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Lynn Povich had always considered herself a good girl. She went to college, figured she'd soon marry and have children and knew she'd find work, but not necessarily a career. She was one of the few women at Newsweek in the 1960s able to rise from the position of fact checker or researcher. But the upward trajectory was anything but certain in this Mad Men-like work culture. It took an EEOC suit she filed with 45 female colleagues in 1970 for "systematic discrimination" by management. But it was several years—and a second suit—before the women of Newsweek were able to make real gains. In 1975, Povich was named the magazine's first female senior editor, but not all women progressed. In fact, three young reporters found out about the suit decades later and realized they, too, faced many of the same obstacles. They wrote a Newsweek cover story in 2010, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the suit, titled "Are We There Yet?" The short answer: No. We are not.
Povich has chronicled the lawsuit in The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace, out today. We spoke with her last week about why she's proud to be called an "affirmative action baby" and why the challenges of women's rights in the workplace continue. An edited version of the interview follows.
MORE: You open the book with three of today's younger Newsweek journalists who say they hadn't even really realized that they, too, were being discriminated against. Has the "good girl" mentality really changed all that much?
Lynn Povich: I do think women have a tendency to think they are the problem. Before women volunteer to do something or ask to do something they read 18 books or get an extra degree to really prepare. They're not as risk-oriented in saying, "Sure, boss, I can do it." There is a confidence issue, I think, still, among women. That surprised me a little bit because our generation and the women after us tried to instill in our daughters that they can do anything and go anywhere. And, in fact, most of them succeeded extremely well through school. But the work world is where women have always begun to see what the obstacles are. And the fact (the young reporters) didn't identify it as discrimination was interesting to me. I guess (to them) the sex wars were over, we were all equal now. They had been told that and bought that.
MORE: You compare the Newsweek culture to a Mad Men-esque environment. If it was a cultural norm, what was the push that led the women to challenge it?
LP: There were women who knew they wanted to be writers and they weren't going to be writers at Newsweek, and so they left and did very well—Nora Ephron, Ellen Goodman, Jane Bryant Quinn, Susan Brownmiller. But I think many of us didn't think about it. Even though we were highly educated—I went to an all-girls school that had a long feminist tradition—we were raised to think our main purpose in life was to be wives and mothers and that we might work. We bought that until one day we didn't buy it. For many of us, it was because there was a women's movement that started saying, wait a minute, there's something wrong with this picture. Here at Newsweek, we have similar, and sometimes better, credentials than men who are being hired as writers. There's something wrong here.
I always wonder about Rosa Parks—at what moment did she finally say I'm not moving? It is a magical moment that sort of happens. The person at Newsweek who started it all was a researcher, Judy Gingold. She was told by a friend that the system at Newsweek was actually illegal according to the Civil Rights Act.
MORE: What was the atmosphere like after the first suit was filed— changes weren't happening and writing position "try-outs" for women were pretty much a joke?
LP: It was really hard for the first staff women who tried out as writers. Except for one who ultimately made it, they all failed, even though two of them had been published elsewhere. One had gotten cover stories at both The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine. The other was writing for the Village Voice. They were being recognized outside of Newsweek, but their tryouts went nowhere. I would say most of the writers and reporters with whom we worked every day were very supportive because they knew the kind of work we could do. I think most of them respected us and understood that we were well qualified. As with many organizations, the discrimination was in middle management, although several of the very top editors also were not happy with the women.
MORE: You call yourself an affirmative action baby.
LP: I would have never been offered the job as senior editor if it hadn't been for our lawsuits or the 1964 Civil Rights Act. I'm proud to be an affirmative action baby. Anna Quindlen told me when she speaks to audiences, she too, says, "I am an affirmative action baby and if you think affirmative action means hiring a second-rate, mediocre person, you're looking at one."
MORE: So many journalists that followed just a few years after you say in the book that the Newsweek women – and The New York Times women who also filed a lawsuit—really allowed them to rise in the ranks. Do you consider yourself a trailblazer?
LP: I do. I think we were pioneers and opened the door for lots of women, not just in the media, but in the workplace in general. It's rare that the women on the front lines really benefit. It was the generation just after us, the Anna Quindlens and the Gail Collinses who say to me, your generation did it for us. I look back on it: We were pretty young, most of us between 24 and 27, and we were passionate about the injustice; we felt we had little to lose. In the Old Testament, Nahson, who was Jewish and in the exodus from Egypt, was the first person who put his foot into the Red Sea, not knowing it would part. Those of us at Newsweek did things without knowing what was going to happen, and that was incredibly courageous. Having 46 of us gave us strength. Together, we gave each other the courage and the will to do it. … What's interesting to me now is in this political season, women's issues are becoming so prominent again and so important. My hope is that this generation, too, will be galvanized.
MORE: What are the most important lessons you learned during your career?
LP: You have to stand up for yourself. Our generation was mentored by men, and many of us were lucky enough to have good mentors. But, ultimately, we had to do it ourselves and push forward ourselves. This sexual discrimination suit showed me that when you actually organize and do something that requires risk you can create change, and that even the good girls can do it if they're determined and focused and know their rights.
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Protest Lodged on IOM Panel Make-Up
A coalition of 20 consumer, public health and patient advocacy groups last week asked the Institute of Medicine to add at least three consumer representatives to a stakeholder panel that will draw up a list of priority projects for comparative effectiveness spending in the economic stimulus bill. The letter pointed out that the proposed 16-member committee was well stocked with physician specialists, insurers, Medicare experts and technology assessors, but only had one patient representative. "We strongly urge you to add additional consumer and patient groups, and representatives of ethnic/minority communities, to the committee so that it is properly balanced," the letter, whose signatories included the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said. "To ensure their independent perspectives and substantive contributions, these representatives should have a solid understanding of research methodology and not have financial ties to companies that make medical products or provide medical treatment."
Hill Panel Charges ATSDR Ignored Health Risks
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ignored or trivialized health risks at numerous hazardous waste sites, witnesses charged at a House Committee on Science and Technology oversight hearing last week. Under the 1980 Superfund law, ATSDR at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responsible for identifying risks to human health posed by toxic cleanup sites. Critics said the agency repeatedly failed to confront producers of toxic waste and used questionable data to downplay the concerns of people living in the areas. "The scientific nihilism and lack of respect for the integrity of scientific investigation ... surely compromises the stated mission of this agency," charged Ronald Hoffman of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, who worked with the agency on the discovery of a cluster of rare cancers near a Superfund site in Pennsylvania and later saw the findings discounted by the agency.
An accompanying committee report also cited the agency's response to formaldehyde contamination in Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers given survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the suppression of a Great Lakes pollution study. The report accused Howard Frumkin, director of the Center for Environmental Health at ATSDR, of having "a laissez faire attitude towards the scientific integrity of the documents and data his agency relies upon to make critical public health decisions. ... [S]cientific integrity appears to take a back seat to political expediency" at the agency, according to the report. Committee chairman Brad Miller suggested Congress may require peer review of ATSDR health assessments. "It is hard to know how Congress can require ATSDR's leadership to have the guts to resist political pressure and insist on scientific integrity," Miller said.
