyone else's business unless they try to harm/attack or threaten The United States of America. He is a great person and i really do believe he would be able to make it better for us. I believe he would be able to make a difference. everything he says makes perfect sense. Try to focus on America. instead of spending millions of dollars on Afghanistan "for example" spend that money on people who deserve it. on American Children, on Older people, on people who really need help. people who appreciate a good life and freedom. not on people that do NOT care for "freedom" or even want it. ! This is America's future we're talking about.. How many people are willing to tell the truth and speak their hearts and minds like him will come along and ask if they want you to have a better home? NONE.. I believe in Him and i think he is able to make Americans happy and satisfied and make peace with the rest of the world.......
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Tune in from 7 AM - 11 AM for Honey Harris and "The Big Show".
Honey Harris stepped out of the Deep South in 1992 and landed in Santa Fe where she has been on the airwaves ever since, except for those four times she attempted to live in various parts of California. Realizing that she was on a short leash, Honey finally decided to plant her roots right here in beautiful New Mexico. Honey was one of the original dj's at KBAC when it signed on in 1995 and came back in 2003 to host The Big Show every weekday morning from 7am to 11am. During that gap, Honey was the host of KSFR's Radio Café where she earned her chops for interviewing all kinds of people.
Aside from her work in radio, Honey has written and performed her one-woman show, "The Southern Belle Jar" and has performed in several comedy shows and plays. Not bad for someone who dropped out of The Groundlings Theater in LA. Waking up New Mexicans is one of Honey's favorite things. Her future aspirations include living in the South of France and owning her own vineyard and becoming ridiculously wealthy.
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August 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM


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The holidays are right around the corner, and that means it's time to round up your brood for the annual holiday card. At Plum District we understand that capturing your picture-perfect family is important and that's why we've teamed up with Shutterfly to help make this yearly chore as seamless as possible.
Starting today until November 14, we will be bringing you fantastic deals from the finest photographers near you. These talented shutterbugs are offering can't-be beat photo packages that you won't want to pass up. With more than 50% off most deals, you'll get that fantastic family shoot and stay on budget. But that's not all — we'll give you a $20 promotional discount gift to spend on Shutterfly holiday cards!
So how do you find these amazing deals NOW? It's as quick and easy as saying, "Cheese!" Just locate a photography deal baring the Shutterfly tag and you're on your way to amazing savings.
When you make your purchase you will receive two unique Plum District vouchers — one for your photography session and one to save $20 on your purchase of holiday cards on Shutterfly.
Visit Shutterfly for tips on how to make sure your family photo day is a singing success, then learn how to design and style your holiday card.
2011 truly is the year of the picture-perfect holiday card!
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