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I know who you are.
You are the lazy, rude, selfish person who left your shopping cart by your vehicle in the parking lot after you unloaded. You happened to be parked next to me and now your vacant shopping cart has migrated onto my bumper.
Or onto my side door. Or somewhere else in a vicinity all too near my car and not where an empty cart should be.
Would it really have taken THAT much more effort to walk a few yards to the shopping cart corral in the parking lot or better yet, to saunter all 50 yards back to the entrance of the store where fervent holiday shoppers await your cart to then reload with their goodies?
Tell me, please – what made you skip that one last step of your shopping trip, to forgo that minute or two more to push the cart back to a proper area?
Because now (as four-wheeled-metal-baskets-sans-brakes tend to roll if not suitably sequestered) YOUR cart that YOU were too lazy to return has left a permanent mark on my vehicle! Plus, since I do not want the same thing to happen to someone else, or have your cart take up a parking spot meant for a car, or just due to my personal problem with objects out place – now, I have to wheel your cart back myself.
Shopping carts were forged to be pushed: around the store, to your car and then back in as a common courtesy to other shoppers and the store's lot.
If you are too lazy to push it for a return trip, don't shove it out, I say.
Lug your bags in hand and leave the cart at the front of the store if you can't take the minute moments to return it to a proper receptacle.
This holiday season, give the stores you patronize and your fellow shoppers the gift that doesn't cost a penny – return your cart to the correct vessel or offer it to another retail patron as a gesture of good faith that they, too, will be pushy in a good way.Read more...

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Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens yesterday admitted it would have been ''prudent'' for the Australian Federal Police to have been told of corruption concerns within one of the bank's currency printing subsidiaries in 2007.
Mr Stevens made the admission during a day-long hearing before federal Parliament's economics committee where he, his recently retired deputy Ric Battellino and assistant governor Frank Campbell were questioned about their handling of a bribery scandal involving RBA subsidiaries Note Printing Australia and Securency.
While defending the RBA's decision to refer detailed bribery allegations made by a whistleblower in 2007 to law firm Freehills rather than the police, Mr Stevens said that, with the benefit of hindsight, police should have been also informed.
''If I review this in my own mind and contemplate whether we might see some parallel set of circumstances, I think that additional step [informing police] would be prudent,'' he said.
''If pressed on this, I would have to say that there should have been more scepticism and more questioning of the management of both companies earlier than there was.''
The RBA only called police to investigate the companies' use of foreign agents in May 2009 after Fairfax revealed corruption concerns within Securency.
Police last year charged Securency and NPA, along with eight former executives, with bribery offences in Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal and Indonesia.
The charges in Malaysia and Nepal were based on information provided to the RBA by former Note Printing Australia company secretary Brian Hood in mid-2007.
In their most frank account of the bribery scandal to date, the RBA's leadership team yesterday said:
■ Prime Minister Julia Gillard had not requested a briefing on the bribery affair. Mr Stevens said Ms Gillard's predecessor, Kevin Rudd, ''didn't express any particular view'' when briefed in 2009.
■ The former treasurer Peter Costello was never briefed about corruption concerns that emerged at NPA during 2007, with Mr Stevens yesterday saying it never actually occurred to him to do so.
■ The investigation by Freehills into 2007 bribery allegations by NPA was limited in its scope, with the agents accused of corruption never questioned nor their bank accounts examined.
■ Mr Battellino denied a claim made by Mr Hood to another parliamentary committee last week that in 2008 the then deputy RBA governor told him to never mention NPA's agent problems to anyone.
Mr Stevens said it was appropriate for the RBA and NPA board to have relied upon the advice from Freehills.
''I think it was reasonable for them to act in that way, to have a process of independence with a degree of urgency, with serious outside advice and to act as they did,'' he said. ''I don't see much to gain going back second guessing whether they [Freehills] got it right or wrong.''
Mr Stevens said the RBA would have called police in 2007 had Freehills advised that it was necessary.
The Freehills report and several other RBA documents were not made public yesterday because of the ongoing criminal prosecutions of several former NPA and Securency executives in Melbourne.
However, under strong questioning from various committee members, Mr Stevens and Mr Battellino acknowledged Freehills did not speak to the agents accused, and since charged, with bribery. Nor did it have access to their bank accounts or other important information.
Greens MP Adam Bandt read out a small passage from the Freehill's report which focused on NPA's possible exposure to foreign bribery and stated there were ''relevant circumstantial facts that could give rise to that instance''.
The most testy exchange of the day occurred between Mr Battellino and Liberal MP Tony Smith - whose strong questioning at previous committee hearings led to yesterday's special meeting.
Mr Smith pressed Mr Battellino on his testimony before the committee in August last year during which he answered questions about the 2007 corruption concerns at NPA but did not not reveal his meeting with Mr Hood nor Mr Hood's provision of a five-page memo.
However, at a hearing in February this year, Mr Stevens confirmed Mr Battellino had received corruption warnings in writing from a senior NPA manager in 2007. Mr Battellino had retired shortly before this hearing.
Mr Battellino yesterday said he had not mentioned his 2007 meeting with Mr Hood at previous hearings because he had been asked by Mr Hood to keep the meeting confidential.
''I regret putting the interests of the whistleblower ahead of the bank and myself,'' he said.
Asked by Mr Smith why he did not last year disclose his 2007 meeting with Mr Hood when Mr Stevens felt able to do so months later, Mr Battellino said: '' I think Mr Stevens was asked specific questions bout the meeting. I wasn't asked specific questions.''


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Robust imperial porter fermented with 780lbs of Michigan sweet black cherries.
I've been brewing this beer every summer since 2004, so it's essentially the odd beer in the series. We bottled it as a 'safety' beer in case I couldn't finish the rest of the series in time. Every year when the sweet black cherries are ripe and falling off the trees we go fill up our giant tub full of cherries. Every year I have processed the cherries differently. The first time I attempted to mash them up by stomping on hem with my bare feet. After lots and lots of mashing and frozen purple toes, I went to a blender. One pitcher at a time for 500 pounds they were chopped and tossed into the fermenter. The following year I tried pressing them with an apple press with struggled results. On this particular batch I bought pitted cherries and went back to the blend, one pitcher at a time until all 500 lbs. were blended and poured into the fermenter. Northern Michigan is a leading cherry produced in the United States primarily with the tart cherry production. Its sweet cherry production ranks in the top four with the Grand Traverse region producing 80% of the production at 50 million pounds. Cherries contain anthocyanins which are strong anti-oxidants that reduce pain and inflammations. Cherries also contain melatonin which is great for strengthening the immune system. They are rich in vitamin C and potassium which is good for your skin and for a healthy heart. Sweet cherries date back to pre-historic Asia. They have been enjoyed for centuries by Roman conquerers, Greek citizens and Chinese noblemen. Pliny the Elder tells us they arrived in Italy around 74 B.C. They made their way to Britain and across the ocean a few hundred years later. The Black Cherry Porter Recipe was our very first "imperial" strength beer ever brewed at SBC. I remember nearly overflowing the mash tun with malt until it crested the top of the man way doors, and staying with it all night long because the thick heavy mash made the process extremely slow. This beer was important to include in the series because it's a good example of the ridiculous amount of work we put into the imperial series. We try to keep our ingredients fresh and local, putting the power of the smallness back into the hardworking Northern Michigander. This is one example of a luscious American porter touched with a subtle essence of Northern Michigan sweet black cherries.
