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New Orleans — It was during the summer when Siberia, a St. Claude Avenue music club known for its heavy metal, rock and bounce shows, went silent because of permitting issues.
The music will return, though, after the City Council voted unanimously Thursday to pass a conditional use permit to allow the shows. The club opened in 2010 but stopped its music shows in July because it lacked the permit that allowed live music. It remained open as a bar in the meantime and hosted a handful of shows with temporary permits.
Councilwoman Kristin Palmer, in whose district the business sits, said the club's operators have been receptive to enacting provisions the City Planning Commission made during its Oct. 23 meeting, during which time members voted to recommend approval.
Among the planning commission's 14 provisos were rules to prohibit go-cups and music projected to the outside of the building, orders to install soundproofing material and stop live music by 2 a.m. and requirements for off-street vehicular parking and spots for at least two bicycles.
Co-owner Daphne Loney told the council that several of those stipulations already have been met. Palmer said she would like to work to modify the final ordinance provisos for off-street parking, bicycle parking and exterior improvements.
Some neighbors of the club at 2227 St. Claude Ave. wrote letters to the planning commission saying they had concerns including, but not limited to, noise, possible drug use in the streets, litter and parking for vehicles and bicycles.
Letters of support came from the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association and the St. Claude Main Street board of directors. The FMIA said the owners have been responsive to neighbors and that it was not aware of any complaints or concerns about live music. The SCMS board shared a similar opinion of the business.
No one on Thursday spoke against the action.
Palmer hailed the club as a product of "smart development" on the St. Claude Avenue commercial corridor.
"This, again, is a win, I think, for our cultural economy ... but also for the surrounding community and for local businesses, which we all would like to support," Palmer said. "This is music, which we love.
"And my mom actually likes your bar — and my sisters," Palmer said with a grin before the council voted to approve the permit.


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Morally and Legally, the Right Call in Arizona
There's no question that Jan Brewer did the right thing yesterday. No moral question. And no legal question either. Well, let me slightly amend that: With this Supreme Court, you never know about the future. But we know about the past, and decades of civil-rights case law are squarely on Brewer's side, and supporters of SB 1062 just have to see this clearly and squarely and accept it.
It's not like we've never fought over these questions. We have, of course, and a result, there's a history here. And that history, that body of court decisions, says clearly, like it or not, that generally speaking, citizens cannot opt out of civil rights laws.
As Harvard law professor Noah Feldman pointed out yesterday in a Bloomberg view column, segregationist business owners in the South argued after the civil rights act of 1964 that their "constitutional right to associate" as they chose should permit them not to serve black customers. (The religious-liberty right, Feldman notes, has the same "constitutional status" as the right to associate.) But courts never said that this was permissible.
We may laugh today at the idea that the racist owner of a hardware store in Natchez in 1965 could have refused to sell a black carpenter a bag of masonry nails. But it was no laughing matter then. This was real. Congress, and then the courts, put a stop to it. As Feldman told me yesterday in a follow-up exchange: "Freedom to associate and exercise religion are basic rights. Excluding customers isn't."
The freedom to associate that Feldman mentions is one carve-out that courts have recognized. But that's a narrow exemption, intended in real life mostly for private or fraternal organizations that are built around some idea of ethnic cohesion—New York's Ancient Order of Hibernians, for example, which quite famously has been allowed for years to ban gay people and groups from marching in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade.
By the way, doesn't it seem weirdly anachronistic and reactionary that the Hibernians still enforce this ban? The gay-rights position was controversial back in the early '90s, when I was covering these things. Now, the Hibernians' position seems like something better suited to Alabama than New York City. In any case, after Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg marched in the discriminatory parade every years, new Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that he's boycotting it.
But, the Hibernians are allowed to do this under their right to associate. There also exists a so-called "Mrs. Murphy" exemption to the Fair Housing Act for owner-occupied rental housing of four or fewer units—that is, if little old Mrs. Murphy subdivided her big house and wants to keep out certain people, she's probably allowed to do that. And finally, in certain narrow cases, religious institutions that serve mostly religious purposes are allowed to hire only their coreligionists.
But a business vending to the general public? No way. If these "Christians" in Arizona are permitted to deny their services to same-sex couples, then atheist small-businesses owners in Berkeley are perfectly within their rights to hang a sign: "No Christian evangelicals served." It would be crazy for courts to open that door.
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MOST white Australians consider Palm Island, if they think about it at all, to be synonymous with violence, poverty and a notorious death in custody.
But, as with all crude stereotypes, these unenviable images are a long way from the truth.
Now an innovative theatre production, with half the cast drawn from the island, aims to explode the myths about Australia's largest indigenous community and set the record straight about its past and future.
Beautiful One Day, a collaboration between Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Version 1.0 and Belvoir theatre company, opens tonight at Belvoir St Theatre. In the audience will be 19 Palm Islanders, including the mayor, Alf Lacey, and many elders.
Palm Island, about 65 kilometres north-east of Townsville, was established in 1918 to punish and isolate indigenous people for "crimes" such as asking for wages.
The island story known to most outsiders is that of Mulrunji Doomadgee, a local man who died in a police cell in 2004 from massive internal injuries. No one was convicted over the death.
His niece Kylie Doomadgee is one of the actors. "I want the audience to think, 'Wow! That really happened!'" she says. "We've got the guts to stand up in front of a white crowd and get our message across. It's never been done before and if we do it right they might just walk out that door thinking, 'I had no idea that happened on such a beautiful island.'"
But while Mulrunji's death and the subsequent community protest is a part of the narrative, the play is at pains to show there is much more to Palm Island.
"The play is to educate the people," Magdalena Blackley, a prominent local and cast member, says. "Whether they are prepared to feel empathy or not it is an opportunity to educate people about Palm and I'm confident we are going to do that."
Actor Rachael Maza says she hopes audiences will leave with a new perspective.
"I keep thinking of us as a sort of mini-Australia," she says. "If black fellas and white fellas can sit here and tell this story together then maybe Australia can too.
''We have to tell that story together. When people hear the bullcrap in the media, I'd like them to listen to it with a different listening; to be able to read between the lines and not just regurgitate the stereotypes."
Beautiful One Day opens tonight at Belvoir St Theatre.


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LaTavia Roberson is a happy, healthy mother and a star of "R&B Divas: Atlanta," but the singer didn't always have such a sweet life.
She dished details about her painful split from Destiny's Child and her struggle with substance abuse in a recent interview with Wendy Williams.
"I definitely did not quit. Who would quit Destiny's Child? That's insane," she said.
"Our conflict was strictly with management. It had nothing to do with the other ladies at all. We didn't have anything against Beyoncé and Kelly [Rowland] at all."
According to LaTavia, Beyonce's dad, Matthew Knowles, didn't want to let her get her own manager.
"At that time, Mathew was our personal manager and he was everybody's group manager. We disaffirmed him as our personal manager. We wanted to have someone actually to come in and manage along with him. We weren't trying to fire him as the group's manager," she explained.
