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The city is starting 2014 with a couple of budget conundrums.
In one case, the city's income-tax and business-profit-tax collections in 2013 were $2 million less than budgeted largely because companies in Youngstown didn't do as well financially as the city had anticipated.
In the other, city officials are uncertain as to how to spend $2.86 million it received last week from Vallourec Star.
As for the tax-revenue decline, the city received $42,133,700 in income and profit taxes last year, but had projected collecting $44,157,000.
The city had forecast a 4 percent increase in income and profit taxes in 2013 compared with 2012, in which $42,471,700 was collected. The taxes go toward the general, police and fire funds.
The city had projected collecting $6.8 million in business profit taxes last year — a modest increase from the $6,779,100 it received in 2012.
Instead, the city received just $4,669,700 from businesses.
The city receives income tax revenue from a 2.75 percent tax it imposes on those who work or live in the city and a 2.75 percent profit tax paid by companies.
"It's a combination of a couple hundred companies that didn't have the profits we expected," said city Finance Director David Bozanich.
"It appears, at least in the city of Youngstown, that companies kept employees working but didn't make as much of a profit as expected."
Revenue from Vallourec Star [formerly V&M Star], which opened a $1.1 billion expansion plant in late 2012, "was less than we expected," said Bozanich, who declined to discuss it further.
The city collected 4.6 percent more in individual income taxes last year compared with 2012. That's very close to the 4.9 percent increase city officials expected.
The city made up the $2 million difference between what was collected and what had been anticipated in a number of ways, said Bozanich and Deputy Finance Director Kyle Miasek.
Some were expenditure cuts in 2013 that will be paid this year. That includes the postponement of a $160,000 sidewalk improvement program, and paying the remaining $800,000 bills this year for two projects that started in 2013, but are not yet completed — a new fire station on the South Side, and elevator and window replacement at the city-owned 20 Federal Place building downtown.
The city also received close to $1 million in unanticipated revenues. Youngstown received $330,000 more in state gambling casino taxes than expected – the total topped $1.3 million – and $500,000 more in inheritance tax than budgeted. Also, the city received a $150,000 refund from the Regional Income Tax Agency, which administers its income tax collections.
After two years of overestimating tax revenues by at least $2 million, city finance officials say they'll be more conservative this year, but aren't ready to provide a projected number yet.
But Bozanich said, "We're not anticipating any significant growth."
Meanwhile, the city received $2.86 million last week from Vallourec Star, the company's second of three payments in that amount to Youngstown as part of a land-lease agreement.
It was used last year to pay for capital-improvement projects and equipment purchases.
A third check for the same amount will be paid in January 2015, and then the company will pay $100,000 a year to the city for the next 96 years.
The city administration says the Vallourec money provides one-shot sources of revenue, but has never developed a financial plan as to how it would spend the money.
Last year, the city used the money as part of a capital-improvement program. It was used along with some casino tax revenue and a portion of the $2 million it saved by offering early-retirement buyouts to some of its workers, most of whom haven't been replaced.
The big-ticket items on that capital-improvement list, which used $5 million in general-fund money, last year included the new $900,000 fire station, the $1.5 million for new windows and elevators at 20 Federal Place, $840,180 for housing demolition, and about $1 million for the city to use as matching local money for business- development projects largely funded by the state or federal government.
Without the Vallourec payment, "to make those much-needed capital improvements would have required the city to borrow the money and pay it back over a 20-year period," Bozanich said. "Instead, we're paying them off over a two-year period. There are a lot of communities that wish they could [pay for] projects without long-term borrowing."
The capital-improvements list won't be as significant this year. The city already has committed $960,000 toward the completion of the South Side fire station, improvements to 20 Federal Place and the postponed sidewalks project.
Mayor John A. McNally wants to use the Vallourec and gambling money for capital improvements, but said he can't commit to that until he knows more about the city's finances this year. City council has until March 31 to pass the 2014 budget.
"I don't want to say that Vallourec money and casino money will be used for specific purposes," he said.
When asked if those two pots of money could go to supplement the general fund if it has a deficit, McNally said, "Everything is possible."
Well, not everything, he acknowledged.
The Vallourec money, McNally said, is short-term funding that ends next year so "to say, 'We have a whole bunch of excess money in the general fund and can spend it on [pay raises]' would be the wrong thing to say."
McNally said he is hopeful the city will receive money from the Ohio attorney general and the federal Hardest Hit fund for demolition. Even if Youngstown receives money from other government sources, McNally said he wants to make sure the city sets aside other money for demolition.
Well they "found" $75,000 to fund Anthony Farris' new job. I'm sure they will be ok.
They received $1.5 million from DeWine for housing demolition. If each structure costs $5000 to take town that's 3000 structures.
Maybe they could start by getting Chuck Sammarrone Jr to pay back the $20,000.00 he received from daddy to open up Dooneys?
They can always charge people more money for water and say its because of the EPA mandate for phase one that McKelvey promised would start 14 years ago and of course never start on it.
"Council needs to return to the more pro business attitude it had under Williams ."
We all know that was a joke. Williams used the people and the City of Youngstown as a stepping stone to Washington. When he was mayor there was a void in leadership and all departments in the city had a free for all which Mayor McNally has the pleasure of dealing with now.
Remember Williams used Bozanich as well for 6 years.
Enforcing and collecting taxes/back taxes is also an issue!
Lanacek...."stem the flow od (sic) entrepreneurs to Warren".
Do you have a few, independent data points you can cite to validate that statement?
Or do you just want the reader to believe you because your stubby little fingers could type it?
Just askin'.
"The city receives income tax revenue from a 2.75 percent tax it imposes on those who work or live in the city and a 2.75 percent profit tax paid by companies."
Gee, I can't for the life of me figure out why Youngstown became a ghost town.
The City always "finds" money - not to worry!
There is no flood to Warren of business. Give Bozanich a medal for making the City float for so many years unlinke other old steel towns that went under financially. I do wonder why not paying the cops instead of keeping political hacks like Ferris and Donofrio and Rohrbaugh in law department. If the cops aren't happy then the City loses more people. They are our first and last lne of defense.
"Its the impression that Warren is organized, is looking forward not backward & that it actively seeks energy & ideas ."
Warren, Ohio, right?


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I often hear people saying "excuse me" when I open a door and someone else is entering/leaving from the other side. In spite of the fact that I may be the first person to have opened the door and making my way out, the other guy would say "excuse me" in a way as if I should make a way for him first. What do you think it means—a polite expression or a curt way of asking me to step aside?
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It could be either, and is entirely context and attitude/tone of voice dependent. "Smile when you say that, partner." I'm told English is not so bad as some other languages in this regard - sometimes the meaning is entirely in the "atmosphere" rather than in the grammar.
It can be either, but often enough it's just an acknowledgement that the vagaries of movement have caused either or both of you to inconvenience the other, with no particular implication of anybody needing to do anything. This is illustrated by how often people say "excuse me" in polite tones when it was apparently the other person who made an error.
