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THE EAST COAST COMEDY JAM: 7:30 p.m., University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; with Ricky Smiley, J. Anthony Brown, George Willborn, Ced Delaney and Special K; $34.50, $39.50; (866) 722-8877, www.uscatix.com.
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION FOR SINGLE ADULTS DANCE: 8-11 p.m., Westside High School, 1002 Patriots Way; $5 for members, $7 others, includes dance lessons 7-8 p.m.; refreshments provided; (706) 267-8642.
THREADS AND NEEDLES FAMILY FUN DAY: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Augusta Museum of History; families are invited to learn about the museum's collection of quilts, embroidered arts, clothes and more; practice weaving on a table loom; view demonstrations of spinning and knitting by the Augusta Fiber Arts Guild; try crafting skills with paper weaving and quilt blocks; a film on Georgia quilts will be shown.
ARTRAGEOUS! 2-4 p.m., Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; create a collage painting; tour the exhibition Something to Look Forward To with art instructor Nancy Bookhart Wellington; free; (706) 828-3815.
MUSIC EVOLUTION SERIES: Gates open at 4 p.m., show 5 p.m.; Columbia County Amphitheater, 7022 Evans Towne Center Blvd.; Ken Block and Drew Copeland from Sister Hazel, Chris Young, Doug Jones from Cravin' Melon and Jim Perkins; $20 in advance at Merle Norman Studios, Wild Wing Cafe, Columbia County Government Building B, www.etix.com, (800) 514-3849; www.forthefansentertainment.com.


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Link Time! 6/3
- Pop Candy reports that Jericho fans still aren't giving up on trying to get their show back on the air.
- According to CasaSugar, the cast of Gossip Girl and Jennifer Hudson have teamed up with Deeply Madly Living to benefit the V-Day Foundation and the Children's Defense Fund.
- Give Me My Remote tracks down several Jenna Fischer pop culture appearances and realizes she'd really like to be Jenna when she grows up.
- Cinematical is relieved that apparently the script for the live-action He-Man movie is already getting high praise.
- Stereogum is getting all nostalgic for Mr. Big — no, not Carrie's Mr. Big, the '90s band responsible for that song "To Be With You."
- But while I had you thinking Sex and the City, Tuned In has the provocative question of whether men should be allowed to review SATC.
- Popwatch brings up another great debate about spoilers on the Internet.
- Vulture thinks Lil Wayne's "Comfortable" could be this Summer's "Umbrella."
- TV Filter is wondering who else didn't fall in love with USA's In Plain Sight.

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Police: NYC subway push victim was from India
Published 8:02 pm, Friday, December 28, 2012
NEW YORK — The man who was shoved to his death in front of a subway train Thursday night was a 46-year-old from India who lived in New York City and worked for a printing business, police said.
Investigators on Friday searched for an unidentified woman who rose from a bench and suddenly pushed the man in the back with both hands, sending him flying onto the tracks as a train entered an elevated station in Queens.
Police released surveillance video of the woman fleeing the area and have been interviewing witnesses, including some who said she was mumbling and cursing to herself before the attack.
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Some witnesses said the man had been shielding himself from the cold by waiting in a stairwell before he ventured out onto the platform to see if the train was coming. They also said he had no interaction with the woman.
Investigators identified the victim, who lived alone in Queens, through a smartphone and a prescription pill bottle he was carrying. They delayed releasing his name while they worked to notify his relatives in India.
The woman was described as heavyset and in her 20s. It was unclear whether she and the man knew each other, or whether the attack was simply the act of a deranged stranger.


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Street Pianos come to Boston, NEC campus
The Boston Street Piano Festival, "Play Me, I'm Yours!" hosted by Celebrity Series of Boston, brings 75 painted pianos to locations throughout Boston between September 27 and October 14, encouraging the Boston community to bring music to the streets: first come, first served. More about this.
This project, conceived by artist Luke Jerram, has installed more than a thousand pianos in 37 cities across the globe since 2008.
NEC is hosting a piano on the corner of Huntington and Gainsborough, allowing talented members of our community to share their music, alongside our neighbors as they enjoy their own creative experiences.
NEC will designate days when specific NEC students will perform on the pianos.
Sunday, September 29
As part of the citywide "Music and Wellness Day," NEC students will perform starting at 3pm. More on this.
Sunday, October 6
This will be the city-wide "Music and Education Day," and we will feature members of the NEC Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education on the piano.
Thursday, October 10
This day will be set aside for interested performers from the NEC College student body, faculty, and staff.
What should you expect to hear during this installation? It's an open-ended project, so at a given time you might witness a few minutes of practicing, a long jam session, a dance party, or a lesson for a stranger who's too shy to try it on their own. Any and all of this is very much welcomed!


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If the first day of an Ashes series sets the tone, this one was dissolute, signalling one direction, then changing its mind. If you were to infer a moral, it would be one commonly proposed before the series anyway, that however few England makes this summer, Australia is liable always to make fewer. It might make for a lot of lay days.
Actually, tone-setting mostly is a fraudulent discipline, in which the facts mostly are made to fit the thesis. In 2005, on a similarly dramatic opening day at Lord's, Australia was bowled out for 190, then reduced England to 7/92. It foreshadowed one of the best Ashes series of all, won by England. Eight years previously, the Ashes began hectically and ominously for Australia at Edgbaston when on day one it was bowled out for 118 and England sped to 3/200 before nightfall. But Australia would win that series comfortably.
The first day of the last series in Brisbane misled completely. England captain Andrew Strauss fell to the third ball, Peter Siddle's six wickets lowered England for 260 and Australia was 0/25 at stumps. But it would scarcely win another day for the series. Siddle provided echoes on Wednesday, quickly drowned out by Anderson and Finn, which made for a cacophony at Trent Bridge.
In 1994-95, Michael Slater cut Phil DeFreitas for four first ball of the series in Brisbane, and Australia ruled unchallenged. In Brisbane in 2002/03, England's vaunted Simon Jones wrecked his knee on the first morning, Australia was 2/364 by stumps and England spent the rest of the summer under the cosh. In 2006/07, also in Brisbane, Steve Harmison bowled the first ball of the series directly to second slip, and all heads nodded knowingly about the drubbing to come. First ball portents are a particular favourite of omen-seekers.
As overtures, some of these were wonderfully convenient, hindsight rebadged as foresight. But the first day of the cherished 1989 series, at Leeds, Australia toiled to 3/207. It was a pleasant surprise in its time, but hardly a forerunner of the iron-fisted rule to come.
At Trent Bridge on Wednesday, this series also was launched with a wide, James Pattinson rearing the new ball far over Alistair Cook's head. But, far from becoming one for the annals, it would barely form a footnote on the day, and by stumps was already forgotten.
This first day was given its shape not by premonition, but by a freak. The sky was forbiddingly gray and low all day, as it was not on Tuesday and is not forecast to be on Thursday. The lights were switched on in the first session and burned brightly all day; it felt more like Headingley than Trent Bridge. In this atmosphere, the pitch became part of the conspiracy; it was immediately a frisky plaything, and would remain so all day. On two nervous, skittish teams, it had an unnerving effect.
Without bowling especially well, Australia dismissed England for 215. Pattinson and Mitchell Starc were erratic with the new ball, and Siddle began poorly, straying into the black hole that is Jonathon Trott's pads. In four overs, he conceded 26. Astutely, Michael Clarke fitted Ashton Agar into the roster early, so that he would feel the part, but he could only ever be a stopgap this day. The scoreboard rattled along. England would make nearly three-quarters of it runs in boundaries, reflecting that on English grounds, everything is four or one, but also that Australia gave England regular wide balls to hit.
