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Was on Ruby Princess the 1st week of March.
Booked 3 excursions with Island Marketing. They sent me confirmation emails. First, let me say that I had fun and was very pleased with Island Marketing in Cozumel, even though one excursion was cancelled due to the weather conditions. The Grand Cayman excursion was a different story. We went to the meeting place at downtown Georgetown as stated on the confirmation email. We waited and waited (together with another family of 4), and finally, 40 minutes passed the meeting time, the driver showed up. He offered us another excursion at a later time but we did not accept due to the time constraint in getting back onto the ship. He said he'll call Island marketing and cancel the whole thing and we'll get our refund. After 3 emails to Island Marketing, their response was - read the fine print on the bottom of the email - NO REFUND. It was not the refund that really ticked me off with Island Marketing, it's their response, or lack of. People, should you use Island Marketing, you must be very careful and read all the fine prints.
Taxi fare from the airport to the cruise port was $7 with meter on. After disembarkation on March 7 @ around 8 am, hopped onto an Intercity Taxi (Phone #954-333-3333) and the driver was a black guy and his number/or the cab number was #529. The meter was not on, and he charged $15 once we arrived at the airport. I tried to tell him about the $7 but he responded with a very threatening tone - I just gave him the $15 and got out. People, negotiate the fare before you get on a cab at Ft. Lauderdale.
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POTTERNE vice-chairman Graham Gaiger reckons that his side's chances of promotion could hinge on their two upcoming top-of-the-table showdowns.
The villagers are just a point behind second-placed Clevedon following their three-wicket win over Cheltenham last weekend and welcome their North Somerset rivals to the Grove next weekend.
A week later, Potterne travel to current table-toppers Ilminster, who are the only side to inflict defeat on Neil Clark's men so far this season, and Gaiger thinks that his team will know just how healthy their chances of progressing to the top flight of the West of England Premier League are in two weekends' time.
"We thought that we might have a chance of doing alright this season but we weren't really sure what to expect in the league at all," said Gaiger.
"We've obviously only lost once all season but we have had two more games rained off than the two sides above us, which is a massive disadvantage.
"We lost to Ilminster and we've tied with Clevedon. We've got Clevedon at home next weekend and then we play Ilminster away, so the next two weeks are really important.
"After those two games, we'll know if we've still got a chance of going up or whether we've thrown it away."
In a match reduced to 40 overs due to a delayed start, Potterne won the toss and put Cheltenham in to bat first.
Jake Roberts and Josh De Souza both took two wickets apiece as the visitors' first five wickets fell for just 75 runs before Rob Cooper hit an unbeaten 55 from 62 balls to help Cheltenham reach 211-8.
Luke De Souza (64) and James Hendrickson (50) led the charge for Clark's men and despite Harry Arthur taking 3-36, Potterne captain Clark added 35 as the hosts reached 217-7 early in the penultimate over.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I'll admit it. For a little while, I was worried about my prediction that Apple (AAPL) stock would hit $1,000 in 2014.
And, while my timing might end up a bit off -- guess what ... ? I ain't worried anymore.
Consider a few things I wrote in the original December 2013 AAPL to $1,000 article and the more recent Buy Apple and Amazon to Cope With Tech Stock Crash:
From 2013: While it's easy to understand how a stock like Amazon.com (AMZN) can outperform AAPL, there's no explaining how posers, free lunchers and companies with very real question marks do it. I'm not saying these names on the chart on the next page will all crash in 2014 (though a couple likely will). But I am saying AAPL will perform alongside them or better if they somehow manage to replicate their 2013 magic (carpet rides).
Granted I ended up missing with AMZN, but we're talking about AAPL here so let me slide (insert smiley emoticon with excrement-eating grin here).
In that excerpt I'm riffing on the notion that companies such as Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) have no business outperforming AAPL. And, as investors sold these stocks off, they would look to AAPL:
The world gets hip to this ... in 2014. And not merely on a hunch or because it felt like time. Apple will trigger euphoria that, this time, will follow through. Because confidence lost will have been reestablished ...
In 2014, (Tim Cook) wins widespread confidence and ups the ante as AAPL takes it rightful spot at the head of the pack in tech and on Wall Street.
I reiterated that trajectory of thought, with respect to dead cat bouncers such as Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), just last month:
This flight to safety in MSFT, CSCO, HPQ happens not because anybody has any real faith in these companies' futures, but because it's nice to ride out storms with less volatile, dividend-paying stocks. If that's your game, that's cool. But then I have to ask -- why aren't you buying Apple?
If there was ever a flight to safety tech stock, it is (or least ought to be) AAPL.
Now, take a look at two charts -- AAPL's three- and one-month performance against TWTR, FB, MSFT and HPQ (charts courtesy of Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance):
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I was contacted a few days ago by somebody at the South Wale Echo who knew we had recently had a baby and was asked if we'd like to be in this weeks "People" pages, of course I accepted.
Misia & I both wrote a little bit each about how things have gone in the first 10 weeks and it was published today, the 16th of December, and here it is. (Click for higher resolution, so you can read the words).
We were both sat in a very awkward position on the sofa, making it hard to hold the baby and not fall off the sofa ourselves, and also Tristan wanted to look at us rather than the camera, but it didn't turn out so bad.


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Industrial design can be interpreted and used in most rooms but looks truly authentic in a kitchen. From metal seating and bar stools to hanging pendant light fixtures with serious patina, industrial chic design can turn your kitchen into a fabulous version of a hot new restaurant or cafe. A great trick to offset the cold metal is to use wood somewhere in the scheme, such as a table, counter or butcher block.
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The Myth
Once upon a time, athletes used to chow on meat and potatoes. That changed when red meat got categorized as bad, "a heart attack on a plate." (That is, until the Atkins Diet came along.) Next, potatoes got the bad rap. Potatoes, after all, have a high glycemic index. The Glycemic Index (GI) is a rating system that assigns a numerical value to carbohydrate-rich foods, based on their impact on blood sugar. The rumor goes like this:
1. Potatoes quickly elevate blood sugar (i.e., have a high glycemic index).
2. This stimulates the release of insulin.
3. Insulin causes the blood sugar to drop.
4. Low blood sugar stimulates hunger and the desire to (over) eat ...
5. Potatoes become "fattening."
Although this is not true, the bottom line is many weight-conscious athletes have stopped eating potatoes--as well as rice, pasta and other carbs needed to fuel their muscles.
The Truth
The truth is, athletes have a different biochemistry than unfit people. Athletes are unlikely to experience an insulin surge that leads to overeating and "getting fat" from enjoying potato with dinner. Athletes' depleted muscles readily take up carbs and store them as glycogen. Also, most athletes eat potato with meat or other protein foods; this slows the release of glucose and the insulin response.
The Reality
Never the less, many of today's active people have somehow ended up eschewing meat & potatoes (or beans & rice, if they are vegetarians) and instead are choosing purified protein and carbs. That is, they slug down protein shakes for breakfast, choose protein bars for mid-morning and late afternoon snacks, and refuel with carb-protein supplements for recovery. The sports food industry leads us to believe these commercially prepared, purified carbs and protein are indispensable for superior performance. Not the case; real food has worked well for years!
While there is a time and place for sports supplements, many of my clients mis-use them. For example:
• Does the high school athlete really need a sports drink at lunch?
• Will the lawyer/runner benefit from a protein bar for an afternoon snack?
• Will the body builder gain mass with yet-another protein shake for a mid-morning meal?