I would say it is mostly social lubricant.
It depends not just tone of voice, but it also on what part of the anglosphere you happen to be on. British [and related] speakers would likely use excuse me to politely ask someone to make way. Here in the US, it's almost the other way round, where the person who somehow happens to be in your way would be more likely to say excuse me. Regardless of the tone, one may find this rude if they are not used to this particular usage.
I was brought up to always say, "Please, excuse me", and I consider this the gold standard in politeness if you want someone out of your way. If someone were about to bump into me or found me in their way, however, the first thing that would come to my mouth would most likely be, "[Oops,] I'm sorry" (whether or not I was at fault). Most people around me would naturally say, "Excuse me". No please would be required in this context.
Normally, "excuse me" is a polite alternative to "get out of my way". It is traditionally used when a person wants to get somewhere and others are unintentionally standing in the way.
Sure, if someone says it in a rude or demanding manner, then the politeness of the words may be "overridden" by the rudeness of the tone of voice. Likewise if the demand is clearly unreasonable -- like if everyone is trying to get to the same place and one person expects others to make way for him because he fancies he is more important than evereyone else.
Like, if you're at a party and you want to get to the food table, and someone who already has food is standing in your way chatting with a friend, it is completely acceptable to say, "Excuse me, I'm trying to get to the food table." It is generally considered rude to say, "Get out of my way" or "You're in my way". If everyone is trying to get to the food table, of course you should wait patiently in line, and not shout "Excuse me! Excuse me!" as you push your way to the front.
It is certainly true that if you say it in a rude or demanding tone of voice, then it ceases to be polite. But that is true of any polite phrase. If you say, "Thank you for your help" in a sarcastic voice, you change it from a polite phrase to an insult. If you say, "Please pass the salt" in a demanding manner, it ceases to be a polite phrase. Etc etc.
I think it is a polite way. Beause the speaker is asking to excuse him even if it is not his mistake. e.g. Some person is standing in his way on a footpath. Then it is that person's mistake but still the speaker will say 'excuse me (speaker)' to request the person to give a way.
I agree with Jimmi Oke. "Excuse me" sounds like a command to some people, while to others it sounds like a request. I agree it is all about tone of voice from a usage perspective, but there are the physical indicators that go with it. For example, I know someone who snaps, "Excuse me," in a short but civil manner, while at the same time barging past and shoving others out of her way without even looking at them.
I was taught to give a reason for the request to excuse me, if there is no emergency compelling me hurry. For example, "Excuse me, but my child got away from me." When possible, I follow it with "Thanks," at the least. When I am in distress, I am sure that my request to "Excuse me" sounds obnoxious.
I only say "Excuse Me" when I am struggling to pass by and the people in my way are being un-co-operative (or aren't aware of my presence) and I always add "Please". People often respond with surprise because it is quite a stern phrase to use - or perhaps that's because in busy situations, people aren't accustomed to being spoken to by strangers well within their personal space. In a pub - where I tend to spend a worryingly large portion of my time - adding "Mate" at the end is a way of softening the commanding aspect of the phrase, and in that sense it tends not to concern anybody. Most will move - on the assumption that the speaker may be a member of staff - before they look.
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• Took the much revered No9 shirt before the 2005/06 season but struggled with injuries and loss of form for the next two years before cementing his place in 2007/08 and becoming the club's top scorer with 11 league goals.
• Remained Athletic's leading marksman for the next three campaigns, with increased goal tallies of 13, 14 and 18; also struck eight goals in 11 UEFA Europa League matches in 2009/10, including six in the group stage.
• The joint second top scorer (behind Lionel Messi), with five goals, at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands, he did not become a senior international until a November 2008 friendly against Chile; scored his first goal, on his second appearance, in a 2-0 triumph over England three months later.
• A member of Spain's 2010 FIFA World Cup-winning squad, he appeared just once in South Africa − as a game-changing substitute in the last-16 defeat of Portugal − and scored three goals in his first two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers, two against Lithuania in Salamanca and the winner against Scotland in Glasgow.
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Eddie Murphy is not dead. A false death report, claiming that Eddie Murphy died in a skiing or snowboarding accident in Switzerland, is resurfacing Saturday. The same Eddie Murphy report surfaced two years ago. But for unexplained reasons, the crazy tale is coming back to life today.
On August 20, 2009, a false online report surfaced that Eddie Murphy had died. The report surfaced hours after an equally erroneous report about Robert Pattinson and Eminem. The year, film actors were most frequently the subject of fake celebrity death reports, replacing rappers and Disney pop singers who had dominated reports a year earlier.
Murphy's latest confusion resurfaced Saturday. A quick perusal of Twitter activity shows several hundred comments per hour about the fake death. But because Murphy battled the same false reports in May of this year, fans are a bit more skeptical this time around.
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Eddie Murphy is not dead but the victim of the same snowboarding, skiing accident report that surfaced online in 2009, resurfaced in May and is confusing fans yet again this Saturday.
If today's Eddie Murphy fake death report appears familiar, it should. It's the same fictitious death report used for Adam Sandler. While the article's title reads "Actor Eddie Murphy Dies in Snowboarding Accident" and the date is listed as "October 22, 2011″, everything else in the story is the same as the fake Adam Sandler snowboarding story.
The culprit website uses a preexisting news template, chooses one of several pre-written fake death reports, and dynamically changes the person's name and the date. So if you visit the website tomorrow, the date will be changed with the story then reading "Eddie Murphy is reported to have died … earlier today October 23, 2011″. The Adam Sandler fake death report says the same. "Actor Adam Sandler is reported to have died shortly after a snowboard accident earlier today – October 22, 2011.?
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The location of these fake death reports are usually either "Zermatt", "Kitzbühel Austria", or "Interstate 80″. The causes listed are either snowboarding, hiking, skiing, or car accidents.
It remains unclear what Zermatt officials think of all these fake celebrity deaths being claimed to have occurred on their ski slopes. But with dozens, if not hundreds, of celebrities falsely reported as dead in Zermatt skiing accidents, the suggestion is certainly not favorable for the famed Swiss destination.
Eddie Murphy is not dead. He next appears as Slide in Tower Heist. He last appeared as the voice of Donkey in Skrek Forever After. Upcoming projects include A Thousand Words and Hong Kong Phooey.