"It was crazy. It was painful."
She also revealed plans for a tel-all book and explained why she wouldn't sing on her hit show.
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To celebrate its record-breaking year in contracting with small, minority, and women-owned businesses, the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Enterprise Development will honor individuals and procurement team members from across the country with the first Small Business Access Awards.
The awards recognize exceptional efforts to increase access to contracts that GSA awards to these businesses. They will be presented at a ceremony in the GSA auditorium, 1800 F St., NW, Washington, DC, on Friday, December 13 between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
"We are proud to honor GSA's contracting officers whose dedication has paved the way for small, minority, and women business owners to receive contracts and compete effectively in the Federal marketplace," said Dietra L. Ford, GSA's Associate Administrator for Enterprise Development.
David J. Barram, GSA's Acting Administrator, will speak about the agency's commitment to small business, and Philip Lader, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, will deliver the keynote address.
In Fiscal Year 1996, GSA awarded more than $2.9 billion in contracts to small businesses out of total agency awards of $6.2 billion. Minority firms received contracts worth more than $700 million, of which $484 million went to 8(a) firms and $220 million to other small disadvantaged businesses. Awards to women-owned businesses totaled nearly $200 million.
Honorees come from all of GSA's principal business lines--the Federal Supply Service, Public Buildings Service, and Federal Telecommunications Service--and from the Office of Management Services and Human Resources. Regional procurement staff also are being recognized.


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(Yahoo!) - Vanessa Hudgens is making the most of her chilly free time in Chicago.
The "Spring Breakers" actress uploaded the above video to her Tumblr with the caption, "Science ya'll."
In the clip, a giggling Hudgens — who is a California native — can be seen tossing a cup of boiling water into the air and it immediately freezes! Though it's definitely amusing, you probably shouldn't try this at home.
Honestly, the 25-year-old is lucky she came out unscathed because many people conducting the same experiment with the arctic chill are finding themselves losing the science battle. A flurry of tweets from people who have thrown boiling water (yeah, not the brightest idea) into frigid air have shown that their idea has backfired.


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Wieters, McLouth power Orioles past Tribe
CLEVELAND -- Bud Norris stayed unbeaten as a starter with Baltimore and Nate McLouth homered and had three RBIs, leading the Orioles to a 7-2 win over the reeling Cleveland Indians on Monday night in a matchup of two teams scrapping for an AL wild-card berth.
Norris (10-10) allowed one run -- a homer to Jason Kipnis-- and four hits in seven innings. The right-hander improved to 4-0 as a starter with the Orioles, who acquired him at the July 31 trading deadline from Houston. He lost once in relief.
Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer in the ninth and Brian Roberts drove in two runs for the Orioles, who came in three games behind Oakland and Tampa Bay in the wild-card race.
The Indians have lost six of seven. All-Star Justin Masterson (14-10) left in the second with what the team said is "soreness" in his rib area.
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Getting an HIV diagnosis can feel like the worst news in the world. It is common to feel anger, fear, confusion, shock, grief, depression, or other painful emotions. Even after you have known for some time and think you are coming to terms with the news, it may suddenly hit you all over again.
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The first step in getting through this difficult period is to understand that these feelings are normal responses to your diagnosis. Ignoring them will not make them go away. Allow yourself to feel what is inside you. It is OK to cry if you feel like it.
Anger, fear, and sadness are emotions that most people with serious illnesses experience. You are facing the possibility of getting sick or dying. You may be scared that you will not see the children in your life grow up. Or maybe you are afraid that you will not achieve your life goals. In the beginning, it may seem that testing positive is a death sentence, but this is not true. There is life after a positive test. In fact, many people living with HIV (HIV+) lead full and healthy lives.
You may also feel that you are now damaged in some way and that no one will love you because you are living with HIV. Or you may blame yourself for getting HIV and ask yourself, "How could I have let this happen to me?" Try to be gentle with yourself. Guilt and shame can be destructive. If possible, try to have some compassion for yourself and forgive yourself if necessary. You have just gotten bad news and face changes and challenges ahead. If forgiving yourself or being compassionate with yourself seems difficult, try to imagine how you would respond to a loved one whom you just learned was living with HIV. Think on the love and comfort you might give that person and share some with yourself. You are just as deserving and just as capable of giving and receiving love as ever.
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Being diagnosed with HIV presents many challenges. Building a support network can help you learn to cope. Take your time and do not feel that you have to tell everyone right away. It is important not to let fear of being judged cause you to isolate yourself and not talk to anyone. If it is hard to tell family and friends at first, you may want to turn to HIV organizations. For more information, see The Well Project's articles on Disclosure and Getting Connected.
Many newly diagnosed people want to speak with others in the same situation. This can ease isolation and help overcome stigma. There are many AIDS service organizations (ASOs) that offer support and information to people living with HIV. ASOs are great places to find helpful, non-judgmental people to talk with, and many offer support groups. Joining a support group and talking about your feelings in a safe space may reduce fears and concerns. There are support groups offered by ASOs in many parts of the US. Click here to find an ASO. To find services across the world, visit AIDSmap's e-atlas.
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As Ilya noted earlier, the Supreme Court struck a blow for privacy and the Fourth Amendment today. It ruled that a warrant is generally required when law enforcement officers want to search a cell phone they have seized. Justice Roberts' opinion for a unanimous court provides some crisp language:
Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans "the privacies of life." (citation omitted) The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the information any less worthy of the protection for which the Founders fought. Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple—get a warrant.
In this case, we pretty well knew we were going to get a win. So let's set aside the trumpets and talk about the margin of victory. Did we get improvements in Fourth Amendment doctrine that will bolster privacy protection in cases to come? Only a little.
OK, let's trumpet the case a bit. This is a unanimous case with a bright-line rule. It's about the best outcome you could hope for in Riley and Wurie themselves (argued separately, decided together), and it's a great vindication of the constitutional status of cell phones and our data on them.
Chief Justice Roberts seems to have brought the Court together on this one (save a niggling Alito concurrence) to produce a strong opinion that doesn't show gaps among the justices. (They may all have felt a need to huddle, avoiding an open fight or the tipping of hands on the NSA spying controversy, for example.)
And on the major privacy controversy of the day, the Court did not tip its hand. It distinguished Smith v. Maryland, the case the government uses to justify gathering records about every U.S. phone. Smith held that using a pen register to gather phone calling information was not a search. "There is no dispute here that the officers engaged in a search of Wurie's cell phone," Chief Justice Roberts wrote, punting for the Court in this case based on the consensus among parties.
The errant decision in Smith relied on the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test arising from the 1967 case, Katz v. United States. The very good news from this decision is that the Court once again declined to use the Katz test in resolving a Fourth Amendment issue, as our briefs invited the Court to do (or not to do, as it were). Instead, the Court implicitly found that there were searches in both cases and that those searches were of persons, houses, papers, or effects. Then it examined the reasonableness of searching cell phones.
