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The house for sale across the street from mine (nice suburban neighborhood) was hit by vandals a week ago (graffiti mostly), most of the neighbors think it is some local kids (most ...Read complete review
The house for sale across the street from mine (nice suburban neighborhood) was hit by vandals a week ago (graffiti mostly), most of the neighbors think it is some local kids (most are good kids, but are KIDS nonetheless, and can get into trouble) Fearing my own new paint job, I bought this system to install before I left town for a vacation. Sure enough when I got home there were some new artwork on my garage door. Well, the cameras worked great, the night vision gave me a clear enough image to recognize the "artists" and call their less than thrilled parents. The kids are now repainting all the houses they hit and are in serious trouble with their parents. As a close-nit neighborhood we decided not to press charges, as long as they cleaned up their mess. Great cameras, love them, and plan on buying a second system for my business next week.
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The unit is very easy to set up and use. However the manual does not cover how to download video files to a computer very well. I emailed tech support and got very little ...Read complete review
The unit is very easy to set up and use. However the manual does not cover how to download video files to a computer very well. I emailed tech support and got very little assistance. After waiting for a reply for two days they simply told me that with the software and usb cable I should be able to do it. I responded back that there was nothing in the software or manual to show this, and that it still didn't work. Two day have passed again with no reply.
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(6 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
no instructions
By Steve
from Memphis tn.
Comments about Bunker Hill Security Surveillance DVR with 4 Cameras and Mobile Monitoring Capabilities:
no instructions with unit--need longer wires-who do I contact for info?
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(11 of 13 customers found this review helpful)
By Travis1960
from Fairfield, Tx.
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This is a very nice system for the price. Clear color images during daytime. And I was able to find out which neighbors dog was getting into my trash cans in the middle of the night with the infrared night vision. They were emphatic that it wasn't their dog doing this, boy were they embarrassed when they saw the video footage. LOL!
(14 of 16 customers found this review helpful)
By Sleepy 2013
from Warren MI
I use to have 2 security cameras and used a vhs recorder which I had to change the tapes twice and day and they were only good for 16 hours a day. I used that system for three years.Last year I purchased the Surveillance DVR with 4 Cameras and Mobile Monitoring Capabilities at Harbor Freight and I don't have the problem of the tapes. This system work great and I can view it on any computer anywhere.
(15 of 17 customers found this review helpful)
totally love this unit
By matthew
from columbus, oh
Purchased To Use In My Auto Shop, Great Pics And Had My Tech Guy Set Up Back Door Thru The Modem, Able To See Shop At All Times And Tease Employees About Working.Able To Take Photos And Video On Smart Phone And Have A computer At My Home Recording Back Up Incase Shop Is Broken into. Was Not Difficult To Install And Easy To Seach Files And Back Up On Stick. Planning To Buying one For The Home Also. Unit E-mails Me When Motion Is Detected And I Am Able To Access And See With Less Then A 5 Sec Delay, Would Buy Again And Again As Needed Recommended To All My Freinds And All Shops Around Me too
(25 of 26 customers found this review helpful)
Good quality system for the money
By Budro
from Knoxville, TN
I installed this DVR/Cam system for a family member and would recommend it for an entry level system. I have access to a commercial system for my employer and this DVR has many of the same menu option screens and looks to be from the same manufacturer. Some complain about the networking and smartphone setup not working or being difficult but I'm sorry to say that is to be expected regardless of how much you spend or the brand purchased. Hooking up the system is easy enough for anyone who just wants to view the images on a TV. Networking might be difficult for the average user but this system is no different from any other and is not deserving of a bad rating. I could not get the recommended ASEE app to work with smartphones but IP CAM VIEWER BASIC (free) works great. When selecting cameras to add select "ZMODA" 4 channel DVR. A big improvement would be if the DVR had VGA output for video which would allow a PC monitor to be used for viewing. Presently, a video output (RCA composite, yellow) is the only option. One can always upgrade cameras in the future if you require better night vision but for most the display, night and day, will be sufficient. 2 of the 4 cams have a wider viewing lens so note that when installing. This allows you a wider area to view but it looks farther away much like a side mirror on a vehicle. With the good return policy you can't go wrong. If you want high def casino quality cctv you are going to have spend a little more money somewhere else but for most this system will be more than enough.
(12 of 14 customers found this review helpful)
WOW, great system for the money!
By Big George
from N/W NJ
I had the old style time lapse vcr system before this one, so this system is light years ahead of my old system. The cameras see pretty good in the dark, where as my old ones went blind at night, even with some exterior lighting. The recordings are easy to find, broken down by day & 30 minute segments. The motion alarm & recording is very cool. I haven't even gotten to set up the email alerts or mobile viewing yet, but just knowing that capability is there is awesome. I found the system pretty easy to navigate, if you can use a computer, you can figure it all out.
(11 of 16 customers found this review helpful)
Great For the Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Alexander the great
from St charles mo
this is a great security dvr and camera system. but if you are looking for exelent quality resolution during the night you might want to recap.
(13 of 15 customers found this review helpful)
excellent price for excellent Security D
By Danny O
from Lowery Land ( Florissant ) MO
Love how EXCELLENT ths night time video is for seeing people in pitch darkness best camera I have seen so far. With my cameras in total darkness I can see at night around 50 feet no trouble making out people are animales. I have told all my friends looking to get a security DVR system to purchse this setup.
(18 of 23 customers found this review helpful)
huge relief for us
By Smith family
from Chesapeake, Va
my husband was injuried in Iraq and suffers from PTSD and other issues, that said this keeps him in a comfort area with himself knowing his family is safe, he can see what he needs to on property. This camera set has given him one less thing to stress on. which any little thing off his mind is HUGE.. thank you
(7 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
Great package for the price
By separanormal.com
from North Carolina
I bought this package to do survellience for our paranormal research group. The Cameras perform great in near pitch blackk conditions. Considering buying another system for our group.
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Ancona Chicken
Binds when used
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Pecks at ground.
Vocalizations (on-click)
Prior to patch 4.0.3, this pet could be purchased from Magus Tirth. It is now sold by "Plucky" Johnson, a giant chicken found wandering a cliff at the southeastern edge of the zone.
