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By JOSEPH SPECTOR, Albany Bureau Chief
ALBANY -- Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower was the highest paid local employee in New York in the last fiscal year, earning $321,719, a report Tuesday found.
The salary for the Rockland County police chief far exceeded the second highest paid employee in the list -- Clarkstown Police Capt. Anthony Ovchinnikoff, who earned $270,824, according to the review of payroll records in the 2011-12 fiscal year by the fiscally conservative Empire Center For New York State Policy.
Clarkstown, in Westchester County, had the highest average salary of any local agency. It's 163 police and fire employees had an average pay of $179,689.
"Local government is a labor-intensive business, and employee compensation is the single biggest element of most municipal budgets," the report said.
The payroll data from the state's Comptroller's Office included all full-time and part-time workers in the state's pension system from April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012.
Westchester, which as a high cost of living, led the state in salaries for city employees. Yonkers, which has warned it could face bankruptcy, had the highest average salary among cities: an average of $69,355 for its 926 employees.
Westchester County had the highest average salary among county governments: an average of $75,920 for its 4,925 employees.
The city of Rochester's average salary for its 1,579 employees was $50,169. The average was $53,408 for the roughly 200 employees in Poughkeepsie.
The average salary for city employees in the Southern Tier, a total of 1,042 employees, was $39,827.
The average salary statewide for city employees was $45,391, up 1 percent from the prior fiscal year. The average was $47,797 for county employees, up 3 percent from the prior year.
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Unlikely Valentine: Staffing Firms Learn to Love the MSP
Some suppliers are in the midst of a red-hot love affair with their MSPs. And it's been great all the way around. Why is the courtship such a happy one?
These suppliers know how to talk to their MSP. Don't get me wrong. The MSP calls the shots. There is very little wiggle room for negotiation. Staffing suppliers may not be able to negotiate in the strict sense of the term, but what they can do is get their point of view across. Here are six tips from experts who see the MSP as the client they have to please.
1. Do your due diligence. In this case it is important for staffing suppliers to understand both the MSP as well as the customer. Know who your clients are and how they work. Don't argue on standard contract clauses where you know the MSP is going to come back and say: "It's what the customer has asked for so take it or leave it." To put up a fight leaves you and the MSP in an awkward position. They can't give you concessions that they don't have any control over. And some customers have certain requirements that are non-negotiable, like MSP fees, which could be anywhere from 1.5 percent to 2 percent of program spend under management.
2. Study before signing. That said, don't hurry and sign on the dotted line just because you are eager to seal the deal. Contracts still should be scrutinized before signing, especially for clauses that can put your company at risk, such as overbroad indemnification agreements. Often, customers don't realize what they are asking for -- they really don't want to see you bankrupt -- but if these clauses are pointed out by the MSP, they will rethink the clause. Of course, you need to have a dialogue and bring up these points in a methodical manner with the MSP first.
3. Get market intelligence. Keep on top of contingent workforce management trends. "Talk to your peers, other MSPs, customers that you work with and industry analysts," says Ben Thakur, CEO of eTeam Inc., a staffing firm that works with different MSPs. If a customer or MSP is asking for something novel, an analyst could confirm whether this is the start of a trend.
Let's take this scenario: a biotech customer is asking for $20 million insurance requirements as opposed to $5 million. "Maybe this is the beginning of where the industry is heading and it may be worthwhile to make the investment upfront," says Thakur.
4. Benchmark the competition. It's vital to know what the market rates are for the labor categories that your firm specializes in. Suppliers should be able to sit down with the MSP and explain that theirs is a competitive rate card that helps bring in quality talent. Lowering rates could not just affect your business but could turn off quality talent leaving the MSP and customer with a mediocre pool of candidates.
5. Be transparent. Raja Narayana, who works with a number of MSPs as vice president of Aditi Staffing, advocates being open with numbers and disclosing one's overhead, margins and revenue. He likes to involve the end user as well as the MSP. "If they are asking for volume discounts that are going to eat into your numbers, bring it up," he claims. "Ask them, 'How this is lucrative for me? If you're going to [shave] another 2 percent, give me something you can commit to [read: more business] so that I can have more of a share in your savings," he says. MSPs do understand that they succeed when the staffing suppliers does.
6. Ongoing education. At the end of the day, for the customer to run a successful program, they rely on the MSP, which in turn relies on the pool of suppliers servicing the account. No party can be happy at the other's expense. It is the staffing supplier's responsibility to keep the MSP informed and up to date on the competitive landscape. Clarifying your staffing firm's expectations on an ongoing basis also helps the MSP understand and set the stage appropriately.
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I'm reinforcing my recommendation because I believe your need for a tasty and nutritious meal to share with friends and family is increasing rapidly. You are beginning to sound frenetic...
Take them there on the bus, perhaps?
