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'Work of Art,' Season 1, Episode 2, 'The Shape of Things to Come': TV Recap
Last week on "Project Runway—With Paints!" we met fourteen artists and watched them create portraits of one another. Adorable Miles won with his morbid piece, while Amanda got the boot for turning in some ugly wallpaper. What shenanigans will unfold on tonight's episode of "Work of Art"?
As the sun rises on our artistes, Naotells us that she's surprised she was in the bottom last week. Miles is also troubled because he hasn't been sleeping very well. He's pretty sure the show is making his OCD worse. Poor Miles! He's too cute to suffer.
Simon takes everyone on a walk to a giant warehouse that's stuffed to the gills with abandoned electronics—TVs with antennae, ancient computer monitors, even VCRs. The artists aren't just here to gawk at the technology graveyard, of course. Jon Kessler, a mixed media sculptor and this challenge's guest judge, explains that they will be using these appliances as the basis of their next piece, which must be sculptural in nature.
Jaime doesn't like this because she's a painter. Trong, though, is excited because he believes himself to be a versatile artist. He tells us that he works with a lot of media as still images reveal those media to include things like cakes and record players.
The cast is given thirty minutes to look through the pile and choose what they want to work with. Immediately, Nao starts wrestling with some kind of monitor. Nicole pushes a huge old TV set that looks almost as big as she is. Miles, bless his soul, is overwhelmed by all the activity, so he decides to crouch down and take a nap.
After a trip to the hardware store, the gang assembles back at the studio. They've got a whole day longer to work on this challenge than they did last week; ripping apart electronics must be harder than slapping paint onto canvas and calling it a portrait.
Judith, who's about six hundred years older than the other contestants, wants her piece to have something to do with the aging process. Jaclyn wants to make a waterproof tank and stick a TV inside of it—an idea that seems awfully like something Jeff Koons would do, as Trong helpfully points out. That, by this recapper's count, is the third time in two episodes someone has mentioned The Koonsinator. This time, at least, it's a fair point, especially because Jaclyn told us last week that she used to work in Koons's studio. We predict that next week, Jaclyn will attempt to makea stainless-steel balloon animal.
On the roof of the building, Nicole talks shop with Ryan. She's making something "concrete, with old school shit," she tells him as she begins smashing up an old TV set. Ryan also decides to smash his TV. He has no idea what to make.
Looking at the wreckage that surrounds all the other artists, Jaime decides that she wants to preserver her objects rather than tearing them apart. She's going to create a new environment for them, she says. Hm—this is sounding an awful lot like what Amanda said last week when she started talking about wanting to make something abstract instead of, you know, a portrait.
Trong, too, thinks he's doing something different from the other artists. His approach is more conceptual: basically, his sculpture is going to be of three TV sets watching TV. Simon is not as taken with the concept as Trong himself is. Upon hearing the artist's explanation, the mentor's first words are, "So, um. Right!"
Simon is much less guarded when he speaks with Nicole, who's making a sort of electronics tomb. A guaranteed way to get praise for your art: make it about death. He also seems cautiously optimistic when he speaks with Judith, who is doing something with a tangle of cables.
The day wears on, and things get weirder. Abdi is spraying some kind of goo onto the structural wire of his structure as he wears a wacky gas mask. The goo is cheaper than the goo he usually uses, so it isn't sticking. Meanwhile, Miles mixes concrete without wearing gloves. The concrete is for two "giant assholes," which he's making to put on either side of his central sculpture. What Miles really seems to be making, though, is a mess.
The next morning, Abdi confesses that he's nervous about his piece. And with good reason—it looks like a science fair project gone horribly wrong.
Judith says that for her piece, she's just going to let the cords "be themselves."
Night falls, and Abdi's sculpture is looking worse. He's covering the wires with paper towels and tape. For serious? Oh, okay—now he's covering the whole thing in plaster.
Trong announces that his sculpture will be called "WWTFD." He neglects to explain just who TF is.
As the gallery show approaches the next day, Abdi frantically tries to complete his piece. It seems pretty iffy whether or not that mess of duct tape and paper can actually support the TV monitor he's planning to use as his figure's head.
Finally, the show begins. After the judges are introduced, random New Yorkers again invade the space. Miles immediately climbs on top of his sculpture, which kind of looks like a screen-printed pillow on top of a pedestal… and promptly begins to take a nap. Erik thinks this is a cry for attention. Jaclyn, though, thinks it's genius. That still doesn't explain the concrete assholes.
The pieces are actually pretty different from one another, although many of them are conceptually similar—they mostly touch on how humans are controlled by technology. Mark has gilded a TV to turn it into a gaudy, makeshift altar. Peregrine has covered two working TV sets with netting and placed them so they're "staring" at one another. Ryan made a pile of objects and wires and paint, covered in zebra-like stripes and twisted it into a spiral shape.
None of these is either good enough or bad enough to pique the judges' interest. They decide to hold back Judith, Miles, Nicole, Trong, Jaime, Abdi. Nicole, who made a layered play on an archeological dig/tomb, is up first. Jon the guest judge likes its romanticism.
Nobody, though, likes Judith's sad pile of red and yellow cables covered in a barbecue grate. It looks like robot spaghetti. To add insult to injury, Judith babbles about the piece for so long that we watch her monologue in time-lapse form.
Jaime says that her piece, a vacuum and a lamp placed against a painted backdrop, is about the objects, which have died serving people. Jeanne thinks it isn't energetic enough, while Jerry says it's "more like a store display" than art.
Miles, ever the golden boy, draws praise for his conceptual performance piece. He really lays on the art school BS when he starts talking about how the sculpture was, in part, about creating an "awareness of the sensual nature of watching someone sleep." The judges eat it up with a spoon.
Trong's up next. The judges are confused about the "WWTFD." Trong explains that TF stands for Tom Friedman, another conceptual artist. Jerry doesn't think there's enough of Trong in the piece. And then Miles, who has been looking agonized for the past few minutes, speaks up: he calls Trong's piece "distractingly boring." God, if only Tyra Banks were a judge on this show! Can you imagine what she would have to say to that?
Weirdly, the judges ignore Miles's outburst and go on to discuss Abdi's sculpture. Jon thinks it's clever that he connected a video controller to the figure's belly button like an umbilical cord. Jeanne is rocking some serious mullet.
