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With wins over Israeli Boris Gelfand and Ukraine's Vassily Ivanchuk in successive rounds, world No. 3 Levon Aronian is the early leader in the FIDE candidates' tournament that kicked off Friday in London. Aronian held a half-point lead over top-seeded Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Russian GM Peter Svidler, both at 2-1, going into Monday's first rest day.
We'll have updates and highlights in the coming weeks about the tournament to pick a challenger to Indian world champ Viswanathan Anand for a title match later this year.
There's no "i" in team, but there's no question that a nice individual win can ease the sting of a match loss in team play. The American women did not medal at the recent FIDE Women World Team Championship event in Astana, Kazakhstan, with Ukraine claiming the gold, China the silver and Russia the bronze.
But U.S. IM Irina Krush scored an impressive double in the event, defeating former women's world champion WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia and reigning women's champ WGM Anna Ushenina of Ukraine in consecutive rounds on her way to a 7-2 result and a gold medal for best score on Board 2.
Krush's tense win over Kosteniuk paced the American women to a 2 1/2-1 1/2 upset win, and it featured two uncompromising competitors ready to compromise their positions in the quest for an edge. This Richter-Rauzer Sicilian finds White rushing ahead on the kingside, while Krush as Black presses on the other flank -- with her king still marooned in the center of the board.
After 17. Bxf6 gxf6 (very intriguing was 17...exd3!? 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nc6 Qd5 20. Nxb8 dxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb7 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qa5, with complex play) 18. Bxe4 Bd7 18. Qf4 Ke7!? 20. Qg3 Bh6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Rhe1 f5, Black parries 23. Nxf5+ exf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Nd4+ with 25...Kf8 26. Nxf5 Qxf4.
Both players navigate some sharp tactical shoals involving knight forks on 28. Bb5 Qc7!? (virtually taunting White as now a fork at e6 collects the Black queen) 29. Bxa4 (Rxe6!? Nxb5! 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Red6 Rb8 holds) Ne4 30. Qb3 Bxf4 31. Qxe6!? fxe6 32. Nxe6+ Kf7 33. Nxc7, when White recovers her piece on 33...Bxc7 34. Rd7+.
The White knight appears to occupy a dominating central position, but Kosteniuk fails to appreciate that its position is less than secure: 39. Ne6 Be3 (cutting off all the dark-squared escape routes) 40. a4? (c3 bxc3 41. bxc3 Rh6 42. Ng7 Rf6 43. Kc2 was one way to save the knight) bxa3 41. Rg7 Rh6!, with the threat of 42...Rxb3 43. cxb3 Rxe6 44. bxa3 f4 and Black is winning.
After 42. Nc7 (Re7 f4 43. Ng7 Kg4 44. bxa3 Rxh2) axb2 43. Re7 (Kxb2?? Bd4+) Bc1, Black is a clear exchange to the good and the White king is caught in a dangerous mating net. After 44. Ne6 Ra8 45. Ba2 Rhh8 (with the lethal idea of 46...Rxa2! 47. Kxa2 Ra8+) 46. Nc7 Ra7 47. Rd7 f4 48. Rg7 f3 49. Rf7 f2, White resigned, as she can't both stop the pawn and save her still-stranded knight.
And while we're on the women-and-team theme, here's one last bonbon from the giant 1,200-entry Amateur Team East tournament last month in Parsippany, N.J., won by the Princeton A team. Expert Hana Itkis of the coveted "Best Name Award" team, RG3: Offensive Rook of the Year, takes the measure of expert Tim McEntee in a second-round match, finishing off with a nice queen sacrifice.
This classic Nimzo-Indian battle finds Black taking potshots at White's imposing but static pawn center. But White alertly repositions her queen as Black temporizes with his knight on 13. d5 Nf6 14. Ng3 Ne8?! (better was 14...Ba6 immediately) 15. Qd1! Ba6 16. Qe2, and White can build on her space advantage at her leisure while Black struggles to find counterplay.