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Yves Saint Laurent
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Yves Saint Laurent, who exploded on the fashion scene in 1958 as the boy-wonder successor to Christian Dior and endured as one of the best-known and most influential couturiers of the second half of the 20th century, died on June 1, 2008, in Paris. He was 71.
The designer who arguably did more to advance fashion than any other of his generation pointed the way to the future by consistently reviving the past. His enduring fascination with more gracious or, perhaps, more vital times, informed his refined, theatrical aesthetic and made him the most influential designer of his day. His celebrated fashions of the '60s and the '70s continue to inspire younger generations.
Saint Laurent achieved his greatest triumphs in the midst of a notoriously turbulent emotional life, giving him mythical stature in his own time. Born Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent in Oran, Algeria, he seemed intent on burnishing that myth from an early age. Precociously, he entered a design contest while still in his teens and won the attention of Christian Dior, who eventually tapped him to take over his legendary fashion house. In 1958, shortly after Dior's death, Saint Laurent, then 21, was credited with saving the moribund house of Dior with his Trapeze line, displaying a daring that would flourish through much of his career. The beat-inspired biker jackets and turtleneck sweaters of his next, and last, collection for Dior were widely disparaged yet sealed his reputation as a designer who elevated the look of the streets to haute couture.
In 1962, he opened his own fashion house, and during the next decades designed androgynous looks like his safari jacket with tight pants and thigh-high boots and, most memorably, Le Smoking, the classic tuxedo suit for women.
Throughout his career, Saint Laurent was visibly indebted to the work of mid-20th-century painters including Braque, Picasso and Mondrian and the flamboyant fashions of earlier eras. He reinterpreted the belle époque, the '30s and '40s, incensing critics in 1971 by unveiling his '40s-inflected square-shouldered silhouette, which became a dominant look of the decade. His interpretation of the pantsuit has been credited with revolutionizing the way women dress.
"Chanel gave liberation of the body to women," said Pierre Bergé, his onetime companion and lifetime business partner, "and Saint Laurent gave power to women with the men's clothes."
In 1966, Saint Laurent introduced Rive Gauche, a ready-to-wear collection, and a boutique of the same name. He was the first designer to use black models in his runway shows.
He was embraced by the haute monde; his clients and muses included aristocratic young women like Loulou de la Falaise and Parisian social pillars like Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, and the iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve. In 1983 he became the first living fashion designer to be honored with a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Saint Laurent's career was famously marred by repeated episodes of substance abuse that injured his health. By the '90s, his designs were often little more than reprises of his greatest hits. In 1998, he sold his ready-to-wear house to Gucci Group, leaving him and Mr. Bergé with only the couture. With Mr. Bergé, he created a foundation in Paris to commemorate the history of the house of YSL, an archive of 15,000 objects and 5,000 pieces of clothing. He retired in 2002 and had become increasingly reclusive, spending much of his time at his house in Marrakech, in Morocco.
The Style of Yves Saint Laurent Is Set to Arrive in Seattle
An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum will feature classic outfits as well as photographs, films and magazines that frame his creative process.
July 31, 2015, Friday
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The Strength of Simplicity: A Look Inside Yves Saint Laurent's Final Home in Tangier
The iconic fashion designer's last residence, Villa Mabrouka, shows just how sophisticated 'plain' decorating can be — and how radical chintz can seem.
October 14, 2014, Tuesday
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The Strength of Simplicity: A Look Inside Yves Saint Laurent's Final Home in Tangier
The iconic fashion designer's last residence, Villa Mabrouka, shows just how sophisticated 'plain' decorating can be — and how radical chintz can seem.
October 14, 2014, Tuesday
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At Paris Fashion Week, Hedi Slimane's 'Sonic' Exhibit Opens
"Sonic," an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by the Saint Laurent designer, Hedi Slimane, opened on Sept. 18 at the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent.
September 23, 2014, Tuesday
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Casting the Catwalk, Saint Laurent Style
Yves Saint Laurent's legacy, especially the way he selected models, is explored in a film biography on screens across the country.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
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Clothes That Made the Man's Mark
The life of Yves Saint Laurent, the subject of a biopic by Jalil Lespert, can be traced through the narrative of the clothes he designed.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
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Ways to Apply Fuchsia, the Hot Makeup Color
A vivid makeup color for the transition into spring.
March 20, 2014, Thursday
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A Memorial to Yves Saint Laurent, 5 Years After His Death
A private concert marking five years since the death from brain cancer of Yves Saint Laurent was held on Monday at the Opéra Bastille.
June 12, 2013, Wednesday
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The Many Stripes of Pattern Power
Fashion is now indisputably in a geometric moment, as seen in spring collections and an exhibition in London.
April 9, 2013, Tuesday
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The French Debate Gay Marriage, in Their Fashion
Polls show wide support for legalizing gay marriage in France, but there is plenty of ambivalence, too.
