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Part-Time Software Technical Leads (Senior / Principal) Ref. 312
HMGCC is developing products of increasing complexity in areas including custom telecoms infrastructure, enterprise level servers, enterprise level messaging, secure mobile messaging, and bespoke secure communications solutions. These world class communication systems are used by the British Government, and for reasons you'll understand once you've joined us, you haven't heard about them.
This increasing complexity has led to us establishing a group of engineering specialists in technical team leadership and systems engineering. We are now looking to recruit into a number of different roles within the group, as demand is outstripping supply. We are looking for technical people who are comfortable providing technical leadership throughout the full product development lifecycle, and also have opportunities to specialise in specific areas such as requirements management, solution identificat ion, architectural design, or technical leadership of engineering project teams.
As your career progresses you will be responsible for the technical delivery of a range of increasingly challenging projects and programmes for HMGCC, and will provide guidance to more junior technical leads. Typically, our technical leads will work alongside project managers who are responsible for financial and delivery aspects of our projects and programmes.
Technical Skills
We would need you to already have:
• Demonstrable experience in delivering software projects where your role has been to understand the technical elements of the solution, have liaised with customers and ideally have managed a development team.
• Experience of technically managing software projects involving a range of technologies related to Windows, Linux and Mac. For example, server-client architecture, database, Cloud-technologies, networking and software application development.
• A practical understanding of principles and techniques used in shaping and managing the technical aspects of engineering projects, and experience in tailoring development processes for the more complex projects.
• Experience of managing customer/ stakeholder relationships.
• Experience of at least two and ideally four of the following aspects of technical leadership and systems engineering:-
o Eliciting,managing,and constructively challenging customer requirements.
o Solution concept generation, analysis, and trade-off.
o Architectural design covering software and where required hardware solutions to meet customer requirements.
o Technical leadership of a team of a multi-discipline team of engineers working on multiple technologies.
o Managing technical risks affecting the project delivery.
o Working with sub-contractors.
o Ensuring appropriate technical design and development documentation is produced by the development team.
o Direction and oversight of engineering project integration, verification and validation activities.
To strengthen your application it would be desirable if you have experience in some of the following:
• Experience of hardware projects or programmes involving diverse areas of cutting edge technology - for example, hardware development projects requiring mechanical, electronics, firmware and software design.
• Security engineering or information assurance, including threat modelling and preparation of system accreditation evidence .
• Working in engineering sectors such as telecoms,defence, rail, ICT, or software.
• Using modelling tools, languages, and frameworks to support and communicate your work.
• Line management or experience of providing performance feedback.
Personal Skills
To work as a Technical Lead you will be the type of person who:
• Is skilled at discerning what is really at the root of a problem and how to solve it.
• Knows the value of understanding the environment where a product will work, and how all its different elements need to come together.
• Is adept at establishing all the building blocks for progress, establishing the end to end lifecycle of a project.
• Applies rigour in your approach, paying close attention to matching the requirement to the right solution.
• Takes pride in being the 'go to person', establishing your credibility equally with technical peers and non-technical end users.
• Enjoys working with a range of experts, knowing when to draw on their expertise to help you deliver project requirements.
• Relishes the opportunity to manage complex customer requirements, leading to in-depth discussions to find out what they really need.
• Feels confident with uncertainty, helping others to reduce and manage ambiguity around potential ways forward.
• Personally enjoys actively maintaining your technical knowledge, making sure that you keep up with latest technologies.
• Values the opportunity of leading others to the right outcome, being able to manage any tensions between the end user and engineering worlds.
• Is able to communicate complex technical information clearly to non-technical people.
Putting Your Skills to Use
You will contribute to technology and engineering projects and programmes in some of the following ways:
• Identifying key stakeholders, building and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Interpreting and tailoring HMGCC's engineering framework to best serve the project and where appropriate the programme.
• Capturing and managing requirements.
• Generating solution concepts, and leading the trade-off analysis to determine the most appropriate solution.
• Developing the system architecture to enable detailed design and implementation by the project team.
• Defining the integration, verification, and validation strategies.
• Communicating the system concept to the project team and stakeholders, managing expectations throughout the project.
• Identifying, analysing, and mitigating project/ programme risks from an engineering perspective.
• Assessing the engineering impact of change requests.
• Directing and supervising the work of engineers from multiple technical disciplines.
• Providing guidance and advice to more junior technical leads.
• Being accountable for the technical success of the projects and programmes you lead.
You will play a pivotal role on our most demanding projects and programmes, ensuring that the UK Government's most specialist communication systems both at home and abroad continue to stay one step ahead. In return we will offer you a positive and creative environment to work in, and give you the tools and training to be the best that you can be.
To find out more about HMGCC and how truly unique we are as an organisation and an employer visit our 'about us' page.
*If you are relocating to the area then we can discuss the possibility of a relocation package.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today announced that it has revised its outlook for Fiscal 2012, primarily as a result of a shift in the timing of a performance-based incentive award for achieving key milestones on a large chemical weapons demilitarization program. The incentive award, which is approximately $15 million after-tax, or $0.20 per share, will be recognized in the first quarter of Fiscal 2013, instead of the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2012 as originally anticipated. The chemical weapons demilitarization program is expected to continue for several years and URS will be eligible for additional incentive awards as the work transitions from the operations phase to the closure phase.
Accordingly, the Company now expects fully diluted earnings per share for Fiscal 2012 to be between $4.12 and $4.17, as compared to the previous range of $4.20 to $4.30. URS continues to expect that Fiscal 2012 revenues will be approximately $11.0 billion.
URS will announce its fourth quarter and Fiscal 2012 results after the market close on Monday, February 25, 2013 and will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss the results. A live webcast will be available at http://investors.urs.com, along with a link to the Company's 2012 fourth quarter and year-end earnings release when it becomes available.
URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; information technology; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial, oil and gas, and federal projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has more than 57,000 employees in a network of offices in nearly 50 countries (http://www.urs.com ).
Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements, including statements relating to future revenues, future earnings per share, future incentive awards and programs, and other future business, economic and industry trends and conditions. We believe that our expectations are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions; however, we caution against relying on any of our forward-looking statements as such forward-looking statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors, including but not limited to the following, could cause our business and financial results, as well as the timing of events, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements: year-end adjustments that could arise in connection with completion of the annual audit; the delay or failure to receive incentive awards; declines in the economy or client spending; federal sequestration; changes in our book of business; our compliance with government regulations; impairment of our goodwill; integration of acquisitions; employee, agent or partner misconduct; our ability to procure government contracts; liabilities for pending and future litigation; environmental liabilities; changes in commodity prices; availability of bonding and insurance; our reliance on government appropriations; unilateral termination provisions in government contracts; our ability to make accurate estimates and assumptions; our accounting policies; workforce utilization; our and our partners' ability to bid on, win, perform and renew contracts and projects; our dependence on partners, subcontractors and suppliers; customer payment defaults; our ability to recover on claims; impact of target and fixed-priced contracts on earnings; the inherent dangers at our project sites; the impact of changes in laws and regulations; nuclear indemnifications and insurance; misstatements in expert reports; a decline in defense spending; industry competition; our ability to attract and retain key individuals; retirement plan obligations; our leveraged position and the ability to service our debt; restrictive covenants in finance arrangements; risks associated with international operations; business activities in high security risk countries; information technology risks; natural and man-made disaster risks; our relationships with labor unions; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; anti-takeover risks and other factors discussed more fully in our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 28, 2012, as well as in other reports subsequently filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements represent our current intentions as of the date on which they were made and we assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements.

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WASHINGTON -- Nyger Morgan is in the Nationals lineup. Gaby Sanchez isn't.
While Sanchez has decided to drop his appeal of a three-game suspension stemming from the Sept. 1 brawl with the Nationals, Morgan is fighting on. Morgan's appeals (yes, plural) were heard Friday morning but no decision has been made, apparently. Morgan received an eight-game suspension for his involvement in the Nationals/Marlins brawl and a seven-game suspension for a previous transgression.