Doubtful. But these engineered foods have become so mainstream that athletes have forgotten about the meat-and-potatoes of sports nutrition: meats (and beans) and potatoes! If you are over-consuming engineered foods, here's some food for thought about meat, potatoes and your sports diet.
Many athletes believe meat is unhealthful because it is cholesterol-rich. Wrong. The amount of cholesterol in beef is similar to that in chicken and fish. Cholesterol is part of cell walls; all animal proteins contain a similar amount (85-95 mg cholesterol/four ounces; target intake <300 mg/day).
• The fat in meat, not the meat itself, is the culprit when it comes to heart disease. Choose lean beef, pork and lamb for your heart-healthy sports diet. Buy organic, if desired.
• Red meats offer two minerals that are important for athletes: iron (prevents anemia, needless fatigue) and zinc (helps heal injuries). While many protein supplements are fortified with iron and zinc, these minerals tend to be better absorbed from animal foods.
• Deli roast beef offers 24 grams protein per three ounces--the same as many protein bars or an average sandwich.
Potatoes are an excellent source of carbohydrates. Potatoes (and all carbs) are not fattening; excess calories are fattening. Consistently overeating French fries or butter-filled baked potatoes can, indeed, be fattening, but so can overeating any food, even sport drinks and protein shakes.
• A large (10 oz. when raw) restaurant-size potato can fuel your muscles with about 200 carbohydrate-rich calories ... as can 200 calories of a candy-like energy bar. But the carbs in many sports supplements--glucose, fructose, rice syrup and other sweeteners--offer no nutritional value (that is, unless the manufacturers add some vitamins to make the product appear more nutritious).
• Potatoes, in comparison, are nutrient-rich, a natural source of potassium and vitamin C. Hence, a pre-baked (or microwave) pre- or post-exercise potato offers nutritional advantages over an engineered energy bar. When eaten naked, potatoes contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium--and they even come in an edible, fiber-rich wrapper!
• To make a plain, baked potato more "exciting," top it with these effortless protein ideas: cottage cheese, canned bake beans, and chili. Or drizzle a little heart-healthy olive oil on top with a sprinkling of oregano.
For a family favorite, make oven fries. Slice raw potatoes into strips, drizzle with olive or canola oil, mix to coat evenly; spread on a baking sheet, cook at 425 for 20 to 35 minutes (depending on the thickness of the "fries").
The Bottom Line
By enjoying potatoes or other natural carbs as the foundation of each meal, and meat/protein as the accompaniment, you'll get the right balance of carbs and protein that enhances sports performance. Here are some examples of easy carb-protein combinations of "real foods." Note: protein quickly adds up. Most athletes need to focus on getting enough carbs ... More potatoes, please!
Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics) counsels casual and competitive athletes in her private practice at Healthworks, the premier fitness center in Chestnut Hill MA (617-383-6100). Her Sports Nutrition Guidebook, new Food Guide for Marathoners, and Cyclist's Food Guide are available at www.nancyclarkrd.com. Also see www.sportsnutritionworkshop.com for information about her online workshop.


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More than 20 years later, they not only ended up living in the same Melbourne street, but they're building a business together –
Unsworth, who is married and has two children, has worked for a string of investment banks since 1997 when he "fell into" his first role as an analyst in London, after answering an advertisement that caught his eye in a newspaper.
But he says that it is becoming increasingly difficult for bulge-bracket research analysts to produce good "bottom-up" research from an investment bank, due to regulatory and financial pressures.
"Investment managers have become increasingly cynical towards the value of sell-side research. You can see that in the way they have built up their own investment teams. That's a reflection of the fact they don't get the value out of the sell side that they used to," he says, noting that 55 cents of every commission dollar of brokerage is allocated for research product.
"Across investment banks there are such huge internal conflicts of interest, and an increase in regulation and compliance, analysts can't say what they really think."
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ongoing investigation into whether gold miner
More resources into macro research
Like Unsworth and McGowan, the global investment banks have recognised the restrictions and Unsworth points out their teams are throwing more resources at macro research.
"You've seen a huge transition from research products globally. Global investment banks are putting more resources into macro, where it's easier to make controversial statements when talking about market or stock," he says.
Unsworth stresses the Quantmetriks system is not about individual stock analysis, and says its strength lies in the ability to put a company's earnings in a broader, global context.
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But viewed from the perspective of global aluminium demand – alumina is a key input in production – coupled with the weakness in the Australian dollar, then it starts to look interesting, he says.
Quantmetriks gathers data from dozens of central statistical agencies globally, which in turn get it from the individual companies that operate in those sectors and provide the agencies with information around volume and pricing.
Using the reported CPI numbers and breaking them into segments, the product matches CPI (price) against GDP (volume) and delivers a month by month sectoral view of price, volume and cost.
Put against historical data, that delivers a clear read on whether the sector is looking attractive. The major weakness in the data is that it is a month old.
The other limitation is that Australia doesn't provide the data in the same detail that is done offshore, so there's no domestic data.
Unsworth doesn't see that as a problem.
"We do provide an unparalleled view on the global earnings of companies. About 25 per cent of the top 200 have at least 20 per cent of earnings coming from offshore," Unsworth says.
"And if you think about the outlook for Australian market this year, the market is expecting . . . 3 to 3.4 per cent GDP against a slowing mining boom, and manufacturing can't pick up the slack, I think one of the strongest themes from fund managers is buying offshore earnings."
Unsworth says the product has proved most valuable as an early indicator of profit warnings.
He cites Caterpillar as an example, noting that their data had shown for a few months that US manufacturing and mining had been deteriorating significantly for a time, something that he says many fundamental analysts had missed.
The Quantmetriks data stretches back a while – the system was developed over 15 years ago by Tosca chief economist
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We'd all but given up on wireless headsets. As convenient as it is to be hands-free, many devices are clunky, too heavy and occasionally ineffective. With today's release Jawbone is changing all that. Having mastered the quantified self movement, the tech brand is returning to their headset roots and upping their game with all that they've learned along the way. Their latest, the ERA, is 42% smaller than the ICON—Jawbone's previous offering. In addition to being tiny, it's super-lightweight. And with the shapely design of its ear tip, the entire device has been designed to stay put comfortably for constant wearability.
Two features unite to provide premium sound quality. Jawbone redesigned their acoustic system, allowing for the highest quality audio to be transmitted from mobile devices to your ear—all running through a 10mm wideband speaker. This is HD quality sound whether you're listening to music or on a phone call. The latest iteration of Jawbone's NoiseAssassin noise-cancellation technology (Version 3.0)—developed for use in tanks and helicopters—guarantees that you'll be able to hear, regardless of what's going on in the outside world. This auto-adjusting feature not only tweaks inbound call volume and clarity, but heightens your outbound communication.
The ERA pairs easily, and in fact, it's all-round easy to use. It takes voice commands well—for reading texts and emails, making calls, listening to music and more. It also gets along quite well with Siri. But perhaps one of the best advancements within the ERA is a small carrying case that also functions as a charger/backup battery, bringing the talking life of the device to 10 hours. With a sleek design, coming in four colorways (black, silver, brown, and red), it's good looking enough not to be embarrassed talking to yourself. As with all Jawbone products, the ERA functions best when synced with the MyTALK platform. This allows for further customization and keeps the bluetooth headset updated.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. labor groups said they were disappointed with Airbus' decision to build its first U.S. plant in Alabama, where it is effectively impossible to form a powerful union, and warned non-union work could drive down wages across the board in one of the last bastions of U.S. manufacturing.
The move follows rival Boeing Co, whose commercial aircraft unit has made increasing use of non-union labor over the last five years, culminating last year in the opening of a final assembly plant for 787s in South Carolina.
