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Exclusive Interview With Rachel Roy at San Francisco Macy's Event 2009-09-30 05:50:22
Fab Exclusive! Rachel Roy Dishes Inspiration and Favorite Pieces From Her Macy's Collection
Rachel Roy is officially our latest girl crush, thanks to an amazing Macy's Rachel Roy event we attended in San Francisco. Walking into Macy's contemporary department that night was like stepping into a cool lounge complete with a dope DJ — who played some of my favorite old-school jams — fabulously dressed people, delightful bubbly, and RR macaroons. And, of course, the breathtakingly beautiful Rachel Roy was present. We shopped 'til we dropped and managed to sneak in some one-on-one time with the charming designer. Did you know she's a Bay Area native? Born and raised in Monterey, baby. After talking about the Bay Area — more to come on that topic — we found out which pieces were her favorite from the collection and who inspired her.
Which pieces from the collection do you think are the most bang for your buck?
"That's a great question. Because I'm older, I tend to go for the classic looks — like the trench coat. You can take the belt off and wear it a million different ways. I like that you can also wear it like a trench dress."
A trench dress?
"Yes, like a painterly kind of trench coat. And I try to do pieces for young girls to wear, like to an interview, and also be able to wear to a party — a look that mixes both."
Day to night?
"Yes, depending on how I dress it up or down. And you know kids don't have a lot of money, so I want to give them that versatility. But I also want to keep them chic, modern, and respect them to not just throw junk out there. It's time consuming and there's a lot of work, but I'm really trying to my best to put together a collection that respects the consumer."
I love this red and black print.
"I love that. It reminded me of Yves Saint Laurent's hieroglyphics from back in the day. He got the inspiration from his home town [Algeria]. I could never do that in my designer line, and that's one of the big prints for me here. In my designer line, I have to find a print that's kind of 100 percent me."
To see more fun pictures from the Fab event,
Photos courtesy of Drew Altizer

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Call around the dentist listings in your local yellow pages and ask if they do dental prosthetics.
If you're willing to settle for something less permanent, you can get something called Scarecrow Fangs but that's the brand name. The fangs look okay. They can go on and off your teeth at your convenience, if you're not ready for permanent fangs to be added on or implanted.
I recently heard something about Todd Sebastiaan going to be revving around the countryside in his new Fangmobile, spreading the joys of fanginess to the flat-toothed populace. I'm not sure what his website is these days, but you might try googling Sabretooth and vampyres and you will probably come up with it. He might make the trip by your area; you never know unless you contact him and find out.
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Hello, did anyone in this kind situation before, client just give a few websites. Gucci.comChanel.com
and ask how much. There are tons of information in those websites, it would be hours to go through all the details and functionality. How should I provide an estimate on quote like this? anybody have suggestions?
It's an old client, so he is interested, otherwise I wouldn't spent time look into this quote.
Thanks in advance
Ask the client more specific questions. Just because the client only gave you the websites and asked how much doesn't mean you have to only use that as your basis for a quote.
Simply respond back that you need additional information to provide an accurate quote. Ask questions like:
What is your goal for the website?What features on those websites are you interested in having on your website?Are you primarily interested in the functionality or visual design of those websites?Do you have a budget and timeframe for this project?
If they don't give you additional information, then I would simply tell them that you can't give an exact quote without specifics. So then you provide them with a wide estimate that depends on the features chosen. When you provide them with a quote between $10k and $120k, perhaps they will be more willing to sit down and discuss the specifics with you?
Yea it depends on what you mean by 'like'. The Chanel site looks great because they have a huge in-house design department that does print ads, and they feed the website with content. They also have a strong and well understood brand to work with. The value of those two items is in the millions of dollars.
But, if you just wanted something that showed product in a functionally similar way to the Chanel site, that isn't so hard.
I'd say between $25,000 and $250,000 and up.
Thanks a lot to both of you, your input was very helpful
You should meet with the client in person (or at least have an indepth discussion) on the phone before wasting any time on putting together a proposal.
Someone coming in and saying "I want a website like that" without a fully written RFP, budget, etc. could just be a tire kicker.
If the project is big enough it makes sense to offer your client paid analysis phase. During that phase you clarify client's goals and requirements, do research and finally create specification, that later on can be used for estimation.


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Episode Title: "Southern Comfort"
Writer: Adam Glass
Director: Tim Andrew
I've had a hard time staying invested in "Supernatural" this season, but we'll get to that in a minute. But first, I want to get to the Garth (DJ Qualls) problem and ask "Supernatural" fans: is this guy popular? Were we really clamoring for Garth to make yet another return appearance… as the new Bobby?
The creative team behind this series may be in love with Garth, but I can't stand him. For a while in this episode, that seemed to place the audience in Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean's (Jensen Ackles) shoes as Garth has beaten them to the punch on their latest case while masquerading as a Texas Ranger… far outside of Texas jurisdiction.
It's almost offensive that the episode tries to set up a Garth as "the new Bobby" story as a redemptive arc for Garth. The one really good line that Garth has is when he points out that Bobby didn't just belong to Sam and Dean alone. But watching Garth mangle Bobby's catchphrases was painful, not funny. He's like the male Bela Talbot in terms of his ability to be annoying.
Garth's reappearance was indicative of the eighth season as a whole (to this point): it looks familiar, but it just doesn't feel like "Supernatural." The writers seem to realize that they can't keep Sam and Dean apart for any length of time without the audience getting restless. But the flashback structure of Dean's time in purgatory and Sam's yearlong romance with Amelia (Liane Balaban) is not really working for me. Dean's purgatory plot moves in very small increments, but it still hasn't really addressed how he and Benny the vampire became true friends. We see it in the present, but that relationship still doesn't seem earned yet.
