text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Most self-directed investors should categorize stocks into two primary columns. Column A is dividend-paying stocks, and column B is every other stock that you're not going to buy.Granted there are a select few that come along every now and then that can be considered for shorter-term capital appreciation, but otherwise sticking with dividend payers is more likely in the long run to increase your portfolio. Dividend-paying company executives understand they must stay aggressive each quarter or risk being forced to cut the dividend (and upset investors). I believe it's the "in your face" number hanging out there that keeps the team relatively more focused than a company that doesn't pay a dividend. A team focus on bolstering earnings is synonymous with rising share price. Many investors make the mistake of believing we continue to live in the world of old-school investing. In days gone by, if you wanted a stable high-yield dividend, you bought utilities as a retirement income vehicle. Today with computers and online access, large and small investors can find dividend-paying companies increasing in price. Having your cake and eating it too is more possible than ever. Obviously not every dividend-paying stock rising in price is a buy; consequently I search for those that offer a favorable risk-to-reward. Take a look and see if you agree.


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From her headline making romance with Liam Hemsworth to her electrifying haircut, MILEY CYRUS has come a long way from her start as tween star Hannah Montana! Her albums, her fashion and her fearlessness keep her name on the tip of everyone's tongue, and she's talking to Ellen about all of it!
Then, when she's not being kidnapped by Eastern European Mafiosos in the hit series "Taken," she's sinking her teeth into her role in the "Twilight" films! MAGGIE GRACE stopped by with her handsome co-star JACKSON RATHBONE to discuss "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2"! You can't afford to miss a moment!

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Panelists for CEW's Women & Men In Beauty Series event "LVMH: Defining the Luxury Landscape:" (from left) Jean-Marc Plisson, CEO, Fresh; Terry Darland, president, LVMH Beauty; and Nicholas Munafo, president, LVMH Fragrance Brands and Acqua Di Parma. (Photo by: Patricia Willis Photography)
How did the global powerhouse LVMH become one of the top companies in luxury beauty? How is luxury ultimately defined and brands positioned for growth? These topics formed the basis of Cosmetic Executive Women's (CEW) discussion on November 18, 2013, at the last session of the 2013 Women & Men In Beauty Series, titled "LVMH: Defining the Luxury Landscape."
Lisa Klein, senior vice president with CEW, introduced the panel, consisting of Terry Darland, president of LVMH Beauty; Nicholas Munafo, president of LVMH Fragrance Brands and Acqua Di Parma; Jean-Marc Plisson, CEO of Fresh; and moderator Jenny Fine of Beauty Inc, who addressed the ever-changing luxury landscape and how to keep brands relevant in an environment impacted by social media and economic uncertainty.
Darland, a 33-year veteran of the luxury, cosmetic, skin care and fragrance industry, became the senior vice president of marketing, sales and education of Christian Dior Perfumes in 2004. She was promoted to general manager of North America in 2006 and to president in 2009, the same year she was awarded the CEW Achiever Award.
Munafo has dedicated more than 20 years to cosmetics and fragrance. He became the president of LVMH Fragrance Brands, US, in 2010, overseeing a portfolio which includes Parfums Givenchy, Fendi Perfumes and Parfums Kenzo. In addition, Munafo serves on the boards of The Fashion Group International and The Fragrance Foundation.
Plisson has been CEO of Fresh since March 2007. Before that, he was CEO of LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics, North America, and has been with LVMH for 18 years. Each of the senior executives brings considerable experience to the luxury category and the underlying importance of a brand's story.
Fine welcomed the luxury-loving audience with a look at the impact of Fresh and how it first appeared in 1999 on Oprah, where it was embraced by Oprah's considerable viewership. And looking at the overall market, whether it is the black lipstick created by Givenchy for Liv Tyler, Dior skin care products, or scents such as the Gentlemen Only fragrance for men from Givenchy, luxury translates as a unique experience. Darland defined it as a way of feeling. "I think that luxury is really defined by the experience you have. No matter what you're spending or where you've made your purchase, you feel good about it," she said.
Munafo commented, "It's abut the quality of the brand," and Plisson said it was about the experience and "how you connect with the brand." Darland also added that the service component is a resonant factor in the luxury experience. "We all know that Christmas is coming, and it's important to provide great sales service," she said. Plisson concurred, noting, "The most important thing is to engage the customer, and it's really about having the dialogue."
Darland cited the strength of the luxury skin care market, noting that women want to look good at every age, and that for Dior and Guerlain, skin care is doing very well. She noted in particular the facial skin care events held at retailers and the response by women to quality skin care. "For Givenchy, it's high quality and a rich history that resonate, like our Acqua Di Parma, which is 96 years young. We also launched Givenchy's Gentlemen Only fragrance with Simon Baker in the campaign, a true gentleman with that message," said Munafo.
Reinvention continues to be a factor in strategic growth, with all the panelists agreeing that focusing on trends, service and quality is key. "One of the most important approaches for us is selective distribution," said Darland. "We have repositioned, retrended, and gone back into specialty stores. We are focusing on what is important, including renaming our beauty advisors as beauty stylists, and we have also looked at how we provide service at the counter, which helped us through the recession. Specialty retailers and partnerships are important for us. We love our retailers. They are an important element of our success."
Plisson noted the importance of targeted messaging. "We spent a lot of energy during the recession on focused messaging, on our international products, and on our packaging. We reviewed the whole strategy. At Fresh, we don't have to imagine what the founders are doing. We have them with us and that strengthens the story," he noted.
"We are in the process of redefining our strategy to be a fashion and beauty collaboration. We are reviewing products, distribution and promotions," Munafo said, adding, "We've upgraded our distribution, and we are where Givenchy belongs. We've cut back on gifts with purchase and put that money into our products."
Plisson explained, "We are all programmed to run the business, which is a conjunction of a well-organized company with good strategy. It's this crossroad which gives us strength. We are complementary with our founder, Alina [referring to founder, Alina Roytberg], and we understand each other. We have a ten-year friendship, started with a fantastic product, and have maintained a great relationship."
Munafo also noted that small distribution and specific products, citing Le Rouge lipstick as an example, help to differentiate the brand. "Liv Tyler and Uma Thurman have made special appearances, for example," he said, while Darland, added, "When you have Charlize Theron for Dior, you're lucky." In addition, retailers like Barneys and Macy's have unveiled new beauty floors, and according to Darland, business is very strong at Macy's for Givenchy. "I think Christmas will be okay," she said. Munafo noted that Macy's, Barneys and Bergdorf Men were all performing very well.
Additionally, all the panelists agreed that retail partnerships were important, with Darland citing the relationship with Sephora as a great opportunity to learn about trends. "There's been a lot we've learned from our partner Sephora, including that under 25-year-olds love our brand, and we've learned how to make an item hot and a lot about new trends," she said.


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Hi folks,
This site has been quite a big help to me in seeing the real estate market from different angles and I'm looking forward to continuing the education.
