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General History
On August 10, 1846, the United States Congress passed the legislation (9 Stat. 102) founding the Smithsonian Institution as an establishment dedicated to the "increase and diffusion of knowledge," and President James K. Polk signed it into law the same day. This legislation was the culmination of over a decade of debate within the Congress, and among the general public, over an unusual bequest. When the English chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson, died in 1829, he left a will stating that if his nephew and sole heir died without heirs, his estate should go to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."
Congressional Debates
After Smithson's nephew died in 1835, the United States was notified of this bequest. President Andrew Jackson asked the US Congress for authorization to pursue the bequest, sparking a controversy between federalists and advocates of states' rights. Senators John C. Calhoun and William Campbell Preston argued that there was no constitutional authority to create a national institution. However, led by John Quincy Adams, the federalists prevailed, and in 1836, Richard Rush traveled to England to file a claim for the Smithson estate in the British Court of Chancery, then eight hundred cases in arrears. In just two years, Rush won a judgment for the United States, disposed of Smithson's properties, and converted the proceeds to gold sovereigns. When the estate was delivered to the US Mint in Philadelphia in September 1838, it totaled $508,318.46.
Another decade of debate passed, however, before the Smithsonian was actually established. Congressmen, educators, researchers, social reformers, and the general public all voiced opinions as to what they believed Smithson had meant by "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Initially most Americans assumed that Smithson intended to found a university, so the debates centered on what type of school. Gradually other ideas were introduced—an observatory, a scientific research institute, a national library, a publishing house, or a museum. The Smithsonian's enabling act was a compromise among these ideas, leaving out only the university.
Act of Organization
The Smithsonian Institution was created as a federal establishment, not part of the three branches of government, managed by a self-perpetuating Board of Regents. The Smithsonian Regents had to decide how to carry out Smithson's vague mandate and the broad legislation. Their first act was to build a home for the Institution, a Norman "Castle" designed by architect James Renwick, Jr., located on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Joseph Henry, Secretary (1846–1878)
The Regents selected as the first Secretary or chief operating officer, Joseph Henry (1797–1878), a distinguished physicist from the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, who was an expert on electromagnetic induction. Henry prepared a "Programme of Organization" to define the programs of the new Institution. During his years as Secretary (1846-1878), Henry focused on increasing knowledge through scientific research, and diffusing knowledge through publication of the Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge and through international exchange of publications. He also established a national network of weather observers that led to the founding of the National Weather Service.
The first objects donated to the Institution were scientific apparatus, the gift of Robert Hare of the University of Pennsylvania in 1848. The following year, the Institution purchased its first collection, art, books, and other works collected by Regent George Perkins Marsh. During the Civil War years, programs were curtailed, but the Institution was not affected substantially by the nearby fighting. A fire in the Castle in 1865, caused by a careless workman, destroyed the central portion of the building and many of the early collections. Henry was reluctant to use the Smithson fund for a national library or museum. Thus in 1865, he transferred the art collection to the Library of Congress and Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1866, he transferred the Smithsonian library to the Library of Congress and had the provision for copyright deposit at the Smithsonian repealed from the legislation. Henry accepted natural history collections, as necessary for research, but worried about the costs of maintaining a museum collection and exhibits. Starting in 1858, Congress provided an annual appropriation to the Smithsonian for the care of the national collections.
Spencer Fullerton Baird, Secretary (1878–1887)
The second Secretary, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), focused his tenure from 1878-1887 on creating a great national museum. As Henry's assistant since 1850, he had established a natural history collecting network across the country. Baird's goal was a comprehensive collection of all the natural resources of the continent in the United States National Museum. Based on his knowledge of the natural resources of Russian-America, in 1867 Baird presented persuasive testimony to Congress in favor of the purchase of Alaska. The government's collection of art works, historical memorabilia, and scientific specimens, housed at the National Institute gallery in the Patent Office Building, was transferred to the Smithsonian as well. Baird prepared all of the government exhibits for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. The Smithsonian exhibits gave the Institution national visibility. At the close of the exposition, Baird convinced most exhibitors to donate their displays to the Smithsonian and persuaded Congress to build a new National Museum Building. Now known as the Arts and Industries Building, its first event was President James A. Garfield's inaugural ball on March 4, 1881. When the building opened to the public in October of that year, it housed exhibits on natural history and history.
