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Salvatore Ferragamo Spring 2012
When the mind turns to why one—or indeed anyone—comes to Milan, it's more often than not because of those Old World family businesses that transformed themselves into global dynastic powerhouses renowned for their time-honored, passed-down-through-generations artisanal skills. Somewhere along the way, of course, plenty of these names also went from being accessories houses to becoming fashion brands with runway aspirations as big as their ambitions for their clothes. This is what you think of when you're viewing a Salvatore Ferragamo collection, because somehow you're left wanting more . . . but from less. Let's clarify: The experience of sitting ringside in the front row at this show can't possibly begin to match that of turning over in your hands whatever has resulted from the exquisite workmanship that is the hallmark of Ferragamo. Under the direction of creative director Massimiliano Giornetti, Ferragamo has once again returned to its powerful and compelling tradition of accessories with a lighter, surer, but no less luxe hand.
Take for instance the bags, which once felt like they were chasing the trends of the season. Not anymore. Giornetti tapped into the brio and brilliance of Ferragamo with his spring collection, such as the drawstring duffel in red suede and crocodile, or a raspberry suede purse, or sporty and athletic and somewhat seventies-inflected bags that swung from long shoulder straps. Ditto the shoes: Great ankle-bound, skinny-strapped disco sandals in black and gold (the shoe color combination for next year) worked with such deftness that they are basically a couple of gilded spike heels masquerading as more.
Somehow, though, that ability to connect directly with all that this house can do gets distracted somewhat by the razzle-dazzle of the runway. There is no doubt that this is a Ferragamo-friendly season—we're talking silk-scarf prints, dipping handkerchief hems, a near-Baroque love of gold; you don't get much more Salvatore than those—but presented as a heady, frenetic, 1970s-on-endless-repeat show, you end up feeling you're not seeing as much of that accessory handwork as you'd like, because you're so distracted by the rush, rush, rush of the runway. The alternative? Maybe seeing this in a more intimate, showroom-presentation setting where those Ferragamo hallmarks could be seen up close and personal. In the drive to increase global presence, maybe no one believes that's the best way forward. But with so many shows competing for everyone's attention today, perhaps the devil—not to mention the delight—is better if it is in the details.


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Discussion in 'April 2012' started by roscoe36, Apr 16, 2012.
8:00 PM EST TV: FS Detroit / NBA league Pass Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
I hope Frank does the right gesture and have Big Ben start the game. This is the last game for the big guy, and it's at home. We gotta honor the big guy. I wish I could be at this game.
Gores should make this call and market it to the Detroit community. Ben Wallace Appreciation Night. "Come on out to the Palace this Thursday and say thanks to Ben Wallace!" ...free parking with Ticket deals and cheap food/beer.
Free nachos if you wear a 'fro.
They could give away a Bentley as a door prize.........
Go Pistons!!!
Buy a ticket and your handgun gets in for free!
Nice move. Pistons' Ben Wallace will start in season finale tonight | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Must win game.
Maybe the Sixers should allow Big Ben an honorary complimentary dunk and then stop the game for a standing O...better still, Stuckey should let him wear number # 3 for the night...
Bbbbbbbubububububh Ben Wallaaaaaaazzzzzzzz
It's pretty cool that everybody on Pistons staff is wearing the blue headbands to honor Wallace.
Except the coaches...and Moose.....I need to find one to wear...
The entire press row wearing blue headbands.
Moose has a headband.
Did he have one on to start the game? it must have blended in.... anyway I turned away to watch the NFL draft and it was 4 to 3, Pistons and I turned back to the game and it was 40-22....and Little Ben finally shows up in the last game of the season...
Pistons tie an NBA record with 11 3-pointers in the 2nd quarter. Ben Gordon breaks the Pistons record with 7 3-pointers in a quarter. Pistons set a season-high with 65 points in the first half. It must be the blue headbands.
Can BG do this like, every game. Instead of all the games where it isn't needed.
He is trying to earn this seasons paycheck all in one game half, but don't get too excited yet....he may return to his usual self in the second half... Wonder how the Palace Entertainment was able to entice all of those olds chool groups to perform at all of those halftime shows this year at the palace? Staples Center had two teams with nearly a sell out every game and was in the heart of entertainment capital of the world and all we ever get at halftime is the local elementary school dancing troupes... No Salt and Pepa, nor Gladys Knight, Chilites or Vanilla Ice
You forgot MC Hammer. The Palace halftime show was better than the game on many nights this season.
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There is a consistent pattern on AM radio and online forums of blaming "the liberals" for pretty much everything, even contradictory things, and never giving them credit for doing anything right.
Hate for "liberals" goes right back to elementary school. It's actually the exact same hate that the kids in the back of the class, who didn't understand the material, got bad grades, and couldn't spell, had for the kids in the front of the class, who did understand the material, got good grades, and could spell. Teacher smiled at those kids in the front, but didn't smile at the kids in the back.
It's also the story of Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel for being better loved by God, making a better sacrifice, yada yada. And it's the story of Joseph being thrown into the well, then sold into slavery by his brothers, because his father Jacob loved him best.
I'm trying to say that this hate for "the liberals" is old. Very very old. It's not actually about liberals at all. It's about feeling left behind, unwanted, inferior.
It's at the forefront of politics now because middle and lower-middle class white men, who used to be assured of at least not being on the bottom, now find themselves unemployed, as the 0.1% ships their jobs to China. And maybe they're foreclosed on now too (again by the 0.1%), bankrupted by ridiculous medical bills (again by the 0.1%). Then they look upward, and to top it all off, the president is black.
The kids who were in the front of the class, who could spell, and who the teacher smiled at, those kids are doing pretty well. Their jobs weren't outsourced.
And so the frustrated white middle-American male says lots of angry and not-quite-coherent things on the radio and on forums, like this:
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You want to be sympathetic to them because you know about their frustrations, but they make themselves so ugly and unlikable that it's just not possible.


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ctipton, I think cat attack is great. I do not think Dragonfly Nana is in our group though.
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ctipton, I think cat attack is great. I do not think Dragonfly Nana is in our group though.
It looks like we have decided on a name. We are the Grrr-8s. Yeah! In cat attack, are they angry cats, funky cats, or whatever cats we can come up with?
whatever cats I know Dragonfly Nana isn 't in our group Now to find a cute simple cat block I've looked for ages Do we have all our members yet? now what do I do
ctipton, pm me with your email and I will attach a pdf with a cat and a sunflower pattern that I have on my desktop. Of course, I might use the same pattern on your top. LOL.
I sent an email to Aerinn, but I have not heard from her.
ssnare - I'm just outside of Wichita, so not terribly far from you in the grand scheme of things!
What I am thinking for mine.....and I wish I knew what it was called...I've heard it called "stack & slash" I think. I have no idea how to explain it, but this is one that I made with the technique. I like it because it's really easy and it works up quickly and looks random. I can find the instructions to send along - I just have to dig them out of the pile.
AmyB is that paper piecing? OMG, I have never done pp. And it looks like you have curves in it. I do not know if I can do those. Yikes, it is beautiful though. I will definitely need instructions. I sure hope I can do something you will like.
Ok ladies, I got the address list and emails today and sent an email to each one of you and they all came back undeliverable. Please pm me with all of your information and I will try again. Thanks, Sherry
I received my email...
All my info was correct
No, there are no curves at all - and not paper pieced either. Honestly, I have never done paper piecing!
Let me see if I can explain it. You take your squares of fabric that you start with and stack them all up nice and neat. Then you take a piece of paper or cardboard or something and draw a shape on it. For 5 squares, I believe it would be a 4-sided shape, but not a square. You put that in the middle, then use the ruler and rotary cutter and cut the entire way across the pile of squares following one side, then you put that pile of fabric aside. Then you cut along the next side of the shape, and put that pile aside. You keep going until you just have the middle pile that is the center. Then you take one piece of fabric off of the top of that pile and put it on the bottom. Then you take 2 pieces off of the top of the next pile and put those on the bottom of their pile. Then the same thing with the next pile, only you move 3 to the bottom, and so on. So then if you look at all of the piles together, you still have a stack of 5 squares, but each piece of the square is a different color, and you just sew the squares back together again.