Siddle changed ends, began to use the width of the popping crease, hit Joe Root's off stump with a fishtailing yorker, and took five wickets in a row, from 51 balls. Starc and Pattinson sheared off the tail, stopping the innings dead at 215. It was the storm before the storm. Quickly, Australia as 3/22 and 4/53, and Australia's only relief was that Stuart Broad was hors de combat. Shane Watson hit Steve Finn's first two balls for four, cutting one, driving the other, without smelling a rat. Finn pitched up again, Watson went assertively at him again and the catch duly was taken at slip.
Ed Cowan went next ball, then Clarke, both for ducks. Anderson's outswinger to bowl Clarke was like Steyn's in Perth last December, the best bowlers summoning their best against the best. Chris Rogers, in contrast to Watson, waited on the back foot for ball to finish all its movement, an English technique for England. He was unlucky to be ruled lbw to a ball that might have shaved leg stump.
Fourteen wickets fell for the day, some captured, just as many surrendered. In a county game, 15 wickets in a day would trigger a report to the ECB about the pitch. This day, it was the batsmen who should have been on report.
Conditioned by short forms more like T-ball, contemporary batsmen are not technically or temperamentally suited to toughing it out on days like this. The pitch was challenging, but not the ogre they made it look. It is not a new theory, but it every year more apparent. It makes for more entertaining cricket than graft and grind, and that is what attracts the premium now, and so few complain any more about the fecklessness.
In a county game, 15 wickets in a day would trigger a report to the ECB about the pitch. This day, it should have prompted reporting of the batsmen.
In that context, it could be argued that on day one of the 2013 Ashes, the tone set the day.


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While Jack Bauer contemplates a plan to escape the kidnapping by Dubaku, the President is facing a policy dilemma, all new in '24'.
The tension is high, stakes are raised and sacrifices are made to secure the country. Between 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., the evil plan by Colonel Dubaku escalates when he reaches out to General Juma.
Steadfast President Taylor has to make a quick decision in the deepening foreign policy. Meanwhile, heroic sacrifices are made and casualties stack up when Jack Bauer takes charge as a high-impact terror threat develops stateside and the nation remains at risk.
The new "24" episode airs March 9.
Recently, executive producer Howard Gordon confirmed that an eight season in en route. He said, "We're gearing up for a May start date. I'm with the writers now just putting our heads together, coming up with an idea. Unless we fail to come up with an idea that's satisfactory, you'll see an eighth season."


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Eva Tanguay: The "I Don't Care" Girl
"She came on like a meteor, but there is a lasting quality. What is that quality? Radium? Electricity? Sheer nerve? Or, as Eva Tanguay herself comically suggests, madness?"
— Ashton Stevens, Chicago Examiner, 1911
If anyone embodies the spirit of vaudevillianism, of the triumph of personality, originality and sensationalism, not only over discipline and craft but even over beauty and talent, that person was Eva Tanguay. She was essentially a rock and roller; one would be hard pressed to identify many differences outside of the lack of amplification. Billed as an "eccentric comedienne", her act—essentially—was that she was nuts. A bad singer, and a graceless dancer, with hair like a rat's nest, the homely, overweight Tanguay would put on outrageous outfits, sing provocative self-involved songs, commissioned especially for her, and fling herself around the stage in a suggestive manner. Her theme song went:
They say I'm crazy, go no sense
But I don't care.
They may or may not mean offense,
But I don't care.
You see, I'm sort of independent,
Of a clever race descendant,
My star is on the ascendant,
That's why I don't care
All of it was true, including that rising star. She was to be vaudeville's biggest headliner for 25 years.
She was born on the Canadian frontier in 1878. Her father, a Parisian doctor out for adventure died in her early childhood, leaving the family destitute. At age ten, she started working for the Redding Stanton Repertoire Company, playing Little Lord Fauntleroy type roles for five years. As a teenager, she worked as an acrobat and as a chorus girl. In the latter capacity she soon found herself working shows for the likes of Hammerstein and Weber and Fields.
She first tried her antics in a Weber and Fields show in an exaggerated attempt to get over. Though just a member of the chorus, she shimmied and shook and otherwise bounced around the stage out of control. Immediately she was recognized for her pep, and called by critics "cyclonic", "volcanic", "a dervish."
After strutting her stuff in a show called Hoodoo, another chorus girl had the temerity to criticize her for her showboating, so she choked her until her face turned blue and she lapsed into unconsciousness. In her next show My Lady with Eddie Foy, one of the girls threw back a bun tossed onstage by a heckler. Afterwards, Tanguay knocked the girl's head into a brick wall. Tanguay was now good copy, and as such started getting good parts and salaries as befits someone the public recognizes.
She self produced hit shows like The Office Boy (1903), and The Sambo Girl (1904) and started working regularly at Hammerstein's Victoria, the perfect venue for her, as it was known as a showcase for freak acts. Tanguay was looked upon at as a curiosity like the "wild man" in a circus side show, which was the same sort of appeal that Janice Joplin and Tina Turner later had in the rock era.
She first sang "I Don't Care" in 1905, and it quickly became her signature. The rest of her subsequent career was a sort of elaboration of the character she established in that song. It wasn't so much that she was sexy, it was that she didn't care, she flaunted the conventions of polite society generally, and – much like the old woman in the nursing home – she didn't much care if her tits were inside her gown or if they happened to fall out.
Sure, sex was part of it. She did sing songs like "I Want Someone to Go Wild With Me" and "Go As Far As You Like." She did introduce in 1909 a Salome/Dance-of-the-Seven-Veils act, which scandalized because of her near-nakedness. She did appear to be simulating orgasm at times during performance. Edward Bernays called her "our first symbol of emergence from the Victorian age." Yet her gyrations were like a burlesque dancer's on the one hand, like a lunatic's, on the other. Her sexuality was an id sexuality, like Harpo Marx's, like that of the two year old. just as when Harpo Marx chases a blond we have no idea what he'll do with her once he catches her. One imagines Tanguay shaking her ta-ta's and attracting men just so she can put them in a headlock and break a vase over their heads.
Her racier numbers were accepted because she was not reducible to sex. She was just crazy. Her costumes screamed as much. She once wore a costume made of Lincoln pennies; another time she threw peanuts out to the audience. Too often for it to have been an accident, she wore conical dunce-cap-looking hats that accented a "village idiot" impression. Once she dressed up in French flags and sang the Marseilles. That's not just crazy, that's vaudeville.
Like a jazz age rapper, she introduced dozens of songs about Eva Tanguay, her real and imagined exploits, and how much money she made. These songs were vehicles for herself alone, so naturally they have not withstood the test of time. Song titles included: "Personality" "Oh, You Money", "Egotistical Eva", and "An Animal in the Zoo" (which described how people looked at her).
There's a method in my madness,
There's a meaning in my style.
The more they raise my salary,
The crazier I'll be.
This abandon spilled over into her offstage behavior, and she was careful to exploit her misadventures for the added publicity. She blew off shows if she felt like it; had fisticuffs with girls in the chorus, and even picked fights with entire audiences, as in 1914, when she called the town of Sharon, Pennsylvania "a lot of small town saps" when they weren't sympathetic enough to her onstage complaints about her dressing room. Once she threw a stagehand down the stairs when he got in her way. He sued her for $50 and the judge ruled in his favor, so she calmly took out a roll of $1000 bills, peeled off one and gives it to him. She swore like a truck driver. The musicians had to be on their toes, if they flubbed their part, she was capable of smashing an instrument over their heads. In 1905, she slept through a matinee performance and was fined by the stage manager. She responded by chopping up the stage curtain with a dagger. But her ire was no respecter of persons and it wasn't only her underlings who felt the sting of her wrath. She once stuck John Philip Sousa in the rump with a hat pin when he dared to ruffle a curtain backstage while she was performing.