"I'm just going to take the three game, just get it over with, and not worry about when it's going to be," Sanchez said.
Sanchez said that, in speaking with his agent, his suspension would either be removed or reduced. And, after meeting with manager Edwin Rodriguez, it was decided they would prefer to have Sanchez available for the upcoming Phillies series when the Marlins return home than against the lowly Nationals. So Sanchez will miss the entire weekend series against Washington.
Josh Johnson continues to hold out hope he can pitch again this season but said he won't take any chances.
"Only time will tell," said Johnson, who was diagnosed with a mid-back strain and inflammation in his throwing shoulder. "It's something that we're taking very cautiously and being smart about. Obviously I want to be out there. But I want to make sure things calm down. So it's a waiting game from here."
Johnson said he has experienced back pain off and on this season.
"The last month or month and a half it's been there and just had to deal with it," Johnson said. "It was a little bit more difficult to repeat my delivery, but I felt fine."
Johnson could try to throw off a bullpen mound Saturday or Sunday.
Marlins: 1. Emilio Bonifacio, 3b; 2. Logan Morrison, lf; 3. Hanley Ramirez, ss; 4. Dan Uggla, 2b; 5. Wes Helms, 1b: 6. Mike Stanton, rf; 7. Cameron Maybin, cf; 8. Brad Davis, c; 9. Alex Sanabia, p.
Nationals: 1. Danny Espinosa, 2b; 2. Ian Desmond, ss; 3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3b; 4. Adam Dunn, 1b; 5. Roger Bernadina, lf; 6. Michael Morse, rf; 7. Ivan Rodriguez, c; 8. Nyger Morgan, cf; 9. John Lannan, p.


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The story of serial Aangan Mein Deewar drama rotates around a fourth wife of a wealthy person and a landlord who passes away leaving four wives behind. His fourth wife leads by taking part in elections. She tries hard to win that election. Meanwhile, the twist comes when the first wife of that landlord appears and challenges the fourth wife, Masha, for representing the dead landlord. The fight between these two ladies continues in drama serial Aangan Mein Deewar.
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WONDER LAKE – When Seth Kuhn found a Topps Golden Draft Ticket, he was guaranteed a football autographed by one of the top two picks in last year's NFL draft – Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III.
To the 7-year-old's surprise, when he recently opened the package containing the prize, he not only found Luck's and Griffin's autographs on the limited-edition football but also eight other first-round draft picks.
"It made it so much more," Seth said. "I hoped to get the RGIII signed football, but this is even better."
The Wonder Lake boy was one of 10 people nationwide to find a Topps Golden Draft Ticket in a pack of football cards last year. Each ticket entitled the collector to an autographed football from either the Indianapolis Colts' or Washington Redskins' starting quarterback.
Although Seth didn't win the grand prize – appearing on a 2013 Topps football trading card – the boy's family was ecstatic about the autographed pigskin, which included other first-rounders Trent Richardson, Justin Blackmon, Ryan Tannehill, Michael Floyd and Doug Martin.
"This was just overwhelming because we had no idea we'd get this many signatures," said Evan Kuhn, the boy's grandfather. "It wasn't what we expected at all. This stunned us for sure."
Seth Kuhn found the ticket inside a box of 2012 Topps football cards that his grandfather bought in August for about $125 from National Pastime Sports Cards Memorabilia and More in McHenry.
Other golden tickets were being sold for more than $1,500 on eBay.
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Hi WSDN,
You're right, there definitely are other smartphones out there – Android being the main competitor at the moment (but my favorite underdog is the Palm Pre). Windows Phone 7 is also – much to my surprise – looking like a strong contender.
And I have nothing against graceful degradation either. What I do have a problem with is the assumption that any experience you build must run on every device out there. The only way to truly achieve this is to cater to a lowest common denominator in your design. I couldn't think of anything else more mind-numbingly boring. That's not design, it's accountancy.
Or, you can pick and choose the platforms/devices that you want to support well and optimize the experience for those. It doesn't have to be just the iPhone. But you do need focus. And there's nothing wrong with specifically optimizing your site for iPhone – as was stated in some of the comments and which my own comment was responding to.
Soap's great for cleaning stuff. But we use shampoo for our hair, detergent for the dishes, and toilet cleaner to clean the toilet. Each is optimized for the task at hand and thus provides a better user experience for each specific use case. Sure, we could use soap for all three, and it would probably get the job done, but it wouldn't be as good an experience.


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4 Best Daily Fee Golf Courses 2012 in the Hudson Valley, Upstate NY
Stunning vistas. Tour-speed greens. Critical club selection. Sounds like one of the region's many great private country clubs, doesn't it? But surprise, you can find all this and more at one of these fine daily fee courses
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Putnam National Golf Club
Mahopac, NY
845-628-4200; www.putnamnational.com
• 6,804 yards • Par 71
If you haven't been to Putnam National since RDC Golf Group took over management of the Putnam County-owned course, you've missed a much-improved golf experience. Greens are fast and true; fairways are in the best shape they've ever been thanks to a new irrigation system; and all the amenities you'd want — including a full range, short game area and putting green — have been upgraded in recent years. Best of all, Putnam National's greens fees yield some of the best golf value in the region.
The golf course is the thing, though, and at 6,804 yards, Putnam National has plenty of it. All three of the par fives are well over 500 yards and three of the par fours are over 450. The course also passes one of my personal tests of good architecture: variety in the par threes. At 152, 180, and 215 yards, the one-shotters at Putnam National will keep you on your toes.
The accommodating nature of Putnam National is revealed in the course rating and slope. From the blue tees, the rating is 72.8 — high enough for just about anybody. The slope, though, is an entirely manageable 128, meaning that it's not particularly punitive for the bogey golfer. There are also three other sets of tees, too, ranging from 5,789 to 6,365 yards, so there's no reason not to have a good time with a course that fits your game.
The three finishing holes at Putnam National will put some starch in your socks. The 16th is a 530-yard par five that rewards a power fade off the tee with a chance to reach in two. The 17th, a 470-yard par four, calls for just the opposite, a precise draw that catches the downslope and puts you in position to go pin hunting. The closing hole is shorter, only 454 yards, but plays longer since it's uphill. Oh, and it helps to shape your shot here with a slight fade, too.
Weekday greens fees $40, weekends $69, with substantial savings at non-peak times or with a season pass.
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PY03 Participant Customer Satisfaction Scores State RankingsThis map shows the Participant Customer Satisfaction Score for the WIA programs in PY 03. The scores range from a high of 89.9 in Michigan to a low of 52.4 in the District of Columbia. The map highlights the top and bottom states on this measure. The top ten states in order are Michigan, Kansas, Maryland, Idaho, Montana, Delaware, Kentucky, Nevada, Nebraska and Hawaii. The bottom ten states from top to bottom are New Hampshire, Illinois, New Jersey, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Utah, Connecticut, Arizona, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.
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stubby wrote:IVhorseman wrote:Really? I prefer the open-endedness of the other supernatural rules, but i guess it's true that they're currently a bit abusable (only two dice and 11cp for a 1d12dmg attack with 1d6" range).
Is that OP do you think? It sounds pretty unreliable to me for something costing 11cp, especially considering the 25% chance one or both dice will fumble and be used against you.
But who uses cp? Supernatural powered beings with only one die are fun but don't get any cool free attacks (although I guess you could technically add damage to a shove? sounds fishy to me). supernatural beings with two or more dice can start combining them into explosions, ranged attacks, and all sorts of weird area attacks - the potential effectiveness of a supernatural being increases exponentially with each die. The chance of failure DOES start to stack up with each failed die, but if you stick with use rolls it's still only at a use of 2 - most other ranged attacks have a 1/3 chance of failure, with significantly less damage. The recent change to completely getting rid of the use rolls doesn't actually change the gameplay too much, but it DOES get rid of a die roll that would almost always succeed - especially with heroic casters.
