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Figure drawing is an endless process of observation and refinement. The more we draw, the more we look for detail, and the more we look, the more we find. At the same time, we're always improving our technique (at least in theory!). The more we draw and get comfortable with out preferred drawing materials, the more we develop confidence that is reflected in our finished drawings. And sometimes it works out just that way.
Nevertheless, there are other times we feel stuck, or we're not happy with something about our drawings. Sometimes we know what that something is, other times we're just, well, stuck. A common complaint people have about their own drawings is they don't like the line quality, or they feel like they're not adequately seeing the subject of their drawing. Still other times, we're drawing well, but we just lose our enthusiasm.
For me, the process of drawing is one of endless learning. I had a painting teacher who said "the purpose of painting is to learn something to take to your next paining." I don't know if that's the only purpose, but I get excited to find something I can learn from every drawing I do. Maybe it's some anatomical detail I never noticed before, maybe it's something about shading or about foreshortening, maybe it's the way the marks I'm making on the paper better define the image.
One of there best ways to get out of a slump, or to challenge your way of seeing, even your way of drawing, is to just change up your style or materials! In figure sketching alone, we can draw big, or draw small, we an use pens, pencils, crayons, brushes, watercolors, even oil paints. Typically, we settle on one way of working and try to perfect that, but you can find a lot of inspiration and perspective by simply trying to draw the same thing in a new way!
So next time you want a little more input, just change up your usual way of doing things, and see what you see.
Monday, August 22, 2016
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This symmetrical modern home is located in the lush and exclusive community of New Canaan, Connecticut. It was designed by architecture firm Pecht Harpman Architects and is actually a renovated home from the 1950s. The updated home features a stark, modern, symmetrical facade that somehow fits perfectly into its setting amongst the trees.
The house is situated at the end of a long driveway winding its way through the woods for a very private setting.
The main level of the home houses the living and entertaining spaces, along with the bedrooms and a gym. The lower level offers two home offices, a media room, and a library.
The design of the property makes use of tons of outdoor space, including and outdoor seating area with a fireplace, an outdoor kitchen, and a swimming pool.
The interior of the home couples dark, warm woods with bright white walls and a light neutral color palette.

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From: Maurice A. O'Sullivan (email@example.com)
Date: Tue May 30 2000 - 12:05:51 EDT
<x-flowed>At 08:38 30/05/00, Peter Clark wrote:
>I fully agree with what Marrice says about eisegesis. Perhaps the most
>glaring and obvious instance is that of Ambrose (or was it Jerome)
>wasnting ADELFOS to be cousins as opposed to ENEPSOS which is in the NT
>(but is a hapax I believe).
No, Peter, it was not Ambrose, but Jerome. However the patristic
controversies over
" the brothers " of the Lord was a good deal more nuanced than your bald
statement would make it appear.
An excellent article " the Brothers and Sisters of the Lord in Ecumenical
Perspective " by John P. Meier in CBQ 54 (1992) is well worth reading, with
its outline of the various ( and not always consistent ) positions of
Jerome ( cousin ) , Ephiphanius ( stepbrother ) and Hegesippus ( literal
brother ). As regards the approach of Ephiphanius he notes that even as
reputable a team of authors as Brown et al. who produced "Mary in the New
Testament" demonstrated confusion between "stepbrother" and "half-brother"
This material is also developed in chap. 10 of:
Meier, John P. Jesus the Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus.
Vol. 1. The Roots of the Problem and the Person. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
More recently, the topic ( or part of it ) has been re-visited in the CBQ,
with Dr. Richard Bauckham putting forward qualifications --- however, due
to the disorganized state of my bookshelves [ my bookshelves? -- my entire
house <g> ] I cannot right now put my finger on the two volumes concerned;
you might like to check the TOC of recent CBQ volumes in your university
library, perhaps? Otherwise I may well end up in the attic <g>
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
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While fishing can be done almost any natural body of water, there are some locations that are truly ideal in satisfying the fisherman's need to catch fish and relax while doing so. Here are a few locations all anglers worth their salt should put on their bucket list:
Bighorn River, USA – Found in Eastern Montana, the Bighorn River is home to large brown trout, although lucky folk may catch a rainbow trout too. Carp and shad also make up the population in Bighorn's waters.
Exmouth, Australia – There are tons of species to be found in Exmouth's flats. Bonefish, milkfish, and queenfish are just some of the inshore residents, but anglers who venture offshore may find a bounty of tuna and black marlin. The elusive Indo-Pacific Permit also hangs around the area.
Chimehuin River, Argentina – Patagonia has a lot of rivers, and Chimehuin is one of the best fishing locations for trout fans who want a picturesque background to their angling – the waters are beautifully clear and are described by some visitors as having a blue glow.
Eg Ur Watershed, Mongolia – Catch-and-release practitioners who head to Mongolia may run into the monstrous taimen, a relative of the salmon that can grow large enough to eat rodents and birds – they generally stick to fish, however. Visiting Mongolia to fish for taimen or the Asiatic trout species in the waters may also prove to be a unique experience as they'll have the opportunity to stay in a traditional yurt.
Northern Saskatchewan, Canada – Walleye, pike, and arctic grayling are some of the most sought-after fish in the lakes studding the area. Touring fishermen can book packages to fly out from an area resort to the best fishing spots with experienced fishing guides.
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This week I revolted and didn't paint an Etsy set on my fingers! I am so ready to be done with this project. My to-paint pile was huge before I started, and now it's getting a little ridiculous. And I know, deviating from Etsy-to-Fingers just prolongs it, but I needed a break.
I've had my eye on this design for several months. It's so pretty!
It's inspired by this design from Wondrously Polished. If you haven't seen her work before, you should definitely go check her out! She paints some amazing designs.
This was super easy to make. I painted a base of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow. Then I dotted on the flowers. I used a thicker brush and just dotted it on there until I had a shape I liked; not too round, but not too jagged. Then I painted the black, in pretty much the same way. Then I sealed it all with a top coat!
This will be my last post for a while. I'm going on vacation tomorrow and won't have access to my polishes. My shop's on hold and everything. I'm so excited for my break!
I hope you all have a wonderful week!


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The Challenges of Science
By FRANK B. JEWETT, President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York City
Delivered before Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C., Tuesday, April 30, 1940
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VI, pp. 574-576.
FOR more than a decade there has been a rising tide of writing, discussion and oratory on the "Challenge to Science." During these terrible depression years it has become a popular indoor sport. To my way of thinking, most of it is largely sound and fury generated either by sloppy superficial thinking; by the normal human tendency to over-simplify a complex condition and pick out a scapegoat or whipping boy for castigation in a Roman holiday, or in some cases by a conscious effort to produce a smoke screen designed to hide something else.
Involved in it all is a large element of an extremely common human characteristic which is the very antithesis of the scientific method. It is the characteristic which finds its complete flowering in our approach to many social and most political problems, namely, an appeal to our emotions before we know the facts. As a consequence we frequently find ourselves in the absurd position of attempting to warp facts into the pattern of our preconceived ideas of what we think ought to be or of seeking data that can be dressed up to appear factual, for face-saving purposes.
That science and its fruits are a major if not a paramount factor in the problems which confront men today is patent. The Challenges involved in Science are as numerous, varied, and important as the human interests which they touch. In the main, however, the Challenges are those of and not to Science. Attempts to direct our thinking into the to category are mere shadow boxing and action based on forensics or intricate legal enactments not in consonance with fundamental laws is merely the building of mud dams in a futile endeavor to prevent the waters of an inexhaustible flood from running down hill. Such dykes may for a moment deflect or retard the streams; they may serve temporarily the self-interest of an individual, a group or even a nation. In the end, however, they will break and when they do the destruction of the pent up flood will leave in its wake a mass of wreckage far worse than anything which an intelligent direction of the original flood would have produced. About all that can be said in favor of the dam-building theory is that the wreckage is something for our children rather than for us to clean up.
