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It is a simple plan. Choose a chair, watch it through the day, and map the London fashion week path of supposed glamour that follows those who sit on the front row. We select row A, seat 11 and seem to have an auspicious start - at the first show on Tuesday morning, before our photographer arrives, A11 has a piece of A4 printed with the letters VIP written on it. Big things are obviously happening.
What we want for our chair is a date with Claudia Schiffer. The model has been in town this week reporting on the shows for American Vogue. Think of the honour of having such a hallowed body sit on your frame. We hope that Ms Schiffer will naturally gravitate to our stackable piece of grey plastic, but if she sits elsewhere, we decide we'll dump our chair for a more fortunate one. Sure, at this show the seat is left empty, and Schiffer is nowhere to be seen, but it is still only 10am.
At John Rocha, we don't expect too much. His is a gentle label that doesn't make big fashion waves - Schiffer's model attitude would probably tsunami the show if she were to appear. Instead, A11 is taken by Yukiko Yazawa, a buyer from a Japanese store who doesn't speak any English. She shows us the catalogue for her shop, and her friend translates that she doesn't mind waiting for an hour in A11 because she can sit and chat to her friends. All very pleasant, not very glitzy.
But wait. Down the row the actor who plays Jason in Footballer's Wives has just sat in A34. Should we ditch A11 already? No, that would be desperate. Plus he already looks embarrassed to be there as the biggest front-row figure, rubbing his face and reading the shownotes a bit too eagerly, and we can't remember his name in real-life anyway. We don't want to humiliate him further.
Next, at Nicole Farhi, bodies are sparse. But A11 is taken by Ann Pitcher, the buying director for Harvey Nichols, who is at the show to select clothes for the store. It is already over an hour late. What does Pitcher do with this dead time? "A variety of things," she says. "I do a mental recap of which shows I have seen, I look around to see what everyone else is wearing, then I try to think about life on a desert island."
A press release states that the show is being broadcast live to Farhi's New York in-store restaurant, where Alan Cumming is hosting a breakfast to help push the label. For a minute we are annoyed that we haven't got a plant in Manhattan to spy on A11 across the Atlantic, but we have already been seated opposite Cumming at the Tommy Hilfiger show in New York a week before. He doesn't interest us any more.
Sometimes our chair is there in spirit if not presence. Not all the shows are held at the official tents, so in these other venues a different piece of furniture stands in for us. At some, the seats aren't even numbered - you have to grab a space before they're all taken in your row, like a fancily dressed game of musical chairs. At Eley Kishimoto we count 11 along the front row to find our virtual seat. It is occupied by Bobby Hilton, who ran the MA fashion course at Central Saint Martins when half of the designer duo, Wakako Kishimoto, was a student there. Does she go to all the shows by her ex-students? "One gets a bit choosy at my age," she says. "I come when I think it's going to be interesting." With these un-numbered seats, it's easy to slip into a seat that's not yours. Has she ever sat somewhere she shouldn't? "I've always been scrupulous. I'm fairly sure that the humiliation would be too much."
We love Hilton, and don't care that she isn't Schiffer. But this is getting desperate. Even if the city's fashion is wayward, London is known for being able to drum up an Atomic Kitten to watch any old rubbish. Maybe it's a good thing that the demi-celebrities have stopped using the shows for their own promotional purposes, but their disappearance has meant empty seats and a loss of buzz.
We are back in the tents for the next show by feted label Blaak, and back with our faithful chair. We wait and wait. There are some people sitting in A14 and 15, and as the announcer states the show is about to begin, we consider asking one of them to fill the seat for us. But then the PR asks the couple in the row behind to move forward to avoid an embarrassing frontline space. So into A11 steps Fabio, the boyfriend of a store owner from St Tropez. He says it is his first time at a show. Is he enjoying himself? "There is a lot of free champagne," he says. At least his motivation is honest.
Schiffer must have already left the country. Sophia Kokosalaki's front row is another free-for-all bench, so we count along and come to Anna Piaggi, who is Italian Vogue's figurehead fashion eccentric. Beneath the clash and shouting of her Pucci outfit, she is surprisingly lucid and more passionate about British designers than most of us UK journalists. "Designers like Boudicca, Jens Laugesen and Preen are very much the fashion insiders," she says. "I do like this culture."
We decide to let our chair be for the time being. It appears to spend its time servicing the trade, not being touched by the sheen that is always expected but never actually present at most of these shows. But on Wednesday A11 it is given one last chance. The guest list for Julien Macdonald is more hyped than the show - Renée Zellweger and Pamela Anderson are in town for the Style awards, Li'l Kim and Janet Jackson for the Mobo's. All are supposed to be here. Emma Bunton has already taken her seat in A2. The seats to her left, including A11, are empty and ready for the big guns. Sitting behind is Carrie, the judge from Fame Academy. Her demotion to second row must mean they are expecting the goods.
But then the lights go down and strays rush to fill the empty seats. When the lights come back on, the places have been filled by a crush of unrecognisable faces. All the known names are no-shows. But why should we complain for our A11? If they are that keen to see the clothes, these freeloaders should have a right to the space. In the tepid atmosphere of the past few days, any sign of passion should be rewarded.


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Getting ready for another night on the Great White Way, Jessica Chastain arrived at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York City on Saturday (January 12).
The beautiful red-head donned jeans and a blue button-down and topped the ensemble off with grey knee-high boots, as she paused to sign some autographs on her way to her performance of "The Heiress."
In related news, Ms. Chastain's role in the Oscar-nominated "Zero Dark Thirty" won her a Critics Choice Award for Best Actress on Thursday (January 10).
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Utah State University
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While the Aggie Bus at first blush is just a battery-electric conversion of a standard passenger bus, it has a pretty unique trick.
Professor Hunter Wu
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The pads can deliver up to 5 kilowatts at 90-percent electrical transfer efficiency, over a 10-inch airgap. The charger also maintains that efficiency even if the bus is "off" (misaligned) with the charging pad by up to six inches. This helps, by making it far easier for the driver to hit the charging zone. The system can deliver a peak power of 25 kilowatts, albeit at lower efficiency.