February 3, 2013, Sunday
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Scenes From a Lifetime of Collecting
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Far From Bare Walls
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to immediately provide authority and facilities that the Secretary of the Treasury can use to restore liquidity and stability to the financial system of the United States; and
(2) to ensure that such authority and such facilities are used in a manner that—
Source(Pub. L. 110–343, div. A, § 2,Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3766.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act" and was translated as reading "this division", meaning div. A of Pub. L. 110–343, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3765, known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division A to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Short Title of 2010 Amendment
Pub. L. 111–203, title XIII, § 1301,July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2133, provided that: "This title [amending sections 1431, 1455, 1719, 5216, and 5225 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1455 of this title] may be cited as the 'Pay It Back Act'."
Short Title of 2009 Amendment
Pub. L. 111–22, div. A, § 1(a),May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1632, provided that: "This division [enacting sections 1715z–25, 1735f–10, 1790e, 5220a, and 5231a of this title, amending sections 1708, 1710, 1715u, 1715z–20, 1715z–23, 1715z–24, 1735f–14, 1782, 1783, 1817, 1823, 1824, 5221, 5225, 5226, 5233, and 5241 of this title, sections 1639a, 1640, and 1641 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, section 714 of Title 31, Money and Finance, section 3703 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, and sections 1437f and 1472 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, repealing section 1735f–10 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section, sections 1708, 1715u, and 5220 of this title, section 1639a ofTitle 15, section 3703 of Title 38, and sections 1437f, 1472, and 5301 of Title 42, amending provisions set out as a note under section 5301 of Title 42, and repealing provisions set out as notes under this section and section 5220 of this title] may be cited as the 'Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009'."
Pub. L. 111–22, div. A, title VII, § 701,May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1660, provided that: "This title [amending section 1437f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 5220 of this title and section 1437f of Title 42, and repealing provisions set out as notes under this section and section 5220 of this title] may be cited as the 'Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009'."
[Section 701 ofPub. L. 111–22, set out above, repealed Dec. 31, 2014, see section 704 ofPub. L. 111–22, set out as a Termination Date of 2009 Amendment note under section 1437f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.]
Pub. L. 111–15, § 1,Apr. 24, 2009, 123 Stat. 1603, provided that: "This Act [amending section 5231 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–452, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] may be cited as the 'Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009'."
Short Title
Pub. L. 110–343, div. A, § 1(a),Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3765, provided that: "This division [enacting this chapter, amending sections 1715z–23, 1818, 1823, and 1828 of this title, section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, section 1638 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, sections 108, 162, and 280G of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and sections 301, 1105, and 3101 of Title 31, Money and Finance, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1638 ofTitle 15, sections 108, 162, and 280G of Title 26, and section 1105 of Title 31, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 461 of this title] may be cited as the 'Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008'."
Executive Order No. 13501
Ex. Ord. No. 13501, Feb. 6, 2009, 74 F.R. 6983, which established the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13564, § 5, Jan. 31, 2011, 76 F.R. 6310, set out below.
Ex. Ord. No. 13564. Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to continue to strengthen the Nation's economy and ensure the competitiveness of the United States and to create jobs, opportunity, and prosperity for the American people by ensuring the availability of non-partisan advice to the President from participants in and experts on the economy, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established within the Department of the Treasury the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (PCJC). The PCJC shall consist of members appointed by the President from among distinguished citizens outside the Federal Government and shall include citizens chosen to serve as representatives of the various sectors of the economy to offer the diverse perspectives of the private sector, employers, and workers on how the Federal Government can best foster growth, competitiveness, innovation, and job creation. The members may also include citizens selected based on their expertise and experience to offer independent advice. The President shall designate a Chair from among the members. A Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology who is not serving in the Federal Government and the Chair and Vice Chair of the President's Export Council shall serve as ex-officio members. The Treasury may provide the PCJC with a staff, as necessary.
Sec. 2. The functions of the PCJC are advisory only. The PCJC shall meet regularly and shall:
(a) solicit ideas from across the country about how to bolster the economy and the prosperity of the American people that can inform the decisionmaking of the President, and with respect to matters deemed appropriate by the President, provide information and recommendations to any executive department or agency (agency) with responsibilities related to the economy, growth, innovation, American competitiveness, or job creation;
(b) report directly to the President on the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies to promote the growth of the American economy, enhance the skills and education of Americans, maintain a stable and sound financial and banking system, create stable jobs for American workers, and improve the long-term prosperity and competitiveness of the American people; and
(c) provide analysis and information with respect to the operation, regulation, and healthy functioning of the economy and other factors that may contribute to the sustainable growth and competitiveness of American industry and the American labor force. As deemed appropriate by the President, this analysis and information shall be provided to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the National Economic Council, or any agency with responsibilities related to the economy, growth, innovation, American competitiveness, or job creation.
Sec. 3. Administration of the PCJC. (a) All agencies and all offices within the Executive Office of the President shall cooperate with the PCJC and provide such information and assistance to the PCJC as the Chair of the PCJC may request, to the extent permitted by law.