The fundamental reason that the Challenges involved in Science are of and not to it is grounded in two innate characteristics of man himself—curiosity and self-interest. He has always been interested to fathom the unknown and has always sought to develop and exploit to the full every new tool or device which offered promise of serving his self-interest or his existence.
Science holds out indubitable promise of new tools and new devices and it is inconceivable that men will not seek to exploit them. This would be so for us even if we were isolated and protected from the rest of mankind. In a war-torn world where we are neither isolated nor protected and where others are bending every effort to speed up the tool-making process, it would be suicidal for us to turn our backs on what Science has to offer.
Further, the Challenge is not what we do but how we do it. Our problem is to set the greatest total benefit at the least total cost—using both benefit and cost in their broad overall sense. No matter what we do or how we do it, we can not escape paying some price in dislocation of established customs and values or in individual human suffering but we can, if we are wise and tolerant, avoid paying the extreme price being exacted elsewhere in the virtual mass elimination of individual freedom.
If there is an exception to the thesis that mainly the Challenges are of Science—if in fact there is a broad challenge of society to science—it is the challenge to do faster, further and on a broader front. To see this we have onlyto look through and beyond the smoke of discussion about current so-called technological unemployment which is raging here in the United States but practically nowhere else in the world. Everywhere society is putting pressure, direct and indirect, on fundamental science to discover new and better building blocks and on applied science to use these blocks in the creation of new, cheaper or more powerful machines, using that term in a broad sense.
The pressure comes both from the sectors of peaceful usage and of war. Even here in America the influence of the urge from the sector of potential war is great, as any of us who are brought in daily contact with it can testify. In the rest of a war-torn world it is for the time being paramount. But everywhere, and particularly here in the United States, is the ever present powerful pressure of peaceful desires. For any one of a thousand reasons, individual or collective, we want more, better and cheaper things, be they goods or services. Wherever science holds the key to these desires, society exerts pressure to turn it. Sometimes it is the pressure of imagination which sees entirely new scientific applications. More often it is the pressure of individual or group endeavor to escape from the strangling forces of an ever-increasing economic burden and for which science appears to offer the only avenue of deliverance.
Sometimes these forces are direct and explicit, as for example in society's regulation of public services privately performed. Here there is a continuous positive force acting always in the direction of more extensive, better and cheaper operation. Far more extensive are the indirect forces which operate on all alike to achieve the same end. Among such are the ever-increasing load of taxation; of costs for elaborate reports and records; or artificial restrictions on wages and hours of work; of costly litigation, and of a hundred and one similar non-productive burdens.
We are not here concerned with the question of whether these things are necessary or desirable in the evolution of society. Nor are we interested in an academic discussion of whether they may not be Nature's way of providing occupation for men and women who in an earlier age would have been forced to engage directly in the manual operations of producing goods or services. All that concerns us here is their effect on science. That effect has been enormous and in the last analysis springs from the primordial instinct of self-preservation we all possess.
Wherever through science there is hope of survival and escape by a more extensive employment of inanimate nature, the force and challenge will be applied to science. This is true not only as regards the individual but as regards the group and the nation as well. As one looks back over the history of the past decade or so, it seems clear that the influence of these indirect forces has been enormously accelerated. In passing it might be pointed out that many of these indirect forces are not local but are generated by what men are going with science in distant parts of the world.
In connection with the argument for intelligent direction of natural forces as against unintelligent effort to thwart them, it may not be inappropriate to call attention to a common experience in science and engineering. Usually in dealing with a new problem involving many interrelated factors, which while recognized are not fully understood, there is a turmoil of trouble. In such cases it is the universal experience that when any key factor is fully understood and utilized in accordance with that understanding a great number of difficulties disappear almost automatically.
Feeling as I do about science and the problems and challenges which inhere in it, it seems to me that the best contribution I can make to this Forum is to elaborate a bit on why there can be no real Challenge to Science and then point out what seem to me to be the inescapable Challenges of Science to society.
The real reason that there is no substance in a Challenge to Science is that Science is fundamentally nothing but a concept of the best, most powerful and quickest method man has ever devised for extracting accurate certain knowledge (useful or otherwise) from the vast conglomerate of the unknown. Its handmaidens are the techniques which ingenious men have developed in many fields to assist them in digging out some particular bit of new knowledge or in solving some particular problem. The process is always and everywhere the same. It starts with a mental hypothesis about the unknown based on a knowledge of the known, followed by a series of rigidly controlled experiments designed to evaluate one factor at a time. Whether the initial hypothesis is right or wrong, old or new, is of little consequence since it is on the results of proven experience that future action depends. Emotion plays no part in the process and it is an axiom of the scientific method that an hypothesis is cast into the discard without regret if it can not be supported by fact. It is equally axiomatic that even the most ancient and venerated hypothesis which has withstood innumerable assaults must die when confronted with a single proven fact that it can not explain.
In the 150 or 200 years that science and the scientific method have been growing and expanding into new fields in an ever-accelerated fashion, there has grown up a curious phenomenon among the men who have devoted their lives to some branch of it. As a group and without regard to field of interest, race or nationality, they, more possibly than any other group, have the capacity to fight, quarrel and cudgel each other lustily but without rancor, at the science hustings and to drop their disputes completely on the appearance of an established fact. To what extent this is the result of their occupation in a common field and to what extent it is because the occupation may attract everywhere only men of similar characteristics, I do not know. I feel quite sure, however, that the disciplines of science play no inconsiderable part in the result because most scientists and engineers confronted with questions in fields outside their own where rationalization by the scientific method is at present non-existent or essentially impossible, act just as emotionally as any one else. To the extent that discipline in the scientific method influences not only the result but also the ability of men to live amicably together, it may be one of the Challenges Science presents to society.
Being a simple intellectual concept, which during the past two centuries has spread to every nook and cranny of the world and taken hold directly or indirectly of the imagination of millions of men, science is not something which can be challenged successfully except by some other simple concept. Such a concept would have to be one that commanded universal appeal as offering something of greater human value than inheres in the future of science. It would have to be a sort of world-wide religious fervor. At the moment nothing of the sort is in sight.
What now are the fundamental factors in science which present and govern the major challenges it presents to society? For the moment we need not concern ourselves with questions raised in a single industry or even in a single sector of science. These are mainly local affairs akin to the skirmishes which accompany a major battle. They may be very real and sanguinary for those involved but individually they play little part in the larger conflict. Three things should be clearly understood at the outset—
1. What we are talking about when we discuss Challenges is Science as it affects us through application and use of its results. Excitement and debate about science merely as knowledge is merely a modern version of discussing the number of angels that can stand on a pin point.
2. Qualitatively the effects of modern science are not different in kind or quality from those which have existed since man devised the first tool to make a new or better product or one which required less human labor in its operation. Always the introduction of a new thing has acted in the same way. It has been used to further both the arts of peace and those of war. It has always stirred up exactly the same type of discussion we are now engaged in. Long before the term "science" was invented, men struggled to limit or prohibit as well as to encourage the use of new and strangle things which tended to alter the established ways of life to which they were habituated. Always they have used the same arguments but never have they succeeded in stopping for long the onward trend or of altering the human urge that gave rise to it.
3. That what makes the matter so important to us is due to two things: (a) the number and magnitude of the changes which applied science has introduced and is introducing, the rapidity with which we are being called on to cope with them, and the practical certainty that the problem is destined to become harder rather than easier; and (b) that it is a problem for us and not one which confronted our forebears.
