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Retail Shop Renovation in Singapore
Have you ever noticed how nearly all – if not all – major retail brand names spend small fortunes on the renovation of their retail stores? It is because a visually stimulating facade, clean interior and strategic retail layout makes a remarkable difference to your customer influx and sales. Having a proper layout and design gives your space two essential advantage points: functionality and attractiveness.
However, your shop renovation does not merely rely on your preference. Key areas need to be considered – these include your target audience, your retail items, and your location, manpower and security installations. Highly successful and much visited retail stores have certain unique ambiences that endear them to customers. These retail stores also serve their customers' needs well by considering those needs and planning according to those needs.
First of all, do note that designing a retail store project takes a lot of time. Be prepared to go through numerous blueprints and even a handful of interior design companies while planning. The more complex your concept is, the more time it needs – and the more money at that. DO NOT ever start renovation of your retail store while the planning phase is still in progress. In the end, you might end up wasting your time and money.
As most smart investors would say, every dollar you invest in renovating your retail store should yield potential profitable returns. Now here lies one of the most essential aspects of your shop renovation project: choose the right contractors and make sure you choose wisely. Not just because they are the most affordable. You should check out their portfolio, research their reputation and really make sure you get your money's worth. Make sure they understand retail spaces, as well. A pretty looking retail space may be aesthetically pleasing but it may not be necessarily be profitable for you or functional enough for your staff to move around.


text: The 2015-2016 annual report is focused on how GS1 helps deliver a seamless end-user experience in today's digital, omni-channel world. Of course, as they always have, GS1 standards strengthen supply and demand chains, reduce costs and deliver exceptional efficiency in many different industries. However, in this year's report, we highlight the ways in which GS1 – together with industry – are transforming the digital marketplace in much the same way that we did the physical. The GS1 global language of business is helping brands and retailers make product information web-ready, allowing them to share expanded, trusted product data directly to customers and enabling them to expand their e-commerce offering.

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Erin Fetherston, known to fashion insiders like Kirsten Dunst and Cameron Diaz for her delicate, ethereal dresses, hits the affordable design scene with a heart-heavy collection for Target's Go! International program. Bows, ruffles and hearts embellish her flirty and feminine collection of clothing and accessories. The palette sticks to neutrals with a dash of bold red, and the collection ranges from sweet scarves to work-appropriate blazers to perfect party dresses.
Here are a few of our favorites!
Cuddle up in this Hearts Cardigan Sweater in Gray, $35.
Dance the night away in the Chiffon Layer Dress in Antique White/Gold, $45.
Pair this Short-Sleeve Jersey Swiss Dot Shirt in Black/White, $20, with jeans for a chic casual look.
Wrap up in the Heart Scarf in Ebony, $15.


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Volkswagen will invest up to EUR3.4 billion ($4.4 billion) to upgrade its model lineup and plants in Brazil. According to VW chief executive Martin Winterkorn, the investment is part of the carmaker's goal to become the world\'s biggest carmaker by 2018, noting that Brazil is a cornerstone of the Strategy 2018.
The carmaker's investment plan in Brazil runs through 2016 and includes an investment of EUR126 million at its component factory in Sao Carlos in a bid to increase output to 4,800 engines a day from the current 3,800. VW hopes its strategy in Brazil could help it offset the dwindling demand for vehicles in Europe.
However, VW is not without rivals in Brazil as the other carmakers from Asia and the United States are also making their moves in the South American country. According to IHS Automotive, vehicle sales in Brazil are expected to jump by 8.6 percent this year.
Michael Macht, VW production chief, said that the German carmaker's investment in Brazil will involve standardizing factories and installing technology to produce vehicles based on its MQB platform, the same architecture that underpins the VW Golf and other models. Macht remarked that he sees enormous potential in Brazil just from the systemic implementation of parts sharing.


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NEA Partners to Develop Standards for Measuring 21st Century Skills
Feb 23, 2009, 19:25 ET from National Education Association
Education collaborative strives to ensure global competitiveness for students
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"NEA welcomes the opportunity to participate in this effort to provide manageable, high-quality standards for adoption by states to guide efforts to improve education," said NEA President
While applauding this collaborative effort to establish better quality academic standards, NEA is also committed to promoting standards for learning that support and provide resources for schools, teachers and students. International benchmarking against academic standards must be comprehensive and include accountability for child well-being, facilities and supplies. NEA remains an advocate of including other essential areas of schooling, such as civic responsibility, in education transformation efforts. NEA also believes it is critical that standards and the assessments associated with them also provide appropriate accommodations and modifications for both students with disabilities and English Language Learners.
In response to NEA's becoming a partner with this initiative, CCSSO Executive Director
To learn more about the National Education Association, please visit www.nea.org.
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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U.S. on Israeli Boycott Law: Freedom to Protest Is a Basic Democratic Right
State Department says law is an internal Israeli affair but hints criticism; ADL expresses concern over new law, says it impinges on Israelis' basic democratic rights.
The U.S. State Department responded Tuesday to the new anti-boycott law passed in Israel, saying that the freedom to organize and protest is a democratic value Israel and the U.S. have long shared.
The Knesset passed a law Monday night which penalizes persons or organizations calling for the boycott of Israel or the settlements. The new law sparked uproar throughout Israel, with Israeli leftist organizations launching a series of protests against the law and one movement submitted a petition to the Supreme Court claiming the law is unconstitutional and anti-democratic.
When asked to comment on the anti-boycott law, the U.S. State Department said the law was an "Israeli internal matter" but also hinted its criticism by pointing out the right to peaceful protest in democratic countries.
"Freedom of expression, including freedom to peacefully organize and protest, is a basic right under democracy," a State Department official said. "It is a right that the American people hold dear and it is among the democratic values that the Israeli and American people have long shared."
The Anti-Defamation League also expressed its criticism regarding the new law on Tuesday, saying that despite its opposition of boycotts of Israel, it is concerned the new law impinges on the "basic democratic rights of Israelis to freedom of speech and freedom of expression."
"To legally stifle calls to action – however abhorrent and detrimental they might be – is a disservice to Israeli society," ADL National Director Abraham Foxman said in a statement.
"We hope Israel's Supreme Court will quickly take up a review of this law and resolve the concerns it raises."
Americans for Peace Now also expressed concern regarding the new law passed by the Knesset, calling it a "flagrant attack on freedom of speech."
J Street condemned the Knesset's passage of the bill as well as a "clear and unabashed violation of the fundamental democratic precept of freedom of speech."
According to newly passed law, a person or an organization calling for the boycott of Israel, including the settlements, can be sued by the boycott's targets without having to prove that they sustained damage. The court will then decide how much compensation is to be paid.
The second part of the law says a person or a company that declare a boycott of Israel or the settlements will not be able to bid in government tenders.
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Varun Dhawan, who made his debut along with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in the film Student Of The Year, says he doesn't feel they are competition as they are very close to his heart and he loves them both.
"We (Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and I) have discussed competition, we do discuss these things but I think when you do your first film with someone, you form a bond and it's like (they are) family You are just bonded for life. So you overlook that (competition) thing. I just have a lot of love in my heart for both of them," said Varun.
The three young actors are having their respective second releases this year. Highway, Hasee Toh Phasee and Main Tera Hero are Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan's second films respectively.
"Sid (Sidharth Malhotra) and Alia's films are releasing in the same month (February) and mine (releases) in April. I have loved the promo of Hasee Toh Phasee and Highway and you all must go and watch the films," said the 26-year-old Varun, who has worked with his father David Dhawan for the first time in the film Main Tera Hero.
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USDA seek s comments on improved disease traceability of U. S. livestock
The U. S. Depar tment of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser v ice (APHIS) issued a proposed rule on August 11 to establish general regulations for improving the traceability of U. S. livestock moving interstate if an animal disease event takes place.
Under the proposed rule, livestock moving interstate would have to be officially identified unless specifically exempted.
The proposed rule encourages the use of low-cost technology, and specifies approved forms of official identification for each species, such as metal eartags for cattle.
"The ability to track where diseased or at risk animals have gone or been moved from, is critical in ensuring a rapid response should an animal disease event take place," Dr. Dee Ellis, State Veterinarian from Rockdale, said. "We encourage all interested stakeholders to comment on this proposed rule," Ellis stated.
An efficient and accurate animal disease traceability system helps reduce the number of animals affected by the disease itself or movement restrictions.
A traceability system also reduces the time needed to control the spread of the disease and ultimately decreases the cost to producers.
This notice was published in the Aug. 11 Federal Register.
