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All flip-flops are not created equal. When then-mayoral candidate Mike McGinn backed off his over-my-dead-body opposition to the tunnel two weeks before the election? Now that was a flip-flop. This? This is...different.
Bill Schrier, the city's head IT guy, politely informs Mayor-elect Mike McGinn that Seattle is still a PC.
After his victory, Mayor-elect McGinn asked Seattle's IT department if he could use a Mac rather than the city's PCs. Technically, McGinn's request was minor. Symbolically, it was not; people tend to notice when the city's highest elected official favors products made by the main competitor of one of the city's biggest employers.
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"The mayor-elect is not interested in changing that standard," Schrier said, explaining that the city looked briefly at Macs for the office but didn't seriously consider a switch. "He is quite concerned about cost-containment, and what we've got now works. The new mayor's office will be using existing PC-based standards."So McGinn let Schrier flop his flip because buying new Powerbooks would have cost a city without a lot of cash too much of it? Hey, this guy is getting more reasonable by the day.


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A little background...
Our relationship with PILs has been strained. We used to live with them (huge mistake and one major reason for our issues). They also treat us like children (result of living with them and their inability to let go of DH). For instance, when we wanted to move out, they got angry and demanded that we explain ourselves (and I'm ashamed to say we did because we were nearly spineless). We did stick to our guns though and moved. Best decision ever. There have also been many boundary stomps, but they are not toxic.
FF to our recent issue. We had our first baby a couple weeks ago. We decided to not have visitors at the hospital and for a few days after coming home. When we told MIL our plans, she gave a p/a response and we responded that we understand being disappointed, but we expect our wishes to be respected. This was weeks before LO was born.
So when we were ready for visitors after LO was born, we called PILs first to set up a time to visit. They made up excuses not to come (at the time we believed them and had no reason to believe they didn't want to visit). We just told them to let us know when they wanted to come (this was last week). Today we invited them again and MIL sends us a text talking about how she can't deal with us anymore and she's tired of crying because we don't treat them like family (I'm honestly not sure where she gets this from except for our decision not to have visitors). She later texts that we stole an important moment for her as a new grandmother and it was a slap in the face that they were "banned" from the hospital. I was shocked at what she was saying and that they would decide to not meet their granddaughter because we wanted those few days to ourselves.
We explained that we did this for all people, even my parents. That seemed to change their minds enough to make the visit and texted that they were on their way! And they were here within a couple minutes. We invite them in, they hesitate, we invite them in again and offer them the opportunity to hold LO. MIL does, starts to cry, says she can't do this and hands LO to DH and they both quickly leave. This only took maybe 3 minutes and we had no idea what to do. Our relationship is incredibly awkward now.
We hadn't responded to her last text about how we stole that moment from her (because they were already at our door) but I think we should address what was said. I'd rather not post the text, but I may if necessary. It basically said that it is the norm for grandparents to see their first grandchild (which we weren't preventing, just postponing); it was a "slap in the face" that they could not even stop by and were "banned" from the hospital; and we sucked all the fun, joy, and excitement that they have felt about the arrival of the new baby. (Mind you, they never bothered to say anything before the baby was born...not that it would have changed our minds, but the issue could have been addressed beforehand)
I think that we should respond with something like this:
"We want to address your previous text. We shared what we wanted for the birth of our daughter--a few days alone. Though your expectations for this moment in our lives did not match what we desired, that does not mean we should have to compromise our wishes. This was our (DH, LO, and mine) moment together as a growing family. It wasn't about anyone else. Though it is common practice to invite guests to meet the baby soon after birth, it is not anyone else's right to be there. So nothing was "stolen" from you, because it was ours alone.
You two could have very well come earlier than today to visit LO and make that a very happy occasion. But you chose to avoid us and become upset because it wasn't your way."
Would you address the text she sent? DH doesn't want to, at least not yet, because he's not sure how to respond without making the situation worse. And what I've written isn't really quite how I want to respond either, so I'm open to suggestions. TIA
We stole MIL's moment--(Ending TO 68) UD 5 8 11 16 20 25 29 33 37 38 45 46-47 58 67 68
I think BHing is probably the right choice, but I wish your DH would send something like this to his mom:
"Mom, we didn't steal your moment. It was never YOUR moment in the first place. This was OUR child, OUR birth, and we are the only ones who had a say in how it would go. We (OP, LO and I) are a family now and OP and I are the parents. What WE say goes. When you decide to accept and respect that fact and want to start getting to know your granddaughter more than you want your little hissy fits, you can just let me know."
But PP are probably right about BHing. They're just acting like spoiled brats throwing a tantrum.
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OP, don't give these idiots any more head space. BH and enjoy this time with your precious new baby! Congrats!
"MIL, most things go wrong in life when you have unrealistic expectations of others. This is not your moment, your child, or your life. Grow up b/c I don't have time for your bullshit."
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I should be arrested----for human trafficking, b/c I'm pretty sure I just owned you.