Mention has already been made of what, basically, science is and of the fact that two centuries of operation have proved its power to extract, understand thoroughly and utilize new knowledge. During these two centuries, and quite apart from the material effects which science has brought about, three things which bear on our future have been made clear:
1. The volume of the known, and hence the number of starting points for excursions into the unknown, has been vastly augmented.
2. Knowledge of science and its methods has been spread among all civilized men and all have access to a common store of information. Rightly or wrongly it is a basic tenet of science that new knowledge should be promptly and widely disseminated. The result is that tens of thousands of trained men everywhere are at work blasting out and using new knowledge.
3. There is no scintilla of evidence that biologically man has changed an iota in the period. He has a greater fund of knowledge, yes, but the mainsprings of his desires and actions are the same. He is still motivated by curiosity, love, fear, hate, self-interest (as he understands self-interest) and the multitude of other things which determine his thoughts and actions. So long as science holds out the prospect of new things useful to man, they, or some of them, will think it advantageous to secure them.
Does science hold out this prospect and, if so, how far and how certainly can we look into the future?
That there is a vast unknown yet to be explored is certain. What it may contain we do not know but of some things we are as certain as men can ever be in dealing with a future rather than a past.
Recent work in nuclear physics, in chemistry and in the biological and medical sciences has given indisputable evidence of new things, new forms of energy and new controls of life hitherto unknown. That these will be mere accretions to our store of interesting knowledge but without useful application by man is inconceivable. While no one cansay with certainty what or where the use will be, no one at all conversant with the facts is likely to argue that the applied science of the future will be less revolutionary than that of the past or that it will present fewer problems to society.
Nor is there, so far as I can see, any nourishment in an isolationist or defeatist attitude. With man and science being what they are, no nation, even one infinitely more endowed with all of location, brains and material resources than is the United States, could or would dare to refrain from utilizing the potentialities of science to the full so long as others elsewhere thought it profitable to do so. Ability to remain aloof from the rest of mankind would itself demand this quite apart from the necessities of social and commercial intercourse.
These are among the Challenges Science presents to Society. Whether we like them or not we cannot escape accepting them. I for one have no fear of accepting. My experience and my reason lead me to the conclusion that while there are obvious difficulties and dangers in any course, they are far less in one designed to control wisely the social results of a full use of science than in any attempt to limit that use. Nor can I believe that human animals capable of originating the basic concepts of science and disciplining themselves to the point where they have learned more about things they will never see or hear, feel or taste, than about most of the grosser things about them, are incapable of devising proper methods for the control of their creations. In this task Science offers a challenge of method.
"Smug, pious generalities some one will say. They can't be applied practically." I dissent although I have no illusions about time or short cuts. I have spent my entire active life trying in common with many others to create an adequate electrical communication facility—adequate both materially and in its broad social effects. As human things go it is a small affair. I know we have made progress but I know also that there is still a vast amount to be done and that the work may never be fully completed.
The Challenges of Science to Society are really challenges to all of us individually and collectively. In reality they are challenges to clear thinking, to tolerance, to essential fair dealing, to education and self-discipline. If in our individual or business affairs we lack these and are motivated solely by an "everybody for himself, devil take the hindmost, gambler desire for present results without thought of tomorrow or our children" then the Challenges of Science may indeed prove a Witches' cauldron.
To those of us interested in the permanent present and future welfare of business the factors and methods for coping with the Challenges of Science seem to me fairly obvious. Among them are—avoidance of embarking too blithely on adventures supported mainly by a chorus of "I think this or that" voiced by scientific enthusiasts, entrepreneurs or sincere but essentially ignorant people; restraint in proceeding too quickly on a big scale operation without the proven backing of a laboratory trial—it is a commonplace of science that in the great majority of cases what we cannot do successfully in a test tube we cannot hope to do in practice; recognition of the inherent characteristics of man to the end that we work with rather than against them; a decent regard for the social effects of a new operation to the end that the reaction to altered conditions is not too violent.
Men of science can and should be able to assist—they cannot possibly solve the problem alone. They should be promising guinea pigs for a better social education system.


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For southern Sudan, a historic vote for independence
JUBA, SUDAN - One of Alfred Lado's earliest memories is from Jan. 1, 1956. He can be that specific because it was the date that Sudan got its independence from British colonial rule. A child at the time, he did not know the significance of the event, but on that day his brother told him he would be going to school for the first time.
The prospect of education excited Lado and continues to 55 years later as he sits in the library at Juba University, in the capital of southern Sudan, on the eve of another historic moment. On Sunday, he and millions of other southern Sudanese will vote on whether they want to become an independent nation, after decades of struggle and a bloody civil war.
The war between rebels in the primarily Christian and animist south against successive governments ruling from Khartoum in the predominantly Arab and Muslim north lasted almost the entire span of Lado's life.
"All that time we never knew that some day like this would come," he said.
Lado grew up in a mud hut in the village of Lainya, about 60 miles from Juba, unaware that it was one of the most neglected regions of the newly independent Sudan.
Throughout colonialism, the British ruled Sudan from the north and administered the territory as if it were two different countries. Beginning in 1922, they required travel permits for anyone who wished to cross between north and south.
But the swampy terrain made it difficult for the British to reach the southern part of the country, so they outsourced their responsibilities as a governing power to missionaries tasked with spreading Christianity and enforcing the English language.
Many children like Lado and his brother received a church education, and the missionaries also provided some medical care. But the south was deeply disadvantaged and remained so after the British left. Even today, Lado said his home village has no access to electricity or clean water.
By the time of Sudanese independence, the cultural differences between north and south had become entrenched.
Lado remembers a blissful childhood despite these problems until 1961, when he joined fellow students and the majority of southerners in a strike.
"The reason was the Arabs were saying we could not pray on Sunday and we had to pray on Friday instead," he said.
Gen. Ibrahim Abboud, who took control of the post-independence government in a 1958 military coup, had begun what would be a decades-long effort of successive governments in Khartoum to forge the identity of Sudan as an Arabic and Islamic nation.


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Hi there! My name's Claire, and I'm so excited to be kicking off my new contributor series here on Camille Styles called "Transformed."
Twice a month, I'll be stopping by the blog to take an object that's a little ho-hum, and turn it into something with major wow factor. Today's transformation started when I ventured into the open doors of the Palmer Events Center for their annual City Wide Garage Sale: a bustling event full of anything and everything you could imagine. These two cheese graters stood out among the piles of utensils and I immediately knew they needed a new purpose. I'll show you how I turned them into a sparkling little pendant, step-by-step.
- cheese grater (either vintage or new, we used two and put them together but you can use one if it is a box grater)
- premium waterproof Silicone (this is to glue the graters together if you choose to use two)
- light bulb and cord kit (I used the Hemma cord set from Ikea)
- clamps (or rubber bands)
- ceiling hook
- copper wire/gold thread
Position the light bulb and cord centered where you want it to rest. Clip it in place (using a binder clip or clothespin).
Take the silicone and apply a generous amount on both sides, carefully place one grater on the other.
Clamp with clips or rubber bands, wipe off extra glue.
Set for 2+ hours until dry.
Note: If your cord does not stay in place, wrap gold thread or copper wire to fasten.
Screw hook into ceiling, hang, enjoy!
Even Monte was in love….
See you all in a couple weeks…who knows what I'll be transforming next time!
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1| July 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Love this idea! Makes me want to pilfer money from the grocery account and head out to City Wide next month!!!!