Like I said, it's really hard to explain - but it's super simple to do. The instructions have pictures.
Oh, and I did get the email - it came through for me just fine.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Police Foundation, a local nonprofit organization, has donated $42,000 to help the SWAT team buy new equipment.
The funds were presented to the city council this week.
Contributions from local residents and businesses helped to raise the funds along with a golf tournament and a special brunch.
"I think it shows tremendous support for the men and women of the police department. They do a terrific job of providing safety and protection for the community," said Foundation President Craig Case.
"In addition, we've been running spots on KEYT. We've gotten a lot of calls and donations just off those spots. So people want to support the police department,' said Case.
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Thank you. If I were to do this over again, and I won't, I would use the lighter Oh Canada tan/cream. That way, the sashiko would stand out better. Live and learn. I was just happy the block turned out as planned.
The original plan was to do one block tesselating leaves and the second block mltiple sizes of the leaf in reverse applique. But, I just couldn't do it the way it was expected of me, now could I?


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Just putting an article up to see if anyone has been checking out TNT's new show "Falling Skies". Next Sunday night will be the Season 1 finale, but it will be preceded by an all day marathon starting at 1:00, so if you're looking for some DVR fodder, there you go. The show has already been renewed for Season 2, and I'm ready to say it's worth signing up for.
"Skies" is set in modern day Massachusetts after an alien invasion has defeated the world's conventional forces. The remnants of humanity have grouped themselves into vagabond bands and paramilitary units. They scrounge for survival and equipment, all the while hiding from the "skitters". Of course there's plenty of human conflict as well.


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We have had the warm spell blow in that much of the country saw. Came up to 49 today, the sun even peaked out for awhile. The last few days have been similarly mild, so the hives have had a chance to "warm up" (from sub zero temps)
I expected to see some if not most of the hives show some activity. I can hear them buzzing inside. But I checked a few times through the day and saw one solitary bee slip out and back...and a few dead in the snow that may have been new or might have just melted out in the thaw.
Wind was generally mild, sun was weak and brief.
So what is the trigger(s)? it seems like strong sun is a pretty significant component. I know I have seen them active in cooler weather with full sun


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He's had his own problems in that department. "I have a variety of mental illnesses that I suffer from," says Wright, "including not just bipolar disorder but schizoid-affective disorder, which means intermittent periods of schizophrenia-like disorders — delusions and paranoia, inability to leave the house." Shrinks, he says, value him for his Promethean ability to return from such states and make a report. "I tell people this, but no one believes me: when I lived in Everett, there was a period when I didn't leave my house for two years, except to be driven to the doctor."
There's nothing of self-pity in these professions. Wright is an old hand — he knows meds, institutions, the taste of strange rooms. "He's not in the hospital now/the hospital's in him," begins his poem "Self-Portrait at 40," from 2000's The Beforelife (Knopf). Does it bother him to talk about this stuff? "Not at all." He grins. "A friend of mine once said to me, 'The cat's out of the bag, Franz — everyone knows you're crazy.' "
Wright is the man to whom reality presents itself with the queer challenge of a hallucination, and who has been obliged therefore to live by the light of his heart. The adjective most frequently used in his poetry might be "unendurable." Still, he regards himself as one of the rescued. Marriage (to the translator and writer Elizabeth Oehlkers) has saved him, he says, as did sobriety, and also something that happened in September 1999.
"I think people do reach a point where nothing that they've depended on works anymore," he says, "and they discover a sense of the divine as the one place that continues to welcome us when there is nowhere else to turn. And one day very suddenly, one afternoon, I had an experience that I can't describe, but an experience of the reality of things that I'd formerly admired as beautiful literature, beautiful ethical structures. I suddenly had a sense of the literal reality of Christ's spirit in the world."
He was baptized Catholic in 2000. "To me, the Church is not the bizarre anachronistic hierarchy of bishops and popes and all that shit — it's a weekday mass where there's like 10 people there, and you know that each one of those people is there out of some deep need and hunger. And I find that very comforting and I identify with those people and I don't care what anybody says about it."
At his church, Wright spotted a notice appealing for volunteers for Arlington's Center for Grieving Children, an independent nonprofit bereavement service for children, teens, and families. After what he calls "some surprisingly rigorous training," he began working there in 2000, continuing for the next seven years.
"These kids," he says, "suddenly they're in a situation where they're having to experience something radically different from their peers at school — they're sometimes even shunned by them, because of this horror children feel for the idea of losing their parents. It's amazing to watch how rapidly some of them progress in this process of grieving. This grotesque conception of closure that we have . . . everybody knows that when somebody close to you dies, whether you like it or not, you continue to have a relationship with them. And the kids are encouraged to cultivate that — they write journals, letters, and so on. It's a beautiful place."
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I just really feel bad for christene! I think she deserves a man who will love her and give her the attention she needs. She really loves kody that's obvious, but I think kody has his plate full but I also think he has good intensions, congrats to robyn and kody on the birth of their baby
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This modern 62,5 sqm apartment is on the lower floor of an old building. The apartment is newly renovated and can accommodate up to four guests. It has two queen size beds where you are going to have very relaxing nights.
There is a washing machine, and a fully equipped kitchen for your use and a bathroom with shower. I provide towels, toilet paper fresh linens, comforters, pillows, and lots of little extras.
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Not every area of Prague can offer parking. There is parking area nearby but for an extra fee.
Directions to the apartment:
If you are coming with the train to the main station (Hlavní nádraží ) you have to take the tram number 9 to the station Lazarska and then you take tram number 24 to station Divadlo na Fidlovacce. It will take you about 20 minutes. When you get of the tram you have to walk the other direction that you came along the river. It will be on your right site. You will see a bridge above you where is the train go under the bridge and make right. Cross the river and the building will be the one with number 21 You can also take the tram number 9 to the tram station Lazarska and then take tram number 6 to the tram station Divadlo na Fidlovacce. From Bus station Florenc take the METRO line B to Karlovo namesti get of there and walk for about 3 minutes to the tram stop Karlovo namesti take tram number 24,6 or 18 tram to stop Divadlo na fidlovacce. You will get of at this station and then follow the the direction above. It will take you about 16 minutes with the tram.
If you are coming from the airport: take bus number 119 to metro station A Dejvicka, get of the station Mustek and from there walk for about 4 minutes diections Vodickova to the tram station Vaclavske namesti and then take the tram number 24 to the stop Divadlo na Fidlovacce. Get of there and follow the direction above. It will take about you about one hour.
Enjoy your stay and I hope to see you soon!
住宿规定To protect the floor I prefer that my guests take their shoes off.
When you leave the apartment, please, turn of the light and all the appliances.
I ask that you respect the neighbors by not having loud conversations in the hall. Please refrain from Loud Music.
Please do not smoke in the common areas such as hallways and stairs.
Parking area: 200 korone / 10$ per 24 hours
Transport from the airport to the apartment: 650 korone
Pets are welcome
Babysitting available upon request.
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Sona is a very nice person and host. She is so kind. We had a problem about washing machine and she came to home in nearly 5 minutes. Also, the flat is very good; there is everything which you may need. Location is great, you can use some trams even in night. If I come to Prag in the future, I will call Sona again, without thinking
Nice, clean, big apartment. Well equipped with the exception of a coffee machine. Sona very kind and helpful. We enjoyed our stay!
Sona is very nice and helpful. When we arrived, she showed us the save parking areas and gave us all the information we needed about Prague. The apartement was very clean and comfortable. It was also well-appointed. There was enough space and the kitchen was great.
If we ever come back to Prague, we will book the same one again.
Just perfect!!
Sona is a very kind person and helpfull host. Very nice and clean place, with fully equipped kitchen.
I honestly reccomend Sona and her apartment for everyone!
Large ( 62 sqm) two rooms apartment in basement. Newly renovated in modern style. Very clean and aquipped all you need (kitchen equipment; beddings; towels).
Well located, at night totaly silent. You can get to the center by foot ( 25 min ) or tram ( 10 min). Paid car parking at next corner ( 10 $ / day ) or you can find free of expens in 0,5 km.
Sona is very friendly owner.
Very nice place, clean and still a warm place, it would easy feel like home.
