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Karl Rove, Top Strategist, Is Leaving the White House — Karl Rove, the political adviser who masterminded President George W. Bush's two winning presidential campaigns, is resigning, the White House confirmed today. — In an interview published this morning in The Wall Street Journal …
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Karl Rove, Adviser to President Bush, to Quit — Karl Rove, chief architect of the Bush presidency and the premier Republican strategist of the last decade, will step down as White House deputy chief of staff Aug. 31. — Rove revealed his plans to the Wall Street Journal …
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My Guesses on Why Rove Resigned — By now you've heard the news: Rove is stepping down. So here's my treatment of possible reasons why he's leaving, in reverse order of their likelihood: — Time with the Family — As he said to the WSJ, he wants to spend more time with this family.
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Rove To Quit — Karl Rove has told the WSJ that he's going to quit at the end of August.
Rove To Quit — Karl Rove has told the WSJ that he's going to quit at the end of August.
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Major attacks decline in Iraq — The number of truck bombs and other large al-Qaeda-style attacks in Iraq have declined nearly 50% since the United States started increasing troop levels in Iraq about six months ago, according to the U.S. military command in Iraq.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Tommy Thompson Is First Victim of Iowa Straw Poll — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson dropped out of the race for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination tonight, a day after he finished a disappointing sixth in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. — "I have no regrets about running," Thompson said in a statement released by his campaign.
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Huckabee, Iowa Poll's Real Winner?
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Hvar town centre, Dalmatia, Croatia - Situated in Town Minutes from Beach, Main Square and Restaurants
A charming and romantic small family house off the beaten track and yet close to local cafe bars, restaurants and the crystal clear blue sea! This beautifully restored traditional stone house has all the ingredients from a very useable garden with barbeque grill and sink to a wonderful roof terrace with stunning views of the harbour to two bedrooms both with ensuite shower rooms.
You could be forgiven for thinking that paradise has come early!
Top Traveller Review
Simply stunning accommodation
It was wonderful that Rupert took the time to show us round not only our accommodation but around the town itself to get our bearings. Had 4 lovely nights here.
Well appointed place with everything we needed. Clean and tidy, awesome outdoor areas, comfortable beds - all round it ticked the boxes on everything.
About the Owner
About Rupert Dawnay
I live in Hvar with my wife and family and we offer a luxury rental property in the town with terrific views! We manage and run the house ourselves and our goal is to pay close attention to detail and needs in order that our guests enjoy their stay and return in the future Happy guests = good reviews!
Guestbook comments from the owner
This property is new to the rental market, and with our experience in this field we are confident that Lavender Heights will be a major contribution to your successful holiday!
Guestbook comments from the owner
This property is new to the rental market, and with our experience in this field we are confident that Lavender Heights will be a major contribution to your successful holiday!
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Simply stunning accommodation
Once we got ourselves and our suitcases up the stairs (with a bit of help from Rupert) it was well worth it. Great views from the terraces.
It was wonderful that Rupert took the time to show us round not only our accommodation but around the town itself to get our bearings. Had 4 lovely nights here.
Well appointed place with everything we needed. Clean and tidy, awesome outdoor areas, comfortable beds - all round it ticked the boxes on everything.
Beautiful House - Just Perfect
Well what can we say about this house.........
We got married on the beautiful island of Hvar on 3rd September 2015 and were looking for a charming house with a view. What we got was way beyond our expectations.
Having visited Hvar previously we eventually decided on renting this house. I was a little apprehensive as I did not know exactly where it was and the balance was due prior to our arrival. (As I discovered is normal!) However, having telephoned Rupert my mind was put at ease and he answered all questions I had.
As for the House, it is a beautiful stone House that overlooks the main Harbour. Whilst there are a significant number of steps to the house it is certainly worth it for the beautiful views from the rooms and terrace.
The house was clean and well maintained throughout. The 2 bedrooms both had en suites and there was a further toilet in the Kitchen/Dining room on the ground floor. It would ideally suit 2 couples or a family as the property is very well laid out.
Rupert (the owner) was extremely helpful from the moment I sent my initial request to the moment when we arrived helping me with all the luggage my new wife decided to bring!
The Villa is only a short walk to all the many shops and restaurants Hvar Town has to offer yet still offers peace and quiet and beautiful views.
A fantastic stay in Hvar and I cant wait to visit the island again.
Charming, clean, comfortable with fantastic views.
The villa lived up to all of our expectations. It had everything that we needed, was spotlessly clean and in the best possible location: quiet and secluded but within minutes of the shops, bars and water taxis.
The fact hat it had A/C was a particular boon as it was blisteringly hot while we were there.
Rupert, the owner, was fantastically helpful, and always at hand, if needed.
Without doubt, however, the best thing about the villa was evening drinks on the terrace looking out at the harbour and the Pakleni islands as the sun was setting.
Beautiful house in great location in Hvar!
Fantastic place to stay and explore Hvar. House exactly as described, and well equipped for your stay. Rupert was very helpful and happy to meet us and give info about the house and area even though we arrived late at night. Terrace is great for morning breakfast. Would definitely stay again. Alan F