Maybe you should try reminding MIL that your daughter is a person and not a hallmark card.
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Ignore them. They are baiting you into explaining yourselves again. Leave them alone and they will realize that they can't manipulate them anymore. It isn't about the baby, they couldn't care less about the baby. They only want control. If it were about the baby they would have fallen down and kissed your feet for a chance to meet her. Instead she practically threw your child back at you and made a power play.
Wife, Mommy, and I am kickass at not going crazy! ;-)
They never did come visit because of unexpected financial issues, but my mom did hassle me through texts when i went into labor even though i told her WE would contact HER. I wound up telling her that she was stressing me out and i shut off my phone.
Days after LO was born, there was an indication that they planned on ignoring our decision. I was handling LO at the time and only half listening on the phone, but I believe my mother mentioned how she and sdad joked that if they were near by that they would have just shown up at the hospital anyway. Again, I was distracted so I didn't even realize what was said until we hung up shortly after the comment was made. I now know who isn't finding out when I go into labor next time. I'm just glad I took DWIL advice about registering as private and that my FOO couldn't make the trip.
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We were already planning to have TG at home. This year we would have gone to my FOO's but we don't want to travel with a newborn. So we decided to spend all holidays at home and invite family for TG and Christmas eve dinners--from now on.
Luckily we hadn't even invited them for anything. DH says TG will be just us this year so we can have this break from PIL (and they are the only family in town).
Now we just need to decide on Christmas eve (all Christmases will be just us from now on). Do you think we shouldn't invite them if they don't contact us? So they have to make the effort to contact us first (and only then MAYBE invite them depending on behavior)?
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No invite until they apologize
Funny you're the broken one but i'm the only one who needed saving.....
DH and I have decided to BH and enjoy this time without them.
Applause all around!
Now we just need to decide on Christmas eve (all Christmases will be just us from now on). Do you think we shouldn't invite them if they don't contact us? So they have to make the effort to contact us first (and only then MAYBE invite them depending on behavior)?
Yes. This.
Your MIL behaved disgracefully and deliberately. She is expecting you all to come crawling back and apologize, then beg for her presence at Baby's First Christmas Eve.
If you don't call and don't invite her, then she is going to have to drop the wounded dove act and use her big-girl words to reach out to you. And if she can not bring herself to do that ... then she effectively disinvites herself based on her behavior.
OP, you have the opportunity to teach MIL here that her inappropriate displays of selfish emoting will not get her anything. Use it. And enjoy your holiday! Please dress your new bebe like an elf and post pictures.
Don't let sentimentality make you stupid.
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I have a stepdaughter who is 18. On her Facebook she has numerous pictures of my children which are public and I have asked her to remove them and she said "i took the pictures I can do what ever the hell I want with them". So they are still there and public.
I have filled out the report for underage children's privacy, reported every picture so many times. I keep getting notified that the pictures do not violate terms. I never gave her permission to put the pictures up let alone make them public. Even if they were private she has over 700 "friends". I told her to keep the pictures in a folder for her only but she yet again refused.
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I usually shoot macro at lowest ISO possible, but yesterday I decided to try ISO 1600 with my Nikon D600.
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They should have
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Just an afterthought, any difference between this, or the PD Captain handing out a bunch of $20.00 gift cards to the police on a Friday night, to hand out to folks driving around? Sounds like it could be a legal way to profile or do some fishing?
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– Sheamus returned to TBS's Conan late-night talk show on Thursday night to promote WWE's Tribute to The Troops and the TLC pay-per-view. The most newsworthy item coming out of the appearance is that Sheamus confirmed WWE's 2013 SummerSlam pay-per-view will take place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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The T-shirt and jeans combo may be a way of getting lost in the crowd, but the humble T-shirt is also used as a means of expression.
Jeans and a T-shirt, perhaps the most common look in the modern age, have practically become the unofficial uniform for people the world over. But even this relatively new uniform, which surged in popularity following the Second World War, has become one of the most useful tools employed by young people everywhere to express their political, artistic or personal points of view.
Back in the 1950s, jeans and a white T-shirt were a basic part of the young American's wardrobe. Nowadays, though, T-shirts come in thousands of interpretations, with all sorts of designs at all sorts of prices, and it's hard to point to one model that would suit the millions of jeans wearers in this world. While many people still wear their Levi's 501s with a simple Hanes T-shirt, others put together countless variations on the classic combo − from secondhand jeans paired with faded army T-shirts, to fancy jeans paired with avant-garde designer T-shirts in slinky fabrics, whose prices can run to thousands of shekels.
If German-Jewish sociologist Georg Simmel were alive today, he would likely describe the jeans-and-T-shirt combo as an example of the principle upon which modern society is built. "The whole history of society is reflected in the striking conflicts, the compromises, slowly won and quickly lost, between socialistic adaptation to society and individual departure from its demands," he wrote in his essay on fashion.
