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The highlight of wood grain embossed invitation envelopes is by far that fantastic, lifelike wood texture! Envelopes are made of 68lb text weight Gmund Savanna woodgrain paper, which is heavily embossed on one side, leaving the inside fairly smooth, but with slight remnants of the embossing. Coupled with a neutral color palette, these envelopes are perfect for nature themed events, or any correspondence you want to have a natural feel.
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For decades, women's advancement has been seen as an issue of fairness and equality. Now some researchers are saying it should also be seen in another way: as a smart way to make money.
"The business case is so strong," says Alison Maitland, senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School in London, and coauthor of the 2008 book "Why Women Mean Business." "We need more women in senior management."
Several studies have linked greater gender diversity in senior posts with financial success. European firms with the highest proportion of women in power saw their stock value climb by 64 percent over two years, compared with an average of 47 percent, according to a 2007 study by the consulting firm McKinsey and Company. Measured as a percent of revenues, profits at Fortune 500 firms that most aggressively promoted women were 34 percent higher than industry medians, a 2001 Pepperdine University study showed. And, just recently, a French business professor found that the share prices of companies with more female managers declined less than average on the French stock market in 2008
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The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the lawyers defending disgraced former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai, who faces criminal charges, hail from a firm that has close ties to the Party. From the South China Morning Post:
Lawyer Li Guifang said he and colleague Wang Zhaofeng of the DeHeng Law Offices will represent Bo.
"The case is still being investigated … an indictment has not yet been issued," Li said. He declined to answer further questions.
DeHeng is well-known in the Chinese legal community as one of the country's largest firms, with branches in major mainland cities and overseas.
On its website, the firm says it has had good relations with large state enterprises and government departments, providing legal services in projects such as the Three Gorges Dam and acting as advisers to the finance and health ministries.
The firm also enjoys favourable standing with the party leadership: the newly appointed party leader, Xi Jinping , visited the firm's office in Beijing in 2010 and praised its efforts in promoting party ideology within its ranks, according to a report by the official Xinhua News Agency at the time.
The Telegraph's Tom Phillips noted last week that one of the lawyers, Li Guifang, spent time studying in the UK in 1989:
Colleagues describe Mr Bo's lawyer as one of China's best. Li Guifang is the deputy director of the Criminal Law Committee of the Chinese Bar Association and an expert in "economic crimes", according to his official profile.
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SOA Patterns: Chapter 2 for Free Download
DZone recently published an interview with me on my SOA Pattterns book. Along with the interview you can also download Chapter 2 of the book (I think you need to be a DZone member to actually download it).
Chapter 2 includes the Edge Component , Service Host , Active Service , Transactional Service, and Workflodize patterns. Additional downloads related to the book include:
- Chapter 1 which you can download directly from Manning
- The Service Firewall Pattern which I published on InfoQ
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How to make your Linux applications use proxy
If you are frustrated by Linux and your college's network, which is windows based or sysadmins can help you with windows only, and sysadmins for a request call, replies as "use Windows". If you are in a university then I am sure they use that damned( or good) software called as proxy (squid proxy to be specific). And you are a linux newbie then, here are some quick tips for you.
You want your download manager (wget), updates by apt or aptitude to use a http proxy, you can use the following commands to export proxy to your environment
export http_proxy=http://user:password@proxy:port/
export http_proxy=http://proxy:port/
Things to note here are
- Type the command as it is, don't leave unnecessary spaces.
- Username/password is the username and password you use to access the proxy, that is the same password which you type when you access internet using a web-browser. If you don't use one, then use the second version of the command
- Proxy and port are the values that are the same as used in your web-browser, or you can ask check them out with your sysadmin, or anyone who has a working internet on the same network.
After you do this you can use apt or aptitude and it will use the http proxy you specified!
For GNOME users : GNOME allows users to specify a proxy from a GUI, which you can find in
Preferences –> Network Proxy
It also allows you to specify username/password, by clicking on "Details"
Using socks proxy with evolution (the e-mail client)You need a package named tsocks
sudo apt-get install tsocks
for Ubuntu users
or you can download it from here, http://tsocks.sourceforge.net
then just type
tsocks evolution
you might want to read the man page for configurations too.
So, that's it. I hope it makes your life a little easier with Linux on network. Tell us about your experiences of using Linux behind proxies. Remember google search is your best resource!


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The hilarious (and hot) Anna Kendrick has starred in both Blockbusters and indie films. She's pretty well-rounded. The only thing she hasn't done is star in a Super Bowl commercial for a beer she doesn't even drink—until now.
Newcastle Brown Ale commissioned the actress to joke about how she's "hot, but approachable hot," in the company's new no bullsh*t advertising campaign for the big game this weekend. It's brilliant! Now we love here even more than we did before, if you can imagine. She is without a doubt "beer commercial babe hot" in this amazing clip, so see for yourself.


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Brad Irwin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Oregon Spirit Distillers
Oregon Spirit Distillers is the first distillery in Bend, Oregon. We produce Vodka, Whiskey, Absinthe and Liqueurs. Our products are unique, local and sustainable (and really good). Our whiskey is bold because we like it that way.
We deliberately want to be identified with Oregon. We consider ourselves to be mavericks. We feel Oregon was one of the last western states and still remembers its wild west days. We want people to associate us with a pre-prohibition, old time saloon brought into modern day. We can ride horses (we don't but we could if we wanted to). We like spurs, barbed wire, wagon wheels, wheat and rye.
We are artists. We have great water and lots of sunshine. We buy our grain locally. We grind it ourselves. We mash it and distill it by hand.
We are a family of two adults, two kids and two corgis. We play poker and bridge.
We are not afraid to be bold and unique.
We like a little sexy flair but think the mud flap girl is trashy.
The people who purchase our products are over 21.