I don't know if it's OP, but that same caster would also have the versatility to create an explosion of (1d6)/2" centered on themselves dealing 1d12 damage. It may be a suicide tactic but it's wildly powerful. Personally I think that's fun - but the kind of person who likes static, pre-made spells that do the same thing every time might find that totally bullshit.


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Hi there,
I've almost finished my bachelor in mechanical engineering. As it turns out, a local amusement rides manufacturer has vacanies right now. So, I'm thinking about applying for a job there, even though I've barely started my masters degree.
Unfortunately, I have hardly any experience when it comes to job applications, interviews etc. Anyone have any tips?
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Yeah, this is an easy one. You don't need experience if you have skills and desire. You can emphasize this point in an interview... that you have sklls and desire. It's actually a good thing from their point of view that you don't have experience, because this means they won't have to pay you as much. And the fact that you've got skills means you can help them, and desire means you'll be a good employee.
My advice is to find three important skills that you can help them with. If you're not sure what they need, ask them without sounding like a complete rookie. "Why don't you tell me what skills you need the most and I'll be able to better explain how I can help" ... from there you simply emphasize how you fit the job. If you're charming, nice and persistent, you may have good luck!
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Thanks for the tips! It won't be hard to tell something about my enthousiasm, so I guess that is a good idea indeed. We'll see how it turns out.
Thanks again!
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Well, I've had a chat earlier this week. If I manage to pass my last bachelor-test next week, my changes will be good. Of course it's way to early to tell, but the thought alone excites me - a lot!
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As an aside, I would recommend getting out of the frame of mind of applying for a job. Instead you should network and make friends in the right places. Go to networking events. Meet people. In my humble opinion, "applying for a job" is a term born from depression era thinking, passed to our parents from our grandparents who experienced it. The better way to do it is to learn how to network. If you can do this successfully, you'll never lack a job because new work is but a phone call away.
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Its funny that you mention that about applying for a job, although i do agree with you. Yesterday i was browsing the Universal website job board and came across a job that I felt I had the right knowledge and experience to apply for. So I sent my resume and a letter to them. I also sent a copy to Mark Woodbury who is i guess the head man over there, so Ill keep my fingers crossed that someone calls me!
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"Red Dawn" is OK if you take it for what it is: a schoolboy's fantasy of war and like the original 1984 "Red Dawn" is a "good bad movie."
"Red Dawn" is OK if you take it for what it is: a schoolboy's fantasy of war.
Like the original 1984 "Red Dawn," starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen and C. Thomas Howell, the new version, with Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck and Josh Hutcherson, is a "good bad movie." It's far-fetched and simplistic, with lame attempts at personal drama that are cringe-inducing. But it isn't boring; it's just the right kind of bad that's sort of entertaining. (Wow, now that's high praise!)
It essentially pits a group of teenagers and their older sibs against North Koreans who have invaded the United States. Before the story even begins, clips of President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others are edited in such a way to suggest that the North Koreans are making the world a ticking time bomb that's about to blow at any minute.
And blow it does. One morning in Spokane, Wash., the sky is filled with enemy planes and North Korean paratroopers in a sneak attack that, for the bad guys, is an immediate success.
That's when the brothers Eckert leap into action. Older brother Jed (Hemsworth, aka Thor in recent superhero movies) has just returned home from fighting overseas in Afghanistan; younger bro Matt (Josh Peck of "The Wackness") is the star quarterback of the local high-school football squad, the Wolverines. They have issues (it's complicated), but they're united in their desire to survive and fight back.
To that end, they gather friends (Hutcherson of "The Hunger Games" plays one), girlfriends and strangers into a rebel force. After a bit of training (some with — honest — water guns until they can obtain more of the real thing), they take action. Calling themselves the Wolverines, they become snipers, they stage raids, they set up traps, they blow things up. Sure, they have problems, like when Matt totally screws up a mission to save his POW girlfriend (Isabel Lucas), but they're successful at being a thorn in the side of the oppressors.
This is essentially a "What if?" and "What would you do?" type of movie. Let's say we were invaded and taken over. Would you have the courage to fight back, or would you play it safe and hope for the best? (The answer might be predictable, but is it true?) And if one person, some alpha guy like Jed, started ordering everyone around, would you follow his direction, or rebel against that, too? Aren't Jeds necessary?
So "Red Dawn" does provide things to think about, if you choose to. But it's hard to take a movie seriously with the kind of unbelievable heroics and cornball macho posturing on display here. "Marines don't die, they just go to hell and regroup," says one character. Uh ... OK. ...
It's that kind of movie.
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Follow the team's coverage in real-time on Twitter at @ipsenvironment and @ipsafrica and connect with IPS Environment and IPS Africa on Facebook.
IPS reporting will reflect the agency's focus on the South and the role of civil society, with particular emphasis on the activity of non-governmental organisations, adaptation in poor countries and the gender dimensions of climate change.
The COP17 TerraViva site has a useful archive that looks back to IPS coverage of previous COP conferences. Finally, the coverage from South Africa is linked out to the concurrent negotiations in South Korea about Aid Effectiveness and the preceding Global Civil Society Forum, where IPS has a reporting team preparing a Busan TerraVivaMore about: Agricultura, climate change, Dissemination and networking, Global, Globalization and the South, Poverty & MDGs, Providing news and content, Sustainable development


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NESPELEM A man could face up to five years in prison if convicted on federal charges of setting fire to tribal lands.
A grand jury indicted Mylan Williams in U.S. District Court on Dec. 18 for allegedly starting a wildland fire just north of Elmer City on the Colville Indian Reservation last summer.
The indictment alleges Williams willfully and without authority set fire to underbrush and grass on the Colville Indian Reservation, Colville Tribal Chairman Michael O. Finley said in a news release.
The fire happened "on or about July 30," said Dana Cleveland, from the Office of the Reservation Attorney.
Cleveland said the brush fire was near the turnoff to Peter Dan Road. Cleveland said he did not have the age or city of residence for Williams.
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If you've always wanted to sail aboard Holland America Line (hollandamerica.com)'s Statendam and Ryndam, the clock is now officially ticking.
Earlier this week, Carnival Corporation announced it will transfer both vessels to P&O Australia (pocruises.com. au) in November of 2015.
Prior to entering service with the line, both ships will be extensively refurbished to reflect the P&O brand.
Statendam, built in 1992, and Ryndam, built in 1993, are currently among the oldest vessels in the Holland America Line fleet.
P&O Australia currently has a fleet of three ex-Princess Cruises vessels, all of which have been renamed and rebranded and now offer departures from home ports throughout Australia. For Carnival, the decision to transfer the two ships was due in large part to the booming Australian cruise market.
"By any measure, Australia is one of the top-performing cruise markets in the world, with an eye-popping average annual passenger growth rate of 20 per cent over the past decade," said Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation.
Carnival offered up some compelling figures: Australian cruise passenger numbers increased a whopping 130 per cent in just five years, with 800,000 passengers embarking on a cruise from Down Under alone. By 2016, Carnival estimates one million guests will sail from Australian ports of call.
For fans of Holland America Line's dam-ships, the loss of Statendam and Ryndam will be offset with the launch of an as-yet-unnamed 99,500-ton vessel, which will be able to carry 2,648 guests - exceeding the combined capacities of both vessels leaving the fleet.
If you still want to sail Statendam and Ryndam before their time with Holland America ends, you have some time left to do so.
Statendam is in Vancouver again this summer, reprising her popular north and southbound cruises to Alaska from Vancouver and Seward.
She'll then sail a series of Pacific Coastal cruises this fall before setting off for Hawaii, Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. In 2015, she'll offer several cruises to Mexico's Pacific Coast and transit the Panama Canal before returning to Alaska.
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CRESTVIEW � Justin Rebholz threw a three-hit shutout Tuesday night to lead the Crestview High School baseball team to a 4-0 win over Baker. The Bulldogs scored all the runs they needed in the four-run third inning when, with two outs, they strung together five-consecutive hits.
