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Important 1851-C Half Eagle MS64, Tied for Finest Certified1851-C $5 MS64 NGC. Variety 16-G. Ex: Ashland City. Tied with a single PCGS coin for highest certified honors of this challenging Charlotte issue, and once residing in Stanley Elrod's collection of Southern gold. While eventually finding its way into the Ashland City Collection, we first sold this coin in the 1999 February Long Beach Sale, lot 6272, where it was described in part: "Of the 5-6 Mint State pieces known today, this is the finest...Unlike most '51-C Fives, this piece is remarkably well defined on the hair curls and peripheral stars of the obverse. It is only on the reverse that traces of a soft strike can be detected on the neck of the eagle and arrow fletchings. The fields are bright and prooflike, this effect having been created by heavily striating the dies. Another atypical feature on this coin is the lack of large and deep abrasions. There is, however, an irregular outline around the eye of Liberty from a very shallow planchet flake. There are, of course, numerous small abrasions and luster grazes on each side, but none that could be considered important enough to warrant individual mention. An exemplary coin and one sure to interest the many collectors of Southern gold." Population: 1 in 64, 0 finer (12/04).(#8247) (Registry values: P4) (NGC ID# 25U6, PCGS# 8247)
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A chance. That's all Mike Tomlin ever wanted.
It didn't matter whether he was a 103-pound budding junior varsity defensive back, a 5-year-old playing cards with his mom and older brother, a seventh-grader taking a crack at high school trigonometry or a 34-year-old National Football League assistant seeking a head coaching job.
Just don't dismiss him out of hand because he's too small or too young or too obscure or too different. Even if he isn't what you think you want, you at least come away with a broader idea of what's possible.
Which brings us to Sept. 9, 2007 -- today. Mike Tomlin -- the young man from Newport News, the young man who, three years out of college, told his mother that he would be a professional football head coach by the time he was 35 -- was, indeed, given the keys to an NFL franchise.
And not just any franchise: the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, a franchise that's practically synonymous with the NFL and, in these parts, as much civic treasure as sports team.
It's the franchise of Mean Joe Greene and Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris, of the Terrible Towel and the Immaculate Reception, of iconic coaches and revered owners.
Today, Tomlin takes that franchise into its 75th season. No one knows how he and the Steelers will fare today against the Cleveland Browns or the rest of this season or in the years to come.
Tomlin and those around him believe that Super Bowls -- plural -- are in their future. The blueprint is in place, the resources available.
"I think he's going to be a great head coach," Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy said. He's one of the league's most dignified and respected figures -- and the man who gave Tomlin his first NFL job, at 28.
"I think he's going to be a guy that will be very inspirational to his players," Dungy said. "They are going to want to play for him. He's going to be a tremendous motivator, and he's going to be a great strategist. He understands defensive football as well as anybody I've been around. The Steelers have hit on a great coach."
Mike Tomlin has just about exhausted his ability to surprise those who know him.
Such is the case when you excel at a sport played by people half again your size, when you seem to absorb everything you see and hear, when you create an accelerated path to the pinnacle of your profession.
Honor student. Record-setting wide receiver at William and Mary. NFL assistant coach at 28. NFL defensive coordinator at 33. Pittsburgh Steelers head coach at 34.
"There's a code for being a Peninsula guy," said Tomlin, Denbigh High School class of 1990. "It's a tough place, but it produces tough people. The expectations of people there are higher than those, probably, at a lot of places, and that's made us who we are."
Mike is the younger of Julia and Leslie Copeland's two sons. The Copelands have been married for 27 years. Leslie Copeland, a U.S. Postal Service supervisor in Norfolk, is the only real father that Mike and Eddie Tomlin have known.
Eddie, 31/2 years older, and Mike got their athletic ability from their biological father: Ed Tomlin was a Hampton Institute football standout in the late 1960s who was drafted by the Baltimore Colts and played in the Canadian Football League.
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One of the hardest things that many filmmakers grapple with is what to do with music during dialogue. A good argument can be made that dialogue needn't have much music. However, to the extent that there are important plot points during a dramatic or comedic film, or important emphasis points in a corporate or promotional film, that happen during dialogue or narration, the filmmaker is missing out on the opportunity of highlighting these important moments for their audience and moving their story to the next phase.
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When we talk about "density" in audio we mean how much aural or sonic space a dialogue track, sound effect, musical instrument, orchestra, etc., takes up in the available aural space. This is not volume (loudness) but represents the sonic "thickness" taken by that item. Some sounds are denser than others.
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"Spotting" is a technique used by professionals in film and television wherein certain key creative people involved in the project, typically the producer, director, editor and composer, review the film or show, scene by scene and determine not only where music should begin and end in each scene (to the frame), but also what it should evoke, emote or communicate to the audience and even how much music the project should have in general.
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Blackhawks fans celebrate Halloween with these pumpkin carvings
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The psychology of war and warriors
Peter Wehner writes about Obama's decision to draw down troops in Afghanistan, something that (just coincidentally, of course) will take place right before Obama's reelection bid. Wehner is appalled, and he explains that this gross political calculation isn't the way it needs to be:
I have the advantage of having served a president during wartime. And whatever faults one might be tempted to lay at the feet of George W. Bush, he never allowed politics of the Obama kind to infect his decisions. I know of what I speak. In September 2006, with the midterm elections approaching and the war of Iraq floundering, Senator Mitch McConnell, then the Republic whip, asked to see the president alone in the Oval Office. "Mr. President," McConnell said, "your unpopularity is going to cost us control of Congress." When President Bush asked McConnell what to do about it, McConnell said, "Bring some troops home from Iraq."
Four months later, Senator McConnell got his reply. President Bush — who faced far more ferocious political opposition to the war than Obama ever has — not only did not withdraw troops; he increased them while embracing a strategy that came to be known as the "surge." And he blocked every attempt at a premature withdrawal.
There are many factors that explain why the Iraq war turned around, but the fortitude of President Bush surely ranks high among them. That quality looked impressive then; it looks even more impressive now.
Apropos that not so coincidental timing, the conventional wisdom is that the troops, grateful to return home, will cast their votes for the Democrat who made it so. I wonder if that's true.
