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O Cinema, the art-house movie theater responsible for bringing grindhouse horror, obscure documentaries and locally produced flicks to South Florida audiences, is taking over the 66-year-old Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores. But lovers of traditional films need not be scandalized; owner Kareem Tabsch says the Miami Shores venue will screen family-friendly reels, starting with the 1940s musical "Blue Skies" on Saturday.
When Fred Astaire and Joan Caulfield hit the screen on opening night, it will be the first time in roughly two decades that the MTC will be used for what it was built: movie-showing. The venue opened in 1946, then called Paramount Movies, and "Blue Skies" was the first film shown there.
But after demand for old-school classics dropped, and single-screen movie theaters lost popularity, the Paramount went through countless reinventions that led it to become a "questionable-subject movie theater," Tabsch says. Miami Shores council members placed a ban on movie theaters to drive out the smutty content and the kind of crowds attracted to the small North Dade village.
In November 2011, Jesse Walters of the Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce helped lift the ban. Tabsch's new theater, O Cinema Miami Shores at the Miami Theater Center, will share the venue with the theater company previously known as the PlayGround Theatre, which puts on shows for children at MTC.
The programming at O Cinema Miami Shores will include animated films, live simulcasts of European ballet and opera, foreign-language narratives and classics from Hollywood's golden era. Still, the Wynwood location will have its grime and indie docs.
"That's not going anywhere," Tabsch says. "It's gonna reach new heights of awesome ridiculousness in Wynwood. [The new theater] is just allowing us to bring more types of films."
Saturday also marks the Village of Miami Shores' 80th anniversary, so a block party and street fair will lead up to the inaugural screening at 7 p.m. Although his new project aims to capture a less-edgy crowd, Tabsch isn't worried O Cinema Miami Shores will negatively affect the image of the Wynwood location.
"There's no reason you can't love both grindhouse and sweeping epics," he says. "I say that because I love blood and guts... but also love 'Casablanca'."
O Cinema Miami Shores at the Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave., Miami Shores, screens "Blue Skies" at 7 p.m. Saturday. $10.50, $5 for children 12 and younger at O-Cinema.org.


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HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets sank Friday, weighed down by fears over the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" that investors see as a big threat to the economic recovery.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.9 percent to 8,757.39 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.5 percent to 21,453.49. South Korea's Kospi retreated 1 percent to 1,894.85 and Australia's S&P ASX 200 dropped 0.5 percent to 4,462.20.
The slump in Asia mirrored the trend in markets worldwide as investors have refocused on challenges to the world economy following U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election. Many worry that gridlock in Washington will prevent the president and Congress from reaching a deal before the package of tax increases and government spending cuts kicks in on Jan. 1.
Declines were more muted in mainland China, where investors were awaiting a number of economic indicators that would provide the latest update on the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
The Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.3 percent to 2,065.92, while the Shenzhen Composite Index lost 0.3 percent to 828.78.
The Chinese benchmarks briefly swung into positive territory after a report released just after trading started showed October inflation had eased to 1.7 percent, giving room for more stimulus. But investors stayed cautious as they awaited industrial production, fixed asset investment and retail sales figures later in the day.
"Markets may stabilize and possibly rebound on Chinese data for October, which we expect to show acceleration of output amid muted price pressures," strategists at Credit Agricole CIB wrote in a research note.
On Wall Street, the Dow closed down nearly 1 percent to 12,811.32, bringing its two-day loss to 434 points. The Standard and Poor's 500 index fell 1.2 percent to 1,377.51 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slipped 1.4 percent to 2,895.58.
In currencies, the euro weakened to $1.2748 from to $1.2750 late Thursday. The dollar strengthened to 79.49 Japanese yen from 79.38 yen.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 12 cents to $85.22 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 65 cents to close at $85.09 on Thursday.

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Flickr has a section, called The Commons, where museums and archive can post their photos to share. Institutions such as The Library of Congress, The State Library of South Wales, The National Galleries of Scotland, Imperial War Museum, The National Medium Museum, George Eastman House, and Nationaal Archief have posted part of their collections online. In general, most of these photos have no copyright, due to expiration.
These groups are great places to find photos because, just like the rest of the photos on flickr, you can search the tags, titles or descriptions to find photos. When you find a photo, if you have a flickr/yahoo account you can comment on the photo - many people comment with wikipedia links to describe the person, place or thing in the photo.
But searchers shouldn't limit themselves to the commons when searching for family and genealogy photos. Small museums and archive might not be connected with The Commons, but may still have a flickr account. I found out that a local archive, the Kenan Research Center, has a flickr account. Searching for "snow" and "atlanta" turned up a variety of photos that they have posted online. I'm always looking for photos of atlanta to try and find photos of where my ancestors lived. I was very happy to find these.
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General Comments: Futures were mostly a little higher in quiet trading. Interest has left the market in many ways, as many feel prices are too low to sell short again, but there are few who see any reasons to buy for the longer term. Arabica cash markets remain quiet right now and Robusta selling interest has become less, as well. Most sellers, including Brazil, are quiet and are waiting for futures to move higher. Buyers are interested on cheap differentials. Brazil weather is forecast to show dry conditions, but no cold weather. There are some forecasts for cold weather to develop in Brazil at the end of this week, but so far the market is not concerned. Current crop development is still good this year in Brazil. Central America crops are seeing good rains now. Colombia is reported to have good conditions.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are little changed today and are about 2.748 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 116.04 ct/lb. Brazil should get dry weather except for some showers in the southwest. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Colombia should get scattered showers, and Central America and Mexico should get showers, with some big rains possible in central and southern Mexico and northern Central America. Temperatures should average near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 121.00 September. Support is at 122.00, 119.00, and 116.00 September, and resistance is at 126.00, 127.00, and 129.00 September. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1730, 1705, and 1670 September, and resistance is at 1775, 1800, and 1850 September. Trends in Sao Paulo are mixed to down with no objectives. Support is at 147.00, 144.00, and 140.00 September, and resistance is at 151.00, 155.00, and 159.00 September.
General Comments: Futures were lower on what appeared to be long liquidation from speculators and perhaps some farm selling. Ideas of better weather in production areas were negative for prices. Some storms are moving through western Texas and conditions there are improving. Good weather is being reported in the Delta and Southeast as well. The weather has improved, and looks to improve conditions generally through the rest of the week. Scattered showers are forecast for the Delta and Southeast, and wetter and warm weather is expected in Texas. Weather for Cotton appears good in India, Pakistan, and China. It is possible that futures made at least a short term high on Friday.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see some showers this weekend. Temperatures will average above normal. Texas will get showers today, then dry weather. Temperatures will average above normal. The USDA spot price is now 82.74 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.545 million bales, from 0.544 million yesterday.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed to down with no objectives. Support is at 87.05, 86.75, and 85.60 October, with resistance of 90.10, 90.50, and 91.40 October.
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Activity in the dominant U.S. services sector perked up in the final month of 2012, while hopes grew that Europe may be through the worst of its economic slump, surveys showed on Friday.
