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Organised by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, in association with the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
4 September - 5 December 2010
An exhibition of some 40 of the finest and most celebrated masterpieces by the Dutch 17th-century artist Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) was formally opened in the National Gallery of Ireland today (Friday 3 September) by Mary Hanafin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport.
The exhibition, Gabriel Metsu: Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age features works from all phases of the artist's career, including a number of recently discovered and restored works. It pays homage to his engaging genre scenes which vary from musical companies and amorous encounters, to revellers, street traders and kitchen maids. Examples of Metsu's lesser known yet wonderfully accomplished achievements in the fields of religious painting, portraiture and still life are also highlighted. The works in the exhibition are drawn from public and private collections around the world.
Born in Leiden in 1629, Metsu was, like his contemporary Johannes Vermeer, one of the most important painters of his age. Despite his untimely death at the age of 37, Metsu produced an outstanding oeuvre which provides a fascinating glimpse into love, life and fashion in 17th-century Holland. His remarkable mastery of the brush and talent for imbuing his figures with humanity and personality drew admiration from both artists and collectors of his time. This exhibition is an opportunity to re-evaluate an artist who was one of the most collectable artists of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Among the works in the exhibition are a number of recently discovered paintings that will afford a contemporary audience an opportunity to evaluate the artist afresh, including A Woman Artist (Le Corset rouge), (c.1661-4, Private Collection) which features Metsu's wife, Isabella de Wolff, who frequently modelled for her husband. The exhibition also reunites for the first time since the 18th century, two paintings which hung in the house of his most important patron, Jan Jacobsz. Hinlopen: A Visit to the Nursery (1661, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and A Portrait of Jan Jacobsz. Hinlopen and his Family (c.1662-3, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
Like Vermeer, Metsu began his career as a history painter. One of his earliest surviving biblical paintings, Dives and Lazarus (c.1650, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg) is included here alongside The Dismissal of Hagar (c.1653-4, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden), one of the highlights of Metsu's early career in Leiden.
The exhibition shows that Metsu was a versatile artist who painted subjects ranging from interior scenes to portraiture. His favourite subjects though were women attending to their daily chores, selling food, or engaged in amorous pursuits: A Young Woman Selling Poultry (1662, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden); A Woman Tuning her Cittern, Approached by a Man (c.1659-62, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
Metsu painted himself at least ten times in various guises. In one of the most accomplished of his blacksmith scenes, A Cavalier Visiting a Blacksmith's Shop, (1654-6, The National Gallery, London), Metsu portrays himself as the comically pompous cavalier who orders horse shoes from the smith. In another painting, A Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing, (c.1654-6, Private Collection), he depicted himself putting on his clothes after a swim in a brook.
In the early 1650s, Metsu moved to the larger and more prosperous city of Amsterdam which had a profound effect on his career; he soon transformed himself from a history painter into one of the leading painters of 'modern companies'.
His later works, painted in Amsterdam in the 1660s, demonstrate the artist's technical virtuosity and also reflect the stylistic influence of major genre painters of the time, most notably Gerrit Dou, Gerard ter Borch, Frans Van Mieris and Johannes Vermeer. Examples include The Intruder (c.1661-3, National Gallery of Art, Washington) and A Woman Composing Music, with an Inquisitive Man, (c.1664-7, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague). Among the works which particularly recall Vermeer are the companion pieces, A Man Writing a Letter and A Woman Reading a Letter (c.1664-6, National Gallery of Ireland, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit Gift, 1987) which are considered to be the artist's most renowned works. Another painting showing Vermeer's influence is The Sick Child (1664-6, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), one of the most iconic images of parental devotion in Dutch art. Towards the end of his life Metsu returned to painting religious subjects, the most dramatic of which is Christ on the Cross (1664, Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Also on display are the only two drawings that are securely attributed to Metsu: The Resurrection of Christ (c.1650-3, Musée Fabre, Montpellier) and Sketch of a Female Figure (c.1662-4, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main), which is a preparatory sketch for the painting, A Man Visiting a Woman Washing her Hands (c. 1662-4, Private Collection).
The curator of the exhibition is Dr. Adriaan E. Waiboer whose Ph.D. dissertation and forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Metsu provided the knowledge base for the National Gallery exhibition. He is also editor of the accompanying catalogue to the show which documents the social context in which Metsu lived and worked. In his introductory essay, Dr. Adriaan Waiboer gives an insight into the artist's life, work and reputation both during his own lifetime and over the centuries. Another essay by his hand discusses Metsu's relationship with Vermeer. He says:
"Metsu enjoyed admiration and success as an artist during his lifetime. By the second half of the 18th century Metsu's pictures could be found in some of the most prestigious collections in France, including that of King Louis XV, while as many as 34 authentic works by Metsu were imported into England, with Parisian auctions as their main origin. In recent years however, Metsu has been somewhat eclipsed by the popularity of the Delft artist Vermeer, which has prevented people from properly admiring or evaluating Metsu's work. This exhibition hopes to rectify this and provide visitors with the opportunity to explore and appreciate the full extent of the artist's merits."
The exhibition catalogue includes six other informative essays with contributions from Professor Wayne E. Franits (Syracuse University): 'Gabriel Metsu and the Art of Luxury; Professor Linda Stone-Ferrier (University of Kansas): 'Gabriel Metsu's Street Vendors-Shopping for Values in the Dutch Neighbourhood'; E. Melanie Gifford (National Gallery of Art, Washington): 'Fine Painting and Eloquent Imprecision: Metsu's Painting Technique'; Pieter Roelofs (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam): 'Early owners of Paintings by Metsu in Leiden and Amsterdam'; Bianca M. du Mortier (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam): 'Costumes in Metsu's paintings: Mode and Manners in the Mid-Seventeenth Century'; and Marijn Schapelhouman (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam): 'Gabriel Metsu's Rare Drawings' (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
The catalogue also reviews the contributions to literature on the artist with particular reference to a number of published sources in the 18th and early 19th centuries which show that Metsu was highly respected in his own life-time. Among the publications included in the display is a copy of John Smith's Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters (vol. 4, London 1833) in which he argued that the 'superiority of Metsu over every artist in the Dutch School is chiefly observable in the chaste and beautiful drawing of his figures, accompanied by a peculiar refinement of character, and where necessary, great elegance of manner'.
There is also material on loan from the archives in Leiden and Amsterdam, including a number of notarial records. One of them documents a visit by a certain Nicolaes De Roy to the young painter in Leiden around 1649. De Roy ordered a portrait of himself from Metsu in return for a 'manikin' (a wooden model). Records of sponsorship of young artists in 17th-century Holland, such as this one, are rare. Also on loan is Jan Vos's Alle de Gedichten (All his Poems) (vol.1, 1662 Library of the University of Amsterdam Special Collections) which includes the poem originally commissioned from Jan Vos by Hinlopen (Metsu's patron) on the virtues of the painting, A Visit to the Nursery (1661, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
As part of the exhibition, the National Gallery of Ireland has on display a number of interesting artefacts and objets d'art, many of which feature in Metsu's paintings, such as an ornate Dutch picture frame (c.1660-3, Natinoal Gallery of Ireland), which is identical to the one appearing in the Gallery's painting, A Man Writing a Letter (1660-3). Also on view is a goblet, made of buffalo horn in a silver mount (1566, Amsterdams Historisch Museum), which belonged to the Amsterdam Guild of Saint Sebastian and appears in A Woman Tuning her Citter, Approached by a Man (c.1659-62, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel). Other objects include a so-called night-raile (c.1635, Fries Museum Leeuwarden) or linen cloth, which was used to protect women's clothes while combing their hair; a Standing Putto, by Johan Larson, after Francois Duquesnoy, which features as a studio prop in Metsu's A Woman Artist (Le Corset rouge) (c.1661-4, Private Collection); a sewing cushion in green velvet with an interior of printed leather, similar to the one in Metsu's The Hunter's Gift (c.1658-61, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam); and a rare pair of embroidered Dutch mules (c.1660) made of linen, hemp, silk and wool which appear in various paintings in the exhibition,
The last major exhibition dedicated to Metsu was at the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden in 1966 and the most recent monograph dedicated to his work was that written by Franklin W. Robinson and published in 1974. This exhibition is an opportunity to rediscover a wonderfully accomplished artist whose works have gained him a place among the most celebrated painters of 17th-century Holland.