There is a lot of space, everything you need to sleep and cook is in the apartment. Walk to the centre of Prague in about 30 minutes or take the tram just around the corner and you be there in a few minutes. The guarded parking place is just around the corner.
Sona is a very friendly host. Just kick and she helps and tries to solve your problem.
It is a great apartment where is enough space for 4 people, everything is clean and you can find everything you need for cooking!
The tram station is also very near so that you can reach the city within 5 to 10 minutes. We liked it very much and had a great time there.
Sona is a very friendly and cooperative pearson. Thank you very much!!
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TRON 2.0: Killer App (Game Boy Advance)
TRON: The Ghost in the Machine
Mercury (voiced by Rebecca Romijn) is a primary character and heroine of TRON 2.0, created by Alan Bradley. She is a game bot, skilled in light cycle racing and rod combat.
TRON 2.0Edit
Mercury's first appearance was during the untimely capture and interrogation of Jet Bradley by Kernel, commander of the ICP's. She overheard that Jet was searching for Ma3a and suggested to the Kernel that he put Jet on the Game Grid. Mercury set her plan to free Jet in motion during the final round of the light cycle race. She downed one of the observation towers and instructed Jet to use a nearby ramp as an escape route. Once Jet was free, Mercury explained that her user sent her to find Ma3a. She led Jet through the prisoner bin and observation tower where his confiscated disc lay under guard. Once that was retrieved, they escaped the observation tower into the data stream.
On the way to the transport station, Mercury realized that her user simply wanted her to find Ma3a, not combat the virus as she had mistakenly believed. Jet and Mercury separated to find Byte as the virus began to overwhelm the ENCOM server. Ma3a was freed by Jet and they made for the exit port, with Mercury fending off a group of Z-Lots. As a result of her self-sacrifice she was erased in the system reformat.
An earlier version of Mercury appeared on the 'Net, with no memory of her previous encounter with Jet, reiterating that her user, GUEST wished to communicate with him. Prior to being digitized, Alan sent Mercury to assist Jet in reaching ENCOM's security server. As she repaired the exit port, she met Jet's attempts to jog her memory with indifference and confusion. Mercury appeared one final time as Jet and Alan prepared to escape the crashing fCon server. Jet warned her to leave before the system failed completely and Mercury asked Jet to search for her before departing. Back in the real world, as fCon's server crashed, Alan assured his son that Mercury was no longer on their server.
TRON: The Ghost in the MachineEdit
Mercury was reinstalled into ENCOM's sever by the system under the name MCRY73.EXE. When Jet reentered the computer world, she explained that she was the one who summoned him back to help them fight the MCP. She and Jet worked together to fight against the red army, while Clarence, a white rabbit that appears only to Jet, tried to get Jet to believe that she was working against him. When Jet received an optic upgrade via patch routine, Mercury's appearance changed to something similar to the program appearances in TRON. She explained the change as a result of the upgrade and nothing to be concerned about.
When they finally reached the MCP, Mercury and Jet stormed the citadel on armored light cycles and broke through the Master Control Program's defenses. With Jet distracted by Clarence, Mercury and the blue army were overwhelmed by the red army and Mercury was ultimately derezzed. When Clarence, Blue and Red Jet were revealed be to fragments of Jet.exe by the real Jet Bradley, Jet.exe used his disc to channel the system's energy into his body to recreate the digital world. He awoke to find Mercury sitting next to him on a hill.
To a certain degree, Mercury lacks the innocence and naivety of previous programs from the original TRON. She is a cunning warrior, both physically and mentally; despite her position as a game bot, she displays the ability to persuade high-command programs like Kernel from derezzing suspected viruses (such as Jet). She holds users, particularly her own, in high regard and follows their command without question. Mercury is also selfless, willing to sacrifice herself to the Z-Lot's and the reformatting to allow Jet and Ma3a to escape into the exit port. When Mercury was erased and reformatted, her personality becomes more akin to that of a standard program. She is completely focused on the objective given to her by her user, seemingly unable to answer simple questions in regards to her own fate.
Skills and AbilitiesEdit
Mercury is known within the computer world as a champion Light Cycle racer, with the ability to "race circles" around her opponents despite the light cycle arena's straight line default. Besides light cycle racing, She is also an skilled fighter; at least one scene shows that she is able to hold off a group of infected programs with little trouble. On more than one occasion Mercury put her stealth, hacking and system repair skills to good use to the benefit of Jet whenever he was faced with an obstacle that required the assistance of another.
During the course of the game, an emerging romance between Mercury and Jet Bradley is suggested, but never realized.
In 2003, NECA released a Mercury Figure as part of their TRON 2.0 action figure line.


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However, "pay for what you use" is exactly what makes C++ the most productive choice for the small sub-set of problems where it is (one of) the most productive language to choose from.
Certainly, hence why I said general case. I agree it's a design decision. I just think that a design that benefits a "small sub-set of problems" to the detriment of the others is objectively a poor one in a general purpose programming language.
I frankly don't see how that is at all contentious, unless you're saying C++ isn't a general purpose programming language


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Private Room in Little Italy NYC 33.1
Storlek70 ft²
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Private room with 1 full bed. Enjoy a prime location in the heart of Little Italy as guests of this private bedroom set within a nice apartment situated on Mulberry Street. Authentic Italian restaurants can be found in the same building.
The apartment is part of a historic pre-war building with original New York City construction dating back to early 1900s including exposed piping, a fire-escape outside the window and vintage radiators. Guests will stay in a comfortable double room with a lockable door. The bathroom and kitchen are shared spaces. Wi-Fi and flat-screen satellite TV are provided.
To find more restaurants serving excellent dishes, walk for 300 metres to Chinatown. Walk in 20 minutes to the financial district to find New York City Hall, Ground Zero and Wall Street. Times Square is reachable in 15 minutes via the subway.
Find upmarket boutiques, music bars and venues, and a range of restaurants lined along the streets of the multicultural Lower East Side area.
HusreglerNo smoking.
Please contact the host before booking to confirm availability.
Please feel free to ask the host any questions or inquire about their other offers.
Bed linen and towels are provided.
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We have just arrived at home. We have spent a week in this apartment. The beds are comfortable to rest and the room was really clean. The rest of the apartment is not as big as we imagined taking a look to the photos. It is really well comunicated with the rest of Manhattan. We didn't see Mike a lot, but he was kind when we met. The building is not really nice but it is not a bad place to spend a days in NY.
Thank you so much! Great place to stay during your visit, recommend it! . Great host!!
I fyou're looking for a shabby room in a noisy area , with a shared bathroom with eleven other people (good luck cleaning your teeth in the morning after a stranger has just been in the bathroom!), andif your lucky, no windows in your bedroom, then this is the place for you. The air conditioning is really noisy, so keepsyou awake, and if its not that, then it will be the loud music from next door. If thats what you're looking for, you.ll love this place. The lift ourside has a unique odor to it too, so really welcoming. And don't be confused, the white clean bedsheets on the website, may not be there to make the rooms look bigger, but i promise, it's the same room you booked. If you're not hapy with it make sure you use the wholeof your first day trying to resolve the situation, because if you don't, the proprietor, or Wimbdu, wont helpyou. You may have to move location completely. Happy holiday!
the apartment was great! it was clean and nice, everything was arranged well. The neighbours were very quite and the apartment is well situated.
Clean room in a clean flat. Mike was super cool and the location in the heart of Chinatown is awesome if you want somewhere away from all the Times Square nonsense. Would definitely use again!
Stayed at this apartment on the lower eastside for 8 days. The apartment was as presented in the photos and was clean and well appointed. The location was perfect, close to the East Village and Greenwich Village. Close to the Subway, with 7 train providing access direct to Bryant Park (Times Square ) We could not of hoped for a better situated place to stay.. Very safe neighbourhood with my wife taking subway by herself at 10.30pm at night after seeing a Broadway show .The whole Wimdu and host experience ran very smoothly so full marks to both of them. The only suggestion to improve the quality of the apartment would have been a TV with a better reception, as at times we struggled to pick up the one news station ( only a minor criticism ). Yes I would recommend the apartment to others and would stay there again
Clean, basic and noisy. You get what you paid for.