Our price points are all mid-shelf. People who drink our booze appreciate quality but are happy to have something they can drink everyday. They don't have to drink every day but they could afford to.
We are looking for a logo and corporate identity.
We want something western, hip not hick.
We are a little concerned that "OSD" may sound like a disorder...probably mental. So, we don't want to see our initials as our logo.
We want people to call us "Oregon Spirit"
Would probably want the "O" in Oregon to be really, really awesome so that we could possibly use it as a stand alone image. Maybe made out of barbed wire or ?
We have used playing cards in some of our label designs and like the colors of the face cards. Blue, black, yellow (please no green and yellow together)
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168 : Ethics in Digital Photography
Is it getting more difficult to believe news photos these days? Most people haven't noticed, but it's getting more and more difficult to recognize reality in photographic journalism. While the unwary public soaks up newspaper and broadcast news reports which show stark photography, those of us who know what can be done with today's software are taking a more careful look. April 9, 2005


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limdis wrote:Absolutely a hobby. My 'real life' experience and job have nothing to do with this field. If you met me in person you would have no idea I knew anything about computers/hacking at all. I like it that way
I love every second of it.
not_essence2 wrote:Otherwise, we would eventually stop hacking. It is sort of a high-maintenance activity.
Seung wrote:I would imagine that individuals who are majoring in computer science or who love computers would be more inclined to learn how to "hack" but:
1)Just of curiosity, how many of you have started "hacking" as a hobby?
2)Is your current job not technology related?
The reason I ask is because I am currently an econ major and that won't change soon but I recently have a resurgence of curiosity in computers. So I am wondering if there are individuals out there who do something else as their main thing like music but hack in their spare time.
Cerebral Bore wrote:of cores, hell you more or less have to just to post here from what i can tell.
my god the place is broken or what,still working on trying to setup a avatar & have to reg in twice just to log in hu O_o
ps 18 Character only for password max ? i would have used 64 or more.
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Fresh Tuna Purple Potato Salad
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuna is a common fish in Malaysian cuisine. The local tuna is smaller in size than the ones we eat in Japanese restaurants or those found in colder waters. The local tuna is known as ikan tongkol and it's not an expensive fish to consume. There is another fish that looks almost the same, known as ikan kayu, and I wasn't able to distinguish between the two, until the fish monger placed them side by side. The local tuna, ikan tongkol's skin is actually bluish, looks pretty when the sun shines on it.
Ikan kayu has a much larger bloody area when cooked, tastes more fishy and has a drier texture.


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Accueil > Glossary > Musicology of Electroacoustic Music [MEM] > Discourse within Electroacoustic Music > Dynamo > English definition
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Expression derived from the notion of 'dynamic process', a term used by composers of electroacoustic music to designate aspects of a piece, or part of it, which follow a dynamic structuring process. This can either result from a sound's reference acquiring a musical function, or from the effect of the settings of the DSP devices which impose some sort of energetic evolution on sounds. The term 'dynamo' is preferred to 'structure' insofar as the latter is not always 'dynamic'.
The expression 'dynamic process' should be avoided, because a dynamo can be less complex than a process : the idea of process may suggest a nexus of causes and effects, whereas a dynamo can imply a single and simple energetic function. (Source - paraphrase and edit of Rodolfo Caesar (1992). The Composition of Electroacoustic Music. PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia.)


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Darren a Wall of Famer
Guess you've heard by now that Darren (Dutch) Daulton is the 2010 inductee into the Phillies Wall of Fame. He's the 32nd player to receive such an honor but only the second catcher. The other catcher? Bob Boone, inducted in 2005.
Darren came to the Phillies as the 25th round selection 30 years ago. He was a skinny kid, listed on the scouting reports at 150 pounds.
Guess you could say, he was born and raised a Phillie. He wore a Phillies uniform for 14 seasons, one of nine to wear it that long. Now, he'll be forever remembered as one of the best to wear this uniform.
Dutch was a three-sport star in high school in Arkansas City, KN: football, baseball and wrestling. As the quarterback, he led his team to the 5-A state championship in 1979. He was the cleanup hitter on the championship baseball team. A four-year wrestler, he was runner-up in the state championship (142-pound class) in his senior year.
He demonstrated early that he was a leader, a quality he carried as a Phillies player. Not many players earned the respect on the field and in the clubhouse as did Darren.
The guy was a tough competitor. He had nine knee surgeries, a fractured right clavicle, a broken right hand and an incomplete tear of his left rotator cuff. He battled though every injury. Disabled list? How about eight times.
As a catcher and the recognized leader, Darren was always in demand by the media post-game. He had a routine that came first, however, ice treatment for his knees. He'd lie on the trainer's table with both knees wrapped in ice. "Hey, Baron, let them (media) know I've got 8 more minutes and I'll be out," he often informed me.
The amateur baseball draft isn't an exact science. Some tools are easily measured. Some, such as heart and leadership, aren't as evident.
We drafted three other catchers the year we took Darren in the 25th round: #1 Lebo Powell; #3, Doug Maggio and #10, Jerome Kovar, the only college player (SMU) among the four.
Darren developed into a Wall of Famer. The others never made it to the big leagues and have disappeared.
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Lee Powell hasn't disappeared he's just been in prison for most of his life. He's there now, Florida Department of Corrections, doing 5 years, for fraud and drugs and other assorted fun.


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Hudson better than Giants ever could have hoped
Right-hander has been a model of consistency on San Francisco's staff
ST. LOUIS -- Reliable, consistent, trustworthy, efficient, modest, and an outstanding role model for the rest of the group. That's basically an Eagle Scout, but it's also Tim Hudson.
Hudson continued a season of consistently superior performances Sunday for the San Francisco Giants. He stopped the St. Louis Cardinals cold, throwing seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits. The Giants won, 8-0, thus taking three out of four games at Busch Stadium.
