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2013 bentley continental-flying-spur Model Overview
Vehicle Overview
While the Bentley Continental Flying Spur is the British automaker's least expensive sedan, in no way should the Flying Spur be considered entry-level. The lavishly appointed Continental Flying Spur and Continental Flying Spur Speed model are powered by a twin-turbo 6.0-liter W-12 engine making 552 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque and 600 hp and 553 lb-ft, respectively. Power is sent to all four wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission and can propel the Speed model to just over 200 mph. The Continental is a blend of old world British luxury and German engineering (owned by the Volkswagen Group) in a large luxurious sports sedan.
With a 0-60 mph time of just 4.8 seconds, the 5557-pound 2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Series 51
impressed not only with its thrust but also the smoothness of its transmission. Although, the big Bentley wasn't as quick in figure-eight testing because "the stability control could not be completely defeated, meaning the brakes were constantly working at the limit to stabilize the car. As a consequence, they were also constantly working to slow the car down. … Even over bumps, the backend stays exactly where it should be. Braking can be carried into the turn which helps with the rotation, but again, not long after the fun starts the computer is reining it in."
The Continental Flying Spur Speed
ups the ante with 9 percent more horsepower and 15 percent more torque as well as a reworked suspension, recalibrated electric power steering system, and larger brakes. While the additional power drops the 0-60 mph time to 4.6 seconds, the retuned chassis provides the most improvements. "Its 0.98 g skidpad and figure eight time of 25.7 seconds at 0.71 g are downright sports-car-like. Not bad for a 2.8-ton sedan."
The Bentley Continental Flying Spur and Flying Spur Speed are unchanged for 2013, but expect substantial changes for the 2014 model year. The 2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur models have not been tested by the NHTSA or evaluated by the IIHS for safety.
New for 2013
No changes to the 2013 Continental Flying Spur and Speed model this year, but a complete revamp is just around the corner.
You'll Like
- Luxurious interior appointments
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- Nearly unlimited customization options
You Won't Like
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- Heavy
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- Refreshed model is on the way
Key Competitors
- Rolls Royce Ghost
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Butterfinger Cake
Butterfinger Cake =Wicked Good and that is coming from the mouths of picky
children. It's very rare to make something that all the family loves. I knew this
cake was a winner when my one son that really does not like anything, went
for seconds. SCORE! No baking involved...
Butterfinger Cake
1 cup crushed Ritz (about 30 crackers)
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
4 Butterfinger candy bars, crushed
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups cold milk
2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
1 quart frozen chocolate yogurt, softened
1 carton ( 12 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
1) In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients, set aside 1/2 cup for the
topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into an ungreased 9 x 13 dish.
Chill for 5 minutes.
2) Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes.
Let stand for 2 minutes or until set. (mixture will be thick) Stir in frozen yogurt
and 1 cup whipped topping until smooth. Spread over crust.
3) Top with remaining whipped topping, Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Refrigerate for at least for 8 hours.
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hooly moly, you seriously have the best recipies! this looks SO good. and totally loving the no-bake factor! perfect for summer! xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreams
ReplyDeleteThe candy just met its match! oh.my.gosh! I really wish I was your neighbor!!!!! =) yummmmmmm
Jenn @ Peas & CrayonsThanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog, Val . . . and HOLY GOODNESS, I'm about to die just looking at that cake! YUM! I'm convinced with this post alone--I'm a new follower!
Rachel @ Maybe MatildaThis just look simply divine! I want to make this right now, right at this very second. All week I have been CRAVING something yummy sweet. You know, not the usual spoonful of Nutella, but something very, very good. So, this post comes at a perfect time! I am just scared to death if I make it I will eat the entire thing! That is why I need you as a neighbor, so I can come over and just have one piece!

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Christian Living
You are Talented
There are many people on the earth who is searching and desiring to know what is their calling�that is what is God calling them to do? There are others who seem to be lacking certain skills and TALENTS. They wish that they were as TALENTED as Mike, Tommy, Kate, or Sue. They seem to blame the environment they grew up in; they may say that, it�s the lack of finances or that they did not have access to vocational or educational materials to enhance their knowledge base. Whatever we may be encountering that seems to limit our access to developing our Talent or Skill we must understand what Jesus stated about our TALENT or TALENTS and Skills. And how we can experience them and enhance them.
Jesus on the Topic of TALENTS
Jesus left us no doubt about who had given us TALENT or TALENTS. In the story of the Parable of the TALENTS; Jesus made it clear on how the Kingdom of God on earth operates. And we understand that in order for us to see and experience the blessings that are available in the Kingdom of God on earth�we must be Born-again supernaturally by the Holy Spirit (John 3:1-16 NKJV). If you are not Born-again I suggest that you read the articles part 1-4 on the Born-again experience God had led me to write.
Moving forward we must read the truth about our gifted ability that was given to us by Our Heavenly Father.
Jesus said, again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who CALLED HIS SERVANTS and ENTRUSTED HIS PROPERTY to them (v. 14).
To one he gave five TALENTS of money, to another two TALENTS, and to another one TALENT, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey (v. 15)
The man who had received the five TALENTS went at once and put his money to work and gained five more (v.16)
So also, the one with the two TALENTS gained two more (v. 17)
But the man who had received the one TALENT went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master�s money (v.18) (Matthew 25:14-18 NIV)
Explaining the TALENTS
The first point we must see is that God has a calling on our lives.
The second point we must see is that God entrusted to us HIS PROPERTY! (Anointing & Gifts)
The third point is that the TALENT or TALENTS that Jesus was referring to is not our ability but God�s Divine Ability that was imparted or given to us. When Jesus said, �each according to his ability� in verse 15; Jesus was referring to the human ability that was able to personally receive the TALENT or TALENTS that God gave them to carry out HIS DIVINE WILL on earth.
The fourth point we must see is that the servants who received the 5 TALENTS and the 2 TALENTS went immediately to put their TALENTS to WORK bringing back double the amount that was originally given to them.