Indeed, the history of dressing in a T-shirt and jeans, its immense popularity and the different interpretations this mode of dress has been given, is indicative of the conflict between the desire to be a part of society and obscure one's individual identity, and the desire to be special and delineate the boundaries of the self within the public space.
The T-shirt began its existence as the upper part of a union suit − an undergarment that covered the arms, legs and torso, and originally came in one piece. At the end of the 19th century, the union suit was divided into long underwear for the legs and an upper garment resembling a long-sleeved T-shirt. Both were made of wool and intended to protect the body during the cold winters of Europe and the United States.
Like many items of clothing in the male wardrobe, the T-shirt had military beginnings. In 1913, the American and British navies began changing their familiar uniforms, introducing short-sleeved shirts that allowed the arms more mobility. The white color was kept, partly because it matched the rest of the uniform, but also because white was the cheapest shade since it did not require dyeing. The whiteness of the fabric also contributed to discipline, as it imparted a clean look to the sailors.
Two fashion companies are connected to the birth of the modern T-shirt. A British company, which came to be known as Sunspel, started importing long-sleeved, lightweight cotton T-shirts to British colonies in the tropics in the Victorian era. The second, the American Fruit of the Loom company − owned by Jacob Goldfarb − began producing similarly-designed T-shirts in 1910. Another American company, Hanes, began selling white T-shirts in the 1930s and was the first to produce T-shirts as part of a sales promotion (upon the 1939 release of "The Wizard of Oz").
The T-shirt became popular as a comfortable and functional undergarment in the pre-World War II period, but only afterward did it really gain in popularity as a civilian garment. A 1942 Life Magazine cover may have given it its biggest boost: The picture showed a U.S. Air Force cadet wearing a T-shirt, and thereafter the T-shirt was also synonymous with testosterone-laden male sex appeal.
Starting in the 1950s, the T-shirt became a symbol of rebellious youth that defied convention, the bourgeoisie and their old-world parents. The white T-shirt was a perfect fit for rock 'n' roll times, and was just the thing to offset Marlon Brando's sexy arms in 1951's "A Streetcar Named Desire." It helped define the look of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and teen idol James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). At that point, the jeans and T-shirt look entered the fashion pantheon.
In 1960, another key image appeared that gave life to the T-shirt as a sexy female accessory, too: Jean Seberg as an American student selling newspapers in the Paris streets, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "New York Herald Tribune," in Jean-Luc Godard's "À Bout de Souffle ("Breathless").
Ever since, the T-shirt has been a walking billboard. Graphic artists, advertisers, rock bands and political movements have turned it into a canvas onto which any content may be poured. Although the first political T-shirt was created in 1948, when the Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey gave out T-shirts that said "Dew-it-with Dewey," it wasn't until the 1960s and '70s that the political T-shirt really made its mark. And in 1977 came the most famous T-shirt of them all, still being printed by the millions: Milton Glaser's "I [Heart] NY" design, that originated as part of a tourism promotion campaign.
"We encounter [in the field of fashion] a close connection between the consciousness of personality and that of the material forms of life, a connection that runs all through history," wrote Simmel, long before the jeans and T-shirt look took over the world.
We selected eight young Israeli contemporary artists who are all prominent in their fields, asked them to choose a phrase they identify with, and had it printed on their T-shirts. The aim was to capture this tension between blending in and standing out, between the uniform of modern man and the desire to maintain one's individuality in a world that is inundated with images, advertising, texts and styles − all within the familiar pairing of jeans and T-shirt.
A communist choice
Nony Geffen, 30, film director
"Not in Tel Aviv," the phrase selected by Nony Geffen, is also the title of his first movie, which won the special jury prize at the Locarno International Film Festival in August and will have its Israeli premiere in December. "The phrase is meant to express the feeling that cool and amusing situations can happen anywhere," says Geffen. "Your true center is you and not the place you're in."
"I wear jeans and a T-shirt. That may be the only outfit I wear, actually," he says, describing his style of dress. "And I think that, in some way, it's a combination that actually sets its wearers apart. For as the quote says, uniqueness doesn't come from the place or the clothes. I dress this way not because I want to be the same as everybody else. I wear what I feel, and I feel like everyone. You could say it's a communist choice."
Late childhood
Tama Goren, 34, artist
Tama Goren chose a quote from Pablo Picasso: "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up" − which relates to her work. "My work comes from impulses, from emotion and a lack of sophistication, the way children create things," she says. "It also relates to my personality, my sense of humor and the fact that I have a little girl and − through her and with her − I am reexperiencing childhood."
Goren doesn't usually dress in jeans and a T-shirt. "My romance with the T-shirt begins and ends at the gym," she says. "Most of my clothes are vintage, going back to the 1920s, '30s and '40s, out of a desire to match the look to the period. I feel a connection to the past and to family, and to the awareness that vintage clothing gave me 15 years ago − I remember that people used to laugh at me in the street, but when I went to England, I got the freedom to make this choice.