McEntee's bid to break out of his bind redounds to the benefit of the better-developed player: 23. Rf2 f5?! (helping White's attack, though passive play would have been no better in the long run) 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Bg5 Raf8 26. Qg4 Qc8 27. Nd2!, when trying to drive White back with 27...Nh6 is met by 28. Qe4 Ng8 29. Raf1 Qd7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qe2 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Bc8 33. Ne4, and White has all the play.
White's pressure on the f-file and the overworked Black rooks produce a pleasing finale: 27...Ng7 28. Qe4 Ne8 (defending against mate on the move, but now Black's rook on f7 is horribly overburdened; if 28...Nh5, White has 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qh4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Ne4 Nb7 33. Ng5 and wins) 29. Bh6! Kg8 (see diagram; 29...Nf6 30. Rxf6!) 30. Qxh7+, and Black resigns as 30...Rxh7 31. Rxf8 is mate.
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Restaurants have been the new theatre for a while now, with celebrity chefs as the equivalent of star directors conjuring up a performance not just on your plate but also amongst the kitchen and waiting staff who are the cast. The room itself like a stage set upon which the nightly drama is played out, in which the diners are the audience. The restaurant version of the front-of-house manager is the maitre d'; but where's the box office?
Just as most theatre bookings now take place via remote call centres, so your first point of call at a restaurant is probably the reservations phone line, hidden in some back office somewhere. And chances are that in either case you'll probably be speaking to someone very much like Sam, the struggling actor desperately waiting for the audition call back that will take him out of there, in Fully Committed, a virtuoso one-man show about the shadowy, unseen underworld of the person on potentially the lowest - but paradoxically most powerful - rung on the restaurant food chain.
It's Sam who stands between you and that sought-after 8pm reservation for Table 37 or 19 in a restaurant that specialises in "global fusion" cuisine, and where a meal may cost you between $100 and $200 a head. Even if you're Bunny VanderMeer and you're bringing Philip Johnson, "America's most important living architect" to dinner, you'll need to speak to Sam. And if the tables are already gone to other important guests - well, then you'll just have to insist on speaking to the chef himself, snapping at Sam: "You obviously don't have the authority to handle it yourself."
Meanwhile, Sam is also juggling the all-vegan dietary requirements of Naomi Campbell, who's bringing a party of 15 on Saturday, with her assistant Bryce, who's even got some ideas for softer lighting over the table. But then restaurant guide man Tim Zagat appears unannounced upstairs with his wife, there isn't a table for them, and all hell breaks loose..
As those characters suggest - just some of the 40+ real and fictional ones conjured so expertly here - this is a specifically New York milieu of celebrity (there are also name checks for the likes of Diane Sawyer, a morning TV show anchorwoman, and Bernard Gersten who runs Lincoln Center Theatre). But even if the world that Becky Mode's play reflects is a very tiny one indeed, it has a wider social reach as it cleverly demonstrates the hierarchies that exist even in a supposedly classless society.
And as played by actor Mark Setlock, who contributed to the characters created here based on his own experiences of being an actor working the phones of a New York restaurant and originated the role of Sam off-Broadway in 1999, there is such intensity, commitment and compassion to every one of his lightening sketches of each character that it takes the breath away.
Book now for Fully Committed. You don't want to have to beg, bribe or threaten the box office to be admitted when it's all sold out. And while you're at it, be sure to book a table for Danielle Tarento's terrific (and very reasonably priced) restaurant at the theatre, too.
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Veteran producer, musician and songwriter Steven Courtney formed the band with the intent of expanding his own writing demographic. Well known as an award winning recording artist in the kindie genre, he has also released numerous titles in the soft pop/folk rock category with his prior project Band of Friends.
Performing songwriter Lisa Lewis has emerged from the role of backing vocalist to the center stage with her soulful vocal stylings and warm tones. She contributes her own original tunes and co-writes with band mates Courtney and DeRose. June 2013 brought in the release of her self titled debut album Lisa Lewis with a mix of originals and contemporary CCM covers.
Singer/Songwriter Mark DeRose work has been dubbed as "Feel Good Music!"