Britain's vast services sector, however, contracted for the first time in two years, suggesting the broader economy probably shrank as well in the final three months of 2012.
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Worldwide, private sector business growth hit a nine-month high, boosted largely by service-oriented firms.
But none of the data suggest growth is robust enough to pressure central banks on either side of the Atlantic to tinker with highly stimulative monetary policies.
The Institute for Supply Management said its index of U.S. service firms grew at its fastest clip in 10 months in December, boosted by a rise in new orders. The pace of hiring in the sector hit a five-month high.
Throughout the U.S. economy, employers added 155,000 new workers last month, a separate report on Friday showed. Gains were distributed broadly, from manufacturing and construction to health care, which economists say suggests the economy would probably grow by about 2.0 percent in 2013.
"The overall tone was one consistent with modest economic growth," said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR, a global consulting firm based in New York.
The 17-country euro zone, on the other hand, probably closed out the year in recession, though evidence that the pace of contraction in the service sector had slowed suggested things may be turning around.
"I think (the euro zone PMIs) are showing a decisive bottoming-out of activity," said James Nixon, chief European economist at Societe Generale. "Now, the actual levels of the surveys are still consistent with GDP declining, but at least things aren't getting worse any faster."
According to financial information firm Markit, the euro zone's composite PMI, which measures the activity of thousands of companies, rose to 47.2 last month, its highest since March.
The decline eased among firms such as banks and restaurants, which comprise the bulk of the euro zone economy, though things looked worse for manufacturers.
"The surveys at least bring some substance to the belief that the worst is over and that a return to growth is in sight for the region in 2013," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
The UK services PMI, however, slipped to 48.9 from 50.2, sagging below the 50 mark that divides expansion and contraction for the first time in two years.
"The broader picture is that for some time the economy has been bouncing around the bottom ... and I think this is likely to stay with us for the next couple of quarters," said Rob Wood, chief UK economist at Berenberg Bank.
Survey compiler Markit said the figures suggest Britain's economy shrank 0.2 percent in the final quarter of 2012, a slightly bigger drop than most other private-sector forecasts.
Friday's European data followed news that China's services sector saw its slowest rate of expansion in nearly a year and a half in December, although the HSBC services PMI still pointed to a modest revival in economic growth.
Fears that China's economy would hit the skids kept investors on their heels in early 2012, but data in the second half of the year suggested the world's second biggest economy would avoid a hard landing and continue to grow modestly.
With Europe likely to remain in recession, the world economy will increasingly depend on China and the United States to provide the fuel for continued growth.
Recent U.S. data, particularly from the labor market, has been encouraging, not least because firms continued to hire in December despite a looming government budget crisis that many feared would bring recession in 2013 if not solved.
"This supports the view that the economy is picking up steam and employers added to payrolls even with worries about the fiscal cliff," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economist strategist at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.
The U.S. Congress struck a deal to avoid going over the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts on New Year's Day, though decisions on important spending issues were delayed.
Bond markets also got a scare on Thursday when published minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting revealed some officials thought it would be appropriate to wind down the central bank's open-ended asset purchase program, known as QE, before the end of 2013.
That prompted a spike in long-dated bond yields, though Friday's data showing the U.S. jobless rate rising to 7.8 percent eased some of those fears.
"When it comes to Fed policy, this report should keep it steady," said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets. "There was talk of a scaling back of QE yesterday, but this number is a snapshot and is basically where it was when the Fed decided to do more QE last month."
Economists think the European Central Bank may go further and cut interest rates again.
Euro zone policymakers discussed but decided against cutting rates from a record low 0.75 percent at last month's meeting.
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Rob Kardashian hasn't been shy about his ongoing battle with his weight. And now In Touch can reveal that the 26-yearold is taking matters into his own hands and looking into procedures that can help speed along his weight-loss goals.
On Nov. 13, he accompanied his sister Kim — who's also been trying to slim down — to Epione in Beverly Hills. "He is exploring his options," an insider tells the mag. As In Touch reported last week, Kim has been going to the facility for a procedure to reduce stretch marks and sagging, from which Rob may also benefit.
But Rob admits he's not relying solely on doctors to drop the 60 pounds he gained. "Right now, my focus is being healthy and working out," says the reality star, who recently relocated to Florida to escape public scrutiny, according to a source. "I hit the reset button on my life."
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The Supper Club Book by David Hoekstra is a combination history and travel guide that celebrates the past, present and future of supper clubs. These beloved eateries of America's heartland are unique to the Upper Midwest. This book brings to life the memorable people who created the tradition of these time-honored establishments and keep them alive. It also reveals how combining contemporary movements such as craft beers and locavore menus with staples like Friday night fish fry and Saturday prime rib has allowed supper clubs to evolve over time. A forward by Garrison Keillor provides additional Midwest flavor to this book.


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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Hi, everyone. Photo Challenge guru Scott Kleinberg here. Photo Challenge (theme:Travel) has come to an end. You gave us a lot to digest. (how many of you knew I was going to write that?) As you may know, taking the top spot comes with some prizes: 1. In conjunction with the Digital Photo Academy, the winner will have the opportunity to attend a workshop in Chicago! The workshops are for people of all levels. You can learn more about the Digital Photo Academy and the workshops at this link. 2. Your photo featured in our gallery on RedEye's website (along with some editor's comments about why your photo was so special). 3. This week, your photo will appear on Page 2 in Thursday's RedEye. Read below the photos for all the details on next week's challenge. Thanks so much to everyone that participated! We start with the honorable mentions, then go to the five finalists and save the best for last - the winner. Next week's contest Your assignment: Shoot photographs with the theme "Home." Explanation: Last week we did travel. Now we're shifting gears and doing home. But remember, home is where the heart is. It's also where you live. But it's not necessarily where you live right now. Some things to think about as you tackle the theme. My advice as always: Have fun and be creative - that's the No. 1 way to get our attention. Upon completion: Email the photograph into firstname.lastname@example.com with "redeyephoto" in the subject line. ***NOTE: Because I get so many photos, you must include the word redeyephoto in the subject line otherwise I can't guarantee I'll see your entry. Please include your name, your age, your neighborhood, location of the photograph and caption information.*** Firm Deadline: Noon Central Time every Wednesday. The dossier: We want to capture the best images Chicagoans have to offer. Every week we will have a new theme, and RedEye will select the best photograph to run in the paper. Official rules Read them all right here.
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There are some considerations that must be made in the process or determining the best source for your magic paraphernalia.
What to Look For When Choosing a Magic Store Online
The initial port of call would be perusing through their product range. The store you select should offer a full range that has magic sets and tricks for beginners and experts, with easily digestible descriptions and instructions that can be used by any budding magician.
Sites that showcase their products using high resolution pictures are preferable as it enables you to get a clear idea of the equipment and level of expertise involved. A magic shop that is worthy to be considered as ideal ought to have sets and tools for children's magic, stage magic, mind sharpening, wallet sized tricks etc. It is preferable to opt for a shop that has affordable products, secure payment options and hassle-free shipping and handling.