As a bit of background, I have been actively hunting for real estate in the Bay Area for the past 5 months and targeting a region that has an attractive Rent:Buy ratio (~7-9% or so). I'm interested in sparking some debate about several items:
a.) First, I have submitted offers on three properties thus far, all above asking, all that were indicated as having multiple offers (I can see the realtor haters lowering their brows on this one, lol), and all unsuccessful despite pre-approval, excellent credit, and evidence of available funds. I'm looking at this objectively and the reason that my offers are not getting accepted may be due to the following:
- I'm coming in at 25% DP with the need to finance and perhaps others are bringing more cash to the table? As far as I understand it, there are absolutely no obligations for the seller or the bank (if REO or short sale) to take the highest offer. Cash and familiarity with the buyer/buyer's representatives may go a long way despite a lower overall offer. Seems like a nice lead-in for fraud, but what do I know?
- I'm wondering if I am competing with situations where more experienced buyers are bidding well above asking to get their offer accepted. They know that the house must appraise or the transaction freezes. Say an REO has an asking price of $200K and the comparables show $190-210K over the past 3-6 months for example. If I am ready to purchase that house for market value, and it's desirable with multiple offers (which is what I have been experiencing), why shouldn't I offer $210K, or $250K, or even more! Once the appraisal comes in, the bank will have to work with me in allowing me to drop my initial price to the appraised value or there is no deal and both parties are back where we started. Of course this is only in the case that financing is needed and a cash offer needs no appraisal. I want to stress that this is different than a situation where I make an offer that is too high with the intention of nit-picking during the inspection to negotiate the price down. Afterall, I don't influence the "independent" appraisal right? Assuming I have 25% down, along with pre-approval, excellent credit, etc. What can be done to give yourself the best chance of having your offer accepted?
That brings me to my next point, what methodology do appraisal companies use to appraise homes? I've heard 3 months back and then what? I would hope there is some structured way that this is done, and if so, it should be public information. I'd imagine for cookie-cutter "tract" homes, this should be straight forward? Again, seems like a lead-in for fraud if this methodology cannot be explained.
b.) Correct me if I am wrong, but appraisals are not needed with cash offers, correct, as assumed above? Appraisals are needed to prove to MY financing company that whatever home they are lending me money for is worth at least 80% of the purchase price assuming 20% DP for instance? So then if something happens and I can't make payment, at least they take back the asset and can sell it for what they lent me in the first place (assuming the market doesn't tank during that time).
c.) If I make an offer on an REO for example, and my inspection finds issues that I didn't see at the time of making my offer, what is the best way to go about negotiating down my offer price? Any recommendations?
d.) When purchasing a home, you have to select a settlement agent (ie: escrow agent). There are typically two options: The first is to use the seller's settlement agent. The other is to select your own. Is there any reason not to use the seller's escrow agent? Any disadvangtage for me in doing this?
e.) What order does the following happen: Inspection, Appraisal... and how do these influence eachother?
f.) Closing cost estimates of a $175K home in the Bay Area is what? I've found quite a bit of varying results depending on what online calculator I use. Everything for $3500-6500... Seems like a huge window.
I look forward to your reply folks!
Thank you,


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Did you know?
You can swim in both the Indian and Atlantic oceans while in South Africa.
At South Africa's many beaches, safety precautions are clearly indicated on notice boards and, at most times of the year, lifeguards are appointed to monitor and enforce beach safety procedures.
While swimming is permitted at most of South Africa's beaches, lifeguards will mark out sections safest for doing so. Flags are erected in the sand near the water's edge to indicate the areas that are safe for swimming. It is very important that bathers do not swim outside these flags, as they may be caught in rip currents and swept out to sea.
Read online surf reports and get local advice about tides and currents before you go swimming or surfing, as these vary from beach to beach and from day to day.
Beaches in many parts of the country do not have shark nets and bathers need to be aware of this. At selected beaches, there are flags to indicate the presence of sharks. If you see a green flag, it means the water is clear and no sharks have been spotted. A black flag means that the water is too murky for the spotters to see anything. A red flag means that a shark has been spotted on that day, but is no longer visible to spotters. A white flag with a black shark means a shark has been sited and you should not be in the water.
At certain beaches, sirens will sound in the event that a shark is spotted. If you are in the water when this happens, leave the water quickly but calmly.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
National Sea Rescue Institute
Saldhana: +27 (0)22 714 1726
Cape Town: +27 (0)21 449 3500
Port Elizabeth: +27 (0)41 507 1911
East London: +27 (0)43 700 2100
Durban: +27 (0)31 361 8567
Richard's Bay: +27 (0)35 753 1991
Best time to visit
To reduce the risk of sunburn, avoid the beach between noon and 2pm on summer days. Swimming before sunrise or after sunset is very dangerous and should not be attempted.
What to pack
Sunscreen and a hat is essential when visiting the beach in South Africa. On hot days, some form of footwear will be necessary for walking on the hot sand and pavement.


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Egyptian Crisis: Obama & 8 yr Old Girl Offers Words of Wisdom [VIDEO]
As the Egyptian crisis enters another day, people all over the world are offering words of wisdom on how to resolve the problems plaguing the nation.
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced that he would not seek re-election in September, but that concession isn't nearly enough for those who are calling for his immediate ouster.
President Obama is walking a fine line, not willing to damage America's existing relationship with Egypt, but acknowledging that he hears the voices of discontent.
And then there's an eight-year-old Saudi girl identified as "JuJu." She's recorded a message posted on YouTube in which she breaks down the crisis by offering Mubarak some simple advice, saying he must allow Egyptians to vote for a new president or the televised protests will continue — forever.


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A Metamorphmagus (pl. Metamorphmagi) is a witch or wizard with the ability to change his or her physical appearance at will, rather than requiring Polyjuice Potion or a spell like the rest of the wizarding population. They are extremely rare.
The Comparison Between Animagi and MetamorphagiEdit
- "Metamorphmagi are born, not made."
- —Tonks explaining to Harry the differences between a Metamorphmagus and an Animagus[src]
Unlike Animagi, Metamorphmagi can take a wide variety of forms, changing sex and age, potentially looking like anyone at all, or even just changing a part of their appearances, such as the shape of their noses.[1] Animagi also transform at will, but only into one animal form which is determined by their inner traits. It is never revealed if Metamorphmagi can take the full form of an animal, however it is highly unlikely as its compared to a potion and specifically describes outward appearance changes.
Also, a Metamorphmagus is born, not made; it is not a skill that can be learned.[1] There also seems to be a degree of heritability, as both Nymphadora Tonks and her son, Teddy Lupin, were Metamorphmagi, although both of Tonks' parents, Andromeda and Ted, were not. The ability presents very early in life, as Teddy Lupin's hair changed colour when he was a newborn infant, as did his mother's.[2]
Using Metamorphic AbilitiesEdit
It is unknown whether Metamorphmagi receive any training in developing their innate skill, or if they simply learn through trial and error themselves; however, given their rarity, it is somewhat unlikely that much training is available. However, Tonks shown that she simply concentrated slightly to change her appearance, so it may be simply what the Metamorphmagi wanted to change into.
It is unknown if Metamorphmagi must register with the Ministry of Magic like Animagi must, as Metamorphmagi did not choose to become what they are, while Animagi did.