Even so, it's far more convincing than Sam's relationship with Amelia. There's also this unintentionally hilarious motif of Sam staring off into space while thinking about his time with Amelia… in almost every episode this year! If anyone was looking to do a "Supernatural" season 8 parody, those moments are ready made for it.
There's nothing wrong with the idea of Sam falling in love with a woman and falling out of the life of a hunter. But so far, Amelia is so bland that it's difficult to see why she and Sam stayed together so long. Yes, they've both had tragedy in their lives. But it's still not a very convincing courtship.
The ghost MacGuffin this week is a cursed coin from the Civil War that allows the phantasm of a vengeful Civil War veteran to inhabit the body of anyone who holds the coin… before compelling them to murder the person that they have the largest grudge against. Naturally, it ends up being placed forcibly on Dean, setting the stage for a Winchester brother showdown.
Or at least it should have. Instead, Garth gets between the Winchester brothers and he saves the day. In return, Dean allows him to keep Bobby's old hat and he doesn't murder Garth when the ring tone for one his cell phones plays an M.C. Hammer song.
On a side note, the Civil War soldier was one of the more insidious monsters this season because his coin compelled its victims to commit horrible crimes which they can't take back. It's been a while since I've seen Sam and Dean show real compassion for the victims of the monsters they hunt. This one was a particularly screwed up case as all of the victims killed people close to them and they can't exactly cite the cursed object in court.
As for Sam and Dean, this episode did remarkably little to settle their differences. Sam even threw poor dead Amy in Dean's face as Dean explained why he won't kill Benny. And Sam rightfully called out Dean on his hypocrisy.
I like "Supernatural" and the Padalecki and Ackles dynamic is still the best reason to stick with the show. But for now, I'm watching more out of habit than anything else.


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Adam WarRock's Comics Rap Album 'War For Infinity' Is a Righteous War [Music]
Concept songs are a great way for rappers to show off, and give listeners an escapist treat, but concept albums are a little tougher. The emcee has to maintain a certain tone and role through each song and string disparate records together so they flow from one to the next and build a full, cohesive narrative. Of course, while keeping all of these balls in the air, the emcee's ultimate goal is to just plain keep the listener's attention. It's not easy, which makes lawyer-turned-emcee Adam WarRock and producer Ruckus Roboticus's comic book rap album The War For Infinity all the more impressive. [Obligatory NSFW language warning]
The War for Infinity is loosely inspired by Jim Starlin, George Pérez, and Ron Lim's Infinity Gauntlet story, which featured Adam Warlock battling against Thanos for the fate of the universe. This classic Marvel story provides loose inspiration but not direct adaptation, as WarRock takes the broad strokes of the tale and crafts a new story where he has to battle Demonos) better known as Tribe One) for the fate of the universe. Over the course of most of the hour-long album, including a couple interludes and a few direct rap battles, he does exactly that.
The concept portion of the album hangs together because WarRock stays focused. He has a specific role in the narrative — a man-god seeking to do good — and it is played to the hilt. Every song reveals something new about him or the conflict, either in terms of personality or scale, and works with universal themes about life or despair or simply trying to do what's right, but from a very specific point of view. It works very well because WarRock keeps the point at the forefront of his rhymes.
Listening to the album in its intended order genuinely communicates its story, and it does it without indulging in expository interludes ("And then, this happened…"). The songs are the story, the interludes build the mood, and together it creates a musical expression that's very cool.
In terms of production, Ruckus Roboticus is on point. There's a nice range of beats to be found on the release, from bangers ("Battle (Introductions)") to laid back jazzy tunes ("Laxidazia") to classic New York hip-hop ("Up and Adam"). The music is appropriate to the tone of the album, and actually fits as a fusion of the superhero aesthetic and classic rap. It doesn't feel dated at all, even on tracks that feel like a throwback to earlier styles. Roboticus pulls out some samples that'll be familiar to rap fans (Common's "Yes, yes, y'all" and Pharaohe Monch's "Y'all know the name," for example) and provide arrows pointing toward the era of rap that he's aiming for. Even his scratches help the album feel like a particular kind of record.
WarRock himself has an easygoing and clear style. His voice puts me in mind of Slug from Atmosphere, who he references on one track, but their styles really only share surface similarities. Stylistically, WarRock focuses on storytelling and building a picture, rather than Pharaohe Monch-esque tongue-twisters or overly complicated rhyme schemes. WarRock is all about clarity, and considering the structure of this album, that's a wise choice. If you're telling a story, getting bogged down by magic tricks generally doesn't go over too well.
All together, The War for Infinity is a fun way to spend 60 minutes. There are plenty of obvious and subtle references for comics fans to pore over, and the production and lyricism offers plenty for rap fans to enjoy, too. Rather than hinging on comic book references to sell themselves, Adam WarRock and Ruckus Roboticus crafted an album worth listening to of its musical merits first and foremost, with strong production and emceeing. It's clever, sounds great, and as far as debuts go, well worth your time.
You can buy The War For Infinity from Bandcamp, or listen to a preview and view some free songs (74 and counting!) on WarRock's site. These days, artists have to do a lot more than just release an album to make it, and WarRock is definitely putting in the hours, with free releases and live shows. I'm looking forward to hearing more.


text: It is a tough time to run or invest in a traditional, integrated oil major. Achieving enough replacement growth to replace current production is problematic, as the majority of players have missed most of the North American shale boom, and developing overseas assets can be extremely challenging. This can seen, for example, in giant Exxon Mobil's ( XOM) five straight quarters of production declines. Meanwhile, BP ( BP) continuing to face a hornet's nest of plaintiff lawyers, Russian partners and government regulators. Eni ( E) has problems of its own, with rampant bribery in Africa at a subsidiary. Simply put, running an oil major is not what it used to be. I think we are witnessing a transition in the industry akin to when Microsoft ( MSFT) displaced IBM ( IBM), or later on when Apple ( AAPL) nudged out Microsoft. Companies that had little domestic production a decade ago now sport market capitalizations in the tens of billions of dollars. This growth has been and will continue to be driven by huge expansion of North American energy production, unlocked by new technology. This transition is in its early innings, and much growth lies before these new oil majors. They are solely focused on increasing production, and not on dealing with geopolitical challenges. Here are two North American plays that should continue to achieve significant long-term production growth -- and whose shares are still selling at reasonable valuations. EOG Resources ( EOG) has assets in several places outside of North America, but more than 90% of its reserves are in the U.S. Its capital budget is almost solely focused on increasing oil production out of its acreage in the Eagle Ford, Bakken and other domestic shale regions. It is expecting better than a 25% increase in oil production in all of 2013. Furthermore, the company continues to increase the amount of oil as a percent of overall production as it deemphasizes natural gas production. For 2013, the company's top line is projected to rise 20% or more, and the shares are priced for around 19x this year's consensus earnings estimates. The company, which is due to report second-quarter earnings Wednesday, has crushed expectations five of the last six quarters. The company has doubled its operating cash flow over the past three years, as well, and is on track to double its revenue over 2008 levels by the end of the year. It is rapidly approaching a $50 billion market capitalization.


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Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I join my colleagues to talk about tomorrow's votes on two different amendments and to say that I am proud to join my female Senate Democratic colleagues in this effort and to speak out about this important issue.
To me the American people have sent us a clear message. They want us to focus on job creation, promoting innovation, and putting Americans back to work. But instead tomorrow we will be on the Senate floor trying to defend access to health care for women. We will vote tomorrow on whether to defund Planned Parenthood, an agency that serves hundreds of thousands of people in my State on important exams such as breast examinations and helping to prevent infections and various things.
Just a few weeks ago I talked about one of my constituents, a 22-year-old woman from Seattle who was diagnosed with an abnormal growth on her cervix at Planned Parenthood and received lifesaving treatment. She was uninsured, and without Planned Parenthood she would not have been able to get that kind of treatment. Certainly, her health would have been in major danger in the future.
I tell that story to emphasize the importance of Planned Parenthood on prevention and that they are centers of prevention for many women who have no other access to health care. We cannot jeopardize the access to that preventative health care at a time when it is so important for us to reduce long-term costs.
In fact, even in the investment area, every dollar invested in family planning and publicly funded family planning clinics saves about 4.2 in Medicaid-related costs alone. So preventive health care is good for us in saving dollars, and it is certainly good for our individual constituents who have a lack of access to health care. That is why I am so disappointed in the situation we have now, where colleagues are saying to us: You can get a budget deal, but you have to defund women's health care access to do so.
The avoidance of a government shutdown has also brought on a challenge on the backs of women in the District of Columbia because it included a provision denying DC leaders the option of using locally raised funds to provide abortion services to low-income women. For those who argue against big government, this is a contradiction because this is a real imposition on the ability of elected officials in the District of Columbia to decide what to do with their locally raised funds. I know, because I am in the Hart Building, what the mayor and others on the council had to say about this. This is an imposition on the health services of low-income women in the District of Columbia and certainly has gone almost unnoticed in the eleventh hour and sets a precedent for a dangerous slippery slope with what we are telling local governments to do.
It is time for us to focus on our budget, living within our means, and getting back to work, but certainly not to try to do all of that on the backs of women. It is not time to shut down access to women's health care.
Republicans in the House have decided to wage war and to say women should be a bargaining chip. The American people have sent us a clear message. They want us to get back to work, and they support Planned Parenthood and efforts of Planned Parenthood on preventive health care and health care delivery services.
A recent CNN poll showed that 65 percent of Americans polled support continued funding of Planned Parenthood. I know my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would like to say that these funds are used in funding organizations that may be involved in doing full reproductive choice services. But I ask them to think about that issue and that logic. Where will they stop? It is Planned Parenthood today, but are they going to stop every institution in America from receiving Federal dollars? It is illegal for Planned
Parenthood to use Federal dollars for full reproductive choices, including abortion. It is illegal. They cannot use those funds. Yet the other side would like to say that this is an issue where they would like to stop Planned Parenthood today, and then they will try to stop other organizations in the future. It is time to say no to this amendment tomorrow and to say no on trying to pull back from the full health care funding bill at a time when we need to implement the reforms to keep costs down and to increase access for those who currently don't have access to health care and return to the system with much more expensive health care needs in the future.
I am disappointed that at the eleventh hour of a budget debate that is about living within our means, about how we take the limited recovery we have had and move it forward economically, instead we are saying that we can't move forward on a budget and a recovery until we take everything that we can away from women's access to health care.
We will fight this tomorrow. I am proud to be here with my colleagues to say we will be the last line of defense for women in America who are going about their busy lives right now, taking their kids to school, trying to juggle many things at home and work. They are every day, as the budget people within their own homes, trying to figure out how to live within their means. The national budget debate has broken on this point: We can only have a budget agreement if we defund women's full access to health care. That is wrong.
We will be here tomorrow to fight this battle and speak up for women.