A brilliant short break in Hvar
The property was exactly as described. Rupert provided a great personal intro to the house and to Hvar. We enjoyed the house, its facilities and its well set-out garden area. A daily highlight was breakfast on teh upper terrace with views across the harbour and to the islands. There were three of us and we would certainly stay there again.
A real gem of a property!
Have to say this is one of the nicest properties my wife and I have stayed in, it has all the charm of rustic Croatia, with enough of the usual mod cons to enhance your stay. The quality of property is outstanding, not just inside but also on the patio, the perfect place for breakfast.
The property is so ideally situated, no more than a five minute walk and you find yourself in the heart of Hvar Town, with shops, bars and restaurants galore. There are nice walks along the front in Hvar Town for that morning / evening stroll.
Rupert and his wife Katia are ever so helpful, both during your stay, but most importantly before you arrive - with travel tips etc. They are the perfect hosts, there when needed but allow you to get on with your holiday.
We have no hesitation in recommending this property, you will have a fabulous time!!!!
Activity and Interests
The house is situated literally minutes away from the local beaches, 5 minutes walk, which is next to the Franciscan Monastery. Taxi boats to the local islands off Hvar town are 5 minutes walk in the other direction! Many of the islands have restaurants, and a private alcove can often be found even at the height of the season. Rent a boats can be found adjacent to the taxi boats.
The Island of Hvar is found off the main coast from Split. The nearest airport can be found in Split and in the holiday season there are a number of boats which travel to the island daily. If arriving by catamaran, the house is a 5 minutes walk, up, a number of steps! A car is not really needed as the town centre is vehicular free!
Lavender Heights is situated in the town of Hvar and therefore all amenities are pretty much on your door step. Excursion boat trips all leave from the quayside which is a few minutes walk from the house. The next nearest town of Stari Grad is about 13km away.
Further Details:
It really is fair to say that pretty much everything is a five minute walk away, shops, super market, fish market, medical centre, dentist, hairdresser, church, cafe bars restaurants, even the cemetery!
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
Rental Period | Minimum Price | Additional Nights | Weekend Night | Weekly | Monthly | Event Price | |||
April 2017
1 Apr 2017 -
30 Apr 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
May 2017
1 May 2017 -
31 May 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
June 2017
1 Jun 2017 -
30 Jun 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
July 2017
1 Jul 2017 -
31 Aug 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
September 2017
1 Sep 2017 -
30 Sep 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
October 2017
1 Oct 2017 -
31 Oct 2017
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
Additional pricing information
Refundable Damage Deposit | £250 |
Cleaning and laundry | £75 |
Booking Notes:
Once booking has been confirmed, a deposit of 30% is required. The balance is payable four weeks prior to the start of the holiday. Cancellation fees apply. A breakage/damage deposit of £250 is required in cash to be lodged on arrival. This will be returned on departure inspection subject to no damage!
Changeover Day:
Arrival after 14.00hrs and departure by 10.00hrs. Change over days are flexible depending on other bookings. Minimum stay 4 nights.
Notes on prices:
Prices are for the property per night in euros. Any period outside these dates please contact for best rates!
Owner's Cancellation Policy
- 100% refund for cancellations more than 60 days before check-in date.
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Property Type
- house
- Adventure
- Away From It All
- Family
- Historic
- Romantic
- Sports & Activities
- Air Conditioning
- Hair Dryer
- Heating ...
- Internet ...
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided ...
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- Towels Provided ...
- Washing Machine
- Coffee Maker
- Dishes & Utensils ...
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Toaster
- Child's Highchair
- Dining Area
- Books ...
- DVD Player
- Satellite / Cable
- Television
- Video Library ...
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
Location Type
- city centre
- near the sea
- Ocean View
- town
- bay
- churches
- library
- marina
- museums
- naturist beach
- playground
- restaurants
- ruins
- water parks
- winery tours
Leisure Activities
- bird watching
- eco tourism
- gambling casinos
- paddle boating
- scenic drives
- sight seeing
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- fitness centre
- groceries
- hospital
- laundrette - serviced
- massage therapist
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- deepsea fishing
- fishing
- hiking
- jet skiing
- mountain biking
- mountain climbing
- mountaineering
- paragliding
- sailing
- diving
- snorkelling
- surfing
- swimming
- tennis
- water skiing
- water tubing
- wind-surfing
Floor Area
- 80 m²
- Shower room 1 - Shower Enclosure
- Shower room 2 - Shower Enclosure
- Both bedrooms have en-suite shower rooms with wc.
- 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 4
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Cot
- Bedroom 2
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 4 (2 Bedrooms) Notes on bedrooms: First floor bedroom with twin/double bed. Second floor bedroom with double bed.
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- Barbecue
- Self-catering
- Notes on accommodation: All rooms are fitted with air-conditioning units for cooling as well as heating. The garden is walled with a gate and therefore child friendly. Outside: The outside has been designed to maximize the views from the house, and therefore the roof terrace on the first floor has a stunning vista of Hvar bay and the islands beyond! The patio garden has been designed with a built in barbecue and several terrace areas to enjoy the sun from a south west orientation. Cleaning / Towels / Linen / Maid service: Bed linen, bath towels and kitchen tea towels are included. The property will have been professionally cleaned prior to arrival. A cleaning charge of £45 will be added to the cost of accommodation. Other: On the ground floor there is a guest WC, whilst on the first floor there is a laundry cupboard fitted with a washing machine.