There are deliberations. The good: Jerry thinks that Nicole has a good sense for materials. Jon thinks that Abdi's was subtle, which, okay. Jerry loves Miles' performance. Bill, though, rightfully points out that the concrete anuses were overkill. The bad: Bill thinks Trong made a mistake by making an insider art joke. Jeanne thinks Jaime's work fell totally flat. Judith is criticized for putting together what "looks like a bunch of junk on a table." Too bad she didn't write "pussy" on it; then it would have been art.
Anuses and outbursts aren't enough to keep Miles from winning for the second time in a row. And though all the losers made stuff that really sucked, Trong is singled out to go home. That's surprising, actually; he seemed to be one of the more established artists on the show. Are they kicking him off because of what Miles said? Because they want to make sure they don't run out of female artists? It seems the art world is filled with mystery.
Next week, Jaclyn does a partially nude photo shoot. Also, Jerry thinks someone has made "a complete failure." Who else thinks Jerry should get his own show?


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Robert Bini's educational background includes a B.A. in English and an M.A. in English: Teaching English as a Second Language, both from San Francisco State University. In the summer of 2001, he completed a certificate in an Online Teaching Program through UCLA Extension. From 1981-1989, he taught ESL at Gonzaga University, University of San Francisco, Junshin Women's Junior College, Kyoto University of Foreign Languages, San Jose City College and De Anza College. Since 1990, he has been teaching at San Joaquin Delta College, where he has taught GED, ESL, and the full range of English courses. In addition to his teaching, he serves as co-editor of a magazine of student essays entitled Delta Winds. This magazine is published annually through Delta College.

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If the majority of your blog focuses on written content, then you're bound to encounter writer's block at some point.
Thought a lot of people reger to writer's block as the time in which you simply don't know what to write, it's a little more complicated than that. You see, writer's block can encompass a lot of different things, but for me it's the frustrating moments in which you simply can't seem to find the right words for what you want to say.
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The Count: Orlando's Long-Distance Shooting Slump
Lots of factors contributed to the Orlando Magic's five-game loss in the NBA Finals: Dwight Howard's missed free throws late in Game 4; the Magic's inability to draw Pau Gasol into foul trouble (he was never whistled more than four times, despite playing more than 37 minutes in each game); and of course the efforts of series MVP Kobe Bryant, who averaged 32.4 points and 7.4 assists per game.
Another culprit: Orlando's cold spell from three-point range. After shooting 41% in their Eastern Conference finals victory over the Cavaliers, the Magic shot just 33% against the Lakers. Had they maintained their same blistering rate of converting threes in the finals, the Magic would have connected on nine more attempts, making up a big chunk of the Lakers' combined 47-point victory margin in the finals.
But a closer look at the numbers shows that Orlando's hot performance against Cleveland was as much of an aberration as its brick-heavy showing against L.A. In the first two rounds, the Magic connected on 35% against both the 76ers and the Celtics. Overall in the playoffs, Orlando shot 36%. That's two percentage points worse than its regular-season shooting percentage of 38% — which isn't surprising, since playoff teams tend to play better defense. The average drop-off in three-point shooting percentage for the other 15 playoff teams was also two percentage points from their regular-season average.
Looked at another way, then, Orlando's hot three-point shooting explains its upset of Cleveland more than its cold three-point shooting offers the key to the finals loss. If the Magic had shot at their overall rate in the conference finals, they would have scored 21 fewer points. That's six points more than their combined scoring margin in the six close games against the Cavs was just 15 points.
Surely the Cavaliers deserve some blame for letting Orlando take, and hit, so many open 3s. But even uncontested long-range jump shots usually don't go in the basket, and luck plays a role in determining whether the ball goes in. While Orlando's overall three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs was 36%, the standard deviation in that shooting percentage from game to game was 10 percentage points (that isn't especially streaky — the Lakers' standard deviation on three-point shooting during the playoffs was 11 percentage points). And in every game against Cleveland and L.A., Orlando's percentage was within one standard deviation (10 percentage points) of its playoff average — the range was 30% to 45%. Unfortunately for Orlando, all of its above-average shooting games during that span came against Cleveland.
The Lakers earned their championship, but let this be a reminder that it's hard to conclude too much from a small sample of games. After all, two of Orlando's four losses came by the margin of a blown layup and a pair of blown free throws. And Orlando won both its regular-season meetings with the Lakers, which turned out not to be especially predictive.
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Fine car with beauties is definitely the perfect combination, but shortly before the commercials of a Japanese brand vehicles did exactly the opposite, they used some sumo wrestlers as car models. According to the manufacturers, there're three reasons for choosing sumo wrestlers. First, they wanna re-define the concept of the "sexy" by this advertisement; second, it can impress the strong characteristics of the car; third is to show the spacious and comfortable space of the car. However, in my view, the real idea of the Japanese car dealer simply wants to attract more attention through such off-the-wall idea. It's an ordeal for our nerves to see these "coquettish" car models.
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Super middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez remained undefeated by punishing and outclassing Jason Escalera to an eighth-round technical stoppage in the main event of an HBO Boxing After Dark broadcast from Mashantucket, Conn., on Saturday.
Rodriguez (22-0, 15 knockouts), who rehydrated to 186 pounds after the weigh-in on Friday, was not only the bigger man in the ring, he was the far better boxer and technician and he made his superiority known in the opening round by pummeling Escalera from the proverbial pillar to post. The beating was so one-sided that the fight could have been stopped in the first round. It was easily a 10-8 round even though Escalera was not dropped.
The 27-year-old New Jersey native showed tremendous heart by not giving up after the opening stanza, but he was unable to avoid most of Rodriguez's right crosses and left hooks, which repeatedly snapped his head around, backed him into the ropes and caused him to spit out his mouthpiece at least four times during the bout.
A left hook from Rodriguez, who landed 58 percent of his total power punches (195 of 385), according to CompuBox, busted open Escalera's right ear, which prompted referee Steve Smoger to finally step in and halt the beatdown 12 seconds into the eighth round.
Rodriguez exposed the difference between an undefeated contender — ttthethe 27-year-old New Englander is THE RING's No. 9-rated super middleweight — and an unbeaten prospect. Escalera (13-1-1, 12 KOs) simply wasn't ready to step up his level of competition.
Rodriguez appears ready to step up his own competition, though. He definitely believes so.
"I wanted to send a message (with this fight) and I think I did," he said during his post-fight interview. "My promoter (Lou DiBella) is whispering (former middleweight champ) Kelly Pavlik in my ear. We want Kelly Pavlik."
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Practicing good health is easier said than done, with the degree of difficulty varying with our genes and personal circumstances.
But it is possible to bend the curve of life in a healthier, happier direction.