The inductive charging transformer (bottom) take power from the grid (top) and transfer it to a detached electrical device, e.g. the Aggie Bus via a magnetic field. [Image Source: WAVE Inc.]
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Robert T. Behunin, Ph.D., USU vice president of commercialization and regional development praised the upcoming Aggie Bus and current prototype, commenting, "The unveiling of the Aggie Bus today is a historic achievement and a great leap forward in the science and engineering related to electric vehicles. As a result of the work done by Utah State engineers, scientists and partners, EV owners and operators will now be able to simply drive over a pad in the ground to recharge their batteries, the benefits of which reach far beyond convenience."
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for consumer
electric vehicles
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WiFi-fearing crowd
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Strike Point for kicks?
I am severely confused on a point of contention...
I have a personal friend who is training in Muy Thai & BJJ.
He tells me that you never want to strike with the top of your foot, that you should always strike with the low shin.
From what I've seen in videos of the technique it looks like the point of contact is where the ankle meets the foot (shin).
Now when I train on the bag, if I mess up and the top of my foot hits the bag it hurts like hell.
Last night I was talking with another friend, He's studied numerous techniques.
He tells me the best way to strike for leg strikes is to strike with the top of your foot.
With the 1st friend he tells me if you do the later method for a thai strike or any strike for that matter you run a substantial risk of breaking your foot.
What would be the best way to figure out where I should be striking for leg-strikes
do not strike with the top of your foot, you will hurt yourself
said it on msn but i figured i'd state it again for other curious readers. it all depends on the form of kick you are using, the thai style kick of course you want to use your shin. people say the top of the foot is dangerous but as a taekwondo fighter we also condition our feet. they are solid and can take abuse. an untrained fighter trying to use thai style kicks is going to F his shin up just as bad as if he were trying to use his foot, its all about what you are accustomed too. i personally use my shin for leg kicks, and my foot for body/head kicks, it isnt as strong by any means, but is a lot faster if you have the technique correct.
Tyson pretty much covered it but I'll throw my own 2 cents in...
Whether you strike with the shin or the instep (top of foot) depends on what you are trying to do.
The shin kick is great for slamming home a powerful body shot. You hit with one of the hardest parts of the surface anatomy and, with proper form, you can deal out serious power.
The instep kick is a better option for two specific areas. 1. Head kicks and 2. Stick-and-move. When striking at the head, the aim is to strike as fast a possible because its imparitive to strike before your opponent can properly defend himself. When using a stick-and-move strategy its useful because, even though you cannot deal out the same level of damage with the instep kick as with the shin kick, you are able to strike faster and in a case where your opponent has significally longer arm reach, it helps keep you out of his range.
With the Stick-and move stratagem, would you land a preemptive strike an the then fall back immediately?
You can use a pre-emptive attack game-plan. In this way you are able to push the pace of the fight and, if you combine nice fluid and rapid instep kicks with equally nice and fluid footwork, you can keep your opponent guessing as to where the kicks are coming from. Of course these two areas aren't the easiest to mesh together in that to even throw a kick you must be static, and footwork(obviously)entails movement. It requires very skillful reflexes and impeccible balance.
In a counter-striking game-plan, things are slightly different. With this idea you goat your opponent into coming forward, not necessarily attacking, just moving aggressively. As he comes in you counter his forward progression with solid kicks to the body or attempts for the head, either are effective, however the roundhouse alone cannot be used in this context, it has to be supplemented by thrust and snap kicks to keep the opponent from taking advantage of your style choice.
The addition of leg kicks, using either the instep or shin can be used in both game-plans. To pre-empt the opponent, the instep leg kick can be used to wear down both the inside and outside of the opponent's lead leg with rear-leg roundhouses, as well as lead-leg roundhouses and reverse roundhouses. In the counter striking strategy, striking the opponent's lead leg with shin kicks can be vey devastating, especially if the leg is straight and not bent when the kick lands, i.e. if the opponet is backstepping in reaction to another part of the counter(a switch kick is a good example). If the leg is straight, the knee joint is essentially floating within the kneecap, ligaments, and tendons. By striking this area at full extention the knee joint can become misaligned, a temporary disadvantage, but one that can easily be taken advantage of, to great results.
These are just two strategies that have worked for me when relying on kicks. I'm certain there are more, I'm just not a developed enough Martial Artist to have thought of them!
This is interesting.
I am comfortable with snapping roundhouses with my left side right now.
I can pull off some nice thrust/push kicks with the right along with some nice roundhouses on this side as well.
At current I can throw a right-roundhouse higher than 6 foot.
From what you're saying with the Counter-striking stratagem I think this would be a good idea for me at least.
Say for example I would be moving in a circle from left to right my left foot is my lead with the rear foot being my right.
I could posture up for a second or two and throw a snapping roundhouse into the guys right leg unless his left was closer.
I haven't worked on side kicks yet I hear they are nice, but I haven't found the fluidity from them as of late.
If I would get the chance I would love to throw heavy right roundhouses into the low-leg or knee of the opponent.
With one of my combo-sets I will strike either low leg, knee, or ribcage then as the opponent is phased go in and start a volley on the body and work my way up the torso for a maximum of 5-seconds then dart out.
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Getting back to the Lumia 800, as mentioned, the phone's hardware buttons are on the right edge. Up top are the volume rocker and screen lock/power buttons, both of which are perfectly positioned to sit conveniently under your fingers (for lefties) or thumb (for righties). Lower down is the camera button, which is a standard feature on all Windows Phone handsets. This can not only be used to set focus, take a snap and launch the camera app when the phone is on but also it will jump straight to the camera app even when the phone is locked, if you hold it down for a couple of seconds – very useful.
