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In recent news, the Michael J. Fox Foundation offered a $1.5 million grant to an Austrian pharmaceutical company to help fund research into a vaccine for Parkinson's disease. But that's not the only instance of a nonprofit foundation working with a drug company to help find targeted treatments for a disease. In fact, this type of partnership, known as "venture philanthropy," has been on the rise in recent years. Check out Genome writer Leslie Minora's list of seven nonprofit groups that are funding research into drug development:
1. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
In almost all discussions of venture philanthropy, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is upheld as the organization that pioneered the model for rare diseases and has been most successful with it. Its drug development model aims to reduce the financial risk of early-stage drug development of targeted treatments by working with pharmaceutical companies and reinvesting the resulting funds into further research. The discovery and approval of Kalydeco, which treats a root cause of the disease, was a major milestone, and the science behind it has unlocked new research and development that may eventually lead to a cure for cystic fibrosis.
2. Michael J. Fox Foundation
Michael J. Fox established his namesake foundation with the goal of developing better treatments and finding a cure for Parkinson's disease. As part of its efforts, the organization has invested $100 million in funding nearly 225 pharmaceutical-industry projects. As with many other organizations, the Michael J. Fox Foundation's pharmaceutical partnerships are part of a nuanced approach that offers funding, research tools, networking, and recruitment assistance for clinical trials.
3. Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
As part of a widespread approach, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation partners with the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to develop new treatments. The organization funds early-stage development, which is often a prohibitively expensive step in pursuing targeted disease treatments. The MMRF Biotech Investment Awards program began in 2006 and has committed $11 million to biotech research and development. Research funded by the MMRF resulted in several new treatments, with more than 20 others in various stages of clinical trials in the development pipeline.
JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research, focuses on translating research into therapies that will improve lives and eventually cure type 1 diabetes. With an approach that includes partnering with pharmaceutical companies, the goal is to "decrease barriers to commercial development." The organization pursues this goal through key partnerships with "the academic sector, NIH [National Institutes of Health], other funders and foundations, industry, investors, regulatory agencies, and healthcare payers" to deliver treatment breakthroughs to patients.
5. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society partners with several organizations, including Onconova Therapeutics, Celator Pharmaceuticals, and Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, to expedite the drug-development process. The organization's Therapy Acceleration Program, launched in 2007, funds initiatives with potential to change and accelerate the standard care for patients with blood cancer. The program aims to shepherd therapies from discovery to clinical testing to increase the likelihood of a beneficial treatment reaching the market. Through its partnership with Onconova, LLS funded a phase 3 clinical trial for patients with relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of blood cancer. This marks the organization's first "approval-track clinical trial."
6. Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation is a biomedical venture philanthropy nonprofit aimed at developing treatments, and eventually a cure, through a diverse portfolio of programs. The ADDF focuses its funding on early-stage research and clinical trials to reduce the financial barriers that prevent promising medications from reaching the public. Many of its grants are structured as investments; the returns are then directed toward new research. The ADDF partners with Merck, Pfizer, and others. It funded early research for what became Amyvid, a diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease that was approved by the FDA in 2012.
7. Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks advocates for autistic individuals and funds research to further understand the condition and develop treatments that could lead to a cure. In 2012, it launched Delivering Scientific Innovation for Autism (DELSIA), an independent nonprofit affiliate. DELSIA works with for-profit organizations, including biotech companies, to expedite the development of treatments, devices, diagnostic tools, and other products. As with many venture philanthropic arrangements, its partnerships include profit-sharing arrangements for successful products, and any returns are directed toward further research and development. DELSIA is an additional approach to the scientific research already funded by Autism Speaks. It aims to convert laboratory research into practical applications for those with autism spectrum disorder.


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"You only see the outside of me": Dwight Core, Jr
The link is to an article in our local paper, discussing the placement of a home-video about Dwight in the Library of Congress. A fitting tribute, I must say. There is a video link in the article.
Watch it, but have tissues ready.
No amount of preaching is needed as commentary on this video; it speaks quite plainly for itself. But the mom in me felt stabbed to the heart to hear Dwight's father's voice "explain" that Dwight was "severely retarded".
There are 30 years separating Dwight and Emily, and for all the problems I have encountered with misunderstanding schools and health-care professionals, no one has ever used the term "severely retarded" to me. And yet, when I look at Dwight I see Emily. When I see Dwight playing in his backyard, I know (it's so obvious, to eyes that can see) that Dwight was never "severely retarded" and the only difference between Dwight and Emily was thirty years of elapsing time.
May the next thirty years bring as much change in expectations.

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Trying something new in the shop can be, well, trying. Once I get comfortable with one technique to make a joint, I am loathe to try another, no matter how many people (or magazines) tell me how much better it is.
This is human nature, I suppose. Whenever I want to attempt something new, I try to use it in a project that doesn't consume a lot of wood or time. That way, if I botch the project, I've made just a few sticks of firewood.
This Shaker silverware tray is an ideal project for this sort of experiment. Beginning dovetailers will find this project a good starter project. Want to try using rasps and files? The curves on the end pieces and the cutout handles are excellent practice. How about cutting rabbets or grooves with hand tools? Or even just hand-planing all the boards and giving your sander a rest? This article and its drawings explain how the box goes together; the methods you choose to execute those joints are up to you.
About the Box
All the parts for this project are 1/2″-thick stock. Using thin stock is what makes this project ideal for people who want to hone their dovetail skills. Thin stock is easier to cut true than thick stock. Cut all your parts to size and then cut your dovetails at all four corners.
The bottom of the tray is a single panel that floats in a groove cut into the sides and ends. The groove is 1/4″ x 1/4″. Cut the groove so it is located 5/8″ up from the bottom edge of your sides and ends. Note that the groove in the two side pieces needs to be stopped or you will be able to see it on the outside of the project. The groove in the end pieces does not need to be stopped as its exit point will be hidden by the tails on your side pieces.
The bottom itself needs a tongue on all of its four edges so it will fit into the 1/4″ x 1/4″ groove. To create this tongue, cut a 1/2″-wide x 1/4″-deep rabbet on all four edges of the bottom piece. The rabbet is wider than you need, but the extra width makes it easier to fit the bottom in the groove, and to get the bottom in and out of the groove during both test-fitting and assembly.
The size of the bottom piece is critical. It should bottom out in the groove in the end pieces. But the long edges of the bottom piece should have some room to allow the bottom to expand and contract with the change of seasons. The size of the bottom in the cutting list allows 1/16″ for expansion on either side.
Cut the curves on the end pieces. The easiest way to mark the curve is to mark a line 1-1/2″ in from the top edge of the ends. Take a thin and long piece of scrap and bend it so it joins your two pencil marks on the ends and the top of the end. Trace the curve and cut it.
The cutout handles on the ends are 3/4″ high, 3″ long and located 5/8″ from the top edge of the end. Here's a hint: Use a 3/4″ auger or Forstner bit to both remove the waste and form the curves on the ends. Then refine and smooth the inside edges of each cutout.
Assemble the box by gluing two end pieces to one side piece. Then slide the bottom into its groove and glue the other side in place. My finish recipe for the box shown here is simple: Rag on a coat of boiled linseed oil (follow the instructions on the container) and allow the oil to fully cure. This takes a couple weeks in a warm room. Then spray on three coats of a clear aerosol lacquer, sanding lightly between each coat with #320-grit paper.
You might be wondering what new technique I tried out when building this project. My new technique was to attempt to build this project for my wife for her January birthday and to actually deliver it on time. And how did I do? Let's just say it was an excellent Groundhog Day gift. PW
Click here to download the PDF for this article.
Get Started: Looking for a simpler version of a Shaker Silverware Tray? Check out Shaker Carry Box, an "I Can Do That" project that uses notches and nails instead of dovetails.
Christopher Schwarz is a contributing editor to Popular Woodworking Magazine and the author of "Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use" (Popular Woodworking Books).