During Baird's tenure, in 1879, the Bureau of American Ethnology was added to the Smithsonian's programs. Baird served simultaneously as US Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1871-1887), overseeing research on the fishing industry that later led to the creation of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Samuel P. Langley, Secretary (1887–1906)
During his tenure from 1889 to 1906, the third Secretary, Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), created the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1890 to facilitate his research on solar phenomena, oversaw the opening of the National Zoological Park in 1891, created a "Children's Room" in 1901 designed to awaken the curiosity of the young, and secured funding for a new National Museum building. Langley also attempted to design the first flying machine, but his "aerodrome" lacked the aerodynamic features of the Wright Brothers airplane that flew successfully at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
Charles D. Walcott, Secretary (1907–1927)
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850–1927), paleontologist and director of the United States Geological Survey from 1894 to 1907, succeeded Langley as the fourth Secretary from 1907 to 1927. In 1911, a new museum building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, opened to house natural history and art collections. The building was closed during World War I to house the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. A National Gallery of Art, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, was formally created in 1920. In 1923 the Freer Gallery of Art also opened, housing industrialist Charles Lang Freer's collection of Oriental art and the works of James McNeill Whistler.
Charles Greeley Abbot, Secretary (1928-1944)
The fifth Secretary, Charles Greeley Abbot (1872-1973), served from 1928 to 1944, through the Great Depression and World War II. During World War II, the national collections were removed to a warehouse near Luray, Virginia, for safekeeping. The Smithsonian housed the Ethnogeographic Board, whose mission was to provide the military with ethnographic and geographic information about little known areas of the world, especially the Pacific.
Alexander Wetmore, Secretary (1944–1952)
After the war from 1945 to 1952, Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978), the sixth Secretary, oversaw a program of exhibits modernization at the National Museum. In 1946, the Canal Zone Biological Area was transferred to the Smithsonian. Now known as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, this research station in the Panama Canal was founded in 1923 to facilitate research on the tropics. The National Museum's growing aeronautical collection, which included Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, was formally designated the National Air Museum in 1946. The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service was inaugurated in 1952 to facilitate exhibits at venues outside the Institution.
Leonard Carmichael, Secretary (1953–1964)
Seventh Secretary Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973), who served from 1953 to 1964, laid the groundwork for a period of growth during the 1950s. Carmichael secured the appropriation for a new museum building for the history collections, which opened in 1964 and is now the National Museum of American History. New wings were added to the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, in the 1960s to house additional collections. The Patent Office Building was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1958 to serve as a home for the national art collections. A major capital improvement program was initiated at the National Zoological Park in the 1960s, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory was revitalized and transferred to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1955. After the launching of Sputnik in 1957, the observatory played a major role in the tracking of artificial satellites.
S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary (1964–1984)
S. Dillon Ripley (1913–2001), eighth Secretary from 1964–1984, oversaw a major expansion in Smithsonian programs. New museums included the Anacostia Museum (1967), now the Anacostia Community Museum; the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in New York (1968); the Smithsonian American Art Museum (1968); the National Portrait Gallery (1968); the Renwick Gallery (1972); the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974); the National Museum of African Art (1979); the Sackler Gallery (1983); and the International Center (1987). A new building for the National Air and Space Museum opened on July 4, 1976, in celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, and the Arts and Industries Building was renovated to recreate the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia of 1876.
New programs included the Office of Fellowships and Grants in 1964, The Smithsonian Associates and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in 1965, Office of Museum Programs in 1966, first Festival of American Folklife in 1967, now the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Conservation Analytical Laboratory in 1969, Smithsonian magazine, Smithsonian Institution Archives, and Archives of American Art in 1970, Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port in 1971 (now at Fort Pierce), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in 1974, Office of Telecommunications in 1975, and Office of Horticulture in 1976. Expansions of existing programs included the Fred L. Whipple Observatory in Arizona, housing the Multiple Mirror Telescope, in 1968; the Conservation and Research Center, now the Conservation Biology Institute of the National Zoological Park located in Front Royal, Virginia, in 1975; and the Museum Support Center in 1983 to house collections storage and handling.
Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary (1984–1994)
From 1984 to 1993, Robert McCormick Adams (1926– ) served as ninth Secretary, presiding over a period of consolidation and renewed emphasis on research. Museums founded during his tenure were the National Museum of the American Indian in 1989, located in both New York and Washington, DC, and the National Postal Museum in 1990. New research programs focused on the role of man in the environment, and included the Biodiversity Program established in 1986 in conjunction with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's Man and the Biosphere Program; and the Mpala Research Station established in Kenya in 1992. The National Science Resource Center was established in 1985 in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences to develop pre-college curriculum resources in mathematics and science.