Pain Doctor Fabricated Data in Studies
Scott Reuben, a prominent pain specialist at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA with financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry, allegedly fabricated data in 21 medical studies claiming benefits from the pain relievers Vioxx and Celebrex. The studies, at least 13 of which have now been withdrawn, were published in leading anesthesiology journals between 1996 and 2008, according to Anesthesiology News. Hal Jenson, the chief academic officer at Baystate Medical, said a routine audit last spring flagged discrepancies in Reuben's work. Reuben is on indefinite leave from his post at Baystate, and no longer holds an appointment as a professor at Tufts University's medical school, the Wall Street Journal reported. Reuben, speaking through his attorney, said he cooperated fully with the peer review committee investigating the alleged scientific fraud. "There were extenuating circumstances that the committee fairly and justly considered," the attorney said, but didn't explain what they were. Reuben served on the speaker's bureau and received research funding from Pfizer, which makes Celebrex.
Obama: Shield Science from Politics
President Obama issued a presidential memorandum last week aimed at insulating federal government scientific decisions from political influence, the Washington Post reported. The president asked the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to insure that "there should be transparency in the preparation, identification and use of scientific and technological information in policymaking." The order also requires scientists and technology professionals hired for positions in the executive branch to have "scientific and technological knowledge, credentials, experience, and integrity."
Appointees Influenced Cal. Energy Commission Study
The California Energy Commission's staff recommendation that consumers get a price break on so-called hot fuel was altered by two of the state agency's commissioners, at least one of whom had family ties to the oil industry, according to documents released by Consumer Watchdog, a California-based group. The initial staff analysis was based on the fact that motorists get less energy per gallon of gasoline when the fuel's temperature rises about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The documents suggested CEC commissioner James Boyd, whose wife is a longtime lobbyist for the Western States Petroleum Association, and another commissioner changed staff conclusions in a hot fuel study in ways that protected oil industry interests, according to the consumer group. The California legislature had asked the commission for a cost-benefit analysis of the issue.
National Science Foundation Draws Hill Scrutiny
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) last week asked the inspector general's office of the National Science Foundation to investigate the agency's extramural grants program for conflicts of interest. Grassley requested that "at a minimum" the inspector general determine the number and nature of financial conflicts of interest reported by the grantee institutions to NSF; the extent to which the NSF oversees financial conflicts of interest of grantee institutions, primary investigators and other senior investigators; and how NSF manages those conflicts. Last year, the inspector general for the department of Health and Human Services identified major shortcomings in the National Institutes of Health's management of financial ties between its extramural researchers and the private sector.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Menaflex, a device to treat knee injuries, despite repeated rejections by agency scientists and after lobbying by the device's maker, ReGen Biologics, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. ... The Obama administration asked a federal appeals court to delay hearings on smog limits to give the Environmental Protection Agency time to review controversial Bush-era standards, which ignored recommendations for stricter standards from the EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, the New York Times reported. ... The Obama administration is fast-tracking its response to the Supreme Court's 2007 climate decision with plans to issue a mid-April finding that global warming threatens both public health and welfare, according to an internal EPA document obtained by Greenwire. ... EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has put on hold negotiations between the agency and Dow Chemical on cleanup of dioxin contamination surrounding the company's plant in Michigan; an EPA regional administrator lost her job last year after demanding that the company clean up the contaminated sites. ...
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In 2010 I had to put my Jack Russell, Ginger, to sleep. I was heart broken and it was a long time before I felt ready to get another pet. I had moved out of my parents house and had a little apartment of my own. It was nice but lonely so my boyfriend moved in with me. Something still didn't feel right to either of us and we realized that we are people who almost need to have a pet to make our home feel complete. In an apartment, a dog wasn't an option so I began looking a cats in my area. I had seen Gracie and thought she was pretty but I wasn't sure she was the cat for us. I went to the Beaver County Humane Society in search of a completely different cat but then a meow caught my attention. A big, grey tabby cat with huge eyes was looking at me from the corner. I fell in love instantly. She had been stuck in the shelter for a long time and I was thrilled to bring her home. She was pretty nervous for the first few weeks but it has now been almost 2 years and she is a wonderful cat! She has even accepted a stray kitten that we found in our neighborhood. She is polite and friendly. She is a big cat and tends to look clumsy at times (hence the name) but she makes us laugh every day. I couldn't imagine life without her.
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Women's Golf Finishes Play in Texas
The Princeton women's golf team wrapped play in Texas Tuesday at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, tying for 14th in the 18-team field.
The Tigers cut their shot total each day, from a 13-over 301 the first day to a 10-over 298 on day two and an 8-over 296 Tuesday.
Kelly Shon finished as the top Princeton player, tying for 24th at 1-over. Alison Lee of UCLA won the tournament at 12-under, four shots ahead of teammate Bronte Law and UNLV's Dana Finkelstein at 8-under. The Bruin pair guided the team to the top of the leaderboard, where it finished at 26-under, 10 shots ahead of conference foe Arizona State.
Results from the Longhorn Invite are available here via BirdieFire, and Princeton's scores are below.
The Tigers will close their fall schedule with the Lehigh Invitational Oct. 27-28.
T14. Princeton 301-298-296--895
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Valley Forge FAQs
How did it feel for the soldiers at Valley Forge?
Q.How did it feel for the soldiers at Valley Forge?
Salvatore Mule, New Jersey, Fifth Grade, Age 10
A.It is difficult to generalize about how they felt, but here is a poem written by a man from New York in 1778:
Dear Polly when once that the Wars are all o'er
I return to your Arms and will leave you no more
Since you and my Country, are threatened with chains
I'll fight while life has...(illegible)...your Freedom to gain.
Before the soldiers arrived at Valley Forge, this letter from William Duncan was written to his wife. Please remember that spelling was not standard at the time. This letter is shown with words spelled the way Mr. Duncan wrote them. This document is part of the Archival Collection of The Valley Forge Historical Society:
- Bucks County October the 7 1777
My dear Rebecah, this comes with love to you and my sewwt Children nanse
Gives me a grate dale of truble to hear that the war contenues so very poorly
we had a very hot ingagment
it began a Saturday at 6 in the morning and to the after noon in w[hich] C[a]pt[ain] Cox and Hugh Merica was killed
Mr lindenburgh was wonded through the shoulder but not deadly
We are all in good health thank God for it
in the first Schrimage we had at the white Horse I was not very well but was not hurt
I left the Company and staid in a house 2 days
in that I got very well and has been since
I sent my stock and buckle and nee buckles by Mr leman as was likely to be lost out of my pocket
please Remember me to Nancey Shippund and all friends no more at present
but Remains as before your Loving husband to death
William Duncan
This letter mentions "...we had a very hot ingagement..." which no doubt refers to the the Battle of Germantown which took place on October 4, 1777.