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wip, cookie of the weekFriday, May 04, 2007
I feel as if I have been knitting for miles on my Hanne. I timed it, and each ridge (2 rows) takes me 20 minutes! That is only 3 ridges per hour! I am bound and determined to finish this project, I just have to get it off of my needles. I am actually so tired of working on it. When that happens, I usually give myself some sort of deadline ( I know, a little weird) so I have given myself one more week. I am putting down the paint brush, the staple gun and will try to put the sewing machine out of sight in order to complete this. Hey, I may even have to pull an all-knitter, as my husband calls them!
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i hope your kids realize how lucky they are to have a mom like you! when i was a kid, my mom HATED making cookies, so they were a rare treat. i only wish i had enough room to bake cookies every week, but in 10 months i will when i move!ReplyDelete
hanne looks AMAZING. just keep at it. think how great it will look once finished and then you can start something totally different!
You are inspirational!! The sweater looks great! I finished the Hush dress today and can't bare to start something new and huge for a couple - but now you have me thinking...ReplyDelete
Yummy cookies!!
- Dawn5/04/2007
I feel you on the never ending project. . . if it helps, it looks really cool and I am excited to see it finished AND the bonus of almost no finishing is you get to wear it almost immediately. I am with you on the BUTTER thang. I use butter almost exclusively in my baking. It is just better. Those Blondies look delish! You now I'll make 'em.ReplyDelete
Your sweater looks great. Sometimes finishing is the hardest part, so a deadine sounds like a good idea.ReplyDelete
The blondies look delicious! I might have to bake some this weekend.
You know it has gone too far when you tire of knitting garter stitch. Pop a good movie (or two or three) or an HBO series in the dvd player, bring on the tea and knit. I have promised myself a Hanne kit. I think I need to knit three or four stash sweaters to justify one and it is may and narry a sweater. Doesn't look good. Yours is so beautiful, making it all the harder to resist!ReplyDelete
Hanne is looking pretty good. Can't wait to see this on you. Really love the colors you chose for it too.ReplyDelete
Yumm, blonde brownies!
*your dresser turned out so pretty and shabby chic!
Flipflop mom..that's me... is seriously JEALOUS over the knitting..LOL LOL... and the Blondies look FABULOUS.. yummy!!!!!!ReplyDelete
i looooove your hanne sweater. i've been wanting to knit that for some time now and you may have just pushed me over the edge. it's beautiful - great work!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, you have been very busy! That jewelry display is amazing. I must make some blondies to make me feel better tonight.ReplyDelete
P.S. I hope it doesn't come down to an "all knitter"!
- victoria5/07/2007
Love the sweater-it's gorgeous!ReplyDelete
My husband likes to make up knitting jokes too: He was telling a friend of mine how knitting has become a way of life for me and thought he was so funny when he coined the phrase S.O.C.K.: Spouses of Crocheters and Knitters...He thought he might start a local chapter or support group....


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (October 27, 2008 ) - Playing in its final Atlantic Sun Conference regular season match, the ETSU women's soccer team defeated league foe Florida Gulf Coast 2-1, in double overtime at Summers-Taylor Stadium, Sunday. With the win ETSU improves to 7-8-1 overall and 5-4-1 in league action, while FGCU falls to 6-8-2 and a 4-4 mark in the A-Sun.
"Jim (Blakenship, FGCU head coach) and his team do an excellent job battling and we knew heading into this match that they weren't going to give up," said head coach Heather Henson. "FGCU's front line does a great job attacking the centermid and trying to create a lot of chaos, but today we were able to battle through that and overcome it. When you get this late into the season it's all about battling the entire match and giving everything you have."
The Bucs opened the scoring as junior Kim Jones (Springfield, Va.) headed home the match's first goal, off an outstanding corner kick by teammate sophomore Terri Miller (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the 26th minute.
ETSU would hold on to that one goal lead until midway through the second half as the Eagles Amber McCall would take a breakaway pass from teammate Olivia Elias, tying the match 1-1. After ETSU missed two close range shots at the end of regulation, both teams would head to the first golden goal overtime period.
In the first extra fame neither team could get the offense going; however the Bucs would waste little time as the second overtime period began. Miller would take a pass from midfield and dribble down the left side of the Eagles defense, crossing the ball over one FGCU defender, where teammate Jordan Monty (Mesquite, Texas) fired home the game-winning goal in the 103rd minute of play. This marked Monty's second consecutive game-winning goal as the junior forward found the back of net in the Bucs, 1-0 win against Stetson, Friday.
"As a team we stepped-up today," said Henson. "Ashley Craig was one of the players that was able to come-in and give our team some quality minutes. She stepped in and made some hard tackles that sparked the team, while goalkeeper Megan Masch (Virginia Beach, Va.) made some key saves when we needed it down the stretch. As a team had some missed chances in the first overtime, but came up a little short. Again though when you get this late into the season it's about if your team can continue to push forward and overcome them things and finish strong and we did that today."
After the victory the Bucs boasted their chances of a higher seeding in the upcoming A-Sun tournament, November 5-8. Also with the win, this closed out the final home match for all four ETSU senior players. Each player, along with their families, were honored prior to the start of the match. Overall, forward Ashley Craig (Lakeland, Fla.), goalkeeper Erin Bilyeu (Murfreesboro), defender Meredith Goldman (Knoxville) and midfielder Rachel Layer (Bel Air, Md.) become the first ETSU senior class to make four consecutive A-Sun postseason tournaments.
"We talked prior to the Stetson game about how nice it would be for the four seniors if we could do that," said Henson. "What I'm proud of is how our girls played hard and fought for this win, despite being already in the tournament. Now since we did our job we can sit and wait to see how the rest of the teams fall into place."
ETSU will have one more contest before heading to the A-Sun tournament, as the Bucs travel to face region rival Liberty, Friday at 7:00 pm.


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As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom.
From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.
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After surgery the incision is sometimes not the only area of discomfort. Discomfort can occur in relation to nausea and vomiting, sore throat, or muscle pains. You may experience an everyday sort of discomfort in the neck, shoulders, back, or chest that comes from lying for a prolonged time on an operating table designed not for comfort but for stability, durability and access. Perhaps surprisingly, muscle pain can also be a result of a particular drug used during anesthesia.
Severe muscle and joint discomfort that may be experienced after surgery is known as postoperative muscle pain (myalgia). This is a fairly common, quite distressing, but rather interesting condition. It usually appears on the first day after surgery, is often described as feeling similar to the pain one might suffer after unaccustomed physical exercise, and is usually located in the neck, shoulder and upper abdominal muscles.
There are a few theories about the cause of postoperative myalgia, but it is usually attributed to the use of a muscle relaxant drug called succinylcholine. Hence this is sometimes referred to as "scoline pain".
If the muscle relaxant succinylcholine, also known as scoline, has been used during anesthesia, this may in some patients cause generalized aches and pains in the muscles for two to three days. This drug is sometimes used routinely, though less so now than years ago, and also has a special place in situations when the anesthesiologist needs to place a breathing tube in the patient's throat (intubate) very quickly. These pains, often referred to as scoline pains, are more prevalent in very muscular and fit patients.
Although the problem of postoperative myalgia has been recognized for many years, the exact way in which succinylcholine causes this muscle pain is not fully understood. Most believe that it is due to uncoordinated contraction of muscles that occurs a few seconds before the muscle relaxation that is the desired effect of the drug.
It is also not clear how best to prevent scoline pain, short of avoiding the use of this drug altogether. It is natural to ask then why we continue to use this medication, and the reason is that succinylcholine, despite a few significant side-effects, is a very reliable and quick-acting muscle relaxant that helps the anesthesiologist "secure" the airway (place a breathing tube).
Muscle pain from succinylcholine is most common in young female patients, especially those undergoing ambulatory surgery (going home the same day as the surgery). The incidence of myalgia with succinylcholine ranges widely - in some reports it's as low as 1.5% but can be as high as 80 - 90%. To add to the mystery, some patients experience myalgia even when they are not given succinylcholine at all, and other patients, such as those given succinylcholine in the course of electroconvulsive (shock) therapy do not seem to complain of myalgia at all!
Postoperative myalgia does not normally go on for a long time and usually it is symmetrical and affects muscles throughout the body Typically the pain lasts 2 or 3 days and it can be quite severe. Fortunately it does go away without specific treatment. Standard pain medicines, such as acetaminophen can be prescribed.
If you've experienced muscle pain after previous anesthesia, you or your anesthesiologist may be able to obtain the records of your previous anesthetic and hospital stay. This will supply clues about what happened to you during your last surgery. Be sure to discuss your concerns with your anesthesiologist, whose job is to evaluate you thoroughly and come up with a plan to provide you with a safe anesthetic, with minimum side-effects.
The good news is that there are other muscle relaxant drugs than can almost always be used instead of succinylcholine. This will not guarantee that you do not have the myalgia again but probably makes it much less likely.
If the use of succinylcholine cannot be avoided, (this is rare), there are methods for decreasing the incidence and severity of the muscle pain, such as giving a very small dose of another muscle relaxant before the succinylcholine, or by giving a local anesthetic medication called lidocaine.
SUCCINYLCHOLINE (Anectine®) is a muscle relaxant. It relaxes muscles during surgery or before investigational procedures. Generic succinylcholine injections are available. Succinylcholine is for injection into a vein, or infusion into a vein. It is given by a health-care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Your doctor or anesthesiologist will decide what dose of Scoline you will receive. This depends on factors such as your weight, age, the type of operation and the degree of muscle relaxation required.
Scoline is given as a slow injection or infusion into a vein (intravenous). It is only used after the anaesthetic has made you fully 'asleep'.
As Scoline is given to you only by trained professional, it is very unlikely that you will receive too much.
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Dani Osvaldo's future at Saints has been plunged into uncertainty, after the club's record signing was suspended for allegedly head-butting José Fonte in training.
The centre back suffered facial injuries during Wednesday's incident, with some blood understood to have been drawn.
The damage is not serious, though, and the defender was at the club's Staplewood base, as normal, for training today.
Saints decided to take the strongest course of immediate action available to them by suspending Osvaldo, who they accused of a "breach of conduct", for two weeks.
A fine also looks likely for the Italian international, with two weeks' wages – believed to be around the £120,000 mark – the most severe punishment the club could dish out in that regard.
While Osvaldo is the subject of a disciplinary process, Saints see no reason to take, or even consider, any action against Fonte.


