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I have booked poets and musicians for another event in Montrose. It will take place on Friday 23rd April 2010 at Links Hotel (8pm start as before). I'll post full details in the New Year but take it from me it'll be a good one!
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I found it surprising that the article �Supreme Court ruling limits student speech� in the June 26 edition of the Brownwood Bulletin was only given a small section on the third page.
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Though Kennedy specifies that his opinion �provides no support for any restriction on speech that goes to political or social issues,� how is a pro-drug message, which is the basis for this student�s prosecution, not a political and social issue? This student�s disruption should have been handled within the school�s disciplinary system, not on a federal government level.
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Through historical analysis and dozens of early photographs and illustrations, Marlis Schweitzer aims a spotlight on the cultural and economic convergence of the theater and fashion industries in the United States.
2009 | 320 pages | Cloth $39.95 | Paper $24.95
American History | Cultural Studies
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Octopus and the Matinee Girl
Chapter 2. The "Department Store Theater" and the Gendering of Consumption
Chapter 3. "The Cult of Clothes" and the Performance of Class
Chapter 4. Fashioning the Modern Woman
Chapter 5. The Theatrical Fashion Show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue
On June 13, 1908, thirteen hundred women entered the New Amsterdam Theatre at Broadway and 42nd Street for the 275th performance of The Merry Widow, enticed by the promise of a free Merry Widow hat. Three weeks earlier, the New York Times had announced the arrival "from Paris" of a consignment of one thousand hats, "all of the most ample variety," which would be distributed to all coupon-bearing theatergoers at the conclusion of the special show. Like other promotional stunts in this period, the giveaway was designed by theatre manager Henry Savage to renew interest in The Merry Widow and prolong what was already an impressive run. By June 1908, Savage's American production of the internationally successful operetta by Franz Lehar had made well over one million dollars, launched two road companies, given rise to numerous burlesque versions, and inspired a vast array of tie-in products, ranging from sheet music and cigars to lunches, cocktails, and corsets.
But of all the commodities associated with The Merry Widow, it was The Merry Widow hat that attracted the most attention. Originally designed by the couturier Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) for the 1907 production in London, it was "an immense black crinoline hat, banded round the crown with silver and two huge pink roses nestling under the brim." Within days of the London opening, the fashionable commodity crossed from the footlights to the showroom to the stage, sparking a transnational craze that, according to Lucile, "lasted longer than most fashion crazes" and carried the designer's name "all over Europe and the States." By the spring of 1908, as milliners throughout Europe and North America struggled to meet consumer demand and outperform one another, the hat had ballooned to enormous proportions, reaching spans of three feet or more.
Given the hype surrounding the production and the tie-ins it had inspired, Savage's promise of a Merry Widow hat to all women who attended the 275th performance of The Merry Widow was a brilliant marketing tactic, guaranteed to achieve maximum publicity. Yet while Savage had thought carefully about how to distribute the hats to ensure that his patrons remained for the duration of the performance, correctly assuming that there would be little incentive for them to remain once the hats were gone, he failed to anticipate the lengths to which they would go to secure their gifts. As expected, the New Amsterdam Theatre was filled to capacity on the afternoon of June 13 with hundreds of women eager to collect their Merry Widows. Rather than quietly sitting through the performance until the appointed time, however, these fidgety spectators refused to remain seated. After the first act, an excited crowd gathered in the ladies' cloakroom, looking expectantly at the stack of hatboxes arranged on two tables. One woman asked to try her hat on, explaining, "If it doesn't look good on me I don't want to carry it home," but was politely told by the cloakroom attendants that she would have to wait until after the performance. As the end of the second act neared, more and more women trickled out of the auditorium to request their souvenirs in advance, claiming that other obligations prevented them from staying until the end of the performance. By the time the house manager intervened, insisting that no more hats would be given out until the curtain had fallen, hundreds of women had already left their seats. While most returned to the theater at his urging, a stalwart group insisted on waiting outside the cloakroom, determined to be the first to get the hats.