Like many other types of magic, a Metamorphmagus' abilities are affected by his or her emotional state. The person's appearance at any moment will often reflect the emotion the person is feeling at the time. Strong emotions, such as shock or depression, can affect their abilities to the point of having trouble using them at all. For example, Nymphadora Tonks had difficulty using her abilities when she was depressed over her feelings for Remus Lupin [3] and following Sirius Black's death.
Metamorphic abilities can be very helpful when it comes to disguises. For example, Nymphadora Tonks was able to put her abilities to use in performing espionage for the Order of the Phoenix. She also got full marks in Concealment and Disguise of her Auror training, inferring this ability can be used for official examinations and competitions.[1]
In Greek, "meta" means "change," "morph" means "shape," and "magus" (in latin) means "magic or wizard." Hence, a wizard that can change shape, and the term "Metamorphosis" is the term to describe an animal changing into another animal such as how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
Known MetamorphmagiEdit
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)


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The media jumped on it with both feet ... Philip Seymour Hoffman died Feb. 2 of an apparent heroin overdose. The American actor/director — who was an Academy Award winner and who also received three Best Supporting Actor nominations and three Tony Award nominations in his career — was 47 years old.
While I understand there are consequences involved with fame and fortune, it's one aspect of the media I struggle with a lot. Yes, we must report the news; I understand that. But must we make a spectacle of a man's untimely death?
News articles, TV features, radio spots, Facebook and Twitter ran amok. This well-known actor, who appeared to have it all going for him, died with a needle hanging out his arm, and we — the general public — wanted to see, hear and know all we could.
Some who touted the message offered Hoffman's untimely death would surely help the many who also are "brave" (or weak) enough to stick a needle in their own arm and escape reality. A role model for many in acting careers, Hoffman could now become a role model in death to those who travel this path of addiction. I think those sentiments are crap. No addict who lives every day for the drug that will soothe his soul and steal away the demons will think twice about Philip Seymour Hoffman's overdose. For them, it's too late for that.
You see, heroin is a painted lady who initially looks radiant, but only for the first time. After only one appearance (use), the paint begins to run quickly, leaving only a haggard and potentially deadly "friend," who is out to ransack, pillage, cheat and hold you for ransom. After that first time, there's noting pretty or charming about her — rather a repulsive, ever-invasive enemy who has tricked you into needing her far more than she'll ever need you. One poor choice ... and she's your friend for life.
Growing up in the '70s, the picture of heroin in our heads was of junkies in the big cities, laying in the gutter with needles dangling from their arms. Today, that picture has transcended to people like you and me — some who can function in our everyday society ... as long as the heroin doesn't desert them. While it used to be a rich man's high, it isn't any longer. Heroin is cheap, and the bigger the addiction, the cheaper survival becomes.
Some are saying, "Well, that's what Hollywood does to a person." Again, I shake my head in disbelief.
You see I believe that aside from all of Hoffman's wonderful accomplishments — many of those related to his Hollywood lifestyle — and aside from all his loving friends and family who probably would have done anything for this very talented man, the mind of an addict obliterates all common sense, all levelheadedness, all practicality and all wisdom. Hoffman was a slave in a real-life movie, and the chain around his proverbial neck was heroin. The addiction is stronger than any non-user will ever comprehend because, basically, that painted lady wants you to die, whether you realize it or not. It's as simple and as complicated as that.
Some of us know heroin addicts, and we've all read the reports in this newspaper or seen the latest heroin bust on TV. It rattles us, but we avert our eyes — glad it's not us and happy that as far as we know, our own friends and family are not involved. But the truth to the matter is the number of heroin addicts is growing at an alarming rate. Those addicts may not make movies and win Academy Awards, but they are important to those who have watched their loved ones walk away arm-in-arm with that painted lady.
Addiction is a disease we need to embrace, rather than ignore. It's not going away ... and neither is that damn painted lady.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It only seemed fitting for freshman Abel "Shadow" Sebele to record the first and last shots of the game, as his final touch came in the form of his first career score – a game-winner. The goal guided the Mountaineers to a 1-0 upset overtime victory over No. 3/5-ranked USF on cool Friday night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in front of 1,574 fans.
|Sophomore Alex Silva earned the assist on Sebele's game-winning goal.
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"That was awesome, by the way," coach Marlon LeBlanc says. "I thought it was a good result. We deserved that game tonight. We were the better team the entire match. USF is a fantastic team. They are well-disciplined and they were bending, not breaking. We couldn't hit it home, but it's a great win for the program. I tell everybody, we get up for these big games for some reason. Tonight was the first time where you really saw us act mature. They stuck to the game plan and got it done. All the credit goes to the players tonight."
On a ball that was cleared by a USF defender, sophomore Alex Silva – who earned the assist – headed the ball back into USF territory and it rolled into the 18-yard box. Sebele, with only the goalkeeper to beat, tapped it around USF netminder Jeff Attinella and into an open net for the lone score of the game at the 91:12 mark.
"I thought it was great," LeBlanc adds. "Again, let me make this point, which is critical, he worked hard to get on the end of that ball. When everybody else stopped, he kept running. I'm a big believer that you don't get lucky – you create your own luck. It was a good ball through by Silva. My hopes are that the flood gates open up for him. That's three game-winners from three freshmen this year."
More notably, it is the second-straight time under LeBlanc that the Mountaineers have defeated an opponent ranked inside the Top 3 of the national poll at home; the last time was in 2007 when WVU upset No. 1-ranked Connecticut on Oct. 19, courtesy of a Jason Bristol goal in the 53rd minute.
WVU, which improves to 3-2-2 overall and 2-1-0 in the BIG EAST, dominated the match from the start of play. The Mountaineers recorded seven-straight shots, including two apiece from freshman Moeryhan "Peabo" Doue and senior Gift Maworere. It was not until the 36th minute that Hasani Sinclair recorded one of USF's three shots.
The loss was USF's first of the season, as the Bulls fall to 5-1-1 overall, 1-1-1 in league play. It is also the first time this season that USF has been held to zero shots on-goal.
The second half was the same story for WVU, as the Mountaineers out-shot USF, 5-1. Senior Ryan Gillespie was a major factor, playing in the midfield, early in the second half. At the 41:15 mark, Gillespie served a perfect ball into the box and Doue came diving in, sending a header just wide of the net.
Less than 10 minutes later, sophomore Raymon Gaddis dribbled into a slew of USF defenders, and maturely, brought the ball out and sent it to a wide-open Maworere at the top of the 18-yard box. Maworere blasted a shot that sailed just a few feet wide of the net.
Doue led the team with four shots, three on-goal, and Maworere accounted for three of WVU's 13 shots in the victory.
The defense of Gaddis, Bristol, freshman Eric Schoenle and sophomore Ruben Garrido was just as spectacular. The four constantly kept the pressure off of redshirt junior goalkeeper Zach Johnson, who did not have to make any saves en route to his fourth shutout of the season. The back line held USF, which averaged 18.5 shots per contest coming into the match, to only three – the Bulls' lowest total of the season.
The Mountaineers return to action at home on Sunday, Sept. 27, against DePaul. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Dick Dlesk.