Comments must be received on or before Wednesday, Nov. 9. Comments may be submitted by the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ component/main?main= DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009- 0091 to submit or view comments and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send two copies of your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2009- 0091, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A- 03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0091.
For more information regarding the proposed animal traceability rule visit http://www.aphis.usda. gov/newsroom/2011/08/pdf/ QAtraceabil.VS.pdf.


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Many of you may have heard or seen by now that an EarthFare supermarket has come to town. I am evaluating doing a weekly store deals post around their sales and will let you know what I decide soon. Sometimes these specialty stores are a little more difficult to combine coupons and sales; but I will see what I can do.
In the mean time, take a look at this link for coupons that you may need for your shopping in the near future. Remember also that Publix will take these as competitor coupons (for any products they carry) since EarthFare is now in our area.
I love that they are in our area now, offering more organic and local options (which is just as important, if not more so for some items). Head over and have a look one day this weekend!
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A new musical about the birth of rock 'n' roll in the turbulent 1950s.
Famed Broadway alum and esteemed choreographer/director Debbie Allen also shows up, all bundled up to proudly visit cast member daughter Vivian Nixon.
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez drops in on new musical Memphis at the Shubert Theatre on December 29.
Photographer: Bruce Glikas,
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Britney Spears has decided that her first wedding wasn't shocking enough so she got married in a quickie Vegas ceremony again.
The groom. None other than William Hung. It seems that William really is hung and she wanted what Paris had in her new video.
"Brit's career is slipping thru her nail-bitten fingers and well, William is hot right now even if he's not hot, you get my drift, right?" Britney's first husband, Jason "Not that Jason" Alexander supposedly said while waiting tables, tending bar, washing cars or whatever he does.
Britney admits that this was a daring move and might make her story that the last marriage was just a "joke gone wrong" seem less credible.
"Heck, it's not as if anyone believed it before," some woman on the street said. Then added, "I wonder what does Justin think about all this?"
This reporter tried to reach Justin Timberlake for comment, but decided who cares.
The couple is registered at the GAP and USC-Berkley's Bookstore. William still wants to finish his education. He knows "he'll need something to fall back on once this marriage is over. We all know Britney's not stupid enough to do this without a pre-nup -- again, right?," a friend who may not have been a friend said from a street corner in the city.
In the meantime, press representatives for the happy couple ask that they left to enjoy this private and special time in their lives. No word yet as to how the couple will moniker themselves.
Britney Hung, Britney Spears-Hung, William Hung, William Spears, William Hung-Spears. It's all good.


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Cosplayer Kohime > Costume of Kousaka Kirino (Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga nai)
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I bought a long sleeve sweater from a thrift store (after searching forever!) and cut out a V-neck and cut off the sleeves. I cut up strips of the sleeves to make into the trimming of the sweater vest. I really wanted accuracy on the design of the vest. I then made the logo out of normal cotton fabric. I bought a black cheerleading skirt from the thrift store, cut off the silver trim and re-hemmed it. I bought some hair clips for a dollar and spray painted them pink. I made the Jewelry out of craft foam and hand painted it. I sewed lace onto some black socks that I already owned. The boots i bought from a thrift store. They had the perfect shape and style of Kirino's boots! I hand painted the white/cream and pink tag on. The bag I bought from a thrift store and made the Cross Logo out of craft foam and paint and hand stitched it to the bag. I bought the sunglasses at the dollar store for 6 dollars!
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Account Manager / Install Base Representative – San Francisco, CA
Job Description
Are you the kind of person that has a knack for developing relationships and growing accounts? Then, this is the role for you. As an Account Manager for Innotas, you will be responsible for:
Prospecting and selling into a list of named existing clients that carry a quota.
Creating an account plan and performing quarterly business reviews to measure against key health metrics.
Growing accounts through learning their business, understanding their needs, and identifying additional Innotas products to the account's key stakeholders.
Working with regional Account Executives (AE), Services Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to develop strategic plans, track customer deployments, and focus on customer satisfaction.
Understanding Innotas' complete product solution and business benefits to clearly communicate value in a consultative sales methodology to accounts.
Required Skills and Experience
Candidates must possess the following skills and experience to be considered for this role:
– Completion of a 4 year college degree
– 2-3 years of quota carrying software or technology renewal sales experience (SaaS preferred)
– Proven success with managing and upselling existing accounts, developing account plans, negotiating and closing deals
– Strong written and verbal communications skills
– Positive attitude and willingness to learn
– Previous sales methodology training preferred
– Local & lives in Bay Area (position is based out of our San Francisco office)
If you are up for a new and rewarding challenge with one of the Bay Area's "Best Places to Work", please send your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com. We look forward to hearing from you.


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When Juan was small he didn't smile.
"Now that's the first thing you see on his face," Celia Martinez said of her legally-adopted 5-year-old son. But the change is a work in progress.
Like most kids who are brought up in a home with domestic violence, Juan became a victim himself.
But a local nonprofit in the South County is helping these children and families cope.
Mi Escuelita Therapeutic Preschool in Chula Vista is free for children affected by family violence. South Bay Community Services opened it in June 2006 and it is the only school of its kind in Southern California, according to director of development Shirley Horton.
The school provides specialized services for 3- to 5-year-olds and their families five days a week, including parenting classes, behavioral, developmental and physical therapy services.
Many of these children come from low-income families and broken homes and are referred by local law enforcement, Child Welfare Services, emergency shelters and transitional housing programs.
Martinez, 52, has had full custody of her nephew's children, Juan and Lindsay, 3, for two years.
She got Juan when a judge placed him on open adoption because his father was in prison and Lindsay because of her mother's drug use.
Martinez works part-time and has four children of her own, the youngest who is 28 helps her with the kids. Martinez said caring for the children is difficult but she accepts the responsibility with open arms.
Juan had been in and out of several homes for his defiant behavior, which stems from physical and emotional abuse.
Child wellbeing department director Valerie Brew said that many children at Mi Escuelita have lacked a stable home environment and act out in aggression, which can be mimicked in their play.
"They tend to have an inability to self regulate, throw tantrums, scream and cry — run away and throw things," she said.
Martinez said Juan has what's called an oppositional defiant disorder, in which he often shows hostile behavior toward authority figures. He is also on medication for attention deficit disorder.
"When he first came to my house he would kick, hit and bite me," she said. "He also would masturbate. I'm almost sure he was sexually abused because he won't go into a restroom by himself."
Martinez described Lindsay as a very happy girl but said she likes to imitate her brother.
Brew said kids could also become extremely shy and withdrawn from their environment.
To help change their behavior, teachers focus on pro-social behavior in small groups and individual counseling by reading books, showing videos and using puppets to talk about difficult things.
"The earlier we can intervene with children, as far as their social and emotional well being for their development, the better," Brew said.
Brew said the program is significant because of the relevance of domestic violence in the community.
In a 12-month span, the South San Diego Region Police Department along with South Bay Community Services' Domestic Violence Response Teams responded to more than 1,500 calls. Almost 90 percent of them in Chula Vista alone, according to the center's 2008-2009 annual report, where nearly 2,000 children were affected.
The Chula Vista Police Department, which works with South Bay Community Services, was the first agency to create a 24/7 hotline for domestic violence issues.
"When there is a call, the police department will contact us … and a representative will share with that person the different services available to them," Horton said. "We can provide resources that they need in a time of emergency."
Juan graduated from Mi Escuelita and is now attending a regular elementary school close to home, but still struggles with some emotional problems. Lindsay is currently enrolled.
An evaluation of Mi Escuelita's students found that there are above average students in the class and that 89 percent of families demonstrated improved family functioning at six months of service, according to the report.
In addition, at least 385 children have been served and more than 200 parents graduated from parenting classes.
Martinez said the staff at Mi Escuelita has been her saving grace because regular schools aren't trained to care for kids like Juan.
"It's very hard, but having someone to guide you in the hard times when they know what they are doing is really a blessing to me," she said. "I couldn't have done it without them."
Funding the center receives from grants, organizations and fundraisers enables staff to offer a unique curriculum that helps children overcome trauma and master basic skills.
Each year, a fundraiser called Change Their Lives Extravaganza raises money for the victims of domestic violence and their children. To date it has raised more than $1 million.
When Juan was small he didn't smile.
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Yonggang Wen
Yonggang Wen works as an Assistant Professor, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his Ph.D. degree from MIT in 2008, his M.A. degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2001 and 1999, respectively. Previously, he worked at Video and Content Platform Business Unit at Cisco. His main research interests include content networking, cloud computing, and green network.