CRESTVIEW � Justin Rebholz threw a three-hit shutout Tuesday night to lead the Crestview High School baseball team to a 4-0 win over Baker.
The Bulldogs scored all the runs they needed in the four-run third inning when, with two outs, they strung together five-consecutive hits.
Roman Donofro's two-run double was the big blow of the inning. The double scored Seth Thomason and Drew Graham, the courtesy runner for Bulldog catcher Austin Armstrong who had singled.
Tate Sweatt doubled home Donofro to make it 3-0. Rebholz helped his own cause with a single that scored Sweatt.
"We are very fortunate to win," Bulldog coach Tim Gillis said. "You've got to get the runs in especially when you get them there (in scoring position) with less than two outs. We had some good approaches in some situations and we had some bad approaches in some situations.
"We have to get good approaches all the time and the results will take care of themselves, but the approach has to be consistent. Give their guy credit, they pitched well in tough spots and we have to just keep getting better."
Rebholz was sharp on the mound throughout the game and had no tough spots against the Gators (6-9).
He scattered the three hits around. Garrett Sanders had a two-out single in the first inning, Alan Wiedenhammer a one-out base hit in the fifth and Adam Crowson had a one-out single in the sixth.
Rebholz also allowed just two walks in limiting the Gators to five base runners while striking out four Baker batters.
While Rebholz never found himself in a serious jam the Bulldog threatened Gator pitcher Jake Rainey throughout the game.
Crestview (9-4) touched Rainey for 12 hits, a walk and a hit batter.
When the final numbers were tallied the Bulldogs left 10 runners on base and six in scoring position.
The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no out in the bottom of the sixth inning, but where unable to score. Rainey got Corey Armstrong to ground into a fielder's choice that had Wiedenhammer getting the force out at the plate for the first out of the inning.
Rainey then struck out Thomason and Austin Armstrong to work all the way out of the jam.
Donofro, Thomason and Rebholz led the Crestview attack with two hits each. Donofro and Thomason both had a single and a double while Rebholz had two singles.
Gator coach Scott Johnson was pleased with the way his Class 1A team played against the 6A Bulldogs.
"I'm very proud of them and I have been the whole time,". Jake Rainey has done a fabulous job for us as our pitcher. The defense helped us out a little bit tonight.
"What has always been our Achilles heel is we haven't caught the ball very well. If you throw it right and catch it and make them put in play, you have a chance. We are heading in the right direction.
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*Welcome to the Secret Sisters Swap!
Rosita and I will be co-hosting this swap again~and it to be so much fun each and every round!
1. In order to join this swap, you must have 1000 posts or be a sister with us already in good standing, or have another swap member that will vouch for you. If you don't have these things, contact Rosita or myself and we will decide. We want new people to sign up and have fun in our swap, but since this is a 25.00 minimum, we have to make sure everyone who participates will complete the swap! Thank you for understanding!
2. This swap will begin on April 1st, 2011.
3. When sign-ups are closed (March 29),
Rosita and I will send each participant the name and information of your LITTLE sister sometimes on the 30th. For the exact time, see Rosita
4. This swap has a MINIMUM of $25.00. You are required to spend at least that amount EACH month on your swap partner for three months NOT INCLUDING SHIPPING COSTS!
5. You would not put your name on the package/envie so you will remain a secret. It's a good idea to use a family members name as the return address, a trusted neighbor, or you can put your hubby to good use and use his name! You can also order directly from sb.com and tell them that the gift is for a secret sister swap and they will block out your name and information for you.
6. You can look up your partners profile to get some ideas of what to send. They have also been instructed to update their wish list.
7. You MUST check into this thread AT LEAST once a week as your real self and once a week as your alternate secret sister ID. Communication is vital in this swap because the purpose of this swap is to get to know your fellow swappers! You'll get more out of this swap the more you post, and your ss can get more ideas as to what to send you.
8. Secret sisters will end on June 15, 2011...you should reveal who you are to your sister on that date here on this thread.
9. Never hesitate to pm Rosita or me if you have any questions, or need to know something specific from your SS. Rosita and I are here to help you!
10. Please mail your RAKS/gifts/cards out no later than: April 10, May 10, and June 10th. That should give the package time to arrive before end of the month.
11. Have fun, chat, share lo's, anything goes in this thread!
12. You must have at least 1000 posts in order to sign up. If you have fewer than that, Rosita and I will need to pre-approve you joining. If you have flaked on this swap or not followed the rules before, don't bother signing up.
13. To sign up, send me a PM with this information:
Screen Name
Email address
Phone number
Do you collect anything?
Favorite snack
List of things you would like to receive (as an addition/alternative to things your wishlist which you will keep updated).
Are you willing to send to an international sis this round???
Secret Sister Basics:
1) Create an additional ID to log on to sb.com (so you can communicate with your ss on the thread and send PMs, etc.)You do have to contact your sister on this thread AT LEAST once a WEEK (preferably more!) A good idea is to post when you mail out a package and "tease" them about some of the goodies included!
2) Send a card. (a snail mail card or an e-card are always great to receive!)
3) Type a letter or note to your sis. Be sneaky and devious.
4) Remember, it doesn't have to be scrap stuff only but should include some scrap stuff too!
*****Also, I must reiterate: DO NOT SIGN UP for this swap unless you are prepared to make a commitment to it. People have had their feelings hurt in the last swap, and I do not want to see that happen again. If something happens during the swap that affects your ability to keep participating, please contact Rosita or myself...we both just want EVERYONE to enjoy this swap, get to know each other, and enjoy spoiling someone and getting spoiled in return!
I hope this round goes as well as the last ones have because we have just had a blast the entire time! Feel free to talk, laugh, cry, share, and especially spoil your little sis!
List of participants:
1. Rosita (Betsye Rose)
2. Kimberly(thinkpink22)
3. Alda (flying_Unicorn)
4. Nancy (Scrappindmbfan)
5. Annie (MrsAnnieS)
6. Jackie (Jackie9635)
7. Sherri (Sherrenae)
8. Suzette (Sassy Suzi)
9. Tracy (fortunes fool)
10. Jessica (jmorales)
11. Lynnde (Danelle)
12. Tina (tinadyn)
13. Kelly (kaykay1010)
14. Nikilynn (Nikilynn)
15. Amy (Vincesprincess)
16. Debbie (Deb-doodles)
17. Tina (Tina scraps)
18. Joelle (Joellio)
19. Tres (parisdame)
20. Victoria (vwam)
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23. Trisha (trishalouise)
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Okay here is the March Challenge ~
For those of you who are new or returning after a bit of time away. The winner will be chosen by random drawing on April 1rst and will win a small RAK from me. The winner of the challenge also becomes the hostess of the April challenge!!
Here's the new challenge for this month along with the guidelines;
LO must be new as of Monday 3-7-2011
One entry per person
Deadline is Thursday March 31st
LO's only this time, no cards or altered projects
Your LO can be one of your CJ pages
LO must include something from your stash that you've had for more than a year, go ahead use that special pp or embellie you've been saving for the perfect page!
Lo must also feature a technique you rarely use or one that you are trying for the first time!
As always have fun with it!
From Deb-doodles
For the challenge:
Your page can be any theme, colors, etc. You only have to use 'Glimmer Mist' or some other spray type of ink on your page. You can use just a misting technique, BUT, if you use a stencil I will put your name in the drawing twice. (Pink I saw you buy some and know you haven't used them. LOL)
If you don't have a store bought stencil you can make your own out of chipboard, paper, etc. You can do a simple design like a circle or star if you want. there's no excuse saying you don't have any stencils!!
These will be due on the last day of April. I will draw a name from the participants and send them a
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On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across the country celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a time when cities were smothered in smog and polluted American rivers caught fire.
What started as a day of national environmental recognition has evolved into a global campaign to protect our environment. Earth Day is now celebrated in more than 192 countries across the world.
Environmental problems in our country and abroad have changed since the first Earth Day. Today, we face severe energy challenges that pose a great threat to our global environment, international security and the worldwide economy.