One potential slip up is with the connectivity along that top edge. The headphone socket is untroubled but the flaps could cause trouble. Press the little blip and up pops one flap to reveal the microUSB socket, while the other section slides over and pulls out, revealing itself to be a SIM card tray (as is becoming more common, the Lumia 800 uses a microSIM). The problem lies in the flip up flap. The combination of it being hard plastic and it needing to be open the entire time the phone is charging means you could easily snap it off if your phone takes a tumble.
Another problem with these flaps is they don't hide a microSD slot, so you can't upgrade the phone's storage. You get 16GB built in, which is probably enough for most people but equally many others want more, and given the iPhone 4S now tops out at 64GB, 16GB seems fairly miserly. On a similar note, you can't access the battery to swap it for a spare.
Below the screen are the main navigation buttons, which along with the camera button conform to standards stipulated by Microsoft. There are three and they must go in the right order; Back, Home and Search. They're nice and responsive and are nicely integrated into the surface of the touchscreen. Our only complaint would be that we'd prefer if they completely disappeared when the screen was off, but it's a very minor gripe. One thing to note, though, is that the N9 was actually able to fill the space occupied by these buttons with an even larger screen, as its ingenious gesture system meant you could do away with any navigation buttons on the front (okay, okay, we'll stop the comparisons now).
Talking of screens, that of the Lumia 800 is truly dazzling. The contrast of the black chassis and screen of this particular phone probably helps but even on the cyan and magenta models it does look truly eye popping. Likewise the Windows Phone interface aids this impression thanks to its use of large blocks of colour. What really powers this impression, though, is the use of AMOLED technology. Because it doesn't have a backlight, there's no light bleed in dark areas of the screen. This really helps create an impression that the interface just leaps out from the glass panel of the screen, rather than some display behind.
However, all is not rosy. Where the Samsung Galaxy Nexus takes these basic AMOLED qualities then adds in a super high resolution (720 x 1,280 pixels) to make for the most impressive phone screen available, the Nokia Lumia 800 features a relatively paltry 480 x 800 pixel resolution. Add in the fact it uses a Pentile RGBG subpixel matrix and the result is that once you move away from the heavily stylised and optimised world of the phone's main interface, things start to look a quite grainy. The most obvious problem area is the web browser where, particularly if you're looking at non mobile versions of websites, when zoomed out text can look rather fuzzy.
The Nokia Lumia 800 on the left has a graininess to its screen that even the lowly £99 San Francisco II improves upon.
Another potential issue is the colour temperature of AMOLED panels. They can look a bit blue and produce overly saturated, almost unnatural looking colours as compared to LCDs. However, unless you plan to extensively use your phone for professional design work or as your home cinema display, this isn't a huge problem.
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"Otherwise, the Nokia 800 looks and feels like a fairly typical Windows Phone"
I realise you guys have a bit of a downer on all things Nokia, but maybe you don't need to betray your prejudice quite as blatantly by trying to pass this off as looking like just any other WP7 phone, when quite clearly in looks at least it is most unlike any other phone out there.
I was referring to the OS at that point. Sorry if that was unclear.
Also remember that as part of this desperate deal, MS agreed to give Nokia free reign at the most basic OS level to tweak and adapt it however they pleased. All the more disappointing that it looks as bland as any other WP7 device. (Again, on the OS level).
I can't help myself, but it feels like one looser found another. (Nokia+Microsoft) I am sick and tired of both. I don't think that this handset sell well respectively capture any noticeable market share in Europe. Promising N9 with Meego was scraped and instead of that American CEO @ Nokia is thinking that we can eat anything in Europe what they will serve :D what a mistake amigo Elop !
Quote: "when quite clearly in looks at least it is most unlike any other phone out there."
Not necessarily. Looks similar to the Foxconn made device more commonly known as Huawei Ideos X6/U9000 or the Motorola Triumph. Can have a look at http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/MOTOROLA-TRIUMPH-US-EN .
heh read something rather amusing this morning!
Apparently no-one at Nokia speaks Spanish; "lumia" means prostitute according to here: www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/lumia.php
@Martin "you guys have a bit of a downer on all things Nokia" ... or do you mean they disagree with your bias?
I used to be Nokia all the way but I am disappointed their delayed efforts have produced this, a larger iPod mini clone. Nokia 7110, 8800 ... these were great phones, well built and different from the pack.
So maybe Nokia are to blame, not TR.
@Lantic - of course you are correct, TR does not agree with my bias.
But even so, this is certainly no worse an implementation of WP7 than any other, in some ways (navigation, music possibly) it is slightly ahead of the WP7 pack. Moreover the phone itself acquits itself very well aesthetically, successfully differentiating itself from the mass of iPhone and Desire look-alikes.
So I see a lot to like here, and I think the glass is definitely more half-full than half-empty.
I don't actually use a 'smartphone' of any description, never have. So I am at once totally unqualified to comment in detail, but also free of any need to post-rationalise or self-affirm previous purchases.
"the Nokia 800 looks and feels like a fairly typical Windows Phone"
I think the reviewer should have gone to specsavers... :-D lol
Is not a typical Windows Phone. I ordered mine thru Expansys Mexico. Came from italy. I use an LG Optimus for a time and is a lot better. I find every application that was in my two previous Blackberries (Storm, 8520). You don´t need to reset each time an Application is installed or removed. The Gorilla Glass is truly genial. Is not the best but the future of Nokia with Microsoft looks promising. I agree battery need improvement. Camera is enough for a phone. I use a decent Camera for that. Consider that our phone companies in Mexico tend to delay a lot new technologies. Definetively wins to Blackberry, Need more Apps compared to Android & Apple. The average people don´t use thousand of apps. Extra storage is a value but with a Iomega Wifii is solved. Beed more accesories. Definetly a leap forward! Is unlocked that gives extra value in my opinion.
Both I and my son actually waited for this phone. So far Im onto my third handsetband my son the second. All replacement have been for the same reason LOCKING UP. Factory resets updates all have failed.
