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A Look Inside The Essence Fashion Closet
by Kéla Walker
Every one has been asking me about the Essence Fashion Closet at the festival… well, let me tell you about it and the many festival goers that stopped by to talk all things fashion and style. Take a look inside the Essence Fashion Closet
The Fashion Closet presented by State Farm 1 of 3 experiences in the Empower U zone along with hair and beauty. Essence.com fashion editor Celia Smith curated the special fashion closet which invited festival goers to find their fit (body shape) and get fashion and style advice from Celia and I.
There was an interactive component that highlighted different body shapes and highlighted stylish pieces to compliment them.
Several women stopped by the booth to "find their fit" which included five different shapes to choose from- Cone, Triangle, Hour Glass, Petite and Full Figure. Some women already knew their shape and simply wanted to tips to update their style while others needed help figuring out fashion in general. It's surprised how many women don't know an A-Line dress is universally flattering and works for every body shape. One woman stopped by and asked what she needed to do to attract a husband. *Insert Bug-eye face*. No matter the question or concerns, it was really fun talking to women and helping them take their style to another level.
There were also a few kuties who stopped by the fashion closet to simply say Hey Girl Hey and take selfies!
Side bar: can I just take a moment to tell you all how much I adore Celia. She ridiculously sweet (which can be uncommon for a fashion editor) and of course super chic. I love that she's not a fashion snob and mixes things up with her style that includes hi, low, vintage and rare designer finds. She has a style all her own that I'm consistenly crushing on. It goes without saying that I loved vein ton her team for this experience.
The great thing about the Essence Fashion Closet is that it lives forever online so even if you didn't make it to Essence Festival you can check it out at Essence.com While you are there, check out Celia's new video series which breaks down the trends for each body type. It's super kute. Again, ADORE her.
Today's Kloset Pull
Top ~ Vintage | Skirt ~ H&M | Necklace ~ via Century 21 Department Store | Shoes ~ Rachel Roy
Do you know your fit or body type? What style and looks work best for your body?


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When people come to the CHS office for help, their focus is usually on alleviating an immediate problem such as men with gynecomastianess or hunger. However, this immediate situation is more than likely to be symptomatic of the individual's more basic problems, such as the lack of marketable job skills or unemployment. Based on this realization, CHS has developed and successfully implemented a holistic approach to accomplish its objectives.
Emergency Services Program
CHS's continuum of services begins with the Emergency Services Program. This initiative provides the emergency housing and supportive services that men with gynecomastia and near men with gynecomastia people need (including shelter, food, clothing, medical care, utility payment assistance and household furnishings) to reduce a crisis situation. However, the services can go far beyond this point for eligible individuals and families who are willing to remain committed to making lasting improvements in their overall living conditions. A unique feature of CHS's programs is that counseling and other supportive services are complemented by enrichment and recreational activities for adults and children to further reduce the stress of the participating families.
Domestic Violence Program
The Domestic Violence Program provides transitional housing along with the supportive services for woman and children who are victims of domestic abuse. These families have up to two years of occupancy in our housing facilities and in our Scattered Sites program where apartments in the area are rented with the hopes that at the end of the two years the families can take over the leases on their own. In addition, this program provides support groups for abuse victims in the broader community as well as for CHS clients.
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News Archive
Lance Can't Find The Lucky Penny
March 21st 2002
By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise
The 49ers have retained all but one of last season's starting squad for this season. Lance Schulters being the lone exception (though Ray Brown's status is still uncertain). Schulters a great free and strong safety for the 49ers is looking for top dollar. He's visited almost every team under the sun, but keeps coming up blank. As every day goes by it seems less and less likely that he will return to the team.
Meanwhile it's probably not all Schulters fault. It seems that Lance has had terrible luck in picking his agents. Last season, Schulters was instructed by his agent that he should hold out for a long term contract - the 49ers were more than happy to move on. Schulters ended up returning to the team on a one year deal, and fired his agent - but it seems like the successor to the throne is no smarter.
While living away from his New York family for six months is undeniably hard, and it being impossible to fault Schulters for looking to move home - it's become increasingly more obvious that Schulters agent doesn't know what he's doing. Schulters has been offered a contract by only Tennessee and the 49ers, but his agent has made some bright moves, in stating that Schulters wanted to play badly for the Titans (before the contract was tendered), and that he was simply looking for the highest bid, or that the 49ers would not be a candidate for a one year deal.
An infant could recognize the problems with these public relations moves, so I have to ask - why hasn't Lance? Now I don't believe the 49ers will cave to Schulters contract requests, it has been their policy of late not to over pay free agents of any sort - and thus I must conclude that unless Schulters drops his figure dramatically he wont return to the 49ers, and if he drops his figure drastically more teams are likely to be interested.
Perhaps the fatal mistake in the whole ordeal was venturing that teams would pay top dollar for a safety, when traditionally they haven't. Quality safeties are often found late in the draft or in converted cornerbacks, and thus are not exactly the hot commodity that a 'skill' position is even if that safety is a Pro Bowl caliber player. Failure to realize this has likely been the largest problem in Schulters off-season discussions. If Schulters is smart he'll find a new, respectable agent, sign a one year deal, let things subside for a bit and test the waters next season.


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Andy Murray has won his fourth Queens Club title, equaling the record held by players such as Boris Becker and Andy Roddick for most titles at the historic club.
Murray, who was top seed in the draw, faced South African Kevin Anderson in the final, and it took just over an hour for Murray to dispatch his opponent in a straight sets victory. In what was his first grass court final on the ATP Tour, Anderson maintained the excellent serving that he had demonstrated throughout the week, passing 100 aces in the match, yet that still was not enough to outdo Murray who is known on the tennis circuit for being one of the game's greatest returners. Murray displayed a collection of shots, mixing up cross court lobs with volleys and the occasional drop shot, all being played with pin point accuracy and never allowing Anderson a chance into the match. If this was Murray sending a message to his opponents ahead of Wimbledon, then he has made it clear that he is ready to fight for his third grand slam title.
Murray never looked less than brilliant all week, and only dropped one set in the week, to Gilles Muller in the quarter final. However, it was the semi final which turned out to be the most dramatic match of the week for Murray. His opponent in the semi final, Viktor Troicki, suffered a nasty fall as Murray had a break point in the 7th game of the first set, and after a medical time out delayed proceedings, rain caused the match to be suspended until Sunday morning, meaning the winner of the semi final would be back on court just hours later to face Anderson in the final. This did not deter Murray, who quickly broke in the first set and then won the second set in a tie break to take him to the final.
Although all the focus had been on Murray this week, there were other well known players in the draw including then French Open winner Stan Wawrinka, last year's winner Grigor Dimitrov and fan favourite Rafa Nadal. However, these players did not make it past the second round, with Nadal being beaten in his first match by Ukrainian player Alexandr Dolgopolov. Murray was always a favourite to win the tournament but after these players fell, he became the firm favourite to win on a court where he had won 3 titles before.
Murray's fourth title at Queens bodes well for Wimbledon; the last time Murray won the title he went on to win Wimbledon, and with an extra week this year between the Queens Championships and Wimbledon, Murray has more time to hone his skills even more, with his pregnant coach Amelie Mauresmo returning especially for Wimbledon to work alongside current coach Jonas Bjorkman.


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Chula Vista Elite Training Center
Nicole from our Rehoboth location, had the opportunity to spend a week this past month with the US U-18 Women's Soccer Team at the Chula Vista Elite Training Center in California. She was responsible for the well-being of the team, which included setting up water and ice, performing treatments and taping before practices, and attending to any of the athletes that were injured during practice. After training she held additional treatment sessions, ice baths and recovery stretching and foam rolling. In addition to double session practices, they played one inter squad scrimmage, a local club team and USC at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. Gratefully, the girls stayed healthy through the week and they only had minor aches and pains that come with doing double sessions!