Over the years, DeRose has had the pleasure of opening for national touring artists Rusted Root, Gin Blossoms, Michelle Branch, Edwin McCain, Blues Traveler and Josh Kelley. Additionally, he has had the good fortune of having his music featured for use on daytime television.
Transistor Radio is currently in the studio tracking their debut album. Pulling from a vault deep with possibility the band is excited to see the album taking shape as they play their own songs, their own instruments and craft subtle yet powerful acoustic music.
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Andy, his brother Don, and their long time friend Doug have joined forces with Craig Hauser and Ben Pierson. Each member contributes a bit of his own taste in music to their set providing an entertaining mix of classic, modern and alternative rock.
It may have taken some time for this group to finally gel as Ghost Light Radio Show, but a common love for performing music that they enjoy, great friendships, and the sculpting of musical influence throughout the decades really harnesses their abilities to not only shine individually, but also as a great band with a smooth style.
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Ben was first inspired to pick up the guitar when he heard Disarm by The Smashing Pumpkins. As a high school senior in Montrose, Pennsylvania, Ben borrowed his grandfather's old classical guitar and started figuring out more songs he enjoyed at the time. After some lessons from a local guitar teacher, Ben went off to Millersville University and formed his first band, Lucid. The band was short-lived, but the seed was planted. Since those early days, it has been a fruitful journey for Ben, singing and playing the guitar. He is excited to continue that journey with the guys in Ghost Light Radio Show. Be sure to tune in and turn it up!
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Craig Hauser is a classically trained musician who loves to rock. His torrid affair with the guitar began at age thirteen when he attended a Jimi Hendrix concert. Craig began his formal education at The Philadelphia Music Academy, followed by University of Idaho where he earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in music education and performance. One of Craig's proudest moments was opening for his hero Johnny Winter at Lancaster's Chameleon. Though he prefers vintage instruments lately he's been performing with his own custom guitars. Craig usually has a guitar in his hands whether it's one he's playing or one he's repairing or restoring for a customer.
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Don notices and appreciates the percussion instruments in music of nearly any genre. He first played percussion in a band in high school. Here we are years later and Don has decided to reprise that roll with Ghost Light Radio Show. His influences are widely varied from The Jackson 5 to Led Zeppelin. Don's other interests are practically as diverse as his taste in music. He enjoys spending time at the beach with his family and supporting Penn State at almost every home game. Don is happy to contribute and always ready with a smile.Don's other interests are nearly as diverse as his taste in music. He enjoys spending time at the beach with his family and supporting Penn State at almost every home game. Don is happy to contribute and always ready with a smile.Don notices and appreciates the percussion instruments in music of nearly any genre. He first played percussion in a band in high school. Here we are years later and Don has reprised that roll with Ghost Light Radio Show. His influences are widely varied from The Jackson 5 to Led Zeppelin.Don's other interests are nearly as diverse as his taste in music. He enjoys spending time at the beach with his family and supporting Penn State at almost every home game. Don is happy to contribute and always ready with a smile.
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Doug was born and raised in Lancaster County. He started playing the drums at an early age and this interest followed him throughout his high school years when he formed a band, and played at local gigs throughout Lancaster County. He took some time off to raise a family and to pursue other interests. Doug decided that he needed to start drumming again and before he knew it he was back into the music world. At one point, for many years, Doug was a competitive runner. He met his goal of running the Boston Marathon. Today, in addition to his music, he loves riding motorcycle, hiking, camping, and spending time with his family.
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Andy's interest in music began in elementary school when he started playing bass viol. He then auditioned for and played in the Lancaster Youth Symphony Orchestra. In high school Andy began playing electric bass with a group of friends. They formed a band that played in local bars, school dances and private parties. He stopped playing for a time, but at the urging of his family picked up the bass again and was right back into the enjoyment of playing music. Though he has had many hobbies, racing bicycles, riding motorcycles and stand up paddle boarding to name a few, his favorite way to spend his time is practicing with the guys or playing a gig.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Nielsen in February 2015.