The fifth point is that the servant who received only 1 TALENT did not put his TALENT to WORK but buried it.
This is what�s going on in the Church today. We have Christians today who came to understand that;
1. They were called by God
2. They were entrusted with something to do in the kingdom of God on the earth
3. They even recognized that they have a TALENT or TALENTS to do the will of God.
4. There are those who immediately started to WORK those TALENTS out to gain double.
5. But there are those who are ashamed or intimidated to go out and WORK that 1 TALENT out.
Understanding the TALENT(S)
The Scriptures teaches that this was TALENT in Money given to these servants. Some countries have different measures for a Talent. The Hebrew Talent was a gold coin, the same with a shekel of gold; called also stater, and weighing only four drachmas. But the Hebrew talent of silver, called cicar was equivalent to 3000 shekels, or 113 pounds and 10 ounces. Some Bible commentaries say that this Talent was worth $1000 dollars. However, the TALENT or TALENTS mentioned by Jesus here had a metaphoric spiritual application that includes an endowment from Almighty God to accomplish His Divine Will on the earth.
Now, we know Jesus was teaching this Parable with a spiritual (Supernatural) point to be understood and applied when it came to us receiving God�s blessing and calling and doing something about it than just burying our TALENT or TALENTS.
Knowing Your Talent or Talents
There are 2 areas that we must carefully analyze and rightly interpret to discover our TALENT or TALENTS;
1. Natural Talent and Skill�is what we develop based on our exposure to the Work that was introduced to us and we could accept the challenge and learn the trade or skill that was required to carry out the task. Be it a Carpenter, Shepherd, or Craftsman.
2. Supernatural Talent or Talents and Skills�are God�s Divine Gifts like (an Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Teacher and Evangelist); Also Deacons, Elders, Administrators and Craftsman.
Joseph was a Shepherd in his family business. But God later granted Joseph (Jacob�s son) a double Dream about the future of his calling to be a leader. (Read the article, �Different ways God calls us�). The point is that when Joseph WORKED faithfully for his father Jacob. God bless him with favor and he was Jacob�s favorite son. God also approved of him and granted Joseph favor where ever he went no matter the hardships he had to endure until he reached his high-calling in God�s plan to be a Leader in Egypt.
Natural Talent Enhanced
When we are Born-again Supernaturally we become spiritually alive to God and sensitive to do HIS DIVINE WILL on earth with a unique passion we may not have had before we were touched and Born-again. In 1991, when I was Born-again I was in the middle of studying for my GED. I somewhat cared about obtaining it only for financial benefits (to get a better paying job) and it looks good on my resume. When I was Born-again a Divine passion and seriousness came into my heart about wanting to obtain my GED with no money-minded pursuits but it became a sincere responsibility.
I was also working in the maintenance department and I rarely did work because it was slow motion. But after being Born-again I began seeing things from a different perspective and I found material in the shop and started working passionately on projects that will benefit a lot of people. So I started building a lot of toys, furniture and things people needed. Then I went to work in the Cabinet Shop building more projects from Feb.1993 thru April 1994.
In 2004, my uncle Jimmy had me framing out a 4 story walk-up Brownstone in Harlem. I was the only one there because of budget constraints. Anyway, the point I want to make was that I just returned back to the Construction field. And I had to frame out the whole building with Metal and Wood. I ran into some difficult framing situations that I never did so I said �Lord, how do I frame this out?� I heard a voice in my head say, Place the 2x2 angle on the stair post on both sides. Then attach another angle at the bottom then you created the ceiling under the stairwell.� I never framed underneath a stair well with a turn with Metal before.
What am I saying? God is interested in everything you place your hand to do. I had many more issues that I encountered throughout the Construction that if I did not pray an ask God to help me I would have never figured it out. After I framed the entire building my uncle, the Architects, the bank reps all were amazed at the work that was done. The owner was tremendously happy because the last Contractor ripped her off and left a mess I had to fix with the help of the Master Carpenter Jesus Christ.
Many Christians believe God is only interested in Spiritual things alone. However, the first place in Scripture that we read about the Anointing of God upon a person is not a Prophet but a Craftsman. God was speaking to Moses in Exodus 31:2-3;
See, I have chosen Bezalel son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts (Exodus 31:2-3 NIV)
It was the Spirit of God filling Bezalel that gave him the Divine ability to produce such outstanding creative workmanship to build everything for the Ark of the Covenant. And all the things that were to be used in the Temple. I was led by God to build furniture for 3 different Churches during the time I was in the Cabinet Shop. Everyday God would grant me a Vision of how to build these unique pieces. I have photos of all the work and everyone who saw these pieces were amazed at the detailed craftsmanship.
Spiritual Talent (Ministry Gifts)
In order for us to understand what is God Calling us to do in regards to us being a minister (An Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Teacher and Evangelist, Deacon, administrator and more� I shared how God called me to be a Bible teacher in the Article �The Teaching Gift�. I also shared how God called me to be an Evangelist in the Article �Evangelism 101 with Testimony�. I also suggest again that you read �Waiting on God Developing Ministry� to see how God Called Jesus. Plus �Different ways God calls Us� to get a Biblical Idea of how God would call you.
However, allow me to outline a 4 step process by which Joseph (Jacob�s son) experienced to reach his high calling.
1. Joseph experienced an automatic unconscious preparation�that is God led him step-by-step to be a great leader at home, in Potipher�s house, in Prison, and finally in Egypt.
2. Secondly, we need a Sure Word from God�by way of a Dream, Vision, an Audible voice, an Angelic Visitation, or Jesus Himself appearing to you to declare the Calling God has upon your life.
3. Thirdly, we will experience the training process. It�ll start small and become bigger.
4. The fourth thing is the Actual entrance to that high calling and the work that needs to be put into it on a consistent basis to maintain that office.