We spoke with five people who possess long experience in holistic health, and asked them how they start each day on the right foot and keep things as healthful and peaceful as possible.
1) Begin each day with a centering practice.
Devoting a small block of time to yourself each morning can help set the tone for the day. Meditating upon waking relaxes Dr. Frank Lipman, founder and director of the Eleven-Eleven Wellness Center in NYC, and helps him feel less agitated. I get clarity from equanimity, he says. Im much more focused with my patients.
Alternate nostril breathing gives Dr. Annemarie Colbin, author of Food and Healing, an energizing mental boost. It brings oxygen to my brain, she says.
Practicing gratitude each morning helps Chrissa Pullicino, public relations manager at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, keep perspective when it comes to stress: Focusing my attention and energy on the blessings in life makes me more content.
2) Take breaks to refocus between tasks.
When Dr. Colbin founded the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in 1977, classes were taught out of her home in the evening. I was starting a whole new day when everyone else was done, she says. It was essential to reset her mind, which Colbin achieved by practicing Transcendental Meditation.
Nowadays Colbin also indulges in computer card games, as they help wash out her brain.
Dr. Lipman shuts his office door in between patients to practice restorative yoga poses, which are classic yoga poses completed with the aid of props. Theres nothing like it when it comes to rejuvenation, he says. And all I do is lie there for ten minutes.
3) Pare back your schedule when needed.
Being realistic about daily goals helps with efficiency and maintaining a sense of balance.
When I first started my practice, I would pack it all in on certain days and spend the rest of the week recovering, says Adele Reising, a NYC-based acupuncturist. Now I pace myself to avoid being tired all the time. If youre always zoning out, its time to reassess your schedule.
Reising also looks for signals to herself that shes on her way to being stressed: If Im too tired to get out of bed or skip one of my daily rituals, Ill move things around in my schedule so I have more time to take care of myself. I maintain good habits when Im not stressed.
4) Take mealtime seriously.
Whether its breakfast, lunch, or a late afternoon snack, taking the time to be present when eating is as nourishing for the mind as the body. No matter how busy I am, I carve out about 45 minutes to have lunch, says Dr. Tom Francescott, founder and director of the Rhinebeck Cooperative Health Center. Ive made the choice to create the time for myself.
Reising will often schedule lunch dates to pull her away from the office: If you work while you eat, that can be hard on digestionblood is going to your brain and not your stomach.
5) Get there early.
Part of any winning strategy against stress is to learn how to avoid it altogether. I always get to work or wherever I need to be early, says Dr. Francescott. When Im late, I end up trying to catch up all day. Its less stressful to ease into your day.
Reising agrees, saying, The days where I fly in without time to unpack my bagthose are not good days. When I get to the office early with time to put things away so Im waiting at my desk for my first patient, that day is going to go smoothly.
6) Spend time outdoors.
Engaging the senses by communing with nature helps maintain a sense of well-being. So many of us dont spend enough time in nature, which is part of the bigger constellation of issues we face today as we spend more time indoors and tuned in online, says Dr. Francescott. I take walks where Im mindful of each step, the trees and smells. Its good for anxiety as it calms you down.
The changing of the seasons can also have a profound calming effect. Looking at the leaves in the fall stimulates the eyes and affects you on a visceral level, says Reising.
[Editors note: Learn about research on this topic in Get Out! Nature Boosts Brains and Spirits, from a recent issue of Vital Choices.]
7) Set aside time to disengage from work.
Give your mind a chance to shift from working gears to leisure mode. After work I sit in silence and run through the day, breathing in and out in a meditative posture, says Dr. Francescott. It gives me closure and I can leave the office at the office.
Dr. Lipman winds down at home before dinner by laying in a restorative yoga pose or listening to world music: I like the rhythm of African music in particular. It feeds my soul.
Flipping through catalogs before bed helps Dr. Colbin halt a racing mind. Theyre so content-free that they put me right to sleep, she says.
[Editors note: The same cant really be said of the Vital Choice catalog, which features tidbits about food and health, salted throughout but its nothing heavy, just a light seasoning!]


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Rogue 'bed in shed' landlords get hefty fine
A pair of London rogue landlords who illegally rented out a 'bed in a shed' have been hit with a £12,000 fine.
Manjit Singh Virk and Paramjit Kaur Virk pleaded guilty to breaching a planning enforcement notice at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court last week.
The couple, who live in Iver, had been charging people to live in an outbuilding in Roseville Road, Hayes.
A nearby resident alerted Hillingon Council's planning enforcement team, who obtained a warrant to access the premises.
The council's private sector housing team and the UK Border Agency carried out a search of the building and confirmed it was being lived in.
A planning enforcement notice was served on the landlords, ordering them to stop renting out the building and to remove the kitchen, bathroom and service meters.
However, the couple failed to comply with the notice.
Cllr Keith Burrows, cabinet member for planning, transportation and recycling, said: "The council takes a very dim view on rogue landlords cashing in by allowing people to live in poor conditions.
"This couple were given an opportunity to stop what they were doing but totally ignored the warnings so court action was necessary. I am glad the courts have seen fit to hand down a significant fine."
As well as the £12,000 fine, magistrates also the ordered the couple to pay the council's £2,472 legal costs.
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Huddersfield coach Nathan Brown revealed that player power was behind his decision to shake up his team for Sunday's Carnegie Challenge Cup semi-final against Warrington.
Brown brought in five new faces and restored skipper Kevin Brown to his old stand-off role for his side's 33-6 defeat at the City of Salford Stadium. The Giants have slipped down the Super League table after losing seven of their last eight matches, culminating in a 52-6 humiliation at lowly Castleford, but Brown says the changes were prompted by the players.
"It certainly wasn't my idea to freshen things up," he told the post-match news conference. "Basically, the players weren't happy with how we were attacking. They were desperate to change."
He added: "Last week we obviously had an issue with effort. There were some underlying issues and one was that the players didn't want to play our attacking structure any more.
"It was pointless going out and attacking like that because we would have got a poor effort again. So we had to try and change it within a week for a Challenge Cup semi-final, which was never going to be easy.
"It's not ideal for anyone but they were more keen to go back to a traditional seven-and-six style of football.
"The reward was we got effort but our attack was poor and poor attack puts your defence under too much pressure."
The Giants threatened a fightback at the start of the second half but the Wolves defence held firm and they clinched victory with full-back Brett Hodgson's 57th-minute try as they set up a Wembley showdown with Leeds.
"I thought Huddersfield played well," said Warrington's former Giants coach Tony Smith. "They came out firing and made us work hard.