You would be on a call thE phone disconnect the call and restarts. It's a massive knock to the Nokia experience
If you are going to show how one phone displays text less well than another, the least you can do is show text the same size. In your side-by-side shot, the text on the "other" phone is at least one point larger. It is also a different font. Overall, though, I don't see that it shows that the Lumia 800's screen is any worse at all than the phone it is being compared to.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will pull its 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan early next year unless NATO sends in significant reinforcements, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday, signaling Ottawa has lost patience with what it sees as foot-dragging by allies.
The minority Conservative government wants the soldiers to stay beyond their current withdrawal date of February 2009 but in another potential threat to the mission, the main opposition Liberal Party expressed doubts about the idea of an extension.
Harper, who is exasperated at the refusal of many other NATO nations to commit more troops to Afghanistan, said the Alliance's failure to provide enough forces meant the whole future of the organization was under serious threat.
So far, 78 Canadian soldiers and a diplomat have died since Ottawa deployed troops to Afghanistan in 2002.
Harper said he accepted the recommendations of an independent panel which last week urged Canada to end its mission in the southern city of Kandahar unless NATO provided an extra 1,000 troops and Ottawa obtained helicopters and aerial reconnaissance vehicles.
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My 8 week old is lurching at my other dogs (and cat but not as bad with the cat). She lowers her head, stalks, and jumps on and/or bites my dogs. I have stopped her when I see her starting to pounce or even shows a stance by saying no and tapping her. Is there anything else I can do? At this point, she believes she's playing, but I'm afraid it will turn ugly quick. It's scaring my other dogs so I know this is not acceptable play behavior. At first my other dogs would warn her, now they are cowering and turning away. Should I put her on a leash to correct the behavior? She has also tried to mount my smaller dog as well as bite her back legs (this is a herding dog instinct I know but needs correction). Looking for other suggestions. She's not growling. She's just trying to play but it's not acceptable. She is brand new to the pack. She's been with us for only a few days not even a week yet so she is still trying to figure out her place in the pack. I am going to start obedience training and leash training now that she's adapted to her new home and house training is successful. Hopefully, it's an issue that can be corrected simply by supplying a sense of direction and purpose. She has shown a positive work ethic. I have done some short sessions with her - teaching her not to jump on me but to sit to get attention for example- simple manners discipline. She responds quite well to the brief training moments even when I have corrected her about lurching. She is also sensitive. When I have really gotten on turn her (put my hand on her neck and told her no as I pushed her to the floor when she's not listening), she will retreat to her crate but eventually return and join the group and be much more reserved. However, I don't want her scared so please tell me if that's too harsh. I don't push harshly just apply pressure which causes her to lay down. I have only done that twice because she would not listen. The other times I simply have had to say no and/or tap her on the side to get her out of that mindset. She then stops and her body language changes to more relaxed as well as the other dogs.
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Hi, recently done mine and first of all it really is worth the grief and hardship, they look fantastic.
Remove the light unit by unplugging all connectors to the rear, don't worry they are all different and can't be put back wrong.
Once out you need to bond the ballasts to the front bodywork somewhere near the headlight unit so the cables still reach. Whilst they are bonding you need to prepare for removing the clear front lens off the light unit. I used a large wide screwdriver.
To do this you can either warm the units in an oven as some suggest but it works really well with an hair dyer on full blast and moving it across about 4" at a time. After about a minute and of coarse unclipping the metal clip retainers you can start placing the screwdriver head in between the two plastic parts (one black and one clear) and slightly twisting the blade. If the temperature is correct then you will start to see the original bonding material start to stretch like chewing gum and you can continue round still maintaing temperature with the hairdryer until it pops out. While the bonding material is still warm I pushed any that came out back in as this can be used again when replacing back the lens.
You will need to drill a small hole in the black cover to allow the cables to come out. I placed mine strategically at the top and out of the way of any fowling parts. (this can be siliconed afterwards).
Beware of placing the rings to low on the headlight unit as when you close the two back together you may well find that the bottom of the rings will fowl on the two pieces coming together.
You will need to run the hairdryer around the unit again prior to clamping them together again and don't forget the metal retaining clips.
You can run a small bead of clear silicon around the units if you want but mine was fine as I ensured I got the original bonding material warm.
It took me about 50 minutes for each light unit and forget latex gloves as the black bonding material loves them and won't let go. keep some paint stripper handy to clean up afterwards.
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no chance, my team (the packers) aren't in the "big game" this year and I don't have enough money on the game to make that big of a deal.
however, I do donate blood regularly (lately it's been platelets, it's all about the platelets - and they have something like a 1 week shelf life) but I was thinking maybe, just maybe, when they check my blood pressure they would do it accurately enough to flag it as an issue.
and they did not.
along another train of thought, it should be interesting how nbc shows the f1 this year in the states (previously F1 was on speed tv and they would rerun the f1 race early tuesday or some such).


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Commentary: Ticket Madness At The World CupWilliam Echikson
Mikhael Dryacki came early. The 25-year-old French football fan woke up at 5 a.m. in Rouen, took a two-hour train ride to Paris, and spent another 45 minutes in the Metro--all to arrive eight hours in advance of the kickoff for the Nigeria-Bulgaria World Cup match at the Parc des Princes stadium. With the game sold out, he tried the scalpers, but they were asking up to $800 a ticket, 33 times the lowest official price of $24. "It's ridiculous," says a disappointed Dryacki.
He's right. France's monthlong football fiesta has turned into a fiasco, in large part because organizers relied more on old-fashioned dirigisme than market efficiency. They subsidized tickets for low-income fans and erected protectionist walls to favor French residents. The result was an unnecessarily vicious black market. If tickets had been sold in a more transparent, evenhanded fashion, even some of the regrettable violence in French cities that housed matches might have been avoided.
CRONYISM. Some tension was inevitable. Eight European nations with easy car access to France qualified for the tournament. "We estimated demand for 25 million tickets and had a little more than 2.5 million [seats] to sell," laments Jacques Lambert, the organizing committee's general director.