The Ability Comes from God
We need to comprehend this point overall that was said. It is not your ability to do the Will of God on your own. It is God�s Divine ability inspiring you, moving you, granting favor, opening doors of opportunity for you to perform His Will on the earth. Step-by-step jobs, careers, opportunities to grow and experience things will come to you to enhance what God had given you. I�m a Prophet, Bible Preacher and Teacher, an Evangelist, I train Ministers, and Pastors. I�m a Licensed Construction Superintendent with the NYC Dept. of Buildings, Master Carpenter, A-Mechanic in Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Concrete foundations, Tiling, Taping and plastering, Painting, Cabinet Maker and more�
What I�m saying is that God gave me 5 TALENTS and I�m bring back 5 more and the more I get the more I�m bringing back. There�s no excuse God will be with you to bring you the training, the info, and whatever you need to accomplish His Divine Will on the earth. So you are TALENTED just seek the one who gave you the TALENT or TALENTS and He will direct your steps to enhancing what HE gave you amen. So thank God for your TALENT or TALENTS and please don�t bury it!!! Share it with us!!!
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I was really inspired by your personal story. You are so right. Every believer is accountable to God for identifying their unique abilities and spiritual gifts and using them to advance His kingdom and glory. Many people use the word "calling" without knowing what it means to be called. I am glad you listed the indications of a call. I, too, have experienced a calling as a writer and speaker and have several articles pertaining to that. Excellent article, and very helpful to anyone who may be wondering about their calling.
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Co-writer in crime is Hesh. Find him here.. Or somewhere else
Story 7/10
Everybody knows professor Layton from his puzzle games. These games involve professor Layton and his assistant solving all kinds of puzzles and with every puzzle or set of puzzle solved, you get further in the story. The movie is set up in the same way. Professor Layton is asked to solve a mystery by Janice Kathly. Janise's friend suddenly appears again in front of her even though she's supposed to be dead. The girl she met that day knew things only her friend is supposed to know... This is a mystery for professor Layton to solve.
Sound 7/10
The voice actors have done a good job of expressing their characters. Especially professor Layton himself, his low voice soothes everyone in the audience. All characters have their own unique voice to identify with.
The singing wasn´t perfect but it did the job… at least it doesn't pierce your eardrums.
The ambient sound wasn´t forgotten, there was always something going on in the background, the movie never felt silent.
Animation 7.5/10
Professor Layton has a unique style of animation. Each character has a simplistic design with each their own unique characteristics to make them clearly distinguishable.
Furthermore each character was very colorful but using somewhat darker tones.
The setting matches the game in some cases. If my memories serves us correctly, the game overuses the color brown. The movie uses the dark-like setting this color brings with it, but does so by using a lot of different colors, not just brown.
Characters 7/10
Every character has its unique features. This way everyone will have a character which is to their liking. We have a special place in our hearts for the police officer from Scotland yard with his epic 'over the top' shark surfing. Which was awesome.
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Cathy Crowe: A Final Blackberry Message to Jack August 29, 2011
Posted by rogerhollander in Canada, Housing/Homelessness.Tags: aids funding, Canada, canada government, canadian municipalities, cathy crowe, health and homelesness, homelessness, housing, Jack Layton, national disaster, roger hollander, street nurse, street nursing, tdrc, toronto, toronto government, toronto homelessness
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campaign to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities resulting in the Big City
Mayors' Caucus endorsement that homelessness was a national disaster. This
fuelled a national movement which included a new federal program to tackle
homelessness, but unfortunately not housing.Jack was always giving away his 1% button and would ask me for a new one each time I saw him. This past week
Beric German and I ensured a 1% button was placed among the flowers both at his
constituency office and Nathan Phillips Square.The day after he died, thinking of him, I automatically reached for my blackberry and paused. But I did
send this final email to him. I want to share it with you. Cathy
Hi Jack, just doing what I would normally do in a time like this. Emailing you. You
always replied to me within minutes. You hooked me on a blackberry!
I know you won't get this but I also know you will get this.
Thanks for always being there for me and for people who are homeless, for all the good
fights, many of which we won thanks to your help: Homelessness declared a
national disaster, many new shelters opened, new shelter standards, the Tent
City win for housing (and they love you to this day), the fight for AIDs
funding, the closing of the Commissioner St. incinerator. I could go on and on.
You made so clear in 1987, in your public inquiry into health and
homelessness, how I should direct my career in this bizarre but necessary
profession called street nursing.
One of the biggest honours in my life was to write the intro to your book on homelessness.
Years later you kept asking me to run for office. I thought you were crazy and then you and
Olivia convinced me.
You should feel confident and strong in your legacy
through myself and I believe millions of others who, inspired, challenged and
encouraged will carry on the fight. As you so eloquently put it "Love is better
than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us
be loving, hopeful and optimstic. And we'll change the world."
Yes we will. Love you,
Your friend, Cathy Crowe
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Charter challenge aims to force governments to create public housing May 26, 2010
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Jennifer Tanudjaua with her childen in their home in Toronto's Jane-Finch area.
Kirk Makin Justice Reporter
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 12:12AM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 7:04AM EDT
One major obstacle stands between Jennifer Tanudjaja and her goal of becoming a successful career woman rather than a burden on the social welfare system – paying the rent.
Struggling to stay in school, the 19-year-old mother of two children plows most of her child welfare benefits and student assistance loan into a $998 per month tenement apartment in Toronto's Jane-Finch neighbourhood. Meanwhile, she is mired at the bottom of a 10-year wait list for public housing.
Ms. Tanudjaja's plight lies at the heart of a Charter of Rights challenge being filed on Wednesday in an attempt to persuade the judiciary to force governments to create low-cost public housing.
A coalition of social welfare groups that is launching the challenge seeks to compel the federal and Ontario governments to provide affordable housing for those who are homeless or impoverished by the cost of putting a roof over their heads.