Raymond Keaveney, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland says:
"Out of the 40 works included in this exhibition, many are from private collections and normally inaccessible to the public, thus offering viewers a chance to gain new insights into the artist. We are indebted to the generosity of lenders from public and private collections without whom this exhibition would not have been realised."
The National Gallery of Ireland wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the Irish Independent, Print Media Sponsors of the exhibition, Gabriel Metsu: Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age.
The exhibition is on view in the Beit Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland from September 4th to December 5th 2010. Tickets (€7 & €4 concessions) can be booked in advance from the Gallery by email: email@example.com or telephone direct: (01) 663 3513.
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UTSA Profile: Pat Berlet, director of UTSA Student Health Services
(June 15, 2005)--Pat Berlet, director of UTSA Student Health Services, has seen many changes as her department and the university have grown.
She has been part of the staff for 29 of the 31 years health services has existed.
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With a degree from the Baptist School of Nursing, she began her career at UTSA as a part-time nurse. She was coordinator and assistant director of Student Health Services before becoming director two years ago.
I spoke with Berlet last spring, and here is our conversation.
HB: What are some of the services offered to the students?
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HB: What would you like to improve in the department?
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HB: Do you often interact with students?
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HB: What are your primary duties as the director?
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HB: What are the goals of the department?
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HB: What do you do to relax when you are off work?
PB: I am very active in the Girl Scouts, both locally and nationally. I enjoy spending time with my grandson and working on my garden, and I like to take the time to travel every once in a while.


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Good competition from european pairs.
Well deserved 1st place to V/T. Now I understand the face of him. They have such a good elements, but ot wans't a perfect perfect profram. Bad exit on the slachow from T, and V touch with the free leg on the exit of the throw. The spiral wans't good too, so I don't uderstand the 3 points between them and S/S.
S/S skated well, a little bit off maybe, but I love them, and they are always trying new things... I think they already try everything, so is normal we think this isn't original. All other pairs skate their style. Good luck to FP.
The italians skated very well, they deserve bronze, because are being consistent this season and have beautiful programs.
K/S What are happening with them? Another bad performance, maybe they are sick and tired of competition.
Lets see the free program, I hope amazing performances.
If so, I feel for Moskvina. She has spent the last decade of her long and illustrious career working hard as ever with nothing to show for it, and she will be in forced early retirement not being allowed to stay for the OG in her own country. That is a real tragedy.
Did not follow the Pair comp last night, was too late for me, didn't read this thread either. So I don't know what excatly happened.
But just to placements and its gap btwn V/T and S/S, and to K/S's placement...5th place;;; am surprised. What happened to Yuko and Sasha??? So happy to Stefania and Ondreij, though!
I for one agree with the good things said about K/S - for me they are a joy to watch, and I feel it is a privilege to watch them, as long as they continue.
As for @StellaCampo - what you mean by "with nothing to show for it", is beyond my comprehension.
V/T is under the same pressure. For me it's enough V/T have delivered great twists, jumps and throws and proved equal to S/S; I wish they'd be more selective about music and choreo than the colour of the medal, but no, they have to get that gold medal, that's how it is.
She hasnt coach an Olympic pair since 2002 (we wont get into if they deserved it) but K/S are not to be blamed for 2006, they werent even a pair. They have given her many medals and much to be proud of considering her lackadaisical approach with them. They bombed this short but over all they have won 7 out of 9 small medals at Euros and will probably be 3rd in the free today, if thats enough for an overall bronze remains to be seen.
If you think V/T have to win and OGM or they are failures you dont know enough about skating in Russia or skating in general. B/L have been together since 2005, K/S 2006; so B/L should be getting much better but the best they have done at worlds is 5th (K/S have 2 bronze medals, less than a point away from silver both times) K/S were 4th in the Olympics, B/L were 11th. B/L got both of their European medals because someone better was missing, same with the national title. They have only won one gold medal in the GP circuit (K/S have five) and the one the won at NHK had only one other competitor. If K/S are considered failures, what must be thought of B/L? B/L have better choreography than V/T and for that matter so do S/K but V/T have the elements to back it up. Except I think B/L twist is better because they have much more control over it.
B/L are losers. Why are people comparing B/L to K/S. K/S, when they were good, were much better team with better programs than B/L could ever hope for.
The problem is K/S are spiraling downward. They aren't threatening anymore. They will never set foot on the podium at big event again. I see K retired by 2014. S might continue with a different partner, but will place even lower than Mukhortova and her partner a while back. Hao Zhang who was a stronger male pair didn't have much success with the new girl. Smirnov can't even do proper twist throw and is a weaker jumper, will not go very far.
Basically done done done for K/S.
I don't understand you, mousepotato. Everytime someone says anything negative about K/S, you hit the roof. Why?
Also the point you seem to be making is rather curious.
You seem to be saying that Moskvina didn't work hard (regarding K/S) but has a lot to show for it (as K/S got lots of medals). So either Moskvina or K/S or both are real genius. I see.
I didn't write a legal document. 'Her blog' is not in the sense that she is the copy right holder. Sorry, if it was used to refer to a blog about Yuko.
I didn't mention B/L nor did I compare B/L with K/S. I never said V/T is a failure either. On the contrary.
That's it. I won't have anymore dialogue with you about this.
I dont see either K/S or Pang & Tong on a major podium ever again, but even P&T have a much better chance than K&S to be on another at this point. It is a shame K&S wasted their chances for a higher placing at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Worlds, and the 2010 Olympics, that was their main window.
B/H had a PB of 112 and K/S had a season's worst of 119.83.
Nonsense. There's a thing called momentum. T/T were in an upward momentum, B/H are in an upward momentum. K/S are going down. Nothing they can do at this point to stop it.
I'm also not going to write them off for not getting and Olympic gold medal after being together for only 3 1/2 years. If that's the case B/H should win a World championship medal this year and Olympic gold next year since they have been together for four years. After all Hotarek is older than Smirnov. Are they going to be written off after 2014 or given the benefit of the doubt?
Are K/S going down like P/T who went down to 4th at worlds after being beat by K/S and Z/Z? Yet they managed to come back a year later and win an OSM and World gold? So I guess all is not lost unless an injury forces retirement.
After a short anything can happen so all anyone can do is speculate, anything can (and does) happen. At Worlds last year K/S were off the ice until two weeks before the competition and would have been fourth or better if one of their lifts didnt get a zero. Same with Sui and Han- their difference between 9th and 4th was one unforeseeable botched lift.