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How we all yearn for Aunt Lizzie ... who would give a slap-up-the-side-of-the-head to all those who don't ask permission: insurance, mail order firms, telephone companies ... and us.
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Being only three years old … and about half wicked at the time … I reached out and grabbed one of the strawberries. Aunt Lizzie looked down her nose, through her glasses and straight to where I was standing. I grabbed another and popped it into my mouth. Just as I was grabbing for the third berry, Aunt Lizzie's hand shot out and clamped mine in mid-air. "Did I hear you ask permission?" she said. Being uncommonly brave at the time … or more likely, extremely stupid … I reached out with the other hand and grabbed another strawberry.
(Seems to be a lot of folks who don't ask permission.)
We opened more mail. One came from a credit card company. Without our asking they sent us a brand new card. And I quote "Enclosed is one of our new cards for people we've identified as our PREFERRED customers!" (Yeh, us and 20 million others. It went on … ) "The enclosed little piece of plastic is your ticket to freedom!" (I think that Attila-the-Hun was the first to use that phrase when addressing the conquered peasants of France.) Well, to summarize, which this letter never tried to do, the jist of it was this: If we buy any plane tickets with the credit card, they will automatically charge us for flight insurance! Aunt Lizzie would have her work cut out for her. "Did I hear you ask permission?" Bam!!!
(…and they just keep coming. Where's help when you need it?)
And of course we are all victims of the companies that sell our names and addresses to others. That's how we get all our catalogues and the telephone calls at the dinner table. Our names and numbers are being given out by so many companies that Aunt Lizzie could have herself a full-time job.
"Did I hear you ask permission?" Pow!
"You gave my name to whom?" Whack!
"You're charging me what?" Bam!
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For decades, scientists have been studying the latency period of malignant mesothelioma. While researchers agree that no amount of asbestos is safe, numbers seem to indicate that the level of exposure, not the length, may determine who will get the disease and how long it may remain latent.
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According to most experts, in the case of mesothelioma the latency period ranges from 20 to 50 years after initial exposure to asbestos occurred, though there have been instances when the time period was shorter or longer. Due to the long latency period associated with the cancer, those exposed to asbestos during the 1950s, '60s and '70s are beginning to demonstrate mesothelioma symptoms today, decades after they were exposed to asbestos.
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A wall-mounted tower to hold my most frequently used tools and battery charger.
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There are many uses for a banana. The silk used in these blended rugs do not come from silk worms, instead, they are produced form the banana plant. These fibers have a unique luster and texture that is combined with cotton fibers to at plushness as well as strength. The low pile makes this collection low maintenance and durable. Come over to Plush Rugs and choose from their full catalog.
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Cyber-crime is continually rising every day, and numerous small organizations are very vulnerable since they have incompetent cyber security. Information technology solutions are very significant for all types of organizations especially because many businesses use the Internet for their operations on a daily basis. Therefore, one of the benefits of investing in cyber security training is to protect your organization. Thus, your staff members can browse the internet at any time while they will not be exposed to prospective threats.
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909RPDA / LF909RPDAWatts 909 Backflow Preventer is a reduced pressure backflow assembly). Production of the Watts 909 began in 1979. The Watts 909 3/4"-3" size body is constructed of bronze. The Watts 909 2 1/2"-10" size check body is cast iron with a fused epoxy coating. The Watts 909 2 1/2" and 3" are available in bronze and cast iron. The model Watts 909M1 was introduced in 1989 in the 3/4"-2" and 4"-10" sizes. The Watts 909 design had a bronze relief valve body. In the Watts 909M1 modification the relief body was changed to fused epoxy coated cast iron. The relief valve spring assembly was also changed. In the 8"-10" 909M1 sizes there was a change in the relief valve body. The relief valve utilizes the internal parts of the 4"-6" 909 unit. In the Watts 909M1 series the relief valve rubber repair parts will be the same in 4"-10". The check seats are replaceable and springs are contained when the covers are removed. The 2 1/2"-10" has an external relief valve sensing line and the relief valve body can be detached from the check body on these sizes.
957RPDA / 957RPDAN LF957RPDA / LF957NRPDAWatts 957RPDA is a reduced pressure detector assembly. This model manufactured by Hunter from 2000-2002. In 2002 Watts bought the Hunter models and began production as the model 957. This model is also the Ames model C400. The body is stainless steel tubing. To access the check components a movable sleeve is mounted over the access cover. On the 2 1/2"-6" size the sleeve slides over the body to access the check components. On the 8"-10" size the sleeve is attached by two grooved couplings. The checks are modular and constructed of Noryl plastic. The check has a torsion spring which is contained when the check module is removed from the body. The check spring must be extended and controlled with a pin or screwdriver to replace the check disc. The check disc may be either an EPDM or silicone rubber. The body length dimensions may be up to 1" shorter than shown on versions produced before 2003.
994RPDAWatts 994 is a reduced pressure assembly. Production began in 1998. In 1997 the Watts Company purchased the Ames Company and began marketing the Ames 4000 SS as the Watts 994. The body is made of stainless steel with a single access cover. The check design is modular. In the 2 1/2"-6" size the check assemblies are not field repairable and the whole check module must be replaced for repair. The check is made of glass filled Noryl and is cam operated. The relief valve is attached to the check body by threads and uses an external sensing line.
990RPDA / 992RPDAWatts 990RPDA is a reduced pressure detector assembly. The Watts 990 Backflow Preventer was discontinued in 1997. The checks are made of ductile iron with fused epoxy coating. The check is a toggle linkage mechanism. The check springs are contained. The spring tension must be released to repair the assembly. The bronze check seats are replaceable but a seat removal tool is needed. Vulcanized clapper plates are used to seal the checks. The relief valve body bronze and is attached to the check body by a threaded pipe connection. The relief seat is replaceable. An external relief valve sensing line is used. The shutoffs on the 992 had flange dimensions different than a standard sized shutoff.
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Watts 995RPDA is a reduce pressure detector assembly. Discontinued in 2003. In the 1/2"-1 1/2"" size the body is nickel plated copper. There is a single cover for the checks. The checks are modular. Springs are contained and the seats are replaceable. The check modules thread into the body. The relief valve is attached to the check body by a union and utilizes an external sensing line. The 3"-6" size have a stainless steel body. The checks are modular and are accessed from a single access cover. The checks are repairable and screw into the body. The relief valve is pressurized from an external sensing line.
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I have never been a fan of whoopie pies I think its because of the whole "next big thing" label that seems to surround them. Everyone seems to be saying that they will be the next cupcake but I really doubt it. Why am I posting a recipe for them then? Well I was asked to do a baking demonstration at a charity even this weekend and I wanted something easy and quick so thought I would give them a whirl, and do you know what? They were pretty good. The event was The Great Brownie Bake Off organised by Louise Thomas the Chocolate Consultant and was to raise money for the charity Wheels For Wellbeing. Twenty-two home bakers who thought they had a great brownie submitted samples and a panel of judges including Paul A Young and Abigail Phillips of The Cake Nest (who will be using the winning recipe for a year in her business) sampled each one looking for the best. During the day, whilst the judging was happening there were demos by a really great group of people
Stacie Stewart the Masterchef finalist, Fred Ponnavoy the head chef at GU Chocolate Puds, Caroline Aherne of Sugargrain Bakery and Sasha Jenner of Hobbs House Bakery. The day was a great success and whilst I was a little nervous doing my first live demo the whole experience was a lot of fun.
Chocolate and Banana Whoopie Pies – Makes 25
280g Plain Flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
125g banana
115g sour cream
115g unsalted butter, softened
100g granulated sugar
100g light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1. Preheat the oven the 350F / 175C and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
3. Mash the banana and mix with the sour cream, set aside.
4. Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 4-5 mins. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.