But poor management turned a difficult situation into an intolerable one. Instead of holding most of the games in the brand-new 80,000-seat Stade de France in Paris, the organizers scheduled many matches in smaller towns with smaller stadiums. And instead of setting prices to minimize the gap between supply and demand, the organizers only sold tickets in batches to all first-round games at a single site and for as little as $24 a seat. "We want to make the World Cup affordable to everyone," says Michel Platini, president of the French Organizing Committee for World Cup 1998.
That goal would have been better served by individual game tickets and higher prices. "I would save up to pay $150 for one ticket, but not $800," says Richard Gallagher, a ticketless engineer who came to Paris from the working-class British town of Middlesbrough in hopes of a seat at the Nigeria-Bulgaria game. He ended up watching the match on TV. "If the organizers had increased supply by putting on more football games and restricted demand by raising prices, it would have been a step towards a solution," says economist Fred Pallada of ING Bank in the Netherlands.
Protectionism increased the problem. The French reserved a quarter of the tickets for their own residents. "This is a French World Cup, after all," Platini argues. But that intensified the anger of foreign fans who couldn't see their own teams play.
Global football's cronyism fueled further frustration. While the French organizing committee was responsible for selling tickets to the general public, the Federation Internationale de Football Assn. (FIFA) received 24% of the tickets to allocate to national football associations. Critics say many of these seats ended up on the black market. "FIFA really doesn't scrutinize or monitor its business partners," says Alan Tomlinson, co-author of the recently published book FIFA and the Contest for World Football: Who Rules the People's Game.
Unfortunately, football's poor management doesn't look likely to improve. In a June 8 election for the FIFA presidency held one day before the World Cup opened, Joseph Sepp Blatter, long FIFA's secretary general, beat reform candidate Lennart Johansson. Since then, allegations of vote buying and other irregularities have surfaced.
Amazingly, football mandarins shrug off any hints of mismanagement, confident that their product will sell no matter what. "The only thing people will remember is the quality of the games on the field," argues Platini.
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PLO ambassador says Palestinian state should be free of Jews
Clarification: In the headline and story, Palestinian Ambassador Maen Areikat says he was referring to Israelis, not Jews, when he stated that "it would be in the best interest of the two people to be separated first."
WASHINGTON — The Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that any future Palestinian state it seeks with help from the United Nations and the United States should be free of Jews.
"After the experience of the last 44 years of military occupation and all the conflict and friction, I think it would be in the best interest of the two people to be separated," Maen Areikat, the PLO ambassador, said during a meeting with reporters sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor. He was responding to a question about the rights of minorities in a Palestine of the future.
Such a state would be the first to officially prohibit Jews or any other faith since Nazi Germany, which sought a country that was judenrein, or cleansed of Jews, said Elliott Abrams, a former U.S. National Security Council official.
Israel has 1.3 million Muslims who are Israeli citizens. Jews have lived in "Judea and Samaria," the biblical name for the West Bank, for thousands of years. Areikat said the PLO seeks a secular state, but that Palestinians need separation to work on their own national identity.
The Palestinian demand is unacceptable and "a despicable form of anti-Semitism," Abrams said. A small Jewish presence in a future Palestine, up to 1% of the population, would not hurt the Palestinian identity, he said.
"No civilized country would act this way," Abrams said.
Israel has often complained of anti-Semitic views in Palestinian discourse. Palestinian media frequently publishes and broadcasts anti-Semitic sermons by Islamic religious leaders, while the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV shows programming for preschoolers that extolls hatred of Jews and suicide bombings, according to a 2009 State Department human rights report.
The PLO seeks a U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood when the U.N. General Assembly meets in New York City next week. Areikat said Palestinian negotiators have been stymied in peace talks with the Israelis because of the two sides' unequal status before international legal institutions such as the U.N. and the International Criminal Court, where Israel is a full member and the Palestinians are not. The Palestinians hope the increased pressure will push the Jewish state to agree to their demands.
"We are trying to preserve the concept of a two-state solution," Areikat said. "And to make the Israelis understand there will be consequences for their actions."
The Obama administration has promised to veto the statehood bid if it reaches the U.N. Security Council.
"This shortcut is not going to create a Palestinian state," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice said. "We continue to urge them and convince them that would be self-defeating."
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UPDATE: Closing the list at this time. Im already feeling the wear and tear. After I go out for my b-day dinner tonight, ill pour a couple more sets. I should get through the first 20 this week, and be able to finish the darts. Next week the next 20 and then ill need some time. Its getting a bit overwhelming for me. Im sure any of you that has tried to run a one man show knows what I man. There will be some seconds and test pairs that end up for sale at the end of this run of 40 a little cheaper. Ill keep you all posted
About this project:
Unless you have been in a hole I am sure that you know that Fettpride, chris, is very busy taking care of his Fiance, Pam.
Chris was extremely helpfull to me when I first started lurking here. Even when he had so much work to do pulling armour and helmets, and managing pm's about payments, he took the time to help me.
I am sure others have similar stories.
I recently got the opportunity to meet chris when I picked up the IC Han in carbonite from him. Again, he was overly helpful and extremely helpfull and answered any questions I had.
In the course of the conversation he offered to let me use his knee models with no stipulations. He said 'Id like to see my knees in rubber. Heres a set. Make some rubber knees.'
He didnt ask for a thing. Even when I offered. That brings us to where I am now.
This will be a fundraiser for Chris and Pam.
The price is $75 shipped US / 85 shipped Worldwide for the rubber knees.
Add $10 for the knee darts in hard resin or possibly rubber. Depending on what comes out the best.
The color is going to be black for now. I may try some cold cast versions, but that is a difficult process. And anything can go wrong. It will add cost, and quite frankly im not sure we need any more cost in this hobby.
It would cost another $10 to cold cast them. I may do a few trial sets and sell them on a 'first come first serve basis'.