Furthermore, facilities such as discounts and points accumulation offer great savings and are great for continued purchases. Additionally, the website's customer support executives or its FAQ section should be able to answer all of your queries.
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Significant research has been conducted in regards to understanding the gas flows and pressures required to pneumatically convey materials. However the true power requirements to operate a pneumatic conveying system are less well defined. In this article, you will discover the results of a large-scale experiment into apparent work versus actual work required to operate a pneumatic conveying system.
Apparent Work Concept
Apparent work analysis studies the true power required to operate a pneumatic conveying system to determine if a process is operating efficiently. Actual work stems directly from basic system design parameters. Material characteristics (entrainment velocity, friction factor) and system characteristics (rate, distance, line size) define the pressure and airflow required to transport material.
Apparent work includes gas volume and pressure that is generated — but not used — in the actual work of conveying of materials through a pipeline. Combining the influences of leakage, additional pressure inputs and compressor efficiency, actual power can be modified to represent the apparent power required for the system.
Observing the apparent work required to operate a pneumatic conveying system, whether it be dilute phase or dense phase, exposes a power minimization curve. The minimization curve differs significantly depending on the type of convey system, the type of air controls employed and the compression device. Understanding operational factors that directly impact apparent work and the power minimization curve will support peak efficiency of the system.
Causes of System Inefficiencies
Rotary airlock leakage is a common source of excess volume that feeds material into the convey line, but does not actually move material in the pipe. Rotary airlock valves vary in size and construction. Once manufactured, they have a fixed pressure versus leakage relationship similar to an orifice. The convey pressure directly impacts leakage volume and total supply volume required.
Delivery of air volume from the compression device to the feedpoint is a common source of pressure drop that the compression device must overcome, although no material is moved during the pressure reduction. Air alone pressure loss can occur simply from the movement of air through supply lines, or because the air volume must be tightly controlled and metered through a control valve.
The selection of compression device and its inherent compression efficiency (?) will strongly influence apparent power. The type of compression device has the largest impact, but performance curves of each particular model also contribute. The efficiency of a compression device at a particular operating point has a large impact on the apparent work and the resulting efficiency of the system.
Types of Pneumatic Convey Technologies
Pressure Dilute Phase
Pressure dilute phase uses gas flow created by the compression device and supplies it to a rotary airlock where material is dropped into the stream. A portion of the gas exits the rotary airlock as leakage and the remainder flows through the line as convey gas. As long as resulting superficial gas velocities are greater than minimum required entrainment velocity, material will be transported.
Pressure Dense Phase
Pressure dense phase flow — or continuous dense phase — can be created using feed from a rotary airlock if the gas flow amount is tightly controlled. Dense phase flow generates significantly higher pressures than dilute phase and requires a robust compression device.
Because the supply pressure of the compressed gas has a strong influence on the apparent power, we must differentiate between communal air supplies (plant wide compressed air) and dedicated air supplies that are generating only the volume and pressure needed for conveying.
Communal compressed air from a compressed air header is a common to way to drive this type of a system. With communal compressed air supply, the convey air is normally generated at pressures from 6-7 bar and then regulated to a pressure significantly less for use. The desired convey gas volume is combined with expected leakage volume and delivered through a gas metering valve. By passing the gas through a metering valve, a resulting pressure drop occurs which the compression device must overcome.
A dedicated compressor realizes significant differences in resulting apparent power. With a dedicated compressor, loss through the metering valve goes directly to apparent power — yet this methodology is significantly more efficient because the gas isn't compressed to an unnecessarily high header pressure.
Power Minimization Curve
The airflow value used for conveying can be adjusted to vary the velocity in a system and see how the power for a specific conveying duty (constant rate, distance, and line size) is affected. This will ideally generate a curve with a minimum. This curve can be produced for both dilute-phase and dense-phase conveying mediums.
In dilute phase, reducing the velocity results in a pressure reduction. Therefore, we see a drop in convey air, pressure, and leakage, which combines for an overall power reduction (see Figure 1). Eventually the minimum convey velocity for the material is reached and the pressure starts to increase (~18 m/s in the example). At this point, the actual power is still dropping but the apparent power is starting to increase. The power minimization for this system has then been identified. Note that the apparent power is approximately 2x the actual power to convey the material.
Velocity reduction in dense phase causes material to accumulate in the convey line and results in a convey pressure increase. Therefore convey air is decreasing but the leakage air and supply pressure are increasing. In Figure 2, the actual power stays approximately constant when the velocity changed suggesting that the actual power to convey material in dense phase is independent of velocity. The apparent power of the communal gas arrangement shows a minimum around 4.5 m/s. Since supply pressure is considered constant in this case, the total supply gas (Qs) is the controlling variable and the inflection point occurs only when the leakage rate increases faster than the convey volume decreases. The apparent power for a dedicated compressor reveals a minimum around 6 m/s. This indicates that there is way to operate this system efficiently when the velocity is not at its minimum.
Although rotary valve leakage significantly increases apparent power for dedicated compressors, supply pressure appears to be a controlling factor in the minimization. In these experiments, apparent power was 2-3x higher when a dedicated compressor scenario was employed and 7-8x higher with a communal compressor.
The experiments performed establish that apparent power to operate a pneumatic conveying system is significantly greater than the actual work being performed; i.e. the transport of materials through pipelines. Dilute-phase systems suffer most from inefficient modes of compression and from convey velocities in excess of minimum required. Dense-phase systems have a tendency to use communal air supplies and experience high rates of rotary airlock leakage. In this case, using a dedicated compressor in place of a communal supply reduces the apparent power.
For a specific conveying arrangement, it is possible to establish a convey velocity that minimizes apparent power required to operate the system. For pressure dilute-phase systems, minimization occurs at or around minimum convey velocity. For pressure dense-phase using a rotary airlock, minimization occurs at a higher velocity when using a dedicated compressor versus drawing from a communal gas supply.
For complete details of system configurations and setup used to generate the charts in this article, along with complete references and proof formulas, visit www.macprocessinc.com/PowerConsiderations.
Jonathan Thorn is the director of technology for Mac Process in Kansas City, MO. Thorn holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, PA, where he specialized in bulk materials handling. He currently focuses on system design and application and has been published in various journals/conferences related to material handling over the past 14 years he has been with Mac Process.
Power Considerations of Pneumatic Convey Systems
Significant research has been conducted in regards to understanding the gas flows and pressures required to pneumatically convey materials. However the true power requirements to operate a pneumatic conveying system are less well defined. In this article, you will discover the results of a large-scale experiment into apparent work versus actual work required to operate a pneumatic conveying system.


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I have read several *nix books that strongly advise to "avoid logging in as root" and better use 'su' instead. These books mention it has to do with security issues but they do not give further explanations as to why and how it is exploited.
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Charlie and Donna Skobrak celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 9th, 2012
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Charlie and Donna Skobrak celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 9th, 2012 with family and friends at the Waterloo Gun and Bocci Club in Stockton, CA.
The couple married on December 8th, 1962 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lodi, CA and have made Stockton their home since that time.
