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ABINGDON, Va. - Abingdon Main Street has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center®, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street® programs that have built strong revitalization organizations and demonstrate their ability in using the Main Street Four Point Approach® methodology for strengthening their local economy and protecting their historic buildings.
"We congratulate this year's nationally accredited Main Street programs for meeting our established performance standards," said Valecia Crisafulli, acting director of the National Main Street Center. "Accredited Main Street programs are meeting the challenges of the downtown in the economy head on and are successfully using a focused, comprehensive revitalization strategy to keep their communities vibrant and sustainable."
The organization's performance is annually evaluated by Virginia Main Street, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center to identify the local programs that meet ten performance standards.
These standards set the benchmarks for measuring an individual Main Street program's application of the Main Street Four Point Approach® to commercial district revitalization.
Evaluation criteria determine the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as developing a mission, fostering strong public-private partnerships, securing an operating budget, tracking economic progress and preserving historic buildings.
The mission of Abingdon Main Street is to work with local leaders, businesses, and residents to promote, support, preserve and enhance the downtown district's history, culture, vitality and ensure its sustainability.
"Abingdon is such a great place with all these unique assets, like our history, our arts venues, outdoor recreation and our local businesses," says Abingdon Main Street Director, Susan Howard. "We're thankful for the support of our town government and the community volunteers who share our passion for this amazing town."
Established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1980, the National Main Street Center helps communities of all sizes revitalize their older and historic commercial districts.
Working in more than 2,200 downtowns and urban neighborhoods over the last 32 years, the Main Street program has leveraged more than $55.7 billion in new public and private investment. Participating communities have created 473,535 net new jobs and 109,693 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than 236,418 buildings, leveraging an average of $18 in new investment for every dollar spent on their Main Street district revitalization efforts.
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Volume III
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
What's New
Secretary Spellings addresses American Legislative Exchange Council; Youth Indicators 2005 released; NCES updates "Build a Table;"; Comenius program targets hard-to-reach student populations; Center for Strategic & International Studies launches free website with resources for teachers; SEED charter school receives Innovations in American Government Award; Dunn Solutions Group to create online system to manage Chicago's supplemental educational services; and ThereNow holographic technology offers virtual teachers.
Innovations in the News
North Carolina plans to open four international studies schools; plus information about reading, teacher quality, and technology.
Students in the Middle Demonstrate Avidus and Reach New Academic Heights
The scene is Escondido, California: fade-in to a picture of Mario, the son of an immigrant family. In the beginning, Mario's father provided for the family by picking avocadoes. Now he owns his own business, and the boy who observed his father's determination to succeed is experiencing success of his own, attending classes at the University of California. Shift the scene 31 miles south to San Diego. Focus on Rosa, who came to this country as a child and struggled to learn English. Now she tutors middle school students and is studying to become a bilingual education teacher. Move the scene east to Texas; find Gerald, soft-spoken, but deliberate. Gerald's mantra reads like a mathematical equation: "Education equals freedom, power, and opportunity." The second member of his family to graduate from high school and the first to attend college, Gerald's goal is to become a doctor after his work at Texas State University.
Although these students' success stories may sound like something out of a Hollywood movie, their experiences are real. What ties the students together is a strong sense of perseverance, overcoming barriers of language and socioeconomic status to achieve their goals, through participation in the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program at their schools.
AVID is a support system and tutorial model for students in the fifth through twelfth grades, based on the philosophy that "effort creates ability." This philosophy is informed by the belief that all students, no matter their zip code or skin color, can achieve at the highest levels if teachers give them access to rigorous courses and intensive support. As demonstrated by Mario, Rosa, and Gerald, AVID students must have a desire and determination to advance both in school and in life. To participate in AVID, students must be part of an underserved population, meaning that they live in a low-income household, will be the first in their family to receive a higher education, or belong to a minority group. Guidance counselors, teachers, and administrators can recommend that students participate in the program. After students agree to enroll, they are interviewed to determine if they have the desire to do the hard work that AVID requires.
AVID targets the vast majority of students who traditionally receive the least attention—not the students who are either struggling or who are academically gifted—but the students in the middle of the performance spectrum, those "average achievers" who earn "B," "C," and even "D" grades in ordinary classes. These students have the potential to attend college, but often fall short of meeting college acceptance requirements. AVID accelerates the education of these average students, taking them out of the classes that are not challenging them and, instead, placing them in Advanced Placement, honors-level, and other rigorous classes, with added support from trained AVID teachers. Like the Latin root avidus, from which the program derives its name, students who volunteer to participate must be "eager for knowledge."
In the fall, AVID will be active in more than 2,000 middle and high schools in 36 states, Canada, and 15 countries that are involved in the Department of Defense Dependent Schools program. A mission to increase learning and performance in participating schools drives AVID's work. Schools that choose to implement the program commit to creating a "site team" that supports teachers and students, instituting the AVID curriculum and its special elective course, and providing professional development for staff.
At each school, the AVID site team consists of AVID elective teachers, AVID coordinators (who are the AVID point-people for the entire school and teach AVID elective classes), school site administrators, college preparatory teachers (who teach classes such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate), a counseling staff member, students, and parents. Site teams schedule AVID elective classes during the school day, monitor program results by collecting and analyzing student achievement data, work toward opening access to rigorous courses, and ensure the institutionalization of AVID as a school-wide system.
Secondary school teachers and college professors developed the AVID curriculum, which centers on the WIC-R method (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, and Reading). The WIC-R method aims to provide students with the skills they need to be successful in college preparatory classes. Writing is emphasized so that students can use their own thoughts to develop a deeper understanding of texts and to communicate and clarify their opinions on paper. AVID encourages inquirybased learning experiences, driven by the students, rather than lessons driven by teachers' lectures. Activities such as "Cornell note taking" and tutorial groups are structured around a Socratic-style approach where students, through a question and answer process, are encouraged to clarify, analyze, and synthesize material. Students are taught how to become responsible for their own learning based on collaboration with their teachers. Critical reading is the last component of the WIC-R method, where students learn how to question and critique literature. AVID teachers believe that these instructional techniques transform those who enter as average students at the beginning of the school year into active contributors who enthusiastically participate in classroom discussions and projects.