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I got a general question, that is motivated by a recent problem. So let me first describe the problem and then add the general part: I got a rather simple (using only basic elements) equation, which reads $$ \alpha \leq \sum_{i=0}^{n} (1- \frac{i}{n}) \left(1- \left(1-\frac {\binom{n}{i}}{2^n} \right)^m \right) \prod_{j=0}^{i-1} \left(1-\frac {\binom{n}{j}}{2^n} \right)^m, $$ and I need to find the smallest value of m, such that the inequality is satisfied. It would be fine with me to find a 'good' lower bound, but so far I'm unable to get even a 'bad' lower bound. I tried different approaches, for example, using the famous inequality $$ (1+x) \leq \exp(x), $$ to rewrite the equation as $$ \alpha \leq \exp \left(-m\right) \sum _{i=0}^n \left(1-\left(1-\frac{\binom{n}{i}}{2^n}\right)^m\right) \exp \left( m \binom{n}{i} \, _2F_1(i,n+1;i+1;-1)-\frac{i}{n}\right) $$ where I used the hypergeometric function denoted by F, but I'm still stuck with the sum over i. Therefore I wanted to ask, if anybody knows a good resources where I could learn more about approximating sums in general. I'm a computer science student and although our university is focused on mathematics, I'm still not satisfied with my current set of techniques.
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The gastrointestinal (GI or digestive) tract includes the esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, liver, small intestine, colon, rectum, and lining of the gut. The GI tract plays a central role in digesting food and liquid, and processing waste.
When food is swallowed, it is pushed down a muscular tube called the esophagus and enters the stomach. The muscles in the stomach mix the food and release gastric juices that help break down and digest the food. The food then moves into the small intestine (or small bowel) for further digestion and then into the large intestine.
The colon and rectum make up the large intestine, which helps remove waste from the body. The colon makes up the first five to six feet of the large intestine, and the rectum makes up the last six inches, ending at the anus.
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A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a type of GI tumor. GISTs are different than other, more common types of GI tumors because of the type of tissue in which they start. Originally, GISTs were thought to be either muscle or nerve tumors, but modern research shows that GISTs start in cells found in the walls of the GI tract, called interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). These cells send signals to the GI tract to help move food and liquid through the system.
GISTs belong to a group of cancers called soft tissue sarcoma. Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of cancers that develop in the tissues that support and connect the body, and the sarcoma cells resemble the cells that hold the body together, including fat cells, muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, blood vessels, or lymph vessels.
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Composed by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni; arranged by Quincy Jones.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18-19, 1969
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"Dead End" is taken from a Grammy-winning album, and, as expected, the personnel is illustrious. The track features such legends as Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard and Hubert Laws, and, while the groove is reminiscent of Booker T. & The MG's, extraneous horns and a brief, 23-second bass solo are unnecessary. In particular, Brown's showcase sounds lifted from a psychedelic LP, which shouldn't surprise anyone as the album's entire first side is dedicated to the 1968 Broadway rock musical Hair. Overall, the playing is great, but the production sounds like it was conceived on the fly.
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Day 334
Thursday, September 20, 2012
I need to up my fresh and raw vegetable and fruit intake. These are some of the ways I am doing this.
Full fruit smoothies - am now keeping my blender out on the bench top. NO EXCUSES LAZY GIRL.
Chopped apple on my muesli every morning
Celery sticks, carrot and cucumber sticks in the fridge ready for a quick snack
Cantaloupe diced and ready to eat for dessert
When making Crusoe's school lunch, take 10 more minutes to prepare a fresh salad and separate dressing, for my own lunch.
Put an apple or banana in my swim bag for a post workout snack.
Make a small easy salad to have as an entree or side with dinner.
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If you want some make-ahead salad ideas like the salad-in-a-jar, below, go to
Make these into HABITS. Make them into NORMAL. Make them into a part of who I am.
Today I decided to commit to go for a swim. I posted in a forum that I would, and what time I would go. I put my alarm on, so if I was emersed in some thing else I would be reminded.
I went.
I did 40 laps in 40 mins, mixed strokes. That's a kilometre. I am very, very happy(except for the water I STILL have in my ear)
I signed myself up for swimming lessons. I can swim, but this way I get an hour's 'workout' with a 'coach' each week, honing my skills and being pushed more. What's more, it only costs $15 a week, and includes use of the pool anytime plus sauna, spa AND any aqua aerobic classes I might wish to go to. Fifteen dollars is nothing compared to what I used to spend on excess food every week. I think I have got a bargain. The swimming coach knows me already, and knows where I am wanting to head. She's worked hard to lose weight herself (successfully) and is very supportive. She's even invited me to train with her and her swimming buddies on another day! I am most impressed and am excited to have another workout to add to my routine.
So here we stand right now:
Mondays - Couch to 10k program (30min and building)
Tuesdays - Swimming lesson
Wednesdays - (the BIG cardio day) Couch to 10k program AND swim training with Amanda (but not the added swim for another month - I need a little more fitness first)
Thursdays - swim 1 km
Fridays - Couch to 10k program
Saturdays - swim 1km
Sundays - easy walk/hike (rest day)
When I get my 1km swim down to 30 minutes I shall up it to 1.5km - 60 laps.
5 days a week - 10 mins strength training.
Everyday Walk to school with Crusoe riding bike (at some stage will incorporate the Couch to 10k program into this - once Crusoe rides better and I have more fitness)
Looks like I FINALLY have a structured exercise routine, that meets my needs and my goals!
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You, my dear are a powerhouse! I think you've got this down! 40 friggin' laps in 40 minutes?! Seriously?! I'm surprised you haven't dropped a size yet! That is some vigorous swimming! Btw, dearest what is the couch to 10k program?
And by all means take up your swim coach's offer, what a blessing!
Thanks so much for the links, always looking for fresh ideas.
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The drinks and salads in the jars look so yummy, almost too pretty to eat! You're doing such a great job!
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So glad you are keeping with your swim plan! Keep doing it!
I'm on my way to check out the salad website. Thanks for including the links!
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Those are some wonderful ideas and the salads look yummy! I love how you planned out the week, I may just steal that idea! :) Great job sister....keep it up!!
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I love those salads Jenny. You aare teaching me lots of good habits.
I don't think I could do 40 laps so you are amazing. Keep it up.
I should think about the pool now that it's getting warmer - 34 tomorrow.
Have a great day and you have a great plan.
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Most of us don't like waiting.
We are annoyed with lengthy checkout lines at the store, frustrated by long red lights, and (if you live in northern Indiana like me) depressed with the lingering of winter temperatures in the middle of April. But we especially don't like waiting on God. Of all the commands of Scripture, perhaps this is one of the hardest to obey.
But the times and seasons for waiting on the Lord are many and varied. Scripture teaches us to wait on the Lord for guidance (Psalms 25:5), deliverance (Psalms 33:20), answers to prayer (Psalms 38:15), strength (Isaiah 40:31), and fresh assurance of God's pardon and forgiveness (Psalms 130:5).
Of course, we want these things now. Our needs seem urgent. We want immediate answers. That's why waiting is so hard.
How to Wait
Waiting on the Lord is difficult, but it isn't a passive activity. It's not like waiting on your dentist or waiting for surgery, where you perhaps feel dread but little else. Waiting on the Lord is an act of faith.
The 17th century pastor john owen compared waiting on the Lord to sailors at sea who were at a great distance from land and beset with storms, yet were sustained in hope by the glimpse of land on the distant horizon.