The breakdown is: $50 goes to Chris and pam. $25 goes to me to cover shipping (roughly $10-12) and resin (roughly $10) each. This will hopefully provide a few extra dollars to cover bad pulls.
Here are the pictures of the first pulls. The ones with black near them are raw, right out of the mold, un-cleaned knees. The second were trimmed with a pair of desk scissors Yes. With desk scissors you can clean these better than most will ever trim a set of vac formed knees.
There is one spot on one knee where you will see a funny parting line (on one of the dart launchers, it is not pictures). That is the only real blemish on the whole set.
The rubber is similar to car tire rubber. It doesnt need a armature. They flex and bend, but mostly hold their shape.
Some may decide to use a metal backing (think metal ruler) around the inside upper rim. That will cause it to stiffin right up, but I didn not include it inside of the rubber. I will do a tutorial if anyone wants to know how this can be done easily.
I want to stress that this is for pam and chris. So if you deem these are worth more, by all means Pay more
I have donated 100 hours, and probably $600 in just materials. So by all means if you need a good set of the most acurate knees available, please, sigh up!
You may notice the inside of the knees is marked FP.
Theres a reason. These are 'For Pam'
Thank you Chris for everything. Really. Thank you.
These will come off the molds 1-3 pairs a night. So take that into account. Anyone needing them for halloween or a troop soon. Please specify. But please, if you absolutely dont need them asap, give me time to do these right
I have 1 gallon of rubber currently. Ill run that out, on the first 4-5 sets. Once I get a handle on how much I need for this big run, ill buy the rest of the resin.
10/16/08 Sent the next chunk of the payment today. Totals 750 to chris and pam. Thanks everyone!
10/9/08 - In light of the signup list I sent $500 today to Chris. Let me be the first to thank you all for your support. I will send the next payment as soon as I have collected the first 20 sales.
Interest Committment List
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2 ASOk - 1 set - No Darts -----------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000232
7 slavefive - 1 set - no darts --------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000232
9 Jackpot76 - 1 set - no darts -------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000270
13 rokeim - 1 set - no darts ---------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED 03070020000070000201
16 Benkenove - 1 set - no darts -----------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - LC835428905US
17 shabad - 1 et - no darts ----------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000256
20 TK4130 - 1 set - no darts --------------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - LC668541181us
21 Stormtrooperguy - 1 set - no darts ----------------- PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000195
22 Madmartigan - 1 set - No Darts ---------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000249
8 genet kal - 1 set - WITH DARTS ----------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - 03070020000070000218
Titanfett - blemished set -PAID 03070020000070000324
1 Bobby Fett UK - 1 set - WITH DARTS ---------- PAID - SHIPPING - LC835428919US
4 22ssplt - 1 set - NO DARTS - PAID ------------- PAID - SHIPPING - 03070020000070000317
6 deadland - 1 set - NO DARTS - PAID------------ PAID - SHIPPING - 03070020000070000331
10 suspect86 - 1 set - NO DARTS ---------------- PAID - SHIPPING -03070020000070000348
14 My Only Fettish - 1 set - WITH DARTS -------- PAID - SHIPPING - 03070020000070000300
7 gbeef - 1 set - PAID SHIPPED - LC83528905US
12 grifter - 1 set - WITH DARTS - PAID ----------- PAID - MQ DONE-------------- SHIPPED
15 FettOfficer - 1 set ------------------------------ PAYMENT RECEIVED -------- SHIPPED
11 slowmo - 1 set - WITH DARTS ---------------- PAID/CLEARED------------- SHIPPED
5 coJake - 1 set - No Darts ------------------------ PAYMENT RECEIVED ------- SHIPPED
15 fettdad - 1 set - no darts ------------------------PAYMENT RECEIVED ------- READY TO SHIP
2 Ciscostiger - 1 set - no darts -----------------PM - PAYMENT RECEIVED ------- SHIPPED
3 Cylus - 1 set - no darts Orange Test Set ------PM ------------------------------SHIPPED
13 tk337 - 1 set - WITH DARTS-----------------PM ------------------------------ SHIPPED
17 Wolfie - 1 set - no darts ------------------------------------------------------ READY TO SHIP
6 mckenic - 1 set - WITH DARTS ---------------PM
8 whistle8mp - 1 set - no darts ----------------PM
9 mmgraphics - 1 set - no darts----------------PM
10 boomer fett - 1 set - no darts---------------PM
11 BobaFettSlave_1 - 1 set - WITH DARTS------PM
12 SlabFett - 1 set - WITH DARTS--------------PM
14 Simon Fett - 1 set - no darts ---------------PM
16 bbbrowles - 1 set - no darts - NO PAYPAL ITS EVIL
20 CasiusOntius - 1 set - with darts------------PM - Hold
18 rangerChet - 1 set - WITH DARTS -------------------PM SENT - PAYMENT RECEIVED - WFD
Im closing the run list for now. There may be another run pending how burnt out I am, and the amount of wear and tear on the mold at the end of these. There will be a few sets of blemished and test pairs at the end a little cheaper. And probably a whole lot of 'test and blemished darts' to go around.
Thanks for the interest!
My dremel grind cut bit (lookslike a spur gear on a rc car) grinds down the rubber pretty smooth. You should be able to modify these, even 'dent them' with it, without much difficulty.
This can dremel out the dart holes to a larger diameter without much/any noticable fraying.
These knees are ESB and ROTJ acurate per the gurus. It is beyond my knowledge to discuss it with you, but it can be taken up with the gurus if you wish to discuss the differences.
Im coldcasting some rubber darts to test the capabilities. Im also silver painting the knee from today.


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FLORENCE – Noted South Carolina historian and ETV radio personality Walter Edgar will headline Francis Marion University's first McNair Center Symposium on Oct. 29 and 30.
The two-day symposium, the purpose of which is to analyze the role of the former governor in the civil rights movement, is sponsored by the Robert E. McNair Center for History and Government located on the FMU campus.