Charlie and Donna have owned and operated Charlie's Day & Nite Security and Lock Service in Stockton for 50 years.
Their anniversary celebration included 158 guests including their children, Charles Jr. and wife Tonya, Steve and wife Veronica and seven grandchildren.
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The night included dinner, dancing and a special tribute fromgranddaughter Jennifer Skobrak by way of a slide show honoring the couple's life together.


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February 2013 Fewer teens are using cigarettes, alcohol, and most illicit drugs, according to NIDA's latest Monitoring the Future study. Troubling trends persist in marijuana use, however, and nonmedical prescription drug use remains a concern.
September 2012 New vaccines that aim to promote recovery from cocaine and heroin abuse showed promise in animal testing. Both vaccines induced rats' immune system to produce high titers of antibodies that inhibit the target drug from reaching the brain. The rats' behaviors when given access to the target drug indicated that the vaccines reduced the reinforcing effects that, in recovering people, can cause lapses to turn into relapses.
December 2008 Reports on study results indicating a medication prescribed for schizophrenia and manic phases of bipolar disorder shows promise as a cocaine addiction treatment.
October 2010 Reports evidence that a cocaine-induced change in the structure of brain cells represents an adaptive response that may limit the drug's impact.
October 2010 Describes study findings revealing that cocaine abusers who maintain high levels of a certain receptor in their brain during early abstinence relapse sooner than abusers whose levels drop.
March 2011 Describes research findings that show that chronic cocaine abuse may change the production of many proteins in the neurons of the brain's reward system, aiding in our understanding how the drug causes addiction.
March 2008 Describes a study showing that cocaine, which increases dopamine levels, also can tap into an intracellular dopamine reserve pool.
April 2009 Describes research with rats to better understand cocaine's effect on the neural signaling in the learning circuits of the brain.
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Nottingham Women's Conference
Nottingham Feminist Action Network (NFAN) announces 'Nottingham Women's Conference', a women only event, to be held on Saturday 21st September 2013. The conference aims to focus on the key issues that face women today. The three main themes of the conference are the objectification of women, violence against women and girls, and women, poverty and power. The primary motivation of the conference is to promote new ways of thinking about women's rights and to provide an opportunity for networking and most importantly, to reach women who ordinarily would not consider themselves as a feminist.
Date(s) - 21 Sep 2013
The Atrium
The format of the conference will be a combination of high profile speakers, workshop events, a lightening panel, highlighting local campaigns and networking opportunities. The speakers include Southall Black Sisters, who are at the forefront of campaigning against gender related violence, OBJECT, a human rights organisation challenging the sexual objectification of women, whose campaigning has lead to a change in legislation. The Co-operative, who offer different models of empowering women and lifting them out of poverty and Nordic Model Advocates, who are campaigning for the UK to adopt the Nordic model of prostitution laws.
The conference will be chaired by Finn Mackay, the founder of the London Feminist Network; a Feminist activist and researcher, who is a regular contributor to the BBC and national press.
Tickets: £10 Individual rate. £25 Organisation rate. Tickets include lunch and free crèche. A few free and subsidised tickets will be allocated on a case by case basis.
Blog: nottinghamwomensconference.wordpress.com
Book tickets: http://www.nottinghamwomensconference.eventbrite.co.uk


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In case you haven't seen my tweets and Facebook posts from the weekend, I had an op-ed piece in the Washington Post yesterday.
Please check it out if you haven't: Memo to Hollywood: Women go to the movies, too
"It is always a shock to people at studios that women do go see movies," Nora Ephron said this spring.
Ephron, who passed away Tuesday at 71, and whose films included the beloved "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally," knew a thing or two about making movies that women wanted to see. She also knew how hard it was to get them on the screen.
She was speaking at a screening of "This Is My Life," the first film she directed, and mentioned that she hoped the huge success of "Bridesmaids," which earned almost $170 million domestically last year, would mark the last time anyone would say that women don't go to the movies. "But I promise you they are still saying it," Ephron added. "It's still frightening to them to not make something that is a tent pole with a possible sequel with a video game."
Unfortunately, she was right. But Hollywood should be even more frightened of what will happen if it keeps taking female filmgoers for granted.
"Women have been left out, undervalued and marginalized in terms of the movies that are released and the way films are marketed," says Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. Yet even while being ignored, women purchase half the movie tickets in the nation, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. Imagine the successes if there were more female characters onscreen than the 33 percent that appeared in the 100 top-grossing films in 2011. And imagine if more than 11 percent of those movies had female protagonists.
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WOW! It looks amazing, and well done to you for persevering! It really does give you a sense of achievement doesn't it xx
Bravo!! And what a beautiful loaf (makes my mouth water). 🙂
Yay! You did it, it looks great. My hands always get really sticky too, I just keep flouring them up!
Congratulations! The bread looks awesome.I bet it was delicious!i am having a Thank You Giveaway of all natural products on my blog. Please if you get a chance check it out.
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How to read a homeopathic flu remedy label
If you're considering trying an over-the-counter homeopathic cold and flu medicine such as oscillococcinum, here are a few things you need to know:
1. It's pronounced O-SILL-O-COX-SEE-NUM. Just call it O-SILLO for short.
2. Homeopathic medicine is very different than herbal medicine. Herbs are supplements and largely unregulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration. Herbs work like pharmacuetical drugs: The more of the herb, the more potent the effect. Homeopathic medicines are highly diluted and then vigorously shaken.
3. Labels use Latin names. Anas barbariae hepatis et cordis extractum is the extract of Muscovy duck liver and heart.
4. The "200CK" indicates that the duck heart and liver have been homeopathically diluted by 100 and the process is repeated 200 times. The K indicates that it is prepared by the Korsakovian method, which means a single vessel is repeatedly emptied, refilled and vigorously shaken (or "succussed," in homeopathic terminology) by a machine calibrated to vibrate 150 times in 7.5 seconds. It is assumed that 1 percent remains in the vessel each time.
In other words, every time it's diluted, 99 percent of the molecules originally in the active ingredient are removed.
4. Critics say there's literally nothing in the medicine. Many proponents agree it's not a cure all, but they say it shouldn't be discounted simply because the mechanism isn't understood, especially since it's often used when conventional medicine fails. "There are people who are true belivers and say it cures everything," said Dr. Iris Bell of the University of Arizona, a leading homeopathy researcher. "My impression of the literature is that it's very helpful in a lot of conditions but we've only started to scratch the surface in terms of what it's helpful for and what it isn't."


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DailyWorth is hiring—and the experience has gotten us thinking about lessons we've learned from hundreds of job applications we've vetted over the last two years. From us to you, our six top tips for a successful job hunt:
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Yes! Eggs in the nest! Hardboiled egg wrapped in a layer of mildly seasoned mashed potato, coated with breadcrumbs and deep-fried!
If you are thinking how I got the title for this post, it is from the photo below! I named this post after I photographed the dish and it kinda felt apt. Doesn't it?