5. Add the flour mixture alternating with the banana mixture.
6. Using a tablespoon sized ice cream scoop portion the batter, leaving 2 inches between pies and bake for 12 mins or until golden around the edges. Let cool and fill with whatever takes your fancy, I used a simple chocolate ganache.
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The musicologist David Brown, who has died aged 84 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was a leading authority on Russian music whose four-volume study of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was acclaimed as the definitive work on the subject.
He also produced other books on Tchaikovsky and on the composers Modest Mussorgsky and Mikhail Glinka, was editor of the New Grove Russian Masters series of composer biographies, and served on the editorial committee of Musica Britannica, the national collection of British music.
Brown had set out on his writing career with a 1969 tome on the Tudor composer Thomas Weelkes, which was followed by a more concise one on his fellow madrigalist John Wilbye (1974). But by the time his second book had appeared he was already well established as an authority on Russian music, and in the same year Mikhail Glinka: a Biographical and Critical Study became the first important study of the composer to appear in English. Then followed his major work, Tchaikovsky: a Biographical and Critical Study, published originally in four volumes (1978–92), but also in a two-volume paperback edition (1992). His masterwork on Tchaikovsky was not only an authoritative biography but a descriptive analysis of his major works, and provided for the Russian composer what Julian Budden had done for Giuseppe Verdi.
The final volume of the study was to prove controversial, as it suggested that Tchaikovsky had taken his own life in 1893, aged 53, after threats were made to expose him as a homosexual. Brown's main source for this theory was a thesis promulgated by the Russian musicologist Alexandra Orlova, who argued that Tchaikovsky had been subjected to a "trial" in a court of honour held by former classmates from the School of Jurisprudence in St Petersburg – following which he chose honourable suicide rather than exposure.
Orlova's ideas were based on hearsay and dubious circumstantial evidence, but were accepted by Brown and a number of other authorities. However, they were strongly contested by others, including the Tchaikovsky scholar Alexander Poznansky, who in a series of publications produced compelling evidence that appeared to demolish the theories of courts of honour and suicide. Nonetheless Brown stuck to his guns, and in a second book in 1993, Tchaikovsky Remembered, he concluded that Tchaikovsky "committed suicide and that the court of honour story should be taken seriously, though [was] certainly not proven".
His new book drew on accounts of Tchaikovsky's contemporaries that had only recently entered mainstream Soviet scholarship, and was a compendium representing more than 80 voices from Russia, western Europe and the US, challenging cliches and received opinions about the composer. Although it did not entirely banish the view of his neurotic moodiness, it did offer evidence of his penchant for practical jokes, a sincere love of children and his willingness to speak without restraint among intimates.
Brown's policy as compiler of the new volume was to refrain from detailed comment, encouraging readers to make up their own minds from the evidence of the documents themselves. His final books were Musorgsky: His Life and Works (2002) and Tchaikovsky: The Man and his Music (2006).
Born in Gravesend, Kent, Brown went to Gravesend grammar school and studied English, Latin and music at Sheffield University, graduating in 1951 and taking his bachelor of music degree in 1952. His knowledge of Russian was acquired during national service (1952–54) at the Joint Services Schools for Linguists at Cambridge University (alongside Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn), and he was commissioned in the Intelligence Corps of the RAF.
After teaching in secondary schools and lecturing as a freelance in adult education, he became music librarian in Senate House at the University of London in 1959, and in 1962 was appointed lecturer at University of Southampton, becoming senior lecturer in 1970, reader in 1975 and professor of musicology in 1983. He retired from Southampton as professor emeritus in 1989.
His wife, Elizabeth, whom he met in Sheffield and married in 1953, was for many years concert manager at the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton and a staff tutor in music in the adult education department of University of Southampton. In 2009 they were jointly awarded the City of Southampton Award in acknowledgement of their services to music in the city.
He is survived by Elizabeth and two daughters, Gabrielle and Hilary.
• David Clifford Brown, musicologist and author, born 8 July 1929; died 20 June 2014


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UK finance industry facing Brexit 'tipping point'
Britain will lose its status as Europe's top financial centre unless it keeps borders open to specialist staff, improves infrastructure and expands links with emerging economies, TheCityUK said in a report. Laura Frykberg reports.
It towers above the rest of Europe, as the top financial centre... But London could be about to lose its title, says Britain's most powerful financial lobby. The CityUK warning that countries on the continent could replace it.. Unless the government pursues a so-called soft Brexit. SOUNDBITE (English) JAMES HUGHES, CHIEF MARKET ANALYST, GKFX, SAYING: "Theresa May of course, is incredibly weak at the moment. She doesn't have the power she doesn't have the mandate she doesn't have the support to fight off these pressures." Although that's done little to appease many businesses based in Britain.. Which plan to move at least some operations to Europe if the UK leaves the single market. But the head of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, says there are other options... As long as firms get assurances from the government, AND fast.. SOUNDBITE (English) UK'S FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANDREW BAILEY, SAYING: "Where I think it becomes tricky, is that there's a very clear risk that at that transition period, firms will reach the point where they have to put into effect their transition plans before they know the outcome of the negotiation." Another part of the CityUK report only likely to add to that risk... It says since the Brexit vote, the government has made it harder to attract people from overseas.. In the past year the cost of hiring an employee on a five-year visa has increased 250 percent... to 7,000 pounds.


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Most elderly people start to feel useless and insecure the older they get, which is why the concept of assisted living was created. It appeared for the first time in 1990, as an alternative to nursery houses or permanent medical care, for people whose condition was not that severe. Ever since the beginning, it promoted independence and dignity for those who need help but can still maintain their standard of living. This senior living facility has rapidly become very popular all over the world in different forms, but the main idea is the same: a caregiver moves in with the elder person (or vice versa) and offers them basic care services. Most of the times, these people do not have specialized training, but there is no need for this, since the main purpose of this type of program is to encourage interaction and mutual support. There are also situations in which people with disabilities request these services, and those who will take care of them need to have certain qualifications and specialized knowledge. In case you are looking for this type of services, you should know that there are more and more companies involved in this initiative, and you are likely to find one close to where you live.
The benefits are mutual, especially since all the expenses and household costs will be divided between the two parties, which makes this program suitable to those who want to have an extra income and improve their financial situation. As you can see, the benefits are multiple, for both sides. The program is promoted by companies such as Room2Care, a dedicated organization which facilitates the connection between seniors and caregivers. The experts who work at these professional companies will make sure that they choose the most suitable and trustworthy people, so there is nothing to worry about. Of course, since they provide qualitative services, these companies also charge a small percentage of the fees. Once the two parties enter into contact and the caregivers moves in, their activity will be closely monitored and they will be checked periodically ? this ensures a healthy and secure environment for the elders involved in this program. Most of the times, these programs also offer financial support, because the money spent on medicines or mandatory supplies are refunded, which represents a proof of the fact that they are legit, since certain public and financial institutions are contributing to them. There is nothing to worry about, because the assisted senior living facilities will take care of everything.
Those who are still in good condition, but need help in order to go on with their lives normally, will find support, while those who want to do something useful for the society will have this possibility, and will also receive financial compensation. Instead of being depressed or isolated in a nursery house, the seniors will receive care in the comfort of their homes. Furthermore, they will feel that they are part of a community that appreciates them and they will live in an environment full of understanding.


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By Todd Polke
We need to ask the right questions to get the right answers.
If you think you have the problem figured out and are convinced that you do, think again. Whether it's a technical, relationship, or philosophical problem, asking better questions is a key to successful problem solving and to winning any battle.
Actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave was quoted saying, "Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers."