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We had heard about a very special waterfall deep in a very wild wood and decided to go and see it. Only 3 kilometers, nothing to talk about - or what? - they wrote that the path might be difficult. Oh well, we were used to it so we started. The path was very comfortable, people were picking blueberries along it, but then after the first kilometer it changed. The path narrowed, lots of stones and tree roots to climb over and then we came to this "bridge". It was absolutely solid but its primitivity gave us an impression of what was ahead. The wood grew more wild and tight and the path was where the stones and rocks were a lot more worn than the others.


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|Reviews for Runaway
| CherryBlossom210 chapter 1 . 4/17/2011
Really good, I like how you made it a little different.
| silverkrystal11 chapter 1 . 9/7/2007
ooh! that was pretty good!
| WaiiKitsune chapter 1 . 1/12/2006
Nicy Story~~ hahaz... haiz.. i love reading at fanfiction but i cnt write anything... dunnoe wad 2 write...
| animearlinefreak chapter 1 . 12/1/2005
ohh that was cute and I must ask myself this...WHY DIDN'T THEY PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS INSTEAD?"
| claylover66 chapter 1 . 7/25/2005
it was a great story. please write another.
| Intangibly Yours chapter 1 . 3/24/2005
WE! ur such a great author! *adds u to fav authors list*
| Trelane22 chapter 1 . 2/20/2005
Okay, I'll admit it. One of the best stores I've read in the Pretear section. One of the reasons I don't visit FFN much anymore is the lack of good, quality stories with a strong plotline (or a plotline in general), a lack of heart, or the basic lack of good grammar and sentence structure. To be a good story IMO, it must have all three.
You, Candyland, have succeeded in each of them. No, I'm not saying your story is 100% perfect as there are some slight grammatical errors, which after looking over the story again, are neligible. But what your story has is the true ability to affect people's emotions. You were able to tap into Himeno's psyche and inner thoughts and put them out to the reader, plain and simple. We've all felt like this at times and thus we can relate to her, making Himeno all the more human. That, in the end, is what makes a story worth reading: the characters, how they interact, and how they are affected by whatever events they face.
Normally, I'd say something about the setting or pace of the story, but this is a true emotional tap. In the end, the settings and pace are inrelevant, and it's the feelings that you're conveying that matters. You have gone above and beyond here. But speaking of setting, there is one line that struck me:
"She had taken the destiny of Pretear and all that it meant, and look where it had gotten her. Alone, heartbroken, huddled on an empty street in the rain, in the middle of the night with only a cold, unfeeling metal post for support."
That has to be one of the most haunting lines I've ever read, and that particular scene has been stuck in my mind ever since I've read it. Kudos to you.
Final Judgment: 4.7/5
(Another grammar check and I can guarantee a 5.) ;)
| Jenishi chapter 1 . 12/29/2004
But yet it was still so good! lol!
| himeno-kagome chapter 1 . 12/21/2004
do more!
do more!
i am a loyal (yes, new, but still loyal) fan of yours!
you are a GREAT writer!
| Archangel Rhapsody chapter 1 . 11/12/2004
it's nice, I like it.
| DailyMassacre chapter 1 . 11/2/2004
I was this close *holds up fingers to about an inch* to crying! *cries anyway* it was so good!
| Riku chapter 1 . 9/1/2004
This is a very sweet fic! I like how you did your angsty Himeno. :)
| Skittles1 chapter 1 . 8/15/2004
aw that was beautiful. heheh good job !
| GoddessSerenity chapter 1 . 8/8/2004
This is such a good story. So sweet!
| Pretearwings chapter 1 . 8/8/2004
aw..that was so sweet! :D


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Hey Gig...Mom says hi!
I am in DC right now and I'll tell you why I love it here
1) its warm out (actually too warm for this Alaskan to run)
2) It makes me feel patriotic
3) You can get a long run in and stop at the Capitol the White House, go to the Arlington cemetary and take in a few memorials along the way.
4) good food
5) people seem so well dressed compared to us wild animals up north
6) did I say it was warm out?
Anyway a long slow run/walk for over 10 miles. Kind of warm and I am jet lagged
Good luck training Megs
I just finished my first run of over five miles this year. 7.25. It was a little bit tougher to get back into the longer runs than I had expected, but it still felt great. This could be the start of something. 1,000 miles will be a fight, but at least now I feel I can go toe-to-toe with the bunny.
To be fair to myself, I have been doing some strength training. In fact, this morning I started with 45 minutes of lifting, 7.25 miles, and I'm about to head out the door on my way to karate class.
Yeah Spring!!!!!
veggies on the runMartial Artist Runners
I started the year off ahead of the bunny. I was feeling good and kept my mileage up fairly high after making the 1000 miles for last year, when I should have dropped it back. Then another injury, my right ankle this time...
Will I ever learn...??? Then I had to drop out of a race that I planned to run on Feb 14th... It was horrible... That's the 2nd race I've signed up for and had to bail on due to injuries...
Now I'm almost 60 miles behind that furry creature. The good thing is, I still have 9 months to catch up to him and I know I can do that, if I stop pushing myself way too hard....
You guys are all doing great... And don't worry about being behind at this point in time... As you gradually add mileage, you will easily overtake that darn rabbit... There is still lots of time...
I like cake!
You can do it!!! A couple of 120 mile months will let you slack off in Nov-Dec. I am just barely keeping ahead at this point.


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5 celebrations of summer from American writers
With Labor Day pegged as the unofficial close of summer, bibliophiles have a little more than five weeks left in their summer reading season. That simple math reminds us that summer doesn't last forever, although the best writers have a way of seizing one's attention for a moment or two and providing the pleasant illusion that time has stood still. That special quality of expression seems especially vivid when authors embrace summer itself as a subject. Here, to mark a season that's still got some life left in it, are five celebrations of summer from American writers.
1. 'Knoxville: Summer 1915' (the prologue to James Agee's 'A Death in the Family')
"Supper was at six and was over by half past. There was still daylight, shining softly and with a tarnish, like the lining of a shell; and the carbon lamps lifted at the corners were on in the light, and the locusts were started, and the fire flies were out, and a few frogs were flopping in the dewy grass, by the time the fathers and the children came out. The children ran out first hell bent and yelling those names by which they were known; then the fathers sank out leisurely in crossed suspenders, their collars removed and their necks looking tall and shy."
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Along the Rufiji River, Tanzania
Tanzania's vast Selous Game Reserve is the real deal - a
raw and stark slice of old Africa that's off radar and brimful of
wild things. By Peter Browne
I knew Africa's largest protected area would be wild, but I hadn't expected it to be so watery. The great Rufiji River and its spider's webs of tributaries and lakes fill this north-eastern corner of the Selous Game Reserve with a glittering light; the sound of hippos snorting and crocodiles sloshing is never far away.
I got to experience this effervescent landscape on my first day in the reserve, amid furious gear changes and near-vertical plunges up and down dongas and dry river beds. Swaying to and fro in the back of the Land Rover, I took in the groves of borassus palms on the edge of glassy lakes, and the grassy open plains speckled with fat baobabs, and it struck me that this is exactly how it must have appeared to Burton and Speke when they passed through on their arduous journey to find the source of the Nile.
Pictured: giraffes on the plains of the
Selous Game Reserve at dusk
- 1. Along the Rufiji River, Tanzania
- 2. An introduction to the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
- 3. The wildlife of Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
- 4. Sand Rivers Camp, Tanzania
- 5. Sleeping under the stars at Selous Game Reserve
- 6. Beho Beho Camp
- 7. The history of Beho Beho Camp
- 8. Elephant sightings at Selous Game Reserve
- 9. Trophy hunting in Africa: Making a killing
- 10. About trophy hunting in Africa
- 11. Getting to Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
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Dr. Ian Malcolm: Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and um, screaming.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Mommy's very angry.
Roland Tembo: Rex just fed, so he won't be hunting for a while.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Just fed? I assume you're talking about Eddie? You might show a little more respect, the man saved our lives by giving his.
Roland Tembo: Then his troubles are over. My point is, predators don't hunt when they're not hungry.
Nick Van Owen: No, only humans do.
Roland Tembo: Oh, you're breaking our hearts! Saddle up, let's get this moveable feast under way!
John Hammond: Don't worry, I'm not making the same mistakes again.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: No, you're making all new ones.
[Eddie finds Ian, Sarah, and Nick trapped in a trailer hanging over a cliff]
Eddie Carr: What do you need?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Rope!
Eddie Carr: OK, rope! Anything else?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, three double cheeseburgers with everything!
Nick Van Owen: No onions on mine!