The giveaway finally commenced just before the final curtain and ran smoothly for several minutes while spectators filed out of the house, at which point chaos ensued. Desperate to get their Merry Widows, the normally respectable middle-class audience ignored calls to get into line, overwhelmed the female attendants, pushed aside one of the tables, and began helping themselves to the boxes, blocking those who had already picked up their hats from getting out of the room. "In an instant the confusion was at its height," the Times reported somewhat gleefully. "One woman, jammed tight against the one table that still stood in place, tackled the woman next to her with a vim that would have done credit to the world's champion female wrestler." The most adventurous and nimble women managed to climb over the furniture to escape, but others had their gowns and hats trampled as they struggled to get out. After half an hour of pushing, shoving, name-calling, and other, very unladylike behavior, the house manager announced to those who remained that the hats were all gone. Although he promised to give out rain checks, one hundred angry women left the theater empty-handed, with "only the débris and the memory of the struggle" to show for their efforts.
The chaos surrounding The Merry Widow giveaway—or "The Battle of the Hats" as the Times dubbed it—was typical of the kind of bargain counter crushes one might expect in a department store, where working- and middle-class women frequently battled over marked-down goods. Such a scene was highly unusual in a commercial Broadway theater, however, especially in a first-class playhouse like the New Amsterdam Theatre, which catered to an elite audience and expected its patrons to behave in a courteous and respectful manner. In thus bringing the department store into the theater, Henry Savage had aligned female theatrical spectatorship with fashion consumption, advocating a very different way of looking at and relating to theatrical spectacle.
In this, Savage was hardly alone. Beginning in the 1890s and continuing through the first two decades of the twentieth century, theater managers aggressively pursued the imagination and presence of female theatergoers by transforming the stage into a glorious site of consumer spectacle. Acutely aware that their financial solvency hinged on their ability to attract and retain the interest of socially advantaged women, these predominantly male impresarios presented actresses, the dresses they wore, and the objects they used onstage as fantastic commodities, readily available in photographs and magazines, in nearby department stores or, in the case of The Merry Widow giveaway, in the theater lobby just beyond the auditorium. By the 1910s, Broadway theaters had become fully commercialized urban spaces, comparable to any amusement park, department store, or, indeed, the Great White Way itself. Advertisements were everywhere: in the programs, on the curtains, on the scenery, and in the embodied performances of trade-character showgirls. This fusion of theatrical spectatorship and consumption represented a crucial step in the formation of a mass market for consumer goods and the rise of the cult of celebrity, two intertwined cultural projects designed to fuel the American economy and overwrite anxieties about the exploitation of labor and the loss of individuality. Utilizing the rhetoric of democracy and the shining faces of manufactured stars, Savage and his colleagues advocated a consumerist mode of looking, moving, and being in the city, training female consumers to see themselves as patrons of leisure rather than players in a capitalist game.
A number of interrelated economic, social, and cultural developments made collaborations between Broadway theaters, department stores, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines, fashion designers, and consumer goods manufacturers both desirable and necessary. These included New York's prominence as the nation's social, economic, and cultural hub; the emergence of large corporations with enough capital to launch national and international advertising campaigns; increased recognition of the power and influence of female consumers; growing consumer interest in fashion thanks to the large-scale promotional efforts of couturiers in London and Paris; and consumer desire for interesting, attractive, and inspiring role models who could demonstrate how to succeed in the swiftly changing modern world.
Throughout the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth, New York forged its identity as the imaginary if not geographic heart of the United States, the epitome of all things American, and the point of origin for a remarkable range of new products, ideas, and people. Every year, millions of dollars in goods from around the world arrived in New York Harbor, the nation's largest seaport, at which point they were loaded onto trains and distributed throughout the country. Immigrants also moved swiftly in and out of New York, transforming the demographic makeup as well as the sites and sounds of the city; of the twenty-three million Europeans who entered the United States between 1880 and 1919, 75 percent landed in New York. Many of these newcomers remained in the city, where they found employment in clothing factories, stockyards, and other booming industries and became avid consumers of popular entertainment and other forms of mass culture.