Now, how does one learn to ask better questions?
Do Not Limit.
We so often say to ourselves things like:
Why can't I afford it?
Why can't I ever lose weight?
Why can I never get it right?
Why am I never lucky?
These questions and statements we ask are extremely limiting. That is, when you ask a question to yourself, your mind will come up with an answer and possibly many answers, but are these the answers that you need?
It is so important that we learn to ask ourselves better questions.
For example instead of, "Why can't I afford it?" we can ask, "How can I afford it?"
Instead of asking, "Why can't I ever lose weight?" ask, "What do I need to be doing differently to begin losing weight?" or, "What one thing can I do today to improve my health?"
You see, if you ask, "Why can't I afford it?" you will probably add more negative thoughts to your already discouraged attitude: "Because my salary is too low and because I have too much financial obligations." But if you ask, "How can I afford it?" your mind will start to think of creative ways for you to be able to "afford" that investment or vacation. Never begin with a limiting question. Always believe that there is a creative way out of your problem.
Be Humble and Objective.
Do Not Judge or Assume.
The same principle is true when dealing with people. We often approach employees, colleagues, or even friends whom we have some kind of problem with, with personal assumptions about them. We judge them to be lazy, narrow minded, or selfish, and when the need to settle an issue comes, we ask the most judgmental questions that do not lead to creative solutions. For example:
Why can't you submit on time?
Why can't you be more creative?
Why do you always make things difficult for me?
Whatever situation we are in, we should never assume that we know everything or assume that we are perfect and correct. Be extremely careful to not assume that someone has bad intentions, or that someone cannot have something positive to offer. Instead, we should keep our minds open and try our best to be very objective. Learn to be humble. Ask and be willing to listen (or be the one to improve):
Why is your work late again? (And be sincere in wanting to know why.) What can we do to avoid late submissions?
How can we boost creativity in our workplace?
How can we improve our communication?
Wrong assumptions or unfair assumptions whether regarding ourselves or other people lead to a dead end where no problem can be solved. This is "possibility" thinking which gets us asking our minds to find a solution to a problem, instead of focus on limitations.
Shift to Positive Gear.
Yes, we are not in the practice of asking quality questions and have been strongly conditioned to negative thoughts and limitation thinking. So, before we begin asking questions we need to put ourselves in a positive frame of mind by again asking questions about our own lives:
What am I happy about in my life right now?
What could I be grateful for in my life?
What are some things, which I have achieved in my life previously, which prove that if I put my mind to something and take action, I know I can get it done?
Questions like these immediately shift your mind to gratitude, and in this frame of mind, possibilities open up.
Question Like Socrates.
Don't be afraid to ask questions that lead to more questions. Such is the cradle of ingenious ideas and discoveries. In education, there is a questioning style derived from the great philosopher Socrates: Socratic questions. These help us explore a matter deeper and wider by questioning our assumptions or by proving them.
Socratic questioning technique usually asks to:
Clarify - 'Could you explain further?'
Challenge or prove - Why do you think this is so? Where did you base that conclusion?
Consider other possibilities or alternatives - Is there another way to look at this?
Consider consequences - How will this affect our company culture?
Question questions - Why was that question important?
By now you should have noticed that the main key to asking better questions rests in an open mind and humble heart, a person that is willing to admit that he or she does not have everything figured out. Better questions begin with a willingness to consider alternate routes that one has not been considered before, or one has believed yet to be possible. Also, sometimes the solution is right in front of our eyes, but we just are not ready to believe that it is possible. One question we can ask ourselves in the midst of doubt is, "What have I got to lose if I give up my cowardice and timidity?" And the answer is, nothing really, but you have everything to gain.
Never Give Up.
Last but not least, do not quit asking questions until you find yourself with a clearer mind and a better grasp of your situation. If Albert Einstein admitted that, "If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions," it's okay for the rest of us to do the same. It is a humbling process. Persevere and soon you'll see a ray of light. Just remember to never impose limitations on yourself, to always question your assumptions, and to be willing to look at things from a different perspective. And always, always ask yourself the question, "Am I asking the right questions?"
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You know the how to tie a tie and even how to tie a bow tie. But you ever put on your tie and it looks…not quite right? Watch this video.
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You know the how to tie a tie and even how to tie a bow tie. But you ever put on your tie and it looks…not quite right? Watch this video.
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Because you want to rep your squad before the game but unlike at your bro's tech job–where everyone wears t-shirts and sits on yoga balls all day–your office dress code is business casual.
That's why Vineyard Vines' NFL ties are on point.
But you know what? It's not just about the external pressure to look good. Contrary to popular belief not all football fans are schlubby.
Some of us, as much as we love the no-cares-given fashion sense of Bill Belichik–and sincerely, we do–like to look crispy and clean while supporting our team.
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Stay tuned to this blog in advance of Father's Day on June 21, because we're going to hit you with can't-miss gift ideas for Dad.
You didn't forget, right?
Let's start with this Nordstrom-exclusive Tie Bar Style Box. Recommended for dads who wear suits. One way to refresh your look if you're a suit-wearer is to buy a new suit. Another way is to give new life to an already-owned suit, by styling it with fresh accessories. That's what this Tie Bar Style Box accomplishes in one fell swoop.
Give Dad this lavender-toned box of socks, pocket squares, neckties and a bow tie, and tell him to wear it with anything blue. And brown shoes.
Let's take a closer look inside the box, shall we?
Shop: Tie Bar
With fall officially here, you might hear sentimentalists bemoaning summer's end. The barbecues, the concerts, the bikinis—all on hold 'til next year. For our part, we welcome this brisk and soggy new situation. Attacking your closet with wit and creativity each morning is so much easier when you don't have to worry about sweating through your shirt.
With that spirit of sartorial enthusiasm in mind, we invite you to peruse the hardy fabrics, heritage patterns and rich details that compose our 10 Fall Essentials guide.
Keep reading for tips and picks regarding the first five items you should ensure are in your arsenal for the season ahead—from tweed coats to textured ties.
With summer temperatures climbing—and your blazer, bomber or denim jacket increasingly likely to come off mid-workday—it's more important than ever to have an arsenal of solid dress shirts at your disposal. Keep reading for five new styles to try (plus the ties to match) if you're ready to transcend standard stripes and solids.
If accentuating the talented Adam's apples of men like Michael Fassbender, Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd and Jake Gyllenhaal on the cover of GQ is any indication of success in the neckwear industry, Chicago brand The Tie Bar (and its stylish neckties, tie clips and pocket squares, which start at a whopping $15) isn't doing half bad.
Keep reading for 5 shirt-and-tie combos compiled by Jaime Fernandez, our Men's Furnishings Buyer.
Dressing for the Season, 101: Cold mornings call for warm clothes—and that goes for everything from your socks to your tie.
On a pristinely fogged-in dawn here at our Seattle HQ, these Yves Saint Laurent ties caught our eye immediately, for several reasons:
1. They're sturdy. Cut from substantial wool blends, they'll balance your boots and offset your scarf.
2. They're sophisticated. Crafted in France and displaying classic patterns like houndstooth and herringbone, you'll never feel like you're wearing a bulky flannel shirt around your neck.
3. They're timeless. Ranging from 2.5 to 3 inches across, they're the ideal width—not too skinny, not too wide, perfect with anything from a three-piece suit to a slim shirt and dark jeans.
Pro Tip: As always, we recommend tying these on with a basic four in hand knot. Check out the guide to tie a tie. The fabric is thick enough on its own; keep the slim lines of the rest of your kit consistent with an understated knot.