Hudson's 2014 season to date amounts to this: He has made the outstanding into the routine.
He is now 6-2 with a 1.75 earned run average. This was the ninth time in 11 starts in which he pitched seven or more innings. But that just scratches the surface.
He has walked only eight batters in 77 1/3 innings. When he walked two on Sunday he matched his single-game season high. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is 6.25. He came into the game averaging 13 pitches per inning, the lowest average per inning in the Majors. Sunday's 101 pitches over seven innings, a 14.4 average, would be a splendid performance for the vast majority of pitchers. For Hudson it was, slightly sub-standard.
The Giants have come to depend upon Hudson. Catcher Buster Posey is, understandably, a big supporter. "He works quick, he keeps the ball down, changes speed so well," Posey said of Hudson. "You feel really good every time he's out there."
Manager Bruce Bochy also fully appreciates the quality of Hudson's work. "Great job, great job, and he got better as he went," Bochy said of this performance by Hudson. "Early, at times, he had trouble getting it where he wanted it. But he's been so good. He adjusted and he got in a good groove. I thought he did a great job.
"Against this club, seven shutout innings, you're doing something."
Hudson, typically, was unassuming regarding his performance. He credited his offense for getting four first-inning runs and giving him breathing room.
"That's something a starting pitcher always welcomes is early runs," he said. "You can try to pound the strike zone, and you don't have to pitch to the corners so much. A four-run lead is more than anybody could ever ask. It was a nice day for us all the way around."
The last time Hudson gave up more than two earned runs in an outing was April 13 (four against Colorado in 7 1/3 innings). That was also the only time this season Hudson gave up more than two earned runs.
But just as Hudson was modest about Sunday's performance, he was modest about all of his work so far this season. Asked what had allowed him to be so successful, he responded:
"That's hard to say. Just missing barrels. Putting balls in play and I'm able to stay out of the middle of the plate. I'm not going to lie. There comes some luck with it. There were some balls that were hit pretty hard today, but right to some guys.
"You've got to try to be aggressive and try to make the other team earn whatever it gets. And we've got a really good defense. They can cover some ground out there. It's nice to be aggressive and let those guys make some plays behind me."
One thing bothered Hudson about Sunday's start. That happened in the third when a fastball that was supposed to be inside got away from him and struck Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig in the helmet. Fortunately, Craig was unhurt and remained in the game through the sixth inning.
"Obviously, it was something nobody ever wants to see," Hudson said. "He's a tough son of a gun. It got him really good and it scared the crap out of me. But he shook it off pretty good. I was just trying to throw a fastball inside to him. I hadn't thrown a fastball inside to him all day and I really, honestly don't know what happened. It just came out and went right to him. I'm just really glad he's all right."
Hudson made a point of talking to Craig after the Cardinals finished hitting in the bottom of the third.
"I just wanted to reiterate to him that there's never any intent with something like that," Hudson said. "You're just glad that he's OK. You hate that it happened, but at least you're glad that nobody got hurt."
Typically when Hudson pitches this season, what gets hurt is the opponent's winning percentage. There were some raised eyebrows when the Giants gave Hudson a two year, $23-million contract. He was, after all, 38, coming off a year in which a fractured ankle cost him the last two-plus months of the season.
But that acquisition is now looking like the work of genius. Tim Hudson has been everything the Giants could have hoped, and maybe even more.


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Tino Truppel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Hi, this is a contest for a new Wordpress theme for the website Eilenberg.de.
Thomas Eilenberg (TE) is the brand name of a German insurance broker. Here is a translation of a short text about them:
"Insurance is a matter of trust: Our clients have been trusting our company in Berlin for more than 25 years. Immediately after the
introduction of the free-market economy we began our consistent work in Dresden. Since then we have also been working in central Germany. From the beginning we have focused on consultation and support of clients from medium-sized companies and free-lancers."
The target group for this Wordpress theme would be customers seeking, for example, surety insurance policies. So we're looking at people with valuable assets who want to know that with Eilenberg.de, these assets will be reliably insured.
Links to website prototype: https://pidoco.com/rabbit/api/proto…8HmgRwKV7J (home page) and https://pidoco.com/rabbit/api/proto…8HmgRwKV7J (one sub page).
The logo is attached.
The top of the home page has information about security collaterals in construction and machine building. The left column contains information for representatives of TE, options for sending an inquiry, tips, information about services and offers, and the bottom of the page has references from clients and a short text (translated above). The centre of the page has information about various individual security collaterals.
Examples of what we like:
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2. Or a bit different: http://www.berlin-mit-stil.de/programm.html
Here are some websites that we like:
* http://www.scandtrack.com — For the overview, structure, tour timetables etc.
* http://www.heute.de — For the background colour and simple, clear navigation
* http://www.thobareisen.de/europa/is…island.php — Organized and clear, but also somehow boring
* http://www.auslandstreff.de/dkb-girokonto.html — We like this very much for the clarity and the contrast tone (white)
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I just love cupcakes.
Sorry for the delay in posts. I was traveling for work and forgot to email myself the photos I needed for this post. I made these cupcakes quite a while ago for my friend John's Birthday. I actually mentioned them in this post: Lemon Cupcakes with Blueberry Buttercream. My intention when I made them was to have a basic vanilla cupcake, but I thought they tasted just like sugar cookies... and they were delightful. I topped them with a orange flavored and colored buttercream which was a great pairing. I wanted to play up the orange color, but feel free to leave out the food coloring. These cupcakes were a hit so I hope you try them!
Sugar Cookie Cupcakes
recipe by Baked Perfection
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla; mix well. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream (batter will be thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Recipe makes approximately 30 cupcakes.