Brewer: Short's Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Porter
Alcohol Content: 8.7%
Seasonal: Summer
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Carillon Point Health Club membership is ONLY available to current office tenants on a first-come-first-serve basis. Membership is limited to 250 members, but currently there are memberships available. The Carillon Point Health Club is located on the first floor in the Northeast corner of the 5000 building. Membership includes the use of locker rooms, towel service, shower rooms, and exercise equipment.
4 Stairmasters
2 EFX 546 Elliptical Trainers
Foam Stretching Mats
3 Lifecycle Computerized Bikes
2 Trotter 460 Treadmills
Ballet Barre (10 Feet)
Oblique Flexor
Leg Press
Chest Press-Vertical
Shoulder Press
Pec Deck-Vertical
Multi-Purpose Incline/Flat Bench
Beauty Bell Rack with Dumbbells
Month-to-Month Membership Fees
Initiation Fee: $50
Monthly Membership: $35
Total with Tax: $93.50
Yearly Membership Fees
Initiation Fee: $50
Yearly Membership: $385
Total with Tax: $478.50
Hours of Operation
4:30am-10:00pm (365 days a year)
Health Club Application
Contact Information
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the early age of 23, Nadine Sierra
is already an experienced performer. Although she has performed here several
times during the past few seasons, she makes her Carnegie Hall solo recital
debut on May 11, 2011.
season, Ms. Sierra appears at the San Francisco Opera in the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis's Heart of a Soldier and in Die Zauberflöte. She also makes her
debut at the Florida Grand Opera as Gilda in Rigoletto.
Sierra recently made her debut at the Boston Lyric Opera as Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, returned to
the Palm Beach Opera in the title role of Orfeo
ed Euridice, and appeared in Gotham Chamber Opera's critically acclaimed
production of Montsalvatge's El gato con
graduate of Mannes College The New School for Music, Ms. Sierra is currently an
Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera. She was previously a member of the
opera company's Merola Opera Program, where she appeared as Adina in L'elisir d'Amore. Ms. Sierra has also
participated in the Palm Beach Opera's Young Artists Program, the International
Vocal Arts Institute, and the Music Academy of the West. Her roles have
included Sandman in Hänsel und Gretel, Beth
in Little Women, and Despina in Così fan tutte. In recital, she has been
presented in New York City by the Marilyn Horne Foundation and appeared in an
American song recital with Thomas Hampson at the Supreme Court.
Sierra's many awards include Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions (2009), second place in the Mirjam Helin International Singing
Competition (2009), first place in the Gerda Lissner Foundation's competition
(2010), and first place in the Loren L. Zachary Society for the Performing
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BATON ROUGE CALEDONIAN PIPES & DRUMS: Dedicated to preserving Scottish culture and tradition. http://www.csbr.org. Beginning and advanced bagpipe and drumming lessons at no charge each Thursday evening at First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge. Stanley Masinter, (225) 927-0252. For Scottish country dancing, call Lyndon Williams at (225) 272-2541.
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BEAD IT: 718 N. Burnside, Gonzales. Also offering art classes, mosaic classes and photography. Call for appointment. (225) 644-7862.
BEGINNER DUPLICATE BRIDGE LESSONS: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 6-8 p.m., Baton Rouge Bridge Club, 3033 Old Forge Drive. Also, intermediate lessons, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Eight-week lessons. $80. (225) 271-4778.
BREC'S LIBERTY LAGOON FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER: 111 Lobdell Ave., (225) 923-3202. Summer classes include Mommy and Me, Water Exploration, Swimming, Introduction to Water, Adult Interactive Aquatic Exercise, Aqua Cardio, Boot Camp, Aqua Zumba and Adult Interactive Paddle Up.
CENTRE FOR THE ARTS: 1104 W. Main St., New Roads. Classes include guitar, creative writing, pottery, tap, piano violin, voice, drums, painting and drawing. In addition, children can also take tumbling, choir, ballet and theater. (225) 638-1094 or http://www.CentrefortheArts.org.
CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 23, Eunice Players' Theatre, 121 S. Second St., Eunice. Kids, ages 7-13, will sing, act and play games while learning the basics in the performing arts. $10; space is limited so register early. For information, call (337) 546-0163, (337) 457-2156, or go to http://www.euniceplayers.blogspot.com.
DANCE CENTER AND SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS: 3535 Jones Creek Road, (225) 753-6909. Classes in acting, art, voice, violin, piano, ballet, flamenco, modern, tap and jazz.
DANCERS' WORKSHOP: 10745 Linkwood Court. (225) 767-5814. Adult tap, classical ballet, hip-hop, jazz. Directors, Molly Buchmann and Sharon Mathews. Classes 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays.
DRAMA KIDS CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Broadmoor United Methodist Church, Mollylea and Sharp roads. For ages 6-teens. (225) 644-4517, http://www.dramakids.com or email email@example.com.
- Central Branch Library, 11260 Joor Road, (225) 262-2640. 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16, cheese making lecture presented by Chuck Boeneke, School of Animal Science, LSU. Registration required.
EAST COAST JITTERBUG CLASSES: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Radisson Hotel, Acadian at I-10. All levels, $5 per person. (225) 236-4000 or http://www.BestDancingInBatonRouge.com.
EVOLUTIONS STUDIO: 10453 Airline Highway at Coursey Boulevard. (225) 772-6912 (Spanish) or (225) 938-6331 (English). Salsa classes for beginners and advanced. Instructor is Eliseo Perez. Cost is $7 per class. Call the number(s) above for details.
THE FRONT ROOM: 1303 Avenue A, Scott. Photography for Kids: through Aug. 22, 6-7 p.m.; Guitar for Kids, through Aug. 23, 5-5:45 p.m.; Jam Band Lab, through Aug. 23, 6-7:30 p.m.; Children's Fiddle, through Aug. 25, 5-5:45 p.m. (337) 258-2333.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE: 7:30-10 p.m. Fridays. Learn dances from around the world. No partners necessary. For location details, call (225) 766-0517 or (225) 766-4060.
ISPOTUP WORKOUT PROGRAM: For all ages to improve his or her basketball skills. For more information, call Tiras Magee Sr., (225) 937-7174 or email email@example.com.
ISRAELI FOLK DANCE CLASSES: B'nai Israel Synagogue, 3354 Kleinert Ave. New members of all ages and experience levels always welcome. Next session is 7 p.m. July 31. For details, call David Kirshner, (225) 756-5291, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
JAPANESE BRUSH ART: Call Elizabeth Standifer, (225) 362-2511 to register or for more information. This is a beginners class for people with and without disabilities. Volunteers welcome.
JITTERBUG LESSONS: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Onezia Upscale Lounge, 13091 Airline Highway, Gonzales. $5 a person. (225) 647-2447 or visit http://www.onezialounge.com.
LIVINGSTON PARISH CHILDREN'S CHOIR: Summer Choir Camp, July 18-22. http://www.LPCCsing.org.
LOUISIANA ART AND ARTISTS' GUILD: 2490 Silverest Ave. Larry Downs, all levels acrylic classes, every Thursday, 6-8 p.m., $75/month, $60 for LAAG members; Life Drawing Sessions, every Wednesday 6-9 p.m., $10 per night/$30 per month. (225) 926-4657 or http://www.laag-site.org.