Sarah Harding: And an apple turnover!
Sarah Harding: You know, I have made a career out of waiting for you.
Kelly Malcolm: You know, Sarah does have a pretty good p...
Dr. Ian Malcolm: It's so important to your future that you not finish that sentence.
[after re-capturing the baby T-Rex in San Diego]
Sarah Harding: How do we find the adult?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Just follow the screams.
Roland Tembo: Peter, if you want me to run your little camping trip, there are two conditions: first, I'm in charge, and when I'm not around, Dieter is. All you have to do is sign the checks, tell us we're doing a good job, and open your case of scotch when we have a good day. Second condition: my fee? You can keep it. All I want in return for my services is the right to hunt one of the tyrannosaurs. A male, a buck only. How and when is my business. Now if you don't like either of those conditions, you're on your own. So go ahead, set up base camp right here, or in a swamp, or in the middle of a Rex nest for all I care. But I've been on too many safaris with rich dentists to listen to any more suicidal ideas, OK?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Did you find him?
Roland Tembo: Just the parts they didn't like.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: It's fine if you wanna put your name on something but STOP putting it on other people's headstones.
[last lines]
John Hammond: It is absolutely imperative that we work with the Costa Rican Department of Biological Preserves to establish a set of rules for the preservation and isolation of that island. These creatures require our absence to survive, not our help. And if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way.
Sarah Harding: [about the baby T-Rex] He's too drugged.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: He's never gonna know we have it if the thing doesn't make some kind of sound.
Sarah Harding: Come on. Wake up. Come on. Come on. Wake up.
[baby T-rex growls. Adult T-Rex sniffs the air then roars in their direction]
Sarah Harding: He knows.
[after the adult T-Rex has escaped into San Diego and found a pool to drink out of]
Benjamin: [to asleep parents] There's a dinosaur in our backyard.
[searching the island for Sarah]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Sarah! Sarah!
Nick Van Owen: Sarah Harding!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: How many Sarahs you think are on this island? Sarah!
[to Ludlow as the T-Rex terrorizes San Diego]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Now you're John Hammond.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Why don't people listen to me? I use plain and simple English, I don't have any accent that I'm aware of...
Sarah Harding: Oh, shut up.
Sarah Harding: I love you. I just don't... need you right now.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I'll tell you what you NEED, a good anti-psychotic!
Sarah Harding: I'll be back in five or six days.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: No, you'll be back in five or six PIECES!
Roland Tembo: This is a game trail, Mr. Ludlow. Carnivors hunt on game trails. Do you want to set up base camp or a buffet?
[about the Compsognathus]
Dieter: It gives me the creeps, like it's not scared.
Dr. Robert Burke: There haven't been any visitors on this island. There's no reason for it to fear man.
[Dieter touches a cattle prod to the dinosaur's head, causing it to flee]
Dieter: Now it does.
Sarah Harding: I need something pliable... Spit.
[Holds out her hand]
Nick Van Owen: [Spits saliva into her palm]
Sarah Harding: [Disgusted] Your *gum*!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: What are you talking about? Five years of work and a hundred miles of electrified fence couldn't prepare the other island. And you think that, what? A couple dozen Marlboro men were going to make a difference here?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: [to Hammond] So you went from capitalist to naturalist in just 4 years. That's something.
Nick Van Owen: You seem like you have a shred of common sense, what the hell are you doing here?
Roland Tembo: Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator there ever lived. The second greatest predator must take him down.
Nick Van Owen: [referring to Roland's gun] You gonna use that?
Roland Tembo: If he doesn't surrender, yes.
Nick Van Owen: [chuckles] The animal exists on the planet for the first time in tens of millions of years and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it.
Roland Tembo: Remember that chap about twenty years ago? I forget his name. Climbed Everest without any oxygen, came down nearly dead. When they asked him, they said why did you go up there to die? He said I didn't, I went up there to live.
Ajay Sidhu: Don't go into the long grass!
Sarah Harding: [to Ian] I've worked around predators since I was 20 years old. Lions, jackals, hyenas... you.
[When Sara's camera runs out of film and the baby dinosaur roars]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Oh, they get very angry when you run out of film.
Ian Malcolm: Hey, when the adult sees us once again with his baby, uh, isn't he gonna be like, "You"? You know, there may be some, uh, angry recognition.
Sarah Harding: Who knows? He may be just happy to see us.
Sarah Harding: Don't light that! Dinosaurs pick up scents from miles away.We're here to observe and document, not interact.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Which is a scientific impossibility.Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. What you study, you change.
Sarah Harding: I'll risk it. I'm sick of scratching around in rock and bone... making assumptions about the nurturing habits of animals... that have been dead for 65 million years.Then you fill my head with stories. Of course I came down here.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Stories of mutilation and death. Were you paying attention?
Sarah Harding: Please! Don't treat me like a grad student.I've worked around predators since I was 20.Lions, jackals, hyenas, you.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: When you try to sound like Hammond, it comes off as a hustle. I mean, it's not your fault. They say talent skips a generation. So, I'm sure your kids will be sharp as tacks.
Peter Ludlow: Hammond's reach exceeded his grasp. Mine does not.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Taking dinosaurs off this island is the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas. And I'm gonna be there when you learn that.
Kelly Malcolm: She doesn't even have Sega. She's such a troglodyte.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Cruel, but good word use.
Nick Van Owen: [referring to Ian and Kelly] Do you see any family resemblance?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I'll be right back. I give you my word.
Kelly Malcolm: [pounds her fists on the railing] But you *never* keep your word!
Sarah Harding: What's everybody looking at?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: [spots the T-Rex transfer ship speeding towards the harbor]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: We should've stayed in the damn car.
[why Sarah didn't tell Ian about going to the island]
Sarah Harding: Because I knew you would have stopped me from coming.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I would have tied you to the bed.
Sarah Harding: I figured out how the dinosaurs survived without lysine.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I don't care!
[after taking the baby T-Rex and putting it in the car]
InGen Guard: Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I'm taking the kid. If you really want to stop us, shoot us.
Kelly Malcolm: Dad, are you mad?
Dr. Ian Malcolm: No, I'm not mad - I'm furious!
[Looks around the messy trailer]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: What is this? This looks like your room.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Eddie, is there any reason to think that the radio in the trailer might work?
Eddie Carr: If you feel at all qualified, try turning the switch to "on."
Peter Ludlow: [discussing the building of a Jurrasic Park in San Diego] the city of San Diego is already famous for its animal attractions... The San Diego zoo... Sea World... The San Diego Chargers.
[During the dinosaur chase, the dinosaur hunters close in on a Parasaurolophus]
Roland Tembo: [over radio] Dieter, get in the outrigger. You're closing in on a parasauro...
Dieter: [over radio] Say that again, Roland. A what?
Roland Tembo: [over radio] The one with the big red horn! The pompadour! *Elvis!*
Dr. Ian Malcolm: [to Kelly] Hey, you want some good parental advice? Don't listen to me.
Roland Tembo: [to Dieter, just after the base camp attack] That's the last time I leave you in charge.
[about the high hide]
Eddie Carr: It keeps you out of harm's way, away from the animals.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Actually, it would put them at very convenient biting height.
Peter Ludlow: You know, it's very easy to criticize someone who generates an idea, someone who assumes all the risk. Someone who puts.
[about the poison on the darts in their guns]
Eddie Carr: The most powerful neurotoxin in the world. It works faster than the nerve conduction velocity, which means the animal's down before it actually feels the - P! - prick of the dart.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Is there an antidote?
Eddie Carr: What, like if you shot yourself in the foot? Don't do that, you would be dead before you even knew you had an accident.
Sarah Harding: [referring to the T-Rexes] This isn't hunting, Ian, it's searching. They're looking for their infant.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Let's not disappoint them.
[to his daughter, Kelly]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: The queen, the goddess, my inspiration.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: What's your background? Wildlife photography?
Nick Van Owen: Yeah. Wildlife, combat... you name it. When I was with Nightline, I was in Rwanda, Chechnya, all over Bosnia. Do some volunteer work for Greenpeace once in a while.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Greenpeace? What drew you there?
Nick Van Owen: Women. 80 percent female, Greenpeace.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: That's noble.
Nick Van Owen: Yeah well, noble was last year. This year I'm getting paid. Hammond's check cleared, or I wouldn't be going on this wild goose chase...
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Uh, where your going is the only place in the world where the geese chase *you*!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Hang on, this is gonna be bad.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: You sent my girlfriend to this island alone?
John Hammond: Sent is hardly the word. She couldn't be restrained.