The room was too small for the 3 of us and you couldn´t open a window in the whole flat. It was really hot in NYC, when we were there. "Fresh air" was only provided by air condition. We didn´t see Mike very often, but he is a friendly, decent guy. The place is o.k. for young people who don´t mind living in a shared flat for a while. We wouldn´t recommend the place for a family, but it´s well situated and easy to reach.
Had a wonderful time in NY. There was some trouble with the pipes in the apt in which I should have stayed originally, but I got wonderful help and moved to another apt. Felt very taken care of with the nice service and friendlyness. The apt. was clean and had anything you could wish for.
I definitly recommend John to others who want to go to NY.
With kind regards Claudia
Host: John is a really nice host who tries to make the stay for his guests as comfortable as possible. He also agreed on a change of the check-in and check-out time which was really comfortable for us.
Apartment: The apartment is nice and clean and exactly as advertised, so there are no unintended surprises.
Room: Our room was small and without a window, but luckily the air conditioning cools down the room very quickly. Otherwise it would not have been possible to stay two by two for a whole week there. The mattress was not in best condition and squeaked every time we tried to turn. The sheets were pretty new and the towels cozy and fluffy. Unfortunately the apartment has three more rooms, so, in a total there is space for up to 12 people. On our last two days all rooms were fully booked so it was crowded not only in the kitchen/living room, but also very difficult two use the bathroom because it was occupied every other time.
Environment & Equipment: The kitchen is equipped with the essential stuff for cooking an easy meal but with only two stove plates on a camping cooker it takes some time to get your meal finished. There is a dining table with space for for people, also there are two extra chairs if needed. The television is working, there are about 15 channels accessible, but you have to deal with temporary time-outs. As we were on the go all the time, this was no big deal for us at all.
Location: We enjoyed the great location and the closeness to China Town and Little Italy although sleeping during the weekend is pretty hard due to festivals and celebrations on the street. Three different subways are avilable at Canal Street, which is only a three minutes walk away.
Conclusion: We definitely enjoyed our stay at John's place. He answers inquiries immediately and helps you with every upcoming concern. As we are planning to return to New York someday a room in his apartment (maybe next time with window) will be our first choice.
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Back to Johnny and Evan. At the national level, Johnny could beat Evan based upon his skating. Johnny didn't always have to wait for Evan to mess up or not show up at all. But I think that rivalry has died down the past few years because of the new skaters that are coming on the scene and the fact Evan has been the USFS's "golden boy" for years (I guess he literally is their golden boy now!). It's no secret that the folks at US Figure Skating don't like Johnny, the judges don't like him and they punish him when the scores come up (remember what happend in Vancouver?). US Figure Skating killed that rivalry.
The rivalry that will develop among the young Russian ladies skaters in the years leading up to Sochi and maybe even through the 2018 Olympics . Those little girls are feisty, I kind of doubt they are going to let puberty completely ruin them, and if they don't and continue to progress as they are now, it will be VERY fun to watch them in the coming years .
Someone asked about the medals count for Yuna vs Mao.
Here's the breakdown
1 Olympic Gold (2010)
1 World Gold (2009)
3 GPF Gold (2006,2007,2009)
1 4CC Gold (2009)
7 GP Event Gold (1-2006, 2-2007, 2-2008, 2-2009)
1 Junior Worlds Gold (2006)
1 JGPF Gold (2006)
3 JGP Event Gold (1-2004, 2-2005)
1 World Silver (2010)
1 GPF Silver (2008)
1 Junior World Silver (2005)
1 JGPF Silver (2005)
1 JGP Event Silver (2004)
2 World Bronze (2007 and 2008)
1 GP Event Bronze (2006)
TOTAL: 26 medals (8 junior, 18 senior)
2 World Gold (2008 and 2010)
2 4CC Gold (2008 and 2010)
2 GPF Gold (2005 and 2008)
5 GP Event Gold (1-2005, 1-2006, 2-2007, 1-2008)
1 Junior World Gold (1-2005)
1 JGPF Gold (1-2004)
2 JGP Event Gold (2-2004)
1 Olympic Silver (2010)
1 World Silver (2007)
2 GPF Silver (2006 and 2007)
3 GP Event Silver (1-2005, 1-2008 1-2009)
1 Junior World Silver (2006)
1 4CC Bronze (2009)
1 GP Event Bronze (2006)
TOTAL = 25 medals (5 junior, 20 senior)
Interesting stats...
ETA: Stating the obvious, that Mao's extra senior medals came from the fact she started on the senior GP a year earlier than Yuna.
So if you looked strictly between 2006-2007 and now, when they both were seniors the break downs is this:
Yuna: 18 senior international medals
Mao: 17 senior international medals
To be super nerdy...
Who wins...
(Based on face-to-face competition)
Olympics? Yuna (1-0)
Worlds? Mao (3-1) [Mao beat Yuna in 2007 as far as placement]
GPF? Yuna (2-1) [Not counting 2009 since Mao was not there and not counting the 2005 since Yuna was not there. Yuna beat Mao in 2006 and 2007; Mao beat Yuna in 2008]
Trophee 2009? Yuna (1-0) [Only time in GP or JGP that they competed against each other)
4CC? Yuna (1-0) [However Mao wins in terms of medals 3-1, but two of those medals came when Yuna was not there]
Junior Worlds? Tie (1-1) [Mao 2005, Yuna 2006]
JGPF? Mao (1-0) [Yu-na won the following year, but Mao was on the SGPF by then]
Face to face?
Yuna 7, Mao 6
(Senior: Yuna 6, Mao 4)
Last edited by Mrs. P; 04-12-2010 at 10:10 PM. Reason: ETA pt 2 (I accidently counted Mao's GPF win in 2005 opps!)
Thanks Mrs. P for your insightful post.
Reposting because I made a slight correction. See below for explaination.
In 2006 GP Series, Mao and Yuna won gold for 2 of the 6 events
In 2007 GP Series, Mao and Yuna won gold for 4 of the 6 events
In 2008 GP Series, Mao and Yuna won gold for 3 of the 6 events
In the 2009 GP Series, Yuna won both golds and Mao won none.
In the GPF, Either Yuna or Mao have won since 2005 and won 8 out of 15 medals (53 percent) [Others on the Podium? Irina Slutskaya, 2005; Yukari Nankano, 2005; Sarah Meier, 2006; Carolina Kostner 2007 and 2008; Miki Ando 2009; Akiko Suzuki, 2009]
In the Worlds -- Mao and Yuna have 7 out of the 12 medals (58 percent!) [Others on the podium? Miki Ando, 2007 and 2009; Carolina Kostner, 2008; Joannie Rochette, 2009; Laura Lepisto, 2010]
Edited because despite my attempt not to, I counted Mao's 2005 GPF victory as one of the face to face wins, which it wasn't.
Last edited by Mrs. P; 04-12-2010 at 10:24 PM.
Either Yagudin/ Plushenko or Kwan/ Slutskaya. These days, I don't think there are any consistent rivalries other than Kim/ Asada (maybe Lysacek/ Weir) but it usually seems to depend on the competition.


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The United States Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Louisiana
Former Jefferson Parish Public School Board Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Embezzle Education Program Funds
July 14, 2011
GESELLE SAVOY, age 52, a resident of Alamogordo, New Mexico, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Mary Ann Lemmon to one count of conspiring to commit federal program fraud while employed as a Testing Technician in the Testing and Accountability Department of the Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS), announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, from February 2007 through September 2009, SAVOY and KIM WILLIAMS submitted fraudulent payroll documents for themselves and co-defendants, AMANDA JACKSON, DANAY JACKSON and TRACY WALKER so that defendants received approximately $132,000 in supplemental pay and stipends from JPPSS' Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP), Graduate Exit Examination (GEE) tutoring fund, Education Excellent (EE) fund as well as a general fund. SAVOY and her co-defendants were all employees of JPPSS but none were certified teachers or qualified to perform tutoring, testing, or remediation for JPPSS.
According to the factual basis, SAVOY received 50 unauthorized payments from JPPSS totaling $ 37,958. SAVOY admitted she processed fraudulent payroll sheets for both AMANDA JACKSON and DANAY JACKSON, so that AMANDA JACKSON received $15,041 in illegal stipends and DANAY JACKSON received $9,712 in unauthorized pay.