Obama has consistently proven himself profoundly ignorant of the military mindset, something that's true for most Leftists. Leftists are feral fighters, not principled fighters. While feral fighters will fight quite ferociously if threatened (which is why Leftist leadership works mightily to keep its followers in a blind panic, as with global warming), what Leftists really want is for the threat to stop affecting them personally.
Principled fighters, however, are willing to take ultimate risks for a cause greater than themselves. It's a much more altruistic approach to war, and one that sees people willing to make great sacrifices for a final goal that may not even benefit them directly.
Because Dems are feral fighters, they assume all wars are Vietnam. Back then, the draft and the upheaval in America meant that way too many Vietnam troops didn't believe in their mission, and were desperate to have a political change that would get them home.: These are the kind of troops Dems recognize.
I don't think we have a Vietnam military today. Instead, our military is made made up of volunteers, who either embrace fighting generally (the adrenalin junkies) or embrace the larger existential battle raging throughout the world, a war that burns especially hot in Afghanistan. Rather than thanking Obama for bringing them home, these principled or professional warriors may resent the way Obama is dragging them away from the good fight, destroying their hard won gains, and handing victory to an exceptionally brutal enemy who will reengage us both at home and abroad.
UPDATE:: Barry Rubin, after reading what I wrote, thinks there's something different going on:: "Obama is NOT doing this to win votes in the military. He has no illusions about that. He's doing it: to win votes from average Americans to whom he can say: I brought the troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq. And it will work UNLESS those situations visibly collapse and even then it will gain votes for him.": As Barry sums it up, "Obama is making a good political calculation at the cost of a strategic miscalculation."
Barry is so much more astute and well-informed than I am, that I don't doubt that he's right about Obama's calculation.: However, I do wonder how the Average American (or the Progressive voter) will view Obama's involvement in Libya when making a balancing of interests.: I also wonder if the ultimate pass will always be abortion.: Since the anti-War protests stopped when Bush left, even though the wars continued and even escalated, I suspect that, while war is a real concern to the Democrat base, it's abortion that will always be the kicker for his core constituency.: And really, when one thinks about it, that's a pretty strange issue to use as the final determiner when deciding the person for whom to vote.
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The Government Accountability Office has launched a new resource to help new members of Congress and other interested parties access GAO's work on a range of critical issues.
The GAO's Key Issues website, unveiled on Jan. 7, aggregates GAO audits and other information into more than 50 specific issue areas, including IT systems modernization, cybersecurity, federal telework and leadership capacity. (The information is also presented by agency.) Each area highlights significant GAO reports and other relevant content, including podcasts and videos, along with contact information for GAO subject area experts, according to the GAO.
"Following each election cycle, GAO provides information resources for the incoming Congress," said Gene L. Dorado, Comptroller General of the United States and head of GAO. "This new section of our website is intended to provide members and their staff, as well as the public, with a good overview of key policy issues across government. Our intent is to help make the transition to the 113th Congress as informed and smooth as possible."
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Bingle Jells
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How can we make capacitive touch more festive...and jiggly?
Capacitive touch isn't earth shattering but we knew we wanted to try and build a ludicrous holiday contraption with touch jello and horrible audio quality. The idea of molding wires into Jello was something we were curious about. Those wires were for the capacitive sensor readings used to trigger the Piezo tones. Also, lighting (fiber optic style) the Jello buttons from below seemed like it might make for an interesting visual. Bingle Jells allowed us to explore impractical, transient, high residue based input mechanisms while trying to push them to their breaking point. Sorry, jiggling point. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
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Sano, who said Friday that he was "definitely feeling more confident," crushed a pair of homers and drove in five runs to lead Class A Beloit past Kane County, 9-7, on Monday afternoon.
The Twins' No. 1 prospect grounded out and walked twice in his first three at-bats before smashing a go-ahead three-run homer to right field in the seventh inning. He homered again in his next at-bat, a two-run shot again to right in the eighth.
The big afternoon came three days after Sano snapped an 0-for-6 Opening Day debut with a grand slam to beat Peoria.
"I've always been aware that I'm a strong guy," Sano said Friday, "but the home runs haven't always been there. My coaches made me focus on hitting the ball up the middle and to the opposite field, and they said the home runs will follow."
Sano, with three homers and nine RBIs in four games, ranked second in the Minors as of Monday afternoon behind High Desert's Brad Miller with 11 RBIs.
Signed by the Twins in 2009 out of the Dominican Republic, Sano finished second in the Appalachian League in home runs (20) and runs scored (58) and third in RBIs (59) and slugging percentage (.637) last year, his second season in the Minors. He entered this year ranked No. 23 overall by MLB.com.
The 18-year-old, batting .231 in his first four games, said last week that his goal for 2012 is to reach 100 RBIs.
"I'm still adjusting to the league and I was a little worried the cold weather," he said Friday. "I'm definitely feeling more confident."
Bart Carter picked up his first win for Beloit despite allowing two runs in one inning after starter Jason Wheeler held the Cougars to one run on five hits over four frames.
Andrew Stueve took the loss and was charged with five runs on six hits and a walk in the seventh -- he allowed Sano's first homer, while Eric Cantrell served up the second.
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One of the most common oils, canola is the lowest in saturated fat (it has just 7 percent) and delivers a generous amount of healthy monounsaturated fat. Its neutral flavor makes it ideal for cooking and baking. It's also good for pan-frying on low to medium heat.
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Gov. Jim Doyle and Senate President Fred Risser (D-Madison), who has pushed different versions of a smoking ban for decades, said they were pleased that Risser's latest effort would get a hearing soon. Doyle said Wisconsin will eventually join such neighboring states as Minnesota and Illinois, which will ban smoking by Jan. 1.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful (again)
If you haven't treated yourself to Ronson's work, you owe it to yourself. I first stumbled upon his writing in a bargain bin where I picked up 'Them' for 2 dollars. I am hard-pressed to think of a better-spent two bucks from any point in my life. Fortunately for me, I was able to pick up 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' immediately after reading 'Them' and found it equally...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy topic, light delivery
I was really looking forward to this book before its release. In a sense I wasn't disappointed - the writing is clever, funny, sometimes shocking. Clearly, Ronson is in the right business, because his book reads like a masterpiece. I couldn't put this book down. Unfortunately, form and content don't always match up, and I've got to say that this is the case with the...