LOUISIANE VINTAGE DANCERS: 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Church of the Way, 250 Foster Drive. For those interested in learning about 19th century dances, including reels, waltzes, quadrilles and the polka. Marguerite Gravois, (225) 761-5021.
MAGNOLIA MOUND PLANTATION: 2161 Nicholson Drive. (225) 343-4955. Open hearth cooking class series in conjunction with the West Baton Rouge Museum; last class is Nov. 2. Free; supplies provided. Advance registration is required.
MUGGIVAN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE: Now accepting new students in the Baton Rouge area. Lessons will include Irish step solo, traditional Ceili, beginners and up (all ages, all levels). For class times and dates, call (225) 926-5150 or (225) 927-9027.
PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY FOR THE HOME-SCHOOLED: (337) 896-1874 or email@example.com. Classes in acting, music, ballet and modern dance and conditioning for students age 7 to adult, and creative movement for children age 3-6.
POLE FITNESS STUDIO: 440 N. Foster Drive, third floor. Visit the website at http://www.mindfulnessandmotion.com, or call (225) 272-4447, for information on classes.
RED SHOES: 2303 Government St., Baton Rouge. Pre-register for all events by calling (225) 338-1170 or go to http://www.theredshoes.org for details of this week's offerings.
- Morning yoga: 8-9 a.m. Mondays-Fridays. Cost is $8 per class/$48 for seven classes.
- Gentle yoga: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Cost is $8 per class/$48 for seven classes.
- Art of Belly Dancing, Sundays, through July 31, 2-3 p.m. Basic moves and rhythms of belly dance. $40.
- Zentangle, Tuesday, July 19, 6:30-8 p.m. Creating images from repetitive patterns. No art experience necessary. $35. http://zentangle.com.
- Practical Path to Enlightenment, Friday, July 15, 7-9 p.m. Inner peace through mind examination. $10
- Handmade soap workshop, Sunday, July 17, 2-5 p.m. Creating homemade soap. $15
TAI CHI LESSONS: BREC, 8133 Jefferson Highway. 11 a.m. Tuesdays, $26 a month. (225) 926-9834.
ZHUANG'S TAICHI & KUNGFU ACADEMY: 1955 W. Muriel Drive, Baton Rouge. Suitable for all ages. (225) 936-7469 or http://www.taichiperson.com.


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Shrugging off Pakistani opposition, an American drone fired missiles into a house near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight suspected militants. It was the second such attack in Pakistan this week. —ARK
AP via The New York Times:
Up to eight missiles were fired at a house in the Dra Nishtar area of North Waziristan early Saturday, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They didn't give their names because they were not authorized to be named in the media.
Pakistan's foreign office issued a statement condemning the attack, saying it was a violation of sovereignty and international law. It did the same after the strike last Sunday, which was the first since lawmakers demanded they end. Previously, individual attacks rarely drew official complaint.
U.S. Air Force/Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
A drone armed with Hellfire missiles flies over southern Afghanistan.


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Playboy Playmate DatasheetsSaturday, November 1, 2008 8:24 Author: Centerfold Blog Admin
At the request of many of you I have started to add the datasheets for all the playmates. I will add one a day, with a nice headshot picture (full-sized) as well as our normal posts. Hope you like!
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Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer a Would-Be Assassin?We're in the middle of another Dietrich Bonhoeffer renaissance. A new wave of interest in the German theologian is being lifted by new biographies and examinations of his theology. Everyone seems to want to claim Bonhoeffer for their own causes. This was the case, of course, in the 1960s when radical theologians such as John Robinson and Harvey Cox attempted to appropriate him for secular theologies. And it has happened every few years since.I … [Read more...]
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TB in Correctional Facilities is a Public Health Concern
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria that are spread through the air from person to person. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal. People who are incarcerated are at greater risk for TB than the overall population. Inmates returning to the community with untreated TB present a serious public health concern.
TB Control in Correctional Facilities
Diagnosing and treating TB in correctional facilities reduces the risk of TB spreading within the facilities among both those incarcerated and the correctional staff, as well as in the community as a whole. TB control is challenging in correctional facilities where the incarcerated population includes a high proportion of people at greater risk for TB than the overall population. Risk factors include close living quarters; persons with a history of injection drug use; and persons with other underlying medical conditions, including relatively high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
TB in the United States and in Correctional Facilities
In 2012, there were 9,945 reported cases of TB in the United States. Approximately 4% of all TB cases reported in the United States occurred among persons incarcerated at the time of diagnosis.
TB is Diagnosed in all Types of Correctional Facilities
Persons in correctional facilities at the time of TB diagnosis can reside in federal or state prisons, local jails, juvenile correction centers, or other facilities. Other correctional facilities include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, jails administered by a sovereign American Indian Tribal Nation, police lockups (temporary holding facilities for persons who have not been formally charged in court), military stockades and jails, or federal national park facilities.
Steps Being Taken to Address TB in Correctional Facilities
Diagnosing and treating TB in correctional facilities is a key component to eliminating TB in the United States. CDC works with state and local health departments to ensure that diagnosing TB in inmates during entry, periodic follow-up screenings, and completing treatment are important priorities. Annual surveillance of the number of TB cases diagnosed and treated in correctional facilities is essential to these efforts.
More Information
- Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012
- TB in Correctional Facilities in the United States
- TB Website
- Basic TB Facts
- Signs and Symptoms of TB Disease
- Testing & Diagnosis
- TB Treatment
- TB Personal Stories
- State TB Control Offices
CDC. Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, October 2013. http://www.cdc.gov/tb/
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Situated in Dover, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Dover International Speedway and Delaware State University. Biggs Museum of American Art and Delaware State Museums are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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An indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, a business center, and a meeting room are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Comfort Inn & Suites provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Event facilities measure 624 square feet (56 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Comfort Inn & Suites is a smoke-free property.
- Conference space size (feet) - 624
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Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani e família
About the Book
This book, entitled in Portuguese, Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and family, is to be sold in honor of the Nadarkhani family and any profit from it will be applied to similar causes. It applies principles from scrib-e.com, Escola de Escribas - artes e jornalismo cristão. Please check out the news on this family persecuted and suffering because of the faith in Jesus Christ: twitter.com/biblw and paper.li/diariodilma
This book is a conversation starter for the family, children and friends. It is a great resource for the church missions' classes, a great Christmas gift for teens and for anybody who needs encouragement in the faith or who enjoys art, photography and digital design. Teachers will be able to apply it as an activity book for Computer classes as well because it contains web language.
Get 25 drawing pages when you by the deluxe imagewrap premium paper finish.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
20 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 08, 2011
- Tags digital art, activity book, photo, e-book, textbook, storytelling, family, church, web
About the Creator
Online sites and businesses related to ministry: scholargold.com milaeli.com sonnews.info lollollollollol.wordpress.com chapel.yolasite.com
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Camp-fire song
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Our country's starry flag
Alabama secession galop
Fantaisie pour piano sur le Bonnie blue flag
Improvisation on the Bonnie flue flag; Op. 537
Improvisation on the favorite air My Maryland; Op. 546 d
The Green Mountain yankee; Temperance medley
Minute-men quickstep
Improvisation on the Bonnie blue flag; Bonnie blue flag
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God is with the right
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> Make sure that your D-Link Ethernet ADSL modem is in RFC 1483 bridge
> mode. The DSL link on it obviously needs to be up - if it's not, then
> it's a problem with the modem. You could also try using the Ethernet
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I've just double checked and the modem is in RFC 1483 bridge mode. I'll try
the Ethernet modem with smoothwall to rule out a bad modem.