(b) The Department of the Treasury shall provide funding and administrative support for the PCJC to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.
(c) Members of the PCJC shall serve without compensation but may receive transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707), consistent with the availability of funds.
Sec. 4. Termination. The PCJC shall terminate 2 years after the date of this order unless extended by the President.
Sec. 5. Revocation of Executive Order 13501. Executive Order 13501 of February 6, 2009 (Establishing the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board), is hereby revoked.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the "Act"), may apply to the PCJC, any functions of the President under the Act, except for those in section 6 of the Act, shall be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.Barack Obama.
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An English aristocrat inherits an Australian ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver to drive 2,000-head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.
Cast: David Wenham, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
Produced by: Baz Luhrmann
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Running time: 2hr 45min
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Sandy says the Mets might have more payroll flexibility for 2013
Sandy Alderson said the Mets will have more payroll flexibility than originally anticipated, according to Newsday's David Lennon.
"I think we're going to have a little more leeway," Alderson said. "I think there's a little more flexibility."
Lennon says the team's payroll could "inch upward" from last year's payroll, which was around $93 million.
During a Q&A with ticket plan holders at Citi Field at the end of August, Alderson said he thinks payroll will be around $100 million, "if not higher."
Michael Baron, ContributorAlderson said earlier in the week that part of the restructuring of the money owed to Jason Bay was designed to give him more short-term payroll flexibility. So I wonder if he is simply referring to that measure, or if there is added flexibility on top of the space created by Bay's departure. But even if he's simply referring to the flexibility created by Bay, it's probably still a better position for him to be in as he tries to augment the roster. No matter what, I wouldn't expect them to max out their total budget this winter, as that could limit their ability to make moves at the trade deadline, should they be in a position to improve the roster.
Now, however it's accounted for, Bay is going to get the $21 million owed to him – it's just a matter of how and when and how much they're going to be paying him next season, which will determine what their short-term flexibility really is.


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Idera is a leading provider of IT performance monitoring solutions. Our products help database administrators, sysadmins, application owners and network engineers improve the health, availability and performance of their IT systems. More than 13,000 customers around the world – including many Fortune 1,000 enterprises, government agencies, and some of the world's largest datacenters and cloud infrastructure providers – rely on Idera products to keep their systems optimized and IT operations running smoothly.
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Whether you are small and growing or you have IT systems that span the globe, Idera will help you ensure the best performance and value with products that are easy to install and deploy and deliver real and measurable ROI.
Headquarter in Houston, Texas, Idera is Microsoft Managed Partner, an EMC TechConnect Select Partner and a member of the SAP PartnerEdge program.
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We opened our doors for business. Housed in turn of the century mansions in the bohemian Montrose area of Houston, Texas we provided solutions for managing the Microsoft SQL Server database platform.
A star is born.
We launched our first product, SQL diagnostic manager, which today is the 'gold standard' for SQL Server performance monitoring and diagnostics.
Going places.
We expanded our European operations, opening an office in London to support our customers and partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Taking over the world.
More international expansion. We opened our office in Melbourne, Australia to support our customers and partners in the Asia Pacific region.
Thinking bigger.
Acquired R1Soft, adding its industry leading portfolio of data protection products for Windows and Linux servers to complement our SQL Server management solutions.
Following the script.
Introduced our Advanced IDE for Windows PowerShell – PowerShell Plus.
Life on the farm(s).
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Microsoft likes us. They really like us.
Idera is named a Microsoft Managed Partner in the High Potential ISV Group.
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Surpassed 11,000 customers worldwide.
Expanding horizons.
Randy Jacops is announced as Idera's CEO.
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BearingPoint assessed AREVA T&D's four-year strategy on its carbon impact and improved employee awareness of the carbon impact of their actions.
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Assessment of the carbon impact of the group's strategic four year plan and improvement of the employee sustainability awareness.
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At CBC, Elliotte Friedman writes that it isn't exactly smooth sailing toward a new CBA getting done and the league and NHLPA still have to navigate some tough roads before a new deal can be agreed on.
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Diwali celebrations: Fireworks, lights and mountains of food
Diwali is one of the most important events in the Hindu spiritual calendar. It is known as the "Festival of Lights" and takes place between mid October and mid November each year.
This year we asked iReporters from around the world to submit their best images of the celebration and the stunning result is featured in the gallery above.
The name "Diwali" is a contraction of the word Deepavali, which means row of lights in Sanskrit. During the holiday, candles and oil lamps called "diyas" are lit to commemorate the legend of the return of the Hindu god Rama to his kingdom after 14 years in exile after murdering the ten-headed demon Ravana.
In India the goddess Lakshmi is also celebrated during the holiday and colorful rangolis -- decorative floor designs made of sand -- are made in her honor.
"Most people buy the sand and make their own, or they buy ready-made stencils," said Manish Kanojia, whose stunning photos from in and around Delhi are represented in the gallery.