South Carolina and Alabama are among two dozen U.S. states which uphold so-called 'right-to-work' laws that prohibit compulsory membership of a union, making it very hard for a union to represent workers there.
Boeing's shift to South Carolina incensed unions in the company's heartland around Seattle and led to a bitter legal battle with the National Labor Relations Board that was eventually settled with a four-year labor agreement last year.
"I think it's extremely unfortunate that a company that has been as successful as Airbus with a fully unionized workforce is choosing to go to a 'right-to-work' state to build that plant. It doesn't make sense, said Paul Shearon, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. The group is a Washington, D.C.-based umbrella group for U.S. and Canadian engineering unions.
The A320 plant in Mobile, Alabama is expected to create some 1,000 jobs, said Airbus, which is part of European aerospace group EADS. It also said the plant had the potential to create 5,000 jobs for Mobile and surrounding areas, as big manufacturing operations tend to lure suppliers and additional jobs.
The plane maker was cagey about employment details, but Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier said the plant would involve highly skilled jobs. "I think it will be an opportunity for workers here to grow and get better salaries," he said in Mobile.
But unions said the move would hurt other workers in the sector.
"Non-union employees aren't good for any workforce. It has a tendency to bring down wages," said Bill Dugovich, a spokesman for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), which represents more than 25,000 engineers at Boeing, or ex-Boeing, plants in the United States.
SPEEA's membership is limited to Boeing workers by its constitution.
Industry-watchers say Boeing's overall labor costs are undoubtedly lower at non-union plants, but in the absence of public data, it is difficult to quantify how much the company saves a year.
Union-represented machinists at Boeing earn between $11 and $40 an hour, depending on seniority and skill levels, according to their published wage card (here). The company does not publicize what it pays equivalent workers in South Carolina, but people familiar with the company say it is less overall.
Union-represented production line workers generally work overtime and are eligible for performance bonuses. They also get a defined benefit pension -- as opposed to a more risky 401(k) retirement savings plan -- and health insurance, although employee contributions for that increased in last year's contract. The company does not disclose benefits for non-union workers in South Carolina.
The country's biggest and most combative aerospace union which represents machinists and production line workers - the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - did not return calls requesting comment on Airbus' plans.
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Will rates go up, down or remain unchanged?Introduction Up 33% Down 11%Unchanged 56%Greg McBrideCFA, Senior financial analyst, Bankrate.comFear continues as the driving force, keeping mortgage rates at record lows.Kevin BreelandGeneral manager, Residential Mortgage of South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, S.C.I believe the flight to quality is starting to slow down and the European stress tests are proving to provide a better outlook on the European front. Therefore, I expect rates to remain unchanged for one more week.Derek EgebergCertified Mortgage Planning Specialist and branch manager, Academy Mortgage, Yuma, Ariz.The summer purchase season is under way in full swing. Refinance applications are up in numbers. See this as the glass is half full and take advantage of rates where they are. The increased demand moving forward may pressure rates to jump as they did last summer. Realize this is an amazing time for rates.David KuiperMortgage planner, First Place Bank, Holland, Mich.I know I'm starting to sound like a stuck record (remember those?!), and maybe have erred on the side of caution, as interest rates have actually improved slightly. A struggling economy and economic challenges in Europe are allowing the wonderful gift of all-time low mortgage rates. If you have a rate over 5.5 percent on your current loan, talk with a mortgage professional. Getting a lower monthly payment is the typical reason to refinance, but you can achieve long-term savings by shortening the loan term for little if any change to your monthly payment. It is also an incredible time to finance a purchase or new construction. Seize the day!Jeff LazersonPresident, Mortgage Grader, Laguna Niguel, Calif.Banks will not lower rates anymore, regardless of the bond market. The closer rates are to zero, the less profit margin banksters make. Banksters are always focused on profiting at the consumer's expense. They don't want to be giving out money for 30 years at 4 percent today when they know they can loan out at 5 percent or 6 percent a year from now.Mitch OhlbaumLoan officer, Bank of America, Los AngelesThe 10-year Treasury is trading at 2.93 percent and seems to be holding below the key level of 3 percent. If we stay below that key level, we should see an even further decline in rates. That does have to be balanced against the increasing spreads the banks are collecting to increase earnings and make up for other losses. The inflation component is also down. The lackluster jobs reports will continue to weigh on rates as well. Short story: Not much news to increase rates anytime soon.Chris SipeSenior loan officer, Embrace Home Loans, Frederick, Md.Rates have seemed to establish fairly reliable levels of support and resistance, which means rates should remain stable and unchanged in the near term. This is good news for those house hunters who have yet to find the perfect home. However, for anyone looking to refinance, there is little reason to expect rates to go lower. Risk still outweighs reward at these levels. advertisementRelated Links:Not easy to claim abandoned home next door7 crucial facts about FHA loansMortgage rates tie record lowRelated Articles:Fixed-rate loan or ARM?Sell or rent current home?Get low mortgage rates
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Hey Heiko, On 12 Jun 2009, at 10:19, Heiko Henning wrote: > I have just listen the CCC exp podcast with pleasurable it. > And find your Database very interesting. Thanks :) > I would also like to use it for http://www.jepaa.com/ and just like > to > ask you if this is realistic: > […] Building fulltext search with views is certainly possible, but probably not the smartest thing to do. I'd suggest you have a look couchdb-lucene http://github.com/rnewson/couchdb-lucene. One performance: Creating the index will be the slow part, but it only has to be done once. Querying a view index once it is built is fast. Cheers Jan --
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Jenifer Ringer, as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, knows what it's really like to make it to the top in the rarefied world of classical ballet. In her charming and honest memoir, Ringer goes behind the scenes at one of the most renowned ballet companies in the world and shares the story of her own journey from student to star, a path that included losing her job during her struggle with an eating disorder and handling a media storm after her weight was commented on by a New York Times critic. Witty, insightful, and modest, Ringer is the perfect guide to the world behind the curtain.
Raised in South Carolina, Ringer grew up knowing nothing about dance until she sat in on a friend's ballet class, an experience that would change her life forever. By the age of twelve she was enrolled at the elite Washington School of Ballet and soon moved to Manhattan to attend the School of American Ballet. At sixteen she became a professional dancer at the New York City Ballet, home of the legendary George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Ringer takes us inside the dancer's world, detailing the day-to-day demands, the performance preparation, and the extraordinary athletic challenges dancers face. She shows us, step by step, how she approaches the premiere of a new piece or assumes roles in the storied ballets of the repertory, giving us an exhilarating dancer's-eye view of these magnificent productions and allowing a whole new appreciation of what we see from the audience.
Dancing Through It is also a coming-of-age story of a teenager, suddenly a professional on her own in Manhattan, struggling with weight and body image and trying to keep her faith a central part of her life. Ringer discusses the ways in which she matured, both on and off the stage, as she built and then rebuilt her career, and shares the story of her courtship by fellow dancer James Fayette and the joys of starting a family. Finally, we hear her candid account of Alastair Macauley's stinging critique of her appearance in the New York Times. Her response ignited a public dialogue about ballet and weight that put Ringer in a new spotlight - but one in which she shined as brilliantly as when on stage.
Ringer's story is a revelatory insider's account of life on the stage that many of us only dream of, and a hopeful and inspiring memoir about triumph over the body issues that torment all too many women and men. Her love for her craft, personal strength, and faith have supported her as she has danced through it all, against the odds.