"I thought we controlled things once we got into the game but they were never far off our tail. My boys were determined. I thought our forwards were terrific and commitment to our defence was awesome."


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Athletic fees to cost students in state millions
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Published: Monday, July 29, 2013
The biggest source of revenue for intercollegiate athletics programs at most of the state's universities is not ticket sales or private donations. It's mandatory fees charged to all students.-
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Prizes and Awards
The Denis Sinor Prize was established in honor of Indiana University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Denis Sinor. One to two prizes are given annually for the best papers submitted by any IU student in a CEUS class during the school year. Students submit papers themselves to the contest. The competition is handled by the IU Association of Central Eurasian Students. Papers have all identifiers removed and are judged by a panel of ABD-level CEUS doctoral students
The Alo Raun Prize is named to honor the memory of Indiana University Professor Emeritus Alo Raun. The prize rewards student Excellence in Estonian and/or Finnish Studies. It is awarded by faculty committee, not applied for by students.
The György Ránki Prize honors the memory of György Ránki who was the first holder of the IU Hungarian Chair Visiting Professorship. The prize is awarded by faculty committee, not applied for by students. Recipients are students in good academic standing who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to Hungarian studies and show a commitment to spreading knowledge of Hungary on a local level.


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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
Recommended reading from around the Web:
A look at how House Speaker John Boehner handled the showdown over government funding shows that, torn between a conservative wing adamant about dismantling the new health law and Democrats unwilling to revisit a law that they already have passed, Mr. Boehner consistently sided with his conservative rank-and-file. "If you really want to fight, you've got to put everything on the table," he told fellow Republicans Monday. [WSJ]
Polling history suggests that a negative turn in public attitudes towards Washington and the economy triggered by a government shutdown will be short-lived, Gallup's Elizabeth Mendes says. Besides, Americans already view Congress so poorly, there's little room for perceptions to worsen. President Barack Obama, though, may have more to lose because, while diminished, his popularity is higher than Congress. [Gallup]
President Obama, in an interview taped Monday, rails about Republicans in Congress, says ending "gridlock and stalemate" on fiscal policy would relieve the burden on the Federal Reserve to pursue such extraordinary monetary policy and insists government can do something to restrain the forces of inequality. [NPR]
John Dickerson (@jdickerson) writes that in the great showdown debate, Republicans are split into two camps, "those who would like to fight now over funding the government and those who would like to fight later over a debt limit increase when the Treasury Department hits its borrowing limit Oct. 17." The "fight later" group thinks public opinion is more on their side in refusing to raise the debt ceiling than it is on shutting down the government in a budget fight. [Slate]
Republican insiders estimate that about 30 House Republicans believe so strongly that Obamacare must be stopped or slowed down that they are driving the much larger group of 233 GOPers there, writes conservative commentator Byron York (@ByronYork). "Another 20 to 30 GOP members sympathize with that position but might be willing to compromise, except for the fact that they fear a primary challenge from the Right," he says. [Washington Examiner]
President Obama has "not only been taken hostage by the worst of Washington … but he seems to be suffering from Stockholm syndrome," writes Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier). The president needs to help the GOP work its way out of the hole it has created for itself, he says. [National Journal]
Molly Ball (@mollyesque) explores the striking shortage of discussion between the two parties, or between Congress and the White House, in the current fight over funding the government, because President Obama and House Speaker Boehner "aren't compatible," while House Republicans "are negotiating with themselves in public by passing a series of doomed bills and furiously trying to deflect blame." [The Atlantic]
Eleanor Clift (@EleanorClift), after 50 years at Newsweek, recalls starting as a secretary, advancing to a reporting job when women rebelled at their lack of opportunities, enjoying a long tenure when the magazine spared few expenses on its reporters or their travels, and enduring until "the magazine that I knew is long since gone." [Daily Beast]
What We're Writing
In Capital Journal, Jerry Seib hypothesizes how allies, and foes, must be viewing ongoing dysfunction on matters of fiscal prudence and military might. Jerry joined the News Hub to discuss how the rolling fiscal crises will mark the rest of the year and hamper other legislation.
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones we've spotted:
A sign of legislative breakdown: Congress passed joint budget resolutions—the basic documents that are supposed to guide its handling of spending issues–in all but three years from 1976 until 2010, but it hasn't passed one through this traditional process since. [WSJ]
Just 17% say they are basically content with the government; 26% overall say they are angry at it, while 51% feel frustrated. [Pew Research Center]
In a poll that coincides with lawmakers' struggle to keep the government running, just 10% approve of the job Congress is doing; 87% say they disapprove. [CNN]
Four people disappeared near the U.S. border in Mexico over six days, on top of the 26,000 the country reported went missing between 2006 and 2012. [Al Jazeera]
Around 5,200 Britons convert to Islam each year, and the total number of British converts is around 100,000, a University of Wales Trinity Saint David researcher calculated. [Economist]
Male tennis players are more than 25% more likely to challenge judge's line calls than their female counterparts, a Sports Illustrated study found. [Slate]
Despite claims that Amazon has ousted the traditional bookstore model, the number of retailers belonging to the American Booksellers Association continues to rise – up to 1,632 this year from 1,401 in 2009. [Quartz]
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel and follow them on Twitter @GeraldFSeib and @davidmwessel.


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I have fallen head over heels for this Bald Head Island affair. It started with a deep adoration for the dotted swiss dress (oh that dress), moved on to gushing over the fresh palette of colors and charming Bald Head Island Golf Club backdrop and hit a crescendo with image after gorgeous image captured by Scott Piner Photography. And the pretty doesn't stop there.


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New YouTube video appears to show Dallas police officer shove protester off planter before his arrest Saturday
UPDATE: The involved officer has been placed on restricted duty. (See the Police Department's news release after the jump…)
ORIGINAL POST: A video posted to YouTube (below) Thursday appears to show a Dallas police officer shoved a man off a Bank of America planter during a downtown Occupy Dallas protest last weekend.
The video is the first one to surface that indicates Stephen Benavides did not fall on his own shortly before he was arrested for felony assault on another police officer and resisting arrest. Police had previously said there was no indication Benavides was pushed as he and his supporters have claimed.
Benavides was in the Dallas County Jail until Wednesday night, when he posted more than $50,000 bond on the charges. His confrontation with police last Saturday sparked a riot that included seven other arrests.
Protesters have alleged Dallas police acted overly aggressive in arresting Benavides and others. Dallas police officials said earlier this week that a preliminary review of the handling of the protest revealed no misconduct.