By the early twentieth century, New York had become the de facto center of capitalist enterprise in the United States, home to sixty-nine of the nation's one hundred largest corporations. Although the percentage of trade goods moving in and out of the city decreased to just below 50 percent in 1900 from a previous rate of 57 percent, due in part to the migration of heavy industry to less densely populated areas, the city maintained what the historian William R. Taylor describes as a "stranglehold" on credit and banking as well as such "market-sensitive" and mutually dependent industries as fashion and publishing, surpassing Boston and Philadelphia to become the center for trade in "intangible" commodities. By 1904, New York's garment factories produced 65 percent of all ready-made clothes in the United States, accounting for a similar percentage of the total value of women's clothing. The centralized publishing industry helped to promote these and a wide array of other commodities, informing readers throughout the United States of the latest styles and innovations.
Theatrical touring companies, "direct from New York," also played a pivotal role in the distribution of information, ideas, and fashion throughout the United States. Beginning in the 1890s, theater managers and booking agents in vaudeville and the "legitimate" theater moved to consolidate their business interests, extending many of the same processes of rationalization and standardization that characterized modern manufacturing to streamline touring practices, and establish greater control over the production, distribution, and consumption of theatrical commodities. These changes would not have been possible without the phenomenal growth of the railway industry and the establishment of New York as a major transportation hub. Between 1870 and 1910, the amount of ground covered by railway tracks increased by almost 500 percent from 52,922 to 249,902 miles. Newly constructed stations in small towns previously cut off from the main lines brought large touring companies to existing theaters and encouraged enterprising businessmen to build new ones.
The incorporation of the theater industry mimicked developments elsewhere. Throughout the 1890s, business leaders in industries ranging from sugar and oil to meatpacking and dry goods participated in a flurry of mergers in an effort to rationalize production processes, ensure financial stability, and outperform the competition. The outcome was a radical transformation of the business and economic landscape; by 1904 approximately three hundred corporations controlled over 40 percent of all manufacturing in the United States and influenced business operations in 80 percent of the nation's industries. Gone was the self-made man of local business; in his place stood corporate giants such as the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) and Standard Oil. Throughout this period, anxious observers and surviving independents called upon the government to introduce legislation to prevent the new corporations from becoming monopolizing behemoths. Laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 offered some resistance to the merger mania, but a certain laxity in defining such key terms as "combination" and "trust," the absence of an effective structure for enforcing the act, and an administration that turned a blind eye to shadier business dealings did little to stem the tide.
Vilified for their "robber baron" tactics, corporations set about creating a positive public image, promising real benefits to American consumers. With the assistance of leading advertising agencies, most notably N. W. Ayer and Sons and the J. Walter Thompson Company, consumer goods manufacturers used funny names, catchy jingles, and cute or interesting trade characters to create a memorable impression on consumers and convince them that their branded products were far superior to unbranded goods or those of their competitors. "[Overcoming] the growing distance between manufacturer and buyer," the historian Susan Strasser explains, corporations such as Nabisco, Procter and Gamble, Campbell's, and Swift and Co. "surround[ed] their products with a magical aura" and "personal[ized] impersonal commodities." Training consumers to associate brands and corporate logos with quality, they laid the foundation for a mass market that extended from coast to coast.