As with the Yellow Moth, this pet, though purchaseable, offers a variety of breeds (4 to be exact). Considering everything, especially that flying pets enjoy a nice speed boost when over 50% health, it seems to me that the best breed for this guy would be the Breed 20 variety. Buy yourself a few of them and keep checking until you find one that features 150 health, 11 power and 10 speed at level 1 uncommon; this will translate to 1465 health, 289 power and 273 speed at 25 rare.
This pet DOES occasionally show up as a secondary, but is NOT capturable. It will always be of Uncommon quality in these battles, as well.
The only way to actually acquire one for yourself is to buy it.
It shows up as a secondary combatant in Thousand Needles, but it was not capturable for me. I think you still have to buy it.
Magus Tirth now Mad Magus Tirth is now trying to kill his old assistant, who now actually sells the pet for the same price as before.
Hope that helps some people because i was lost for a while lol
I have it for along time now, probably bought it back in the old days
90 Silver at Level 90
It's a chicken. A greyish chicken.
Not much more to be said than that.
Found it today as a secondary to a RARE Twilight Iguana
This pet does indeed show up as a secondary to the Scorpid. Possibly from other pets too, but I haven't seen it. Also, they all appear to be uncommon quality as I have also yet to see poor, common or rare.
But never fear, Blizz is here! They promise in patch 5.1 for battle pets to be upgradeable in some fashion. Yayyy!! No more wasting hours on a rare search when you already have an uncommon.


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Dressing Down.
The phrase "dress-down days" had barely been seen in print at the start of the 1990s, yet within a few years the idea of casual clothing worn at the office took off. Employers and employees called the innovation the casual day, casual Friday, or office casual. By some estimates, loosened dress codes applied to half of all U.S. workers by 1995. A survey published in the May 1996 issue of McCall's revealed that 64 percent of all readers who responded worked in an office with a casual-day policy that applied year-round. Although employers often instituted these policies as perks, some workers found them confusing. Traditional offices had definite rules for dress; casual offices did not. A host of seminars, magazine articles, and books tried to fill the void. Levi Strauss, which in 1996 estimated that 90 percent of employers allowed some casual days and 33 percent had full-time casual-dress policies, spent millions on ads, brochures, videos, and training to instruct people about the new corporate climate. Some New York City investment-bank bosses even left voice-mail messages specifying what was acceptable. Employers sometimes worried about these new policies when they saw workers showing up in bike shorts and sweatshirts. Although each office had different standards, general rules emerged in this new era of office attire. The idea was to look comfortable and casual, but...
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Office attire.
Men in the 1990s had almost unprecedented freedom when it came to office attire. Dress-down Fridays and casual days loosened dress codes at offices across the United States. Men once accustomed to wearing a dark suit, formal button-down shirt, tie, and wingtips discovered a variety of new styles, both formal and informal. The suit, of course, did not disappear. Men still bought traditional suits, both single-and double-breasted versions, in standard shades of blue, black, and gray. Ties never went out of style, and their widths remained moderate—neither exceedingly narrow nor ostentatiously wide—although their colors and designs became more vibrant. New fashion twists were employed, however. Sport coats came in leather, tailored suits were paired with T-shirts, and denim shirts went with everything.
New options.
While the traditional suit never disappeared, it relinquished its role as the only option for the office. American men bought thirteen million suits in 1994, down by 1.6 million since 1989. Neckties became optional on some or even all days, depending on a man's career and his office environment. In its place, jeans, khakis, polo shirts, casual button-down shirts, and even sneakers became acceptable in many offices on designated days. Some companies, particularly high-tech operations with plenty of young...
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No one particular style defined women's fashions in the 1990s. Skirts were long and short, depending on the season. Blouses were either modestly romantic or daringly sheer. Pants could be wide-legged or tailored. No color seemed to dominate, as designers showed—and women wore—fashions in everything from grays, blacks, and whites to blues, pinks, and reds. Vogue took this view on the decade in its July 1998 edition: "In fashion, it's been a dizzying ride. Early on, designers set impossibly strict standards for women, stripping down style to monk-like minimalism. That period was followed by a no-holds-barred revival of all things lavish and ornamental. But now the pendulum has swung toward a less extreme middle ground, a place of under-stated luxury and a quiet, very modern comfort. The nineties as we see them now are about a less constructed, more personal look—which women, not surprisingly, support."
Classic to Sexy.
Despite the nod to individual style, designers still tried to set the standards of each season by introducing fashions that varied from minimalist to extravagant. Jil Sander of Germany won over American women with her spare lines and basic palette. Miuccia Prada for the Milan, Italy-based House of Prada also developed a strong following in the United States with designs that emphasized...
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A Designer Murder.
Italian designer Gianni Versace had just returned home from getting coffee at a café near his South Beach, Miami, home. As he neared the steps of his house, around 8:30 a.m. on 15 July 1997, he was shot in the back of the head and then once more as he lay on the ground. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police announced that they suspected the gunman was Andrew Phillip Cunanan, age twenty-seven, a suspect in several other murders around the United States. Cunanan was found dead on 23 July 1997 in a Miami houseboat after a four-hour standoff with police. The assailant's death brought little relief to a fashion public that had grown quite fond of the slain designer's work.
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Versace was born on 2 December 1946 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. His mother, Francesca, was a dressmaker; he fashioned puppets from remnants found on the floor of her workroom. At nine he designed his first dress: a one-shoulder gown made from velvet. Versace learned much in the clothing racks of his mother's shop, including the tailoring and selling techniques that would later help him develop a $1 billion fashion empire. Versace worked for his mother until he was twenty-five. Although he never attended design school, he moved to Milan in 1972 to design for a series of Italian labels. After his brother, Santo, joined him to...
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No one architectural style defined the 1990s, as several themes played a role in building designs at the end of the century. Modernism, which came to prominence in the 1960s, featured rectilinear geometry, minimalism, and an ordering of space; its philosophy called for form to follow function. It gave way to postmodernism in the late 1970s and 1980s. Postmodernism linked present and past designs, as well as brought ornamentation and context back to architecture. Deconstructivism followed, although it waned quickly. Deconstructivist architecture was identified by its fragmented forms. A "Deconstructivist Architecture" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in June 1988 provided a glimpse of what was ahead. The exhibition featured the works, most yet to be built, of Frank O. Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi, and Coop Himmelblau. Mark Wigley, associate curator of the MOMA show, wrote: "What is being disturbed is a set of deeply entrenched cultural assumptions which underlie a certain view of architecture, assumptions about order, harmony, stability and unity." Each movement, though, had its share of criticism. Some critics accused modernism in its pure form of ignoring people's emotional needs; others saw postmodernism, particularly with its early reliance on facades, as superficial in its...
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Modern Architecture: Museums and Monuments
Monumental museums.
Museum construction reached new heights at the end of the twentieth century.These buildings drew on diverse styling elements, ranging from the objects the museums were intended to house to the surrounding environment to history itself. Starting in the 1980s and carrying into the 1990s, Europe, Japan, and, to a lesser extent, the United States commissioned new architectural treasures to house artistic jewels. One of the most significant projects was American architect I. M. Pei's work for the Louvre in Paris, France. In the first phase, completed in 1989, Pei erected the famous modernistic glass pyramid as a new entrance amid the nineteenth-century architecture of the Cour Napoleon. The second phase, completed in 1993, encompassed the Richelieu wing. Pei, who was tapped for the project by French president François-Maurice Mitterrand, doubled the Louvres exhibition space with his renovation of the three-story Richelieu wing. He also invited criticism by combining the museum with an underground shopping gallery, but the elegant new commercial area features an
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Modern Interior Designs
Diversity in Design.
No single look defined interior design in the 1990s. Styles were influenced by every-thing from minimalism to the Arts-and-Crafts movement; professional interior designers and American consumers alike drew on regional styles, historical trends, and personal tastes to create dwellings that were highly individualistic. Minimalism, as the name suggests, highlighted the absence of decoration. Walls and doors were white, windows were bare, and furnishings were spare. Critics thought it sterile and impersonal; proponents, on the other hand, found the design style calming and said it focused attention on the quality of the few pieces that were visible. A passion for antiques balanced minimalism. Americans gathered all sorts of collectibles at auctions, flea markets, and yard sales to help create homes that looked as if they had been in their family for generations. A renewed interest in art deco and the simple, clean, and almost futuristic lines of the 1950s also helped designers create interiors reminiscent of the past. Meanwhile, the Arts-and-Crafts movement brought to prominence regional furniture makers whose specialty pieces featured fine workmanship and individual designs. Another trend in the 1990s brought the outside indoors: wall colors mirrored natural shades, while large windows and skylights let in natural light. Designers also focused on the environment when...
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New Automotive Designs
The Look.
The family sedan was just one of many popular designs in the 1990s, but Americans also bought everything from bulky sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to the rounded Volkswagen Beetle to sleek, luxury roadsters. Designers throughout most of the decade seemed to base their creations not so much on their imaginations as on the dictates of government rules on safety, fuel economy, and the environment. Some notable designs included the 1994 Chrysler LH sedans, which moved the base of the windshield forward and increased the wheelbase by pushing the rear wheels back to create a new look; the 1998 Mercedes-Benz ML320 SUV combined carlike qualities without sacrificing off-road capability. Another important design was the Ford Taurus. When Ford Motors introduced the 1986 Taurus, its softly rounded contours were a sharp contrast to the boxy-looking cars favored in the early and mid 1980s. The "jelly bean" look came to dominate the shape of the early 1990s, as the Taurus ranked as the best-selling car in the United States for three years running. Automotive designers, however, moved away from that shape later in the decade, as the market for automobiles—the cost of which averaged above $20,000—became increasingly fragmented. Designers pushed for more distinctive looks for the hundreds of models of cars and trucks on the market. Even Ford decided to restyle the Taurus. On 27 September 1995,...
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Gehry, Frank O. 1929-
Born in Toronto, Canada, Frank O. Gehry came to the forefront of architecture well before the 1990s. He studied at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1949-1951) and at Harvard University (1956—1957). The principal of Gehry and Associates, Los Angeles, since 1962, he received the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1989. When he accepted the award, he spoke about establishing a link between art and architecture that would influence his work for the next decade: "I explored the process of new construction materials to try giving feeling and spirit to form. In trying to find the essence of my own expression, I fantasized that I was an artist standing before a white canvas deciding what the first move should be."
Architecture as Art.
Gehry was a pioneer in the movement to return architecture to its standing as fine art. One example of his links to art is the Chiat/Day Main Street building, completed in 1991, in Venice, California. The façade of the building is an enormous pair of black binoculars designed by Gehry's friends Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Cars...
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Tommy Hilfiger started his fashion career by peddling jeans around New York state and opening a string of small clothing stores. He later worked as a designer for Jordache. In 1984 he teamed up with Hong Kong tycoon Mohan Murjani to set up his own design shop and introduce his first collection. Hilfiger compared himself with established American designers, such as Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, in early advertisements. Although the industry scoffed at such boldness, Hilfiger's success in the menswear market came quickly when, in 1992, his preppie-style clothes caught on with black teenagers. In 1995 he was named the Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Tapping a Market.
Hilfiger embraced the inner-city market, adding urban flair to his fairly conservative clothes by emphasizing oversized logos and baggy styles. In the 16 September 1996 issue of Time, Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, contended that "Tommy's clothing represents the American Dream to black kids. They're not interested in buying holey jeans; they want...
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Karan, Donna 1948-
Donna Karan was literally born into the world of fashion in 1948. Her father was a tailor and her mother a model and showroom representative. She designed her first collection in high school. Karan attended the Parson's School of Design, but dropped out after her second year to join Anne Klein. She was fired nine months later and went to work for another sports-wear house. She returned to Klein in 1968, however, and became an associate designer in 1971. When Karan was named head designer in 1973 she asked her school friend Louis Dell'Olio to join her as co-designer. Together, they created a classic, yet stylish, sportswear look. Her early training and connections helped in forming her own company. Karan and her husband, Stephan Weiss, founded Donna Karan New York in 1984; Klein's parent company, Takihyo Corporation, backed the new firm. By the end of the 1990s, Karan was one of the leading designers in the United States.
Clothes that Hug and Hide.
Karan's first collection was based on body-conscious wear: a body suit to be worn with long or short skirts, blouses, and pants. Well-tailored coats and bold accessories completed the wardrobe, which from the beginning were made of luxurious materials. Karan, who often wore layers of black cashmere, designed her clothes and accessories based...
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Klein, Calvin 1942-
Early Years.
Calvin Klein, in many ways, defined American fashion at the end of the twentieth century. Klein was born in the Bronx, New York, and attended the New York High School of Art and Design. Starting with dresses and coats, he soon branched out into sportswear. In his twenty-five years as a top designer, Klein promoted his vision of minimalism and sophisticated fashions in natural fabrics and colors. Klein formed Calvin Klein Ltd. in 1968 and built his business into a fashion empire over the next three decades, creating women's ready-to-wear and sportswear, menswear, underwear, home furnishings, and fragrances. He once said: "I made a lot of things that go with things."
Form and Function.
Klein's modernist style has been defined as spare, an expression of American style. He once pointed out that, "It's important not to confuse simplicity with uninteresting." His clothes, which included both day and evening wear, were simplified and refined with clean lines, and were made of natural and often luxurious fibers such as cashmere, linen, silk, leather, and suede. He generally...
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Meier, Richard 1934-
Education and Training.
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University. He worked in the office of Marcel Breuer from 1960 to 1963 and established his own practice in 1963. He received the Pritzker Prize in 1984 and a Royal Gold Medal in 1988.
Getty Center.
The 1980s set the stage for how Meier would spend the next decade. Then based in New York City, the architect learned in 1984 that he was chosen to design the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. Built on a 710-acre hilltop, the $1 billion Getty Center opened on 16 December 1997. The collection of six separate units linked by terraces and plazas has nearly one million square feet of space. The campus combines both modern and classic forms. Meier said of his creation: "In my mind I keep returning to the Romans—to Hadrian's Villa, to Caprarola for their sequence of spaces, their thick-walled presence, their sense of order, the way in which building and landscape belong to each other."
Other Projects.
Although the Getty Center...
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Pei, I. M. 1917-
A native of China, Ieoh Ming Pei emigrated to the United States in 1935. He earned a bachelors degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940 and then attended Harvard University, where he earned a master's in architecture and a doctorate. Pei formed I. M. Pei & Associates in 1955 and has earned several prestigious architectural awards, including the American Institute of Architecture Gold Medal in 1979 and the Pritzker Prize in 1983.
Museum Visions.
Pei's work spread across the globe in the 1990s. French president François-Maurice Mitterrand called on Pei to redesign the Louvre. Pei completed the first phase in 1989, which included the construction of a glass pyramid as a new entrance. Although critics charged that the modern design sharply contrasted with the surrounding nineteenth-century architecture, the French public came to accept Pei's design as the newest Parisian attraction. Pei also redesigned the Richelieu wing as part of the second phase of museum renovation, which was completed in 1993. An underground shopping...
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Pelli, Cesar 1926-
Cesar Pelli was born in Argentina and received a degree in architecture in 1949 from Tucuman University. He emigrated to the United States in 1952 and earned a masters in architecture in 1954 from the University of Illinois. After becoming dean of the School of Architecture at Yale in 1977, he opened his own office, Cesar Pelli and Associates, in New Haven, Connecticut. Pelli won the AIA Gold Medal in 1995. At the time, he was praised for his ability to create commercial buildings "that speak with an urban and civilized voice."
Carnegie Hall Tower.
Pelli entered the 1990s triumphantly. He already had a string of recent accomplishments, such as the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, the World Financial Center on Wall Street in New York City, and the Norwest Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In September 1990 his Carnegie Hall Tower brought the architect to new heights. The structure, designed to house both offices and apartments, is a full block deep and sixty stories tall, yet it remains sleek at just fifty feet wide. Time correspondent Kurt Andersen wrote in September 1990 that this "slender, elegant slab is like a dancer among thugs." Pelli designed the tower to fit with its partner and next-door neighbor, Carnegie Hall. He echoed the century-old Roman brick and...
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People in the News
Actress Jennifer Aniston, who portrayed Rachel on the TV show Friends inspired a craze in the mid 1990s for a longer version of the shag haircut. Women across the country demanded that their hairstylists give them the "Rachel" or Friends cut, a face-framing, multilayered look. Friends debuted in the 1994-1995 television season on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network and was still running at the end of the decade.
Carolyn Bessette made headlines, not just for marrying John F. Kennedy Jr. (son of President John F. Kennedy) on 21 September 1996, but for wearing a simple, yet elegant, white slip dress designed by Narciso Rodriguez. Bessette-Kennedy went on to become a symbol of the new American style with its clean, classic lines before she and her husband died in a plane crash on 16 July 1999.
Bill Blass retired at age seventy-seven after sixty years in the fashion business. Blass, an important figure on the American fashion scene for his classic styles, held his last show—his spring 2000 collection—in New York in October 1999.
Newsweek featured Diane Von Furstenberg on a cover in 1976 for her wrap dresses. The American designer enjoyed a revival of these 1970-style dresses in the mid 1990s.
Lizzy Gardiner was the perfect golden girl...
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Womenswear Designer of the Year: Donna Karan
Menswear Designer of the Year: Joseph Abboud
Perry Ellis Award: Christian Francis Roth
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Isaac Mizrahi
Menswear Designer of the Year: Roger Forsythe
Perry Ellis Award: Todd Oldham
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Marc Jacobs
Menswear Designer of the Year: Donna Karan
Perry Ellis Award: Anna Sui
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Calvin Klein
Menswear Designer of the Year: Calvin Klein
Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear: Richard Tyler
Perry Ellis Award for Menswear: John Bartlett
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Richard Tyler Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear: Victor Alfaro and Cynthia Rowley (tie)
Perry Ellis Award for Menswear: Robert Freda
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Ralph Lauren
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Herbert L. Beckwith, 94, architect, helped design eleven buildings on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he introduced modern architecture and worked as a professor, 3 June 1997.
Pietro Belluschi, 94, modernist architect, designed the glass and aluminum Commonwealth Building in Portland, Oregon (1947), which is considered the first glass curtain-wall structure in the United States; a former dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning; and recipient of the 1972 AIA Gold Medal, 14 February 1994.
Samuel Brody, 66, designer, partner in Davis, Brody, Chermayeff, Geismar, deHarak Associates; one of the leaders of the team that designed the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, 28 July 1992.
Gordon Miller Buehrig, 85, legendary automobile designer; helped design the Duesenberg Model J and Auburn Boattail Speedster in the 1920s and 1930s; in 1935 designed the Cord, which featured front-wheel drive and flip-top headlights; patented the T-top roof, 22 January 1990.