About the Author
Jenifer Ringer is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (NCB). Before joining NYCB as an apprentice in 1989, she studied at the School of American Ballet. She is married to former NYCB principal dancer James Fayette. They live in New York City.
Jenifer Ringer s book is an honest and exhilarating look into the life of a young dancer, with both the excitement of achievement and the desperate anxiety given proper treatment. This is a must-read for anyone entering the dance community, but even more broadly, for any young person passionately following their dream. Jenifer was fortunate to have help in conquering her eating disorder and other demons, and this book may be a help to those wrestling with their own issues. Besides, for those of us who wish we could dance, knowing about it from the inside is a rare privilege. Kathy Keller, coauthor of THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE As a dancer, Jenifer Ringer offers quintessential musicality, brilliant technique, infectious humor, and a good old dash of gorgeous. As a writer, she offers all of this and more, providing us with a rare opportunity to look behind the curtain and understand the pressures, challenges, and rewards faced by this remarkable individual. Dancing Through It is one of the most candid and insightful books about classical ballet I have ever read. An honest portrait of the rarefied world of the New York City Ballet, Jenny s writing will make you tear up, roar with laughter, and reflect on the myriad pressures and rewards of being a dancer and an artist. Long before you ve put this book down, you will want to shout Brava once again for this treasured ballerina and gifted author. Peter Boal, artistic director, Pacific Northwest Ballet One of New York s most beautiful dancers, Jenifer Ringer brings idealism, humor, and a raw, searing honesty to this poignant memoir. I had a hard time putting the book down, and I teared up several times. Wendy Perron, author of THROUGH THE EYES OF A DANCER, and editor at large, DANCE MAGAZINE"
Audience: General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 275
Published: 28th May 2014
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.88 x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.49
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OTWTTA - I became a huge fan.
Unnie fighting!!
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The upcoming horror comedy, Night of the Living Deb, follows in the tradition of Shaun of the Dead and others as it comes home to Blu-ray/DVD on September 6, 2016! The film from MPI/Dark Sky Films and is described as a "disarmingly sweet horror comedy". You can check out the Blu-ray/DVD cover art as well as a trailer and more details down below.
From The Press Release
A sweet but insecure girl tries to make the most of her biggest romantic opportunity – if only she can fight off the undead closing in on her! … in the delirious NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB. Directed by Kyle Rankin, winner of HBO's Project Greenlight (Season 2), the "disarmingly sweet horror comedy"(Starburst) will charm its way onto Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from MPI Home Video on September 6, 2016.
After a girls' night out, endearingly awkward Deb wakes up in the apartment of the most attractive guy in Portland, Maine. She's thrilled, but can't remember much about what actually got her there. Pretty boy Ryan, who's engaged to be married, only knows her presence is a mistake and he ushers her quickly out the door – right into a full-scale zombie apocalypse!
Now, a walk of shame becomes a fight for survival as the mismatched pair must team up to survive. They make their way to Ryan's rich dad's mansion, hoping to lie low until the zombies disperse. But family fights may be just as dangerous and unsettling! Ultimately, Deb realizes that the only thing scarier than trusting someone with your life is trusting them with your heart.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB is "a crowd-pleaser in the mold of Shaun of the Dead" (Toronto After Dark). It stars Maria Thayer (Strangers With Candy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Michael Cassidy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Argo), Ray Wise (Twin Peaks, RoboCop) and Chris Marquette (The Girl Next Door, Fanboys). It was an Official Selection at FrightFest, Toronto After Dark and the Brussels Film Festival.
"Funny, smart and sweet, with a great character at its center, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB is a romzomcom that we can heartily recommend," wrote Jonathan Hatfull of SciFiNow. Joel Harley of Starburst called it "a romzomcom with real heart and feeling … proves that there's some life in the old subgenre yet." "The film has a secret weapon in the mad genius of Ray Wise, as Ryan's father," said Rob Hunter of Film School Rejects.
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The MPI Media Group is a leading producer, distributor and licensor of films. Founded in 1976, Chicago-based MPI Media Group remains one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world's most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs. MPI's wholly owned subsidiary, Dark Sky Films is dedicated to the discovery, preservation and production of elevated genre/art house horror, sci-fi and cult films from around the world. Dark Sky Films productions include: Ti West's The House of Devil, Stake Land, The Hatchet II & III, Starry Eyes and the recent successes We Are Still Here and Southbound. | Follow us on twitter: @darkskyfilms@mpimediagroup


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I read in some beauty magazine try make an Aspirin and water paste, use as a spot treatment.. I was convinced of the logic of the salycic acid in it, it should work.. after about a year of applying on spots, I saw no results and actually more clogging and inflammation.. However, I have found I am one of those skin types chemicals an salycic acids cause almost like an allergic acne to occur.. best results with baking soda spot treatment
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I tried this a long time ago and due to the burning sensation and the fact I saw acne come up, I shelfed this for a long time.. after much reading and research, I found due to it' s detoxifying it brings the deeper acne up to the surface. I took a weekened where I could stay home, applied ACVinegar a few times, left it on for a while then rinsed. I then use baking soda and water paste as a mask, let dry, then moisten, exfoliate the raised acne away and rinse.. use this treatment once a week.. both products cause initial redness and a burning sensation.. you will need time, just a little, after using this. ending rinse with cold water helps
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I have had many friends and family use Proactive.. My brother had severe acne, so we ordered Proactive. At first we saw great results, were so happy.. then big, sore acne would occur and he would quit using it, then try it again.. same cycle.. due to auto enroll and the difficulty we had cancelling it, the stuff piled up. So i tried it.. It was so many steps, it caused more irritation and caused my skin also to launch a full on rebellion.. same cycle for me and I saw the same for my friends.
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I have acne that is largely caused by sensitivity to chemicals.. both in what i eat and apply to my skin.. instant irritation with most man made products.. this product caused more swelling and inflammation for me. However, I gave it to my mom who had great results with it.. so, may be worth a try.. Walmart sells an Equate brand of this product that I haf bought for my mom to try and it did not work as well. I have found only natural, I mean as in 1 ingredient, baking soda, whole foods is whats right for the type of skin I have.
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Ocho Rios Irie Blue Hole Excursion Reviews
I am not a fan of Jamaica and tried the Blue Hole rather then Dunn's River Falls. Unfortunately, you must be "guided" by people who make it clear they aren't being paid by the property owner even though one already pays an admission. Therefore, it is another tip and they make you want to give them as much as possible. Unfortunately I fell down and my knee was bleeding and I elected to leave early (sorry for the gross details). I also saw Ocho Rios (not much to see) and saw some of the ghetto areas in St Mary's parrish (this is where the tour guide took us). I would have elected something nicer for the day. Next time, I will stay on board if I am in Jamaica!
This was by far one of the most beautiful, fun excursions I have ever done. The tour guides were amazing, really fun & knowledgeable. This was certainly off the beaten path, after a bit of a drive on a super bumpy road, we climb down to this beautiful waterfall on the river. The water is gorgeous, we did some climbing, jumping, swinging, swimming. It was great. The guides took tons of pictures of us. We were the only group there, it was like our own private oasis!
Blue Hole was amazing!! It is a must see! Our guide, Omar was really a sweet kid! He was helpful, careful and stood by our side the entire time. You will enjoy every minute of the experience, it is beautiful. Wear water shoes and shorts. Go to The Blue Hole and ask for Omar! And give Omar a nice tip too!! He deserves it!