Some of President Obama's top priorities are to end our addiction to foreign oil, double renewable energy generation by 2020, double energy productivity by 2030, and confront global climate change.
EPA is taking a number of sensible steps to address climate change through standards that reduce carbon pollution from the largest sources. These standards will prevent harmful pollution from our power plants, and cars and trucks, while saving consumers money at the pump and building a strong, clean-energy economy.
Internally EPA is also doing its part to reduce energy, water and fuel use, along with associated emissions, at its facilities—including the regional office in Atlanta and satellite locations throughout the Southeast. Our agency-wide goals are to reduce energy consumption by 30 percent by 2015 and greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020.
In February, EPA released its Draft Climate Change Adaptation Plan, which examines the ways our programs are vulnerable to a changing climate and how the agency can adapt to continue meeting its mission of protecting human health and the environment.
Earth Day is a great time to reflect on individual actions to help protect the environment. Driving a car, using electricity to light and heat your home, and throwing away garbage all lead to greenhouse gas emissions.
You may wonder what you can do to address the energy challenges we face and slow the pace of climate change. You can reduce emissions through simple actions like changing a light bulb, powering down electronics, using less water, and recycling.
Use EPA's personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator on EPA's climate change website, www.epa.gov/climatechange, to estimate your household's annual emissions and find ways you can cut emissions. There is even a calculator for kids at www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids.
Detailed information and resources are also available for state and local governments interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions at: www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate
We all contribute to climate change, and we must all be part of the solution.
For more information about the Earth Day activities in the Southeast, go to: www.epa.gov/region4/earthday
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Corrientes GRAND SLAM | 22 - 26 May 2013
Corrientes, Argentina, May 23, 2013—Striving through the damp, bone-chilling air that never dampened the spirits of several thousand spectators, 32 men's teams struggled through two of three rounds of pool play Thursday setting up their final round robin match and the first of single-elimination play Friday as the $440,000 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam double-gender tournament continues. Leading seven of the eight pools with 2-0 records are two teams from Brazil and one each from Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands and Poland. The other pool is led on point ratio by a team from the United States although all four teams in the group have 1-1 records.
Pool Play will conclude with a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams starting Friday with the men also playing the first round of elimination play. With the event being held for the first time in Corrientes, it continues through Sunday at the purpose-built site is located on the sands of Arazati Beach – Costanera Sur. The final day of pool play matches are scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. local time Friday, continuing under the lights with the women's quarterfinals.
Men's teams advancing undefeated in pool play to lead their respective groups are Brazilian duos Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego and Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves along with Czech Republic's Robert Kufa/Jan Hadrava, Germany's Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Netherlands' Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen and Poland's Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek.
Technically ahead on point ratio in the other pool is USA's Todd Rogers/Ryan Doherty while also with 1-1 records in their four-team pool after beating each up pretty good on Thursday are Italian brothers Paolo Ingrosso/Matteo Ingrosso, Switzerland's Mats Kovatsch/Sebastian Chevallier, and USA's Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson.
The lighted stadium court has been built to seat 7,500 spectators. With competition on the final four days schedule into the evening, the women's semifinals and medal matches will be held on Saturday with the men's semifinals and medal matches closing the tournament on Sunday. Play the first four days is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and at 2:30 p.m. local time on Sunday for the men's final four matches.
Brazil's Felipe/Goncalves, who came through Wednesday's qualification tournament with two wins and are in their rookie season on the FIVB World Tour, had two of the biggest seed breakthroughs on Thursday against higher seeded teams from their own country and Germany. The 28th-seeded Brazilians started the day by knocking off 12th-seeded compatriots Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, 15-21, 21-19 and 15-12 in 54 minutes. They capped their day by defeating Germany's fifth-seeded Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, 21-18, 21-17 in 40 minutes to stay unbeaten in Argentina.
One of the most surprising upsets and definitely the favorite of the partial home-country fans was an upset victory by Argentina's Ian Mehamed/Julian Azaad over Germany's Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs. The Argentina duo stunned Germany's 2012 Olympic champion Brink and his new teammate Fuchs, 21-9, 11-21, 15-8 in 49 minutes. That win came after bouncing back from a three-set loss to Czech Republic's surprising Kufa/ Hadrava, who are leading their pool with a 2-0 mark.
Argentina's Azaad commented after the win over Germany, "I just can't believe it," he said. "Julius Brink it's my favorite player, he's the one I watch all the time to learn. And having beaten him... it's incredible. We were a little depressed after this morning's defeat, because we had the game in our hands before losing in the third set, but now everything has changed. We have fulfilled our goal and we should be going into the next round."
Brazil's legendary Emanuel, 40, and his youthful teammate Alison, 27, won two fairly quick matches, in their return for this first time this year as they are back following a finger injury suffered by Alison a few months ago.
A two-time medal winner here in Argentina when the FIVB World Tour staged men's Open events in 1998, 1999 and 2000, Emanuel commented, "We felt really good today and weren't near as rusty as we could have been. We are just getting our competition sand legs back and it will take some time but this was a very good start. I really liked the sand here, deep and soft like back home in Brazil and what the city of Corrientes has done to support this first-time event is remarkable. Having thousands of school kids here today cheering like they did was a lot like playing at home."
Visiting Corrientes for the first time, the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam is the fourth all-time FIVB World Tour men's event, first FIVB World Tour women's tournament and first FIVB World Tour Grand Slam in Argentina. Argentina's men's world tour events were all held in Mar del Plata (1998, 1999, 2000) and a men's FIVB Satellite event was also held there in 2004. In 2005, Buenos Aires was the site of a double-gender FIVB Satellite event.
As the host nation, Argentina received three teams in each gender pre-positioned into the main draw. For the men, besides Mehamed/Azaad, the Argentinean teams are Pablo Bianchi/Pablo Suarez (1-1 Thursday) and Juan Zorrilla/Facundo Del Coto (0-2).
The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900. The women's medal matches will be held on Saturday and the men's medal matches on Sunday. The FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam will be the 286th FIVB men's event since the FIVB began play in 1989 and the 248th FIVB women's tournament since they started in 1992.
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Latvia grabs FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam men's gold medal
Corrientes, Argentina, May 26, 2013—Striking fast and hitting hard, Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins powered past the stiff challenge from ... More...
26.05.2013 22:12:04
Latvia vs. United States for FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam gold
Corrientes, Argentina, May 26, 2013—With tough-as-nails teams battling across the net, Saturday afternoon's men's semifinal matches have set a dr... More...
26.05.2013 03:49:36
Netherlands' Meppelink/van Gestel win women's gold at FIVB Corrientes
Corrientes, Argentina, May 25, 2013—After starting play Saturday in the sun-soaked sand and finishing in the evening under a pleasant Argentinean sky ... More...
26.05.2013 01:01:30
Brazil, Italy, Latvia, United States in men's final four at FIVB Corrientes
25.05.2013 19:00:59
Women's final four field set at Corrientes Grand Slam
25.05.2013 16:55:35
Men's Corrientes Grand Slam quarterfinals confirmed
25.05.2013 08:52:43
Corrientes Grand Slam enters business end
25.05.2013 03:28:19
Women's final matches at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam Saturday
25.05.2013 00:31:23
Men's FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam down to 16 teams
24.05.2013 18:51:51
Men moving to single-elimination at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam
24.05.2013 16:22:20
Women's FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam finishes Pool Play
24.05.2013 03:14:42
FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam women's pool play hot on chilly day
22.05.2013 21:29:02
Main draw field finalised for FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam
22.05.2013 04:38:55
28 men's, 18 women's duos set for Corrientes qualifying
21.05.2013 12:00:00
Former world champ Baracetti expects US-Brazil medal chase
20.05.2013 09:33:14
Argentina hosting World Tour at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam
17.05.2013 22:33:48
Argentina rich beach volleyball history about to get richer
16.05.2013 14:38:12
Switzerland's Gerson-Prawdzic warming up well for Corrientes
16.05.2013 13:40:52
Alison & Emanuel plan 2013 World Tour debut in Corrientes
14.05.2013 22:27:13
Corrientes preparations in full force for the FIVB Grand Slam
08.05.2013 17:08:10
Teams confirmed for Corrientes Grand Slam
03.05.2013 17:23:58
National Federation list confirmed for Corrientes Grand Slam
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Zonta and Gallay spurred on by London experience
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Volleyball standout Sarah Pavan to join Canada's beach volleyball programme
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Corrientes Grand Slam officially launched
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The man with the most RBIs in the majors this season was out of the lineup yesterday afternoon, choosing to rest against the Tigers rather than against the AL West-leading Angels. But even the very idea of a day off clearly rankled Nick Cafardo, in an article with the puke-worthy headline, "No beating the heart of Millar":
He's a little quieter these days, but one thing his teammates can say on Kevin Millar's behalf is he wants to play. Wants to play every day. They wish they could say the same about Manny Ramirez. ...Chris Snow began his Globe notebook with similar doubts:
[D]id they lose [yesterday] because arguably the best righthanded hitter in the game decided he needed yet another day off because he felt "beat up," according to Sox manager Terry Francona?