The WIC-R method is used in the Advanced Placement, honors-level, and other rigorous classes into which AVID students are placed, as well as core classes across the school, so that the instructional strategies can support students school wide. An AVID elective course also utilizes the WIC-R method, where for one period each day students learn organizational and study skills and develop their critical thinking abilities. Using specialized AVID instructional materials such as The Student Success Path and The College Path, teachers engage students in activities designed to improve their study habits, time management, organization, and awareness of the college acceptance process. The College Path includes a sequential approach to developing college preparatory and decision-making skills, which helps students set academic goals and design a plan to reach them. The book also introduces students and their families to the financial aid process, how to choose a major, and exams such as the ACT, PSAT, and SAT. During the elective, students also receive academic help from AVID teachers and college tutors. These tutors are often former AVID middle and high school students, who embody the path of success for the students they mentor. Tutors are trained in the WIC-R method during a 16-hour series of professional development sessions for AVID teachers, usually during the summer.
Teachers engage in ongoing professional development, learning new techniques to bring out the best in their students. Each month teachers join regional and district directors for AVID workshops. The AVID Center, based in San Diego, provides one and two-day workshops for content teachers in English, mathematics, science, history, social science, and English language development. The AVID Center also offers district leadership training with on-site visits and facilitation to ensure that regional and district directors are building local capacity for implementing, sustaining, and improving AVID programs in their areas. Finally, the annual Summer Institute provides a forum for all AVID teachers and administrators to learn and reflect. This summer, 11,000 AVID teachers and administrators are being trained across five institutes in Texas, Georgia, and California. Teachers and administrators throughout schools using AVID attend these sessions, so that even students who do not directly participate in AVID can benefit from its instructional methods. Institute participants can attend workshops such as "The Socratic Seminar," "Leadership for Expanding a School-Wide College-Going Culture," and "Tutorology." They also hear about best practices from AVID "demonstration sites." The largest AVID summer gathering occurred last week in San Diego for the International Institute, where nearly 4,000 teachers came together to learn, share, and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the AVID program.
Mary Catherine Swanson, a former classroom teacher, founded AVID in 1980 while working in San Diego's Clairemont High School. After a federal order to desegregate the city's schools, Ms. Swanson committed herself to ensuring that the inner city students who arrived at Clairemont would succeed. Ms. Swanson believed that if these underserved students were held to high standards and provided with support, they could rise above low test scores and academic mediocrity.
This year, Ms. Swanson was one of 12 recipients of Cable's Leaders in Learning Awards, which recognizes the most inventive classroom educators, administrators, community leaders, and policy makers who are transforming the nation's educational system. On August 4, she announced her retirement after working nearly 40 years as a public school educator. San Diego County schools' Superintendent Rudy Castruita said, "I think in AVID, what she has created is the most successful program in the county if not the country in getting underrepresented students into college." Since the program's inception, more than 40,000 AVID students have graduated from four-year colleges and universities, which constitutes 95 percent of all AVID participants.
In 2004, Mario, Rosa, and Gerald shared a unique distinction; they were among the first AVID students honored as Dell Scholars by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Students selected for the award receive $20,000 in scholarships to complete a bachelor's degree program of their choice. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.4, demonstrate financial need, plan to enroll in college, and, most notably, they must have participated in an AVID program for a minimum of two years in middle or high school. The Dell Scholars Program began in 2004 as an extension of the Dell family foundation's efforts to improve outcomes for underserved children. The foundation funds programs for students that are designed "to improve basic reading, math, and science knowledge levels, as well as college readiness skills and programs that guide parents and students through the college application process" – all criteria that are captured in the AVID program. This year, the program recognized 160 AVID students nationwide.
The AVID program in California received an Advanced Placement Incentive program grant in 2003 from the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education.
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What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
In a speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council's annual meeting, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said, "More than three-quarters of Americans believe that, if our high schools don't change in the next 25 years, our country will be less able to compete in the global marketplace." She pointed out that governors and state legislators remain the driving forces behind reform, and noted positive aspects of No Child Left Behind, including the fact that 250,000 students took advantage of free tutoring or school choice last year and that 1,000 students benefited from opportunity scholarships in the District of Columbia. (Aug. 4)
Youth Indicators 2005, from the National Center for Education Statistics, shows that America's young people have made substantial improvements academically over the last three decades; they have nearly doubled their college completion rates and have improved their mathematics performance. The indicators also show, however, that substantial gaps remain between white and minority students. (July 29)
The National Center for Education Statistics has updated its "Build a Table with Public Elementary/Secondary Data" online tool. This tool gives users access to Common Core of Data (CCD) elementary and secondary public school information over multiple years. Tables can be created for schools, school districts, counties, and states for school years 1986-87 through 2002-2003. Improvements to "Build a Table" include (1) faster export to Excel and among pages of data, (2) ability to create reports with a larger number of records and columns, and (3) increased categorical analysis options. (July 19)
Breaking Down Barriers
Comenius is the pre-school through elementary school part of the European Union's Socrates education program, which was established to promote transnational mobility and innovation. Children in all 25 member-states of the European Union are eligible to enroll. A variety of educational institutions can participate in the program, including schools at local, regional, and national levels; education associations; companies; and trade organizations. Comenius aims to include children of migrant workers, gypsies, and other transient people, as well as children with special educational needs. The program's education themes include language learning; mathematics, science, and technology; arts education; and parental involvement. John Amos Comenius, for whom the program was named, was a Protestant pastor and principal of a parochial school in the 17th century. Forced to live throughout Europe, he developed a philosophy of universal education for all and a vision of political unity and cooperation. (Aug. 4)
The Center for Strategic & International Studies, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, has created Globalization101.org, a free website with resources for teaching about civics, economics, geography, and history from a global perspective. The site includes lesson plans, issue briefs, interviews, and news analyses and is aligned to state standards of California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. (Aug. 2)
Charter Schools
The SEED charter school, the only urban, public boarding school in the country to provide a college preparatory curriculum, has received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The Southeast District of Columbia school has 320 students in grades seven through twelve. The 24-hour-a-day program melds academic training with life skills to provide a quality education. (July 27)
Supplemental Educational Services
Dunn Solutions Group, an information technology consulting firm, will develop an online system to manage Chicago Public Schools' supplemental educational services program to streamline registration, attendance tracking, data reporting, and vendor invoicing. The web-based system will include data and reporting to meet federal guidelines, including data for individual tutoring plans and student progress reports. (July 22)
Traditional teacher professional development through workshops and seminars can be impersonal. "ThereNow" holographic technology uses state-of-the-art video conferencing to transmit a "virtual teacher" who appears to be actually in the classroom with the students. The instructor can teach and observe the class while the students observe and learn. This allows for two-way communication, direct feedback, and more personalized, in-depth training. The development of ThereNow was partially funded by a grant from OII. (Aug. 4)
The Transition to Teaching grant to Broward County (FL) (see Innovator, August 2, "Innovations in the News") was awarded in 2004. The grant is a five-year grant (not three, as stated); it was forward funded for the first three years.