Expansions of existing programs included the Arctic Studies Center established in the National Museum of Natural History in 1988 and a new observatory in Mount Harquehala, Hawaii, in 1991. In 1994, the Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution issued its report, E Pluribus Unum: This Divine Paradox, setting forth its vision for the Smithsonian of the 21st century. As the national museum seen by some twenty-nine million visitors per year, in the 1980s and 1990s Smithsonian exhibits such as The West as America, Science in American Life, and Enola Gay, became the focus for public debates over issues of cultural and historical identity.
I. Michael Heyman, Secretary (1994–1999)
When the tenth Secretary, I. Michael Heyman (1930– ), took office in 1993, he turned his attention to disseminating information electronically and celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Institution in 1996. Sesquicentennial programs included the largest traveling exhibit ever mounted, America's Smithsonian, which traveled to twelve cities over a two year period; a major development campaign; and a celebration on the National Mall on August 10, 1996. By its sesquicentennial, the Institution housed over 140 million artifacts and specimens in its sixteen museums. The Smithsonian endowment had grown to some $378 million, part of a net operating budget in 1994 of $421.4 million. A staff of over 6,700 and some 5,200 volunteers carried out its programs in museums and research institutes in Washington, DC, across the continent, and around the world. In 1995, the inauguration of the Smithsonian Institution's first website made the Institution's resources and exhibits available worldwide.
Lawrence M. Small, Secretary (2000–2007)
The eleventh Secretary, Lawrence M. Small (1941–), was appointed in 2000 and served until 2007. Significant events in his tenure include the passage of legislation in 2003 to create the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the opening of the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, and the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
G. Wayne Clough, Secretary (2008– )
The twelfth Secretary, G. Wayne Clough (1941– ), a civil engineer and former President of Georgia Institute of Technology, became Secretary in 2008. He initiated the development of a new Strategic Planfor the Institution, and launched a program to digitize the Smithsonian's resources. He also oversaw several major openings at the Smithsonian, including the reopening of the National Museum of American History, as well as the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins and Sant Ocean Hall at the National Museum of Natural History.
Further Resources
Today in Smithsonian History
July 21, 1983
The National Zoological Park's Giant Panda Ling-Ling gives birth to the first Giant Panda born in the United States. While the male cub died approximately three hours after its birth, this significant birth of an endangered mammal species renews the Zoo's hope of future successful births.More


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Rifle, Colo. • In a state where commercial establishments can bar concealed carry permit holders from bringing in their guns, one western Colorado restaurant not only embraces the practice of packing heat, it encourages its customers to openly carry — and its waitresses do, too.
As she takes your order at Shooter Grill in the town of Rifle — yes, Rifle — waitress Ashlee Saenz carries a pad, pen and a loaded Ruger .357 Blackhawk handgun holstered on her leg, Old West style.
It's loaded, and she knows how to use it.
Colorado is not among those states where openly carrying guns anywhere in public is legal. The issue has made headlines after gun rights activists carrying loaded rifles gathered in Target stores in Texas, Alabama and North Carolina to demonstrate their support of "open carry" laws. On Wednesday, Target asked its customers "respectfully" to not bring firearms into stores, even where allowed by law.


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Paran, Amos (2010) Between Scylla and Charybdis : the dilemmas of testing language and literature. In: Testing the untestable in language education. New perspectives on language and education . Multilingual Matters, Bristol, pp. 143-164. ISBN 9781847692658Full text not available from this repository.
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The trading cards-50 different ones in all‹are bright, fun and informative, with a photo on one side
and facts about UB on the other. Topics covered include UB history, as well as information about
services important to students, cool places to hang out, annual events, athletics and the Western
New York area.
At orientation, students each received a deck of 50 identical cards. The goal: to keep trading cards
with other students‹who had sets of a different card‹until they had complete decks. In all,
about 2,000 sets were distributed.
The University Libraries has acquired a 400-year-old obstetrical text and a new CD-ROM featuring UB's
Poetry Collection as its three-millionth and three-million-and-first volumes.
De conceptu et generatione hominis by Jakob Rueff, a surgeon and professor of obstetrics at the
University of Zurich, was published in Zurich in 1554 and is valued at $7,500. "There are fewer
than five copies of this rare edition in the United States," said Lilli Sentz, curator of the
Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection. The Rueff book was presented to the libraries by
George M. Ellis, M.D. '45.
Additional acquisitions of rare medical books for the 12,000-volume History of Medicine Collection
have been made possible with a $500,000 endowment established by the late Robert L. Brown, M.D. '44,
the first associate dean of the UB medical school. The collection already houses a trove of unique
books, including valuable editions of the Roman physician Galen and 18th century British surgeon
William Cowper.
"Here: Fifty Years of Poetry in Buffalo," an interactive program, documents the university's rich
history in twentieth-century poetry. (See related article on page 23.)