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Lot 370: Hand Colored Lithograph Print Entitled: The Presidents of the United States
Presidential Election Auction - Early American History Auctions
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October 29, 2016
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"The Presidents Of The United States" To Franklin Pierce
c. 1853, Hand-Colored Lithograph Print Entitled "The Presidents of the United States," from George Washington to Franklin Pierce, by E.C. Kellogg, New York, and Horace Thayer & Co., Buffalo. Choice Extremely Fine.
Gorgeously Hand-colored Lithograph Print of, "The Presidents of the United States," from Washington to Pierce. Oval portraits of the first 14 Presidents with an American Heraldic Eagle at center. Lithograph by E.C. Kellogg, New York, and Horace Thayer & Co., Buffalo. Measures 9.75" x 13.75" (by sight), in a handsome decorative modern frame, measuring to 17.75" x 21.75", not examined outside of frame. A scarce and popular print, with vibrant hand-coloring in extremely fine condition and ready to hang on display.


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Leaked Google Video Discusses Google Reader, Social Efforts — A video disclaimed to be "Google - Confidential" with the title "Nooglers And The PDB: Reactor (Ben Darnell, September 6, 2007)" made its way onto a public Google Video page. A "noogler" is what people at Google call new employees …
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Google Reader Numbers — Here are some interesting facts about Google Reader: — * Google Reader has two kinds of feeds: — feeds that have one subscriber (two thirds from the number of feeds, they're updated every 3 hours) — feeds that have more than one subscriber (these feeds are updated every hour)
Ryan Block / Engadget:
iUnlock released: the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software — It looks like the battle's officially over between iPhoneSIMfree and the numerous unique groups of open source hackers trying to software SIM unlock the iPhone. As we've been following in our previous post on the topic …
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Exclusive: iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed (Death Star Explodes) — The free software iPhone unlock—the only one that counts— has been finally achieved and it has been independently tested. Everyone can now unlock their iPhones for free. The unlock was not achieved by GeoHot, who actually has none.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Developing: iPhone Dev Team one step away from free unlock? — Now that iPhoneSIMfree is in the wild, the iPhone Dev Team folks that started all this hackery have been looking to see how the iPhoneSIMfree hack works, and seem to have landed upon the solution.
Tom Drapeau / The Netscape Blog:
Social News Update — › tags: Netscape, Propeller, Social News, SocialNews — We promised you in our last communication about the Netscape.com site that we would get right back to you about where your current social news site will live after we redirect to the new Netscape portal.
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Google Health's Adam Bosworth Leaves Google — I got a tip that Google vice president Adam Bosworth, who headed up the Google Health project, had left Google. Now Google has confirmed this is so — Bosworth is leaving the company. Says Google: … Bosworth joined Google in July 2004, having left BEA Systems.
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Running the numbers on Vista — Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. — Standalone unit sales of Vista at U.S. retail stores were down 59.7 percent compared with Windows XP …
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Apple's Joswiak: We Don't Hate iPhone Coders — iPhone native application developers, take heart: Apple doesn't hate you. And now you have a whole new device to play with. — Updated 3:15 PM: Apple says "software updates will most likely break" native apps as they go forwards.
Max Freiert / Compete Blog:
Facebook now ranked 3rd in Page Views; MySpace down nearly 20% — MySpace has enjoyed a relatively long and successful run as in a red hot sector of the internet, but it may not be long before the site has to defend this title. Facebook, having gone through big changes about every three months …
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Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates — Buy the software or suffer the consequences — Microsoft Windows' infamous "Blue Screen of Death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide …
How Much Bandwidth Do You Consume Per Month? - And are you willing to be billed by the byte? — With the media's recent rediscovery of Comcast's half-decade old practice of booting high-consumption users, our Comcast forum regulars are running a poll asking just how much bandwidth you consume per month …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Holy Grail For Mobile Social Networks — We've been tracking emerging mobile-only social networks such as ZYB and Mocospace and Mig33. All have unique selling points (Mocospace is dead simple to use, ZYB has a rich set of potential users from their address book backup service …
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Oliver Ryan / Fortune:
This old guy sure can pick 'em — Fortune's Oliver Ryan looks at how legendary media investor Alan Patricof has found new life in the Big Apple's web startup scene. — (Fortune Magazine) — "I kept hearing, 'We won't invest less than five to ten million, and we have to take at least 20% of the company …
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Katherine Hannaford / Tech Digest:
Barack Obama signs up to LinkedIn, expect Twitter account next — Bless Barack Obama. He really is trying to get on down with the kids, putting out all the stops to ensure he's the President-In-Waiting with the most Web 2.0 skillzorz. Not only had he got a flash personal website …
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Report: Price Cut Bumped iPhone Sales Three-Fold — Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, whose 50-hour survey of Apple (AAPL) stores produced the most definitive estimate of iPhone sales to date, has combined his data with yesterday's report that Apple sold its 1 millionth iPhone on Sunday to calculate the effect of last week's 33% price cut.