What does it mean to wait? Owen, who was writing specifically about waiting on the Lord for the assurance of forgiveness and pardon, highlights three things: quietness, diligence, and expectancy.
First of all, we need quietness. This is the opposite of a fretful mind, a troubled, anxious heart. "It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord" (Lamentations 3:26). "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him" (Psalms 37:7).
But we also need diligence. Quietness doesn't mean passivity, lethargy, or spiritual sloth. Waiting also involves faithfully following the Lord in everything we know to be right. As the Psalmist says, "Wait for the Lord, and keep his way" (Psalms 37:34).
For Owen, this especially meant diligence in using the means of grace (or, to use a contemporary phrase, the spiritual disciplines). "This, then, belongs unto the waiting of the soul: diligence in the use of means, whereby God is pleased ordinarily to communicate a sense of pardon and forgiveness," Owen writes. "What these means are is known. Prayer, meditation, reading, hearing of the word, dispensation of the sacraments, they are all appointed to this purpose; they are all means of communicating love and grace to the soul."
The third component to waiting is expectancy. If quietness keeps us from worry, and diligence from sloth, expectancy guards the heart from unbelief and despair. Waiting is to be hopeful. "I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope" (Psalms 130:5). "From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him" (Isaiah 64:4).


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Love the Coral Pink
Cassandra of Coco+Kelley just had a great post where she featured the most beautiful summer dress. The color palette of it perfectly matched many beautiful rooms she also featured, this one designed by Kelly Wearstler being my favorite since I'd never seen it before. What a lucky little girl who calls this her own. The colors are fantastic! And wow is that bed ever amazing. I love the artwork of the dresses on the walls too. Would love to see those drawing up close!
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- FrenchBlue said...
So so so pretty~~ my ever so favorite is pink coral and aqua~ Love THIS post!
- July 16, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Kathi said...
This room is so beautiful! I love wearing these colors too!
- July 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Jersey Girl in DC said...
I LOVE this one!
- July 16, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Ann-Michelle said...
I LOOOOOVE Kelly Wearstler. So beautiful! I love the fashion sketches.
- July 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Uniquely Made said...
i must say that since following your blog i find everything aqua or turquoise.. =) love this room.. its super cute !!
- July 16, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Magic Brush said...
My baby girl's bedroom is coral pink and green. Such a nice shade of pink!!!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:35 PM
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I saw her post - love it! I think this color combination is tricky - it conjures up Miami Vice memories :)
- July 16, 2009 at 10:45 PM
- Cristin said...
great color palette!
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And my heart goes pitter patter! LOVE THIS!
- July 17, 2009 at 6:37 AM
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Paint color on walls?
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Yes what is the color of the walls
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IIn recent months the St. Augustine City Commission has worked in a preemptive mode to protect the community from a problem it does not yet have but could be faced with at any time: the establishment of adult entertainment businesses.
Up until July of this year when the City Commission enacted two ordinances addressing the subject, the city had no regulations governing adult entertainment establishments or sexually oriented businesses.
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Wow, I though there should be no religious test to hold higher office. The majority of our Founding Fathers WERE NOT CHRISTIANS, but Deists.
Quote- George Washington in the Treaty of Tripoli: "The United States of America" is in no way a 'Christian' nation..."
Quote- Sinclair Lewis in the early 20th century: "When Fascism comes to America its symbol will be the Christian Cross wrapped in the American Flag"
Funny to bring up Kennedy's Catholicism when speaking of Santorum, the new choirboy for conservative Christians, who is Catholic. I suppose the evangelical fundies overlook his Catholicism now that Newt is obviously too skanky and sleazy to be taken seriously as their standard-bearer. They are a proud bunch of wing-nuts and Newt is just too tacky for even them.
Funny that 'Muslim' is now code for Black in dog-whistle speak of 2012. Black Panther movement of the '60s and '70s embraced Islam, so being Muslim is now 'equivalent' to being black, but cultural and religious hatred is so much more acceptable these days than racial hatred. Because they can no longer get away with using the 'n' word in public, the crazies are beating the "Obama is a Muslim" drumbeat loudly while the message is a dog whistle call for bigots. Obviously Obama is black. That is the issue for them, as all the things they claim to abhor were sacrosant when their guy GW Bush did it and they never bitched about Dubya. Whether or not they truly doubt Obama's 'Christianity' is moot, because it's not really about that. Mormons aren't 'real christians' either, but Mitt isn't of African descent.
It is their way of calling all bigots to serve, not just against a phantom Islamic 5th column, but their way of saying "he's one of 'those' blacks, one who doesn't know his place and so can't be trusted- his name isn't even a slave name- so he's like those Muslim Black Panthers- they want to destroy us........ You get the idea.
I'd prefer that our POTUS didn't believe in any fairy tales, whether Moslem or Christian, but that's just me. I go back to my original statement: The Constitution does not require a religious test to hold office? Why do they think it does? Doesn't that make THEM anti-American?
If you belong to the Tea Party because you are a fiscal conservative, why do you respond so quickly to the racist bigot anti-respect kneejerk dogwhistle messages? Look in the mirror THE PROBLEM IS YOU.
For SAult: Bible Revelations mentioning the Antichrist are speaking to the CHURCH. (church defined: wherever 2 or more meet in my name {Jesus}) The warning is against the spirit of Anti-Christ- deceiving the very elect IN THE CHURCH, not in the world, because the letter is written to the CHURCH, not everybody, not unbelievers. So what in your outlook is Christlike in your behaviours? Have you now embraced hatred as a form of mercy? It seems to me the spirit of the Anti-Christ has overtaken the Church in the obnoxious drumbeat of contemporary conservative Christianity. What is "Christlike" about your racist, bigoted, hating your fellow man, evangelical, fundie, Christian, preaching?
Sault obviously has the spirit of the Anti-Christ by his statements he demeans Jesus Christ, Christianity, and himself. HE is so full of hatred how can he profess to be a Christian? He is an example of why people often dislike Christians, because they are as obnoxious as possible, spewing their hate, have no charity or mercy in their spirit, essentially nothing Christlike at all in their personality or spirituality. They grow the spirit of Anti-Christ within themselves, until the whole world will be sick and tired of their Christianity and reject all having to do with it. Way to throw the baby Jesus out with the bathwater!
What we are seeing here is the fully fleshed out Christian Fascist movement in America. Notice how nicely this brand of 'Christianity' dovetails with the Oligarchic Corporatocracy and its sidekick the Social Darwinist Worldview as proof of Gods' favor. Creepy shit, man.
Creating the Muslim Manchurian Candidate
Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet. Once in a while, they'll surface in public to remind the news media that no amount of evidence can undermine their convictions.
In October 2008, at a town hall meeting in Minnesota for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a woman called Obama "an Arab." McCain responded, incongruously enough, that Obama was, in fact, "a decent family man" and not an Arab at all. In an echo of this, a woman recently stood up at a town hall in Florida and began a question for Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum by asserting that the president "is an avowed Muslim." The audience cheered, and Santorum didn't bother to correct her.