With Euros this year; I said S/S, V/T and K/S will be on the podium unless there is injury and illness and apparently I was right. Smirnov went to back specialist-and was shown holding his back after the sp.
It will be interesting to see who gets what at worlds. I think V/T will win but I certainly wouldnt count anyone out.During warm-up before the short program, all saw how Alexander Smirnov went to the side and asked a specialist to stretch his back. Moskvina didnt tell about a medical problem, which obviously does not allow Smirnov to skate at full strength.


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A Round of Applause - My Response to Chantelle
Aight Yard – it's ya boy B-wood! My last blog stirred up a lot of controversy. If you didn't read it, basically I just happened to address some of the issues that I had with Elin Woods' actions after she found out about Tiger's indiscretions.
In NO WAY or at ANY POINT did I ever say that cheating on your spouse is okay or that women should ever condone such actions. But I guess some people missed that. One person that definitely missed that was my fellow Yardbarker Blogger Chantelle Anderson. She proceeded to write a blog criticizing my points. The first thing she stated was that she had a problem with the fact that I only gave an "obligatory, "what Tiger did was wrong." Well, we already knew that. As more and more females have come out saying that they've slept with or had intimate relationships with Tiger, we can all tell that he was wrong. I didn't think a whole blog about that was necessary. But obviously Chantelle disagrees with me.
So for the last time, I'm going to clear this up. For all the folks who didn't read my last blog fully or people like Chantelle who didn't read it with comprehension: I DO NOT CONDONE TIGER'S ACTIONS.
Chantelle was also very mad at the fact that I criticized Elin for attacking Tiger with a golf club. She says "you can't blame the wives for it, or for how they react to it, short of killing someone. Maybe one day they'll realize that things can get dangerous when you play with people's emotions." Chantelle, STOP IT. Are you now an advocate of violence when you get upset? Two wrongs don't make a right and attacking your spouse, whether you're male or female, is wrong (in my eyes). All I was trying to express in my point about Elin was that her attacking Tiger with a golf club was not the right thing to do. When you're mad at somebody, it's usually good to resist your first impulse.
Another direct quote from Chantelle was "I agree that if Tiger and Elin are going to fix their marriage, money isn't the main thing Elin needs to be worrying about. But after being betrayed and devastated in such a major way, I can't fault her for looking out for herself monetarily." Chantelle, your theory might make sense if we were in high school but the get-back strategy is not the right thing here. If Elin thought Tiger's actions were reprehensible and she wanted to leave, I'd be the first one to applaud her as she walked out the front door. But what you're saying is that, it's not enough to just leave, you've got to make him feel some kind of additional hurt. That's not going to give her any satisfaction. What's done is done and cannot be taken back. Trying to hurt a billionaire is a really hard feat to accomplish. Her leaving, taking the kids and not coming back would have been a big enough statement made.
Chantelle finished that last quote saying "I can't fault her for looking out for herself monetarily in case it doesn't work out, because obviously her man isn't going to do it." I've heard other people say this as well. I really can't agree with you here because the original prenup stated that if she left, she'd get $20 million. I don't know how much Tiger's child support would be but I'm sure it would have been enough to take care of her family. I think I read somewhere that Puffy pays $30, 000 per month and Tiger makes way more than Puffy. I think $20 million on top of child support is way more than enough to take care of children in these times. So, financially, she was going to be set whether she stayed or left.
And I'm not just picking on Elin here – I've never supported messy divorces with individuals getting over on their talented counterparts. I didn't agree with Kevin Federline getting so much money from Brittney Spears when they divorced. I also didn't like Heather Mills getting $48.6 million from Paul McCartney when they divorced either. (I never saw her on the cover of any of the Beetles' albums!)
To sum this up, was Elin done wrong by Tiger? YES! Were Tiger's actions reckless not only to her but also to his kids? YES! But if things were reversed and it was Tiger who responded to Elin's cheating by attaching her with a golf club – they'd be yelling from here to the Mississippi – "LOCK HIS ASS UP!" I still think she was wrong for making this a money issue. If she had taken the kids and walked out the door with her head held high (with a substantial financial package she was already set to receive), it would've make a bigger statement to me. She would have been saying "Tiger, no matter what you did to me, you can't put a price on my dignity or my self-respect." And like Rihanna so eloquently put it – I would have given her a "round of applause."
Aight Yard – I'm gone!
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First Look at Robbed Pregnant Mom's Baby Boy
REDDING, Calif. - A pregnant Redding woman gave premature birth to a baby Thursday morning after she was robbed and assaulted near the Sundial Bridge Wednesday night.
18 year old Nicole Vultaggio gave birth to Edan Lee Dale Vultaggio at 5:12 Thursday morning. He weighed in at six pounds, five ounces and 19 inches long.
Edan's grandpa, Roger, told us the baby and mom, are still in the hospital but are doing just fine.
Vultaggio of Redding was walking with 29-year-old Erica Swann of Anderson on the Sundial Bridge about 10:45 Wednesday night when two suspects attacked the then 8 month pregnant Vultaggio.
Reports say two male suspects punched Vultaggio in the face, choked her, and kicked her in the stomach after she fell to the ground.
The suspects then grabbed purses from both women and ran away.
Vultaggio was transported to Mercy Medical Center.
Roger told us the assault and robbery were random acts and that his daughter did not know the suspects.
The suspects' descriptions are limited. Investigators would only say they are two white males, standing between 6' and 6'2''. They were wearing dark clothes and gloves.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Redding Police Department at (530) 225-4214 or Shasta County Secret Witness at (530) 243-2319.


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I've been working on these stars for about a month. I think I have 60 of them made. I'm aiming to make a king size. I took a couple blocks to joanns and held an audition :) I liked the navy but i'm not sure if that would be to harsh. (it was a floral print, background was navy)
Here they are in jpeg for those of you on who cannot open the bitmap.
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i would use either green or pink. pink if you want a more feminine look and green if you want a more neutral look.
Your blocks are really pretty. I would love to see all 60.
It would depend on the "look" you are going for as to the color for sashing. Your stars and backgrounds do not seem to have a lot of contrast, so the quilt is a very soft, subtle palate. To continue that look I would go with a soft green like in the star #2. Or maybe a pink. But the best way to decide is to lay out some fabric and then lay your blocks on top, leaving them far enough apart so that the "sashing" shows. Take the blocks with you to a quilt shop and audition fabric. They LOVE it when you come in and ask for opinions--they live for that stuff.
Oh, and let us know what fabric you decide.
marcia your a doll for fixing my pictures! Thanks
no problem--it only took a second--happy to help :D
I was also thinking of of setting them on point and maybe making a medallion.
I had also thought I wanted to try the fun and done with this quilt top. My sewing machine is soooo small so my sashing would be my backing also. I probably will go for the green. I plan to go to hobby lobby and see what they have on the clearance rack. haha. I need to figure out the yardage for that.


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Camere da letto1
Dimensioni35 m²
piano3(con ascensore)
- Adatto a famiglie e bambini
- Cucina
- Animali ammessi
- Lavatrice
- Ascensore
- Internet Wi-Fi
- Biancheria da bagno
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|Wenzigova, 128 00 Prague, Repubblica Ceca
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You will like this flat, if you're looking for :
*quite cozy place within 10 in walking to main attractions
*coolness in summer and warm apartment during winter (czech hot wine is required !)