Innovations in the News
High School Reform
Parlez-vous français? Parlate italiano? Students in eight North Carolina districts soon will be asking these questions in four new high schools, which will focus on international studies. The schools will open in 2006-2007 and will receive support from the New York-based Asia Society and the Center for International Understanding at the University of North Carolina. The schools will be housed in already existing high schools, follow a small-schools model serving 400 students each, and will offer a college-preparatory curriculum with additional foreign language requirements. Students will be expected to study and build knowledge about one region of the world or a certain global issue. The schools are part of the state's New Schools Project, initiated in 2003 and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [More-Education Week] (July 27) [free registration]
Eleven new high schools will open in Milwaukee this fall. The schools are opening through an effort to redesign the city's high schools, which calls for some large schools to be broken into smaller units. Seven of the schools are charter schools. Proponents believe that smaller learning communities will create closer connections among families, students, and teachers. The charter schools include a program that helps students who have been bullied in previous schools; a program that focuses on technology, particularly aviation, aerospace, and aeronautics; and a program that offers courses in social justice, leadership, and service through activities in the local community. [More-The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] (July 31)
Three years ago, the federal Reading First initiative was launched – a program that has grown to include more than 4,500 schools nationwide. Federal funds help states and local school districts eliminate reading deficits by establishing high quality, comprehensive reading instruction based on research. Many states and districts have responded to the need to improve reading instruction by employing literacy coaches, who can assist teachers in creating lessons, instituting "best practices," selecting materials, analyzing student data, and making sense of literacy research. Some districts have hired coaches outside the schools, while others have drawn their coaches from existing faculty, putting these individuals through intensive training. The International Reading Association (IRA) says that the reading coach "is a powerful intervention with great potential," but calls for standardized duties and qualifications for these coaches. IRA plans to release these standards in the fall. [More-Education Week] (July 27) [free registration]
Teacher Quality
According to a report from the National Center for Alternative Certification, an OII grantee, nearly 22 percent of mid-career professionals looking to teach are taking some of their coursework online. At the head of this technological movement is Western Governors University (see, Innovator, March 6, 2003), which was created by the governors of 19 Western states. The university's teachers' college enrollment stands at 2,600 students nationwide. This spring, Kaplan University, which began a strictly Internet-based law school in 1998, began a teacher education program for individuals who will teach in Florida. [More-The New York Times] [free registration]
Rafe Esquith, a former Disney Outstanding Teacher of the Year, has written There Are No Shortcuts, a book "to give hope to young teachers who would like to run against the wind but are afraid of the consequences." A teacher at Hobart Elementary School in Central Los Angeles, he writes about how he has helped his students excel, including having them read the classics, from Shakespeare to Harper Lee. [More-MSNBC Today] (Aug. 4)
Alabama students in the fourth through the twelfth grade can get the homework help they need seven days a week, from 3:00 p.m. through midnight, by logging on to Tutor.com, a free, online tutoring service. Students receive tutoring assistance via the Internet from trained professionals in math, science, social studies, and English. Students in college preparatory classes and individuals trying to earn their GED may also participate. The program began in 2002 in 10 Shelby County libraries. The Alabama Public Library System has just pledged to expand the tutoring service to all 219 public libraries this academic year. [More-The Montgomery Advertiser]
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A sunken gold dredge lies in the bed of the Rio Inambari. The story we were told is that the dredge had been brought in in pieces with mules over the Andes and reassembled at the river. The first day of dredging had yielded incredible quantities of gold and the miners were celebrating that night when a huge flood hit the dredge, washed it a away and destroyed it. Whether this is true or not I don't know, but it is clear that someone made a huge effort to extract gold from the river many, many years ago.
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The kitchen is fully equipped and used together. The flat has 2 bathrooms,
one shower with toilet for our guests and one with a bathtub used mainly by us, Gesine and Hauke, but can also be used by our guests.
The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. The flat is located between Alex and Hackescher Markt with all means of transportation and sightseeings.
The museums island is only a few minutes by foot away. Cafes, Restaurants, Clubs and shoping opportunities are at our doorstep.
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The Olympics may be over in London, but there are some local challenges that even a gold-medal-winning Olympian wouldn't attempt. But Central Pennsylvanians can't seem to get enough of these extreme bites.
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Karn's Quality Foods locations in the area make a 7-inch whoopie pie that's a bit smaller but just as impressive.
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National Anthem at SuperBowl
Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Feb 6, 2011
I do suspect that she was making more than minimum wage to perform in front of a stadium packed with 100 thousand plus people, let alone those watching and listening worldwide. I also have the impression that she is a professional entertainer, albeit one I know nothing about.
How insulting to this country and a debasement to an annual tradition, the SuperBowl, for a highly paid entertainer to screw up our country's national anthem in such circumstances.
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a resident of Midtown
on Feb 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm
She is a complete disgrace. I doubt that she ever sang the National Anthem on any regular basis. It was just another gig for her. Shameful. Dump her!!!
Better yet, boycott all the advertizers for the game...that might get the NFL's attention!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Feb 6, 2011 at 6:06 pm
That would be Christina Aguilera:
Web Link
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Feb 6, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Oh please, paul. Try writing about important issues, not this nonsense. Do some homework before you write, I believe the performers at the support bowl do not get paid for their appearance. Insulting? A debasement?
