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British Socialism explained
Given the Mail's editorial line, the films are a surprising choice. One is an anarchist parable, where the good people of London throw off the shackles of statehood and grasp their autonomous destiny. Another screens the glorious fantasy of the alienated young worker. There is also the story of the class-outcast gradually picking off a whole aristocratic dynasty in an act of social vengence.
Among the others, one provides a syndicalist example of how the railways could be run, while another shows the capacity that spontaneously-organised militant labour has to respond to technological change. Perhaps the best of the lot portrays the time-bomb that is the dutiful employee. So you can stick your Eisenstein up your arse, as far as I'm concerened.
I shall be buying the Daily Mail for the next two weeks. God help me. Unless someone has a maiden aunt who can clip the coupons for me?
These films are all nearly as good as the greatest British Socialist movie ever*. I got that free with The Daily Telegraph a few weeks ago....
*It's set in Nottingham y'know!
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- col said...
"Set in Nottingham at the end of the 50s, "Saturday Night..." offered newcomer Finney the chance to really show what he could do on-screen.",
... which was everything, except carry off a Nottingham accent.
- 3:18 pm
- Paul Anderson said...
You're right, it's bizarre. Next, the Spectator does a promotion with If...
You can avoid collecting the coupons if you get the Mail from Smith's where they automatically give you the DVD when you buy the paper. Which is what I'm doing, so instead of simply chucking the paper out after I've got the DVD, I'll play the maiden aunt and cut out the coupons for you in return for a beer next week.
- 6:26 pm
- Will said...
This is most excellent Paul.
I will be shoplifting vocifourisly in the coming days.
- 10:55 pm
Or even vociferously, or assiduously, or diligently.
- 11:17 pm
- Will said...
Fucking pedant.
my spelling guardain.
- 11:26 pm
You should work for the Guardian with typing like that.
Frankly I'd rather buy that lot from pirates than the people who run the Mail.
- 11:28 pm
My sentiments also Hak: see http://daily-heil.urbanup.com/738029
for a nice description of one of the Mail's nicknames.
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Absolutely fantastic accommodation, very comfortable. Just a few steps down from the beach. Staff were very friendly, we got a complimentary glass of wine on arrival and were upgraded to two suites. We weren't offered breakfast the following morning, it wasn't included in our booking but it website says you could get it and charge it to your room. You will need a car as it's a distance from town but is right on the beach.
Staying one night, we got a room upgrade to a room with a view directly onto the beach. The guesthouse serves a great breakfast, and is very friendly. I'd definitely recommend it to friends and family.
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Scunthorpe hospital's park and ride to open to patients
A park and ride service for staff at a North Lincolnshire hospital is to open to patients and visitors after complaints of car parking problems.
The bus service transports about 300 staff between Glanford Park and Scunthorpe General Hospital.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust said it listened to patients' complaints about the lack of spaces at its 275-capacity car park.
It has agreed to open up the service to hospital visitors from Monday.
The hospital's weekday park and ride service was set up by the trust in 2009 in a drive to free up more parking spaces for patients and visitors.
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But some patients and visitors complained of having to wait for empty parking spaces.
Nigel Myhill, from the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust, said: "For the last three years we've been working on various schemes to try improve car parking for patients, visitors and staff.
"We've had quite a lot of patients and visitors asking to be able to use what is a staff facility.
"So we've now opened up our park and ride to patients and visitors."
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The evidence of strategic pricing policies of Turkish textile exports
This paper examines the strategic pricing behaviour (Pricing to Market; PTM) policies of textile exports in the 1990s for a hyperinflation country, Turkey, whose currency has been depreciating continually for the last two decades. The findings show that Turkish textile export categories exhibit evidence of strategic pricing behaviour when the Turkish textiles export data is analysed for different frequencies. The results show that evidence of strategic pricing behaviour is observed in response to changes in real exchange rates for textile exports for closer lagging periods and strategic pricing behaviour diminishes with further lagging periods. Also, evidence of strategic pricing behaviour is observed in a more recurrent fashion with higher frequency data, three-month periods, than with relatively lower frequency data, six-month and 12-month periods. Another interesting finding is that Turkish textile exporters prefer to increase their prices as a reaction if they had adjusted their prices in an overshooting fashion in response to real exchange changes in the previous period. The most important finding of the paper is that while Turkish textile exporters prefer to adjust their export pricing without fully absorbing the real exchange depreciation and by increasing their relative markups for some textile categories, they prefer to adjust their export prices by lowering their markups in addition to fully absorbing the real exchange depreciation for some other textile categories in order to increase their market share overseas.
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Continuing to reload his roster, Head Coach Jason Semelsberger has signed Valencia, California, native, Daniel Kim.
"I chose The Master's College because I felt it was the right path for me to grow and mature according to God's will," commented Kim. "After meeting Coach Semelsberger and some of the guys on the team, I knew this was where I belonged. I'm looking forward to forming everlasting relationships with both my teammates and classmates, and I'm also excited to truly grow in the path or righteousness."
Kim, who competed for the Vikings of Valencia High School and recently finished a two-year stint with the College of the Canyons Cougars, eyes a successful collegiate career as a Mustang by having an overarching goal of helping the team win an NAIA national championship title.
Looking beyond his time as a Mustang, Kim desires to have a career as professional golfer, but will major in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing while studying at The Master's College.
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Kim's signing is a key one looking ahead to 2014-15 season, with the Mustangs graduating four seniors this year. To date, Semelsberger has signed five new additions to join the two returning Mustang golfers.
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Envato isnt even going to restrict access to comments section to those who are outside of support window, and after Buyer asks a question in the comment section, Authors are going to have to demand from Buyers to purchase support extension?
What is the maximum respond time we can have for an item?
Related to question above, what are the limits to Authors vacation's time, time outside of which they are not required to provide support?
Chopping cart maybe?
andrewfreeman said
Hi Guys,
We shared our decision on paid updates/annual renewals earlier on in the thread, as well as in previous threads on this topic. For anyone who missed it, we won't be introducing paid updates.Here's a recap of the main reasons why:
- Authors update items in many different ways…some only do basic updates and security patches. Others try to continuously add value through new features. Some do both and everything in between.
- Buyers are fearful of having to pay for a basic updates/security patches in the future and some have said they would not buy that item if they had to, meaning the author may not get the sale in the first place.
- To get around this, we'd need a major/minor versioning system – major for value-add updates (possibly paid) and minor for basic/security patch updates (possibly unpaid) – this would add a lot of complexity and considering that authors update in very different ways would be hard to manage.
- We consistently hear support is a significant ongoing cost for authors that is mounting with time so we want to address this as a priority but not rule out addressing updates at some point in the future.
I dont see the problem with annual renewal system.
Any required / security fixes are required to be made by the author, because every item here on sale needs to be functioning properly / as per description, otherwise its going to be removed from sale. If any buyers bought the item which was later removed and are still within their annual free to download period, they can easily get a refund if requested.
What if left is that renewing an item annual download period can be done by the buyer at their discretion at any time in the future, regardless of how many times any particular item has been updated, weather it had many, few on none updates at all.
This all in the end probably means that authors will get less sales since buyers will have to spend part of their revenue for the updates, but in the end, I believe most authors will rather choose this system than free lifetime updates.
For buyers that continually support authors by buying the item repeatedly, this will not change anything, because instead of buying the item again, they will just buy an annual renewal.