Chief David Brown has said Benavides was told to get off the planter because it was Bank of America property and that he refused to comply. At the time Brown made those comments, the chief said he had not yet seen any video that indicated Benavides was pushed. Brown was not immediately available to comment on the new video.
Benavides said in a phone interview Friday morning that the officer on the planter, Jimmy Hollis, told him to get off the planter but gave him almost no time to do so.
"It was not but a split second, a split second reaction by him and he shoves me off the planter," Benavides said. "I fall down, I land on the curb, I bust my ribs up and eveyrhting else is kind of out there on the videos."
Benavides added: "You can see him standing there in the video and we're talking and then he pushes me. The conversation didn't last any more than a couple of seconds. So he didn't give me an opportunity to comply."
Click the link below the video to see the Police Department's statement on this development.
The Dallas Police Department's statement:
Last night, the Dallas Police Department discovered a new video of the Occupy Dallas demonstration that occurred on November 5, 2011. The video shows a Dallas Police Officer, who was working off-duty for Bank of America, push a demonstrator off a planter in front of the building. Chief David Brown has ordered the officer placed on restricted duty and initiated a formal investigation into the officer's actions. The restricted duty assignment will also prohibit the officer from working off-duty employment until the departmental investigation is complete.
In light of this development, the Police Department has requested that the Dallas County District Attorney and the Dallas City Attorney proceed no further with the criminal cases alleged to have occurred until further consultation takes place. These meetings are anticipated to occur next week.
The Dallas Police Department is dedicated to the protection of all members of the public. Any allegation of police misconduct is taken seriously and will be vigorously investigated. The Police Department encourages any witnesses who would like to make a statement or who have additional video to contact the Internal Affairs Division at (214) 671-3986.


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DeSoto Square Mall owner looks at Jacksonville mall purchase
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 12:15 p.m.
The owner of Bradenton's DeSoto Square Mall is eyeing another Florida property through a joint venture.
Mason Asset Management Inc. and Namdar Realty Group have a contract to buy the Regency Mall in Jacksonville, according to The Daily Record, a business publication in that city.
The deal for the 46-year-old, 1.4 million-square-foot mall — anchored by Sears, JC Penney, Belk and a Dillard's Clearance Center — would be Namdar's second purchase in Jacksonville, the Record reported. Last year, the company bought the 220,000-square-foot Jacksonville Regional Shopping Center for $6.8 million.
Mason Asset Management bought DeSoto Square from Simon Property Group in 2012. Similar to the Jacksonville property, it is anchored by Sears and JC Penney — and also by a Macy's.
Observers have questioned whether Macy's will leave the mall when the retailer opens a new store at the Mall at University Town Center in October 2014. That new regional luxury mall is expected to draw some existing retailers from around the region.
But JC Penney recently added five years to its lease at DeSoto Square Mall, mall managers said.
Both Sears and JC Penney operate only one other department store in the region, at Westfield's Sarasota Square Mall.
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IDSA: Antiseptic Bath Cuts Infection in Kids in ICU
BOSTON -- Daily bathing with chlorhexidine reduced the risk of bacteremia in critically ill children by 35%, a researcher said here. more
IDSA: Antiseptic Bath Cuts Infection in Kids in ICU
BOSTON -- Daily bathing with chlorhexidine reduced the risk of bacteremia in critically ill children by 35%, a researcher said here. more
IDSA: HCV Drug Shows Promise in HIV
BOSTON -- The recently approved hepatitis C drug boceprevir (Victrelis) is effective in patients co-infected with HIV, according to interim results of a phase II study. more
IDSA: Drug Slashes Flu Symptom Duration
BOSTON -- An investigational anti-flu drug sharply reduced the length of time patients suffered fever, aches, and other symptoms in a placebo-controlled trial, a researcher reported here. more
IDSA: Heart Check of HIV Patients Finds Blips
BOSTON -- Abnormalities in cardiac function were prevalent among HIV patients, according to a single-center study. more
IDSA: Measles Outbreak Small, but Costs Huge
BOSTON -- A small outbreak of measles in Utah wound up costing local and state coffers nearly a third of a million dollars, a researcher said here. more
IDSA: Raltegravir Continues to Show Efficacy for HIV Response
BOSTON -- Long-term treatment with raltegravir (Isentress), an HIV-1 integrase inhibitor, appeared to improve outcomes for HIV-infected patients compared with treatment based on efavirenz (Sustiva), researchers said here. more
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BOSTON -- Equipping hospital rooms with copper surfaces decreased the risk of acquiring an infection by 45%, researchers reported here. more
IDSA: Oral Fungi Offer Clue to Candidiasis Therapy
BOSTON -- A study of the oral microbes in healthy and HIV-positive people has led to a new possibility for management of candidiasis, a researcher reported here. more
IDSA: Renal Function Okay With Tenofovir
BOSTON -- Treatment of HIV patients with antiretroviral regimens containing tenofovir (Viread) did not appear to significantly affect renal function after one year of therapy compared to other antiretroviral regimens, researchers said here. more
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Tupchen Puja I
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Photo and caption by Luigi Fieni
This photo was taken during a special ceremony held in the XV century monastery of Thupchen in Upper Mustang, Nepal. The ceremony was meant to give blessing and inspiration to the conservation team that was going to repaint the missing areas of the murals. The sacredness of the prayer melt with the sacredness of the murals.
Location: Lomanthang, Mustang, Nepal
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|Phil Mickelson during the final round of the U.S. Open on Sunday.
Chances are you've heard this one before, so bear with me as a visit to Portmarnock Golf Club less than 12 hours after Phil Mickelson's latest U.S. Open heartache, on his birthday of all days, brought an old story back to light.
Tom Cryan is one of the legendary names of Irish sports journalism, a man who grafted for the Irish Independent newspaper at a time when typewriters and pens were the tools of the trade, and computers were something you saw in James Bond movies.
Known to one and all as The Squire, Tom was a jack of all trades as far as most sports were concerned, and a master in the noble arts of boxing and golf.
He was also a founding member of the Dublin Journalists Golf Society, an august body which celebrates its 40th birthday next year when his spirit and wisdom will be remembered with fondness by those who now traipse the fairways under the same umbrella.
On Monday morning, in the very pleasant surroundings of Portmarnock, some 40 odd of us walked the fairways together in the latest society outing. And one particular story from the Tom Cryan library was never more relevant.
Many, many years ago Tom advised a young wannabe sport hack that he was about to enter a rough business where no quarter was ever asked or given. And he offered the youthful man a warning which went along the lines of: "If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary between s*** and syphilis."