> - Manuel
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Midvale • When Andrew Lucero dreams, he sees his big sister Danielle smiling.
"I've had dreams about her. I think of her when I hear the music I play. She loved music and she loved to sing," the 25-year-old says, wiping tears from his eyes. "She had dreams. She wanted to raise her kids to be happy. She wanted them to have a happy home, but she didn't get enough time."
Danielle Lucero, 26, was one of three people shot and killed inside a Midvale home, 8286 S. Adams St. (450 West), last Tuesday. The others who died were 35-year-old Omar Paul Jarman and 34-year-old Shontay Nichole Young. An unidentified woman was also shot and hospitalized with serious injuries but was expected to survive.
David Fresques, a 25-year-old ex-con with gang ties and a violent criminal history, was arrested and is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County Jail in connection with the fatal shootings. In jail documents, Unified Police Department detectives said Fresques went room to room through the house, gunning down his victims. A second unidentified man suspected in the shootings remained at large on Sunday.
Police say the residence is a known drug house.
Danielle Lucero had struggled with drug addiction, but family members say they don't know why she was there or how she knew any of the others who were also in the home.
On Sunday evening, Lucero's extended family and friends held a vigil outside the rundown two-story brick house, where a memorial of flowers, candles, stuffed animals and heart-shaped balloons now adorns the concrete front steps. The Luceros lined the curved walkway to the front door with small waxed paper cups that held flickering candles. Each cup, like the bright red sweatshirts worn by many of the three dozen mourners in attendance Sunday night, bore a photo of a smiling Danielle.
"I don't even like to think of this as a house. It's just a stop for lost souls," Andrew Lucero said. "She didn't belong there."
Andrew Lucero said the family wanted to gather here, however, so they could feel close to Danielle, who leaves behind three young daughters, ages 9, 4 and 3.
'She was lost and trying to find her way," he said of his sister. "But everybody deserves a second chance, and we were reaching out. She just wasn't ready."
Lindsay Atwood said she last saw her friend Danielle Lucero about two days before the shooting and the pair had plans to connect again later in the week. Then Atwood, 23, saw a television news report about the shooting. Atwood recognized pictures of the house, she said, because she'd given Danielle a ride there in the past.
"I knew right away she was gone," Atwood said, as she tied pink and purple balloons to a chain link fence in front of the home. "I kept calling her cellphone and trying to get a hold of her, but I knew."
Inez Lucero, Danielle and Andrew's aunt, came from New Mexico for the vigil. She made a similar trip to Utah last summer, when her nephew Antonio Vasquez, was shot and killed during an argument with another man. Vazquez was Danielle and Andrew Lucero's half-brother.
"It's too much for a family," Inez Lucero said. "It's devastating."
Near the close of the vigil, Inez Lucero held a candle aloft, offering a prayer for her niece and the other victims and called for an end to the drug abuse and gun violence that has left so many families scarred.
"If you have a loved one that is lost," Andrew Lucero added, "help them."


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"The Rogers Racks are durable and can take a beating in the high school setting. The Rogers service and sales teams have been outstanding. The Midland High Football and Hockey teams were State Runner-Ups this year and their strength and prevention of injuries was due in great part to the multiplicity of the Rogers Racks".
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In its 25 years of existence , Spur , a magazine published by the ,massive Shueisha media empire in Japan has become a powerhouse in its home market. It has also been model mad that entire time, from its early covers Kate Moss (1995) and Carolyn Murphy (1996) to the most recent era of Daria (2006), Gemma, Agyness (2007) and Freja (2010),
SPUR NOVEMBER 2014 : Love Mode, Love Spur: 25th Anniversary IssueSubmitted by Wayne on Sat, 2014-10-04 18:54.
New York vécu and Tokyo's Future MarketSubmitted by Wayne on Mon, 2014-07-28 19:07.
By the time we surfaced out of the tunnel and eased into New York City itself, it was 3:30am. Despite ten thousand returns, the first sight of all those vertical towers jutting overhead, so high they seemed to converge, still made for a sharp intake of breath. Having grown up in a restless family, that was always in motion, New York City was the one place in which I had been most grounded, or to use a phrase I just found in a critique of A la Recherche du temps perdu ; "vegetated".
It's been almost three decades of living within New York City's scale and sprawl, drive and energy. More than any where else, it was what had shaped me. I was back for meetings and not much else, not in this my dedicated state of rootlessness, but this morning, this return had a strange tincture. Was it nostalgia?
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How nice it was to start the year off with Daria Stroukos' beautiful Vogue Italia cover. It made me think of the interview I did with her for Spur last Fall and thought this was a lovely opportunity to post the original transcript.
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Thompson Square Asks For A Kiss, Blake Shelton Proposes – Today In Country Music History
Thompson Square got a platinum Kiss on this date in 2011, Blake Shelton took Miranda Lambert into the woods to … propose … in 2010, Brooks & Dunn were "Moon" struck in 1992 and more.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 09 May, 2012.
- Thompson Square earned a platinum single for "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" in 2011.
- Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert in the woods near her home in Tishomingo, Oklahoma in 2010.
- A barefoot Kenny Chesney married actress Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands in 2005. They annulled the marriage after only a few months.
- Brooks & Dunn's "Neon Moon" hit Number One on the Billboard country singles chart in 1992.
- Keith Whitley died of alcohol poisoning at the age of 33 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in 1989.
- Tim McGraw arrived in Nashville to further his music career in 1989.
- Merle Haggard recorded the chart-topping single "Mama Tried" in 1968.
- Hank Williams's Number One single "Take These Chains From My Heart" charted in 1953.
Here's a video someone put together for Brooks & Dunn's Neon Moon.
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The security of computer systems often relies on actions of or decisions made by the end users. However, users tend to perform poorly at security tasks or fail to comply with security instructions. Studies have shown that users exhibit little intrinsic motivation for (and understanding, or awareness of) security. Consequently, even theoretically sound security solutions repeatedly fail to provide much security in practice.
This project aims to tackle this problematic state of current user-involved security practices. It embarks upon an exploration of a novel research direction called "Playful Security", which aims to improve usable security via extrinsic motivation. The playful approaches to user-involved security will motivate and incentivize the users, while they perform security tasks, through the use of rewards, and perception of fun and entertainment. This is dubbed the Tom Sawyer Effect after a popular incident in Mark Twain's literary classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this incident, the boy Tom is punished to paint a fence on his day off. To escape his plight, the clever Tom treats the task as fun rather than resenting it. Upon observing his delight, his friends insist that they be given an opportunity to paint the fence so that they can enjoy it as well. Much in the same way that Tom convinces his friends to complete what would otherwise be considered an uninteresting job by treating it as a game, this project seeks to better (extrinsically) motivate the users during security operations by making these operations enjoyable.