*have a rest and being updated same time - TV with more then 1000 international channels
*beautiful Our Lady Church area, Folimanka and Grebovka parks are perfect for walks with children or romantic evenings :)
Apartment is located in the quite area of Vinohrady district - within 15 min walk from city center. You will find everything you need for vacation of your dream there.
Flat consist of:
* bedroom with comfortable double bed and a foldable small sofa bed for 1 person, dinner table for 3 people, wardrobe and TV with more then 1000 channels.
* hall with fully equipped kitchenette with a fridge, microwave, cooker, kettle, toaster, dishwasher and coffermaker etc.
* bright bathroom with a shower, hair dryer and washing machine
* separate WC.
Guest Access
Also we prepare for you:
* towels and bed linens
* unlimited and speedy Wifi
* iron and ironing board
* special created map with good recommendations where to go and what to see in Prague
* 24 hours support during your stay
The Neighborhood
Vinohrady is calm beautiful district with lots of restaurants, cafes and parks. The apartment is located close to tram stop I.P.Pavlova, but also you can easily reach the city center by foot.
All main attractions is located in walkable distance:
•5 min to the nearest tram/metro station I.P.Pavlova
•10 min to Brewery house, where you can you can order flavored beer from banana to coffee to blueberry, or specialty champagne beer that comes in a bottle and with a champagne flute
•10 min to the beautiful park with amazing view and unique vinary Grebovka
•15 min walk to Wenceslas' Square or 3 min by public transport
•25 min wak to Charles bridge
•25 min walk to Old Town square
Getting Around
It takes 30 minutes to get to your apartment from airport by taxi. We can organize a transfer from the airport directly to the apartment - this service costs 25 EUR/car. In this case our driver will meet you in the arrival zone, drive to your apartment and hand you in all needed maps and keys.
Other Things to Note
The nearest public parking is located in 2-5 minutes walking from apartment on the Bozene Nemcove street – it's paid on working days (approximately 1.3 euro/hour) and free on weekends and nights (after 18h and until 8h).
Regole dell'Abitazione- Check-in from 15h00 (but we will try to prepare apartment as soon as possible) and check-out until 11h00 (but if you need to leave your luggage - you can leave it in our office which is located 2 min walk from main railway station and 10 min walk from Wenceslas square.)
- Please do not make any noise in the hallways and other common areas in the house and after 22:00. This is a strict rule! There are many old people in the house, and we have promised the neighbors to keep the peace and maintain friendly relations.
- If you are stay in our apartment for more than 7 days – we will clean them FOR FREE and change towels and linen once a week.
- All our apartment is hypo-allergic, so smoking is PROHIBITED in the apartment!
- In case of loss or damaging keys we will be forced to charge you a fine 15 euro.
IMPORTANT: we love our guests so much that we provide them with a welcome set consisting of :tea, coffee, sugar, detergent (dishwasher and washing machine), hair&body shampoo, kitchen utensils, towels, bed linen and a wonderful "welcome book" with all info you might need!
Thank you for your understanding.
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Le recensioni degli altri alloggi del proprietario
The location of this apartment was great. Within 15 minutes you are in the centre of Prague (by tram). The only thing we weren't that enthusiastic about was the kitchen supplies. There were no kitchen towels or decent equipment to cook with. By this we mean kitchen spoons etc. Though the apartment was clean and Olga & Emil were there to help you when you need them. Prague is a great city and we very much loved our time there.
Very nice apartment, no problem getting the keys although we were a bit late. Perfect for a week's stay. Just one tip: for big groups (more than 4) it would be helpful to have 2 keys. Cheers and thanks a million!!!
When we want to go to Prague again there! Thank you and thumbs up Sabine and Gerhard Austria
Very nice appartment. Good neighbourhood with lots of small shops and restaurants. There were however very few kitchen utensils, though enough to make do. Loved our stay in Praha!
Very nice and clean apartment. Got everything we could ask for. When coming back to Prague in the future we will probably look into renting this apartment again!
Great location,& the office HQ was also very convenient. We had a tram 50m away. Groceries were across the road & a tiki bar next to that. Prague was a great experience on the whole & made easier for having a clean dependable place to stay every night. Thanks Emil for making things comfortable ?
First Emil and Vlad are great. They are very helpful with request and information, and handle issues promptly. The room: On the first floor. The street is loud from time to time. The room has double windows which do quiet things down, however its summer and was to hot to sleep with windows close. I used ear plugs to sleep. Bed mattress is OK for the 4 days I was there. I'm 210 pounds & prefer firm. Room was fairly clean. Cupboards needed dusting. The rug by the bed is dirty. I would have preferred not having the rug at all. the rest of the apartment is a wood type of flooring which is easy to keep clean. Kitchen was functional with 2 eye electric stove which worked fine. The fridge was big enough to store a couple days worth of food. Their is no oven however. Their was enough utility items to cook. Bathroom: Clean, however it appears a little mold is forming in the shower. Nothing to be too concerned about. Water very hot & the 2 shower heads were great. Washing machine in bathroom worked fine. Their is a heated dryer rack also. I recommend one brings a close line if you plan on washing a lot. Their is a store across the street for all basic needs, and a large grocery store with 2 km. I never found the out door trash bins, and the room is only serviced weekly. Parking is reserved for permanent tenants, however I parked right in front and did not get a ticket. Area appears to be safe. Cafe and eateries are very close.
Bottom line for the inexpensive cost its a nice place.
Very nice place, good standard of services. Praha is wonderful city. I recommend it.
Evrything was fine before arriving at the house, once we where in the appartment we had difficulties with the keys of the door of the house we ask for help but it was not given, also we missed simple thing like papertowels and toilett paper . ..we had to buy...sorry for the inconvinient but we felt no care for us no help ...
Nice big appartment in the middle of the part of Prague where the Czech people themselves live and go out. In the direct surroundings there are a few nice cafes and good restaurants and minimarkets on allmost every streetcorner. The shoppingcentres take only a few minutes walk.
All tourist attractions can be reached by foot but taxis are also realy nice and more than affordable.
The appartments misses the true atmosphere of a city appartment because it is not really decorated. Nevertheless it was proper and well equiped. The only irritating issue is that there will only be handed one set of keys and therefore it is not possible tot split when you travel in a larger group. Emil and Vlad (nice and gentle guys who hold their words) should do something about that!
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- I proprietari sono contattati e verificati telefonicamente
- Un sistema di pagamento efficace e sicuro


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UTSA President Ricardo Romo and Richard Liu
Richard S. Liu Auditorium dedicated May 5 at UTSA
(May 4, 2005)--President Ricardo Romo will honor UTSA friend and benefactor Richard S. Liu by dedicating the Business Building Auditorium on the 1604 Campus in his name at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5 in the College of Business (Room 2.01.02), 1604 Campus. The event, followed by a reception, is free and open to the UTSA community and friends.
An international businessman and philanthropist, Liu is chairman of Superior Holdings Limited. He established the Liu's Family Foundation U.S.-China Business Education Initiative in 1998 in the College of Business.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"Richard's vision and generous financial support have literally opened new worlds for our business students, faculty and community partners," said Romo. "Please join us May 5 when we recognize this remarkable UTSA friend."
"I have been thoroughly pleased with the Liu's Family Foundation U.S.-China Business Education Initiative in the UTSA College of Business," said Liu, who also supports programs at the University of California, Berkeley. "I want to help a new generation of business students in the United States and China realize their dreams."