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Feb 6, 2011 at 7:47 pm
he should have known the correct lyrics but probably most people did not even notice.
Roseanne singing was a complete disgrace.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Feb 6, 2011 at 9:07 pm
You feign your ignorance regarding the name of performer (Cristina Aguilera) because to kmow it wouldn't be right for a follower of NPR or the NYT which you love to drop all the time. Please stop trying so hard to be an elitist.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 6, 2011 at 9:20 pm
The words to the National Anthem are complicated once one gets beyond Verse 1.
According to the latest 'headline news', the teleprompter mixed things up. But I agree, the National Anthem gets massacred at many athletic performances. Bring back the NYC policeman, now studying opera, who sang is repeatedly after 9/11.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Feb 6, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Really not trying to stir it up here but why all the negative personal comments? Just straighten out the OP's original misconceptions and move on already.
If you don't have anything nice to say . . . And no, I don't know the OP from Adam.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 6, 2011 at 10:12 pm
The SHOULD hire someone who performs professionally and gets it right.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 7, 2011 at 2:38 am
The idea of somehow tying in sports, Football, and patriotism, and God all in one big phone overproduced sports events where we have celebrities trying to pull 350 million people together just seems sickening to me. It's a football game ... it's not even baseball. But baseball is not even baseball anymore, the "national pastime" like all sports is full of criminals, rapists, drug users and abusers. Year after year goes by and our spectacles get bigger while our standing compared to other countries in things like education and health care continues to plummet.
How about some real patriotism?
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Feb 7, 2011 at 9:37 am
Here you go, Paul:
Web Link
I know how upset, outraged and disturbed you were by the events at the Super Bowl. Maybe this will make you feel better.
Of course you may want to ask the city council to issue a proclamation regarding this earth shattering and disturbing incident,which will surely be the talk in world capitals all week.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 7, 2011 at 12:27 pm
I think Paul is right to bring up this subject.
This ditzy entertainer should never have been put out there. She is a real mess in her personal life, apparently, and she should never have been entrusted to get our National Anthem right. The NFL needs to look into its money-making soul (OK, that is probably an oxymoron), and at least try to get back to basics. After all, many of us who watch this thing like our patriotism the old-fashioned way.
Football is a basic sport (crush the other team, and defeat them!). This ain't rocket science. The NFL corporate elite need to strap on their pads, and get back to the trenches.
a resident of another community
on Feb 7, 2011 at 1:23 pm
"Insulting to this country"???
Get over your entitled patriotism. She made a mistake.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 7, 2011 at 1:24 pm
> "The SHOULD hire someone who performs professionally and gets it right."
Christina Aguilera won 5 Grammys. I'd say that's pretty professional. And yes, she makes a lot more than minimum wage.
I thought she did a great job -- better than most with a very difficult song. Anyone can make a mistake.
Web Link
> "How insulting to this country and a debasement to an annual tradition, the SuperBowl,..."
HUH? It's a football game, not the Nobel prize awards. It's full of tasteless advertising. And the players probably make more than Aguilera.
Get over it, Paul. Go read about what's happening in Egypt.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 7, 2011 at 2:16 pm
> insulting to the county ..
Well .. what about Jumi Hendrix's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner?
Web Link
Is this an insult?
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 7, 2011 at 2:47 pm
"Is this an insult?"
Probably not, but a drugged-out musician has no particular sensitivity to his larger audience, just to his drugged Woodstock crew.
I would like to see a National Anthem performed for the nation, at large, not some weirded out (drugged out?) groupies. Last night was a complete disgrace.
a resident of another community
on Feb 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm
FYI, Jimi Hendrix was into drinks, not drugs.
To call a mistake that a performer makes a "complete disgrace" is a little bit off the deep end. What if it was Clint Black who made the mistake. Or Andrea Bocelli?
It's more than obvious that her intention was not to insult anybody. If you're insulted, that's your fault, not hers.
a resident of Atherton
on Feb 7, 2011 at 4:28 pm
"FYI, Jimi Hendrix was into drinks, not drugs"
Ummm, and Purple Haze was about a drink with Chambord?
You can argue all you want about the song, at least it proves they don't pre-record it anymore.
But that advertising!!! My (gay) friend was HOWLING at the various crude puns and double entendres in all those ads, we couldn't believe how awful it was. Re-watch them. It's more than the Mini ad "can you cram it into my boot" and the Dorito guy sucking another's finger.
I was appalled. And hey, think how bad it had to be to reach my level of the absurd...
Best ad from a branding perspective: The Audi snobs escape from prison ad. And Kenny G has a sense of humor.
Who knew?
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm
"What if it was Clint Black who made the mistake. Or Andrea Bocelli?"
They would have practiced the song, before they got up there, in that setting, and they would not have let personal issues get in the way. The ditz who was up there last night was completely out of her league. So is the NFL.
Boycott the advertizers! Maybe the NFL will get the message.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 7, 2011 at 6:04 pm
The National Anthem is EVERY citizen's anthem. Who gets to decide the proper rendition?
"An Indiana school district that told a black teenager to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a "traditional way" after receiving complaints about her performance is drawing questions now about whether the complaints and directive were racially motivated." Web Link
If you want to be insulted or appalled, go rent "Inside Job" or "The Tillman Story."
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 7, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Here's a quick clip of Christina's flub:
Web Link
a resident of Palo Verde
on Feb 7, 2011 at 6:53 pm
The melody of the anthem started off as a drinking song from the pubs of London (with rathy bawdy lyrics). Yesterday's version sounded as if it still was a drinking song by a drunk in a pub.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Feb 7, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Here's a link with the history and the original words
Web Link
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Feb 7, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Someone needs to calm louis down. I believe someone else posted a link of the singer performing the anthem write nicely at two NBA games. Calling her a ditz and a druggie serves no useful purpose. The anthem is nice but it Is a refuge of sunshine patriots who feel that singing the anthem means they have done something for our country.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 8, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Not ultra-relevant to the aim of this thread, but........