I vaguely remember how I know this dish. I remember tasting this dish for the first time when my cousin made it at home. It was probably during my good old school days. Then I remember asking my mom to make it a couple of times. After that, I don't think I had it again. Truly, I have had this dish very few times that I can hardly remember what it tasted like. However, for some reason the 'idea' of wrapping the egg and frying it always remained in my mind.
This dish is nothing but hardboiled egg wrapped in a layer of mildly seasoned mashed potato, coated with breadcrumbs and deep-fried! As you bite it, you make way through the crispy crunchy crust, soft mashed potato mantle and to the core, the boiled egg. The journey through the different layers of distinct flavor and texture is definitely something worth asking for more!
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Peel the boiled potatoes and place in a bowl. Using a fork, mash the potatoes.
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Divide the potato mixture into four, take a quarter of it, mould it around one of the eggs. Make sure that the potato coating is even all around the egg.
Mix all purpose flour and some water to make medium thick batter.
Dip the egg ball in the batter and then roll it in breadcrumbs.
Slide the eggs carefully into a pan of hot oil, and let them gently fry for a few minutes. Nudge them with a ladle every now and then to turn them over.
When the eggs turn golden brown, remove from the oil, drain on paper towel and allow it to cool.
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This is a great sequel story for our recent blog post about "connected cars."
While the consortium of carmakers works on communication BETWEEN vehicles — you have companies like Nissan that are developing more automatic systems for your car of the near-future. For several years now we've had cars that can park themselves. That's nothing compared to what's next.
Look for Autonomous Emergency Steering, which will take over control of your ride when it detects a hazard.
Then there's also Active Engine Braking, a system designed for better stability of your vehicle on turns.
Which leaves us to wonder what the driver is for?! Why don't we simply build a transit system with compartments for parties of four?
Read the full article on Jalopnik here.


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About Li Hongbo
Fascinated by what he describes as "the endless possibilities of paper," Li Hongbo collapses folk craft and high art in his beguiling sculptures and installations, made of thousands of individual sheets of this ancient material, paper. The artist's work as a book editor and designer sparked the artist's interest in paper in all its varieties. This, combined with his training as a sculptor and his appreciation of the expandable honeycomb structures of traditional Chinese paper decorations, inspired him to experiment. He models his own works after these ubiquitous decorations. By gluing together up to tens of thousands of individual sheets, Li builds blocks of paper that he carves into human figures, objects, and replicas of Classical Greek and Italian busts. While they look solid, a tug reveals their Slinky-like capability to stretch, bend, and morph into a myriad of grotesque and humorous deformations.
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The outlook for U.S. business spending is improving as rising earnings, easier credit and pent-up demand prompt companies from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Chrysler Group LLC and Lowe's Cos. to expand.
Orders for non-military capital goods excluding aircraft, considered a proxy for future business spending on equipment and software, climbed 7.2% in January from the prior month, the biggest gain since September 2004, revised data from the Commerce Department showed today. They're up 9.8% since November, the most for a three-month period since 1993.
Auto sales and the rebound in housing are driving gains in consumer spending, spurring companies including Chrysler and Lowe's to update operations, hire staff or add stores. The biggest surge in profits since the 1990s, combined with near record-low interest rates, mean firms have the resources to soften the damage to the economy from federal budget cutbacks.
"The fundamentals that drive investment activity are improving rapidly," said Diane Swonk, chief economist for Mesirow Financial Inc. in Chicago, which oversees about $67.5 billion in assets. "You really do have all this pent-up demand and catch-up activity."
Stocks advanced, extending a record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after a private jobs report showed companies took on more workers than estimated in February. The Dow climbed 0.3% to 14,296.3 at 10:43 a.m. in New York.
The ADP Research Institute said businesses added 198,000 employees in February after a revised 215,000 gain in the prior month that was more than initially estimated.
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Elsewhere, euro-area exports fell in the fourth quarter for the first time in more than three years. Shipments from the euro area dropped 0.9% in the last three months of 2012, helping to drive gross domestic product down 0.6%, the European Union's statistics office in Luxembourg said today.
Business investment was one of the bright spots last quarter that helped the world's largest economy overcome the biggest drop in federal military outlays since the final years of the Vietnam War era. Spending on equipment and software rose at an 11.3% annualized rate from October through December, the best performance in more than a year.
Today's report on factory orders indicated it will be difficult to match that gain in the first three months of this year. Shipments of capital goods excluding defense and aircraft, a measure used in calculating gross domestic product fell 1.1% in January after rising 0.1% the prior month.


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I slept at work again last night; two and a half hours curled up in a quilt underneath my desk, from 11am to 1:30pm or so. That was when I woke up with a start, realizing that I was late for a meeting…But it was no big deal, we just had the meeting later. It's hard for someone to hold it against you when you miss a meeting because you've been at work so long that you've passed out from exhaustion.
Suddenly everyone's complaining about how unfair things are in Silicon Valley. How hard everyone has to work so darn hard, and how some people don't get venture capital or a nice sale to Facebook or Google even though lots of other people are getting those things.
Silicon Valley is an unfair place, say all the headlines. The CNN racism documentary was just one piece of this. Another are the cries from the press that Zynga would actually consider renegotiating contracts with highly compensated employees no longer pulling their weight. Expect more articles soon about the woes of being asked to work hard at a startup. People are working so hard, they're crying themselves to sleep!
As if all of this was new. The quote above isn't from some overworked Zynga engineer. It was written in 1994 by Jamie Zawinski, an early engineer at Netscape. Here's more:
I saw Ian today, for the first time in months. His first words were, "Wow, you look like shit." He says I seem really strung-out and twitchy. I thought I had been doing ok! I got a full night's sleep last night and everything. I have no life. I never see any of my non-work friends, and I'm wasting away my one and only youth. I ought to be out doing fun things and active things, the kind of things I won't be able to do when my mind and body finally decay. But instead I'm stuck inside under fluorescent lights, pushing bits around inside a computer in ways that are only interesting to other nerds. I glanced at a movie listing and there are movies out that I haven't even heard of. How did that happen? That freaks me out. I bought some wrist braces at a drug store, and I've been typing with them for a couple of days.
I don't think it's helping much; my middle finger doesn't hurt quite as much, but my ring finger is just as bad. This job is destroying my body. This can't be worth it.
Well the kids went out to get drunk, or rather, more drunk. I think they might have actually gone out to a strip club again. How classy is that?
Oh good, the kids are back, and they are well hammered. None of them can walk properly, and they keep bumping into the cubicle walls and making everything on my desk shake. Since I'm not drunk, the impedance mismatch makes it impossible for me to carry on a conversation with them, so I'm just trying to block them out. But now they're all playing networked DOOM at top volume, so in order to concentrate, I have to wear headphones with music on at top volume, and even that doesn't quite work. Since, as I mentioned, they keep making the mistake of trying to walk, and they're making all the shit on my desk bounce around.
It's a saturday night, and I'm in my cubicle surrounded by a bunch of drunken farmboys from Illinois who haven't been more than two miles from our office in scenic downtown Mountain View in four months.
My ears are going to be ringing after this. Fuck it, I'm going home. (Check that — my ears are ringing.)