The Liu program features graduate student and faculty exchanges and executive educational opportunities between the College of Business and top universities in China. Liu has given more than $3 million in support of the program.
A native of Taiwan, Liu received his undergraduate degree in business administration from the National Taiwan University. Unable at that time to afford the costs of graduate study abroad, he launched his business career with much of his earliest successes occurring in Texas.
Read more at the Liu's Family Foundation U.S.-China Business Education Initiative Web site.


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Hemorrhoid Types
Anyone suffering from one of the types of hemorrhoid conditions – external or internal – should attempt a home hemorrhoid treatment remedy. An external occurrence, while painful, does not necessarily require a visit to a doctor unless acute, where blood clotting appears. Internal hemorrhoids usually cause no pain but can create quite an itch while causing a pressure-like sensation making it very difficult to clean the anus area properly. Internal conditions may also lead to bleeding sand possibly protruding from the anus as well. Internal are typically classified as :
• First Degree – where there is no bulging from the anus
• Second Degree – bulging occurs only during bowel movements
• Third Degree – bulge during bowel movements but need to be manually pushed back into the anus
• Fourth Degree – bulging outside the anus is constant
What Hemorrhoid Treatment Can Be Used at Home?
First, the best and basic home hemorrhoid treatment involves a change in bowel habits. This would include preventing hemorrhoids from become worse through making sure to gently, but thoroughly, blot the anus after every bowel movement. Always use unscented, white paper that you may moisten just a bit with water or one of many commercially available cleansing agents. You can also try to use a commercially available medicated pad as well. Always avoid rubbing and never use a soap containing dyes and perfumes. This will only exacerbate the situation.
Symptom Relief
A great hemorrhoid treatment method toward obtaining temporary symptom relief is to apply ice to the area several times per day, Another recommended home treatment is the application of moist heat in the form of dampened towels using warm water. Also apply several times or, if possible, sit in a warm sitz bath several times per day.
Sitz Bath
This is a type of bath derives its name from the German, sitzen, which means to sit. A person immerses only up to the hips and buttocks. Although this bath can be either hot or cold, the hot version of this hydrotherapy technique provides help to increase blood flow to the pelvic area, thus reducing inflammation. It is especially as an effective hemorrhoid treatment used at home. Prepare a stitz bath for hemorrhoid treatment by filling a basin full enough to cover the hips and buttocks at least up to the navel area of the abdomen. Use a basin where sitting in the water is possible, while also using an additional basin with water a little warmer to immerse the feet. If this not available, make use of a standard bathtub for your sitz bath home hemorrhoid treatment.
It's Also What Is Eaten
Associative hemorrhoid treatments should include increasing both fiber and water intake to the daily diet. Taking stool softeners is also recommended as this prevents constipation allowing for easier bowel movements and less irritation. A change in habits can lead to hemorrhoid treatment relief of many of the agonizing symptoms for both types. These practices may keep hemorrhoids from becoming larger and may even induce shrinkage, but they will not go away.


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IP-IRC Help?
I'm wanting to know if it's possible to hide or otherwise redirect my IP address for a specific application. It's a long story of drama as to why I wish to do this so I won't bore you unless asked for details, but this is for no illegal purposes. Basically I don't want my IP address available to members of an IRC network of people I chat with, but I don't want to have to go through an online host. I'd rather use X-Chat or mIRC as these programs are familiar to me and easy to use.
I'm getting conflicting information in my research on this topic and I have found a few websites (paid, of course) that claim to be able to use a VPN to redirect my IP address for any application that connects to the internet. If I had my own VPN set up could I do this myself?
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Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Device, CL Detect, for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tunisia (CL Detect™)
This study has been completed.
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
InBios International, Inc.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 14, 2013
Last updated: November 3, 2016
Last verified: September 2014
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of CL Detect, in subjects with suspected CL in Tunisia.
Skin Diseases, Parasitic
Other: No Intervention
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Device, CL Detect™, for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tunisia
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: LeishmaniasisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Primary care clinic
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age and generally healthy
- Subject able to give written informed consent
Subject has a lesion suspicious for leishmaniasis that satisfies the following criteria for an index lesion:
- less than 4 months in age
- primarily ulcerative, ie not purely verrucous or nodular, and does not have clear clinical evidence of cellulitis
- in a location suitable for collecting samples by dental broach, scraping, and aspiration
- In the opinion of the investigator, the subject is capable of understanding and complying with the protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
• Received treatment for leishmaniasis within the last 2 months prior to signing consent, with the exception of mercurochrome
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01769612
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01769612
|Primary Health Clinic
|Gafsa, Tunisia
|Primary Health Clinics
|Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Sponsors and Collaborators
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
InBios International, Inc.
|Principal Investigator:
|Afif Ben Salah, MD PhD
|Institut Pasteur of Tunis
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|NCT01769612 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
A-15174.2b ( Other Identifier: HRPO )
K141341 ( Other Identifier: Other )
|Study First Received:
|January 14, 2013
|Last Updated:
|November 3, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Skin Diseases
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Parasitic Diseases
Skin Diseases, Parasitic
Euglenozoa Infections
Protozoan Infections
Skin Diseases, Infectious
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A program, presented as a documentary, but that contains no criticisms of its subject matter. Similar to propaganda, but resulting more from naivete and business loyalty than from political motives.
National Geographic's "documentary" Ultimate Factories: John Deere is an uncritical piece, offering not the slightest hint of criticism or negative information of Deere. It's a total praisomentary.
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Top: Reginald Rowe (1996) and his painting in UTSA collection;
Center (from left): In 2005, Alberto Mijangos, art collector
Guillermo Nicolas, UTSA President Ricardo Romo and
UTSA art curator Arturo Almeida with Mijangos' "Broken English;"
Bottom: Linda Pace
Deaths of three artists impacts UTSA community
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(July 9, 2007)--The deaths in recent weeks of three San Antonio artists touched many in San Antonio, South Texas and the UTSA community. Paintings by Alberto Mijangos and Reginald Rowe are in the UTSA Art Collection, and the work and artistic endeavors of Linda Pace influenced many at UTSA and around the world.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"We are fortunate to have excellent samples of the art of Alberto Mijangos and Reginald Rowe in the UTSA Art Collection," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "I have enjoyed their art for many years, and they both produced contemporary art that influenced many artists in the region. Additionally, Linda Pace was a remarkable person and had a big impact on our community, including UTSA faculty, staff and students. She will be sorely missed."
According to a San Antonio Current story, Alberto Mijangos and Reginald Rowe were among the most influential painters and teachers in the San Antonio art community. Both were abstract painters concerned with texture, color, form and expression. In addition to her role as a generous art patron, Linda Pace is known for her monochromatic mixed-media collages made of stuffed animals, cheap souvenirs, plastic jewels and other objects.
Alberto Mijangos
Alberto Mijangos died recently at age 81. His painting (shown at left), "Broken English," was donated to UTSA in 2005 by local art collector Guillermo Nicolas. It is one of two Mijangos paintings in the UTSA Art Collection.
"Mr. Mijangos lived to make art," said Arturo Almeida, curator of the UTSA Art Collection. "He believed that everyone had the ability to be creative, and that creative expression is an incredible gift that all of us are given. He selflessly shared his gift through his teaching and friendships, but must of all through his work."