There I also had places to shop, and it became a collection. Since then, my house, furniture, clothes, including those of my daughter, who wears Victorian dresses − it's all vintage. Beyond the way I express myself through art, in my daily life I like to express myself through my clothing, and I feel like jeans and a T-shirt blur one's identity and uniqueness."
Dressed for decision making
Luna Abu Nassar, 22, musician
"Those who dance are considered crazy by those who can't hear the music": the source of the quote chosen by Abu Nassar is not known precisely. It has been attributed to Albert Einstein, comedian George Carlin, and to Friedrich Nietzsche. "I identify with this statement because it encourages you when you make unconventional decisions, in any area," says Abu Nassar.
In her daily life, Abu Nassar − whose band, the Jaffa rappers System Ali, will soon release their debut album − wears jeans and a T-shirt. "It's just comfortable and right," she says. "Jeans go with every color, and wearing jeans means getting dressed in the morning is much less of a headache, especially for someone who's not that into clothes. I don't try to set myself apart through what I wear. I prefer to dress simply."
The precision of simplicity
David Lebenthal, 35, architect
"The phrase 'Simple, Pure and Intelligent' is connected to an interview I did with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban two years ago," says Lebenthal. "He talked about the beauty of the naivete of student works, and about simplicity's ability to be precise. And that's a kind of ethos in my work − to achieve something that appears simple, precise and effortless."
Lebenthal says his fashion style follows a similar path. "I have the same attitude toward the clothes I wear: simple elements that project a simple look. I wear jeans and a T-shirt mainly on days when I'm walking around building sites, and sometimes with clients too. But more often it will be jeans and a buttoned shirt. I think that jeans have an identity and can be made personal − most of the jeans I buy acquire uniqueness the more they are used and worn. The idea is not to have to try too hard, and jeans can go with anything. There's something about this flexibility that jeans allow that makes their look seem more effortless."
Things aren't looking up
Ariel Cohen, 28, dancer and choreographer
"Look up, Hannah! Look up!" appears in the final scene of the 1940 Charlie Chaplin movie "The Great Dictator," in which Chaplin's character is speaking to his beloved, Hannah [spelled Hanna on the T-shirt], via a public address on the radio. The film is one of four classics dealing with a social awakening, or motivation to warn of impending disaster, that Cohen examines in his new joint work with dancer Shani Tamari and choreographer Osnat Kelner.
"Although I'm an optimistic person, in the current situation I wouldn't use such a sentence," he says. "The movie is also not particularly optimistic, but I think that out of the failure in it, there is also a wish − for myself, for my environment and my profession."
Cohen showed up for the photo session in jeans and a T-shirt that said "Cohen Properties, Construction and Development." "I'm dressed in camouflage," he says. "It's a little way of amusing myself. I used to want to stand out and express myself − a need that always comes from a feeling of difference. I used to want to be seen more, but now I focus more on creating and less on being seen."
Just swimmingly
Hila Lahav, 27, poet and musician
The text chosen by Lahav − "Every fairy tale begins with 'Once upon a time,' but every poem is born with 'Let there be" − is taken from the poem "On the Road," from an early Lea Goldberg collection entitled "Poems of Italy."
"I could have chosen all sorts of quotes," Lahav says, "but since here I have the responsibility of representing the extinct genre of poetry, I chose something that should be the motto of literature."
She hardly ever dresses in jeans and a T-shirt, but says she is fond of jeans. "I like to cut up T-shirts," she adds. "I have the shoulders of a swimmer, and I like to cut the sleeves off the shirts and show them off."
Don't eat your heart out
Roi Sofer, 40, chef
The quote chosen by Sofer − "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch" − comes from American film director Orson Welles. "It's a lighthearted line and I think it fits the spirit of the times," he says. "We have enough troubles, and, for me, food is linked with fun and enjoyment. With everything we have to deal with in this country, I like this line that says we should do something for ourselves, because we have no choice."
Jeans and a T-shirt is the type of outfit that Sofer − the owner of Sardinia, an Italian trattoria in Jaffa − wears as a matter of course. "It's what I'm comfortable in," he says. "I like nice T-shirts that cost a lot of money, designer shirts, and it's important to me that the fabric, the cut and the lettering be beautiful. I don't like buttoned shirts and I don't spend money on them. On the other hand, I also don't go around in shirts with huge lettering that make declarations. I try to have the beauty of the shirt be the thing that stands out."
Playing dress up
Maria Berman, 32, fashion designer
The quote chosen by Berman was said by French designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1968. "The line reminds me of home, where my mother is the one who does the 'male' work.," says Berman, who currently has her own label. "To me, clothes are a costume. When I wear something that's not typical for me, it's like I'm playing dress up a little, and so this quote speaks to me."
Berman wears jeans and a T-shirt once in a while. "I love jeans from the 1960s, but I'm still searching for the ultimate pair. I think one can also look special in jeans and a T-shirt. It may erase class affiliation but it doesn't erase identity."