Like all major prima donnas, she reserved the largest part of her warmth and compassion for her dog. In Nashville she once called off a show because she was worried about her ailing pooch. She summoned her vet from New York in the middle of the night. The dog died anyway—she kept his heart in a glass jar for years.
She began billing herself as "The Girl Who Made Vaudeville Famous". In 1909, she was booked to replace Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies. She also made films, such as Energetic Eva (1916) and The Wild Girl (1917). But her true métier was vaudeville. Unfortunately, in the late twenties, both health and fortune failed her. In 1928 an almost unbelievable barrage of health problems kicked in: cataracts, Brights disease, a bad heart and debilitating arthritis. The following year was 1929: she lost her entire fortune of $2 million in the stock market crash. It was probably the loss of her savings that inspired the creation of pulp novels like this:
When she died in 1947, Tanguay had been living on a fixed income, blind and bedridden for years. "Money", indeed.
ADDENDUM: please see these two addition posts on Tanguay, here and here.
To find out more about these variety artists and the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold.
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[…] After a couple more Broadway shows The War Song (1928; co-wrote) Sweet and Low (1930); and High Kickers (1931; which he co-wrote), Jessel did finally make his mark in Hollywood—but as a producer. He made pictures for 20th Century Fox for 11 years, including atrocious bio-pics of the Dolly Sisters and Eva Tanguay. […]
[…] Tanguay Weekend I'm jetting (actually bussing, ick) up to Ithaca to see two exciting Eva Tanguay programs at Cornell this weekend. The first, on Saturday, Cyclonic: The Dance and Life of Eva […]
[…] Pole in 2005. And one does become suspicious when one Googles "Eva Tanguay" and sees my squib on her on this blog as entry #5 (just below Rosen's far more recent Slate piece). Lorson never Googled "Eva […]
[…] played London and Paris. Her repertoire grew over the years to include: Vesta Victoria, Eddie Foy, Eva Tanguay, Ethyl Barrymore, Anna Held, Harry Lauder, Irene Franklin, Pat Rooney, Frank Tinny, George M. […]
[…] was a series of stunts, ensuring that his names would stay in the newspapers throughout his career. Eva Tanguay billed herself as "The Girl Who Made Vaudeville Famous". She got headlines by beating up fellow […]
[…] vaudeville career Mae West was less a comedienne but a singer. She consciously modeled herself on Eva Tanguay, but really took only the sex element, replacing Tanguay's aimless craziness with a calculating […]
[…] briefly had a number in the 1909 Ziegfeld Follies (a jungle number) but was cut out when Eva Tanguay replaced Nora Bayes as the star. It seems one wild woman was enough that […]
[…] yes, mannered. Posh or earthy, the mere mention of the name conjured up a personality: Nora Bayes, Eva Tanguay, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Beatrice Lillie…to name just a few. Henceforth, it was to become an […]
In some ways, Eva Tanguay is like the two-dollar bill of vaudeville and singers.
[…] played London and Paris. Her repertoire grew over the years to include: Vesta Victoria, Eddie Foy, Eva Tanguay, Ethyl Barrymore, Anna Held, Harry Lauder, Irene Franklin, Pat Rooney, Frank Tinny, George M. Cohan, […]
[…] it or not, one of the top five vaudeville acts of all time, up there with Houdini and Eva Tanguay, was this token Scotsman with bushy eyebrows, who came on stage in full kilt regalia and sang […]
[…] the Palace on numerous occasions and in 1927, played the Paramount for ten weeks straight. See Eva Tanguay's entry for an anecdote that tells us more about her than it does […]
[…] …Fortunately safely out of China, is the setting of W. Somerset Maugham's play Caesar's Wife, is which Billie Burke is starred. There are but few flashes of Mr. Maugham's brilliance in the dialogue, and the evening seems a long and uneventful one. Miss Burke, in her role of the young wife, looks charmingly youthful. She is at her best in her more serious moments; in her desire to convey the girlishness of the character, she plays her lighter scenes rather as if she were giving an impersonation of Eva Tanguay. […]


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University of Virginia
"Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1819. He wished the publicly-supported school to have a national character and stature. Jefferson envisioned a new kind of university, one dedicated to educating leaders in practical affairs and public service rather than for professions in the classroom and pulpit exclusively. It was the first nonsectarian university in the United States and the first to use the elective course system.
Jefferson considered the founding of the University to be one of his greatest achievements. Undertaking the project toward the end of his life—after a long, illustrious career that included serving as a colonial revolutionary, political leader, writer, architect, inventor, and horticulturalist—he was closely involved in the University's design. He planned the curriculum, recruited the first faculty, and designed the Academical Village, a terraced green space surrounded by residential and academic buildings, gardens, and the majestic center-point—the Rotunda. The most recognizable symbol of the University, the Rotunda stands at the north end of the Lawn and is half the height and width of the Pantheon in Rome, which was the primary inspiration for the building. The Lawn and the Rotunda have served as models for similar designs of "centralized green areas" at universities across the United States.
The University opened for classes in 1825 with a faculty of eight and a student body numbering sixty-eight. Jefferson took great pains to recruit the most highly qualified faculty, five of whom were found in England and three in the United States. Instruction was offered in ancient languages, modern languages, mathematics, moral philosophy, natural philosophy, chemistry, law, and medicine. The students came from the American South and West; interestingly, though, most were not Virginians.
Jefferson opposed the granting of degrees on the grounds that they were "artificial embellishments." In 1824, however, the Board of Visitors authorized granting the master of arts degree. The doctor of medicine, or M.D., was awarded to the first graduates of the School of Medicine in 1828, and the bachelor of laws degree, or LL.B., was first awarded for law school graduates in 1842. The bachelor's degree was awarded beginning in 1849, but became the standard undergraduate degree and a prerequisite for the master's degree in 1899, bringing the University into conformity with other institutions of higher learning. The Ph.D. has been awarded since 1883."
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Auth advises on Forbes sales
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Money Talks: How Conversation Can Raise Women's Financial Confidence
June 16, 2015 | Focus on Women
When women talk, not many topics are off limits. Beyond mundane subjects like weather and fashion, female friends are game to discuss some of the most tender, stressful aspects of life: overbooked schedules, career challenges, parenting struggles, relationship issues, heartbreaks.
Women go boldly into such conversations due to a sense of underlying confidence that they can handle important personal matters. According to a recent 2015 study by Forbes Insights and Northwestern Mutual, about three-fourths of women feel they can achieve close fulfilling relationships, raise happy children, and pursue their own social values.
But confidence lags around money. Only 27 percent of women feel they will achieve what their goals are in terms of financial wealth.
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Little wonder, then, that money seldom makes the list of hot topics when girlfriends get together. But do women not talk about money because they lack financial confidence? Or do women lack financial confidence because they don't talk about money?
Whether it's the chicken or the egg, Julie Prince is adamant about getting women into the conversation—because when women talk about money, they can establish a sisterhood of financial confidence.
As a wealth management advisor for Northwestern Mutual, Prince helps both men and women develop financial plans to help achieve their personal and business goals. She is especially passionate about encouraging women to strive not just to hit basic financial goals, but also to reach for maximum potential.
"Women are not as big on taking risks as men can be," said Prince. "Some women fear risk so much, they focus on just 'making it,' instead of aiming for the big opportunity. We need to move from minimum financial requirements to stretch goals. We need to have maximum expectations of ourselves!"
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That may be a big leap for a woman who's never even chatted about money with a girlfriend. So how does Prince move women from fear and silence to confidence and action?
She sees clients achieve the greatest results when they share freely and honestly about what matters most—the hard stuff that shakes their confidence.
"When a person feels comfortable enough to open up and share her fears, to get vulnerable about her financial plan, then I can really help her," she said. Prince herself is a single working mom who can empathize and relate shared experiences with women navigating financial stressors like divorce, single parenting, and entrepreneurship.