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I love my email.
It fills me with such joy. I think I'll check on who sent me mail today:
President Obama: I need money
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Rand Paul: I need money for 2016!
Newsflash response guys... I'm broke! Between the Economy and well the Economy ... which our beloved Government can't seem to want to fix without at least 60 filibusters, 200 lobbyists for each bill that is actually important it us to foul it up. So stop sending me you need for money, cause you are not going to get a plug nickel.
Nope, nada, forget it.
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More on the media's Ayers-Liddy double standard
Blog ››› ››› JAMISON FOSER
David Gregory just interviewed McCain spokesperson Nicole Wallace on MSNBC, and kept asking her if McCain would bring up Bill Ayers tonight. When Wallace criticized Ayers, that's how Gregory responded - by asking if McCain would make those same points tonight.
That's just an inept question. All it does is give Wallace a chance to bash Obama. And there's no upside: who cares what Nicole Wallace says at 6 pm about whether McCain will bring something up at 9 pm? We'll find out whether he will soon enough.
The blindingly obvious question would have been to ask Wallace about McCain's ties to Gordon Liddy, who served four and a half years in prison as a result of his role in Watergate, plotted to murder journalist Jack Anderson and Howard Hunt and to firebomb the Brookings Institution, and who instructed radio audiences in the 1990s to shoot federal law enforcement agents and bragged that he named his own shooting targets after Bill and Hillary Clinton. McCain and Liddy are buddies.
Of course, Gregory didn't do that. Instead of asking her about McCain's own close ties to criminals, Gregory just invited her to attack Obama.
UPDATE: Now David Gregory is sitting there as former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan attacks Obama over Ayers. Surely Gregory will ask Pat Buchanan about McCain & Liddy? No.
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Sony VPL-VW1000ES Projector Review
Sony VPL-VW1000ES - 4K, Overall Color & Picture Quality
This Sony just looks great. Like any really good projector, it calibrates very well. When one looks at multiple good projectors (side by side) that are all calibrated, one notices a lot of difference from one to the next, however, they should all look pretty darn good. The variation in color between several well calibrated projectors is likely closer than the variations in production and color quality from one movie or other source, to the next. For example, skin tones in X-Men First Class do not look the same as skin tones in Casino Royale, nor do either look the same as in Bourne Supremacy.
With almost any content I viewed, however, the overall picture quality in terms of color fidelity and accuracy, looked very, very, good!
How about a little 4K to start?
Now, while I normally isolate sharpness for discussion on the Performance page (and there is commentary there as well), I feel it impossible to discuss overall Picture Quality without bringing the 4K abilities, and 2K – 4K conversion into the conversation.
In our first image above – true 4K provided by Sony on that HP server I mentioned. Click of course, for the larger image. Now try this zoomed in version, starting with a much smaller portion of the scene. As you can see, this image covers perhaps less than half the width so you get a look at 4x the resolution so-to-speak:
The bottom line on overall picture quality:
Best overall picture ever to grace my current, or previous home theater. Excellent color, superb detail, great black level performance, and respectable, though not great black level performance. Hard to expect more. This is a projector I could live with for years, especially since it's also pretty bright, and also does great 3D quality!
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Pollina Announces for Lt. Gov, Will Run Against Shumlin
03/08/02 12:00AM By Bob Kinzel
(Host) Progressive Anthony Pollina announced this afternoon that he'll be a candidate for lieutenant governor this year. Pollina believes a success for that office would be good for his party.
VPR's Bob Kinzel reports.
(Kinzel) For the past few months, Pollina has been trying to decide if he should mount another campaign for governor he received just under ten percent of the vote in the 2000 gubernatorial election or should he run for lieutenant governor?
After talking with his supporters, Pollina has decided to run for lieutenant governor. Pollina believes it's a race he can win and he thinks a victory would help the effort to build the base of the Progressive Party in Vermont:
(Pollina) "...and I do think it's important for us as Progressives to elect someone to public office, you know high-ranking public office, and I think that this gives us the opportunity to do that."
Although the only official duty of the lieutenant governor is to preside over the Vermont Senate, Pollina thinks the office could play an important role in the next few years:
(Pollina ) "I think we have a race for governor that it very likely to end up in the Legislature and I think there will be a lot of wheeling and dealing. People will be selling the store or selling out the environment whatever it takes to try to get the Legislature to appoint them. And I think when the dust settles, it will be very important to have a progressive lieutenant governor who's there to make sure that the needs of working Vermonters and the environment and others are not forgotten in the kind of political manipulation and wheeling and dealing that's going to go on. And I think I could play that role very effectively."