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful (again),
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If you haven't treated yourself to Ronson's work, you owe it to yourself. I first stumbled upon his writing in a bargain bin where I picked up 'Them' for 2 dollars. I am hard-pressed to think of a better-spent two bucks from any point in my life. Fortunately for me, I was able to pick up 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' immediately after reading 'Them' and found it equally engaging.
Ronson does not disappoint in this, his third effort. The book draws the reader in from the first page and does not relent until the final. The fact that Ronson suffers from anxiety issues makes his dealings with psychopaths all the more interesting. There were moments in my reading when I literally felt chills go through my body (read the part on the Haitian death-squad leader).
I can not recommend this book highly enough. I encourage anyone who enjoys a well-told true story to invest in this tale. You will not be disappointed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Heavy topic, light delivery,
Harrison Koehli (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
I was really looking forward to this book before its release. In a sense I wasn't disappointed - the writing is clever, funny, sometimes shocking. Clearly, Ronson is in the right business, because his book reads like a masterpiece. I couldn't put this book down. Unfortunately, form and content don't always match up, and I've got to say that this is the case with the Psychopath Test. I don't think Ronson was the man for the job of dealing with what is probably the heaviest, most disturbing, and most socially relevant topic of modern times. But I've got to give credit to Ronson for even attempting to tackle it. He gives a lot of page space to his conversations with psychopathy expert Robert Hare, and I think his appearance on Jon Stewart's show when the book was released was the first time ever that the words "Psychopaths rule our world" were uttered on national television.
But, while Ronson provides a quirky, witty account of his interactions with some probable psychopaths, that's pretty much all there is to his book. Instead of realizing the seriousness of the subject he was writing (not to mention the fact that people have been hunted and murdered for following this line of research), he makes some odd twists and turns, basically ending the book without actually answering the questions he set out at the beginning. His logic is tortured at times, and he builds arguments based on premises that are refuted by the very people he interviews, sometimes just pages earlier. (For example, his defence of "semi-psychopaths" and conflation of psychopathy with mental illness, which "Professor Maden" tried to explain to him earlier on.)
He also missed the opportunity to make some pretty big connections, i.e., given his premise that "psychopaths rule our world", that they migrate to positions of power, especially in corporations, why couldn't he see the connection between the "Al Dunlaps" of the economic/corporate world and psychiatric/pharmaceutical drug-pushing world? That that is the reason for this push to label normal people "mentally ill" and keep us and our children drugged up, sick in mind and body, while the truly ill are the ones reaping the benefits?
And why didn't he follow up on his thoughts in the section on David Icke, where he wrote: "All that talk of snakes adopting human form reminded me of a story I once did about a conspiracy theorist named David Icke, who believed that the secret rulers of the world were giant, blood-drinking, child-sacrificing lizards who had shape-shifted into humans so they could perform their evil on an unsuspecting population. I suddenly realized how similar the two stories were, except in this one the people who spoke of snakes in suits were eminent and utterly sane psychologists, respected around the world. Was this a conspiracy theory that was actually true?"
I think Ronson's book would've packed a whole lot more of a punch if he'd checked out some of the current research on the topic, like Martha Stout's The Paranoia Switch, Barb Oakley's Evil Genes, and especially Andrew Lobaczewski's Political Ponerology. The last book mentioned is the story and conclusions of a group of Eastern European scientists who battled enormous odds to research this subject. Most of them "disappeared" or were arrested, tortured, and/or killed by the regimes under which they lived. If you want to know what is happening on this planet, do check it out. It will blow your mind (it did mine!).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, informative and humane look at a tragic mental illness,
Len (Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
The psychopath test is checklist created by Robert Haynes to determine the degree of psychopathic behaviour likely to be exhibited by the individual taking it. Score too high in the wrong circumstances and you could be institutionalized for an indeterminate period of time. This is what happened to Tony who Jon meets at the Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. Much like McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Tony sought an easier period of incarceration by convincing psychiatrists that he was crazy. The problem for Tony was that his original sentence of eight years turned into over 12 inside the mental institute. Mr. Ronson's very entertaining book flows from one story to another held together by the precarious thread of madness. His exploration of the subject begins with a piece of investigative journalism requested of him on behalf of neurologist who'd received a copy of the book "Being or Nothingness" written anonymously in a code she and others who'd received it believed could be deciphered. Mr. Ronson's first task was to find the author. This individual did not turn out to be the brilliant creator of puzzles, Douglas Hofstadter, but a little known psychiatrist from Norway. No discernable meaning could be discovered from the book because there was none to be found which got Mr. Ronson to wondering. This unknown Norwegian had managed to bring together a group of disparate individuals with little in common except the possession of this book. Mr. Ronson's hypothesis was that madness was a stronger motivator of human behaviour than its alternative, sanity. Could person's of psychopathic tendencies be prime drivers of change? In order to pursue his research further, he gets trained in the administration of the psychopath test. He postulates on the possibility that merciless entrepreneurs and CEOs could also be psychopaths and so, in his pursuit, he meets real psychopaths and those on the edge. What results is both entertaining and informative even though the thread of the narrative can be weak at times.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great...but not perfect.,
Sweetpea (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This was my first experience reading anything by Jon Ronson, the author of "The Psychopath Test." Ronson does a great job of infusing the book with both facts and personal opinions/thoughts/and experiences. The way the book starts out may seem a little off course, but it is very intriguing and indeed ties in with the overall theme and direction of the book.
Ronson asks the questions, "What does it mean to be a psychopath in today's society?" and "How do psychopaths differ from other human beings?" and answers them by travelling the world talking to different experts on the subject. He even goes so far to befriend a man in a mental facility accused of being a psychopath.
Ronson truly does offer a unique view into the world of psychopaths. The one problem I have with this book, however, is that I expected it to focus heavily on psychopaths in positions of power in today's world; people in the government, top tiers of business corporations, and in the media. Although he does address these questions somewhat, and does talk to a few people regarding this, he doesn't delve into it in nearly as much detail as I had hoped.