That's important because it means that the Court is interpreting the Fourth Amendment more like a law and not as the stack of doctrines that I've previously called a "jumble of puzzles."


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I moved to Toronto, Canada almost 2 years ago. The company I work for used to get services from NetFirms, a Canadian hosting company. I was not satisfied with their service so I moved all our domains, almost 50 domains at that time, and hosting to Godaddy. Unfortunatly Godaddy server got slower and slower after 6 months... Our websites were working well in US but so lame in Canada.
I am willing to rent a dedicated server, I searched little bit but I was not able to decide... My friends have a dedicated server from Ovh europre and they suggested me to use Ovh Montreal.
Anyone has good or bad experiences of renting dedicated server? what do you suggest for North America, especially Canada connections speed?
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I've recently moved to a dedi with WebHostingBuzz and couldn't be happier with the features of the account nor the speed and efficiency of the managed services (an optional add-on which I would never do without). The entire WHB team has been fantastic and their data center in the US is quite good. If your main market is in Europe, they also have a data centre (note the spelling) in the UK. I couldn't recommend them any higher.
Saying that, I'm shocked that you have had a good experience (for a while) with GoDaddy as their reputation in the SitePoint forum boards has been absolutely horrid. Consider yourself lucky IF you can migrate to a good host without losing domains, etc.
That was my experience on Go Daddy back in 2007. Nothing has changed. I assume you were on a shared server?
How much traffic and pageviews do you get? Do you need a dedicated server when something simpler and less expensive like a VPS will do? And the key question is: how much are you planning to spend? There is a wide range of options with dedicated servers depending on what kind of horsepower you require. Will 16 GB of RAM be enough or do you need 32 GB? And so forth. Your visitor traffic/pageview level, your budget, and your requirements will dictate the direction in which you should go.
Wordpress is a resource-intensive script. There are ways to reduce the load on the server such as with caching plugins if you haven't examined that avenue already (won't help with Go Daddy). If you decide you need a dedicated server, there are plenty of companies offering them. Good luck.
I'm still using the Godaddy shared services but I had a bad experience with Godaddy dedicated (I really don't think they are actually dedicated) servers last year for another company...
How much traffic do I get? I have almost 60 domains, total number of visitors are not more than 20K. I don't think that I need a lot of memory and bandwith, at least for now. I don't have a budget, I am an IS Manager, I will show them the options and finance department will decide "unfortunately".
They removed my link but one of the page is hosted in France but the connection is better then US host, I don't think the distance makes much sense... Also my main target is in Canada and US.
I checked WebHostingBuzz, VPS hosting looks more affordable, but do you guys suggest it?
Hopefully I can post this without breaking any rules (as you have asked about our service)... we're about to launch next-generation VPS hosting in a couple of weeks. This will be even better than our current offering if you can wait this long.
I swear BY WebHostingBuzz, NOT at them! I've had various accounts with them for several years (shared, Joomla-specialized and dedicated) and not only can't complain but shower kudos on their excellent support staff for thoroughly addressing my requests (no complaints) in a very timely manner.
In other threads, I've posted my checklist when looking for a new host and one of the oft-missed points was creating a ticket with the proposed host to ask questions about their resources, i.e., mod_rewrite enabled, versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL and cPanel/WHM and how often they're updated. Note the time you send the ticket and the time they respond (to get the elapsed time, of course) as well as the quality of the answer(s). I'm sure that you'll find WHB far better than any other host as I have.
I see that WHB's CEO is also in this thread so ask him pointed questions, too. If you do, please understand that he travels (presumably between his data centers in the US and UK) and works some pretty difficult hours (so I consider us lucky to find him here in SitePoint) whereas his support staff is "on-the-ball" around the clock.
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20,000 visitors a day or a month? That many in a day is too much for shared hosting, I think. Shared hosting could easily accommodate that many in a month, unless they are all concentrated around the same time. And VPS is also a lower cost option than a dedicated box.
You can always try posting your URL without it being hyperlinked.
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Jersey teen drops suit against her parents
(NEWSER) – One of the strangest lawsuits of the year so far is no more. The New Jersey 18-year-old who moved out of her parents' home and then sued them for financial support has dropped her suit, reports the Star-Ledger. A judge today agreed to the dismissal after deciding that Rachel Canning had made a "knowing and voluntary decision." He also said raising teenagers can be tough and urged both sides to "look forward and not back." Today's move wasn't a huge surprise given that Canning hadmoved back home a week ago, but the litigation was still in limbo at that point.
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By Terry Kovel Herald Columnist
Folk art is unique and often is both useful and humorous.
At a Cowan's auction in late 2012, an example of these traits was seen in a mirror offered for sale. The 19th-century mirror's pine frame was carved to look like a man, with his head at the top, shoe-clad feet at the bottom and hands held up near his neck.
One hand holds five fingers up, the other just two. The artist seems to be referring to the seven years of bad luck that awaits anyone who breaks a mirror. Or perhaps it was a gift for a seventh anniversary or just a suggestion of the lucky number seven.
It was good luck for the seller. The mirror, only 17 inches high, was estimated at $1,000 to $1,500. It sold after a bidding battle for $5,700.
Q: I am thinking about remodeling my home office and am agonizing over replacing my old desk and chair. I bought the very heavy desk about 20 years ago from an elderly couple. It was made by the Imperial Desk Co. of Evansville, Ind. It has a few nicks, but it's in very good shape.
The chair was made by Domore Chair Co. of Elkhart, Ind. I had it reupholstered about 18 years ago. It has a cast-metal frame and also is heavy.
Are the desk and chair valuable antiques I should keep? And if so, is it OK to use them?
A: Your desk and chair are not valuable antiques. But they are good, solid pieces of office furniture. Depending on their style and condition, the desk might sell for about $350 and the chair for about $200.
Base your decision on how useful the pieces are and if you like their "look."
Q: I recently found what I thought was a very unique item at a yard sale. It's a ceramic pig with many tiny holes on its back. It took me all weekend to figure out what it is.
I think it's an hors d'oeuvres server because the holes are just the right size to it hold toothpicks. Is it unique and valuable?
A: Toothpick holders in the shape of animals became popular in the 1950s. Hedgehogs and porcupines probably were the first animal shapes made, since inserted toothpicks look like the animal's quills.
After that, cats, dogs, pigs and other animals were made in pottery, wood, plastic, silver and other metals.
They are fun to use at a party, but most aren't worth more than $20 to $25. Toothpick holders made of silver are worth more.
Q: We have an 8-inch gold-rimmed plate with a painting of a large hotel on it. At the bottom of the plate is the phrase, "New West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Ind., The Carlsbad of America."
It's marked on the back, "Hand Painted, the Jonroth Studios, Germany." We don't know how old it is, but my mother is 93 years old, and she recalls that her mother bought it on one of the family's trips to West Baden when she was a little girl.