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David Guetta; One Love: I've been obsessed with Guetta since getting a hold of his 2003 club mix disk Fuck Me I'm Famous! The Parisian DJ combines French house and American hip-hop to make killer dance records. It's a no-brainer why his new album, One Love, has gotten ample airplay on dance radio stations and in clubs. On the lavish first single, "When Love Takes Over," Guetta layers surging beats and soaring female vocals over a rift from Coldplay's "Clocks." The results, on the respective track and on the rest of the album, are stunning.
Kristinia Debarge; Exposed: There's one reason and one reason only that this 18-year-old pop singer scored the coveted spot as the opening act for Britney Spears' tour: She's the daughter '80s R&B star James DeBarge. (It's all about who you know, baby.) Regardless, I admit her first single "Goodbye" sampling Steam's "Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" was pretty damn catchy. I can't get enough of the rest of her debut album either. It's pure bubblegum pop made by a wannabe Rihanna. It's nothing earth shattering or capable of catapulting the girl to stardom, but it sure is easy to chew on.


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In the four months that I've been covering music full time for the Journal Sentinel, I've met a lot of local musicians, launched our annual 10 Wisconsin Bands to Watch feature, started this-here local music column and watched a bunch of great performances for our Sound Check series in the Tap Milwaukee studios. But I know there are many more people involved in the scene I need to meet, and a whole lot of ground left to cover.
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Singles Scorecard: Reviews of new tracks from Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Phoenix and more
ITunes released a particularly diverse batch of new singles within the past week, from a pop tune from one of music's most accomplished divas, to a profanity-laced track from Tyler, the Creator, to a weird metal song from the robe-and-makeup-wearing Ghost B.C. Reviews below, plus you can hear the songs for yourselves, but the Tyler track has some pretty nasty language, so best not to stream that one at work.
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Mayor Tom Barrett asks for online votes in Mayors Challenge
As we've reported previously, the City of Milwaukee is one of 20 finalist cities in The Mayors Challenge, a national competition organized by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to generate innovative, local solutions to national problems.
Hot Coffin thankful for its debut CD
Some advice for bands starting out: If you want to attract a crowd to your first show, offer free turkey.
"Our first show was at Riverwest Fest, and I lived around the block. So I made a turkey and invited a bunch of people over before and afterward," said Sean Williamson, vocalist for Hot Coffin. "I remember the year prior I had made a turkey for the first time, and there was something really rewarding about it." »Read Full Article
At the Marcus, sisters are doing it for themselves
Having transformed an awful nun's choir into disco-dancing divas, Deloris Van Cartier - a.k.a. Sister Mary Clarence, in the touring production of "Sister Act" now at the Marcus Center - has it out with the dour Mother Superior.
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I can't remember if I first found Block through his old fiction-writing column in Writer's Digest, or through one of his early Matthew Scudder or Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries. But from the beginning I found his writing like pizza: good even in its ordinary manifestations, mind-blowing in its excellent ones. As a reader, I feel the same way about his late friend and occasional collaborator, Donald E. Westlake. As professional writers of popular fiction, they saw their job as keeping readers entertained enough to turn the page, and turn the pages we did. »Read Full Blog Post
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T091667. Billy Bell's Haltwhistle Shop has doubled in size after they took on the neighbouring former book shop. Family business dating back to the 1930s. Pictured are Cameron Bell and Jackie Gaughan.
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Setting the standards at Hexham's Egger UK factory are from the left Paul Turner, Dr Keith Jones and Joan Iborra Rubio.
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I feel like this should be fairly obvious, or easy, but I just can't get it. What I want to do is apply a function to a list (using map) but only if a condition is held. Imagine you only wanted to divide the numbers which were even:
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My husband and I moved to Indy in December. I have one friend that lives in Lebanon, and we are all the way on the SE side, so she is like 45 minutes away. She never has time to hang out either. We are desperate for friends that are in the same place in their lives as us. We are married, expecting our daughter in 4 wks, and over the whole "party" scene. Our problem is, that even with friends from our home town, we don't know anyone that is in our situation at all. My hubby is turning 24 soon and I will be 23 this summer. We are about to be new parents and we are very much over the college, no commitment, party every weekend scene. We aren't prudes, we like to have a good time but we are really wanting to find friends that have lives similar to ours at least. I have a few friends with kids but none are married, and they aren't close to being in the same place as me. My husbands friends are immature college boys that are affraid to even have gf's, party constantly and live at home even though they are 25! Am I the only person who feels this way?
****Kimberly = Wife to Charlie 7/4/2009 + Mommy to a beautiful girl Presley Lane 4/16/2010 ****
No, My husband and I recently moved to indy, and I feel the same way. I still go to college but he graduated, and has a great job. We are 20 and 23, and dont want to drink or club or anything, but everyone i meet is still into that stuff, so we dont have anyone to hang out with. I is really wierd cause we both want to be around others, and I miss having a friend to just talk to or hang out with, other than him. he is great but i would love to have some girls to be friends with. Its so frustrating!!!