Eddie Carr: Violence and technology... not good bedfellows!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: OK, so there is another island of dinosaurs, no fences this time and you wanna send people in, very few people, on the ground? Right?
Nick Van Owen: You looking for a problem?
Dieter: And I found you, didn't I?
[Chasing dinosaurs on the game trail]
Roland Tembo: You're coming up on a...
[flips through his dinosaur guide]
Roland Tembo: A Pachy... a pachy... oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: The school cut you from the team?
[while luring the T-rex to follow them to the docks]
Sarah Harding: Ian, slow down.
[Ian looks behind him and sees the T-rex coming]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Uh... I don't think so.
Peter Ludlow: Careful. This suit cost more than your education.
Nick Van Owen: [to Sarah as she's trying to fix the baby T-Rex's leg] Whenever you're ready, he's fighting here, Dr. Quinn.
Peter Ludlow: Roland, there's a job for you in San Diego if you want it.
Roland Tembo: No thank you. I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death.
[Roland is sitting in a bar in Kenya. Ajay walks in behind him, and Roland turns around]
Roland Tembo: Ajay!
Ajay Sidhu: [laughing] How did you know?
[they hug]
Roland Tembo: That cheap aftershave I send you every Christmas, you actually wear it. I'm touched. Sit down. What on earth brings you to Mombassa?
[they sit]
Ajay Sidhu: You, my friend. I got a call from a man who's going to Costa Rica, or thereabouts. And if I'm to be believed, its a most well-funded expedition.
Roland Tembo: Well, I'm a very well-funded old son of a bitch. You go.
Ajay Sidhu: What, alone? But we always had such great success together, you and I.
Roland Tembo: A little too great, don't you think?
Ajay Sidhu: What do you mean?
Roland Tembo: A true hunter doesn't mind if the animal wins. There weren't enough escapes from you and me, Ajay. We were like a firing squad, don't you think?
Ajay Sidhu: I have reason to believe you would find this expedition's quarry most challenging.
Roland Tembo: Then it's probably illegal. These days it's a worse crime to shoot a tiger than to shoot your own parents...
[sees some American tourists causing trouble with a waitress]
Roland Tembo: Tigers have advocates...
[downs his drink]
Roland Tembo: Excuse me, would you?
Peter Ludlow: Where's the crew?
InGen Worker: All over the place.
Kelly Malcolm: Boy she's mad at you.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I feel sorry for that guy Enrique.
Eddie Carr: Ow Ow Ow! Don't do that! You gotta baby it a little bit.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: I'll love it when it works.
Eddie Carr: It'll work when you love it. Let me do it...
InGen Worker: You okay, Mr. Ludlow?
Peter Ludlow: I don't know, how do I look?
Sarah Harding: Don't light that! Dinosaurs pick up scents from miles away. We're here to observe and document, not interact.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Which is a scientific impossibility.Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. What you study, you change.
Sarah Harding: I'll risk it. I'm sick of scratching around in rock and bone... making assumptions about the nurturing habits of animals... that have been dead for 65 million years. Then you fill my head with stories. Of course I came down here.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Stories of mutilation and death. Were you paying attention?
Sarah Harding: Please! Don't treat me like a grad student. I've worked around predators since I was 20. Lions, jackals, hyenas, you.
Kelly Malcolm: [to Ian] You like to have kids but you don't want to be with them, do you?
[On being invited on the Costa Rica expedition]
Roland Tembo: Ajay, go down to my ranch, take a look around the trophy room, and then tell me what kind of quarry is on this hunt that would interest me?
Nick Van Owen: [about the stegosauruses] They're just protecting their baby.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: [about Sarah] So am I.
Dieter: Wait, what's that, veloc-o-?
Dr. Robert Burke: Velociraptor. Carnivore, pack hunter. About two meters tall, long snout, binocular vision, strong, dextrous forearms, and killing claws on both feet.
Sarah Harding: And the rex may continue to track us, too, if they perceive a threat to themselves or to their infant.
Dr. Robert Burke: No, no, you're wrong there, Dr. Harding. We'll lose them once we leave their territory.
Sarah Harding: No, don't bet on it. Tyrannosaurs got the largest proportional olfactory cavity of any creature in the fossil record with the exception of one.
Dr. Robert Burke: Right, right, the uh, turkey vulture. Could scent up to ten miles.
Peter Ludlow: Right, this is all very thrilling, but I say we should push on to the village, hmm?
Dr. Robert Burke: [while a T-Rex is right outside the mouth of the cave they're hiding in, Burke notices a snake crawling into his shirt] Oh, my God! AH! A snake! Help me!
[first lines]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: I love you. Thank you so much. Fabulous!
[a glass of white wine is poured]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Thank you, Geoffrey.
Geoffrey: You're welcome.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: We'll also take a bottle of red, as well. Thank you.
Geoffrey: Certainly.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Right. Now... Oh!
Mr. Paul Bowman: [handed a glass of wine] Thank you, Bernard.
Bernard: You're welcome.
Cathy Bowman: [takes sandwich from serving tray] Thank you.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Wonderful. Beautiful day.
[to Cathy]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Sweetie, where are you going?
Cathy Bowman: Eating my sandwich.


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Acting Transport Minister says MH370's black box can still be found even if the data collection mechanism runs out of power.
SEPANG: With time running out fast to locate the ill-fated flight MH370's black box, Malaysian authorities are unfazed saying that they will use other advanced technologies to locate the data collection mechanism.
The jetliner's black box would run out of power in 16 days and it will not be beaming any form of signal after that.
The search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER entered its 13th day today without any glimmer of hope of finding the plane, which is now said to be in the south of the Indian Ocean, some 2,500km from the Australian city of Perth.
Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, speaking at his daily press briefing on the missing plane, has assured that the search and rescue mission will still go on despite not having concrete information of the missing aircraft and its black box.
"I am aware that the (black box) signal can only last for 30 days but I can assure you that we are still optimist to find the jetliner."
"The rescue and search teams will still conduct their daily mission as usual. We have to remember that it took two years for the French to find the missing Air France 447."
"There are still other technologies to detect the black box after 30 days," he said.
Passengers cleared
When asked if all passengers of the runaway plane had been cleared from terrorism activities, Hishammuddin, who is also Defence Minister, reiterated that intelligence agencies around the world have cleared all on board.
"The Ukraine police have confirmed that the background checks on the Ukrainian passenger have come back clear," he said.
He however said Malaysia had asked these agencies to re-look at the passengers list for a second screening.
Hishammuddin added that the second verification notice will be explained by the Inspector General of Police soon.
"I can confirm to you that there was nothing unusual from the manifest. I have verified it with various intelligence agencies."
"We have requested them to re-look at it. We are waiting for our international parties to verify and I believe the IGP can confirm it in another session," he said.
The Boeing 777-200ER jetliner went missing an hour into its flight form the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing, China.
It was carrying 239 passengers and crew. The runaway plane was last spotted by civilian radar heading towards Vietnam over the South China Sea. Its transponders which sends signal to air traffic control on the plane's location was switched from inside the jetliner off soon after last contact was made.
The plane was spotted by the military radar an hour after that heading towards the Andaman Sea, on the western side of peninsula Malaysia. Some 27 nations have joined in the search for the missing plane.
Malaysian authorities have said the plane flew in either one of the two routes. One was towards the Indian Ocean while the other was across continental Asia, from northern Thailand to Kazakhstan.


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Houston megachurch pastor thinks gays are sinners, but doesn't hate them
Joel Osteen also is against gay marriage, but doesn't believe gays should be discriminated against
Joel Osteen, pastor of the largest church in the US, says he does not hate gay people – but he does believe they are sinners.
'I believe the Scripture says that being gay is a sin,' Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday this week (29 April).
But Osteen told host Chris Wallace that he knew his answer would lead to backlash.
'You know, every time I say that, Chris … people say, well, you are a gay hater and you're a gay basher. I'm not,' he insisted. 'I don't dislike anybody. Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. But my faith is based on what I believe the Scripture says, and that's the way I read the Scripture.'
Osteen, interviewed by Wallace with his wife, Victoria, said gay couples should be allowed some limited rights like being able to visit each other in the hospital. But don't expect him to be presiding over a same-sex marriage at his megachurch which has more than 40,000 members.
'I think there should be some,' he said. 'I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.'
Osteen's Sunday sermons are televised to more than 100 nations around the world and seen in 10 million households.