Applied through college job board, received a math/analytical assessment from Nielsen a few days later to complete. After that, I got an email inviting me to an on-campus interview a few days later as well as an invite to the pre-night interview social the day before. Going to that was a smart choice since it allowed me to meet with my interviewer beforehand. On-campus interview went really well and consisted of mainly behavioral questions plus one estimation question and one case type question at the end. Within a couple days, I received a call to come into the Chicago office for a four hour final round interview. That interview consisted of three separate 45-minute sessions with different Nielsen employees, all of whom asked similar behavioral type questions -- but there was a lot of room to ask them questions as well and have conversations about Nielsen. After that, I went to lunch with a current employee, which was a great way to get to know more about the company environment in a non-professional setting. Everything at my final round interview went really well too, but I found out a week later via email I didn't receive an offer (probably my B.A. in the arts/humanities couldn't hold out on me any longer). Overall the process was pretty clear and easily navigable though.
- Primarily behavioral type questions, a few analytical questions (estimation question + marketing/segmentation analysis questions) Answer Question
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Nielsen in February 2015.Interview Details
Interviewed on campus, took about 30-45 minutes. Guy seemed pretty normal, as have all Nielsen employees I interacted with. Had I moved on in the process, I would have had another interview at one of their offices, a full day event (though I wouldn't have complained!). The job seemed really cool and was my #1 choice, so I was actually really sad to not get in.Interview Questions
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- Lots of behavioral questions and a few problem solving questions. There was also an online assessment, which was pretty hard. Answer Question
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I applied through college or university – interviewed at Nielsen.Interview Details
Applied online. Was asked to complete the online assessment which was a multiple-choice questions. It was a mix of analytical questions and behavior questions(like do you multitask, how sympathetic are you to your co-workers etc.)
After this, I was scheduled for an interview. It was a 45 minute interview process where I went over the resume and highlighted a couple of projects. THe interviewer asked me behavioral questions mostly. I had a lot of examples stowed away. So it was not difficult to answer them.
My analytical skill was also tested. She asked me "There are 25,000 students in the campus. How many students take the university shuttle in a year". I felt that thinking out loud gave her a good idea of how I analysed the situation. The interview ended with her asking me why Nielsen.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Nielsen in February 2015.Interview Details
Applied through university recruiting and was sent a link to take an assessment. I wasn't prepared for the assessment as it was more intense than I was planning. I suggest you are in a position where you won't be distracted and can focus as it is timed and you will likely not finish. After the assessment I was contacted for a phone interview, nothing too difficult, just behavioral and going through your resume.
After the phone interview they followed up to have 2 interviews with managers. Both managers came to our campus the following week. 1 of the 2 was a case study that focused on the more statistical knowledge of data analysis. The second was more behavioral. Both managers were very helpful in the interview process.
They were very professional during the whole process and really wanted to match me with an office that I wanted. Asked me my preferences in regards to location and region. The offer was based on those preferences so I was really appreciative of that accommodation and professionalism. Only reason I didn't accept the offer was because of having to relocate and salary/cost of living considerations from another offer.Interview Questions
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I applied through college or university – interviewed at Nielsen.Interview Details
Went in for a super day. Had three interviews. 1st asked about my background. 2nd asked me some easy brain teasers. 3rd asked me why nielsen? It was overall a pretty good process and I thought I had crushed the interview but I guess I did not.Interview Questions
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Nielsen in October 2014.Interview Details
Applied through college - Online assessment, first round interview on campus and second round (3 interviews) in San Francisco Office. Process was easy and people along the way were helpful.Interview Questions
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I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks – interviewed at Nielsen.Interview Details
Short on campus interview with brain teasers and situational questions, and longer final round interview in the office with more situational and why Nielsen questions. Everyone was very nice and friendly, clear communicationInterview Questions
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Applied through campus career services and got a first round interview on campus. Interview was 45 minute behavioral type. There was a meet a greet the night before- I suggest going as it is where I met the interviewer. During the meet and greet I asked my interviewer if there would be brain teasers as the ones that are posted on this site and she told me "not that I know of'. She had never conducted an interview before and had no idea what she was talking about considering over half the interview consisted of brain teaser questions. The beginning of the interview was the generic walk me through your resume. She then pulled out a packet with questions related to business scenarios and things as crazy as how many slices of pizza a college campus would consume in a year. They just want to hear how you reason things out- so talk through your process as much as you can.