(Kinzel) At this time, the only other announced candidate in the lieutenant governor's race is Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Shumlin. Shumlin says he plans to distinguish his candidacy from Pollina's by stressing his own legislative experience on health care, education financing reform and economic development issues:
(Shumlin) "I'm running because I truly believe that I can use the office of lieutenant governor to affect my vision for the future of the state. I'm not office shopping here, I'm just very anxious to continue what has been a long career that's been dedicated to principles and goals that I think a lot of Vermonters are familiar with. And I think many will choose me as the next lieutenant governor because of that experience."
(Kinzel) Several Republicans are considering the race for lieutenant governor, including Brian Dubie who was the GOP candidate for this office in 2000, Rutland Senator John Crowley and former Chittenden Senator Dennis Delaney.
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Texas Prepares for Foot and Mouth
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What would happen if foot and mouth disease (FMD) ran rampant in the United States? If it happened, it likely would be in Texas, which has the highest density of cattle in the United States. Texas regulatory veterinarians and agency representatives recently set out to learn if the state's emergency response system could eradicate FMD (or other foreign animal disease) that might threaten U.S. livestock. The "disease drill" was held June 26-29 at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
"Essentially, it was an exercise to make us more aware and truly prepared to deal with a foot and mouth disease outbreak or another foreign animal disease," explained Bruce Lawhorn, DVM, professor in the Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine and a veterinarian for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
Although FMD does not clinically infect horses, they can carry it mechanically on hooves or on the surfaces of their bodies to areas with susceptible livestock. There is potential for horses to carry it in their airways for up to two days, and the disease can travel mechanically by way of contaminated tires on vehicles. Typically, horses in the United States are stabled or pastured where there are different types of livestock kept on the same or adjacent premises. So if FMD were to infect an area, the movement of horses would be limited if not completely stopped. Also, this disease could cripple the U.S. agriculture economy, noted one researcher in Texas.
The United Kingdom (UK) had an outbreak of FMD that began in February. In the media there were horrific images of burning pyres of slaughtered livestock, and reports of devastated farmers who lost their entire herds due to FMD. The UK horse industry was brought to a halt and suffered tremendous losses due to trade and movement restrictions for fear of spreading the disease.
The Texas officials simulated an outbreak of FMD in Brazos County, and completed an exercise designed to eradicate the disease. For instance, they organized the logistics for bulldozers to be brought in to move carcasses, planned the restriction of transport of livestock, and dealt with details right down to the disposal of milk from "infected" animals.
"At least thirty-two state, federal, and local agencies participated," explained Lawhorn. He said the group operated out of a building called the "incident command post" that simulated a field office during an outbreak.
The Texas Emergency Response Team (TERT) exists to handle natural disasters, including hurricanes and floods. State agencies from the forestry service to the health department cooperate under TERT, but plans to handle a livestock emergency had never before been structured under TERT.
"Thanks to the foresight of the governor, the Texas Animal Health Commission is now permanently organized under TERT to be the lead agency, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) veterinarians for a response to a livestock disaster such as foot and mouth disease," explained Lawhorn.
APHIS has had measures in place to keep FMD out of the United States for many years. The USDA tightened restrictions following the UK outbreak early this year. Information about this effort can be found at www.aphis.usda. gov/oa/fmd/index.html.
"We haven't had foot and mouth since 1929," said Lawhorn, "so we've been doing something right at our inspection stations and ports of entry.
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Lindsay Lohan has struggled with drug and alcohol woes for several years, but despite her attempts at sobriety we know one thing that is definitely not dry- her panties! The raunchy redhead was photographed crouching in a short skirt, and there's no denying the glistening wet spot spread across her panty-clad firehole.The soppy skivvies even give a clear outline of Lindsay's dewy lower lippage.
Say what you want about Lindsay's acting skills, but for fans of bad-girl beav this is a pretty heady moment.
The notorious party girl is well known for her skinsational candids and bisexual explorations, but her onscreen nudity has not been nearly as glorious. Lindsay first showed some skindsay in I Know Who Killed Me (2007), then gave another brief glimpse of her fantastic freckly funbags in Machete (2010). The biggest payday (and payoff) came when she flaunted her famously pale-colored nipples in the December 2011 spread of Playboy.
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Andrew Young tells The Daily Beast he's going on the offensive against his old boss, John Edwards. Diane Dimond reveals how the sex tape imperils the ex-candidate–and its graphic details.
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The Lyla Chesser Mirror with Beveled Glass by Broyhill Furniture at Becker Furniture World in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Celebrate the artful detailing and grand scale of traditional design while appeasing your modern needs with the beautiful Lyla collection. Elaborate carvings and moldings decorate the acacia solids and veneers, providing a unique focal point on each piece. Details like fluted pilasters, bun feet, and crown and dentil molding showcase classic artistry, brought to life by a warm Dark Spice finish. Though inspired by traditional design, the collection was designed with modern function in mind, with features like touch lighting, USB chargers, cedar-lined drawers, and jewelry trays included to make your life easier. The updated traditional style of Lyla promises drama and beauty at every turn, with helpful features tailored to your lifestyle.
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From the Sony Xperia Tablet Z to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, there's a gadget here to make her smile.
Before you race out to buy her a new, improved iPad mini with retina display, consider getting her a tablet covered in tiny diamantes instead. Sony's Xperia Tablet Z is a fully waterproof, 10.1-inch Android tablet, and when you use it in the shower, the droplets of water on the screen refract the light and look like hundreds of little rhinestones. It's just an illusion of course, but what's not illusory about the Tablet Z is how much more useful it can be than other tablets, due to its waterproofing. In the kitchen, out in the garden, you just don't have to worry about getting muck on the Tablet Z – just wash it in the sink with the plates. If it came in an 8-inch screen variant, it'd be an easy choice. But with the slightly unwieldy 10.1-inch screen, it's more of a toss-up: the iPad mini or the Tablet Z?
It's a widely held belief that women like big phones more than men do, as women have handbags and men only have pockets to keep them in. We're yet to see any hard data to back that belief up, but the Galaxy Note 3 is a phone everyone can like. It's big, yes, but it's not that big – Nokia, Sony and HTC all have bigger phones – and you do get very useful features with the size. Not least of which is the Note's little electronic stylus that has evolved in this, Samsung's third go at the Note, to be an absolutely killer feature. Using it, you can scribble a quick phone number on the Note's screen, and have the phone recognise your writing and call the number. Loads of features like that make the Note 3 not just our favourite big phone of the year, but our favourite of all phones released this year.
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It's been a terrific year for cameras. Sony released an affordable, compact full-frame camera, the Alpha 7, which appeared in our men's gift guide last week. Olympus released its OM-D E-M1, which took the Micro Four Thirds camera format to new heights. But our pick of the handbag-friendly cameras this year is Panasonic's Lumix GX7, a compact, interchangeable-lens camera with a built-in electronic viewfinder. The GX7's image quality may not be quite as good as the Alpha 7's or even the E-M1's, but it's still very good and the camera's compactness counts for a lot. The GX7 uses the same Micro Four Thirds format as the OM-D, which means you can buy lenses from Olympus as well as from Panasonic, so you'll have no shortage of options for gifts in years to come.
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Compared to Amazon's more popular and cheaper Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, Kobo's Aura is slightly faster, significantly smaller, has a better backlight, has better social interaction and supports Pocket. The Paperwhite has advantages, too, like a better bookstore with more user reviews, more PDF features and a brilliant character tracking feature for people who can't remember who is who in a novel. You couldn't go wrong with either of the
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The Sonos Wi-Fi-based, multi-room speaker system is without peer when it comes to getting music, radio and podcasts off your PCs and the internet and into your entire house. Now Sonos has the Play:1, a compact (yet still pretty loud) speaker that's ideal for getting sound into nooks and crannies too tight for the bigger Play:3 and Play:5 speakers. Better still, the Play:1 is damp- and splash-resistant, so you can use it in the kitchen and bathroom. Best of all, it's the most affordable Sonos speaker ever released.
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WATCH: The Full Video From Henrietta Hots
This is video from the store camera inside Henrietta Hots. It was taken at 2 a.m. on the Fourth of July. The civilian is identified as Ryan Conklin of Webster. He has claimed that he was arrested in this incident for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. After approaching the deputies and loudly demanding to know why they were on lunch instead of our patrolling, he was ultimately taken into custody, held for two hours and charged with disorderly conduct. He says he was kidnapped and imprisoned. Mr. Conklin sells adult novelties on the Internet and has praised anti-police activists on one of his Facebook pages, including advising people to show the middle finger to all police they see. On another, Death Row Art Show, he glorifies serial killers.


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Xavier unveils new floor at Cintas Center
CINCINNATI -- Xavier University Athletics unveiled today a new design for the playing floor in Cintas Center, the home for Xavier men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams.
Inspiration for the new design was pulled from elements of designs submitted by fans during May. "We would like to thank our fans for their contributions to this process. We invited fans to be part of the process and were thrilled with the response. The results were several great and imaginative ideas," said Brian Hicks, Xavier Associate Athletic Director for External Relations.