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- Contemporary Art at the Gardner
- ExhibitionsCurrent ExhibitionsForthcoming ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
- Ambreen Butt: I Need a Hero
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: A Lecture on Martian History
- Rachel Perry: What Do You Really Want
- Charmaine Wheatley: Souvenirs
- Bharti Kher: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
- Jean-Michel Othoniel: Secret Flower Sculptures
- Nari Ward: Divination X
- Luisa Rabbia: Waterfall
- Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community
- Sophie Calle: Last Seen
- Hamra Abbas: Wall Hanging I
- Adam Pendleton: Untitled
- Raqs Media Collective: The Great Bare Mat & Constellation
- Stefano Arienti: Wild Carrot
- Luisa Lambri: Portrait
- Magic Moments: The Screen and the Eye–9 Artists 9 Projections
- (TAPESTRY) RADIO ON: New Work by Victoria Morton at the Gardner
- Points of View: 20 Years Artists-in-Residence at the Gardner
- Stefano Arienti: Ailanthus
- Danijel Zezelj: Once
- Taro Shinoda: Lunar Reflections
- Su-Mei Tse: Floating Memories
- Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008
- Cliff Evans: Empyrean
- Stefano Arienti: The Asian Shore
- Sculpture and Memory: Works from the Gardner and by Luigi Ontani
- Henrik Håkansson: Cyanopsitta spixii Case Study #001
- Michele Iodice: A Pagan Feast
- Variations On a Theme by Sol Lewitt and Paula Robison
- Danijel Zezelj: Stray Dogs
- Dayanita Singh: Chairs
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: TV Dinner
- Elaine Reichek: madamimadam
- Joseph Kosuth: Artist, Curator, Collector
- Nari Ward: Episodes: Bus Park & Forevermore
- Manfred Bischoff
- Ackroyd & Harvey: Presence
- Laura Owens
- Joan Bankemper: A Gardener's Diary
- Lee Mingwei: Living Room
- Josiah McElheny
- Abelardo Morell: Face to Face
- Mona Higuchi: Bamboo Echoes
- Juan Muñoz: Portrait of a Turkish Man Drawing
- Denise Marika: New Works by Denise Marika
- Dorit Cypis: The Body in the Picture
- Artists By 2010
- Multimedia
Laura Lima
Laura Lima (b. 1971 Brazil) works with the human body, using it as an element of a larger whole; connecting it to, or contrasting it with, other objects. Lima comments: "I am...interested in the intricate social relationships, the exchange of behaviors that in time serves to alter our perception of the quotidian, the every day."Often in her works, the body carries out metaphors of social behaviors and conditioning through performances or 'Instances'. These include: Doped (1997), in which a tranquillized woman was attached by crochet to a gallery wall; To Age (2004), in which gallery staff were made to look like their future, more wrinkled, selves through the use of theatrical make-up; and Customs Store (2006), where visitors were encouraged to purchase unusual clothing made of blue vinyl and wear them routinely in their daily lives.
Laura Lima was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She graduated in Philosophy at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and studied at the Visual Arts School of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro. Lima has had solo exhibitions at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain; Museu do Estado. Recife-PE. Brazil; Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil; Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami; and Chapter Art Center, Cardiff, Wales. Her work has been included in group shows and festivals around the globe including Arco Madrid Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid Spain, 2006 Sao Paulo Biennale, and Frieze,London, UK. She is a partner of the Galleria A Gentil Carioca in downtown Rio de Janeiro with Marcio Botner and Ernesto Neto. The three formed the gallery in 2002 to develop long-term collaborations with young Brazilian artists, to create educational activities that bring about cultural exchange, and to promote Brazilian artists abroad through collaborations with international galleries and at art fairs. Laura Lima lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Laura Lima spent her 2010 residency immersing herself in the atmosphere and daily life of the museum. On her morning visits, Lima took extensive photographs of the paintings and objects in the galleries and met with staff. She looked at materials in the archives and several books from the collection including an edition of Passino Christi with 34 Woodcut Prints by Albrecht Durer. Lima also took weekend trips to New York City and MassMOCA in North Adams, MA, and attended many programs and lectures in the Boston area.


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Struggle continues to plug embedded programming gap
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WASHINGTON Growing concerns about the quality of U.S. engineering education are increasingly focusing on specific areas like the shortfall in university computer science courses related to embedded systems programming.
The problem is particularly acute since embedded programming skills are the foundation for developing safe, reliable, mission-critical systems used in everything from medical devices to commercial aircraft.
Critics lay much of the blame for the embedded programming gap at the doorstep of university computer science departments that have tended to migrate curricula toward trendy programming languages like Java at the expense of unglamorous tasks such as how to design and analyze algorithms and data structures. In a recent article examining the embedded gap, Robert Dewar, an emeritus professor at New York University and CEO of software tool vendor Adacore, argued that universities need to rethink the programming languages taught in their introductory computer science courses.
To be blunt, Dewar wrote, adopting Java to replace previous languages used in introductory programming courses such as Pascal, Ada, C or C++ -- was a step backward pedagogically. Many universities went to Java because thats where the jobs are, but ironically may have produced a generation of programmers with over-specific but superficial skills who are now losing jobs to overseas competition with broader and deeper talents.
Some embedded programming experts think Dewar understates the severity of the programming gap. Evangelists such as Michael Barr have moved beyond merely highlighting the problem and have sought to fill the widening programming gap with initiative like Barrs week-long, hands-on Embedded Software Boot Camp. The primary impetus for the boot camp, which focuses on skills like controlling hardware in C or C++ languages and writing more formal device drivers, was Barrs conclusion that theres no good firmware training in [U.S.] universities.
Michael Barr
The one common denominator that Ive found [is] that people cannot do well in class unless they know C programming language, Barr said in an interview. Im not saying they have to know obscure parts of C [but] they have to know the basic syntax of C.
Those with computer science or engineering degrees who started with Java are fundamentally unable to approach the material, he added. Thats where I think things are falling down.
While the shift to Java programming and away from C among university computer science programs benefits some code jockeys, Barr asserted that it has done relatively little to improve the hiring prospects for software engineers working at critical hardware interfaces.


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Monday is the big day
Counting days until Monday for when my planned section will take place. Really tired and fed up by now, as it's been several weeks that my body is itching all over. I had so many blood tests, as the MFs are worried I might have a liver dysfunction. The medication makes me utterly drowsy, so I don't feel like taking the prescribed amount, I am also worried about the effect it has on my baby, who also hardly moves even if I take 2 pills out of 4, and if I take one, it has no effect whatsoever and the itching just drives me crazy. I stay in bed and keep watching at the clock.
Went to see the anaesthetist (sp?) this week, and hope I won't go in labour before Monday as the hospital is pretty far. I already booked a taxi and packed the bags.
Also inquired about the price of the private room, hoping that my husband would be able to stay with me overnight, but they charge an insane amount of money, £478 per night, and if I have to stay 4 nights in the hospital, it's just too expensive. So, general ward it is, with other Mums and wailing babies and hords of visitors and passers by, with me on a morphine drip for 24 hours and a pee bag attached. Anyway, anything is better than this constant itching.