The story is still told with fondness by those who value such things in an industry losing the run of itself with Internet offerings and social media.
And it came up again on Monday as we digested the overnight TV offerings from the Merion Golf Club as Justin Rose triumphed at the U.S. Open and Phil Mickelson was left to look in the dictionary for sympathy, somewhere between s*** and syphilis as it happens.
Phil wouldn't have found much sympathy on the fairways of Portmarnock among Monday's golfers it has to be said. His name is on a wall of fame inside the clubhouse, having represented the USA as they won a very famous Walker Cup match in North County Dublin in 1991, and Mickelson had many supporters in Monday's company before his collapse in the final round on Sunday.
The reason for his popularity among the Irish golfing press was simple. A week earlier, in the fine surroundings of Powerscourt golf course in Co. Wicklow, event sponsors Paddy Power had offered all finishers a free bet on the U.S. Open to match their stableford points tally.
Thus I had a €25 free bet on events at Merion. The outing winner Philip Quinn, a fine journalist from the ranks of the Irish Daily Mail, had €31 to bet on the U.S. Open courtesy of Paddy and the Powers.
And when Philip advised to put the money on American hero Lefty, on a course that would really suit him, a big gang of us followed suit at a whopping 22/1.
In total, 11 members of our society had money on Mickelson. We stood to win over €10,000 between us if he delivered on Sunday night. I was set to land a cool €550. And we did dream. Big time.
One member went to the Swedish furniture outlet Ikea and picked out a new sofa for his wife from his prospective winnings.
Another promised to buy himself a new set of Callaway irons, the brand Phil uses, in honor of the expected triumph.
The money was all but counted by all and sundry as Lefty led the way at Merion on Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night.
When he chipped in for eagle at the par four 10th on Sunday, I let out such a roar in the offices of the Irish Sun that I was asked to quiet down by the news desk, hundreds of yards away!
So you can start to imagine how we all felt when the U.S. Open slipped from Mickelson's grasp for a sixth time on Sunday evening as we watched in agony on Sky Sports and our winnings were denied by a fine English Rose.
It was as hard on us as I am sure it was for Mickelson himself, but he has enough money not to worry about the price of an Ikea couch, and I know he already possesses enough Callaway clubs to open his own shop.
He let us down on Sunday, and while I am sure we will eventually forgive Mickelson his latest U.S. Open failure, I am not sure we will ever forget it.


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Stand-up Comedian
Typical Day
Mike Stand is up and at 'em at 11:30am. Ah, the life of a comic.
He takes his time getting his day started—he's in no rush. He chows down on a bowl of Froot Loops (Mike never really wanted to grow up, and this cereal helps him keep in touch with his inner child), while sitting on his futon watching the last couple of Saturday morning cartoons in his South Park pajamas.
Once 12:30pm rolls around, he has finally rubbed the last of the sleep from his eyes and is ready to hit the ground crawling.
He starts by working on his set. A stand-up comedian strives to put together hours worth of usable material—a feat that can sometimes take years to accomplish—and they will often mix and match "bits" to form different sets. Depending on where they're performing, a set can be anywhere from eight minutes (a pretty standard time allotted at an open mic night) to two hours (congrats on your Comedy Central special, btw). But for most working comics, it's usually in the 15-minute to half-hour range. Mike has just recently taken the big step from eight-minute, unpaid open mic gigs to barely-paying ones of the 15-minute variety. Clearly on his way to super-stardom.
He scribbles a few possible jokes on a piece of notebook paper:
"My computer is so old, the word 'fire' keeps coming up on the spellcheck."
"A recent study showed that the average man thinks about sex 206 times a day. Not me though. I'm different. A little more sophisticated, I guess. I actually only think about sex two or three times a day. But for seven hours at a time."
"What do Toronto and my girlfriend have in common? They both got about six inches last night."
Mike does not, of course, have an actual girlfriend. But acting as if he does have one makes him feel slightly better about himself. Which is a nice break from reality.
At 2:30, Mike has to leave for a part-time catering job. He's working a bar mitzvah from 3 to 9. Gotta pay the bills somehow.
He knows a few other people working the bar mitzvah—some from prior catering gigs, and others whom he recognizes from the stand-up circuit. One gal, Nellie Knockknock, he's seen around town, mostly at open mics, but once or twice at some quasi-reputable clubs. After she drops off a couple drinks at the head table (red wine for the parents, a kiddy cocktail for the man of the hour), Mike arrests her attention.
"Nellie, right?"
"Yeah…Mark something?"
"Mike. You still performing?"
"Here and there, yeah. Mostly focusing on the acting these days. Taking an improv class, attending workshops, you know."
"Gotcha. Well, I'm doing a set at the Giggle Shack at 11 tonight, if you want to come check it out. I won't even press charges if you steal any of my material."
"Ha, appreciate it. I might swing by."
Mike goes about the rest of his catering gig with an unexpected spring in his step. This girl could be his next conquest. Not to mention the source of a host of new material.
The catering gig runs a bit long, and Mike has to book it to get home, change (into his standard uniform of a ratty-looking band t-shirt, ripped blue jeans, and a backwards baseball cap), and get over to the Giggle Hut before 11.
He doesn't find out the set order until he gets there—turns out he's going fourth, right after Ronnie Cackle, the prop comic and ventriloquist. Great. Mike hates having to follow talking puppets. Talk about pressure.
Yeah...looks like a tough act to follow.
Just before Ronnie wraps up his set, Mike scans the audience to see if Nellie showed. Doesn't look like it. Although the lights are pretty bright…maybe she's in there somewhere….
Mike is intro'd by the evening's host and makes his slow, leisurely way up on stage, to scattered, barely audible applause. There are maybe 30 people in the audience, tops. Still, a big step up from performing at open mics, where it was typical to be playing to a crowd of 4-5.
Mike's set goes fairly well—he gets a few laughs in spots he hadn't anticipated, but falls flat in places where he usually kills. After his 15 minutes are up, he descends from the stage, looks around one last time for any sign of Nellie, gives up, and heads to the bar outside the stage area to pick up his $60 payday from the club owner.
He's still hoping there will be an agent in the audience one of these days—someone who will spot him for the genius talent that he is and start setting him up with serious paying gigs, but it hasn't happened just yet. Until that day arrives, it's hustle, hustle, hustle.
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DOVER — The Strafford County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce the promotion of Deputy George Cahill to the rank of Sergeant. He has been with the office since 2006 accumulating experience in transportation of inmates as well as civil process and assignment with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Unit since that time.
