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A No-Nonsense Hot Rod
This project started when I was in Oakland, California, on business and found a white porcelain draft beer handle from The Black Diamond Brewing Company. It was perfect for a hot rod shifter knob and upon returning to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, I went over to my friend's shop, Bob Hindman Roadsters, and set the beer handle down in front of him. "What kind of hot rod will do this justice?" I asked. He didn't hesitate: A long and low '27 roadster running a Y-block Ford with Holley 94s and suicide frontend. OK, so let's do it!
We sketched out what the late-'50s traditional hot rod should look like, and Bob started designing the chassis, starting from the suicide frontend and working back while making sure to keep the driver sitting down low in the car and inches off the ground. We decided that, whenever possible, the parts should reflect what was available in the late '50s, such as running a generator, period gauges, etc. So I started the gathering of parts while Bob fabricated the chassis.
The remanufactured 292ci Y-block came from S&S Engine, while Charlie Price's Vintage Speed supplied the Holley 94 three-deuce setup on an Edelbrock 553 intake manifold. Charlie also provided the Fenton Aluminum valve covers and Edelbrock fuel block. The stock distributor was recurved and converted to mechanical advance by Creitz Automotive. Vacuum and fuel pressure gauges were mounted on the firewall for tuning. The fuel pressure is regulated via a Holley regulator to no more than 1.5 psig. The NASCAR Y-block exhaust manifolds took six months to locate (and could have taken much longer if it wasn't for eBay).
Another 292 Y-block and a Fordomatic transmission combination was located and taken from a 1960 Edsel to supply the needed miscellaneous engine parts and transmission. The Fordomatic was rebuilt by Bob Cruse.
The frame uses 2x4x.125 tubing and is Z'd at the front and rear to achieve the low ride height without having to channel the body over the frame, keeping the driver riding low in the body. The 8-inch Ford rearend was pulled out of a rack of rearends in a junkyard. Lester's Gear installed new wheel bearings on the 28-spline axles and a set of 4.11 Posi-traction gears. Driveshaft Specialist supplied the driveshaft.
A Super Bell drilled and chromed front axle is used up front along with a set of chromed covered shocks angled over at 60-degrees. The '38 Ford front spindles are painted Apple Green with '59 Buick backing plates attached using spacers to center the Buick front brake assemblies. 1963 Buick Rivera front drums and '48 Ford hubs were re-drilled to match the OEM Ford wheel bolt circle.
Once the chassis was well underway, I made a phone call to Speedway Motors, and the '27 fiberglass body, 10-gallon aluminum gas tank, '32 chopped radiator shell with a Walker radiator, reversed Corvair steering box, bomber seats, and stock windshield supports (sectioned to keep the low-profile look) were soon in our hands.
The body and chassis were painted John Deere Blitz black with suspension parts GM Apple Green. The floor consists of Apple Green-painted birch wood strips and pickup bed stainless runners.
Stewart Warner gauges are used and mounted in a '32 dash with the starter switch located in the stock '48 Ford column mount. An aftermarket turn signal switch is installed on the column, but under the dash out of sight. The transmission floor shifter is from Speedway. A wiring diagram was drawn and a harness was made from leftover wiring. The Black Diamond Brewing Co. draft beer handle was the last item to be added to the little hot rod. Yes, I believe we nailed it.
Rod & Custom Feature CarSteve ZaringBroken Arrow, Oklahoma1927 Ford roadster lowboy
DrivetrainSteve went outside the box, avoiding the small-block Chevy and Flathead, and dropped a '62 Ford 292ci Y-block between the 'rails. S&S Engine Remanufacturing rebuilt the engine, which was then dressed up with Fenton valve covers, an Edelbrock 3×2 intake with a trio of Holley 94s, and a rare pair of '57 Ford NASCAR exhaust manifolds. A '60 Fordomatic auto trans does the shifting duties.
ChassisBob Hindman Roadsters designed and built the Z'd chassis from scratch, adding a suicide frontend consisting of a Super Bell dropped and drilled I-beam (with Speedway spindle kit and '59 Buick backing plates with '63 Buick finned drums), POSIES Super Slide spring, Pete & Jake's chromed shocks, split '48 Ford wishbones, and a reversed Corvair steering box. In the rear, a Ford 8-inch is held in place by a Panhard bar, and ladder bars are designed by Hindman and suspended by a swap meet Hollywood transverse spring and chrome P&J's shocks.
Wheels & TiresThe rolling stock can make or break such a simple hot rod. Steve got it right with a set of Wheel Vintique chromed reverse OEM Ford wheels (15x8s and 15x5s), and then mounted up a pair of 8.20 Radir 8.5-inch-wide whitewall drag slicks and BFGoodrich 5.90 whitewalls.
Body & PaintThe 'glass '27 roadster body from Speedway Motors was the perfect start for a bare-bones hot rod. The car is so low there's no need for opening doors, so Steve just sanded the body and shot it with John Deere Blitz Black. For a little something extra, Steve had Ron Myers add a bit of bomber-style nose art and pinstriping to the decklid. Lighting comes from a pair of swap meet headlights and '50 Pontiac taillights. An Airstream tag light glows on the rear license plate.
InteriorThe bare-basics interior consists of a pair of bomber seats from Speedway Motors mounted on a painted birch wood floor accented with stainless steel pickup bed strips. A '48 Ford column and wheel were recycled and put to use to keep the lowboy pointed in the right direction. The fiberglass '32-style dash houses a quintet of Stewart Warner gauges.


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Is anyone else offended to see U.S. politicians (they are not statesmen) cower in the shadows as Israeli leaders debate, on national TV, what our U.S. foreign policy should be?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got wide coverage as he pushed President Barack Obama to draw a "red line" for launching military attacks against Iran. Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, interviewed on "60 Minutes," told us Netanyahu is totally off base.
Attacking Iran was "the stupidest idea" he'd ever heard, said Dagan.
No American "leader" would dare speak to Netanyahu that way. Who can ever forget the cacophony of 29 standing ovations bestowed on the Israeli prime minister when he spoke to a joint session of Congress in May 2011?
What's going on here? Didn't George Washington warn us in 1796 against "foreign entanglements"? It has come to this: The tail is wagging the dog.
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The latest cosmetics not only knock a few years off the face but also aim to appeal to the girl within.
The really young girl.
This month, MAC released makeup based on the Hello Kitty character, and Stila launched a collection based on Barbie. Rescue Beauty Lounge named several nail polishes after the "SpongeBob SquarePants" cartoon, and Too Faced Cosmetics has a new collection coming out with a Smurfs theme.
If these products were geared toward preteens, the trend could be dismissed, admired or condemned as gateway marketing. Lure a young customer with cute, cheap, fruity-scented product; gradually introduce her to the hard stuff until she is thoroughly addicted; and by adulthood, she'll willingly drop $30 for a tube of mascara without batting an eye.
More puzzling is that these products are not specifically pitched to kids. Maybe there aren't enough children or doting adults willing to plunk down $18 on a bottle of "SquarePants" yellow nail polish or $90 for a Hello Kitty Kouture cat-shaped compact for someone not yet old enough to cross the street alone.
"We cater to people who love to play with makeup," James Gager, senior vice president and creative director of MAC Worldwide, told Women's Wear Daily about the cosmetic/cat partnership.
The vast majority of those people are women. It's tempting to rail against the machine that manufactures such makeup for infantilizing adult females. But savvy companies simply produce cosmetics they're fairly confident will sell. A better question to ponder might be why women are interested in buying lipsticks, eye shadows and blushes based on dolls and cartoon characters.
"The economy is such that people want something positive, lighter, a little more fun," says Timothy Mantz, an instructor at the Art Institute of Portland with a doctorate in marketing.
A company creates its brand personality, Mantz says, by clearly identifying the people it's targeting and the idea it's selling. For example, he says, Abercrombie & Fitch was once associated with marketing clothes to "mean girls," while cosmetics companies may sell prestige, mystique, self-esteem or, in this case, fun.
"When times are good, you can be that mean girl," Mantz says. Right now, cosmetic companies need to offer "something warm and fuzzy."