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My name is Rhiannon, and amongst other things, I like to knit, a lot.
About four years ago my mother taught me how to knit and it was the first time a craft ever really grabbed me. Over the years I had tried all sorts of crafty things - beading, weaving, tapestry, cross-stitch, the odd bit of pottery, but nothing stuck the way knitting did.
In future posts I hope to be sharing some yarn reviews, showing off some of the things I've made and eventually putting up my own designs.


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Bengals fans descend on Houston ahead of playoff game
Bengals fans descend on Houston ahead of playoff game
The Cincinnati Bengals are in Houston, where they'll take on the Texans on Saturday afternoon in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs.
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Many Bengals fans packed their bags and headed south for a rematch with a tough Texans team.
Meanwhile, the Bengals' defensive line is blossoming into one of the best. The Bengals set a club record with 51 sacks this season, 40 of them coming from the line. It's one of the Texans' biggest concerns heading into their wild card playoff game.
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Ian â 58492 signal for railroad draw bridge looks very interesting.
My invention relates to the signals which indicate when the bridge is open, and which are relied on to avert most deplorable accidents.
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The federal health care marketplace isn't the only government website that can generate hair-yanking moments. Try buying U.S. savings bonds in the digital domain.
The federal health care marketplace isn't the only government website that can generate hair-yanking moments. Try buying U.S. savings bonds in the digital domain.
The holiday season is a peak period for parents and grandparents to purchase bonds as gifts for children. But if it's been awhile since your last bond-gifting foray, be prepared to spend some time going through the purchasing process on the Treasury Department's website at treasurydirect.gov.
Buying savings bonds as a gift used to be easy: You'd go to the bank, fill out a form and hand over the money. Within a couple of weeks, a colorful paper certificate for your child or grandchild would be in the mail.
But in January 2012, the Treasury Department ended the traditional sales method and switched to an electronic format to control costs.
The TreasuryDirect site has boxes to click on and identity-theft security hoops to jump through. While technology was supposed to improve the user experience, I found it to be more complicated and time-consuming than the old way. In fairness to the Treasury, bond buyers won't be wasting hours on end to work through the system, but figure on spending about a half-hour plus repeat visits to the website.
If you're preparing to buy a stocking stuffer from Uncle Sam, I recommend first checking out a video clip at TreasuryDirect and reading the answers to frequently asked questions. That will help you get organized.
First-time users on TreasuryDirect need to create an electronic account. You'll need to provide your Social Security number, an email address, and checking or savings account and routing numbers. Carefully type in the information, and jot down the answers to the security questions so you won't forget.
Since you're purchasing a gift, the child will also need a TreasuryDirect account before the bond can be delivered electronically. A parent or legal guardian will need to open the account for a minor younger than 18.
Watch for the "gift box" function on the electronic application. This allows you to buy savings bonds for someone else and keep the bonds in your account as a placeholder until you're ready to deliver the gift. You must hold the bonds in your account for at least five days so funds can transfer from your bank account.
To finish the gifting process, you'll need the child's full legal name, Social Security number and TreasuryDirect account number. You'll also need the parent's Social Security number if you want the account listed in two names.
While I understand the government's desire to automate the process and eliminate all the paper, I'm also sympathetic to elderly buyers who struggle with technology or don't have computer access. And face it: Grandparents love savings bonds.
Next week: more financial gifts for the holidays.
Contact Steve Rosen, a personal finance columnist at The Kansas City Star, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The first Global knives were designed in 1985 by Komin Yamada whose task was to develop a range of knives which was truly new and revolutionary, harnessing the best materials available and the most modern design concepts. With an almost unlimited budget he set out to fashion a series of kitchen knives which would appeal to the professional and amateur chef alike, be comfortable and easy to handle, and meet their most demanding requirements.
Global knives are made from the finest stainless steel material. The blades utilize CROMOVA 18 molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel, ice tempered and hardened to Rockwell C56-58 -- resulting in a long-lasting razor sharp edge which resists rust, stains, and corrosion.
Like the Samurai swords before them, each knife is carefully weighted to ensure an excellent balance in the hand. The smooth contours and seamless construction eliminate food and dirt traps, offering the ultimate in safety and hygiene.
Global knives are favored today by many high ranking chefs in the most prestigious hotels and restaurants and are featured regularly on television cooking shows in the hands of the most celebrated chefs.


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Oh hell, I do it. Probably all of us do. We choose a scapegoat and decide that they're the ones to blame for the problems. Some of us try to blame the people who work for "the corporations."
Now, personally, I *do* believe that corporate structure, where shareholders are rewarded for a corporation's profits but are legally insulated from the downsides of its malfeasance, is problematic (read more here).
But lately, I've been conversing a lot with people who are far more familiar with corporate culture than me. And they have explained it like this:
When you go to business school and then spend ten years in a corporate environment, it becomes normal to look at balance sheets as a kind of a puzzle and to ask yourself what can make the liabilities go down and what can make the receipts go up.
To make the receipts go up, the formulas go, you either need more customers or you need your existing customers to buy more. Hmmm. What could make your existing customers buy more?
Let's say you're at a processed food company. But in a way, processed food, widgets, tires--when you're in the bowels of a corporation--are all kind of the same thing. Wherever you work, you simply need to sell more units. You find ways to manipulate the balance sheet.
So you work at the food company and you need to sell more units. One of your food scientists has told you that adding a little extra salt and fat could cause customers to increase the amount they eat at a single serving by 50 percent.
Oh, great. More units sold. Add the salt and fat, please.
You're a brand manager and--guess what?--sales have gone through the roof and you get a promotion. By the way, you're a great dad or mom, a good community member, a kind boss. You have a great heart and you love people very much.
Not only that, but you're kind of proud because you've obviously made a product that your customers like more and feel happier. And, all those people whose retirement depends on your company's revenue, are now that much more secure.
The only problem is, everybody is suddenly talking about a child obesity epidemic and pointing their fingers at people like you and saying you're evil.
But the truth is, you're not evil at all. You're actually kind. And you did what you were trained to do. Not once in your career has anyone asked you to assess the impact of your product on the body mass of "consumers." It simply never occurred to you.
And why should it?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not being remotely sarcastic here. I'm being totally serious. The actions of good people in not-so-good structures end up in not-so-good results. That doesn't make the good person bad.
Looking for people to blame misses the point. The point here is that these problems are nuanced. Scapegoating people isn't going to help. What will? Understanding them. Examining their challenges. Accepting that they are in difficult situations.
And then: finding ways to help them.
Colin Beavan (that's me!) is now leading a conversation about finding a happy, helpful life at Colinbeavan.com. If you want to know how people are breaking out and and finding authentic, meaningful lives that help our world, check it out the blog here and sign up to join the conversation here.


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Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace, also designed the landscape for the Thomas Crane Library and The Rockery, Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and the Ames Free Library in the North Easton Historic District.
Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace, also designed the landscape for the Thomas Crane Library.
I wanted to know more about that connection, so I sought out the Olmsted Archives in Brookline. What I found surprised me.
There were two references to Olmsted's involvement. The Olmsted archives include a land survey of the library property, dated around 1881, by Whitman and Breck Surveyors of Boston. Though it is possible Olmsted commissioned the survey, what is important is it is among the Olmsted documents. The survey is an integral, early step in landscape design.
The second reference, 22 years later in 1913, long after the death of the senior Olmsted, happened when the city of Quincy contracted with the Olmsted Brothers on minor landscape changes. The Olmsted archives include several letters, drawings, and planting lists.
A letter from the firm to Quincy officials dated April 22, 1913 include these words: "since we laid out the Library grounds in 1881." The same letter encouraged the continuance of the extensive lawn surrounding the Library: "The character of the grounds would be much more pleasing and suitable if they should be confined to turf and a few dignified trees with the exception of the shrubbery at the corner of the library and along the east boundary against private properties."
Later, Olmsted biographer Laura Wood Roper would write: "When [Boston architect Herbert] Richardson and [Frederick Law] Olmsted were engaged on the same work, it was a genuine collaboration from the start – the start being consultation about the site of the building and its approaches. Among the works they did jointly were the Crane Memorial Library at Quincy, when Richardson designed the building and Olmsted furnished plans for the grounds which Charles Francis Adams, Jr. executed under his direction."
Adams, great-grandson of John Adams, was the chairman of the Library Committee. Trees from Charles' nursery were planted on the library grounds.
Today the library, Richardson's classic stone design built in Quincy granite, seems just to emerge from the earth. The lawn plays an important role in the landscape design. Another letter from the Olmsted firm dated April 25, 1913 said: "Your Trustees cannot be too careful to avoid decorating the Library Grounds and making them fussy and out of harmony with the surroundings by scattering shrubs, trees and flower beds about the grounds as might perhaps be appropriate under different local conditions."
The extensive lawn is the signature contribution of Olmsted who treasured the romantic English garden style.
To this day one of the treasures of Quincy is its library surrounded by a classic English-style lawn.
The partnership between Olmsted and Richardson also lives on in Easton, where the town's two newest schools are named for the two men. Richardson designed the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and the Ames Free Library in the North Easton Historic District, and Olmsted designed the grounds, along with the Rockery, a Civil War monument that overlooks the buildings.
Reach Thomas Mickey at Americangardening.net.