Nicole's aspirations of working with the National Team developed early when Hash worked with my soccer team to do injury prevention when I was in middle school. Currently and during this time, he was working as an Athletic Trainer for the Men's National Team, which inspired my career choice. While watching the 1999 Women's World Cup, I dreamt of playing for and then working as the Physical Therapist for the National Team.
Nicole was thrilled to work with this great group of girls who are phenomenal athletes and great people. Having the opportunity to treat and work on this caliber of athletes has always been a dream of hers. Nicole hopes to have the opportunity to work with these girls again soon at the World Cup!


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Did a quick photoshop session on an old cat picture from my "Stray Cat Series" on flickr.com/KalDesigns.
What I used for this was mostly color fill layers and few minor adjustments to curves and saturation.
1. Color Fill
This can be done with either making a new layer, filling it with a color you like or sample a color from the image, which is what I did. What I usually do is sample a darker and lighter color in the image and set one of them as a darken layer and the other a lighten layer. Turn down the opacity and layer mask to your liking.
2. Curves
You can create a similar effect as the color fill method by adjusting the RGB in curves. Adjust for color, lower opacity, layer mask, and so on.
3. Vignette
Vignette can be done easily in lightroom but I didn't feel like exporting it to lightroom then importing it back into photoshop. There are so many ways to do it, but what I did was create a new layer, center elliptical marquee tool, invert selection, feather it by whatever you want in refine edge, and adjust opacity.
4. Effects
Another optional thing you can do is add a texture layer over the image and change the layer to either overlay and screen. Like Instagram's toaster filter has kind of a crosshatching effect in the middle layer, you can easily mimic that with anything, say a macro shot of cloth or a piece of scratched glass/metal.
Everything is subjective, there are countless things you can do to enhance your images, but the key thing to keep in mind is to not overdo it to a point that looks over-processed.


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I was shopping for a new car recently. I spotted the perfect one – in Word Hen green too! Unfortunately, the £1.7 million price was a bit beyond me.
"That's a lot of money." I said to the dealer. "It's more than I can justify spending really. I mean, it's just a car – is it worth it? I can buy cars for much, much less than that."
He nodded apologetically, and looked embarassed. "I know it sounds a lot." he said. "Maybe I can bring it down a bit. What is your budget?"
"Under ten thousand." was my reply.
He blinked, then came back with:
"Tell you what, if you deal with most of the paperwork yourself, and leave me a positive review on LinkedIn when we're finished, then I can come down to ten thousand."
This never happened (sigh).
But, I've done similar to secure a contract. So have many, many other copywriters. It can be hard to get those early gigs, but listen to Seth Godin: ". . . one sure route to becoming an unhappy freelancer is charging just enough and hoping that the low price will keep you busy all the time."
Why apologise for charging a realistic price?
If I want a limited edition Aston Martin, then there is only a slight amount of price wiggle room, up there in the millions. Aston Martin don't feel embarrassed by the price they ask, nor do they feel sorry that I cannot afford it or feel under pressure to help me get the car on my terms.
So, why do some clients make us feel this way? Why do self-belief and realistic pricing cripple most of us in the early years?
- Do you have Imposter Syndrome – where you don't really value your skills and feel amazed that others might?
- Do prospects understand what you do – or do they see you as a glorified school teacher with a red pen?
- Are you taking a hit now in the hope of scoring big later? But you're getting a name for being cheap.
- Are you desperate for work? Hide it! Nothing reeks like desperation.
What are you selling?
The best clients recognise how important it is to hire a professional to deal with their business communication. But, there are many who think that writing involves bashing away at a keyboard and paying attention to the spell checker. That type of client needs educating, or avoiding!
If they want to pay peanuts, then there are plenty of places to go for copywriting monkeys. And they'll get what they pay for.
Negotiate, but don't devalue yourself – or me!
We all do special rates for long term clients, or agree to staged payments, and other ways to be friendly and flexible, but never, never devalue your worth. It's not just yourself that you are cheating, you are also dragging the price down for all copywriters.
What is the value to the client?
If the client can't afford you – that's not your problem.
Writing skills are not something we're all born with. We professionals have spent years learning how to make words sparkle, and we spend hours massaging and polishing every phrase until it's perfect. The client pays us just once – and benefits again and again from our hard work. Approach each quote by looking at what the value will be to the client.
The 2017 daily rate for copywriters ranges from £100 to £1800. I know copywriters who are not charging anything close to £100 a day. (I am not one of them!) If you undervalue yourself, then why should anyone else think you're worth more?
Stick to your guns and ask for what you're worth.
It's hard – really hard – to turn down a job for the first time. Bite the bullet and do it if they're taking the mick with how much you'll earn. Believe me, something else will come along – sometimes that very client will slink back with a better offer – and you'll retain your self respect.
You're running a business. Get businesslike.
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Amusing take on paying what it's worth.


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Restaurant «Pinot Noir»
Do you feel? In the air, as a breath of delicate flavor of France — to the wine restaurant with an original title «Pinot Noir», situated on the street Pushkinskaya, 25, Michel Christmann arrived. He is an infinitely talented person with unique culinary skills, a true master of his craft, whose true vocation — high gastronomy.
Upon entering the restaurant, you will immediately notice the refined atmosphere: walls, lined with brick Belgian rarity, a large mirror of the early 19th century, imported from Italy, the chandelier in the Renaissance style of the famous Florentine manufacturer, handmade Milan luxury furniture, made by special order, which, no doubt, perfectly complements the interior of the restaurant. Graphics from Austria, Germany and France, antique prints and watercolors since Napoleon ...
But, the most important thing, of course, is the kitchen! Authentic and original recipes developed on the basis of only the highest quality products and delicacies (foie — gras, truffles, marbled beef ...) that are delivered twice a week by plane by special order.
Michel Christmann, a young but already a big-name chef with excellent culinary education, with experience in the famous French restaurant, a Michelin-starred («Le Crocodile» (Strasbourg, France), 3 Michelin stars; «Hôtellerie du Phébus» (Juka, France) , 1 Michelin star; «Relais château Bernard Loiseau» (Saulieu, France), 3 Michelin stars; «Buerehiesel» (Strasbourg, France), 1 Michelin star) and has achieved a Michelin star for the restaurant «Pléiades» (Barbizon, France) opens now for Rostov people new horizons of French gastronomy!
Sure, lovers of fine cuisine will appreciate the high quality and performance of the original author's dishes, as well as excellent service with the highest European standards.
It should also be noted that in the restaurant's wine list you will find more than 200 wines at more than good price. Gastronomic combinations — the basic concept of the restaurant. Each dish is perfectly matched wine. Combinations give rise to new tastes, experiences a force that can not be forgotten!
Michel Christmann agreed to answer a few questions that allowed us to learn something about himself, his professional experience, aspirations and future plans.
— Monsieur Christmann, please tell us why you decided to become a chef.
— I decided to become a chef after leaving school. I've always liked the kitchen because since childhood I watched my father, which cooked a lot. He always gave me to try. I remember the taste of fresh vegetables, which he took directly from our garden. I've always wanted to help him, and when I grew up, I was constantly with him in the kitchen. Then I've got va chance. I got an internship at the restaurant of the highest level (the restaurant «Crocodile» in Strasbourg, which has three Michelin stars). There I learned a lot and realized that the kitchen — it's really what I wanted to do my whole life.
— What influenced the formation of your own culinary style?
— First of all, the French terroir. In France there is so many great products! I love to experiment, mix them to end up with a unique taste, texture and beautiful from an aesthetic point of view.
— Who do you consider to be your professional mentor?
— For me, this is definitely Eric Freshon — chef at the hotel «Bristol» (having three Michelin stars), (he awarded the title «Meilleur ouvrier de France» (literally «Best Worker in France» — an award, which honors winners of the competition held among professionals in higher category by the Ministry of Labor)). It is for me a constant example in everything.