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just ran a 10m dummy test on the ptr of the crit trinket heres the log.
it now has a 0.81ppm listed in the tooltip and was heavily nerfed from what it was
Currently only reading the Funny Pictures Megathread because the rest of the forums is filled with piss, whiners and pissed whiners.
Is there any ret from here that is streaming ptr?
I would really enjoy watching some heroic ptr boss testing from a ret pov
I will be streaming every 25man PTR test i'm in from a ret PoV. 10mans 4 dem tankz
My computer got back from repairs, gonna stream 25man PTR when it starts, 10man is major care.
Hey team! currently on the fence if I'm going to continue playing this game. Will hand reins over to krekko or a regular here who wants to maintain these threads depending on my choice. Likely have a better idea of what is going to happen closer to september.
Bear try to get a theoretical BiS list up to look at. I havn't even looked at all the new gear past trinkets yet <unless those changed too>
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How come youve decided to possibly quit ! you seemed pretty psyched up for 5.4
Anaxie, I don't even like you but I'd be sorry to see you go. Good luck and stuff if you decide to quit.
Living the casual life, oh yeah.
Guesa someone else needs to make a epeen stroke thread now, or we can get a proper diacussion thread going (read; one where you dont get jumped for disagreeing with OP x]
Bitch how dare you bail on us? <HOW DARE YOU!>
I don't believe it though, *lalalalalala* (covers eyes and ears).
You can't leave! *sob*
Really sorry to see you leave anaxie if you do decide to. Thanks for all the hard work over the past and hope everything turns out good if you do decide to go. I will state i thoroughly enjoyed our duels in shrine when u guys finally went horde.
I`ve been coming to this thread regularly just for the passionate discussion. Without your presence Anaxie, I`m afraid there wont be enough "spunk" to light the fire and people will rather theorycraft for themselves rather than sharing.
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CHALFONT St Peter manager Danny Edwards says it's time to start aiming higher after admitting a third season of consolidation in the Southern League Central Division is on the cards.
Although it's only January, his team are heading for a mid-table finish and he insits the club now have to start raising their ambitions.
He said: "We know we're not going to go up this season and with the two teams at the bottom, we're confident we're not going down either.
"We've been in the league for two and a half years and stabilised, like the chairman asked. Now it's important we kick and try to take the next step to get into the top six."
To build some momentum for a top-six challenge next season, Edwards has challenged his players to pick up 35 points from their remaing 19 games.
They have managed only 27 from their first 23, but he believes that ratio will improve once the goals start flowing again.
He said: "We're playing well, we're just not scoring goals. Scott Fitzgerald has 14 but the next highest is on four.
"As a team we've got 25 goals in 23 games and that's just not good enough. Our defensive record is fine, but if you're scoring one goal a game you can't expect to be anywhere other than where we are."
Saturday's 2-2 draw with AFC Hayes was a case in point.
Romaine Walker and Alan Hedley gave them a 2-0 lead after 25 minutes but a host of other good chances went begging before they were duly punished.
Edwards said: "They had two chances in the first half and scored two goals. You walk in at half time scratching your head, wondering how that is possible.
"We've now taken four points from nine over Christmas and it could have been more, but since November we've won three, drawn two and lost two.
"It's not a bad run, but we've had the opportunity in games to kick on and turn it into very impressive form."
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Sorry for yesterday's absence: the infrastructure ate my Dillon Gee piece. Fortunately, nothing happened last night to change my basic point, so let's try this again.
Gee, you might remember, was being touted by some as New York's rising pitching star after he burst onto the scene in 2011, pitching to an 8-1 record and 3.32 ERA over his first 15 appearances through June 26. The problem was, his peripheral stats didn't remote suggest a pitcher that good. He'd struck out just six batters per nine, walked 3.6 per nine, and generally pitched like a pitcher far closer to a 4.50 ERA. So his regression from July through the end of the season was ugly- a 5.42 ERA, despite similar peripherals- but it also made sense. His overall ERA in 2011 was 4.43. His xFIP, which eliminates defense and luck, was 4.46. He looked like a garden variety back end starter.
So after last night's start, Gee has a 4.78 ERA in 2012. More of the same, right? No.
Gee, through six starts, boasts of a sparkling 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings, and just 1.9 walks per nine innings. These are peripherals good enough for an xFIP of 3.00. Gee has been exceedingly unlucky so far, or a combination of unlucky and a victim of a shake Mets defense. His ground ball rate is up to a gaudy 52.2 percent, which bodes well moving forward as well for a pitcher prone to the home run ball on fly balls.
So while many of the early Mets performances have been built on largely unsustainable process-take Josh Thole's batting average on balls in play, for instance- Dillon Gee, if he continues at this current process, has taken a step forward. It seems ironic that he is doing so now, when it isn't reflected in his numbers, rather than last year, when he got credit for it, unjustly.


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"A playful way to introduce, practice, and promote 7 kid-friendly principles of personal happiness. Share, thoughtful, personal responses, and really listen to each other in this family-friendly game that includes game board, 7 character pieces, 7 token holders, 7 sets of tokens, 12 Wild Ernie tokens, and 1 pair of "Ear-Resistable" Jumper Rabbit ears. For 3–7 players. Grades 1+
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The Queen Anne Park Addition to the City of Seattle dates to 1926. It is bordered by West Bertona and Barrett streets and Seventh and 11th avenues West.
According to the Bureau of Land Management Land Patent website, the original plat containing what is now the Queen Anne Park Addition was completed via an 1871 land patent from the U.S. General Land Office for approximately 114 acres. James Law acquired the property through a cash purchase of about $1.25 per acre, so he paid approximately $143.
The property changed hands before Thomas Wickham Prosch acquired it, and his plat, Prosch's Queen Anne Addition, was added to the City of Seattle on Sept. 27, 1909.
Charles Prosch, his father, was the founder of the Puget Sound Herald Tribune in Steilacoom. Thomas helped his father and then bought the paper when he was 22 years old. He moved it to Tacoma in 1872 and then to Seattle.
In 1881, Prosch, George W. Harris and John Leary began the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Prosch became the sole owner and sold the paper in 1886. It was at this time that he began pursuing his interest in local history, civic affairs and social activities. He wrote several books, and his photographs can both be viewed in the University of Washington Special Collections in the Allen Library.
Thomas Prosch married Virginia McCarver in 1877. Her parents, Morton and Julia Ann McCarver, were founders of Tacoma. Conkling Place West, in both Prosch's and the Queen Anne Park Addition, was named after Prosch's mother, Susan Conkling Prosch.
There was also a McCarver Place in Prosch's Addition, named for Virginia McCarver Prosch's family, but the platting for the Queen Anne Park Addition changed the layout of some streets, and the McCarver name did not carry over.
Changing hands
In 1908, the U.S. Office of Public Health declared Seattle's record of fighting tuberculosis to be the worst in the country. In 1909, a group of leading citizens formed the Anti-Tuberculosis League of King County to combat it. That year, there were plans to build a tuberculosis sanitarium and locate it in a wooded area donated by Thomas W. Prosch on the west side of Queen Anne Hill. Neighbors, fearful of the highly contagious disease, bitterly and successfully fought the plan. Horace C. Henry then donated land in North Seattle, which became the Firland Sanitarium.