Though they belong to a largely underground cult, the members of the Obama-is-Muslim congregation number as many as one third of all Republicans. A recent poll found that only 14% percent of Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi believe that the president is Christian.
These true believers treat their scraps of evidence like holy relics: the president's middle name, his grandfather's religion, a widely circulated photo of Obama in a turban. They occasionally traffic in outright fabrications: that he attended a radical madrasa in Indonesia as a child or that he put his hand on the Qur'an to be sworn in as president. An even more apocalyptic subset believes Obama to be nothing short of the anti-Christ.
By and large, however, this cult doesn't attract mainstream support from the larger church of Obama haters. Indeed, these more orthodox faithful have carefully shifted the debate from Obama being Muslim to Obama acting Muslim. Evangelical pundits, presidential candidates, and the right-wing media have all ramped up their attacks on the president for, as Baptist preacher Franklin Graham put it recently on MSNBC, "giving Islam a pass."
The conservative mainstream still calls the president's religious beliefs into question, but they stop just short of accusing him of apostasy and concealment. What they consider safe is the assertion that Obama is acting as if he were Muslim. In this way, Republican mandarins are cleverly channeling a conspiracy theory into a policy position.
There is a whiff of desperation in all this. After all, it's not an easy time for the GOP. The economy shows modest signs of improvement. The Republican presidential candidates are still engaged in a fratricidal primary. By expanding counterterrorism operations and killing Osama bin Laden, the president has effectively removed national security from the list of Republican talking points.
One story, however, still ties together so many narrative threads for conservatives. Charges that the president is a socialist or a Nazi or an elitist supporter of college education certainly push some buttons. But the single surefire way of grabbing the attention of the media and the public -- as well as appealing to the instincts of the Republican base -- is to assert, however indirectly, that Barack Obama is a Manchurian candidate sent from the Islamic world.
Obama and the Muslim World
A succession of Republican candidates have attempted to run to the right of party favorite Mitt Romney by asserting that only a true conservative can defeat Obama in November. Most of them boasted of the same powerful backer. Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum all declared that God asked them to run for higher office. Together with Newt Gingrich, they have deployed various methods of appealing to their constituencies, but none is more potent than religion.
Rick Santorum, a Catholic and the favorite of the evangelical community, has been particularly adept at using his soapbox as a pulpit. The president subscribes to a "phony theology," Santorum has claimed, "not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology." Although he occasionally asserts that "Obama's personal faith is none of my concern," he nonetheless speaks of the president's attempt to "impose values on people of faith"-- implying that the president is certainly no member of that community.
In his attacks on the president's spirituality, Santorum is cleverly attacking Mitt Romney's Mormonism as well (a theology also based on text other than the Bible). At the same time, the suggestion that Obama is somehow "other" operates as a code word for "Black" in a race in which race goes largely unmentioned.
It's an odd set of charges. Obama, after all, did everything possible during his first presidential campaign to foreground his Christianity. He was repeatedly seen praying in churches and assiduously avoided mosques. He never made a campaign appearance with a prominent Muslim. He talked about his "personal relationship" with Jesus Christ.
The day after he clinched the Democratic Party nomination in 2008, he gave a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in which he reaffirmed that he was "a true friend of Israel." Although he would occasionally mention his Muslim relatives and the time he spent in Indonesia as a child, he generally did whatever he could to emphasize only two out of the three major monotheisms.
As president, Obama has certainly "reached out" to the Muslim world. In Cairo, in June 2009, he spoke of seeking "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition."
That new beginning, however, has yet to come. At home, for example, the Obama administration provided federal funds that the New York City Police Department then used to expand its surveillance of Muslim American neighborhoods. (Even the CIA was involved in this "human mapping" project.) The FBI has spent the Obama years rounding up suspected Muslim terrorists in operations that flirt dangerously with entrapment. The administration has expanded the no-fly list, though because the list is secret it's difficult to know whether Muslim-Americans are specifically profiled. Anecdotal evidence, however, suggests that they are.
The administration's record internationally is even more disappointing. The conduct of U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- the night raids, massacres (including the recent murders of 16 Afghan villagers), and the Qur'an burnings -- have enraged local Muslims. Obama has expanded the CIA's drone air campaign by a considerable margin in the Pakistani borderlands. Civilian casualties, overwhelmingly Muslim, continue to occur there and in other "overseas contingency operations" as U.S. Special Operations Forces have dramatically expanded their activities in the Muslim world.
Despite right-wing charges, Obama has maintained a tight relationship with Israel and the Israeli leadership. As former New Republic editor Peter Beinart concludes, "The story of Obama's relationship to [Prime Minister] Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies is, fundamentally, a story of acquiescence."
It's no surprise, then, that surveys in six Middle East countries taken just before and two months after the Cairo speech in 2009, the Brookings Institution and Zogby International discovered that the number of respondents optimistic about the president's approach to the region had suffered a dramatic drop: from 51% to 16%. A 2011 Pew poll found that U.S. favorability ratings had continued their slide in Jordan (to 13%), Pakistan (12%), and Turkey (10%).
And yet, perversely, the hard right in the U.S. maintains that the Obama administration has behaved in quite the opposite manner. "There's something sick about an administration which is so pro-Islamic that it can't even tell the truth about the people who are trying to kill us," Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich typically said while campaigning in Georgia.
Pro-Islamic? That's news to the Islamic world.
But it's nothing new to the world of the U.S. right wing, which portrays Obama as anti-Israel and weak in the face of Islamic terrorism. At best, the president emerges from these attacks as a booster of Islam; at worst, he is the leader of a genuine fifth column.
Although the administration's policy on Iran is virtually indistinguishable from those of his Republican challengers, they have presented him as an appeaser. The president who "surged" in Afghanistan somehow becomes, through the magic of election-year sloganeering, a pacifist patsy. Although Obama never endorsed the location of the "Ground Zero mosque," his opponents have suggested that he did. Although he was slow to withdraw support from U.S. allies in the Middle East like Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia, Republican candidates have accused the president of practically campaigning on behalf of the Islamist parties that have grown in influence as a result of the Arab Spring.
Barack Obama, the right wing has discovered, does not have to be Muslim to convince American voters that he has a suspect, even foreign, agenda. They have instead established a much lower evidentiary standard: he only has to act Muslim.
For this, they don't need a birth certificate. All they need are allegations, however spurious, that the president is in league with Iran's Ahmadinejad, Arab Spring jihadists, and anti-Israel forces at home. This more subtle but no less ugly Islamophobia has already insinuated itself into the 2012 elections in a potentially more damaging way than did the overt disparagement of Obama's religious bona fides back in 2008.