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Cocaine, Champagne, The Grim Reaper, and More at V1 Gallery's CHART Fair Booth
Artsy Editorial
Shane Bradford is best known for his "dipping method," in which he immerses various objects, most notably books, household products, and toys, in multi-colored emulsions of paint. He allows the paint to dry so that thick drips run down the objects. The resulting patterns and textures reinterpret the forms and re-contextualize them within a discourse of concealment and preservation. "Painting them this way, in what has evolved to become this absurd signature style of dipping, reasserts my individuality on them for a moment before being reborn as everyone's again. It's just a way of saying 'I am here'" Bradford's paint-dunked works are commentaries on the use of these objects, their meanings, and the role they play in everyday life.
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XFX R7790 Black Edition Overclocked Review
XFX R7790 Black Edition Overclocked Introduction:
Video cards for the sub $200 market have been coming out fast and furious over the past month with a full stack of HD 7790-based cards being released, as well as NVIDIA's reply with the GTX 650Ti Boost that upped the game a little further, pushing it back into AMD's court. Having seen that the HD 7790 offered playable performance at 1080p with high settings, it's interesting to see what each board partner has put together to set its product apart from the rest.
This time around XFX is a little late to the party with the R7790 Black Edition Overclocked but took that additional time to put together a product based upon its own PCB design loaded with XFX Black Edition exclusives. GPU Edging is a core selection process that looks for the highest clocking cores using the default voltage to keep power consumption in check. Double Dissipation cooling with Ghost Thermal Technology is employed to keep the card cool under fire. Duratec professional grade components, including solid capacitors and dust free fans, all continue the theme of improved performance, reliability, and longevity. Once you get past the Black Edition exclusives you get to the base clock speed of 1075MHz on AMD's GCN 28nm Bonaire core and 1600MHz on the 1GB of GDDR5 memory that drive performance to levels much better than the reference design.
All of the exclusives do come with a price as you might expect. At $159, the R7790 Black Edition Overclocked comes with a $10 price premium over the reference design. Let's see if the performance delivered is indicative of the price point.
XFX R7790 Black Edition Overclocked Closer Look:
The packaging for the R7790 Black Edition overclocked is is much more informative than I have seen in the past. The front makes sure you get the message that this is an XFX product from the bold logo to the not so subtle X in the background. Up front is the model number and series that shows this card to be the Black Edition Overclocked. The back side lists AMD specific as well as XFX specific features. The top right corner of the front panel highlights just a few of the awards earned by XFX with more on the top panel.
Inside the well illustrated sleeve is the box that hold the R7790 Black Edition and the accessory bundle. Packed tightly in the form fitting cardboard shell, the card does not move around and was damage free. The accessory bundle includes a large amount of manuals and instruction sheets to guide you through the installation and trouble shooting if you run into issues. A driver disk is included, but the most current drivers are usually found at the AMD graphics download site. A Black Edition case badge is included to provide entry into the Black Edition family. In case the rest of the family does not know to leave you alone when you are deep in a game, XFX includes a door tag to remind them.
The packaging provides a point of difference to the consumer when searching at a brick and mortar outlet.


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Style # 211145
With pops of white, black and mint, this bebe dress is sure to bold up your new-season dress collection. Try it with a pair of nude or black heels with a matching crossbody for a quick day look.
- 60% rayon, 35% nylon, 5% spandex
- Center back to hem: 35" (89 cm)
- Jersey lining
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Colorblock Fit & Flare Dress is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 4 out of 5 by AshleyP from Fun colors! Love the dress. A lil long tho. I had it taken up. Nice material and unique dress!
Date published: 2013-05-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by Modestogirl from LOVE this dress! I absolutely love this dress. The fabric is clingy without being uncomfortably body-con, and it flares out from my hips without adding extra fabric bulk! It shows just enough cleavage for a sassy day date. Love it !
Date published: 2013-02-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lilo from cute This dress has great detailing, I especially love the pop of mint color it has. Stretch fabric gives it a great fit. I'm 5'8" and 125 lbs and got a size small and it fits well. Perfect for spring and any event thats dressier but not formal. I got it on sale so even better!!
Date published: 2013-02-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by Nikki42 from Love it Love this dress true to your size...length is perfect...
Date published: 2013-02-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by Niquepetite from Really Cute The medium fit very well and its a really cute dress. It does make your bust look smaller but its not so bad. Overall its a perfect dress for the summer and its really flattering.
Date published: 2013-01-29


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Like the acclaimed 2007 film that inspired it, "Once" tells a simple, touching love story through tender, lyrical songs. There are no dancers, no glitzy costumes, no special effects.
In terms of spectacle, "Once" is the polar opposite of such Broadway musicals as "Wicked," "Phantom of the Opera" and "The Lion King."
Like the acclaimed 2007 film that inspired it, "Once" instead tells a simple, touching love story through tender, lyrical songs. There are no dancers, no glitzy costumes, no special effects.
The show's single set is a Dublin barroom. The musicians — playing accordion, violin, cello, banjo, ukulele, guitar and percussion — are also cast members, seated onstage.
"It's an intimate story, these two people from very different walks of life who come into each other's lives," said British actress Dani de Waal, who stars in the national tour of "Once." "She's Czech, he's Irish. Music brings them together and saves them both."
The winner of eight Tony Awards including best musical, "Once" opens Tuesday at Cleveland's Palace Theatre.
Stuart Ward, the British actor who plays opposite her, said he's not a big fan "of massive musicals with jazz hands and tap dancing. I'm more of a story-driven guy." He described "Once" as a play with music. "It's all very organic, letting the story and the music take over."
About the musical score, which includes the Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly," Ward said, "Honest is the biggest word for it. It swells with emotion. It's impossible not to be moved by the music in this show. It really does take over your heart."
"Anyone can connect to it, I think," de Waal said. " 'Falling Slowly' is just stunning."
About 20 minutes before showtime at "Once," the musicians begin a lively jam session, and audience members are welcome to venture up and buy a beer from the onstage bar. "The bleed into the actual story is gradual. All of a sudden, the show is happening," said de Waal, who makes her first entrance down a theater aisle, suitcase in hand.
Her unnamed character, identified as Girl, is a Czech immigrant living with family in a cramped Dublin apartment. "She's a hard one to read," de Waal said. "Her first impression is quite cold and to the point, but she's actually got a warm and inquisitive and loving side to her."
Ward's character, Guy, is "a musician at the end of his tether. He's decided to give up trying to make a living at it," he said. "Then he meets this Czech girl who instills life into him. He's not very good at expressing his emotions. Writing music, that's his way of expressing himself."
Both Ward, who plays guitar, and de Waal, who plays piano, are enthused about being part of the instrumental ensemble in "Once."
"I've always played piano for a hobby," she said. "Playing onstage in a band is new to me. It's incredible. It's a whole new layer to a show. Our director said it's been trusted in our hands now. What we give is what the audience gets."
For Ward, "this show combines the things I love the most — playing music on my guitar, acting and singing. I am a songwriter as well."
De Waal, who played the romantic lead in "Mamma Mia!" on London's West End, moved to New York City from England just over a year ago, saw "Once" on Broadway (she already was a fan of the film) and told herself, "I have to audition for that." Ward, who played Guy in "Once" on the West End, moved to the U.S. for the current tour. "Dani helped me to settle in," he said.
Asked about performing such a nakedly emotional show night after night, Ward said, "The story is so raw it touches my heart in a way I never thought was possible. When we were rehearsing, it was very overwhelming, lots of tears, and we had to get all that out." With a chuckle, he added, "There's nothing worse than having a group of actors all crying onstage."