Still, don't expect Giorgio Armani to produce men's cologne bottles shaped like G.I. Joe action figures. Imagine going for the first time to a new boyfriend's home and spotting his shaving cream decorated with "Star Wars" characters. Would you think, "How adorable!" Or would you be just a tad freaked out and dash for the nearest exit?
Mantz laughs at the idea but says a better comparison might be video games and online virtual worlds, marketed more often to men who can buy vehicles or branded soft drinks for their online characters. Only a small segment of men or women buy into either the interactive games or niche cosmetics, and that is part of the appeal.
In this mass-produced world, this consumer segment is willing to spend big bucks on the novel or collect limited-edition anything. Never mind that the definition of "limited edition" or "limited time offer" covers pretty much everything this side of infinity.
"In these times," Mantz says, "everyone is trying to do anything possible to make a sell."
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KALAMAZOO — Jordan White says he first began to understand Western Michigan University's rivalry with Central Michigan when he saw a female student on WMU's campus wearing a CMU shirt.
"It wasn't too pretty for her," the Broncos wide receiver said. "I'll just leave it at that."
It's unclear whether White was referring to her appearance or the way she was treated by fellow students.
It doesn't matter. By now, White has five other reason to loathe the Chippewas.
The Broncos' sixth-year senior has been around for the entirety of WMU's five-game skid against CMU, his dislike of Chips and frustration compounding each year.
"A rivalry, if you look at the definition, it's two teams that go back and forth," White said. "For me, it really hasn't been that.
"I think I'm especially lucky, more than some of these other fifth-year guys, who hadn't had the chance to beat them at all. I'm here for another year, maybe for this reason especially — to beat Central or help beat Central."
White has actually only played in the rivalry three times, which is why he's playing this year. Knee injuries cost him all of the 2006 and '08 seasons.
He was injured in the 2009 game, suffering an ankle sprain in the Broncos' 34-23 loss at Waldo Stadium after catching two passes for 23 yards.
In 2007, he caught five passes for 51 yards and, last season, had eight catches for 119 yards and two touchdowns.
But he's never won.
For a player who holds the school's single-season receiving yards record (1,378 in 2010) and is the reason NFL teams are sending multiple scouts to Bronco practices this fall, legacy is increasingly important.
The Game
Western Michigan vs. Central Michigan
When: Noon today, Waldo Stadium
Records: WMU 1-1 (0-0 MAC), CMU 1-1 (0-0)
Tickets: $28 and $15
TV, radio: ESPN-Plus/ ESPN3.com (WZZM Ch. 13 locally), WKZO-FM (96.5)
"Just thinking about what I've been able to do here and what people remember you for, you know, I've never beat Central for us," White said. "I can't say that and nobody else can say that about me. I definitely think about it.
"And for us not to us not to have (won a Mid-American Conference title), even when we had Louis (Delmas) and E.J. (Biggers) and Jamarko (Simmons), that talented a team, we really just keep shooting ourselves in the foot. I think it's time we need to stop doing that and capitalize."
White knows the latter probably doesn't happen this year without the former, and he doesn't want it to.
"When we win (Saturday), it will get the ball rolling," he said. "We're not thinking about losing.
"Everybody goes a little harder in the weight room (this week) and adds a little bit to their lifts. And everybody watches a little bit more film Central week. Practice might go a little longer, practice might be a little harder, but that's all because of Central Michigan."
White isn't alone in this line of thinking, especially among those facing CMU for the final time.
After Wednesday's practice, receiver Robert Arnheim sat alone on the Seelye Center turf, doing a series of abdominal strength exercises. Thirty yards away, cornerback Aaron Winchester worked intently with defensive line coach Lou Esposito, practicing getting past a lineman's block on a blitz.
Here were two seniors, neither with White's NFL pedigree, putting in time they didn't have to.
"This week our theme is, 'Just a little bit more,'" Winchester said. "Just a little bit more in the weight room, adding the five pounds, adding 10 more pounds, adding 20 more pounds. As we practice, getting another rep in, getting your footwork in. Everything is a little bit more, a little bit more than last year, a little bit more than yesterday.
"So when you see guys out here working out extra, they're just getting a little bit more, because last year, we didn't get enough. This year, we want more."
More simply means a win.
"I've been thinking about that over the last year or so," White said, "just how I need to get a win, basically, to make it become a (true) rivalry and add onto my career here."
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Ladder 15 is relaunching their beer program...starring Sly Fox O'Reilly's stout in time for St. Patrick's Day.
Chef David Ansill will be serving up some complimentary nibbles like Korean Tacos. ( I know...Delicious, not Irish. Who really likes corned beef anyway?)
Come by if you can. 8 pm.
March 15, 2010
Ladder 15 amps up beer list-=- Tonight relaunch of beer program with Complimentary Nibs.
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Access Map | Learn about the Big Lost River's Mountain Whitefish
The hiking areas within the Challis Field Office are dispersed and unmarked. Adventurous visitors are encouraged to explore the approximately 250 miles of open routes available in the mountains of the Mackay/Lost River Valley area. This area includes hikes to view spectacular vistas from 9 of the 11 highest peaks in Idaho.
This loop trail system includes a 3/4-mile trail designed for maximum accessibility (grade and slope) from the trailhead down to the Big Lost River. For those wanting a more arduous hike and a spectacular view of Mt. Caleb, a side trail, also 3/4-mile hike, provides the second half of the loop.
The trail started as a joint effort between the City of Mackay and the Bureau of Land Management. BLM staff roughed out the trail in 2006 and volunteers later refined the trail system in 2007. A Recreational Trails Program grant from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation helped to finish the trail system in 2008.Remember that this trail has been a community effort. Respect the adjacent private property by staying on the trail and using non-motorized means to get to the river.
For motorized recreationists, the old road from here up Blaze Canyon to the Windy Devil communication tower is a designated ATV trail.
Location: Approximately 1 mile northwest of Mackay, Idaho along the Big Lost River. Northwest of the River Park Golf Course in Mackay. Head due west off of Beverland Road.The Mountain Whitefish
There is a unique population of mountain whitefish in the Big Lost River which have shown a decline in relation to historical numbers and range due to a number of factors. Federal and state government agencies, irrigation districts, conservation organizations and private land owners are all working together to reverse this trend.
Releasing the fish you catch can help sustain and build the population of wild fish. Just remember to do as little damage as possible by keeping the fish in the water as much as you can, de-hooking quickly and efficiently, and minimize handling of the fish.
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A group of 11 Pope John Paul II students traveled Jan. 22-27 to Washington D.C. to participate in the 2013 March for Life.
Juniors on the trip were Cody Bienvenu, Spencer Bogran, Brandon Campo, Jeremy Seal and Tiffany Sporl. Sophomores joining them Hope Brustar, Zara Hood, Ryan Mundine and Matthew Tonglet. Two freshmen, Elizabeth Andres and Blaike-Lee Ordes, also went on the trip. They were chaperoned by school disciplinarian Roy Denaley.
"The trip was eye opening and life changing," said Jeremy Seal. The students really enjoyed themselves and became closer to God, all the while strengthening and expressing their Pro-life beliefs.
The week of Jan. 28 is Catholic Schools Week, a week taken to remind the community about everything Catholic schools have to offer. Pope John Paul II is celebrating by having a canned food drive and praying the Rosary in religion class.
Spirit points are awarded for non-perishable food items that are brought in for the food drive. The food will be sent to Community Christian Concern, a charity whose pantry is depleted at this time of year.
On Jan. 29 the PJP Ambassadors went to Catholic elementary and middle schools Our Lady Of Lourdes and Saint Margaret Mary to read stories to young students. Mass will be celebrated for Catholic Schools Week on Jan. 31. The week will conclude with a volleyball game between members of the school faculty and members of the senior class will be played on Friday
Pope John Paul II is proud to represent Catholic schools during Catholic Schools Week, and would like to thank students for participating in the food drive.


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No, you don't get the shade in the picture by just laying a coat or even five on your nail. But it worked well enough on layering. I did my share of trying on differend bases. It's very gooey so the base needed to have some action itself. On black creme it looked as cheap as it was and on purple base it left terrible strokes no matter how I tried to even it out with a top coat.
Devil Woman is very thick but on the bright side the glitter distributes well with the brush stroke. You don't need to pick the particles from the bottle to get them on the nail!