Thomas and Virginia Prosch, as well as others, were killed in a car accident in 1915. After their deaths, their disabled daughter, Beatrice, deeded her share of the property to her siblings Edith, Phoebe and Arthur Prosch.
In 1922, the land became the property of the King County treasurer. It was sold to the City of Seattle and then to George E. Morford on Nov. 18, 1925. The purchase price was $21,000.
On Feb. 11, 1926, that property became the Queen Anne Park Addition to Seattle.
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Approximately 230 homes were to be built on the property that was developed by F.W. Keen Co. and J. L. Grandey Inc., designers and builders. George E. Morford was president of F.W. Keen and vice-president of J. L. Grandey. Keen and Harry Dubois, assistant secretary of F.W. Keen, were also involved in the building program.
Much thought went into developing the design of the winding streets, which were unusual for Queen Anne Hill. This design took advantage of the topography, reducing grades and adding to the beauty of the home sites. Almost all lots had views of the Cascades or the Olympics, Elliott Bay, the Ship Canal, downtown, the University of Washington, the sun and the moon. A few lucky homeowners on 10th Avenue West had views to both the east and west.
Carl Morford and Charles Mowry, engineers for the F.W. Keen Co., made the street plats and plans, and the pouring of concrete began in May 1926. The streets, sidewalks and utilities were installed before the sites were developed, avoiding future cuts for driveways and utilities. Power and telephone lines were located behind the homes, ensuring the beauty of the streets, which were dedicated forever to the City of Seattle.
The demonstration home and sales office were at 3042 10th Ave. W. The first homes were completed in 1927.
FLORENCE HELLIESEN is a longtime resident of Queen Anne Park and a member of the Queen Anne Historical Society (www.qahistory.org).
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Thaler, R., Spitzer, S., Karlic, H., Berger, C., Klaushofer, K. and Varga, F.
Notes: Caspase-Glo® 3/7 and Caspase-Glo® 8 Assays were used to assess activation of apoptosis pathways in MC3T3-E1 cells (clonal mouse), U-2 OS human osteoscarcoma cell line and CCL-51 cells (mouse mammary gland tumor cells). Although ibandronate reduced cell proliferation in all cell lines, its effect on activation of caspases was different in neoplastic versus non-neoplastic cells. Caspase-8 and caspase-3/7 activities were reduced in MC3T3-E1 cells after 72 hours treatment with ibandronate. In two tumor cell lines assayed, opposite results were seen: caspase-8 and caspase-3/7 activities increased in U-2 OS cells and in CCL-51 cells. Luminescence was detected using a GloMax® 96 Microplate Luminometer. (Figure 1 in the paper)
To analyze FAS promoter methylation levels, fragments of the targeted promoter regions were generated by digestion of genomic DNA using CpG methylation insensitive restriction enzymes MboII and PstI from cells cultured in the presence of ibandronate for varying lengths of time. The authors demonstrated that FAS promoter methylation is altered in tumor cells in the presence of ibandronate. (4253)
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Ikner, A. and Ashkenazi, A.
Notes: The authors of this study set out to describe the mechanism of cell death through which TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) exerts its apoptotic effect on certain cancer cells. The used the CellTiter-Glo® Cell Viability Assay and the Caspase-Glo® 3/7 Assay to investigate cell viability and mechanism of cell death in HSC3 cells treated with TWEAK. They looked at caspase-8 activity in cells treated with TWEAK in the presence or absence of a caspase-8 inhibitor using the Caspase-Glo® 8 Assay. They showed that TWEAK induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in these cells. (4170)
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Brooks, A.D., Jacobsen, K.M., Li, W., Shanker, A. and Sayers, T.J.
Notes: Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) tends to cause apoptosis in tumor cells over normal cells, and so the TRAIL ligand and signaling pathway is an attractive pathway for developing cancer therapeutics. Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that is used for therapy in many cancers. Studies indicate that it can sensitize tumor cells to the apoptotic effects of TRAIL. In this study, the authors investigated the ability of bortezomib on renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Growth inhibition of RCC in response to treatment with bortezomib followed by TRAIL treatment in the presence or absence of caspase inhibitors was assessed using the CellTiter® 96 AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. They assessed caspase activity in bortezomib/TRAI- treated RCC using the Caspase-Glo® 8 Assay. The effect of bortezomib on the proteasome of the RCCs was investigated using the Proteasome-Glo™ Chymotrypsin-Like Cell-Based Assay. Their studies suggest that bortezomib can sensitize some RCC to TRAIL signaling. (4169)
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Cali, J.J., Niles, A., Valley, M.P., O'Brien, M.A., Riss, T.L., and Shultz, J.
Notes: The authors of this review article highlight the use of bioluminescence as a readout for high-throughput ADME/Tox assays. They discuss three strategies for designing bioluminescent assays, using either luciferase, ATP or luciferin substrates as the limiting reagents for a luciferase-catalyzed reaction. Reporter gene assays limit the production of luciferase by tying it to a promoter or DNA regulatory region of interest. Such assays can be used to study genes that are regulated by drugs and other xenobiotics. Bioluminescent assays in which ATP is the limiting reagent of the luciferase reaction can be designed to monitor cell viability or the activity kinases. Bioluminescent assays in which the substrate is limiting can be designed so that the activity of a particular enzyme results in the production of a luciferin substrate that can, in turn, be acted upon by luciferase. (3926)
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Fan, F. and Wood, K.V.
Notes: The authors of this paper review bioluminescent assay technologies, discussing HTS reporter, cell-based and luciferase biosensor assays. They divide luminescent assays into three basic categories: assays that measure ATP concentration (cell viability and kinase assays), assays that measure changes in luciferase levels (reporter assays, GPCR assays), and assays that measure changes in luciferin levels (protease [including caspase], P450 and MAO assays). (3737)
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Geiger, G.A, Parker S.E., Beothy, A.P., Tucker, J.A., Mullins, M.C., and Kao, G.D.
Notes: In this study, the Caspase-Glo® 8 and Caspase-Glo® 9 Assays were used to assess caspase activation in Zebrafish embryos after radiation exposure. After irradiation, caspase activation, morphological abnormalities, and DNA fragmentation were observed, all three of which could be partially reversed by treatment with the radiomodifier amifostine. The Caspase-Glo® 9 Assay was shown to be sensitive enough to detect the effects of radiation on as few as 2 embryos. The authors concluded that the Caspase-Glo® Assays provided an effective and convenient means for rapidly assessing the lethal effects of radiation on Zebrafish embryos, and for assaying the ability of the radiomodifier to counteract these effects. The assay could be performed within hours of radiation exposure directly on the embryos in a 96-well plate format. (3571)
Hickey, T.E., Majam, G. and Guerry, P.