Although advertising campaigns targeted men as well as women, agencies such as the J. Walter Thompson Company soon recognized the influence of the female consumer and created advertisements that spoke directly to female needs, interests, and desires. In 1915, Thompson opened up its Women's Editorial Department, believing that the best way to reach female consumers was with female copywriters. J. Walter Thompson's advertisements appeared in leading women's magazines, including the Ladies' Home Journal, the first magazine to reach a circulation of one million readers, Women's Home Companion, and Good Housekeeping, as well as prominent fashion journals such as Vogue and Harper's Bazar. Although magazine editors had previously hesitated to publish large advertisements, wary of the false claims made by many nineteenth-century manufacturers, they now welcomed the attractive ads produced by professional agencies and the revenue that came along with them, going so far as to court advertisers directly. For example, when Condé Nast gained control of Vogue in 1909, he introduced a number of measures to emphasize the magazine's "high-class" status in a bid to increase circulation and attract major advertisers.
Vogue and its rival Harper's Bazar, which was owned by the publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, also profited from and played into growing interest in fashion from London and Paris, vying for the American rights to publish sketches and photographs of the latest couture fashions. Although the words "from Paris" had long held considerable cachet for American consumers, the emergence of a group of designers, led by Paul Poiret, revolutionized international fashion. Influenced by modern art and dance, these couturiers tested the limits of fashion, creating bizarre, even awkward, styles that reshaped the look and movement of the female body. Such changes alone would likely have captured international attention, but Poiret and his competitors, perhaps most notably the British designer Lucile—the inventor of The Merry Widow hat—were also experimenting with new and often radical promotional techniques. Styling themselves as artists while utilizing a range of advertising strategies that included commissioning artists to sketch their designs, sending mannequins to highly publicized events, staging highly theatrical fashion shows, and collaborating with theater directors, these designers achieved international recognition.
The problem for many Americans, however, was a time lag between the styles' debuts in London or Paris and their subsequent arrivals in the United States. By the early 1890s, innovations in communication and transportation, including the telephone and the wireless, the transatlantic cable, and impressive new ocean liners had facilitated the rapid exchange of fashion ideas between Paris and New York. Yet while newspapers published written descriptions of new gowns within a day or two of their appearance, consumers had to wait weeks or even months to see published photographs and sketches. Salon openings in the spring and fall also put Americans at a disadvantage. Those who traveled to Europe in the summer returned to the United States with trunks of expensive gowns only to find that they were now a season behind their Paris counterparts. This lag helps to explain why female audiences across the United States were so eager to see the clothes worn by star actresses, who, thanks to the support of theater managers, possessed the resources to get the gowns first.
Mass-circulation newspapers and class-oriented publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper's Bazar recognized the theater's importance as a site of fashion spectacle and created special sections devoted to New York stage fashion. In July 1913, Harper's Bazar increased its previously sporadic coverage of stage gowns, introducing a special monthly feature entitled "Gowns Seen on the Stage" (later "The Stage as the Mirror of Fashion"). Vogue responded in kind, publishing photographs of leading actresses in character and even enlisting their services as fashion models. Former Vogue editor Edna Woolman Chase recalled that throughout the 1910s the stage actresses Irene Castle, Mary Nash, Hazel Dawn, and Jeanne Eagels were regular "stand-bys." Unlike many of the anonymous "living models" who posed for fashion photographs, these women possessed a physical confidence and self-awareness that appealed to photographers such as Baron Adolf de Meyer and Ira L. Hill. Perhaps more important, as celebrities, actresses were guaranteed to draw attention not only to the clothes they wore but also to the magazines in which they appeared. In 1913 the newly launched Vanity Fair signed a contract guaranteeing to publish a photograph or illustration of the ballroom dancer Irene Castle every month as a strategy to entice new readers to the magazine.