Diwali is not just celebrated in India. In cities around the world that have substantial Indian populations Diwali is part of the events calendar and is celebrated by Indians and non-Indians alike.
"Deepavali in Singapore is a great event visited by visitors and locals alike and not just Indians," said Monika Khaled, who moved from Austria to Singapore in 2006.
The 38-year-old writer submitted her first iReport featuring numerous colorful photos of the bazaar in Singapore's "Little India" district.
For Roger Seepersad, a 23-year-old Hindu from Trinidad and Tobago, Diwali is the perfect opportunity to take photographs as the festival is so centred around light.
"Trinidad and Tobago has a large Hindu population, so Diwali is very big," said the student and freelance journalist.
"Here, the Hindu community celebrates by cleaning their houses and preparing foods such as roti, channa and aloo, white rice, and various vegetable curries. They also prepare sweets like parsad, kurma and barfi. At around 6pm, they light deyas around their houses. Hindus invite friends and family over to help with the diya lighting and to just enjoy each other's company ... At night there is usually tons of fireworks as well," he added.


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We are always receptive to any and all types of glistening objects, but we tend to pay extra attention to them towards the end of the year. What with shiny wrapping paper, twinkling holiday lights, and fresh coats of shimmering snow (for some) on the ground, luster is all around us! We approve all of this atmospheric glitz and feel that it is very appropriate to incorporate some equally glittery items into your winter wardrobes. As such, we've decided it's high time to spotlight our favorite festive embellishment: sequins! To illustrate our affection for this attention-getting material, we rounded up a few excellent examples from the international style community. One look at the way these ladies work sequined dresses, pants, and hats into their already chic closets, and we're sure you'll succumb to the twinkle, too!
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The Dark Knight III: The Master Race is Coming
Tony Bedard's and Tyler Kirkham's "WEAPONER" arc comes to its dramatic conclusion in GREEN LANTERN CORPS #57. The battle is heating up between the Sinestro Corps and the Green Lantern Corps-backed Weaponer and his Qwardians, but the truce is still in effect. Neither Corps can use power rings on the other.
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Toys, Toys, everywhere.
The Javits Center in New York City was bustling this week with some of the coolest and most unusual collectible action figures and statues at TOY FAIR.
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Darkness falls on the JLA
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is going to be hitting stores this week across multiple carriers. This "phablet" was revealed last month by Samsung along with the Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch and features some very high-end specs. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3's 5.7 inch screen is a full 1080p screen, making it one of the clearest screens on any smartphone to date. In addition to a super powerful screen, the Note 3 is run by a super slick, quad-core SnapDragon 800 processor. All this is powered by a massive 3200 mAh battery that is sure to push this phone far battery-life wise.
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Proposed amendments to the county's master plan aimed at balancing sage grouse protection and human economic interests will be up for public comment at the May 1 county commission meeting.
On Tuesday, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to forward the suggested changes, and authorized staff to make small "tweaks" in the wording before the hearing if necessary.
The objective of both the state and county is to keep the birds off the federal list of endangered species. Such a listing would have drastic impacts on human activities such as mining and agriculture in areas deemed sage grouse habitat.
The Governor's Office has designed its own plan. Rex Sacco, the county's Director of Public Lands, told planning commissioners that the county's version is "80 percent consistent" with the goveror's proposals. Where the plan differs is only in the specifics that apply uniquely to Carbon, he said.
"The governor's plan calls for consistent populations numbers statewise and ours just explains how our county will do its part," he explained in an interview later.
Brad Crompton, a wildlife biologist with the Division of Wildlife Resources, advised planners at Tuesday's meeting that, although the county has a right to plan for its own interests, the proposed policy ought not be worded to give the impression that Carbon County disagrees with the statewide plan.
His reason was that if the federal land and wildlife agencies think the state plan is in dispute, the feds may decide to override it with one of their own.
Planning chairman Richard Tatton replied that his group had no intention of opposing the state, but that its function was to look after the interests of Carbon County.
Sacco said in a later interview that the county's proposed master plan changes stress that habitat protection and improvement are voluntary on private land, and also are more detailed on specific locations and threats to the birds.
He added that the county is also proposing "off-site" mitigation, such as purchasing birds to locate in habitats where there is no conflict between economic development and avian needs.
There are about 600 Greater Sage Grouse in Carbon County. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has until 2015 to decide if the species is endangered.


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Even from the very beginnings when Marie Cavanaugh spent hours in her South Dakota farmhouse each Christmas season making pecan rolls and homemade chocolates for holiday gifting they were lovingly made one piece at a time.
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Band pictures from Naples High School versus Riverdale High School on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 at Naples High School.
The Naples marching band performs before the start of the Riverdale-Naples football game Friday, Nov. 19 at Naples High School.