Orange Buttercream Frosting
recipe from Baked Perfection
6 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter, softened
zest of two oranges
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4-6 tablespoons orange juice


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Topshop Eye Crayon in Marble: £6.50
rose gold base shadow
Topshop Eye Crayon in Marble is a beautiful edition to the Topshop Makeup range. It's a subtle soft creamy rose gold shade that adds a lot of brightness and pop of warmth the eyes. I think you all know I very rarely do hand swatches but I found this ridiculously hard to actually show on my lids hence the swatch. The colour once applied looks very soft and golden but when it transferred onto the lid and blended out it looks like a subtle soft champagne base. The colour isn't very noticeable but it does leave a pretty sheen on the lid. The product applies well and is easy to blend and lasts a average ammount of time on my non oily kids.
Overall I was impressed by the eye crayon, Topshop have recently launched their Eye Crayon and some other shades in their eye crayon range including Rust, Gold Digger and Kingfisher. Rust looks like a really interesting warm bronzy shade but I have no idea how the colour would transfer to the lid. I think it works better as a shadow base than an actual eyeshadow colour. Marble is ever so slightly hard to work with as the colour is barely there once blended out. I also felt on me it slightly creased after a few hours and if it was either prepped with a eyeshadow primer like Urban Decay Primer Potion or layered under a nice eyeshadow like MAC All that Glitters it would work a lot better. I cant see myself buying another one of these as I just don't think they are as amazing as they could be which is a shame as the Topshop Makeup range on the whole is a great collection of products.


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Police are investigating why 22-year-old suspected gunman Jacob Tyler Roberts opened fire on people in a Portland, Ore., mall with a semi-automatic rifle. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
UPDATED at 3:21 p.m. ET: The masked gunman who killed two people and wounded a third at an Oregon mall packed with holiday shoppers before committing suicide was identified Wednesday as Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22.
The Portland, Ore., man opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle that he had stolen Tuesday from a person he knew, Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said at a morning news conference.
"At this time we do not understand the motive of this attack," Roberts said, adding that the suspect acted alone and apparently did not know any of his victims.
Jacob Tyler Roberts is suspected of killing two people at an Oregon shopping mall. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
The sheriff said that the shooter's rifle jammed at one point during the Tuesday afternoon attack at a food court on the upper level of the Clackamas Town Center outside Portland. The suspect was able to fix the weapon and began firing again.
It's not known how many shots were fired in the mall, which was teeming with as many as 10,000 people, many of them shopping for Christmas gifts. The sheriff said Roberts was carrying several fully loaded magazines.
After shooting his victims, the gunman walked down a stairway to the mall's lower level, where he fatally shot himself, the sheriff said.
Authorities said Roberts had no significant criminal history. The Oregonian reported that he had two speeding tickets earlier this year.
Killed in the attack were Steven Mathew Forsyth, 45, of West Linn, and Cindy Ann Yuille, 54, of Portland. Forsyth owned a business at the mall, said Sgt. Adam Phillips.
Kristina Shevchenko, 15, of Portland, was wounded. She was struck by several bullets and was in serious condition Wednesday at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital after undergoing surgery, the hospital said.
"This was a sole person acting on his own by all indicators we have at this point," Phillips said.
Courtesy Shevchenko family
Kristina Shevchenko was wounded in the attack Tuesday at Clackamas Town Center.
"There were no indicators that this was going to happen."
The sheriff said authorities searched the suspect's home and car, which was parked outside the mall, after the shooting. He wouldn't disclose what was found.
A woman who referred to herself as Jacob's mother said she is "very sad" and "sorry" about his actions. Tami Roberts provided a hand-written note to reporters via a friend, KATU reported.
"Tami Roberts wishes to express her shock and grief at the events at Clackamas Town City (sic) on Tuesday," the note said. "She has no understanding or explanation for her son's behavior and requests that her privacy be respected."
Friends told KATU that Tami Roberts is technically Jacob's aunt, although she raised him.
Authorities said the shooter parked his car outside the mall Tuesday afternoon and hurried in on foot toward the food court on the upper level of the 1.2 million-square-foot shopping center. He was wearing a load-bearing vest and his face was covered with a hockey-style mask.
"He had a mission set forth to really take the lives of people within that mall," Sheriff Roberts said earlier Wednesday.
Witnesses described a scene of chaos and panic that ensued, and some said they heard the gunman announce, "I am the shooter," before he began randomly spraying bullets.
"All of a sudden, I just heard a series of gunshots … boom, boom, boom, boom, boom … whatever the shooter was shooting at, they continued to shoot," shopper Bill Hoff told NBC station KGW.
Mira Sytsma told NBC's Matt Lauer she was walking toward a store near the food court when she heard the first shots go off.
"After the first couple of shots I had a feeling I knew what was happening," she said.
Girl, 15, shot in Oregon mall cheats death twice
Kelly Lay was in the food court when he heard "two loud booms," he told Lauer. Glancing to his left, he saw people running in panic. He ducked and hid behind a pillar, where two elderly women – including one in a wheelchair – had already taken shelter.
"As soon as I heard bullets hitting behind me, the wall, seeing it hit the tiles, basically the food signs above… and seeing the tiles break around me, I kind of got in fear and scared for my life," Lay said.
He saw people running toward the exit and told the women to do the same. After helping the woman in a wheelchair, Lay took off running.
Sytsma saw one of the gunman's victims lying on the ground about 50 feet away from where she stood by a kiosk. Turning her head away from the victim, she caught a glimpse of the shooter.
"I couldn't really see his eyes," she said. "I felt like I looked right at him and it was pretty scary to see him face to face like that."
Witnesses Kelly Lay and Mira Sytsma recount the terrifying moments when a man opened fired at Portland-area mall, killing two before turning the gun on himself.
Sytsma and three other women ran for cover inside a store.