I'm so fucking burnt. Existence is suffering.
We're doomed.
I'd work on my resumé, but I don't even have anything new to put on it yet, because we haven't actually shipped anything.
I'm going to go home and cry myself to sleep now.
Yes, there was crying. Even way back in 1994.
But then, the payoff. That fleeting moment of glory that every twenty-something overworked engineer dreams of:
The power came back on, and we put the damnable program on the FTP server, and two million people all started attempting to download it at once, before we had even posted the announcement message, and we're done done done and I suppose now we can all live happily ever after.
We sat in the conference room and hooked up the big TV to one of the Indys, so that we could sit around in the dark and watch the FTP download logs scroll by. jg hacked up an impromptu script that played the sound of a cannon shot each time a download successfully completed. We sat in the dark and cheered, listening to the explosions.
You can imagine the same words, the exact same words, being written by the guys that created the early Zynga games. Or Google. Or Facebook. Or some startup that failed miserably and was forgotten. Maybe some of those people think that they've been worked harder than anyone else has ever worked in Silicon Valley. That working so hard, working all the time, is an extraordinary demand on their soul.
They're wrong. This is what startups are made of.
If you work at a startup and you think you're working too hard and sacrificing too much, find a job somewhere else that will cater to your needs.
But if deep down you know that you're part of history, that the things you are building will be written about and thought about forever, then maybe after that good cry after a short sleep under your desk you'll pull yourself together and remember. That you are a person in the Arena. A Pirate. That you are here to make a dent in the universe.
You might be sad that you work long hours and that sometimes your boss yells at you when tensions run high. But you also know that there is nowhere on earth like Silicon Valley. Nowhere else that is structurally designed to help you make whatever you can imagine into reality. Nowhere else where there are so many like minded people who are willing to sacrifice and work hard to create something new.
There's so much money in Silicon Valley now that a lot of non-like minded people have rolled in. Looking for easy stock options at a hot startup. They start whining when they realize that they have to give so much to make it all work. This happens periodically, and I wrote about it back in 2007. Then a downturn happens and suddenly everyone left is just thankful they're still here.
But if too many people like this roll into town, a tipping point will be reached. And the magic will be gone.
It feels like we're getting there. That not too long from now people will be talking about maximum working hours, minimum numbers of engineers assigned to complete a given task. And, shudder, unionization of startup workers.
I really hope that doesn't happen. If it does, all the really necessary people will just leave and do their thing somewhere else.
Work hard. Cry less. And realize you're part of history.
Update: Zynga "colleagues broke down into tears." FFS, the place has free acupuncture and an organic cafeteria.
Update 2: Evil, bad, horrible Zynga


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NAMPA, Idaho — The Idaho Bean Commission is moving forward with a plan to increase Idaho's dry bean tax from 12 cents to 24 cents per hundredweight.
The current assessment fee is 8 cents per hundredweight for growers and 4 cents for bean dealers. The money generated by the assessment, about $200,000 a year, is used to fund the commission's research, promotion and education efforts.
The commission plans to increase both the grower and dealer assessment fees to 12 cents each.
Much of the money generated from the increase would be used to fund a $1 million IBC endowment with the University of Idaho that will fund bean research in the state of Idaho.
Some of it could also be used to help fund a potential regional bean research program being discussed by public and private entities in Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming
IBC members plan to ask Idaho lawmakers in 2015 for permission to increase the assessment and, if it's approved, the increase would be effective later that year.
IBC Chairman Doug Carlquist, a farmer from Eden, told about 200 growers and other industry folks Feb. 12 that commissioners want input from growers on the plan.
"Without grower support, this will not go forward," he said during the 2014 Treasure Valley Bean School.
Based on average yields, growers' portion of the increase would equal an additional 96 cents an acre, up from $1.92 now.
Carlquist said the decision to fund the endowment and increase the bean tax was made after a lengthy discussion about the best way to move the industry forward and ensure bean research occurs in Idaho forever.
"We came to the conclusion that it was important for us to establish a long-term relationship with the University of Idaho," he said.
IBC commissioner Don Tolmie said reduced federal funding for research has resulted in research funding for land-grant universities being pared down as a result.
"We as an industry are going to have to step up to the plate if we're going to continue to have research funds available for our universities," he said.
The endowment is contingent on the IBC receiving permission from lawmakers to raise the assessment.
Tolmie said the proposal is to keep the bean tax at 24 cents for four years until the endowment is fully funded. Then it would drop back down to the 16- to 18-cent range.
The current 12 cent amount is not sufficient to fund the IBC's promotion, education and research efforts, he said.
The tax hasn't been raised since 1992 and the commission would need to raise the assessment to 20 cents just to maintain the purchasing power that money had in 1992, said IBC Administrator Lacey Menasco.
Because of the decreased purchasing power of that money, "the ability of the commission to fund research and promotion efforts has decreased significantly," Carlquist said.
Comments can be submitted at the IBC website at www.bean.idaho.gov


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Several years ago, when our two oldest children were toddlers, our family decided to attend my husband's high school reunion.
We drove to Springfield, IL, in an old car and camped in a tent to save money on the way. We arrived late at the campground, set up the tent and fell into the sleeping bags, exhausted!
We didn't realize, however, that we were camping very close to the railroad tracks and directly under a street light. Just as we all were sleeping soundly, the train whistle blew and the ground began to rumble.
My husband, Robert, woke up and saw the street light directly through the tent door. In a panic of half-asleep and unfamiliar surroundings, he assumed that we had accidentally set up the tent directly on the railroad tracks.
As you can imagine, he began yelling and collecting Katie and Robbie from certain death by train! As the train passed and we found ourselves to still be alive, we began to laugh.
We have laughed ever since, and now find ourselves living in Brady—one block from the railroad tracks.
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General Practice, Solo & Small Firm DivisionMagazine
Volume 17, Number 6
September 2000
By Lawrence D. Bradley, Jr.
A tocha: The First Big Case. The first highly publicized treasure trove case evolved from discovering the wreck of the Spanish galleon Atocha, which sank off the Florida Keys and was located by Treasure Salvers. The U.S. Supreme Court declared Treasure Salvers the sole owner of the wreck and its treasure against claims of ownership by the United States, Florida, and others. Atocha set the pattern for treasure trove jurisdiction and litigation.
According to this pattern, the finder of the sunken treasure wreck files an in rem admiralty action in the district court that has jurisdiction against the wreck and its contents under the legal personification of the ship doctrine. The finder seeks to be declared sole owner under the Law of Finds on the premise that the treasure had been abandoned or, alternatively, for a salvage award in the event that the wreck and treasure have not been abandoned. The treasure wreck finder must establish that the court has jurisdiction. To establish in rem jurisdiction, the vessel or object must be within the jurisdiction of the district court, which extends a marine league or three nautical miles offshore. The treasure wreck finder deposits something from the wreck in the Registry of the Court to establish in rem presence of maritime property within the court's jurisdiction.