Additionally, according to court records, AMANDA JACKSON told SAVOY to provide unauthorized stipends to an employee named TRACY WALKER. AMANDA JACKSON provided SAVOY with WALKER's name and employee number. SAVOY had never met or talked to WALKER but processed $11,820 in illegal stipends to WALKER. SAVOY believed AMANDA JACKSON and others received funds from the illegal payment provided to WALKER.
Upon sentencing, scheduled for October 12, 2011, SAVOY faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five (5) years, a $250,0000 fine, and three (3) years of supervised release following imprisonment.
The case was investigated by U. S. Secret Service, U. S. Department of Education, the Louisiana Electronic and Financial Crimes Task Force and the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs' Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney Julia K. Evans.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by barbk, Mar 21, 2011.
I was going to post this New York Times article link in GSD last night:
Harlem Figure Skaters Say Park Favors Hockey
Almost all ice rinks in the US favor hockey. Hockey makes them the money. Hockey is often what allows the rinks to remain in business.
The issue is that Manhattan doesn't have enough ice in general versus demand. There aren't enough rinks, indoors or outdoors, v. demand. There's really only the one indoor rink, at Chelsea Piers. And there is no indoor rink at all uptown.
This group wants more ice time during the prime skating hours of 4-7pm. They were, according to the first article linked, offered ice time before school, but refused it. If that's true then I'm sorry. I have no sympathy.
The New York Times has an article about protests from Harlem figure skaters that they aren't getting enough ice time in a public park.
FYI , a thread on this topic was started in the Trash Can forum earlier today: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=78065
I saw this lastnight on CBS NY.
Once again, hockey makes more money for ice rinks! Boo!
This is a fantastic program for young under privledged girls!
The thing that makes it feel so bad, is that this is a public park made for the Harlem town, and the hockey teams playing there are from private schools.
Support their cause as much as possible!
This rink was across the street from my apartment... I never saw figure skaters on it. Only hockey players. Had no clue this is where the Harlem group practiced...
This not an unusual situation. Unless a rink is a Club owned rink or is a training center, Figure Skating is mostly overwhelmed by the hockey program. I hope these skaters can use their under privileged claim to help them. To bad other Figure Skaters cannot do the same.
There could be a racial component to this as well. Most of the girls from the Skating in Harlem program are probably black or Latina. Are the hockey players in question a racially diverse group or are they mostly white? The article doesn't say.
I highly doubt it's a racial situation, it's strictly economic, the hockey teams can afford to pay anything the rink wants so even though they are not from the neighborhood they get the prime skating times.
I understand that skating rinks have to pay their bills but it seems to me that a lot of rinks shoot themselves in the foot by catering to hockey and group rental. A lot of that business is seasonal. Hockey starts to slack off in March.
Learn to Skate programs bring in new skaters for hockey, fs, and speed skating. Beginning skaters need public sessions to practice. Figure skaters may no be as great in number but they skate year round and participate in a lot of rink programs. From what I've seen the number of skaters a rink attracts is directly proportional to the number of programs they have (lessons, shows, teams, clubs, competitions). Most skaters like camraderie, and they need to have goals to keep them coming back year after year.
But why should figure skaters ALWAYS be relegated to the 6am session? Why can't hockey players practice at 6am for once and let the figure skaters have 6pm. I feel bad for the girls, but if they skated elsewhere they would see it's the same story at every rink across America. Not fair, but what are we supposed to do? Figure skaters have always been given sloppy seconds, leftovers, and whatever anybody else doesn't want when it comes to ice time.
At every rink I've seen, the one popular session a week (Saturday morning, or Thursday at 4:30pm) is always slam packed, sometimes with 23 skaters on the ice. I have a hard time believing that a hockey team can make the rink more money than 23 skaters. I do often wonder if this is sexist. And you know that there are more skaters than this in Harlem, because they have a waiting list.
I don't think this is a race or class issue, but a figure skating vs. hockey issue, which has been going on since the beginning of rinks themselves. But I'm glad that someone sees it important enough to bring up the issue.
In the NY area, hockey players *do* have games at 6am, as well as at midnight. Just the other day, the dad sitting near me was discussing his son's next game - Saturday at 6:30am up in Connecticut.
To rent the ice for 90 minutes at the rink in Hackensack, just outside NYC, is $615. So I'll assume that for a hockey game, it's $615 ice rental (no idea if there are also locker fees, etc.)
The cost of the freestyle sessions there, with your card, is $10/45 minutes. So $20/90 minutes x 23 skaters = $460 when the session has 23 skaters on it.
I'm thinking that even if hockey gets a rate less than the full $615/90 minute session, it's probably equal to or higher than that $460. And it's guaranteed money - they pay no matter how many players are on the ice, while with FS, the amount the rink earns depends on how many people show up. While some FS sessions are full, I've skated on FS sessions that are just me and my coach. Which is awesome, I admit. For me, anyway. Not so much for the rink.
I absolutely agree, and I think it's totally fair that the balance between figure skating and hockey at this rink be evaluated. The issue is that there's not enough ice during non-school hours to fill all the demand that exists, and how to equitably or best or most profitably divide up the available ice.
The reason why hockey gets prime time is b/c the various leagues and schools buy the time from the rink, usually for many weeks in a row, for several months, or more. Rinks in my area generally rent out ice at about $250-$300 per hour. My club's home rink is a bit less b/c it's a city-owned rink, but most rinks in our area are in the higher range. In my area, rinks price FS sessions in the $11-$13 range, the lower amounts being the "punch card rate" - you buy a card with a bunch of sessions, all paid in advance and have them marked off as you go. Even at $13, it would take at least 20 figure skaters to match what the rink would earn from selling it to hockey. There are probably some popular times that would make offering FS ice profitable to the rink, but there are plenty of other times that aren't. Hockey usually buys at least 2 hours at a time. And that money is guaranteed to the rink - whether 5 or 20 players show up, the rink gets their money. If there are 2 FS sessions offered in a row and 1 draws 10 and 1 draws 20, that rink loses money relative to what they could have earned from hockey.
So if a hockey league calls the rink and wants to buy X amount of hours, the rink will gladly sell it and take the money up front. My club buys 2 hours on Mon and Thurs evening in prime time (6-8) from Sept through March to ensure that we can get practice time at our home rink, which is closest to where most members live. We lose some money on it, b/c we never get enough on both sessions to recoup our costs (and we keep the costs a bit lower than walk-on or punch card rates at other rinks) but we are lucky in that our fundraising and financial picture are good and we can afford the expense as part of our benefits to our members.
The reality is that hockey and winter public sessions pay the bills to support the rink year round. This is true anywhere. Rinks don't make money from FS, or from publics during the summer. Those packed public sessions on Sat and Sun aftns in the fall and winter are the rink's bread and butter, as is that prepaid hockey ice.
In my opinion the article would not have been written if it were not for the Figure Skating demographics of the area.
Hockey clearly makes the rinks more money- but if this is a tax supported community rink, then it shouldn't just be about profits, but about the community being able to use it. If the hockey teams are from private schools, it doesn't sound like it is being used by those who pay for it (if my understanding that it is not a private rink is true.)
I do know that hockey makes a lot of money though. Our rink offered my synchro team FREE ice on Sunday morning if we would give up our 9:00-10:00 p.m. Wednesday slot for hockey. We already had been pushed back from 7:00 for youth hockey... but then older players wanted to move earlier, they were practicing at 10:00, 11:00, and midnight, and the midnight group was complaining. We didn't like 9:00 p.m. anyway (too late! How do the hockey teams skate at midnight?) so we went for free ice
yeah, black people have it so easy when it comes to getting media coverage of their problems. /jk
No need to snark when the truth is told. Have fun
Uh, those attending private schools (well, their parents, that is) pay the same amount of taxes as those who use the public schools.
NY Daily News: Harlem figure skaters flourish despite freezeout at Riverbank State Park
At least around here, most private school students are not from the community the private school is in- they essentially commute to school. In that case, they don't pay any taxes to our city. The public and private school swim team uses the community center pool, but I don't know what either pays for it.