Amber, I live on the NE side of Indy too! And I'm about to name my first little girl, who's due in Septemer, Lily!
We will have to have a get to know each other party
****Kimberly = Wife to Charlie 7/4/2009 + Mommy to a beautiful girl Presley Lane 4/16/2010 ****
I'm on the NE side as well. My son is 3 wks old and I would love to get to know some other Indy mommas and maybe have a play date or 2 once he gets a little older!
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Hey ladies!! I'm Jasmine. I'm 22, will be 23 this August and my husband is 25. We have a 16 month old son. This is really late, but I just saw all your posts. I'm a full time student starting medical school this August and my husband just moved here from April (we had been doing the distance thing before we got married in April)...My little one seems like he might be the oldest, but I would LOOOVE to meet some more moms for play dates, parents' nights, etc. Let me know if you are interested. Hope to hear from you!
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Ok Girls, it's time for a Girls night. My DH and I are so on a budget right now so it needs to probably be a girls night in or something cheap. Anyone down for having drinks and adult conversation sometime?
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My new friend runs this SAHM group in Indy. She organizes playdates at the parks, pools etc every week.
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Alcoa Kicks Off Earnings Season With Penny Beat
TheStreet) -- Shares of Alcoa (AA - Get Report) edged up in late trades on Monday after the aluminum producer topped Wall Street's earnings expectations for its second-quarter results by a penny. The company reported earnings from continuing operations of $61 million, or 6 cents a share, on sales of $5.96 billion. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was for a profit of 5 cents a share in the June-ended period on revenue of $5.81 billion.Including one-time items, such as reserves for environmental remediation and charges related to restructuring, Alcoa reported a loss of $2 million, breaking even on a per share basis, in the latest quarter. In the same period a year earlier, the company net income of $322 million, or 28 cents a share, on revenue of $6.59 billion. "Alcoa maintained revenue strength and solid liquidity by driving high profitability in our mid and downstream businesses and by reducing costs and improving performance in our upstream businesses," said Klaus Kleinfeld, the company's chairman and CEO, in a statement. "Although aluminum prices are down, the fundamentals of the aluminum market remain sound with strong demand and tight supply, and Alcoa is successfully capitalizing on accelerating demand in high-growth end markets such as aerospace and automotive." The stock was last quoted at $8.78, up 2 cents, on after-hours volume of nearly 1.1 million, according to Nasdaq.com. Based on Monday's regular session close at $8.76, Alcoa shares were up 1.3% so far in 2012. The company, which is the first component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to report its results each quarter, also said it still expects to see a global aluminum supply deficit in 2012 and reaffirmed a forecast for 7% growth iglobal aluminum demand this year. -- Written by Michael Baron in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Michael Baron.NEW YORK (
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Doug the Quahog: Life is a Beach
Like many of my fellow quahogs, I'm still wearing my winter shell. But soon, when the warm weather hits, I'll exchange that shell for my summer one. And my days will be spent at the beach. I'll be soaking in the rays, working on my tan. I'll do what quahogs do – ride the waves until I can't ride them anymore.


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Why is it even a question of who should be the 49ers starting QB? Shaun Hill would of finished with over 4000 yards and close to 30 TD's if he started the whole season. He had a better QB rating then Eli Manning, Donovan McNabb, Jay Cutler and even Big Ben.
It's a question because he is not an accomplished quarterback. Nor is Alex Smith. When you're dealing with mostly unproven players at that position, you're going to hear people express doubts. That's just a fact of NFL life. But it doesn't mean he can't have the success you projected. It simply means that all of the statistical projection you do won't change the fact that he is NOT Eli Manning or Donovan McNabb or Jay Cutler or even Ben Roethlisberger. The proof is in the proving.


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SAN JOSE, CALIF — There was a noticeably lighter feeling in the Avalanche dressing room this morning, a day after Monday's NHL trade deadline had passed.
For better or worse, Avs players know this is the team going forward until the end of the season in April. Tonight against the red-hot San Jose Sharks, the Avs will try to channel some of that lighter mood to the ice and do something they've done only once in the last 14 games: win.
"We want to just try and build on what we thought was a pretty good game the other night in Anaheim," said Avs defenseman John-Michael Liles, who was among the most relieved in the dressing room knowing he wasn't dealt Monday. "We just have to go out and play as hard as we can, and if we do that we'll give ourselves a chance to win."
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Exhibits of two of Alaska's most important juried art shows opened simultaneously at the Anchorage Museum on Oct. 5. But the First Friday crowd had its attention diverted from the art for part of the evening by members of Alaska Dance Theatre performing in the museum atrium.
Dressed in tights painted to look like bones, muscle and other parts beneath the skin with matching facial makeup, the dancers went through extensive and fascinating choreography, slowly proceeding down the atrium steps and moving among the patrons to the accompaniment of spacey, new age-ish music. It was an arresting homage to the traveling human anatomy exhibit, "Body Worlds Vital," now on view at the museum through Jan. 6.