The Upcoming Elections
The 2010 midterm elections witnessed a sharp uptick in anti-Islamic sentiment. In addition to the concocted "Ground Zero mosque" controversy, Florida preacher Terry Jones threatened to burn the Qur'an in front of the world's cameras; a group called Stop Islamization of America bought anti-Islamic ads on buses in major cities; and a movement to pass anti-Sharia legislation at a state level began in Oklahoma. In response to this brushfire of hatred, Time magazine devoted a cover story to Islamophobia that year. On the right at least, Islam seemed on the way to becoming a litmus test in the way communism was during the Cold War.
Two years later, the hysteria seems to have subsided. The Islamophobes haven't gone into hiding. They tried to organize an advertising boycott of the TV show All-American Muslim; they campaigned against halal meats. But these efforts didn't get much traction.
Meanwhile, Park51-- the real name of the cultural center inaccurately dubbed the "Ground Zero mosque" -- opened in its original Park Street location with an exhibition by a Jewish photographer. Terry Jones is pursuing a quixotic bid for the presidency far from the media spotlight. Time has returned several times to the topic of Islamophobia, particularly after Anders Breivik's bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in July 2011, but with none of the intensity of the summer of 2010. The anti-Sharia campaign has passed legislation in several states, and laws are pending in more than a dozen more. But the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Oklahoma anti-Sharia statute unconstitutional, and the anti-Sharia crowd has been unable to provide a single piece of evidence that Islamic law poses any challenge to the U.S. legal system.
Don't be fooled, though, by the relative quiet. It's still early in the election cycle. The Republicans, arrayed in a circular firing squad, have been largely focusing their attacks on each other. The last man standing will marshal his resources to challenge Obama. In the unlikely event that Rick Santorum emerges as the Republican candidate, religion will be central to his attack on Obama and the Democrats.
Mitt Romney has a more ambivalent relationship to religion as a wedge issue, given the level of discomfort that many American have toward Mormonism. But there are no Mormon countries to which Romney can be accused of owing primary allegiance. It will be safe, in other words, to challenge Obama for acting rather than being Muslim, for deferring to the Muslim world much as anti-Catholic voters in 1960 imagined John F. Kennedy to be taking his orders directly from the Pope.
Romney is already lining up his ducks, welcoming onto his team Islam critic Walid Phares and attack ad specialist Larry McCarthy (who did an distortion-laden spot on the "Ground Zero mosque" back in 2010). After securing the nomination, Romney will simultaneously appeal to the center and shore up support among evangelicals. The message that Obama is weak, anti-Israel, and appeases Islamic movements and countries could catch the attention of both constituencies.
A disconnect between accusation and reality hardly matters in American politics these days. Obama the "socialist" somehow manages to work hand in hand with Wall Street financiers. Obama the "Nazi" courts AIPAC. Obama the "peacenik" has been very much a war president. And Obama the "Muslim" gets a big thumbs-down from the Muslim world.
The president makes a lousy Muslim Manchurian candidate, for he has disappointed his imagined Muslim handlers at virtually every turn. In an election in which racist slogans are off the table, however, the Islamophobic accusation of "acting Muslim" remains a politically acceptable chauvinism. Given the deep anti-Islamic currents in American culture, such accusations might unfortunately prove effective as well.


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Eat all day, rock all night at the Fork in the Road Food Truck Festival, from noon to 11pm on Saturday June 14 at the BHB Pavilion (formerly Harborlights/Bank of America Pavilion).
Scheduled food trucks include The Bacon Truck, Sweet Tomatoes, Bon Me, Captain Marden's Cod Squad, The Dining Car, Fugu, Stoked Woodfire Pizza, The Taco Truck, Trolley Dogs, The Pasta Pot, Bonedaddy's Burgers, Frozen Hoagies, The Whoo(pie) Wagon, M&M Ribs, Compliments Food Truck, and Pennypackers.
The festival will feature at least 15 of Boston's favorite food trucks and the $15 ticket (kids under 12 are free) allows you to be there for the full day of food trucks and entertainment.
Instead of the usual DJ, this fest also features some of the finest local bands: Airport, The Rationales, and Township, at a fest sponsored by Live Nation, Harpoon and Food Truck Festivals of New England.
Tickets are available through Live Nation, and the full schedule and details are available on Facebook.
The tentative schedule:
- Noon: Doors open and Food Trucks
- Airport 12:30pm and 6:30pm
- The Rationales 1:45pm and 8pm
- Township 3pm and 6:30pm


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Jeff Bernheisel, the marketing director for HomeQuest and M Realty, joined Matt and me on the Matt And Darin Show this monday.
Jeff shared with us about the upcoming BUZZRE event in Portland. We were also able to get Jeff to share with us about websites, wordpress and content creation.
We also talked about how to spot social media scams, red flags to look for and things that will be a waste of time and money.


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Tonight I had dinner with an old friend that had pioneered the art of classic old school Sedona bushwhacking. I was showing him a new Garmin mapware that shows all the Sedona trails that visiting advanced tourons would like to ride.
This mapware allows visiting riders to be their own tour guide of the really fun mountain biking trails. I have been trying to help the permitted outfitters get access to our most recently adopted trails that Jennifer's boyfriend built and what I am trying to do is get those trails certified for outfitter use.
I have tried to contact the outfitters to see how things are working with the FS, and I get no return calls, so I have come to the conclusion they have all gone out of business, and there needs to be a substitute for their absence.
Anyway if a rider has their own GPS or wants to buy one to learn how it can be used to guide you on the spaghetti like Sedona trails, that is my goal. As time goes on I will be providing TD recommended loops using Jennifer's Boyfriends Trails (JBT). All recommended loops are JBT certified and this certification will guarantee as least every loop will contain at least four of JBT certified trails. A normal loop will usually consist of 12 trails that will pass probably 10 unmarked intersections and 4 to 5 marked intersections.
So you kind of get the picture you can either wander around for 3 or 4 days on your hard earned Sedona mountain bike vacation, or you can allow me to provide you with the tools to be your own professional guide instantly.
Many times I get a PM from friends or individuals coming to Sedona for the first time. Several times I have been unavailable to show people around on a great ride and now I can be their guide without even riding with them.
I use to believe I was the only one who knew most if not all JBT trails and tonight that long time pioneer friend told me about another JBT trail that I had never known the person who built it. We actually rode the bottom half of the trail last Sunday and it rode real nice. The top half was always super gnarly, and it would be interesting how it currently rides.
The trail could be incorporated into a real nice 400+ elevation drop ride for those riders who don't like much uphill, but like more technical downhill. Anyway give the idea some thought.
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The region is hoping for a mild winter this year and for less snow than last. The reason? For one, a salt shortage exists. The salt supply was a big issue last winter and is suddenly a huge concern again, as we head for the winter months. It has become a major topic in much of the area for the past two weeks.
"As part of SWOP4G [Highway Rock Salt Bidding], we use the collaborative buying power of 101 agencies who requested bids this year, only a total of 12 will receive salt due to availability," Sugarcreek Township Administrator, Barry Tiffany said. "This is affecting the entire Midwest and the surrounding states to Ohio."