In regards to how they felt when they had to attack the British, you can be sure it was very difficult, as with any war. During the Revolution, you could be a patriot while your brother could be a Tory sympathizer. Take for example the situation of Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin was one of the leaders for American Independence. His son, however, was a Governor of New Jersey on behalf of the King and very much a Tory. The ties between them were severed.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by believer033 Hmmmm... Purchased this as our much needed new kitchen table. The good: it's sturdy, very sturdy! The table and chairs are a great height, not quite counter height but not "normal" height either. It has great sleek lines to it, very clean looking. Now, the not-so-good: This is DEFINITELY NOT "rich espresso"! If you are looking for a rich brown color, this is not it. This set is very much deep cherry in color, almost a reddish-orange. For that, I am VERY disappointed! It took us 8 months to finally decide on a table only to receive this one and it ends up not being the color we had hoped for! The other issue is that the side edges did not match up to each other after it was put together. Try as we might to get them to match (and we tried everything), we ended up having to live with the fact that one of the corners was just not going to be flush against each other. Boooo! So, all that being said, overall, I still love the table and can live with the corner not matching but the color is the most disappointing...luckily, it will still match our kitchen...because after 2.5 hours of putting it all together and not being able to return it to a local store (online only), we are just going to live with it. March 30, 2011
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John "Johnny" Edward Scott, 82 of Clarendon passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.
A son of John and Carrie Humble Scott, he was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Roe. Johnny was married 57 years to Joyce McGee Scott and they had two children, Tami Gaye and K. Eddie Scott. They co-owned and operated Scott's Garage and Auto Parts, Inc. and Scott's Wrecker Service in Clarendon until retiring in 1998. He was a long time member of the Clarendon First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Scott, of Clarendon; his son, Eddie Scott and wife, Jackie of Stuttgart; two grandchildren, Leah (Hunter) Carter and Kelsey Jessup, both of Stuttgart; and four great-grandchildren, Finley, Carter, and Maddox Beckett and Bella Kate Jessup, all of Stuttgart.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Shady Grove Cemetery in Clarendon with Bro. Joe Loncar officiating.
In lieu of flowers or food, the family requests that memorials be sent to: Shady Grove Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 194, Clarendon, AR 72029.
The family wishes to thank the many caregivers for their wonderful care and love of Johnny.
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Lance Armstrong
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Last fall, 26 individuals from the cancer community joined me on an inspiring journey across America from Los Angeles to Washington, DC. This year, I'm looking for 20 cyclists who have been touched by cancer to join the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope(tm) Team to help inspire and invigorate interest in cancer research.
I'm partnering with Bristol-Myers Squibb, the company who provided the drugs with which I was treated, to lead the Tour of Hope. It will kick off in Los Angeles on October 1, 2004 and reach Washington, DC on October 9. The Tour of Hope riders will stop in cities along the way to share their personal stories that bring to life the importance of cancer research. I'll join the team at the start, finish and for selected segments along the way.
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That's the exact quote...@alanhahn: Knicks bought Minnesota's 28th pick. DW (Donnie Walsh) has 2 first rounders now...the plot thickens....
Newsday' Alan Hahn just tweeted that.
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That's the exact quote...@alanhahn: Knicks bought Minnesota's 28th pick. DW (Donnie Walsh) has 2 first rounders now...the plot thickens....
like i said in an earlier thread,
Knicks priority was to get another pick in a very deep draft
Tai Gibson would be the best shot blocker available at 28.
Walsh needs to get more picks...Walsh should buy another from Portland.
I want
Rubio (trade up)
Starting 5
Is there a limit as to how much draft picks we can buy? LOL
Dolan open up that wallet. Buy us two more picks so we can trade them off and move up the draft.
With the 28th pick, I'd take Nick Calathes in a heartbeat if he changes his mind from playing in Europe.
Or maybe we can ship both 1st rounders and Curry out. That would me he would have cost us a total of FOUR FIRST ROUNDERS lol.
I hope we do not go after the volleyball player or the French guy, ugh.
Apparently...a Knick has been traded also.Checking on the details of this...not sure you can just buy a 1st Rd pick for $$....must be a player involved.
Weird stuff going on...I wonder who it was?
Probably one of those 10 day contracts....who were signed before the season ended for these types of trades.
This is getting crazy.
What does everybody think about Chase Budinger? I haven't really followed him and he'll probably be available at #28.
Chase would be a fan favorite at the Garden. He has cool ass hair LMFAO
Donnie works his magic again. Brilliant!Brilliant people tell me it could be the Balkman trade exception that landed this pick. That exception expires in July.
Chase is the volleyball player I was talking about lol.
What I do not understand about his scouting reports is they knock his lateral quickness.
Chase is a great volleyball player, and in volleyball it is all about lateral quickness. If you cannot move side the side you fail as a volleyball player. I have seen him play he has lateral quickness, so I don't know wtf the scouts are talking about.
Any odds that Jrue Holliday, Ty Lawson, Eric Maynor, or Terrence Williams could be available at 28? I somehow doubt it, but...


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By Susan Hunt
Baltimore County Office of Public Safety Media & Communications
Yes, firefighters do occasionally rescue cats stuck in trees, horses stuck in mud, dogs trapped in burning buildings … and, recently, a great blue heron tangled in a kite string.
Sometimes, even the most experienced rescue workers face situations not covered at the Fire-Rescue Academy. That's what happened on Sunday, April 29, when Halethorpe's Truck 5, under the command of Lt. Stephen Sindler, was dispatched to assist the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department with a rescue involving a great blue heron dangling by its wing from a kite string suspended between two 60-foot trees. The string had wrapped itself several times around the bird's wing.
Now, the long-legged blue heron – almost as much a state bird as the Baltimore oriole – weighs about seven pounds and stands 4.5 feet tall with a wingspan of nearly 6.5 feet. One of the tricky things about trying to save them is that they are carnivores who kill their prey by impaling them with their blade-like beaks. This was no standard fluffy kitten rescue.
Carefully, Truck 5's crew extended the aerial ladder between the trees. Probationary Firefighter David Hepner climbed the ladder, and – assisted by the DNR officer on the ground – pulled the string and the bird towards him. Following the DNR officer's instructions, PFF Hepner grabbed hold of the bird, cut the string, disentangled the bird and carried the patient to the ground. Crews turned the heron over to Baltimore County Animal Control officers.
The story has a happy ending. Animal Control personnel transferred the bird to the Phoenix Wildlife Center, which treated its injuries and a few days later released it back into the wild.
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See's Candies is a confectionery giant out in the West coast. They've an impressive history and have been making candies since 1921 following traditional recipes and using quality ingredients. With such quality products, it's really hard to go wrong. It's a shame that I'm in the East Cost, which has a sad lack of See's products. I hope to work my way though their products as time goes on. But I can say that from what I have already tasted, they make pretty stellar stuff.
This past summer I was lucky enough to visit a See's store while on vacation in Los Angeles. Like a kid in a candy stores, I couldn't decide on exactly what I needed to buy, as so many of their confections could be considered a "must try". I did decide on some of their Root Beer lollypops, as I have a big weak spot for all things root beer. They were only a small part of the purchases I made there.
After bringing my See's swag home, I discovered that the Root Beer lollipop was a summer limited edition. I was lucky enough to catch it in stores. It's the same format as their other lollypops, a thick rectangular mass that smells sweet with notes of wintergreen and spice.
The Root Beer lollipop was a summer limited edition and I was lucky enough to catch it in stores. It's the same format as their other lollypops, a thick rectangular mass that smells sweet with notes of wintergreen and spice.