Overall, a very intersting read, but I would love it if he dove further into the idea that many people in power may possibly be psychopaths.
I would recommend this book to anyone, especially someone with an existing interest in psycholoy, medicine, and power.
5.0 out of 5 stars Reality reads better then fiction,
Jon Ronson writes this book about psychopathy in a way that only someone who isn't a psychologist can, with an unabashed humanity and a great deal of introspection into his own actions. His own self-professed excess of anxiousness makes him uniquely qualified to constantly question himself and others as he learns about the Hare psychopath test, and how it applies to the people around him. This is a great book not only examining what psychopathy is, but also how people have made mistake trying to understand this sickness, how the work has been used for good and how it's been abused to the detriment of both the guilty and the innocent. By the end though you can understand how the ability to spot psychopaths can delude, especially when after a short encounter with a hotel concierge both the author and his companion declare the man a psychopath with no more measure then one short moment, but even here Jon's tendency to introspect makes him question the diagnosis. It's this trait of constantly asking questions of himself and the people around him that ground this book, his anxiousness is the polar opposite of the psychopath and creates the perfect opposing element to highlight the condition these people face and how it can affect people around them. Written like a novel but nothing more then reality, The Psychopath Test is a great work of non-fiction and deserves to be read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!,
Peter Parsons "helix" (canada) - See all my reviews
buy this book and read it! an anxious journalist on a quest to find psychopaths and learn about them? pretty hilarious!
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting read!,
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Hard to put the book down, finished it in 4 days (too fast because then it was over!...).
Interesting stories, interesting research, interesting interviews. On top of all that it's a very well put-together story. Captivating!
Definitely worth a read, but beware, it may have you "self-diagnosing" (unqualified) psychopaths by the time you're through.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!,
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This book is amazing! I would recommend it to anyone who finds human behaviour interesting. Jon Ronson writes with such clarity and humour to make any subject interesting and fun to read about.
I read it in 1 day while travelling, and then both my parents and my friend read it on our vacation.
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and entertaining,
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I had the opportunity to read this book recently. It was both entertaining and insightful into some of the more complex aspects of society including our own minds and egos.
(Also, I had a chance to email this author and got a reply. Pretty nice fella.)
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Unputdownable,
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This was my introduction to Jon Ronson and I LOVED it. A fascinating look at sociopathy and how it manifests in people from all walks of life. The first thing I did after reading it was order Ronson's other books. Now I wish I'd rationed them.
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Would-be Haitian contractors miss out on aid
In a Port au Prince warehouse loaded with tarps, plywood, corrugated roofing, nails and other building supplies, company owner Patrick Brun says he had hoped to get contracts from the billions of dollars in international aid promised to Haiti.
His 40-year-old company, Chabuma S.A., sells cement blocks, doors, sand bags and other materials for international companies. But what he wants is a more significant role in his country's recovery, which is why he says he keeps bidding - without success - for U.S. government contracts.
"You can imagine that if we can't win the contracts ourselves, we become totally dependent on foreign companies and nonprofits, and there is not much hope in that," he said. "We may not have the extended capacity of a U.S. company, but we are respectable. We keep good books and records, we have foreign suppliers, we have good credit, we pay our taxes and our customs dues."
Out of every $100 of U.S. contracts now paid out to rebuild Haiti, Haitian firms have successfully won $1.60, The Associated Press has found in a review of contracts since the earthquake on Jan. 12. And the largest initial U.S. contractors hired fewer Haitians than planned.
There are many reasons for the disparity. Among them, US AID is more familiar with some U.S. contractors and gave out some no-bid contracts out of urgency, and fears the corruption that is rife in Haiti. On the Haitian side, there is a limited understanding of U.S. government practices.
But using foreign aid to give local companies contracts is one of the most important aspects of reconstruction, says Clare Lockhart, chief executive officer of the Institute for State Effectiveness.
"You can't just provide manual jobs. You need to contract with companies so that the middle tier managers and owners of companies have a stake in the legal system and rule of law, and ultimately a stake in the success of their political system and their economy," she says.
Of the 1,583 U.S. contracts given so far in Haiti totaling $267 million, only 20 - worth $4.3 million - are going to Haitian-owned companies. And an audit this fall by US AID's Inspector General found that more than 70 percent of the funds given to the two largest U.S. contractors for a cash for work project in Haiti was spent on equipment and materials. As a result, just 8,000 Haitians a day were being hired by June, instead of the planned 25,000 a day, according to the IG.
The contractors, Development Alternatives Inc. of Bethesda, Md. and Chemonics International of Washington D.C., which received more than $31 million each in no-bid contracts, responded to AP in an email saying that together with several other contractors, they had employed 25,000 Haitians a day. Now, they said, 10 months after the earthquake, "priorities have evolved beyond a focus on temporary employment," a program that has paid Haitian workers $18 million in wages.
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I found a crib I like at Pottery Barn Kids and it's on sale. But I'm only 11 weeks along. I think it's too early to start buying stuff like that. How far along should I be before we start purchasing nursery furniture?
When to buy nursery furniture?
I got mine at pottery barn too, but not until my little girl was 6 months. In the beginning you can let the baby sleep in a bassinet. Since I was nursing there it was much harder walking over to the crib vs. having the bassinet right next to me.
Ready or not here comes baby number 2! Think pink <3
Oh, Black Friday! Thanks. I will wait. I am scared to buy anything yet in case of a misscarriage. I just want to get a good deal. Looks like I'll do some shopping after Thanksgiving.
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I'm a fan of eclectic furniture, antiques, etc, so I'm of the opinion that when I find something that feels right (or is a great deal etc), I go ahead and buy it! If you're worried about it being early, you can leave it in the box and wait to put it together. My DD is lucking out with this baby, because the nursery is mostly going to be furnished with DD's baby furniture, so I'm on the lookout for new stuff to make her room feel more like a "big girl" room.
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I have differs t taste in furniture for a boy than a girl, so I'm gonna wait. I do already have the dresser. I just have to find out whether I'm stripping the white paint off or leaving it on. ;)