Cubell said
One of your biggest and fastest-growing competitors recently confirmed to me that their business model is a "reseller/commission" and the commission is always 70%, even if you just started selling or have sold $1 million worth of products, and there is no "exclusivity" monopoly-like rules over there.
Can you share this on personal message please?
Envato, why dont you put your own name on your invoices? Its that simple.
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competitive marketplace which became huge & popular within 2 & half years.
Care to share which one?
So they can put our data on the invoices after all..
And the ToS rules were always a joke as long as one ToS rule states that ToS can be changed.
This is all going to change.. as it can be clearly seen from the actions made so far, Envato will invoice our names/addresses with buyers details I guess, support becomes mandatory… etc I wont even think about the past years…


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A little known fact coming into Sunday night's game; Syracuse had never beaten Clemson in men's basketball. The Orange were 0-2 all-time, but had never played the Tigers on their home floor.
Both of those changed inside the Carrier Dome as Syracuse (23-0, 10-0) held off Clemson (15-7, 6-4) with a 57-44 win.
Syracuse faced their share of adversity in this one, despite the seemingly comfortable margin. The Tigers held their own for much of the first half, keeping the game close throughout. But as has been the case during the 2013-14 campaign, Syracuse had answers when they were needed.
The Orange held Clemson scoreless over the last 4:22 of the first half, going on a 9-0 run that led to a 31-22 advantage heading into intermission. Trevor Cooney drilled a three to start the run and C.J. Fair finished it with a layup to end the half. Jerami Grant added a pair of layups as well.
"C.J. got off to a really good start and got us going," head coach Jim Boeheim said after the game. "They were very patient which is what people are going to do for the most part. I thought our defense was good and our patience was good. We didn't get rebounds two or three times that we needed to. I thought overall, we did a good job on both ends of the court."
Towards the end of the first half, Baye Keita landed awkwardly on his right leg, spraining his knee. He went to the locker room and did not come back into the game. Keita did, however, spend the second half on the bench. Boeheim did not have an update after the game.
Clemson cut the Syracuse lead to 42-37 midway through the final frame, before Rakeem Christmas picked up his fourth foul. Boeheim was forced to go small, moving Grant to the center spot while Tyler Roberson and Michael Gbinije took Jerami's spot on the wing.
"He's practiced in there a couple times this year," Boeheim said. "He's pretty long in there. I think we can get by with him in there."
The Tigers immediately attacked inside, trying to take advantage of the Orange's lack of a true center. Syracuse responded with an 8-3 run despite the odd lineup, and were not tested by Clemson again. Fair had four of Syracuse's points during the key stretch, and Grant was solid on the boards.
Syracuse forced four turnovers over the last 10-minutes of the game, holding Clemson to 2-9 during that stretch.
The win helped Syracuse match the longest winning streak in school history at 23, and gave the Orange their best start in conference play in school history with the 10 wins.
Syracuse held Clemson to just 34% shooting from the field and forced 13 turnovers. The Orange converted those into 16 points on the other end. Despite their foul trouble on the inside Syracuse dominated points in the paint, 32-14.
The Orange shot 44% from the field against the nation's top scoring defense which was holding teams to just 38%.
Fair led Syracuse with 19 points on 8-13 shooting, while adding seven rebounds. Jerami Grant contributed 12 points and eight boards, while Trevor Cooney poured in 11 points and three steals. Tyler Ennis only had six points, but dished out five assists.
Syracuse has a tough one up next, as they travel to Pittsburgh to face the Panthers on Wednesday night at 7pm eastern.


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> you believe that P2P is evil, then so be it.. I just had to find a
> solution that allowed me to get my anime ;) without being banned by
hopefully not cpyright protected anime. however, this isnt an issue
with m0n0wall - as m0n0 simply uses the FreeBSD kernel - and hence
its network stack. I'd advise that you contact the people who
are thus responsible for that - ie FreeBSD network developers.
I have a feeling its a by-product of DoS defences and port communication
myself, I'm running 1.2b7 now - and i'm happy with it. I moved to m0n0
after using a home built linux, then smoothwall, then IPcop, then
back to a homemade Linux, then onto m0n0wall. I also have the 'rule shaper'
running - which squashes the P2P into a nice little bandwidth tunnel.
you might want to turn that on yourself and see if it magically fixes
the issue. you'll still get plenty of P2P action - my 2Mb line gives me over
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The iconic Australian song appears here for the first time as a beautiful book for the young, and the young at heart. Featuring the inspirational words from Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody, the riverting paintings of Peter Hudson, and the sweet wild artwork of Gurindji schoolchildren from Kalkaringi, NT, this book will light up rooms and hearts all over Australia. All profits will be donated to arts and literacy projects for the Gurindji children, in memory and celebration of one of the greatest moments of courage and peace in our history.
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Eva Green To Star In Womb
Joins the new Timelord for cloning drama
The lovely Eva Green, the mere mention of whose name has us coming on all swoony, has signed up for Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf's first English-language film Womb.
The actress joins Dr. Who's new Timelord, Matt Smith, for what could be cinema's first genetically-modified romance, in which she'll play a grieving widow who decides to clone her dead husband.
Set in the near future, Womb will tackle the moral and ethical issues surrounding the human cloning. It's certainly punchy, controversial stuff, and represents another interesting choice for Green, who will shortly be appearing in a dual role (including one as a suicidal Goth) in Gerald McMorrow's dystopian fantasy Franklyn. That's followed by a role as a teacher in Cracks, a drama set at girls boarding school in the 1930s.
Womb will take the beautiful Ms. Green to Germany where shooting is scheduled to start in March.


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Note to media: The Supreme Court deals with more than abortion and affirmative action
Blog ››› ››› JAMISON FOSER
The conservative onslaught against Sonia Sotomayor should begin any minute now, and will presumably focus on the things conservatives always focus on: abortion, gay rights, affirmative action. They'll call her a "judicial activist," which they will suggest is the worst thing a judge can possibly be - even though the phrase basically has no meaning, and to the extent it does, the most "activist" member of the high court is probably Clarence Thomas.
And the media will likely proceed as though the topics the conservatives are focusing on are the most important things to address in their coverage of Sotomayor's nomination. And, certainly, abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, and executive power are important subjects; the media should examine Sotomayor's record and philosophy in these areas.
But the Supreme Court deals with a lot of other issues, too - issues that tend to get comparatively little media attention during nomination fights. Economic and regulatory issues, for example, are extremely important at any time, but particularly in the midst of one of the worst economic environments in American history. The media should assess Sotomayor's record and philosophy as they pertain to a wide range of important issues, not merely the ones the conservatives think they can boost their direct-mail fundraising by yelling about.
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The Steps and Costs for Adopting a Dog
Though you may occasionally see a pet owner offering a dog "free to a good home," in general you can expect to pay an adoption fee when you adopt or rescue a dog.
So, how much does it cost to adopt a dog? The fee can vary with the type of organization you adopt from, as well as the part of the country you live in. In general, dog adoption fees can range from $50 to $400, with most of them being right in the middle of that range.
Adoption fees serve several purposes. The money you pay a shelter or rescue group may be used in part to offset their costs of caring for many animals. It may also cover the cost of vaccinating, spaying or neutering, microchipping, or de-worming the dog you take home.