The flavor is awesome, it's like a single brew, old fashioned draft root beer. The different flavor components are very separate and easily distinguishable. First there's the creamy sweetness, followed by a wintergreen peppery hit, rounded out with sharp, spicy woodsy notes. It's so lovely. My favorite "hard" candy root beer flavor to date, as other varieties I find are usually too heavy on the herbal flavors in Root Beer. This one is just right.
Like the Root Beer, the Cinnamon lollipop is a limited edition flavor for this holiday season. They come in attractive bright red wrappers and they call to you immediately from the shelf.
The lollipop is opaque and doesn't resemble a hard candy at all. It smells creamy and milk, but there's also a strong cinnamon scent that's very "hot".
The flavor is really interesting. It's cinnamon, and it burns a little, yet it's very smooth and creamy. It's a nice mix of both worlds. I get a little mouth burn with it, but it's very mild and it reminds me of a red hot. The creamy flavors cool off the burn and I'd imagine it being like drinking a steamed milk with cinnamon syrup.
It's a shame that both of these are available for only a limited time. They're so tasty! I can't help but wonder if their short shelf lifespan is part of their appeal though.
Rating: Root Beer: Hoard
Cinnamon: Will Buy Again
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Animal Kingdom is a very good park
I keep hearing that Disney has to prop up Animal Kingdom with Avatar.
Of course, I'm not privy to the inner numbers. But Animal Kingdom has the two best shows in Disney World – the Lion King and Nemo (my favorite).
It has the best roller coaster on Disney property with Expedition Everest.
The dinosaur ride is great and may be the creepiest/scariest in Central Florida.
Aesthetically, it is the nicest looking park.
Great parade.
The animal displays are top notch and don't require line waits. In fact, Animal Kingdom is probably the least line-intensive park on the property.
The older my oldest daughter gets, the more time we spend at Animal Kingdom, making the shift from the Magic Kingdom, where the young one still goes.
Animal Kingdom is a full day for us, not a half day. I think there is more to do here than at MGM.
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ZF-10237: Zend_Tool "create form" write the module name lowercase
When using CLI tool's (zf.sh) command "create form form-name module-name" it creates neccery class, but with lower-case first letter of module name instead of upper-case.
This bug is very much the same as http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-9695, but it reveals in creating form for module.
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2012: Started 39 games, mostly at shortstop ... Batted .292 with 17 RBI and 15 runs ... Eight-game hitting streak from March 4-17 ... Doubled and drove in three runs against Bowling Green (3/6) ... Went 4-for-6 with a RBI and run scored against Temple (3/14) ... 3-for-3 with a sac bunt in series-opener at Charleston Southern (3/17) ... Walked twice while going 2-for-3 with a RBI at Villanova (3/21) ... Scored two runs along with a 2-for-4 effort at the plate against Brown (4/2) ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a stolen base at Dartmouth (4/7) ... Drove in two runs while going 2-for-4 with a walk and stolen base at Princeton (4/15) ... Had three multi-hit games in four-game series with Cornell (4/20-21).
2010: Appeared in 38 games, starting 35 at shortstop ... Finished third on the team with a .361 average and 52 hits ... Scored 28 times, drove in 25 runs and stole six bases ... Finished the season on a five-game hit streak ... Had 15 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBI against Georgetown (3/9) ... Hit his only home run of the year and went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI in a win over Brown (4/3) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in a win over La Salle (4/14) ... Made his only career pitching appearance, tossing a scoreless inning with one strikeout against Lehigh (4/21) ... Went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI against Columbia (5/1).
2009: Big 5 Rookie of the Year … Second-team All-Ivy ... All-Big 5 … Ivy League Rookie of the Week (4/28) … Big 5 Player of the Week (4/28) … One of two players to start all 41 games … Finished second on the team in doubles with 18 … Went 2-for-4 with his first career home run against Georgetown (3/10) … Went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored against Temple (3/18) … Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in first-career Ivy game against Dartmouth (3/28) … Drove in four runs at Brown (4/4) … Had a pair of solo home runs in series at Cornell (4/11-12) … Launched a two-run homer at La Salle (4/16) … Went 13-for-23 (.565) over final week of the season (4/22-26) … Hit safely in all six games … Had three hits in three of those games … Five of his 13 base hits were doubles … Drove in nine runs while scoring 10 … Scored twice and drove in three runs with a double during a 13-run eighth inning against Columbia (4/26) … His three-run double gave Penn the lead.
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Alec Soth on Wandering, Storytelling and Robert Adams vs. Weegee
Last week at the Portland Art Museum as part of the 2013 Photolucida festivities, Alec Soth gave a lecture titled "From Here to There: Searching for Narrative in Photography." The talk could have been titled "Searching for Narrative in Photography Lectures," because Soth mostly allowed the audience to lead the way with questions, which he responded to with the aid of a number of prepared slideshows. The evening was free-form, entertaining and a bit wandering, which made sense given that Soth emphasized that wandering and taking pictures without a set goal in mind has produced some of his most important bodies of work. But more on that later.
Soth started on a down note, sharing a quote from Robert Frank—"There are too many images, too many cameras now. We're all being watched. It gets sillier and sillier. As if all action is meaningful. Nothing is really all that special. It's just life. If all moments are recorded, then nothing is beautiful and maybe photography isn't an art any more. Maybe it never was." He also showed a photograph of an installation by Erik Kessels: a pile of prints made from all of the images uploaded to Flickr in a 24-hour period.
Soth described the perspectives offered by the Frank quote and Kessels' installation as "bleak." But, he said, the "way out of this [bleak situation for photographers] is storytelling." (more…)


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College: Oklahoma (school history) (Brahaney college stats)
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Leaving for Cuba
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Bayamo rings with the echoes of horses' hooves and of its turbulent history. This provincial capital of 130 000 hospitable inhabitants is so agreeable that it is easy to forget the extent of its influence on Cuba's destiny, as witnessed by the numerous commemorative plaques. Visiting Bayamo is a veritable history tour, from the birth house of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, "father of the nation", to Plaza del Himno Nacional, taking in the Casa de la Nacionalidad Cubana along the way.
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Do you want to climb a tree in Toddler Woods? Or crawl among the flowers in the Baby Garden? Or dress up as a familiar storybook character and perform a play in the Theatre? Go to Storyville!
You may have heard the saying "the early years are learning years." Storyville at the Baltimore County Public Library provides our community with an ideal place to focus on this important age. We know through research that learning begins at birth and that the ages of birth to five are critical learning years. Children who are exposed to books, literacy activities and other learning experiences before they begin Kindergarten have a better chance for later school success.
Storyville is a unique early childhood learning center and library that was designed and created to foster school readiness skills, such as language and literacy, mathematical and scientific thinking, social studies, social and personal skills, physical development and the arts. These skills are integrated into Storyville's themed learning areas: Baby Garden, Toddler Bay and Toddler Woods, Grocery Store, Mailroom, Puppet Stage & Dress up Theatre, House and Kitchen, Construction Zone and Library. Age appropriate books that support the play themes are included in each learning area.