"Together, we can drill down on what's driving those fears and discover what it will take to tick them away."
This kind of talk does change women's feelings about their finances. In the same Forbes Insights and Northwestern Mutual study, when asked if they are confident they will reach their retirement goals, 60 percent of women who do work with a financial advisor said yes—compared with only 34 percent of those who don't.
Jackie Loewe, a self-employed consultant in Chicago, attests to this shift. "Before we met our advisor, I wasn't sure we would ever have enough to retire," said Loewe. Although she knew exactly what her assets were, she couldn't imagine how they would grow to be enough. "But even in our first discussion, our advisor showed me that we had a stronger start than I realized. Now, I actually feel a sense of pride and confidence in what we have."
This confidence has motivated Loewe and her partner to plan next steps that will not just protect what they already have, but build up even more resources they can use now and in the future.
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What does it take to get women engaged in discussion about financial security? It might be as simple as speaking up. If you are a woman with confidence in your finances, sharing your experience could move a friend or colleague toward greater certainty.
"There are so many ways to help yourself, your daughters, and other women," said Prince. "People don't know what they don't know. If you're a strategic thinker, and you see potential in someone, you can help her set goals and make plans to achieve things she can't even imagine are possible."
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Michael Mizrachi Wins $50,000 Buy-In Poker Players Championship (Event #45)
"The Grinder" Becomes First Player in History to Win Chip Reese Memorial Trophy Two Times
Poker Superstar Collects $1,451,527 in Prize Money
Mizrachi Wins Gold Bracelet for Third Consecutive Year
Highly-Respected Pro Chris Klodnicki Finishes as Runner-Up
"The Grinder" Erupts Again, Wins Third WSOP Gold Bracelet
Over the past decade, so much has been written and said about Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi, that it's nearly impossible to list all his poker accomplishments.
His meteoric rise to the top of poker's hierarchy during the early to mid-2000s, followed by an epic crash and burn some years later that many claimed was foreseeable. That was followed by a majestic and monumental comeback at the 2010 World Series of Poker, which only served to reconfirm his elite standing as one of the living legends of the game. Then, there was another strong 2011, followed by what happened tonight in one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year.
To say Mizrachi outdid himself with yet another triumph here at the WSOP would be audacious. But he did, indeed. Fact is, Mizrachi expects to win. He expects to succeed each and every time he sits down at the poker table. That's not arrogance. That's not conceit. That's self-confidence. And Mizrachi has it in spades with the ranks of a Royal Flush.
Mizrachi just won the 2012 Poker Players Championship, which includes a mix of the eight most popular forms of poker. He collected a whopping $1,451,527 in prize money, which – hard to believe – ranks as only the third biggest WSOP score on the Mizrachi uber-skewed scale of success. But he was hardly complaining about the paltry million and a half when last seen snapping on WSOP gold bracelet number three for his career.
Mizrachi won his first WSOP gold bracelet in this same event two years ago. That victory paid $1,559,046. He went on to cash four more times over the next four weeks, making four final table appearances. Most impressive of all, was his astounding run in the 2010 Main Event Championship – where he outlasted 7,314 players and ultimately finished in fifth place. That paid another $2,332,992. If anyone was counting, Mizrachi's financial take from 2010 alone at the WSOP amounted to more than $4 million.
Then, he won a second gold bracelet last year, which took place at WSOP Europe. His victory in the Mixed-Game event brought in another $400,000, which added yet another memorable chapter in the Mizrachi legacy.
Coming into 2012, if any poker player had a tough act to follow, it was the player everyone knows as "the Grinder." And frankly, up until this week Mizrachi hadn't done much nor been heard from in what was starting to seem like a very long time. Then, like a sleeping smoldering volcano, the incontestable skill of a great poker champion finally burst into the sky and rolled across the Rio like burning lava.
Those burned by the Mizrachi eruption included several notable tournament players who very well might have won their own coveted bracelet had it not been for the tenacity of a certain poker pro from Miramar, FL. Falling by the wayside like scorched trees in the path of molten magma was just about every poker superstar in the world. "Mount Mizrachi" took out everything in its path, a magnificent spectacle to observe from afar, but a frighteningly perilous position, if in the unenviable state of being nestled aside such a powerful force of nature.
If they were a "somebody" in the game of poker, they probably played in this event, and they most certainly helped to line Mizrachi's pocket with an unintended contribution.
With this victory, the next mystery surrounding Mizrachi is not so much if he'll win another gold bracelet, but when. Given the ups and downs of his tumultuous past, no one really knows exactly what's in the next poker chapter to be written by Mizrachi. But one thing is for sure. It's going to be fascinating to watch and witness.
Las Vegas, NV (June 28, 2012) – From the many, many thousands of participants who have attended the World Series of Poker in recent years, if one single poker player were to be chosen for the "Best Overall Performance," Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi would probably be the unanimous winner.
Consider his WSOP accomplishments over just the past two years:
May 28, 2010 – Won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, for $1,559,046.
June 3, 2010 – Sixth place in the $10,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud World Championship.
June 15, 2010 – Eighth place in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em World Championship.
November 9, 2010 – Fifth place in the $10,000 buy-in Main Event Championship, which paid $2,332,992.
June 27, 2011 – Second place in the $2,500 buy-in Mixed-Split Omaha/Seven-Card Stud event.
October 12, 2011 – Won his second gold bracelet in the 10,400 Euro buy-in Split-Format event at WSOP Europe, good for 336,008 euros (about $420,000).
May 29, 2012 – Fifth place in the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event.
June 15, 2012 – Fourth place in the $1,500 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball event.
June 28, 2012 – Won his third gold bracelet in the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, for $1,451,527.
In case anyone's keeping track – that's three gold bracelet victories, nine final table appearances, a deep run into the Main Event as one of the "November Nine," and about $5 million in prize money earned....all within about a two-year span.
Oh, and he just won one of the game's most prestigious titles for the second time in three years.
Indeed, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi rose to yet a higher plateau in the plethora of poker greats on this night, when he triumphed in this year's Poker Players Championship. The ultra-prestigious competition is played in the name of the late great Chip Reese, who won the inaugural in 2006. The event trophy is named in Reese's name.
Now, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy has Mizrachi's name in duplicate. Two years following a monumental personal and professional breakthrough victory in this same event played back in 2010, the poker player known as "the Grinder" pretty much turned everyone's dreams to dust. He dominated the final two sessions of the five-day marathon, holding the chip lead most of the way.
His final table included a tough lineup. Alas, just about every seat in this tournament of 108 starters was a superstar or known player on the brink of taking the next step towards the game's most elite class. Mizrachi overcame former gold bracelet winners Bill Chen and Andy Bloch. He also defeated the highly-respected Chris Klodnicki in heads-up play, who is still in search of his first WSOP victory.
The stacked tournament concluded on Thursday night on the ESPN Main Stage, in front of a large crowd and a worldwide viewing audience following final table action the WSOP.com live stream broadcast.
Perhaps just as remarkable was the manner in which the victory took place -- in a lightening quick five hours, well under the marathon times posted for this event over each of the past six years. Unlike previous finales, which dragged out at 12, 13, 14, and (once, back in 2009) 16 hours, Mizrachi acted as though he had 8 p.m. dinner reservations.
No doubt, plenty of fluted glasses will be raised to the sky to salute Mizrachi's repeat victory in this incredible night, including a symbolic hoist from everyone in poker who realizes what a remarkable talent we are witnessing.
Mizrachi is 30-years-old. He was born in Miami, FL.
Mizrachi is a professional poker player. He has been playing full-time since 2004. Prior
to playing poker, Mizrachi was a college student. He entered college and was studying
to become a doctor, but decided to pursue a poker career instead, after performing so
well early in his career.