Shop the YSL ties above:
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Last week, Men's Shop Daily had the distinct pleasure of catching up with Marcus Wainwright (left) and David Neville, co-founders of Rag & Bone, at their in-store appearance at Nordstrom Bellevue Square, near our Seattle headquarters.
Below, the two British designers—who met in boarding school in England, before starting Rag & Bone more than ten years ago in New York—discuss their fashion baptism in rural Kentucky, smashing guitars, and style advice that every man should swear by.
[Shop: Rag & Bone Men's Sneakers]
MEN'S SHOP DAILY: Welcome to Seattle. Have you been out here before?
DAVID NEVILLE OF RAG & BONE: "We've been a few times, but only ever to see the people at Nordstrom. It's worth the trip. It's an amazing company."
MSD: That's great to hear—what makes you say that?
NEVILLE: "I think that when you look at the history, and the legacy of how it was started, and what it is now…I've actually read [Bruce Nordstrom's] book, Leave It Better than You Found It. The fact that it's still run by the family, and the approach to customer service, and differentiating themselves as a store…The success that's bred is kind of amazing. It's 130 stores in America. I should be like a spokesperson." [Laughs.]
[Shop: Rag & Bone 'St. Regis' Sportcoat]
MSD: You've noted the photography of August Sander as an inspiration for your Fall '13 men's collection. What drew you to his work, and are there any favorite photographs that stick in your minds?
MARCUS WAINWRIGHT OF RAG & BONE: "I've got a lot of his photography. I like photography—I collect [it] and like taking pictures myself. Part of it is just the subject matter—apart from the photographs themselves, the clothes are really cool, and very relevant to Rag & Bone. We do a lot of workwear, we do a lot of tailoring, and the August Sander pictures capture a lot of people working—and he captures them in a period where people were working in suits. If you look at the early pictures of rag-and-bone men, after the Second World War, they're working day-to-day in tailored clothing. There's no T-shirts, there's no just shirt-and-jeans. And there's a sort of beauty in that handmade clothing that's been disheveled and rumpled and rained on and worked in.
"So the subject matter of the pictures is amazing. There's a German aspect to it, which is pretty cool—it's quite sort of different from the English stuff; it's less sort of 'dandy.' There's an amazing picture of a baker…and one in particular of a guy in a street in the most beautiful coat, which we made a sort of version of, which closed the show. It's just great photography."
[Shop: Rag & Bone Wallets]
MSD: Does Michael Pitt [the actor in Rag & Bone's fall campaign] have the best hair in Hollywood?
NEVILLE: "We were actually a little bit worried about his hair in a couple of the pictures—it just looks a little bit too sort of retro, kind of Johnny Cash, which wasn't really the reference, you know. But he's a cool dude."
WAINWRIGHT: "He does have good hair."
NEVILLE: "We had fun. He was awesome. He came to the shoot really sort of enthused, and there's an amazing moment where he smashes his guitar in the middle of 6th Avenue. That was his idea, and it was fairly impromptu—it wasn't staged or anything. It was cool content to just be able to create."
[Seattle band Campfire OK played a killer set at our in-store
event—decked out in Rag & Bone, of course.]
MSD: When the two of you first decided to start a clothing company, you visited a legendary denim factory in Kentucky. What was that experience like, and what did you learn there?
WAINWRIGHT: "It was the birth of Rag & Bone in many ways. It was a very old denim factory in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. It had been a massive factory at one point, but everything had shifted—been bought or invested in by a Mexican company, and a lot of denim [production] had moved to Mexico. So it basically shut down most of it, and it was just sort of 60 people, as a sample room for the Mexican production—but it was the best sewers and pant-makers that they had.
"It was an amazing place with 50 years of knowledge about how to make proper jeans. It was an incredible place to go to, when you had no experience in fashion at all, and never really been to a factory to speak of, and you were sort of baptized into the fashion and sewing world by these women who were in their 60s, sewing jeans all day, proper salt-of-the-earth ladies from Kentucky—in a dry county, so there's no booze. It's rural Kentucky, and they take great pride in their work, and they're just lovely people. They taught us the meaning of quality and authenticity and the value of that history of craftsmanship—and the value of that experience, and how easy it is for that to disappear.
"They were the last of 3,000. They shut down within two or three years of us working with them. The ladies who'd been sewing their whole lives went to work in the local outboard motor factory, or Walmart, or waiting tables. Never to sew again. The American-invented and American-owned skill of sewing jeans just disappeared from that factory forever, and it's happened across this country. And that's sad. So I think our company has a lot to thank that experience—to thank them—for what they taught us about the importance of maintaining that, and not just shipping everything to a factory that's chosen based purely on price."
[Shop: Rag & Bone Ties]
MSD: If you could give male readers one style tip for Fall 2013, what would it be?
NEVILLE: "Don't try too hard. Do what feels right; what you feel comfortable in. Menswear should never really feel like you're trying to make a fashion statement. I think that can go desperately wrong. You should just be wearing what you feel comfortable in—and what your wife tells you you should be wearing is maybe a good tip." [Laughs.]
WAINWRIGHT: "Guys should take pride in their appearance. I think when guys go wrong it's when they try too hard or they don't try hard enough. And you get a guy who just doesn't think about it, and buys a pair of ill-fitting, cheap jeans and a cheap shirt. There's a lot of inherent beauty in clothes, and clothes can make you feel great, and I think clothes are worth investing in. It's worth buying the perfect leather jacket, for example, because it's something that will be with you forever. It may seem like a lot of money, but it's worth it, and it makes you feel good. And I think it's important that you take pride in your appearance."
[Shop: Rag & Bone 'Officer' Boots]
MSD: What's changed, since you founded Rag & Bone in 2002, in your approach to designing menswear?
WAINWRIGHT: "Not a lot. Menswear doesn't change much anyway. We've been through periods of being more or less adventurous with men's design, and we learned a lesson as men's designers, quite quickly, that if you go too far out of the box, guys don't get it. Girls are way braver—and way more willing to take a risk. You couldn't get a guy into a white, leopard-print jacket, for example. But that looks cool on you [nodding to our female video producer in the room]. You've got to reference things that a guy is familiar with, whether he's conscious of it, or subconsciously, something he's seen in a movie, or seen his dad wear, or seen in photographs. That's what menswear is really about: beautiful fabric, and detail, and making clothes that guys are familiar with—but at the same time, pushing it gently forward in terms of design, and the fashion part of it."
MSD: After growing up in England, you've both lived and worked in New York for more than ten years. What do you appreciate about each place you've called home?
NEVILLE: "New York City is an amazing place. The energy of the city is intoxicating, and it's very different to London in that regard. We thank New York for really giving us the platform to start our company—not just from a practical standpoint, but also from an entrepreneurial sort of enthusiasm, which I don't think you find in many places in the world. We've been in New York a long time, and we feel sort of like adopted New Yorkers now, so that's great. We miss London, miss our friends, miss the pubs…but I think both of us are very happy where we are, and don't really have any intention of moving back."
MSD: Do you visit London often?
NEVILLE: "We have a store in London now, which is exciting—and I think made our parents quite proud."
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In Their Own Words. Here's a short clip of Rag & Bone founders Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, filmed before their personal appearance at Bellevue Square Nordstrom last week:
[Photos by Kirby Ellis. Interview by Justin Abbott. Video by Angela Sumner & Sean Dutton.
Special thanks to Marcus, David and the Rag & Bone team.]