— What attracted you for going to Russia?
— If it were not for my partner's suggestion, perhaps I would have never thought about moving in Russia. I found it interesting to try and educate people here who have, unfortunately, no way to get a culinary education, as in France. And, of course, I wanted to discover a completely new country, which is not like France. It's also a great opportunity to introduce Russian people with authentic French cuisine.
— Are you afraid of losing your culinary personality, leaving France?
— No, absolutely not. On the contrary, I hope that with my partner, we will be able to raise the restaurant Pinot Noir to a whole new level. I'm sure I'll find new ways to express themselves and will only grow.
— What is your ultimate goal in the profession?
— The most important thing for me — never rest on the same level, always evolve, look for new solutions, methods, and one day to achieve the highest level and open my own restaurant. And then, perhaps, I want to add some fun to their activities and begin counseling.
— How do you think you can surprise Rostov people?
— I think I can surprise Rostovites by my exquisite, unusual and delicious kitchen. I am sure that in Rostov there aren't such restaurant. And I would like to open for Rostovites the kitchen that could be completely new, unknown to them before. I'd like to satisfy their gastronomic and aesthetic desires! Guest must be pleasantly surprised by what he sees and tries, as he goes to the restaurant to get a new, incomparable emotions and simply have a good time.
— Each chef has his professional secret. and you?
— I have no a concret secret, but thank to my education, creativity and perseverance I try to do the amazing and high-quality cuisine. My secret, perhaps — to be stubborn and strict with yourself, do not stop!
Restaurant «Pinot Noir»
344082, Russia
Mr.. Rostov-on-don
str. Pushkinskaya, 25
Тел: +7 (863) 240-81-38
20 May 2017
Dear friends! We continue our series of enogastronomic dinners and tasting of the best wines in the world. Every Thursday at 19.30 restaurant Pinot Noir invites you to the dinner with fine wines from different countries, accompanied with author dishes of Michel Cristmann, our great chief. He is an infinitely talented person with unique culinary skills, a true master of his craft, whose true vocation is high gastronomy.
18 November 2014
Restaurant Pinot Noir invites you for French breakfast!
Delicious omelets, delicate cereal, pancakes,
6 February 2014
On the 14th of February the restaurant Pinot Noir invites all lovers to celebrate one of the most romantic holidays — Valentine's Day.
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Gucci Resort 2016 Collection
The charming Gucci resort 2016 collection presented today in the morning in New York City is the logical continuation of the Gucci fall 2015 fashion line that was Alessandro Michele's debut rtw collection for the luxury Italian fashion house. He actually did triumph once again with his one-of-a-kind, absolutely breathtaking designs with loads of character, but also the interesting setting elaborated featuring a brick wall on the background and busy Moroccan souk rugs on the runway. Moreover, he closed off Manhattan's West 22nd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues so that the models could cross the street to enter the showroom, where A-list stars were seated in the front row, including Dakota Johnson, Alexander Wang, Karen Elson, Joseph Altuzarra and many others. He was chosen to change the essence of Gucci created by his predecessor Frida Giannini, and he definitely succeeded in this, bringing Gucci to the spotlight once again and putting Gucci's ideology in a totally new direction.
Michele's Gucci resort 2016 line is a celebration of bold colors, eye-feasting prints, statement-making accessories and beautiful silhouettes with a distinctive retro vibe. It's super-diverse, opulent and it has something for everyone. He took his androgynous meets feminine style from his first collection for the brand and expanded this lineup of pieces, again sending out female models dressed like men and men in more feminized outfits. The vintage designs and the gorgeous floral and chevron prints are other recurring themes that delight us a lot, appearing on the daytime and evening looks and making them look more special and covetable. Then we again saw a beautiful juxtaposition of rich colors, nerdy looks and pretty berets mostly coming in the eye-popping red color and sometimes featuring a cute pom-pom.
The color palette is rich and diverse just like the designs appearing in the collection and we see bright mustards, fuchsias, reds, plums and greens, but also soft pinks, versatile navy blues, light blues and neutral blacks and whites. The print palette, on the other hand, brings chevron motifs, florals, wild animal patterning and color-blocked stripes. Throughout the 62-piece collection also showing a couple of menswear pieces, we are treated to a magical game of textures and fabrics, seeing both sensual see-through lace and metallic shiny fabrics bearing a certain disco mood, but also silk and flowing chiffon coming in different juicy shades used for a number of lovely evening dresses, fine leather used for a couple of separates and mini skirts, tweed combined with fur trimming and knitwear giving warmth to the overly youthful, fresh and pretty collection. Pleats, ruffles, poetic neckties and frills give so much femininity to the designs, while we also see quilting appearing here and there to offer something different from those either breezy and see-through designs or the fluffy fur looks. But it's the fabulous embroidery patches and appliqués that have got us enchanted, embellishing both outerwear and clothing pieces injecting a big dose of intrigue into the already cool styles!
Michele also brought an updated and revitalized version of Gucci's classic red and green motif using it on the edges of the sleeves of printed sweaters and varsity jackets to create an interesting contrast. Then we also discovered sixties inspired simple shapes used for the lovely coats and skirt suits that both working class women and modern fashionisers will like.
From the gorgeous evening dresses and daytime separates to the absolutely insane printed and embellished outerwear, the Gucci cruise 2016 collection has many aspects to appeal to your senses, and equally flabbergasting is the accessory line showcased. It seems like nerdy glasses are becoming a Gucci staple, but we also love those statement-making big rings stuffed on the rings of the models. Cute floral silk headpieces and scarves fastened with floral or bejeweled pins, brightly colored or floral printed bags and shoppers embellished with the iconic Gucci print, as well as to-die-for round-toe metallic loafers and mules with a criss-cross front, knee-high cage sandals and trendy lace-up flats with pom-pom detailing are other Gucci accessories that are going to become your new season obsession!
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Last week got the 2015 season off to a great start for America's favorite handicapping brothers, with BH and The Skinny combining to go 7-3 against the spread.
Scripts often get flipped in week two, so let's see if these two can keep up the opening weekend's hot start.
On to the picks...
BLATANT HOMERISM--Week 2
(Overall: 4-1)
Temple at Cincinnati (-7)
I had a feeling Penn State was in trouble last week against Temple and I'm kicking myself for not making that one of my picks. This week, the Owls travel to the Queen City in a potential letdown spot after humiliating their in-state rivals.
Unfortunately, they're probably facing a better team this week.
The pick: Lay it.
Marshall at Ohio (+3)
By the time these two mid-majors kick off, one will have had nine days off since its season opener. The other will have had six.
The pick: I'll take the better rested Bobcats.
Massachusetts at Colorado (-12.5)
Mentally, who knows where the Buffaloes' heads are at after those shenanigans out in the islands. (Although, to be fair, that's not much different from the usual state of play in Boulder.)
I'm still buying the Buffs as being an improved squad.
The pick: Field day at Folsom for CU.
San Diego State at California (-14)
First tussle between these two teams since 1996. So nice of the champagne-sipping Golden Bears to allow the Rockstar-chugging Aztecs to grace their field.
OK, so I have no idea if there's actually any other-side-of-the-tracks animosity fueling SDSU here, but I do love the idea of hordes of Aztec fans invading Memorial Stadium and leaving Taco Bell wrappers everywhere.
Unfortunately for my imaginary Affliction-clad army, that chip on their shoulder is worth zero points on the field.
The pick: Cal, 56-27.
Houston (+13) at Louisville
Big letdown spot for the Cardinals with Auburn in the rearview mirror and Clemson on deck. Based on what he showed against Auburn, Cards QB Lamar Jackson still has some work to do offensively.
Go ahead and sprinkle a little something on the moneyline.
The pick: Louisville, 27-24.