But most importantly, dog adoption fees serve as a screening measure, designed to weed out would-be pet owners who are unwilling or unable to spend money on their pets. Someone who can't spend $200 on dog adoption fees is also unlikely to be able to pay for veterinary care if the dog becomes ill.
Dog adoption fees may also vary depending on the specific dog you choose. Some shelters or rescue groups may ask more for a female than a male, because of the higher cost of spaying versus neutering. Puppy adoption may come with higher fees than adult dogs because of the cost of the initial rounds of vaccinations. And some organizations may cut adoption fees in half for senior or special needs dogs, as an incentive to families to adopt these hard-to-place dogs.
Adoption procedures can vary widely between organizations, but the following is a list of steps that you're likely to encounter during the process.
First, make sure that your lifestyle and finances can accommodate a dog. If you decide on a specific breed, do your research on that breed and make sure you can meet its needs. If you decide on a puppy rather than an older dog, do some research on housebreaking and obedience training and make sure you're up for the tasks.
Look around for a dog that fits your criteria. You may do this by visiting your local pound or shelter, provided it is open to the public. If your local shelter doesn't have visiting hours, or if you decide to adopt a rescue dog, you can find suitable animals online, in the Dogster Adoption area (powered by Petfinder). You'll be able to search by breed, age and gender within your zip code. You'll also be able to view photos and read descriptions of adoptable dogs in your area.
If you find a dog online, call the shelter or rescue group sponsoring it to arrange a visit. (Some dogs may be in temporary foster homes.) Make sure all members of your family get a chance to meet the dog.
Once you find a dog whose personality is a good fit for your family, you'll be asked to fill out an adoption application. At a municipal pound, this may be just a formality and you may be allowed to take your dog home the same day.
Many shelters and all rescue groups will initiate a screening process, based on your application. This may consist of an interview (either in person or by phone), a reference check, and even a home visit. If you adopt a rescue dog, the rescue group may have strict requirements, like a fenced yard, certain number of square feet, etc., that you'll have to meet before your application is approved.
Most shelters and all rescue groups will ask you to review and sign an adoption agreement. By signing it, you guarantee the dog will be cared for according to the provisions within. Typically, adoption agreements require you to spay or neuter a dog, provide adequate food, exercise and medical care, and to keep the dog as an in-home companion rather than a yard dog. In addition, rescue groups stipulate that you cannot sell, give away, or surrender the dog to a pound-you must return it to the rescue group if you can no longer care for it.
Once you've passed the screening process, get your home ready for your new dog. This may involve puppy-proofing, or simply buying food, toys and a bed.
Take your dog home! If the dog is microchipped, don't forget to update the contact information on the chip (to do this, you'll have to know which micro-chip service was used).
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Expect to Pay a Small Fee When You Adopt a Dog
There is almost always an adoption fee. The places that house unwanted animals have to make money to feed them, shelter them, give them meds, doc visits, spay/neuter etc... the list goes on. The adoption fee, is to try to get enough money to keep doing these generous deeds. They rely solely upon donations and adoption fees.
I'm not sure about a pound dog though. You may check. Of course you can always save a starving one from the streets as I did with my second dog. If money is super tight, you may need to be sure you can afford vet bills, and food, as that is my biggest household expense currently.
Hope you find a great one and give it a wonderful home. So many animal badly need good loving homes.
~Theresa H., owner of Breed Unknown
How to Go About Adopting a Dog
The adoption process would depend upon where you wish to get a dog from. A shelter? A rescue group? From an individual? From the dogs listed on this website? Or do you wish to purchase a dog from a breeder?
1. If from a shelter: Usually you can choose a dog and must fill out a form, as well an answer a few questions. There is a fee ranging from $50 to $200 or perhaps a bit more. The shelter in my area charges $80 for a young dog. Some shelters have something of a first come first serve policy.
2. If from a rescue group: From what I understand, they have a more rigorous adoption process than a shelter. You must fill out a questionnaire, and you are less likely to get the dog you want since they have only a handful of dogs and a bunch of people wanting them. Plus, I believe the homes are usually chosen by who would provide the best home rather than first come first served.
3. From an individual: Depends. Some have terms, some do not. Many individuals advertise the dogs they are "getting rid of" in the newspaper.
4. From the dogs listed on this website: For the adoptable dogs you click on "contact the guardian about adopting this dog" and go from there. No one on Dogster is allowed to SELL their dogs, so unless the dog is listed as part of a shelter or rescue group, it should not cost you anything to adopt any particular dog off of here.
5. If purchasing from a breeder: A good breeder won't sell to just anyone. They want the best for their dogs. They will have a contract having, among many other things, a spay/neuter agreement and that if you cannot keep the dog to return it to them. When looking for a breeder to buy from, it's important to do your research as to what to look for in a breeder.
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When Case acquired IH, Pederson's continued to carry the Case-IH product line.
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Troy Furr
Date and Place of Birth: July 11, 1923 Concord, NC Date and Place of Death: January 3, 1945 Philippsbourg, France Baseball Experience: Minor League Position: Second Base Rank: Private First-Class Military Unit: Company M, 275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division US Army Area Served:European Theater of Operations
Troy L. Furr, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Furr, was born in Concord, North Carolina on July 11, 1923. An infielder, he was playing semi-pro baseball in the Concord City League in 1943 and led the circuit in pitching and fielding.
With ballplayers being called into military service at an alarming rate, Earl Mann, president of the Atlanta Crackers of the Class A1 Southern Association, signed Furr during the winter of 1943 in the hope he would be a useful infielder for the club's 1944 season.
Unfortunately, military service intervened before he could play a game as a professional, and Furr entered service with the Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on April 13, 1944. Following basic training he was sent to France where he served with Company M - a heavy weapons company - of the 275th Infantry Regiment, 70th "Trailblazers" Infantry Division. The division had landed at Marseille, France, in December 1944, and reached the front on December 28, near Bischweiler on the west bank of the Rhine River.
On January 3, 1945, while in combat as a machine gunner during the battle for the town of Philippsbourg in north-eastern France, Private First Class Furr was reported missing. It was later confirmed he had been killed in action that day.
Troy Furr is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Concord, North Carolina
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A satellite survey of Egypt has uncovered lost treasures including 17 pyramids and more than 1,000 tombs.
Three thousand ancient settlements have also been located by scientists who studied infrared images which allowed them to see underground buildings.
Astounded researchers on the ground have already confirmed that two of the pyramids exist - and they believe there are thousands more unknown sites in the region.
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The next step in my tour of Dreamweaver extensions takes me to long-time Dreamweaver extensionologists, Project Seven. Project Seven (PVII) has always had a warm spot in my heart for taking very specific problem scenarios for web developers, and coming up with extremely elegant and deep solutions to address them.
PVII's newest commercial extension – Slide Show Magic – is a great example of their problem-specific focus, enabling an automated Dreamweaver interface to create rich, interactive image galleries and slide shows. Sure, you could build out a slideshow's markup by hand, and code in the fades and dynamic loads by hand, but where Project Seven always excels is coming up with an elegant, accessible, well-structured and automated solution that covers all the bases eloquently.
If you find yourself building image galleries or slideshows regularly, I can say that I'm very impressed with not just the elegant user interface, but the plumbing beneath the hood of Slide Show Magic- it's a great automated solution that generates excellent code even the purists can be proud of.