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From The Dallas Morning News, November 19, 1984
TURMOIL OVER RESTRICTING IMMIGRANT BENEFITS GROWS – 300 Dallas Students Protest Law, Vow to Fight Any Texas Limits by Frank Trejo
Anger against California's Proposition 187 spilled from Dallas schools onto the streets Friday as hundreds of students walked out of classes, vowing to fight any attempt to restrict the rights of undocumented immigrants in Texas.
The walkout and a subsequent two-hour demonstration in front of City Hall illustrate the depth of feelings many Hispanics have toward the measure, say North Texas Hispanic leaders and immigrant advocates who are calling for a boycott of California.
"We're here to prove a point, that we don't want 187 in the United States," said Joel Marquez, a sophomore at Spruce High School and one of the more than 300 student protesters.
"We're trying not to get it passed here, because if it's passed in California, they're going to try to pass it here," said Veronica Rodriguez, a ninth-grader at the Law Magnet High School. "They (undocumented immigrants) need to get an education just like anybody else."
Proposition 187, approved in California Nov. 8, would deny certain benefits, such as education and non-emergency health care, to undocumented immigrants. The proposition also would require certain state and local government employees, such as police officers, to report suspected undocumented immigrants.
Legal challenges have temporarily stopped implementation of most of the proposition's provisions. But several leading local opponents of the measure said Friday that an anti-Hispanic backlash is surfacing in California.
And during an afternoon news conference in Dallas, they said efforts are already under way to initiate similar measures in Texas.
Adults and students strongly denied assertions by some school officials that the student walkout was spearheaded by adult organizations. No specific group took credit for organizing the protest.
"These students are not sheep," said Luis de la Garza, president of Grupo de Apoyo a Inmigrantes Latinoamericanos, an immigrant support organization. "They can think on their own, and they are responding to what they have heard."
The student protest started shortly after school began Friday, with students from high schools such as Adamson, Spruce, Skyline, Law Magnet and North Dallas driving and walking to City Hall.
The protesters chanted and waved Mexican and American flags as well as placards blasting Proposition 187. They cheered and gathered in small groups, apparently lacking a concrete plan of action or a leader to address them once they got to the site.
The protest was for the most part peaceful, although police did report that they arrested a 17-year-old accused of vandalizing a car and six other teens for truancy.
Dallas school Superintendent Chad Woolery said the students who attended the rally would receive an unexcused absence.
He said school officials had known about plans for the rally and had urged students to discuss the proposition in class instead.
He also was critical of rally organizers. "It's not appropriate to ask kids to leave school during the school day," he said. "They could have easily held a rally on Saturday."
Several of the students said they learned about the walkout from fliers distributed at school.
Zulema Ortiz, dean of instruction at Sunset High School, said school officials confiscated fliers for the rally earlier this week.
City Council member Domingo Garcia, who arrived at the protest rally late in the morning, said he urged students to return to class and "to use the system to fight Prop 187."
"It ain't going to be solved by skipping school," he said.
State Rep. Roberto Alonzo said the disorganization and lack of planning at the rally proved that adults had no part in organizing the walkout.
He and Mr. de la Garza climbed onto a wall and addressed the students, praising their activism and urging them to continue fighting the proposition.
"The leaders of tomorrow are indeed right here," Mr. de la Garza told them. The two also eventually urged students to board waiting school buses to return them to class.
During an afternoon news conference that included officials of immigrant services groups, Mr. Alonzo once again praised the student action and blasted the proposition.
Ron Cowart, president of Refugee Services of North Texas and a retired Dallas police officer, said he was concerned about the effect Proposition 187-like measures would have on law enforcement's efforts to gain the confidence and trust of immigrants.
"The police are obligated to protect and to serve all who live within our borders," he said. "This amendment will not protect our borders. It will serve only to punish those who are already here. . . . Should police be obligated to protect and to serve only legalized citizens?"
Mr. Alonzo said he already sees some efforts against undocumented immigrants surfacing in Texas.
State Rep. Will Hartnett, R-Dallas, said this week that he is drafting two bills. One would require Texans to show proof they are legally in the United States before getting a driver's license. The other would require similar proof before obtaining job training.
"I'm hoping to use these two bills as a spark," said Mr. Hartnett. "I think Texans would pass . . . (Proposition 187) in a heartbeat if they had the opportunity."
Mr. Hartnett added that he plans to meet with Gov.-elect George Bush to get his views on the issue. Mr. Bush has said the state has an "obligation" to educate all children in Texas, regardless of their background or legal status.
In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas had to provide free public education to undocumented immigrant children.
Immigrant advocates have cited recent incidents in Denton and Carrollton as proof that anti-immigrant sentiments already exist in Texas.
In September, Denton County commissioners tried unsuccessfully to pass a measure that would have prevented undocumented residents from receiving health care. And, in Carrollton, a resolution supporting English as the country's official language was defeated.
Jose Angel Gutierrez, a professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington, said those cases show that more extensive measures would face stiff opposition in Texas.
"I don't think anything could happen without a very big fight," he said.
Staff writers Kendall Anderson, Alfredo Corchado, Larry Bleiberg and Nora Lopez contributed to this report.


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63 Booth Street West Tel: 0161 227 9785
Out of Hours Please call 111 if you need help between 6.30pm and 8.00am. Your call will be answered by NHS111 who will be able to direct you to a local service which best meets your needs. Please call on the practice telephone number after 8.00am. Between 8.00 and 8.45am, your call will be answered by our out of hours provider. After 8.45am your call will come through to us.
Telephone Advice
If you want to speak to the doctor on the telephone or just want some advice that doesn't require you coming in to the surgery, please ask for a telephone consultation. If you telephone before 10.00am your call will be returned the same morning.
Cancelling your Appointment
If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone to let us know on 0161 227 9785 (Boundary) or 0161 872 8129 (City Road).
We're very sorry to inform patients that Dr Nortcliff is now leaving us for pastures new. Dr Nortcliff joined us as a Registrar in 2012 before becoming a Partner in 2013. He's made a big difference to both the practice and patients, and we're really sorry to see him go. His last day with us will be 21st July. We wish him every success for the future.
In addition to routine appointments we also provide the following services:-
Cervical Screening – appointments for smear tests can be made with the practice nurse.
Contraception Services – advice is available from the doctors during normal surgery or by appointment with the practice nurse.
Vaccinations and Immunisations – by appointment with the practice nurse.
Baby and Under 5's Clinic – Baby clinic is held each week from 09:00-11:30am on Thursdays at City Road for routine vaccinations.
Maternity Services – Ante-natal care is given in conjunction with St Mary's Hospital and the Community Midwives. The doctor will visit mothers and their babies at home after delivery on request.
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FILED: July 30, 2003
Judicial Review from Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.
Argued and submitted January 4, 2002.
Eric M. Cumfer argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.
Lore M. Bensel, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.
Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.
Order determining petitioner to be a predatory sex offender reversed and remanded for a new hearing; otherwise affirmed.
Edmonds, P. J., concurring.
Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (board) designating him as a predatory sex offender and establishing the conditions of his parole. We uphold the condition of parole that he challenges but reverse the board's predatory sex offender designation and remand for further proceedings.
Before turning to petitioner's arguments, we describe briefly the applicable statutory and regulatory framework. Pursuant to ORS 181.585, the board determines whether persons convicted of certain sex offenses should be designated as predatory sex offenders. In making that determination, the board uses a risk assessment scale approved by the Department of Corrections. See ORS 181.585(2); V. L. Y. v. Board of Parole, 188 Or App ___, ___ P3d ____ (Jul 16, 2003). The risk assessment scale lists a series of factors that bear on whether a convicted sex offender is likely to reoffend. Not all factors are weighted equally, however. Some factors are designated as automatic override factors and still other factors are designated as starred factors. When the board made its determination in this case, a person would be designated as a predatory sex offender if either one automatic override factor or two starred factors applied. If no automatic override factor or fewer than two starred factors applied, then the board would consider all the positive and negative factors and, giving each factor a pre-assigned weight, determine whether the person should be designated as a predatory sex offender.
With that background in mind, we turn to the facts of this case. In 1992, petitioner was convicted of five counts of first-degree sex abuse and three counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct. Based on those convictions, the trial court sentenced petitioner to up to 11 ˝ years in prison. Before petitioner's parole release date, the board made a preliminary determination that he should be designated as a predatory sex offender. More specifically, the board made a preliminary determination that three starred factors applied. It found that petitioner had a "[h]istory of sex crimes," that his "current sex offense conviction[s]" involved "multiple victims," and that he had used "weapons or threats."