It's not a stretch to say that having Ramirez in the middle of the lineup might have been the difference between winning and losing yesterday. ... None of us would ever doubt that a player needs a day off here and there. Playing a long season in hot weather isn't easy. And players who are 30 and older need more rest. ...
There was July 27 in Tampa Bay, the most maddening instance of them all. There was July 30 and all but two innings July 31 against Minnesota, as the trade deadline came and went. There was Aug. 4, following the collision with Edgar Renteria. And then there was yesterday, the fifth time in the last 18 games that Manny Ramirez enjoyed at least a partial day off. ...The other Boston and Hartford papers had very little to say about Ramirez's day off. If you've spent any time here, you know that I'm a huge Ramirez fan (or some might say, an apologist). I don't see the big deal here. Ramirez was ready to pinch-hit twice yesterday, but his teammates ended two separate innings before he could bat. He could have pinch-hit for those hitters to begin the following inning, but it seems that Francona wanted him to hit with men on base.
The team, it should be pointed out, has a scheduled off day Monday and has enjoyed three off days since July 27. Ramirez's requested day off followed a shaky stretch in left field, as Ramirez made three errors in four games. Two of the errors led to three unearned runs. ... "Sometimes when guys get either tired or beat up, for some guys it's concentration," Francona said. "It's not just physical, it's mental."
As far as Ramirez's fielding, I don't care about how many errors Manny is charged with. He has booted some balls -- most Red Sox players have -- but for years, we've all seen plays that should have been errors called hits and vice versa, so the actual number of errors charged to Ramirez is meaningless. And while Tito said fatigue might have affected Manny's fielding, it hasn't blunted his batting. In his last eight games, Manny is hitting .400 (12-for-30) with two homers, eight RBI and 14 runs scored.
By way of comparison, Johnny Damon recently missed two games (Saturday and Sunday) because of a tight and sore left hamstring. He returned to the lineup for the Detroit series and went 2-for-13 (with two walks). He looked positively brutal in the outfield. In the first inning of Monday's game, Chris Shelton's fly ball sailed over Damon's head for a triple. Then, as Schilling was struggling in the bottom of the ninth, Damon gave up on what became a triple for Dimitri Young. On Tuesday, Detroit scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a routine fly to center; Damon had no shot at throwing out Shelton, who had tagged at third.
We all agree that Damon's a great leadoff guy, and we know his fielding is sometimes questionable and he has no arm whatsoever. It's all part of the Damon package. Why aren't Manny's quirks (fielding and otherwise) similarly brushed aside? I have yet to see any Boston writer criticizing Damon's arm in the same way as Manny's fielding. ... Damon has been banged up this season -- as he has been quite vocal about telling us -- but who's to say Manny isn't playing hurt?
Also: It's amazing how Millar had escaped being called out in the Boston press (Cafardo's piece linked above is merely the most recent example.) The guy is slugging .285 away from Fenway Park this year. Slugging! ... .285! ... Dontrelle Willis's career slugging percentage is .296.
NESN's Tom Caron reports: "One member of the Red Sox front office said there are no plans to promote [Craig Hansen] to Triple-A, and that he could be thrown into the fire of an AL East division race after this weekend. Hansen will pitch twice over the weekend in Portland, and will be re-evaluated at that time. Don't be surprised if he winds up with the big club in Kansas City, barring any setbacks over the weekend." ... Is Mark Bellhorn's Red Sox career over?
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Glamour Style in a Comfortable And Inviting Tulsa Home
Comfort and glamour go hand in hand in this timeless home
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It was a match made in tear-sheet heaven. Searching for a decorator for the Tulsa home she shares with her husband, Bret, Rocci Chandler had been tirelessly rummaging through magazines, on the prowl for images of inspiring rooms. After sifting through the pile of glossy photos she had collected, she realized that not only had she narrowed down the design "look" she was going for, she had zeroed in on a designer.
"When I sat down and went through all the photos of rooms I loved," recalls Rocci, "I realized that half of them had been designed by Jan [Showers]. I called her right away. I went to our first meeting and within 10 minutes, Jan and her team pulled out a piece of fabric that I just fell in love with. From then on, I let them do whatever they wanted."
Showers, the Dallas-based designer known for creating interiors that are as effortlessly elegant as they are inviting, remembers it similarly. "As I recall," says Showers, "Rocci met with us [Zara Taitt was the senior designer on the project], and as we walked through the samples, she kept saying, 'Love it, love it, love it!' It was so easy. It was one of Zara's first jobs, and I remember telling her, 'They're not all going to be this easy.'"
Easy, however, is a relative term. Daunting to some would be the fact that Rocci and Bret were starting from scratch. Moving from a home just a few blocks away, they had decided to begin anew. "When we moved, I said, 'Out with the old, in with the new,'" says Rocci. "I didn't keep anything. I wanted a brand-new look, so I told Jan to do anything she wanted to do—down to the plumbing fixtures."
Equally daunting could have been the fact that, while Rocci's priority was to create a polished home, it also had to accommodate considerable wear and tear. Between the Chandlers' two college-aged sons, three dogs, a cat, and frequent gatherings of die-hard University of Oklahoma football fans on game days, the interiors had to be tough enough to take abuse—and then some.
"I wanted that glamorous look, but it had to be comfortable and hard-wearing, too," says Rocci. "We have tons of kids over here—not to mention the pets. It's a very well-lived-in house. As beautiful as Jan's things are, they are also comfortable. They've worn like a dream."
Furnishings ideal for a stream of college kids or a barrage of energetic hounds weren't the only requirement: The flow of the house was equally important. Happily, each room opens generously off another—a progression of spaces that seamlessly play together.
At the heart of the home, an inviting French door-lined space serves as both living and dining room. Its neutral palette is the ideal foundation for an elegant layering of pieces. Perhaps senior designer Taitt describes it best. "It's casual glamour," she notes. "Rocci wanted something glam but still welcoming."
In the living area, a pair of armchairs covered in a refined patterned silk—the fabric that had Rocci at hello—act as an endnote to a conversation area. The grouping includes a streamlined sofa and a button-tufted chair, both from Showers's furniture collection. Murano glass pieces in luscious blues and greens perch on the white lacquer coffee table, adding eye-catching splashes of color.
Unobstructed, the easy elegance continues into the adjoining dining space, where each element exudes a graceful charm: the polished French walnut dining table with its scalloped apron; a vintage credenza with white parchment inserts lining the carved recesses; an array of candescent Empoli glass on the oval table.
"It's sophisticated, yet understated," says Showers. "I often look to the Hepburns—Audrey and Katharine. I love the fact that they could wear a classic outfit with a cashmere scarf thrown over a shoulder and be completely glamorous. They were elegant but never over the top."