Storyville is a place where books and purposeful play come together to provide valuable experiences that nurture young children and support parents and caregivers as their child's first and best teacher as they read, play, and learn together.
Storyville is located in both the Rosedale and Woodlawn branches of the Baltimore County Public Library and is open during library operating hours. Storyville is for children ages birth through five and their parents and caregivers. For more information visit us at www.bcplstoryville.org.
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By Muwase Ziegbe
Hey lovers. Last week was all about the up-and-comers; the young'ns scrapping to the top of the heap with a song in their heart and a MySpace login. Tuesday night I hit up the issue release party for Theme magazine at 70 Greene Street (I love how "random recreation space" is the new "hot downtown spot") featuring Eric Lau, Kissey Asplund and Muhsinah. Theme has its artful little eye on the deal-makers and rule-breakers making inroads in Asian culture and beyond. So having Eric Lau bring his Britain-based beatmaking skills to SoHo was definitely a good look. Lau flashed his head-nodding finesse on the wheels of steel, dishing out comfort soul from J. Dilla's blissed-out take on "Think Twice" to D'Angelo's guttural "Spanish Joint." After swigging a few glasses of Black Swan Merlot, Kissey Asplund's splintery, screechy vocals and absent-minded stage presence were disorienting. And Muhsinah is an able beatmaker and I was wicked excited for her performance but her gentle sound failed to connect with the audience. But impromptu performances from hip hop collective Tanya Morgan and rapper Eagle Nebula kicked up the energy a bit.
Afterwards, I upped the soul quotient at Be Easy, a Tuesday night jump-off at Tillman's in Chelsea. Tillman's is adorable with a nostalgic décor that reminds me of my rich auntie's living room; the one who doesn't want my grubby paws on her mid-century upholstery. But their recession-resistant prices definitely make me feel like an unloved stepchild. And as any night at the T, the people are like, totally beautiful; an after work spot for people whose jobs are obscenely cool – writers, artists, music heads etc. The playlist is powered by a rotating cluster of homies who take turns spinning and keeping the good vibes going. The music ranges from Little Brother to the Brothers Johnson to all the dusky hip hop soul in between. And host even hipped me to T.K. Wonder, a singer who makes buttery electro stuff and happens to slang dranks there. Even the wait staff is cooler than you.
Wednesday night I met the face of excess as Stoli and Wired magazine hosted a night of live digital art and dranky dranks at Hotel Stoli. The "hotel" was really just an expansive warehouse on the Hudson which Stoli tricked out with Ikea-esque rooms representing different flavors like Orange and Razberi. Conceptually the night was a winner: check out some artsy nerdlingers, like graphic artist Jelson Jargon, tinker and create digital art while you take your blood alcohol levels to new and exciting heights. And it was cool to see artists working in 10-minute intervals building upon each others' work and birthing funky stuff like a radio tower inserted into a retooled photo of a soldier in combat. My only beef was that in such a huge space, there should have been more gargantuan screens on which to watch the magic unfold.
Thursday I saw your soon to be favorite singer, Janelle Monae. In the past month, I've seen everyone from Jay-Z to Erykah Badu and she handily threw down the best performance I've seen in a long time. She's small and spry and kicked around the Highline Ballroom stage with trippy dance moves and spacey grooves. Imagine if a paranormal being landed in Roswell in 1957 and instead of seeking mind control over the masses, it just wanted to jam! Add a floppy pompadour and you've got Janelle Monae. Thoroughly satisfying.
Saturday night, I stayed up late to check out Korrupt, a party in a Chinatown food court hosted by Bijules and The Retro Kids (I actually missed the Retro Kids' performance but one of them tried to get in my cab while I was still in it. I feel closer to God). Mussy-haired lost boys in too much day-glo infested the cutesy Chinese banquet room where I caught DJ Wools and DJ XXXChange packing the dance floor. The music was absolutely excellent with everything from choppy B-more club remixes of Curtis Mayfield to the Stardust's Saturday night staple, "The Music Sounds Better With You." Neo-disco begats debauchery so I was happy.
So what have we learned this week, boys and girls? The parties of tomorrow will be held in nameless rooms, footed by flossy likka companies where you'll see MySpace singers before they become MySpace-sponsored singers. And you may feel closer to God.


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Have you seen it? On the Table, interactive edition, new winter issue!
Salt Lake magazine's new interactive, all-food digital edition is out: Check out the winter issue of On the Table. Read More
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(thanks to Vintage Mixer for the foto) When my husband and I moved to the 15th & 15th neighborhood last year, we were thrilled to move into built-in restaurant territory. When neither of us wants to cook, Mazza beckons for a takeout lunch, and Fresco and The Paris are two minutes up the street for a pleasant dinner. The neighborhood's only drawback is its early-morning offerings: take your pick between Einstein's bagels or Starbucks. Both places are hopping with our neighbors every morning, but we just can't bring ourselves to join that club. Yes, I am a snob: I prefer my coffee local and my bagels truly steamed, thanks. So you can imagine my glee when Caputo's on 15th announced that they would start serving breakfast on the weekends. It's a nice place for a quick bite to eat before you head out for errands on a weekend. The bright space is matched by a pretty limited breakfast menu: Your choices are basically an egg sandwich or a kouing aman imported from downtown's Les Madeleines. Both options are great for a quick morning bite. The kouing aman needs no introduction and shatters just as beautifully as you'd expect. The egg sandwich comes on nicely toasted buttered bread, with melted provolone, gran biscotto ham and - this is what really sells me - fried eggs from Provo's Clifford Farm. (thanks to cosmohippiechef for the image) There may be another place in town to get local eggs for breakfast, but I don't know of one. As a reformed vegan who's still a little skeeved by industrial farming, I really appreciate this. I love the Caputo organization for sticking to their principles for sourcing their ingredients. Because oh yum, these eggs are good. So far, though, my husband and I seem to be the only ones who've gotten the memo. In a month of Sundays, we've only seen one other customer pick up a sandwich in the morning. Part of this may be a signage problem—according to the posted hours, the deli doesn't open until 10 on Sundays. But with the recent closure of downtown's Caputo's By Night, we realize how much these small local startup ventures need our patronage to stay in business. We would really like to be able to enjoy our local egg sandwich on Caputo's patio next summer. Please, please, please, help keep these egg sandwiches coming and come out to Caputo's some morning soon. Also: the coffee comes from Millcreek Roasters. So even if you don't want breakfast, at least come fill up your mug with local brew instead of Einstein's "Darn Good Coffee" or Starbucks' latest milkshake/coffee drink. ___________________________________ Read More
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Barack Obama: Message From Your Constituent
Posted by Native NYker in barack obama, m.mashak, mitt romney, politics, president obama, presidential elections 2012 on November 7, 2012
We have expressed our relief at President Obama defeating the double-talks of ex-Governor Romney. It should rightly feel like a win over the 1%, for many across the USA, as that man sleeps on $$$. But one win does not problem erase make. That's for damn sure. This very sentiment, in as much, was poignantly addressed in a moving acknowledgement speech live from Chicago.
And now that the position has been secured we thought we would share a message from our dear Dive Master Mashak with our re-elected leader – a sentiment of the people of these here United States as it were.