I wish to point out to my colleague from New York that I remember in 1993, in the year of the woman, when so many women got elected to Congress, it was the first time in the House of Representatives we had a woman on every single committee. The end result of that is we had an increase in funding for women's health research. So much of the research had been up until that point focused on men. Why? Because there wasn't anybody on the committee to speak up about how women had uniquely different health care needs and deserved to have a bigger share of funding for health care needs than were currently being funded. That is what we get when we get representation.
Women Senators will be here tomorrow to fight to say that women deserve to have access to health care through Planned Parenthood and title X. Please, for those working moms who are out there juggling, dealing with children and childcare, dealing with their jobs, dealing with pay equity at work, dealing with all of these other issues that women are struggling with--that they don't have to be a pawn in the debate on the budget, that there are people who believe, just like the majority of Americans do, that we should move forward with this kind of preventive health care for women in America.
I see my colleague from New York who has been a staunch supporter of Planned Parenthood and women's health care choices, and I thank her for that leadership.
I yield the floor.
Source: http://cantwell.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=332455


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The Medina City Council Tuesday, Jan. 15, looked at a site plan submitted by an unusual applicant — the city of Medina itself.
Just like businesses and residents in the private sector, the city is subject to its own zoning regulations. Medina must comply with them before the city can renovate the newly purchased Clams Corps office/warehouse building at 600 Clydesdale Trail. Medina is proposing to make major changes inside the 64,000 square foot building to accommodate the public works and police departments. The Medina Planning Commission already has reviewed the city's applications for a site plan review and conditional use permit (CUP) and added recommendations.
On Jan. 15 the City Council directed city staff to draft a resolution approving both the site plan and CUP.
City Planner Dusty Finke explained Medina's proposed public works/police renovations. They would transform the Clams Corps edifice into a public building. This type of structure would be a conditional use within the Industrial Park zoning district. The former Clam Corps property spans 7.1 acres and has a golf course as its neighbor to the north and northeast, industrial uses to the west and southeast and an existing residential area to the south.
The Planning Commission and City Council in particular looked at a proposed outdoor structure that public works would use for sand and salt storage. The structure would be similar to one located at City Hall — a metal framed affair covered by canvas. Both the commission and council wanted the structure to be screened by vegetation from potential residential neighbors. They also asked that the canvas top be of a color that would blend in with its surroundings.
Restrictions on the salt storage shed would include limiting its use to storage of road materials. The structure must be dismantled after it no longer is being used for this purpose.
Meanwhile, Public Works Director Steve Scherer said he saw no rush to remove the current salt storage shed from the City Hall site. He wanted to experiment with public works crews having access to salt and sand at two geographic locations.
The plan for the interior of the building shows a two-story structure with much of the second story open to the floor below. The rest of the second story is devoted to storage.
The ground floor has areas for a small vehicle garage, materials storage, vehicle maintenance, lube and parts rooms, large vehicle garage, work rooms, offices, men's and women's lockers, lunch room, police armory, police evidence and interview rooms, booking and holding rooms for police, evidence garage and police sally port garage.
Planner Finke said changes to the exterior of the current office/warehouse building would consist mostly of removing two dock doors and adding three new ones elsewhere along the loading docks. Office windows would replace the removed dock doors. Pavement for access to the new dock doors would be added.
The City Council heard a report from Peter Rechelbacher, who is Medina's representative to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. He said the MCWD has earmarked $250,000 to help combat the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS). The enhanced intervention and management plan includes increasing grants for water craft inspections, two roaming inspectors for lakes that do not have ongoing boat inspections and grant funding for boat cleaning stations.
Rechelbacher said 40 different invasive species are potential threats to area lakes and they could be devastated if any of these species take hold. He was especially concerned about hydrilla and quadra mussels. He said hydrilla is so devastating that it puts "Eurasian milfoil" to shame. So far hydrilla has advanced to lakes in Iowa.
Already 140 AIS have been identified in the Great Lakes, and annual AIS costs there have reached $100 million, Rechelbacher said. The fish population has been affected.
Around here AIS could change lakes as we know them, he said. Walleye and bass would be gone. Carp would replace them.
The date of this year's Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Medina City Hall. This is the time for property owners to appeal appraisals on which their property tax bills will be based.


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Smart way to dramatize the power of an SUV. If you have the credits, please comment!
Nice thought, although I remember VW getting busted for an ad that showed the Toureg pulling a camper that it turned out it couldn't pull.
i second that...tag and logo would have been much better suited elsewhere...maybe top left
yeah logo on the plane is slapping someone and abusing them too...
Nice if they really did it but the ad itself is not that great.
I think its too forced, a bad direction of dramatizing the strength of the car... maybe if the plane wasn't so obvious the ad would have been better... coz the photo looks so real and lost the dramatic sense... and ofcourse this would never happen in reality...
seen better, actually excellent ads for Touareg!
what makes u guys think this is an ad?
google "touareg+747" will lead to over a million sites that talk about this event
and i surprise that someone suggest the logo to be elsewhere...
ridiculous is the one who did not do homework and comment.
"We open on an air-port, all of a sudden we see a 747 reversing towards the take off area or we see
the plane picking up the speed almost as if it's going to fly off in reverse...as the camere zooms
out we realise that...the plane is being pushed by a VW Touareg" I think i've seen an ad like that..
probably ten years ago...now about this one...whether it's an ad or not...It has been done before.
Ok, once and for all: this is NOT an ad.
Here's a news story with the same photo on: http://www.askaprice.com/torque-article.asp?article=VW_Touareg_tows_Bo....
It was a PR stunt done at Dunsfold Aerodrome, where the UK television programme Top Gear is filmed.
Who owns the rights to this photo? Or was it from a Royalty Free website?
I can confirm that the news story we ran on our site as mentioned on the post above was an official press release from the Volkswagen Press Office.