For Alfred E Newman, Purple Haze was written by Bob Dylan as was All Along the Watchtower. And the tune for our anthem (NOT officially regarded as such until well after the Civil War) was lifted from a British drinking song.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Feb 8, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Even professionals get nervous. This performer performed a challenging rendition of the song, and clearly had practiced. I've had to perform in front of people and no matter how prepared you are, sometimes the words just come out wrong. Like a true professional, she finished the song with dignity. If she had been wasted or grabbed her crotch or something, I can see feeling insulted, but she did not. She gave a spirited performance of an arrangement that is challenging and complex, and made a small mistake with the lyrics. The performance I found insulting was that of the Black Eyed Peas, not one of whom demonstrated a scrap of talent.
a resident of Atherton
on Feb 8, 2011 at 5:22 pm
""Purple Haze" is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single (Hendrix's second) in both the United Kingdom and the United States."
Not Dylan.
a resident of another community
on Feb 8, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Wow! You get all warm and fuzzy over your daughter's lame quidditch game, yet you feign ignorance over one of the most successful recording artists over the past decade? Get over yourself please.
She made a mistake. Happens all the time during national anthems.
a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 9, 2011 at 9:18 am
There's a great American Flag display at the Smithsonian with Jimi Hedndrix's rendition of the anthem playing in the background. If you don't tear up when you hear it, you ain't American... or probably Palo Altan
a resident of another community
on Feb 9, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Yes, she flubbed the National Anthem. And, she apologized. Ms. Aguilera has performed the Anthem at large events ever since she was a little girl. As a child she sang the Anthem at the Stanley Cup finals in Pittsburgh. She also provides significant support for charities, including a battered womens' shelter that she sponsored along with Bill Cowher's late wife. She is NOT a bad person. She just made a mistake.
a resident of Professorville
on Feb 10, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Who "Sung" the National Anthem. Do you mean who "Sang" it?
Doesn't everyone complain every year about someone doing something awful to the National Anthem?
At least get a grip on grammer.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Feb 10, 2011 at 4:48 pm
I'm surprised that so many people (not just on this site) are posting about how her performance was an insult to America. She simply made a mistake under pressure. She wasn't trying to be offensive, as was Roseanne Barr a few years back. She's an experienced professional singer and it was a mistake - certainly an embarassing one - plain and simple.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 10, 2011 at 5:46 pm
If you are going to criticize someone's grammar, please make sure you spell it right. Grammar, not grammer.
a resident of Atherton
on Feb 10, 2011 at 5:51 pm
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Feb 10, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Christina Aguilera gives a whole new meaning to the word..."Twit" why they chose her to sing the anthem, we will never know. What a travesty. Glad I was out hiking and didnt waste my time watching the Superbowl. I can't take the massive onslaught of stupid commercials....what a waste of time!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 10, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Anyone want to comment on what Cal fans do to the national anthem, in that case?
Namely, "the rocket's BLUE glare" "the home of the BEARS" and others that I've forgotten. And THEY do it on purpose.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 11, 2011 at 8:32 am
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Statewide thousands of meth busts have been made in recent years. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says there have been more than 600 labs found so far this year, a 25 percent jump over the same time last year. "We're getting a lot better at finding meth labs and the public is getting better about letting us know if they suspect that there's activity that meth is being made next door," added Earhart.
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Those slightly drawn out cells on the top bar are completely useless to the bees.
You might think they're significant, but the bees can't use them for brood. So Viola!
Those slightly drawn out cells on the top bar are completely useless to the bees.
You might think they're significant, but the bees can't use them for brood. So Viola!
Trying to think inside the box...
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So give them a new queen when they're one of those colonies.
Hmmmm. sounds like a page out of the old comb honey handbook, young queens don't swarm like old ones.
Crazy Roland
On the break issue, from what I understand (that one means I have seen info take it with a grain of salt) It is the strip of wood that causes the problem. Now for the grain of salt. I have not yet sen it be a problem in my bees. Others say they have. I do know one thing that became a problem for me. about mid summer the bees filled that second deep with honey. and it became a huge pain to move it to look at the brood nest. And in fact it was enough to cause me to put off inspecting the brood nest. This is enough for me to say. no more second deep at the very least. I may keep deeps at the bottom. but it is mediums after that.
The different size frames is also a pain. But I am thinking that once a bottom deep is set up and a brood nest. I will not be moving those frames anyway.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Michael, I don't really know. With only having had one hive. I have only seen the one situation. I don't have a lot of seeing other things that might happen.
I started with a strong 5 frame nuc. I put it in a 10 frame deep body. I don't know if you have read my description of what I did in other threads on this group. but basically over the next couple of weeks I did a manipulation of the frames even in this bottom deep at first. basically it seemed to me that the bees took to drawing comb in empty foundation better. The result is I saw the brood nest expand very well. As soon as the foundation in the lower box was mostly drawn. I added the second deep. IT was all foundation at this time. again I moved some fraems from the lower deep up to the second in order to encourage them to move up. they did. so did the queen. As the bees drew out this second set of 10 frames the queen filled no fewer than 7 of them with brood. but then she moved back down to the lower box.
Should I have added another super on top at this time? The reason I ask is that as soon as the brood emerged from this upper deep. bees filled it with nectar.
I did add another box once I saw the upper deep was 80% full of honey. the bees where still slow about moving up into the third box (A med by the way).
With your comment above I am now wondering if I "Forced" my bees to store nectar in the brood nest??? I should have had that med on all along as well..
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
I don't requeen my less productive colonies because they may have swarmed. Requeening has to be done before they swarm, and in conjunction with some other swarm control method...like making a nucleus colony with new queen. This is done when other manipulations like supering and reversing fail to stop swarm preparations.
1. Reverse brood boxes and add super(s).
2. Any time after, if the brood nest is being backfilled, split and make a Nuc and allow them to raise a new queen.
By the way, when do you reverse brood boxes? Is it before Apple trees first blossom?
Also, what sort of percentage of hives continue to back fill the brood nest after brood nest reversal?
Matthew Davey
i see michael, you were talking about requeening a colony that was bent on swarming no matter what, and before they swarmed. also interested to your answers to matt's questions.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
So, #1 would be super, reverse, super, super.