THE SKINNY--Week 2
(Overall: 3-2)
Boise State (-2.5) at BYU
Tulsa at New Mexico (-3.5)
Kentucky (+8.5) at South Carolina
Minnesota at Colorado State (+6.5)
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Made in solid 18ct yellow gold, this magnificent Patek Philippe has all the charm and character of what a fine vintage Swiss watch should have – style, class, elegance and a refined look that only the finest watchmakers can achieve not to mention the superb hand wound movement inside.
From end to end the watch measures 16.8cm and the case itself measures 21mm plus the crown and will sit so elegantly on any womans wrist.
Inside this Patek Philippe is powered by a manual wind 18 jewelled Patek Philippe calibre 8-85 that has been fully serviced, runs perfectly and comes with our 1 year warranty.
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O'Bryant, Bradley stun Pittsburgh to reach Sweet 16
Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) – Patrick O'Bryant scored 28 points and
grabbed seven rebounds to power Bradley to a 72-66 victory over Pittsburgh in
the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Marcellus Sommerville added 18 points and Lawrence Wright chipped in 14 with
nine boards for the Braves (22-10), who became only the fourth 13th seed to
reach the Sweet 16 — joining Oklahoma in 1999, Valparaiso in 1998 and
Richmond in 1988. Bradley, which upended Kansas in the first round, will next
play Memphis on Thursday night in the semifinals of the Oakland bracket, as
the top-seeded Tigers beat Bucknell on Sunday afternoon.
The Braves have won two games in the same NCAA Tournament for the first time
since 1955, and with Wichita State's victory over Tennessee on Saturday the
Missouri Valley Conference now has two teams in the Sweet 16 for the first
time in its history.
"Bradley basketball is back on the map in a big way," said Braves head coach
Jim Les, a point guard for the school during the 1980s. "It hasn't sunk in
yet, but it's going to be an enjoyable week. But we aren't satisfied."
Pittsburgh (25-8), meanwhile, failed to advance past the second round of the
NCAA Tournament for the second straight year after making three consecutive
Sweet 16 appearances.
Levance Fields scored 18 points to lead the fifth-seeded Panthers, while Carl
Krauser added 17.
Pittsburgh scored the first four points of the second half to erase a 30-29
deficit and led 35-34 after a bucket by Aaron Gray. The Panthers had a chance
to extend the lead on their next possession, but Gray was called for a five-
second violation and slammed the ball to the floor.
The resulting technical foul with 16:45 remaining ignited a 9-0 Bradley burst.
Sommerville made both free throws to put the Braves in front and O'Bryant
followed with a couple of inside baskets before Sommerville drained a three-
pointer to give Bradley a 43-35 edge with just over 14 minutes to play.
"The tech gave them the momentum and they got a lot of energy from that play,"
said Krauser.
A runner by Sam Young temporarily stopped the bleeding, but the Braves
continued to be the more aggressive team and scored 10 of the next 12 points.
Tony Bennett's bank shot with 8:50 left gave Bradley a 53-39 cushion.
Back came the Panthers, as Krauser scored six points during a 12-3 spurt to
make it 56-51 game with just over 3 1/2 minutes remaining.
It was still a five-point game with 33 seconds to play after Ronald Ramon
drilled a three-pointer for the Panthers, but O'Bryant made a pair of free
throws to give Bradley a 70-63 edge moments later.
A three-pointer by Krauser with 11 seconds left pulled Pittsburgh within four,
but Sommerville drained two from the stripe to seal it.
"If we keep playing like we did tonight and two nights ago, we can beat
anybody," said O'Bryant.
The Braves finished 26-of-32 from the line, led by O'Bryant and Sommerville,
who combined to make 15-of-17. Pittsburgh managed to get to the stripe only 11
times, but made 10.
"They got to the line 32 times and shot 81 percent, and that's a lot of
points," said Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon. "They made the free throws."
Bradley scored the first six points of the game while Pittsburgh struggled
mightily on offense. The Panthers turned the ball over on each of their first
five possessions and missed their first seven shots before Young hit a jumper
in the lane with 11:48 remaining in the half.
The Braves, though, answered with the next six points and opened a 16-4 edge
midway through the half.
Pittsburgh countered with a 14-3 run and pulled within 19-18 on a drive by
Fields. Will Franklin followed with a three-pointer to keep Bradley in front,
but the Panthers managed to keep it close and a shot from beyond the arc by
Fields in the closing seconds sent Pittsburgh into the break down just 30-29.
Krauser, who picked up two early fouls, struggled in the first half with just
two points.
Game Notes
O'Bryant dominated Gray in the battle of seven-footers, making 10-of-17 shots
to Gray's 5-for-11 effort. Gray finished with 12 points…Bradley took just
six three-point shots and made two, while Pittsburgh was 6-of-20 from beyond
the arc…The Braves also committed only eight turnovers, compared to 14 for
the Panthers…The Missouri Valley has split four games against the Big East
in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. In addition to Sunday's matchup, Wichita State
beat Seton Hall, Southern Illinois lost to West Virginia and Northern Iowa
fell to Georgetown in the first round.


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ERNEST returned to Cambridge for the May term of 1858, on the plea of reading for ordination, with which he was now face to face, and much nearer than he liked. Up to this time, though not religiously inclined, he had never doubted the truth of anything that had been told him about Christianity. He had never seen anyone who doubted, nor read anything that raised a suspicion in his mind as to the historical character of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testaments.
It must be remembered that the year 1858 was the last of a term during which the peace of the Church of England was singularly unbroken. Between 1844, when "Vestiges of Creation" appeared, and 1859, when "Essays and Reviews" marked the commence. ment of that storm which raged until many years afterwards, there was not a single book published in England that caused serious commotion within the bosom of the Church. Perhaps Buckle's "History of Civilisation" and "Mill's "Liberty" were the most alarming, but they neither of them reached the substratum of the reading public, and Ernest and his friends were ignorant of their very existence. The Evangelical movement, with the exception to which I shall revert presently, had become almost a matter of ancient history. Tractarianism had subsided into a tenth day's wonder; it was at work, but it was not noisy. The "Vestiges" were forgotten before Ernest went up to Cambridge; the Catholic aggression scare had lost its terrors; Ritualism was still unknown by the general provincial public, and the Gorham and Hampden controversies were defunct some years since; Dissent was not spreading; the Crimean war was the one engrossing subject, to be followed by the Indian Mutiny and the Franco-Austrian war. These great events turned men's minds from speculative subjects, and there was no enemy to the faith which could arouse even a languid interest. At no time probably since the beginning of the century could an ordinary observer have detected less sign of coming disturbance than at that of which I am writing.
I need hardly say that the calm was only on the surface. Older men, who knew more than undergraduates were likely to do, must have seen that the wave of scepticism which had already broken over Germany was setting towards our own shores, nor was it long, indeed, before it reached them. Ernest had hardly been ordained before three works in quick succession arrested the attention even of those who paid least heed to theological controversy. I mean "Essays and Reviews," Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species," and Bishop Colenso's "Criticisms on the Pentateuch."
This, however, is a digression; I must revert to the one phase of spiritual activity which had any life in it during the time Ernest was at Cambridge, that is to say, to the remains of the Evangelical awakening of more than a generation earlier, which was connected with the name of Simeon.
There were still a good many Simeonites, or as they were more briefly called "Sims," in Ernest's time. Every college contained some of them, but their headquarters were at Caius, whither they were attracted by Mr. Clayton, who was at that time senior tutor, and among the sizars of St. John's.
Behind the then chapel of this last-named college, there was a "labyrinth" (this was the name it bore) of dingy, tumble-down rooms, tenanted exclusively by the poorest undergraduates, who were dependent upon sizarships and scholarships for the means of taking their degrees. To many, even at St. John's, the existence and whereabouts of the labyrinth in which the sizars chiefly lived was unknown; some men in Ernest's time, who had rooms in the first court, had never found their way through the sinuous passage which led to it.