The photographs (one of a series of 4) to accompany the story were released copyright free for editorial purposes only.
Chris Haycock
Online Marketing Manager
"The car comes with a tow bar that can come very handy while at the airport..."
All said and done this drew so much of comments. VW can be happy.
I too agree there's noting new to it. Just anybody's thought.
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This article was published 16/1/2013 (1678 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A Winnipeg company that makes an automated intravenous (IV) compounding system that prepares medications for syringes and IV bags in a sterile environment has entered into an agreement to design the total pharmacy operations for a large hospital in Turkey.
The arrangement between Intelligent Hospital Systems of Winnipeg and Dokuz Eylül University Hospital in Izmir, Turkey, is to develop a total dose solution for medication preparation and delivery at the 1000-bed hospital in Turkey's third largest city.
Not only is this Intelligent Hospital System's first opportunity in Europe, it is believed to be the first time a pharmacy technology provider such as IH Systems has partnered with a hospital to develop a comprehensive pharmacy and dosing solution.
Dr. Niels Erik Hansen, CEO of IH Systems said this partnership underscores the increasing importance of automation in pharmacy practice.
"We expect that the hospital will realize significant cost savings, enhance patient safety and increase the efficiency of medication preparation and delivery," Hansen said.


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Here's a look back at our football coverage from Rivalry Week:
GAME STORY: Rye 8, Harrison 2. Story by Josh Thomson, photos by John Meore.
GAME STORY: Sleepy Hollow 41, Ossining 32. Story by Vince Mercogliano, photos by John Meore.
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GAME STORY: Nanuet 14, Pearl River 13. Story by Mike Dougherty, photos/video by Peter Carr.
GAME STORY: Somers 38, Brewster 19. Story by Rick Carpiniello, photos by Frank Becerra.
GAME STORY: Clarkstown South 30, Clarkstown North 7. Story by Vince Mercogliano, photos/video by Peter Carr.
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|CI, Episode 7.05
|Production number: CI7001
First aired: 1 November 2007
| Teleplay By
Diana Son
Story By
Diana Son, Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Directed By
Norberto Barba
Plot Edit
In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the murder of a diver of Middle Eastern descent washed ashore on Coney Island. The initial suspicions are that the dead man may have been planning a terrorist attack, according to FBI agents, until Goren learn that he is part of a treasure hunting team. Then, the detectives focus their attention on the victim's lover, making her a prime suspect. Other possible suspects include a local coin dealer, the woman's ex-husband, a private ship owner, the victim's diving partner and the founder of a philanthropic foundation who organized the expedition.
Cast Edit
Main cast Edit
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert Goren
- Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames
- Eric Bogosian as Captain Danny Ross
Recurring cast Edit
- Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Guest cast Edit
- Fred Weller as Simon Harper II
- Michael Cerveris as Greg Stipe
- Eric Sheffer Stevens as Stan Chilton
- Kelli Giddish as Dana Stipe
- Todd Weeks as Agent Corbett
- Timothy Deenihan as Inspector Christian Lindsay
- Eric Zuckerman as Arthur Sage
- Alison Becker as Detective Streetman
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27, 2001
by Adrian Luca
Abeda Wali is in mourning for her brother this morning.
Hours before, in the black of night, Mohammed was terminally,
collaterally damaged when a U.S Navy F14 Tomcat dropped a
bomb on their downtown Kabul hovel.
"One minute I was fast asleep. The next I was lying under
a pile of mud bricks and ceiling struts", she says, waving
away the flies that continue to settle on her open, untreated,
facial collateral damage.
The bomb that fell on Abeda and Mohammed Wali's house was
a 5,000-pound laser-guided weapon known as a GBU 28, and was
personally signed by the crew of the USS Enterprise.
Unsurprisingly, Abeda,a former chemist, widowed 17 years
ago when the Moujahedeen executed her husband for teaching
math at a co-educational high school, holds no-one but herself
and the Taliban responsible for the collateral damage of her
brother, who, under the Taliban's harsh form of Islamic law,
was her only source of food. "It's like Pentagon spokeswoman
Victoria Clarke said on CNN today. Collateral damage, although
unfortunate, is the inevitable result of the U.S's necessary
actions against Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network
and the brutal thugs who support and protect him. How could
I blame any American for what has happened, when at this very
moment, near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, the US Air Force
is airdropping thousands of care packages containing baked
beans and oreo cookies?'
What does surprise Abeda Wali is the news that the bomb that
fell on her home was daubed with the slogan "Highjack(sic)
This, Fags".
"It's amazing", she says, tears filling her eyes. "I just
don't know how those sailors on that American aircraft carrier
knew that my brother was a homosexual! Obviously nobody in
our village guessed, or he'd have been strung up from the
nearest lamppost the day the Taliban took over. My brother
had to live a lie for many years, and it's just another sign
of America's belief in diversity and pluralism that its military
specifically and openly offers its services to people of alternative
sexual orientation".
Unlike Abeda Wali, New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Community Center has condemned the specific targeting
of homosexuals in Afghanistan. "Afghan civilians should be
collaterally damaged in an entirely nondiscriminatory manner,
without reference to their bedroom preferences," said center
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Go figure. I've got good cell service everywhere except right here at the house. Hello, I can't hear you. Hello, are you there? Yeah - can, can you hear me? You're breaking up. Hello. Are you there, can you hear me. Somebody out there has to have come up with a solution. So I went on line and I found this company called Cell Antenna.
They're offering a repeater package it says for a small office or a home. It covers up to 2500 square feet for all cellular carriers, easy to install and wireless indoor coverage. I'm going to give it a try.