Dear President Obama:
We are happy that you have been re-elected for four more years.
We worked diligently to remove every obstacle we could see. To that end, we are partners with you in this success.
Your first term was marred by the fetid, lingering odor of the former regime: epic economic downturn, and stiff-necked obstructionism. We understand the difficultly one might face as a President to engage and inspire with such conditions extant; a notch short of anarchy…
Today has a different outlook!
Put it down hard and fast my brother and let's, together, make this country the place it ought to be: Strong families, strong education, and an optimism for the future!
The haters are gonna stay haters, we will never get their support. Time is now and the place is here that we take our stance and build that legacy; "That we may tell it to generations following!"
Well, we couldn't have scribed that better ourselves – at least so eloquently. So Bravo to you Mashak. You hit that mark on your first try and Romney should've come to you long ago for how-to tutorials on getting to the straight of it.
As for the Networks – well – CNN pointed to the very fact, during their Election 2012 results last night – how voting across the country pointed to a very divided sentiment between the Red & Blue. Hardly a new phenom, one would say… But one that, hopefully, we can, for once, overcome and steadfastly do as our leader called for in working not for politics sake but for the sake of the people that put those politicians in their very cushy posts.
Lets (try) to move forward!
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- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups fat-free milk
- 1 can (5 ounces) evaporated milk
- 1 ounce German sweet chocolate, grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whipped topping
- In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add the milks. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat.
- Stir in grated chocolate and vanilla. Spoon into individual serving dishes. Serve warm or cold with whipped topping. Yield: 8 servings.
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The Buccaneers, who improved on their first round score by two strokes and finished at 297 on the day, are 13 strokes back of team leader and host
"I'm really please with the overall depth of our team and the fact that all six of our players are really bringing something to the course every day," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Reynolds, whose team set a school record with 16 birdies during Sunday's first round. "Our depth has really been the key for us in the first two rounds, with everyone contributing. If we can keep that type of focus and determination, we could have a very successful tournament and spring season."
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The Italian curriculum is designed to develop oral and listening skills, a reading knowledge and writing proficiency in Italian, and to enhance an awareness and appreciation of Italian culture to provide insight and understanding of global interdependence.
The ability to speak and write well in Italian prepares students for a wide variety of careers such as teaching, banking, business, communications, public relations, social work, and government.
Course placement is determined by an online placement test and a review of high school language courses. In the case of transfer students, placement is determined by a review of the transfer credit evaluation and student input.
Students will not fulfill their competency requirement with language courses that are at a lower level than what is determined by the department without prior approval of the department chair.
Italian majors are highly encouraged to study abroad and consult the department chair regarding course selection abroad. Credits earned abroad will be applied to fulfill required or elective credits. Cabrini has its own programs and also works with other colleges to provide study abroad opportunities.
Note: Students should expect to take all of their upper-level Italian courses for the major or minor at consortium institutions and should consult with the department chair when planning their curriculum.
Requirements for the Major in French (all courses 3 credits unless noted)
Required Courses
Recommended Courses for Electives:
Total Credits for Major: 33
Minor: The department offers an Italian minor consisting of 18 credits beyond 201. Students wishing to minor in Italian should consult the department chair to design a program.
Pass/FailTo encourage maintenance of language skills, the pass/fail option is available to non-language majors and minors who have fulfilled the foreign language core requirement and who wish to pursue additional language courses.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Girlforpele Great napkins for everyday use I bought these napkins because of the great "sangria" color. I was not disappointed. The color is lovely: bright and with a lot of depth. There is no pattern which is why I say they are great for everyday use. You could really dress them up for a more formal occasion, I guess I'm just not that creative! I think these napkins are a good buy and well made. May 18, 2014
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Extending your laptop battery life requires that you take good care of your batteries so it won't get worn off quickly. Make sure that you drain your batteries once a month, and use it at least once a week until it drains.
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ZF-7003: Navigation_Menu view helper html render improvement
Hi, The navigation menu render helper, render html (ul, li and a) elements for example:
Link A
Link B
The renderer use the navigation page CSS class for element A, If we wana styling specific LI element with current configuration its very hard and must use CSS selectors etc.., It can be more easy to achieve if the navigation page CSS class styles the LI element not the A element like below
Link A
Link B
Now its easy to refer to both li and a.
So you want a boolean switch in the menu helper for enabling this behaviour (using page CSS classes for LI instead of A)?
There is no need to style the A element because you can easy style it by CSS2 selectors (.class a) which currently implement in all the browsers but for backward compatible it would be suitable.
I agree.
The only thing that bites me is that I remember there was a reason for styling the A (instead of the LI). That is to say, there was a reason for that design choice, but I can't remember it right now. Will look further into it.
If you are wondering: I've modified the Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_Menu so it sets the class on the list item element and not the anchor element. It works and doesn't show any defects. For me this isn't any issue, but I would prefer to see the sollution in the original Framework. Thanks.
I believe the design reason is absolute since CSS2.
I mean absolete, not absolute :) Sorry for that.
This would be a nice improvement indeed. Did you have the time to look into it Robin?
I've created a small patch for this. Maybe it helps someone, it just use the same class names for LI elements as for the anchors.
Robin, would it be possible to integrate the patch from Peter? Regarding CSS, we are able to target a child element from a given element:
LI.active A {
/* my rules */
but not the opposite. At least, would it be possible to have an update on this issue?
For backward compatibility in the HTML output we need (for the moment) a boolean switch. In Version 2 we remove the switch and set the class to the list element. We also improve the whole rendering for all helpers and all elements (ul, li, a, span, …).
I have written some tests and the implementation. For the current major release, there will be a boolean switch.
Patch and unit tests added.
Applied patch to trunk (25112) and release-1.12 (25113)


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Staybridge Suites Ft. Lauderdale-Plantation
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Whether you're planning a weekend getaway or seeking extended stay hotels in Fort Lauderdale, the Staybridge Suites®Ft. Lauderdale - Plantation hotel puts the best of this sunny city at your fingertips.
Conveniently situated off I-595, our hotel ensures comfort and accessible travel whether you're here to work or play. We offer complimentary scheduled shuttle service within 5 mile radius of the hotel, Monday-Friday 7:00 am - 9:30 am and 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm, based upon request and availability.
Downtown is within 8 miles while Fort Lauderdale International Airport and area beaches are within 15 miles.
Vacationers visiting Plantation, Florida will find our accommodations perfect for their extended stay. Guests can play a round of golf at the nearby Jacaranda Country Club, or enjoy retail therapy at Sawgrass Mills and Westfield Broward Shopping Center. Sun Life Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, is also just a short drive and our pet-friendly hotel makes planning for the family ideal.
Guest amenities include around-the-clock services, such as free laundry facilities, a fitness center and The Pantry sundry store. Perks like an outdoor pool, fire pit & BBQ area and complimentary breakfast, make this the place to call home. Free Wi-Fi is available in every suite along with a fully-equipped kitchen and work stations. We invite you and your pets to get comfortable with us!