He has been a law enforcement officer since 1986 having started his career with the City of Rochester Police Department working there as a patrol officer, sex crimes investigator, training officer and as the first domestic violence investigator for the city where he aided in the formation of the County Unit still in existence today.
Sergeant Cahill took the oath of office for his new assignment Sept. 13 and will oversee the Transportation Unit for the office under the direction of Capt. Robert Williams.
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Definition of non-magnetic in English:
(Of a substance) not magnetic.
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NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has told the Supreme Court that it is empowered to regulate interconnection agreements entered into by the telecom service providers. Opposing BSNL's appeal, Trai said that its tariff regime is based on the principle of non-discrimination and level playing field. The appellant had alleged that the Trai tariff regulation is detrimental and prejudicial to it.
The Trai affidavit said that even under the licences granted to the service providers after the amendment to the Trai Act in 2000, there are clear stipulations that matters pertaining to the interconnection between the service providers shall be within the total jurisdiction of interconnection regulations issued by the Authority from time to time.


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I like that tea helps do many different things, but is mixing different teas essentially bad for you? is there a risk in doing such thing?
You should be cautious if you are mixing herbal teas. Some of the herbs can interact. You are safer to do one type of herb at a time. If you are mixing traditional teas or tea from the camillia sinensis plant, then it is okay. I just like to caution about herbs. All our herb description pages carry a caution or warning about the herb if there has been any adverse affects researched. You can blend a dangerous mix of tea if you are not careful.
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January is International Creativity Month!
creativity - The ability or power to create. Productivity with originality and expressive qualities; imagination; newness. This typically requires getting comfortable with not knowing what you're doing.
Among other activities, both remembering and forgetting are crucial to the creative process, as are also acts of destruction.
Creativity is the act of grasping and nurturing inspiration.
Brainstorming is a process for stimulating the generation of ideas.
The most prominent enemies or inhibitors of creativity are commonly known as "blocks to creativity."
The stages of the creative process:
P. Torrance described a framework for creative thinking processes in his 1979 book The Search for Satori and Creativity. Torrance said the important aspects of creativity are fluency, flexibility, and elaboration. He presents ways to facilitate these by using key words and application activities. [See Torrance Framework for Creative Thinking.]
Fluency refers to the production of a great number of ideas or alternate solutions to a problem. Fluency implies understanding, not just remembering information that is learned. Flexibility refers to the production of ideas that show a variety of possibilities or realms of thought. It involves the ability to see things from different points of view, to use many different approaches or strategies. Elaboration is the process of enhancing ideas by providing more detail. Additional detail and clarity improves interest in, and understanding of, the topic.
Motivation is a necessary component in a creative person's attitude — what in psychology is called the affective domain, where we experience feelings, emotions. As vital as motivation is in conditioning one's movement toward success, it is not the only attitude needed in order to achieve. A motivated person can simultaneously doubt that he/she is able to accomplish a task successfully. Whether a person's self-doubt is reasonably founded or not, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy; anticipation of failure easily breeds failure. When confidence-building is needed, here is how to do it: start with easy tasks, and proceed to gradually more and more challenging ones. Studies have proven that every person can learn at any age, no matter what their experience or lack of experience has been.
Also see achievement, artist, art therapy, avant-garde, Brahma, choose, effort, expression, genius, heterodox, iconogenetics, inspiration, memory, mind, motivation, muse and muses, music, new media, originality, posterity, praise, Prometheus, quotations, Shiva, and talent.


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The nonsense being posted about VRTX being a 'scam' and a '$30 stock' are absurd. The correctors and potentiators work in CF patients, one is marketed already, and ultimately VRTX drugs will dominate this $4 billion market. On top of that, the company will continue to make money in HepC despite no longer being the dominant player, and has enormous opportunities with their advanced clinical candidates in RA and influenza.
VRTX is one of the very best companies in developing ground-breaking drug discovery initiatives and bringing them to market in the entire biotechnology sector.
Then why do insiders keep on selling if the stock is so good? Very simple question that every long on here has thus far avoided.
Why are insiders selling?
1. Senior management of developing biotechnology stocks make lower salaries than their pharma/large biotech counterparts, and receive large stock option packages as part of their compensation.
2. Insiders are selling only those options they've chosen to exercise and hold. Unexercised options in the tens or hundreds of thousands remain unaccounted for on insider sales forms. In other words, the sellers have a bunch more VRTX stock in the form of unexercised options.
Everyone takes profits. Go back under your rock. Remember shorty.....509 data soon. Trematode.
GREAT! Then let's buy up this $100M stock...oh wait It's $17B, So having access to a $4B market doesn't sound so great under that scenario.
It's called panic. The shorts are trying to recoup anything they can. I actually feel sorry for the losers.
It is the Call writers trying to know the price down by the May expire before their paper losses become realized losses. Squeeze is coming!
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Third Man Records To Release The Shins & The Kills Live Albums
Jack White's record label, Third Man Records, will be releasing three live 12″ LPs; The Shins, The Kills, and Seasick Steve on June 25.
The albums are a part of an ongoing series of live albums that were recorded at the Nashville record store and venue. Other artists that have been featured in this series include The Black Lips, Ted Leo, Conan O'Brien, Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, Jack White himself, and a recording of Divine Fits is set for the near future.
Watch behind-the-scenes footage of the Seasick Steve session as well as a video for The Shins' "It's Only Life," taken from their most recent release, Port of Morrow, after the jump.
These are available for pre-order and you can purchase a CD here.
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An empty shelf in Waitrose; bare except two forlorn punnets of damsons reduced to a pound each. One was a little squashed, the other had been opened it seemed – but I shoved them in my basket for damson season is short and who knows if the store will see anymore.It is autumn, a crumble is the only option for these little beauts; a shame that they are such buggers to de-stone. They are not going to retain their shape once cooked but care is taken in cutting them in half and removing the stone. Care taken for the first half dozen that is, after that impatients rules and they are, how shall we say, more 'roughly' handled. A bonus sucking the pulp and juice from the hands mind.
Delicious Almond and Damson crumble – autumn in a bowl.
- 2 punnets damsons
- 2 tbsp of sugar
- For the Crumble
- 120g plain flour
- 85g chilled, cubed, butter
- 4 tbsp caster sugar
- 4 tbsp ground almonds
- Oven to 180C. Stone the plums and mix with the sugar in a baking dish.
- Mix the butter with the flour until the mix is breadcrumb like. Add the sugar and the almonds. Tip over the fruit and spread to make a crust. Bake for around 40 minutes. Serve with custard.