Well my cell phone antenna system has arrived. It consists of an outdoor antenna, some cabling, an amplifier and an indoor antenna. I'm going to start by mounting the outdoor antenna right up there on the gable end of my garage.
Now this is the way I like to get my things up on the roof - by hoisting them. First comes my roof caddy. Then a bucket filled with tools and materials. Once everything is securely in place, I can go to work. Step one is to attach the antenna mounting brackets. Lag screws driven through the shingles and into the sheathing should do the trick.
Next I mount the antenna to the antenna mast, a 5 foot piece of aluminum tubing. I pass the cable up through the mast and out the top where I can attach it to the connector on the antenna. This is coaxial cable, pretty much like that used for cable TV.
Then I drop the end of the mast through the bracket clamps and tighten the bolts. Next I drill a three quarter inch hole. Push the cable through. Then go inside and pull in all the slack. To keep things neat, I drill a series of holes through the studs.
And thread the cable along the wall so that I can drop it into the garage below. Okay, now this is the cable that's coming in from the outdoor antenna. What I want to do next is install this amplifier. Now this boosts that weak signal so that I can distribute it throughout the house.
I've already put the mounting bracket on here. This just slips on top and locks into place. On the input side of the amplifier, I attach the cable that's coming from the antenna. To the output jack, I connect a second cable that will carry the now stronger cell signal to other parts of the house.
Now just so we don't all get confused, let me recap. We have an exterior or outdoor antenna which is capturing the weak cellphone signal. An amplifier which is boosting it up. And now this indoor antenna which will take that stronger signal and broadcast it inside the house. And then receive signals back from the cellphone. There's a connection on the back of that so I'll attach this cable to that. And then mount it to this bracket that I made up here.
Finally I attach a power cord to the amplifier and plug it into a nearby outlet. The power light says we're ready to go. I pick up a tube of exterior caulking from my truck so that I can make a weather tight seal around the cable where it passes through the outside wall.
Well now it's time for some fine tuning. I stay up on the roof armed with a walkie talkie while our friend Heather relaxes in our living room with my cellphone. I rotate the antenna and she lets me know if the signal is getting stronger or weaker.
All right I, I'm going to rotate it about 90 degrees now.
Is that better?
That's about the same there.
Okay. I'm going to move it a little bit more. How's that?
That's better right there, that's better.
Is that the best?
Yeah, that's the best we have.
Okay, great, thanks. Well my cell phone life has really changed. No longer do I have to go to extremes to get a good signal. In fact, reception is extremely good just about everywhere.
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If you own an iPad, your children have probably played with it. Is it right that babies and toddlers are playing with a $600+ piece of technology? We aren't here to judge and admit that our kids play with our iPad ALOT! Many times I think my kids are actually better with the iPad than I am. Sure, I hand it over to them frequently when I'm in a bind (such as the doctor's office etc.) and I just need a little quiet, but I'm smart about protecting my investment. I don't just hand over a naked iPad. That would just be dumb. The iPad must have a case, and a durable one, if you plan to let the little ones get a hold of it.
There are all kinds of kid-friendly iPad cases on the market. Today we are highlighting the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity Case for the iPad. Made especially for babies and toddlers, this case will protect your iPad from drops, drool and even the occasional tantrum throw. The only thing it won't protect it from is being submerged in water. It's not waterproof.
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What is da Vinci surgery?
The da Vinci Surgical System is one of the most effective, least invasive treatment options for a range of uterine conditions. The da Vinci Surgical System enables surgeons to perform with unmatched precision and control – using only a few small incisions.
Although the general term "robotic surgery" is often used to refer to the technology, this term can give the impression that the robot is performing the surgery. In contrast, the da Vinci Surgical System cannot – in any manner – run on its own. It is actually robotically-assisted surgery. The System is designed to seamlessly replicate the movement of the surgeon's hands with the tips of micro-instruments. The System cannot make decisions, nor can it perform any type of movement or maneuver without the surgeon's direct input.
How does da Vinci surgery work?
Devices for robotically-assisted surgery are designed to perform regulated and controlled movements after being programmed by a surgeon. The da Vinci Surgical System is a computer-enhanced system that interposes a computer between the surgeon's hands and the tips of micro-instruments. The system replicates the surgeon's movements in real time.
What gynecologic conditions can da Vinci surgery correct?
- Hysterectomy (removal of the uterus)
- Treatment for endometriosis, pelvic pain or scar tissue
- Endometrial cancer (also known as uterine cancer)
- Heavy or abnormal menstrual bleeding
- Uterine fibroids
- Ovarian cysts or tumors
- Cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers
- Uterine or bladder prolapse – surgery for pelvic relaxation, such as uterine or bladder descent
- Urinary incontinence
- Restoration of fertility after tubal ligation
- Uterine reconstruction
- For a complete list, please visit the da Vinci website
What are the benefits of robotically-assisted surgery?
- A faster return to normal daily activities
- Significantly less pain than open surgery
- Less blood loss than open or traditional laparoscopic surgeries
- Fewer complications
- Less scarring
- A shorter hospital stay
Institute for Women's Health physicians that perform da Vinci surgery:
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Register now for 5-man all-passing flag football leagues in Van Nuys andSouth Pasadena(alsoNorwalkand Santa Fe Springs). Evening and weekend leagues begin this month! Inter-league playoffs with neighboring counties. Call toll free to (877) 846-3178 or visit TopGunFlagFootball.com. Must be 18+ to play. Referees needed.