Mijangos studied at the San Carlos Art Academy in Mexico City and the Art Institute of Chicago. He lived and worked as an artist in San Antonio for more than 40 years, and exhibited internationally and in one-person shows in Texas, Arizona, New York and Mexico.
"The painting, 'Broken English,' is precisely what my life has been about," said Mijangos in 2005. "It's the portrait of my struggles to catch up with the contemporary world. It's the same struggle that I have had in the last 50 years to absorb and become part of the 'Americana' way of thinking. It's always a little bit of my own background that shows in everything that I do. You will always find in my work a little piece of the tortilla as a tool as well as the fork."
Reginald Rowe
Renowned San Antonio artist Reginald Rowe died recently at age 86. Suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, he had been missing for a day after taking his dog for a walk near his Gillespie County cottage. He was found alive and alert by searchers, but was dehydrated and went into cardiac arrest at Brooke Army Medical Center.
According to an Associated Press story, the renowned San Antonio artist, acclaimed for his abstract expressionist paintings based on classical myths, was a mentor to generations of artists. He was honored in 1996 by the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio with a one-man retrospective.
Born in Brooklyn, Rowe graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Spanish literature, and also studied at the Art Students League in New York. He lived in Cuba for a short time and befriended Ernest Hemingway. Rowe moved to San Antonio in 1964 and became head of the faculty at the San Antonio Art Institute and chairman of the exhibition committee at the Witte Museum, which then featured visual art exhibits.
Linda Pace
According to Dan Goddard in a July 3 San Antonio Express-News story, Linda Pace was arguably the most generous art patron in the city's history and a respected artist in her own right. An heir to the Pace Foods company, Pace died July 2 at age 62 from complications of breast cancer. She had been treated for cancer in Houston.
"Linda Pace was a fantastic person, and we're going to miss her terribly," said Ken Little, UTSA professor of art and art history. "I was a Fellow at Artpace in 1996, and I got to know her well. Linda raised the bar 1,000 percent on patronage and support of the arts in San Antonio. She brought the world to San Antonio in the context of art, and she was a good person, always interested in showing San Antonio and Texas artists to the world."
"What Linda Pace gave to San Antonio was phenomenal," said Almeida. "We had begun looking at some of Linda's work for our collection, but we hadn't finalized a selection."
Artpace San Antonio opened its doors in January 1995 in a former Hudson car dealership near downtown, offering a new model for understanding the art of our time by focusing on the artistic process. It is known as the country's premier international artist residency program. National, international and local artists are selected three times each year by well-known curators to create projects at Artpace.


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Watchmen's Silk Spectre Returns
Playboy.com talks to the cowriter and illustrator of Watchmen's controversial prequel, Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre
The original Watchmen, a limited comic book series published by DC Comics between 1986 and 1987, was written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons and colored by John Higgins. The series was not only adopted immediately by comics fans, but it is credited as being the comic with the largest crossover appeal in terms of bringing non-comic book readers to love the genre.
The comics, with their cinematic long-shot frames, noir vibe and cloying sense of mystery, later provided, over Moore's protests, the groundwork for the movie Watchmen (2009). Notoriously anti-capitalist, Moore washed his hands of the film, even going so far as not wishing to be credited as the original source.
Despite his misgivings, many of Moore's most cherished works have become major films. They include From Hell (2001), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and V for Vendetta (2005).
Into this melee steps Amanda Conner, the comic artist hired to illustrate and, alongside Darwyn Cooke, cowrite the Silk Spectre prequels to the original Watchmen.
A graduate of New Jersey's The Kubert School, Conner started out working in comic book stores, freelancing in advertising and then finally hit the comics jackpot and began drawing some of the characters she's most known for: Conner is the illustrator behind the notoriously well-endowed Power Girl, as well as Atlee.
Playboy.com: Is it peculiar to step into another illustrator's shoes and reimagine their work — is the work you're doing with Watchmen comparable to what you did with Power Girl in that sense?
Amanda Conner: We're not really reimagining Watchmen, I would say we're adding to the mythology. Because there is nothing that we want to change about the original story. The original story stands as it is, and all the people working on this book think it's pretty darn perfect and wouldn't want to touch it. So what we decided to do was go into more detail about each character. And hopefully it will just enhance what's already there.
Playboy.com: How do you keep the characters true to their original incarnation but still put your own spin on them?
Conner: I like the idea of keeping what makes them them. For instance, with Power Girl I didn't want to change who she was essentially, I wanted to amp her up even more.
Playboy.com: This is an enormous project, writing a many-armed prequel series for the beloved cult series Watchmen. Were you at all nervous about stepping into a project that's been so surrounded in controversy?
Conner: I know that there's a lot of controversy going in, but I just try to keep my head down and work. Maybe the best thing that's happened to me so far is that I'm not on Facebook and I'm not on Twitter, much as I want to be.
Playboy.com: In what way does your prequel version parallel the original?
Conner: Darwyn and I, when we started Silk Spectre, we wanted to pay homage to the way (illustrator) Dave Gibbons had laid everything out, so we laid everything out with the nine-grid panel.
Playboy.com: Have the other prequel illustrators made the same style choice? Is this something you've all agreed on?
Conner: I don't think the other guys are doing that. And right now I'm kind of kicking myself for doing it! It is a lot more drawing, and I enjoy it, but it's a lot of work. But it's incredibly fun, because you can cram so much action and reaction — a lot of storytelling — into each page.
Playboy.com: You're doing more writing on this project than you normally do, right? You've been credited as a cowriter alongside Darwyn Cooke.
Conner: Yeah, I'm doing a lot of writing. I told Darwyn last night it was sort of the equivalent of growing my first baby teeth and then having someone drop a porterhouse steak in front of me. I've just written some small things here and there, like short stories and stuff, but never anything this big.
Playboy.com: This is definitely a huge project.
Conner: A huge project! Sometimes I go, "What was I thinking?!''
Playboy.com: I guess sometimes there's no better way to learn than by putting yourself at the mercy of a project with something really big at stake…
Conner: Exactly, yeah. And I realize how important it is. So I'm trying not to mess up.
Playboy.com: There's a lot of collaborative work going on with comics. How have you found that process on your other projects?
Conner: I like it a lot. I like working as a team. I always say, "I'm a good soldier!" Give me the story and I'll run with it!
Playboy.com: Are you in touch with the other artists who are working on the Watchmen prequels?
Conner: Aside from Darwyn, I was a tiny bit in touch [with some of the others]. I actually called up [illustrator] J. G. Jones, who's working on Comedian.
Playboy.com: That would make sense, since The Comedian is Silk Spectre's father.
Conner: And J. G. and I, we've known each other somewhere between 12 and 15 years. He's great. I called him up and somehow we started talking about how great Lincoln Continentals are, because we both have them in our books.
Playboy.com: So you guys are concerned with making things historically accurate — like a Mad Men of the comics world?
Conner: It's one of the reasons this project is so difficult — I've never had to do so much heavy research. When this story happens, in 1966, I was one year old, so I don't remember a whole lot.
Playboy.com: It's a great year, though.
Conner: Yeah, I keep calling up my mom and my aunts because they were teenagers and in their early 20s around then, so I try to pick their brains about what they were up to. And I am using a lot of the elements of that year in the book, but I'm also keeping in mind that Watchmen [exists in] an alternate reality. So I'm trying to make it a very realistic 1966 but also tweak it so that things are starting to look different — the Lincoln Continental that I'm drawing is actually an electric Lincoln.