This interview was insanely hard to prepare for as the questions were meant to make you think on the spot. The interviewer was extremely unprepared and frazzled, flipping threw the packet and reading the questions during the first time during the interview. I have no idea why such a prestigious company chose to send such an unprepared recruit to campus and thought it would work in my benefit. It however did not. I was disappointed to find that no one I knew who interviewed got the job besides 1. Not surprised though this process was very vigorous- even more competitive than interviewing with the big 4.Interview Questions
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I applied through college or university – interviewed at Nielsen in January 2013.Interview Details
Applied through on-campus recruiting. The process took about a week. There was a networking dinner the night before the interview. 2 interviewers, some short case/what if questions but mostly behavioralInterview Questions
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I applied through an employee referral – interviewed at Nielsen.Interview Details
I had a first round interview over the phone. I also had to take a problem solving/analytical timed test. He asked a couple of brainteaser questions and behavioral questions (mainly from resume). Second round was onsite. It consisted of 3 1:1 interviews and then a panel discussion at the end. Mostly behavioral questions.Interview Questions
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We have no entry way at all. The door opens and even an 8 inch shelf behind the door is the maximum shelf space. The bookshelf I use for a landing pad just feels bulky. It's a nuisance. There's no place for shoes. Boots can go on the closet floor. The inside of the closet (tiny!) door holds caps and scarves and gloves in a over door shoe hanger -- I don't want shoes hanging there -- it's kind of revolting to have them smack up against the crowded coats, etc. SOOOOooo. Why not H A N G an over door shoe pocket thing on the wall behind the door! I can get somebody to put a couple of screw/bolt things in the wall. Then put up a narrow shelf above -- maybe 5 inches wide and then hang a curtain or something nice on this narrow board to hide the shoes ???? I'd have to work it out but it's the only thing that seems possible. I'd even have the shelf removable because when you want to bring big stuff in here the door has to open all the way and I wouldn't want to have to get a handyman in to take the shelf down! What do you think? Has anybody done this?
bleusblue, who's shoes are you storing at the door? Just adults, or kids as well? You know your family. Are they all going to take the time to move the curtain aside and pick up their shoes and place them in the correct pocket?
I ask because this would never have worked in my family when I was growing up. Getting my brothers to toss their coats on a hook on the wall instead of on the backs of the kitchen chairs was as much as my mother could do. Opening a door, or moving a curtain, just wouldn't work.
Another thought--making the shelf removable just seems like asking for trouble to me. Wouldn't it be easier to remove the door if you need to bring in something big?
Could you post a picture of the door area? It might help us help you brainstorm ideas.
I've linked to an Ikea shoe cabinet that is 7 and 1/4 inches deep.
Here is a link that might be useful: shoe storage
Oh thanks everybody. Definitely re thinking this! You know that idea came in the middle of the night and I thought it was so brilliant -- I still think hanging shoebags right on a wall somewhere might be the right idea, but yes, maybe the Ikea thing would be a better fit. Less fuss for sure. I don't think we'd take the door off -- it's a heavy metal door but strong men probably do it as a matter of course. There are no kids here but a husband who can never find anything and thus, every pair must be there, All the bins will be used. Thanks Camlan.
Graywings -- where do you buy that narrow shelf? I have another spot where I can use it!
Grainlady -- shoes and BOOTS always come off at the door here and there is really no place for them on the first floor. Bedroom closets upstairs -- who will carry their shoes upstairs and downstairs? It really depends on what kind of house you have I suppose. The closet which is right at the door can handle a couple of pairs but then there are the boots which have to be out ... It's never ending here.
bleusblue, I think your shoebag on the wall would work great in on a porch or in a mudroom. (It would also be great in a craft room for storing supplies, or a bathroom for shampoos and such.)