Currently, the Township has 550 tons of salt in the shed. The shed has the capacity of holding 1,300 tons. On average the township uses about 1.200 tons each winter. Of course, the goal is to have a full shed by the beginning of winter, but this year might be a challenge.
"We are not going to be able to put down as much salt as we have in the past," Township Trustee, Scott Bryant said.
Of the 12 agencies receiving bids, eight are in Greene County. Those agencies include Sugarcreek Township, Beavercreek, Bellbrook and Xenia. The other four agencies include Kettering, Centerville, Clearcreek Township and the City of Mason. These agencies will receive a total of 28,500 tones of salt from Cargill to share. An additional 25,000 tons will be received from North American Salt Co. and will be split with Middletown, Montgomery County, and two other agencies to the north.
"What we are trying to do is get everyone to tell us how much salt they have on hand, how much they normally use on a yearly basis, then figure out the surplus. Then, take the 53,500 and divide it up. That way everyone can have the same level," Tiffany said. "If we all end up with 65% of what we normally use, then that is the best we can do collectively. So far, everyone is in agreement."
The Township is working on standards on how everyone in the county plans on treating the roads so they are treated in the same fashion throughout. The Township plans on salting the roads only when it is economically viable. The roads are not going to be great this year. The township plans on salting the roads after the snow event, whereas in the past, the salting began during the snow event and continued until it passed. To maximize the amount of salt, the Township plans on mixing the salt with sand to help preserve the load.
"If we get deep snows this year, people may have to stay home. We are not going to be able to treat the roads like before," Tiffany said. "Salt is just not going to be available. We are getting our salt from Chile, South America. Subdivisions and private contractors are just not going to be able to get it."
The Township is working on a plan to do the best with what they have to make the roads as safe as possible. Public notices will be sent to all residents in the near future.


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Autodesk Inventor Chases AutoCAD Users
Inventor's ease-of-use improvements include a more intuitive workflow that allows users to capture design intent at earlier, conceptual stages, and sketching enhancements such as automatic dimensioning and a new tool called the Sketch Doctor that helps users with drawing recovery, especially when importing legacy data from other applications.
At Alpha Marathon Technologies, a plastics processing machine manufacturer in Woodridge, Ontario, Inventor 4 was the application that brought the former 2D shop solidly into a 3D environment. "For the past two or three years, we tried different 3D platforms," all of which proved, "big fiascoes," says president Alfredo Bentivoglio. But with Inventor 4, he says, his designers were up and running in three to four weeks. He cites the overall ease of use and integration with previous processes as the main reasons for success.
Inventor 4 also features some large assembly improvements, among them multilevel adaptive solving, which will provide users with access to part-level constraints deep inside an assembly structure, allowing for better visualization of complex mechanical structures. According to the company, assembly file sizes are now 60 to 80 percent smaller than in Inventor 3, which should substantially increase performance.
Surface design and improved sheet-metal capabilities round out the major enhancements to this mechanical design program. Surfaces will help designers create more complex shapes and achieve a tighter integration between surfaces and solids. New sheet-metal features include punched shapes across bends, flanges with setback, and ripped corners.
Autodesk Inventor 4 runs on Microsoft Windows 98/NT/2000 machines with a 450mhz processor (the minimum recommended), an OpenGL video card, and 360mb of disk space. A minimum of 256mb of RAM is required; 512mb is recommended for large assemblies. Pricing varies according to configuration and number of seats. (Autodesk; www.autodesk.com) -JD
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Success is always far more complex than the popular media would suggest. That point seems to be one of the driving forces behind "Top Girls" the Obie Award winning comedy by playwright Caryl Churchill. The play begins as a small group of highly successful women from various and widely divergent times and places meet for lunch and discuss their lives. It quickly begins to reveal a broad spectrum of nuance in the realm of feminism, ambition and power. It is a woman's perspective but it goes much deeper than carrying signs and chanting slogans. Most intriguingly of all perhaps is that it also exposes consequences.
In the unique style of the Antaeus Theatre the show is partner cast, meaning there are two actors for each role or group of roles. The cast on opening night were all simply superb. But Sally Hughes as "Marlene" and Karianne Flaathen as "Joyce" were absolutely magnificent.
But in truth the full essence of the show did not completely reach me until well after the curtain. In fact at the opening I was a bit troubled by the Japanese accent as portrayed by Kimiko Gelman. It could just be my ancient ears but I did spend a year living in Japan and the accent I was hearing just didn't resonate. Alas a minor detail. However, as the play progressed I found myself wondering just exactly what was I watching. Many times throughout the show flashes of cognition hit my brain yet I continued to wonder, "So where is this taking me?" Even as the show ended the picture had not fully developed in my head but I did recognize an essence that steadily grew.
Okay so call me slow but at the reception that followed one person involved with production confided with me that she had had much the same experience. But I could not get it out of my mind nor did I want to push it aside. Eventually there was a revelation on many levels making this one of the most unique theatrical experiences in my more than half century of theatrical experiences. Go and watch this show. You will experience fine acting, considerable wit and a deeply poignant story.
"Top Girls" is playing at the Antaeus Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, California 91601 now through May 4th 2014. Show times are Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 PM, Saturdays at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Ticketing information is available at www.Antaeus.org or by calling 818-506-1983. You may also enjoy the Antaeus facebook page at www.facebook.com/AntaeusTheater.
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I created this concept table for the Alfred Angelo Girls' Night Out show in April 2011. My inspiration was a vintage-inspired Cinderella story, and I used an eclectic mix of vintage glassware and books, a table and place setting from Pow Wow Vintage, and some brand new pieces to create my fantasy table. I love the soft greens, browns, and pinks, and the touches of whimsy throughout. I also hand-drew an invitation for the mythical wedding of Cinderella to Charming, with a vine motif that connected each element (invitation, reply card, website information, etc.) to each other.
I would love to create additional tables for a fairy tale-inspired wedding some day!
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TUCSON - Day two of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown proved more successful for the No. 11 University of Arizona Wildcat women's golf team. The Wildcats jumped to second place in the team standings, shooting a 12-under 276 in Tuesday's second round. The three-round event is being played at the Boulder Creek Golf Course (par 72/6,329 yards).
"The conditions were perfect today and that allowed for some pretty low scoring," assistant coach Justin Silverstein said. "Coach Ianello and I are thrilled with how Kyndall Ardoin bounced back in the second round. She showed us a lot of impressive stuff today. We still have quite a deficit to make up but all we can do at this point is put our heads down and try to shoot the lowest score possible."
No. 19 Arkansas still leads the team standings with rounds of 277 and 276 for a total of 553. The Wildcats carded rounds of 295 and 276 for a total of 571 and second place. No. 26 Kent State rounds out the top three with rounds of 296 and 277 for a total of 573.