In a nutshell, this project investigates the use of a reward system based on the principles of human psychology. Secondly, in order to make security tasks entertaining, computer games or game like constructs, and game elements will be adopted to facilitate user involvement. For instance, the user would be asked to play a short and intuitive game which accomplishes the underlying security task as a side effect. Based on the sheer popularity of games and reward systems, playful security promises to appeal to a large fraction of user population (especially the youth). Moreover, playful security approaches can seamlessly co-exist with traditional security mechanisms in most cases. Although the topic of playful security is new, there is growing evidence and agreement that not only playful approaches to security are needed and important but also they can actually work in practice.
This project explores the playful security paradigm in the context of three application domains:
- Wireless Device Association (pairing): bootstrapping secure communication between two previously unassociated wireless devices.
- User Authentication: proving that a user is indeed who the user claims to be.
- Service Abuse Resilience: defending against automated mechanisms that attack and abuse the resources of an online entity.
Despite years of research efforts, the user-centric security requirements of these three domains have not been adequately addressed. The current techniques, for example, numeric PINs and textual passwords for pairing and authentication, and CAPTCHAs for abuse resilience, are all plagued with numerous well-documented usability and security drawbacks.
The merit of this project lies in the realization of playful security mechanisms to address the aforementioned shortcomings. One anticipated contribution is the design of a reward system based on the self-determination theory that can be integrated with traditional security mechanisms, thus improving their security and usability. Emphasis will be on the use of timers, reward points, visual scores, and the sense of competition and completeness so as to reward user diligence and good behavior as part of a security task.
Another intended contribution is the design of a suite of playful security approaches. First, playful solutions for device pairing will be developed. These solutions can help accomplish the underlying human tasks of comparison and transfer, both of which are traditionally prone to human errors. Next, for user authentication, playful graphical passwords will be designed that can facilitate memorability and improve recognition or recall accuracy. Another research direction is the exploration of playful biometrics based on video game playing patterns. As opposed to most existing biometric systems, this approach is software-only, non-invasive and potentially difficult to impersonate. Finally, in the context of service abuse resilience, playful CAPTCHAs are envisioned. These are games that are easy for the humans, but very hard for a computer, to play successfully. Unlike existing solutions, game CAPTCHAs are expected to be fun, hard to break and resistant to relay attacks.
A core objective of this research is to improve the usability of security technologies. To this end, usability studies are planned which will facilitate a deeper understanding of the main factors presiding over the speed, error-tolerance and psychological acceptability of playful security approaches when compared to the prior state-of-the-art solutions.


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The credit union says we have too much unsecured debt to be eligible for a loan to pay off our unsecured debt... silly. If I have $5k in debt that I'm asking for a $5k loan to pay off, wouldn't they cancel each other out? So stupid. I'll have Brad talk to the lady at the bank in town. She never hesitates to give him money... *sigh*
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Easier said than done, Tomi. When I see us make a $250 payment each month and it ONLY covers interest, I fret. I'll never get anywhere with it if I can ONLY make interest payments on it each month. Something has GOT to give.
OK I am finally caught up on your journal You have had so many ups and downs. I really hope things improve this year for you.
As for the sex drive, I have had none really for a long time, but things are starting to improve in that area especially with the eating moar fat. I feel amazing at the moment.
Congrats on your weight loss so far and looking forward to keeping up with your progress
okay - I tried to make a ticker from some site and it totally messed up my computer. Everything froze up and I had to go into the programs and uninstall a bunch of stuff. Maybe I'll try the site you're using. I wish MDA offered a ticker. That would be awesome!1. Love ME no matter what noises are screaming at me, or who is trying to tear me down.
2. Eat to heal
3. Move to live
4. Embrace today
5. Live with intention
6. Respect my body
7. Cultivate joy
8. Find my passion
9. Meditate on peace in my soul
Originally posted by marcadav View PostJenn, have you contacted the credit card company and asked for a lower interest rate? Or looked into a card with a low interest rate so you could transfer the amount you owe?
My plan is to nickel and dime it to death. Each week, after paying bills and deducting some fun money, we'll have some small dollar amounts left - like $15, $30, etc. I'll apply those dollar figures to the card each week and chip away at it. Once it gets below a certain dollar figure, I'll go back to snowballing on our other debts as planned. It should only take until May to bring the balance down to where I want it for this purpose.
Additionally, Brad is working a bunch of overtime (Saturdays and Sundays) to bring in the extra money to pay off his racing loans. I am soooo tired of racing loans!! GRRRR!! Those should both be paid off by May as well, sooner if he gets a bunch of overtime.
What I'm REALLY concerned about is getting some money stashed away (at least one paycheck for me) in case we're furloughed. The memo we received said that the amount of time we'd be furloughed would be released later (if we get furloughed) and we'd set up our dates with our respective agencies to ensure there's coverage for all areas (in other words, so everyone isn't gone at once), so I'll be able to work it out with my bosses when I take the time off, so that's a bit flexible, it seems. BUT, I want the money there before March 27th, which is the date the "new extended budget" expires.
It's just a lot to consider right now. However, having 1-2 weeks off before May will be helpful in allowing me to hammer on my thesis. And I could use some of that time to work on my house - declutter, spring clean, etc. See, there's always a silver lining.
I'm hoping to have a month's worth of rent (and groceries, I suppose) saved away before my birthday, but with the cost of oil & it being a fairly chilly winter so far, I don't know how likely that is to happen =\. I had to look up "furlough", that's beyond shitty! I hope that doesn't happen to you guys .Depression Lies
Tash, it's going to happen. Unless Congress can find a way to unfuck this mess our country has gotten into, we will be furloughed. No sense in fretting over it - just prepare for it and make it work.
Gave up my ketosis this weekend for box cake with my family... blech. Very rich in sugar and I felt like total crap the rest of the night... but, I dreamed that it would be delicious... not entirely sure it was worth it. And not entirely sure I'll enjoy any cupcakes on Thursday for Brady's actual birthday. Since he's only 6, I don't think he'll understand, much less be appreciative, if we don't do a little celebration on Thursday as well. Thinking of making 6 cupcakes out of the box of mix I got (box makes 24 cupcakes) and calling it good. None of us need that much sugar anyway.
Waiting for everyone to come back to the office so I can go to the gym and start the process of burning off all this glucose I built up this weekend. Following the low carb, high fat rules today. My MFP is set for the day and looking sharp.
Managed to maintain my 4 lbs loss over the weekend. But feeling hypoglycemic today.
Handgun is purchased and being shipped to the guy Brad graduated from high school with. I imagine we'll have it by this weekend. YAY!!! So stoked for it to arrive. Brad is going to the store tonight to pick up the safe to keep it out of the hands of the wee-est ones in the house. My advice to anyone purchasing a handgun - do it in your own state... don't buy across state lines. Just creates more steps to go through before taking ownership... Oy vey!
Currently, Brad and I are NOT in the red in our checkbook! YAY! Hopefully it'll stay that way. I came in $20 under budget for groceries (even after buying a 5 days of snacks for 24 students as this week is Brady's week for bringing snack to school) and I like it that way b/c inevitably, we ALWAYS end up going back to the store for something midweek. I want to make that Chili Lime Chicken that was posted in the Eat More Fat January Challenge thread (I think that's where I saw it) and wouldn't you know it, I didn't pick up any limes... lol *shrug* story of my life. Always forgetting something.
Time to use the potty and twiddle my thumbs while I wait for everyone to come back. Kind of looking forward to going to the gym.
YAY for not being in the red this week, and good luck with getting that credit card down.
Money sucks!