Central America: Treasure Hunters versus Underwriters versus States. After Columbus-America Discovery Group located the wreck of the Central America 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina, it filed in the district court an in rem action against the wreck and cargo, claiming it under the Law of Finds and alternatively under the Law of Salvage. To establish the court's jurisdiction, Columbus-America brought into court several artifacts and pieces of coal from the ship. Although jurisdiction did not extend beyond the three-mile limit, the court, on the basis of the artifacts deposited with the marshal, granted salvage rights to Columbus-America and issued an injunction against all others. To establish its right to proceed with salvaging or recovering the treasures, Columbus-America had to prove to the court that it had the financial resources, organizational ability, and the archeological skill to recover the ship's treasure properly. Several underwriters intervened, claiming ownership of the gold on the basis of payment of insurance claims shortly after the disaster. Because the underwriters had done nothing for more than 100 years, the court awarded Columbus-America 92.5 percent of the treasure recovered. Abandoned Shipwreck Act. Under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act, title to abandoned shipwrecks embedded in the submerged lands or territorial waters of a state, or eligible for listing in the National Register, is granted to the United States and then transferred to the various states. The Act covers the three nautical miles from shore but does not reach wrecks and treasures further offshore. If the wreck and its treasures have been abandoned and are embedded in the bottom, the state acquires title. The treasure finder's action is against the state; because the Eleventh Amendment prevents a claim against the state, the action must be dismissed.
Brother Jonathan: Not Abandoned or Imbedded. In California v. Deep Sea Research, the Supreme Court determined what a state had to do to establish its title claim to the sunken wreck and treasure under the Act and, thus, to destroy maritime jurisdiction. The Brother Jonathan sank off the coast of Northern California in the vicinity of Crescent City. Deep Sea Research located the wreck within three miles of the coast. Because Deep Sea Research had bought the subrogation rights from the insurance companies that had paid cargo claims, it had title to the gold. Videotape of the wreck confirmed that the ship was largely intact, resting upright on the ocean floor, and not embedded. The state moved to dismiss Deep Sea Research's in rem complaint, arguing that it was a claim against state property and prohibited by the Eleventh Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled that a state's mere assertion of a claim to a sunken shipwreck and its treasures does not invoke the Eleventh Amendment and bar adjudication of competing claims to the shipwreck in the federal courts. The case was sent back to the district court to adjudicate the parties' claims. Because Deep Sea Research had possession of the ship, California had to prove abandonment and that the ship was imbedded in the seabed. The state was unable to prove that the ship had been abandoned by her owner by specific proof that the owner intended to abandon the ship and her treasures. Only in an extreme case will a court infer an owner's intent to abandon.
Titanic: Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction. After R.M.S. Titanic, Inc., located the Titanic, it filed a maritime action in rem. To take jurisdiction over the wreck, the court created and exercised "quasi in rem jurisdiction," awarded salvage rights to R.M.S. Titanic, and issued an injunction to prevent intermeddlers from interfering with the salvage operation. The court later rejected a challenge to the quasi in rem jurisdiction concept and entered an injunction protecting the salvage rights of R.M.S. Titanic against any person in the world "having notice of the court's order" and prohibiting any person from "conducting search, survey or salvage operations or obtaining any image photographing or entering Titanic and recovering any objects." When Deep Ocean Expeditions announced plans to take members of the public to visit and photograph the wreck, R.M.S. Titanic was granted a preliminary injunction to prevent Deep Ocean Expeditions and any other party from visiting or photographing the wreck site. The Fourth Circuit reversed insofar as the injunction prohibited the visiting, viewing, searching, surveying, photographing, and obtaining images of the wreck or the wreck site, provided those activities did not constitute a salvage effort or interfere with salvage operations.
Lusitania: Salvage Claim Denied. After the Lusitania, owned by Cunard Steamship Company, sank, the hull underwriters paid a total loss claim to Cunard. In 1986, an English court found that American F. Gregg Bemis, Jr., had established title to the wreck through a chain of title transfers and that the British Crown did not have a valid claim. Because the contents of the wreck were abandoned to the extent that Bemis recovered or brought up the contents and no one had claimed them, the English court ruled Bemis was entitled to them under the Law of Finds. Bemis filed the in rem action on the basis of the few artifacts he deposited in the Registry of the Court. Although the court agreed that Bemis had title to the wreck, it determined that Bemis acquired title only to the contents recovered. The court denied Bemis's claim to salvage, finding that Bemis had not shown that he had sufficient possession of the wreck's contents to support his claim of title nor had he established a sufficient ongoing salvage operation to justify the right to an exclusive salvage operation.
Lawrence D. Bradley, Jr., is a lawyer with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in Los Angeles, California.
This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 24 of Experience, Spring 2000 (10:3).


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"Alas! How dreary would the world be if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias." In the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa" letter of 1897 from Francis P. Church, a little girl gets her answer from the New York Sun newspaper itself. There, in black and white, is most certainly a Santa! And our most renowned Post cover artists, J.C. Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell, agreed.
This beautiful Santa cover by J.C. Leyendecker is from December 1919, with the jolly ol' elf looking in through the window to be sure all the good little boys and girls are asleep. But the curly-haired tot on the 1925 cover by the same artist was not fast asleep with visions of sugarplums dancing in his little head. Even burdened as he was with a bag bursting with toys, the jolly ol' elf couldn't resist giving the little tyke a big hug.
Also showing where Santa's heart is, and learning well from his mentor Leyendecker, was Norman Rockwell. Here is a handsome Santa going over his books, from 1920. Ever on his mind are the delightful faces of children in the background.
Gracious! Santa has made his way across the Pacific Ocean, through South America, North America, and is heading up to Alaska and Canada. It's quite the itinerary he has mapped out in Norman Rockwell's 1939 cover. And we haven't seen the other hemisphere yet. His little white book of "Extra Good Boys & Girls" is assurance he won't miss a one.
Rockwell's 1924 Santa is also busy with the books. His "Good Boys" book needs to be filled. Ever vigilant, St. Nick makes sure little Billy's chopping and carrying firewood is duly noted. St. Nick keeps track of these things.
Having a hard time is the Santa of 1930. Goodness, Rover, that's not an intruder you've torn into, that's St. Nick! We have to wonder how the old guy got out of that one. Little ones leave out milk and cookies, so, conversely, does Santa carry doggie treats? We bet he has remembered since that year.
A perplexed boy on a train sees a sort-of Santa on Norman Rockwell's December 1940 cover. The man has Santa clothes on, but the red cap is now replaced by a fedora and is stuffed into his coat pocket along with the white beard. Hmmm. No wonder little Johnny is confused! While we sympathize with the mystified child, all we can say is, to paraphrase a Christmas carol, "God Rest Ye Weary Santas!"
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Elected officials spent Thursday morning maneuvering rain-soaked floors, broken glass and mold-infested walls to assess the conditions of buildings.
Elected officials spent Thursday morning maneuvering rain-soaked floors, broken glass and mold-infested walls to assess the conditions of buildings for sale or lease throughout the county.
Members of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners and Lexington and Thomasville city councils took an inventory tour hosted by the Davidson County Economic Development Commission of locations available for prospective companies interested in moving to Davidson County.