It's putting it on the wall in your living room that is a problem. Then you need something to cover it, because who wants a wall full of shoes in the middle of their living room, but that cover would have to be removable in case you ever needed to open the front door all the way . . . .
When things start to get complicated like that, I start to get twitchy. Because the basic idea is good, but executing it in a particular place needs too many modifications, and it starts to become less easy to do.
Oh, and those Ikea shoe cabinets say that you have to fasten them to the wall. You don't, really. They are very stable on their own. Ikea just says that about any vertical sort of furniture--chests of drawers, bookcases, etc. If you had small kids who might pull them over on themselves, it could be an issue. But with just adults in the house, you really don't need to fasten the cabinets to anything.
I designed and made that shelf. It is pieces of wood (1x4s) held together with L brackets. The adjustable shelves are held in place by inexpensive bookcase shelf supports.
Graywings! I almost said it's unbelievable but I honestly see how I could do this -- or would have done it when it seemed life would go on forever. Now I would just ask my carpenter neighbour to make me one. I used to be able to move furniture by myself, almost anything and without harm because I had some ingenuity, I guess. Now, still strong but with some health issues behind me, I opt out. I miss it.
Camlan -- thanks for the note about wall fastening. That makes the decision even easier. I can use it and maybe ask my neighbour sometime to make a little securing hook. I noticed Ikea has another one Henne? that might work.
The hanging shoe bag would not be IN the living room. You walk in the front door from the hall (it's a condominium). stairs are directly in front of you, 3.5 feet. Stairs hug the wall to the right and that spot in the entry is where shoes will go. I'll put up a photo if I can make sense of it to show the space tomorrow.
Dear friends -- I'm too lazy tonight to straighten up this shameful display. But this is just because I promised I'd post the scene. My excuse is I'm recovering from seasonal sneezes and misery but it does often get like this. Anyway, you see to the right is the refrigerator already! Previously I had a shelf on the wall next to the door facing stairs. I realised one day that I hated to go into the kitchen because I was always squeezing by! Yes, I've got to clean up those magnets on the door. There are some shoes on the bottom two shelves of that book case and the top part becomes a catchall. The tidiest place I ever lived was when my family had a 2nd floor apartment and you came through the door into a long hall that led directly to the kitchen. Things did get dumped there (my poor mother) but they got cleared out right away. I have never ever lived in a place with a so-called landing pad which is probably why I haven't organized better. It's a new term for me. Hoping you can see this and thanks for all the help you gave me. I'll go with the Ikea and reorganize the TINY closet to the right of the bottom stairs in the photo.
bleusblue, that is a tiny space! I don't know why I thought the door opened into your living room.
I do think that you have enough room to make a basic landing pad there. I've attached a link to a post at Apartment Therapy with some hints/ideas. If you search on the site, you'll find a ton more.
You could probably put hooks on the brick wall for backbacks and bags, if you wanted to.
Here is a link that might be useful: apartment therapy
We take our shoes and boots off at the door as well. We live in a land of snow and ice - I will NOT have wet shoes tromping all over the house!
I have 2 wire shelves in the bottom of my foyer closet. Between hubby and two teenaged sons (all with big feet), we had a jumble of shoes in the closet, until I came up with this (I'm not home, so can't take a photo). Now I have 3 levels of shoes, and even if the boys kick theirs off onto the floor, DH and I keep ours tidy.
Would something like this fit in your closet?
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Even parts of government that look like a business never get run with the efficiency of a business. Just look at the post office.
They buy commercials and tout their services the way private businesses do. They offer a service that customers want.
But a real business can't get away with losing billions every year. (I guess in the era of bailouts, I should say shouldn't: get away with it.) The post office lost $16 billion last year, despite having all sorts of advantages that most private businesses don't have.
They have a near monopoly on first-class mail delivery. You want to deliver something to someone? You better not put it in their mailbox — that's illegal. The U.S. Postal Service doesn't pay sales tax or property tax. They don't even pay parking tickets.
With advantages like that, how do they lose money?
They are part of the government, under the thumb of Congress, and that invites calcified, inefficient behavior.