We struggled week to week for a bit, due to my stupidity with buying lots of "stuff" ive stopped doing that.
But sadly to get us into a better financial position, my DH got made redundant back in Oct, and we got quite a large payout, so all our extra debts are gone, now can concentrate on paying out the mortgage ASAP, and actually having a holiday this year, and hopefully my cosmetic surgery. So a sucky thing was a good thing in the end.
Sounds like you have a good plan to fix it all
I met with my friends today for our Money Goals Support Group, and feel good about keeping on track with my money. It is good to have some friends to do it with. We discussed what our money plans are for this year, and what specifically we want to accomplish this month. We'll meet again in February and check in with each other. Do you have any friends who are at similar stages in their lives, looking for support?
Not that I'm aware of. I wish I knew of some b/c it would be nice to have an accountability partner.
So much for remaining in the black... I have two $24 charges on our account for being "overdrawn" as a result of not getting to the credit union in time. I meant to cancel an autopayment, missed it by about an hour. I called the bank to find out why there are charges and they said it's b/c there are holds on our account. The bill for Brady's birthday party, and two transactions for the handgun. I guess even though the account says there's money there, if it's held, they will still charge the fee. Stupid.
I was heading to the bank tonight to make the deposit, but I wasn't quick enough... damn it. *sigh* Hopefully $48 is where it will stop.
Boyfriend keeps getting overdrawn because his balance is fairly low and automatic payments counteract his overdraft plan (it's not supposed to charge if the money isn't there). They also keep changing his overdraft preferences. He keeps talking to the bank and they say he's all squared away and then it happens again. He needs to go in and bitch in person, I think.Depression Lies


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One green-eyed man, nicknamed "Cai the Roman," became an instant celebrity due to his decidedly Roman physical characteristics.
Othello was warned to stay away from the 'green-eyed monster.'
These are the rules for the strapping, green-eyed Lebanese Shiite from Brooklyn.
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Other men have not been shy about their fascination with green-eyed women.
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Behold how the green-eyed monster turneth a friend into a critic!
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Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal Are Dunzo—or Not
UPDATE: Reps for Witherspoon and Gyllenhaal are now claiming that the two are, in fact, still very much a couple. Whew; let's hope so!
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Birgid Hopkins is beginning her 22nd year with the Merrimack College athletics department staff in 2016-17. She began her duties in November of 1994. During the 2005-06 season, she was promoted to the role of Senior Woman Administrator.
In her present role, Hopkins is responsible for the supervision of the athletic training room and the sports medicine and athletic training curriculum. She supervises a sports medicine staff of five Board of Certification Certified Athletic Trainers and approximately 30 athletic training students.
During her time at Merrimack, Hopkins has successfully directed the process for three re-accreditation reviews, in 2001, 2006, and 2011. In 2001, the sports medicine program completed an extensive review by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and was seen as in compliance with the nationally-established standards set forth by the organization. In 2006, the program once again met compliance standards, gaining re-certification by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
As Merrimack's SWA, Hopkins supervises the Life Skills Program, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and is part of the department's academic mentoring program. She has coordinated several presentations, including study skills orientation, drug and alcohol awareness, and other outreach programs.
Prior to her post at Merrimack, Hopkins was the Director of Sports Medicine at the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Affiliates and Billerica High School. She also served one year as head athletic trainer at Fitchburg State, overseeing the health care needs of athletes in 22 varsity sports.
Hopkins received a Bachelor of Science degree from Salem State College. She earned a master's degree in exercise physiology from Florida International. She is a licensed athletic trainer in Massachusetts and certified by the BOC. She currently serves on the BOC exam writers committee.
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When I am in the City of Light, I rarely set foot in a gallery unless it has a gift shop. My favorite place to dine is the department-store café, with the frites stand at the flea market a close second. But recently it dawned on me that even a world-class compulsive shopper like myself has a tendency to visit the same markets, the same charming boutiques, the same venerable department stores. So on my latest trip I decided to consult three shopping gurus—two natives and one honorary citizen—about their favorite local haunts. Claudia Strasser, who runs a New York–based interiors business called the Paris Apartment and has been showing American clients around Parisian markets for decades, is charged with taking me fleaing; Juliette Gitel-Lassablière, a fashion forecaster and a tour guide for Context Travel, swears she can introduce me to surprising discount venues in lofty St.-Germain-des-Prés; and Rosemary Rodriguez, the creative director of Thierry Mugler, has been persuaded to share her secret cutting-edge addresses.
Hitting the Fleas
When Claudia Strasser sweeps into the café across from the Vanves Métro stop on Sunday morning she has quite an entourage with her—three members of the B. family, whose 15-room mansion in Seattle she is helping to furnish, along with Toma Haines, an Oklahoma native who calls herself the Antiques Diva. Before we hit even the first booth, Strasser and the Diva are unloading trade secrets: Did I know that the traveling fairs that set up in different neighborhoods on summer weekends are listed at the Vide-Greniers website, and that there are three keywords to look for: antiquités (for items at least 100 years old), brocante (for classic flea market merchandise), and vide-greniers (what in other cultures is commonly referred to as junk)? Was I aware that the best time to go to markets is the last weekend in July, before the whole of France goes on vacation, when dealers are desperate to empty their booths and want quick cash?
Okay, sure, but what if what I want to buy with that cash is, say, a copper bathtub as big as a truck? How is it that people like the B.'s are hauling those 15 rooms worth of furniture back to the Great Northwest? The answer, Strasser reveals, is a Camard account. At that Mr. B. takes out his Camard book and waves it gleefully in my face. Strasser explains how the account works: Camard, and a number of other shipping companies, maintain offices at the Porte de Clignancourt flea market and other spots around Paris. You register, and they give you a receipt pad, stickers, and your own personal Camard number. When you see something humongous that you are dying to take home, you take out your Camard pad and the dealer slaps a sticker onto your purchase. The dealer fills out some paperwork, which is relayed to Camard, which then picks up your furniture—even if you purchased items at a number of different markets—and the next thing you know you're unpacking an 18th-century chifforobe in Cedar Rapids. The best part: no money changes hands until Camard has everything ready to ship. This arcane and wacky system, Strasser assures me, is based on an ancient antiques dealers' honor code and is surprisingly foolproof.
Next, we're off to the Vanves market. The B. family is searching for 18th-century chairs and chandeliers; the rest of us for anything that catches our fancy. Strasser surprises me by insisting that the best deals are to be found in the bins of prints for $4 and at the $7 tables, where she snatches up a mirrored 1930's dressing-table box. Even when things are marked higher than $5, bargaining is swift and easy—while I scoop up a pair of framed sepia prints of 1920's flappers for $40, down from $70, Strasser is dickering over a trifold Art Moderne mirror, a total steal for $140, though because she lacks her own Camard book, it would have to be lugged on the plane, a prospect she reluctantly decides is too daunting.
We sweep up our small purchases—among us we have bought vintage rosaries, old brass keys to string on cords as necklaces, and one dazzling bargain, an Alaïa dress for $140—and hop on the Métro to a brocante in the bohemian neighborhood of the Place des Abbesses, clear on the other side of town. I am torn up about not being able to buy a marble-topped night table here (it's small but still needs a Camard sticker) until Strasser tells me why it's lined with marble—once upon a time this pretty piece was used to store a chamber pot.