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Categories: International and Comparative Law
Section 001, African Law: Sudan Seminar - Thompson, Cliff
Course Page for Fall 2011 - Thompson, Cliff
British rule ended in Sudan on January 1, 1956, but independence has not been a triumph. In The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century, J.T. Roberts refers to Sudan in the post-colonial period as "that unhappy land." There has been a lingering and devastating civil war between the north and the south. More recently, the government's genocide in Darfur is a disaster. Repressive military rule, not democratic civilian government, has predominated nationally in the years since independence. Nevertheless, there were events in October 1964 during which the sparks of democracy flew upwards. The October Revolution was a national uprising of unarmed civilians who wanted to overthrow a military dictatorship, and succeeded. The democracy lasted until the next military coup in 1969. But the revolution became a source of pride for those who joined, and remains a beacon for many in Sudan, and for anyone who believes in the aspirations of people for self-rule. The draft book that is assigned for the course recounts the uprising and the democratic pulse that helped to give it life. It is a human story worth telling, full of unexpected and courageous acts. Many of the leaders were law students, law professors, lawyers, and judges.
At the time of the revolution, I was in my fourth year in Sudan as a Law Lecturer at the University of Khartoum, and Director of the Sudan Law Project. Descriptions of public events often include my own observations, but the book is principally based on interviews with the leading participants, civilian and military. After talking with hundreds of people, I had prolonged interviews with 68 persons, all but two of them in the period 1964-67. I was keen to learn what went on behind the scenes. Working through the written notes of my interviews and writing a narrative was a much longer process, mostly part-time, mostly like a favorite hobby, from 1971 to 2003. The narrative attempts to convey a sense of being there, so that the reader can understand, for example, the shifting and chaotic reality behind labels such as the "Professional Front," "the Palace Massacre," or the "National Charter."
For texts, this seminar will use (1) my manuscript of Sudan's October Revolution; and (2) Sharon E. Hutchinson, Nuer Dilemmas –Coping with Money, War, and the State (1996), an excellent analysis of the South Sudan.
For those students interested in three credits, extra work on a project reflecting developments in Darfur will be agreed upon.


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The Gainesville City Commission has given preliminary approval to proposed pension changes for the city's two police department unions.
The Gainesville City Commission has given preliminary approval to proposed pension changes for the city's two police department unions.
Intended to slow the growth of the city's spiraling pension obligations, the changes would cut some benefits and require that law enforcement personnel work longer to qualify for certain benefits.
City staff and the bargaining teams for the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents officers, corporals and sergeants, and the Police Benevolent Association, which represents lieutenants, have been negotiating on the proposed changes for some 18 months.
Neither side has given final approval. The police department employees represented by the two unions still have to vote on the changes, and the City Commission must approve an ordinance to enact them.
The City Commission has previously approved pension changes negotiated with the Communications Workers of America and the Amalgamated Transit Union.
Meanwhile, the city administration's bargaining team and representatives of the firefighter union have not reached any agreement on proposed changes.
"We're not close," Risk Management Director Steve Varvel said.
Lt. Tracy Higdon, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 2157, could not be reached for comment.
In recent years, the recession's impact on investment markets, a growing number of retirees and an increase in the length of retirements have combined to make the pension plans a larger financial obligation for the city.
The city's contribution to the pension plans rose from approximately $4 million in fiscal year 2005-06 to a projected $12.9 million in fiscal year 2012. City administration projected the annual costs for city government would rise to more than $21 million in a few years if agreements were not reached on some benefit reductions.
"Am I excited about what I negotiated? Absolutely not." said FOP President Jeff McAdams, a Gainesville police officer. "It is a sign of the times. I am concerned in the long haul that, with some of the changes we negotiated, we may not be able to attract good, quality officers to the Gainesville Police Department."
In fiscal year 2012, the city put nearly $1.9 million toward police pensions, Varvel said. The city projects that the proposed changes negotiated with the FOP and PBA would trim some $306,000 off the costs in fiscal year 2013-14, the first year they would be in effect.
As with the other city unions, future police department hires would bear the brunt of the benefit reductions.
New officers hired after the changes take effect would have to work 25 years — up from the current 20 — to be eligible for normal retirement benefits. Their annual benefit would be determined as a percentage of their salary based on their 48 consecutive months of highest pay. That's up from the current 36 months.
Among other changes, the new hires and current employees who are not yet retirement-eligible also would have to work longer to get cost-of-living increases to their annual benefit.
Currently, employees with 20 years of service receive a 2 percent annual cost-of-living increase at age 62, while employees with 25 years of service receive that at age 55.
The proposed changes would require 25 years of service — with a 1 percent cost of living increase annually at age 55 and 2 percent at age 62 for new hires and current employees who are not yet retirement-eligible.
PBA President Brandon Kutner, a sergeant with the Sheriff's Office, said he expects that union to make a counteroffer to the city's proposal. Kutner also said the union would be leery to ratify anything when the upcoming legislative session could bring state laws cutting back on the benefits offered under municipal pensions.
Some current police department employees would also be affected by the proposed changes. There would be a cap of 300 hours on how much overtime pay could apply to retirement benefits and a reduction in interest earned through the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP).
They would also see a future reduction in the "multiplier," or the percentage of their pay they receive for each year of service. Currently, it is 2.625 percent; under the city's proposal it would go to 2.5 percent.


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Who Are the Plants?
Plants are so different from all other kinds of organisms that they get their own kingdom, the KINGDOM PLANTAE. There are 10 divisions,divided into two very basic categories: vascular plants and non-vascular plants (those without a special transport system to carry water and nutrients throughout the plant). The only non-vascular plants are the mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. These plants need to be in very moist surroundings, so they can never grow tall. Ferns and the 'fern allies' (mosses, hornworts, liverworts, whisk ferns, club mosses, quillworts, and horsetails) reproduce with spores (tiny single-celled structures that develop into new plants). Conifers, cycads, gingkoes, gnetophytes, and flowering plants all reproduce with seeds (larger structures that develop after a female egg is fertilized by the male sperm, delivered in pollen).
Among the seed plants, the non-flowering plants (conifers, cycads, gingkoes, and gnetophytes) are also called gymnosperms (`naked seeds') because their seeds are not generally enclosed within fruits. The flowering plants are also called angiosperms (`seeds in a vessel') because their seeds are packaged within fruits. Angiosperms are far and away the most successful contemporary plants, in part because of their ability to lure animals into transporting their pollen and seeds.
So what on earth are algae, fungi, and lichens? These organisms are sometimes studied in herbaria, like plants, but are placed in different kingdoms. Algae, like plants, are photosynthetic and manufacture their own carbohydrates, but they are classified in the KINGDOM PROTISTA. Most plants are relatively large terrestrial organisms, while most algae are microscopic aquatic organisms (although some algaes, like sea lettuce, are multicellular). Fungi are classified in the KINGDOM FUNGI. They have long, threadlike bodies called hyphae--the familiar mushrooms that we see are really only temporary reproductive structures that produce spores. Fungi, unlike plants and algae, cannot manufacture their own food and need an external source of nutrients. They release secretions that digest their food before it is absorbed into their bodies. Fungi (along with bacteria) are the most important decomposers: although some fungi attack living plants or animals, most recycle organisms that are already dead. Lichens are also classified in the KINGDOM FUNGI, but they are actually mutually beneficial associations between between certain fungi and photosynthetic algae or bacteria. Most of the lichen body is actually fungal, but photosynthetic cells are sandwiched inside. This collaboration enables lichens to colonize harsh, exposed habitats where few other organisms can survive.
More About This Resource...
This online article, from Biodiversity Counts, offers a brief overview of the plant kingdom. Specifically, it covers:
- why plants have their own kingdom, Plantae;
- what separates the kingdom's two very basic categories;
- the plant kingdom's 10 divisions, including the number of species in each; and
- why some organisms that seem like plants belong instead to the kingdom Protista or the kingdom Fungi.
Completion Time
Less than 1 period
Teacher Tip
Supplement a study of biodiversity with an activity drawn from this look at the plant kingdom.
- Divide the class into small groups, and send them to this online article, or print copies of it for them to read.
- Have each group find photographs of plants from all the orders. (They can either use old magazines or search the Web.)
- Using these photos, have the groups create a poster that includes pictures and explanatory text for each order.


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WATERLOO, Ontario, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Streaming video from Netflix and YouTube makes up half of peak Internet traffic in North America, a study reveals.
Canadian network equipment provider Sandvine, in its biannual traffic report, said Netflix and YouTube combined account for 50.31 percent of the downstream traffic during the peak part of the day.
Netflix, the leading streaming application in North America, accounted for nearly 32 percent of all downstream network traffic, Sandvine said, while nearly 19 percent of that traffic involved YouTube.
Rivals such as Amazon Instant Video and Hulu are far behind, with both at less than 2 percent of peak traffic, the report found.
While "on-demand" instant video streaming was up, "experience later" applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing were down considerably, Sandvine said.
File sharing now accounts for less than 10 percent of total daily traffic in North America, a considerable drop from the 60 percent it represented in Sandvine's first Global Internet Phenomena Report released more than 10 years ago.