Playboy.com: That's cool. How would a '66 electric Lincoln look?
Conner: I twist it a little. I'm rounding off the edges a little bit. Also it's a station wagon, and I don't think they had actual Lincoln station wagons. So it looks real but it's not quite real.
Playboy.com: But it's not all sweet cars you're drawing — Silk Spectre looks pretty smokin', from the little I've seen. How did you feel about giving Silk Spectre that kind of sex appeal?
Conner: We know that she grows up to be a totally smokin'-hot woman. And I'm thinking that she was a gorgeous sixteen-year-old girl. You can tell because in the original Watchmen, the men are just sort of smitten with her, they're like, "Wow, she's great, she's beautiful." Even The Comedian is looking at her and going, "Yeah, you're a looker! Just like your mom." So I wanted to make her an absolutely gorgeous teenage girl. And one of my favorite styles is 1960s style; anything that looks mod totally turns my crank. I did a lot of research on what people would have been wearing in 1966, and I developed the perfect outfit for her. I wanted her clothes to still look like a Silk Spectre costume, but I wanted her to be a really cute girl in a tiny go-go dress.
Playboy.com: Is this kind of a woman's take on comics? This love of clothes showing up in the story?
Conner: I'm such a comic book artist, but I'm also such a girl. I will obsess over the [character's] footwear.
Playboy.com: What kind of shoes is Silk Spectre wearing? Is she into go-go boots?
Conner: She will be wearing go-go boots, but she doesn't acquire them until a little later because she's kind of a poor hippie kid who can't run out and buy designer boots. But I research footwear a lot. And clothing. Usually when I design a costume I draw something that I would want to wear. And that's kind of dangerous because I end up on Etsy going, "Oh, I could buy these!"
Playboy.com: So you like to dress like a superhero?
Conner: Absolutely. Not like one of my superheroes, because by the time I was doing my own I was like, "I don't know if I can pull this off!" But when I was in my 20s, I was dressing like Rogue, with the giant hair and everything.
Playboy.com: You dressed like Rogue every day? Or just sometimes, for special occasions?
Conner: For Halloween. And She-Hulk, too.
Playboy.com: She-Hulk is quite the woman. Did you paint yourself green?
Conner: I did. It was a lot more work than I thought it would be.
Playboy.com: So is this the kind of life you thought you'd have when you were a kid?
Conner: When I was young I was hoping to become a lion tamer. But, you know, we didn't have a lot of lions to work with — I had cats and dogs, but no lions. So I sort of scrapped that. And then I went through the "I wanna be a racecar driver/I wanna be an action movie star"… and all the while I was drawing all the things I wanted to be. And it turned out that drawing was my strong point. Probably illustration would have been too quiet for me. I needed something crazy, and I think comic books was just the right amount of crazy for me.
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There are numerous reasons to take the loved ones on a tenting travel. Nice time, memories that end up part of household lore, tenting can be done at a seaside, wilderness, mountains and woods or even the backyard. The rate of camping websites in comparison with the rate of resort rooms is an actual discount deal. Yet another intent to start camping is well being and relaxation. Un-loading the automobile, setting up the campsite, discovering your own firewood and taking down your campsite will give you more pastime than you might ever assume. As for leisure, when the chores are accomplished and you are stress-free around the campfire along with your family the quietness round you carry peace and tranquility to you.
When purchasing a tent for household camping i have incorporated some understanding that must be taken into consideration:
When choosing a tent there are a number of matters to bear in mind. If there are young children in the family, you may want to get a larger tent. There are a few drawbacks to purchasing a higher tent reminiscent of the weight. Lugging the tent from the automobile to the campsite is also somewhat too much endeavor. The bulk size may additionally make packing the vehicle extra intricate. Discovering an discipline degree and significant sufficient for the tent can also be a factor as tents should be on degree floor if in any respect viable. Yet another intent is privacy, when the youngsters are more youthful it isn't a trouble, but as they become older they are going to have their own privacy problems.
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Texans overrated like always, they beat one decent team the Broncos.
They're pretty solid all the way around, with absolutely great players with Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Jonathan Joseph, JJ Watt.
They're about as good as they were last year when they won a playoff game without Mario Williams, Andre Johnson, and they're starting QB Schaub.
Have they been tested by a top contending team? Not really. But from what I've seen with them, they look like one of the best teams in the NFL, if not the best.
You know your team is bad when the most positive thing sportscasters can find to say about you is: "at least they didn't lose by the large margin we thought they'd lose by!"
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Sanchez showed me he has the chance to be a good qb.He played with no names and not 1 good wr or tight end.He had 230 yds vs a good defense and made it competative.It remined me of the Giants vs Packers game when we saw what we were capable of.Obviously you add a Keller,and a Hill and you have a better offense.But the Tebow coming in and out screwed their flow and that made it very tough given the quality of team they played which is a top 5 team,no doubt.
all the Giants do is win and get no respect, the Jets are imploding all the way to a disaster of a season and for some reason they are the story on all sports shows, why, because people like watching a car wreck


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Badger Dairy Club will be hosting the 16th Badger Invitational Sale on Saturday, March 9th at the UW-Madison Stock Pavilion in Madison, Wisconsin. There will be roughly 70 head of deep-pedigreed, high-type and high-genomic Holstein heifers and choices for sale with the help of UW-Madison alumni as ringmen, leadsmen and auction leaders.
Along with being a high-quality cattle sale for the public, the Badger Invitational creates a tremendous learning opportunity for Badger Dairy Club members and sale chairs that are in charge of running every aspect of the cattle sale. Throughout the months of planning, as well as during the day of the sale, members have ample opportunities to network with industry professionals and producers, allowing students to better prepare themselves for their future careers.
sold in the 15th Badger Invitational and went VG-88 at 2 years old."
This year the sale is being held in conjunction with the grand opening of the newly renovated Dairy Cattle Center on campus. An open house will be from 9 AM 11:30 AM with a brief program at 11:30. There will also be pre-viewing of the cattle prior to the sale, which will begin at noon sharp with a celebration upon conclusion of the sale at Brickhouse BBQ.
A copy of the online sale catalog will be available on the Badger Dairy Club website. For a hard copy, contact catalog chair Breinne Hendrickson at (608) 444-7340.
Sale chairs for the 16th Badger Invitational include General Chair Jacob Brey; Selections: Hayden Hauschildt, Austen Schmidt, Nicholas Schuster, Cara Biely, Mitch Kappelman; Cattle Care: Laura Finley, Ryan O'Leary, Carrie Warmka; Advertising: Lauren Holterman; Catalog and Semen Donations: Breinne Hendrickson; Donations and Special Events: Christine McFarland and Kaitlyn Riley.
Badger Dairy Club creates opportunities for the membership to engage in activities and experiences within the college, community and the ever progressing dairy industry.


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Air freight traffic is expected to almost triple over the next 20 years, leading to a nearly doubling of the worldwide cargo aircraft fleet during this period and creating the demand for an estimated 834 new factory-built aircraft -- with the largest market segment being mid-sized freighters in the category of Airbus' new A330-200F.
According to the just-completed Airbus 2010-2030 Cargo Global Market Forecast, a key factor in air freight trends will be the world's emerging regions, requiring aircraft with intercontinental range and payload lift capabilities from 30 to 80 tonnes.