Here is two coats of RiH completely dry. Then one layer of clear top coat followed by a side swipe of Devil Woman while still being wet.
Indoors the base is almost black and it does lean more to purple than it shows here. On the pics the glitter looks more silver than in reality.
Cheap but still rich in heart?
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Kaspar Karsen (1810-1896)
The Amsterdam stock exchange before its demolition in 1837. Signed and dated
K. Karssen 1836. Canvas, 87 × 109 cm.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, inv.nr. 1297. Purchased in 1865 at sale Baron van Brienen van de Groot Lindt, Paris, May 8, 1865, for 500 guilders. The sitter was not an ancestor of the Baron, who was from a family of wealthy Catholic merchants. A painting of this description was sold at auction in Amsterdam on 26 July 1775 for one
The banker Adriaan van der Hoop began to collect seriously only in 1832. His main interest was in Dutch painting of the seventeenth century, but he also gave commissions to living artists (see also cat.nr. 55). In this case, the commission was partly inspired by his purchase in 1833 of a painting of the old stock exchange by Job Berckheyde (cat.nr.34). For the collector's personal memories of the building, see the text.
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"Django Unchained" finally got a Chinese release over the weekend -- but it wasn't at all what writer-director Quentin Tarantino was likely hoping for. Three minutes shorter than the U.S. version and with images of nudity excised, it was a box-office disappointment, coming in fifth place.
The New Orleans-shot film's Chinese release comes fully a month after authorities there yanked it unceremoniously from theaters for unexplained "technical reasons." As it turns out, the content of the film was apparently at issue, prompting the cuts. In addition to removing a scene in which Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington's husband-and-wife characters are tortured nude, authorities also reportedly required the scaling back of two scenes of violence: one in which Foxx's title character goes on a shooting spree, and another in which a man is mauled by dogs.
The resulting delay in release proved costly. According to figures released early today (May 13), the film earned just more than $600,000 on Sunday. That had it lagging behind "Iron Man 3," which made $5.04 million at the Chinese box office in the same period; "So Young," which made $3.17 million; the Louisiana-shot "Oblivion," $2.68 million; and "The Croods," $2.2 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In other words, according to Deadline, it was "a flop."
Before its planned April debut in China, Tarantino's film was expected to pull in closer to $10 million upon its opening. But Chinese officials nixed its release on opening day, even pulling the plug on some showings that were already in progress. That led to an outcry from Chinese movie fans, many of whom resorted to downloading the film illegally over the Internet and watching it at home, which could explain the low attendance this weekend.
The Chinese release of "Django Unchained" tops today's Evening Edition, a regular rundown of recent Hollywood headlines.
The Hollywood Reporter: Inside the mind of Damon Lindelof, the writer of two of this summer's blockbusters-in-waiting: "Star Trek: Into Darkness" and "World War Z." In the cover story of its latest issue, THR catches up with the star scribe, discussing -- among other things -- working with Brad Pitt, his agony over "Lost" and having power as a writer.
Nola.com: "Star Wars: Episode VII" to be shot in the United Kingdom. Filming is expected to start later this year, with director J.J. Abrams at the helm.
Indiewire: Mark Duplass and wife Kate Aselton talk about the making of their thriller "Black Rock." New Orleans boy Duplass wrote the script, with Aselton directing and starring in it alongside Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth.
Los Angeles Times: Six years later, director Frank Darabont addresses the "angry, bleak ending" to his Shreveport-shot "The Mist." "If you hated the ending, I apologize for the two hours of your life I took. ... This is an angry cry from the heart from a humanist who is really pretty pissed off about the fact that all the reasonable people seem to be marginalized, ground under the heel of the extremists."
Nola.com: "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" director tweets out first-look image from film. Production is currently under way in New Orleans.
Deadline: "Medieval Times" headed for the big screen? Benderspink and Broken Road are reportedly set to pitch studios on their idea to make a movie inspired by the themed restaurants.


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Problems on the trains
Coventry City and Ipswich Town fans travelling from the London area to the Ricoh Arena today are advised that a reduced service will run to/from Euston.
All stations will be served but journey times are likely to be extended by twenty to thirty minutes.
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BEIJING - When China signed a free-trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2002, it was viewed as a threat not only to US economic interests, but also to the political balance in the region. Even though Chinese foreign minister
Tang Jiaxuan
had told US Secretary of State Colin Powell that China had no desire to "push the US out of Asia", the United States quickly countered with the Enterprise of ASEAN Initiative, a plan to offer bilateral free-trade agreements to Southeast Asian countries.
"Once agreements between ASEAN members and the US are completed, they will be worth more than the deals with China," US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick was quoted as saying at the ASEAN summit last October in Bali.
While Zoellick's remarks have been understood as taunting, if not just snobbish, they do characterize a fear of what many governments and China watchers see as the ominous rise of China, both economically and politically. In the past few years, China has emerged from its hole of non-intervention and cast off its hermit rags to become directly involved in multilateral economic and security organizations, significantly increasing its political clout in the region. At times this has dovetailed with the United States and its interests, but at other times it has come at the expense of the world superpower.
While such a trend toward economic, political and strategic reassertion is most rationally viewed as a natural development for a country the size of China with an economy growing at such phenomenal rates (9.1 percent in 2003), it is also argued by some that something more sinister is in the works - namely that China is consciously seeking not only to undermine US interests in the region but also to redefine the roles of global hegemony completely.
China's political and economic involvement in the region has grown tremendously over the past few years. China accounts for more than half of the total Asian trade today (in 1999 it accounted for only 11 percent), and it bought almost half of the region's exports last year (in 1990 it bought only 6.8 percent). In 2002, China ratified the agreement aiming to turn all of China and Southeast Asia into a free-trade zone, which, according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, will have a total population of more than 2 billion and a collective gross domestic product (GDP) of US$3 trillion by 2010 when the agreement goes into full effect.
Already Wen has said he hopes to reach two-way China-ASEAN trade of $100 billion by 2005 - it was $57 billion in 2001, when the deal was made, challenging US two-way trade with ASEAN of a similar amount. It is thus no surprise today to find Beijing full of talk about "regional economic integration".
Low-interest loans, big aid packages
Cash is also helping China's cause in those countries from which it does not import. Vietnam, for instance, which counts China as its second-largest trading partner but ran a trade deficit over $1.5 billion last year with China, received a low-interest loan from Beijing of $126 million in March. Likewise, Cambodia, which runs a $243.67 million trade deficit with China, got its debt of $200 million canceled and received a low-interest loan of $125 million in 2002. Last year it received a military aid package of $2.4 million. Myanmar and Indonesia have also received hundred-million-dollar aid packages.
Such economic and financial prowess and muscle have led directly to a larger political role, mainly through China's involvement in multilateral organizations such as ASEAN, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and a host of other security groups such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. In November 2002, for example, China signed four agreements with ASEAN, including security, and economic and agricultural cooperation agreements, and in 2003 became the first non-ASEAN country to accede to ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, confirming China's commitment to the group - a move unprecedented for a country with a long reputation of non-involvement.
"With its level of economic growth, China can no long longer afford to be a hermit," says Jonathan Anderson, China economist at UBS in Hong Kong. "China is parlaying its economic importance into political weight."
This benign engagement and direct economic participation are not common for China, and in fact did not begin until about 2000. The hosting of the APEC summit in Shanghai in 2001, and the attention Chinese President Hu Jintao's speech garnered at the APEC summit in Bangkok last October, were the most obvious signs of what George Washington University China Policy Program director David Shambaugh says is "China rapidly returning to its traditional role as the central actor in Asia".
The Chinese Foreign Ministry's official line on this about-face on active engagement is that "the 1997 financial crisis brought us together". Pushing beyond that, one official close to the foreign minister says it was around that time that China "began advocating all countries involved should put aside disputes and develop the region". China did at that time move from being suspicious of multilateral organizations to participating in and even forming them. After observing regional multilateral groups for a few years after the Asian financial crisis, China decided that they were not US-controlled - in fact, Beijing discovered that ASEAN states' security ideas were compatible with China's own "New Security Concept" laid out in 1997. By 1999-2000 China was involved and participating in the region's multilateral organizations.