No. 54 junior Isabelle Boineau led the Wildcats in the individual race. With her second-round score of 69 (-3), she moved from tied for 11th to tied for seventh. No. 40 junior Margarita Ramos also moved up in the standings. Her day-two score of 69 (-3) moved her from tied for 14th to 13th. Junior Nikki Koller also made a jump. Sitting at 23rd and up from 24th, she carded a 71 (-1).
Easily the biggest jump of the day was made by Wildcat sophomore Kyndall Ardoin. After struggling in Monday's first round, she carded a 67 (-5) to move from tied for 74th to tied for 24th. No. 41 senior Alejandra Llaneza was Arizona's fifth golfer, moving to a tie for 32nd after carding a 71 (-1).
Freshman Haley Andreas, playing as an individual, moved from tied for 89th to tied for 75th with an even-par score of 72.
The third round of the tournament will start at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. For complete results from the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, visit golfstat.com.


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The title track from the upcoming Watson & Holmes album, hitting July 29th, 2014. Produced by Stu Simons (Stu Bangas and Jordy Simons).
Blacastan and Stu Bangas are Watson and Holmes. The new album out July 29th on Brutal Music. Here is the first single featuring Apathy.
Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present Esoteric's and Stu Bangas new music video "Wonder Why" from their album Machete Mode. The video is directed by Pio Dibenedetto and shows a different side Esoteric, "My idea for the video was just to showcase an average day in the life of what I do with [cont.]
After the Great Response to the song "The Danger" off of Machete Mode, we chose to enlist some help from our friends Sean Price and Chino XL for a remix to the OG. The new version contains the same beat, crazy verses from Price and Chino as well as a new verse from Esoteric. The [cont.]
M.B.D.R presents Esoteric & Stu Bangas new music "State of War" featuring Celph Titled from their newly released album "Machete Mode". The music video which was shot in a retro style arcade in NJ, which features games from the late 80s to mid 90s. The arcade is a resting place for these classic games and [cont.]
Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present Esoteric & Stu Bangas latest video "Steel Chairs" off their new album Machete Mode. The video edited by J5 is a homage to professional wrestling much like the title of the song.
Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present Esoteric & Stu Bangas new video "Ease Up" from their upcoming album "Machete Mode' due out on M.B.D.R. on 11/26/2013. The video was shot by J. Rose, directed and edited by R.M.L. Song is produced by Stu Bangas. Rap Battle host is Celph Titled. Video was filmed [cont.]
There is no time to rest with 11/26 rapidly approaching, which is the release date for Esoteric & Stu Bangas new album Machete Mode releasing from Man Bites Dog Records. Stu looks on as a concerned trainer making sure that Eso keeps up with his strict training regiment.
Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present the first video off of Esoteric & Stu Bangas much anticipated project Machete Mode. This song, like the album is produced by Stu Bangas. Esoteric enlisted the help of his fellow A.O.T.P. members Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled & Apathy to round out the track. The video is [cont.]
Coming off the success of the Czarface album Esoteric teams up with frequent collaborator Stu Bangas for their forthcoming release "Machete Mode" set to drop November 26th via Man Bites Dog Records. For the project, the crew enlists a handful of guests including Vinnie Paz, Joell Ortiz, Madchild, Apathy, Celph Titled, Ill Bill, and many [cont.]
Man Bites Dog Records has been on a tear over the past couple years, with recent albums from MHz Legacy, Stu Bangas & Vanderslice, Copywrite, Vast Aire, and more. And with a busy year still ahead, including upcoming releases from Eddie B & Harry Fraud, Illogic & Blockhead, Roc Marciano, and others, label founder R.M.L. [cont.]
True school duo N.B.S. connect with long-time collaborator Blacastan (Demigodz / Army of the Pharaohs) and producer Stu Bangas (Jedi Mind Tricks, Mobb Deep, Ras Kass) for an explosive first release off of the upcoming album The Dispensary. N.B.S. will share the mic on The Dispensary with Reef the Lost Cauze (Army of the Pharaohs), [cont.]
Stu Bangas & Vanderslice are still riding high on the success of their recent album, Diggaz With Attitude, released in late summer via Man Bites Dog Records. The album, which has been met with high acclaim and strong reviews, featured the likes of Roc Marciano, The Alchemist, Evidence, Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, Planet Asia, La [cont.]
Following the late-August release of their new full length album, Diggaz With Attitude, producers Stu Bangas & Vanderslice have kept the ball rolling with a string of new videos and singles. All told, the production duo has released a collection of singles that have featured the likes of Roc Marciano, The Alchemist, Evidence, Apathy, Vinnie [cont.]
This week, Stu Bangas & Vanderslice released their new album, Diggaz With Attitude. The long-hyped project is proving to be worth the wait; the two producers' shared love for sinister chops and heavy drums pairs well with the album's impressive line-up of guests, a list that includes Roc Marciano, The Alchemist, Evidence, Apathy, Ill Bill, [cont.]
Man Bites Dog Records presents Diggaz With Attitude (Stu Bangas & Vanderslice's) new music video "1st Degree Murder" feat Vinnie Paz (JMT) Roc Marciano (UN) Celph Tilted (AOTP). Song Produced by Stu Bangas. Collage of Images put together by R.M.L.
Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present Diggaz With Attitude (Stu Bangas & Vanderslice's) new music video "Casino Royale" with Apathy & Blacastan. Song produced by Vanderslice. Video directed by R.M.L & shot by J. Grove (Grandpa Grove Films). Shot on location at the Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Album in stores 8-28-2012.
First single off Stu Bangas and Brutal Music presents: Lateb "Live Brutal" dropping October 11th. The album's produced primarily by Stu Bangas with assistance by Vanderslice (of Brutal Music), Snowgoons and Sicknature. It features Reef the Lost Cauze, Esoteric, Copywrite, Chief Kamachi, Slaine and Lateb's group Heddshotts. Lateb (pronounced Luh Teb) hails from Connecticut via [cont.]
Blaq Poet's new album "Blaq Poet Society" drops June 21st. The production duo known as Brutal Music (Stu Bangas & Vanderslice) handle all the beats and here they break it down for you. "Blaq Poet Society" will be 14 tracks from Blaq Poet featuring Reef The Lost Cauze, RA The Rugged Man, Capone, Apathy, Celph [cont.]
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The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (the Task Force) coordinates activities to reduce hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, to improve water quality conditions in the Mississippi River Basin, and to improve communities and economic conditions. The Task Force has released a new report, prepared by its Monitoring, Modeling, and Research Workgroup, which describes a framework for science activities that will support management decision-making. The Strategy describes the scientific information needed to answer key management questions and support management actions, and defines the scope, interrelation, and framework of the activities needed to provide that information. It describes existing programs and activities that contribute to the framework, and identifies gaps and limitations. The report includes information on environmental monitoring and modeling, and social and economic research for the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River Basin. USGS participates in the Task Force, and is co-chair of the Task Force Monitoring, Modeling, and Research Workgroup.
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