The B.'s haven't found any chandeliers yet, so we get back on the Métro and cross the river once again, to the Brocante Rue Chardon-Lagache, in the 16th Arrondissement. The refined merchandise here reflects the surroundings, and before you know it a Camard sticker has been slapped onto a hand-carved early-19th-century walnut chest that hard bargaining (the language barrier surmounted by two of Strasser's flea market staples, a pencil and pad) has reduced to $3,200. In short order, the B.'s have also fallen for a daybed with satin cushions for a ridiculously low $280, and I am loaded down with an assortment of necklaces and ephemera, anxious to get back to my hotel, log on to Vide-Greniers, and see what other antiques markets and brocantes are coming up.
Bargain-Hunting in St.-Germain
The next day I meet Juliette Gitel-Lassablière in the heart of the Sixth Arrondissement. Though Gitel-Lassablière, effortlessly chic in jeans and a trench, insists that there are all kinds of affordable gems hidden in this fancy neighborhood, I am frankly dubious. To prove her point, she suggests we dip into André, a chain shoe store I must have walked past a thousand times. Once inside I realize how it is that French women manage to look so stunning on minuscule salaries: a black suede high-heeled pump, elegant as a Louboutin though minus the red sole, is $125. At Monoprix, the massive discount store that I have occasionally visited to pick up Band-Aids and Bourjois makeup, the looks are a total eye-opener. Like H&M, Monoprix collaborates with designers, which is why the $110 black dress with the satin straps is so alluring—it's from Erotokritos, a cult label with its own Parisian boutiques.
Of course, bargain is a relative term. Gitel-Lassablière points out that what a five-and-dime designer dress needs is a decent handbag and takes me to Les Trois Marches de Catherine B, where everything is secondhand, super-mint, and bearing one of just a few labels: Chanel, Vuitton, Hermès. Prices range from $140 for a scarf to $5,600 for a tangerine Kelly bag (but at least there's no waiting list).
The next few hours are a retail whirlwind: she introduces me to Cyrillus, Paris's answer to J.Crew, where a sharp blouse with pleated sleeves is $69; to Losco, where the made-to-measure belts worthy of Jane Birkin are around $195 (maybe not the most affordable belt in the world, but pretty good for a one-of-a-kind keepsake). At Des Petits Hauts, a literally star-studded boutique (étoiles dot the pink floors), a quintessentially Parisian pink mohair cardigan (think Amélie) is $145. For more-classic tastes, the remarkably unpretentious Eric Bompard has cashmere pullovers at under $280. There are even less-rarefied souvenirs at the vast Pharmacie Suprapharm, with coveted powder-room brands—Klorane shampoo for $5.90; Elgydium toothpaste, $7.50 for two; Anthelios sunscreen for $12—sold at reduced prices. "Don't even think about coming here on Saturdays—it's a nightmare," Gitel-Lassablière warns. Last up is the adorable Bonpoint outlet, where the iconic baby clothes—pin tucks! smocking! hand-knitted booties!—are all 30 percent off, though it doesn't actually say this anywhere, which is why I finally admit to myself that it's sometimes indispensable to have a native guide.
Cutting-Edge Paris, Uncovered
The following afternoon I fetch Rosemary Rodriguez at her chic offices near the opera house. But our destination is far from these elegant digs. Like so many people in the fashion business, Rodriguez, who is wearing jeans, a Liberty of London button-down, a pair of spectacular antique diamond earrings, and a Goyard tote, only gets really excited these days by something truly off the grid. Which is why we taxi straight to Thanx God I'm a V.I.P., in the neighborhood between the Place de la République and the Canal St.-Martin. Rodriguez is ecstatic in this vintage clothing store, but in fact the whole quartier delights her. She points out Du Pain et des Idées ("Best baguette in Paris!" she crows); the leather wholesalers with their goods piled haphazardly in the window; the restored Alhambra dance hall; the couscous joints. We walk toward the canal to Artazart, a bookstore with Banksy monographs, among other finds. The peaceful curving waters, traversed by picturesque bridges, look nothing like the Paris I know.
Then it's over to Merci. I am enraptured by this three-story multi-brand boutique. With everything from limited-edition designer clothes and books to flowers and linens, it is giving Colette a run for its money in the hipness sweepstakes.
Soon we're deep in the heart of the Haut Marais. Rodriguez favors Pretty Box, yet another vintage store (a pre–Alber Elbaz Lanvin shirt is $130), and Hoses, a shoe shop with a sleepy dog in the corner and footwear with the coveted Avril Gau label. At Pring, the strappy heels are displayed in octagonal metal boxes; at Moon Young Hee, halfway between a shop and an atelier, a glorious silk chiffon skirt, puffy as a cloud, is $450. I love a gossamer garment, but in these hard times I am equally drawn to the more utilitarian, oddly chic designs at Yves Andrieux Vincent Jalbert, made from unlikely vintage fabrics—parachute nylon; linen and cotton meant to cover French camping cots. Happily zipping myself into an elaborate multi-seamed number, I'm forced to concede that without Rodriguez's leading the way, I would never have parachuted into this place.
Lynn Yaeger is a Travel + Leisure contributing editor.
André 72 Rue de Rennes, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/42-84-99-46; andre.fr.
Artazart 83 Quai de Valmy, 10th Arr.; 33-1/40-40-24-00; artazart.com.
Bonpoint Fin de Séries (outlet) 42 Rue de l'Université, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/40-20-10-55; bonpoint.fr.
Brocante Rue Chardon-Lagache Near Église d'Auteuil, 16th Arr.; 33-1/45-89-32-07; spam.fr.
Camard 2 Rue de l'Industrie, Saint-Denis; 33-1/49-46-10-82; call for pricing information.
Juliette Gitel-Lassablière, Context Travel 800/691-6036; contexttravel.com; full-day tours from $860 for up to six people.
Cyrillus 16 Rue de Sèvres, Seventh Arr.; 33-1/42-22-16-26; cyrillus.fr.
Des Petits Hauts 70 Rue Bonaparte, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/43-29-40-46; despetitshauts.com.
Du Pain et des Idées 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 10th Arr.; 33-1/42-40-44-52; dupainetdesidees.com.
Eric Bompard 46 Rue du Bac, Seventh Arr.; 33-1/42-84-04-36; eric-bompard.com.
Hoses 41 Rue de Poitou, Third Arr.; 33-1/42-78-80-62; hoses-limited.com.
Les Trois Marches de Catherine B 1 Rue Guisarde, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/43-54-74-18; catherine-b.com.
Losco 5 Rue de Sèvres, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/42-22-77-47; losco.fr.
Marché aux Puces de la Porte de Vanves Aves. Georges Lafenestre and Marc Sangnier, 14th Arr.; pucesdevanves.typepad.com (weekends only, best before noon).
Merci 111 Blvd. Beaumarchais, Third Arr.; 33-1/42-77-00-33; merci-merci.com.
Monoprix 50 Rue de Rennes, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/45-48-18-08; monoprix.fr.
Moon Young Hee 62 Rue Charlot, Third Arr.; 33-1/48-04-39-78.
Paris Apartment Custom Shopping Expeditions 917/749-5089; theparisapartment.com; half-day tours from $250.
Paris Flea Market Tour 49-162/244-7208; antiquesdiva.com; half-day tours from $198.
Pharmacie Suprapharm 26 Rue du Four, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/46-33-20-81.