People in line to get their photos taken with Santa immediately dove for cover, KGW reported, while others hid in break rooms and bathrooms.
The mall Santa, Brance Wilson, said he was about to invite the next child onto his lap when the shots rang out upstairs. He said he instead dove for the floor and kept his head down.
"I heard two shots and got out of the chair. I thought a red suit was a pretty good target," said the 68-year-old Wilson, The Associated Press reported.
Sheriff Roberts said his department's thoughts and prayers went out to the victims and their families.
"For all of us, the mall is supposed to be a place we can all take our families, feel comfortable, this is the holidays … these things are never supposed to happen. We have a young lady at the hospital fighting for her life right now," he said.
The sheriff said the first officers arrived about a minute after the first 911 call and immediately formed teams to try to contain the shooter rather than waiting for a SWAT squad.
He said casualties were low in part due to an overwhelming police response and because the suspect's rifle jammed at one point, though he was able to get it working again.
Also, the sheriff noted, "Clackamas Town Center had a lockdown procedure for this type of incident and they did a great job implementing that program."
"We rehearse for these things all the time," said Dennis Curtis, the mall's general manager.
"Basically in a situation like this it's either stay where you're at and lock yourself down or get to the nearest exit and get out of the building."
The sheriff also credited people in the mall with helping other in a time of panic and danger.
"Ten-thousand people in the mall at one time kept a level head," Roberts said. "They got themselves out of the mall. They helped others get out. There are just a number of heroes that took the time to help people get out, whether it's (a person) in a wheelchair or a child."
Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts discusses the gunman who opened fire at a Portland-area mall, saying it "looked to be a random shooting."
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Lee Harvey Oswald's home torn down
DALLAS — A handful of history buffs and curious onlookers watched Monday as a bulldozer tore through the walls of a dilapidated apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald lived a few months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The uninhabited 10-unit, two-story apartment complex built in 1925 was one of several remaining places tied to Kennedy's Nov. 22, 1963, assassination, which remains perhaps the most infamous moment in Dallas history. Oswald lived at the building at 600 Elsbeth St. with his wife, Marina, and young daughter from November 1962 to March 1963.
The residence is mentioned in the Warren Commission report that investigated Kennedy's death and concluded Oswald acted alone.
The bulldozer ramming through the walls started with the side where Oswald lived. Police blocked off Elsbeth Street and the sidewalk in front, but let onlookers grab bricks from the side of the building.
Tom Sclar, a local resident and musician, put five bricks in a backpack as souvenirs and possibly sale items later. Sclar said the building was included on tours he once gave to groups interested in the many alternate theories about Kennedy's death - though he called himself a "borderline agnostic" on the question of who shot Kennedy.
"People sell this crap for money," Sclar said. "I'm doing it out of a weird, kitschy interest."
Jose Sorola said he was fascinated by the history of two presidential assassins - Oswald and John Wilkes Booth, who killed Abraham Lincoln. Sorola had heard about the upcoming demolition on the news and eventually purchased an apartment window for $125 online. His goal, he said, was to build a "traveling wall" around the window so it could be displayed to others.
"He still lived here, and in my opinion, he's a part of Dallas history," Sorola said. "Maybe for the wrong reason, but he's still a part of history."
Kennedy's assassination still generates plenty of controversy, particularly as theories still circulate about whether Oswald acted alone. The Warren Commission's report says Oswald shot Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building - now a museum dedicated to Kennedy and the assassination. The Warren Commission also concluded that Oswald killed Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit 45 minutes after Kennedy was shot.
Gary Mack, curator of the Sixth Floor Museum, said Oswald ordered the revolver that killed Tippit in January 1963, when Oswald was living at the Elsbeth Street apartment. But, he added, "The most important parts of the Oswald story are what he did, not where he did them.
"One has to draw the line somewhere at what is or is not historically significant. For those studying Oswald's life, this may be a more important address, but for those who are curious about the Kennedy assassination, what actually happened in Dealey Plaza is of far more significance," Mack said.
Jane Bryant bought the apartment building in 2007, later saying she hadn't known at the time about its link to history. But she was never able to realize plans to renovate it. In 2008 she got caught up in litigation with the city over the state of the building.
The city got a court order last May to have it razed and took over demolition when Bryant failed to act quickly enough.
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A few days ago, the editor of the Shelburne Economist had the pleasure of an hour's conversation with Mrs. Alex Laidlaw, one of the first settlers of the Township of Mono. The interview took place at the home of her son John, with whom the aged lady now resides, two lots south of Primrose on the Prince of Wales Road.
Mrs. Laidlaw, whose maiden name was Margaret Frame, was born in Scotland on February 2nd, 1803, and when nineteen years of age she came to America, landing at New York, where she lived until 1825, when she married Alex Laidlaw. After two years' residence at Le Roy, New York State, they moved to Rochester, where they conducted a market garden very successfully. William Large, a brother-in-law, who had been to Toronto (or York, as it was then called), had secured 500 acres of land at what is now known as Mono Centre. Of this, 200 acres was made over to Alex Laidlaw and 100 acres to John Turnbull. It was about Christmas of the year 1832 that David Currie, having been unfortunate in the purchase of some property in the States, arrived at the Laidlaw home in Rochester with his wife and two children, on their way to Canada, and persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Laidlaw to sell their market garden property and go with them.