Can you tell us its approximate age and value?
A: The "new" West Baden Springs Hotel was built in 1902, after the original hotel burned down. It was advertised as "The Eighth Wonder of the World" because its main circular building is topped by the world's largest dome.
It was called "The Carlsbad of America" because of nearby mineral springs, similar to those in Carlsbad, Germany. Jonroth Studios was a name used by an American importing company, John H. Roth &Co.
The company was founded in 1909 and imported china from Germany, Japan and England. Your plate probably was made in the 1920s and is worth about $30.
Q: I have a lithograph published by Associated American Artists. I've seen some sell for thousands of dollars. Can you tell me something about this group?
A: During the Depression, most people couldn't afford fine art, so Reeves Lewenthal founded Associated American Artists in 1934 to provide art for the middle class.
He hired well-known American artists, including Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, to make lithographs, which were reproduced and sold in department stores.
Later, the art was sold in the Associated American Artists gallery in New York City and by mail order. Watercolors, oil paintings and other works, including home furnishings and accessories, were also sold.
Prints originally sold for $5 unframed and $7 framed. Today, some sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars, depending on the artist.
Q: My father was always buying stocks and bonds. When he died, I inherited two certificates for 100 shares of stock in Cobalt Silver Queen Ltd. They are dated Dec. 12, 1908. Can you tell me anything about this company, and what the value of these certificates might be?
A: Cobalt Silver Queen Ltd. was organized in 1906 in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Silver was discovered in the area in 1903, and by 1905 prospectors and mining companies were rushing to the area to stake claims.
Cobalt Silver Queen mined silver and cobalt. Stock in the company was offered for $1.50 per share in 1908.
By the 1930s, most of the mines had closed. Stock certificates for companies that are no longer in business may be redeemable (ask your library for help) or collectible.
Collectors look for certificates with historical value, elaborate engraved designs, interesting graphics or the signature of a well-known person.
The hobby of collecting old stock and bond certificates is called "scripophily." Certificates are bought and sold online as well as at auctions.
Write to Terry Kovel, (The Herald), King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.
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Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.
Cracker Jack toy, girl riding ostrich, dark yellow plastic, $12.
Baseball card, Willie Mays, Topps, San Francisco Giants, 1960, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, $25.
Effanbee Patsy Ann doll, composition, blue sleep eyes, short floral dress, white shoes, 19 inches, $50.
Salon chair, round back, tufted upholstery, carved frame, c. 1930, 35 x 20 inches, $90.
Lalique bowl, "Elizabeth," molded and frosted plump birds, leafy branches, footed, 1900s, 5 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches, $400.
National Cash Register candy-store cash register, Model S88019, cast metal, marble shelf, 10 x 16 inches, $405.
Trade stimulator, Pikes Peak, coin-operated, key, Groetchen Tool &Manufacturing Co., 1930s, 13 x 13 inches, $570.
Wedgwood cup and saucer, molded Egyptian band, red, black, impressed, c. 1805, 6 1/2 inches, $615.
Compote, sterling silver, satyr, nymph, grapes, vines, twig-shape standard, dome foot, Italy, 9 3/8 x 10 inches, $2,125.
Statue, carved marble, child cradling puppy, white, American, 1800s, 28 inches, $2,690.


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Each jurisdiction in the study collected potential sources of biological evidence—along with conventional evidence such as
fingerprints—from up to 500 property crime scenes between November 2005 and July 2007. The majority of the crime scenes were
residential burglaries; the rest were commercial burglaries and automobile thefts.
Jurisdictions in the field experiment had to modify investigative and reporting procedures to accommodate the needs of the
experiment—and, although they encountered challenges, most were met successfully. Many lessons learned through the field experiment
offer "best practices" on using DNA forensics in solving property crimes.
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WASHINGTON — Al-Qaeda fighters have been using secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards for planning and coordinating attacks — including the threatened if vague plot that U.S. officials say closed 19 diplomatic posts across Africa and the Middle East for more than a week.
It's highly unlikely that Al-Qaeda's top leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, or his chief lieutenant in Yemen, Nasser al-Wahishi, were personally part of the Internet chatter or, given the intense manhunt for both by U.S. spy agencies, that they ever go online or pick up the phone to discuss terror plots, experts say.
But the unspecified call to arms by the Al-Qaeda leaders, using a multi-layered subterfuge to pass messages from couriers to tech-savvy underlings to attackers, provoked a quick reaction by the U.S. to protect Americans in far-flung corners of the world where the terror network is evolving into regional hubs.
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Beck falsely claimed Iowa marriage ruling "is actually about going into churches"
Glenn Beck falsely asserted that the Iowa Supreme Court's decision striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage "is actually about going into churches ... and saying you can't teach anything else." In fact, the ruling does not affect religious institutions' definitions of marriage.
Discussing the April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling [1] striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, Glenn Beck falsely asserted on the April 13 broadcast of his Fox News program, "I believe this case is actually about going into churches and going in and attacking churches and saying you can't teach anything else." In fact, the unanimous court ruling explicitly states [2] that constitutional principles "require that the state recognize both opposite-sex and same-sex civil marriage. Religious doctrine and views contrary to this principle of law are unaffected."
The Iowa Supreme Court further stated [2] that the ruling does not affect religious institutions' definitions of marriage:
A religious denomination can still define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and a marriage ceremony performed by a minister, priest, rabbi, or other person ordained or designated as a leader of the person's religious faith does not lose its meaning as a sacrament or other religious institution. The sanctity of all religious marriages celebrated in the future will have the same meaning as those celebrated in the past. The only difference is civil marriage will now take on a new meaning that reflects a more complete understanding of equal protection of the law. This result is what our constitution requires.
As Media Matters for America noted, media figures advanced similar [3] falsehoods [4] about the 2008 decision by the California Supreme Court that affirmed the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry. That ruling was reversed by Proposition 8, the ballot measure that amended California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage in that state.
From the April 13 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
BECK: We're back with attorney and co-host of America's Newsroom, Megyn Kelly -- and I want to talk about something that is happening. Do we have the footage from -- is it Iowa where people were marching today? Do we have that? There it is. This is in Iowa where people were standing up. The Supreme Court said, "Yeah, you gotta have same-sex marriage."
And look, I mean -- Megyn, I don't -- you know, if a state wants to do it like Vermont, they got together and they said, hey, this is what we're going to do. And they passed it, and you know, people vote on it or whatever.
KELLY: Or California --
BECK: Or --
KELLY: -- which has voted it the other way.
BECK: But that's the opposite. Yeah.
KELLY: But I was just saying, people -- the people's will prevailed.
BECK: Yes. Correct. But, now, we have this argument that, in California, that the state attorney general is trying to make that you don't have the right to change the Constitution.
KELLY: That the constitutional amendment is itself unconstitutional.
BECK: How can you do that?