Concurrent with these developments were intense internal debates in Beijing about the decline of the United States and China's role in the region. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping had laid out an economic plan that needed the environment of peace and stability for Chinese prosperity, but also folded into this view was the decline of the US and its influences. After the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in May 1999 during the Kosovo campaign, it became clear that the United States was not on its way out and that China could not just wait on the sidelines and jump in as the US fell and opportunity knocked on Beijing's door. "It was concluded," says Shambaugh of George Washington University, "that in order to have a peaceful environment conducive to domestic development, China needed to be more proactive in shaping its regional environment."
China's grand strategy - Asian tributary states
Whether China has dropped the illusion of the US in decline remains in debate, in both Washington and Beijing. "China is driven by a grand strategy, in which it is continually looking for ways to undermine the US," says Ross H Munro, director of Asian studies at the Center for Security Studies in Washington, DC. Munro believes that China's rise as an economic and political power is a calculated effort to "create a modern version of the [ancient] Tributary State System - unchallenged Chinese domination of all of East Asia".
Economically, it is true, China is gaining at the expense of the United States. China has replaced the US as the largest export market for much of Asia. For example, almost all of the export growth in Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Australia last year came from Chinese demand. "The US is still a much bigger market for Asia, but in 10 years China will be close," says Anderson at UBS.
Chinese opposition to the US in Asia has appeared militarily in recent years, to be sure. The spy-plane incident in the South China Sea in April 2001 and a naval challenge to the USS Kitty Hawk in international waters in the Yellow Sea are examples. And the missile buildup and military exercises on the coast opposite Taiwan do not present the view of a benevolent China. In fact, editorials and commentators in China frequently espouse such anti-US views, especially within the military. The Liberation Army Daily, for example, ran an article in early 2002 stating that "hegemonism and power politics will still be the source of turbulence and instability in the world" and saying, "Establishing a new international order will be the focus of international relations."
US Pacific Rim allies such as Taiwan and the Philippines also view China's recent cozying-up with a bit of suspicion. While the rest of Asia was praising China for reaching expedient deals on border disputes and free-trade agreements at recent ASEAN summits, Philippine diplomats warned about the sincerity of the deals, and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cautioned about China's economic force while welcoming the US-proposed free-trade agreement. Similarly, many Taiwanese have long mistrusted China's moves and stated intention - many term it aggression - to annex or "reclaim" the island, and they have recently made an international issue of the 500 ballistic missiles Beijing has aimed at Taiwan.
Japan also remains cautious. "If China's objective is economic prosperity then it is no problem to Japan. But if this is a means to military hegemony, then there is a problem," says Tomohide Murai, chairman of the program of international relations at the National Defense Academy in Tokyo.
Economic clout makes political clout inevitable
Anderson at UBS sees China's growing political clout as inevitable, as its economy expands and it takes on larger responsibilities. But he says it is by no means a strategic or antagonizing role. "As China's influence in the region rises, other players naturally see a relative decline in their own political standing there," Anderson says.
The region has in fact welcomed China's new position, accepting it as a gradual adjustment of roles. For example, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke favorably of China in an address at the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention last autumn in Malaysia. And a poll last December among Thais showed that 76 percent viewed China as their closest friend and ally, whereas only 9 percent saw the US as their closest ally and friend - an almost complete reversal from years past when China was seen as a provocateur and a threat.
With the US and its China watchers on edge about China's rise, such disparaging views among the Eastern and Western hemispheres may amount to what M D Nalapat, who holds the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Peace Chair, likens to "two trains heading directly towards each other".
"There will be a conflict between the US and China. The only question is whether it will be a hot one or a cold one," Nalapat predicts - a battle not between cultures but over real interests.
Yes, China is becoming an economic engine and leveraging its political power; it is entering the comity of nations and behaving responsibly, not only in its own interests. But Beijing is also exercising its new-found power. China aims to increase its economic and political market share, as does any country in the modern world.
"There is no grand strategy, only realism," says Wu Yu-shan, professor of political science at National Taiwan University. "If the US comes into conflict with China as a rising power in this part of the world, it will be over its own national interests."
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ClipSync: Seamless Copy And Paste Between Devices
I'm an avid user of the Google Chrome browser extension and app Chrome to Phone. I love being able to send links, text, numbers, whatever from my computer to my Epic 4G Touch. The other day, I was thinking it would be super handy if I could do the same sort of thing between my Nexus 7 and my phone. The thought passed, or I got distracted by something because I'm ADD and I never pursued a method to do it. Then this weekend I found ClipSync. Similar to Chrome to Phone, it's an app/computer application combo. On your computer (currently it only works for Windows but the developer is working on operating systems) a server is installed, so that when text is copied on any of your devices, the text is on the clipboard for any of your devices on the server. It's insane to me how simple and intuitive this app is. I can't believe it's taken this long for someone to come up with this functionality. Kudos to the developer Jules Colie for dreaming this up and figuring it out.
As far as using Clipsync goes, and copying text between your devices, you currently need to have all your devices on the same WiFi network. I was a little bummed to find out that it will not currently work over 3G/4G, but that capability is coming in the future with a Pro version. The only other catch is that you have to have your computer on, with the ClipSync server running for this to work. So my dream of just being able to copy text easily back and forth between my tablet and phone has mostly come true, but there will be situations were it's just not going to work currently like when I'm tethering from my phone or just don't have my laptop on. Regardless, the copying between devices and computers is super intuitive like a earlier stated. Going from the computer to your phone, select the text and hit crtl-c, or right click and copy the selected text, then long press in the field on your device to paste. For the reverse, long press and select the text and hit copy on your Android device, and then simply ctrl-v or right click and paste on your computer. It's seamless, as it should be. Setup for Clipsync on the computer and phone was aslo really simple. Hopefully you feel like i'm impressed by this app, because I am. I'm excited to watch it develop and become even more functional, even if I have to pay for it.
So, some really cool functionality coming to our Android devices. I'll be impatiently waiting for the Pro version. Below is a video made by the developer demonstrating how this app can be pretty handy in a hairy situation like needing to save the world. What do you guys think of this app/program combo? Is it exciting to you to? Been looking for something like this? Or you already have another easy way to transfer information back and forth between your devices? Let us know by commenting below…


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That's No Moon -- Okay No Wait That's a Moon
There are 182 moons (and counting) in the solar system orbiting planets; there are a bunch more orbiting planetoids. Read on for all your moon facts. [more inside]
RIP Theia, you crashed with Earth to create the Moon (maybe)
The giant impact hypothesis is the most widely supported theory for how the moon was formed, with research in 2014 adding support to this theory over other possibilities. Now UCLA-led research reconstructs a massive crash that took place 4.5 billion years ago (abstract, full article paywalled), supporting the theory that the Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and Theia, a forming planet.
It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon
How big is space? Interactive views of the universe in varying scales
We know space is big, but trying to understand how big is tricky. Say you stare up at the sky and identify stars and constellations in a virtual planetarium, you can't quite fathom how far away all those stars are (previously, twice). Even if you could change your point of view and zoom around in space to really see 100,000 nearby stars (autoplaying ambient music, and there are actually 119,617 stars mapped in 3D space), it's still difficult to get a sense of scale. There's this static image of various items mapped on a log scale from XKCD (previously), and an interactive horizontal journey down from the sun to the heliosphere with OMG Space (previously). You can get a bit more dynamic with this interactive Scale of the Universe webpage (also available in with some variants, if you want the sequel [ previously, twice], the swirly, gravity-optional version that takes some time to load, and the wrong version [previously]), but that's just for the scale of objects, not of space itself. If you want to get spaced out, imagine if If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel, and travel from there (previously). This past March, BBC Future put out a really big infographic, which also takes a moment to load, but then you can see all sorts of things, from the surface of Earth out to the edge of our solar system.
She says I'm always "Apollo 13 this" and "Lunokhod that"
Tom Hanks, somewhat of an authority on going to the moon, wrote about it in The New Yorker. (You, too, can write like Tom Hanks!)
If you plan on taking a trip to Jupiter, this is not the map to use.
If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel is a tediously accurate model of the Solar System that Josh Worth made to explain to his daughter just how difficult it is to go on holiday to Mars.