Mizrachi is married. He has three children.
Mizrachi's father is of Iraqi-Jewish decent. Mizrachi and most of his family are fluent in
Mizrachi won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players
Championship, played in 2010. His victory was nationally-televised on ESPN and
proved to be one of the most thrilling finales in WSOP history. He ended up playing
heads-up against his brother Robert, another former gold bracelet winner. "The
Grinder" won the battle of the two brothers and $1,559,046 in prize money.
Prior to his first victory in 2010, Mizrachi had won just about every major title in poker
except a WSOP gold bracelet.
Mizrachi's first recorded tournament cash took place in March 2004.
Mizrachi was Card Player Magazine's "Player of the Year" in 2006.
Mizrachi was one of the 2010 WSOP Main Event "November Nine." He finished in fifth
place and collected $2,332,992.
According to official records, Mizrachi now has 29 cashes, 15 final table appearances,
and 3 wins. His career WSOP earnings now totals nearly $7 million.
Mizrachi is called "the Grinder" due to his never-give-up mentality. Mizrachi certainly
does not fit the mold of the traditional poker grinder, however. The term is usually
meant to describe a tight player. Mizrachi is actually one of poker's most aggressive
and unpredictable tournament pros.
Other members of the Mizrachi family have adopted the "Grinder" moniker. His is
married to Mrs. Grinder. His mother is Mama Grinder. His children each have been
called Baby Grinder at various times.
Note: Mizrachi will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he plays full-time exclusively and has no other occupation.
Question: You have an enormous number of accolades on your tournament resume. Where does this one rank?
The Grinder: Well, to win it first back in 2010, with some people feeling that I was going through rough times, and you know, it's an amazing thing—I mean, I can't even explain it— to win the 50K Poker Players Championship twice. It's a dream come true. It's another part of the books and another part of my history. And I'm hoping to make history happen and become the all-time money winner in tournament poker history. I got a long way to go. I'm still young. I'm 30-years-old. I expect to do a lot and have high expectations and goals.
Question: We're usually here many, many hours for this event. How did you get it done in five hours?
The Grinder: Remember, there's No-Limit and Pot-Limit Omaha. So, things could happen. And I was just running really, really well. It's the best you can run at a final table. The cards went my way. Everything went my way. I thought I played my best. And I think I played my best. But you know, when I was heads up against Chris, he kind of like fell apart. I was just getting all the cards, you know. It's tough to play against somebody who keeps winning every hand and is super aggressive. He was in such bad sports. You know, I kept making a seven in Deuce-to-Seven. I mean, everything went my way. And I'm very appreciative of that outcome, of winning this championship, holding the Chip Reese Memorial trophy twice. It's an amazing feeling. Hopefully we'll have another bracelet in the World Series, and hopefully it's a million-dollar or whatever one I'm playing at. I'm not sure. I'm taking a break until Sunday. But we'll see what happens.
Question: You are going to play in the million-dollar tournament?
The Grinder: I'm definitely going to play in the million-dollar event. I'm excited and can't wait to play.
Question: How did you approach this one? If you won, then were you planning on playing in the million-dollar event?
The Grinder: No. I was already buying into the million-dollar. I decided a week ago because I just thought, you know, I just thought it out. No one is going to buy into it; it's very expensive, especially for a poker player. So, I asked a few guys, you know, 'Are you interested?' And before you knew it, I rounded up $900,000 in four days. So, I was like 'Wow. Just like that. Now I'm in.' I'm sure everybody wants a piece now. But we're sold-out.
Question: Are you still kind of bitter about how you finished in the Main Event a few years ago?
The Grinder: If you told me that I was going to finish fifth place in the Main Event, I'll take it.
Question: Was this final table a little less stressful than the one in 2010?
The Grinder: This one, you know, wherever I finish, it'd be a respectful because I've already won this title before. Now to win it, it's just beyond that. I just can't believe it. I can't believe I won it twice. It's just an amazing feeling. And I'm very excited.
Question: Did you like this format, going back-and-forth between different events?
The Grinder: I won them both, so I can't really say. But I think the format should always stay the same. The way you start is the way you're supposed to finish. I know for television, people want No-Limit Hold'em because the public doesn't know how to play the other seven games that we're playing. But, you know, it is what it is. So, hopefully one day we'll televise eight games, and we'll get people playing eight games and grow a bigger field for the Poker Players Championship.
Question: You got on the phone immediately after you won. Who'd you call?
The Grinder: When I was on the phone, it was my mother. I wish she could be here, but she's at home. I said, 'Don't worry. Take it easy. I got this.' She'll probably come out for the million-dollar buy-in.
This is the 1,004th gold bracelet to be awarded in WSOP history. It is also the 998th WSOP event in history.
This was classified as WSOP schedule Event #45, since it's the 45th gold bracelet of 61 to be awarded this summer in Las Vegas. The tournament was played over three consecutive days and nights, starting on Sunday at noon and concluding on Thursday night.
The total duration of the final table was about five hours. Play began at 2 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon and ended at 7 p.m.
The final table included three former gold bracelet winners – Michael Mizrachi (2), and Bill Chen (2), and Andy Bloch (1).
The runner-up was Chris Klodnicki, from Philadelphia, PA. At one point, Klodnicki had the chip lead. But he could not hold the advantage. Klodnicki collected a nice consolation prize totaling $896,935.
The top 16 finishers collected prize money. Aside from final table players, among the cashers were former gold bracelet winners -- David "ODB" Baker, Daniel Alaei, Johnny "World" Hennigan, Jeff Lisandro, and Mike Wattel.
The official WSOP gold bracelet ceremony takes place on the day following the winner's victory (or some hours later when the tournament end very late). The ceremony takes place inside Brasilia. The ceremony begins at the conclusion of the first break of the noon tournament. The ceremony usually starts around 2:20 p.m. The national anthem of the winner's nation is played. The entire presentation is open to public and media. Video and photography is permitted by both public and members of the media.


text: Todays column got a double jump start after I read a half-page ad offering a wide variety of lawn and garden figures, including a large assortment of new gnomes.Further back in the Police Report was a tragic story of a woman who reported that nine gnomes had been stolen from her large flower garden.I wrote about the plight of gnomes several years ago, pointing out that gnomes are small, dwarfish, bearded figures in pointed hats who guard the earth.Like all writers I feel an urge to point out injustices when I can. So it is with a great deal of righteous indignation that I bring the rash of thefts of lowly garden gnomes to your attention. Every year, thousands of innocent gnomes are hunted down in their natural habitat (forests and gardens) and taken prisoner. They're then sold to dastardly home improvement retailers with innocent names like Gnome Depot. City dwellers buy them and put them in urban gardens, turning them into metrognomes. It's a hard life. Gnomes are forced to inhale car exhaust, listen to the constant roar of traffic and endure the changing seasons without so much as a toadstool for cover. Many are injured by lawnmowers or poisoned by weed sprays.Gnomes must face these hardships alone. They are never placed in gardens in pairs, and they're not allowed female companionship. In fact, the World Association for the Protection of the Garden Gnome was so horrified that anyone should think of female gnomes that it fined a fellow named Henrick Gaerke $100 for suggesting cohabitation last year. "It's tough out here, all by yourself," said one gnome I interviewed last week. Hes an aging veteran of a neglected landscape. His face is lined with cracks and the pointy red hat on his balding head barely covers an insulting hairstyle.I asked, "And what are you going to do if you escape? It's not like you can go find yourself a wife and go gnomesteading in some gnome home on the range."The annual round up of male gnomes from gardens has ecologists wondering how much longer the exploitation can continue before gnomes become extinct. "We still know little about these people," says Dr. Rafe Garmotter, president of Better Gnomes in Gardens. "We've not even studied their DNA."What would it take to turn life around for these oppressed garden creatures? -- Gnome rule or perhaps a revision in the Gnomestead Act of 1998, according to Garmotter.His goal is to set up a complicated Gnomeland Security Agency to protect these pitiful creatures, which would cost billions and be headquartered in Nome, Alaska.Bottom line, Im on the fence. While I am all for freedom and liberty. I dont think the plan is anything to write gnome about.(Visit my Web site at www.geocities.com/jerry7068.