Gordon Bunshaft, 81, modernist architect; created landmark skyscrapers, museums, and libraries such as the Lever House in New York (1952), the Pepsi Cola Building (1960), and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington (1974); won the Pritzker Prize in 1988 and was recognized...
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Vilma Barr, The Illustrated Room: 20th Century of Interior Design Rendering, edited by Dani Antman (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997).
The Fashion Book (London: Phaidon, 1998).
Philip Jodidio, New Forms: Architecture in the 1990s (Köln & New York: Taschen, 1997).
Richard Martin, ed., Contemporary Fashion (New York: St. James Press, 1995).
Kate Mulvey and Melissa Richards, Decades of Beauty (London: Hamlyn, 1998).
Anne Stegemeyer, Who's Who in Fashion (New York: Fair-child Publications, 1996).
Architectural Digest, periodical.
Architectural Record, periodical.
Architecture, periodical.
Esquire, periodical.
GQ,, periodical.
Interior Design, periodical.
Interiors, periodical.
Ladies' Home Journal, periodical.
McCall's, periodical.
Newsweek, periodical.
People Weekly, periodical.
Progressive Architecture, periodical.
Seventeen, periodical.
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Important Events in Fashion and Design, 1990–1999
- Hot pants and mini skirts are back; tent dresses and pants suits are in.
- New car brands Infiniti, Saturn, and Lexus are introduced.
- Clothing fads include pre-ripped jeans, Ninja Turtle stuff, wide head bands, and sneakers ranging in price from $125 to $175 a pair. The Reebok pump is a new item.
- In February, men's bolo ties are popular items. Designer Ralph Lauren shows them with his Polo line, while rock star Bruce Springsteen is photographed sporting one. These Western-influenced string-thin ties are fastened at the neck with decorative clasps that come in everything from silver to stone, with costs ranging from ten dollars to three hundred dollars.
- In March, Vogue declares: "Pretty Makes A Comeback." Designers show softer suits, jackets with softer shoulders, curvy tailoring, and fluid skirts and pants for women. The "power dressing" of the 1980s, with its sharply tailored suits and distinct shoulder pads, is over.
- In April, real estate tycoon Donald John Trump opens his Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. Architect Francis Xavier Dumont designed the 420-million-square-foot, $1 billion structure. Not everyone is impressed. Nancy Gibbs writes in Time that "the façade looks edible, the work of a candy-maker gone mad."
- In July, French...
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Source: American Decades: 1990-1999, ©2000 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.


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Now that I've been back in the USA for a week I've been catching up on the news that I missed while I was in Jordan for 11 days.
— I've noticed that the Pope has done something I totally disagree with.He has issued a statement on his 85th birthday rebuking American nuns.According to writer Monica Yant Kinney, the Vatican has taken American nuns to task for "…devoting their lives to educating the poor, treating the sick and feeding the ravenous."This has fostered a "radical feminism," according to the Pope.Kinney goes on to say that the statements states that "sisters sinned by supporting President Obama's healthcare plan and helping homosexuals. …Nuns are also guilty of staying too 'silent' on issues like abortion."Now there's a papal statement that is a waste of eight pages of paper if I ever heard one.If there are any finer people around than American Catholic nuns, I've yet to meet them.
— On the plus side, the Catholic News Agency reports that the US bishop's Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development opposes the GOP budget proposal largely drawn up by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.).The bishops say that the cuts to the food stamp program are "unjustified and wrong."The bishops also say that Ryan's budget "…falls short of the moral criteria laid out by the bishops."Hooray for the bishops.Somebody needs to call the GOP on its cut-programs-for-the-poor-while-cutting-taxes-on-billionaires agenda.I'm glad the bishops had the courage to do it.
— Just when I thought things couldn't get any goofier in American politics, I read that while I was away Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said he believes as many as 78 to 81 present members of Congress are Communists.Oh, my word.Will you read a book, Allen? Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is a socialist, but there are no people in Congress who are members of the Communist Party.What is this guy, a minor league version of Joe McCarthy? No wonder we have such trouble getting anything sensible done in Washington, when we have government officials who are this far out of touch with reality.
— I see that the Supreme Court has decided 5-4 (of course) that strip searches are just peachy keen, even for minor traffic offenses.Of course, the justices appointed by Reagan and the Bushes are the ones who thought this was a great idea.That's the GOP for you — keep government off our backs and into our body cavities.This is the same court which is going to take away the Affordable Health Care Act from us.Know anybody who is going bankrupt from medical bills?Get ready to meet more of them (or join them) when these poor excuses for objective legal justices have their way in June. Justice Scalia has already said that the court might as well junk the whole thing if it is going to outlaw the mandate to get insurance, because it doesn't have sixty votes in Senate right now.Why don't you stick to the law and stop counting votes, Justice?
— Glad to see that Rolling Stone magazine has a new article out telling about a documentary film by Robert Greenwald that will be available starting May 8 called "Koch Brothers Exposed."According to Rolling Stone, the film will tell about the Koch brothers funding opposition to a diversity policy in Wake County, NC, along with pushing Voter ID laws (go NAACP and ACLU with your lawsuit about to be filed in Pennsylvania), pumping millions of dollars into over 150 colleges and universities to promote Ayn Rand's and Friedrich von Hayek's right wing ideas, and bankrolling a campaign to convince people that Social Security should be privatized.Julian Brookes, who wrote the Rolling Stone piece, says the movie doesn't even have time to get into "… Koch funded efforts to repeal Obama's health care law, deny climate, change, undermine collective bargaining rights, or block Wall Street reform…"
— I also saw that Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, made fun of President Obama for a speech he once gave at a factory that has now closed.Of course, he didn't mention that the factory closed when George W. Bush was president. This is the type of thing that we can expect from Romney in the fall campaign.
— To end on a lighter note: Do we have to wait until the Phils are 50-100 and mired in last place before management admits that this team has almost no offense?You can't expect good pitchers to continue to want to pitch for the Phils when the team can't even get Cliff Lee one run in 10 innings.


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Thomas E. Fairchild
December 25, 1912 - February 12, 2007
Judge Fairchild was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1956 and served from January 1957 to August 1966. Although reelected in 1966, he did not serve a second term because on August 11, 1966, President Johnson appointed Judge Fairchild circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He began service on August 24, 1966, and served as chief judge from February 7, 1975, to July 1, 1981. Judge Fairchild took senior status on August 31, 1981, and until his death, served as a senior circuit judge for the Seventh Circuit and, by designation, for eight other federal circuit courts.
Judge Fairchild attended Deep Springs College and Princeton University and received an A.B. degree from Cornell University in 1934. Graduating from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1937, he received his LL.B. after completing office practice in 1938. He served as Attorney General of Wisconsin, 1948-1951, and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1951-1952. He also acted as chairman of the Governor's Commission on Constitutional Revision, 1960-1965, served on the Judicial Conference Committee on Administration of the Probation System, 1969-1972 and was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1975-1981. Judge Fairchild received honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin, St. Norbert's College, Carthage College and the John Marshall Law School.
Judge Fairchild was a member of the American Bar Association; the state bar associations of Wisconsin and Illinois (honorary); the Federal and Seventh Circuit Bar Associations; the Milwaukee, Chicago, and Dane County Bar Associations; the James E. Doyle Inn of Court (honorary); the American Judicature Society; the Institute of Judicial Administration; and the American Law Institute, where he served on its council. Judge Fairchild also regularly and enthusiastically attended the annual meeting of the Tri-County Bar Association.
Judge Fairchild and his wife, Eleanor (also deceased), had four children: Edward T. Fairchild, Susan Fairchild Chase, Jennifer Fairchild Lord and Andrew D. Fairchild; eight grandchildren: Elliot T. Fairchild, Justin M. Fairchild, Laura K. Chase, Thomas E. Chase, Mitchell F. Watson, Robyn L. Fairchild, Ned A. Fairchild and Emily A. Fairchild; and four great-grandchildren: Zachary S. Watson, Andrew Watson, Kaylin Watson and Nicole Watson.
Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture
The Thomas E. Fairchild Lectureship was established in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin Law School as a tribute to Judge Fairchild. Judge Fairchild, a 1937 UW Law School graduate, was Wisconsin Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, circuit judge, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and then later chief judge and ultimately senior circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit until his death on February 12, 2007. For 50 years, Judge Fairchild demonstrated both a scholarly regard for those principles of law that generations have molded into the American definition of justice and equality and a remarkable sensitivity to the ever-changing human conditions that make the search for justice and equality an ongoing one.
Initiated by Judge Fairchild's former law clerks, the lectureship brings to the University of Wisconsin Law School a distinguished member of the legal profession — from the bench, bar, or academia — to speak on a topic of importance to the profession.
2013 Fairchild Lecture
"The War on Drugs"
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Friday, April 19, 2013
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The Honorable William J. BauerJudge William J. Bauer has been a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since January 3, 1975. Prior to that, he served on the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit of the State of Illinois, and State's Attorney of DuPage County, Illinois. He practiced law with the firm of Erlenborn and Bauer, Elmhurst, Illinois, and held the position of adjunct professor at DePaul University College of Law.
Judge Bauer is a graduate of Elmhurst College and DePaul University College of Law. He was an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and is past president of the DuPage County Bar Association. He is a frequent lecturer on trial and appellate practice and co-author of a book on criminal procedure.
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Previous Fairchild Lectures
1988 | A Judge's Use of History Justice John Paul Stevens
| 1989 Wisconsin Law Review 223 |
1989 | The Development of Legal Doctrine Through Amicus Participation: The SEC Experience Dean David S. Ruder
| 1989 Wisconsin Law Review 1167 |
1990 | The Court of Appeals and the Future of the Federal Judiciary The Honorable Kenneth W. Starr
| 1991 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
1991 | The Judicial Function and the Elusive Goal of Principled Decision Making The Honorable Harry T. Edwards
| 1991 Wisconsin Law Review 837 |
1993 | Appellate Justice: Fairness or Formulas The Honorable Mary Schroeder
| 1994 Wisconsin Law Review 9 |
1994 | Refreshing Institutional Memories: Wisconsin and the American Law Institute Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson
| 1995 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
1995 | The Life of the Law: Principles of Logic and Experience from the United States Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
| 1996 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
1996 | The Shelf Life of Justice Hugo L. Black John P. Frank, Esq.
| 1997 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
1997 | Moment of Truth for the Legal Profession Sol M. Linowitz, Esq.
| 1997 Wisconsin Law Review 1211 |
1998 | The Future of the Independent Counsel Statute The Honorable Lawrence Walsh
| 1998 Wisconsin Law Review 1379 |
1999 | Old and In the Way: The Demographic Transformation of the Legal Profession and Its Implications for the Delivery of Legal Services Professor Marc Galanter
| 1999 Wisconsin Law Review 6 |
2000 | Will the Death Penalty Remain Alive in the Twenty-First Century? Mr. Stephen B. Bright, Esq.
| 2001 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2001 | The Market for Data: The Changing Role of Social Sciences in Shaping the Law Professor Elizabeth Warren
| 2002 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2002 | Revitalization of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in the Mid 20th Century The Honorable Patrick Lucey,
The Honorable Gaylord Nelson, Mrs. Ellen Proxmire, Mr. Alexander Shashko | 2003 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2003 | The Role of District Courts The Honorable Reena Raggi
| 2004 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2004 | Citizenship in a Time of Repression Mr. Michael Traynor, Esq.
| 2005 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2005 | Upholding an Oath to the Constitution: A Legislator's Responsibilities The Honorable Russ Feingold
| 2006 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2006 | Thomas E. Fairchild: A Judge's Legacy The Honorable Joan Humphrey Lefkow
| 2007 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2007 | Snapshots from the Seventh Circuit: Continuity and Change, 1966 to 2007 The Honorable Diane Wood
| 2008 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2008 | "Thoughts On How the Legal System Treats Jurors" U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald
| 2009 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2009 | "Its Only Words: Thoughts of a Lawyer and a Novelist" Mr. Scott Turow, Esq.
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2010 | "Abraham Lincoln, A Lawyer for the Ages" Mr. John Skilton, Esq., Perkins Coie
| 2011 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2011 | "Federal Sentencing Policy: A Path For The Future" The Honorable William K. Sessions III
| 2012 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
2012 | "Inequality, Individualized Risk and Insecurity" Professor Michael J. Zimmer
| 2013 Wisconsin Law Review 1 |
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Many religious and philosophical traditions have given death a feminine face because the things most feared by the "masculine"dualistic ego are associated with the feminine principle. For example, if the sun and bright light of day are associated with safety, the Father God, life, and consciousness, then the moon and darkness are related to danger, Great Mother, death, and the unconscious.