Pretty Box 46 Rue de Saintonge, Third Arr.; 33-1/48-04-81-71; prettybox.fr.
Pring (Paris) 29 Rue Charlot, Third Arr.; 33-1/42-72-71-87; pringparis.com.
Thanx God I'm a V.I.P. 12 Rue de Lancry, 10th Arr.; 33-1/42-03-02-09; thanxgod.com.
Vide-Greniers A reference list of flea markets in France, Belgium, and Switzerland. vide-greniers.org.
Yves Andrieux Vincent Jalbert 55 Rue Charlot, Third Arr.; 33-1/42-71-19-54.


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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck - Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, HarperBusiness, $29.99
I sometimes wish Captain Scott had made it to the South Pole first. It would have spawned an interesting strain of management literature about the virtues of amateurism and make-do-and-mend improvisation.
Instead, Britons are condemned to suffer the comparison between Scott's failed expedition and that of the efficient, well-prepared and Antarctic-ice-cool Norwegian Roald Amundsen, replayed again and again as a lesson to business leaders.
Jim Collins, one of the most successful management writers of the past two decades, and Morten Hansen, a Norwegian-born Insead and Berkeley professor, start their new book with the familiar tale.
Amundsen, they write, displayed all the attributes of companies that thrive in chaos - "fanatic discipline", "empirical creativity" and "productive paranoia". Scott, on the other hand, "left himself unprepared and complained in his journal about his bad luck".
Hansen was part of the research team on previous Collins books Built to Last (written with Jerry Porras) and Good to Great. He gets equal billing for this one, but - Norwegian flag-waving aside - it still looks like a Collins production. Methodical research (into "6,000 years of combined corporate history") provides a clutch of paired companies: in this case, seven that beat their industry index by at least 10 times over a period of at least 15 years, and seven that did not.
The tabular content relating to this article is not available to view. Apologies in advance for the inconvenience caused.These examples yield five or six key lessons, rendered memorable by quirky catchphrases. Where Built to Last introduced readers to Big Hairy Audacious Goals and Great to Good offered us the Hedgehog Concept and the Doom Loop, brace yourself to learn here about 10Xers (those outperforming companies), the 20 Mile March and the SMaC Recipe.
These are the irritating tunes you'll be unable to get out of your head after the show, but they accompany a credible plot. Leaders succeed in a turbulent world not by taking bolder risks, promoting more innovation, acting faster, changing their companies more radically or having more luck than their competitors, the authors claim. Instead, they pace themselves by making regular advances: they don't over-reach when the going is fair; they don't slack off when the going is tough (the 20 Mile March). They stay specific, methodical and consistent ("SMaC"), basing their strategy on proved elements.
As they write in the epilogue: "We sense a dangerous disease infecting our modern culture and eroding hope: an increasingly prevalent view that greatness owes more to circumstance, even luck, than to action and discipline - that what happens to us matters more than what we do."
In the most interesting chapter, Collins and Hansen try to quantify and analyse the role of luck. The paired companies experienced similar doses of good and bad fortune, they find, but the 10Xers made more of the ups and (because they rebounded more strongly), the downs. They worked harder and generated a higher "return on luck".
AMD, compared here with Intel, squandered its good luck in the mid-1990s by failing to bring to market a new generation of microprocessors quickly enough. Microsoft's Bill Gates, meanwhile, "didn't just get a lucky break and cash in his chips", but "kept pushing, driving, working" towards his goals.
Collins has learnt from his own experience. In the 10 years since Good to Great was published, the 11 case studies have not all held up well. But Great by Choice insulates its chosen companies from retrospective criticism. By using the period 1975 to 2002, for instance, the authors can focus on Microsoft's success against a floundering Apple, despite the pair's more recent reversal of fortune.
Great by Choice's praise for corporate evolution over revolution is not as groundbreaking as its authors suggest. But it is a sensible, well-timed and precisely targeted message for companies shaken by macroeconomic crises.Report Typo/Error
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Through this minor, students develop skills and knowledge that can be applied to a diversity of professions. Students in the minor are expected to develop inquiry skills — such as observation, problem formulation, data collection and critical analysis — and the ability to apply field skills and integrated theory of organismal biology and ecological systems to the assessment of real-world problems.
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The top-ranked Georgia men's tennis team improved its record to 12-1 on the year with a 6-1 win against No. 18 Alabama (9-4, 2-2 SEC) Sunday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens. It was the Bulldogs' seventh straight win the season and 19th consecutive victory against SEC competition.
''We did a good job taking care of business," said Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz. "We had a couple guys that struggled at Auburn, and I was happy to see them bringing their games back up. I don't think 6-1 was indicative of the closeness of the match. Every match was hard-fought."
Georgia (12-1, 4-0) won all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead. Matias Boeker and Bo Hodge teamed to defeat Stephen Mitchell and Chris Gostek 8-6 at No. 1. The Bulldog duo of Nicolas Boeker and Lesley Joseph were up 7-4 and serving for the match before the Tide won two games in a row and draw to 7-6.
Despite two double faults by Nicholas Boeker in the final game, Georgia hit a big shot when it needed one and clinched the doubles point 8-6 at No. 3. Adam Seri and Brandon Wagner battled William Boyles and Nick Beuque in the No. 2 doubles spot to a 8-8 tie, sending the match to a tiebreak. Georgia led 5-1 at the first changeover in the tiebreak and went on to win 7-4 to complete the Bulldog sweep.
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The body of a Class X student of an English-medium school in north Calcutta was found floating in a pond near Nagerbazar on Tuesday morning, barely a kilometre from her home.
Sreyoshi Debnath, 15, a student at WWA Cossipore English School, had not returned home from school on Monday. Her body, clad in school uniform and with a school bag on her shoulders, was found floating around 8am on Tuesday.
Police sources said Sreyoshis cell phone was in her bag but the SIM card was missing.
Her father Sanjay Debnath, an engineer, was in Bhubaneswar on an official tour. Mother Papiya called Sreyoshis friends when her daughter failed to return from school but her queries apparently drew a blank. She lodged a missing diary with Dum Dum police station on Monday night.
The pond where the body was found is on the way from the Debnaths housing estate Plaza Tower, off Jessore Road, to Sreyoshis school.
A preliminary post-mor-tem suggests the death was caused by drowning, said a police officer. There are no apparent external injury marks, except a small slash on her right cheek. The preliminary post-mortem, however, is not conclusive.
From school Sreyoshi would usually take a bus till Nagerbazar, from where she would either board another bus or take an auto on the Nagerbazar-Lake Town route to reach home. She would be home by 5.30pm everyday, said an officer.
Statements of some of her friends who last saw her suggest that Sreyoshi had taken an auto from Nagerbazar for home on Monday. Sources familiar with the investigation said at least one witness had told the sleuths about having spotted a girl in school uniform and carrying a school bag near the pond on Monday evening.
We have started a case of unnatural death. No specific complaint has yet been received, said Debasis Bej, deputy commissioner, detective department, Barrackpore commissionerate.
The police are trying to find out whether she was under any pressure at home or school.
Sreyoshis uncle Subrata Debnath, a retired army officer, said: This is not the time to point fingers. If need be, we will consider lodging a specific complaint. If anyone is responsible for her death, he or she should be punished.
We are shocked at her death. Sreyashi was a good student, said Jhumur Bajpai, the principal of WWA Cossipore English School.