One of the case histories the coalition is furnishing is that of Ms. Tanudjaja, a social work student who aims to be a probation officer. Just 13 years old when her mother handed her over to child welfare authorities, Ms. Tanudjaja ran away from a group home at 15 and then spent more than a year "couch-surfing" from one friend's home to another.
Now, she can barely eke out her rent cheque after paying for food and public transit to college. "It is honestly not worth what I'm paying at all," Ms. Tanjudjaja said. "There are bedbugs and tiles popping out of my walls, and my pipes leak really bad."
The legal challenge harks back to the early, heady days when activists saw the Charter as a sweeping document that could induce reluctant governments to spend money on social programs.
Tracy Heffernan, a lawyer for the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, conceded that judges have become wary of poking their noses into expenditures of public money.
"But 25 years after we got the Charter, it is time to bring it back to the people," she said. "To allow this crisis of homelessness and inadequate housing to expand and grow and further deepen that crisis is not a good thing for the country."
The challenge is rooted in the Charter right to equality and to life, liberty and security. A legal brief prepared by Ms. Heffernan and lawyers Peter Rosenthal and Fay Faraday notes that the federal government once played a dominant role in providing public housing. They said that it later pushed public housing onto the provinces, which off-loaded it to municipalities, which lack the tax base to shoulder it.
The brief alleges that homelessness reduces life expectancy, causes single mothers to lose custody of their children and forces victims of domestic violence to return to abusive spouses. Cuts to social assistance have steadily added to the ranks of homeless people, it added.
"The result is that those in receipt of social assistance are often unable to obtain adequate housing, many become homeless, and many more are inadequately housed," it said. "People who are homeless are perhaps the most marginalized, disempowered, precariously situated and vulnerable group in Canadian society."
Ms. Heffernan said that a recent study conducted for the Senate found that, over a 10-year period, the homeless could be housed for half of what it will cost to treat the medical and social problems caused by homelessness.
The documents supporting the challenge also include an affidavit from Miloon Kothari, an Indian housing expert who served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing from 2000-2008.
"The most striking feature of my mission to Canada was the contrast between the abundance of resources available and the dire living conditions facing the most vulnerable in society," Mr. Kothari said.
In another affidavit, Linda Chamberlain, a Toronto woman who is mentally ill, describes 30 years living in hostels or on the streets.
"Sometimes police would pick me up and take me to a shelter," Ms. Chamberlain said in an interview. "You can't imagine living in places infested with bed bugs and cockroaches or in a plastic bag, scared to death of being violated. I didn't want to wake up because I was in such pain.
"You walk around like a zombie," she said. "There is no hope there. You lose everything. If no one helps people get into a safe place to live, how can they turn their lives around?"


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Stephen Henderson, editorial page editor at the Detroit Free Press, posted a series of charts on his blog this morning to illustrate the long, deep revenue decline that the City of Detroit has experienced over the past several years. The fact that the City has experienced such a long and deep decline in revenue isn't a secret.
Each step in our decline - as well as the corresponding cuts in services and the various "one-time fixes - have been documented extensively in the new media. Regardless, it is nice to see someone in the mainstream media looking at the complete picture instead of simply focusing on whatever the current crisis is.
Each step in our decline - as well as the corresponding cuts in services and the various "one-time fixes - have been documented extensively in the new media. Regardless, it is nice to see someone in the mainstream media looking at the complete picture instead of simply focusing on whatever the current crisis is.
The one area where I disagree with Mr. Henderson is his assertion that this steady decline in revenue is that something that "neither Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, city council, an emergency manager or even a bankruptcy can really address." This part is simply wrong. Each of those individuals could address the City's persistent decline in revenue. They simply lack the political will to do so.
It's clearly evident that there is a long track record of declining tax revenue in Detroit as more and more residents and businesses flee the city. One has to ask: why is Detroit's population continuing to decline when every other city is seeing population growth?
It's not just that more than half of Detroit's population has fled the city over the past 50 years, why does Detroit's population continue to decline?
Quite frankly, as I looks at the continuing exodus of businesses and residents from Detroit, I cannot help but recall the works of Professor Charles Tiebot.
Quite frankly, as I looks at the continuing exodus of businesses and residents from Detroit, I cannot help but recall the works of Professor Charles Tiebot.
For those who aren't familiar with Professor Tiebot, he was an economist and geographer (educated at the University of Michigan, incidentally) who spent most of his career looking at why people chose to live where they do. He eventually introduced what has been come to be known as the Tiebot model, which holds that people will generally choose to live where they find the mix of tax rates and public services that is preferable to them. More over, they will leave communities that don't offer their preferred mix and establish residences where they do find such things.
The Tiebot model is more commonly known as "voting with one's feet."
As I've pointed out several time in this blog, residents of Detroit pay approximately double the national average in taxes. In return for this, we receive some of the worst public services in the nation.
- The response time for the Detroit Police Department is the worst in the nation, in spite of the fact that the department has the largest budget in the nation on a per resident basis;
- The Detroit Police Department also has one of the worst rates in the nation for closing cases, again in spite of the fact that it has one of the largest budgets in the nation;
- Mass transit is problematic at best;
- Libraries and parks - which are consistently ranked as two of the most important amenities for attracting residents - have been cut repeatedly and almost closed entirely in recent years;
- Street lights, which make residents and shoppers alike feel safer, have long-standing problems;
- Road maintenance is below par.
Of course, there are still some advantages to living in Detroit. However, in the opinion of ever-increasing number of people, the advantages to living in Detroit are not enough to compensate them for the numerous drawbacks. Therefore, Detroit has - and will likely continue to have - a continuing decline in its revenue.
The current financial crisis for the City of Detroit will likely be resolved somehow. However, resolving this one will only allow us to stay alive long enough to face the next one. At some point in time, either the City of Detroit or the State of Michigan, will have to deal with the issue of why people continue to flee Detroit in search of a better life elsewhere.
I have made a series of recommendations on how the City of Detroit could change things.
Others have made recommendations.
The most common response to such recommendations, unfortunately, is to either ignore them or to attack those who make them. If the political leadership in Detroit (and I use the term "leadership" very loosely here) were inclined to make changes, we could begin to address the root causes for residents and businesses fleeing Detroit.
It's unfortunate that Mayor Bing has chosen to ignore those who could help him solve this problem. Governor Snyder seems to understand that he will be dragged into this matter in one way or another. However, it's still not clear whether he will address the issue of high-taxes and almost non-existent services or if he'll simply be content with resolving the latest crisis.
That question remains unresolved. However, the one thing that should not be disputed is that we as a community can solve the problem of Detroit's long-term decline in tax revenue. We simply need the political will to do so.


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Walt Disney has already bought ABC, while, never a stickler for the rules, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp managed some years ago to carve out its own fourth network while coincidentally owning the Fox film studios. Another recent rule change allowing ownership of more than one TV station in any one city has now allowed Viacom to reunite with CBS. Of the big networks, only NBC, part of General Electric, is left looking for a partner.
Media isn't the only business where deregulation is allowing torn apart companies to come together again. Telecommunications is the other obvious case. Across the industrial spectrum, "vertical integration" - the tying together of product and distribution - has once again become the big corporate end game.
The merits of this process are at best debatable, both from a public interest perspective and in terms of commercial benefit to the new partners, but there seems to be no stopping it now. In the US, both business leaders and policy makers share a common vision; the creation of these media goliaths will allow global domination in this, one of the world's fastest growth industries. Quite why worldly ambition of this sort should still be exercising Sumner Redstone, 75, is a mystery, but rediscovered youth (Rupert Murdoch is 68) seems to be something of a prerequisite on the US media scene.
Back here in the UK, we've always allowed the vertical integration of production and broadcast, but that's where our liberal approach to these matters ends. In other respects broadcast TV is highly regulated while, through the BBC, nearly a half of it is still publicly owned. This is a shame, because in the BBC we also have a global brand to compete with the very best that the US can offer. Unfortunately, it may not long remain so.
If giant global media players of the type about to be created by Viacom are the future, then the BBC, lacking both the stock and the cash to play the same game, will find itself marginalised and it won't be long before Nickalodeon, MTV and the Nashville Network are better recognised on the streets of Calcutta than dear old Auntie. For all we know, they already are.
If you take the view that the BBC's role should be confined to British public service broadcasting, then this may not seem to matter very much. But even that position would seem to be in considerable danger. The more that viewers are persuaded to pay for cable and satellite TV, the harder it is to justify the licence fee and the less willing people are to pay it. One way or another, privatisation of the BBC is going to have to return to the political agenda in the months and years ahead.
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On the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, the television specials were legion. Two that ran in prime time on June 25 were "Michael Jackson: After Life" on ABC's "20/20" and "Michael Jackson: A Mother's Story" on "Dateline NBC."
"After Life" was an up close and personal look at the final days of Michael Jackson's life, followed by the hoopla surrounding his death and memorial. There were morbid details, like Jackson's condition in those final days ("one side of my body is hot and one side is very cold") and his deathbed begging for his "milk," or the milky-white narcotic propofol.
"A Mother's Story" was a more tender look at Jackson's life. It featured anecdotes and reminiscing from his mother Katherine. She recalls knowing Jackson was going to be musically talented when he danced along with the washing machine noises as a toddler. Katherine also revealed that her favorite songs were the Jackson 5's "Man of War" and "Man in the Mirror" from Jackson's solo career. Katherine will also be putting out a coffee table book of personal memories titled "Never Can Say Goodbye."
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- Establish and support a rich network of leadership-minded URM scientists.
- Provide participants with take-away tools and individual planning to leverage leadership advancement at their home institutions.
- Must be a SACNAS member at the time of application submission
- Doctorate degree required
- STEM field preferred
- Postdocs, early career, and mid-career professionals in academia, industry, government, and non-profits are invited to apply
See our FAQs sheet and 2017 informational flyer.
Questions? Email [email protected].
Overview: Chapter Leadership Institute (CLI)
The SACNAS Chapter Leadership Institute (CLI) is a pilot program funded by the Genentech Foundation to ensure leadership development training for motivated underrepresented minority (URM) chapter students in California. The CLI is two full days of small group exercises, keynote speakers, leadership development workshops, networking opportunities, and extensive community building among selected participants.
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- Provide cutting-edge leadership skills and training
- Establish a rich network of URM peers and mentors in STEM by connecting students to Bay Area Leaders and SACNAS Professionals (including LPSLI alumni)
- Showcase best practices for chapter success and recruitment
- Equip students with critical take-away-tools including individual leadership plans, mentor-mentee relationships, and a comprehensive chapter manual that can be used to position their chapter for maximum success
- Must be a SACNAS member at the time of application submission
- Must be a member of a SACNAS Student Chapter that is located in California (both officers & general members are encouraged to apply)
- Must be able to provide their own transportation to the CLI location
Invited Applicants Receive
- Hotel for two nights (two participants to a room)
- Meals
- Assignment to an LPSLI alumni for mentoring
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Overview: SACNAS - HHMI Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI)
Developed in partnership with HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), the Advanced Leadership Institute builds on the curriculum of the Linton-Poodry SACNAS Leadership Institute (LPSLI) preparing LPSLI alumni for expanded leadership roles by diving into the core leadership competencies needed to become leaders in their organization.
Program Goals
- Provide the next generation of top-level leaders among URM STEM professionals the skills they need for advanced leadership.
- Equip LPSLI alumni with tools based on current business approach to increase LPSLI alum presence in government, higher education, and industry.
- Train LPSLI alumni to leverage networks to enhance their spheres of influence.
- Prepare LPSLI alumni for future executive team leadership at an institutional level.