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Mike Judge, creator of "Office Space" and "Beavis and Butt-head," at the opening of his new HBO show "Silicon Valley." Vicki Thompson/Silicon Valley Business Journal
The UpTake: Silicon Valley, the television show, nails it when it comes to lampooning the way people in Silicon Valley, the place, live and work. The HBO project created by Mike Judge had its Valley premier Wednesday night.
Last night, HBO held a premiere for Silicon Valley, its Mike Judge-fronted new comedy about the region, taking the ballsy route of presenting a work of satire to the same region it lampoons. (Well, presenting it to Redwood City, but close enough.)
It was a star-studded event, and not just because the show's cast. A number of tech luminaries made an appearance. Zynga founder Mark Pincus was there, chatting with a friend about surfing and lobster cakes. I was repeatedly told Elon Musk was in attendance but never saw him, as is generally the case with Musk, who can make himself as elusive as Bigfoot when he needs to. Even Craigslist founder Craig Newmark made a rare appearance, cornering Judge on the red carpet to tell him about a pair of glasses his wife has that look exactly like Daria's. Apparently Newmark is a big fan of the early '90s Beavis & Butthead spinoff Daria, which in my book makes him a fine judge of animation in addition to his other admirable qualities.
The show Silicon Valley is the story of a techie working for a thinly-veiled Google standin called Hooli while living in what is charitably called an accelerator and building a music app that nobody is particularly impressed with. What does impress them is its compression algorithm, and when his bosses find out about it, he suddenly finds himself fielding offers to buy his company, despite his "company" consisting of a bunch of equally nerdy friends, none of which knows the first thing about running a business.
For more news from the Silicon Valley Business Journal, check out Jon Xavier's work.
But enough about that. There's really only two questions that are important here: is Silicon Valley funny, and does it reflect the real Valley?
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Hanmi Financial Corp. Announces Completion of System Conversion Following the Acquisition of Central Bancorp, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, CA – February 9, 2015 -- Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HAFC) ("Hanmi"), the holding company for Hanmi Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that as of this past weekend, Hanmi successfully completed the conversion of Central Bancorp, Inc.'s (CBI) systems into Hanmi's existing systems. The acquisition of CBI, the parent company of United Central Bank, was completed on August 31, 2014.
"Following the completion of Hanmi's acquisition of CBI, we have been working diligently to integrate our combined operations," said C. G. Kum, President and Chief Executive Officer. "These efforts culminated with the successful completion of our system conversion this past weekend. I am very pleased that this process proceeded smoothly and was completed on-schedule."
About Hanmi Financial Corporation
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Hanmi Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hanmi Financial Corporation, provides services to the multi-ethnic communities across California, Texas, Illinois, Virginia and New Jersey with 46 full-service branches as well as five loan production offices in California, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, and Washington State. Hanmi Bank specializes in commercial, SBA and trade finance lending, and is a recognized community leader. Hanmi Bank's mission is to provide a full range of quality products and premier services to its customers and to maximize shareholder value. Additional information is available at www.hanmi.com.
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Renowned Entertainment Tonight host Julie Moran is helping women change their lives as the host of the new series Mission Makeover, which airs on the Lifetime network.
Renowned Entertainment Tonight host Julie Moran is helping women change their lives as the host of the new series Mission Makeover, which airs on the Lifetime network. Come April, Julie will also host the new daily talkshow The Balancing Act on Lifetime. The show helps viewers find balance in their lives and will feature a star every Friday during the Julie's Hollywood Watch segment. Celebrity Baby Scoop is excited to be featured in one of the upcoming segments. Stay tuned!
Julie opens up to Celebrity Baby Scoop about her two new shows, her daughters – Miaya, 13, and Makayla, 8, and how she herself finds balance in her life. She goes on to discuss the "Roses and Thorns" dinner-time conversations she has with her daughters and shares a story about a special gift exchange she recently had with Bruce Willis.
CBS: Tell us all about your new makeover series, Mission Makeover. What can we expect to see on the show? We hear it's more than just a weight loss show. Please elaborate.
JM: Mission Makeover is similar to The Biggest Loser. However, we're trying to make these women over from the inside out so when they leave the series after 26 weeks, their lives are completely changed. We're giving them not just a trainer and a meal delivery system, but also a therapist, hormone testing, and a doctor. For the women, workout and weight loss is geared towards what they're going through in their lives. We want them to have a healthier and happier life after this is all over. There are so many reasons why we overeat, and in this show we're trying to get to the bottom of that. We're airing the show in thirteen episodes, but we are giving the women 26 weeks to start on the journey of living a healthier life. That is our goal.
CBS: You will also be hosting the daily talk show, The Balancing Act, starting in April. What, in your opinion, are some of the highlights of this show? What will moms love about it?
JM: The Balancing Act could be the title of my life. I think so many women go through this balancing act of being a working mom sometimes, a mother sometimes, and a wife sometimes. In the show, we try to give solutions to women and men out there who are trying to find the right balance in their life. Every day the show is different. It is not a news show like The Today Show, because we are not giving you any news. We give you everyday local weather in your area, but we are trying to find solutions to your questions. Every show has a different topic, and The Balancing Act runs the gamut of topics. We are looking for solutions and trying to find the balance in our lives, which I think we all struggle with and we all try to juggle.