KELLY: That's ridiculous. He's going to lose that argument. That's the worst argument I've heard so far in the entire gay marriage debate.
BECK: And this is where transnationalism comes in, because if you can't change the minds of the people, you can't change the mind of your state Supreme Court. Then if you can just get it to the Supreme Court and they can look to France or to Europe or anyplace else, then they say, "Well, now, wait a minute. We're evolving. The law is evolving in this direction."
KELLY: Well, two points. Two points: number one, that's exactly what they usually use transnationalism for.
BECK: Right.
KELLY: If they can't find a precedent they need domestically, so they say, "Hmm, where can I find the authority I need to make this decision?"
BECK: Correct.
KELLY: Gay marriage -- not yet abortion, but that's possible. The death penalty -- those are the two biggies where they've looked abroad because they haven't found the support they need locally.
BECK: Right.
KELLY: And the liberal justices, and also Justice [Anthony M.] Kennedy who swings both ways, you know -- he's in the middle on the court --
BECK: Right.
KELLY: -- do what they want to do. So that's number one. But having said that, the court -- when it comes to gay marriage, doesn't need to look internationally because we have more and more states in this country that are now saying it's OK.
And this is what people who oppose gay marriage worry about. They think that, at some point, that the gay marriage advocates are going to say there's a trend --
BECK: Yeah.
KELLY: -- evolving standards of decency --
BECK: Exactly right.
KELLY: -- in this country now mandate gay marriage --
BECK: Right.
KELLY: -- the same way they mandated the homosexual sodomy be protected and so on.
BECK: OK. So help me out on this, because, look, I have Barack Obama's position on gay marriage. Civil unions, fine. I mean, who doesn't want somebody to have all the rights? Whose business is it? You have all the rights, of course.
Marriage, however, is different, because I believe this case is actually about going into churches and going in and attacking churches and saying you can't teach anything else. When you say marriage -- civil union is different -- when you say marriage must be defined as this, well, then you also have to go into the schools. This has already happened.
KELLY: Well, this is -- I mean, listen, if you had somebody who supported gay marriage here, they'd tell you you're dead wrong. They would tell you it's a matter of equal protection, and that they have just as much of a fundamental right to marry another gay person as a heterosexual person does --
BECK: Right.
KELLY: -- to marry a heterosexual person, and that they are a protected class, same way as African-Americans are or women or so on. So they get more protections under the law than straight people get.
BECK: If I didn't think -- if -- I would buy that if I hadn't lived in America for the last 30 years and seen that it's never about the issues. I'm not saying about gay marriage. It's about all of it.
KELLY: Well, what do you mean? You think the Iowa Supreme Court has some massive conspiracy to crack down on churches?
BECK: No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. Oh, no, I think that there is the -- the gay marriage argument is a lot like the global warming argument. That it is -- there are those that have agenda. There are those who aren't that way. They're just like, "Hey, man, I want to be married" or I don't want -- I know a lot of gay people that are like, "I don't want to be married."
You know what I mean? That's an individual. But there is a movement to dismantle -- what was it that Chuck Schumer said over the weekend? That all these traditional values are gone. Well, it's not about gay marriage. That's about everything.
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hello all,
i just installed BT3 and the RT73 driver for my WireLess Lan USB Stick. The installation of the drivers was fine, no problems.
But everytime when i connect to my W-Lan Router (i disabled any Keys (WEP etc..) in the Router, to make the test easier), i dont get any IP Adress. The device is set to DHCP. And i recognized too,that when i type ifconfig <device> mode managed or essid in the shell i get a error: Host name lookup failure...
I hope you can help me .
Sorry for my bad english... .
Wish ya all a nice day !
Correct if you don't have an IP you won't be able to do DNS lookups.
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.


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When Artie promises his mean cousin that he will give everyone firecrackers on the next Chinese New Year celebration, he immediately regrets it. How will he ever come up with enough money to buy all those firecrackers? Sympathetic to Artie's problem is Uncle Chester - a fun loving everyman who is wildly popular in Chinatown where Artie's family lives. Uncle Chester promises Artie that he will help - but when Uncle Chester's seemingly endless money starts to run out, Artie begins to worry.
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"Maya Lin: Here and There"
Celebrated for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (which she conceived in 1981 while still an undergraduate at Yale), Maya Lin has focused her art on addressing various social and environmental issues for more than 30 years. Her current exhibition is a two-part, two-city affair (New York and London) in which she turns her attention to water—specifically lakes and rivers. In the process, the show touches on related topics such as endangered wildlife and the fragile nature of earth's continuously changing landscape.
Three striking floor sculptures—made from local marble that's been digitally carved and hand-polished—follow the line of peaks and valleys (both above and below sea level) circling the globe at the latitude of New York City. Cast-silver sculptural relief maps of the Great Lakes and the Niagara and Hudson Rivers shimmer like giant broaches on the walls. Other maps—made with steel pins stuck into the wall—capture the flow of the Hudson from its northernmost tributaries to its often-dirty discharge into the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the extent of its devastating surge during Hurricane Sandy.
The wake-up call here, however, is Lin's multimedia Map of Memory. A Web-related installation, Map recounts the many regional extinctions over the past several centuries (like the Hudson's formerly abundant oysters, for example), while warning of what may soon follow.—Paul Laster
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Thistle Hotels' Exeter property is the latest in the group's 33-strong portfolio to complete its refurbishment programme; with £1million invested to completely renovate the hotel's exterior as well as introduce eight new contemporary bedrooms, bringing the number of guest rooms to 98.
The modern lines and fresh design injected into the hotel bring the Exeter property inline with Thistle's new contemporary style guidelines, whilst recognising its Victorian heritage with a return to its original name - The Rougemont. The return to the hotel's former name, originally inspired by its location close to Rougemont Castle, is testament to its Victorian heritage, whilst the hotel offers the latest technology, a high-standard of meetings facilities and WiFi access throughout.
As well as the careful restoration of the entire hotel frontage, corporate guests can expect air-conditioning in all of the meeting rooms for maximum comfort, the largest of which; The Devonshire Ballroom, can seat 300 delegates theatre-style.
The eight new air-conditioned bedrooms are finished to an impressive minimalistic style, with wall-mounted LCD 32 inch TVs, walk-in drenching showers and a fresh, contemporary colour scheme. Thistle's commitment to understanding the needs of the corporate guest extend further to its flexible, no-nonsense dining options, available 24 hours a day and the connectivity to the office in all hotel areas.
General manager of Thistle Exeter City Centre by Thistle, Roger Heale comments: "The entire team is delighted to be welcoming guests to the new-look Rougemont Hotel, back to it's former glory following its £1million refurbishment.
Our ability to effectively cater for events for 3 – 300 attendees, as well as our flexible, friendly approach makes the hotel an ideal choice for hosting any business event in the area."
Located in the centre of Exeter, close to the mainline railway station and only a short distance from Exeter airport, Thistle Exeter City Centre is the perfect location for business events and meetings.