Scenes from Naples' 49-14 defeat of Riverdale in their Class 3A district quarterfinal game on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 in Naples. David Albers/Staff


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I think the style of choosing both of these players is just primitive and a very bad method. For the home run derby, I don't see why each league can't just have their top four homerun hitters represent them. Instead, we have unworthy captains picking unworthy contestants. In the National League, David Wright, who has a whopping eight homeruns, is the captain. On baseball tonight yesterday, one analyst predicted David Wright would pick Giancarlo Stanton, Bryce Harper, and Justin Upton, none of whom, are in the top four in homeruns. Why wouldn't Dominic Brown go? He has more than twice as more than David Wright. In the American League, one analyst had Robinson Cano picking Chris Davis, Mike Trout, and Adam Dunn. I'm not sure why Edwin Encarnacion and/or Miguel Cabrera wouldn't go. The whole system is flawed. Take the four players who have the most homeruns and be done with it. It is only fair that way.
Voting people into the all-star game is just a defective technique too. This game of stars actually means something and we are letting the fan-base choose who gets home field advantage in the world series. First of all, it's a popularity contest. Derek Jeter could hit .180 and still start in the all-star game. Fans pick who they like, not necessarily the best players. Second of all, voting takes time, and hitters could go into slumps over the course of the first half. A player could have a monster April and May, go into a slump by June. By the all-star game, he's hitting .250 and not worthy of an all-star selection, yet he still gets selected. I'm not sure why front office executives, writers, analysts and coaches can't select the best player at each position a week before the all-star game. No voting, just a first-class elimination process to decide who represents their league.


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Photograph By Joel Meinholz
In June, pro skateboarder Joel Meinholz joined brothers Elias and Simon Bingham, who run the No Comply skate shop in Austin, Texas, and their father, Ben, for a special trip to one of the most breathtaking (literally, it's nearly 8,000 feet above sea level) ancient sites on the planet: Peru's Machu Picchu. The group spent time on and off the Inca Trail, getting to understand traditional and skateboarding culture in the Andes. (The Binghams are the great-grandsons of Hiram Bingham, who introduced the modern world to the ruins in 1911 through the National Geographic Society). Meinholz, pictured here, amassed a wealth of photos that speak to the vibrancy of the place and its people.


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The past week that just gone by had been utterly enjoyable. I really feel like Paris had been spoiling me with so many activities but left me with not much time to blog about them separately so here are the low-downs of my last 7 days which was filled with a lot of good food, meetings with amazing people, art exhibition, celebrating Chinese New Year, lots of strollings and my first French argument where I felt very French (because I spoke French haha)
Les Cocottes
Les Cocottes is my go-to place whenever I have overseas visitors and every person I've taken there, loved it. The owner, Christian Constant, owns 2 other restaurants on the same street and each of these three is just 2 doors away from the other, divided by style and price range but they are all great. The one dish that I will always recommend from Les Cocottes is the langoustine ravioli (shown in the picture below).
So when Jackie told me she's never been to Les Cocottes, I took this chance to get to know her more and learn about her journey in Paris plus it's my turn to do the ordering on her behalf. We spent the evening with great food and shared a bottle of white wine. Jackie is a current MBA student focusing on luxury brand management at the prestigious Essec Business School. She gave me a lot of insight into her study program and what it consisted of (lots hard work!) and I learnt many interesting facts about luxury brands.
Eiffel Tower
Since the restaurant is situated so close to the Eiffel Tower, it only makes it easier to give ourselves a reason to walk off dinner whilst waiting for the light show.
Van Cleef & Arpels on 22 Place Vendôme
I visited the Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs. It was such a fascinating experience to see a vast collection of these coveted jewels under one roof, learning about the history of this highly influential empire and admiring (with dropped jaw) the magnificent crown of Princess Charlene of Monaco. I should let you know that I give myself a pat on the back when I do at least one art-related activity per week. The above is a photograph of Van Cleef & Arpels first store in Paris which has opened since 1906.
Lunch date with Daisy de Plume
On the one day when the sky was unbelievably blue in Paris this week, I took a nice long walk and the day got even better when it came to lunchtime as I had a date with Daisy de Plume, the founder of THATLou and the organizer of my recent treasure hunt at Musee d'Orsay. She's just as wonderful as I once described her to be and proved by our 2-hour lunch! (We had so much to talk about that we lost track of time) You can read more about this fantastic lady here and here.
My first angry experience – in French!
I visited Darty, a store that sells general appliances, to buy a hair curling iron. I found what I wanted to buy and was ready to pay for it and leave. After repeatedly demanding to 5 different staff in 3 different floors and 30 minutes of waiting, I got really impatient. So I took the display version of the hair curler I wanted which was attached to a huge square plastic holder, brought the whole thing to the cashier and said "I want to buy this". The manager halted me and said "you can't do that, put it back! And you must wait!" With all my furiousness, I responded, "No! I have waited for a long time, asked a lot people and no one came! I'm not going to wait anymore and I will also not put this back!" To my surprise, the guy turned his attitude 180 degrees and became very nice and polite. He took the hair curler display from my hands, walked me to a cashier, got me to pay then served me my new, boxed hair curler appliance. I walked out thinking "that's interesting". Is that how the French operate?