Notes: Bacterial cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) is known to induce apoptosis of immune cells, but little is known of the toxin from Campylobacter jejuni. In this study, the authors examined the effects of C. jejuni CDT on cultured monocytes. The human monocyte line 28SC was inoculated with 2µg Campylobacter membrane proteins per milliliter of culture. After 8 hours, the cells were harvested and assessed for caspase-8 or caspase-9 activity using the Caspase-Glo® 8 and Caspase-Glo® 9 Assays, respectively. The 28SC cells were pulsed with 6.2 µM camptothecin for 2 hours as a positive control for apoptosis. (3288)
Sharp, D.A., Lawrence, D.A. and Ashkenazi, A.
Notes: Researchers were interested in determining if knockdown of cellular FLICE inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) would affect caspase-8 activation. Instead of assaying cultured cells for the Caspase-Glo® 8 Assay, the authors used siRNAs targeting c-FLIPL, c-FLIPS or nontarget control to transfect A549 cells. Equal number of cells were harvested and treated with FLAG-tagged Apo2L/TRAIL + anti-FLAG M2 antibody at 37°C for various times prior to lysis. The lysate was immunoprecipitated overnight using protein A/G beads. After washing with lysis buffer, the beads were resuspended in phosphate buffer and the immobilized death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) was assayed for caspase-8 activity in 96-well plates using an equal volume of Caspase-Glo® 8 Reagent. (3277)
Abrahams, V.M., Bole-Aldo, P., Kim, Y.M., Straszewski-Chavez, S.L., Chaiworapongsa, T., Romero, R. and Mor, G.
Notes: In this paper, researchers examined the effect of activating mammalian homologues of the Drosophila Toll receptor gene (TDR) on apoptosis in the trophoblast cell lines HTR8 and 3A. Bacterial peptidoglycan (PDG) was used to indirectly activate caspase-3/7, -8 and -9 through TDRs. Caspase activity was measured using the Capase-Glo™ 3/7, 8 and 9 Assays. Caspase-3/7, -8 and -9 activities decreased in both the HTR8 and 3A cell lines transiently transfected with a Fas Associated Death Domain (FADD-DN). Data were expressed as relative light units and were normalized to protein levels in lysates. (3171)
Liu, D., Li, C., Chen, Y., Burnett, C., Liu, X.Y., Downs, S., Collins, R.D., and Hawiger, J.
Notes: The Caspase-Glo® 3/7, -8 and -9 Assays were used to measure Caspase-3, -8, and -9 activities in mouse liver homogenates. The authors describe a modified procedure for making liver homogenates in a hypotonic extraction buffer. Homogenates were cleared with a 15 minute spin at 13,000 x g and normalized to a 1mg/ml concentration before use the assays. Data comparing control and cSN50 peptide-treated animals at various time points are presented. (3213)


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Reader's Choice for 2010
I've been loving seeing everyone's best of 2010 posts this week. I decided to highlight the recipe that got the most hits for each month in 2010. Hope you enjoy!
January: I kicked off the year by featuring our kitchen renovation. This Spice Rack is one of my favorite parts of our kitchen and gets the most comments!
February: MMMmmm… Chocolate… This cake is out of this world. With a layer of brownie, chocolate mousse, and then chocolate cake all covered in chocolate ganache, how could you go wrong with this Chocolate Overdose Cake
March: These Layered Marshmallow Brownies started out too sweet for me. But in the end, they were amazing.
April: These Oreo Cupcakes will always hold a special place in my heart. They are hands down, our favorite cupcake recipe in the Beantown Baker household. (BTW, I have to brag for a minute, but if you Google Oreo Cupcake, guess what shows up as the first link? How cool is that?)
May: Homemade Ding Dongs were kind of a pain to make, but man were they amazing!
June: Chocolate chips? check. Cookie Dough? check. Cheesecake? check. Enough said. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars
July: Homemade Pita Bread is so simple to make and so delicious. Make it in 2011 if you didn't get around to it in 2010.
August: This Watermelon and Cucumber Salad is so light and refreshing, Hubby and I just couldn't get enough of it!
September: Homemade Oatmeal Creme Pies taste just like you remember from your middle school lunch box, except they're about a thousand times better.
October: Back in October, I made some candy at home. These Three Musketeer Bars are awesome straight out of the freezer.
November: Apparently, a lot of people were looking for a simple Cranberry Sauce recipe for Thanksgiving this year. We love this recipe and I make a batch about once a week in the fall.
December: No surprise here, this Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake is beautiful and delicious.
8 Responses to "Reader's Choice for 2010"
I don't remember seeing those chocolate chip cheesecake cookie dough bars… I'm sure if I had, I would have made them by now! They look awesome. (And I'm one of the admirers of your spice rack.)
I'd never seen that spice rack of yours before! So cool! All those recipes sound fab!
that spice rack is insane! I became extremely jealous of your kitchen just now. fun to see which recipes got the most hits.
I really need to try making those Oreo cupcakes sometime! They look delicious!
What a wonderful year of blogging! Wishing you and C a Happy New Year!
It's interesting that most of these top choices are desserts…I guess most of your readers have a sweet tooth!
P.S. That spice rack is SO cool.
Your kitchen looks so nice! And I will def be trying those oreo cupcakes and the red velvet cheesecake 🙂
I'll tell you how you can go wrong with the chocolate overdose cake. You can drop the brownie and cake layers on the floor. Ugh. I did end up making some very delicious chocolate overdose cake balls with the bigger pieces though…


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It's time to talk day: February 4
Participate this February in "It's time to talk day." NO MORE and Break the Cycle's Love is Not Abuse campaign are inviting parents to start conversations about healthy relationships. Across the country there will also be Talk-A-Thons, encouraging parents, teens and communities to talk about preventing dating violence.
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- A conversation guide prepares parents for talking about healthy relationships and dating violence.
- Learn about the stages and opportunites of adolescent sexual development with this overview. It's also good to remember that parents of younger children can open the dialogue and lay the foundation for these discussions. The overview on early childhood development is a great place to start.
- Practice is important for parents talking with children, and this exercise explores comfort level and knowledge on important topics in healthy relationships and sexuality.
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- This healthy relationships quiz asks about the dynamics in a relationship and points out positive and unhealthy behaviors. The relationship spectrum looks at health, unhealthy and abusive behaviors. These tools focus on identifying warning signs and healthy behaviors, and I think it's equally important to share tools on building healthy relationships and good communication.
- Explore boundaries and relationships in a discussion of Safe Sex(uality). Use your enthusiasm for a healthy future to be an agent of change.
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t's a scarf. It does exactly what you would expect a scarf to do, it keeps your neck warm and dresses up you wardrobe. Some people like to throw it over their shoulder, some, like to wrap it around twice, others like to just hang in on their necks. How you like to wear it is you own business. Making a stylish, comfortable scarf is ours. This is a blueish teal fuzzy scarf with a little tread of sparkle through-out. Worked up in an open stitch and a soft wool blend yarn, this scarf with serve it purpose with style and beauty.


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My late father used to say that no quality of human life was more important than dignity. That wisdom came to mind the night when I sat with my wife watching CNN as the exhausted passengers finally began debarking from the cruise ship Carnival Triumph.
The ship had been adrift for five days in the Gulf of Mexico. A fire cut the power, and that meant no propulsion, no air conditioning, no communications, no sanitation.