Smokey the Bear Signs Unveiling
Councilmember Tom LaBonge will unveil the installation of several Smokey the Bear signs this Thursday in the Hollywood Hills. These signs are being put into place in an effort to dissuade smoking and increase fire safety in at-risk hillside areas, as several hillside locations have seen an increase in visitor activity in recent years. The signs are approximately six feet in height with clear no-smoking warnings and an image of Smokey the Bear. They will be installed onDeronda Drive,Canyon Drive,Mulholland Drive,Beachwood Drive, andCanyon Lake Drive.
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Councilmember Tom LaBonge invites you to the Annual Gala Celebration for the Sister Cities ofLos Angelesprogram. There will be live music and dance from around the world, food and cocktails, and prize drawings.
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Burbank African Violet Society
The Burbank African Violet Society is having their next monthly club meeting. The program will be "Leaf Bingo." Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings.
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Thursday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.
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Cardboard Box City 2012
TheFourthAnnualCardboardBoxCity, benefiting Family Promise of East San Fernando Valley, shines a spotlight on the plight of homeless families in our community while giving participants an opportunity to see what it's like to spend the night without a roof over their heads.
Prospective residents pay a minimum of $15 per person ($10 per person for groups of 10+) to sleep overnight atCardboardBoxCityincluding dinner and a movie. In addition, participants are encouraged to get pledges from their friends, family, and co-workers much like a walk-a-thon. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative dwelling and most money raised by an individual. The top fundraiser will be named Mayor of Box City and receive the Key to the City.
CardboardBoxCityis open to all ages and affiliations. Service organizations, school service clubs, and youth groups are encouraged to use this event as a community service and service-learning project. The activities and entertainment will be geared for families, and participants will sleep outdoors in a secure area. A minimum of one adult for five youth under the age of 18 is required. Bring your own cardboard box home or a pop-up tent (no stakes). There will be a carnival (extra charge), activities, entertainment, and food for participants.
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Content Marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. For the past few months, I've been experimenting with a variety of content marketing tools, apps and processes to identify and curate quality content, syndicate this content to my social network and automate the process using various tools, both free and paid versions.
This video highlights the tools and concepts I will be exploring in the article. In the near future, I will show you how I use each content marketing tool in my day-to-day marketing effort as it applies to my blogging activity, servicing my clients and engaging my social media marketing network.
In this article, I'm going to share with you a few of my favorite content marketing tools, applications and techniques that I've incorporated into my daily and weekly content marketing routine. They include:
• PostRank
• Visibli
• Pinterest
• Buffer
• Scoop.it
• Google Plus
• PostRank
What is Content Marketing an why should you care?
It's too early to call, but in some circles, it's said that social is becoming the new SEO.
If this theory holds, it's not a minute to soon for you to plan, develop and deploy a new content marketing and social sharing strategy. In this article, I'm going to share with you my approach to content marketing and social sharing using a new content marketing strategy and the tools and techniques I use to deploy this new methodology.
Finding good quality content is key so we don't spend half our day doing it. At the core of this new content marketing is Google Reader. My advice is get to know the new Google Reader ASAP. It will help you find great content that is worth sharing.
Your Friends, Fans, Followers, Readers and Customers will thank you for it. Granted, there's more than one way to skin this content marketing and syndication challenge and this model is by no means the end-all, but I can tell you, if you follow this model, you'll save yourself a lot of time and generate a lot more traffic to your site!
The first content marketing tool I'll cover is called PostRank.
PostRank delivers objective, real-time data and analysis on any topic, trend, or interest relevant to you or your business. PostRank was acquired by Google in June 2011, so you know the algorithm is robust, stable and provides an quality accurate scoring of the content. I've been using PostRank since July 2011 and I can report the algorithm delivers on its promise (i.e.) assigns an accurate quality score to a specific piece of digital content (Blog post article).
How to use PostRank for Content Marketing
First off, you'll want to visit the Chrome store and install the PostRank extension into your Chrome browser. Over the years, I have subscribed to dozens of Blogs that speak to the issues I need to keep abreast of in order to stay ahead of the learning curve in SEO, Local SEO, WordPress, Social Media, Content Marketing, etc.
I have somewhere between 15-20 top tier RSS Feeds in each of my Google Reader Folders. You should do the same. I found a great way to find "best of class" Blogs in each of my niche markets. If you need help on this, let me know and I'll share with you the tools and techniques I used to find these great Blogs. [Hint] Visit Junta42.com
Let's assume you have a nice roster of Blogs in each of your RSS Folders. All you need to do is — open Google Reader and visit each RSS Folder. The PostRank extension will present you with a color coded score on each of the entries in each RSS Feed. I just scan the headlines of the best (5.4+) scored entries scan the headlines that catch my eye and that I think my audience will find useful. Now all I have to do, is scroll down to the bottom of the article and click the G+ share icon and post it to my G+ Stream.
So in a matter of 2-3 minutes, I've identified a great piece of content and shared it on my G+ Stream. I've decided G+ will become the de facto standard for social sharing and networking, so this is where the majority of my social shares will be syndicated moving forward. You can do the same thing with Twitter, Buffer, Ping.fm or any of a dozen other web enabled other apps. The point is, you want to ID great content and syndicate that content with people that will find your social share useful. This is one of the most effective ways I know to build a reputation as an expert in your field.
Visibli Engagement Toolbar in Content Marketing
Visibli's Content Optimization platform categorizes your content by topic and format, and provides an actionable scorecard to increase engagement.
I like using the Visibli Engagement Toolbar because it lets me extend the reach of my social shares. There are dozens of elements you can add to your toolbar. I've been using my main web 2.0 properties (Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Pinterest).