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The great Russian Romantic Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is to be the next composer whose complete works will be broadcast by Radio 3.
After the enormous success of previous schedules offering the entire output of Bach, Beethoven and Webern, Tchaikovsky has been chosen for the full immersion treatment.
But BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4 will also join in the giant celebration, with highlights including the Royal Ballet's new production of Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake from the Mariinsky Theatre - formerly the Kirov - in St Petersburg.
Adam Kemp, who commissions BBC television's arts, said that the broadcasts would be a "rare treat for music fans". "The Tchaikovsky season across BBC television is a first both in terms of its extraordinary scale - 11 originated programmes across three channels - and its variety."
The season will kick off on television in January. The Mariinsky will also present the opera, The Queen of Spades, under the conductor Valery Gergiev and Charles Hazlewood will present a two-part drama-documentary about Tchaikovsky's life.
The following month, Radio 3 will clear its schedules for a week to broadcast Tchaikovsky's complete works. The romantic overload will be tempered on radio by interspersing the composer's music with the works of his fellow Russian Igor Stravinsky.
The radio broadcasts will include notable exponents of the Russians' work, including Vladimir Ashkenazy and Pierre Boulez, while other artists, including the choreographer Matthew Bourne and the director Nicholas Hytner, will offer their own reflections on the composers.
The Radio 3 controller, Roger Wright, said that listeners had responded to previous seasons of complete works with great enthusiasm.
As part of the complete Beethoven, free downloads of his symphonies were offered and nearly 1.4 million were taken up - a figure which stunned record labels and critics who had long written off interest in classical music.
"The audiences have been crying out for us to do more of them and suggested all kinds of names," he said. They included Vivaldi, Telemann, Brahms, Schubert and Vaughan Williams as well as Tchaikovsky.
But Mr Wright said what was interesting about the Russian Romantic was that he produced a significant body of very great work, such as the 2nd Piano Concerto and many little-known string quartets and songs.
"There are highly crafted, magnificent pieces that are really worthy of investigation," he said.
Tchaikovsky was born in 1840. He studied the piano at school but originally became a civil servant. A colleague at the Ministry of Justice encouraged his love of music and he enrolled in the St Petersburg Conservatory, graduating to a career in composing and conducting. He died in 1893.