After a short hiatus, we're back with a new GQ Spring Trend Reports post. Today, Jim Moore and Michael Hainey of GQ expound on the merits of a Patterned Tie in summer-friendly lightweight cotton—a fabrication that can go casual with a jean jacket as easily as it dresses up with a cotton suit:
We pulled a few favorites below. Don't be afraid to mix these ties with patterned shirts; just follow the can't-fail rule of thumb, and vary the scale of the patterns. The best part? The lion's share of the ties shown here are in the $20 to $40 range. Browse additional options here: MORE PATTERNED TIES
[Note, ties shown in detail up top are: Robert Stewart floral & plaid; Topman galaxy print.]
Gitman | Robert Stewart | 1901 | Topman
Eton | Topman | Robert Stewart | 1901
Robert Stewart plaid | Hugo Boss | 1901 | Robert Stewart camo
Look for new GQ Spring Trend Report videos in the weeks to come—
and shop all eight of our GQ-approved trends, from cotton suits to camo, here:
We're already five episodes into our GQ Spring Trend Report series. (View past articles here: Loafers | Jean Jackets | Sun-Washed Colors | Camo.) This week's installment takes a tailored turn, with Jim Moore and Michael Hainey of GQ discussing an office essential when temps climb—the lightweight Cotton Suit:
Taking a cue from Mr. Moore's thoughts on dressy cottons that bring cotton suits out of weekend-wedding territory and into the office, we pulled four suited-up looks that can span from boardroom to casual Friday this summer. Check out our tips below, and browse additional options here: MORE COTTON SUITS
1. Shady Character. In warm weather, lightweight fabrics are a must; sunny colors, however, are optional. The suit has a small glen-plaid pattern, which we offset with a large gingham check, and grounded with a solid tie in summer-appropriate knit cotton.
[John Varvatos Star USA Blazer and Trousers | Hugo Boss Tie | Calibrate Dress Shirt]
2. Quirky Khaki. You're probably familiar with the trick of wearing your jean jacket with chinos, to avoid going double-denim. The same concept applies with your khaki suit, which benefits from the contrast of a workwear-inspired (but still dressy) shirt.
[Paul Smith London Suit | Gitman Tie | Eton Dress Shirt]
3. Room with a View. This crisp combo is boardroom-ready—and, whether it's true or not, implies to your client that you'll be on a boat this weekend. We like underpinning the preppy, regatta-motif tie with businesslike stripes. (Think of purple as the new navy.)
[Hugo Boss Suit | Hugo Boss Tie | Nordstrom Dress Shirt]
4. Creative Services. For the guy who wears a suit because he wants to, but doesn't have to: Consider keeping the tie, but experimenting with shirt options. If your office doesn't favor acid-wash? This rig would look razor-sharp with a micro-check gingham, too.
[Shipley & Halmos Blazer & Pants | Gitman Tie | Topman Shirt]
Look for new GQ Spring Trend Report videos in the weeks to come—
and shop all eight of our GQ-approved trends, from cotton suits to camo, here:


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Despite the PR pitch by Time Warner Cable and Comcast explaining why their $45-billion merger is good for you, the consumer -- More innovation! Faster broadband! Better service! -- one of the real driving factors in the deal emerged in a regulatory filing by Comcast on Thursday: Time Warner Cable's CEO, Robert Marcus, stands to walk away with $80 million if the merger closes.
That's what Marcus will receive in salary, bonus and stock as a "golden parachute," assuming he moves on as a result of the change in control. The two parties say they hope to complete the merger by the end of this year, so Marcus will have to keep TWC chugging along at least that long.
But the size of his merger-related payday should make obvious where he'll be focusing the bulk of his managerial effort. During an appearance at a Deutsche Bank investment conference last week, Marcus attested to his team's devotion to a first-class customer experience, but those statements all had the sour-sweet flavor of lip service.
"Over the course of the next year or so, I'm going to be incredibly focused on working with Comcast to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals and get the deal done," he said. He also said, "I'm incredibly focused on bringing a culture to Time Warner Cable that is more performance-oriented, that puts the customer first, that embraces the concepts of empowerment and accountability, that depends on our employees having a passion for winning, and that always tacks back to our core values of doing the right thing."
The question that Marcus didn't explore during his talk was why achieving those goals requires the enhancement of Comcast's cable and Internet monopoly via this merger. That's the question that the Federal Communications Commission will have to answer as it ponders whether to allow this deal to happen. (The U.S. Department of Justice also gets a say.)
For the truth is, as we've reported before, nothing about this merger will enhance the public interest. U.S. Internet speeds rank pathetically low among industrialized countries, largely because Internet providers like Time Warner Cable and Comcast own monopolies in their service areas that eliminate all competition; this deal will intensify that service-deadening effect.
Telecommunications firms have promised for decades that their mega-mergers will mean more innovation and better programming -- Comcast made that promise in 2011, when it took over NBCUniversal -- and what's happened instead has been merely the concentration of market power in fewer hands. Every time a new merger opportunity arises, the parties tell the FCC: Thanks for the last merger, but we need just a teensy bit more to make all our promises really come true.
Comcast's disclosure of Marcus' payday (and not only Marcus; three of his top lieutenants stand to collect $55 million among them) sheds light on what's really behind such mergers. It's not the building of a transformative culture, but the cashing in of transformative sums. Over the next year, executives who should be focused like lasers on providing better service to TWC customers at lower cost will be focused instead on the desire to line their pockets -- excuse me, I meant to say "maximize value for shareholders," which is how Marcus described it at the investor conference.
The FCC should recognize that all the jabber they'll be hearing about improving the customer experience is secondary and skimming millions off the top is the primary point of this deal. Their answer to Marcus and his colleagues should be, nice try but no sale.


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Hasbro Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares
Just a quick update to those who may own stock in Hasbro; They've announced the cash dividends for shares for this quarter.
Hasbro Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares
PAWTUCKET, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.43 per common share. The dividend will be payable on November 17, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 3, 2014.
About Hasbro, Inc.
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company dedicated to fulfilling the fundamental need for play for children and families through the creative expression of the Company's world class brand portfolio, including TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MY LITTLE PONY, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, NERF and LITTLEST PET SHOP. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with innovative play and entertainment experiences, in a variety of forms and formats, anytime and anywhere. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for more than 180 territories around the world, and for the U.S. on Hub Network, part of a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Through the Company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and is ranked as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens." Learn more at www.hasbro.com.
© 2014 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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A new video has shown amazing people doing some really amazing things with their bodies, and stunning observers.
The video which is making the rounds on the internet, shows many people including men, women and children doing some really incredible things with their bodies as they perform amazing gymnastics.
From spining unbelievably in the air to shooting a golf ball into a man's mouth and displaying an almost supernatural ability with the football, the video shows a range of skills that have stunned viewers.
The video which was posted on Facebook page – People Are Awesome – has since gone viral online.
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The state Senate in California has passed a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, Reuters reports.
The AB10 bill came as a compromise, which would gradually raise the wage from its $8 current wage to $10 over three years, according to Variety. It's headed for likely passage in the Assembly before heading to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.
Brown has already said he would sign the bill into law.
Right now, the highest minimum wage in the nation stands at $9.19 in Washington State. The federal minimum is $7.25 per hour.
The pay raise will likely be welcomed by many workers, although it falls short of the "living wage" of $15 per hour that many fast-food employees demanded in protests earlier this year.


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Motorcyclist Injured Following Roo-Related Crash
Rider taken to hospital
A motorbike rider has been injured following a run-in with a kangaroo on the Gold Coast this morning.
Paramedics were called to Coombabah, following a crash at a different location just before 5:20.
They took one patient to hospital with chest and leg pain.
Meanwhile, a pedestrian was struck by a car near the Gold Coast Airport at Bilinga about 20 minutes earlier.
They didn't have any obvious injuries but were transported to the Tweed Heads Hospital as a precaution following the incident on Terminal Drive just before 5am.