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Donors to the new presidential library probably will remain a mystery, according to the nonprofit foundation overseeing its fundraising.
"It's our decision not to disclose who the donors are," said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation, citing some donors' preference to remain anonymous.
The foundation, which will oversee construction of the library, museum and public policy institute at the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, had raised less than $3 million when the latest tax reports were filed in August.
That's far short of its $300 million goal, but foundation officials say the fundraising will pick up significantly after Bush leaves office Jan. 20.
Bush library donors to be kept secret
Donors to the new presidential library probably will remain a mystery, according to the nonprofit foundation overseeing its fundraising.
Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor
I studied the military/government mind-control programmes and techniques in great detail for many years during the late-1990s and across 2000, and the Obama 'phenomenon' is the most blatant mass-mind control operation you could wish to see.
At its core the plan has been to make Obama the focus of everything you hope for, believe in and want to change. This is why it has been crucial for him not to specify and detail what is meant by his 'hope, 'change' and 'believe'.
Attorney General: Cheney Interview Protected by Executive Privilege
The president may assert executive privilege to withhold from Congress records of an FBI interview with Vice President Dick Cheney regarding the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity, the attorney general concludes in a legal opinion released Monday.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed the records as part of its long-running investigation into what roles, if any, President George W. Bush, Cheney and their aides may have played in the leak.
Holocaust Remembrance: What's Behind the Campaign?
Every major American city has at least one Holocaust museum or memorial. Worldwide there are more than 250 Holocaust museums and memorials, most of them in the US and Europe. The largest is the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, which is run by a taxpayer-funded federal government agency, and draws some two million visitors yearly.
What's behind the Holocaust remembrance campaign? Whose interests does it serve?
The Holocaust Remembrance campaign encourages sympathy and support for Jews and Israel. It helps to justify America's massive and on-going support for Israel, and to excuse otherwise inexcusable policies of the Zionist state.
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash
56A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
The interest in Mike Connell stems from his association with a firm called GovTech, which he had spun off from his own New Media Communications under his wife Heather Connell's name. GovTech was hired by Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to set up an official election website at election.sos.state.oh.us to presented the 2004 presidential returns as they came in.
At Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line Item
Mr. Siekaczek (pronounced SEE-kah-chek) says that from 2002 to 2006 he oversaw an annual bribery budget of about $40 million to $50 million at Siemens. Company managers and sales staff used the slush fund to cozy up to corrupt government officials worldwide.
The payments, he says, were vital to maintaining the competitiveness of Siemens overseas, particularly in his subsidiary, which sold telecommunications equipment. "It was about keeping the business unit alive and not jeopardizing thousands of jobs overnight," he said in an interview.
Three decades after Congress passed a law barring American companies from paying bribes to secure foreign business, law enforcement authorities around the world are bearing down on major enterprises like Daimler and Johnson & Johnson, with scores of cases now under investigation. Both companies declined comment, citing continuing investigations.
General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book
The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with the Russians that cost American lives.
The death of General Patton in December 1945, is one of the enduring mysteries of the war era. Although he had suffered serious injuries in a car crash in Manheim, he was thought to be recovering and was on the verge of flying home.
But after a decade-long investigation, military historian Robert Wilcox claims that OSS head General "Wild Bill" Donovan ordered a highly decorated marksman called Douglas Bazata to silence Patton, who gloried in the nickname "Old Blood and Guts".
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Boom or Bust
Marshall's Hassan Whiteside presents scouts with a major dilemma
If you had $1 million in your pocket and had the luxury of losing it all or turning it into $1 billion, maybe you'd pick some obscure company doing pioneer work in alternative energy, where the players are many and the chances for failure are great but the rewards could be unimaginable.
That's Hassan Whiteside, the biggest boom-or-bust prospect likely to go in the NBA lottery on June 24. The flip side of the coin is Kansas' Cole Aldrich, who is relatively easy to project based on three years on a talent-laden college roster where he contributed steadily but rarely dominated.
As sure as NBA scouts are that Aldrich has a 10-year career ahead of him as a solid rotation piece, they're that wary to go out on a limb and say Whiteside will still be in the league once the first two guaranteed years of a first-round pick's contract are up.
Then again, neither will you find many who'd back away from Whiteside's potential to be an impact defender who has a chance to round himself into a double-digits scorer, as well.
The Pistons, coming off a 27-55 season in which major holes in their frontcourt were revealed, might not have the luxury of taking a flier on Whiteside, who a year ago was a relatively unheralded recruit largely ignored by ACC schools even though he grew up in the heart of Tobacco Road. Whiteside wound up signing with Marshall, where he immediately began putting up eye-popping shot-blocking and rebounding numbers in addition to showing impressive shooting and ball skills.
Though he's a one-and-done player, Whiteside will be 21 on draft night – more than two years older than some of his fellow freshmen, further complicating the projection process for scouts. He's a classic late bloomer, sprouting up 6 inches as a high school sophomore and 2 more since arriving at Marshall, he said in Chicago at the NBA draft combine.
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College: Marshall
Size: 6-foot-11½ , 227 pounds
Age: 21 on draft night
The good: Quickness, agility and freakish length make Whiteside a candidate to become an impact defender. … Late growth spurt means he also comes with natural perimeter skills, as well, including a nice shooting touch.
The bad: Very slight frame, narrow shoulders mean he could be overpowered by even competent back-to-the-basket scorers. … Scouts question maturity, basketball IQ, as evidenced by his mere nine assists last season.
The skinny: Given their needs, can the Pistons afford to roll the dice on the player with the biggest boom-or-bust quotient of all lottery candidates? Maybe, if they think his ceiling is high enough. The best guess is he goes closer to the middle of the first round.
But there are major red flags to consider. Whiteside accumulated just nine assists all season, turning the ball over 6.1 times for every assist. He shot less than 60 percent from the foul line. He weighed 227 pounds in Chicago and his narrow shoulders make it doubtful he can do much to significantly bulk up and hold defensive position. And there are questions about his maturity level.
It's fine to be confident, but when Whiteside was asked in Chicago about the frequent comparisons of him to a young Marcus Camby, he scoffed and said, "Naw, I don't think Marcus Camby can shoot, doesn't have the stroke like I've got." He compared his game to Hakeem Olajuwon – Whiteside worked with Olajuwon before the Chicago combine for a week in Houston – and said, "I'm looking to be a Hall of Famer. I've got big goals."
Whiteside said last week that he had individual workouts scheduled with several teams picking both before and after the Pistons in the lottery and it's conceivable he could push himself into the top five given his vast potential. It's also possible he could slide out of the lottery altogether given his vast potential to bust.
His best chance to contribute early in the NBA will come as a weak-side shot-blocker when his coach can find minutes for him in a matchup where he won't be overpowered. If Whiteside can guard a non-scoring big man, reducing the chance for him to be isolated, his agility, quickness and reach could make him a major defensive menace.
Though most believe Whiteside's shot-blocking ability will translate to the NBA if he can shore up some of the weaknesses in his game enough to earn minutes, some wonder if the level of competition in Conference USA didn't wildly inflate his numbers. In a January game against West Virginia, the best team on Marshall's schedule, Whiteside played pretty well with 18 points and six boards, but registered only two blocks. He put up three double-doubles, though, and perhaps his best game came against a very good UTEP team in an 80-76 home loss when Whiteside had 20 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks.