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Northwest Passage, in full Northwest Passage: Book I—Rogers' Rangers, American adventure film, released in 1940, that deals with events of the French and Indian War, a theme rarely explored in film. It was based on the first part of Kenneth Roberts's 1937 novel of the same name.
The story follows Langdon Towne (played by Robert Young), a young man recently expelled from college who aspires to become an artist. Towne and his friend Hunk Marriner (Walter Brennan) get drunk in a pub and are nearly arrested. They escape and encounter frontier soldier Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) and ... (100 of 334 words)


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Women who claim they were abused by Jimmy Savile at a girls' school were "delinquents" who were "looking for money" by making allegations against the late TV entertainer, their former headteacher has said.
But Margaret Jones, 91, who lives in a village near the Brecon Beacons, admitted she was "hoodwinked" by Savile, who she allowed to sleep overnight at Duncroft Approved School in the 1970s.
Allegations linked to three former residents of the home were made in 2007 but Surrey Police said they did not speak to ex-workers from the school unless there was evidence that they had witnessed or been told about sexual abuse.
Child protection expert Mark Williams-Thomas told the Daily Telegraph this week that the failure to speak to headteacher Miss Jones as part of the investigation was a missed chance to catch Savile while he was alive.
But Miss Jones said she had no idea Savile was "a pervert" and that no-one ever reported any abuse to her.
Read more: Jimmy Savile offered my underage girls, says Welsh star
She told the Daily Mail: "They had an opportunity to tell anybody. But it suited them – some of them, not all of them – to wait 30 years. They're all looking for money... they come out of the woodwork for money. I do object to my school being targeted... wild allegations by well-known delinquents."
Savile was allegedly allowed to stay overnight at the school and take pupils on unsupervised drives in his Rolls-Royce, where he abused them, according to the Daily Mail.
At the time of the allegations, the school was run by children's charity Barnardo's, who told police they had no record of any sexual abuse reported to staff.
Former pupils at the residential school have said they reported Savile's abuse, only to be dismissed by Miss Jones.
The former headteacher said: "I was hoodwinked by Jimmy Savile. I thought he was a nice man. Not one person ever told me about Jimmy Savile. Nobody told me he was a pervert. I've just been talking to one of my former staff. We are horrified."
"If they didn't tell me about Jimmy Savile, they deserve all they get. They should've reported him. They knew if they reported him to me I'd report him to the police. And I have reported people to the police."