Check out a quick screencast of Slide Show Magic at the Project Seven site (which really highlights the Dreamweaver interface and workflow), or better yet- live demos of the extension in action. Dreamweaver MX and greater are supported, as well as Fireworks MX or greater for image processing (which is optional). Dreamweaver CS3 is supported of course (as are the rest of PVII's products). Great extension!


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I also have really good vision and a preternatural interest in lit keyboards. Please don't let this be a presumptive commentary on my melatonin releasing capacity or my rhythms of the circadian type; I like a lit keyboard in the sunshine just as well. Lastly, I sometimes get poison ivy.
Lucky for you, I listen more than I speak. On a more serious note, I have been in that middling New York casual dating scene for a while without getting anywhere (obviously). I'm looking to get into something more serious if this way that comes. Otherwise, it would be great to find someone who doesn't make as much fun of my sleeping habits as my brothers tend to do. As for what those habits are, they ain't good...
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And just like that, fall arrived! Last night I took a lovely stroll outside, ate some sushi and read a little before falling asleep at 9:30. Sorry to disappoint you, but it felt great to get a solid night's sleep. (I did have an odd dream where people's legs transformed into cars, though.)
Your headlines:
- Varnette Honeywood, an artist whose works adorned the set of The Cosby Show, has died. She was 59.
- The New York Times talks to Woody Allen.
- VBS.TV has a great video piece on the history of music in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
- TBS has canceled My Boys.
- The A.V. Club talks to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- Apple has a featurette about Never Let Me Go, a new movie with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.
- A grad student beat Ken Jennings' record for the highest one-day total on Jeopardy!.
- The latest issue of Rolling Stone has a big interview with Roger Waters.
- It's Free Dessert Day, thanks to Bravo and Open Table. Go here for details.
- The Smashing Pumpkins have released a song for free download.
- "More than 3,500 independently owned video-rental stores have added a tanning salon to their stores." What?
- Natalie Portman talks about Black Swan.
- Check out Neil Young's new video.
- Conan O'Brien wants to answer your questions online.
- Spike Lee will direct a live webcast featuring John Legend and The Roots Sept. 23.
- A new book by the late David Foster Wallace arrives April 15.
- Paul McCartney's son is releasing an EP.
- And finally, here are 101 T-shirts to help you relive the '80s. It includes a bunch of online shopping tips.
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News Corp's Australian shares sank to a two-year low on Monday as the UK phone hacking scandal fallout worsened, raising concerns that a $US2 billion bid for an Australian pay-tv firm involving News Corp could be derailed by political intervention.
Investors sent News Corp shares down as much as 7 per cent in heavy volume after Rebekah Brooks, the former head of the company's UK paper business, was arrested on Sunday and top policeman Paul Stephenson quit over the scandal.
"I think people would rather be cautious and mark it down rather than find a reason to defend it," said Invesco senior investment manager Jackson Leung in Melbourne.
Invesco is News Corp's second-largest institutional shareholder with a 1.68 per cent stake, according to Thomson Reuters data.
News Corp shares ended down 4.1 per cent at $14.16 after touching a low of $13.65.
Shares in a News Corp takeover target, pay-tv firm Austar , also fell on worries the deal may not proceed after the furore in Britain forced News to drop a $US12 billion plan to buy all of highly profitable broadcaster BSkyB .
Austar has agreed to a $US2 billion-plus takeover offer from its bigger rival Foxtel, which is owned by News Corp's News Ltd division, billionaire James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings , and telecoms firm Telstra .
The Australian government last week said it may review media laws and ownership, following pressure from the influential Greens party.
Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd dominates the Australian newspaper industry, commanding nearly three-quarters of daily metropolitan newspaper circulation, and the UK scandal has riveted attention in his homeland.
Murdoch, who now has U.S. citizenship, started his global media empire in Adelaide when he inherited the now defunct Adelaide News from his father, Sir Keith Murdoch.
He owns 150 national, capital city and suburban news brands in Australia, which include mass circulation daily tabloids in Sydney (Daily Telegraph) and Melbourne (Sun Herald) and the national daily The Australian.
Austar closed down 3.8 per cent while Consolidated Media fell 2.9 per cent, against a flat broader market, reflecting investor concerns on the future of the deal.
Still, the Austar and Foxtel camps and banking sources familiar with the deal said the offer was on track and did not expect it to be derailed because Foxtel is only 25 per cent owned by News Corp.
"This has long been a transaction with a compelling logic to it and is in the best interests of shareholders. We will continue to keep the market informed as and when appropriate," a spokeswoman for Austar told Reuters in an e-mailed message.
Australia's competition watchdog is due to rule on the bid for Austar on July 21.
Murdoch, through BSkyB, also has an interest in 24-hour news channel Sky News Australia, which is 33 percent-owned by BSkyB. Sky News TV in Australia is in a battle with the government-owned Australian Broadcasting Corp to run the country's overseas TV network – Australia Network.
On Sunday, detectives arrested Brooks, former head of News Corp's British newspaper arm, on suspicion of intercepting communications and corruption.
Stephenson, London's police commissioner, quit in the face of allegations that police officers had accepted money from the paper and had not done enough to investigate hacking charges that surfaced as far back as 2005.
News Corp's Australian shares have dived 18 per cent, or nearly $3, this month as the News of the World hacking scandal engulfed News Corp executives.
On Monday, the shares fell 7.6 per cent to an intraday low of $13.65, the weakest since July 2009, and also a 7.4 per cent discount to News Corp's last US close, implying a $US3 billion drop of market capitalisation at that level.
Volume was 11.4 million shares, or 4.5 times the average daily volume over the past 90 days, according to Thomson Reuters data.
A News Ltd spokesman in Sydney declined to comment on the share move, saying any comment would have to come out of New York.
"There's a lot of sentiment and emotion driving the stock," said Simon Burge, chief investment officer at ATI Asset Management in Sydney, which holds News Corp shares.
"From an earnings point of view, News of the World was less than 1 percent of earnings but this has catapulted to something greater and it is hard to quantify."
In a report on its web site, Bloomberg News cited two unnamed sources as saying independent directors of New York-based News Corp have begun questioning the company's response to the crisis and whether a leadership change is needed.
On the board, venture capital executive Tom Perkins and Viet Dinh, a law professor at Georgetown University, were leading the efforts of independent directors, according to one of the people in the Bloomberg report.
However, in an emailed response to Reuters, Perkins denied the report.
"The Bloomberg reporter didn't talk to me. There is no substance to her speculations, as far as I know," Perkins said.
The News of the World, which published its final edition a week ago, is alleged to have hacked up to 4,000 phones including that of murdered 13-year-old Milly Dowler.


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Delivering IT capabilities is one thing. Justifying your expenditures is something else — particularly in the government sector. In the ongoing effort to modernize and consolidate U.S. Transportation Command's IT infrastructure, demonstrating ROI is a key issue.
"We don't measure effectiveness the way that corporate America does. Corporate America does that by their quarterly reports to their stockholders, by their bottom line at the end of the day," explains Brig. Gen. Michael Basla, director of command, control, communications, and computer systems for USTransCom. "We wrestle with this, quite frankly."
Whereas a commercial enterprise is expected to show a profit, the most that a government agency such as USTransCom can hope to do is to demonstrate reduced expenditures. And even that isn't easy, as a glance at current headlines will demonstrate.