Mrs. Laidlaw says she was loath to do this but finally yielded. At that time she knew nothing of the wilderness of the forest, to which she was about to be removed the following spring. Between Christmas and New Year's, Mr. Laidlaw and Mr. Currie started with horses and wagon loaded with some of their best furniture, and drove around the head of Lake Ontario. It is needless to say that a change of conveyance was found necessary ere the journey was completed, and horses and wagon were sold and oxen and sleigh procured, however, in due time they arrived safely at Mono Centre and started on the task of making homes for themselves. In the spring of the following year they returned to Rochester for their wives and families, arriving back at Mono Centre on May 1st, 1833, and receiving a warm welcome from the families of the Messrs. Henry, Turnbull, Rogers, Lundy, Patterson and a few others who had arrived previously. From Mono Mills the women and children were compelled to walk and drive a cow, and Mrs. Laidlaw told of her first experience in "The Devil's Glen" - as even at that early date it was so designated by the letters carved on the bark of a tree. Before arriving at Mr. Henry's, they came to a tavern kept by one O'Shea, which had the usual primitive outfit of whiskey and a tin cup.
At Mr. Henry's, the children were given their first treat of Canadian maple sugar and syrup, and they enjoyed it greatly. Mr. Laidlaw's family at that time consisted of three children and an adopted child, now Mrs. McNaughton of Orangeville. Soon they were in their new home and engaged in the arduous tasks of the early settlers. One day, while Mr. Laidlaw was absent on an errand, their log house took fire and was burned to the ground, together with the contents and a considerable sum of money. This was a great misfortune which the kindness of neighbors only partially alleviated, but soon another humble dwelling was reared on the Laidlaw homestead. Indians were occasionally seen in the neighborhood and the loss of the Horning and Van Meer children from the Horning's Mills settlement was the cause of great consternation.
The Horning's Mills settlers passed Mono Centre on their journeying's to and from the front, and Mr. Laidlaw's was frequently made a stopping place by these people. Mrs. Wm. Silk, sr., the 98 year old lady who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Rich Slack, of Melancthon, and to whom references was made in last year's Christmas Number of the Economist, is well known to Mrs. Laidlaw, the former having frequently stopped with her. The first Sunday school at Mono Centre was held in Mr. Turnbull's kitchen, and the first Presbyterian preacher to hold service was a Rev. Mr. McIntosh, who was stationed at Niagara, but who came into the settlement on foot to Mr. Henry's house, where the first preaching service was held. Some years after, when it was proposed to erect a Presbyterian church, Mr. Laidlaw gave an acre of land for that purpose.
Mrs. Laidlaw is in good health in mind and body and moves quite smartly. As we sat in her presence while she recalled the celebration in her native village of Kilbride over Wellington's victory at the battle of Waterloo and the capture of Napoleon Bonaparte, we were impressed with the marvelous powers of mind and body possessed by her. These were matters of yesterday, but events that transpired so long ago that few who lived at that time are living now to relate them. She remembers the ringing of the church bells, the illuminations, the gathering of the crowds, and the fact that this night, contrary to all rules of the Frame home, she and her brother remained out until a late hour, without reproof of any kind.
Mrs. Laidlaw has been living in Mono nearly 66 years, and never lived off the farm until about three years ago. Her grandson, Mr. Herbert Laidlaw, is now the occupant of the old homestead, which is known as "Craiglea." There are three surviving sons, Alexander of Toronto; William, at Fort Francis; John, at Primrose; and one daughter, Mrs. Wilson, at Fort Francis. She has 43 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
Originally published by the Orangeville Sun, October 27, 1898
Courtesy of Dufferin Museum & Archives
Address: 874615 5th Line (Southeast corner of Mono Centre Road and 5th Line)
Registered Date: May 18, 1995
Bylaw: 94-5
Details and Reasons for Designation: Red brick church with square ornamental tower at the road entrance end and a vestibule exiting out to the cemetery on one acre of land built in 1870.
Address: 873202 5th Line
Registered Date: April 26, 1995
Bylaw: 94-24
Details and Reasons for Designation: Donated by the Mitchell family in the 1840's. The Mitchell family owned the Mitchell Farm from 1824 to 1888. John Wendell Mitchell, the great grandson of the pioneer Peter Mitchell, was the author of the popular Mono Irish settlement story "The Yellow Briar", written about the early pioneer life in Mono and Mono Mills. The original church was built in 1868 as a simple 3 bay gabled brick structure. The bays are defined by yellow brick filasters and each contains a tall gothic window. The original foundations are of rubble stone
Address: 953283 7thLine
Registered Date: April 26, 1995
Bylaw: 95-2
Details and Reasons for Designation: Historically and architecturally important Victorian style wood frame house and clad house constructed in 1872 on a 70 acre lot.
Address: 428005 25 Sideroad
Registered Date: May 18, 1995
Bylaw: 97-5
Details and Reasons for Designation: Two storey log house circa 1855. House is a sizeable full two storey with two additions, one to the east (log) and one to the west (frame). The height of the second storey is notable in that most second storeys of log homes only have windows on the gable ends, the roof being much lower. It is an unusual two storey design log construction with dovetail corners.
Address: 955140 7th Line
Registered Date: April 27, 2009
Bylaw: 2002-34
Details and Reasons for Designation: Built in 1870, this house is a fine example of a typical Ontario homestead in the late 1860's with its banded brick work, symmetrically arranged with Palladian Fan. There is a transom over the front door and porch.
Address: 506014 Highway 89
Registered Date: Feb 14, 2014
Bylaw: 2014-04
Details and Reasons for Designation: The subject residence, known as the "Goodman Residence", is located on an original, un-severed, one hundred acre parcel of land at the extreme northwest corner of the Town of Mono and was likely built in the 1870's. The house is a good example of an Ontario Victorian farmhouse "built by a man of means". The exterior construction of the home remains largely original. Historically, this lot is notable for being located at the junction of four municipalities - the Town of Mono, and the Townships of Amaranth, Mulmur, and Melancthon. It was originally known as Hall's Corners because the owner, William Hall, owned property on both the Mono and Amaranth corners. Hall operated a coaching inn on the Amaranth side of the Townline, which served travellers along the Toronto-Sydenham Road during the mid to late 1800's. The Hall family owned this property for approximately 100 years (from 1863 to 1961).