The Madness Of The Planets
I am a staunch believer in leading with the bad news, so let me get straight to the point. Earth, our anchor and our solitary haven in a hostile universe, is in a precarious situation. The solar system around us is rife with instability.[more inside]
Dark side of the Moon
A long way from home
35 years ago today, Voyager 1 transmitted three images which NASA processed into a single frame of Earth and its moon. [more inside]
Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet.
What if other planets in the Solar System orbited Earth at the same distance as the Moon? (SLVimeo) Full screen highly recommended.
Happy 40th anniversary, mankind.
The Whole Earth Photolog
From grainy stills to gorgeous high-resolution portraits, from intimate pairings to stark contrasts, and from old standbys to little-known surprises, The Planetary Society's Earth galleries offer a rich collection of stunning photography and video footage of our world as seen from both planetary spacecraft and geostationary satellites. It is a vista that has inspired many a deep thought in the lucky few that have seen it firsthand [previously]. Oh, and the rest of the Solar System is pretty neat, too.
Blowing up the universe.
How to blow up the Earth (with a coffee can), and why we should, along with some discussion of how it is done in fiction. Blowing up the moon (and how the US nearly did in 1958, with the help of Carl Sagan), and lots of reasons why, including one in song [YouTube]. How to blow up a star. How we might accidentally blow up the universe in November. [prev. discussion of Earth destruction]
Earth from Mars
Pale Blue Dot: The Earth and Moon as photographed from Mars. Just in case you needed a bit of perspective.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: A capital idea. Why did we not fasten a thread to our projectile, and we could have exchanged telegrams with the earth?. Bad idea, said Jules. Great idea, says NASA.
If you want to try playing with little planets or images of them, try visiting these websites...
Webearth -- builds a LIVE vrml model of the Earth as it is right now. It draws from current composite satellite photos. Or you can play with a VRML Moon, Venus, Mars or Jupiter, if you'd prefer. (Note: this site does require a VRML 2.0 compatible plug-in, like Parallel Graphics Cortona VRML Viewer.)
Here's an oldie, but a goodie... Same concept, just not live. Earth and Moon Viewer uses various static composite satellite images from many different points of view, and it lets you zoom in and out ... (to a certain extent).
Webwide World lets you zoom in on an earth-like planet... not quite the same thrill, but the images the site produces are beautifully gem-like. And the planet it produces is huge. You'll be able explore islands off the coasts of islands off the coasts of islands.
And for more satellite image zooming pleasure, you can't beat Microsoft's Terra Server.
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"The people and the army! We love el-Sisi," supporters of Egyptian Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi chanted as they also celebrated with music and dance.
Supporters had pictures of the general on their shirts and signs.
The celebration coincided with the anniversary of the start of Egypt's short-lived attack on Israel in 1973, which many Egyptians considered a victory and which eventually led to the ceding back of the Sinai to Egypt.
In Egypt, the Associated Press reports that at least 51 people were killed in clashes between security forces and civilians on one side and supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on the other. At least 40 of those killed were in Cairo, where some neighborhoods saw hours of pitched street battles between police and protesters.
The fighting left streets looking like combat zones, the AP said, with fires burning, black smoke rising and the air thick with tear gas. Most of those killed were Morsi's supporters.
Violence continued today, although the AP said it was unclear if the new bloodshed was related to yesterday's.
A drive-by shooting killed six Egyptian soldiers east of Cairo shortly after a massive car bombing hit the security headquarters in a town near the tourist resorts of southern Sinai, killing three policemen and wounding dozens.
Also today, at least two rocket propelled grenades slammed into a compound housing the country's main satellite earth station in a southern Cairo suburb, security officials said.


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From Reggie McNeal, the bestselling author of The Present Future and Missional Renaissance, comes the third book in the series that helps to define and illuminate the popular missional movement. This newest book in the trilogy examines a natural outgrowth of the move toward a missional orientation: the deconstruction of congregations into very small Christian communities. For all those thousands of churches and leaders who have followed Reggie McNeal's bold lead, this book details the rise of a new life form in churches.
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April 10, 2013
The world is filled with tough guys who say they are going to smash your face in but never throw a punch. Whether it's a barroom blowhard or Asia's Big Bluffer, few things irritate me more than a jackass who is long on words and short on action.
Such is the case with Kim Jong-un, who is forever telling the world how big and bad he is. He cuts "all lines of communication" from North Korea…except the military phone that was open until quite recently. He ceases all contact with the outside world…yet until this week he exempted the North-South cooperative that employed hundreds who worked between the two nations daily. He bombards islands…that are sparsely inhabited.
Obviously, in those acts there was collateral damage and some lives lost, but this is mostly the stuff of a hothead punching a wall to demonstrate his strength. Witnesses are supposed to be frightened and they usually are; as long as no one notices, the boaster never actually takes on anyone else and confines himself to attacking plaster.
This is not to say there is no North Korean threat. Any bellicose nation with an unbalanced leader should not be entirely dismissed. Yet Kim is not nearly so unhinged as some would have us think. If he were, those 50,000 troops on the border would have swarmed the South in the middle of the night without so much as a hat tip to Western powers.
Would such a move be suicidal for the regime? Likely. Would it be futile? Eventually. Would it initially succeed? Probably. One can never underestimate the explosive power of 1,000,000 souls of cannon fodder.
There is high likelihood of success in such a maneuver, even in spite of millions of landmines, because almost no high Western (or South Korean) official takes such a threat seriously, at least not if there aren't any cameras rolling.
American troops are in South Korea not because of North Korea but because of China. These forces are just pawns on the chessboard of global dominance. Were North Korea and China not strategic allies and mutual Western opponents, the United States would have little interest in stationing anyone there.
While a maniacal Kim has only one objective—forceful reunification—the Americans have multiple considerations. How would China react? Might another ground war in Asia remilitarize Japan? What would be the position of the other Western powers, especially now that so many European nations have significant Asian constituencies?
Any American military resistance overcome in the first few hours would likely be the sole response for at least a day, perhaps more. Nuclear weapons would be out of the question. Mass insertion of additional troops and remarshaling the disoriented units already present would take time. That is on the assumption Western populations would be inclined to engage in another conflagration so soon after the two in the Middle East. Even President Peace Prize might have trouble convincing his people to fight another war.
The South Korean army, to the extent it is not a paper tiger, may be overcome for the same reason that few in prominent office take the prospect of invasion seriously. Additionally, estimating prevailing sentiments of citizenry in the South is difficult. Would the populace immediately rush into the street for hand-to-hand combat? It is doubtful. For while Kim has indoctrinated his North that they are in a fight for existence, few ordinary South Koreans see the national schism that way. Moreover, Kim's people are hungry, and a starving fanatical army will almost always win against a fattened logical one.
Despite the recent bellicosity—actually because of it—we can see that the above scenario will not unfold. A mad dash to Seoul might just succeed before the West could convince itself such a thing was in fact taking place, but it would have to be unexpected. Whatever else one can say of the incrementally increasing tensions, each day's monotonous intensification is unsurprising.
So Kim may shoot off a few rockets (which will probably crash and almost certainly miss their mark) and he may shuffle his forces around the border region. Still for the most part there is nothing to worry about from any intelligent review of the situation.
This is not to say some people will not be harmed. To save face, Kim will probably have to sink a boat somewhere or shoot up another forlorn bit of sand, and there will be a dozen or more casualties. But it won't be anything nearly big enough to impel South Korea into a full-scale war.
We can safely ignore all the high drama from the low intellects of our television sets. This is nothing more than political theater of the most repetitious sort. It gives coiffed anchors something to hyperventilate about and delirious lawmakers some reason to throw more funds to their lobbyists.
How can we be certain Kim Jong-un will do nothing? Because he constantly claims he will do something. There is no surer way to recognize a coward. Anyone who is serious about doing something doesn't diagram it for you beforehand; he simply does it.
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A dog's eye functions much the same as any mammalian eye. The eyeball is round in shape with a light sensitive membrane, called the retina, lining the rear of the eyeball. Incoming light is focused and information is transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve. The dog's eye has a reflecting layer, called the tapetum lucidum, which intensifies available light, giving the dog an advantage during dusk or dawn, the prime time for hunting.