#2, no not like that. If a colony has started cells when I reverse, I remove all cells, reverse, and bottom super with an extracting super...lots of additional upward expansion room. This stops almost all swarm preparations. But, there are always those that want to persist....even if you make a split. These are the ones that need something more drastic. These are the ones that I woulod make a nuc from...give a laying queen, andf use the nuc to requeen the parent colony. You canh also remove the queen and leave a ripe cell as my early mentor did. That works too...if the virgin mates and returns to the hive.
Very few continue to backfill
I had sugar water on the bees when I needed them to get 15 deep frames of foundation drawn. when I saw the second deep was 80% full, I consider brood as full also. I did add the first med. it was 10 frames of foundation no drawn comb. I removed the sugar water because I wanted whatever went into that top med to be honey. The bees simply would not move up in to that med. Had they already decided that top deep was the ceiling of their hive? the only way I enticed them to move up was to add the sugar water again. as soon as they had the first little bit of comb drawn in the med. I took the water away again. they then began to fill that med with honey. They did eventually fill it about 80% or so. I put sugar water back on them when I found this box empty later in the fall. they filled it again and I used the frames to put over to 5 frame nucs.
So I think I had a huge flow in the spring. a decent flow through most of the summer and I should have harvested that honey when I first saw it.
I see Aces point in that I could have enticed bees to move up had I had same size frames for that third box.
Frames are my biggest problem right now. and that is with getting 40 of them drawn this year in one hive. They area all spread out now and in use. Next year will again be foundation being piled on top of hives and that puts a kink in getting bees to use them just a bit.
I also think type of foundation may have been part of it. my deeps are pre wired yellow wax and the med are comb honey foundation. thin and white. Maybe the bees like the pre wired better.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Barry, this is as much an answer for you as it is clarifying I understand what Michael is saying.
He has a double deep brood nest. in the spring before dandelions bloom the bees are at the top of these two boxes. so rather than mess with either box he puts two med supers on above the two deeps. When the dandelions do bloom the flow is on at least to some degree. bees are bringing in nectar. but rather than putting it in the brood nest they are putting it in the space above the brood nest.
My question at this point is what prevented the queen from moving up and laying in those top two med? Excluder, timing they just don't ??? IN my case I could not get the bees to go into the med over but I had the whole foundation thing and my timing was anything but correct.
Anyway at dandelion bloom he then goes back and reverses the two deep brood boxes. this moves the queen down away from the honey giving her room to move up but not get into the honey supers. From then on as a rule it is a matter of just keeping space in those med supers. Not always. If they insist on filling the brood nest anyway there are other measures necessary. this may have been what I saw in my hive last year and had no idea what to do with it. I was not thinking back filling. swarming etc at all. I was of the thinking all I could expect of a first year hive was for it to build up and be ready to act like bees next year.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Regards, Barry
Thanks Michael. I assume the supers are drawn comb, not foundation?
Daniel, he said the brood nest is two deeps and a medium. So part of the brood nest is in the medium before supers are added.
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I live in the Mississippi Delta and have taken up an interest in beekeeping. Since the delta is such a big agricultural area I have a question concerning pesticides. Before I go any further you should know I live right beside a cotton field. We routinely have crop-dusters/tractors spraying the field with herbicides, pesticides, and defoliant. Since I'm in a close proximity to these toxins would that prevent me from keeping a bee colony? Would it harm the bees? Lastly, if I could raise the bees, would their honey be safe to eat or would the bees incidentally transfer the toxins into the honey? Thanks in advance!
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Amor y Salud is a novela about Lourdes, a young Latina, and her journey with her fiancé, Javier. The novela follows the couple as they plan their lives together and their future family.
Lourdes' mom, dad, and sister Isabel help guide her as she learns about what she can do to prepare for children in the future. Lourdes learns about the importance of eating healthy, exercising, taking folic acid, being financially ready, relieving stress, and going to the doctor for a checkup.
When her friend Mercedes has a sudden tragedy, she learns why it's so important to take care of yourself before getting pregnant.
Episode 1: Lourdes brings home big news!
Episode 2: Lourdes learns that the old and new are both important
Episode 3: Lourdes and Javier learn something about having babies
Episode 4: Lourdes learns serious news about her best friend, Mercedes
Episode 5: Lourdes receives an amazing gift at her bridal shower
Episode 6: Lourdes learns wonderful news over lunch with her friend Mercedes
Episode 7: Lourdes and Javier get some exercise
Episode 8: Lourdes has a crisis on her wedding day
Episode 9: Lourdes and Javier begin to plan their family
Episode 10: Lourdes worries about making dinner for her husband
Episode 11: Lourdes learns tragic news about her best friend Mercedes
Episode 12: Lourdes has some exciting news!
LourdesA young Latina living in Oregon who is newly engaged to Javiér, her high school sweetheart. She is the star of the novela.
The radionovela aired for 12 weeks from October 18, 2010 – January 9, 2011 on nine radio stations.
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Crafted of a richly grained wood, our frames have a mellow character that complements a treasured photograph.
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Stylish Room by Sagrada Familia
Size120 m²
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The room consists of a comfortable double bed and a small desk. Guests have access to a shared fully equipped kitchen and bathroom. The apartment comes complete with a sunny balcony.
The Eixample neighbourhood in which the apartment is situated offers plenty of amenities. Attractions such as the Plaza Catalunya just a short walk away. Many boutiques and shops can also be found in the streets surrounding the apartment.
Las Ramblas is a 10-minute walk away where a wide range of eating and drinking options are available. The nearest metro station offering speedy connections around the city and the the beach and the popular Picasso Museum are easily reachable via metro.
House rulesSmoking is permitted only on the balcony.
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Reviews of this property
Rita is a perfect host, always kind and helpful! And she speaks italian too, more points for her!! :D the room is nice, good for a short holiday and for who likes to spend all day around the city and be home only to sleep! the position is central, near restaurants, attractions and metro station! We were lucky because all the guests of the house were respecting the rules of the house, so it was a nice stay!
Great hostess and a great place to stay. I would book the room again.
Tolle Gastgeberin und eine tolle Unterkunft. Ich würde das Zimmer wieder buchen.
She is such a friendly person and trying to give us a number of information as soon as possible. I appreciate her efforts.
The property is centrally located and everything is easily reachable. The Metro is only 5 minutes away and various buses, which you can get to. Be sure to buy a T-10 ticket, which is very convenient!