Address: 794530 3rd Line
Registered Date: May 18, 1995
Bylaw: 95-1
Details and Reasons for Designation: The 1870 main house is a rectangular split field stone storey and half structure with a centre gable. A frame "sun room" and cold kitchen were subsequent additions prior to 1935. Exact date of construction unknown although assessment records suggest approximately 1870. The interior of the house has been well restored with much of the original wood work intact and unique wood stove in living area.
Address: 939064 Mono-AdjalaTownline
Registered Date: April 26, 1995
Bylaw: 95-3
Details and Reasons for Designation: Built in 1900, the house is two storey, of rubble construction covered in stucco, with a wrap-around porch. It is decorated with gingerbread trim and widow's walk. There is a Celtic cross in the garden.
Address: 21 Goulding Lane
Registered Date: June 10, 1998
Bylaw: 98-13
Details and Reasons for Designation: Homestead of Robert McBride, one of the first permanent pioneer settlers in the Township. Located in part of the Township which was first settled and which was traversed by early settlers routes and Indian trails. Part of dramatic escarpment, valley lands, and wilderness in the area and may contain archeological artifacts. The house, built in 1845, is a sizeable full two storey stone structure with one wood frame addition to the east. Although the stones are now exposed there is evidence that the house was stuccoed or grouted over at onetime. The wood frame windows may be original.
Address: 753174 2nd Line
Registered Date: June 6, 2008
Bylaw: 2008-07
Details and Reasons for Designation: Building and property are of interest both historically and architecturally. James Woodland, one of Mono's most respected citizens(and the treasurer of the township at the time of his death), was born on this farm and died in the house in 1911. The home itself, built between 1892 and 1895 is beautifully appointed with arched windows with elaborate brickwork detail throughout. The house has two original dormers on the east side, with elaborate detail and gingerbread trim.
Address: 953376 7th Line EHS
Registered Date: July 15, 2016
Bylaw: 2016-24
Details and Reasons for Designation: St. Peter's House has cultural heritage value in that it is a good example of an Ontario gothic revival farmhouse typical to the area, dating from the 1890's. It is representative of farmhouses of this area and era in its design, scale, material, and construction method. It is of sturdy and substantial scale for its time and location, the exterior bricks still being in good condition, and the triple course quoins being common to the area. The decorative and distinctive dichromatic brickwork of alternating red and buff bricks is a unique design feature and is a pattern not common to Mono. The house is typical of this style in that it has a storey and a half front block, with a centre door, dormer, and stairwell plan, and a rear cross gabled kitchen block. Upon close inspection some names and designs dated 1917 can be found inscribed into the exterior brickwork. The homestead served to anchor the working farm, and is both physically and visually linked to its surroundings, being settled in the landscape with a pond and cedar and willow trees behind, and a dug well with a hand water pump mounted on top. The cultural heritage value of St. Peter's House's also lies in its more recent use as a monastery in direct association with the following religious organizations: Cistercian Monastery of Notre Dame from 1981 - 1999 Ukrainian Catholic Episcopal Corp. of Eastern Canada from 1999 - 2014 Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, The Church of The Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius from 2014 to present
Address: 995722 Mono-Adjala Townline
Registered Date: October 8, 2019
Bylaw: 2019-61
Details and Reasons for Designation: Built circa 1870, The Globe is a two storey Georgian style building. It has a long history of serving travellers and locals. The exterior has been well maintained and is mostly original.
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Here in Dufferin County we are proud of our agricultural history. We have some of Ontario's best soil, now famous for our potatoes. We are a county of very large farms and very small farms, farmers who have been here for generations, and others who are coming to Dufferin to farm for the first time. Famous for potatoes, we are also large dairy farmers, cattle and calf operators and of course grow hay, corn, soy and many other market vegetables, fruits and plants.
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PROBUS Club of Orangeville, serving Orangeville and area, is a not-for-profit social club open to retired and semi-retired professionals, business and like-minded people, and their spouses. No fund raising or commitments other than a low annual membership fee.
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Mmm... Yes, sweets! =)
All the dessert/sweets items are from the Sweets Dies set. I cut them using various cardstock to create the background.
The sentiment is from the Sugar Rush set.
That's all for now. For more inspirations using stamps and dies from Paper Smooches, please visit the Paper Smooches Blog! =)
Have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!
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cardstock: (Chocolate Brown, Melon Berry , Simply Chartreuse, Lemon Tart, Orange Zest, Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, Lavender Moon, white) Papertrey Ink
clear stamp: (Sugar Rush) Paper Smooches
hybrid ink: (Black Licorice) My Favorite Things
accent: (Kaleidoscope sequin) Lucy's Cards
dies: (Sweets Dies) Paper Smooches
tool: (die-cut machine) Provo Crafts
card size: 3 5/8" x 5 3/8"


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Bishop Hendricken High School will present the outrageous comedy "The 39 Steps" this weekend in the school's Dr. Daniel S. Harrop Theater. Adapted from the John Buchanon novel and the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name, "The 39 Steps" follows Richard Hannay's foibles as he journeys across England and Scotland in the 1930s. The play will have three performances this weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling 739-3450 ext. 172 or visiting www.Hendricken.com.
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Aural Haematoma in cats
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Aus 58 Designs von 6 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Spargle, http://www.spargle.com,
We are a new sparkling dynamic innovation company, we work with clients and partners who genuinely want to innovate and GROW as we create new customer driven breakthrough business concepts and source, implement them with expertise and professionals with a proof track record. We help our clienst to innovate, to look outside the box, inspire them and release the creative potential of their people, products and brands.
We are an result-orientated, enthusiastic dynamic team with office in the Netherlands and we work as a network organisation working worldwide across with a wide range of partners and client in all different market sectors.