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I had not heard of this museum until a friend wanted to see a special exhibition that was looking at fans in advertising, and I decided to tag along as I wanted to see this niche museum for myself. The museum is in Greenwich in SE London and is a 10 minute walk from the Docklands Light Railway station. It is situated in two converted houses and has some lovely tea rooms at the back serving afternoon tea. There is also a gift shop selling fan related gifts including jewellery. It costs just £4 to visit (concessions available, free for Art Fund members) and there is a free guide you can borrow. I think it is a few pounds more for the special exhibitions.
The museum has a permanent exhibition which is the history of the fan, and shows the components and evolution of fan design. They also have temporary special exhibitions that show for a few months each year, so you can see more of their extensive collection. When I visited it was the art of fans in advertising and showed an impressive array of colourful fans used to promote various businesses. These fans were mostly French and very stylish, often used to promote premium products such as champagne, hotels and luxury shops. Some fans originated from the early 19th century and in the run up to the 1930s there were used often in advertising, the colours and designs evoked the era perfectly.
Afterwards we went to the Orangery at the back of the museum for tea and scones. It is a really charming space. You don't need to allow much time to see the museum, but I think it is well worth timing it with a special exhibition that may appear to you - be it the style or the era.
A fashionable woman in the past needed a number of accessories, shoes, hat, and a fan. recently reviewed Stockport's hat museum. So I thought I would also review the Greenwich Fan Museum as it would compliment the previous review nicely.
The Fan Museum at Greenwich is the first and only museum to be dedicated to fans. It was founded by Helene Alexander in 1991 to share her life long passion for the subject. She has a collection of 3500 objects which are not all on show at the same time due to the fragility of many of the fans. It's housed in two adjoining skilfully restored Georgina houses on Royle Hill in the centre of Greenwich. The museum is just opposite the north western corner of Greenwich Park just round the corner from the Maritime Museum. It is easily accessed by public transport as a number of bus services run very near it . Greenwich station and Cutty Sark DLR station are both within ten minutes walk of the museum. For those who are driving I think there is limited parking at the museum.
As i is a private museum there are charges
Adults: £4.00
*Concessions: £3.00
Children (under 7): Free
Over 7 and under 16: £3
Admission for groups: £2.50pp
On a Tuesday there is free entry for disabled people and pensioners. I think the museum is average value for money as it is quite a small museum which can easily be seen in under an hour.
The museum is very easy navigate as it is small and compact. It only takes about half an hour to an hour at the maximum to fully explore. On the ground floor you have the permanent collection whilst the upstairs gallery houses a temporary exhibition. On arrival into the first room of the downstairs we were greeted by a very friendly attendant and we were offered the choice of interpretation in the form of a booklet or an audio guide for us to make sense of the permanent collection. I chose the audio guide as I find them easier to use. There were also labels on the walls adjacent to exhibits giving further information.
The permanent collection is made up of mostly antique fans dating as a far back as the 13th century. The tour starts off by explaining the development of fans in Europe and showing a selection of fans both intact and displayed stretched out without the pivots that hold a fan togetherness other room next door explores the materials fans are made from such as ivory, tortoiseshell, lace and silk. It was good to have some ivory and tortoiseshell on display to see how the material is in tits natural state (although I am not particularly fond of seeing turtle shell and elephant tusks at all. I find them quite sad objects as they are remnants of magnificent creatures). I was very taken with an ornately carved ivory fan that at first glance looked like a lace one. I just found the level of draftsmanship astonishing. The collection continued with examples of different types of fan and unusual ones. There were telescopic fans that worked in the same way as the telescopic, miniature umbrellas. There was also a fan that was very like a Swiss Army Knife as the sticks had little hidden compartments to keep a thimble and other useful objects that a fashionable;e lady would need. At the end of the section there was a small display of mortised and electric fans.
Upstairs is the temporary exhibition area. These are rotated every three or four months as the fans are often very fragile and constant display would cause damage to their condition. The temporary exhibitions have ranged from Chinese fans to Victorian and Art Deco fans. The exhibition which was on when I visited the museum was entitled Fanning the Senses. This exhibition concentrated on floral patterned fans and also antique perfume bottles. The ans seemed to be categorised by the flowers on the fan. I was interested in the advertising fans on display that were used to promote various scents. There were also some very beautiful fens but after a while Ii found it a bit boring as there were only so many floral fans you can look at before you lose interest.
Downstairs there is a small shop with very carefully chosen merchandise. All the stock has a connection with fans and there is very little if no tat at all. There is some lovely jewelry as well as mirrors and notelets in the shape of fans. A lot of the stuff would make nice and unusual presents. I purchased a magnet in the shape of a fan commemorating a 1920s Olympic Games
Round the back of the museum an orangery has been constructed to join the two houses together. It's a lovely outdoor space with beautifully painted murals on th walls. On Tuesdays and Sundays thy serve cream teas in the Orangery. Since I was there on a Saturday I did not get to taste one but it sounds a nice idea to have tea in such a pretty location. Outside there is a garden with flowerbeds in the shape of a fan and a Japanese style secret garden beyond the formal garden.
The museum is not bad for a small independent museum. I found the audio guide to be useful and interning. I think I gained more from the collection than if I was just walking around reading the labels. There were mentions of sponsors in the audio guide that did annoy me to an extent, although I do realise it is a small muumuu that does need funding and they were not too many of them. The presentation of the museum was very traditional, as most of the objects were in cases or behind glass. I understand this as they are delicate objects. Due to this I can see the Fan Museum having limited appeal unless someone has some interest in costume history or beautiful objects . This is really not a place to take children (or most men) as they would be very bored. The museum does have an education department but I do not see this at all. It would be nice to have samples of materials to touch. The Hat Works did this in their section on hat materials and it did contribute to the museum visiting experience. The other thing that would have been good would have been a small corner with a chance to make a basic fan or perhaps some cheaper modern fans to try out.
I enjoyed my visit to the Fan Museum but I can not see myself rushing back to visit unless there was a temporary exhibition that really interested me.. The permanent collection is too small to make a repeat visit viable especially since it is a charging museum. So I would not say Iwas a big fan of the Fan Museum just a casual admirer.
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12 Crooms Hill,
Greenwich, London
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm
Sunday: 12 noon - 5pm
The Fan Museum, Greewich, Crooms Hill, is the only museum in the world devoted entirely to every aspect of fans and fan making. The Fan Museum has more than 3,500 predominantly antique fans from around the world dating from the 11th century to the present day. Its collection and fans on loan from other collections are displayed in changing themed exhibitions in which fans are presented in their historical, sociological and economic contexts. Visitors can enjoy the designs of these unique items which have served many purposes over the centuries: ceremonial tools, fashionable accessories, status symbols, commemorative presents or advertising giveaways.


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Last night's practice update had two important details for the Buckeyes' gameplan this week. First,
Miller said the only thing Ohio State controls is winning and hopefully dominating. He said they need to make it look easy.
Miller's talking about the offense dominating, but reinforcing the perception of domination will likely be up to the defense:
Shazier said last year's 52-49 game at Indiana still sticks with him and his teammates. He said they have a lot to prove after that performance. It proves you can't sleep on anyone.
Put those two statements together and you have the talk of a dominant win, but what do the numbers say? Can the defense hold the 12th-ranked F/+ offense below their season average of 39 points per game? Or 28, like Michigan State was able to do?
Wisconsin held the Hoosiers to a measly field goal on the way to 51 points of their own. A win like that is exactly what the Buckeyes need to stave off talk of being jumped in the polls.