My exam results
So I successfully spoke my mind out in French when frustrated but when it came to exam time, I get nervous and when exam results are out, I get scared to leave my bed. But it turned out I passed yay! and this called for a little celebration with great friends.
Rice & Fish Restaurant
Yummy prawns sushi at Rice & Fish (22 Rue Greneta 75002 Paris)
Comme à Lisbonne
And these delicious Portuguese tarts from Comme à Lisbonne.
Friday night comfort food
Friday night called for comfort food and I have Jackie now on speed dial haha. We went to Bon Mua Restaurant (36 Rue de Trévise 75009 Paris), which is officially my hiding place whenever I wanted my comfort food of Vietnamese grilled pork chops. The pork chops here are on par with I find in my usual Asian hunts in Sydney. I have high expectation when it comes to pork chops so trust me when I say it's good.
Brunch at Ladurée
I'm a major fan of French toast and really wanted to try the ones from Ladurée. I was delighted when Faye said yes to another dessert date. She's not sick of me yet! I only have the nicest things to say about my French toast. It was fluffy, light and delicious and can see myself coming to Ladurée strictly for this specific item many times in the future. I can't deny how pretty Ladurée is in all their presentation. Please click here to see Faye's post about our date and her thoughts on Ladurée's desserts.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Saturday Strolls
After our delicious brunch, Faye and I continued to walk along Avenue des Champs-Élysées and turned into Rue Saint Honoré. It was such a lovely day and I was really glad to have such a cool, sweet and adorable companion with me.
Roberto Cavalli and Repetto
Happy Chinese New Year
Paris doesn't have a designated "Chinatown" like most major cities. Any district which have a grouped area of Chinese residents, supermarkets and restaurants can be classified as "Chinatown". I chose to visit Porte d'Italie in the 13th arrondissement as it seemed to be the most recommended area to see lively festivities. It warmed me to see abundance of red lanterns and people shopping to prepare for Chinese New Year's Feasts.
Raclette, French steamboat?
My friends from church kindly invited me over for a dinner feast of Raclette, which I can only describe as French steamboat but instead of using broth and seafood, we used lots and lots of cheese and can mix and match the types of cheese and toppings. It was a lot of fun! Dessert was raclette marshmallows and chocolate. What an amazing (French) way to celebrate Chinese New Year.
The Seine River
For the whole week, the water level of the Seine River had been really high. The cruise boats have stopped operating and you can't really walk alongside the river.
Okay that was a lot to recap in one week. As I said earlier, Paris had been spoiling me with the most enjoyable activities but it gives me the dilemma of not having enough time to update my blog more regularly. So here's a collage of what I've been posting in my Instagram account and Facebook page from the past days. You are most welcomed to find me under "willsheloveparis" to get more regular updates.
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you will have the most enjoyable week ahead.


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Newly added to the Modern Library, this edition makes Cloud Atlas available in hardcover for the very first time. A postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in twenty-first-century fiction, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian love of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending, philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, and Philip K. Dick. The result is brilliantly original fiction as profound as it is playful. In this groundbreaking novel, an influential favorite among a new generation of writers, Mitchell explores with daring artistry fundamental questions of reality and identity.
Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Along the way, Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite.... Abruptly, the action jumps to Belgium in 1931, where Robert Frobisher, a disinherited bisexual composer, contrives his way into the household of an infirm maestro who has a beguiling wife and a nubile daughter.... From there we jump to the West Coast in the 1970s and a troubled reporter named Luisa Rey, who stumbles upon a web of corporate greed and murder that threatens to claim her life.... And onward, with dazzling virtuosity, to an inglorious present-day England; to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok; and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history.
But the story doesn't end even there. The narrative then boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.
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Post Game: Knicks 96, Rockets 109
On Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks (18-6) were defeated by the Houston Rockets (12-12) by the score of 103-102. Box Score
Chris Copeland led the Knicks in scoring with 29 points on 11-19 shooting from the field. He added five rebounds and two steals
J.R. Smith added 17 points on 7-13 shooting with three rebounds and Pablo Prigioni had 14 points and five assists off the bench.
James Harden led the Rockets in scoring with 28 points on 9-18 shooting and had 10 rebounds. Jeremy Lin had 22 points on 9-15 shooting with eight assists, four rebounds and two steals. It was Lin's second highest scoring game of the season.
Harden and Lin combined for 50 points, the Knicks starting lineup only combined 48. 29 of those 48 came from the four starters not named Chris Copeland.
Tyson Chandler had eight points on only 3-7 shooting but did collect 18 rebounds.
This is the Knicks first loss at home this season and the 7th straight loss to the Rockets overall.
The Knicks have now given up 100 points in four of the last five games.