- LPSLI Alumni
- Must be a SACNAS member at the time of application submission
- Open to mid-career professionals with at least six years of professional experience (including postdoc fellowship)
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Feel free to add to my list! I'd love to learn about more books on the craft of writing! Ooh, and what flavor did you find?
WAIT! Before you go... I must announce some winners.
A Copy of Catherine Stine's FIRESEED ONE:
Larissa Hardesty!
The three lucky Alleywalkers to win an e-copy of Patti Larsen's FAMILY MAGIC:
Michael D.
Theresa Milstein
April P.
And the grand prize - all four books in the FAMILY MAGIC collection goes to:
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I've heard a lot of fantastic things about these books but am ashamed to report I haven't read most of them. Okay, fine. Any of them. A lot of my craft crafting has come from online resources or interaction with much more experienced and complex writers than yours truly. Congrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteI used to love mazes--drawing and making them.
Hooked by Les Edgerton is an excellent book.
I'm so excited about winning the book. Thank you!You have to add Elements of Writing Fiction: Conflict and Suspense by James Scott Bell. It seriously rocks!!!
I've read a number of books from the list. I'm such a writing craft book junkie.Great list. I'd add Stein on Writing. It's a no nonsense, here's a way to do it kind of book.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I didn't see On Writing on there though... I love that one. :D Congrats to the winners! And I don't care what flavor it is - I'll take some! LOL
ReplyDeleteI would add, The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman, a must have book on the craft of writing. And congrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteOh shucks! If only I read more writing, I'd have some picks from that list. The only one that is familiar by title is "Save the Cat!" because it's in my field and seems to be quite popular, yet I still haven't bought it. I'm partial to VANILLA ice cream today *wink* :)
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NEW CANAAN, Conn. - Sadie Seelert, a seventh-grader at Saxe Middle School in New Canaan, and Chloe Smith, a fourth-grader at Cider Mill School in Wilton, are performing In "A Little Princess" during its extended off-Broadway run.
Performances of "A Little Princess," a new musical straight from London, will be held through June 15 at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, located at 480 W. 42nd St., New York City.
This new adaptation is based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Featuring music and lyrics by Marc Folan and a book by Adam Boden, "A Little Princess" is the adventure of a young girl whose courage is as big as her heart.
Seelert, who plays Lavinia, studies voice, acting, dance and guitar at The Studio in New Canaan. She made her Broadway debut in "Mary Poppins" at age 9. She can be heard in the Dell Commercial "Annie-The Girl Who Dreamed She Could Fly" and can be seen in the 2015 release of the film "#HORROR."
Smith, who plays Jane, studies voice and acting at The Studio in New Canaan. She is making her Off-Broadway debut. She recently played Cat in the Hat in The Studio's "Seussical" and has performed in many shows with Random Farms.
Tickets costing $35 to $55 can be purchased through Ticket Central via www.ticketcentral.com , by calling 212-279-4200, or in person at 416 W. 42nd Street from noon 8 p.m. daily.
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Sister and Brother Must Be Adopted Together
(May 26) -- The brother/sister bond is very strong for this week's Wednesday's Child pair. That's why adoption specialists are dedicated to keeping the two together in the same family.
They're fairly close in age, but they're even more tied together emotionally. 10-year-old Jala and her little brother Demetrius have only been in foster care for a couple of years, so they're still dealing with some pretty tough issues of life. But as you'll see, they're getting through it together.
Dave, Jala and Demetrius came unprepared to feed the ducks at Lorenzi Park. Luckily the ducks didn't mind that lunch was a stale bag of Fritos. The kids were surprised at how much they liked them. 'Turns out Jala and Demetrius kind of like fritos too -- and so do the pigeons. We ran out way before anyone got their fill.
Dave was very impressed right from the start with Jala. She borders on gifted for her age. Really! She's quite personable, very conversational, and truth be told, probably relates to adults better than kids.
In fact, Jala probably takes on the role of a mom for her little brother Demetrius more than she should, but certainly when it's needed.
Raw emotion is just under the surface with Jala's 8-year-old brother. And at one point while Dave was talking with them, Demetrius broke out in tears. Jala quickly and affectionately reassured Demetrius that things were going to be okay.
"She's been the mom all along. When her mother was no longer in the picture, and her grandmother had health problems, Jala started mothering her brother, and she didn't know how not to. Now it's hard for her to give up that role, but she needs to have permission to be a kid," says her foster mother, Beverly.
Jala and Demetrius are doing very well in their foster home. Both are in the appropriate grade at school for their age, and neither of them are having behavioral problems. But being abandoned did leave some emotional scars.
"And I don't want to go through that again, nor do I want to be shuffled around anymore. That's the reason why I want to be adopted. I can stay permanently somewhere, I'll have friends that I can keep," says Jala.
Demetrius feels the same way. He's wary of adoption, but knows he can't stay where he is indefinitely. He mostly lets his sister do the talking and his foster mother sees his needs clearly.
"Demetrius needs a father. He hasn't had a steady reliable male figure in his life. I would like to see them go into a real stable family that's Christian-oriented," says foster mother Beverly.
We're looking, here, for parents who are not afraid of the age of these children -- parents who are up for the challenge of such special kids. If you think you'd like to give it a try, call the Adoption Exchange at 800-451-5246 to get the process going.
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Study in armenia
Armenia Statistics
Government type: parliamentary-presidential republicNational holiday: Independence Day, 21 September (1991)Currency: Armenian Dram (AMD) ; 100 AMD = 0.27 US Dollar ; 100 AMD = 0.183 EuroGDP: $17.27 billion (2010 est.)GDP – per capita (PPP): $5,800 (2010 est.)
Information for Foreign Students in Armenia
Travel Advice
Travelers are advised against all but essential travel to North and South Lunda Provinces, where visitors may be subject to movement restrictions or detention, and the interior of Cabinda Province, where there continue to be reports of violent incidents. Travelers should register with their embassy on arrival, and de-register on departure.