Rita is a very gracious host and everything is very clean.
The room, however, is very small, but it is anyway the whole day. We had a separate subject in the fridge and you could wonderfully in the living dining area eat at the table.
We would go there again.
Die Unterkunft liegt sehr zentral und alles ist super zu erreichen. Die Metro ist nur 5 min entfernt und auch verschiedene Busse, mit denen man überall hin kommt. Unbedingt ein T-10 Ticket kaufen, das ist sehr günstig!
Rita ist eine sehr nette Gastgeberin und alles ist sehr sauber.
Das Zimmer ist allerdings sehr klein, aber man ist ja eh den ganzen Tag unterwegs. Wir hatten ein eigenes Fach im Kühlschrank und man konnte wunderbar im Wohn- Essbereich am Tisch essen.
Wir würden wieder dort hinfahren.
Department super-clean and cozy, very bright with air conditioning. Fully equipped kitchen and good location. Rita is very good hostess, ensuring a climate of respect among guests. She helps in the travel business, he knows his job.
Departamento superlimpio y acogedor, muy iluminado con aire acondicionado. Cocina equipada y buena ubicación. Rita es muy buena anfitriona, garantiza un clima de respeto entre los huéspedes. Ella te ayuda en los asuntos de viaje, conoce muy bien su trabajo.
I advise you strongly a stay in Rita's flat ! He was well-situated, very close to the metro Sagrada Familia (2-3 min's walking only). The flat was clean. Rita is a person likeable and discreet. If you want to have a perfect stay you should go there ! She is also communicative :) she will explain you what you need and good plans :D
And Barcelona is just perfect !!!!!!! Rita, gracias por todo !
We had a wonderfull stay! Rita is a very kind person! The room was really clean and the location is perfect! If you want to have a great stay then you really need to stay at rita's!!
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The public sale of tickets for the NCAA Division III women's basketball championship to be hosted by Hope College next March is underway from the DeVos Fieldhouse ticket office.
The semi-finals and final of the prestigious small college tournament will be held Friday and Saturday, March 20-21.
Hope was also host to the championship last year, drawing more than
5,000 fans to the games.
Season tickets holders have already purchased more than 500 tickets
for the tournament, according to athletic ticket manager Anne Bakker.
Tickets can be purchased for one session or for both. The single
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
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Thank you!
Will be using this tute.
Life...you muddle your way through it and then you die!
That is one neat bag, thanks for sharing, It would make a great grocery bag
Thank you .. My brother just dumped a few pairs of his "too big" jeans on me... I can use them for this
Thanks for the tute and all the pictures. I think I'll give it a try as soon as I get the jeans. I had some but cut them up for patches and squares. :-(
Thank you very nice
What a neat use of old jeans. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Nami to 6
I really like the idea of using "fun" fabric for binding the elements before sewing them together because it adds a lot of "interest" to this project. Thank you!
Love old blue jean tote, last forever. Presently I'm using up old jeans, cutting 8 x 6.5 inch blocks for a bed cover for my son's RV. I have 90 blocks cut out so far. Over the weekend I got several pair of good old jeans at yards sales for 25 cents each. I'm cutting those up right now. Recycle!!!!!
Each day is a new beginning. adrian...
And I just donated a bunch of old jeans to the local thrift store.
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CHCI's 2013 Inside the Leader Studio Series
CHCI is proud to launch the 2013 "Inside the Leader Studio" series in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). This year we are showcasing six in-depth discussions with eight of our 2012-13 Public Policy and Graduate Fellows. Moderated by CHCI Alumni Association President, Luis Campillo, and CHCI Alumni Association Secretary, Veronica Duron, the series also features representatives from some of our most active supporters, such as: PepsiCo, PepsiCo Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company, New York Life Foundation, API, BP, and SEIU.
The "Inside the Leader Studio" series highlights the stories of CHCI's latest crop of young Latino leaders, underscoring the tremendous impact our fellowship program has on its participants, the companies who support them, and the return impact the program has on its supporters. These engaging discussions about education, leadership, and advancement, are proof of how Latinos are key to the future success of the country and how the community has risen up to the challenge of educating and Developing the Next Generation of Latino Leaders.
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How Hospitals Prevent VTE
This article appears in the November 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine.
It's been four years since the U.S. Surgeon General stunned providers with these numbers about rates of preventable death and harm:
- 350,000 to 600,000 Americans a year suffer poor health outcomes because of blood clots, and 100,000 of them die
- The single biggest risk factor is the care provided in hospitals
- Far too few clinicians use interventions such as drugs that could prevent more than one-third of these clots
Still, hospital-associated venous thromboembolism remains a major preventable public health problem during and within 90 days of acute care.
"There has been a lot of movement, and hospitals are starting to see some results," says Greg Maynard, MD, a nationally recognized champion in acute care VTE prevention and director of the Center for Innovation and Improvement Science for the University of California, San Diego, where he previously served as chief of hospital medicine.
But in most hospitals across the country, this major problem persists. Maynard says that based on his success at UCSD, half of hospital-associated blood clots occurring today could be prevented with better patient risk assessment and tighter adherence to appropriate drug or mechanical prevention strategies.
"For the majority of hospitals, they think they've done something because they've created an order set for VTE prophylaxis, but they don't know if it's working. They haven't been tracking the numbers. And they're really not measuring anything significant," Maynard says. Joint Commission and Surgical Care Improvement Project measures, now being reported for some conditions, set the bar for success far too low, he says.
"For example, the Joint Commission measures say that to 'pass' you have to have your patient on some prophylaxis in the first 24 hours or say why they're not." Compliance with guidelines is met for even the highest-risk patients if they are on any prophylaxis, rather than on the right prophylaxis, he says, even if they are on a mechanical compression device when a more appropriate anticoagulant medication is safer.
And, Maynard says, requirements today don't push clinicians to change the orders if the patient's situation changes a few days after admission. "In fact, TJC measures don't look at any point in time except the day of admission or transfer to the ICU."
Maynard has tried to simplify risk assessment for all patients with his three-bucket model, which he says led to a 40% reduction in UCSD's rates of VTE over four years. Patients are put into low-, moderate-, or high-risk categories on admission, with only the lowest-risk patients not receiving some form of prophylaxis.