This company was recommended by a friend. They offer many choices, Made reservation ahead on-line, and they had our names and were expecting us. This port is very organized and it's easy to get on a tour. (Honestly doesn't look like those booked with the cruise line are any different.) The ride is about 1/2 an hour, it was interesting and you see how the people live there. Our guide spoke the whole way...There is a pretty waterfall, you get to jump into the water with several options of where to go in...either from a high jump, a lower jump or even in a cave that goes under the waterfall, and then swing from a tarzan rope in another section. You NEED water shoes...I didn't have them and wish I had. Something else I wish I would have known is that You can ask to stay longer and play in the water (once you get used to the COLD temperature), you can go on the rope again or jump again... but you need to know to ask or they tell you to go to the side and wait for the driver...we waited doing nothing for 45 minutes and then the driver said we could stay another hour and he would come back but we already got dressed. If you don't it's a pretty short excursion if you don't combine it with something else like tubing or Dunn's River falls.
We booked with an independent named Noel through Chris Linton tours. The whole island is full of people haranguing you for dollars, it is a very poor country. He took care of us and we never felt unsafe except for some of the crazy driving that all the locals do. Took us to the blue hole, which was incredible, Skotchies in the jerk village (best chicken we've ever eaten), and a beach where the water was so gorgeous!...all for 150 plus tip and meal. We also paid $10 for the blue hole and paid our guide Ice Cold, who was equally amazing a $20 tip. These are kids, but very attentive and practiced in navigating the falls safely with all kinds of people. The Blue Hole is not to be missed. As far as
Our driver, there always seemed to be something sketchy going on in the background. We observed him getting paid off to take us to a shop to buy souvenirs...I told my party as soon as we got there that he was getting a kickback for bringing us, it was very expensive, even though he sId he was taking us to a less expensive area. But all in all. It is the way of these very poor people. We had a great day, felt safe, he was very personable and took good care of us for what we felt was a very reasonable price and stayed with us the whole time. We were also informed at the end that the original tour guide Chris, who did pay us a visit , was going to take a cut of the money of course, so we ended up tipping him another $20 each couple. Beautiful place, but be awAre that everyone is on the take and expecting a tip for everything.
Irie Blue Hole is the best of Jamaica. Imagine Dunns River Falls without 2000 people combined with cliff diving... Our guides (Mike and Taj) were the best, personable and very helpful, knew the river and falls like the back of their hands and were well deserving of their tips. Our taxi driver was ours for the day at $25/per person and was the best. Google search "Rusty Irie blue hole" to find his info. Icebread at yahoo if you cant find it yourself. Had a blast.
Amazing! Awesome! Beautiful!! Totally recommend! Cliffs to jump off and ropes to swing from!! The water was really cold, but refreshing! The guy that took us from top to bottom of the Hole was Great! He carried my daughter who is 4 yrs old during the hard parts of the climb! This place hardly had any people and we had spent a good 2 hours here! It was the best part of the cruise! This place is Awesome!!!!
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Annals of Crime #76
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San Francisco -- Rebecca Moscone, 18, is consoled by friends at the Moscone home here, after learning that her father, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, and Supervisor Harvey Milk had been shot and killed at City Hall (1978)
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- Fred said...
The crime that pretty much launched Diane Feinstein's political career.
- July 30, 2009 10:24 AM
- Kyle said...
Last night I finally saw Milk. Weird.
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great stuff!
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- Gerard Saylor said...
One of those crimes where one famous victim's death, Milk, overshadows all the other victims.
Understandable of course, but something that I think about.
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Stewie is addicted to the British hot children's show "Jolly Farm Review" based on Mother Maggie, a benevolent figure who looks after kids on a farm. Brian makes fun of Stewie for watching the show, but Stewie is determined to visit Jolly Farm in England because he thinks he belongs there. He stows away on a British Airways jet, which he assumes is headed for London. Brian tries to drag Stewie off the plane, but before he can, the plane takes off. When the plane lands, they discover that they are in Saudi Arabia are stranded in the middle of a desert with no passports or resources to get out. As luck would have it, Brian and Stewie encounter a Comfort Inn in the middle of nowhere and manage to steal a hot-air balloon to fly home, but the contraption falls apart over Italy, just as the Pope is about to address the masses. Brian wants to head home, but Stewie insists on finding the Jolly Farm in England. When they finally get to England, Stewie runs onto the set of the show. His fantasy is crushed when he encounters only a set full of props and disgruntled people, including Mother Maggie. Meanwhile, Lois and Peter travel to KISS-stock, where Lois embarrasses herself because she doesn't know the lyrics to a KISS song. She redeems herself though when it's revealed that she once hooked up with band leader Gene Simmons!
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"Family Guy" stands to become the best satire of all-American dysfunction next to "The Simpsons." [29 Jan 1999]The New York Times Full Review
Sunday's premiere episode is one of the most cleverly outrageous half-hours of TV I've seen in a while. [28 Jan 1999]Boston Herald Full Review
It's all raucous nonsense, but the debate will rage as to whether "Family Guy" contributes to, or merely reflects, the demise of civility. As with most TV fare, it's doing a little of both, and it's doing it with a sharp eye for detail. [9 Apr 1999]Seattle Post-Intelligencer Full Review
"Family Guy" isn't for everyone. Obviously. It's also not as fully-realized or intelligent as "The Simpsons." It's extremely fast-paced and obsessed with a nonstop stream of jokes, jokes, jokes. And the humor is often hit and miss. But when it hits, look out. [29 Jan 1999]Detroit Free Press Full Review
If such quickie pop-culture jokes are the show's strength, its current weakness is the stories that revolve around the Griffins themselves and characters that, even when they're amusing, aren't very interesting. They certainly don't suggest the kind of richness that the characters of "The Simpsons" do. [9 Apr 1999]New York Daily News Full Review
Crass Peter's couch-potato tendencies give MacFarlane the pretext for one quick TV spoof after another, and some of them are hilarious. I find these satirical flights far funnier than the frustrated schemes of Stewie Griffin, a sinister baby bent on world domination.People Weekly Full Review
Does it work? Mostly, but only if you can handle what is now commonly called "edge." [29 Jan 1999]Boston Globe Full Review
Clever, slightly twisted and occasionally very funny. [30 Jan 1999]Cleveland Plain Dealer Full Review
Both subversively funny and sophomorically silly. [11 Apr 1999]Dallas Morning News Full Review
The show is fast-paced, and it's often genuinely funny. Dastardly Stewie is a break-out character if ever one was drawn. But "Family Guy" isn't a bolt from the blue. The crude edge that separates it from, say, "The Simpsons" only drives it deep into "South Park" territory. [12 Apr 1999]Newsweek Full Review
"Family Guy" is occasionally quite funny -- but only occasionally. And it's often rather crude -- quite often. ... "Family Guy" does have possibilities. But the writing needs to improve -- it's nowhere near as clever as its producers think it is. [29 Jan 1999]Deseret News Full Review
Even if you find the show odd, awful or freakish, at least it won't bore you. [29 Jan 1999]USA Today Full Review
Both undeniably clever and utterly bizarre --- not always for the better. [28 Jan 1999]Variety Full Review
We fear [Family Guy] already may be out of material. [9 Apr 1999]Chicago Sun-Times Full Review