Because dogs have two eyes, they have binocular vision. Binocular vision is the area within a dog's total vision field that overlaps, providing it with the depth of perception needed to pursue prey. The exact degree of binocular vision within a dog's total visual field depends on the shape of the dog's head and the exact placement of the eyes.
Most dogs have a total visual field of 250 degrees. The degree of binocular overlap is about 75 degrees for long-nosed dogs to 85 degrees for short nosed breeds. Humans have about 120 degrees of binocular vision, but since their eyes are set directly on the front of the face (and not the side of the head) a human's total visual field is only 190 degrees, giving dogs the advantage of 60 degrees more peripheral vision. There are dog breeds, such as the Chow Chow, however, that have such deep set eyes that their peripherial vision is reduced-- a factor that should be kept in mind when approaching such breeds from the rear.
Although dogs have greater peripheral vision, they cannot perceive detail as well as humans. Objects that are stationary can elude their notice. When undecided about what they are seeing, dogs depend on their sense of smell to confirm any doubts. Although motionless objects can be missed, a dog's sight is very sensitive to moving objects. They can perceive direction, speed and may even be able to recognize an animal or human by their pattern of movement.
Dogs were once believed to be color blind, but scientists now agree that dogs have enough color preceptor cones in their eyes to perceive a limited palate of colors.
Most dogs have brown eyes, but there are breeds with pale blue, speckled, golden or hazel colored eyes. Some dogs are odd-eyed, having one eye that is blue and another eye brown. The shape of the eye and its placement on the head varies with different breeds. Most are oval and placed midway between the side and front of their faces.
Dog fanciers have terms to describe certain eye colors and shapes:
· An eye that is clear blue but flecked with a white or lighter blue is known as a China Eye.
· Dogs with a prominent, visible third eyelid (nictitating membrane) are said to have Haw Eyes. Haw eyes are seen in such breeds as the St. Bernard and Bloodhound.
· Triangular eyes have a three cornered, tent shaped appearance and are seen in Afghan Hounds.
· Wall eyes, characterized by a pale bluish-white iris with flecks of brown, are seen in some Harlequin Great Danes.
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Caffeinated Clint vs. The Oscars
So why does Hollywood still treat women like saloon sluts from Deadwood!?
Clint's 10 Favorite Films of 2014
It's actually been a pretty decent year for movies - based on the small assemblage of product I've seen - especially Australian films.
Clint's 10 least favorite films of 2014
Last thing I want is for some kid to be slapped over the head with a pair of thongs because Dad was presented with an ugly profit-and-loss statement.
Mike Nichols and Movie Music
I was having coffee with Amy Adams a few years back (that's how most of us begin conversations, right?) when we got talking about...
The Best of Me
Just as the castaways on ''Lost'' weren't meant to get off the island, moviegoers aren't mean to view Nicholas Sparks' movies through critical eyes....
Caffeinated Clint vs. Child Molester Collins
Actor Stephen Collins allegedly confesses to molesting underage girls
'These Final Hours' Review : Cinematic therapy
An end-of-days blockbuster, only one wrapped in a distinctly Australian and very emotive wool
'Transformers : Age of Extinction' Review : First, a word from our sponsor
Can someone please get someone who has actually read one of William Goldman's books to pen one of these films!?
'The Fault in Our Stars' Review : Pass the tissues, please?
"The world is not a wish-granting factory"
'A Million Ways To Die In The West' Review : A Powerball win...
A movie so Vain he probably thinks this review is about him. Don't you? Don't You?
'X-Men : Days of Future Past' Review : Singer's back to give the franchise...
All your favourites in the one movie, rubbing pointy bits and boot-slapping blue behinds
'Godzilla' Review : manages to strike an accurate balance of the serious and silly
Cinema's longest, scaliest and most perturbing lizard is back on screen – and this time without the 'starring Ron Jeremy' title playing atop of the content.
'Transendence' Review : Shutting Down Mozilla Beta Depp XP 2.0
Well, Johnny Depp just video-Skyped that one in.
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Review : Purist Pleasing fun!
Definitely a sling in the right direction for Sony's oft-questionable exercise in recycling.
'Noah' Review : Aronofky's 'Evan Almighty' reboot is kept afloat by visuals, Crowe
There's enough splendor, ambition, intrigue and NutraSweet-for-the-eye to keep Darren Aronofsky's reboot of ''Evan Almighty'' afloat
'Captain America : The Winter Soldier' Review : If the original was lukewarm Garlic...
Caffeinated Clint takes a look at the follow-up to "Captain America : The First Avenger"
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Originally a cult classic John Waters film,_ Hairspray _was remade in 2007, starring John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer. The remake, which was nominated for a Golden Globe, was one of the top five highest grossing movie musicals of all time. The smash hit Broadway production of Hairspray won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. "You Can't Stop the Beat" to this family-friendly musical that is piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance, and deliriously tuneful songs. Set in Baltimore in 1962, Hairspray is the story of pleasantly plump teen, Tracy Turnblad, who does whatever it takes to fulfill her lifelong dream of appearing on the popular_ Corny Collins Show_. Can this plus-size trendsetter vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her fabulous 'do? Only in Hairspray! "Welcome to the '60s!"


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La Maison Marigny is one of Travel and Leisure Magazine's TOP TEN B&Bs in America. Our B&B is located steps off of Esplanade Avenue at the gateway to both the French Quarter and one of America's hottest neighborhoods, the Faubourg Marigny. Our deluxe guest rooms each feature designer fabrics, luxury bedding, private baths, 66-cable channel flat screen TVs, clock radios with iPod docks, antique/reproduction furnishings, free local calls and more. In the morning, guests enjoy a complimentary full breakfast, too! From the B&B, it's a quick and easy walk to nearly all of New Orleans' major attractions, including the French Quarter, French Market, Aquarium of the Americas/IMAX, Jackson Square, Riverwalk, Bourbon Street clubs, Harrah's casino, and dozens of fine restaurants. While browsing our B&B information, be sure to check us out on TripAdvisor or click "Reviews" in the left column to check out comments from previous guests. The fact that La Maison Marigny has so many repeat guests suggests that if you stay with us once, you'll want to come back again and again. Be sure to check us out on tripadvisor, too!
4.6 on November 07, 2014
The location of this inn could absolutely not be any better. Just a short walk down bourbon st to the madness and right around the corner from the recommended Frenchmen st. The host John could not have been more hospitable. He had a lot of local knowledge with plenty of great suggestions. He also seemed to go out of his way to make sure that your stay was just right. In short, we will be visiting New Orleans again and will be absolutely staying at the la maison again.
4.6 on May 19, 2014
In addition to the perfect weather the first week in May, we had the benefit of the perfect host. John is friendly, informative and always available for any questions, problems or suggestions you might have. His restaurant suggestions were spot on and he had lots of background about the city to share with us. Maison Marigny is charming, clean and well located. The new patio is a special delight. Full days (and nights) of enjoying the city as well as super comfy beds assured us of a really good night's sleep. It was an effort to roll out in time not to miss John's yummy breakfasts. We are already planning our return!
4.6 on February 26, 2014
This B&B is located near the French Quarter and within walking distance to Frenchmen Street. The Courtyard room was beautifully decorated with tasteful period furniture. We found the owner friendly and helpful. Only slight disappointment were the breakfast's; while good, served small portions, and not gourmet that we experienced in other B&B's. If you are looking for a big breakfast to get you on your way for a full day of activity these breakfast's won't do it. Other than that our stay was nice.
5 on January 04, 2014
I had the responsibility to make reservations in NOLA for a one week vacation for seven good friends from all over the country. The pressure was on me to come through for the group. After talking with the owners or agents of several properties, I decided on La Maison Marigny... and I'm glad I did. The property and the owner, John Ramsey, exceeded our expectations in every way. The rooms were clean and very well equipped. The breakfasts were outstanding. And a big plus that we didn't expect was John's willingness to give us recommendations for dining, music and attractions; he even made some of the reservations for us. The only downside of our stay at La Maison Marigny is that I have now been drafted by our group to do the research and make the selection for our next vacation on the Oregon coast. Thank you, John... I think.