The board notified petitioner of its preliminary determination, sent him a copy of his scored risk assessment scale, (1) and informed him that he could respond in writing if he disagreed with the board's preliminary determination. Although the board invited petitioner to respond to its preliminary determination, it did not tell petitioner the factual basis for its determination. For example, the board did not tell petitioner whether it was basing its preliminary determination that he had a "history of sex crimes" on adjudicated or unadjudicated acts. It did not tell petitioner how many sex crimes he allegedly had committed before his present conviction, what sex crimes he had committed, when he had done so, or who his victims were. Similarly, the board did not specify whether its determination that he had used weapons or threats was based on actions connected to the offenses for which he had been convicted or to other unspecified offenses. Finally, the board did not specify what petitioner had allegedly said or done to threaten a victim or when he had allegedly taken those actions.
Petitioner filed a written response to the board's preliminary determination. Invoking due process and the Supreme Court's decision in Noble v. Board of Parole, 327 Or 485, 964 P2d 990 (1998), petitioner asked the board to notify him of the factual basis for its conclusion that the three starred factors applied. He also asked for an evidentiary hearing at which he could testify and cross-examine witnesses, and he argued that due process required the board to apply a clear and convincing evidence standard to any factual determination it made. Finally, petitioner raised a variety of other constitutional objections to designating him as a predatory sex offender.
After considering petitioner's written objections, the board issued its final order addressing those objections and designating him as a predatory sex offender. In its final order, the board explained, for the first time, that it based its conclusion that petitioner had a history of sex crimes on "detailed information in the presentence report about [petitioner's unadjudicated] past sexual abuse of two of his nieces." The board also explained why it had concluded that petitioner's crimes involved multiple victims. Finally, it explained that "[t]he 'use of weapons or threats' category is supported by statements in the presentence report by [petitioner's] daughter indicating that while he was sexually abusing her, he told her not to tell anyone because she would get in trouble." The board reasoned, "Given the trust relationship that is supposed to exist between a young girl and her father, [petitioner's] statements that the child would get in trouble if she told is a threatening statement relating to the sexual abuse."
On review, petitioner repeats the various statutory and constitutional issues that he raised below. Most of the issues that petitioner raises on review are answered by our decision in V. L. Y., and we affirm those issues without further discussion. We write, however, to address two issues that were not presented in V. L. Y. We begin with petitioner's claim that the board failed to provide him with constitutionally adequate notice.
"The purpose of notice under the Due Process Clause is to apprise the affected individual of, and permit adequate preparation for, an impending 'hearing.'" Memphis Light, Gas & Water v. Craft, 436 US 1, 14, 98 S Ct 1554, 56 L Ed 2d 30 (1978); see Mullane v. Central Hanover Trust Co., 339 US 306, 70 S Ct 652, 94 L Ed 865 (1950). The board's notice did not meet that standard. The board notified petitioner that it had made a preliminary decision to designate him as a predatory sex offender because, among other things, he had a "history of sex crimes." The board, however, did not tell petitioner (until after it had made its final decision) what sex crimes he allegedly had committed, when those crimes allegedly occurred, or with whom. Without that information or some process that would permit him to discover that information, petitioner was in no position to respond--in writing or otherwise--to the board's determination that he had a history of sex crimes. See Memphis Light, Gas & Water, 436 US at 14; Carr v. SAIF Corp., 65 Or App 110, 123-24 670 P2d 1037 (1983), rev dismissed, 297 Or 83 (1984) (adequate presuspension notice would inform an individual that the agency was considering suspension, the charges involved, and the evidence upon which the charges are based). The same problem inheres in the board's preliminary determination that petitioner used weapons or threats. (2)
Because the board failed to provide petitioner with constitutionally adequate notice, its order must be reversed. Cf. Noble, 327 Or at 498 (requiring adequate notice). (3) We do not know whether, on remand, petitioner will contest the facts on which the board based its decision. If he does, the board will be required to decide whether it may avoid a predetermination hearing because the facts on which it relies are objective facts that cannot reasonably be contested. See Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe, 538 US ___, 123 S Ct 1160, 155 L Ed 2d 98 (2003) (holding that no predetermination hearing is constitutionally required when a sexual offender designation is based solely on an objective fact that cannot reasonably be questioned, such as the offender's conviction); Noble, 327 Or at 497 (referring to the objective facts in Mackey v. Montrym, 443 US 1, 13, 99 S Ct 2612, 61 L Ed 2d 321 (1979)). Similarly, because it is unclear whether the board will rely on objective facts that cannot reasonably be disputed or, if it does not, whether petitioner will contest the facts on which the board relies, it would not be appropriate at this stage of the proceedings to decide whether the Due Process Clause requires the board to use a clear and convincing rather than a preponderance of the evidence standard to resolve disputed facts.
Petitioner raises a second issue that requires resolution. He argues that the board could not, as a condition of his parole, prohibit him from "possess[ing] videos, books or other media with children as primary subjects or actors unless such material is approved prior in writing by the supervising officer." He contends that, as a statutory matter, the condition is not necessary or related to his individual circumstances. See ORS 144.270(3)(a). He argues alternatively that, even if the board had the statutory authority to impose this condition, the condition violates the Due Process Clause because it fails to give fair notice of what it prohibits. We begin with petitioner's statutory argument.
ORS 144.270(3)(a) authorizes the board to "establish such special conditions [of parole] as it shall determine are necessary because of the individual circumstances of the parolee." (4) Petitioner was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse involving children and using children in a display of sexually explicit conduct. A 1998 sex offender evaluation disclosed a long history of pedophilia and sexual interest in commercial films involving children. The record shows, for example, that petitioner has become sexually aroused and engaged in sexual acts while watching commercial movies and television shows involving child actors. An evaluator examining petitioner recommended, as a condition of parole, that petitioner "[n]ot view movies, films, [and] television shows which * * * act as stimulus to deviant arousal." On this record, the board reasonably determined that the prohibition against possessing "books or other media with children as primary subjects or actors" was necessary in light of petitioner's history. See Martin v. Board of Parole, 327 Or 147, 157, 957 P2d 1210 (1998) (stating the standard of review for post-prison supervision conditions).
Having determined that the condition is authorized, we turn to petitioner's argument that it violates due process. Petitioner argued before the board that the condition was unconstitutionally vague because it fails to give fair notice of the materials it prohibits. (5) In response to that argument, the board explained that the restriction against possessing materials with children as the primary subjects or actors limited its scope. The board, however, also modified the condition by adding the phrase "unless such material is approved prior in writing by the supervising officer." It explained that, "[i]f there are any materials in [petitioner's] possession that he feels may be subject to this condition, he can show those materials to his parole officer and receive written permission to possess those materials." The board concluded that the condition, as modified, gave petitioner fair notice of what it prohibits.
We agree with the board's reasoning. As the board noted, the condition applies only to possessing materials that have children as the primary subjects or actors. More importantly, if petitioner is unsure whether any materials that he possesses come within this restriction, he can always ask his supervising officer whether they do. (6) The condition thus provides a procedural mechanism for removing any doubt about which materials it prohibits. As modified, the condition does not fail to give petitioner fair notice in violation of the Due Process Clause.
Order determining petitioner to be a predatory sex offender reversed and remanded for a new hearing; otherwise affirmed.
EDMONDS, P. J., concurring.
I agree with the majority's opinion that we are bound by this court's decision in V. L. Y. v. Board of Parole, ___ Or App ___, ___P3d___ (Jul 16, 2003). I therefore join with the majority opinion. However, I write separately to note that the effect of this court's majority opinion in V. L. Y. is to reject petitioner's arguments that he is entitled to a predetermination hearing in the event that the board determines that the facts that it relies on to designate him as a predatory sex offender are derived from his criminal history. In other words, it is possible that on remand the board, under our holding in V. L. Y., could rely on facts that, under its rules, would effectively prohibit petitioner from offering any evidence to demonstrate that he currently does not exhibit characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (7) As I explained in my dissent in V. L. Y., I believe that the board's rule that permits it to avoid making a subjective determination of whether petitioner currently exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others exceeds the scope of authority granted to the board by the legislature to determine by rule the criteria for predatory sex offender status. ___ Or App at ___ (Edmonds, J., dissenting) (slip op at ___).
Armstrong, J., joins in this concurrence.
1. After the board issued the orders in this case, it refined the procedures that it uses in deciding whether a person should be designated as a predatory sex offender. See OAR 255-060-0011 (codifying the board's current procedures).
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2. The board told petitioner that it based its designation on the "use of weapons or threats," but it did not tell him when he allegedly had used any weapons or threats, whom petitioner allegedly had threatened, or what he supposedly had said.