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Me too. Just like Paris no?
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Bosie Tea Parlor
Me too. Just like Paris no?
26 comments:
Does this mean you'll be selling your suitcases on Ebay??? Somewhere in Paris a Frenchman is shouting, "Sacre blue!"ReplyDelete
What is their secret? A french oven in the kitchen? La Vie en Rose on the cd player?ReplyDelete
The pastry chef studied in Paris at P Herme and Laduree I think :)
Pas mal non?
Super merci Carol!ReplyDelete
What a lovely post,
and I love how you incorporated the sugars.
It made my day!
Kathy :)
I did kind of give it away in the title didn't I..
Bosie - Boise ID
Maybe they will branch out?
Hahaaa--yup--that's just about how I'd probably attack that thing. Looks good!ReplyDelete
HI Carol!ReplyDelete
I will pass this along.... Loved attacking the Eclair!!!!!Maryanne xo
I am the demolition crew when it comes to pastry Beadboard!!!ReplyDelete
Tea! I love it so much!ReplyDelete
The Wanderfull Traveler
another reason to head to the village...I did read about this place and it is in my notebook to find...now I really have to find it!!ReplyDelete
Bosie Tea Parlor was the perfect setting for a grand Franco. The awesome thing about their afternoon tea service is the balance between sweet and savory.ReplyDelete
- Parisbreakfast5:25 PM
You are quite mistaken Gwendoline,ReplyDelete
Regarding iced eclairs.
Have you been to Fauchon or Sadaharu Aoki?
Green green green!


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The Change
The talented cartoonist Cristian Loghin became known in the small world of Romanian comics in 1996, when he won a prize in a comics contest. By 1999 he was a contributor to the supplement Mini Anzi, and in the Craïova-based fanzine Ah,BD!. He also had stories published in the anthology Hardcomics in 2004 and in Carusel magazine in 2005.
He broke off his studies in Economics in 2004 and settled in Poland, where he works as a graphic artist and illustrator with several ad agencies. He didn't leave comics alltogether, though. He helped his girlfriend Joanna Karpowicz with her comic album 'Jutro Bedzie Futro' in 2005, and contributed new comics to the Polish anthology Staruorzzz International, in 2006 and the Czech magazine Aargh!.


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Danica Patrick is divorcing her husband of seven years, the NASCAR driver announced Tuesday morning on Facebook.
Patrick, 30, met physical therapist Paul Hospenthal, 47, while he was treating her for a nonracing injury. They have been married since 2005.
"I am sad to inform my fans that after 7 years, Paul and I have decided to amicably end our marriage," she wrote. "This isn't easy for either of us, but mutually it has come to this. He has been an important person and friend in my life and that's how we will remain moving forward."
Oddly enough, more than 1,400 people have "liked" the post, presumably either eager potential suitors or folks who appreciate the positive spin she put on the situation.


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With the 60s generation of rock fans now at Gold Card age, this concert perhaps flagged what we might expect in the future: Steve Miller with his excellent band - which included the great Spector-era soul singer Sonny Charles - started just after 7pm. Drivetime has become rock's equivalent of the early bird special.
Not that any concessions to age were made by guitarist Carlos Santana whose band included two horn players, two percussionists and a drummer (the jazz giant Dennis Chambers who started his career in Parliament/Funkadelic) to drive things along.
Theirs was thrilling, high density Afro-Latin flavoured jazz-rock (with nods to hip-hop) and Santana conducted like an old-school band leader, nodding to those he wanted to take solos. At 65, Santana has kept the faith while his peers have passed on (Hendrix), toned down (Jeff Beck) or only play intermittently (Jimmy Page). Eric Clapton's new album is called Old Sock.
As he hammered the wah-wah, delivered sheetmetal shredding, pulled out that signature sustain on classic songs (Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Maria Maria and others) and pushed the energy and volume levels way up, Santana seemed determined to keep alive the spirit of that seminal Woodstock appearance which made his reputation - images of which, and his other younger selves, flashed on the screen behind him during Oye Como Va. His incendiary performance withstood the comparison and he reminded us, lest we forget, rock music was forged in the fire and sometimes - as he repeatedly proved - needs to be played punishingly loud for the full effect. Yet he also found space for romance as when he dropped in a lovely rendition of the late 50s ballad It's All in the Game.
Whether it was music from his back-catalogue, nods to classic soul (the Temptations' Standing on Shaky Ground) or Afro-rock (Manu Dibango's Soul Makossa worked in), Santana and his band delivered with breathless power and passion.
Yes, there was a five minute-plus drum solo by Santana's wife, but it came after a muscular workout from bassist Benny Rietveld (last seen here with Miles Davis in 88) and she is Cindy Blackman who earned her stripes with serious jazz players and plays in Lenny Kravitz's band.
Guitarist Miller - whose forearms and hands have veins like power cables - opened the night with a terrific set which fired off smoothly honed hits (the subtle Fly Like an Eagle showing masterful sustain and delay on the quicksilver solo), tough rock (Jet Airliner), elements of blues, an acoustic set which included a reworked Gangster of Love and The Window, and allowed the great Charles to do some soul-shuffle dance moves.
As a double bill this was exceptional, and when Miller joined Santana's band at the end for some leathery blues (Otis Rush's All Your Love, a homage to John Lee Hooker) it rounded out a night that had started early but certainly wasn't conceding an inch to age. Quite extraordinary.


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O'Neill, O'Brien lift Monarchs
March 14. 2014 10:52PM
O, what a night for the Monarchs.
Winger Brian O'Neill scored three goals and Zach O'Brien added two goals and two assists as Manchester blitzed the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 7-0, Friday at Verizon Wireless Arena.
With the win, the Monarchs extended their lead over St. John's in the Atlantic Division to 10 points. Manchester, at 88 points (40-16-2-6), has the AHL's best record.
Hunter Bishop had a goal and an assist, Nick Shore scored a goal, and Linden Vey and Jordan Weal each added two assists as Manchester poured 43 shots on Bridegport goalie Kenny Reiter.
O'Neill and O'Brien each scored on power plays in the first period, and again at even strength in the second, to give Manchester a 4-0 lead after two periods.
O'Neill completed the hat trick with a power-play tally 5:02 into the third period. O'Brien assisted on Shore's and Bishop's goals later in the third period to account for the final.
Manchester was 3-for-8 on the power play.
Jean-Francois Berube was solid on the other end, turning away all 23 Bridgeport shots.


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In The New York Times today, Tom Friedman argues that the only thing that could save Syria is if that country is lucky enough to have the U.S. do to it what the U.S. did to Iraq, and in the process, says this:
And, for me, the lesson of Iraq is quite simple: You can't go from Saddam to Switzerland without getting stuck in Hobbes — a war of all against all — unless you have a well-armed external midwife, whom everyone on the ground both fears and trusts to manage the transition. In Iraq, that was America.
Just on the level of basic cogency, this makes absolutely no sense. Friedman says that a country will be "stuck in Hobbes — a war of all against all — unless" it has America there. But Iraq did have America there, and — as Friedman himself points out just a few paragraphs later — it got "stuck in Hobbes," precisely because America was there ("Because of both U.S. incompetence and the nature of Iraq, this U.S. intervention triggered a civil war in which all the parties in Iraq — Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds — tested the new balance of power, inflicting enormous casualties on each other and leading, tragically, to ethnic cleansing that rearranged the country into more homogeneous blocks of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds"). He literally negates his own principal claim — a country that overthrows its dictator can only avoid Hobbes if it has a U.S.-like force occupying and controlling it — in the very same column in which he advances it.
But incoherence is the least notable aspect of this column. Did you know that "everyone on the ground" in Iraq "trusted" America to manage the transition from Saddam to Switzerland? This would probably came as a great surprise to the actual Iraqis on the ground, as reflected by U.S. government and independent polls in 2006, as reported by The Washington Post:
A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.
In Baghdad, for example, nearly three-quarters of residents polled said they would feel safer if U.S. and other foreign forces left Iraq, with 65 percent of those asked favoring an immediate pullout, according to State Department polling results obtained by The Washington Post.
Another new poll, scheduled to be released on Wednesday by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, found that 71 percent of Iraqis questioned want the Iraqi government to ask foreign forces to depart within a year. By large margins, though, Iraqis believed that the U.S. government would refuse the request, with 77 percent of those polled saying the United States intends [to] keep permanent military bases in the country. . . .
"Majorities in all regions except Kurdish areas state that the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) should withdraw immediately, adding that the MNF-I's departure would make them feel safer and decrease violence," concludes the 20-page State Department report, titled "Iraq Civil War Fears Remain High in Sunni and Mixed Areas." The report was based on 1,870 face-to-face interviews conducted from late June to early July.
But Thomas Friedman wants you to know that Iraqis were so very fortunate to have an occupying military force — America — that "everyone on the ground" in Iraq "trusted" to "manage the transition." And Syrians should hope and pray they are so lucky.
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Nandosreis needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Music Rat (music-rat.com)
I am a person who has always had a passion for music, I have thousands of songs on my computer and I know hundreds by heart from hearing them so much. Recently I have developed a passion for mixing music and DJing. I feel that there are many songs out there that are very good but many people dont know. My goal is to make theese songs known to the public by including them in the sets that I publish on my website.
My target audience is very wide, it is just about everybody who has a passion for music, especially hip-hop and dance. However, according to the statistics software on the website the age group of the people who access it mostly is 14 - 25 both male and female.
I need a new logo for my website, I am very open to new ideas as I don't have anything very specific in mind. The logo does have to fit in with the website (http://www.music-rat.com) in the same place that the current one does. I like the idea of a non color specific logo so that it can change colors on the website, but if the designer would rather have single colors i am also ok with that.
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Game time changed to 2/4 p.m. on Saturday
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 30, 2010) - The ETSU softball team wraps up its 2010 season on Saturday afternoon when the Lady Bucs take on former Atlantic Sun Conference rival Gardner-Webb. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. at the ETSU Softball Complex.
ETSU (20-34) is coming off a sweep over
In addition to
Gardner-Webb, who moved from the A-Sun to the Big South in 2008-09, sits 20-29 on the season. The Runnin' Bulldogs have won three straight and five of their last six.
The Runnin' Bulldogs are led by senior first baseman Christa Fullwood who is hitting a team-best .392 (56-143) with 10 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and a team-leading 41 RBI. Meanwhile, senior left-hander Alison Coffey picked up her first win of the season Wednesday afternoon as she no-hit
Fans unable to make the trip to
Saturday is also "Pet Appreciation Day" and the most spirited pet to come out to the doubleheader will win a gift card to PetSmart.
For more information on Lady Buccaneer softball, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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They say that every cloud has a silver lining, but for fall '14, Joseph Altuzarra proved he could do one better. And, for him, that meant pops of hot pink, tangerine, and combat blue.
It was Altuzarra's strategic use of colors that gave classics a kooky wink. The oversized lapels of gorgeous wrap coats flipped over to reveal a shocking blue, while pink peeked out from inside an otherwise all-gray topper. The New York-by-way-of-Paris designer also highlighted the seams of clean-lined dresses, giving each shapely frock a little something special.
A bright tapestry of tops provided tons of texture and fringe that swung with every model's step, and there were statement-making furs that took on geometric patterns of colorblocking. And, for the closing of the show, down the runway came the slinkiest of silk slip dresses in neutral silvers and creams to serve as our last impression. No, perhaps the ending note was not as colorful as the start, but with Altuzarra's attention to every detail, it was still a strong and masterful one.


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The 64-year-old has seen and done it all over his 17 seasons at the helm, including the unbeaten 'Invincibles' title campaign in 2003/2004.
Arsenal, though, have not delivered a trophy to the cabinet since moving to the Emirates Stadium, but remain on course for the FA Cup, into the semi-finals against Wigan, and could move to within a point of leaders Chelsea this weekend.
Wenger believes just sustaining a side capable of securing Champions League football season after season deserves great credit despite all of the silverware which went before.
"I can take a distance with that - if winning a trophy is winning the League Cup and finish 12th in the league, (because) I think the most important thing for the quality of the club, of the management of the club, is the consistency of the achievement," said Wenger, whose achievement was marked by a presentation from Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick and League Managers' Association chief executive Richard Bevan before Friday morning's media conference at London Colney.
"After the trophies come and go, but I believe you see the quality of the management in the consistency of their achievement.
"If you finish one year first and the second year 12th, the real quality of management is linked with consistency.
"Of course we want to win trophies, but I think if you look well at the consistency that we have shown in the last 15 or 17 years, and you compare with all other clubs, that is the most difficult thing to achieve.
"In individual finals it is great players who win you the games, and we have great players, so I am confident we can win trophies."
Arsenal chairman Keswick hailed Wenger's impact as the man who had "transformed the beautiful game" and added "long may you continue to lead us" as he presented the Frenchman with a commemorative cannon, based on the original design from the club's founders at Woolwich Arsenal.
Wenger - who has yet to sign a new contract extension - is in no doubt of how he has become enshrined within the psyche of the north London club.
"It is a privilege of course to managed 1,000 games in the same club and between the moment I met (vice-chairman) David Dein and he introduced me to (chairman) Peter Hill-Wood of course a lot has happened at this club," he continued.
"I must say for such a long time the club has always supported me and I feel already that I am privileged in that because that's not always usual in our game.
"We have gone through difficult and fantastic periods, but always remain focused on being united at this club.
"That's why I think I acted always with three things in my mind
The first one is that every decision I make is like I own the club, that's always in the interest in the club first.
"The second is that I think I am in a job where you need to have a clear perception of your ideas and have the courage to transform it into actions.
"The third that has always guided me is to make this club grow and make sure that the club is bigger when I leave than when I arrived
Time will tell if I managed to do that, but I hope so."
Wenger insists Saturday's showdown with Chelsea will not have any added significance other than in the battle for the Premier League title.
"It is the game of the season for us - it's as simple as that," said Wenger, who has a doubt over midfielder Tomas Rosicky (ankle).
"We are in a period where every point is vital now, especially against your direct opponents, so it is for us the most important game of the season now."
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DMV's are one of the most usefull features in SQL Server 2005.
There are 2 that I like more than others because they can give you information about
executed SQL statements without the use of SQL Profiler tool.
Of course they aren't a substitute for SQL profiler but rather an another tool you can use
in situations when you can't run SQL Profiler.
Those 2 DMV's are:
- sys.dm_exec_query_stats
- sys.dm_exec_sql_text
They provide much info about executed statements but i used them in this procedure for searching through
executed sql statemnts.
Since dm_exec_query_stats is based on cached query plans the row in it lasts until the plan is removed from cache.
So for better and more usefull data i put the results of each run into a separate log table.
this is the stored procedure:
create table StatementExecLog
StatementText nvarchar(max),
LastExecuted datetime,
ElapsedTimeInSeconds int,
ExecCountFromLastCompile int
create proc GetExecutedQueries
@Filter varchar(8000),
@DateFrom datetime = '19000101',
@DateTo datetime = '99990101'
select * from
SELECT SUBSTRING(st.text, (qs.statement_start_offset/2)+1,
((CASE qs.statement_end_offset
WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(st.text)
ELSE qs.statement_end_offset
END - qs.statement_start_offset)/2) + 1) AS StatementText,
last_execution_time as LastExecuted,
last_elapsed_time/1000000.0 as ElapsedTimeInSeconds,
execution_count as ExecCountFromLastCompile
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) AS st
where last_execution_time between @DateFrom and @DateTo
) t
where StatementText like '%' + @Filter + '%'
order by LastExecuted desc
select * from person.address
-- for simple searches
exec GetExecutedQueries '.address'
-- for long term logging
insert into StatementExecLog
exec GetExecutedQueries '.address'
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Chances are you've seen this cover by now, even though it just hit newsstands today. It took the internet by storm, for obvious reasons (see here, and here and here). I'm super excited about it, actually, because not only does the feature in TIME's May 21 issue address a bunch of the topics we discuss on the regular in this here blog, as well as serve up a pretty fascinating profile of Dr. William Sears and the Attachment Parenting model that's developed out of his life's work, but it's also written by a good friend of mine (Go Kate Pickert!). She says, "I was curious about how Dr. Sears came up with his theories in the first place. He's so popular, so ubiquitous and so controversial, I was surprised to find out that very little had been written about him beyond what he chooses to put in his books about his family. Once I started reporting, I realized there is much more to Bill Sears than his public persona as a pediatrician and father."
As much as Kate's written a profile on Dr. Sears, she's also written something of a profile of American Parenting in 2012, or at least of a growing alternative movement, the debate that swirls around its tenets, and its indisputable impact on even mainstream parenting approaches. Watch this video (that's Kate—isn't she awesome?) for a good little summary.
If you've gotten your hands on a copy of TIME, give that a read, too… You can also buy a one-week TIME.com pass to read the story online.
All caught up? Cool. Let's discuss!
I suppose we should start with the cover. Here we have a smokin' hot mama looking calm, cool and collected (no frizzy hair or sweatpants on this lady) while she and her almost-four-year-old demonstrate what's known as 'extended breastfeeding'. And public breastfeeding, to the tune of international distribution. Double whammy! Neither of these activities is typically very well-received in America today, as we've covered aplenty here on Natural Parenting. Yet both of these practices are gaining recognition and acceptance among moms and onlookers alike. Though American breastfeeding rates don't come close to meeting AAP or WHO recommendations, they are at an all-time high since the 1950s, when formula first became available. And, as Kate writes in her piece, Dr. Sears "surely deserves credit for promoting breast--feeding and the idea that the bond between mother and baby is critical."
Still, that's kid on the cover is a pretty big baby. In fact, he's not a baby at all – he's a child – and the image thus succeeds in catching the reader's eye. As Bonnie Rochman writes here, "In a society that still gets squeamish when a baby is nursed in public, the idea of continuing to nurse that baby until he's a toddler or even a preschooler is a real show stopper. But much of the world doesn't share the U.S.'s uneasiness." Showstoppers, of course, sell magazines. And that the mom on the cover obviously doesn't share the viewer's uneasiness starts up the conversation: what's changing in American approaches to parenting today, and why?
The answer: well, a lot is changing! It has been for about 20 years, since Dr. Sears wrote his most influential work, The Baby Book. As Pickert's profile describes, both Sears and his wife endured difficulties in their childhoods, and encountered disconcerting parenting philosophies once they had children themseves, that influenced their emphasis on parenting in another direction: away from the MadMen-style (stick the baby in a playpen while mommy shakes up a cocktail), and toward high-contact mother-baby bonding based in large part on Attachment Theory. Sears' approach is carried out by a growing number of moms via the AP Big Three: breastfeeding, co-sleeping and baby-wearing, all of which have worked their way, to one degree or another, into the mainstream, as well; many parents who don't strictly follow the Attachment Parenting model do carry their babies in slings, breastfeed, and generally parent with a greater sensitivity to babies' experiences and needs than did the generations that raised them.
In fact, Pickert makes the important point, in her piece, that, like Sears and his wife, many AP parents choose that path as a reaction against to their own childhood experiences. (Although it's worth noting that the issue's cover model was raised by attachment parents, and is now embracing the philosophy as a parent herself). And many parents get pretty extreme in doing so. The piece opens with a bleak picture of a mom who quit her job, spent months on the couch breastfeeding her baby 24/7, and, now with a second child, never enjoys lunch with a friend or dates with her husband. She is never, ever separated from her two kids. (She's happy with this setup, however; 'bleak' is in the eye of the beholder, I guess). This is the image of Attachment Parenting that draws harsh criticism from many corners, including feminists, and other moms who value mom-baby bonding but, as Pickert writes, "think Sears is out of his mind." In addition to the ever oppositional pro- and anti-AP moms, Pickert makes note of a third group of mothers who find themselves "caught in the middle. These parents try to achieve Sears' ideal of nursing, baby wearing and co-sleeping but fall short for some reason and find themselves immobilized by their seeming parental inadequacy."
As thorough as Pickert's feature is, something's missing from this conversation. There's little representation of the group of moms (and dads) who are in the middle – somewhere between the extreme attachment parents and their critics, but meanwhile making deliberate alternative parenting choices – because they want to be, and are doing just fine. These parents do ascribe, more or less, to those big three tenets, and so are more alternative in their parenting style than their mainstream counterparts. But they're also going out on date nights, have professional lives, and so forth. Sears is all about following one's instincts, and I think increasing numbers of moms are opting to do exactly this in lieu of the "all-or-nothing approach" that some AP parents, upon reading his work, fall prey to when missing its nuances (or choose to take because all-or-nothing works for them). Lots of parents, through exposure to Sears' work and AP philosophy in general, are adopting a more natural, attachment-esque approach to parenting, but making their (informed) parenting choices -- and sometimes changing those choices as they go -- based on common sense, and on what works within their own, clearly nuanced family situations. They do this not because they think they're 'supposed' to, or fear damaging their children if they don't; they do this so they can actually have it all, however they define that place. They want, and choose, to breastfeed, co-sleep, cloth diaper and wear their babies (give or take a tenet), but they don't feel like they're failing if they're not with their kids all the time. As Pickert points out, research hasn't shown AP kiddos grow up more happy or more well-adjusted than their peers who also felt loved and wanted, but may have done some time in cribs or childcare. It's the 'felt loved and wanted' part that evidently counts the most, and more and more parents are choosing natural, high-contact approaches to parenting while still bearing this realistically in mind. As the extreme seeps into the mainstream, parents are becoming more fluent in the approaches available to them, and are hand-picking (or creating) their own according to what feels right.
TIME's cover mom – attractive, urban, confident, calm – represents, at a glance, this shift more than she represents the AP extreme. What's emerging now is a more natural approach to parenting, by far, than what came just before Sears, and a more flexible approach than his staunch followers are known for. It's an alternative to the AP alternative, less extreme and less easily labeled, but, I'm certain, more widely embraced. It may involve breastfeeding a toddler, or it may not, but it definitely involves the awareness and acceptability of this option. Where attachment parenting may be about "devotion and sacrifice," as Pickert writes, this new wave, I think, replaces devotion with conscious engagement, and nixes the sacrifice (though no promises on the exhaustion front—that's just part of being a parent). And, after reading Pickert's profile of Sears, I'm pretty sure this is right in line with what the doctor advocates these days, anyway.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Dr. Sears'? Do you breastfeed, co-sleep and wear your baby in a sling? Do you breastfeed a toddler? A preschooler? Are you a 'natural' parent making alternative parenting choices, but not 'Attachment Parenting' per se? Or do you love, and live, that label? I'm dying to know, too—what do you think of that cover???


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- Premier League
Wenger blasts international friendlies
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has unleashed his latest broadside at friendly internationals, claiming they are little more than "fundraising" exercises for national federations.
Wenger has long voiced his annoyance at non-competitive internationals and he is fuming at the prospect of losing a majority of his squad in the days before the North London derby showdown with Tottenham next Saturday.
"The interest of the clubs are not always important," he stressed.
"When we play Saturday morning at 12.45pm against Tottenham and Santi Cazorla plays in Panama on Wednesday night, you cannot say there is no conflict of interest between the two.
"Basically, there are a lot of politics behind these friendly games as well because when you see some teams travelling during that period, you think it is more to pay back some corporation rather than preparing a team for the next official game. I believe the friendlies are there as well to help some federations to raise some money by playing against big teams.
"What is difficult to understand is why these games are not like the official games and on a Tuesday night? There are rules in place to try and make this happen."
Wenger's mood surrounding the upcoming international fixtures was not helped by his annoyance at Jack Wilshere's England call-up for their game in Sweden next Wednesday, but his mood was balanced a little by the prospect of his young full-back Carl Jenkinson earning his first cap in England colours, subject to international clearance.
Jenkinson has played junior international football for Finland, but he has committed his future to England and Wenger is convinced the recognition can help to boost the confidence of his 20-year-old starlet.
"I am happy that his potential has been acknowledged by Roy Hodgson, so that is good news," added Wenger. "Carl is a guy with massive potential. I believe this call-up will improve his belief and that is very important for him in my opinion."
Jenkinson described his England recognition as "a great feeling" and said he hoped it was the first of many call-ups as he looks forward to representing the country of his birth at international level.


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Miami Lakes, Fla.(www.orangebowl.org) – Adding to the tradition of one of college football's premier bowl games, Multi-PLATINUM sellingcountry superstar Dierks Bentley will headline the Discover Orange Bowl Halftime Show, while Danielle Bradbery, last season's winner of NBC's hit show "The Voice," will perform the National Anthem during the Discover Orange Bowl Countdown to Kickoff on January 3, 2014 at Sun Life Stadium. Bentley joins a long-standing tradition of top entertainment showcased during the Orange Bowl halftime show, which has included Jake Owen, Train, the Goo Goo Dolls, Kelly Clarkson, Kool & the Gang, Ciara, ZZ Top and the Doobie Brothers in recent years.
Dierks Bentley has forged his own artistic path in an industry built predominantly on formula. He has mixed elements of modern country, classic country, bluegrass and rock, maintaining an unmistakable identity while constantly reinventing his sound. His most recent album HOME debuted at number on the Billboard Country Album Charts and spawned three consecutive chart-topping hits, marking 10 career number one songs for Bentley as a singer and songwriter. His five previous studio albums have sold more than five million copies and earned 11 GRAMMY nominations and an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry. Bentley recently released his new single "I Hold On" off his upcoming album RISER.
Danielle Bradbery joins a distinguished list of musicians to perform the National Anthem during the Discover Orange Bowl Countdown to Kickoff. The 17 year-old star of "The Voice" is the youngest winner ever and her coach, Blake Shelton, called her, "the most important artist to ever walk across The Voice stage." The Texas native earned high praise for her performances of classics. Danielle's covers of top Country songs landed her on the top of the iTunes Country Chart multiple times throughout the season, making her the highest selling artist in the show's history. She joins the likes of Javier Colon, Little Big Town, Nicole Henry, Arturo Sandoval, Katherine McPhee, Cece Winans, Ruben Studdard and Yolanda Adams to perform the National Anthem at the Orange Bowl.
The 2014 Discover Orange Bowl, to be held on January 3, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., will feature the ACC Champion (or another high ranking team if the ACC Champion is selected to play in the national championship game) against a BCS at-large team. Both the Discover Orange Bowl and Discover Orange Bowl Halftime Show will be broadcast by ESPN. For tickets, log on to www.orangebowl.orgor call 305-341-4702.
For the ninth consecutive year, Miami's eminent production company, www.actproductions.com, will be producing the entertainment elements of Pre-Game and Halftime. ACT productions also booked and confirmed Dierks Bentley as the main act.
To volunteer through the Orange Bowl Ambassador Program presented by Panera Bread, and assist with the Discover Orange Bowl Halftime Show, please log on to http://www.orangebowl.org/about-us/join-the-team/ambassadors/ and use the registration link.
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