"We are expected to operate like a business, but Congress has not allowed us the flexibility to operate like a business," said Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Mickey D. Barnett on my TV show. It's all "part of being a quasi-governmental entity. That's how the cookie crumbles." Barnett added that the post office has "union contracts that have no layoff provisions."
Reality is at odds with the proud claim on the post office's website that "Since Ben Franklin … the Postal Service has grown and changed with America." But it's barely changed. You don't tend to see change in "quasi-governmental entities." You see stagnation.
This year the post office tried to limit Saturday delivery to save money. But Congress forbade the change. The politicians' constituents like getting their mail six days a week.
"They don't want a cut in Saturday delivery," Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., told me.
"The USPS does need reform," Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., told the Kansas City Star. "However, reducing core services is not a long-term plan. I worry that reducing services will lead to other reductions like closing rural post offices."
But the post office should do both. The government maintains hundreds of tiny local post offices, each of which brings in less than $700 a month. Running those offices costs much more than that. Some are just one mile away from other post offices.
People like "universal service," which has been taken to mean that every American must get mail service, no matter how deep in the boondocks they live. The post office even hauls mail by mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
"The post office provides something that's extremely valuable and has to be maintained, and that's universal service," Grayson told me. "There are countries a lot poorer than the United States, including the Congo … that try to provide universal mail service to everybody. … People don't want post offices closed!"
On the floor of Congress, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., proclaimed that universal service is required, saying, "It's in the Constitution."
But it's not. The Constitution says, "Congress shall have the Power: To … establish Post Offices." But it doesn't: have: to use that power.
Cato Institute budget analyst Tad DeHaven argues, "People living in rural America aren't living there by force. … Go back to history. Private carriers picked up the mail from the post office and took it the last mile, or people came to the post office and picked it up."
And private alternatives are much better today. We have e-mail. UPS delivers 300 packages a minute and makes a: profit. Federal Express, UPS and others thrive by finding new ways to cut costs. They don't do it because they were born nicer people. They do it because of the pressure of competition. They make money — while the post office loses $16 billion.
Why not just privatize it? No more special government protections, no limit on competitors offering similar services.
Then mail service would be even better than before. The market delivers.
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China's New Security State
The Communist Party tries to hold on to power through a vast and growing antisubversion network.
As 2009 draws to a close, China's leaders should be breathing a sigh of relief that a tense year of major anniversaries, including the 20-year anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, is ending. But instead of rolling back the draconian security measures put in place to guard these special dates, Beijing is busy hashing new plans for a larger, more powerful, more invasive national security apparatus.
On December 2, senior state-security personnel met in Tianjin to fine-tune a new nationwide antisubversion network to help safeguard the Chinese Communist Party's ruling status. Official media says the network is aimed at fighting "the redoubled threats of separatism, infiltration and subversion" and stopping the leakage of state secrets.
It's no coincidence that this is happening now: The authorities anticipate more challenges to the regime from disaffected peasants and workers, and "anti-Beijing" elements in Xinjiang and Tibet, following the deployment earlier this year of extra troops of the paramilitary People's Armed Police to promote socio-political stability in those areas. State-security specialists also want to seal China off from the "subversive" ideas of the West. And preparation for the all-important Party Congress in 2012 will begin in earnest in the spring. President Hu Jintao, who wants to promote dozens of his protégés at the Congress, is keen to show the party's 76 million members that he is in firm control of the nation.
In the words of State Security Minister Geng Huichang, the new effort aims to "win the 'people's warfare' in safeguarding national security and ensuring socio-political stability under new conditions." Big and medium-sized cities are setting up state security "leading groups" which will be headed by municipal Party secretaries. These leading groups set the agenda for police and security departments, and ensure that enough vigilantes and voluntary informants can be recruited from the populace. They can also ask other government units to contribute funds and resources to help maintain overall stability.