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by Jamilah Lemieux, The Root
Jamilah Lemieux writes a compelling piece at Ebony that condemns and challenges the broad reach of white privilege. It was written in response to a white blogger who questioned the veracity of hip-hop artist Questlove's moving Facebook post after George Zimmerman's acquittal. "The funny thing about white privilege is that it knows no bounds," Lemieux writes.
Almost two weeks ago, Questlove penned a haunting, soul-bearing Facebook post in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin (I don't care if six women in the Hate State of Florida don't call it "murder," I will call it "murder" so long as I have teeth, lips, tongue, fingers to do so) and the acquittal of George Zimmerman. It was adapted for New York. It is fantastic and if you have not read it yet, you should. In "Trayvon Martin and I Ain't Sh*t," the musician/arbiter of cool discusses the trials of occupying a large, Black male body in a world that sees even the smaller, dead Black male body of the Florida teenager as a threat…
The piece was widely circulated and lauded. Brothers and even sisters of varying sizes and backgrounds said '=Amen!" and Tell it." There's a very special feeling that accompanies 1) reading great writing and 2) hearing someone speak to your experiences in a very real way, even when the experience and the narrative are painful.
But the funny thing about White privilege is that it knows no bounds. It will infiltrate and occupy every space on the planet because who's gonna stop it? White privilege sees your bodega, your church, your school, your plate, your experiences and inserts/asserts itself as it sees fit, with little or no regard for, well, you.
Such is the case with the written response to Questo's piece by Kim Foster, mother, writer and Harlem resident. Foster rode in on her waaaaaambulance (I could feel the White Girl Tears through my computer screen) and Whitesplained away much of the funky drummer's experiences, frustrations, reality. And spent over 2,000 words doing it.


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"When they come in, I grab them and I hug them and I ask them if they are thirsty. The stories are unbelievable."
JoAnna Clark
"Some of them can give us a name. Some of them can't give us a name."
"We have a list of probably 500 kids that are missing. The list goes on and on and on."
"There are children everywhere out there that are lost. The scary thing is the list of children we have that are lost ? not the children that are here, but how many people can't find their children."


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama returned to Washington just after midnight Monday for a two-day break from a summer vacation, during which airstrikes in Iraq and violent clashes in a St. Louis suburb intruded on his golf and beach plans.
The exact reason for Obama's return remained unclear, though it appeared aimed in part at countering criticism that Obama was spending two weeks on the Massachusetts resort island of Martha's Vineyard in the midst of multiple crises. His return to Washington was planned even before the U.S. military began striking targets in Iraq and before the standoff between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.
Obama had meetings on both matters Monday. The president was scheduled to return to Martha's Vineyard tonight.
The president spent a leisurely Sunday on the island before his late-night departure. He played a round of golf -- his most frequent vacation activity -- then attended a jazz concert and dinner with first lady Michelle Obama.
While Obama has had plenty of downtime since arriving in Martha's Vineyard a week ago, he also made two public statements about the situations in Iraq and Ferguson. The president had ordered the Iraq strikes days before leaving for vacation, while the tensions in Ferguson that stem from the shooting death of an unarmed teen boiled over during his vacation.
"I think it's fair to say there are, of course, ongoing complicated situations in the world, and that's why you've seen the president stay engaged," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.
Obama's vacation has also been infused with a dose of politics. He headlined a fundraiser on the island for Democratic Senate candidates and attended a birthday party for veteran Democratic adviser Vernon Jordan's wife, where he spent time with former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
That get-together between the former rivals-turned-partners added another complicated dynamic to Obama's vacation. Just as Obama arrived on Martha's Vineyard, an interview with the former secretary of state was published in which she levied some of her sharpest criticism of Obama's foreign policy.


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Victoria Barnsley (pictured), the charismatic outgoing CEO of HarperCollins (UK) said she didn't want the authors' party last week to be turned into her impromptu leaving party for her after announcing her departure but that is what it became, with writers giving moving speeches about her impact on the company. Her speech, though, gave no signs of slinking away quietly despite her joke that she would – as an avid gardener - be taking gardening leave in the countryside for a while.
The founder of Fourth Estate (which boasts such heavyweights as Hilary Mantel) who sold up to HarperCollins in 2000, has risen dramatically in the world of publishing and vowed to return, battle ready, one supposes, to the industry. She even joked about a possible future launch of "Fifth Estate". Humour with a serious message? Speaking to The Independent, she clarified that this was indeed just a joke, not least because the URL for 'Fifth Estate' was already owned by HarperCollins. So "Sixth Estate" then?
Skate me down the river, say boarders – but mind the bird poo
As the campaign to keep the the skaters' park at its present location (underneath the Queen Elizabeth Hall) on London's South Bank continues to rage, a blog for the skate store, Slam City Skates, points out that there is a long, rich heritage of skating further along the river, under Hungerford Bridge, exactly where the Southbank Centre is proposing to move the community of skaters. The site, informally named Mellow Banks, was used by skaters until 2004. Legend has it that "Ben Jobe switch-backside flipped over the wall into the bank, and Scott Palmer 360 flipped the stairs that used to be there...". Sick, as they say, though the blog does flag up another, informal name for the site: "Any of you who skated... more than a few years back will remember Bird Shit Banks...". It will be cleaned up and redesigned under the plans, I'm assured.
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MONTREAL - A man aged 45 has died after being attacked with a sharp object in an apartment on 51st Ave. near Pie IX at around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday.
The victim was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after.
Police are interviewing witnesses but have no suspects as of yet.
He was reportedly attacked with a machete.
It's the third murder of 2013, two more than last year at this time.