Oft-funny but problematic. ... {The] humor ranges from inspired to cheap and sophomoric. [29 Jan 1999] All this critic's reviews Newark Star-LedgerReviewed by: Alan SepinwallJul 10, 2013 50 "Family Guy" ... consists of almost nothing but pop culture references. ... Now, some of these gags are side-splittingly funny ... but there are way too many of them. [9 Apr 1999] All this critic's reviews Orlando SentinelReviewed by: Hal BoedekerJul 10, 2013 30 Family Guy aims to be outrageous, but the frantic farce veers to the tiresome and mean-spirited. [11 Apr 1999] All this critic's reviews Philadelphia InquirerReviewed by: Jonathan StormJul 10, 2013 30 Family Guy's asinine asides are thuddingly predictable, inserted roughly into the thread of the cartoon sitcom narrative as a kind of cry for attention, in complete contrast to the organic satire that runs through The Simpsons. [28 Jan 1999] All this critic's reviews Houston ChronicleReviewed by: Ann HodgesJul 10, 2013 25 The Family Guy is worse than dumb; it's not funny. [30 Jan 1999] All this critic's reviews Entertainment WeeklyReviewed by: Ken TuckerJun 12, 2013 25 Family Guy ... is The Simpsons as conceived by a singularly sophomoric mind that lacks any reference point beyond other TV shows. All this critic's reviews Read full review Christian Science MonitorReviewed by: M.S. MasonJul 10, 2013 20 Nasty without being particularly amusing, cynical without being perceptive, and ugly as sin. [29 Jan 1999] All this publication's reviews San Diego Union-TribuneReviewed by: Robert P. LaurenceJul 10, 2013 10 A mean, miserable, nasty-minded excuse for a comedy. [29 Jan 1999] All this critic's reviews Washington PostReviewed by: Tom ShalesJul 10, 2013 0 Utterly excremental. ... May the room in which "Family Guy" is drawn be sacked, emptied, disinfected and burned to a cinder. Anything to keep them from making any more episodes of this smug and amateurish tripe. [30 Jan 1999] All this critic's reviews var placement = 'desktop critic_reviews Below Content Thumbnails'; window.metac_tContentWidget.push(placement); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'alternating-thumbnails-a', container: 'taboola-below-content-thumbnails', placement: placement, target_type: 'mix' }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { window.metac_g_ad_mpu_plus_top = googletag.defineSlot("/8264/aw-metacritic/tv",[[300,250],[300,600]], "mpu_plus_top").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting("pos", "top"); }); window.metac_ads_pushdisplay.push("mpu_plus_top"); googletag.cmd.push(function() { window.metac_g_ad_native_top = googletag.defineSlot("/8264/aw-metacritic/tv",[11,11], "native_top").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting("pos", "top").setTargeting('strnativekey', '11daff6a'); }); window.metac_ads_pushdisplay.push("native_top"); Awards & Rankings #11 Best TV Season of 1999 #1 Most Discussed TV Season of 1999 #3 Most Shared TV Season of 1999 Essential Links Winter TV Preview TV Premiere Calendar 2016-17 Renew/Cancel Scorecard Recent & Upcoming Shows With Reviews Best TV Shows From the Last 90 Days TV on DVD/Blu-ray TV on Amazon Instant Video TV on Netflix StreamingLos Angeles Times Full Review
Honestly, this has to be one of the easiest reviews ever. The show is hilarious almost every single episode. The newer episodes I like more ofHonestly, this has to be one of the easiest reviews ever. The show is hilarious almost every single episode. The newer episodes I like more of course since the drawing and coloring of the characters and scenes has gotten better, but i still watch season 1 up till the present episodes. Love the show.… Full Review »Full Review
Family Guy is not funny and has some of the worst, and most immature jokes I've ever heard. Not funny. Watch a real TV show, like How I MetFamily Guy is not funny and has some of the worst, and most immature jokes I've ever heard. Not funny. Watch a real TV show, like How I Met Your Mother.… Full Review »Full Review
This show is funny, but after awhile it kinda gets over the line with racist jokes and stupid jokes and other things. Dont get me wrong theThis show is funny, but after awhile it kinda gets over the line with racist jokes and stupid jokes and other things. Dont get me wrong the show is funny, but just stupid funny. I like the show, but when Family Guy: Blue Harvest came out..OMG, halarious!!! But when Something, Something, Something Darkside came out: Zzzzzzz.. So boring and stupid! Not even funny. In ending this review: The show is funny, but their funny is dying slowly..… Full Review »Full Review
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David Sanborn May Not Be Cool -- But He's Sure Copied a Lot
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David Sanborn may be the most imitated man in instrumental music. His ripe rasp on alto saxophone has been aped a thousand times over. Yet he's gotten little respect in true jazz circles.


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Contents of a journalist's backpack
Neerav Bhatt describes himself as a professional blogger, photographer, geek and qualified librarian. Okay, so he never says "journalist," but if you read his post that accompanied the photo below, I think you'll forgive my headline. He's got… Read More
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Teaching Twitter to students
This semester I took a course I have been teaching for 10 years and moved it to a WordPress.com blog. The students and I still meet in person once a week to discuss ideas, but otherwise, everything is… Read More
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Smacking down the hierarchies
My favorite word this week is heterarchy. I don't think I've ever had a favorite word before, and I confess I was not familiar with the meaning of this one when I saw it in an article from… Read More


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Bart Robley
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It seems that some of our most influential artists are born in small quiet towns, and Bart Robley's story is no different. Raised in a small farming community near Denver, Colorado, Bart felt his calling very early. Perhaps it was the peaceful air of his hometown or the fact that he was raised close to the earth, but somehow he was able to concentrate on the music that he heard in rhythm. Naturally, when it came time for him to choose an instrument in elementary school, he chose the drums.
Through his many projects, Bart learned the nuances of rock, country, jazz, hard rock and heavy metal. As his thirst for musical adventures grew, so did his need for larger projects. So he bid goodbye to his small town life and, in 1989, relocated to California.
Bart networked the L.A. music scene and met fellow musicians Steve Cenker and A.J. Schad. This formed the basis for an original band named War Crime. War Crime released two albums on Black Wall Records, became a hit in Southern California and garnered huge support with European airplay and sales.
After War Crime had run is course Bart returned to studio work and live performances as a "hired gun" in many diverse projects from country to hard rock. It was one of these situations that led to Bart being hired full time by Southern Rock mainstays The Sam Morrison Band. Morrison recognized Bart's undeterred dedication to not only the craft of drumming, but to the business of making music. This was essential for rebuilding SMB into a reckoning force.
With the release of the first full-length album from now-invigorated SMB, solid reviews and packed houses are a testament to the new sound that is already a favorite at biker events and venues and working its way into the main public bloodstream. In 2007, SMB signed with Titan Tribute Media and legendary record producer, Michael Blum, to record their show "Turn The Page," a Tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Bart also regularly writes for Classic Drummer Magazine contributing his vast knowledge of drumming for the column "Advice From a Pro." In 2007, Bart's first instructional book and DVD, "The School of Hard Rocks" was published on Centerstream Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard. In 2009 Bart won a Telly award for this DVD. He has since gone on to produce two more instructional DVDs, "ASAP Drum Setup" and "Drums ASAP Rudimental Drumming." In 2010, Gretsch Drums announced they would be including Bart's DVD "ASAP Drum Setup" in their new Gretsch Blackhawk kits.
As a final note, Bart would like to thank the companies whose products help form his sound, and with whom he actively endorses: Gretsch Drums, Aquarian Drumheads, Sabian Cymbals, Gibraltar Hardware, Vic Firth Sticks, Trick Bass Drum Pedals, Kick Port, the Kelly Shu, Gorilla Snot and Drum Star Wear Clothing, The Stick Hammock, Kick Pro bass Drum Pillow, and The Drum Web.