Love of land
The biggest of the shows that debuted on First Friday is the All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition XXXIV. The 40 pieces on display were selected from 479 submissions by 140 artists from across Alaska. That's a fairly small number for the long-running biennial; 91 items made the cut in 1996, for instance.
But the show is receiving star treatment from the museum, taking up three rooms in the Alaska galleries, which is usually reserved for the popular paintings of Alaska's "Old Masters" like Sydney Laurence, Claire Fejes and Fred Machetanz. For visitors staying on the ground level after entering from the main doors it's the first thing they see.
There is notably less variety in juror Susan Cross' selections than we've seen in previous All Alaska Juried shows. I counted two portraits, two fiber works, two ceramic sculptures and two photographs. Everything else is paintings or drawings ("Back to Where I Began" by Benjamin Schleifman of Palmer, which mixes acrylic paint with an assemblage of wood and beads using a Tlingit formline design is something of a hybrid exception) and most of them are landscapes.
Cross explained her emphasis on the land in her juror's statement, saying, "Alaska boasts a distinguished landscape tradition, both past and present. ... Many of the artists selected seem to be responding to this history."
Given the wealth of previous work, she noted, it can be hard for contemporary artists to execute a landscape that does not wander into cliche. But Alaska artists seem to have figured out ways to expand the form. Cross called the paintings "an exciting and fertile dialogue about the Alaska wilderness and how it is represented."
The $1,000 Juror's Choice Award went to three large charcoal pieces by James Behlke, previously seen in his solo show at Alaska Pacific University. His moody yet realistic depictions of cloud, rain and water could, at first glance, be mistaken for and elegantly worked ink drawings.
Behlke, who has been entering All Alaska Juried Exhibitions since 1978, said the subject of "inclement weather" was appropriate for Cross' visit. "The weather was awful when Susan was in town," he said. "I'm not sure if she even saw the mountains. (At her lecture) she commented that she realized the landscape could be black and white. Perhaps that worked to my advantage."
Where Behlke's three drawings are closely related, the three pieces by Klara Maisch of Fairbanks, selected by Cross for the $500 Recognition Award, seem to be by three different artists. "Natural Resources" is a valley shown in garish orange, green and purple. "Shadows" is a black-and-white etching of a bare mountain ridge. "Alaskan Collection" is a non-landscape still life study of bones, rocks, feathers and other items one might pick up on a hike.
All three of Asia Freeman's oils, for which she received a $250 prize, are landscapes.
Other portraits of the land in the show include work by Susan Althens of Sutton, Susan Bremner of Anchorage, Dan Fruits of Juneau and David Rosenthal of Cordova.
Wildlife is less-prominently represented. There are a fox and wolverine by Todd Sherman and a porcupine by Isir Sutton, both of Fairbanks, and ravens used, somewhat anthropomorphically, by Michele Suchland; her "Dwellers" features birds perched on a row of urinals.
Celebrating the cold
As Cross seized on Alaska landscape, so Cig Harvey -- the juror of "Rarefied Light," the other big show that opened on Oct. 5 -- seems fixated by images of Alaska's cold. About half of the 61 fine art photographs he chose for the exhibition make a direct reference to it.
There's "Postman Dave" with his frosted beard in a portrait by Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz and a woman, "Annie," ice fishing in front of her village as shot by Deborah Mercy. Ryota Kajita of Fairbanks has studies titled "Snow Garden" and "Ice Formation." Clark James Mishler catches two young hockey players in "Ice." James Riordan shows a pair of abandoned vehicles buried in snow up to their windows in "Chevak, Alaska, March 28th."
One of the most eye-popping photos is by Nathanial Wilder. A shirtless man and woman in a swimsuit stand in a hot tub posed like the figures in Grant Woods' "American Gothic." (In place of the pitchfork, the man holds a snow shovel.) Their hair is frozen in upward-pointing spikes. The title says it all: "-31F."
Not to be outdone, Mary Virginia Stroud captures "Sunrise, -41 Degrees" in her hometown, Barrow.
Striking photos that don't scream "cold!" include Linda Infante Lyons' geometric view of pushki head and "Ying Yang Ravens" by Carmen Bydalek, which combines a negative (white ravens on black snow) with a positive image (black ravens on white snow).
By and large, noticeable photo manipulation (multiple images, etc.) is rare in this show. However the Best of Show winner, "Taurus" by Maggie Skiba of Eagle River, is a picture within a picture. A old Polaroid print of a smiling child with the writing, "Janice at Willow Creek July 78," is set on top of a blurry view of what seems to be the same spot.
In addition to the dated Polaroid technology, Skiba also uses plastic toy cameras and the clunky made-in-China Holga cameras from the 1980s for a feeling of studied amateurism and spontaneity. It's an approach diametrically opposed to the clear-as-a-bell goal toward which most photographers -- professionals and amateurs -- strive. The idea is to produce a piece that is unconscious of itself as art.