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Announcing Keynote Speaker for 2016
Michael B. Moore, Executive Director
International African American Museum, Charleston, SC
Michael Boulware Moore is the great great grandson of Robert Smalls –the civil war hero who as an enslaved man, commandeered the Confederate ship - Planter - to freedom in Charleston harbor in 1862, served in both houses of the SC legislature and as a Member of the United States Congress from 1875 - 1886. Michael's cousin, Philippe Noisette, was named director of the Botanical Society of Charleston in 1808. Another Charleston relative, Peter Poyus, was hanged with Denmark Vesey in July, 1822. Another SC cousin, Judge Harold Boulware of Columbia, served on the team with Thurgood Marshall that won Brown v. Board of Education.
Michael received a BA from Syracuse University and an MBA from Duke University. He has had a dynamic business career with leadership experience in both Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial companies. This includes managing the largest brand in the world, heading a pioneering internet software firm, and leading a specialty consumer packaged goods company.
Currently, Michael is the founding President and CEO of the International African American Museum. This will be located on the site of the former Gadsden's Wharf in Charleston, the spot where almost half of all Africans who came to America took their first steps on this continent.
Michael is married and the father of four sons.


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Sally Hixson
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Sally Hixson is a native San Diegan who grew up in East County. She received a B.A. in journalism from San Diego State University in 1977 and started working at KOGO Radio one month before graduation. Since that time, she has had a varied career working in journalism, public relations, marketing, and advertising. While at KOGO Radio, she worked as an editor/producer. She has also produced and hosted a variety of travel and corporate videos for TimeWave, Inc.
Hixson returned to SDSU to work on a master's degree in mass communications. She recently received certification in digital marketing through SDSU's College of Extended Studies.
Her greatest accomplishments are her twin sons, Brett and Kevin Buckalew, now 32, out of college, paying their own bills, and living in Hollywood, CA.


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You don't have to break the bank to commission your own LEED Platinum home - Gabriel Browne Of Praxis Design worked with clients Scott Rothstein and Marcia Meckler to design this LEED residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico on a budget. Nicknamed the "Shoebox House" by the owners, it achieved LEED platinum certification without sacrificing an ounce of style.
The clients and architect designed the eco-friendly home using the Sketch UP program from opposite sides of the globe – Browne and Praxis are situated in Santa Fe and Rothstein and Meckler are in Bangkok. Together, they managed to create an innovative cantilevered home that costs an impressive $188 per square foot. The home scored 88 points according to the USGBC's rating system – that's 8 points over the requirement to achieve LEED Platinum status. In addition, it also achieves Energy Star status and airPlus certification, which is an EPA sanctioned program that encourages indoor air quality by monitoring moisture, pest control, and superior ventilation and heating.
The modern home consists of a series of cantilevered volumes. It's open and airy, with plenty of space to display the couple's vast art collection. Large windows provide plenty of sunlight, fresh air, and sweeping views of the nearby mountains. An interior courtyard adds serenity to the living space, and features giant metal cisterns, which function as sculptural objects, but also collect and store rainwater. Radiant heat tubing was inlayed in the walls to passively heat the home.
The resulting home is a dream, and although Mr. Rothstein was far way during its construction, it looks exactly as he had planned. The Rothstein-Meckler house is one of just 400 custom homes that have achieved LEED Platinum status worldwide.


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