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1994- War Crime "Live" (Black Wall Records)
1996 – War Crime "No Escape" (Black Wall Records)
2002 Sam Morrison Band (Convalian Records)
2008 – Sam Morrison Band / "Turn the Page" (Titan Tribute Media)
2010 Sam Morrison Band / "Turn the Page Again" (Titan Tribute Media)
2011- Sam Morrison Band "Dig it or Don't" (Convalian Records)
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Plus: Teacher talk, SFPD Chief says cops faking sick days, and a big week of music ahead. With hourly news updates from John Calef, Your Morning Commute, The Prairie Dog Minute with Eliot Fisher and more.
Special guests: Seth Biderman, Academy for the Love of Learning's manager of the Institute for Teachers and Dr. Patty Lee, Academy teacher renewal faculty;Kathrin Schlenzig, board member of Santa Fe Ski Team and Elisa Bourguet of GogoPromo; Todd Lovato, editor of SantaFe.com


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You're not administering a test. It just seems that way, given everything you know about the person in front of you. Kalle Lasn, the founder of Adbusters magazine and the godfather of the Occupy movement, is standing in The Globe and Mail cafeteria in downtown Toronto, considering the options for his morning coffee: Starbucks, or a generic java?
You know how this ends. He's a tireless gadfly who's been struggling for decades against the persistent corporate branding of all human experience. And sure enough, Lasn chooses the no-name brew. But then he shrugs, and adds an explanatory footnote: "I find Starbucks too bitter."
Lasn will not be branded, pigeonholed, certainly not by others; he will not be who you expect him to be.
Start with his reputation for being fierce and uncompromising, a gnomish tiger. Today, he seems like nothing more than a spirited 70-year-old who has wandered in off the street, carrying a battered brown briefcase with a copy of The New York Times folded up inside. (Touring the Globe offices, he repeatedly expresses an old-fashioned thrill about the creation and production of a daily paper.)
In town for only two days, he has failed to pack for an impending winter storm.
He is wearing a worn pair of sneakers and a thin jacket more suited to the weather back home, on the outskirts of Vancouver.
You suddenly want to take him shopping, this anti-shopping fellow (even if you're not much of a shopper yourself), because he reminds you of somebody's father, and you just feel he should have some appropriate footwear. He doesn't carry a cellphone.
And yet, ascetic as he seems to be, he comes bearing gifts: a newly published 400-page collection of essays and arresting visuals, that he's edited, called Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics. He says he hopes it will be a new model for textbooks – one that is visually stimulating, has no page numbers, and speaks of the world as it is rather than as economists would like it to be.
But while he may want students to buy it – a large-format paperback copy sells for about $30 – he has also conspired with his publisher to print 1,000 copies of a $100 coffee-table edition, packaged in a box and featuring thick, stiff, dark grey sandpaper on the front and back covers. "This is a PR stunt," he nods gleefully, sipping his coffee in a quiet meeting room. "I like this idea that you have a metaphor for what this book is supposed to do, which is to rub out all those neoclassical tomes on the bookshelves of universities around the world."
Lasn has a talent for high-concept marketing, but like many of his generation, he is having some difficulties adapting to the new ways of grabbing attention. Adbusters still sells about 90,000 copies every issue, he says, but the number has been dropping over the past few years under pressure from other, more digitally savvy outlets. The twentysomethings in his office have been pushing him to publish on other platforms – and so Adbusters is doing so, on Flickr, on YouTube, on Tumblr etc. – but he's a romantic about that printed magazine. And, frankly, it's getting harder to make money with any of it.
Still, he's certainly learned his way around Twitter hashtags, one of which managed to spark a global movement with a little help from an old-fashioned magazine. The July, 2011, edition of Adbusters featured a one-page poster, a striking visual of a ballerina balancing atop the iconic bronze Wall Street sculpture of a charging bull, and the question, "What is our one demand?" Above: the hashtag call to #OccupyWallStreet on Sept. 17 of that year. ("Bring tent," it added.)
"Occupy was something special, it was actually a moment when young people stood up and said, 'The future doesn't compute and I'm going to start fighting for a different kind of a future,'" says Lasn. "It was a beautiful moment." He was especially heartened by the many newbies at Occupy, people who had not previously been politically engaged. "It was a fresh kind of a lefty thing," he notes.
But then, he says with unmasked disdain, "all the lefty luminaries – [Slavoj] Zizek and Naomi Klein and all of those people suddenly sort of appeared there in Zuccotti Park and tried to be part of it."
(Later, he will say, "That old left-right thing – man, I hate it. I've been saying for the last 15 to 20 years in Adbusters: We have to jump over the dead body of the Old Left. And of course I hate the rabid right as well, especially the one in America, but I have a feeling that this new political wavelength that young people are on will be some sort of strange hybrid of the left and the right.")
When Occupy fizzled after only two months, Lasn says he wasn't surprised. After all, the French student riots of 1968 also fizzled, but they were a seminal moment for him, then in his mid-20s. "I'm still in the glow of 1968 myself," he says, his chest puffing up a little now; he believes those who participated in Occupy will continue to carry that experience throughout their lives, too.
Still, he knows he can't continue with the same culture-jamming tactics he's been championing since the launch of Adbusters in 1989. Back then, it was a radical move to co-opt and repurpose, say, the Nike swoosh to create a twisted advertisement targeting Nike for its labour practices. Now, that remixing and repurposing are part of pop culture's DNA.
And something else has happened to Lasn since then, the very same thing that happened to other rebels and their causes. Just as large record labels bought up and systematically defanged rock 'n' roll (and made billions of dollars doing so), multinational corporations have co-opted many of the anti-corporate philosophies and tactics championed by Adbusters, and deployed them as canny marketing manoeuvres. Companies have proved surprisingly adaptive, turning Lasn into a punk who has been punked. "They've stolen our style, somehow," he admits. "It's a cat-and-mouse game."
And so his own approach is evolving. "All those old tactics of the past, they've never really worked all that well," he acknowledges.
But the success of Occupy offered a guide, if not a template, for how Adbusters and its ilk might spark cultural changes. Last December, the magazine called on people to embrace a less commercial version of Christmas. Few seemed to take up the call, or even use the #BuyNothingXmas hashtag on Twitter. Lasn says he is untroubled by the lack of action. "Even when we put out #OccupyWallStreet, we had no idea it would explode to be what it was," he notes. "We float many hashtags, and one in 10 sometimes gets a bit of traction."
Lately, they've been trying to get some traction around a #Goldman hashtag, in hopes of sparking demonstrations at each of the 72 offices of Goldman Sachs. He speaks of "vigilante justice."
"If we feel one corporation is very close to being a corporate criminal, and we want to bring it down, then I think, using the power of social media and the Internet, we don't have to rely on the courts any more or boycotts. We actually have the power now to start really hurting the bottom line of corporations."Report Typo/Error
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On Tuesday evening Amanda Boxtel sat in her wheelchair in the lobby of the Carbondale Recreation Center, surrounded by hundreds of people who had gathered there to watch her walk.
Boxtel wore a black bionic suit called an Ekso strapped around her ankles, thighs, stomach and chest. She leaned on crutches as she braced herself to stand.
"How many steps do you think we can walk?" Boxtel asked the crowd of about 30 children from Carbondale's Camp Run-a-Muk who had gathered around her in a semi-circle.
"One-thousand!" cried the kids in unison.
"Which country would that get us to?" Boxtel asked.
"Texas!" the kids replied.
Boxtel, 45, of Basalt, is a co-founder of the Snowmass Village-based nonprofit group Challenge Aspen, which helps disabled people experience outdoor sports. She founded the group in 1995, three years after her own tragic skiing accident at Snowmass left her paralyzed from the waist down.