Smaller cities and county-level administrations are also setting up new big-brother units to ensure stability, called Offices to Maintain Social Stability and to Rectify Law and Order. In rich coastal cities, such outfits are being set up in every district and major street. According to a government circular, these groups are charged with ferreting out "anti-CCP elements" and "snuffing all destabilizing forces in the bud." The circular called upon these offices to "get a firm grip on the activities of hostile forces within and outside China," specifically fingering foreign NGOs and religious organizations as potential sources of subversion and sabotage.
The social stability offices also have a mandate to "prevent hostile elements from fomenting chaos by inflaming hot-button issues" in Chinese society. They are empowered to coordinate the efforts of the police, state-security agents, and People's Armed Police officers to combat "anti-government forces"—and to recruit vigilantes and voluntary informants within their jurisdiction.
The "leading groups" and social-stability offices are only the latest additions to a labyrinthine state-security apparatus that employs several million full-time police and spies, and many more part-time informants. Since mid-2008, municipalities nationwide are being asked to emulate Beijing's security measures during the Olympics, when the city mobilized more than 1.5 million vigilantes and informants to safeguard security. Moreover, police and state-security agents in increasing numbers of cities are conducting regular training and operations in conjunction with private security staff employed by factories and universities.
According to Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu, Beijing's goal is to construct a fangkong ("prevention-and-control") grid that is "multi-dimensional, all-weather, and foolproof." Writing in the December 1 issue of the Party theoretical journal Seeking Truth, Mr. Meng refers to several layers of anti-infiltration and antisubversion networks: Those based in streets and communities; internal security and anti-sabotage units in every government office, college and commercial firm; CCTV and surveillance grids especially in big cities; coordination networks among security-related units in each province and region; and Internet-policing facilities. Parts of this plan are already in place; for instance, two million surveillance cameras are being installed in the prosperous Pearl River Delta to target ordinary criminals, dissidents, foreign spies as well as members of underground religious groups.
Mr. Meng issues dire warnings about the subversive nature of China's fast-developing information superhighways. "The Internet has become a major vehicle through which anti-China forces are perpetrating their work of infiltration and sabotage," he noted. On a provincial tour last month, Mr. Meng called upon police officers to boost cooperation with high-tech companies. So it's little surprise that Internet police units in provincial and municipal public security departments have since mid-2009 received more funding and resources to erect firewalls and to track down "subversive" Web sites.
The government appears to be devoting vast resources to all of these stabilization efforts, although Beijing never publishes its state-security budgets. Aggressive recruitment of college graduates—particularly those who are conversant in IT and foreign languages—by the social-stability offices testifies to the fact that the Communist Party has earmarked unprecedented resources to keeping itself in power.
These efforts are already bearing fruit in the form of increased arrests and harassment of dissidents, including activists like Liu Xiaobo, who was charged with subversion yesterday for his role in promulgating Charter 08. Late last month, Huang Qi, a Chengdu-based activist, was given a three-year jail term for "illegally holding state secrets." His "crime," according to human-rights watchdogs, was helping families whose children died during the earthquake in Sichuan Province in May last year. The politicization of the judiciary also continues to be exacerbated.
The Hu leadership seems confident that the reinforced control apparatus will substantially reduce the more than 100,000 cases of "mass incidents" estimated to have hit China this year. In the short term, security forces may succeed in halting the "infiltration" of Western values. But ultimately redoubled repression will only drive the forces of discontent underground—and render Mr. Hu's goal of a "harmonious society" illusory.
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The good news: Sacramento-area gas prices have not risen in five weeks. The bad news: Prices can't seem to drop below the $4 mark.
Last week, the average retail price of gasoline in the Sacramento area stayed locked in at $4 a gallon, according to national gas price tracker GasBuddy.com, which surveys more than 700 regional gas outlets daily.
The current average is 12.2 cents higher than a year ago but 11.6 cents lower than last month.
Nationally, the average pump price rose 1.2 cents over the past week to $3.64 a gallon, nearly matching the average price of last month and last year.
Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, said: "I don't believe the higher prices are sustainable much longer. In many areas that saw large jumps last week, we're already seeing relief. For the rest of the country, this week will likely feature little movement as wholesale gasoline prices continue in their funk."
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