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- On-site Guest Self-Laundry Facilities
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Homw away from home, with comforatable bed and great service
18 April 2016
The best hotel suite in Fort Lauderdale. Every time we are in Fort Lauderdale the only place for me is Staybridge Suites Plantation. With friendly staff and clean suites, its like home away from home.
Great stay
ByChris in FL
13 April 2016
We visited for a business/fun trip. Clean room with a great shower and comfy beds. We enjoyed our stay!
Nice Place
11 April 2016
This hotel is really liked it is always booked so book early it is worth it
Very nice stay.
ByCEO 1234
11 April 2016
convenient location. Close to highway, lots of parking spaces.
Hotel is clean and comfortable. Kitchen is a plus. 24 Hours coffee/tea is excellent.
Very nice that we can still store our luggage after check out. Front desk staff even help us move our luggage.
Breakfast area was quite small. Not very nice that employee turn off light to prevent guest getting breakfast as soon as clock pointed at 9:30 am.


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The 80mm objective lens of the PF-80 ED gathers a considerable amount of light to provide you with details of shorebirds or big game. Pentax spotting scopes offer high performance at an affordable price. Housed in a strong magnesium alloy body, the Pentax ED offers optimum optical resolution by incorporating extra-low dispersion (ED) glass. With fully multi-coated lenses, light transmission is maximized for clarity and contrast of details. Packaged with a 20-60x zoom eyepiece, this scope accepts a variety of 1/4 inch astronomical eyepieces (not available from Eagle Optics). This scope comes with the Pentax Worry-Free warranty.
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Northside Park is located in Aiken, South Carolina approximately 2 miles from the city's downtown core. The proposed sixty-four acre park is a decommissioned city dump that served the town for nearly fifty years until its closure in the 1980s.
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By Mawuse Ziegb
If you could sum up Sharon Jones in word it might be "sequins." Big shimmery sequins like the ones that dangled from her chocolate brown dress when she took the stage at The Beacon last Friday night. She and The Dap Kings took over the theater and sweated out everyone's hairstyle. The crowd had the energy and sizzle of a rice cake but Sharon still managed to coax some of her fans to mosey on stage and wiggle to songs like "Gotta Be Genuine" and "Be Easy." But Sharon really got down on tracks like "Once I Had A Good Man" and the greasy funk re-working of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done For Me Lately." It went on like that for about an hour when Sharon left the stage and kept the house lights hovering for the all-important encore. When her band retreated to the stage we begged for her return like funked-up animals. She returned after a slick costume change to a tarty tight, black floral number and tickled the ivories herself for "Answer Me." Then she really brought the house down with a heart-twisting rendition of James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" and then broke down her ancestral history by dancing and storytelling to more James Brown riffs. Another word to sum up Sharon and The Dap Kings might be "whoa."
In other "whoa" news, the best-selling album of all-time, Thriller was re-released last week which has sold over 100 million records and counting (Who sells a 100 million of anything these days?). Michael Jackson's banger-heavy beast took home 8 well-deserved Grammys and songs like "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "PYT" still lord over dance floors 25 years after its original release. Trying to improve on "Thriller" is like trying improve on air. You can't really replace it with anything else. But Will.I.Am does a hat-tipping job with his updates of "The Girl Is Mine 2008″ and "PYT 2008." I definitely appreciate the synth-mad syncopation of Will's take on "The Girl Is Mine" and the restructuring of "PYT," stacked with tinkling congas and New Jack Swing-era horns. Although I could do without Will's verse on the latter, he does a fine job of preserving the spirit of the well-worn classics. Some people who need to keep their hands off Michael's work however, are Akon and Fergie. Akon's nasally update of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is just bland and Fergie horning in on "Beat It" with her shrill vocals is just wrong. Some things should not be touched.
Last week was also the kick off Giant Step's 2008 Hudson Hotel series featuring Rich Medina and honestly, I was a bit reluctant to go to. I've been seeing him DJ for a while dating back to my college years in Philly (Go Quakers!). I've seen him rip up venues long since faded into nightlife past, (R.I.P. SoMa, Tragos) and tear down spots that are headed for legendary status (long live APT and Fluid). I've seen him share the bill with everyone from King Britt to Chin Chin. I've been there for endless Afrobeats and countless soulclaps. I really thought I 'd seen it all from this guy. But bless him, Monday night's throwdown at the ever-luxe Hudson was really beautiful. The dancefloor was alight with savage disco energy from jump. People were actually jumping. Rich went hard with magnetic tracks like k-Os' rambunctious "Superstarr Pt Zero," Donald Byrd's fluid "Think Twice" and Shaun Escoffery's thumpy "Days Like This." And popular kids like Taylor McFerrin, Bobbito and Mario Van Peebles stopped by for the fun. The night wrapped up beautifully as Rich faded out with the dreamy Earth, Wind and Fire gem, "Fantasy." Some things are just classic.


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The African Film Festival is bringing the community a pretty rad free event. Partake in dance classes with "world-renowned choreographers and master teachers from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea," sit down for some storytelling, join a quilting workshop, or enjoy African films by emerging and established directors shown throughout the day.
If that wasn't enough, get your grub on with the delicious African food vendors on site as well!
Event Details
Governors Island, Manhattan
Sunday, September 11
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
UPDATE: Due to Hurricane Irene, African Film Festival Family Day has been moved back (from August 28) to the rain date of September 11, 2011. Check the official Facebook and Twitter pages below for updates as the rain date approaches.


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This party was in celebration of Kayla's 1st Birthday Party for which 150 family and friends gathered for a June barbecue in Brooklyn, NY . The inspiration behind it came about from Kayla's love for Minnie Mouse. I designed both the dessert table and wall decors that adorned the white walls of this venue. The chosen color palette was Hot Pink, Light pink, black and white which we paired with the Zebra Print Pattern which made for a bright and fun theme for a girl's birthday party.
Centerpieces: I designed two Black Minnie Mouse Silhouette Centerpieces which stood on each side of the table. These two centerpieces were made out of black yarn which was twitsted around wood hoops and embellished with a big hot pink ribbon bow in the middle. These centerpieces stood in a white vase with black shredded paper and two Minnie Mouse printables on sticks that read "Kayla" and "1" which were placed at the corner end of the table.
DIY Wall Decor: I also created two large Minnie Mouse silhouettes heads which I made using 3 hula hoops (1 large and 2 small) and covered them all around with black tape then joint them together. I also made 3 small Minnie mouse silhouettes heads out of black felt sew them together and embellished with a pink ribbon bow in the middle. Both were easy to make and added a special touch of "Minnie" to the walls.
Dessert table: The dessert table was dressed in a black linen and adorned with a hot pink banner in front the read "Happy Birthday". The sweets were created by Sprinkle Parade and consisted of vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, mini red velvet cupcakes, mini sugar cookies, custom Minnie mouse cookies, cake pops, rice krispie pops, gumballs, sixlets, swizzle sticks. Also on display were the super Pink Polka Dots and Zebra Print Chocolate Covered Oreos by Sweet Temptations. She choose to have it paired with her her desired to use have it combined with a Pink + Black/White Zebra Print as the color palette.
Entertainment: The kids received some cute zebra print goodies bags and were entertained by Ding-A-Ling with music, face painting, clown and the Mickey and Minnie characters which made an super fun apperance towards the end of the party.