The Musketeers' new court design features the primary "X" identity at center court with the "Xavier" trademark along both baselines. The playing floor includes two-shades of wood stain, a lighter color inside the end and side lines and the outside perimeter of the floor a darker shade. All markings including the BIG EAST and Cintas Corporation logos will be in Xavier's traditional navy color.
The most recognizable feature of the new court will be the skyline of the city of Cincinnati. The skyline is a nod to Xavier's rich history and heritage as part of the fabric of our community. "We are part of the BIG EAST Conference with a collection of ten urban institutions," said Hicks. "We feel the Cincinnati skyline dramatically highlights both the history and future of Xavier as a major part of this major metropolitan area we call home." The silhouette will be located on the side of the floor opposite of the team benches and will provide the city with exposure during each of this season's 16 home men's basketball games that will be televised nationally on FOX networks.
The playing floor will be refinished by Cincinnati-based Cincinnati Floor Company. Work began on July 23rd and be completed in August by the beginning of the fall competition season for volleyball.


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Lhota Attacks de Blasio's 'Marxist Playbook'; Says He'll Address Income Inequality
For the second day in a row, Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota tried to seed doubts about Democrat Bill de Blasio by linking his past activism in Nicaragua to his current policies. But Lhota is also increasingly talking about how he'd address income inequality himself.
Outside a forum about women- and minority-owned businesses, I asked him, Are you saying that Bill de Blasio is a Marxist?
"No," Lhota said.
So, why use that term in this campaign?
"Anybody who loves the Sandinistas as much as he does, anybody who wants to support the Sandinistas, who are a pro-Marxist organization, it speaks for itself," Lhota responded.
At the same time, Lhota is increasingly adopting de Blasio's framing of the need to reduce inequality in New York. Lhota said his policies would reduce income inequality, while de Blasio's prescriptions are insufficient.
"He has no platform whatsoever to create jobs in the City of New York," Lhota said. "His answer to income inequality are things that are all around the periphery. All good things, but they don't do anything for income inequality."
Bill de Blasio tried to bat away Lhota's criticisms, calling them "increasingly silly." He embraced his past work in support of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas in the 1980s.
"I'm a progressive Democrat. I'm proud to be. I've worked on issues of inequality my whole life. I'm very proud of the work. I'm very proud of the work I did related to Central America," de Blasio said. When a reporter followed up to ask if he had ever embraced Marxist ideologies, de Blasio said, "It's 2013. I'd like to note I'm not going to stoop to Joe Lhota's level here. This is clearly just classic Republican tactics."
There is a method behind these tactics for Lhota, who is way down in the polls. Veteran political strategist Jerry Skurnick said the Republican's duel messages — that de Blasio is out of the political mainstream and doesn't have the right fixes to the problems he identified—are designed to fill in gaps in voters' perceptions of the Democratic front-runner.
"It was to de Blasio's advantage that he really wasn't taken that seriously as a candidate until the middle of August, when he suddenly took the lead in the pools. So he really is a bit more unknown than the average citywide candidate at this stage," Skurnick said.
Of course, Skurnick added, Lhota is also unknown. He doesn't think Lhota's charged, Cold War language will be very effective with voters — but he said after news reports of de Blasio's Nicaraguan activism and a honeymoon trip to Cuba surfaced, Lhota had to use what he could get.


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CALDWELL -- Magnum Magnetics in Caldwell will use funds provided by the Incumbent Worker Training Program to provide training for its workers.
Noble County commissioners approved the use of those funds for Magnum Magnetics this week.
The company plans to use money from the program to pay for 19 of its employees to get training, with hopes of increasing employee wages and hiring new employees.
In other business at the commission's recent meeting, Noble County Economic Development Director Mike Lloyd met with commissioners to report on the Route 37/78 Corridor meeting he attended. The Route 37/78 Corridor is the proposed highway that may someday cross the lower section of Ohio.
Lloyd also talked about the Retention and Expansion Program for 2007. Lloyd said Noble County has two proposals on the list. A sewer project is one, and it will require an update from commissioners and must be submitted by March 1.
Lloyd said the other project deals with several acres of American Electric Power land near The Wilds that are being considered for the first phase of development.
According to commission reports, the cost is $20,000, but may be shared by AEP, the Governor's Office of Appalachia and the counties where the land is situated. Lloyd said he would pursue the application.
Auditor Alice Warner reported Noble County has sold 1,958 dog tags and 125 kennel licenses. January 31 was the deadline for purchase of those tags and licenses without penalty. Warner also discussed delinquent property taxes and the cost of advertising the list published in the fall.
Beaver Township trustees Mike Moore and Garrison Emery met with board to express an interest in buying the property where the old Batesville School once stood.