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3. This case does not require us to decide whether the general notice that the board provided would have been constitutionally adequate if the board had also provided petitioner with a reasonable opportunity, before it required him to file his written objections, to discover the factual basis for its preliminary determination. We express no opinion on that issue.
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4. Although petitioner and the board assume that the applicable statute is ORS 144.270(3)(a), ORS 144.270(3)(b)(G) appears to be more on point. It provides that, if a person is convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, the board "shall include * * * as [a] special conditio[n] of the person's parole * * * a prohibition against viewing, listening to, owning or possessing any sexually stimulating visual or auditory materials that are relevant to the person's deviant behavior."
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5. Petitioner did not argue below that the condition was vague in violation of Article I, sections 20 and 21, because it gave unbridled discretion to the supervising officer. See Delgado v. Souders, 334 Or 122, 144-48, 46 P3d 729 (2002) (explaining that a party who limited his vagueness claim to a lack of fair notice had a claim only under the Due Process Clause).
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6. Petitioner argues that he may violate this condition whenever he turns on his television set or picks up a magazine. The condition, however, prohibits petitioner from possessing certain media, not from viewing them on television. Moreover, the board has recognized that petitioner can possess the materials long enough to ask his supervising officer to determine whether they are permissible.
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7. ORS 181.585(1) provides, in part, that
"a person is a predatory sex offender if the person exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and has been convicted of a sex crime listed in ORS 181.594(2)(a) to (d), has been convicted of attempting to commit one of those crimes or has been found guilty except for insanity of one of those crimes."
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Tim Wolff This year, students at Mountain Green and Morgan Elementary School have intensified their focus on personal expression and the writing process. It is my pleasure to feature an essay by fourth grade student, Kate Korth. Kate's essay provides an exemplary example of what school, home, and student can accomplish when we work together! The Morgan Elementary Fourth Grade Field trip By: Kate Korth On February 15th, the Morgan Elementary Fourth graders got to go on a field trip. We went to the State Capitol Building and the Utah Museum of Natural History. Both of these places are in Salt Lake City, and we got to ride a bus to get there. First we went to the State Capitol Building. We met the First Lady of Utah. Her name is Jeanette Herbert and she is married to the Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert. She taught us about the Capitol Building and the Gold Room. The Gold Room is a very special room that is used for entertaining very important people that come to visit Utah. It is called the Gold Room because it is painted with paint that has little flakes of gold in it. Next we went to the Senate Gallery where they try to make bills into Laws. We got to watch them vote on a bill, and after the bill passed the Senate, we got to watch the House vote on it. I thought it was interesting to see how laws are made. My favorite thing about the State Capitol Building was sitting in the Gold Room and talking with the First Lady. She told us that most people don't get to sit down in the Gold Room. We did get to sit down in it, and the First Lady told us that it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I liked the Gold Room because everything in it was beautiful and shiny. It had lots of fancy furniture from different countries in it. There was a big table made out of extinct wood from Russia in the Gold Room. Sometimes the First Lady dines in the Gold Room. After lunch we took the bus to the Utah Museum of Natural History. The first things we saw were displays about many Indian tribes in Utah. We learned about the Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute, Ute, and Navajo tribes. Next we saw many insects in glass cases. All the insects we saw can be found in Utah. We also saw some monkey skulls and I thought that was pretty gross. We saw many different dinosaur fossils found in Utah and different animal displays. Some of my favorite things at the Utah Museum of Natural History were all of the crystals and gems in pretty colors. There were so many that I couldn't decide which one was my favorite. I also liked learning about earthquakes. We did an experiment where we tried to build buildings that wouldn't fall down during an earthquake. I had so much fun on this field trip. I am glad that they let us go and see some of these things in real life instead of just reading about them in books. I am sure I will remember lots of the things I saw for a long time. I am glad I live in Utah and love learning more about this state.
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Can the custodial parent relocate without a order and already having an order in the process?
We've been separated for a month now and about a week ago on a Thursday, she is claiming she is planning to move. Eventually, I disapproved and immediately went to a family lawyer the next day and explained the situation. I had to put down x amount of money to begin the paperwork and serve her, however, could not have the money until Monday of this week. So, the paperwork was already submitted and just needed the judge's signature, but my x has already left yesterday 8-10-12. What happens then if she already left? Is she in content of leaving without my authorization?
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In the UK Simpson Thacher has long been KKR's go-to adviser on the financing side of deals, while Clifford Chance regularly advises the buyout house on the M&A aspects of deals. In 2007 the magic circle firm advised KKR on its acquisition of Alliance Boots, with partner Daniel Kossoff leading (12 March 2007).
Last May The Lawyer reported that Signy had defected from Clifford Chance to Simpson Thacher (5 May 2009). While his departure was seen as a blow for the magic circle firm, where he had been one of the corporate practice's biggest hitters, his arrival at Simpson Thacher gave the US firm English law M&A capabilities for the first time.
It is understood that this is the first time the firm's London office has advised KKR on both the financing and M&A sides of a deal.
Ian Barratt, who took over the KKR relationship when acquisition finance veteran Tony Keal retired last year (12 October 2009), led on the financing side.
Pets at Home was sold by Bridgepoint Capital, which had bought the retailer for £230m in 2005 and was considering exiting its position via an IPO. Bridgepoint was advised by Travers Smith partner David Innes while the management at Pets at Home was advised by DLA Piper.
The banks that were preparing Pets at Home for an IPO, including Rothschild, JPMorgan Cazenove and RBS Hoare Govett, were adised by Ashurst partner Nicholas Holmes.
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With social gaming defining how companies like Facebook and Google are interacting with their users, Sony is trying their hand at the social element with a complete redesign of PlayStation Home.
A recent press release outlines how the system will work, with PlayStation Home being divided up into "districts" that are themed on games of various genres. A new central area called "The Hub" will be the place where players will have access to "games, quests, community events and user-generated content," along with being able to purchase in-game/in-world items and interact with other PS Home users. Of the announced districts so far, the Action District, Sportswalk, Adventure District, and Pier Park will be open at launch this fall.
What may be most interesting for PlayStation 3 owners is the new "separate core client upgrade" that will accompany the new network. Although it may simply be a platform that Sony uses to smooth out the process of bringing old users over to the new PlayStation Home, Sony will hopefully be including added personal information protection with this upgrade. (Especially important for Sony, in light of recent service issues and hacks from online criminals.)
From Sony's press release:
"PlayStation Home's new core experience is a giant leap in the evolution of the platform, not to mention a major milestone for PlayStation Network, and its new modelquickly [sic] deploys our users to many compelling free-to-play games that fit their interests," said Jack Buser, director of PlayStation Home, SCEA. "With this update, coming this fall, PlayStation Home becomes a game itself, making it the most robust gamified social experience available."
PlayStation Home's new core experience provides players with a dynamic and constantly changing pool of activities and challenges throughout the Hub and districts, with thematic content that enables players to find games that are relevant to their interests:
The Hub: The new, futuristic Hub brings games directly to players with a featured game front-and-center upon login, the Activity Board where players can engage in quests and community activities, and a direct path to free games via the teleporter.
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Walnut Armoire
This bedroom clothing armoire was constructed as a stacked two piece upper cabinet and lower dresser unit assembly for ease of cross country shipment. It is medium sized for an armoire with basic dimensions of 57H by 34W by 18D (excluding hardware projection and top overhang) to fit nicely against a city town house bedroom wall. All elements of the exposed cabinetry are solid walnut including all shelving and panels and the one inch thick top.
The walnut drawer fronts are dovetailed to alder drawer sides while the drawer backs and the solid wood bottoms are poplar. The alder made it's way into the construction because of it's stability when I found the first trial poplar cupping badly after re-saw. The drawer guides and kickers are poplar while the replaceable runners are maple for wear resistance. The all walnut cabinet doors use mortise and tenon joinery with a floating panel and are hung on offset knife hinges. The drawers are of 8 inch height and the frame construction allows them to be about 16 inch deep by 30 inch wide. A fair amount of effort was dedicated to ensuring grain match across all of the adjoining rails, posts, drawer fronts, etc.
Although the armoire design does not follow typical Shaker cabinet construction I attempted to add some Shaker style elements on the panel relief, leg taper, and top under-bevel. The walnut was dyed using a 50% Solar-Lux Van Dyke Brown solution before numerous coats of wipe on Satin Poly were applied. The drawers were left unfinished as I prefer the feel and look of bare wood for those surfaces.
57H by 34W by 18D
Top is 1 inch thick and 36L x 20W
Upper shelf is adjustable
Dovetailed drawer fronts and backs.
Under beveled top