5 on November 17, 2013
La Marigny's location is perfect for an easy walk to the French Quarter and an even easier stroll to Frenchmen's Street that has all the jazz you need, night after night, with no tackiness like the Quarter. The B&B itself is well appointed and beautifully done and super clean. The owner comes every morning to cook a yummy breakfast and he leaves wine, liquor and snacks too. Thus the room rates include a fair amount of savings on food and drink during each day. Also John your host knows New Orleans well and advises on great places and will help do reservations too. I was there for a whole week with a group of friends who vacation together every year in different places across the USA. Having done this for ten years, we voted our stay at La Marigny the best of some wonderful places. We will all return. It's like home now. Only better. Signed...Happy in Houston
4.8 on December 02, 2012
We have stayed in B&B locations around the world and this location was by far the best. It was located in the best position to walk to the French Quarters, Fisherman's street and the Treme. The owner John was very hospitable and such a very nice person. He made you not only make you feel at home but it felt like we were long lost friends. The house was beautiful and very clean as well. John and Dewey are doing a great job! We are coming back again...
5 on March 20, 2011
Stayed for a quick getaway right after Mardi Gras and La Maison Marigny was the perfect choice for us. John greeted us at the door with a big smile, setting the tone for the rest of the weekend. Nice conversation and orientation/advice over a cool beverage followed, then a quick tour of the room before we settled in. The location has been mentioned here before and is,in my mind, perfect. Close to everything yet not in the middle of it. Frenchmen Street and Bourbon Street nightlife both just a couple of blocks away yet who wants to sleep in the middle of that noise? Not me! LMM is the perfect alternative. Breakfast is simple but very tasty. Muffins scones and biscuits, with coffee, juice, fruit and yogurt. Cereal too, I think, but I didn't try it. Overall, you get a lot (free internet and wifi, free soft drinks, etc.) at this inn. Try it.
5 on January 20, 2011
Fourth trip to La Maison Marigny and couldn't be happier. We're from Minnesota and make it down to New Orleans every winter and will actually change our dates to match availability at La Maison Marigny and to spend time with John. Every morning, we enjoy fresh muffins or scones, fruit and conversation. Oh, and the New Orleans chicory coffee ain't bad either. The best thing: LOCATION. Many places say "near French Quarter" but they really aren't. This one is. Walk out the door and you're IN the Quarter in about 30 seconds. :-) Highly recommended to everyone! John will make you feel welcome.
4.6 on January 07, 2011
Our stay at La Maison Marigny in New Orleans was one the best parts of an amazing vacation to one of the greatest cities in the world. While we wore ourselves out exploring as much as we could of this amazing city, we were always happy to come back "home" to La Maison Marigny each day. The location in the wonderful Marigny neighborhood is perfect...close to everything we wanted to get to and being just outside of the French Quarter, it was always quiet and peaceful. Our room could not have been more comfortable and inviting and the house cleaning staff (courteous and pleasant whenever we did happen across them) keep the home spotless. Our host John will remain one of the best memories we had of our entire trip. He is an amazing host, finding us just the right spots to eat and making our reservations for us. He is nice as can be, great to converse with, funny as hell, and made us feel absolutely welcome from the minute we stepped foot in his beautiful home. We will be making a return visit to New Orleans and we will not even consider staying elsewhere.
3.8 on January 05, 2011
La Maison Marigny B&B is truly in a location that cannot be beat. The room was comfortable and clean. John is a great host and will offer any advice as well as dining recommendations, attractions, etc. Having said that, the breakfast provided is small and with no variety; while John bakes fresh muffins every day it would be great to be offered a larger breakfast and more variety (rather then cereal, yogurt, fruit salad, and muffins every day). Overall, thanks for a good stay.
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Historic Districts, Riverside, Faubourg Marigny, Esplanade Avenue, Bourbon Street, City, Downtown
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Amusement Park, Antique Shopping, Aquarium, Art Galleries, Beach, Casino, Concert venue, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Lake, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Nature area, French Market, French Quarter, Garden District/Uptown, Jazzland Theme Park, New Orleans Arena & Superdome, Tulane University, Outlet Stores, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services, River, Vineyard, Winery
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Amenities Basket, Board games, Computer, Copier, Desk, Fireplace, Private entrance, Washer/dryer, Wet bar , Concierge, Iron / Ironing Board, Post / Parcel Service, Sony stereos with iPod docks in each room, Free Local Phone Calls, Free Long Distance in US and to many Int'l numbers
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, CD player, Ceiling fans, DVD Player, Fridge, Internet Service, Ironing Board, Library, Radio, Satellite/Cable TV, TV, Telephone, Videos, Wi-Fi, Wired internet
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Hosts are MBA graduates of Tulane University and enjoy cultural arts, restaurants, world travel, nightclubs, and providing information on the wonderful city that is New Orleans.
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Verizon advert touts prowess of BlackBerry 6 on Curve 9330, Bold 9650
It's no secret that BlackBerry 6 will be coming to the Bold 9650 and Curve 9330. RIM has publicly stated that the two devices are in line for the yet-to-be-release update and both sets are marketed as "BlackBerry 6 ready." Exactly when the updates will start to roll-out is, however, still a mystery. Several unofficial builds of BB6 for both handsets have been circulating on the Internet for quite some time, but as with all handset updates, the code needs to be carrier tested and ultimately carrier approved — a process that has historically proven to be the opposite of swift.
Bureaucracy aside, blog CrackBerry has produced some hard intel that indicates — at minimum — Verizon is getting their proverbial ducks in a row for a BB6 release. An advertisement that shows the company's Curve 9330 and Bold 9650 running the new code has surfaced. The advert dramatically proclaims RIM's OS as "the ultimate blend of productivity and fun" and lists some of the new features the update packs: social feeds, new browser, universal search, better multimedia, etc.
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Although no introduction may be necessary for Evan Hileman as a returning New Orleans All-Metro Pitcher of the Year, the situation is a bit more skewed for his Curtis teammate Calvin Linden.
Prior to the recently concluded high school baseball season, Linden had carved a niche for himself athletically while competing under his middle name of Austin.
Coincidence aside, Linden's decision to revert back to his actual forename ran parallel with a monstrous year at the plate that has earned the Curtis first baseman Player of the Year honors on the All-Metro small schools team chosen by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune for Classes 3A and below.
Steve Stropolo of Haynes completes the trio of top individual honorees as Coach of the Year.
"I just feel like it's time to be called by my real name,'' Linden said. "Austin is my middle name and all throughout grade school people have been calling me, 'Austin.'
"I've been playing (sports) with the same group of guys, so when I got to high school, everybody just knew me as Austin. Only the teachers knew me as Calvin because I was on their rosters and attendance sheets as Calvin.''
The name Calvin Linden needs no introduction now following a season in which he batted .500, drove in 39 runs and had a slugging percentage of .774 and on-base percentage of .585 while teaming with Hileman to spur Curtis to a District 11-3A championship, a No. 1 seed in the Class 3A state playoffs and an advance to the finals.
A two-time All-Metro selection, who plans to walk on at UL in baseball and in football as an All-District kicking specialist, Linden stroked 15 doubles, three triples, two home runs and scored 30 runs as a senior. Not once did he get cheated in swings that produced some of the Metro area's hardest hit baseballs.
"He studied pitchers and if a pitcher made a mistake he made them pay for it,'' Curtis Coach Johnny Curtis said of Linden. "He's probably the hardest working baseball player that we've had here. He was a tireless worker.
"He made himself from an average hitter to one of the top hitters in the area because of his work ethic. I've never been around a player who has worked harder than he did. I can't tell you of a time when I didn't see him with a bat in his hand.
"Not being a great athlete, he knew that at his position, first base, that he had to be a great hitter. He was a huge piece to the puzzle in us having the success that we had.''
Hileman was equally brilliant on the mound in compiling an 11-3 record with one save that accounted for more than a third of the Patriots' victories during a 31-7 season.
Among the senior right-hander's signature victories were wins against University and Parkview Baptist in the Class 3A semifinals and quarterfinals, respectively, along with regular-season wins against Brother Martin, Neville and St. Charles Catholic.
Brother Martin was the New Orleans Metro area's top-ranked large schools team in addition to being a No. 2 seed and a state quarterfinalist in Class 5A. Neville advanced to the Class 4A finals. St. Charles was Curtis' chief competition in District 11-3A.