However, the kids on the private school swim team can't use the pool outside of swim team time unless they pay the (large) non-resident membership (or happen to live in my city, but that isn't very many). The kids who go to the public school get free use of the pool outside of swim team time because it is tax supported, and they are residents.
Figure Skating in Harlem pays exactly the same for the ice as the hockey programs. It's simply a matter of gender and influence.
Your community sounds a bit more compartmentalized than in my area. Here, schools are supported by property taxes, but due to a lawsuit a few years ago, there is now a bit more equity as far as allocations - I believe funding is not solely determined by tax revenues in a particular county/city. Taxes go to the state, which in turn distributes funding to each county or city school system, which is now based on some formula a bit more complex than revenue totals.
Harlem is not a separate city within NYC. I'm not sure if community services are funded separately within each borough, but even so, I'm guessing most using the rink are residents of Manhattan and pay taxes there. So yes, they would all be paying into the system to support the rink.
They have GAMES at 6 am, but they sure don't have PRACTICE that early. I have never seen a hockey team have practice this early and I've skated at many different rinks.
You pay NYC taxes if you live in any of the five boroughs. Harlem is part of Manhattan though. Manhattan doesn't have a separate tax.
Yes, that is how our schools work. But the "rink" (or pool in this example, as we don't have a community rink) is not part of the school. It's a community center that the school uses. It is not paid for by state money, but by local money.
However, understanding that Harlem is not incorporated seperately, I'd say that anyone in NYC has equal rights to it's community facility.
Riverbank Park is New York State park and the rink is partially funded by everyone who pays taxes to NYS. The rink sells permits to various private organizations, including FSH and NYC schools, and I believe all of these organizations pay equivalent amounts for the ice time. Part of the issue is that a chunk of the ice time is allotted not for private school hockey practice or FSH, but for Riverbank Youth Hockey, a public program which endeavors to draw a diverse group from local neighborhoods. Girls can also participate in this hockey program, however, most of the kids are boys. Throw in the public sessions the rink offers that are open to all and you have a serious shortage of ice time.
But to me, this is just true of all rinks. I was thinking that the girls of Harlem are being shorted by their community rink. But what really seems to be happening is that like most every rink I've ever seen, figure skating just gets the short end of the stick.
My rink has 6 hours of dedicated figure skating time a week (T/R at 6:00 - 8:00 am, W at 4:30-5:30 pm, and Sat. at 8:00-9:00 a.m.) If you aren't home schooled you can only use 2, maybe 4, of those hours, because school starts at 7:30. If you want more than that, you practice on public sessions. That makes for some very scary public sessions, IMO, but it's how the rink decided to operate.
I hate when this happens. I'm lucky enough to live near a couple different rinks, but not everyone has this option. Skating is a very tough sport just to even find the resources to do it. ITA figure skating always gets the short end of the stick.
If it's a public rink, money shouldn't factor in as much. It seems to me that on a public rink permits should be allocated equally--I don't know how many are applying, but no one group should be able to have more than a fair share of rink time. JMHO. (On the other hand, if it's private, they do have to take money into account. It doesn't benefit anyone if they can't make enough money to stay in business)
Does the City of New York have any kind of gender equity policy WRT access to publicly funded facilities?


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I got a swarm yesterday at about 7am. They had been there for about 16 hours and I was happy that they did not leave before I got there. I sprayed them with suger water (1:1) so they would clump and fall directly into the nuc box I had. I had 4.5 frames of drawn comb (one frame had one side scraped). When I got home at 4 I traded the half scraped frame for one with half honey but still half scraped. Today I went and bought a box w/ 10 frames and two migratory lids (they did not have migratory bottems). I placed the five frames with the swarm on them with five of the ten frame of foundation.
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Look your children in the eye, globetrotter, and tell them the truth: the Golden Age of Air Travel is over. Terrorism, fuel prices, chronic overcrowding. The industry is taking a beating — and the beating is being handed on to you, the passenger. Why, just this month, United, American, and Northwest airlines, among others, started charging passengers fees for checking in a second piece of luggage, a service that, since commercial flights began, had been free! Airlines are crumpling left and right, going bankrupt or getting taken over: soon there will be only one enormous air-cruiser, piloted by Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch, that goes 'round and 'round the world in stinking bus-like laps.
To fly anywhere at all is to put one's dignity at risk: a New York City man is suing JetBlue for $2 million, claiming that a flight attendant deprived him of his seat and then confined him to the toilet for three hours.
Are we not the lucky ones, we who flew in the glory years? Yes and no. The young can submit more or less equably to the brutish conditions that now prevail — they have known nothing else. We, meanwhile, are pining for our vanished luxuries, weakly protesting each new symptom of decline. So join us now, with misty eyes, as we roll out our fondest memories: the 10 things we miss most from the Golden Age of Air Travel.
1) The hijackers
If your plane is hijacked in 2008, start bumming: chances are you're being conscripted into the auto-immolating global jihad, and it'll all be over in about 20 minutes. The Golden Age hijack, by contrast, was a protracted and lavishly psychological affair, often featuring an epic standoff in an exotic locale — Portugal, maybe, or Uganda! It was post-'60s radical theater, with chic, hard-faced women waving German handguns and men in khaki jackets making preposterous demands on behalf of organizations you'd never heard of. One of the "gang" was always sweaty and troubled looking, and you could wear him down by offering him some of your peanuts.
2) The airports
What happened to the airport? A Xanadu of leisure in the '80s, it has become a totalitarian sausage factory. It seemed at one point as if the whole world was about to become an airport: sculpted, light-filled, flavored with the delirious scent of jet fuel. Now the airport is like the world — only worse. Those huge halls and concourses where the international playboys used to roam are stuffed with defeated-looking punters, standing in their socks, holding little plastic bags with toothpaste in them. And if you have a beard, you will be arrested.
3) The Captain
Pilots were pilots in the Golden Age: not the harassed airbus drivers of today, but true aristocrats of the sky, seven feet tall, Ted Turner–esque, monologue-ing their way back and forth across the Atlantic. Ping! "Ah, ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Those of you in seats numbered D, E, F, if you'd like to turn to your right and look out of the window, you'll be able to see a school of whales off the coast of Newfoundland. . . . Quite a sight, huh? And that one in front? That's my ex-wife! [chuckles]" All the stewardesses were in love with the captain, who, apart from being a very charming alcoholic, was additionally a great martial artist and philosopher.
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Debbi Taylor asks J.D. Martin about his back injury following the Nats' 4-3 loss
Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble recap the Nats' 4-3 loss to the Brewers
Johnny and Ray ask Jim Riggleman about the Nats' 4-3 loss to Milwaukee
Brian Matusz discusses his outing following the Birds' 7-2 loss to the Twins
Mark Viviano asks Luke Scott about his hot streak after the O's 7-2 loss to Minnesota
Mike Flanagan and the O's Xtra crew recap the O's 7-2 loss to the Twins
Juan Samuel meets with the media following the Birds' 7-2 loss to Minnesota
Mark Viviano asks Craig Tatum about stepping in as the starting catcher
Rick Dempsey and Nick Markakis talk about different batting stances
Dave Johnson breaks down Brian Matusz and Scott Baker with Jim Hunter and Rick Dempsey
Brian Roberts talks about being back in the lineup following the O's 3-2 win Friday
Jeremy Guthrie discusses his start after the Birds' 3-2 win
Rob Dibble asks Cristian Guzman about switch-hitting and his transition to second base
Debbi Taylor talks with J.D. Martin about his approach to the Milwaukee lineup
Ray Knight demonstrates why Ryan Zimmerman is successful against the Brewers' Manny Parra
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The poor? Is this the same guy who said most people receiving help from the government are con artists? You kill Obama for "handing out" money. But somehow Romney would do THOSE people better?
Womens rights? are you out of your ****ing mind lol. What about being against Abortion would be FOr women? Getting rid of planned parenthood (it isn't just to abort babies, alot of women actually use that place), passing those conscious protection laws? I mean how is that FOR women in ANY way. Don't go on any other tangent - just answer that one.
Warmongering? LOL. Stop it now. Your boy Romney wants to sink more money in the military and expressed that in almost every debate. Im sure he wants to do that so that just so he can collect those battleships.