The quirkiest pieces in the exhibition, organized by the Alaska Photographic Center, may be several images by Loren Holmes. One of them, "The Next Generation," shows a toddler with an earnest expression holding a toy gun. Adults -- possibly the boys grandparents -- sit idly on a couch in the background.
Honorable Mentions were given to Holmes, Brian Adams, Laura and Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz (for separate submissions), Hal Gage, Matt Johnson and Janice Parsley.
Woman of steel
Elsewhere in my First Friday rambles, I was baffled by the work of Lori Wylie on display at Artique, Ltd. Wylie, originally from California, has made living landscapes in textured metal -- copper, aluminum and stainless steel. "With goggles on, wrapped in protective clothing and sparks flying, she is able to cut, grind, polish and paint metal into three dimensional works of art that are not only eye catching but also mind boggling," reads her artist bio.
As you approach the work and change your angle, or as the light and shadow of a room shift, Wylie's scenes of snow, water or mist seem to move and flow. The result is probably impossible to capture in a static photo, but captivating in person.
The Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery is featuring masks -- or rather, mask forms -- by Jim Miller. They tended to be larger carvings, well done and graciously displayed. The gallery is also showcasing masks by other artists, including some good work by Richard Lonsdale in traditional style and four striking contemporary masks by Jack Abraham.
Masks of a different kind can be seen at the International gallery of Contemporary Art where Eva Rodriquez is displaying several pieces influenced by African carvings.
First Friday gallery shows are typically on display for one month at a time; the museum show run dates are noted below.
As for the dancing cadavers, given the complexity of the costumes, ADT artistic director Gillmer Duran may have plans to reuse them in a future piece in an upcoming company production. The appreciative response of the audience on Oct. 5 could supply additional motivation.
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Ireland is on course to receive a further 2.4 billion euros ($3.15 billion) in international bailout funds, after the so-called troika of the IMF, EU and the European Central Bank completed its 10th review of the economic situation.
Ireland has made "significant progress" in repairing its financial sector and restoring stability to its public finances but still needs to address stubbornly high unemployment, the troika of international creditors said.
"Ireland's programme remains on track, the gradual recovery is continuing and there have been further improvements in market conditions for the sovereign and the banks," it said.
The troika forecasts that Irish growth will be about one percent this year and just above two percent in 2014.
It noted however that further progress was required to ease the "unsustainable" debts of small and medium-sized companies, which was holding back job creation.
Completion of the review would lead to a further payment of 1.0 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund, and 1.0 billion euros from the ECB, with European Union member states expected to disburse a further 400 million euros through loans.
In 2010, Ireland was forced to accept an 85-billion-euro ($110 billion) rescue package from the EU and the IMF as a banking crisis and the bursting of a property bubble brought the economy close to collapse.
Ireland is often held up as as the 'poster child' of the bailed-out EU nations, because unlike Greece and Portugal its economy has returned to growth after the government introduced a raft of austerity measures.
The next review mission is scheduled for July.
In February, Prime Minister Enda Kenny predicted Ireland would exit the bailout programme "before the end of this year".


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Write a story about parking in Seattle and you open the floodgates for readers who tell of endless circling, faulty meters, thieving kiosks, and bitch about a city government planning
Write a story about parking in Seattle and you open the floodgates for readers who tell of endless circling, faulty meters, thieving kiosks, and bitch about a city government planning to extend this mistery 24/7 (to regulate parking round the clock, you see, not to rake in millions more in revenue). Among the recent e-mailers was Chuck Reichert, who lives in Bellevue and sings with the St. James Cathedral choir on First Hill, where he notes the city has recently installed an array of "dreaded" kiosk pay stations. Says Reichert:
The meters were activated in the Fall, 2006 and the fun began. Frye Museum and Puget Sound Blood Center have off-street parking and O'Dea High School does, too. The cathedral has limited off-street parking and you could pay to park in the Cabrini Medical Center lot on Monday through Saturday. The garage is free on Sundays. Last Saturday two priests were ordained at the cathedral. This is an annual event that fills the church with the families of those being ordained, 140 or so priests, about 100 musicians and many parishioners, and creates parking chaos. The ceremony is about 2-1/2 hours long. The meters are only good for two hours. You can be as sure as daffodils are yellow that parking enforcement showed up exactly two hours after the service started. The lady was still writing tickets when we came out at the end of the service. For the visitors, this was a cruel joke.
Adds Reichert, about the densely packed commercial and residential hill: "I would hate to live there if I didn't have a dedicated parking spot. Now they are talking about 24-hour paid on-street parking. Won't that make life interesting? Well, if the mayor and city council in Seattle think my friends and I from the Eastside are going to bus down for an evening at Elysian Brewing or any of those other good places, they are mistaken. I can just as easily spend my money on the Eastside and not have to pay the extortion."