The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere have put tremendous stress on the armed services. Thus far, operations have been sustained in large part through supplemental funding that Congress has approved in the past few years, but top military brass have no illusions. The day those supplemental funds dry up is not too far in the future, Basla says.
But concern for the bottom line is nothing new for the armed forces. As have other enterprises, the agencies under the Department of Defense have been forced to reassess and reinvent how they conduct IT operations in the face of ever-changing economic conditions and markets. And, as with most large companies today, the effort to create efficiencies begins with sourcing.
"We do very little in-house development now," Basla says. "It used to be that the DoD was on the leading edge and drove technology changes. Now we are in flight formation with the civilian sector, and we are employing and buying the products that are developed in industry."
Commercial, off-the-shelf solutions make sense for USTransCom on a number of levels. Not only do they reduce up-front expenditures, including payroll expenditures necessary for in-house development and testing, but they also make it easier to obtain ongoing maintenance and support.
Basla and his team look for established, proven IT solutions that provide the capabilities they require, and that qualification process looks beyond feature lists and technical specifications. Equally important, a solution must fit with what has become the mantra of IT budgeting at USTransCom: Do more with less.
"People get enamored with technology and forget the purpose of it," Basla says. "I'm going to look for a million ways to solve the problem before I buy another box."


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As one goes through the store he finds many evidences of the things that go to upbuild that spirit.
We have helped to upbuild that Empire, and we claim our inheritance.
Then Marconi came to London to upbuild and link nation to nation more closely.
The aim of the commodity rate was to upbuild a new industry.
The soil, by the friends word, was kindly; Higginson Peabody thought it would nourish and upbuild a paper.
Oregon was another land to conquer, to settle, and to upbuild.
Almost coincident with Germany's increased efforts to upbuild its navy, a change had been made in the incumbency of the admiralty.
He was a liberal man, ever ready to embark his means in enterprises calculated to upbuild and aid in the progress of Seattle.
Love in Shadow has two sacred ministers, Oblivion and Faith, one to heal, the other to renovate and upbuild.
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Parramatta captain Kieran Foran has ramped up pressure on round one opponents Brisbane by reminding them of their heartbreaking 2015 grand final defeat.
The Eels open the NRL season by hosting the competition favourites on Thursday night and Foran, ahead of his first game for the club, said the Broncos would be eager to quickly make amends.
"I'm sure that grand final loss will still be in the back of their minds and they'll want to make sure that they get off to a good start," Foran said on Monday.
He wasn't the only one thinking back to last year's decider.
Brisbane forward Josh McGuire says Wayne Bennett is even hungrier to guide the Broncos to their seventh NRL title after their heartbreaking 2015 grand final loss.
Queensland prop McGuire - back from an Achilles injury that ruined last season - also welcomed talk that off-contract Bennett want to extend his tenure another two seasons.
"Wayne has always got that hunger to win - I think that (loss) has only made him hungrier," McGuire said.


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I think ET can produce somewhere, I just think he's the wrong player for this team.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He's about the last person I want back on our team.
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I think ET can produce somewhere, I just think he's the wrong player for this team.
He's about the last person I want back on our team.
Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
Hey remember that time we thought we were getting Dragic? Lol
LoL, yea, what the hell was we thinking. Like Larry could've pulled that off.
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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
I think Stuckey would actually be a good fit for us off the bench. I know people want guys to space the floor, but that's about the only thing we DO have at this point. Solomon Hill is the only guard or wing player we have that figures to get regular minutes that isn't known as a 3 point threat.
He's a good free throw shooter, and he gets to the line frequently. He's not a point guard, but he's capable as another combo guard that theoretically fits well next to Hill and Watson.
It sounds like decision-making is his downside, but I doubt he'd play starter minutes here and honestly our bench unit needs somebody who's in attack mode all the time.
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After a workout in Las Vegas for teams Tuesday, free agent Brandon Rush is pushing closer to finding a deal, sources tell Yahoo.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 16, 2014
Really, his attitude is what's making him toxic to the rest of the league. He's only 28 and he's obviously gifted. His basketball IQ is negative-50 but JR Smith has shown you can be productive even with that limitation.
The fact he publicly and privately stabbed his coaches in the back year after year is what's caught up to him. He thinks he's a star and when he isn't treated like one, he goes into operation shutdown.
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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I'd love to grab him if healthy
Rush is a much better player than Stuckey the only issue is Rush needs guys like Stephenson to create for him.
What's Evan Turner's status?
I'm not perfect and neither are you.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,
Ephisians 4: 32 And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.
Last I checked he is still terrible and no one wants him here.
I never wonder if Stucky is good or if he's talented. I always wondered if he's motivated and wants to play the right way. So i can see the attraction, guy can score, he's strong, just seems indifferent or selfish. So who knows.
I don't know if I'm that high on Rush...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Id rather have Rush than Stuckey
I'm not perfect and neither are you.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,
Ephisians 4: 32 And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.
Rush to Golden State per Woj
Free agent Brandon Rush has agreed to a one-year deal with Golden State, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
Rush's deal with the Warriors will be two years -- not one. He'll hold a player option on the second year.
Good for Brandon
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Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
I don't know what to think of our off-season...
Rather do nothing than sign stuckey.
So Stuckey is our back up plan. How about no?
Embiid is hilarious. Must follow on twitter. All the Lebron stuff and now this? haha
Hey I want you to come slide in my DMs @KimKardashian— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 16, 2014
Oh I didn't know you were married sorry @KimKardashian just saw it from the fan's tweet... have a nice day— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 16, 2014
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Glad for Rush. Great resilience coming back from all of those injuries
I see a restraining order in this guy's future.
By the way, what in the heck is a "DM"?
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direct message.
think private message on the forum, but its dm for twitter instead of PM
Direct message on Twitter. It's like a text.


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Of the Valley's three water parks, all owned by the Mesa-based Golfland Entertainment Centers, only Big Surf offers a wave pool where you can actually ride the waves -- and even then, the only spot the curls break strong enough to carry your rental raft all the way in to shore is at the three-foot depth marker, about two acres in from where the underwater gates release the rolling manmade pipelines.
For FOGs (surfer slang for Frickin' Old Guys) who remember the lagoon when it first opened in 1969 as the world's first inland wave pool (pictures of the park's original layout still hang in the front office), it's hard to see so much of the gnarly water going to waste on pintsize kooks and hodads. During regular operating hours, the deeper third of the lagoon remains roped off, as are the stairways surfers used to descend at the deep end to short-cut paddling out from shore.
But at least once a month during the summer, Big Surf returns to its glory days by offering an after-hours run of the entire lagoon to anyone itching to really catch a wave. For $35, anyone over 12 can grab one of the old '60s longboards the park still hangs onto and ramp it up on a series of 10 extra-big waves that Big Surf's patented plunger sends curling down the entire two-and-a-half-acre length of the pool. Call early to reserve your spot, though; even ocean-lapping Californians are known to show up for this way-cool after-hours pool party.
The only thing that keeps us away from a poker table is our serious and committed relationship with money. (Well, that and a large man with a concealed weapons permit who really hates losing.) Lucky for us, we found the Horse & Hound on a Saturday night, where two free poker tournaments -- run by the Nationwide Poker Tour (www.pokerplayersinc.com) -- start at 7 and 10 p.m. with at least a half-dozen tables of Texas Hold 'Em open to anyone who signs up.