In Greek mythology death is seen as the daughter of night and sister of sleep. Demeter, the Greek mother goddess of life, also has the power of death. When Hades will not return her abducted daughter Persephone (who symbolizes the death of innocence), she refuses to let anything grow on the earth, thus causing famine and death. Only when she is reunited with Persephone, who is now married to Hades and therefore the goddess of the underworld, does Demeter allow the earth to be fertile again.
Hinduism's black goddess Kali, the Mother of Eternal Time, is similar to the Nigerian Yoruba goddess Oya, the Polynesian goddess Pele, and the Aztec snake goddess Tlillan, all of whom represent the creative and destructive breathing of the universe. In her "corpse" aspect Kali is shown with a fleshless rib cage. She is also depicted as a horrible hungry hag who feeds on the entrails of her victims. As a bloodthirsty warrior arrayed in blood and a necklace of human skulls, she dances on the corpse of her husband, Shiva, to celebrate her victory over her enemies and signify the ongoing process of creation. We're talking serious fear of feminine power here!
While none of this is literally true, of course, it is nevertheless very real to the psyche. The death goddesses and their myths are, in part, metaphors for loss: the loss of youth and innocence, of important roles and relationships, of personal power, of fertility. In dreams as in life, death symbols point to the outworn attitudes and assumptions we need to slough off, like a snake shedding a tight-fitting skin so it can keep growing. They are reminders to take our inner lives seriously and examine beliefs that deny reality; for instance, that our honest feelings and emotions are unworthy and pretending and conforming will bring happiness and fulfillment; or that keeping rules, performing certain spiritual practices and attending worship services regularly will keep us safe and protect us from pain and death.
Resisting the Mistress of the Dead just brings Old King Ego more fear and pain; but surrendering to her brings freedom. Tolerating the tension of our suffering without dulling it with dogma and drugs or escaping through addictions and denial eventually brings the gut-level realization that if we really are going to die someday, we might as well live more honestly and fully in the meantime. To quote Kris Kristofferson, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
The death of the fearful old ego is the supreme liberation and a prerequisite to a psychologically whole and spiritually mature ego. In descending to the Mistress of the Dead, we, like all dying goddesses and gods, acquire greater wisdom and power because kissing the false self goodbye and welcoming the truth connects us with the sacred Mystery. As Cirlot's A Dictionary of Symbols notes, death "is also the source of life — and not only of spiritual life but of the resurrection of matter as well. One must resign oneself to dying in a dark prison in order to find rebirth in light and clarity."
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Date: May 09, 2012
Ed Ingles of WRHU Radio Hofstra Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY -- Hofstra School of Communication Professional-in-Residence Ed Ingles has been awarded the John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from his alma mater, the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He will be recognized during a ceremony on Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Athens, Georgia and will also serve as Grady's commencement speaker this year.
The Holliman Award is named for former CNN reporter John Holliman, Jr., and is given to a Grady alumnus who has made "exceptional contributions within their journalistic profession." Ingles has been a professional radio broadcaster for more than 50 years, including 24 years as sports director and morning drive sports anchor for WCBS Radio in New York where he covered major events including the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, U.S. Open and Masters Golf. He also worked as a color commentator for the NY Jets and college basketball games at WCBS Radio and the CBS Radio Network. In addition, he was a play-by-play broadcaster for the first Super Bowl game broadcast by the CBS Radio Network, where he also anchored baseball and football Hall of Fame ceremonies and NFL drafts. On CBS-TV, he was a broadcaster for the "NFL Today" pre-game show.
Ingles joined Radio Hofstra University WRHU 88.7 FM in 1996, where he has worked extensively with students in the news and sports departments. Under the leadership of WRHU General Manager Bruce Avery, Ingles has taught and mentored many of the station's students who have gone on to win several top awards for college radio. "Hofstra University and WRHU Radio have been tremendously fortunate to have Ed's incredible gifts and dedication at the service of our students as WRHU's professional in residence," says School of Communication Dean Evan W. Cornog. "We are delighted to see him granted this high honor by his alma mater."
WRHU is ranked fifth among the nation's best college radio stations by Princeton Review, and has served as the flagship station for all New York Islanders game broadcasts during the last two seasons of the National Hockey League. Long Island's oldest non-commercial radio station, WRHU broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 88.7 FM and online at wrhu.org. With a staff of more than 175 members and a program schedule that includes 42 varying formats, the award-winning radio station prides itself on pre-professional broadcast training and development as part of Hofstra's School of Communication.
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from more than 150 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied health services and honor studies, as well as a School of Law and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School ofMedicine.
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Jen's Pirate Booty
French Goddess Dress
Jens Pirate Booty embodies the true meaning of gypsies, free-spirited individuals with nomadic or unconventional lifestyles. Founder Jen Rossi, buyer for the popular Southern California boutique Planet Blue, has traveled the world gathering bits and pieces of different cultures, weaving them into her very own personal style: part gypsy, part boho, part pirate. The result? Carefree pieces that are as spontaneous and fun as the lives we lead.
- Shell: 100% cotton
Lining: 95% rayon 5% spandex - Neckline to hem measures approx 30" in length at the shortest point and 50" in length at longest point
- Fully lined
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- Asymmetric hem
- Styled with Sam Edelman Louie Boot in Tan.
- Styled with gorjana Kaia Ring in Gold.
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- Styled with Dream Collective Diamond River Cuff in Black.
- Styled with gorjana Delaney Square Ring in Gold.
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- Modeled in size XS-S. See fit guide for model's dimensions.
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Mondays will feature programs focusing on social science and history. Leading off this programming block will be a new TBAE series, Invitation to World Literature. Closer to Truth will also appear on Mondays. We are pleased to announce that with our recent acquisition of over 60 new episodes, we will now be able to air two episodes back-to-back for a solid hour of this great program series.
Tuesday and Sundays are devoted to keeping you up-to-date with the School District of Hillsborough County. You can catch all LIVE Hillsborough County School Board Meetings here and replays as well. In addition, Tuesdays and Sundays will also feature programming dedicated to adult education, for those needing a little help in their quest for a GED.