In the labyrinth there dwelt men of all ages, from mere lads to grey-haired old men who had entered late in life. They were rarely seen except in hall or chapel or at lecture, where their manners of feeding, praying, and studying, were considered alike objectionable; no one knew whence they came, whither they went, nor what they did, for they never showed at cricket or the boats; they were a gloomy, seedy-looking confrerie, who had as little to glory in and manners as in the flesh itself.
Ernest and his friends used to consider themselves marvels of economy for getting on with so little money, but the greater number of dwellers in the labyrinth would have considered one-half of their expenditure to be an exceeding measure of affluence, and so doubtless any domestic tyranny which had been experienced by Ernest was a small thing to what the average Johnian sizar had had to put up with.
A few would at once emerge on its being found after their first examination that they were likely to be ornaments to the college; these would win valuable scholarships that enabled them to live in some degree of comfort, and would amalgamate with the more studious of those who were in a better social position, but even these, with few exceptions, were long in shaking off the uncouthness they brought with them to the University, nor would their origin cease to be easily recognisable till they had become dons and tutors. I have seen some of these men attain high position in the world of politics or science, and yet still retain a look of labyrinth and sizarship.
Unprepossessing then, in feature, gait, and manners, unkempt and ill-dressed beyond what can be easily described, these poor fellows formed a class apart, whose thoughts and ways were not as the thoughts and ways of Ernest and his friends, and it was among them that Simeonism chiefly flourished.
Destined most of them for the Church (for in those days "holy orders" were seldom heard of), the Simeonites held themselves to have received a very loud call to the ministry, and were ready to pinch themselves for years so as to prepare for it by the necessary theological courses. To most of them the fact of becoming clergymen would be the entree into a social position from which they were at present kept out by barriers they well knew to be impassable; ordination, therefore, opened fields for ambition which made it the central point in their thoughts, rather than as with Ernest, something which he supposed would have to be done some day, but about which, as about dying, he hoped there was no need to trouble himself as yet.
By way of preparing themselves more completely they would have meetings in one another's rooms for tea and prayer and other spiritual exercises. Placing themselves under the guidance of a few well-known tutors they would teach in Sunday Schools, and be instant, in season and out of season, in imparting spiritual instruction to all whom they could persuade to listen to them.
But the soil of the more prosperous undergraduates was not suitable for the seed they tried to sow. The small pieties with which they larded their discourse, if chance threw them into the company of one whom they considered worldly, caused nothing but aversion in the minds of those for whom they were intended. When they distributed tracts, dropping them by night into good men's letter boxes while they were asleep, their tracts got burnt, or met with even worse contumely; they were themselves also treated with the ridicule which they reflected proudly had been the lot of true followers of Christ in all ages. Often at their prayer meetings was the passage of St. Paul referred to in which he bids his Corinthian converts note concerning themselves that they were for the most part neither well-bred nor intellectual people. They reflected with pride that they too had nothing to be proud of in these respects, and, like St. Paul, gloried in the fact that in the flesh they had not much to glory.
Ernest had several Johnian friends, and came thus to hear about the Simeonites and to see some of them, who were pointed out to him as they passed through the courts. They had a repellent attraction for him; he disliked them, but he could not bring himself to leave them alone. On one occasion he had gone so far as to parody one of the tracts they had sent round in the night, and to get a copy dropped into each of the leading Simeonites' boxes. The subject he had taken was "Personal Cleanliness." Cleanliness, he said, was next to godliness; he wished to know on which side it was to stand, and concluded by exhorting Simeonites to a freer use of the tub. I cannot commend my hero's humour in this matter; his tract was not brilliant, but I mention the fact as showing that at this time he was something of a Saul and took pleasure in persecuting the elect, not, as I have said, that he had any hankering after scepticism, but because, like the farmers in his father's village, though he would not stand seeing the Christian religion made light of, he was not going to see it taken seriously. Ernest's friends thought his dislike for Simeonites was due to his being the son of a clergyman who, it was known, bullied him; it is more likely, however, that it rose from an unconscious sympathy with them, which, as in St. Paul's case, in the end drew him into the ranks of those whom be had most despised and hated.
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Did you see what "music mogul" Sean Combs — aka P. Diddy, aka Puff Daddy, aka Puffy, aka Sean John, aka Whatever — gave to his teenager earlier this year for his 16th birthday?
With MTV cameras rolling, Combs presented his son, Justin, with a Maybach automobile. Price tag: $360,000.
There are all sorts of things wrong with a father giving his son a Maybach, of course.
What if the kid wanted a Bentley?
You can decide if you think it's appropriate to give a 16-year-old a car that costs twice as much as an average home in the United States, but doesn't it just sound like a bad idea?
In a formal interview, journalist Martin Bashir asked Combs if he thought the gift provided a "sensible lesson." Combs' response: "It wasn't even about a lesson. It's what I wanted to do. I can do whatever I want to do with my children."
He's right, but he's wrong. He can do what he wants with his children, within reason, but he is clueless about fatherhood, and he did teach his son a lesson whether he wanted to or not.
It comes with the territory.
"I don't have to explain to you or anybody else because nobody knows the way I raise my children," he told Bashir.
Actually, he has given us a glimpse of how he raises children. He has reportedly fathered six children by different women. Justin is, according to one report, "his love child from a fling" with a clothing designer. Asked what kind of example this set, he replied, "All of my kids are taken care of. They all go to the best schools."
But, as Bashir noted, he doesn't live with them.
Even the dopey Combs conceded that his children "deserved more personal time" from him.
Presumably, he is too busy being Puff Daddy, or whatever he calls himself these days, and running Bad Boy Entertainment and building his "entertainment empire."
Look, let's not mistake what Combs does as a father for fatherhood. He'll get Father's Day cards from his kids on Sunday, but let's hope nobody thinks he fills the role.
Being your kid's homie is not the same as being his Daddy.
There is a big difference between being a Diddy and a Daddy.
Writing a check for $360,000 is, in most ways, much easier and simpler than being a good father.
Fathers live with their children when they have the choice. This can make life rewarding but also more complicated and certainly less selfish and, some would say, not nearly as fun as being a "music mogul."
When you live under the same roof with your children, you are part of their lives — the ups and downs, the teaching, the discipline, the car pools, the coughs and colds, the Little League games, the bedtime stories, the dance lessons.
Fathers don't just show up for the fun stuff — the 16th birthday party with a 1,000 guests, including "celebs" — and then disappear.
Puffy doesn't know what he's missing if he never gets to tell a kid to brush his teeth before going to bed. A father is on call 24 hours a day. He can't make up for his absence with occasional "quality time," or by buying Maybachs or even a fleet of Lear jets.
Being a father means you can't always be his kid's friend, not all the time anyway. Kids have friends; they need a father.
A father can't buy a child's respect or love, even with a Maybach. He earns it by being a steady, loving presence in his life. Most fathers can't and shouldn't give kids everything they want, but they can give them the other things that matter more.
A father can tell a kid all he wants about how to be an adult and how to make his way in the world and be a good person, but the lesson is more effective if he shows how this is done — if he lives it.
What Combs has shown his kids is that you can break the law — he has faced several legal charges — and all you have to do is hire lawyers and/or change your name, again and again, and the problem is solved.
He has taught his children nothing about delayed gratification, that if he wants something, such as a luxury car, they can just buy one or someone will do it for you. No work ethic or earning is required.
He has taught his son that he has no responsibility for his children beyond, perhaps, being a provider, and heaven help him if he's not filthy rich.
Combs has almost assuredly perpetuated the epidemic of fatherless homes that plagues American families.
Because he has not taught him how to be a father.
Doug Robinson's column runs on Tuesdays. Please send e-mail to [email protected].


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Had a play today with Emma – Bloom Beautiful from Tiddly Inks.