Separated from the dining room by pocket doors adorned with antiqued mirrors, the kitchen is a favorite—if not all that frequently used—space. "I love to cook, but I don't do it all that often anymore," laughs Rocci. "I love these doors, though. I close them when I have a dinner party, and the mirrors create a beautiful backdrop."
On the other side of the house, the library is the home's cozy rendezvous spot—a room in which the only requirement for Showers was that the sofa be deep enough to allow 6-foot-2 Bret to hunker down and put his feet up. A monochromatic scheme—Showers saturated the space in chic, welcoming chocolate brown—not only encourages hunkering but is also the perfect complement to the snug space.
"In a small room like this, especially in a study or library, I love enveloping the space in a deep, dark color," says Showers. "It gives a room a very inviting feel but also causes the corners and walls to recede, making the space seem larger. But you've got to really go for it and use the color everywhere—walls, ceiling, curtains."
Down a short hallway, an airy palette in the master bedroom stubbornly deviates from the library's dark scheme. Pale blue-green walls and ceiling set a soothing tone for the glam textures and shapes that punctuate the room. Silk curtains gently skim the luminous silk-and-wool rug. A vintage Italian glass chandelier floats overhead, while a gold soleil mirror perches above the shapely satin headboard. A tufted bench with Lucite legs makes an elegant perch at the foot of the bed.
"Rocci wanted glam, so we gave her glam," says Showers. "But to me, glamour and comfort should never be mutually exclusive."
Rocci obviously agrees. "I can't tell you how much I love what Jan and Zara did," says Rocci. "It's refined but relaxing, too. If Cary Grant or Rita Hayworth were alive today, I think they'd live in a house like this. It's old Hollywood glam, but it's timeless."
Photography: Werner Straube
Architect: Jack Arnold, Jack Arnold's Homes of Elegance, 7310 S. Yale, Tulsa, OK 74136; 800/824-3565, jackarnold.com [1].
Interior design: Jan Showers and Zara Taitt, Jan Showers & Assoc., 1308 Slocum St., Dallas, TX 75207; 214/747-5252, janshowers.com [2].
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Dining Room
The walnut dining table is from the Jan Showers Collection. Striped fabric on the dining chairs is from Création Baumann.
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Dining Room Details
"Glamour and elegance should never be mutually exclusive," says designer Jan Showers. A vignette of candescent Emploi glass sits on the French walnut dining table, exhibiting style and function.
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Designer Jan Showers scooped up the vintage credenza in Paris.
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Homeowner Rocci Chandler with Shooter, a black Lab.
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Living Room Details
A stately mirror with a Greek key design over classic antiqued glass commands the living room. Natural light from the many tall windows is maximized in the mirror's substantial reflection.
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This spacious area can be closed off from the dining room with pocket doors embellished by antiqued mirrors. A Murano glass chandelier with a bronze base illuminates the space. Bar stools are from the Jan Showers Collection.
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Powder Room
Rich sapphire walls inject unexpected glamour into the powder room. Fuchsia blooms while a vintage lamp and Murano glass bowl keep the space feminine.
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A pergola serves as the main entrance to the home, letting light flow through open rafters above.
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Rocci and Bret Chandler worked with Tulsa architect Jack Arnold.
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A French country-style guesthouse sits at one end of the Chandlers' pool.
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The covered outdoor living space is a Rocci favorite. Outdoor seating is from Murray's Iron Works.
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Showers enveloped the room in chocolate brown to create a cocoon-like space. The iron and bronze parchment chandelier is a vintage piece from the 1930s.
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An ebonized wooden console and marbleized mirror are handsome in the home's entryway. The shapely blue lamp from Jan Showers softens the rich features.
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Master Bedroom
A serene blue-green saturates the room, creating an ethereal ambience accented by champagne hues. The bench, with Lucite legs, is from the Jan Showers Collection. The graphic cowhide pillow on the bed was designed by Showers for Kyle Bunting.
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Master Bedroom Details
A ribbon-like vintage Murano glass chandelier is the bedroom's dreamy crowning feature.
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Dressing Room
A sleek, shapely chair, also with Lucite legs, takes center stage in Rocci's dressing area.


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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Bestival: how to set up a restaurant in a field
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Looks like a fabulous event!ReplyDelete
That is utterly amazing. I am left in shock and awe and admiration (and you know me that NEVER happens)at everything that you achieved there.ReplyDelete
Well done doesn't even begin to remotely cover it.
Gobsmacked!! An amazing feat of project management. I hope they paid you loads!ReplyDelete
Well Done!
Your energy, your stamina, your bravery... my goodness !ReplyDelete
Love Poppy..
WOW! Crazy, amazing, exhausting. Well done and wish I'd been thereReplyDelete
wow...such a great post!looks like u had great time!!!!xxReplyDelete
It looks really fabulous! But sooo very hard and exhausting...and a logistical nightmare. I don't know how you do it and hats off to you, but I suspect loads of people are glad you do, they had so much fun!ReplyDelete
- Wendy Varley22 September 2011 at 17:37
Having had the pleasure of eating at the Underground Restaurant at Bestival, I thought the food and entertainment were spot on. What a treat. I guest-blogged about the meal for Isle of Wight eating out guide mattandcat.co.ukReplyDelete
Fascinating to read Kerstin's vivid account of what it was like behind the scenes. Beautiful pics, too. Already looking forward to next year!
Wow! All looks AMAZING! And the sheer amount of work that went into it: overwhelming. You rocks, and I so wish I could have been there.ReplyDelete
Looked like it was fantastically frantic, hard work and good fun. Helena xxReplyDelete
- emmy__c25 September 2011 at 11:06
Brilliant account of your underground festival escapades! Would love to have been there :-) Could you come to Electric Picnic next year?ReplyDelete
Emmy, it would have to be bought as a project by them... it's not cheap to put on something like this.ReplyDelete
It looks absolutely amazing! What a time you must have had! xxxReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 September 2011 at 10:17
Dined with you on the Thursday night, after trekking round the fields trying to find you!ReplyDelete
It was a wonderful experience which I thoroughly enjoyed. Food and presentation were fantastic, waitresses were all gorgeous and the people on my bench were great fun. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, and I'll be coming again!
Thank you - you did an amazing job!
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 12 (UPI) -- Jay Z and Beyonce put on their game faces for a court-side appearance at a Brooklyn Nets game on Monday.
The A-listers stepped out just hours after TMZ published footage of Jay Z's sister-in-law, Solange Knowles, attacking him in an elevator at the Standard Hotel in New York City on May 5.
The power couple seemed unfazed by the media scrutiny, smiling and laughing with each other. They even chatted with Miami Heat star LeBron James. The Standard Hotel said in a statement that it would be investigating the source of the "security breach."
It's still unclear what prompted Solange's rage, though social media users are taking their best guesses.
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State Representative Patrick Green is serving a partial term and first full term in the House of Representatives. He represents the 28th District, which comprises the city of Center Line and the western portion of the city of Warren.
In his role as representative, Green will work with fellow representatives and fight for the values of the constituents he represents. Green will work to improve funding for education at all levels; to bring balance to the tax system; to bring sustainable jobs to Michigan; and to protect our environment.
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The shooting occurred just before 9 a.m. outside the Kaufman County Courthouse annex, which is across the street from the main county courthouse about 33 miles southeast of Dallas. Officials didn't immediately indicate any motive for the shooting.
Kaufman Independent School District Superintendent Todd Williams said all schools in the district were placed in lockdown as authorities searched for the suspects, and officials eventually decided to close the buildings for the day.
The name of the prosecutor was not immediately announced, pending notification of family.
Local law enforcement officials decried the shooting as an attack on the criminal justice system.
"We understand that we may come into contact with violent people but this is the next level," Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes said Thursday at a news conference.
Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh said the shooting would have a major impact on the town and the county.
"Any loss of life, especially someone out there protecting the community, would have that effect," he said.
Calls to the district attorney's office Thursday were not immediately returned.
Investigators gathered in a parking lot adjacent to the annex where the prosecutor was shot. Yellow tape and law enforcement vehicles blocked the area from spectators.


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World Team victorious in Futures Game
Lin's two-run blast puts game out of reach for U.S. Team
By Jason Beck / MLB.com | July 13, 2008 3:25 PM
Tino Martinez and his coaching staff for the XM All-Star Futures Game admittedly didn't know a whole lot about all their World Team pitchers, but they knew plenty about the nerves a young player can feel pitching for the first time in "The House that Ruth Built."
The kids threw them a curve. More accurately, they threw everything from knee-bending curves to changeups and even a few 100 mph fastballs. As a result, they threw a 3-0 shutout on a U.S. Team that was loaded with hitters that will likely be headed to the Olympics next month.
"They were aggressive," Martinez said. "Our guys had fun, and we just pitched a great ballgame. All of our pitchers pitched their one inning and they did the job."
One after another, they came in, got their outs, and came out, starting with Phillies Double-A prospect Carlos Carrasco's two-strikeout opening inning and continuing down the line.
Not until a fifth-inning, two-out walk to Taylor Teagarden (Rangers) and an ensuing single from Jason Donald (Phillies) did the U.S. Team put a runner into scoring position. The only hit up until then was a Matt LaPorta single that glanced off World Team third baseman Luke Hughes on its way into left field. Arguably, the best-hit ball for the U.S. Team for the first six innings was a deep drive from Pirates top prospect Andrew McCutchen, and that sailed foul.
More than a few of these players had never been to New York, let alone Yankee Stadium.
"That was the thing we worried about," said World Team coach Larry Parrish, who manages in Toledo. "We hadn't seen any of these guys in Triple-A. Some of the guys were A-ball guys. You don't know what you're going to get with some of these guys, so we tried to pitch them right in the middle.
"[Hector] Rondon, he hadn't pitched above Kinston in A-ball, and he comes in today throwing nice and easy about 95. And we're like, 'Whoaaah, we could've saved this guy for later.' That's a pretty good arm right there."
Rondon (Indians) pitched a perfect third inning. Rays Double-A right-hander Eduardo Morlan followed with a scoreless fourth, using a nasty slider to send down U.S. designated hitter Jamie D'Antona. Once Teagarden and Donald put together their rally off Royals Double-A prospect Julio Pimentel, the rest of the World Team bullpen clamped down.
Once Pimentel struck out McCutchen on a breaking ball to end the threat, he started a string of seven consecutive U.S. batters retired. Jesus Delgado (Marlins) retired the middle of the U.S. lineup in order in the sixth before Fernando Salas (Cardinals) sent down top prospects Nate Schierholtz (Giants), LaPorta and Dexter Fowler (Rockies) in the seventh.
"I was really happy with the team," Castro said. "We shut down the U.S. team. That's great. There's a lot of young guys here."
Henry Rodriguez (A's) broke the string with a leadoff walk in the eighth. All he did from there was unleash a series of 100 mph fastballs to strike out the next three batters. Rodriguez threw so violently that he fell over on the mound after delivering one of those fastballs.
The combined efforts allowed the World Team's early lead to stand up in what was a 1-0 game until the seventh. A first-inning throwing error from Donald provided the opening for the World Team to take an early lead. Rangers prospect Elvis Andrus ended up on second base with one out after the miscue, and promptly stole third to set up Pablo Sandoval (Giants) for the RBI on a fielder's-choice grounder.
It was a quiet offensive afternoon for a U.S. team playing its last tryout before USA Baseball officials decide the roster for next month's Olympic team, for which many of these players are candidates. Still, the Futures Game showed that the U.S. can rely on a solid defense, which threw out World Team baserunners for three consecutive outs. Reliever Brett Anderson (A's) caught back-to-back runners trying for second base in the third inning, while Teagarden celebrated his entrance into the game by throwing out Sandoval for the first out of the fourth.
The U.S. squad had no defense, however, for Lin's seventh-inning drive down the left-field line after Juan Francisco (Reds) singled to start the breakaway rally. Che-Hsuan Lin pounced on a first-pitch fastball from Ryan Mattheus (Rockies) and poked it just inside the foul pole for a two-run homer. Not only was it the first run-scoring hit of the game, it was the first extra-base hit from either side.
"At the beginning, I was a little nervous at Yankee Stadium, on a big-league field," said Lin, who took home MVP honors. "But on the home run at-bat, I was trying to get a good pitch to hit."
If they had nerves, it wasn't showing.
"It was a big day," Carrasco said of pitching at Yankee Stadium. "It was the biggest emotion in my life. I tried to enjoy the whole thing today."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Tyler Brown had 23 of his game-high 27 points in the second half to lead visiting Illinois State to a 75-72 victory at No. 16/13 Creighton on Saturday night. The contest was played before a national television audience on ESPN2 as well as the second-largest home crowd in school history (18,494).
The loss dropped Creighton to 20-5 on the season and into a three-way tie atop the MVC standings at 9-4. Illinois State has now won six of its last seven, moving to 15-10 overall and 6-7 in the MVC.
The first half featured the back and forth battle many expected from the top two offensive teams in the MVC, including nine lead changes and seven ties. Creighton junior Doug McDermott and Illinois State's Jackie Carmichael led the way for their respective teams as McDermott scored 17 points in the opening period and Carmichael had 12.
Down 6-5 early, the Jays used a 5-0 run on a trey from junior Ethan Wragge and two free throws by McDermott to claim the lead, 10-6 at 14:25. The Redbirds responded with an 8-0 run of their own over the next three minutes. Creighton immediately blasted back with another 5-0 Creighton to make it 15-14. The back and forth affair continued throughout the opening 20 minutes, but the Bluejays struck the final blow as Creighton used an 8-5 run over the final four minutes to take a 39-36 lead in at the break.
The second half belonged to the Redbirds. Illinois State rallied from a 44-40 deficit with 18:47 behind an 8-0 burst over the next 2:27 to claim a 48-44 lead. The Jays reclaimed the lead at 50-48 behind six straight points from freshman Nevin Johnson. Illinois State, however, used another 6-1 to take the lead for good at 54-51 with 13:46 remaining.
The Redbirds eventually pushed its lead to as much as eight at 72-64 with 1:22 on the clock.
Senior Grant Gibbs made it interesting down the stretch with two three-pointers, but it wasn't enough as Creighton dropped its second consecutive contest. ISU would miss three free throws in the final 2:20, including one by Johnny Hill with 35 seconds left that gave CU one last chance.
Gibbs' three-pointer would rattle out, only to be chased down by Wragge. Wrage found an open Jahenns Manigat, but his tying trey was long. Hill grabbed the rebound and hit two at the line with 11.6 left to put ISU up five, but Gibbs would counter those with two free throws with 7.3 left to make it a 75-72 ISU lead.
ISU nearly committed a costly five-second vioation while inbouding the ball, only to be granted a timeout. ISU would then break the press and appeared ready to run out the clock when John Wilkins was called for a double-dribble after his indecision to punctuate the win with a dunk led to him to a turnover. Officials reviewed the game clock and put 1.0 seconds back on the clock. Wragge's 2/3 court heave to McDermott was broken up and time expired before the Jays could put up a shot.
McDermott led Creighton with 24 points and 13 rebounds, while Gibbs chipped in with 16 points and Manigat closed with 11.
Illinois State's Brown led all scorers with 27 points, including 9-of-13 shots after the break. Two other Redbirds finished in double figures as Hill posted 19 points and Carmichael dropped in 16 points. Carmichael's 16 points give him 1,456 in his career, moving him past current coach Dan Muller and into 10th in ISU history.
The nation's leader in three-point percentage and three-pointers made, the Jays struggled from beyond the arc, finishing the night 4-of-23 (17.4%). Illinois State, meanwhile, was 15-of-29 from the field in the second half (51.7%).
Creighton controlled the backboards by a decisive 48-29 margin, but it wasn't enough in the rematch of last year's MVC Tournament final.
Creighton begins a two-game road trip next Wednesday with a 7:05 pm contest at Northern Iowa.
Story courtesy of GoCreighton.com