"With its focus on teaching, research and outreach, the Center provides an ideal platform for the symposium. We are honored to recognize the contributions of this highly respected and truly extraordinary leader," said FMU President Luther F. Carter.
Organizers of the symposium and co-directors of the Robert E. McNair Center for Government and History Scott Kaufman and Alissa Warters said the focus of the civil rights symposium will be two-fold: leadership and education.
About the keynote:
Walter Edgar was born and reared in Mobile, Ala. He received his A.B. degree from Davidson College and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of South Carolina. After serving two years in the U.S. Army—including a tour with an advisory team in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam—he returned to USC as a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the National Historical Publications Commission. In 1972, at the conclusion of the fellowship, he joined the History Department at USC and by 1982 was a full professor. He was the founder and first director of the History Department's acclaimed Public History Program. In 1980, Edgar was named the director of the Institute for Southern Studies.
Since 2000, he has been the host of two popular weekly programs heard statewide on South Carolina ETV-Radio: "Walter Edgar's Journal," a look at contemporary events in context, and "Southern Read," his reading of some of the best contemporary Southern fiction. In addition, he responds to numerous requests from local, regional, national, and international media for commentary on the state and region.
Edgar is the holder of three named professorships: the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies, the George Washington Distinguished Professor of History and the Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts.
About Francis Marion University:
The university enrolls nearly 4,200 students and offers a broad range of undergraduate degrees and a select number of graduate programs serving the needs of communities, businesses and industries of the Pee Dee region. Francis Marion is the only state university serving the Pee Dee region, and many of its students are the first in their families to attend college.
Symposium Schedule of Events
Oct. 29: Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building
6 – 6:30 p.m.
Opening Comments and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Luther F. Carter, President of Francis Marion University
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Keynote Address, "Robert McNair and the Art of Governance" Professor Walter Edgar
Oct. 29: Reception, Wallace House
7:45 – 9 p.m.
Hosted by Luther F. and Folly Carter, President and First Lady of Francis Marion University
Oct. 30: Thomason Auditorium, Lee Nursing Building
10 – 11:30 a.m.
"Robert McNair, Leadership and Civil Rights"
Panelists: Merle Black, Earl Black and Edgar Dyer
Moderator: Gov. Jim Hodges
Oct. 30: The Cottage
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Guest speaker
1:30 – 3 p.m.
"Robert McNair, Education and Civil Rights"
Panelists: U.S. Senior District Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr., Phil Gross
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Closing Comments
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Mom 2.0 was terrific. I loved getting to visit New Orleans for the first time, and loved my hotel room at the Ritz Carlton. Can we have a vote that all conferences from now on be held at Ritz Carltons? : )
During the conference, the American Cancer Society hosted a cupcake reception, tied in with their More Birthdays campaign. Everybody in the room lit a birthday candle on their cupcake and sang Happy Birthday together — it was one of those unexpectedly powerful moments. (I love those moments!) They also had a series of amazing artwork turned into wrapping paper and gave out sheets of wrapping to attendees.
Artwork as wrapping paper accompanied by cupcakes and birthday candles is the sort of promotion that totally speaks to me. I loved everything about it. Great job, American Cancer Society! Want to get in on the action? You can order your own wrapping paper by clicking on the artwork here.
– I really enjoyed my panel on Friday morning. The brillant Stephanie Smirnoff did an excellent job moderating. And my fellow panelists, Shelly Kramer and Erica Diamond, were smart and engaging. I could have listened to all three of them for hours.
– After her keynote panel, I sat down and chatted with endlessly interesting Vanessa Holden. You probably recognize her name because she just left her position as Editor of Martha Stewart Living to become a Creative Director at West Elm. Her career has been in traditional media, but I love that she seems to totally respect new media and never makes you feel like your blog is just a "cute little hobby".
– Heather of Dooce told me how hard she laughed at Ralph's April Fools video. I told Ralph that the most famous blogger in the world loved his video and it made his day!
– On Saturday night, there was a reading at the Eiffel Society sponsored by Tide Loads of Hope. Eleven authors each read one of their pieces. I laughed and cried and then laughed and cried some more. $10,000 was raised and donated to the Red Cross.
– Kyran Pittman gave me a copy of her new memoir, Planting Dandelions. I devoured it on the plane ride home. So good! I loved reading about how her parenting style has become more relaxed over the years. I could relate.
– Dreyers/Edys was one of the sponsors and every time I walked by their booth I would grab another serving of ice cream. I bet I consumed 15 different servings. I'm not even kidding.
– My favorite part of any conference I attend is spending time with Laura Mayes and Laurie Smithwick. If you know them, count yourself lucky!
P.S. — Did I tell you my luggage didn't make it back to France with me? I flew from New Orleans to Charlotte and my layover was so short, that I literally had to run for the Paris plane and barely made it before the door was closed — alas, my checked bag didn't make the flight. But my suitcase was delivered to my door this morning and happily, everything arrived intact. Guess what it was full of… Easter candy! For souvenirs, my kids requested as many Peeps and mini Reeses as I could carry.


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I recently moved to Providence, Rhode Island and sketching has been a great way to get used to a new place. Here's some simple stuff I've been doing in between jobs, trips to IKEA and unpacking boxes.
Everybody here has a story to tell... and the time to tell it.
There's a dog park a block away and Elliot has been busy. At the end of the day the guy's cooked.
People seem to suffer from leaf-blowing syndrome. Fall is going to be loud. Brrrmmmmm!!!!!
From my bedroom window I saw a squirrell having a heated argument with its own shadow. Nuts!


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I love to drink (the secret's out!), but I'm terrible at inventing cocktails. If you consider yourself somewhat of a mixologist, you may wanna enter this contest:
The champagne brand Moet & Chandon is holding a competition to find the best Oscar cocktail, and the winning drink will be served at the Governors Ball after the ceremony. I think that's a pretty great prize in itself, but the winner also will receive tickets to a behind-the-scenes "Oscar weekend" with bleacher seats on the red carpet, tickets to an official viewing party and more.