Steve Googe, executive director of the EDC, said the tour was a chance to answer many of the questions that officials have had about why more empty buildings were not being used to recruit new businesses. It also offered him an opportunity to highlight the necessity of building a proposed industrial park off Interstate 85 in Linwood versus using existing buildings in the county.
"This is a good way to show government officials the quality of the type of product that we have to sell," Googe said. "There is a perception that there are buildings just sitting empty and are ready to go, but that is not the case. Many of them need major repair or are being leased and are not available immediately."
Davidson County commissioners voted in May to move forward with a planned industrial park project near Belmont Road in Linwood. The commissioners have debated the necessity of the project since they were asked to commit $10 million toward the repayment of loans and development costs at the site earlier this year. The EDC's plan is to develop about 1,100 acres of property in Linwood in three phases.
A chartered bus took officials and EDC board members to several locations where they were allowed to go inside vacant buildings and see the conditions that prevented many companies from coming to Davidson County.
Fred McClure, chairman of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners, said that the goal of the tour was to answer the questions about why companies have opted not to use the vacant buildings.
"We have to have a product to market," he said. "This lets us look at what we have to work with and see what the issues are that prevent businesses from being interested in coming to Davidson County."
Lexington City Council member Frank Callicutt said it was beneficial to see firsthand the conditions of the existing buildings.
"It's good to see what we are up against," he said. "Lexington just doesn't have a lot of square footage available, and warehouses are not putting people to work."
One of the main issues highlighted during the tour was the cost involved in refurbishing existing structures to meet the specifications of prospective industries. Googe said many companies have strict guidelines concerning ceiling height, floor pad depth, office space versus work space and access to transportation corridors. Many of the buildings toured were between 20 and 40 years old and do not meet the needs of businesses. He also said there were many residual problems from previous owners that hindered interest in some buildings.
"There was a lot of furniture and textile companies in this area that created environmental issues," he said. "Many people just used the building until they didn't need it anymore, and the cost to clean it up exceeds the price people are willing to pay."
Thomasville Mayor Joe Bennett said it was a very informative tour.
"We need to stay competitive with other states, and we need a quality product," he said. "Many of these buildings are in need of extensive repair."
Another issue was the prices that owners are setting to lease or buy a space. An example is the building owned by D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. at 107 S. Urban St. in Thomasville. Where most companies are leasing their space at approximately $2 a square foot, the company is asking $6.15 a square foot.
Other buildings, like the old Porcelanite Tile Factory at 20 Victor St. in Lexington, have fallen into such disrepair that it isn't worth showing the location to prospective companies. The 173,000-square-foot building was strewn with standing water, bird feces and broken glass.
"It is the biggest location we have available in Lexington, but you can't bring a client in here," Googe said. "It has major environmental issues, and the owner has not put any money whatsoever into keeping it up."
The tour included 11 properties of various ages, prices and levels of disrepair. Googe said the EDC wanted officials to see for themselves the condition of these buildings.
"A lot of the process is wrapped around perception," he said. "Sometimes people just see a building, and it doesn't resonate with them what is there. This tour lets them see exactly what we have to offer."
Sharon Myers can be reached at 249-3981, ext, 228 or at email@example.com.


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Houston architect, historian, teacher, art collector, and architectural traveler William F. Stern, 66, died on 1 March 2013, six weeks after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Bill Stern was a frequent and enthusiastic participant in SAH study tours, even joining a subgroup that went on extra-curricular tours. He had practiced in Houston since 1979 in the firm that, in 1999, became Stern & Bucek Architects. Stern was a prolific winner of design awards from the American Institute of Architects/Houston Chapter and the Texas Society of Architects. He and his partner David Bucek additionally were identified with the preservation of modern buildings following their much-heralded restoration of Philip Johnson's Menil House of 1951 for the Menil Foundation in 2004.
Stern was born in Cincinnati in 1947. When he was twelve, his parents, Mary S. and Joseph S. Stern, Jr., built a house designed by Cincinnati's foremost modern architect, Carl A. Strauss. This sparked Stern's fascination with architecture, which he studied at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University (MArch, 1973) following his graduation from Harvard College (BA, 1969). Stern first worked for Edward L. Barnes & Associates in New York. Then, in 1976, he struck out for Houston, where he worked for S. I. Morris Associates and for the Houston office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill before starting his own practice.
Stern gained critical recognition in the early 1980s with a series of townhouse complexes in which he explored ways to claim place and preserve the often-fragile fabric of neighborhoods in un-zoned Houston. Between the 1980s and the 2000s, Stern was a design critic at the University of Houston's Hines College of Architecture, where he also taught courses on American architectural history. In 2012 he and David Bucek co-taught a preservation studio at the University of Texas at Austin. Stern was a long-time member of the Rice Design Alliance's program and editorial committees. He served as president of RDA, and, in 1982, was a co-founder of its quarterly publication, Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston. A frequent contributor and guest editor of Cite, Stern was also a co-editor of Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston (2003), a collection of essays from the journal's first thirty years. Additionally he was a co-founder of Houston Mod, Houston's modern design preservation group, in 2003.
Stern was an avid and discriminating collector of contemporary art. The house he built for himself in Houston's Museum District in 1992 was designed for the display of art. Stern served at various times as a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Contemporary Arts Museum, and the Blaffer Art Museum of the University of Houston. At the time of his death he served on the collections committee of the Harvard Art Museum and was a trustee of the Menil Foundation. Among his closest friends were the art historian Elizabeth Glassman, the art dealer Fredericka Hunter, and the museum directors Marti Mayo and Linda Shearer. His firm remodeled both the Contemporary Arts Museum and the Blaffer Art Museum. Stern bequeathed his impressive personal collection as well as his house to the Menil Foundation.
Although Stern & Bucek's work involves a wide array of building types, Stern focused especially on the design of houses. With Bucek and design associate Daniel Hall he concentrated on ensuring that each house was meticulously but simply detailed, whether it contained 2,400 square feet (Salazar House, 2006) or 15,000 square feet (Bleyzer House, 2012). He worked hard to produce designs that were precise, straightforward, and self-effacing.
Bill Stern was contentious. He spoke out for what he believed in, even when this disrupted efforts to build consensus. He was also extraordinarily generous, especially when championing those whom he felt were unfairly overlooked or disadvantaged. When he was away from everyday pressures, as when traveling, Stern was light-hearted and ebullient. He loved architecture and participating in SAH's architectural tours was a way for him to renew this passion.
A memorial service for Bill Stern was held on Monday, 29 April 2013, at the Menil Collection in Houston. Tributes were delivered by Josef Helfenstein, director of the collection, Elizabeth Glassman, president of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Bruce C. Webb, professor of architecture at the University of Houston, Herman Dyal, Jr., FAIA, graphic designer, and his brother, Peter J. Stern, M.D. The Menil Collection has established the William F. Stern Fund in his memory. Stern also made generous bequests to the Society of Architectural Historians, the Harvard Art Museum and the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston.