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okay, i have to try the photos again because they're all blurry, but i'll keep working on them.
the eyeshadows are all pale - How to Marry is so white it barely shows up on the white paper. Showgirl is a perfect blue-gray, though, and i bought it because i need something different in my stash.
i got the Pure Zen lipstick - gorgeous! - and Kid Orange nail polish.
NCC, check out Deeply Adored lipstick; it's on the burgundy side of red and i think you might like it if you can wear the blue tones. also, the darker nail colours might be something you'd like.
i didn't get a chance to swatch the two shades of Dazzleglass, but they were both on the light side. and the blushes were pale and paler!!!
the lip pencils are all from the perm collection, as were the brow and liner shades.
i'm going to go paint my nails Kid Orange now!
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Nissan Quest/Mercury Villager problems
I had (sigh) a 2000 MPV that I loved. It unfortunately was the victim of a red-light runner (I think -- insurance adjusters haven't gotten around to looking at it yet). It would appear that we're going to have to get a new van.
Ours was a LX with touring package. It had 91,000 miles on it and was scrupulously maintained. What would be a fair value for that car? Second, is a replacement Mazda the best choice now that we are forced into a replacement. Our Mazda was paid for as of June 15. I'm not finding anything comparable at our local CarMax. I did, however, find a couple of low-miles Mercury Villagers that were loaded... However, the offset crash results are giving me pause. I spoke with insurance agent and our rates would actually go DOWN with Villager. Why is this?
Anybody with experience comparing the two vans, please let me hear... I remember when we bought MPV, I was dismayed to see all the bad reviews -- but it's now (and has been) a CR recommended buy. I absolutely loved it when we lived in Florida. We later moved and encountered hills where the lack of power that was never even a factor before came into play at times.
Our other car is a 1994 Toyota Corolla (next in line for replacement until MPV crash). I'm trying to keep payment reasonably low as I figure Corolla won't last forever. So far, though, pretty good.
Thanks for any help / insight.
The original series of Villager/Quest, which is no longer being made as a joint venture, is an outstanding vehicle with a great engine. My wife drives our 2000 Villager, and we both think very highly of it. We bought it brand new. They generally require little to no upkeep beyond routine maintenance such as oil changes. Ours was one of the best automotive bargains we have ever acquired. There are probably some good used ones still available.
Does the "poor" rating for offset crashes not bother you? It's what's making me hesitate ... I test-drove one and loved it (a 2002 with 15K). Our old MPV was an excellent car and we had no plans to replace it... I could just be extra-skittish at this point because of the crash. My side air bag (Does Quest/Villager have one?) deployed. I don't know that it really made a difference in survival or injury -- it was the first time I've ever had anything deploy. Mazda rated "acceptable" for offsets, but I'm not sure how much better that is.
mn_pat Posts: 67I have a 2k Quest. I just got back from a 4th of July camping trip with our popup camper. My camper only weighs 1000lbs and the van pulled it ok. If I was in traffic or driving within city limits I turned off the overdrive. All in all I'd say the Quest worked ok as an occasional tow vechile. As far as the Xmission oil cooler I'm not sure if that is necessary for occasional tow jobs, I'd like hear opinions on that as well.
I just updated my gas and maintenance logs tonight.
93,330 miles (purchased my '99 Quest GXE 12/31/98).
Cost to operate:
$862.66 for taxes and registration.
$3,141.70 for insurance.
$7,860.85 for gas (est. @ $1.80 a gallon - 6373
gallons burned)
$2,617.16 expenses (service/tires/accessories)
$7,675.00 TMV (clean, private party)
$15,106.00 depreciation (paid $$22,781)
So, 16 cents to own and operate; 32 cents a mile with depreciation included in the cost of ownership.
My mpg is at an all time high of 21.3 combined, and I had two tanks in a row back in March of 29+ - one was 29.95 so I almost broke 30 for the first time!. The worse tank in the last 10,000 miles was 15.21.
Non-scheduled maintenance includes front brakes and a battery. $1,138 was for scheduled maintenance and $293 was for aftermarket stuff and $956 was for 9 tires, a rim and a few flats.
My driver's side power window is still balky (JimZ? <g>) and I had to reglue the side mirror for the 5th (?) time the other day from where I dropped a canoe on it. I haven't had to clean the throttle body for a while now.
Otherwise no problems to speak of. I'm looking forward to a big bill for a new timing belt and plugs, fan belts, hoses and fluids in the next year or so.
Steve, Host
Looking at my 2000 Villager's engine, the changing of the plugs should be straight forward. I had essentially the same engine in a Pathfinder I owned a while back. I did serious acrobatics changing the plugs at 60K miles. It has everything to do with the layout of the engine-- front to back versus side to side.
I have a 2000 Nissan Quest and on the front cup holders one of them no longer will hold its position a keep a cup stable. Is there anyway to repair this, or how can I replace it myself?
On my '99 Quest, I can't even find one of the plugs. Looks like a big pain to replace three of them. I don't think I have enough socket extenders and swivel joints (or knuckle skin) to attempt it.
Steve, Host
We purchased our 99 GXE at about the same time - mine has 78K on it with few problems - did have to replace an alternator that was overcharging.
Have you ever determined what was causing your coolant to go below minimum (earlier post)? I have a similar problem in that I have to top it off to bring it back up to full once or twice between oil changes. The dealer has pressure tested the system twice and found no leaks. Seems to be worse in the winter - maybe heater related. I can usually smell coolant when first shutting the vehicle down. My concern is it is internal and may mean big $$$.
Still have not changed my timing belt but am a little worried about going to 105 because I am pretty sure that we have an interference engine. I know we discussed this earlier but serveral automotive searches identify that I am correct.
vonbill3 Posts: 20I recently changed the plugs on my '93 Villager.
The front bank plugs are readily accessible, but the rear bank ones are very deep requiring socket wrench extensions. You must have a rubber-sleeved socket which will grip the plug. I also duct-taped the socket extensions so they wouldn't come apart.
A warning. It's highly recommended that you tighten the plugs with a torque wrench. A relative recently had to replace the engine head (4-cylinder Mazda)because a spark plug came loose, stripped the threads and ejected. The repair cost was about $3000.
He either tightened the plug too much and damaged the threads in the aluminum head or the plug was too loose resulting in thread damage each time the cylinder fired. It took about 30000 miles before the failure. Very expensive lesson.
My coolant level has been fine lately and I've never smelled coolant. Maybe mine is winter related too, but I haven't had it pressure tested.
Did you save the links showing that the engine is an interference one?
I'm debating about changing out the timing belt early too, but that goes against my frugal nature (although being frugal doesn't mean I want to cheap out and break down somewhere).
Since my mileage keeps increasing, I'm loathe to mess it up with a bunch of new parts!
Steve, Host
That's a very unusual tale concerning the sparkplug "blow out." While I don't use a torque wrench on plugs, I have so many decades of repetition and success, that I consider my arms to be very good spark plug torque detectors. I will be even more careful now.
My experiences with coolant losses always have led me to try sealers that you pour into the radiator to circulate to the area of the cryptic leak. By golly, it almost always works!
Here is one of several that I found suggesting that the Quest hs an interference engine
The interesting thing is, I always find that these sites also verify that the Quest belt should be changed at 105K. I also have a VW Passat with a belt change interval of 105K but I know it is an interference engine and will change at 60k regardless. Seems to me some manufactures must believe their belts go longer. My problem is I doubt they would replace the engine if the belt breaks out of warranty and causes major damage.
Our 99 Quest is overdue for it's timing belt - it was supposed to get one at 105,000 miles, and it's at 115,000 or so now.
From what I've read on the internet (insert disclaimer here) the Villager/Quest engines are non-interference. I have also read reports of them going much longer than the recommended change mileage without problems. I'm sure some of them break before 105,000 too, but I've never heard of one.
I do plan on getting it changed probably next week, along with the water pump and accessory drive belts. I'm debating wether to have them try to fix a pesky little coolant leak somewhere under the intake manifold at the same time. It leaks a tiny amount, I have to add a bit of coolant once or twice a year. Not sure if it's worth it, or even if they could give an accurate estimate without tearing it apart.
Someone was just talking about going 300,000 miles on a belt intended for 100,000 - his rig wasn't worth much anyway so he figured spending the $400 on stuff that did break was a better use of the money than replacing the belt. (spartanmann "Honda Odyssey vs Toyota Sienna" Jul 12, 2004 11:04am)
I've seen the Gates link, but I wonder if they are just parroting the Pathfinder requirements since it has the same VG33E engine designation.
I have a factory manual and it doesn't address the issue, unfortunately.
The one legit looking scanned document I've seen on the net claiming that the Quest was a non-interference design (via the VillagerQuest FAQ I linked the other day) doesn't indicate the source.
Interesting that several of us seem to have small coolant leaks at high miles. Anyone else?
Steve, Host
Is the driver's side electric window switch repairable, or only replaceable? Mine, like so many reported here, is getting balky and otherwise contrary to orderly operation. I predict it will get worse until I do something about it. I would think there may be a way to get into it and improve the function of the mechanism. Any successes or failures to report?
I've looked at mine pretty closely and I don't see any way to repair it without destroying the case it's in. But if you hacksaw the case apart, there's always epoxy to put it back together.
Try jiggling the glass and lubing the edges too.
Steve, Host
izaclown1 Posts: 118My 2000 Villager switches still work fine for the front windows and the drive back vent. The passenger side vent window stopped working and then started working backwards from the rest of the switches.
The other switch I am having some heartburn over is the turn signal and the high/low beam switch. Sometime the high/low beam flickers when I activate the switch and sometimes the signals fail to work.
That was a bunch of green to lay down for the Estate package on a vehicle the has so many little nit-picky problems (switches, radio display, climate control failure, etc).
I replaced the driver's side switch and tried taking the old one apart just to see if there was anything I could have done. I got the case opened with some difficulty, and discovered the inside is packed with electronics and circuit boards. I couldn't see a way to get at the actual mechanical part of the switch. Someone with more experience with electronics might have more luck.
Mine continues to work, but requires a little finesse from time to time, thus indicating it is developing a problem. I have to press the switch from a couple of different angles to get the contact to make. I guess I'll wait a while, and when the aggravation gets big enough, I'll kick for the bucks and buy a replacement. Thanks for sharing your experience on a similar one, dhoff.
I guess you folks have not had this problem.
Well thanks anyway.
Guess not - someone had an adjustment problem way back in '99:
jpmri5 Dec 1, 1999 2:40am
Maybe you have a lot of spilled Coke on it that's gumming it up?
Steve, Host
On 18 July my driver's side window switch took the predicted hike. I removed it with the entire module from the car with the help of my Haynes manual, and went to the Mercury dealership parts counter. I heard some mumbling about 82 dollars and a need to order it for overnight (possibly) delivery. I pointed out that the piece appeared subdivided, but the parts guy found only one level of assembly that could be ordered. I think I am getting a complete set of four switches and surrounding sub parts. It must be fixed, so I didn't put up much of a fuss. More later.
Hi and thanks for the response. No gum up that I can find. We just cannot adust the right most cup holder anymore, so it will not hold anything. I guess I will take it in for service but am concerned they will over charge me and my thought was I might fix it myself, but where to buy the part.
Thanks again.
My wife drives the van these days so I can't walk out and eyeball the dash, but the service manual just shows two screws holding the ashtray and cupholder assembly in place. The screws are on the outside edges of the console opening where the assembly fits.
So you might be able to find one online or at a salvage yard and d-i-y for cheap.
Steve, Host
I have installed and "road tested" my new power window switch (see #1503). With sales tax, the module cost me $87 and change. No telling what the Mercury dealer might have charged for the labor, had I not done the installation myself. It is my opinion that the switch module price probably represents 80% profit, 20% cost.
PS to steve_ HOST: I double checked my sparkplug access on my 2000 Villager, and I remain convinced that the engine is rolled to the front, so to speak, to a position that makes all six plugs accessible from the top of the engine. I noted that my Haynes manual claims that Villager plugs on one bank must be approached from below the engine, next to the firewall. The visualization I get just standing there, looking, is that you could never reach any of the six plugs from below on this year model! Do you suppose other years of models did not have the engine oriented at the angle of rotation I see in mine?
No, you just have better visualization skills than me :-)
Guess what's a big problem on the '04 Quests?
Replacing the driver's power window switch, which has a high failure rate.
Steve, Host
scottmsimpson Posts: 66The plugs on this V-6 are in the middle of the V, on the intake side, as opposed to most V engines, that have them on the outside of the V, on the exhaust side. Those are a real bear to get at on transverse mounted engines. Look at about any other minivan engine, and tell me how you'd get to the rear bank of plugs. The Nissan V-6 plugs couldn't be much easier, all you need is a long extension. The problem I ran into is the plug socket likes to stay on the plug instead of coming up on the extension. Someone in an earlier post used some tape to hold the socket onto the extension. That is a good idea. Our 95 had a plug change interval of 60K as I remember. The 2002 we just traded up for now has a 100K interval.
Steve, why did you close out the Villager discussion? Just 'cause you can't buy a new one doesn't mean there is nothing to discuss.
There aren't many problems to discuss on these vehicles....
Our 95 didn't have any of the typical problems.
Just some ball joints, tie rods, and it liked to lock the doors by itself.
We just turned over 100K on it, and it still had original muffler, shocks/struts, rear brakes, hoses, all lamps.
Scott 2002 Villager Estate Premium
stickguy Posts: 24,969the '95 had an entirely different engine, a 3.0l derived from the Maxima engine. The '99+ models have a version of the 3.3l truck engine (I believe it also sees duty in the Frontier).
I haven't really looked too close, but I don't recall the back plugs being comepletely buried. I seem to think that the engine is tilted forward, and the rear bank might be somewhat exposed.
Of course, if they didn't insit on slapping on plastic covers to hide the engine, it would be easier to tell.
2015 Hyundai Sonata 2.4i Limited Tech (mine), 2013 Acura RDX AWD (wife's) and 2015 Jetta Sport (daughter's)
I didn't close out the Nissan Quest/Mercury Villager discussion. Discussions on Town Hall automatically go to the archives after ~6 weeks of inactivity.
I considered reopening it (and I'm happy to do so if people want), but I figured most of the pre-'04 talk would center around problems anyway.
Steve, Host
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Michael Carrick, the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, has been placed on standby and more will be known today when Gerrard hopes to be allowed to join the training when the England players get their first look at the 48,900-capacity Waldstadion. Gerrard has been in severe discomfort since hurting himself in England's first practice session after arriving in Germany.
"I got a knock on my hip and it has made my back go into spasms," he explained. "It's improving all the time and I've got a good chance of playing on Saturday. But I need to keep working on it from now until then. As we speak, I'm probably 50-50 but if it keeps improving, as it has done over the last 24 hours, I'll be there."
Gerrard emphasised that the injury was unrelated to the back problems that had plagued him earlier in his career. "I've had no back problems for years," he said. "It's simply come from taking a knock. I don't know how it's going to respond but it's improved a lot over the last day or so. If it keeps going in that direction I'm confident I'll be ready."
Gerrard's importance to the team is such that Sven-Goran Eriksson will allow the Professional Footballers' Association's player of the season until the last possible moment before making a decision about his involvement. At this late stage Eriksson will be alarmed by the possibility of having to reconfigure his line-up for anyone, and Gerrard is one of only three or four players he considers to be irreplaceable.
Contingency plans have been drawn up. Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, a centre-half by trade, initially filled Gerrard's position during training yesterday but Carrick, who is reputedly attracting interest from Manchester United, eventually moved into the role and is understood to be Eriksson's favoured choice.
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How to Buy a Flash-Based MP3 Player
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the portable media player (PMP) realm was ruled by hard disk-based devices. In the near-decade since MP3 players have been around, however, flash-memory-based models have become the industry standard. And there's good reason for that. Flash players, which once had limited capacities, now come with up to 32GB of storage, and by year's end, that number will likely double and could even double again. Unlike their hard-disk brethren, flash-based players lack moving internal parts so they're far less fragile, and they're also more compact. It's only a matter of time before a cool little 128GB flash memory player arrives on the scene and makes the big, bulky disk-based player extinct.
If you're in the market for a new player right now, however, flash capacity still tops out at 32GB, so a hard disk-based player like the 160GB iPod classic is still the way to go if you need tons of storage. Otherwise, today's flash players offer a bevy of features in a wide variety of packages. Identifying your priorities in a player should help narrow your options pretty quickly. Does your budget top out at $100? Do you want to watch movies on a larger screen? Are you looking for a tiny but tough player to work out with? Should your device work with your online music subscription service? Let's break these types of players down and look at the best devices in each category.
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A PMP for working out should be both inexpensive (read: replaceable) and compact. Keep in mind: there aren't too many players that are actually "durable," so if you're taking one to the gym, the idea is to have a lightweight and securable modeland one that isn't too pricey to replace, in case you drop a barbell on it, or it winds up inside a treadmill.
First off, unless you truly don't care about seeing what's playing or having very much control over your device, the iPod shuffle is not, contrary to popular opinion, the best cheap player out there. If you're married to your iTunes library, it's a solid option, but it lacks a display and can be difficult to navigate.
My favorite cheap and compact player is the Samsung YP-U3. It has a screen and an intuitive user interface, plus a built-in USB connector for easy, cable-free syncing with your PC's library. And while the dirt-cheap and compact Creative ZEN Stone Plus may not be the most gorgeous device around, it's certainly gym-friendly. All of these players can easily fit in your pocket or be strapped to your arm during a workout.
Video-Friendly Players
If watching movies and TV shows is a priority, the iPod touch, while quite expensive, is by far the best option. Its beautiful glass touch-screen is excellent for video watching, and the player itself is a joy to use because of extra features like the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and a built-in browser for Web surfing. The Samsung P2 looks an awful lot like the iPod touch, but offers some other extra features including Bluetooth so you can answer your cell phone through the built-in mic and earphones.
Along the more affordable route, SanDisk's Sansa View is a no-frills video-friendly player, although its smaller price tag means a smaller screen. And cheaper with a more diminutive display and less storage is the otherwise similar Sansa Fuze. Creative's simple and affordable ZEN along with the Sansa View and the iPod touch, is offered in 32GBcurrently the highest flash capacity offering.
The iPod nano is a fantastic player, but as its name suggests, it's tiny, with a tiny screen, so if video is your number one priority, it's probably not the best device. The Zune 8GB, which has a screen similar in size to the nano, didn't blow me away like its larger, hard-disk based sibling did, but it's still the only player on the market that can wirelessly sync to your music library, which is a very cool feature. Cool features abound in this segment: Sony's new Walkman line includes players with Bluetooth and noise cancellationstay tuned for our hands-on reviews.
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Some players are built around a subscription music service, and it's their main selling point. The Slacker Portable, for instance, lets you take Slacker Internet radio on the road with you, loading your customized stations on to your player via Wi-Fi. You can also load your own files on to the device, but that's really not the point. The Slacker keeps getting firmware updates that improve on its initially sluggish interfaceand recently, it received an upgrade that allows access to public Wi-Fi hotspots.
It's far more common, however, for players to integrate only a fraction of a service's functionality. Samsung's P2 and the excellent iriver clix Rhapsody both load up channels and content from Rhapsody accounts without dedicating the entire player to the service. And most flash players will now play any type of mainstream service's "to go" offeringsbut that is more a function of Rhapsody's and Napster's choice of audio codec and less of an example of service integration. iPods don't support any subscription services at allnot even "to go" files. Although there are rumors of Apple's intentions to offer premium iPods that integrate iTunes subscriptions, but no official announcement has been made.
There's quite a range here in prices herefrom about $45 (the Samsung YP-U3) to $500 (32GB iPod touch), and the range of features and abilities is even greater. Check out our reviews to dig deeper and find yourself the perfect player.
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Apple iPod nano
With its tiny, sharp (but small) screen, the nano is the best compact PMP on the market, but it's not the cheapest.
Apple iPod shuffle
The shuffle is impressively small, and the built-in clip makes it ideal for working out, running, or just casual listening. Its lack of a screen or any extras like an FM tuneror even support for many iPod accessoriesis countered by its impressively diminutive size and low price.
Apple iPod touch
The player that all others are measured against: From the beautiful glass display to the excellent Wi-Fi features, it may be expensive, but it's worth it.
Creative ZEN
Its most compelling feature is its low price tag and high storage capacity. The ZEN won't knock your socks off, but it's certainly a capable device.
Creative ZEN Stone Plus
Another excellent lightweight, compact, and cheap player. The ZEN Stone originally had no screenthe "Plus" adds one, making navigation much easier.
iriver clix Rhapsody
With a screen as big as the player itself and an innovative click surface that rids its body of nearly all buttons, the clix is a classic that also integrates your Rhapsody account.
Microsoft Zune 8GB
The hard disk Zune model offers a more compelling experience, from a larger screen to easier navigation of the user interfacestill, if Windows Media Player is your library of choice, this flash-based version is worth consideration.
Samsung P2
Though not as graceful as the iPod touch, it does have a great screen, typically excellent Samsung graphics, and cool Bluetooth capabilities.
Samsung YP-U3
The best cheap and tiny PMP on the market, Samsung's U3 is easy to use and is a great gym-P3 player.
SanDisk Sansa Fuze
The Sansa Fuze isn't particularly innovativeit's just another simple, yet solid portable media player from SanDisk. We just wish it had more robust file support.
SanDisk Sansa View
Its decent-sized screen and affordable price make it a strong competitor against players like the Creative ZEN.
Slacker Portable
Flawed but loveable, the large display isn't a touch screen and doesn't display video, but the ability to take your Slacker stations with you and have them continually refreshed is exciting.


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Defining Robert Bork: Pop culture tends to judge a person by fleeting encounters with the national spotlight
Flashback Kearns, UTDec. 26, 2012 11:21 a.m.
Now all you Democrats need to stifle yourselves. You had the perfect opportunity and blew it. Had Bork been voted on the Supreme Court, Obama would now be nominating a replacement justice thereby changing the balance of the court and the conservatives would be in the minority full time.
In this case, I'm glad Ted Kennedy screwed up that bad. He wasn't the brightest bulb in the building and his demagogery of one of the most qualified people to come along, was just plain not right. Bork was characterized as a right wing extreamest. Based on his being right wing, the Republicans should have stuffed Sotomayer, Kagen, and Ginsburg. All left wing idealoges. Especially Kagen who shouldn't even be on the Supreme Court.
So way to go Democrats, blame yourselves. Oh and Durwood, quite blaming Bush. He hasn't been president for four years. Time to get off of that bandwagon.
Furry1993 Ogden, UTDec. 22, 2012 11:48 p.m.
To the truth 6:35 p.m. Dec. 22, 2012
Your allegation that "the democrats refusal to give Bork a nomination vote" is not the truth. Bork had an up-down vote in the Senate. He lost, the vote being 58-42 with the help of a half-dozen Republicans who joined all but two Democrats in voting against him.
Bork was a radical far right extremist ideologue (see the comments describing his positions above for full particulars). The country was well-served by the vote denying him a seat on the US Supreme Court.
the truth Holladay, UTDec. 22, 2012 6:35 p.m.
It doesn't matter what the resulting vote in committee is. It is just a recommendation of the committee.
The constitutional requirement is the for the senate to give an up or down vote on nominations.
It is sad how the democrats have destroyed the nomination process. Now we can never have good nomination again.
And all because the democrats refusal to give Bork a nomination vote.
We now have live with horrible radical unqualified nominations of Obama. Though, I blame the republicans more for not fighting harder against them. On the other had they atleast followed the constitution ans allowed the nominations a vote
durwood kirby South Jordan, UTDec. 22, 2012 4:53 p.m.
Wayne, it would seem that you are suffering a bout of amnesia regarding the eight years that George W. held the reins.
Wayne Rout El Paso, TXDec. 21, 2012 10:20 p.m.
Probably the best and most qualified person to be nominated in the last century. Compare this man to the people nominated by Obama. We will look back one day and shall see that the Democrats began the downfall of this nation with their lies and strategy on Judge Bork. No longer was it possible to work together. We can no longer put the country first. The voter ID issue is a prime example. All logical people understand that we must stamp out voter fraud or face the prospect that our elections will have no credibility. Democrats will not support anything that might stop voter fraud. Honesty is gone...who can we really believe?
UTAH Bill Salt Lake City, UTDec. 21, 2012 8:41 p.m.
Lest we forget, the intentions of the Founding Fathers were not as benign and righteous as orginalist supporters would have us believe. Constitutional originalism was used to conclude women and minorities should not have the rights they do now. It's amazing how the author simply fails to mention those issues regarding Bork. He was a rigid dinosaur who was rightly rejected for a seat on SCOTUS.
Howard Beal Provo, UTDec. 21, 2012 7:33 p.m.
Bork is a constitutional scholar certainly but some of his "interpretations" were scary and there is no way to sugar coat that.
Mukkake Salt Lake City, UTDec. 21, 2012 7:09 p.m.
the truth:
[He nomination never got out of comittee, forcing Reagan to withdraw him. The democrat controlled senate never did their constitutional duediligence and allow a vote. Although, if Bork has fought for it, he could forced a vote, and probably won because the no legitimate reason to not vote for him]
Wrong, he lost the committee, waited for the full vote, and was rejected there, too. So obviously there were plenty of reasons not to vote for him.
the truth Holladay, UTDec. 21, 2012 4:56 p.m.
Bork was never rejected,
He nomination never got out of comittee, forcing Reagan to withdraw him.
The democrat controlled senate never did their constitutional duediligence and allow a vote.
Although, if Bork has fought for it, he could forced a vote, and probably won because the no legitimate reason to not vote for him.
He was certainly no worse, and no more radical, than the Obama nominations.
It was result of Democrat shenanigans on this nomination that we have gotten the bad judges we have now, with little track record, and who say almost nothing about how they judge during nomination, and have no interest in actually following the constitution.
Mukkake Salt Lake City, UTDec. 21, 2012 12:32 p.m.
Mike in Cedar City:
[No, Bork had a fair hearing and was appropriatly rejected. But he should have applied for a position on the Editorial Staff of the DN. He surely would have been appreciated in that position.]
High Five!
ECR Burke, VADec. 21, 2012 12:23 p.m.
In a Meridian Magazine article in 2009 speaking of the "Culture Wars" Bork said,
"It will be important to make cultural alliances across religious lines. Orthodox Mormons, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews have more in common on cultural matters than they do with liberal members of their own faiths."
His first assumption, that one cannot be politically liberal and be orthodox in their reilgious faith, is short sighted and offensive. His overall premise of driving a wedge between members of the same religion, for nothing more than his political agenda is even quite threatening.
Shame on Judge Bork for stating it and on Meridian Magazine for giving him the vehicle to make such a bigoted statement.
Mike in Cedar City Cedar City, UtahDec. 21, 2012 12:04 p.m.
Amen to Blue and Mark B. This editorial suggest that Bork was refused nomination because of "fleeting" issues. They were hardly fleeting DN and why did you omit the well known issue of his decision permitting termination unless female empoyees would agree to become sterilizied? Ank, okay why did that corporation not require males to be sterilized? No, Bork had a fair hearing and was appropriatly rejected. But he should have applied for a position on the Editorial Staff of the DN. He surely would have been appreciated in that position.
Mukkake Salt Lake City, UTDec. 21, 2012 11:58 a.m.
[Robert Bork had two such encounters — one when he carried out President Richard Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor in the Watergate case]
He was just following orders, right? That excuse didn't work at the Nuremberg trials, either. It showed the kind of person he was: middle-management and complacent.
[Bork said his nomination ordeal would lead to a time when future nominees would have to be people who had published little and had no opinions.]
Or people without such reprehensible opinions.
[Bork's real contributions, however, far outweigh those crude political attacks.]
He had few significant contributions, because he was luckily kept out of the Supreme Court.
Mark B Eureka, CADec. 21, 2012 11:35 a.m.
DN is right to say that some people are judged unfairly based on one or two incidents which may not be characteristic of their entire lives.
But I'm not sure that Bork is one of those. When his nomination to the Supreme Court failed (opposed by senators of both parties), Bork simply took his beliefs public and spent the remainder of his life as a well-paid conservative activist. That's legal, but it ended up revealing what Bork's views REALLY were, instead of what he tried to convince the Senate of in 1987.
Blue Salt Lake City, UTDec. 21, 2012 11:32 a.m.
Bork was the guy who said there was no such thing as a right to privacy.
He also said it was OK for the government to restrict _married_ couples' access to birth control.
He said it was OK for a company to require its female employees to agree to be sterilized if they wanted to keep their jobs.
When Richard Nixon tried to fire the Watergate Special Prosecutor, the Attorney General resigned rather than carry out that unconstitutional abuse of power, and so did the Assistant Attorney General. But Bork was #3 in line and he fired Archibald Cox in the middle of the invistigation into Nixon's well-documented, egregious and dangerous criminal behavior.
The fact that he is revered as an icon of conservatism mystifies me.


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The super sweet and talented Joyce Wan sent me these adorable baby books (which I would've bought anyway!):
Rain Dragon loves them. I think she will have a sweet tooth, just like her mom:
Monday, September 3, 2012
on my desk monday
4 comments:
- Marjorie said...
Adorable books and baby - what a perfect combination!
- September 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Hannah said...
Those books are so cute I bet baby Rain Dragon loves them but she will love your work,Grace,even more when she is older, just like me!!!!
- September 7, 2012 at 5:21 PM
- Grace Lin said...
Thanks! Rain Dragon is growing so fast and big, I can't wait until she starts reading books herself!
- September 16, 2012 at 3:58 PM
- GraceQ23 said...
Adorable book covers so cute
- November 11, 2014 at 8:24 AM
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"I am. I am both Seo Joo Hyun and Seo Hyun. Because there can be no Seohyun without Seo Joo Hyun," said Girls' Generation's (SNSD) Seohyun.
Seohyun, who is currently promoting as one-third of SNSD unit group Taetiseo, was one of four SM Entertainment artists featured in the latest issue of 1st Look magazine, where she talked about her model citizen image and breaking into acting.
"I think the Seohyun on stage and the Seo Joo Hyun in everyday life are very different," said Seohyun.
When the SNSD member isn't traveling the world, gracing world famous stages like New York City's Madison Square Garden, she's a normal a college student, who always wears her seatbelt in the car and boasts high marks in her classes.
The singer opened up about her good girl image, and rather than break under the pressure, she appears to be handling it gracefully.
"I keep a tight leash on myself to not trouble the upright life image [I have]," said Seohyun. "I don't want to disappoint [people]. The people's gaze has been a good driving force in my life."
Seohyun also revealed that her confidence in the spotlight comes from years of preparation and hard work. .
"Because standing on stage is nerve-wracking and anything can happen, it's important to be perfectly prepared and to have confidence with that foundation."
Although Seohyun said she chose to become a singer because she wanted to communicate with people through music, the girl group member revealed that she would like to try her hand at acting—even action acting—one day.
"I chose Theater as my major in order to learn acting step by step from the theory [level]. You only live one life and you can only live as yourself. I think I will learn a lot about myself through living another's life."
The complete interview featuring Seohyun can be found in the latest issue of 1st Look.
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A post-postmodern fable, inspired by China's beloved ancient romance /horror story, starring the Honorable Daphne Guinness as a snake demoness who has transformed herself into an enchanting maiden, in order to experience love. A meditation on obsession, gender, metamorphosis and time, through multi-cultural poetry fragments and chthonic catharsis. Including "The Hidden Chamber" by Neil Gaiman (Academy Award nominated Coraline). Directorial debut by Indrani, produced by photographers Markus Klinko & Indrani (2 gold Cannes Lions for TBWA/Digital Death), GK Reid, and Daphne Guinness (Academy Award nominated Cashback).
Starring: The Honourable Daphne Guinness
Directed by: Indrani
Produced by: Markus Klinko & Indrani, GK Reid and Daphne Guinness (Academy Award nominated Cashback)
Written by: Including "The Hidden Chamber" © 2005 by Neil Gaiman (Academy Award nominated Coraline); screenplay by Indrani
Creative Direction and Costume Design: GK Reid
Cinematography by: Pergrin Jung
Photography by: Markus Klinko & Indrani
Edited by: Terence Ziegler, jumP Editorial
Visual Effects by: Kathy Monahan, Poetica (formerly Manic)
Music composition and arrangement by: Wen-Kai Ying
Music Performance by: The Viva Girls (Grammy award winning Domo Group).
Daphne Guinness
An icon in the worlds of fashion and art, Daphne was raised between Ireland, England, Paris and an artist's colony with Salvador Dali and the Surrealists in Spain. Growing up, Guinness studied life drawing, drama and music and has since worked with photographers such as David La Chapelle, Steven Klein and Nick Knight. She was a companion of Andy Warhol before being celebrated as muse to Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford and Karl Lagerfeld. Guinness acted in and produced an Oscar nominated short film called 'Cashback', directed her own short film 'Phenomenology of Body'. She has also starred in a film, 'The Murder of Jean Seberg', directed by photographer and filmmaker Joe Lally. Guinness has designed a range of clothing with Dover Street Market and released an eponymous fragrance with Comme des Garçons. MAC launched a new collection dedicated to her.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis. As a child he discovered his love of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. LeGuin, Gene Wolfe, and G.K. Chesterton. Gaiman began his writing career in England as a journalist. His first book was a Duran Duran biography that took him three months to write, and his second was a biography of Douglas Adams, 'Don't Panic: The Official Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion.' The groundbreaking series 'Sandman' followed, collecting a large number of US awards in its 75 issue run, including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and three Harvey Awards. 'Sandman' became the first comic ever to receive a literary award, the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri is internationally known for her iconic imagery "At the forefront of contemporary photography" (NOWNESS 2010). Born in Calcutta, India, Indrani traveled the world as a fashion model learning from photographers and directors with whom she worked. She co-founded and co-directs a charitable foundation in her home in India SEEschool.org. Indrani graduated from Princeton University with a magna cum laude degree in cultural anthropology, while she developed her photography career with partner Markus Klinko. Their imagery was discovered by David Bowie and Isabella Blow, clients include Interview, Vanity Fair, Lancome, L'Oreal, Barneys, Nike and Pepsi; Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Eva Mendes, Lady Gaga, Beyonce Knowles, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Lopez, Keanu Reeves, Will Smith, Jay-Z, Usher, Kanye West, and Ryan Seacrest. She has directed films and commercials including "Crisis in Central African Republic: Malaria" starring Mandy Moore, "Digital Death"starring Katie Holmes, Elijah Wood and Usher, a music video for Mary J. Blige, and the controversial "The Girl Epidemic."
Markus Klinko
French- Hungarian Markus Klinko was born in Switzerland, the son of a French Horn player, spent his teens studying harp in Paris at the National Conservatory. Markus had an illustrious career as one of the world's preeminent classical harp soloists. He was the first harpist with a major recording label contract, and released award-winning albums for EMI Classic, and played concerts around the globe. In 1994, after receiving the "Grand Prix du Disque" (European equivalent to a Grammy) for his last recording with the Paris Opera Bastille Orchestra, Markus decided to follow his passion to begin a career in photography. Two weeks later he met Indrani and they began their extraordinary relationship and creative collaboration.
GK Reid
Fashion stylist and designer GK Reid has established a high-profile clientele and is recognized for his unique perspective that translates into ground-breaking work. A cultural nomad, Reid grew up between an artists' community in New Mexico and a boarding school in Mussoorie, India. This diverse upbringing contributed to his innate understanding of sartorial mores that enhance and empower his clients. His efforts have entered into the fashion lexicon. Reid has styled other iconic celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Nelly Furtado, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Nas and Katie Holmes. Reid was the costume designer and production designer for this film, and fashions he created for it were presented at the Fashion Institute Museum's Daphne Guinness Exhibition.
Pergrin Jung
Pergrin is a native of Berlin, Germany, where he grew up immersed in the French culture while attending the Lycée Français. College studies in Paris, France, at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, gave him a strong foundation in international film. He then studied cinematography at AFI, and interned with Academy Award winners Vittorio Storaro, Vilmos Zsigmond, and László Kovács. As one of the youngest MFA graduates ever, Pergrin has worked on hundreds of commercials and music videos with legendary directors like Joe Pytka and Tony Kaye, amongst many others.
Terence Ziegler
Known for editing film and commercials for clients such as Merrell, Cibavision (DDB), Abbot Labs (Saatchi Wellness), Olay (Saatchi/NY) and Clairol (FCB/NY), Terence Ziegler's innate versatility lends itself to visual story telling and design oriented work. He won a Telly Award for a City Harvest PSA via FCB/NY, starring Harrison Ford and directed by Timothy White. He also won Best Short Film at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival. Ziegler recently edited "Jesus Was a Commie," a short film he co-directed with Matthew Modine. He also cut award-winning "Apsara," a short from director Colin McGreal screened at festivals the world over.
Viva Girls
Having been classically trained at the best conservatories in Beijing, China, the Viva Girls present an East meets West twist on a unique mix between classical and modern music defies genres. Creating traditional Chinese music that appeals to the global audience. The classically-trained female musicians who comprise the Viva Girls perform on traditional Chinese instruments and blur the lines between western influenced music with the traditional sounds of their roots in China. The result is a modern-traditional musical hybrid. Their music is masterfully produced and mixed by Wen-Kai Ying.
A special thank you to everyone who donated their time and efforts to make this film a success (Poetica, formally Manic; Jump; Company 3; Color)
Guinness Shines in Short Film Based on Ancient Chinese Legend
by Cator Sparks for The Huffington Post
When I first covered the delightful and energetic photographic duo Markus and Indrani, they were just wrapping up the unending editing of their first short film, The Legend of Lady White Snake. During New York Fashion Week they were finally able to screen their magical little film. It was explained to me as a contemporary take of an ancient Chinese legend where a beautiful woman who is actually a thousand year old white snake falls in love with a human but their relationship is forbidden by nature's law.
I have a confession to tell the film-makers, I have watched the password protected film nearly every night since! Coming from a background of shooting this era's biggest talent from Lady Gaga to Mary J. Blige they understand the need for high drama, engaging music and mysterious sex appeal. The duo also understands the power of the short. Like the musicians they shoot, this film takes on the clip of a music video albeit with a much more glamorous star than any Beyonce, Brittany or Madge. Friend and muse to Markus and Indrani, Daphne Guinness shines in this epic tale of love, life and loss. People finally get to hear the power her voice can intone, matching her super human style and look.
After the screening I spoke to Indrani about how all of this came about:
Tell us how this film came to be.
My goal was to bring to life the ancient Chinese legend of Lady White Snake, in a post-postmodern style, using multi-cultural perspectives and poetry fragments, and set in New York City, to bring out underlying dichotomies in a clash of oppositions, and push the tale's theme of metamorphosis to its conclusions in a chthonic catharsis to create a new whole.
What lured you to this specific legend?
I was intrigued by the legend precisely because it seemed inscrutable to me at first glance, with many contradictions and loose ends. Researching further, I found water/serpent women surface in ancient tales of almost every culture, as goddesses, monsters, or a hybrid of both. I was fascinated by the dramatic transformations of the story itself through the ages, reflecting the many shifts of society's attitudes towards women and their powers. For me the all-powerful heroine seems so modern, she learns to transform herself and even the very elements at her whim, yet she's unable to control her own emotions, or to be normal, which she so craves. Love is the source of her strength and her weakness, causing her imprisonment by the patriarchy, as she sacrifices herself to save the changeable man who betrays her repeatedly.
How close does your film follow the legend?
The original Chinese story takes place over hundreds of years, traversing lifetimes, so it was a challenge to encapsulate its essence in 8 minutes, yet preserve the endless cyclical sense of time and fate, and at the same time provide the cathartic resolution withheld in the original, a solution to the question of endless love.
How was it working with Guinness?
This film was a labor of love for all of us. We were very fortunate to work with Daphne, whose acting is extraordinary. Though known for her visual art, in this her first speaking role she imbues the complex character of Lady White Snake with a forceful ancient wisdom, a naive vulnerability, otherworldly charm and deadly intensity. Raised amongst aristocrats and surrealists like Salvador Dali, trained as an opera singer, she exudes an unforgettable presence on-screen, and her passion for poetry imbues every word with meaning.
Where did the text come from in the film?
Many of the literary references were suggested by Daphne, such as Oppenheimer's quote from the Bhagavad Gita, and Coleridge's Kublai Khan, which happen to be favorites of mine as well, over which we came together on the project. Working the story around these texts was a terrific challenge, yet it helped bring out many of the layers of complexity in the original Chinese legend. Stylist and designer GK Reid (who created masterpieces for this film) showed bestselling author Neil Gaiman an early cut and he suggested his poem, the Hidden Chamber, which became the literary core of the film, and brought out many more layers in Lady White's character, adding a gender-bending suave serial killer edge.
For a teaser of the film click here and get lured into the urban chambers of one damn dazzling dame, err serpent. Images in this post are an exclusive preview from Hong Kong Tatler. Photos by Markus Klinko & Indrani, styling by GK Reid, courtesy of Hong Kong Tatler. Fashion: coat and blue dress by Chanel Haute Couture, gold dress by Genghis Khan. Film produced by Markus Klinko & Indrani, Daphne Guinness, and GK Reid.
The Skin She Lives In
by Hong Kong Tatler
A highly conceptualised interpretation of the Chinese legend, a tale of a thousand-yearold snake that takes on the form of a beautiful woman, the film is an exploration of obsession and metamorphosis. The challenging role required Guinness to get cozy with a 20-foot long albino python and an owl (luckily not at the same time), and to pose couture-clad in the middle of a pond in Central Park. Produced as a tribute to the spirit of Alexander McQueen, The Legend of Lady White Snake showcases some stunning looks from the late designer as well as other labels like Philip Treacy and Gareth Pugh.
For Guinness, costume is one of the most important aspects of a film's narrative. She once met Elizabeth Taylor on the set of a fashion shoot, and asked what the diva thought about the role of costume in film. "I had some of my lines sewn into the back of my costumes," answered Taylor immediately. "It was so interesting to hear it from the horse's mouth," recalls Guinness. "I knew that the clothes had equal say."
Daphne Guiness' Asian influences
by Hillary Latos for Asiance Magazine
Based on China's most beloved ancient legend, the film is a meditation on obsessive love and metamorphosis. Shooting the film for 7 days in New York, they stopped traffic in Central Park as Daphne glided across a lake in a costume designed by GK Reid, stylist and production designer extraordinaire. GK also styled her in Gareth Pugh, Philip Tracy, and pieces designed by the Late Alexander McQueen just for Daphne, that have never before been seen. The film and images also feature a 20ft long python, and an owl. The Exhibit also featured photographs by Markus Klinko and Indrani on the set of the film. One of these became the Barney's ad for Daphne's extraordinary performance art show in the windows of Barney's New York as she prepared for the Met Ball.
I had a chance to speak with Daphne at a recent fashion event that I attended. We spoke about Asian influences and her recent film with South Asian photographer, Indrani!
Asiance: Tell us about your new film with Indrani!
Guiness: It's always a work in progress. I always do unscripted work. We all trust each other. I've known her for a year. I really loved working with her. My problem has been with schedules.
Daphne Guinness and 'The Legend of Lady White Snake'
by Rosemary Feitelberg for WWD
How Daphne Guinness wound up appearing in "The Legend of Lady White Snake"... Guinness got to know Reid and the photographers, better known as Markus and Indrani, through another lensman, David LaChapelle. Markus and Indrani later shot the heiress and LaChapelle in coffins for the "Keep a Child Alive" campaign, which won two Gold Lions at Cannes for TBWAChiatDay.
Reid and Guinness, meanwhile, became fast friends and cooked up another shoot with Markus and Indrani, during which Indrani started filming "The Legend of Lady White Snake," a tribute to Alexander McQueen. What started as one shoot wound up being 12, and life-size prints will be sold Sunday to benefit Charity:Water and Indrani's women's empowerment school in India. Reid added another dimension to the tale, by styling "Coraline" creator Neil Gaiman for the Oscars. The designer sent the director an early copy of "The Legend of Lady White Snake," and, instead of feedback, Gaiman offered the use of his poem "The Hidden Chamber," which is now a core to the story line. But he is not the only one with a writing credit. Indrani also worked in verse from Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rabindranath Tagore and Samuel Taylor Coleridge...
The short will be entered in various film festivals, and plans are under way to stage the exhibition in Hong Kong, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Berlin.
Daphne Guinness Tribute To Alexander McQueen: Lady White Snake
by Kpriss for Style Frizz
Lady White Snake is a new fashion film directed by Indrani, starring Daphne Guinness who gets to wear some very interesting pieces (from Alexander McQueen, Genghis Khan, Gareth Pugh, Philip Treacy, Fred Leighton, Bess) and behaves like the walking rare art form that she is.
These are just speculations as the official truth will surface this very Sunday, February 12 2012 at the screening of The Legend of Lady White Snake when 12 life size prints with images from the Markus Klinko & Indrani special collaboration will be sold to benefit Charity: Water and Indrani's Indian school for women empowerment. They had me at "McQueen tribute" so the images only confirm the visual bliss that is this short fashion film!
Premiere: The Legend of Lady White Snake
by Cator Sparks for Lookbook
The film is an 8-minute postmodern experimental narrative film inspired by China's beloved classical romance and explores themes of obsession, metamorphosis, identity, and time.
The story takes place within the mind of its heroine, an ancient snake demoness (Guinness) transformed by good deeds into a beautiful maiden, in order to experience human love. The music by Chinese instrumental supergroup the Viva Girls was pitch perfect, eerie yet romantic.
The Legend of Lady White Snake, Starring Daphne Guinness
by Vivian Kelly for The Fashion Examiner
The film itself was genius - a cross between a poetry reading and a couture fashion show. It may sound odd, but it was spectacular. On our way out, Laura stopped to chat with a young female editor to get her take. Like us, she was blown away and was going to Google the film and read Neil Gaiman's poem. The point of the film though, was the EXPERIENCE and it got a 10/10 on that score. After this visual feast, we got an auditory one - a performance by the very talented Viva Girls, who were perched like a row of angels in blue ball gowns to the right of the massive screen.
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Duration: 8:04
Originaation: Digital Cameras Arri Alexa + Red One
Ratio: 16:9
Format: MPEG4
Language: English
Year of Production: 2012
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Dr Vijay Mallya: "...for Paul (Di Resta), I would like to apologise to him because we did not get the tyre strategy right during Q1"
An eventful qualifying session this afternoon saw Adrian Sutil qualify in eighth place for tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix. Teammate Paul Di Resta will line up in P17.
I also need to thank my crew who worked so hard to fix the car in time for the session after the incident this morning. Tomorrow I will be pushing hard to move forward. A podium is my target and there are seven cars ahead of me, so with a good strategy anything is possible. I just have to concentrate and make the most of this opportunity."
Paul Di Resta (Q1: 1:26.322): "We failed to deliver today, which is a real shame because we were very strong in the wet and this is the most crucial qualifying session of the year. The intermediate tyres were working fine for me, but we didn't read the conditions well enough from the pit wall.
I needed a set of fresh intermediates towards the end of the session, but by the time we realised it was too late and there was no time to pit. The only option was to stay out, but my tyres were finished and I didn't have a chance to progress any further. It's a painful position to be starting from tomorrow given the speed we had in the car today."
Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal & Managing Director: "A very frantic qualifying session in Monaco. After Adrian's crash this morning the mechanics did a magnificent job to repair the car for the start of Q1 – and Adrian made the most of it. In the tricky damp conditions he delivered when it mattered to qualify eighth.
As for Paul, I would like to apologise to him because we did not get the tyre strategy right during Q1. He was incredibly quick on the intermediate tyres, but we missed the chance to pit him for a fresh set towards the end of the session. As a result he lines up in P17.
For the race we know that anything can happen in Monaco so we will think hard about the strategy to try and secure a good result for both cars."
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The Learning to Work programme is led by the CIPD to promote the role of employers in reducing youth unemployment. The CIPD's purpose is to champion better work and working lives, which starts with young people being able to access the labour market.
The overall aim of the programme is to promote the business case for investing in the future workforce. We encourage HR professionals to offer a wide range of access routes into their organisations and ensure their recruitment and management practices are youth-friendly. We also promote direct contact with young people via two youth volunteering programmes, Steps Ahead Mentoring and Inspiring the Future.
The CIPD has identified seven key focal points to help encourage greater levels of engagement with young people and secure future talent pipelines. These are Engage, Prepare, Experience, Recruit, Invest and Measure, which are all underpinned by the Business Case. We have provided guidance as to the sorts of activities you/your organisation could be doing under each of these headings to make a real difference.
Explores the link between employee volunteering programmes and learning and development strategies, and particularly how key skills in staff can be harnessed through volunteering with young people.
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The prospect of helping your child navigate their education and career path can be daunting. This guide for parents of children aged 11 to 24 helps in understanding the important decisions and milestones facing young people as they progress through school, college and further education or training as they successfully transition into the world of work.
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Survey findings which highlight a positive trend in terms of entry-level opportunities. Overall there's been an increase in the number of organisations who employ young people aged 16-24: 79% say they now do, up from 73% a year ago.
A guide for employers with ideas on how to design and run high quality apprenticeship programmes that support their business and workforce strategy.


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Snow, Freezing Rain Expected Overnight Into Friday Morning
Your Doppler 10 Forecast
This Evening: Partly to mostly cloudy.
Tonight: Sleet & snow after midnight mixing with and changing to freezing rain towards morning. Low 24.
Tomorrow: Freezing rain turning to rain during the morning. Warmer with a high of 45.
Saturday: Partly sunny. High 41.
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Sleet and snow will move into Central Ohio around midnight tonight and then change to freezing rain sometime after 2AM. The latest computer models have this wintry mix moving out of the Columbus area around 9AM Friday with temperatures rising above freezing and melting the ice before noon. I am calling for an inch of snow and sleet and then a tenth of an inch of ice on top of that. This will NOT be an ice storm for Central Ohio as the storm fortunately has limited moisture by the time it reaches us. This mix will make roadways slick so I would allow extra time tomorrow morning and be prepared for school delays.
Alerts : WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for ALL of Ohio tonight into tomorrow morning.
Inconvenient Weather: Snow, sleet and freezing rain will make roads snow and ice covered after midnight tonight. I expect roads to be very slick with freezing rain falling during Friday morning drive!
Planning your Day: Today's averages 42/26…Record High 68 (1891) Record Low -9 (1985) Last 7 days 47, 37, 29, 26, 52, 50, 23 yesterday. Precipitation today: trace Precipitation February: .77" (-.84") Precipitation year: 3.02" (-1.32") Snowfall today: trace Snowfall February: 6.1" (+1.8) Snowfall year 28.3" (+8.7") Sunset tonight 6:15 PM and sunrise tomorrow 7:15 AM


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My name is Tara and I wasn't named for Gone With The Wind, but I always thought that the concept of being named after a SLAVE PLANTATION & romanticized version of the old south would be kind of....racist-ish. But it seems like so many people love that movie so maybe I was the only one that read into it being a weird story???
Anyways I always felt a little strange when people said, "Oh like Gone With The Wind!" about my name. I happen to be named after a Soap Opera character!


text: STYLE: Bold Face Bold Face: Footloose et al… By Deirdre Carroll Friday, September 16, 2011 4:27 PM Bold Face explores the cult of celebrity and the styles, trends and brands that stars show off in movies, at events and living their daily lives. To be considered for inclusion please contact senior editor, Deirdre Carroll. The remake of the 1984 classic is happening and it is closer than you might think. The movie hits theatres in October so allow Bold Face to introduce you to its two new leads and the women with ties to them both… The modern remake of the 1984 classic Footloose will premiere in October. The new movie stars professional dancer Kenneth Wormald as Ren, the role Kevin Bacon made famous. This Footloose remains a story about a teenage boy rebelling against a town that has banned dancing and rock and roll and Wormald channels that inner bad boy in these Calvin Klein Jeans CKJ710S sunglasses from Marchon. Prior to landing his big screen break, Wormald toured as a back up dancer with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Madonna, so it sounds like the foundation of the movie remains the same but the producers have clearly upped the dancing wattage… Speaking of dancing wattage, the role of Ariel Moore in the Footloose remake, made famous by Lori Singer in the original, is being tackled by dancer/singer/actress Julianne Hough. Hough first stole the hearts of the American public in 2007 as the youngest professional dancer to win the mirror ball trophy in the popular reality show, Dancing with the Stars, as Apolo Ohno's partner. Since then, she has released a successful country music album and filmed a few movies, not to mention her very high profile romance with a certain entertainment mover-and-shaker. Clearly the young beauty has a lot to smile about, as she is here in her Chanel 5185 sunglasses from Luxottica… It seems both our Footloose actors have ties to one woman - Christina Aguilera. As we mentioned, Wormald toured with her and Hough starred with her in the movie Burlesque. Most recently we've seen Aguilera as a coach on the singing competition The Voice on NBC but her voice is all over the air waves thanks to the popularity of the song "Moves Like Jagger" with fellow The Voice judge Adam Levine and his band, Maroon 5. But rumor has it the Ms. Aguilera is back in the studio recording a new album, so hopefully we will soon her amazing voice again soon. Therefore, how fitting that we have her here wearing the Swarovski Amazing sunglasses from Marcolin.


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Emory & Henry College's School of Health Science is preparing to launch in 2017 a unique physician assistant program that school officials believe will be known eventually as one of the best in the country.
The program, which is now receiving applications, will go well beyond that of other such programs in part because of its strong emphasis on hands-on experiences. "We fully expect our training to produce some of the best-trained, best-prepared and most experienced, well rounded and patient-centered physician assistants in the world," said Dr. Scott Richards, director of the E&H Physician Assistant (PA) Program.
Students wishing to apply for the program may do so through the Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA), which is administered through the Physician Assistant Education Association.
Above and beyond a standard curriculum, the program will include three semesters of training in mindfulness practices, a minimum of two semesters training in psychiatric and behavioral medicine, and clinical rotation in rural primary care, hospice and palliative care, and cardiology and pulmonology.
The program also emphasizes evidence-based teaching and learning strategies, including active team-based learning with flipped classrooms, regular standardized patient and high fidelity simulation activities built into each module of the curriculum, and built-in remediation opportunities.
Not only do we expect to have some of the best trained PAs in the nation, but we also expect to have some of the most content students.Dr. Scott Richards,
Director of the E&H Physician Assistant (PA) Program
In addition, students will begin their clinical experiences during their first week of the program at the Mel Leaman Free Clinic, which delivers health care services to low-income and uninsured residents in Smyth, Grayson and Washington counties in Virginia.