A Nicholls State signee and a Class 2A All-State pitching selection as a junior, Hileman compiled an ERA of 1.59 while fanning 86 batters in 74 2/3 innings.
"The thing about Evan that I was most impressed by this year was that he took the weight of the whole team on his shoulders,'' Curtis said. "Every time we gave him the ball he wanted it. He was a big-game pitcher. I think that's the true mark of a competitor.''
Hileman also volunteered to sacrifice his place as an outfielder in the everyday line-up in order to focus on further honing his pitching craft, a move that paid handsome dividends.
"In the long run it made us a better ball club,'' Curtis said. "It also showed how unselfish he was. That took maturity for him to say that for us to be a championship caliber ball club that I've got to be on the mound. In my mind that's when he became a pitcher.
"That's what solidified in my mind him being one of the best if not the best pitcher around here.''
"I'd like to think I had a good season,'' Hileman said. "It was a little rough in the middle, but I got through it. My defense helped me out a lot. Our outfield had tremendous speed and our infield was like a brick wall.''
Overall Hileman said, "I'd say we had an awesome season actually. In the few games that we did lose, they were close games. But overall we had a really good season.''
Haynes, too, enjoyed a banner campaign in its fifth season under Stropolo's direction.
The Yellow Jackets won the first district championship in the five-year history of the program, all of which have been under Stropolo, earned a No. 6 seed in the Class 2A playoffs and set a single-season school record for victories with a mark of 20-7. Included among those 20 wins was the program's first playoff victory.
The District 9-2A champions opened 1-19-1 in year one in 2010 while employing many of the eighth-graders who evolved into the seven integral seniors on this season's squad.
Stropolo's program finished this year with a mark of 45-32 in the three seasons following a 3-38-1 start.
"This award reflects on what the kids have done,'' Stropolo said. "They could have quit when we were 1-19. They could have given up that second year when we won two games. They had numerous chances to say, 'Coach, we don't like this at all.'
"But they hung in there. They worked hard. They did everything we asked them to do. So if I get Coach of the Year, it's a direct reflection on them.
"For our seniors to leave off for college with a good taste in their mouth was another thing that I enjoyed, because they deserve it.''
Hileman and Linden were joined by Hannan shortstop Brent Powell as repeat selections from a year ago.
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But as they filed out of the visitor's locker room at Barclays Center on Sunday with a closer-than-it-sounds loss to the Nets in the rearview mirror, the Blazers weren't dwelling on another late-game meltdown, their poor rebounding or the ominous road ahead. Instead, surprisingly, they headed toward a Monday showdown with the Detroit Pistons upbeat.
"I don't think this is a bad loss," the Blazers' resident sage, Jared Jeffries, said. "There are some losses that you look at, like the Phoenix loss, and say, 'That was a bad loss.' No loss is good, but we can take so many positives from this and the way we played. We can turn this into something good."
Rose-colored glasses? Blind optimism? Postgame spin?
Perhaps. But under the circumstances, it could have been a lot worse for the Blazers on Sunday. Things first went south in the hours after their Friday night win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, when All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge's back tightened up as feasted on a postgame meal. By Saturday, Aldridge said, he could not walk upright as spasms and alignment issues wreaked havoc on his back as the Blazers traveled to the East Coast.
Just before tipoff Sunday night, despite hours of massage and stem treatment, coach Terry Stotts scratched Aldridge from the starting lineup. That produced a starting lineup with the following reality: the Nets had four All-Stars, the Blazers had zero.
A game-starting 14-5 burst by the red-hot Nets (8-4), who have won five games in a row, seemed to foreshadow a blowout. But the Blazers (6-7) wouldn't go quietly as Wesley Matthews started swishing shots all over the arena, Damian Lillard flirted with a triple-double and Meyers Leonard — filling in for Aldridge in the starting lineup — looked as poised and confident offensively as he has all season. Surprisingly, the Blazers led 50-46 at halftime and by as many as six points in the third quarter.
It didn't hurt that Deron Williams was cover-your-eyes bad in the first half and former Blazers forward Gerald Wallace's aging body looked creaky. Or that at least three times, Matthews and Nicolas Batum made desperation threes just before the shot clock expired. But even so, the young and spunky Blazers were going toe-to-toe against the glitzy new Nets as a different Jay-Z song played every ten minutes at Barclays Center.
"I thought we were going to win," Aldridge said.
But just as they did in earlier road losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks, the Blazers were manhandled in the fourth quarter. The Nets used an early 13-4 run to blow open a 72-72 tie and the Blazers wilted in the deciding quarter as the more experienced and battle-tested Nets outscored them 28-15.
Matthews finished with 20 points, J.J. Hickson had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Lillard added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists while playing through foul trouble. In the end, the Nets were too brawny in the post, outrebounding the Blazers 48-34 — including 17-9 on the offensive glass — and outscoring them 52-34 in the paint.
The Nets' rugged frontline pushed and punished the Blazers' undermanned and undersized bigs all night, as Reggie Evans (14 rebounds), Kris Humphries (14 points, 10 rebounds), Brook Lopez (15 points, eight rebounds) and Andray Blatche (13 points, eight rebounds) collectively were too much.
"The extra possessions, even though they didn't convert a lot of the extra possessions, wore us down mentally," Stotts said. "And they're a big, physical team. That may have had an effect on us on the offensive end late."
Deron Williams was cold all game, making just 4 of 13 shots, but his bulky, physical style presented a new test for Lillard. The All-Star finished with 15 points, 12 assists, a career-high four blocks and delivered a hard-luck lesson to the rookie: The league isn't just filled with jitterbug point guards like Chris Paul and Steve Nash.
"It was a challenge just like every other game," Lillard said of facing Williams. "He's a bigger guard, handles the ball really well, uses his body really well and he's the reason I got into foul trouble. He is a different style. He tried to throw his weight around a lot and he's bigger and stronger than most of the point guards I've played against."
It would be easy, perhaps even justified, to hammer the Blazers for squandering an opportunity to steal a road win against a playoff-caliber team. But as they left for Detroit, the Blazers were more apt to focus on the positives. They played without their All-Star against one of the NBA's best and they held their own.
"It's positives we can take from every game," Lillard said. "I think this game, without our best player, to be able to come to Brooklyn and have a chance down the stretch ... to be in that position without LA, that says a lot about our team."
Notes: Leonard finished with 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting as he flashed some development around the rim by mixing some jump hooks and midrange jumpers with layups and dunks. ... Aldridge said he "most likely" will play Monday against the Pistons, but will know more after undergoing more treatment and rest. ... Joel Freeland went 0 for 2 from the field and is 1 for 18 on the season. ... The Nets improved to 6-1 in their new arena, which is the franchise's best home start since 2002-03. ... Wallace made just 1 of 8 shots and finished with two points and one rebound.
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Michael Weinman has been living with Parkinson's disease for 14 years. The degenerative disease has slowly robbed him of the ability to perform everyday tasks.
"I used to be able to run, [but] I can't run anymore," Weinman said. "I used to be able to carry my food to the table. I can't do that [anymore]."
Weinman, however, has kept a positive attitude through it all.
"I try to focus on what I can do," he said.
"Definitely, he's a glass half-full," said Nessa, Weinman's wife.
While Weinman's disease has progressed slowly, Parkinson's patients don't know whether their disease will be mild or severe when they are diagnosed.
"Nobody who is a neurologist and sees patients can very well predict who will rapidly decline eventually need a wheelchair quite fast," said Dr. Beate Ritz, chairwoman, department of epidemiology center for occupational and environmental health, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Ritz and her colleagues studied recently diagnosed Parkinson's patients. They took blood samples and found those with higher levels of a metabolite called N8-acetyl spermidine declined much faster than those with lower levels.
"We found that this one metabolite seemed to really distinguish these two groups from each other," Ritz explained.
Weinman and his wife said they hope such research will help others. They also walk in the annual "Mike Hike," which has raised more than $40,000 for Parkinson's.
"Hopefully, in the future, they'll be able to treat it and recognize it sooner," Weinman said.
Doctors said the next step is to conduct a larger study on the metabolite as a predictor of faster progression.
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