On Tuesday, though, Boxtel also became the first person in the world to own the latest version of an Ekso suit, a robotic exoskeleton that uses a combination of battery-powered motors and a user's own muscle power to help paralyzed individuals re-learn to walk.
As Boxtel stood with the help of three trainers and made her way out of the recreation center lobby into the courtyard beyond, the crowd erupted in applause. Many of the spectators were confined to wheelchairs themselves, and had gathered to witness the cutting edge of bionic technology.
Ekso Bionics was founded in Berkeley, Calif. in 2005, and in 2009 an executive at the company invited Boxtel to try their trademark suit through her friendship with the company's chief financial officer.
The suit uses motors activated with the push of a button to propel a user forward, and it can be controlled either by a physical therapist or the user.
On Tuesday, when she started out, a physical therapist pushed the button for Boxtel and after that, she walked independently with a therapist behind her.
"I had actually visualized myself walking in an exoskeleton type device," said Boxtel in an interview Tuesday. "It was the power of intentionality, and that's what this entire event is about today, it's about putting it out to the universe and manifesting what we really want."
Once she began using the device, Boxtel said she began to notice less swelling in her usually chair-bound legs, and her bowels and bladder began to function better. She experienced increased mental clarity, she said, along with a sharp reduction in pain in her legs and spine.
"I never talk about my pain, but it's something that I've lived with for 21 years," she said about her neuropathic pain. "When I walk in this device, I don't know why, but it's dramatically reduced."
Boxtel, who is a representative for Ekso Bionics, got a discount on her bionic suit, which typically runs about $150,000. She raised around $60,000 in private donations to buy the suit and is raising about $15,0000 more to hire physical therapists to help her use the device.
Boxtel spoke to summer day campers last year and the kids were inspired then to help her buy new legs. The kids at Camp Run-a-Muk chipped in about $2,400 they earned selling lemonade, friendship bracelets and painted footprints they had made. In return, they got to tear open the giant box containing Boxtel's bionic suit on Tuesday evening.
"It's Christmas in July," Boxtel said. "This is as much about the children as it is about me, and about embracing the power of new bionic technology."


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The Watertown-Mayer/Delano swimming team was in action twice last week, as the Royals lost a dual to Dassel-Cokato on Thursday, Oct. 10, and also competed in the Section 6AA True Team section meet in Minnetonka on Saturday, Oct. 12.
In Thursday's dual, Dassel-Cokato beat the Royals 101-82. In the True Team section meet, the Royals finished in fifth place out of seven teams, finishing behind four of the state's biggest schools. Eden Prairie won with 1,298 points, Edina was second, Minnetonka was third and Hopkins was fourth. The Royals scored 609.5 points, and finished ahead of Minneapolis Southwest and Minneapolis South.
Eighth-grader Jordyn Wentzel had two top-five finishes for the Royals. Her best finish was third in the 500-yard freestyle, where she logged a time of 5:23.45. She was also fifth in the 200-yard Individual Medley with a time of 2:18.66.
Seventh-grader Morgan Frank added a pair of top 15 finishes for WMD. She was 11th in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.49, and was also 12th in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:37.35. Other top 15 finishers for the Royals included Kalley Johnson, whose time of 1:115.93 was good for 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke, Lauren York, who took 15th in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 27.00, and Klara Koch, who swam the 100-yard butterfly in 1:09.39 to finish in 15th place.
DC 101, Royals 82
Dassel-Cokato picked up a Wright County Conference win a meet that was closer than the final score indicated. The Chargers picked up all 13 points in diving, because the Royals no longer have a girls' diving program.
Wentzel won two events for the Royals, finishing first in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.95 and first in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:05.96. Frank also won two events, finishing first in the 200-yard IM in 2:25.47 and the 100-yard backstroke in 1:07.48.
Kayla Stevens won the 100-yard freestyle in 58.62 seconds, and also finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:07.34). Kalley Johnson was second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.45) and Emily Bobick was second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:52.39).
Third-place finishes for the Royals belonged to Jenna Grangroth in the 200-yard IM (2:32.66), Sommer Heikkila in the 50-yard freestyle (27.57), Sophia Fillmore in the 100-yard butterfly (1:09.56), York in the 100-yard freestyle (59.71), Thea Clark in the 100-yard backstroke (1:10.35) and Mady Hendricks in the 500-yard freestyle (6:00.61).
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The Royals hosted a non-conference dual against Shakopee on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Wright County Conference meet will be Saturday, Oct. 26, at Hutchinson.


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British biologist, television presenter, extreme angler and writer specializing in travel and natural history, Jeremy John Wade has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
Jeremy has special interest in rivers and freshwater fish, and has been travelling (mostly solo) to the world's remote rivers for more than 25 years. He has a degree in zoology from Bristol University and a postgrad teaching certificate in biological sciences from the University of Kent, and has worked as a secondary school biology teacher.
He grew up in south-east England,on the banks of the Suffolk Stour,where his fascination with the underwater world began – and the desire to always see "what's around the next bend." His first overseas trip was to the mountain rivers of India in 1982, and since then he has increasingly spent his time tracking down large and little-known fish in rivers around the world – particularly in the Congo and Amazon rainforests.
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While Democrats, media, and far-left groups like MoveOn did their level best to smear the good name of Gen. David Petraeus this week, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) stood up on the Senate floor to state what most right-thinking Americans have been feeling.
Speaking specifically about the disgraceful advertisement published Monday in the New York Times referring to General "Betray Us," Hatch called these "dangerous and unwarranted allegations" emanating from MoveOn and other groups like it that "are called the nutroots of our society."
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Don Surber caught this fabulous video from C-SPAN2. Transcript of the juicy section, beginning in the final 30 seconds, follows (video available here, h/t Hot Air):
Now, anyone who has had the opportunity to meet the General, and anybody who has bothered to follow his career or his academic pursuits, knows that these are dangerous and unwarranted allegations. However, there might be a silver lining to this slander. Libel, really, because it was printed The New York Times. Now, all of America understands MoveOn.org and other groups like it are called the nutroots of our society. These people are nuts and they don't care who they hurt, they don't care who they smear they don't care who they libel. Politics is more important than anything else and power is the most important anything of all.
Bravo, Senator.
Sadly, the same can be said of most liberal media members today who will do everything in their power to advance the Democrat agenda including reporting factual inaccuracies and boycotting stories which go counter to their ideology.
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A CBF delegation presented a 900-page dossier to Fifa on Tuesday but refused to answer media questions.
Brazil is the sole bidder after Colombia pulled out in April and, under Fifa's rotation policy, it is South America's turn to host the finals.
However, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said: "For the time being, Brazil has not yet been given the World Cup."
Brazil previously staged the finals in 1950 and Fifa will inspect the bid, looking closely at the country's ageing stadiums.
Despite Brazil having a clear run, Blatter again warned that a failure to meet Fifa's requirements could lead to the nation losing the finals.
He added: "If something should happen to the Brazil bid, then we still have time to start again as we are a year in advance of the decision-making process for previous World Cups."


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Mr Pedley, who joined UBS in January from HSBC Private Bank in Hong Kong, resigned this week, sources told The Australian Financial Review.
UBS is yet to appoint a replacement.
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On the heels of the announcement of a Mobb Deep 20th anniversary tour this summer, Havoc lets the new track "Gone" loose off his May, 7th 2013 solo effort 13. It's still M.O.B.B. music as the synths squeal throughout the track and Hav' spits that venom that he's known for producing. He's been in a strong zone revisiting that infamous chamber that made him and his partner famous.


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