"Make It Look Easy"
The Indiana defense is just about as bad as its offense is good – it's worse than Illinois' and ranked in the F/+ only slightly higher than Purdue's. I get the sense that Indiana's Kevin Wilson is going for "The Baylor of the Midwest," which seems to be a fairly attainable goal (eventually), but the defense just isn't there yet.
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Let's get right to the bullets:
- Indiana's defense is not quite as bad as Ohio State's offense is good, on the other hand. Except in explosive plays – Indiana's defense loves to see the 20+ yard play almost as much as Illinois. In fact, I'd be disappointed to see less than seven explosive plays against this defense.
- Ohio State continued its run of scoring touchdowns in the red zone last week, this time overtaking Wyoming for the number two spot in the country in red zone touchdown percentage (they finished second last season as well). This trend will continue throughout Meyer's tenure.
- The points per play, yards per point, and yards per attempt (variously known as yards per play) all agree that this is going to be a mismatch. Not only do Indiana's numbers alone suggest that opposing teams have efficient days on offense, but the Buckeyes numbers are even better than Indiana's defense typically allows.
- Indiana is worse than average in sacks, but not significantly so. The defense manages 1.7 per game, and unlike Illinois, the top five sack leaders on the Hoosier roster (that's anyone with more than just one) are all defensive linemen. What's more, only one of them is an upperclassman.
- One thing Indiana does a lot of? Pass break ups. Junior defensive back Tim Bennett leads the way by a wide margin with 19 of Indiana's 50 overall. That might not be an excellent thing, because it could also suggest that opposing offenses pass more against a porous pass defense. Based on having the 94th-ranked S&P+ pass defense, that's my best guess.
- Only two teams in the country are worse at preventing explosive rushing plays: Miami of Ohio and New Mexico State. The Buckeyes are third and fifth overall in creating long rushing plays. Hyde alone has 27 plays of more than ten yards. Meyer should get his first 1,000 yard running back in no time.
"A Lot to Prove After That Performance"
Indiana has a good offense – one that only Wisconsin has been able to truly crack. Their normally dangerous passing attack was limited to 12/30 for 122 yards and an average of 3.4 yards rushing. That forced seven punts, four three-and-outs, and three turnovers for a dismal 8% drive efficiency. The Buckeyes will shoot for that goal and settle for anything better than Michigan State's 28 points against.
|Ex. Play
|Red zone TD
|Indiana Offense
|70 (6th)
|Ohio State Defense
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- The Hoosiers have found plenty of success on offense, with more explosive plays than even Ohio State. The difference is that Ohio State's offense has been more consistent and more efficient according to the PPP, YPP, and YPA metrics.
- Another example of explosiveness but inefficiency is in the Hoosier redzone touchdown percentage, where they're only ending with a touchdown 2/3 of the time to Ohio State's almost 4/5.
- I expect Indiana to score against the Buckeyes. Their strength – explosive passing – might hurt the Buckeyes, especially via short air-yard passes.
- That quick passing game prevents many sacks. The Hoosier line has only given up 13 sacks, which is one more than the Buckeyes. The line is merely average in line yards and running back block success rate.
- In explosive play margins, the Buckeyes are +47 and the Hoosiers are just +7 (while sixth overall in total offensive explosive plays). In turnover margin, the Hoosiers are -4 and the Buckeyes are +10. Not difficult to see why one team is 10-0 and the other is 4-6.
The thing is that the Hoosiers really could be a great team. They have an explosive offense that is led by a young quarterback, a line that doesn't give up many sacks, fairly interchangeable receivers (three players have over 500 receiving yards and four have more than 30 receptions), and a young defense. The sack leaders are almost all underclassmen defensive linemen, so there's room to grow. If only the defense could be half as good as its offense and Indiana could really be something.
Unfortunately for the Buckeye strength of schedule, that's not the case. Expect lots of points, but hope the Buckeyes can keep the Hoosiers under 24 of their own.


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Luxury home prices in central London rose at their fastest rate in three months in September, powered by demand for properties that escape a new higher rate of sales tax, Knight Frank LLP said.
The average value of a house or apartment in the British capital's most expensive neighbourhoods climbed 0.7 per cent from August, an index compiled by the London-based broker shows. The annual increase was 10 per cent compared with a 13-month low of 9.9 per cent in August.
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"London's market performance continues to be aided by overseas buyers, who account for more than 50 per cent of buyers in the £2 million-plus market," Liam Bailey, Knight Frank's head of residential research, said.
Deputy Prime Minister
"Most people in this country don't understand why people who have very high-value property don't pay their fair share," he said.
The value of homes in the Chelsea neighbourhood gained 10.5 per cent in the year through June, London-based Savills said. Lucian Cook, the broker's director of research, said the area benefited from French buyers fleeing euro zone woes and the threat of punitive taxes, "giving a real boost to the best addresses".
Russian, Indian, Italian, US and French nationals were the biggest buyers from overseas, Knight Frank said.


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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch.
By Matt Drange
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lacks adequate financial controls and repeatedly failed to recoup overpayments of salary and travel advances from its employees, an audit released yesterday by the state controller's office found.
The report concluded that the department's effort to collect those overpayments was "grossly inadequate," and as a result of the deficiencies, there was "high potential for fraud and misappropriation of public funds." The review included records from the 2009-10 fiscal year.
"This is the latest in a series of agency audits conducted by my staff that point to the waste and abuse of state funds due to the lack of attention to collecting overpayments," Controller John Chiang said in a statement. "Gov. Brown and I are working together to identify the causes of these problems and to protect public funds."
As of July 30, 2010, the corrections department had more than $6 million in outstanding salary and travel advances owed to the state, including $465,000 that was more than three years overdue, according to the audit. The report also found a discrepancy of more than $4 million between the department's own records and bank reconciliation documents.
In addition, the department used its revolving fund -- money that is not constrained by the fiscal year -- to spend about $3.5 million more than was appropriated in the state budget. Other findings include a failure by the department to correctly authorize payments of more than $15,000, which under state accounting procedures require two signatures of approval, as well as numerous accounting errors in check payments.
"There is a lack of coordination between the personnel offices and the respective RAOs (regional accounting offices)," the report says. "We observed that, in general, the entities lack a cohesive process, significantly delaying their ability to collect and clear outstanding advances in a timely manner."
Hallye Jordan, spokeswoman for Chiang's office, said Brown and Chiang have been working together to remedy the problems in the corrections department.
"This is something that he (Brown) has been interested in for some time," Jordan said, reaffirming what Brown has said repeatedly since taking office in January.
In April, Brown issued an executive order calling for all state agencies to improve their internal accounting and made it no secret that he believed the corrections department overspent its budget. Brown later announced he would slash 400 administrative positions from the department, a move he said would save the state $30 million, and authorized further cuts to the prison system when he signed the state budget June 30.
In a written response to the audit earlier this month, corrections department Undersecretary Martin Hoshino told Chiang's office that he agreed with its findings. In addition to implementing nearly two-thirds of the recommendations in the report, Hoshino said the department collected $2.2 million owed to the state since November. Improvements include technological upgrades to keep tabs on the collection process, as well as a computer system that tracks the progression of outstanding debts.
"We will continue in our efforts until we have surmounted the issues identified in this audit," Hoshino wrote in the letter.
Brown's spokesman Gil Duran said Brown was pleased with the efforts to address the problem so far, adding that Brown remains committed to ensuring there is stricter oversight of the millions of dollars in revolving fund accounts in the future. The controller's office will conduct a follow-up review of the corrections department's accounting next year.
"We thank Controller Chiang for his work on this issue, and (corrections department) has made significant advances in addressing the problem," Duran wrote in an e-mail. "We will continue to monitor this situation until it is cleaned up."
Matt Drange is an investigative reporter for California Watch, a
project of the non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting. Find more California Watch reporting here.