What's the point of playing poker without money involved? Actually, there is none. While it doesn't cost a thing to play at the Horse & Hound (unless you take in the happy hour specials that offer a dozen wings for $3 and $2.25 well drinks), it does pay to win. Folks who make it to the final table earn points toward a paid seat in monthly cash tournaments at Las Vegas' Bellagio and, ultimately, a $10,000 spot in the annual World Series of Poker. Just be careful with those pocket jacks in your hand at the H&H: Because it ain't real money, your fellow wanna-be World Series champs have been known to call your "all-in" with an off-suit 7-2 (statistically, the worst starting hand in Hold 'Em), and score a full boat on the river. Sure, you're out, but at least you're not down.
Other casinos might throw a gimmick or two your way to get you through the door for a poker tournament, but none offers the action you'll find at Talking Stick, home to the best cash players in the Valley.
With 45 tables of nonstop poker (most tables offer Texas Hold 'Em, but you'll also find Omaha and seven-card stud), you're still bound to wait 20 minutes to get a seat. If you're learning and aren't willing to lose this month's mortgage, play a 3-6 table (that's $3 for an opening bet with a $6 raise to start per hand).
Or if you're looking to brush up on your skills before heading to Vegas for the next World Series of Poker, take your chances at the 75-150 table, the casino's highest limit. Talking Stick also hosts morning and evening tournaments Monday through Friday, with buy-ins from $60 to $130, and first-prize payouts as big as $5,500. But get in on those tournaments early; they're usually limited to the first 120 who register, and they sell out quickly.
For Valley urbanites who think dog tracks like Turf Paradise are just too doggone far away, there's an abundance of off-track-betting sites scattered across our sprawl. These havens for bombastic betting behavior are usually found inside assorted sports bars and taverns and allow wagering on races at numerous dog and horse tracks both locally and around the nation, with remote video feeds of all the action. Gallagher's bar and restaurant, located in north Phoenix, is particularly entertaining, as wager-friendly folk from all walks of life gather in an expansive, smoke-filled side room. Gambling-prone grannies edge their walkers close to the wall filled with video screens, while thirtysomething tweaker types howl desperately for certain pooch es to place first, until the long shots finish back in the pack and bet tickets are torn up in disgust.
By the end of the night, broken peanut shells, torn-up tickets and shattered dreams litter the floor, as a few holdouts remain to sample one of Gallagher's particularly delectable desserts, consisting of a mound of ice cream covered with fudge on top of a just-baked chocolate chip cookie. It's tasty and helps take the edge off the realization that you just blew your rent money on some dog-and-pony show.
Take a break from the strip malls, the freeways, the dog eat dog of the real world, and break for the ponies. Few things in life are as satisfying as leaning against the fence at the finish line, nursing a drink and looking left to catch the first glimpse of the pack coming home. If your horse finishes out of the money, no big deal. There's always the next race -- and plenty of beer. Anyway, gambling isn't the point. It's the fresh air, the scent of the stables, the tight jeans the escort riders wear as they guide the thoroughbreds to the gate. There's enough superstition in the air to fill 10 Bank One Ballparks. Dare you wager on a pony called U R Toast, or is Notanotherskidmark the safer choice?
Sometimes college students need to just let loose, get a little crazy and occasionally get escorted out of a building after a bit of debauchery. Spending your nights on Mill Avenue can get old. The real place to catch raucous 18- to 22-year-olds mid-shenanigans is at Wal-Mart. By midnight, at least 10 people will be running, yelling and climbing over displays in a heated game of hide-and-seek. Letting off steam by acting like a 6-year-old must work, because larger games of 20 to 40 players are orchestrated monthly at MySpace.com. The hide-and-seek activity at the Mesa Wal-Mart peaked a few months ago, but there's nothing stopping you from getting on MySpace.com and starting a fresh game. After all, when was the last time you were kicked out of anywhere for playing hide-and-seek? Unlike when you were a kid, your mom won't be there to be embarrassed by you.


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I have just completed my first 2 weeks of Invisalign and still have one more week with my first set of aligners. They are not covered under my insurance but I was adamant about getting them over traditional braces.
I have to admit, my first week of Invisalign, I hated them! The first three days were very painful so plan on eating soft food. But this only assured me that they were working. Mostly, I hated the fact that I could not speak normally with the aligners. I was seriously hating my life during the first week because my job requires me to speak to various people all day and I could not stand having a lisp and not having people understand me.
Also, I was just very uncomfortable with the aligners in my mouth. They did not cut my mouth but I just was not used to the feeling of having my teeth covered. My mouth went from producing too much saliva too being too dry. But magically, around my seventh day or so of having the aligners, my speech started to improve and I don't notice them in my mouth as much! I have noticed that if you rinse them out before replacing them in my mouth, they are not as dry and therefore are more comfortable. Another plus to this system is that not one person has noticed that I have them on (at least no one has mentioned anything)!!
All in all, my speech improved everyday and now I sound pretty normal. I also don't really notice that I have them on (unless I replace them after eating without brushing my teet). You just have to be patient with them and invest in lots of toothpaste, floss and drinking straws (I cheat a bit and use straws to drink coffee, soda and smoothies).
Also, after reading other reviews it seems that it is best to go with a reputable orthodontist. I am probably spending a bit more money because I have a great orthodontist but I think it is important to choose someone who has experience. In the end, it is up to the dentist/orthodontist to relay your dental plan to the Invisalign company.


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The folks at Fighter Combat International use flyers from the Top Gun program to offer you everything from dogfights to acrobatic stunts. Using laser weapons mounted on the spectacularly agile, German built, Extra-300 L, experienced pilots take you up for aerial combat against other professionals. Or maybe you don't want a dogfight. Maybe you just want to strap on a diaper and try a few face-stretching acrobatic moves like hammerheads, lomcevaks, loops and rolls. No experience required. Prices range from $285 all the way up to $955, depending upon the amount of flight time you want and how often you want to take the stick. You can be a passenger with your stomach in your mouth, or you can take the stick and shoot down the bad guy.
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How could one guy hurt so many people and maintain the highest approval rating of any elected official in the county? We've gotta hand it to you, Sheriff Joe: You are one fine politician. We'd like to bottle the sheriff's elixir and sell it for those interested in doing good, rather than evil, but for now we'll applaud Arpaio for making the decision not to run for governor this fall. The mark of a good politician is not just knowing when to run, it's knowing when not to run -- and somewhere beneath all that hair grease, Arpaio must have had some self-awareness (or some political consultant) telling him his record in office just wouldn't have held up in the shadow of the governor's race.
Joe Arpaio's not going to win any awards for promoting human rights, and like others we've elected, he's dangerous. But as a politician, he's got all the rest of you losers beat.
Really, we're not making this one up. Court Rich is a first-year associate at Nearhood Law Offices in Scottsdale, and a recent graduate of Arizona State University's law school. Since he'll be specializing in business litigation, he may even see the inside of a courtroom -- a rarity for a lawyer these days. But will he be rich? Remains to be seen, although he does have a head start in the public relations department. Turns out Court Rich is the brother of Jordan, who's married to Jason Rose, who runs a PR firm in Scottsdale. And Rose can already see the ad on the back of the phone book: "Need to go to court? Want to get rich? Call Court Rich. 1-800-COURT-RICH."