Commissioners said the Village of Batesville is also interested in the property, and commissioners plan to work with both entities once the property is ready for sale.
In other business, commissioners:
* Accepted bids from Finley Fire Equipment, McConnelsville, for the Community Development Block Grant projects for fire equipment for the Caldwell, Belle Valley and Summerfield volunteer fire departments.
* Appointed RIchard Flood to the Area Agency on Aging board for a two-year term.
* The courthouse will be closed Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of President's Day. Commissioners will have their regular meeting that week on Tuesday, Feb. 20.


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#5 (tie): Femsa
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Investor: Jon Markman
Jon Markman — a contest veteran — started off the year strong. His pick of Mexico-based Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX) — commonly known as Femsa — was the leader a month in, then slightly slipped to second by the end of Q1.
After hitting a 52-week high in mid-April, though, the stock started to pull back. And when the company reported worse-than-expected bottom-line results for Q1 2013 not long after, things only got worse. Factoring in its May dividend, FMX's first-half total return is a mere 3%.
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>Thanks, I found it. My problem remains, though, that both Torsten's and
>Colin's code require a call to exec. My web account is hosted at
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Stuck on finding a topic for writing a paper or giving a speech? There are several sources available using the Internet, Library databases such as CQ Researcher, and the Hannon Library Catalog.
Internet Subject Directories and Resources
The Internet is an excellent resource for finding topics for papers. Sites
like the Topic Ideas provide a list of topics to consider when trying to choose a topic. You may already know something about these topics. Other sites, such as Hot Paper Topics, provide a list of topics that also contain links to authoritive resources. Here are some excellent sites for exploring research
TOPICsearch is a database for finding topics from a variety of subject headings. It is an excellent place to begin to search for an idea to write about.
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher is an online library database that publishes weekly reports about controversial and current topics. Each report gives you background information, statistics and graphs, definitions, a summary of the current situation, a summary of the pros and cons, and a bibliography of articles and books. Topics range from social, gender, and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
To find and use:
To find out if your topic or related topics are covered in the most recent issues of CQ Researcher:
- Select the CQ Researcher from the Databases by Title page on the Library Web site
- Using the navigation bar on the left, choose Browse by Date
- Select the most recent issues by clicking on the folder of the current year
- You can then browse through the list of topics
- Click on a topic to see the complete report
- You can also choose the following options for searching: Browse by Topic, or Search
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- Use the directions above to find an issues of CQ Researcher about a topic of interest to you.
- Write down the title and the date the issue was published.
- Using the navigation bar near the top of the page, go to the Contacts and write down at least one contact for this topic.
- What is the issue raised about this topic? (Describe briefly from the report)
- From the Bibliography, find and list one other resource that you could use to find addition information.
Opposing Viewpoints
This is a series of books that attempt to show both sides of controversial issues by including essays from a variety of notable authors. Each book is dedicated to one topic and contains several essays, either pro or con, that are excellent examples of argumentative writing. Bibliographies are also included. Recent topics include genetic engineering, America's prisons, child welfare, the war on drugs, human rights, and more.
To find and use:
To find out if your topic or related topics are covered in any of the Opposing Viewpoints books owned by the Library:
- Select the Hannon Library Catalog
- Do a keyword search for the words "opposing viewpoints"
- If you follow the steps above, you will see the list of Opposing Viewpoints
- Select an individual title to see the subjects and the contents note (Example: Biomedical Ethics)
- In order to find the book in the Library, you will need to note its call number, since each individual book in the series is classified according to its topic
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Find an Opposing Viewpoints book about a topic of interest to you. Write down the title, the author, the date published, and the call number.
Other Series
In addition to Opposing Viewpoints, the library also has several other series of books which provide topic ideas and information about current and controversial issues. These series include Contemporary World Issues, Ideas in Conflict, and The Reference Shelf. Recent topics covered include immigration, endangered species, school violence, Russia and Eastern Europe, volunteerism, and more.
To find and use:
- Select the Hannon Library Catalog
- Do a title or keyword search for the words in the series title (Hint: use a title search for Contemporary World Issues and for Ideas in Conflict; use a keyword search for The Reference Shelf)
- Once you have retrieved a list of individual titles in a series, select a title to see the subjects, and in some cases, the contents note (Example: Cuba from the Reference Shelf series)
- In order to find the book in the Library, you will need to note its call number, since each individual book in these series is classified according to its topic
Assignment #3
Use the directions above to find a book about a topic of interest to you from one of the following series Contemporary World Issues, Ideas in Conflict, or The Reference Shelf. Write down the title, the author, the date published, and the call number.
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