What do you think? Tried something a little different with this one, deliberately cut the die so that it was even with the edge of the card, I liked the papers and didn't want to cover them up. I do like the way this turned out.
Here is a close up of Emma. I added polka dots to her skirt because I wanted a pattern skirt instead of a solid one. I used a copic fine line pen to do this.
I colored her with the following Copics:
- Skin – E11, E21, E00, E000, R11
- Clothes – BG78, BG75, BG72, E81
- Shoes – E84, E81
- Hair – E49, E47. E44, E43
I would like to participate in the following challenges:
- Tiddly Inks challenge blog – flowers
- Kit and Clowder – flowers
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A rare edition to the charter market, JOY is a masterful collaboration of two yachting powerhouses; Bannenberg and Rowell for her exquisite exterior lines and Dutch pedigree yard Feadship realised her. Covering five decks, her expansive outdoor space goes unrivalled and adds to her appeal as a luxury charter yacht. Beautiful concave lines and the artistic use of glass creates perfect harmony between the exterior and interior making her an ideal yacht for summertime cruising. Specifically, pockets of air conditioned indoor/outdoor zones known as 'winter gardens' were created to further enhance this feeling of space.
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Reaching young people has been one of the primary goals of the UMC for the last decade, and GBHEM is leading the way through our work with campus ministries and events such as Exploration and Imagine What's NEXT which focus on vocational discernment for young adults considering ordained ministry. Both of these national biennial events are especially for those discerning God's call on their life. The $7 million Young Clergy Initiative was created at General Conference 2012 and assigned to GBHEM to fund innovative projects of all sizes that could attract young people to ordained ministry in the UMC. Also, GBHEM is the agency assigned by the 2012 General Conference to work with the Commission on Central Conference Theological Education in distributing the $5 million fund for theological education for the Central Conferences.
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Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998
Pub. L. No. 105-298, 112 Stat. 2827 (1998); 63 Fed. Reg. 71,785 (Dec. 30, 1998)
Signed into law on October 27, 1998, this law extends by 20 years the length of protection afforded to copyrighted works, and thus lengthens the amount of time it will take for a work to enter the public domain. This legislation lengthens copyrights for works created on or after January 1, 1978 (the effective date of the 1976 copyright legislation) to "life of the author plus 70 years," and extends copyrights for corporate, anonymous or pseudonymous works to 95 years from the year of first publication, or 120 years from the year of creation, whichever expires first. For those copyrights in existence prior to January 1, 1978, and which were still in their first term on January 1, 1978, the proprietor of the copyright gains an additional 20 years that may be added to the renewal term (from 47 to 67 years). For copyrights in their renewal term at the time of the effective date of this new law, the term of copyright is extended to 95 years from the date the copyright was originally secured. For works created but not published or registered before January 1, 1978, the term endures for life of the author plus 70 years, but in no case will expire earlier than December 31, 2002. If the work is published before December 31, 2002, the term will not expire before December 31, 2047.
The law applies prospectively, and retrospectively to all works still under copyright on the bill's effective date, which is October 27, 1998, for the provisions referenced herein. This law does not restore copyright protection to any works that are in the public domain.
The law includes an exception that allows libraries, archives and nonprofit educational institutions to treat a copyrighted work in the last (new) 20 years of protection as if it were in the public domain for purposes of preservation, scholarship or research. Conditions that apply to this usage in the last 20 years require a good faith investigation to determine that the work is not subject to normal commercial exploitation, the work or phonorecord cannot be obtained at a reasonable price, and use of the work stops if the copyright owner provides notice to the contrary. See 63 Fed. Reg. 71,785 (Nov. 3, 1998) for interim regulations effective January 1, 1999 on this issue.
Selected Recent Case Law Under the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Kahle v. Gonzalez, (No. 04-17434) Jan. 22, 2007 (9th Cir. C.A.)
This case affirmed the lower court opinion, Kahle v. Ashcroft, holding Eldred was controlling.
Kahle v. Ashcroft (No. C-04-1127 MMC, N.D. Calif)(Nov. 19, 2004)This case brought by the Internet Archive ( a non-profit digital library) and the Prelinger Archives, which archives films, challenged four copyright laws which the plantiffs claim preclude making out of print books, old films, and other items with little or no commercial value available on the Internet to the public. The laws challenged were the Copyright Term Extension Act, the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, the Copyright Act of 1976, and the Berne Convention Implementation Act. The plaintiffs claimed the laws imposed substantial burdens on speech under the First Amendment without advancing any legitimate government interest, and sought a declaratory ruling that the laws are unconstitutional as applied to works created between Jan. 1, 1964 and Dec. 31, 1977. The works created in this time frame constitute the first class of works in American history where the copyright term was extended without any requirement of renewal. Plaintiffs also sought an order enjoining enforcement of the No Electronic Theft Act whose infringements of a copyright would not have happened but for 17 USC 302-304, as amended by the CTEA
The court granted a motion to dismiss against the plaintiffs. The court relied on Eldred v. Ashcroft to dispose of plaintiffs' claim that the CTEA and the Copyright Renewal Act violate the limited times requirement of the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and also to dismiss the other claims brought by plaintiffs. The court quoted the finding in the Eldred case that it is generally for Congress, and not the courts, to decide how to best pursue the copyright clause objectives.
Eldred v. Ashcroft, No. 01-618 Decided Jan. 15, 2003
In a 7-2 opinion authored by Justice Ginsburg, with dissents by Justices Breyers and Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Copyright Term Extension Act. In this case, the Court granted cert to address two questions: Whether the CTEA's extension of existing copyrights exceeds Congress' power under the Copyright Clause; and whether the CTEA's extension of existing and future copyrights violates the First Amendment.
The Court rejected plaintiffs' argument that retroactive application of the 20 year extension granted in the CTEA to already existing copyrights did not serve to promote the progress of science and was thus beyond the authority of Congress. The Court found there did exist a rational basis for concluding the CTEA promoted the progress of Science, as set forth in the Copyright Clause of the Constitution. Part of the rationale accepted by the Court was that a key factor cited in favor of adopting the law was a 1993 European Union directive instructing EU members to establish a copyright term of life plus 70 years. Consistent with the Berne Convention, EU members were directed to deny the longer term to countries without the same extended term.
The Court also found the CTEA did not violate the First Amendment, and that the "limited" monopolies granted by Congress are compatible with free speech priniciples.The Court's opinion stated "In addition to spurring the creation and publication of new expression, copyright law contains built in First Amendment accommodations."
Justice Stevens, in response to the majority's argument that Congress has extended the term of copyright retroactively in a number of instances, argued "the fact that Congress has repeatedly acted on a mistaken interpretation of the Constitution does not qualify our duty to invalidate an unconstitutional practice when it is finally challenged in an appropriate case." Justice Stevens also noted the weakness of the majority position with respect to the argument that lengthy terms of copyright are necessary to spur creativity.
Finally, respondent relies on concerns of equity to justify the retroactive extension. If Congress concludes that a longer period of exclusivity is necessary in order to provide an adequate incentive to authors to produce new works, respondent seems to believe that simple fairness requires that the same lengthened period be provided to authors whose works have already been completed and copyrighted. This is a classic non sequitur. The reason for increasing the inducement to create something new simply does not apply to an already-created work. To the contrary, the equity argument actually provides strong support for petitioners. Members of the public were entitled to rely on a promised access to copyrighted or patented works at the expiration of the terms specified when the exclusive privileges were granted. On the other hand, authors will receive the full benefit of the exclusive terms that were promised as an inducement to their creativity, and have no equitable claim to increased compensation for doing nothing more. (page 20 of the dissent)
Stevens invoked Chief Justice John Marshall's famous words that the Court ultimately decides what the law is. Linda Greenhouse noted the following in the Jan. 16, 2003 New York Times article Twenty Year Extension of Existing Copyrights is Upheld (page A-22):
In quoting Chief Justice John Marshall's famous words from the Marbury v. Madison decision in 1803 - "it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is" - Justice Stevens may have been tweaking the majority in the series of federalism cases in which he has been a consistent dissenter as the court has invalidated numerous acts of Congress. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and his allies in those decisions have frequently quoted the line from the Marbury decision as justification for the court's active role in policing the federal-state boundary.