Im as guilty of "buying the propaganda" as you are of "buying the spin"
and another point about Mitt vs Obama when it comes to WOMAN, PAycheck Fairness Act. Now stop it
This bill is different.
It forces employers to have to prove that they DIDN'T discriminate which is almost impossible to do. It shifted the burden of proof. So when an employer has two possible candidates, a man and a woman, who do you think they will hire?
Its women who get hurt the most by that bill.
Don't buy the propaganda.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..


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LiverKick Best of 2013: WTF Moment of the Year
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The year 2013 was a tremendous year for the sport of Kickboxing as we saw GLORY take aim at America as one of its home bases and really made some strides that I honestly thought we'd never see for the sport here. GLORY not only ran shows, but they ran a bunch of shows and those shows were attended by a good number of paying customers. Then, to top it off, GLORY moved from CBS Sports Network and internet PPVs to Spike TV, picking up steam and viewers with every show. That was a big deal.
GLORY wasn't the only organization to make moves, either, as we saw another season of the SuperKombat World Grand Prix, the birth of LEGEND in Russia and K-1 starting to get the gears in motion by running both a Heavyweight World Grand Prix and a World MAX tournament within the same year. But which company did what doesn't really matter, what matters are the fights and the fighters.
Throughout the coming week we'll be looking at the best of 2013 throughout multiple categories, with Monday featuring Fighter of the Year, Tuesday featuring Fight of the Year, Wednesday being Knockout of the Year and Thursday being Comeback of the Year. Today we're going to go a little bit off of the beaten track and look at the WTF Moment of the Year. The moment that raised the most questions, disbelief and generated a lot of discussion -- both positive and negative.
LiverKick 2013 WTF Moment of the Year: Zabit Samedov Knocks Out Badr Hari at LEGEND
Maybe this should be the wasted potential award? Badr Hari is a guy who always grabs the big international headlines but it's usually not for anything that happens in the ring. Some people are just magnets for awful press and Badr Hari seems to be that guy. You either love him or hate him, there is no in between. His first fight back after a jail stay was in March at the K-1 World Grand Prix event in Zagreb, Croatia where he fought Zabit Samedov.
The Badr Hari that we saw against Zabit Samedov didn't look like the Badr Hari that fought Gokhan Saki in 2012 and looked like a world beater, instead there were holes in his game and Zabit Samedov was connecting. Badr was able to hold out until he got a decision victory, although he had to drop out of the tournament with an injured foot. When the Russian promoter behind LEGEND Fight Show wanted a big name, he looked to Badr Hari. When he wanted an opponent, he looked to Russian-born fighter Zabit Samedov, the man who took Badr Hari to his limits just months before.
Then the fight happened and what looked like the impossible happened; Zabit Samedov, a truly undersized Heavyweight, knocked out Badr Hari. All the signs of Samedov having the toolbox to take Badr Hari down were evident, it's just that no one expected it to happen as it did, or for it to end with Badr Hari knocked out. It did, though.


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That is a gorgeous panel and you are right!, the swirling snowflake quilt design is a perfect choice. I still Believe in Santa :)
Very cute first one. Beautiful table runner, I like the different squares in it.
Both are beautiful.
Very nicely done. I am sure they will be a hit.
they are both so nice ....can't wait to see how the hand quilted ones looks
Just lovely both are wonderful gifts, great job and thank you for sharing.
Have a Blessed day
Such a good job. I know they will be treasured.
Both are very nice Christmas gifts
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Salem is a city in Tamil Nadu. Salem, which is also called Mango city, is located in the North Central part of the state. Town is 6 kms from Salem junction. The name "Salem" is enchanting perhaps because of the association of Jerusalem with that Apostle of Love, Jesus Christ. The name derived from the word "Sailam" - meaning an area surrounded by mountains. It is rich in mineral wealth. Salem is known for its gold, silver and steel products. Salem is called The Steel City of the South. The river Manimutheru flows through the city. To the East is the old city consisting of shops and establishments. If you are looking for car rental Salem let us know and we will be happy to provide you with best budgeted deals for . Book cabs in Salem


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Emily City Council makes annual appointments
The Emily City Council made annual appointments Monday, Jan. 7, its first meeting of the year. Mayor George Pepek and council members Ryan Johnson and Gary Hanson were sworn in at an earlier date after being elected in November.
The council designated 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month for regular city council meetings. The council appointed the Crosby-Ironton Courier as official city newspaper and the Northland Press as the secondary newspaper. Pine River State Bank was named the city's primary depository with Unity Bank as the secondary depository.
Steve Qualley of Gamello, Qualley, Pearson and Mallek will remain city attorney. SEH of Brainerd was named city engineer.
In other business Jan. 7, the council:
• Approved a contribution of $375 from the Roosevelt and Lawrence Area Lakes Association for the 2012 watercraft inspector program.
• Approved the contribution of $3,000 from the Outing Chamber of Commerce for the First Response Equipment Fund.
• Approved a second fire assistant chief, Chad Jordan, to help with training at fire meetings. Until the 2014 budget discussion the position will be unpaid.
• Approved the purchase of six pagers for the fire department for $450 each.
• Increased the cost of renting city hall for events from $8 per day to $10 per half day.
• Approved Doug Thompson to be the city's permanent part-time boiler operator at $16.50 per hour working up to 14 hours per week.
• Approved change in utility billing status of property in Downtown Mixed Use from Commercial to Residential. This change is conditional upon a Sewer Committee inspection.


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CSPD chase suspect in court Friday
Mark Sticka, 45, arrested on roof of business
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The man who had to be helped off a roof by Colorado Springs Police Department following a wild chase was in court Friday.
Police said just before 2 p.m. Thursday, they responded to a report of someone stealing gas and taking parts from a vehicle near the intersection of Galley Road and Yuma Street. Officers said they learned a man was driving a stolen red Dodge pickup truck.
Police later identified the suspect as Mark Sticka, 45. Sticka was in court Friday facing several charges including assault, motor vehicle theft, and vehicular alluding.
Three patrol cars pursued Sticka, police said, but briefly stopped the pursuit after he drove across a raised center median on Platte Avenue. Police said at one point during the pursuit, Sticka threatened to back into the patrol cars.
Police said they saw the truck enter the parking lot of the Auto Pro Service Center at the intersection of Platte Place and Yuma Street. The owner of the business told them Sticka got out of the truck and climbed up to the roof.
Several officers followed Sticka and struggled with him, police said, before they finally subdued him with a Taser. The fire department then arrived to bring Sticka down from the roof safely. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries received during the struggle. According to court documents, Sticka was hit four times with a Taser.
Police said Sticka already was wanted for questioning about a felony menacing case. Now he faces charges of attempted first-degree assault on a peace officer, motor vehicle theft and vehicular eluding. Police said the truck matched the description of one stolen on the city's north side last weekend.
Police said the stolen truck was returned to its owner, and they're still investigating the relationship between Sticka and the owner.
Court documents also indicate that Sticka struck several vehicles as he was leaving the home on Bijou Street and evading police.


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News & Events for Student Veterans
- Rhode Island College Named 2017 Military Friendly® School
For continuing to fulfill its promise of superior higher education for traditional and nontraditional students alike, Rhode Island College has been ranked a 2017 Military Friendly® School by Victory Media.
"Rhode Island College is once again proud to receive the designation as a Military Friendly School," said Scott Kane, RIC interim vice president for student affairs. "Faculty and staff across our campus contribute to a comprehensive effort to support our military and veteran students, and this recognition is a tribute to their efforts." read more...
- Student Veterans Get Support on Campus - read more...
- RIC is a Military Friendly School in 2015
Rhode Island College has been designated a top school for American military service members, veterans and spouses as a Victory Media Inc. Military Friendly® School for 2015.
"Rhode Island College is proud to receive the designation," said Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Scott Kane. "This distinction is a tribute to the good work of the many resources and staff on campus that work with our veteran students."
Victory Media complied the 2015 Military Friendly® Schools list based on a carefully constructed survey taken by over 10,000 schools approved by Veterans Administration. Of those participating schools, RIC was selected to be one of 1,878 featured on this year's list.