So often, people in our (un)fair city use their power for evil. We're happy to celebrate a couple of powerful Phoenicians who, as far as we can tell, do nothing but good.
Instead of building skyscrapers, Cindy Dach and Greg Esser are busy constructing culture. Dach is director of events for Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe. Esser runs the public art program for the City of Phoenix. Thank Dach for bringing Amy Tan, David Sedaris, T.C. Boyle and Dr. Andrew Weil to town for readings. Expect Garrison Keillor this fall. Esser gets credit for that cool mountain-like bridge over the 51 and the public art coin project along Central Avenue.
On the side, Dach writes fiction and Esser paints. In their spare time this year, they created two of the city's most vibrant art spaces.
Dismayed by the lack of artist-run galleries in the Valley, earlier this year Dach and Esser opened eye lounge, in a building they bought and refurbished. The space -- at 419 East Roosevelt, next to Modified Arts and across from the Paisley Violin -- quickly became a favorite stop on First Fridays, and, in September, Esser opened 515, a spin-off gallery just a few doors down from eye lounge.
We can't wait to see what Dach and Esser do next. We're exhausted just thinking about it.
A few blocks north of Phoenix's business district sits Trinity Cathedral, the 82-year-old Episcopalian church that houses the perfect getaway for those looking for some artistic time off. Between the cathedral itself (surprisingly modern and warm inside) and Bishop Atwood Hall you'll find the Cathedral Center for the Arts show space, a light, narrow gallery that makes for the perfect aesthetic refuge. CCA hangs art there regularly, oftentimes the work of lesser-known artists, and the quality of the shows is consistent.
But it also offers a kind of cathedral-like quiet that many downtowners seem to crave; the gallery's guest book is salted with thanks from midday visitors for providing an oasis where they can sit, look and ponder. Now the secret's out.
And another tip: The brickwork labyrinth in the courtyard -- modeled after one at the medieval Chartres Cathedral -- makes for another neat diversion, especially for the kids.


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Assemblymember 71st District
2541-55 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
New York, NY 10039
Over the last several years, I have made a point of directing state funds - your tax dollars - for the purpose of bringing our community's local parks up to par and keeping them in a state of good repair. Because of the scope and cost of these projects, this work tends to move at a very slow pace and each upgrade can take several years to accomplish. This page, supplemented by my mailings to your homes, will allow me to keep you posted about work in your local parks.
Assemblyman Farrell joined City Council Member Mark Levine and other officials and community leaders to introduce a new effort intended to keep Riverside Park and other green areas of the City clean of trash that is left behind by some park users. In recent months, many have complained that some park users blare loud music and overfill the small number of trash cans in Riverside Park.
Assemblyman Farrell and City Council Member Mark Levine, who is Chair of the Parks Committee, announce a new initiative to keep Riverside Park clean.
Working with Mayor de Blasio, City Council Member Levine obtained funding to hire more Parks workers, and by partnering with Parks Department Manhattan Borough Commissioner Adrian Castro, cleaning workers' schedules were changed to allow for speedier cleanups and let the public more fully enjoy this beautiful public space. Also, police will increase patrols of park areas to help insure that park patrons comply with the rules, and more garbage cans have been added to the park to help reduce any overflows of trash.
"I stand with Councilman Levine and other members of the community who wish to see our public parks as beautiful and serene places that all New Yorkers and visitors to our City may enjoy," Assemblyman Farrell said. "For many years, I have worked with the Police Department and others to control problems with noise and litter in the parks in my District, and we will fight to bring the problems in Riverside Park under control."
Room 923
Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-5491
Black & Puerto Rican Caucus
William T. Castro, Manhattan Borough Commissioner
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
24 West 64th Street
New York, NY 10023
Dear Commissioner Castro,
I am writing to thank you for the Department of Parks and Recreation's work to replace the old metal barriers along Lower Riverside Drive between 158th Street and 160th Street with the new wooden barriers, which are a wonderful improvement. While it would seem that a great deal of back-and-forth was required to reach a successful outcome, I believe that the finished product is worth the investment of time and effort.
Once the Department has completed cleaning up after last year's "Superstorm Sandy," I propose we turn our attention to the finishing touches that are required in this area. As you may know, I recently discussed these needed improvements with your deputy, Steve Simon, who worked very hard to accomplish the initial work. Please find enclosed photos of the problem areas, which are between Riverside Drive, Upper and Lower, and from 158th Street to 161st Street.
Specifically, I would ask that the dead trees and overgrowth in the park be cleaned-up and re-seeded. Also, the broken stone retaining walls along Lower Riverside Drive between the steps and 161st and the caved-in metal guardrail be repaired, which the Department and I previously agreed would be repaired, and the dead trees which have been laying on the ground for some time be removed. Also, the slope between the upper stone wall and the lower wall has been allowed to deteriorate and will need to be repaired in the near future.
While I know that you and your employees are still busy, as spring approaches, I believe this project should be dealt with as soon as possible so we may best enjoy pleasant views of this part of the community. Please expect to hear from me by phone soon regarding these matters or, if you prefer, we can set up a meeting to discuss this project. In either case, I look forward to continuing our discussion.
Yours truly,
Herman D. Farrell, Jr.
Member of Assembly
Cc: Steve Simon
The carousel, which was designed by children, conceived by artist Milo Mottola and built in the late 1990s, was repaired and refurbished in 2009, officially opening for use that September. It is located near the 145th Street entrance to the park.
Below, Assemblyman Farrell is shown speaking and children riding the refurbished reindeer, flamingo, frog and other characters during the September 18, 2009 re-opening ceremony.
On Friday, June 29, Assemblyman Farrell joined Senator Perkins, State staff and dozens of members of the community for an afternoon ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially re-opened newly renovated areas of Riverbank State Park. In April, Farrell joined Governor Cuomo in announcing that the 2012-2013 State budget included a $5.2 million grant to replace Riverbank's old athletic field, along with other important and necessary upgrades at the popular Park.
Aside from the athletic fields upgrades are slated for the track and gym floor, which are used by hundreds of thousands of patrons each year. Also slated are a new structure to shade the skating rink's ice which suffers from exposure to the sun even in the coldest weather, and rehabilitation of the Park's hot water system which has not been improved since the park opened in 1993.
Overall, Governor Cuomo's New York Works Task Force of which Farrell is a member, having been appointed by Speaker Silver, is slated to perform $83 million in renovations at Riverbank and other State parks. The initiative's goal is to put New Yorkers back to work by making strategic investments to improve roads and bridges, municipal water systems, and public sites including parks and historic places.
NY Works was approved by the Legislature this spring, and will coordinate $1.3 billion in State funding and up to $25 billion in funding from the Federal government, private companies and other sources to pay for needed infrastructure projects and create jobs.
According to the State Office of Parks, recreation and Historic Preservation, Riverbank will be the first NY Works Project to be completed.
Room 923
Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-5491
Black & Puerto Rican Caucus
Commissioner William T. Castro
Manhattan Borough Commissioner
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
24 West 61st Street
New York, NY 10023
Dear Commissioner Castro,
I am writing for two reasons, first to request a meeting during which we may discuss the Department of Parks and Recreation's plans to address repair projects during the summer season, and secondly to call your attention to several problem areas near and within Riverside Park.