1. Refreshing by simplicity and breaking through existing conventions
2. Turning small ideas into great concepts
3. Connecting the right people and knowledge
People deliver the real results. Finding and connecting the best experts in the proper context is our challenge.
4. Working with conviction and passion
We do what we believe in and believe in what we do.
There are three main domains all focus on GROW
1. People: connect to grow, People and passionate focus
2. Innovation: greenfields to grow
3. Inspiration: journeys, workshops, out of the box sessions
We are young, starters of the company are two strong women with their own vision.
We target at large business companies, but also different companies, CEO's who want to work with passionate, customer directed, creative and real inspiring people. Who are seeking for different approach in order to really make the difference
We also work with clients to increase their innovation capability - developing skills, organisational structures and mechanisms, and identifying and developing how to lead
for successful innovation.
Develop a logo and one worldpress landingpage website page, if you want to upload work.
Logo elements:
* Sparkling innovation logo/element where connection, growing should be included. Simple, stylefull, business like but different
* - Font of the logo name Spargle please use ICT Kabel medium and bold number 31 en 32,
* Colours of logo:A feminal touch as the owners of the company are two strong dynamic women, that is why we thought of direction purple of sparkling blue. It should be fresh, inspiration
Wordpress template landing page:
- Apple white but use strong purple of sparkling blue elements in navigation and atmosfere
- Frehs and sparkling but also business like
- Work with pictures and blocks
- Make it different, keep in mind we are an innovation company
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Navigation should be designed in textlinks
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Navigation in 'the middle' (with pictures - main areas of expertise)
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This sandwich made by Mister Ting Ling is scrumptious: rather thick and crisp. Slices of bread finely cut is a meal in itself. But something added in between makes my palate settle for the rest of the day's meals. A fine sandwich is a class apart (Its fine edge merely testifies its pedigree. )I love fresh wheat bread. Before I can sneak and smell it closely my provider has already slapped a tbs of Mayo (" Go easy Mr. Ling!")and a couple of Swiss cheese follow. While my man revives my spirits with four slices of ham and lettuce I am ready to fall in. I am at peace with the world. Of course the rimless glasses of Mr. Ling shines as he tosses some slices of tomato,- a teaser and looks towards me almost shyly as if he has excelled himself that noon. I smile back while I have snatched a can of soda and a handful of potato chips to round off my yen.
How is that I flagellate myself everytime I have had a good snack? Well the thought of calories to the tune of 1015* is scary but my constitution is like teflon and I feel good. Mr.Ting Ling is happy and so am I.
I get sometimes a yen for sandwiches but I am told it adds up calories. But I have a bag full of yens in a day. Now let me see what I can buy with these yens.
* Bread = 200 calories
Mayo = 115 calories
Cheese = 212 calories
Ham = 183 calories
Soda = 150 calories
Chips = 155 calories


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We've discussed this before, and the answer is, "No." Apparently almost everyone keeps forgetting this or doesn't know it yet. It differs from all offensive stats in that regard. There are two kinds of regressions that one needs to do with UZR in order to make any practical sense of it:
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Not quite the fastest drive around, but above average in the transfer speeds stakes, Transcend's 4GB Jetflash drive offers respectable performance for the reasonable asking price of £30.
The mirror-finish inlay is cute, but the rest of the chassis, made of very cheap-looking silver-flecked green plastic, is less so.
Average looks, commendable performance, reasonable price - no real complaints, but nothing to really sing about either.


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A group of investors led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, who ran the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, reached a deal to buy The Weinstein Company, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman confirmed.
"Our office will support a deal that ensures victims will be adequately compensated, employees will be protected moving forward, and those who were responsible for misconduct at TWC will not be unjustly rewarded," Schneidermann said in a statement.
Contreras-Sweet and her backers, including billionaire investor Ronald Burkle, bid $500 million on the film production company, which included assuming $225 million worth of debt, according to Variety. The deal, which Schneiderman said was reached Thursday, also features an $80-million compensation fund for victims of Weinstein's harassment and abuse.
TWC announced Monday that it would have to file for bankruptcy, following Schneiderman's decision last month to sue the studio for violating anti-discrimination and harassment laws.
The studio views the deal as "a positive outcome under what have been incredibly difficult circumstances," it told The Guardian in a statement.
TWC began sliding toward bankruptcy when its board of directors fired co-founder and chairman Harvey Weinstein in October amid dozens of sexual assault allegations against him. Weinstein has denied all accusations of nonconsensual sex.
The Weinstein Company, founded in 2005, is behind several blockbuster films and popular TV shows, including "Lion," "Django Unchained" and "Project Runway."
Contreras-Sweet, a Hollywood outsider and Mexican-American immigrant, reportedly plans to keep the studio's employees, projects and assets. But she intends to give the company a new name, according to multiple media outlets.
In her November proposal letter to the company's board of directors, Contreras-Sweet said she hoped to transform the studio into a "woman-led venture."
"The recent events at The Weinstein Company have put focus on how women in the entertainment industry have been treated," she wrote. "We believe that reorganizing the Company as a woman-led venture will be an inspiration to the industry, and a new model for how an entertainment company can be both financially successful and treat all its employees with dignity and respect."
Other bidders included entertainment company Lionsgate, as well as New York-based production company Killer Content in partnership with philanthropist Abigail Disney.
George Kieffer, who previously served with Contreras-Sweet on the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce's board of directors, told Vanity Fair that Contreras-Sweet didn't have experience running a film company but that she would "figure a way to figure it out."
"I think that she's had enough experience in enough positions by now to know that you hire great people and manage them well, and when she needs to be engaged directly she will be," Kieffer said.
Prior to serving in Obama's Cabinet, Contreras-Sweet was the executive chairman of ProAmerica Bank, a commercial bank she founded in 2006 that specialized in Latino-owned businesses.