Wednesdays are all about science on TBAE with a special emphasis on Florida ecology and environmental science. Another new TBAE series, Physics for the 21st Century, explores the frontiers of science using a fresh and accessible approach designed for inquisitive minds wanting to experience the excitement and mystery of modern physics.
Fine Arts take center stage on TBAE on Thursdays. Tune in for another great new series, Art Through Time, which examines themes connecting works of art created around the world in different eras. Arts 21 takes you an a weekly whirlwind tour of the European art scene and Arts Alive showcases some of America's exceptional contemporary dance talent.
Fridays are for the guys on TBAE with two new creative series designed to inspire and entertain.Tail Fins and Chrome is about the human interest side of classic car collecting and restoration. The Garage features master artist and furniture maker Steve Butler. Anything from fine furniture to cool, artsy objects are what he's making.
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The two-sided sign, topped with the words "At Your Service," was officially placed into service at noon Thursday, Aug. 9, when representatives of the six clubs that financed the sign's construction gathered for a close-up look.
Those on hand represented the Sunrise Rotary, Tracy Rotary, Breakfast Lions, Tank Town Lions, Kiwanis and Soroptimist clubs.
Each club is paying close to $700 to build the all-metal sign placed in the median of 11th Street about 300 yards east of Lammers Road.
Mike Souza of Sunrise Rotary, who served as chairman of a committee of the club that promoted the project, said an amendment to the city's sign ordinance permits placement of a total of six signs in the city.
"Our committee and city officials decided this location is the best place to start," Souza said. "We have the option of erecting signs at five more locations."
He said the idea to develop the sign came out of a Sunrise Rotary retreat late last year.
"We agreed it was important to give more visibility to local service clubs and that the sign was the best way to start doing that," he explained. "That got us going."
Members of the Sunrise Rotary committee contacted other service clubs, and all responded favorably, Souza reported.
The sign is designed in the same style as a number of "way-finding" signs the city plans to install in the next several years. Tracy Sign Co. produced the all-metal sign, with service club logos and information about meeting places and days and hours of meetings on both sides.


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The feds are right: disgraced Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick didn�t cause Detroit to go bankrupt, but his cynical corruption and self-dealing bred apathy and accelerated the city�s downward spiral to financial collapse.
Kilpatrick will spend the next 28 years in a federal prison, U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds ruled Thursday, capping years of scandal and a mountain of evidence that confirmed the worst suspicions of the former mayor�s criminal predilections.
�I beat down the spirit, the energy and the vibrancy of what was going on in the city,� Kilpatrick told the court before his sentence was delivered. �It was pride and ego that took over. We�ve been stuck in this town for a long time dealing with me. I�m ready to go so the city can move on. I apologize.�
A necessary mea culpa? Yes. But it will never be sufficient for a city carrying the added burdens of the legacy, outrages and outsized costs of the Kilpatrick era. There are huge legal bills and dilapidated schools, meager services and financial mismanagement, political turmoil and population flight, weak cash flow and $18 billion in debt � all of it culminating in lost opportunity and a historic bankruptcy that promises to reshape Detroit in ways still too difficult to discern.
This day is a long time coming for Detroit, a city Kilpatrick professed to love even as he, his friends and some of his family conspired to profit at the expense of taxpayers. Detroit grew poorer as Hizzoner and his crew grew richer by running a sprawling enterprise that fleeced contractors, manipulated bids, abused expense accounts, muscled critics and exacerbated the city�s dire financial predicament.
He pushed and got a risky deal to borrow nearly $1.5 billion in an effort to meet obligations to the city�s two pension funds. The move, one of the most important reasons Detroit now is mired in the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, essentially turbo-charged a spate of corruption and bad investments likely to impact city pensioners for years to come.
His administration routinely failed to file financial reports with the state; its last budget surplus was booked in 2004, just two years into Kilpatrick�s six-year run atop City Hall. His team failed to slow Detroit�s cash burn; he issued debt to meet operating expenses and try to balance budgets; he proposed selling Detroit�s stake in the tunnel to Windsor to raise cash.
With an assist from former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, he spurned $200 million from philanthropist Bob Thompson to build charter schools in Detroit. He institutionalized cronyism in city government; did nothing to improve the city�s financial management systems; failed to upgrade its antiquated payroll processes, one of many fixes being addressed by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
Through it all, the court found, Kilpatrick directed a criminal enterprise engaged in extortion, bribery, fraud and racketeering. He used his so-called �civic fund� to finance personal getaways, spa treatments, yoga session and summer camp for his kids. The network, in operation during this entire run as mayor, inflated the cost of city business and pressured contractors.
In asking the court for leniency, one of Kilpatrick�s lawyers touted accomplishments during his administration. Detroit began development of the RiverWalk and the rehab of what became the award-winning Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. The city hosted Major League Baseball�s All-Star Game and Super Bowl XL, an admitted high point of Kilpatrick�s tenure that he extolled before Judge Edmunds today.
But those are things he was elected to do, the judge said before delivering sentence. The truth is murkier, as it usually is with Kilpatrick. His leadership on those high-profile efforts often proved to be double-edged and self-interested, unmistakable clues to a deeply flawed, dishonest character co-existing with a brilliant command of detail and raw political talent.
He�d change course as often as he�d move the city forward. He�d frustrate business leaders impressed with his skills, but much less so with the ability of his team to deliver. He�d use events, like the trip I accompanied to Houston in preparation for Detroit�s Super Bowl, to skip meetings for face time with rappers or to have a private breakfast with his wife, Carlita, while VIPs from back home cooled their heels in a hotel lobby.
The anecdotes are as abundant as the facts. What passed for Kilpatrick�s leadership accelerated Detroit�s slide into bankruptcy. The exodus from the city�s neighborhoods quickened. Its public schools worsened. The integrity of the city�s political process and its financial acumen became sick jokes besetting the city, its residents and those charged with engineering a restructuring.
Kilpatrick�s sentencing � and looming sentences for his pal, Bobby Ferguson, and his father, Bernard Kilpatrick � represent a catharsis for Detroit. Their convictions are a crucial victory for competence, cooperation and accountability over a cancerous political culture that prizes power, control and self-enrichment.
That�s huge. It�s also a necessary pre-condition to the financial, operational and political restart embedded in the city�s Chapter 9 bankruptcy workout and the promise of a new mayor and new City Council come the first of next year. The Kilpatrick era is over, finally.
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