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Wouldn't it be nice if you could easily convert your files to work with any device? RealPlayer not only lets you manage your audio, video and image libraries, but you can convert files too. The wide variety of available formats works with almost every audio and video player. You can even convert videos to audio only if you just want to carry the audio with you on the go. If you have RealPlayer installed, you already have the converter feature installed as well.
Start by opening RealPlayer and clicking PC & Cloud Library.
Choose a video or audio file from your library. These can come from your PC or RealPlayer Cloud library. If you want to select multiple files, press the Ctrl key on your keyboard while clicking each file.
Right-click any selected file(s) and choose Edit. Select Convert from the Edit menu to view conversion options.
At the bottom of the RealPlayer Converter window, click the drop-down box under Convert To to choose your conversion type. The options will vary based on whether your file is audio or video.
Select your device type from the list. If you want to see the file format for the device, press Details beside the device. Press OK to select the device and go back to the converter window.
Select the destination for the converted file from the Save In drop-down box. Converting files does not replace the original.
Press the green Start button at the bottom of the converter window to start the conversion.
Don't close the converter until the process is complete or you may corrupt the file.
If you want to convert a video file to audio only, choose MP3 Audio Only from the device type list. This converts your video into an MP3 file. You can convert the MP3 into a different audio format using the converter. Follow the same steps from above to select the MP3 file and convert it to the correct audio format for your device.


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Considering a 135i need opinions..
I think its time for me to move on to a 135i but want some opinions and feedback, if I can.
How does the back seat size compare to the e46 coupe? I use it here and there, but not a ton.
I read the automatic does a pretty good job of being in manual mode
or just put your foot on the gas ........opinions?
Bad idea to get the car with 80k miles OR what is the highest mileage that should be considered since it has turbos etc.....
Leave the looks out of it since that is subjective
I was considering the 335i but reviews say it is a little more bloaty to drive where the 135i's more like the e46 m3 in terms of driivng fun.
Is it a bad idea to go to a 135i instead of a 335i coming from a 330ci.
Did reseach but wanted to start my own thread from e46'ers
Thanks for input.
Back seat: E82 1 Series backseat size is just big enough that it shouldn't be classified a 2+2. It is most definitely smaller than the E46s back seat and MUCH smaller than the E92s (which is downright comfortable if you're 6' 2" or less).
The 135 is a very fun car to drive- but not in the same way an M3 is. Have you driven both? What makes the 1 fun is that it's small. It isn't as precise as the M3 (in 135i guise) and it understeers a lot more than the M3 (E46 or E92).
A 135i owner on here says he's getting rid of his at 80k because the turbos go bad around that time. I know they can fail at higher mileages. If they have been replaced or the car is CPO it's not as big of a concern... IIRC the parts can be had for around $1400 but it is not a fun job to DIY...
The E92 is an imprecise car and it is also big if you really like tearing up the twisties, so I see where you're coming from there...
Having said all that- have you considered a used E90/92 M3? They are the most reliable cars of that whole generation hands down. The M3 is lighter than the 335i, and has things like an Aluminum rear subframe, LSD, and thousands of dollars worth of upgraded suspension components that can cause a handling-driven 335i owner to weep. The suspension differences between the E90/92 non-Ms and M3 is much bigger than the difference between the E46 M3 and non-M.
Best of luck!
Either get a 2011+ with a dual clutch automatic or a manual. The torque converter automatic isn't bad, but at the end of the day its nothing like a manual.
An E82 with 80k miles is going to be a $18k car, but any E92 M3 is going to be a $35k car... not really interchangeable
Thanks for the comments. Right now before I go around test driving cars and dealing with sales people I want to get some ideas of how it will compare to what I have now etc..
The back seat thing is a bummer. Me and two buddies went to vegas in my coupe and it was comfy in the back and I am 6'2" My other friend 6'87" not so much.
The 80k mile car I have seen is 18ish but it is an 09 so if it they are highway miles it seems it would be less stress on the turbos.
An m3 is great I am sure, but the gas mileage and price tag is too much for me right now.
Sounds like the auto would suck, so that makes finding a car even more difficult unfortunatly.
My girlfriend as a 2011 DCT 135i and I drive a 330ci ZHP. Honestly, it's a great car, but I concur with the statements made above. The fit and finish of the post-e46 generation of cars just doesn't seem there.
The 135 is wicked fast, but the steering feels a little heavier then my ZHP. On the plus side, the dash is very driver oriented and if I had to pick a newer, non-M, BMW, the 135 would be the one. Don't even get me started about the run flat tires.
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Study shows metabolic adaptation in calorie restriction
Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA, have shown that when people significantly reduce their calorie intake, they undergo a metabolic adaptation that results in a slower metabolic rate. The slower metabolic rate results in a behavioral adaptation in which individuals become less physically active.
The researchers examined data from 48 overweight people who followed 1 of 4 diet regimens for 6 months: a 25-percent calorie restriction (CR) diet, a low-calorie diet, a 12.5-percent CR diet plus 12.5-percent aerobic exercise program, or a normal diet. While the first three groups lost weight, after 6 months, the CR and low-calorie diet groups showed a reduction in their basal metabolic rate, accompanied by reduced physical activity. The CR plus physical activity group also lost weight but did not undergo a metabolic adaptation.
This is the first study to measure metabolic rate and energy expenditure precisely through the use of doubly labeled water and indirect calorimetry. The study also shows that long-term calorie reduction without increased exercise can result in a lower metabolic rate. The researchers note that the data "suggest potential mechanisms by which CR causes large inter-individual variability in the rates of weight loss and how exercise may influence weight loss and weight loss maintenance."
Redman, L.M., et al. Metabolic and behavioral compensations in response to caloric restriction: implications for the maintenance of weight loss. PLoS ONE. 2009. 4(2):e4377.


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Shannon Lucid
Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).
Date of Birth: January 14, 1943
Oklahoma Connection: Raised in Bethany, Oklahoma
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Shannon Lucid's parents were missionaries in China when Lucid was born in Shanghai. As an infant, the Japanese Army held her and her family captive in a prison camp. Her parents came back to the United States, and Lucid grew up in Bethany. She attended the University of Oklahoma and received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. While in college, Lucid took flying lessons. NASA selected her as one of the first female astronauts. She went on many missions and conducted experiments. Her last mission was as a board engineer on the Russian space station, Mir. This showed that now that the Cold War had ended, Russians and Americans were cooperating with each other.
First female astronaut candidates, 1978. Shannon Lucid on far left. Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).
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Multnomah University just couldn't be what it is without its students. This post is part of a new series written by students, about students. Our hope is that prospective students can get a feel for what the student body is like and alumni can get to know who it is that they support.