The Knicks are now 2-2 without Carmelo Anthony and have lost four of their six games against the Western Conference.
Matthew Falkenbury
So, last time these two teams met in the Houston, I decided to go with a different approach to the post game. In honor of the Knicks, once again, getting beat up by the Rockets, I'm going with the same approach.
Now of course, the Knicks were missing Melo and Wallace tonight, which doesn't help the Knicks at all. Then again, outside of Chris Copeland and J.R. Smith, nobody really helped the Knicks that much anyway.
Coach Woodson after the game to reporters: "We played awful" I would happen to agree with those sentiments.
So, thanks to the classic show "The Simpsons", here is a visual look of how the Knicks game went tonight.
Coming up next, the Knicks continue their home stand as they welcome in for the first time at the Garden, Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and the Brooklyn Nets. The game will begin at 7:00 pm on Wednesday and will be shown on MSG and ESPN.


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The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael "Mick" Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime: defending a rich Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money pay-off swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller.
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For those who have been out of the IAB news loop, last week we held our Annual Leadership Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. It was an intense, jam-packed few days. One of the highlights for me was that I got to be a "provocateur" in a Town Hall-style break out session we held on mobile monetization, called "Are Mobile Pennies Inevitable? The Challenge of Mobile Monetization." Under the able moderation of Chris LaSala of Google and Cary Tilds of GroupM, participants jumped in to a lively series of discussions about the challenges facing mobile advertising today, and how we—the industry and the IAB—can contribute to solving them.
We started by enumerating and prioritizing the problems: according to a Kleiner Perkins study, mobile revenue is something like 75 cents per user as compared to $3.50 per user on desktop.
Most of the mobile problems we came up with are familiar ones:
· 1. Lack of knowledge about how to measure
· 2. Too much complexity (HTML5 v Flash, varied screen sizes, etc)
· 3. Creatives hate it: too small, too fragmented
· 4. Standardization is needed
· And so on….
But the biggest problem for investors and brands in mobile is that there's a lot of chaos to sort through. It's hard to figure out how to invest in mobile faster, and hard to keep on top of the landscape.
— cary tilds (@ctilds) February 25, 2013
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One challenge is that we don't even have a firm answer to "what is mobile?" And indeed, the distinction between "mobile" and "not mobile" may be fading away. Whether we separate out mobile, or how we divide up the world, depends on what we're talking about.
From a marketing strategy perspective, there's a compelling view that "mobile" shouldn't be separated out, we should think in terms of at home versus office, event, retail, and other places. The tablet on the couch, the screen in the car dashboard, the smartphone in a restaurant: it's where you are physically that defines the opportunity, not what device you happen to have. As the IAB says, mobile is really a behavior, not a device type.
Another participant advocated a hub-and-spoke framework, where mobile is not unique or disconnected from other media, but is the central device/medium for advertising, and other media (TV, outdoor, print, PC, etc) all are spokes that relate to the mobile hub.
While a marketing strategy perspective may be ready to move beyond the mobile/non-mobile dichotomy, a plumbing point of view still argues for looking at mobile as a distinct medium. There are unique, mobile-specific problems that need to be resolved before these integrated, cross-screen marketing plans are feasible. These relate to scale, approach, and currency, among other things. Technical solutions like HTML 5 will help with some aspects of the plumbing problem but there's still a lot to do to get mobile advertising flowing easily.
Another strong theme from the Town Hall was that while standards are starting to exist (thanks, IAB!), they are not there, not deep enough, or not clear enough yet.
One of our subgroups recommended, "standardize first, and innovation follows." Another asked if it shouldn't be the other way around. That comment sparked the great question: "Is there a necessary trade-off between awesomeness and standardization?" The broader chicken-and-egg question is important, and it shapes the way the IAB approaches timing for mobile and other standards projects. We count on members and others in the ecosystem to let us know if we're being premature or late to the game. And I do agree that we should strive for standards that permit, or even encourage, awesomeness.
One summary of the conversation held that mobile does not have a monetization problem, it has a measurement problem. And the measurement problem can be decomposed into two parts: a plumbing problem and a standards problem. However, we as an industry are not 100% sure on what the solution to the plumbing problem should be, and if it should cover just mobile or extend across screens/devices. And there's not complete agreement that there should be standards yet.
A pithier summary of the conversation was: "The screen size is small. That sucks. Get over it, and learn to build mobile creative that works."
In my mind, both of these conclusions imply time as part of the solution. Time is needed for brands and agencies to get their bearings where mobile is concerned, and it takes time for the media side of the industry to move from competitive land grab to cooperation. Any standards effort requires consensus around which aspects of mobile are just table stakes (where standardization helps everyone) versus things that are true competitive differentiators. Hopefully, via conversations like this and our ongoing standards, committee, research, and other efforts, the IAB's Mobile Center can accelerate that process.
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Joe Laszlo is Senior Director of the Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence at the IAB.