Obtaining a Visa
Passport with two blank pages valid for at least six months after intended period of stay required by all nationals referred to in chart above. People from European Union, the United Kingdom, America and Australia will need a visa. To have further information you have to go on the website of the Armenian Embassy in your country. Embassy of Armenia in Washington: http://www.Armenia.org/visa.html ; in the United Kingdom http://www.Armenia.org.uk/visas/visas.html
Here is a link for hotels http://www.Armenia.org/tourism.html
Students' accommodation http://www.internationaleducationmedia.com/armenia/accommodation.htm
You will need to do some vaccinations before your arrival for diseases such as: Hepatitis A, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Typhoid and Yellow fever. Tap water is not safe for foreigners who are not used to drink it; so you should boil or sterilize some water to brush your teeth, make ice and drink. As for the water, milk should be boiled too. Only eat well-cooked meat, fish and vegetables.
Concerning your insurance, we recommend you to pay for a full health insurance that would include medical evacuation insurance. There are some hospital facilities in the main towns but, at the moment, adequate medical facilities are virtually non-existent. However, there are some good private clinics in Luanda. Medical treatment is free although often inadequate, and visitors should travel with their own supply of remedies for simple ailments such as stomach upsets, as pharmaceutical supplies are usually extremely difficult to obtain.
Credit cards are not generally accepted. American Express, Diners Club and Visa enjoy limited acceptance. Some larger hotels and restaurants in Luanda have started taking credit cards. Traveler cheques are accepted. All imported currency should be declared on arrival. The import of currency is limited to AOA 15,000. The import of foreign currency is unlimited. The export of foreign currency is limited to US$ 5,000. It is illegal to attempt to carry local currency out of Armenia.
Public transports are very common; maybe taking a cab would be safer and avoid you getting lost.
There are several mobile phone companies that operate in the country, it will be easier for you to get a phone adapted to local network, rather than keeping your contract there.
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Property Taxes: Contaminated Property. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. | ||
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- Directs Legislature to allow repair or replacement of environmentally contaminated property or structures, as defined, without increasing the tax valuation of the original or replacement property.
- For tax purposes, property value is the assessed valuation for 1975-76 unless the property is reappraised upon purchase, new construction, or change in ownership. For property rendered unusable by environmental contamination, this measure allows either: transfer of the base-year valuation to a replacement property if the contaminated property is transferred; or exclusion of repair or replacement of damaged structures from the definition of "new construction."
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Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:
- Property tax revenue losses probably less than $1 million annually in the near term to schools, counties, cities, and special districts.
- School revenue losses (about half of total) would be made up by the state.
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Great British Baking
British-Style Currant Scones
British scones are not as sweet or as rich as American scones, and that makes them more suitable for serving with butter and jam. To make the lightest, fluffiest scones, we added more than the usual amount of leavening: 2 teaspoons of baking powder per cup of flour. Rather than leaving pieces of cold butter in the dry ingredients as we do for flaky biscuits, we thoroughly worked in softened butter until it was fully integrated. This protected some of the flour granules from moisture, which in turn limited gluten development and kept the crumb tender and cakey. We add currants for tiny bursts of fruit flavor and brush some reserved milk and egg on top for enhanced browning.
Introducing Lemon Posset
"It may sound like a small mammal, but posset is actually an old-time English dessert that most Americans have never encountered. Until fairly recently, even most English cooks would likely have associated the name with a tart, creamy drink dating back to the Middle Ages. But today's posset, which has been taken up by English celebrity chefs and cookbook writers and is starting to appear on American restaurant menus, is something altogether different."
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Broccoli-Cheese Soup
If truth-in-advertising rules applied to recipe titles, broccoli-cheese soup would be called "Cheesy Cream of Cheese Soup Garnished with Broccoli." Giving the broccoli top billing might lure you into thinking the dish will be full of this nutrient-rich vegetable, but most times you can barely detect its presence. We were determined to create a soup in which the cheese enhanced rather than camouflaged this popular vegetable. To coax all the flavor out of the broccoli, we started by overcooking it. Adding a bit of baking soda to the cooking water sped up the cooking process, and pureeing fresh baby spinach along with the other ingredients brightened the Broccoli-Cheese Soup's bright green color and enhanced its vegetable flavor. Finally, cheddar and Parmesan gave our soup adequate cheesy flavor without making it heavy.
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During the cooler months, we can't get enough of our favorite chili recipes, whether it's simple beef with beans or complex vegetarian chili. Done right, these dishes are hearty, flavorful, and comforting—just what we want this time of year. If you're ready to take your chili game to the next level, look no further than these simple test kitchen tips and the dozens of foolproof chili recipes in our archives.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-387?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13241196#comment-13241196 ] Patrick Mueller commented on CB-387: ------------------------------------ After thinking about this for 5 more seconds, there's a chicken-and-egg problem with expecting a {{cordova}} global (got the case right this time) to be available, when it's not available :-) Doesn't mean a consistent logging story used throughout Cordova isn't a bad thing, and I'll open a separate JIRA feature request on that. It also doesn't mean we can take advantage of that, somehow, in this case. For instance, it's possible we could design some kind of 'logger' module which could be used as a plain old module with {{require()}} (and/or attached to {{cordova}}) *AND* > try/catch wrapper in native iOS code for cordova-js initialization firing alerts when page without cordova.js is loaded in > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CB-387 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-387 > Project: Apache Callback > Issue Type: Bug > Components: iOS > Affects Versions: 1.6.0 > Environment: 1.6.0rc1 <--- FYI!! > Reporter: Filip Maj > Assignee: Shazron Abdullah > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 1.6.0 > > > Originally authored by code I wrote! My bad! > See line 370 of CDVViewController.m: > {code} > NSMutableString *result = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithFormat:@"try{require('cordova/plugin/ios/device').setInfo(%@);}catch(e){alert('errorz1!!!');alert(JSON.stringify(e))}", [deviceProperties JSONString]]; > {code} > We should have a graceful way of degrading this, perhaps run a console.log instead? Suggestions? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira | |
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Let's check out some of the best places to play some ball hockey over the years.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Best Ball Hockey "Barns"
Let's check out some of the best places to play some ball hockey over the years.