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Ginnifer Goodwin Short Straight Hairstyle - Dark Brunette (Mocha)
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- Hair Category: Formal
- Hair Length: Short
- Hair Elasticity: Straight
- Gender: Women
- Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Triangular
- Hair Density: Thin/Medium
- Hair Texture: Fine/Medium
- Age: Under 21, 21 - 30, 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60, and Over 60
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- Weight: Thin/Average/Large
- Glasses: Without glasses suits best
- Styling Time: 10 minutes
- Products: Moulding Cream
- Styling Tip: Slightly pinch the moulding cream into the ends to achieve this textured finish.
Styling Steps
1 . Style Hair Down at the Back Using Moulding Cream
Apply some moulding cream to your fingertips and then pull it through the ends of your hair in a downward motion to achieve a textured look.
2 . Style Sides Down Using Moulding Cream
Using a small amount of moulding cream, work it through the mid-lengths and ends in a downward motion. For added texture, pinch the ends as you go sparingly.
3 . Flatten the Top Using Moulding Cream
Apply moulding cream to the palms of your hands, and then starting at the top-back area, drag your hands forward, flattening your hair down as you go. For a longer lasting style repeat this step.
4 . Style Bangs to the Left Using Moulding Cream
Apply moulding cream to your fingertips then gently rake through your bangs, sweeping the hair to the left as you go. Be careful not to use too much product as it can become sticky and clumpy.


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How many people does it take to move a giant Buddha head? Find out in this video shot at Asia Society Hong Kong Center earlier this year.
The Buddha head in question is "Long Island Buddha," a 2011 sculpture made of copper and steel by Chinese artist Zhang Huan, who splits time between Shanghai and New York. The head measures 68 x 89 x 70 inches. If you are in Hong Kong, you can catch Zhang's sculpture — which is part of Asia Society's Transforming Minds: Buddhism in Art exhibition — until May 20.
Readers of Asia Blog may remember Zhang as the artist behind the giant Confucius and robotic Confucius works we have featured in the past.
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Director: Leslie Ng
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Roy Halladay Retires
(Lake Buena Vista, FL) -- Pitcher Roy Halladay is calling it a career. CBS Sports reports the two-time Cy Young Award winner is signing a one-day contract with Toronto so he can retire as a Blue Jay. The 36-year-old Halladay made just 13 starts for the Phillies last season, undergoing surgery in May to repair a partially torn rotator cuff and remove a bone spur. He was just 4-5 with a 6.82 ERA. Halladay went 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 big league seasons overall with Toronto and Philadelphia. He threw a no-hitter against Cincinnati in his first postseason start with the Phillies in 2010.


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Hotel della Piccola Marina
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Hotel della Piccola Marina
- The location, on the cliffs above Marina Piccola
- The view of the sea from your balcony
- An afternoon lazing by the panoramic pool
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If you're looking for an intimate boutique hotel on the island of Capri, you'll love Hotel della Piccola Marina: a gorgeous four star proprerty located directly above the Bay of Marina Piccola.
Mediterranean magic
Spacious and filled with light, the recently refurbished, Hotel della Piccola Marina has all the characteristics of the island's most beautiful private homes: high vaulted ceilings, graceful arches and sun-drenched terraces looking out to sea.
Each and every bedroom has its own balcony, from where breathtakingly beautiful views of Capri and the shimmering Mediterranean sea can be seen
Where dream holidays come true
In the hotel's terraced garden, there is a splendid, sea view swimming pool and a bar serving an excellent range of drinks and snacks.
A great base from where to explore the island, Hotel della Piccola Marina lies within easy walking distance of the beaches of Marina Piccola, the Augustus Gardens, the Piazzetta and Capri's designer shopping district.
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- Outdoor facilities
- Swimming pool
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- Air Conditioning
- Safety deposit box
- Hair dryer
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- Reception 24h
- Pets allowed
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Hotel Capri
- The location: within steps of the Piazzetta
- Neo Liberty elegance, four star comfort
- The views of the Bay of Naples
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- The beach of Marina Piccola, on your doorstep
- Three swimming pools: which will you choose?
- Nights to remember, in a Suite facing the Faraglioni
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- A peaceful hotel in the very heart of Capri
- Hours of blissful relaxation by the pool
- You're within steps of the Piazzetta and Via Camerelle
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- The hotel where Jackie O and Sofia Loren stayed
- The view of Capri from your balcony
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Heading up the public-health department for the third-largest county in the U.S. is never going to be an easy task, but Harris County brings its own special challenges, like hurricanes and, this year, its seeming to be Ground Zero for the swine-flu pandemic/panic (take your pick). Herminia Palacio handles these duties with competence and class — during Ike, she and staff members were at TranStar headquarters full-time; during Katrina she supervised operations at the Dome, an experience she still is asked to lecture about to public-health organizations nationwide. And when the swine flu hit, she worked closely with cities and school districts in her jurisdiction to keep things a lot calmer than they might have been. She's loved by her staff, and she keeps them up-to-date by ensuring they have the opportunity to get the latest training. Handling public-health issues in Harris County demands a calm and capable leader; luckily, we have one.
When Hurricane Ike was destroying lives and property in Galveston, one man thought to himself, A-ha! I can use this! And that man was Jacob Calle, although he is probably better known as Hurricane Bear. That's because he donned a bear costume with a pink bowtie and moonwalked along a Galveston beach while TV news crews were surveying the damage. It got him on CNN and in The Wall Street Journal. He sold T-shirts from his Web site and made himself available for parties — but he also included a link to the Red Cross's Web site, so people could donate. It's an interesting idea, and we're eagerly awaiting the appearance of Hurricane Platypus.
The idea of "best cemetery" may sound a bit grim, but there's nothing gloomy about Glenwood. It's just as much of a tranquil park and beautiful place to visit as it is a spot to bury loved ones. Built in what was then rural Houston in 1871, Glenwood's graves sit nestled amongst some of the city's only lush, rolling hills, which lead down to Buffalo Bayou off of Washington Avenue. Visitors can slowly drive along the winding roads throughout the cemetery underneath cascading trees and get a glimpse of where local and international luminaries are interred. Such notables include DeWitt Harris, for whom Harris County is named, former Texas governor William Hobby, Hollywood actress Gene Tierney Lee and billionaire eccentric Howard Hughes.
What Houstonian isn't proud of this beautiful, expansive, multifaceted park? Located on a former military camp where soldiers trained for battle in World War I, the park is dedicated to those soldiers' honor. Today, the park has something for just about everyone — an 18-hole golf course, 2.93-mile jogging trail, mountain bike paths, tennis, soccer, baseball, croquet, volleyball and a playground for kids. There's even a fitness center, with daily or monthly memberships that won't hurt your wallet. Or you can just chill in the Picnic Loop and people-watch.