"Air cargo's development is being driven by these emerging regions, where population migration and middle class growth creates the demand for food and other perishables," explained Airbus Senior Vice President Christopher Emerson in a briefing to journalists at the Dubai Airshow. "Today 87% of the world's population lives within a 4,500 nautical mile perimeter. Having a freighter that can operate effectively and eco-efficiently within this area will become increasingly important."
Airbus' A330-200F is well tailored to meet these market trends, designed with the payload lift capability of 65 tonnes on ranges to 4,000 nautical miles, or 70 tonnes over distances of up to 3,200 nautical miles in the payload mode configuration.


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A derogatory word used to refer to a Brit, derived from the acronym POME (Prisoner of Mother England).
by Andrew Vlasman May 07, 2005
A derogatory term started by Australians to describe recent British immigrants. There is no proof that it had to do with the acronym Prisoners of Her Majesty. It is more likely that it was an abbreviation of the word pomegranate and referred to the flush complexion of Brits (like a pomegranate's flesh) or it was chosen to rhyme with immigrant (like "Larry Flint").
Hey look, it's white trash, two pommies and a yid.
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text: Okay, there seems to be stuff leaking all over the place about these three centers. It comes down to which one Joe D can steal and Joe has been able to get the unexpected done when we least expect it. #1 Andrew Bynum and Phil Jackson are not in love with each other. We will have to see how this all plays out, but Bynum is not one of Kobe's fav's either. Lakers win or lose, unless Bynum really goes in the finals with an ass kicking game or two, we may be out of luck. Phil likes Tayshaun, I read a few things about that a couple of years back. #2. Samuel Dalembert is not a happy camper especially after an attempt during the season to trade the big fella didn't materialize. Can he offer us that presence in the paint that we need? Would him and Boozer become the front court presence that we need. #3. Well same old, same old with Stoudemire, off again, on again. I have a feeling if someone comes up with a decent offer, he is history. #4. The best of the rest: Zaza, not a bad pickup, young, can shoot a little and can clog the middle and run the floor Leadership: Something that was SORELY MISSING this season, go and get Shane Battier Joe, do what you have to do to trade for this home grown talent.


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Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Disney's fourth installment of the swashbuckling adventure fantasy film series brings Penelope Cruz into the fold.
Director: Rob Marshall Rating: PG-13 Studio: Jerry Bruckheimer Films
It's not saying much that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is better than Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. A Disney movie franchise crying to be dry-docked, the fourth seafaring yo-ho-ho epic has Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow braving treacherous seas, seductive, vampire-like mermaids, Spanish buccaneer Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and zombie Brit pirate Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to get his mitts on the Fountain of Youth. Except that Sparrow doesn't seem to care all that much about the quest and so neither do we.
As directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), the action moves elegantly, and everything in the production has an expensive, opulent sheen. Doesn't matter. The movie just sits there like a big, gilt-edged lump, obstinately refusing to take flight, charm, thrill or delight. It's only about two hours and fifteen minutes long and it's probably going to haul in shiploads of money, but this thing plods because there's no engine driving the swordfights, chases and narrow escapes. Depp's mincing, mascara'd sot by now feels mummified. Cast adrift with his fellow cast members by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's meandering, exposition-heavy screenplay, Depp's performance seems guided by autopilot and muscle memory, not any sense of fun or inspiration. He and new cast addition Penelope Cruz, playing an old flame who is also Blackbeard's swashbuckling daughter, generate zero chemistry and Rush's character—once such a kick—is now just another annoyance.
Want to see a truly fun, sexy, action-packed swashbuckler? Instead, see how it was done to perfection by Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, The Black Swan with Tyrone Power, The Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster or Scaramouche with Stewart Granger.
About the Author
Playboy Contributing Editor Stephen Rebello has written many Playboy Interview and 20 Questions features. He is the author of such books as the notorious Bad Movies We Love (with Edward Margulies) and Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, the latter of which has inspired a dramatic feature film set for production in 2011. His most recent Playboy Interviews include Josh Brolin and Cameron Diaz.


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Trying to decide how to set up our operation. It looks like we'll have to go with wax foundation because
- we want small cell (We've already ordered the 4.9 bees)
- we don't want to use plastic frames
- we're too chicken to start off foundationless
We saw these foundation rods advertised at Mann Lake and wondered if they would be a reasonable alternative to wiring? It's not clear to me how they work; are they like the support pins only longer? Are the support pins enough to hold the foundation in? Someone told me they just use bobby pins; has anyone else had success with that?
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ACT UP New York's Banner Year in HIV Prevention May Show Us How to Prevent a Plague
December 16, 2013
If you know anything about AIDS activism, then you know that the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was among the first groups on the frontlines making sure that the lives of people living with and dying from AIDS-related illnesses, and the health of those at risk for HIV, were cared for and paid attention to. Now, more than 25 years after their genesis in 1987, after they've taught us how to survive a plague, and after the death of one of their highest-profile early members, Spencer Cox, the New York chapter has reemerged with a new agenda: prevention.
Let's get it right: ACT UP has never gone away. The group, which has many chapters in other cities around the world, has always been a part of the conversation when it comes to HIV/AIDS. However, with recent CDC statistics indicating that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. is still highly disproportionately affecting gay men, especially young gay men of color, ACT UP New York (ACT UP NY) has responded with the formation of the Prevention of HIV Action Group (PHAG). A few members of PHAG spoke with us about this notable year for the group.
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Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco Bay, The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley was built by a wealthy prospector during the Gold Rush, eventually becoming a hotel in the early 20th century. Today, this AAA Four Diamond property wows with luxe accommodations, three distinctive restaurants, a world-class spa, and a state-of-the-art health club. Oh, and the views? They've always been there, but they never lose their jaw-dropping appeal.
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Each of 279 rooms at this grand dame hotel is different. Some are fit for families, and others accommodate business travelers. The recently renovated Distinctive Rooms are appointed with a sleeping area with one king or two double beds, a sitting area with a desk and an easy chair, a private bathroom with plush spa robes, and, of course, windows that look out onto the Bay and the San Francisco skyline in the distance.
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Go for a swim in one of three heated outdoor pools, or soak in a whirlpool tub at the spa, named Top US Urban Spa by Vogue. Or lace up your tennis shoes and hit the courts, offering practice walls as well as private lessons.
When it comes time to dine, you'll have your pick of three restaurants. Oenophiles, and really anyone with a taste for fine food, should reserve a table at Meritage, which boasts an extensive list of more than 190 wines. Earning Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence for nine years running, the restaurant suggests a wine pairing for each dish on the dinner menu. Still, you can't go wrong at The Paragon Restaurant & Bar, a chic spot serving up American brasserie-style cuisine, classic cocktails, and breathtaking views. For a more casual outing, make your way to the Bayview Café for sandwiches, salads, and burgers.
"Everything about The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa, perched in the East Bay hills with a killer view of the bay all the way to San Francisco, says class. And Meritage at The Claremont, a wine-focused restaurant and lounge, is no different."-- San Francisco Chronicle
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text: I knew nothing about Nassib. But the fact that we gave up a pick for him tells me it was a planned strategic move for a guy we wanted. Not seat of the pants panic like the boys first round trade back because all their hopefuls disappeared and left them unprepared for that possibility. Giving up your 6th round pick to move up is hugely different than the boys giving up their 1st to pick up a third and very late 1st. Time will tell what Reese's plans are for this qb.


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