"The Veterans Resource Center and VetSuccess on Campus program work in tandem with college offices to provide a network of services and supports for veterans, service members and their families," said Monica Darcy, coordinator of veterans programs at RIC. "Collectively, these efforts continue to be recognized publicly as military friendly."
The 2015 Military Friendly® Schools list can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com/school-list as well as in the Guide to Military Friendly® Schools distributed annually in print and digital format to military personnel.
- Why RIC is Ranked One of Best Schools in Nation for Vets - Nov. 6, 2013
- Rhode Island College is proud to be recognized as an educational institution following the President's Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members. See more information.
Rhode Island College Awarded 2014 Military Friendly Schools ® Designation – Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named Rhode Island College to the coveted Military Friendly Schools® list. The 2014 Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
"Inclusion on the 2014 list of Military Friendly Schools® shows Rhode Island College's commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students," said Sean Collins, Vice President at Victory Media and a nine-year Navy veteran. "The need for education is growing and our mission is to provide the military community with transparent, world-class resources to assist in their search for schools." Complete survey methodology is available at militaryfriendlyschools.com/Article/methodology-press-kit.
The colleges, universities and trade schools on this year's list exhibit leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience. These schools have world-class programs and policies for student support on campus, academic accreditation, credit policies, flexibility and other services to those who served. To learn more about the services RIC offers to student veterans and their families, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or 401-456-8449.
- From Combat Boots to Books: The Challenge of Soldiers Returning to School – The graduation rate for Rhode Island College veterans is five times higher than the national average. What is RIC doing right and what can the nation's colleges do better? Read more...
- New Program Eases Veterans' Transition to College Life - Oct. 5, 2010
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs press release
- Rhode Island College is one of the newest colleges to participate in Vetsuccess, This is part of a national pilot program: only three colleges and universities currently participate. The Veteran Resource Center will be joined by Micaela Black, a vocational counselor from the VA, as early as next week. We are confident that this will greatly enhance Veteran Services here at RIC.
Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education announces in-state tuition program for veterans - May, 18 2009
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Infosecurity Europe – April 28, 2014
Webroot, the market leader in cloud-based, real-time internet threat detection, today announced the release of Webroot SecureAnywhere® Global Site Manager, an advanced cloud-based management console for use with its SecureAnywhere™ Business- Endpoint Protection solution. The new management tool was developed as a no-cost alternative to the Webroot standard console to enable customers such as managed services providers (MSPs) to administer more complex SecureAnywhere deployments more efficiently.
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The complexity of simultaneously monitoring and managing security of multiple customers or business sites from a central security operations center can increase time and costs, which can lead to lost margins and poor service levels. As a result, MSPs are constantly looking to maximize their efficiency in managing multiple sites as they scale their business. By offering Global Site Manager as an option, Webroot now provides the management tools to address many of the challenges MSPs face in these complex environments.
"The SecureAnywhere cloud-based approach is a perfect fit for customers who are protecting multiple sites, and we recognize that these deployments can have more advanced management requirements," said Mike Malloy, executive vice president of products and strategy at Webroot. "With the Webroot new Global Site Manager and our network of remote management and monitoring partners, including LabTech Software and Spiceworks, MSPs gain exceptional management capabilities and superior support, while providing their customers with complete protection against advanced threats and disruptions."
The new console provides MSPs a hierarchical view of the endpoints under their protection, allowing them to go from a global view of their customers and drill down to group and individual user views. This more efficient and structured way of managing complex multi-customer deployments enables MSPs to view in real-time how many devices are deployed by each customer or whether any endpoints need attention.
Global Site Manager is also highly scalable, allowing hundreds of customers and thousands of endpoints to be managed via a single console and yet enables MSPs to immediately identify security incidents that may be impacting one or several of their customers. The new console includes sophisticated threat alerting, reporting and auto-remediation capabilities, which ensure malware is identified and removed before it impacts customers.
Additionally, the console's new auto-provisioning capability enables MSP administrators to automatically issue customers their own unique console and license keys, expediting the deployment to new customers and reducing response times to customer requests for licensing changes.
Webroot SecureAnywhere® Global Site Manager is available to all Webroot SecureAnywhere Business – Endpoint Protection customers directly from Webroot.
Webroot will be demonstrating Webroot SecureAnywhere Global Site Manager at Infosecurity Europe 2014 on April 29 – May 1, 2014 at Earl's Court in London, Booth D80. In addition, Grayson Milbourne, Webroot director of security intelligence, will host a speaking session at Infosecurity, entitled "Paranoid Android: Addressing the Risks of Mobile Devices," that will run Thursday, May 1 at 10:40 a.m. in the Technical Theatre.
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The second deadliest day in the history of Mount Everest climbs happened in 1996 — and Ken Kamler was the only doctor on the mountain that day. He shares the incredible story of the climbers' battle to save lives in extreme conditions, and uses brain imaging technology to map the medical miracle of one man who survived roughly 36 hours buried in the snow.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Good enough to beat the Wizards, not good enough to satisfy Paul George.
George had 29 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Indiana Pacers to an 89-81 victory over Washington on Wednesday night.
``I'm glad we got this win but we've got to look past this,' George said. ``We didn't do a good enough job executing.
``Luckily we made enough shots to win, but we didn't do a good job at all of executing. We let them pressure us and get us out of stuff; we play tough teams and that's not going to fly.'
The Wizards (4-26) came into the game with the NBA's worst record, and had lost eight straight against the Central Division-leading Pacers (19-13).
A strong start by the Pacers helped ensure another loss for the Wizards. The Pacers opened with an 8-0 run and led by as many as 17 points in the first quarter.
``It's all about the first quarter. I don't know honestly how to fix it,' Washington's Emeka Okafor said. ``The past two games, teams have jumped on us.'
Still, Washington didn't go away easily.
After falling behind 24-7, the Wizards took advantage of Indiana's turnovers and cold shooting to pull within 38-35 with 5:16 to play in the first half. The Pacers had six turnovers and shot just 7 of 22 from the field in the second quarter but still led 47-39 at the break.
``Until we come together as a group, we're going to have our ups and downs through every game,' Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. ``We talked this morning about how we wanted to end this bad run and end it now.'
A 10-4 run to start the third quarter brought the Wizards within 51-49, prompting a timeout by Pacers coach Frank Vogel. The Pacers responded with a 12-4 run over the next 6:27 to regain a double-digit lead.
``The NBA is a game of runs,' Pacers guard D.J. Augustin said. ``Teams are going to make runs on you, no matter how much you're up on them.'
Augustin, making his second straight start because of the injury to George Hill (strained right groin), scored a season-high 18 points. Ten of those came in the fourth quarter, with eight coming at the free-throw line.
Vogel said Hill could have played if necessary on Wednesday, but was held out as a precaution.
``The way he put it to me, his pain was improving but his ability to explode was not,' Vogel said. ``He didn't feel he could push off and move the way he wanted to when he was working out in pregame, so we gave him another game. If we had an injury to one of our point guards, he could have played, but he would have been extremely limited.'
Despite George's self-criticism, his coach had plenty of praise for the second-year pro.
``Paul George is becoming a beast of a player on both ends of the court,' Vogel said. ``He's probably the best wing defender in the NBA. We talk all the time about how good his hands are, but his feet are even better. His ability to contain the basketball and really shut down perimeter scorers is unique and special, and it's coming on the offensive end just the same.
``It was just a dominant performance by him on both ends of the court and a good win for our ballclub.'
And George's growth will help ease the return of Danny Granger, the Pacers' star forward who has yet to play this season because of patellar tendinitis.
``I think we have other guys that are creating offense for themselves and for teammates, so when Danny comes back, it's going to be that type of deal where he can allow his teammates to set him up the first week or two,' Vogel said. ``When you get five guys that can create offense and score the ball like we'll have when Danny comes back, with the way we'll be able to defend, we have a chance to be special.'
Roy Hibbert added 13 points for the Pacers, who won their sixth straight home game. Ian Mahinmi added nine points and 11 rebounds.
Jordan Crawford scored 20 points to lead Washington, which fell to 1-14 on the road this season. Kevin Seraphin scored 16, Nene added 15 points and Bradley Beal scored 14 for the Wizards, who never led in losing for the third straight game.