Okay, you've committed a crime. Quick, check your shirt: Is the collar white? If so, there's only one attorney in town to contact: Joel Androphy. You may have seen him on TV as a legal expert both locally and nationally, but ironically enough, a lot of his most important work goes unnoticed. He specializes in whistleblower lawsuits, and while those suits often bring bad-behaving corporations to heel — and give help to people brave enough to take them on — they are usually settled with confidentiality agreements that prevent media coverage. And they are civil cases, so even though he's mostly known from criminal stuff, Androphy easily qualifies as a top-rank civil attorney. Besides whistleblowers, he is an expert on all types of corporate crime; he's honest, tough and knows how to get things done. If you've stabbed your crack dealer because he shorted you two rocks, Androphy's probably not your man, but if you find yourself in a courtroom because of things that happened in a classier setting, he's who you need to see.
Too many community newspapers like to portray the places they cover as they would like them to be rather than as they really are. Not so The Seabreeze News. Publisher Gator Miller and Editor Steve Hoyland are muckrakers in the classical sense, and most issues feature investigative reporting of vital import to "Sunny San Leon," their two-fisted little "quaint drinking village with a serious fishing problem." In June, the paper broke the story about neighboring Texas City's secret plan to saddle the small unincorporated town with a huge sewage treatment plant; the month before that, the paper probed into the affairs of a local developer. But it's not all Woodward and Bernstein in the Seabreeze. There are plentiful fishing reports, humorous nuggets buried in the classifieds, and a police blotter complete with plenty of mug shots and smart-ass asides. And then there's "Dear Steve from Sunny San Leon," Hoyland's curmudgeonly Dear Abby-style mail-in column that has the potential to cause the spontaneous combustion of anyone with a shred of political correctness to them.


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Jacksonville International Airport reopens after bomb scare
The Jacksonville International Airport is back open after being evacuated Tuesday evening after the bomb squad responded to the airport.
JAX Airport's Twitter account initially reported the incident, saying "Due to police activity regarding suspicious packages, JAX airport has been evacuated. Please check with airline for flight updates."
Two in custody following JAX Airport suspicious package
Michael Stewart, Jacksonville Airport Authority spokesperson, confirmed the evacuation and the presence of the JSO Bomb Squad.
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Sculley: 'Legacy Costs' of City Police, Firefighters Must Come Down
San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley says she is a big supporter of public safety, and points out that she has added to the rolls of the San Antonio Police Department while making major cuts in the ranks of non uniformed city staff over the past several years.
But, in a frank talk to the San Antonio Manufacturers Association, Sculley revealed that uniformed city employees will bear the brunt of the cuts to so called 'Legacy Costs' under recommendations to be released by the Williams Committee this spring, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"Today we are spending two and a half times per uniform on health care what we spend on our civilians," Sculley said. "Two and a half times more. It's almost double anything else within the state of Texas. It's out of line and we need to make some changes, and we will be recommending those."
The Williams Committee, colloquially known as the 'Let's Not End Up Like Detroit' Commission, is headed by former Councilman Reed Williams. It is studying how the city's so called 'Legacy Costs' can be reined in so the city will remain solvent.
Sculley says the costs of the police and fire departments are now absorbing 67% of the entire general fund city budget, squeezing every other city operation into that remaining less than one third percent.
"Street maintenance, parks and recreation, libraries, the Health Department, the municipal courts, animal care services, the general administration of the city," she said, ticking off a list of city services which are being squeezed by ever growing public safety costs.
Sculley, it should be noted, will make a salary of $375,000 plus a $50,000 bonus, which means the City Manager of San Antonio makes more than the President of the United States.
2013 was a good year for San Antonio, with skyrocketing sales tax revenue, rising home values which mean more property taxes, and a booming tourism industry. But Sculley says there is one statistic that shows how the 'Legacy Costs' of pubic safety employees is unsustainable.
"Our revenues were up about 2 1/2 percent last year, but expenses were up about 3 1/2 percent."
Sculley says the city budget has become increasingly tilted toward public safety.
"Over the past eight years, we have actually added nearly 500 police and fire personnel, and we have eliminated 1500 civilian positions," she said.
Sculley didn't indicate in her talk to the Manufacturers what the recommendations of the Williams Committee might me, or whether they will focus solely on future hires to the police and fire departments or whether current workers and retirees might be affected as well.


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What's not to love about ditching the car (or bus) in order to pedal your way to school, alongside your best friends? The Dutch, always taking the lead when it comes to biking. Someday we hope to see a few of these bike buses grace our streets!
"The Dutch are bicycle fanatics. Almost half of daily travel in the Netherlands is by bicycle, while the country's bike fleet comfortably outnumbers its 16 million people. Devotees of the national obsession have taken the next logical step by launching what is likely the first bicycle school bus.
Built by Tolkamp Metaalspecials, and sold by the De Cafe Racer company, the bicycle school bus (BCO in Dutch) is powered entirely by children and the one adult driver (although there is an electric motor for tough hills). Its simple design has eight sets of pedals for the kids (ages 4 to 12), a driver seat for the adult, and three bench seats for freeloaders. The top speed is about 10 miles per hour, and features a sound system and canvas awning to ward off rainy days.
Co.Exist spoke with Thomas Tolkamp who built the BCO about its origins and how the idea is catching on around the world for the sets of 11 lucky kids who get to arrive in school pedaling their own school bus."
"I hope I can sell the bike in the near future to a foreign country and see how people at other countries react on the bike. I think it will work well in other countries, because as more and more people [are] becoming fat and "green living" becomes more important, ideas like this get more popular." -Thomas Tolkamp
You can read the full interview here.
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Some Secrets of the Qur'an
God Obscures the Comprehension of Disbelievers
That some people cannot understand the Qur'an is one of the most important secrets revealed in the Qur'an. This is indeed an important secret, because the Qur'an is a very clear, easy and straightforward book. Anyone who wishes can read the Qur'an and learn about God's commands, the good morals that He is pleased with, the attributes of paradise and hell, and about many secrets some of which are presented in this book. However, as an immutable law of God, some people cannot understand the Qur'an despite all its clarity. Furthermore, these people can be atomic engineers or professors of biology, can understand very complicated branches of science such as physics, chemistry or mathematics, can grasp Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, materialism or communism, and yet fail to understand the Qur'an. These people who adopt the complicated structures of non-Qur'anic systems somehow cannot grasp God's clear and easy religion, and fail to understand even the most evident subjects therein.
Their being unable to grasp even the most evident facts is a miracle in itself. By showing that they have such a serious deficiency in understanding, God explains that some people possess a different nature. On the other hand, this provides evidence to the fact that all hearts, reason and comprehension is in God's hands. God declares that He will cover the hearts and comprehension of those who are seized by feelings of grandeur, that is who do not submit to God. The fact that they understand anything but the Qur'an reveals that God has diverted them from His signs, and they are debarred from the Qur'an because of their insincerity. Some of the verses pertaining to this are:
As revealed in the verses, the secret why disbelievers cannot understand the Qur'an is that God has placed a barrier to their comprehension and set a seal upon their hearts because of their denial. This is a great miracle displaying the grandeur of God and that He is the possessor of hearts and thoughts of every man.