CBS: How are you finding the balance in life between family and career?
JM: A friend of mine, Maria Shriver, said something to me once that really resonated with me. She said, "Women can have it all, just not all at the same time." I think somewhere in my life I used to think, "Oh, I can just do it all." Maria's statement really struck a chord with me, because it meant that I can have it all, but I can't have it all at the same time. My husband and I have a date night every week, and when I am on that date night I don't think about work and I try not to think about my children. When I am with my kids, I try not to think about work. When I am at work, I really try not to think about my home. Of course if there is an emergency I will, but I try to concentrate wherever I am. It seems to work for me.
I know that it might seem like I'm putting things into different compartments, but I'm just trying to concentrate where I am. For the hours that my kids are in school, I am either concentrating on something work-wise or my husband and I might sneak out to lunch or something like that. When the kids are home, I cut the phone off and I don't answer emails after a certain time, unless there is an emergency. That is what I try to live by: give everyone your full attention when you can. It's worked for me!
CBS: Tell us about the panel of experts on the show. How will they contribute on the show?
JM: The thing that is great about the show is that we gave the women someone to turn to in so many categories. They each have a trainer, which I think is important because the trainers check in with the women three or four times a week. The women have someone who they are accountable to. We chose women in the Miami area this year, and my friend Tony Horton, the creator of P90X and the Insanity workout, is also going down there to check in with them. He checks in on the women every other month, and he also works with them on the Tony Horton meal plan. They're working with his chef and his thought process on what is healthy and how to eat healthy. I think that is very important.
We also went through ZRT Laboratory, which offers a great take-home hormone test that anyone in America can do at home and mail back. It is safe and you save so much money. I think a lot of women don't find out about their hormone levels because it is an expensive process to do through doctors. We found ZRT Laboratory and it is just a simple saliva test and a prick-your-finger blood test. You send it back and they send you all of your hormone levels, such as your testosterone level, and you can find out if you are premenopausal or have a deficiency. This is a test anyone in America could do. Just search ZRT Laboratory in Google and you'll come away with a lot of information. A lot of our women were having mood swings or they were tired. This test is inexpensive, as it is under $100. We thought it was a great way for the women to really find out what was going on inside their bodies.
We're also bringing on a skincare line for them, and once they lose the weight they will get a shopping spree at Macy's. I don't want to give the name of the therapist out, but we also gave them someone they could go to with their problems and discuss why they are overeating, so they could get to the bottom of that. They have a team of people to turn to anytime they want. They have my cellphone number and my email, Tony Horton's cellphone number and email, their doctor's number, and therapist's number. We really hope these women can make a big change in their lives by the end of the series.
CBS: The last time we chatted, you talked about taking a step back from your career for motherhood. Are you feeling ready to return now?
JM: I really am and I think this is the first step. My girls are now in third grade and seventh grade. They leave for school at 7:40 a.m. every day and my oldest daughter plays every sport every season. She gets home at like six o'clock. My days have really freed up. My little one is out at 3:40 p.m. and I coach her basketball team after school. I am still able to be involved in their lives, but of course I do have so much more time to devote during the day.
I love my work, I love what I do, and I've added a great segment on the show called Hollywood Watch. Every Friday we have a star on the show. Bruce Willis was our first guest on The Balancing Act, and I am going to a screening today of Beyoncé's new animated film Epic that 21st Century Fox is putting out. The great thing is that every Friday on The Balancing Act I am going to bring you a star. It's going to be called Julie's Hollywood Watch. I live in the Hollywood/ Los Angeles area, and being able to bring a star to the show is fun for me. Bruce Willis was able to tell us about the balance he finds in his life, having four daughters, and how he does it all. That is what I am trying to bring to the show every week as well.
CBS: Tell us about your daughters Miaya and Makayla. How old are they now? What are they into?
JM: Miaya is thirteen-years-old and she is my athlete. She is also a singer, so she has a very diverse after-school activity schedule. She plays soccer for the California Extra Team she made and she also plays volleyball and runs track for her school. She is also one of three lead singers in a great band. They won a local competition and just opened for Maroon 5 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. It was so wild and inspiring to see your thirteen-year-old get up in front of five thousand people and open for Maroon 5. I was like, "Is this really happening? Is she really doing this?" Adam Levine graduated from her Brentwood school, so he put together this Battle of the Bands competition before his Los Angeles concert. Her band won it and opened for them just a few weeks ago. That was so exciting!