Justice Breyer also filed a lengthy dissent, stating that the effect of the CTEA is to make copyright terms "virtually perpetual", and that the practical effect of the law is to inhibit, not promote, the progress of Science.
Professor Lawrence Lessig of Harvard University argued the case on behalf of the plaintiffs. Professor Lessig's comments on losing raise an important question. Will the decision upholding the CTEA benefit the movement to increase the public awareness of and access to intellectual property? For more commentary on the case, see the Lessig web page.
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NPR Reporters On The Stories That Stuck In 2012
Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's John Burnett, Robert Smith and Alix Spiegel about the most interesting stories they reported this year.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. We work on so many stories throughout the year around here. We research them, we report them, we broadcast them, and then we move on to the next story. But every so often a story really sticks with us well after the reporting is over. As we approach the new year, we've asked three of our correspondents to join us to talk about the pieces they produced in 2012 that they will not soon forget. With me in the studio is our science correspondent Alix Spiegel. Hi, Alix.
ALIX SPIEGEL, BYLINE: Hi.
WERTHEIMER: Now, from our New York bureau, correspondent Robert Smith of the Planet Money team. Hi, Robert.
ROBERT SMITH, BYLINE: Hey, Linda.
WERTHEIMER: And in Austin is NPR's national correspondent John Burnett, who is back in Texas because he's just finished a temporary assignment in East Africa. Welcome, John.
JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: And happy to be here. Hi, Linda.
WERTHEIMER: Alix, you're sitting right next to me so I'm going to start with you. Your beat is psychology and mental health. What story did you bring us?
SPIEGEL: So, I brought probably the most popular story I did this year. It's about differences between the way that the West and the East think about the process of intellectual struggle. And it kind of starts with this guy named Jim Stigler, who is a graduate student. He looks at, you know, how different cultures teach. And he goes to visit Japan. And he goes and he sits in the back of this math class. And here's a clip of him telling what he sees there.
JIM STIGLER: The teacher was trying to teach the class how to draw three-dimensional cubes on paper. And one kid was just totally having trouble with it - his cube looked all cock-eyed. So, the teacher said to him, you know, why don't you go put yours on the board. Right there, I thought: that's interesting. He took the one who can't do it and told him to go do it on the board.
SPIEGEL: And what's interesting about that is that, you know, in America what - the person who goes to the front of the room is the brightest student who can do it the best. In Japan, they asked the student who was having the most trouble doing it to go to the front of the board. And this really gets Jim Stigler thinking about, like, how differently we approach this experience of struggling academically. In America, if a kid - if your child or you are struggling with something, it's evidence of weakness. But in Japan, they think of intellectual struggle as kind of a natural part of the process. And, really, when you are struggling with something intellectually, it's an opportunity to show that, you know, you have kind of the emotional strength to go through it.
SMITH: Alix, this is Robert here. This reminds me - I learned how to play the board game Go that they play in Japan and in China. And one of the things they tell you right at the beginning is to lose your first 50 games quickly; that the whole notion of learning this game is to start by losing a lot. And it reminds me a little bit of this, this theory that it's going to happen, so you need to embrace that. That is the important part.
WERTHEIMER: So, Robert. You are the money guy, and you're helping to explain to us how the global economy affects our lives. What piece do you find most memorable this year?
SMITH: Well, the most important story of the year in the economy was definitely the European debt crisis. But it was also the most boring story of the year because it involved these things - believe me, even I turn off the radio when I hear sovereign debt and bond yield spreads. And so last summer, Zoe Chace, one of the correspondents for Planet Money, and myself went to Europe to try and find interesting characters who are sort of living out parts of this European debt crisis. But our favorite guy we met along the River Maas in Maastricht, Netherlands. And he was trying to sell us drugs.
GANJABOY: Skirrup(ph). Ganja boys in the building. Skirrup, bang.
SPIEGEL: So, in the name of journalism, are you allowed to purchase drugs?
SMITH: We did not purchase drugs from Ganjaboy - and that's his official name as far as that goes. And he was playing out this weird little drama. Specifically, if you've ever been to the Netherlands, you might know that marijuana is tolerated there. There are coffee shops where you can smoke, pretty much legally, marijuana. But after the euro started and they opened up all these borders, people started to pour in to the Netherlands from the rest of Europe. And so this tiny town of Maastricht would be filled with tourists all coming for the marijuana. And Maastricht decided, listen, we have had enough. This whole European unity thing is ruining our town, so we're going to require people to have their IDs in order to buy marijuana; you have to be a citizen of the Netherlands. And that brought Ganjaboy into the picture. Because all of a sudden, this drug trade, which was legal in Maastrict, became quasi-illegal for foreigners. And what happens when you make something illegal? Ganjaboy shows up.
WERTHEIMER: Opportunity, yeah.
SMITH: Yeah. And who did he sell to? Here - we have another cut of tape here.
GANJABOY: I have Dutch people that buy, people from other countries, everyone - grandmas, yes, grandmas. Yes, they do that too.
SMITH: I notice your phones keeps ringing.
GANJABOY: Yes, that's the money. Skirrup, bang.
WERTHEIMER: What is this noise he makes? This skirrup thing?
SMITH: You know, it's funny because we came back with the tape and I worried about him. Like, wait a minute, what if that's a bad word in the Netherlands? I tried to Google it. I don't know how many Rs there are in skirrup, but nobody complained, so I assume that that is his signature sound. He's sort of a one-man European union of pot.
WERTHEIMER: A little teeny-weeny brokerage of sorts, I guess.
SMITH: Exactly. He's...
BURNETT: So how did you expense that, Robert?
WERTHEIMER: John?
SMITH: Once again, I did not...
BURNETT: How did you expense that?
SPIEGEL: I know, really, exactly.
SMITH: Once again, officially, I did not buy marijuana from Ganjaboy.
WERTHEIMER: Thank you, Robert. John, you were off your usual Southwestern beat for half a year and you were in Kenya. Everything must have been very new and interesting for you.
BURNETT: I just treasured the time spent in East Africa. And the piece I want to talk about - I went to southwest Uganda to a national park called Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. And I wanted to do a profile of the Batwa forest people, who are also called pygmies. So, in 1991, Uganda decides to create a national park to create a gorilla habitat for the mountain gorilla. So, they evict the Batwa forest people. And this is kind of a raw deal that hunter-gatherers have all over Central Africa, from Cameroon all the way to Uganda. They get evicted from their forest homelands. So, this happened to the Batwa forest people in Uganda. They got kicked out of the forest in '91 and they had been living like paupers, kind of on the fringes of this new national park, which is really not that popular. So, there's this interesting program that the Uganda wildlife authorities started. It's called the Batwa Trail. And for 80 bucks, a tourist gets to go with a group of these pygmies back into their forest home and sort of relive what life was like for them when they lived this almost prehistoric life in these enormous thick, thick bamboo forests where the light never penetrates. So, here we are, we're walking up the forest...
WERTHEIMER: Now, I just got to stop you. The idea of walking up the forest, I mean, I suppose many of our listeners don't know that you are 6 feet 7 inches tall. And these guys must have come to your knees.
BURNETT: Well, OK. They were small. I was - it was freakish. So, here we are. We emerge from the forest and our six guides see a mountain range that's called the Old Man's Teeth, 'cause that's what it looks like. And it's a sacred mountain. And this is not just contrived for tourists; this is how they react to being in their homelands, which one person compared to, like, visiting your wife again after you've been, you know, held away. And so this is the music they broke into when they saw this mountain range.