Vendor Resources:
Concept, Styling and Execution: Sarah of Dreamers Joy Events & Design (www.dreamersjoy.com)
Minnie Mouse Centerpieces and Minnie Silhoutte wall decor by Sarah De Jesus
Event Set Up Assistants: Michelle Bernard and Maximo Polanco
Invitation, Banner and Printables: Tamecka of Honeyprint (www.honeyprint.etsy.com)
Cake: Laury Saldana of There Should Always Be Cake (www.thereshouldalwaysbecake.com)
Cupcakes, mini sugar cookies, cake pops, rice krispie pops: Arlene St. Hilaire of Sprinkle Parade (www.facebook.com/sprinkleparade)
Pink Polka Dots + Zebra Print Chocolate Covered Oreos: Janet Moreno of Sweet Temptations (www.facebook.com/sweettemptations)
Entertaintement: Face Painting, Cotton Candy, Characters by Ding-A-Ling www.clowndingaling.com
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Columbia River Gorge > Table Mountain > Climber's Log
Table Mountain Climber's Log
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|Rain, sleet, snow and sun
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2014
|All four seasons on this hike via Heartbreak Ridge
|Posted Dec 3, 2014 8:45 pm
|Warm day, geat views
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2014
|First time I have climbed Table Mountain, in Washington State. Beautiful weather with great views of Columbia River. 3 hr 10 minutes up. Total car to car time of 5 hr 45 minutes.
|Posted Aug 3, 2014 1:19 am
|Brett A
|Cloudy Morning
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2014
|No views unfortunately.
|Posted Jun 30, 2014 7:49 pm
|Fantastic views!
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2012
|It was steep, especially on the descent, but well worth the effort for the killer views of the Gorge. I tried to stand as close as possible to the edge, but the sheer cliffs made me a bit weak-kneed. :-)
|Posted Aug 4, 2013 9:24 pm
|nice day hike
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2013
|Hiked from the Aldrich Butte trailhead, and made a nice 5-hour loop out of it. Great weather and views, but I wasn't thrilled with some of the scree fields toward the top. A nice day hike though!
|Posted Jul 21, 2013 10:14 pm
|Take the Shortcut!
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2013
|Started from the Bonneville Trailhead and went up the Tamanous trail (the longer version of the route). This goes through some generally boring clearcut. You're not missing anything on this part, and your legs will thank you on the way back down...
|Posted Jul 1, 2013 2:04 pm
|Mazama BCEP Hike
Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2012
|I hiked to the top as part of a conditioning hike with the Mazamas Basic Climber Education Program (BCEP) class. Great program, and very glad to be back this year as an assistant instructor.
|Posted Apr 20, 2012 10:04 am
|Infected Mushroom
|Workin out
|A good leg burner for the coming season
|Posted Sep 18, 2011 10:26 pm
|Perfect Weather
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2011
|Got to the trail head at Bonneville Hot Springs and the clouds were just starting to break. Went up heartbreak ridge and reached the summit in an hour and thirty minutes. Pass several groups on the way up and then after taking pictures headed down to Aldrich Butte.
|Posted Jul 27, 2011 10:59 pm
Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2010
|With my Dad and his friend, Ian. I led the whole way. Rested a few times though. Another one that's been Luna-tized!
|Posted Apr 26, 2010 12:29 pm
Date Climbed: May 29, 2009
|Did not expect such a work out. Beautiful day and was about eighty degrees. One of the best viewpoints of the gorge i have seen so far! The walk back was a long one and experienced a few blisters on the trip.
|Posted Jun 3, 2009 8:57 pm
|South Trail/ Heartbreak Ridge Trail
Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008
|A muddy, but peaceful walk through the woods, passing over the creeks, even saw the sun a little. Took the South Trail from the Bonneville Trailhead. Once on the Heartbreak Ridge Trail, ran into snow. Above the cliffs, some holes were waist deep! Not a day for pictures, but definitely want to come back in the summer time. In our excitement to get back to the car. we accidentally took the trail down to Bonneville Hot Springs. I am sure the dog and I looked like homeless people, soaked and covered in mud, walking back up HWY 14 to the car!
|Posted Apr 6, 2008 7:49 pm
|Both Table Mt. trails from the PCT
|One of the best Gorge viewpoints. Lots of opportunities for exploring the summit plateau.
|Posted Aug 22, 2007 2:12 am
|Jumping Switchbacks
|It was one of my first hikes with much elevation change. The trail was quite steep, with many switchbacks. On the way down we ran (we were younger...) and were using trees to turn us down the switchbacks. Quite a fun day hike.
|Posted Jul 23, 2007 12:17 am
|Mr. Clam
|Main trail
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2007
|A fun hike, It was snowing pretty hard on the summit.
|Posted May 28, 2007 10:06 pm
|Variation of South trail
Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
|Went with me BCEP class, we parked at the hot springs and took a brushy trail that connects with the jeep road, then the PCT. The last mile or so to the top was quite fun. Descended to the north and looped around to the west, I don't recommend it, there was quite a bit of blowdown and brush and is a couple of miles longer. Probably 10 miles RT. Overall a great hike, would be better descending the way we came, but still fun.
|Posted Apr 8, 2007 1:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Main Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2005
|I climbed Table Mtn. with my venture crew in preparation for a backpacking trip. Hot day, arduous climb. The views were well worth it.
|Posted Mar 26, 2007 4:14 am
|Route Climbed: South Trail
|Climbed up the mountain as a conditioning hike with the Mazamas. There was a lot of snow on top, and a great day to be up there!
|Posted Dec 21, 2006 2:21 pm
|Route Climbed: Main Trail via Bonneville Trailhead
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|I decided to take this route over the hot springs route to get a little more exercise. I was succesful... the last couple of miles really wore me out, but I've felt worse. I ran into many, many groups between the trailhead and the first lake, but only a couple after that. Not too bad for a Saturday. Lots of slugs on the trail too, (ewwwww!) and I think I steped on a couple while jogging for a couple of miles on the way back.
|Posted Jun 18, 2006 1:53 am
|Route Attempted: South Side Date: Various
|I've attempted climbing this mountain 4 times now. The first one my sister Julie and I started at the start of the Pacific Crest Trail where is takes off from the Bridge of the Gods. It proved a very long, long hike and we finally gave up and made our way back taking a 9 hour hike without success. The next time my girls and I tried it from the parking lot trailhead near the Bonneville Dam. We mad it to Gillette Lake and turned around. It was 90+ degrees outside and the girls were too tired.
I hiked this again with my girls starting at the Bonneville Hot Springs Lodge, the trail follows the powerlines and then cuts into forest further on meeting up with the Pacific Crest Trail. We made it this day to a lovely meadow and ate lunch and then returned.
My next attempt was with my sister Julie, starting again at the powerlines, we made it up to the part where the rocky slope starts but upon taking a look at how much farther the summit was, and our watches, we didn't think we'd have enough time to do it and get back since it was early spring and daylight would end before we could get back.
My goal is to finally make it to the summit this year! I hope I can do it as I'm not getting any younger!
|Posted Feb 27, 2006 1:59 am


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