Makayla is my third-grader who is doing amazing in school. She is a great athlete and twice a week I coach her fantastic city basketball team of ten, seven, and eight-year-olds. We are 7-2, so we're doing really well. It's really fun for me. I was a basketball player and I think she got the basketball gene. She scored fourteen points in the last game and I was like, "Oh my gosh!" It is so fun to see her at eight-years-old really find a sport that she loves. She is also my tennis player. I've got these very diverse girls and I am so proud of them. They are doing really well in school and they've found their niches. I'm having a lot of fun with them.
CBS: You previously talked about having an eco-friendly household. How do you and your family plan to celebrate Earth Day? How are you teaching your daughters to be eco friendly?
JM: That's a good question and it's something I haven't talked to the girls about yet. Every night we sit down for dinner and we have what we call "Roses and Thorns." We talk about what their "Rose of the Day" and "Thorn of the Day" were. It's really cool. We get into these really amazing discussions about what went well during the day and what was maybe a sticking point. I will definitely bring up the Earth Day discussion during our Roses and Thorns segment, as it is pretty appropriate. We'll have to decide how to celebrate it this year. Thank you for reminding me!
You know, my daughters are really teaching me how to be eco-friendly. They come home from school with so many fantastic ideas. We've got a side little garden that they planted and we have recycling bins that they are so dedicated to. They also steered me away from using plastic in their snack. Instead we try to use recyclable containers. Likewise, we don't use plastic water bottles anymore. They have water bottles that they wash, refill, and take every day. They actually come home from school with more ideas than me on ways to be eco-friendly. They will say, "Let's not use paper bags anymore, I know they are recyclable, but there are these pretty cloth lunch boxes and snack boxes we can use." It's great, because I am a different generation and I learn from them.
CBS: What's up next for you?
JM: I think just continuing to expand Julie's Hollywood Watch. I really want to put tips out there from celebrities and share them with the Lifetime viewers. Something really cool happened in the Bruce Willis interview. I brought him a present, because he had given me a book called Your Child's Self Esteem thirteen years ago when Miaya was born. I found the book and brought it to the interview. I also brought along a book called How Girls Thrive, because he just had a fourth little girl. In the interview I said to Bruce, "Remember this book, Your Child's Self-Esteem?" He was like, "Oh my gosh! You still have that?!" I was like, "Yes! Look at the pages that I've turned down and how much I've used it. I want you to take this book, How Girls Thrive. You've got four girls now, and this book really meant something to me."
So we exchanged books thirteen years apart. It was really cool, because he has a daughter now that is going to turn one-years-old, as well as these older daughters. I think that if I could do anything, it would be to bring these tips forward and also maybe talk to Beyoncé about being a mom and how she found her balance. To me, that would be a great thing to bring to light every Friday on The Balancing Act. I hope Hollywood Watch can be something that people look forward to.
Tune into Mission Makeover on Mondays at 7am ET/PT on the Lifetime network. Also, tune into The Balancing Act daily at 7am ET/PT on Lifetime.
Source: Julie Moran: 'The Balancing Act' Could Be The Title Of My Life
Boston has been the setting for award-winning films and beloved television shows, and will soon be on full display in our new series, Wicked Single, which aims to the best parts of the city–as seen through the experiences of a crazy group of 20 and 30somethings more concerned with RBV-induced dance parties than settling down and popping out kids. In honor of Sunday's premiere, our friend Pete Lee at Best Week Ever took some time to explain just why this town is worthy of your attention, and perhaps, your tax dollars
Boston has been the setting for award-winning films and beloved television shows, and will soon be on full display in our new series, Wicked Single, which aims to the best parts of the city–as seen through the experiences of a crazy group of 20 and 30somethings more concerned with RBV-induced dance parties than settling down and popping out kids. In honor of Sunday's premiere, our friend Pete Lee at Best Week Ever took some time to explain just why this town is worthy of your attention, and perhaps, your tax dollars.
If reading's more your style, check out our list of reasons why Boston is simply the best, below.
1. The city is well-caffeinated.
With Dunkin Donuts on nearly every corner, you never have to search too far for a cup (or box) of joe.
2. Patriots' Day
In honor of Battles of Lexington and Concord–and in conjunction with the Boston Marathon–residents get a three-day weekend every spring. That's reason enough for me to move.
3. Men can wear Uggs.
When he's not leading the Patriots to the playoffs, Giselle's husband is blazing a (comfy) trail for gender equality.
Tax season always makes us feel broke.
Tax season always makes us feel broke. But no matter how deeply we regret the Saks splurges, that weekend in South Beach, and every $15 cocktail we've ever purchased — it's comforting to know that our overspending is negligible compared to these bankrupt, riches-to-rags celebs. Is that evil?
From Hammer to Toni Braxton, these superstars made bazillions of dollars, only to lose it all in spectacular, E! True Hollywood Story-worthy ways (some even ended up homeless, or yeesh, working retail). The culprit? Usually the losses were due to thunderingly stupid investments — what happens when you hire your childhood friend, Stinky, to be your business manager — or pricey drug addictions. Cut to mansions in foreclosure, cars being repossessed, careers capsizing, and lovers leaving. Bleak, but there is a bright side! Many of these celebs managed to bounce back hotter than ever, post-financial failure.
Check out 34 celebrities who crested the dizzying heights of wealthy celebdom, only to crash, burn, and bomb. Juicier than fiction.
Comeback: In 2011, the Grammy award-winning diva resurfaced with a hit reality series, WeTV's Braxton Family Values. Plus, after playing a gospel singer in love with a Jewish guy in Lifetime's Twist of Fate, Braxton caught the acting bug. She told TheGrio.com that she'd "like to play a lesbian and do a whole make-out scene. Not a lipstick lesbian, either." Bow-chicka-wow-wow.