BATWA FOREST PEOPLE: (Singing in foreign language)
BURNETT: So, forest people are kind of known for this ecstatic singing and dancing at the drop of a hat, 'cause they just - there's sort of this joyous response. And what I loved about this is it's basically a pentatonic blues that they're singing. And so I kind of heard the strains of the Mississippi fife and drum band there. These are people who are living a fairly miserable life. And so when they break into song like this, it's this catharsis. When they talk about the blues as being a release, whether it's Muddy Waters in Chicago or, you know, Son House in Mississippi. And then they did this for about 10 minutes there in this forest clearing. And it was just this moment in the middle of sort of ancient Africa that I'll treasure.
WERTHEIMER: Yeah.
SMITH: John, you've been known to play a harmonica yourself. Were you tempted to join in?
BURNETT: I have to tell you, Robert, that actually they were singing in D and I only had an A harp with me.
WERTHEIMER: Alix Spiegel, Robert Smith and John Burnett. Have a happy new year.
SPIEGEL: Thank you.
SMITH: You too.
BURNETT: Thanks.
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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy in the eyes of a majority of his country and needs to depart to open the door to an end of the "bloodletting" there. "I think that Assad is going to have to leave in order for the country to stop the bloodletting and for all the parties involved to be able to move forward in a non-sectarian way," Obama said at a news conference at the White House. "He has lost legitimacy in the eyes of a large majority of the country."


text: July 14 Teach, Learn, and Create with Raspberry Pi Posted by Ascent Staff Originally created as an educational tool to help children learn programming, the Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized computer that plugs into your TV and can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does; spreadsheets, word processing, browsing the internet, and playing games. However, this little computer is capable of much more too – it can also be used to build smart-devices – so it has also caught the eye of hobbyists, engineers and tech-tinkerers. There are hundreds of useful things you can use the Rapberry Pi to create, like a Weather Station or a Home-Surveillance system. If you're a gamer, then a DIY Retro Gaming Console might appeal to you, or you could take your Social Media to the next level and turn your Raspberry Pi into a photo booth.There are a few different versions out there, with add-on modules available to increase the scope of the device, but with the Model B Starter Kit you'll be well on your way to unlocking the potential of the Raspberry Pi!


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Ben F. Johnson Jr.
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Ben F. Johnson Jr. began his career as a lawyer after graduating from Emory University. He practiced with Sutherland, Tuttle & Brennan, now Eversheds Sutherland, until World War II brought him three years of duty as a Naval intelligence officer stationed in the South Pacific.
After the war, Johnson earned a L.L.M. at Duke University and then joined Emory University's law faculty in 1946. He taught state tax, a field that even now is considered specialized. His teaching was enriched by six years of service as a deputy attorney general specializing in state tax litigation. He is listed as counsel in more than 50 cases before the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
While teaching, he made a significant mark as a lawyer firmly grounded in both the academic and practical aspects of the profession. From 1961 to 1973, he served as the fourth dean of Emory University School of Law. In 1962, in the case of Emory University v. Nash, Johnson and Henry Bowden Sr. successfully challenged Georgia's racist law that denied state tax exemptions to integrated private schools. This opened the way for Emory and other schools to admit minority students without imperiling their tax-exempt status.
In time, Johnson's efforts to bring racial and gender diversity to Emory Law saw the graduation of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington Sr., U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Cooper and U.S. District Judge Orinda Evans. In 1966, he sought foundation support for a program that helped black students enter the legal profession.
In 1962, Johnson was elected to a state senate seat representing DeKalb County. He served in the Legislature until 1969 and is best known for his work as the principal author of the legislation creating the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
Johnson was especially concerned about educational opportunities for those who were not privileged by wealth or family circumstances. As someone who had worked his way through college during the Great Depression, briefly attending Georgia State when it was Georgia Institute of Technology's Evening School of Commerce, he earned an early appreciation for flexible, student-centered, part-time education.
As dean of Emory Law in the early 1970s, Johnson presided over the elimination of its part-time evening program, a step believed to be necessary for Emory's rise to national prominence among law schools. At the same time, he knew that students would suffer. So at age 67, when many would look to retire, he was invited by then-President Noah Langdale and Vice President William Suttles to become the founding dean of a school at Georgia State University, he accepted the challenge.
Johnson knew a new law school at Georgia State University would make possible the return of ABA-accredited, part-time legal education to Atlanta and enable part-time students to obtain a first-class legal education. He served as dean at Georgia State (1981-1985) until he had recruited a founding faculty, admitted its first students and secured its provisional accreditation by the ABA.


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Giffords, along with members of the Giffords Delaware Coalition, formerly known as the Delaware Coalition for Common Sense, and other state partners, have joined together again to advocate for House Bill 222. This legislation creates a process for obtaining an Lethal Violence Protective Order which temporarily prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if there is evidence that the individual may be in danger of hurting themselves or others. Since its inception, Giffords has worked with coalition partners and allies in Delaware to strengthen gun laws, beginning in 2013 when co-founder Captain Mark Kelly testified in support of universal background checks legislation which Governor Markell signed into law that year. In 2015 Giffords partnered with the domestic violence community to pass legislation that closed dangerous gaps in Delaware state law that enabled domestic abusers to have access to firearms. This legislation, supported by a Giffords mail program, outlined a firearms relinquishment process for those subject to a domestic violence protection order, and expanded the definition of domestic violence to include partners who are seriously dating or living together. And in 2016, Delaware became one of the first states in the country to close the Charleston Loophole, a gap in our laws that allows the sale of a firearm to proceed after 3 days even if the background check is not completed. This dangerous loophole is what enabled the shooter at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, to purchase a firearm. Delaware closed this gap by extending the time to 25 days before a firearms sale can proceed.
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The Giffords Law Center provides extensive, in-depth summaries of federal, state, and local firearm laws and policies. As the most comprehensive resource for information on United States gun laws, our experts at the Law Center research, write, defend, and enact the laws, policies, and programs proven to reduce gun violence and save lives.


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The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Robert M. Cox of Memphis, Tennessee, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Mr. Cox will receive funding and training to support his education and facilitate his service to underserved minority populations.
The NBCC MFP is made possible by a grant awarded to NBCC by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in August 2012. The Foundation is contracted by NBCC to administer the NBCC MFP, as well as training and collaboration activities that will be open to all National Certified Counselors. The goal of the program is to strengthen the infrastructure that engages diverse individuals in counseling and increases the number of professional counselors providing effective, culturally competent services to underserved populations.
The NBCC MFP has distributed $20,000 education awards to Mr. Cox and the 23 other doctoral-level counseling students selected to receive the fellowship award. Robert Cox is a graduate of Appalachian State University and is pursuing a doctoral degree in counselor education at the University of Memphis. Mr. Cox's work experiences include chemical dependency and crisis intervention counseling. As an NBCC MFP Fellow, he plans to serve as a counselor educator who encourages counselors to develop expertise in addictions, crisis interventions and mental health treatment, and to research how behavioral health services in traditional medical settings can increase access to services for underserved individuals.
The Foundation plans to open the next NBCC MFP application period in December 2013. To learn more about the NBCC MFP and its fellows, please visit http://www.nbccf.org/mfp.
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The NBCC Foundation is an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), based in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBCC is the nation's premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling. Currently, there are more than 52,000 National Certified Counselors in the United States and more than 50 countries.


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Anyone looking for the Boscombe Surf Forecast today can find all the essential information they need in our surf report below. You will be able to study swell direction and size, as well as wind direction and strength and also see a star rating for the predicted surf.
Boscombe unfortunately carries the stigma of a failed artificial reef and has had it's share of negative press. Waves still break at Boscombe although generally considered not as consistent as its counterpart Bournemouth. Plenty to do in the area with loads of local shops and amenities. How was your Boscombe surf today? Was the reef working? Fill us in with the details below.


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