A wide range of practical experience is provided to students through affiliation agreements with numerous other health care organizations, all within a 50-mile range of the E&H School of Health Sciences (SHS).
Emory & Henry College has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Emory & Henry College anticipates matriculating its first class in May 2017, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the March 2017 ARC-PA meeting.
Accreditation - Provisional is an accreditation status for a new Physician Assistant (PA) program that, at the time of its initial accreditation review, demonstrated its preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with the accreditation standards.
The Program will not commence in May 2017 in the event that provisional accreditation is not received. Learn more about our Accreditation Status


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Six weeks and barely a day after he was the winning pitcher in the game that made the Yankees World Series champions for the first time in 18 years, Jimmy Key defected to the enemy yesterday.
Key, who became a free agent at 2 P.M. Saturday under terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, easily and quickly succumbed to the lure of an offer from the Baltimore Orioles that far surpassed the Yankees' offer. ''The Yankees really didn't make it tough for me to leave,'' Key said.
In another free-agent development, an official of a major league club said he was told that the Florida Marlins would announce today that they had reached agreement with Alex Fernandez, a pitcher who rejected an offer of $30 million for five years to remain with the Chicago White Sox. The official said the Marlins are giving Fernandez $35 million for five years.
The Yankees, who are trying to rein in their runaway payroll, easily No. 1 in the major leagues last season, offered Key, a 35-year-old left-hander, one year and an option year for a guaranteed $3.8 million. The Orioles, No. 3 in payroll, overwhelmed Key by guaranteeing him $7.8 million for two years and adding $80,000 in living expenses. They gave him a larger signing bonus, $3.5 million, than the Yankees offered for the one guaranteed year, $3.4 million.
The upfront money, in effect, is an advance on Key's salary for next season. His actual 1997 salary will be $500,000. The Orioles will pay him $3.8 million in 1998, including $300,000 that will be deferred without interest, meaning the present-day value of the package will be slightly less than $7.8 million.Continue reading the main story
''He and Wetteland are guys we were trying to sign,'' Bob Watson, the Yankees' general manager, said by telephone from Tampa, Fla., also mentioning John Wetteland, the team's ace relief pitcher, another free agent. ''Now we have to make a shift to see what we're going to do. There are some other guys out there. I'll just have to talk to the boss. He's en route somewhere. I haven't had a chance to talk to him.''
The development with Key, who beat the Orioles in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, is reminiscent of the winter war the Yankees and the Orioles waged a year ago. They played a game of ''Can You Top This?'' and, at one point, both sought to get David Wells, also a left-handed pitcher, in a trade. It was the Orioles' success at getting Wells that prompted the Yankees to give Kenny Rogers $20 million for four years.
Wells is now a free agent, and he and Roger Clemens are two pitchers in whom the Yankees have expressed an interest.
Speaking of Key, Watson said: ''We made him an offer. They made him a better one. We wish him well. He did a very good job for the Yankees in the time he was here. I think the thing that probably cemented it was the amount of dollars and a second year guaranteed. We did not guarantee a second year. We had an option year.''
Pat Gillick, the Orioles' general manager, said last night that he called Key at about 3:30 P.M. Saturday, an hour and a half after Key officially became a free agent.
The Orioles concluded the deal yesterday at about 3:30 P.M. Bill Larmer, Key's agent, called Watson to inform him at about 6 P.M.
''They just said the Orioles made a better offer and he was going to go with them,'' Watson said. ''He thanked us for all we have done for him, sticking with him through the injury, the surgery and rehab. He said he hated to do it, but he had to look out for his family.''
The Yankees signed Key as a free agent to a four-year, $17 million contract. In his first two seasons with them, he amassed 35 victories. Then he suffered an injury to the rotator cuff in his left shoulder and missed most of the 1995 season. This past season he had a 12-11 record.
Watson said the Yankees would look at the pitchers who are free agents but emphasized that he had not made an offer to any of them and was not aware of any that George Steinbrenner had made.
''There's a group of pitchers that we probably at least will have a conversation with to see where we are,'' Watson said. ''I don't know if we're going to be fortunate enough to sign any of those pitchers.''
The Yankees, Watson said, also had not made an offer that he knew of to Wetteland. ''We'll probably do that sometime this week,'' he said.
The Yankees offered Wetteland arbitration just before the Saturday midnight deadline, retaining negotiating rights to him through Jan. 8.
The Boston Red Sox offered Clemens arbitration and are said to be preparing to make a renewed effort to sign him. An official of another club said he heard that the Blue Jays are prepared to offer Wells a four-year contract. If they do, the Yankees are virtually certain not to try to match it.Continue reading the main story


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TARPON SPRINGS — City officials have torn up parts of a $1.3 million plan to enhance the Sponge Docks tourist district and are going back to the drawing board.
They're ditching the controversial components of the plan — a boardwalk and amphitheater at the water's edge and a dock for visiting boaters.
"It is obvious that on this issue, we're not going to be able to come to a consensus," said City Manager Mark LeCouris. "There's too much division."
Officials are keeping the less controversial features of the plan — brick streets, decorative light poles and landscaping, as well as new benches, trash cans and sidewalks.
They intend to work out the final planning and design details for those features at public City Commission meetings over the next couple of months. They hope to get the work under way during the slow, hot days this summer so it can be finished in time for the next tourist season.
By year's end, officials envision being able to hang Christmas lights and Epiphany banners from the new light fixtures.
In the meantime, the blame game is under way.
Some Tarpon Springs residents remain outraged that the city has spent nearly $350,000 on designs and engineering for the entire Sponge Docks plan. They assert that federal authorities would never have allowed the city to construct a boardwalk alongside the narrow Anclote River. If taxpayers' money was wasted on an unrealistic proposal, they want someone held accountable.
"What concerns me a great deal is that you as commissioners were blindsided," lawyer Mary Klimis Coburn told the City Commission on Tuesday night.
"Y'all were sideswiped on this. You need to find out why," former Mayor Anita Protos told commissioners. "Someone didn't come forth with all the information. It was held from you."
Critics of the plan contend that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would not have permitted a Sponge Docks boardwalk because that would have made it too difficult for boats to navigate the Anclote River. A boardwalk also could have interfered with dredging the river in the future, opponents say.
"Putting a dock on a narrow waterway is reckless and unconscionable," said tugboat captain Sean O'Keefe, who owns a commercial fishing boat in Tarpon.
The Corps of Engineers will not confirm any of this.
Those who have been in charge of the Sponge Docks beautification plan are firmly defending themselves.
"The idea that we were trying to hide anything or sneak something through is just not true," the project's architect, Ed Hoffman, said at Tuesday's meeting.
"There's been some pretty strong accusations about our credibility, and I think that needs to be resolved."
Hoffman reiterated that the plan for the Sponge Docks was developed from community input through a series of public workshops.
He said the engineering firm URS has been doing the marine permitting work for the project and has been in communication with the state and federal agencies that would eventually have to approve the boardwalk.
"I can probably bring facts forward to dispute everything that's been said about the river," said LeCouris, the city manager. "This project wasn't stopped because of so-called facts that came out."
Instead, he said, the subject had become too divisive. He fired back at audience members who said the city hadn't done its homework.
"I'm extremely disappointed with the actions of some people tonight," LeCouris said. "There's no need at this time to go into the past. There is no reason to come up with the negativity."
But commissioners gave mixed signals regarding how aggressively they want to review what went wrong, or whether the city was in the wrong.
"I would just like to move ahead and put this behind us," said Mayor David Archie, who is weary of the subject.
Commissioner David Banther said he wanted to find out what went awry, but "not finger-pointing, not a witch-hunt."
But Commissioner Townsend Tarapani demanded a full explanation of why the city spent $350,000 on a project that possibly couldn't have been built in the first place.
"We need to find out where we went wrong," he said.
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