Please find enclosed several photos, which I took during a visit to Riverside Park on Saturday, April 21. These show, in the order in which they are enclosed, the entrance to the southernmost parking area, the swinging gate leading to the parking area, and a section of roadway a short distance north of the southernmost parking area. All of the areas depicted are within roughly 1,000 feet of each other.
As you may clearly see in these photographs, in these areas the railing has been damaged or knocked down entirely. Because of this, their function as a border has been compromised, and aesthetically they are an eyesore compared to the beautiful parkland around them. While I do not know if these items are already on your Department's to-do list, I would appreciate it very much if they could be added to the list of projects slated for completion this season.
As I said above, I look forward to meeting with you at your first convenience so that we may discuss these and other pending repairs face to face. Please expect a call from a member of my staff, who will be reaching out within the next few days in order to set up a meeting.
Yours truly,
H. D. Farrell, Jr.
Member of Assembly
"Now that financing for this wonderful community benefit has been secured, we can at last move forward toward construction," Assemblyman Farrell said. "I thank Councilman Jackson for his unwavering support, and look forward to the groundbreaking ceremony planned for this spring."
Friday's event was attended by NYC Parks Manhattan Commissioner William T. Castro (in hat) and several generations of the Clinkscales family.
Robert Clinkscales was involved in a project that began in the late 1990s and was intended to end with the construction of a community playground for children aged three to eight. In the years that followed the Clinkscales family and Frederick Wilson, who was then President of the 146th Street Tenants Association, worked with Councilman Jackson and the Parks Department to secure land and funding to build the playground.
"Despite the state's fiscal problems, there are some areas that we simply cannot cut," Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. said. "The measure passed by the Assembly today will ensure that some of New York's greatest assets - our state parks - remain open for our families to enjoy throughout the summer season. Constituents deserve to have continued access to these beautiful, outdoor recreational activities."
Overall, the Assembly bill will provide $11 million to ensure that all state parks and several campgrounds operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation remain open through the end of the season. In February, the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced 41 state parks and 14 historic sites would close due to the state's financial crisis.
To pay for the parks, the Assembly legislation modernizes the way fees charged for disposal of hazardous waste are calculated. Under the old system, smaller waste producers are charged higher fees than large-scale producers. The new system ends this inequality while also providing incentives for companies to reduce production of toxic chemicals that are harmful to the environment.
Also included in this legislation is a provision that establishes an electronic waste recycling program, which has long been supported by the Assembly. This program would require manufacturers that sell certain electronic equipment, including computers, televisions and digital music players, to set up and carry out plans to take back and recycle these items. This should cut down on the amount of hazardous waste that is deposited in landfills.
A section of 159th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway will be used during daylight hours as a "play street" for the rest of the summer of 2009 after Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) and the NYPD's Police Athletic League were granted a permit to close the street for the use of the children.
According to CLOTH Executive Director Yvonne Stennett, a group of 46 volunteers taking part in a Deutsche Bank corporate training exercise built games along the "play street," which will be used by local children for a series of structured activities during July and August. However, the groups had some difficulty in obtaining from the Department of Transportation a permit that would allow them to close the street to vehicles.
Assemblyman Farrell, who visited the site to inspect the volunteers' work, heard CLOTH and the PAL had not yet received their permit. Calling the DOT commissioner responsible for issuing that permit, Margaret Forgione, Assemblyman Farrell invited the commissioner to visit the site to verify that problems she had earlier identified had been corrected. Forgione visited the site the following Monday and the street permit was issued.
Among a number of active parks and recreation projects Assemblyman Farrell is participating in is a planned park of one half-acre at 146th Street between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (7th Ave.) and Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.) which may be built in memory of the late Robert Clinkscales. A July 2009 meeting on this subject at the Jackie Robinson Park and Recreation Center, which included NYC Parks architects and Parks Manhattan division Chief of Staff Steve Simon along with several members of the community, is pictured here.
Though plans for the Clinkscales Community Park have not yet been finalized, construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2010 and end during the Spring of 2011. Current plans call for the park to feature full accessibility for persons with disabilities, including a scent garden for persons living with visual impairments, along with other amenities.
West Harlem Piers Park, a two-acre site between 125th and 135th Streets, was opened during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, May 30. The park connects West Harlem to the Hudson River Greenway and includes docking and fishing piers, bicycle and pedestrian paths, public art and landscaped open space. The ceremony, which was held where the original piers stood, was widely attended by community activists who had fought to build the park and also by some of the community's elected officials.
"I remember that as a child, during the summer we would take the Amsterdam Avenue trolley to the 125th Street cross-town trolley which brought us to the piers, where the ferry would take us across the Hudson to the Palisades Amusement Park. There were always people coming and going, always a lot of children, so it's nice to have this bright and shiny park and pier to bring the community back to the river," Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. said.
Assemblyman Farrell was joined at the park opening ceremony by community members and public officials including Governor Paterson, the mayor, Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, Councilman Robert Jackson and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer. Parts of the park had been open since the previous fall, but the park area is now fully accessible.
"This project began for me in 1993, when I started working with Vince Tese, who was then head of the Urban Development Corporation, which is today the Empire State Development Corporation," Assemblyman Farrell said. "We were trying to get funding to replace the original piers so that the Circle Line could stop and pick up passengers. With the change of administrations in 1994, I was not able to get them involved at that time, though they later took up the cause. I am glad to see that the concept has grown to include both a park and a pier."
Piers Park, which was previously a parking area for the Fairway Market, was built at a cost of $20 million as an effort to rehabilitate the half-mile-long lot into an attractive and accessible waterfront area for public use. Funding for the project came from the City, State and Federal governments, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Borough President Stringer's office, the City Council and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.
"This new beautiful park is good news for West Harlem residents who have worked long and hard to reclaim access to our magnificent riverfront," Borough President Stringer said. "Our city green space is a symbol of the city's recent prosperity and we have to make sure we support and fund our parks, even during an economic downturn."
In addition to providing a safe and managed venue for riverside activities in West Harlem, Piers Park connects trails that stretch from the Battery to Dyckman Street, continuing the waterfront's ongoing transformation from industrial to recreational use. Among the organizations that collaborated to bring the project to fruition were the Economic Development Corporation, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and Community Board 9.
"This project serves as a model of what can be accomplished when everyone pulls together for the good of the community," CB 9 Chair Pat Jones said.
"I am happy to see that everyone's hard work has resulted in such a beautiful addition to the West Harlem neighborhood," Assemblyman Farrell said. "I look forward to visiting Piers Park during the summer months to watch the community enjoy it."
On May 24 Assemblyman Farrell cut the ribbon on a newly-built ramp into the park from the West Side Highway at 158th Street, for which he secured funding through the State Department of Transportation. A set of stairs from outer Riverside Drive to the ramp's entrance on the Highway is also being refurbished, and a ramp added to it as well.The hilly topography of the surrounding area made building access points into the park from the neighborhoods above naturally difficult; that the original project predates by some 70 years the Americans with Disabilities Act has left an unfortunate legacy that Farrell has been working to end.
In 1996, Farrell began to explore constructing a pedestrian bridge into the park from Riverside Drive. Eventually, a site at 153rd Street was selected, and the concept for the bridge - a grand arched stone structure styled after Robert Moses' original designs - eventually became, at Farrell's request, part of the State Department of Transportation's 2005-2010 capital plan. And while the funding is in place, the designs are still under review by the New York City Art Commission. Both ramps and the planned bridge are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.