Think of that, in the modern world: no sanitation. Social historians tell us that no inventions have been more vital to extending human life than the flush toilet and the closed sewer. In the United States, we can scarcely imagine life without them. But the passengers on the Carnival Triumph had no choice. The CNN anchor, commenting on the ordeal, said in passing that she was sure those leaving the ship were looking forward to a little dignity.
The word isn't much used today, perhaps because it conjures images of stuffiness, an old-fashioned sense of how one should behave. That's too bad, because my father was right. Dignity is crucial to human flourishing. We need more of it.
Alas, we live in an era largely bereft of dignity. We inhabit instead a world of shabby entertainment, of nasty and unserious politics. (I assume that I need cite no examples.)
To be sure, entertainers and politicians, along with their apologists, will tell you that they are limited by the public's taste. We've all heard it, and most of us have said it: "If our guy ran the kind of campaign you're suggesting, he'd lose."
This feeble excuse is nothing new and hasn't improved with age. Thus we find a critic writing in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in 1836: "It is undignified to pander to a weak and depraved taste, and then querulously to lament that it is no higher."
Dignity in this sense comes into English from French, but its ultimate root is the Latin dignus, meaning "worthy." Thus the Oxford English Dictionary, as its top-line definition, offers the following: "The quality of being worthy or honourable; worthiness, worth, nobleness, excellence."
Let us take it for granted that dignity in this sense can be earned.
This notion of dignity of manner -- dignity of behaviour, of style, even of dress -- is what historians have in mind when they tell us, for example, that Abraham Lincoln grew his beard in the fall of 1860 because some of his supporters found his craggy, backwoods features undignified.
Nowadays I suppose there would be some criticism of this act of inauthenticity, but Lincoln's decision gave America the most iconic face in its history. Lincoln's visage drips dignity.
Alas, this sense of the word dignity is the one that has largely faded. But there is another sense of the word dignity, popularized by philosophers, that ought still to engage our interest. That is the notion of dignity as attaching not to a particular mode of behaviour but to our very humanity.
All of which brings us to the great legal theorist Ronald Dworkin, who died last week of leukemia at age 81. In his final book, Justice for Hedgehogs, he called for a closer attention to the ethics of dignity. Our search for the good life, he argued, should always be governed by an important constraint: "Acts are wrong if they insult the dignity of others."
My father would have agreed. He spent his career, as lawyer, activist and government functionary, battling against the ravages of poverty -- because poverty was an insult to dignity. He often explained his lifelong opposition to the death penalty by pointing to the indignity: the helplessness, the weeping, even the loss of control of bodily functions.
The argument has become a standard one. Wrote Pope John Paul II: "Not even a murderer loses his human dignity." And U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, in both concurring and dissenting opinions, contended that capital punishment was inconsistent with the Eighth Amendment's premise "that even the vilest criminal remains a human being possessed of common human dignity."
I don't mean to suggest that all who care about dignity will reach the same conclusions, whether on capital punishment or anything else. So, for example, in his book For Capital Punishment, the political philosopher Walter Berns wrote in a much-quoted reply to Brennan that the justice's argument ignored important moral differences between, on the one hand, men such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. and, on the other, those such as Charles Manson and Adolf Eichmann: "To say that these men, some great and some unspeakably vile, equally possess human dignity is to demonstrate an inability to make a moral judgment derived from or based on the idea of human dignity."
Notice that Berns is using the word in the OED sense of an aspect of character that is earned; whereas Brennan is using it in Dworkin's sense of an aspect of personhood. But they aren't really talking past each other. The two senses of the word converge -- and that convergence is important for politics.
Consider again the passengers suffering for those five dreary days aboard the Carnival Triumph. They lacked dignity in both senses of the word. They were forced by the conditions aboard ship to behave in a manner that was undignified, and the conditions themselves constituted an affront to their human dignity.
Dignity isn't stuffy. Dignity isn't old-fashioned. Dignity is crucial to the idea of civilization. Dworkin worried that we have corrupted the word by allowing it to slip into every party platform or international covenant. But the basic concept, in both of its senses, should nevertheless be the centrepiece of political and ethical conversation.
This shouldn't be a left-right issue. A closer attention to the concept of dignity would change only the terms of debates, not necessarily the outcomes: Does abortion protect the dignity of the pregnant woman or invade the dignity of the unborn child? Do union seniority rules preserve the dignity of those who have put in long careers or curtail the dignity of those who are starting out?
A politics centred on dignity would mark a vast improvement over the kindergarten babble that passes for serious argument these days. Indeed, we could do a lot worse than choosing our leaders based on who carries himself or herself with the greatest degree of dignity. And we could do a lot worse than making policy based on its effect on the dignity of those whose lives and futures it would affect.
That, at least, is the world my father would have wanted. And I think it could be a pretty great one.
Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg View columnist and a professor of law at Yale University. He is the author of The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama, and the novel The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln.
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The Location. McGuire's Millrace Farm is your premier southern wedding destination. Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in Western North Carolina, McGuire's Millrace Farm specializes in elegant, rustic chic barn weddings. Surround your guests with majestic mountains, rolling fields, peaceful breezes, and the magic that McGuire's Millrace Farm is all about.
The Barn. Not one of your typical barn venues, the McGuires pride themselves on their facility. This 6,600 square foot barn accommodates small or large events, boasts 30' ceilings from which hang wrought iron chandeliers, polished concrete floors, beautiful hardwood tables and chairs, and the latest in technology.
The Grounds. Have your ceremony amongst a majestic line of river birches that encompass you and your guests or at the arbor nestled in a rolling field while the carriage horses graze and the mountains rise in the background. Another top choice is at the arched foot bridge amongst the flowers and the placid waters of the pond. And if the weather turns inclement, you can move the entire wedding inside at no extra charge.
The Service. Event planning is a love, passion and lifestyle for the McGuires. Because they have been specializing in the event planning business since 1999, you are ensured southern hospitality at its best. Your Event Planner will be available to assist you every step of the way from welcome parties to morning after brunches; and, on your big day, your event will be the only affair held. This means that the staff will be focused exclusively on you and your guests. At McGuire's Millrace Farm, you will be treated like family.
The Food. Whether you want a good old fashioned southern barbeque or a 5-course prime rib dinner, McGuire's Millrace Farm's award winning chef is sure to please. Display your food in a decorated rustic canoe or in hand hewed wooden bowls. Buffets are elegantly displayed and your guests catered to. It's all up to you.
The History. Step back in time the instant you arrive on the property. Pre-Civil War and Pre-Depression buildings such as the old homestead, The Country Store and The Corn Crib still stand. For décor, use treasures and antiques discovered in the McGuire's attics and historic buildings, antique church pews, or oak whiskey barrels.
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Facebook unveils social search feature
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new search feature on the world's biggest online social network.
Called "graph search," the new service lets users search their social connections for information about people, interests, photos and places. Until now, Facebook users were unable to search for friends who live in a certain town or like a particular movie. With the new feature, people can search for friends who, say, live in Boston who also like "Zero Dark Thirty".
Zuckerberg says the search feature is "privacy aware." That means users can only search for content that has been shared with them.
Sign up for the beta version here.
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