To enter, head to http://oscarcontest.moet.com and submit your recipe and a photo. (Don't forget it has to include Moet & Chandon champagne.) The winner will be determined by the number of "likes" received and a panel of experts.
If you submit something, please let us know so we can vote for you. Good luck!
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post6318321041871566984..comments2017-06-23T12:18:29.787-05:00Comments on Leaves for Trees: Cure for genealogy ADD?Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-17892252038819317412013-05-20T12:12:44.737-05:002013-05-20T12:12:44.737-05:00Thank you so much, Nancy! Come to think of it, I w...Thank you so much, Nancy! Come to think of it, I watched Captain Kangaroo, too. Still haven't found a cure!Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-62834792958830618322013-05-20T08:31:09.055-05:002013-05-20T08:31:09.055-05:00Loved this post! Don't think you can blame Ses...Loved this post! Don't think you can blame Sesame Street though. I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo and I still have this problem! :)Nancy Shivelyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-53968983036104630212013-05-10T14:18:28.036-05:002013-05-10T14:18:28.036-05:00Heather, just wanted to let you know I mentioned t...Heather, just wanted to let you know I mentioned this post in my blog post today: http://geniemomsmusings.wordpress.com/

MarcieMarcie Garnetthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-90596184857497255092013-05-08T07:48:19.086-05:002013-05-08T07:48:19.086-05:00I'm so glad you liked it Cellista! I did try t...I'm so glad you liked it Cellista! I did try to focus on one family line for a while, but it wasn't half as fun! I figure I'll keep my ADD...the squirrels make me laugh!Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-71169453046162480782013-05-08T00:00:04.566-05:002013-05-08T00:00:04.566-05:00I came here from Geneabloggers and laughed so hard...I came here from Geneabloggers and laughed so hard at this post! Your typical day could be my typical day as well! I seem to keep reading lately that to be more effective, one should focus on one person or one family at a time, but I just can't do it! So many squirrels to chase! Thanks for the laugh.

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http://goodwins.wordpress.comCellistahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-5709939433190541592013-05-06T20:43:46.490-05:002013-05-06T20:43:46.490-05:00Thanks, Angie. It's been two years since I rea...Thanks, Angie. It's been two years since I realized my "issue" and still no cure. ;)Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-29924766554343320012013-05-06T18:20:54.375-05:002013-05-06T18:20:54.375-05:00Yep, and then there's Facaebook, "I'l...Yep, and then there's Facaebook, "I'll just check over there for a few minutes while I ponder what to do next!" Great post, thanks for being transparent :) Angie MoodAngie Moodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-79609633191951888802011-03-27T07:36:37.922-05:002011-03-27T07:36:37.922-05:00Jill, I know! So comforting to know we are not alo...Jill, I know! So comforting to know we are not alone!
Family Specialist, thank you for your kind words.
Donna, Missouri is calling us. Perhaps that will focus my focus!Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-22697588515207952282011-03-26T15:39:45.385-05:002011-03-26T15:39:45.385-05:00Love it.Love it.Donna Hansonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-833181181625009552011-03-26T09:16:31.993-05:002011-03-26T09:16:31.993-05:00I enjoyed this post so very much that I became a f...I enjoyed this post so very much that I became a follower. I look forward to visiting your blog frequently. Great blog keep up the good workby FamilySpecialisthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989121904965444460.post-46560873634230044012011-03-25T16:24:14.999-05:002011-03-25T16:24:14.999-05:00From one ADD afflicted squirrel to another, I can ...From one ADD afflicted squirrel to another, I can only say that I sympathize with your dilemma! I'm exactly the same way.

I'll start out with the best of intentions, but keep getting distracted by little tidbits of information that wind up taking me down a completely different road than the one I originally meant to travel. I sometimes exasperate myself.

Like you, I have checklists and other research tools that are supposed to help me stay on track, but they only work if I actually use them.

Thanks for letting me know that I'm not alone!

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September 28th, 2012 | Published in Google Maps
It's Friday again, and on Maps DevRel we're feeling good. Geo for Good in fact! Today marks the last day of the Geo for Good User Summit hosted by the Google Earth Outreach team. Paul Saxman and I gave a couple of talks there. Frankly, I'm humbled by the quality of projects that were demonstrated there and by the dedication of the participants. If you want to find out more about what happened at the summit and some of the projects that came out of it, join Raleigh Seamster and I for the next Maps Developer Live event on Tuesday at 10am.
Speaking of Maps Developer Live events, on Wednesday Luke Mahe and Justin Chu talked about the current and future state of the Google Places API. Here's the video
And lastly, over on the Google Data Arts Team, there's a cool new Chrome Experiment, Cloud Globe that uses WebGL to animate two years of weather patterns over the surface of the Earth. The 3D globe is rendered entirely in the browser. It's a cool demonstration of what modern browsers can accomplish.
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The Fiber Festival of New England was fabulous!
Lots of folks came out to support local fiber art. So much glorious COLOR! I've been flat out for two month preparing for this event and now that it's past … time to prepare for more events!! Good problem to have, I say. This Friday, November 12, 2010 I'll be at the Tower Square craft show in Springfield, MA from 11-2pm giving all the corporate soldiers a chance to shop for hand-crafted goods on their lunch hour.
AND at Snow Farm, the holiday sale starts Friday, November 12, 2010 as well. My stuff will be in the fiber building. They open their doors Friday, Saturday and Sunday for three weekends each November to help everyone get a jump on their holiday shopping.
But the really big new is …
I'm being flown out to San Diego California to teach a private felting workshop!!
But that deserves it's own post ….
Tags: craft, Fashion, fiber art, fine art sale, hand painted silk scarves, holiday sale, Nancy Dorian, now & ZEN, nuno felt, silk painting, Tower Square, wearables
Posted in classes and Fashion and shows 6 years, 7 months ago at 10:08 pm. 2 comments
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