Daily color-coded reports classify all inpatients according to what kind of VTE prophylaxis is in place. This provides measurement on prophylaxis patterns, and allows frontline staff to focus on patients who are on no prophylaxis or mechanical methods only. "This daily measurement, linked with concurrent intervention to address lapses in care, is a powerful strategy we call measure-vention," Maynard says.


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Styled by Eric Waroll, edited by Daniel Haim and photographed by Hervé Coutin, this new fashion editorial contains some of the codes of Margiela: the mystery, the "factory" touch and the disguised simplicity.
Fendi has offered its financial assistance to restore five fountains around the city of Rome, starting with the Trevi Fountain.
Sending us on a Turkish adventure, Armani styled and designed dresses to be worn over pants with prints and patterns that seemed perfect for perusing a market in Istanbul.
Peter Philips, Creative Director of Chanel Makeup prepped skin with Hydra Beauty Serum Hydration Protection Radiance, bringing light to the skin; "Shine is beautiful for the summer," Lagerfeld said.
Versace Spring 2013 Couture Beauty Review; boldly boyish and futuristic details create a look that is bright and unapologetically sexy.
In typical Jean Paul Gaultier fashion, the designer went against the trend of the couture lines to have shown.
Featuring the superb Katie Stelmanis of Austra, "Save Me" is the first single from Hervé's forthcoming album, 'The Art Of Disappearing', out March 4th on Cheap Thrills.
Hedi Slimane curated this highly collectible book of admiration to the city of light for Visionaire's 'Paris' edition in 2001.
With the Spring season as his muse, Raf Simons delivers on his promise as a couturier at Dior and quiets his naysayers for good.
This exaggeration in design is probably the most visually noticeable, but look more closely and you'll see the detail. And oh the detail Valli does.
Once upon a time, Ulyana Sergeenko sent a fairy tale themed collection down the runway. The time? Her Spring 2013 couture collection. And the place was none other than Paris.
Did someone order sugary sweet couture? If so, Alexis Mabille delivered.As his first year showing with the haute couture appellate, Mabille celebrated like a kid in a candy store.
For her third haute couture show, Donatella Versace strikes an unprecedented chord: luxurious daywear – front and center.
With a new full-length rocktronica album scheduled for release in March 2013, new DJ music coming and an official remix of the The Doors – Waiting For The Sun, the group plans to have a very busy upcoming year.
From Säynätsalo Town hall in Finland to The Pierres Vives building in Montpellier, France. This is the ABC of Architects.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then you've just read 11,000 of them. A novella of sorts. This story has to count for more, once you see how Corrado Dalco perfectly captures the vibrant Ilaria Pozzi. It's difficult to focus.
Miuccia Prada revealed four of her sketches from Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Luhrmann and Prada wanted to create a world that seemed slightly familiar yet foreign as well.
The ultimate full moon shot. Dean Potter walks a highline at Cathedral Peak as the sun sets and the moon rises.
If there were such a thing as musical soul mates, Mowgli Moon and Rocky Chance, of the LA-based group He Met Her, would fit the bill.
A creative collaboration between beatboxer WanDan and Kayalight Studios. This film has been screened at The Small Film Festival and the London Short Film Festival, and is now getting great hype over at Vimeo.
In 1996 Visionaire published its 'Fashion Special', and it sold out within weeks.
This awesome illustrated and pretty educational activity book follows Gramps and Kiddo on an amazing journey through the history of graphic design.
Barbarian's "Medium Spirits", a hazy toned with '80s feel, filmed by the band themselves through an iPhone while on a trip around Southern California.
Fabien Castanier Gallery is proud to present All You Can Eat, solo exhibition by Tilt.
As Pete Cashmore said in December of 2012, 2013 will be the year of responsive web design. Today, we are proud to announce that we have joined the trend.


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Helping Hands Desk Toppers® Name Plates - 36 Piece Pack
Welcome kids with fun, bright personalized name plates that make every child feel important. Great for use as labels, locker tags, and as a learning tool to teach printing skills. 36 per pack. 2 7/8" x 9 1/2".
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Term: cone of power
Cone of Power: Expression primarily used in Pagan traditions signifying a visualized cone with the point up and the edge of the cone matching the ritual circle used for containing magickal energy that is raised in a ritual before being directed to its goal. May be used by an individual or group. In the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn this was described as a "vortex of energy" and was built up via circumambulation.
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Also known as a "silver cone." A cone is commonly visualized as an extension of the Magick Circle to function as a container of inner strength and purpose and as a barrier against external disturbance. In Witchcraft, it is used to reach to the target of the magical operation.Carl Llewellyn Weschcke


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Fudgy, brownielike and decadent, these fantastic cookies will satisfy any chocolate lover. Managing Editor Wendy Ruopp shares her friend's recipe for these fantastic cookies with us:
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Low Calorie
Low Carb
Low Sodium
Serves 48
Prep Time 35 min
Total Time 80 min.
Step 1
Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and melt in the microwave on Medium in 30-second bursts, stirring after each burst to ensure even melting, until completely melted. (Alternatively, melt the chocolate in a double boiler over hot water, stirring constantly.) Let cool slightly.
Step 2
Meanwhile, whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until creamy. Add the melted chocolate; beat to combine. Stir in the dry ingredients with a spoon until just combined. Refrigerate the dough until barely chilled, 15 minutes.
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Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
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Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet, 2 inches apart.
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Bake the cookies, one batch at a time, until puffed and slightly dried on top, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and gently press an almond into the center of each cookie. Let cool for 5 minutes on the pan before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Allow the pan to cool slightly between batches.
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Elvis Costello returns to Perth
30/01/2013 , 4:02 PM by Jamie Burnett
Elvis Costello is about to return to Perth with his band The Imposters – he first came to our attention in the late 1970's – with an immense talent ; a sharp lyric and a challenging stare.
The decades since have seen him embrace, seemingly all musical styles and collaborate with very fine and diverse artists, from Burt Bacharach to the Brodsky Quartet.
In this interview with Geoff Hutchison he talks expansively about his love of a good song; his dislike of musical labels and the echoes of his father's voice, he still hears in his own music.
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