- Depending on the sweetness of the fruit more or less than 2 tbsp of sugar may be added. Personally a little tartness is enjoyed to balance the rich crumble topping.
The damson or damson plum also archaically called the "damascene" is an edible drupaceous fruit, a subspecies of the plum tree. Varieties of insititia are found across Europe, but the name "damson" is derived from and most commonly applied to forms which are native to Great Britain. Damsons are relatively small plum-like fruit with a distinctive, somewhat astringent taste, and are widely used for culinary purposes, particularly in fruit preserves or jam.


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The Nashville area's economy is among the most diverse of that in any U.S. region. As a result, Nashville continues to attract the highest-quality workers in all business sectors. Nashville supports many innovative and aggressive local programs to recruit workers to the region.
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Of course, many of Nashville's most valuable workers come from the area's own vast educational system. The area boasts a wealth of accredited four-year and postgraduate institutions, community colleges, and vocational and technical schools. The availability of such varied higher education choices creates an extremely well-educated base of residents. In the Nashville MSA, 44.9 percent of adults at least 25 years old have one or more years of college education, and more than 45,000 people have graduate or professional degrees.
The Chamber partners with the Nashville Area Career Fair Consortium, joining 14 area universities in welcoming bachelor's and master's degree candidates, MBA graduates, and alumni to two recruiting events each year. With a 16-year history, this career fair has a proven record of success in providing well-qualified candidates for the hiring needs of Nashville-area employers. Visit our job board to see upcoming career fairs.
In partnership with the region's three Workforce Investment Boards and the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, the Chamber conducted a comprehensive study of Middle Tennessee's workforce characteristics and conditions. The 2010 study is a revision to a workforce study released in 2008 taking into account the changes in the economy and a newer look into the future job market in our region. The research projects the region's workforce and educational attainment needs over the next 10 years. The results will be used to align workforce development resources with economic development goals. Visit our workforce study page to download executive highlights and the full report with appendices. Visit our Chamber Publications section to download documents from the 2008 study.


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A woman defended herself against a robber who got away empty-handed outside a bank in La Mesa Wednesday, police said.
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The assailant ran away, without the deposit bag, heading north on Center Street toward Grossmont Center Drive. The victim was not injured, police said.
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The National Association of Realtors® announces REach™, a new type of Accelerator program developed to introduce innovative technology companies to the real estate marketplace.
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Growth in metropolitan area median home prices increased in the third quarter, and more areas are showing gains, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®.
The Realtors Property Resource®, a national database of property information, is now available exclusively to Realtors®, free of charge. RPR is a national database of property information, and contains hundreds of data sets on millions of properties.
Pending home sales were little changed in September but remain well above a year ago.
The five individuals named as this year's REALTOR® Magazine Good Neighbor Award winners value service above self and are committed to helping those in need.
HouseLogic.com has created a video series chronicling the $20,000 backyard makeover for Allison and Aaron Smith, the winners of the website's "Boost Your Roost" contest earlier this summer.
September existing-home sales declined modestly, but inventory continued to tighten and the national median home price recorded its seventh back-to-back monthly increase from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
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Scariest day of my life!
we used to have those locks with the tiny holes in them, Impossible to unlock. I had a bobby pin above the door frame and it could take me 10 minutes to unlock that way. I would have broken the door down quicker.
I can't believe none of you learned the spell, "Alohomora" or even own a sonic screw driver.
Old member, same account.
Sam: mom and Hep B positive. Guess which defines me better.
Clearly a Hufflepuff.
I am the opposite. I'd have trouble finding our hammers right away, but we have like 4 different sets of screwdrivers. We always need the really small ones, whenever certain electronic devices freeze, there's a little reset button that unfreezes them. The little ass screwdrivers work.
But like I said, lesson learned for her. She needs to keep these things around, and ready to use in an emergency.
Stacy Mama to: ♥ Marissa 6/18/02 ♥
♥ Caiden 11/11/03 ♥
Single mama to my little bird.
Good to know!
Mom to M, 4/1/10
Fiance to V, 9/5/08
Mommy to a boy(6) and a girl(2)
I do not spew profanities. I enunciate them clearly, like a fucking lady :)
Well, it gets easier with practice. :) It takes me like 15 seconds or less these days.
It's better to just put the pin or whatever you need to use, above the door, on the frame. That way you know it's always there.
Stacy Mama to: ♥ Marissa 6/18/02 ♥
♥ Caiden 11/11/03 ♥
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails"
-William Arthur Ward
Also my baby loves the bath. She is in love with water period. I could totally see her in this situation. She would go straight to the bath and climb in.
You did fine. Sorry it happened though. Kids are freaking ninjas.


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SANTA CLARA -- The Pro Bowl is a changing, and the 49ers should take notice since they've had nine players selected each of the last two seasons.
Gone is the AFC vs. NFC format. Instead, players will be drafted by the two leading vote getters, as well as two NFL.com fantasy-football champions.
Colin Kaepernick could be one of those leading vote getters. True, he has never made a Pro Bowl, but he's also never entered the season as the 49ers staring quarterback. His popularity is skyrocketing, as evident by his best-selling jersey.
Kaepernick's thought on the new Pro Bowl format: "I'm worried about Week 1."
Former 49ers teammates Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will serve as alumni team captains and assist in the draft process.
"As players, we wanted to keep the Pro Bowl to honor excellence in individual performance and connect with the fans in a different environment," NFLPA President Domonique Foxworth said in a release. "To do that, I worked with a group of players to map out new ideas."
The Pro Bowl draft will air Jan. 22 and the all-star game will take place Jan. 26 in Honolulu, a week ahead of Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey.
Before the draft, players will still be selected by a combination of votes from fans, players and coaches. As an example, six quarterbacks still will be voted into the Pro Bowl, but any number can come from either conference.
"We were very receptive to the ideas that Domonique and the players put forth," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "From there, our office worked closely with him in developing the concept. The players made it clear that they wanted to continue the Pro Bowl and were committed to making it better than ever. We think these changes will enhance the game for both fans and players."
By reaching last season's Super Bowl, the 49ers did not send their nine-player delegation to the Pro Bowl, which had been played under the AFC-NFC format since 1971. Those nine honorees: linebackers Aldon Smith, NaVorro Bowman and Patrick Willis; running back Frank Gore; safeties Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner; guard Mike Iupati; defensive tackle Justin Smith; and, offensive tackle Joe Staley.
Here are other Pro Bowl changes, as cited by the NFL:
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.