As you saw in the video above, as you share quality content marketing messages with your audience, you will find they will share your content with their fans, followers and friends, and in many instances, they will ReTweet it, watch your video (if you link a YouTube video to your toolbar) or visit one of your web 2.0 social networks and over-time, you will become an esteemed expert in your field.
I have not upgraded to the Visibli Enterprise edition, so the data in my Analytic Dashboard are limited. Still, I am able to see which if my top 10 pages get the most clicks and re-shares. This helps me gauge where to add more focus and where to scale back on less appealing content I've authored over time.
Pinterest Visual Bookmarks
Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
Pinterest popularity has sky rocketed in the past few months. Pinterest has 3.24 million unique visitors per month (Compete.com, December 2011). The big tech blogs (Mashable, TechCrunch etc.) have tagged Pinterest as one of the Top 10 social networks for 2011, and for good reason. Their growth and usage numbers are "off the charts".
Pinterest and Content Marketing
While Pinterest is ideal for Photographers sharing wedding photos, even us guys in the SEO space can share content that non-techs find interesting and useful. I will say that for those who are tech oriented, it helps if your PIN is presented in a visual format. Infographics work well for this. It's smart to plan out the Pinterest Boards and Pins you intend to share in your content marketing. Here's My Pinterest Board.
Pinterest Profile
I see a lot people on Pinterest that haven't taken the time to fill-out any info on their profile. Don't make this mistake. Make sure you fill-out a complete profile description and include the full URL to your other social networks. Here's why. When you add a new Board or a new Pin to a Board and someone likes it, or repins it, Pinterest will automatically add the link to the page where that image or video came from. This is a great way to acquire links to your site, increase traffic to your site and increase the number of people in your target audience to start following you on Pinterest and your other social networks.
Pinterest Etiquette
As with any social network, there are some basic rules of engagement you should know and follow. Here's the "rules of engagement for Pinterest.
Most Popular on Pinterest
The Pinterest Top page has five (5) headings
• Everything
• Videos
• Popular
• Gifts
• Pinners You Follow
One way to find quality content marketing material is to scan the Popular feed. It's fast and easy to leave a quick note on a Pin. That simple 10 second action will increase the # of Pinners who circle back to look at your board (and your website) and if your Pins are in sync with their tastes, they will start following you. This is not at all like the cheesy way people use Twitter spammy messages. It's much more social and much more cool.
The Buffer App
Twitter made some major upgrades to their platform in 2011. By now we all know, the number of followers you on Twitter is less important than WHO you have following and reading your Tweets.
The Buffer App is an ideal app for content curation and content marketing. For now, you can sync your Buffer creds to Twitter and Facebook. And like you saw in the video above, you can schedule Tweets. The Analytics Dashboard data shows you how many times your Tweet got Clicked, ReTweeted, Mentioned and Favorited. For each account you have in your Buffer Dashboard.
I realize Hootsuite and Tweetdeck do some of these actions too, but nearly as easy or as fast. And with the Buffer extension added to Chrome or Firefox, can curate quality content and syndicate that Tweet in a snap! This alone, makes the Buffer App a must-have social media content marketing tool for my money. [Note] I am going to do a video on each of these content marketing and syndication tools in real-time, using my live accounts so you can see 1st-hand how fast and easy and efficient this model works.
Scoop.it Content Curation
Scoop.it is a powerful, easy to use content curation portal. With an Alexa is 2,396 and a Pagerank of 6, Scoop.it is one of the top tier content curation site on the Internet. With Scoop.it, you can quickly curate quality content and with a couple of mouse clicks, syndicate your content to a host of main stream web 2.0 properties (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, Tumblr)
I'm to a big fan of their curation engine, that recommends content to add to my panel, since it renders a lot of Twitter junk and other non-filtered content. But what I do like, is how fast and easy I can grab a URL from one of the RSS Feeds I track in Google Reader, or a killer post in my G+ Stream or any site I visit that has a great message I know my target audience will find useful. And let's face it, there's so much junk out there, that when you send someone a piece of information that helps them in their business, they will remember you for it.
I set up my notifications so that when someone re-scoops one of my entries, I can thank them and follow them and begin to build a relationship with them. This simple formula is very effective. The Scoop.it Community Dashboard ranked the Scoop.it topics by # of views. I have 4 topics so far, and about 4,000 views since its official launch in Sept. 2011. Scoop.it regularly ranks as one of the top 5 referral sources of my WordPress traffic.
Google Plus
I saved the best for last. I predict Google Plus will become the #1 social network for professionals. Google owns over 70 of search and everything starts with search. Local search, mobile search and content search. Since its launch, I've been testing #hashtags, keywords, images and real-time SEO. The short version is, Google is integrating all of its ancillary tools into this massive platform.
Search Google Plus for keyword phrase "local search marketing" then hit best of and notice what posts come up at the top of the results. That's where you want your content to show up. Fortunately, I've been able to get my posts ranked at the top of the best of on Google Plus these targeted keyword phrases.
The more keywords I get ranked at the top of the Google Plus search results, the more views my content marketing messages will get and the more traffic I will drive to my website. This is what you want to do too! Get yourself a Google Plus Personal Page and a Google Plus Business Page. To date, I only have 900 Plussers in my circles. But I've handpicked 99% of them versus simply adding people like I did with my Twitter account where I have 20,000 Followers. Who can track with 20,000 people and more importantly |who want too?
Content Marketing will be a huge metric in 2012. Having a strategy on how to identify and acquire and syndicate your content is key. Hopefully, this overly extended article got you thinking about how you will tackle this issue moving forward. As I said earlier, I will be doing a video on each of the content marketing tools mentioned in this piece, so as to show you how fast and easy content marketing can be done if you use good tools and a well tuned process.
Neil Ferree
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