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Comeback: We think she thought that playing Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick would resuscitate her ailing career, but all it did was provide fodder for late night talk show hosts and spark a million gifs of Lilo-as-Liz bleating "I'm so booored." Truth be told, we're looking forward to seeing her turn as a porn star's girlfriend in Paul Schrader's seedy new indie, The Canyons.

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Comeback: Doubtful. The aging athlete keeps trying out, season after season, but no one's biting.

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Comeback: Chances are slim. After a rehab stint in 2009, he went back in the studio with a few lesser stars -- but the records failed, and he plummeted back down the rabbit hole after a 2012 arrest for cocaine.

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Comeback: Ms. Love has def been busy. In the past couple years, she's released a solo album called Nobody's Daughter, launched her "Never the Bride" fashion line, and has been touring with new Hole members (their rendition of Jay Z's "99 Problems" at Sundance was very…memorable.

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Comeback: Octomom: Home Alone, The Sequel?

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Comeback: Don't cry for Trump – he's worth $2.7 billion dollars. For a real estate mogul on his level, a little Chapter 11 here and there comes with the territory.

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Comeback: He's made seventy movies, but these days Busey has found Second Act success as a lunatic on any reality show willing to sign him up. Catch him creeping everyone out on Celebrity Apprentice: All Stars.

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Comeback: No chance. "I can't afford to pay my rent, and the domestic relations staff tell me they'll put me in jail unless I pay child support," the self-pitying schmo told Star magazine in August 2012. "I'm a single father who's trying to make ends meet during a recession. What do I do – pay child support or rent? I decided to take the high road and quit reality TV and look, I'm going to end up in jail." Eww, shutup.

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Comeback: It's possible. After nearly putting Nas in the poorhouse, the Grammy-nominated singer is focused on raising their son, Knight, and touring.

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Comeback: Swoopes didn't let financial ruin break her stride (after all, she was the first woman to get her own Nike shoe). She started her own basketball camp, Swoopes House of Hoops, and recently joined the broadcast team for Texas Tech women's basketball, her alma mater. Go Lady Raiders!

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Comeback: He just turned down an opportunity to play for the NBA D-League's Texas Legends, tweeting that "the D-League is a great opportunity, but it's not the route for me. My dream is to complete my legacy in the NBA." And so we wait…

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Comeback: Once the star of hit films like Boogie Nights and the long-running TV series, Evening Shade, Reynolds has been keeping a low profile recently. He has a few films in production this year – here's hoping they pan out. We hate to see a living legend go to waste.

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Comeback: Going bankrupt ended up being a minor hiccup for Basinger (especially compared to her brutal child custody brawls with ex-hubby, Alec Baldwin). In 1997, she won an Oscar for LA Confidential and went on to star in winners like 8 Mile and Charlie St. Cloud.

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Comeback: In a huge eff-you move to Keitel, 1999 was also the year that Bracco landed the game-changing, totally boss role of Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos.

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Comeback: Nobody's stopping Hammer. Not only is he an ordained minister, he's also working on a tech start-up (a search engine called WireDoo), and recently joined Korean superstar Psy onstage at the AMA's for a performance of "Gangnam Style."
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Comeback: Jones' track-and-field days are no mas. These days, the disgraced athlete makes the rounds as a public speaker, reading from her book "On the Right Track" and promoting her "Take a Break" program, which encourages young adults to pause before making life-altering decisions.

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Comeback: The 70-something legend totally bounced back! Since filing, she's continued to show at New York Fashion Week (punctuating each finale with her trademark catwalk cartwheel) and has a Style Network reality show, Betsey + Lulu, in the works.

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Comeback: In one of the most stunning fallen-celeb turnarounds, Vick signed a $10 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles this year – which replaced the 6-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2011. Broke, schmoke.

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Source: Tax Season Porn: 34 Stars Who Made Bazillions and Went Bankrupt