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- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Blantyre was the best place to play and had a good clearing line, I think it was the fourth or fifth yellow line. We will have to have a game there soon!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM
In high school in the 70's in Toronto, I played every Sunday in the parking lot of the Beer Store at Ave/Lawrence. About 50' long, surrounded on 3 sides by 15' high cement walls, and no traffic; it was the perfect ball hockey arena! I wonder if kids still play there....Beer Stores are open on Sundays now.
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So now we know who our twelfth doctor will be, what should he wear? Should he go for the more normal look that the ninth and tenth doctors sported, somewhere in-between like the eleventh doctor, something completely out of time and elegant like the first, third, and eight doctors, or even something completely motherfucking batshit crazy like the sixth doctor? I'd like him to sport a long dark coat that looks like something from the 18th and 19th centuries or even medieval. Maybe a waistcoat along the lines of the eighth doctors, maybe even a cravat and pocket watch too. But I'd probably have it in a dark red or black, possibly even ark blue instead of the light gold look though. What do you all think?
My best guess is that he'll be dressed nothing like the last 3 Doctors. I don't think we'll get one looking as casual as Nine for some time. Put Capaldi in a suit, even one as quirky as 10's, and he'll look too Malcolm Tucker. 11's outfit was perfect for Matt - the old soul in a young body - but if you put an older actor in it, he's going to look like a university lecturer. While one might say, just go for the opposite of Matt - put an older actor in a younger man's costume - that's a tricky one to do. Mutton dressed as lamb and all that. Older men dressing like young men frequently look like knobs. IMHO. So my best bet, which will probably be wrong, as usual, is that they'll put him in something flamboyant, like Pertwee, Tom Baker or McGann. Hopefully nothing as frankly silly as Colin Baker's though.
I'd say it's time to return to the Edwardian look, with a long coat, a vest or waistcoat, tweed pants and possibly a hat.
We might not even know come Christmas Day when he makes his official debut. Consider, When we watched Tennant morph into Smith, he still wore his pinstripe suit and trainers. It wasn't until the end of "The Eleventh Hours" that Matt donned his tweed jacket and bow tie. Of course, intrepid fans with camera phones managed to snap candid photos of Smith in his final ensemble a few months before the episode broadcast. If Capaldi's initial series doesn't air until the Fall of 2014, we probably won't know his outfit until next summer, a good nine months from now. Sincerely, Bill
And now I have an image in my head of Capaldi wearing baggy jeans half way down his ass. Actually, BBC released an official image of Smith in costume in July 2009, five months before we saw Tennant regenerate. Since filming of season 8 is supposed to start in the winter, that's when we'll get our first look at Capaldi's outfit.
With so many comparisons to the 1st doctor I could see the 12th doctor wearing something like Hartnell. Capaldi even did the "suit tug" thing the 1st doctor did during the reveal show.
That's precisely the sort of thing I meant actually! There's another dad at my kids' school, much the same age as myself, maybe older (I'm 41) and he wears stuff like that. First day I saw him, he had pants hanging down his ass. I have wanted to beat him to death with my bare hands ever since.
It's odd, because on the one hand I think he'll be very smart and elegant (face it to some degree or another 9,10 and 11 have been every so slightly scruffy) but on the other hand I keep getting a slightly punk image in my head around Capaldi. Not talking safety pins or anything, I can just see a fairly traditional Victorian/Edwardian Doctor look that's offset by something very in your face. Even Moffat's said that Smith was an old man in a young man's body and has intimated that Capaldi would be the reverse, so much as I imagine he'll lean towards a Pertwee look, I can't help but imagine something quite anarchic about his doctor and hence his look. Think Third Doctor only instead of a frilly shirt a Sex Pistols t-shirt under the velvet smoking jacket!
I can't agree that Tennant's look as scruffy at all, his suits and coats were always clean, unlike say the second Doctor who had no problems getting muddy and even wearing out the knees on his pants at times. Eccleston had a workering class look and Smith's look was more of a middle class look. But I agree and I've said as much Capaldi would return to the Edwardian look.
I definitely get Hartnell vibes off that picture. Seeing Capaldi like that, I half expect him to end every second sentence with "hmmm?"
My initial thought was something like this: but I would also rather like to see him in something warm and summery like this drawing I did a few years back for a theoretical 13th doctor: But now I'm beginning to lean towards something kind of 60s or 70s. An aging man who is trying to grab at some youthfulness by appropriating a hip younger style that he is too out of touch to realize is terribly out of date (though perhaps actually ahead of its likely immediate resurgence). Something like THESE perhaps.
I wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally copy but update the 1st doctor's seasons Different stories but feeling like classic Hartnell. Heck some stories are lost. It wouldn't hurt to do the lost stories since most people never saw them or forgot them. Twelves going to be a "Strokes" fan and you know it! Now that you mention it, imagine if twelve's suit plays up Capaldi's Rock band past Imagine Twelve wearing that. Twelve- To hell with the recorder! *Pulls out electric guitar*
Being honest I think a lot of it with Tennant comes down to the hair, but although he wears a suit I recall it looking quite crumpled from time to time (hardly surprising given the jacket was made from the material of the trousers so it is slightly more lightweight than a regular suit would be. Throw in the converse trainers, the fact his tie was rarely straight, and the fact he was a bit stubbly at times and I still stand by scruffy. As for Smith, with him again it's the hair sometimes, but also his lower half, however smart his upper half is, in the first two and a half series he was wearing very scruffy trousers and boots. I think all three modern Doctors have had great looks and looks that worked for them, but smart isn't a word I'd associate with them (and yes you could argue that over time the Doctor has maybe been scruffier more often than suave)