American manufacturers took similar steps to profit from the actress's emerging status as a trendsetter and role model, soliciting testimonials from famous stars or naming new products after their stage characters. As beautiful yet accessible women, actresses represented the perfect solution for breaking into new markets and encouraging new patterns of consumer behavior. Indeed, the increased emphasis on the actress as personality rather than as character—one of the effects of the emerging "star system"—was a crucial factor in testimonial advertising because it positioned the actress as a cultural performer outside the limits of her stage roles. By bringing theatrical stars to consumers via the pages of fashion and women's magazines, advertisers succeeded in reaching a much broader segment of the theatergoing and nontheatergoing public. One of the most famous and enduring examples of this promotional strategy was the Peter Pan collar created for Maude Adams, who originated the title role in the J. M. Barrie play in 1905. In 1909, when Adams starred in What Every Woman Knows, the Theatre Magazine's fashion columnist assumed that she would continue to set the styles in collars. "She will undoubtedly be [the originator] of the Maggie Wylie collar," the writer noted, "and we may therefore look to a Vogue of dainty lace and lingerie collars of this type to begin the warm weather." Manufacturers and designers also named sleeves, hats, slippers, coats, and various other fashion articles after popular actresses, hoping that the star endorsement would equal big profits.
More than selling a single product, actresses' endorsements of clothing items seem to have been part of a much larger attempt to convince female consumers, particularly middle-class women, of the benefits of manufactured clothing. According to the fashion historian Rob Schorman, predominant turn-of-the-century gender ideologies that emphasized the importance of clothing as an expression of female individuality discouraged women from adopting ready-to-wear fashions long after men had accepted this form of clothing. Rather than purchase a blouse or skirt that hundreds of other women were already wearing, women continued to go to their dressmakers for custom-made clothing, even after 1910 when most items of clothing were available ready-made. Consumers frequently dismissed ready-to-wear clothing for its poor quality and strong association with the immigrant working class, preferring to make their own clothes along the lines of the latest styles rather than wear shoddy, factory-produced garments. Actresses' endorsements thus constituted an important part of a larger business strategy to reshape consumer behavior and encourage new patterns of consumption.
But as the mob-like behavior of the thirteen hundred women gathered at the New Amsterdam Theatre suggests, controlling and containing female consumers was no easy task. The surging crowds of supposedly respectable women who showed little respect for managerial requests and even less respect for one another bore an eerie resemblance to the radical suffragists who paraded in the streets and the increasingly militant groups of female laborers who demanded better treatment and working conditions. Rather than standing apart from the urban masses, middle-class female consumers seemed to be joining them in alarming numbers. Indeed, as Elizabeth Wilson observes, "The [early twentieth-century] crowd was increasingly invested with female characteristics," depicted as hysterical, unstable, flood-like. "Like women, crowds were liable to rush to extremes of emotion" and like women, crowds needed to be brought under control to prevent the established order of American society from being swallowed up by the feminine swamp.
Theater managers attempted to do just that, collaborating with department stores and other commercial institutions to promote an idealized vision of the modern consuming woman that would stabilize boundaries of gender, race, and class. But the "liveness" of the actress—that is, the interpretive possibilities of live performance as well as the formation of imaginary bonds between stars and their female fans—made it difficult if not impossible to project a single, coherent vision of female modernity or to prevent existing social boundaries from dissolving.
When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture explores the central and largely unacknowledged role of commercial Broadway theater in the explosion of modern American consumer culture, particularly through its influence over tastes in women's fashion and its function as a staging ground for larger issues related to consumption—debates about the loss of individuality, the corporatization and feminization of cultural institutions, the blurring of class and racial boundaries, and the reordering of gender relations. Previous histories of American mass consumption have stressed the importance of commercial institutions, ranging from newspapers and magazines to world's fairs and the cinema, in the formation of a national market for mass-produced goods and the development of a model of modern subjectivity inextricably linked to consumption. Few studies, however, have fully considered the American commercial theater's involvement in this process, beyond noting the transposition of theatrical techniques and staging practices into venues such as the department store.
This book extends previous analyses of theater and commerce in its dual focus on the business decisions that encouraged collaboration between theaters and other consumer institutions, and on the more intimate interactions among theater critics, managers, advertisers, designers, performers, and audiences that influenced the circulation and shaped the meaning of theatrical commodities. This approach illuminates the complicated and often paradoxical processes that produced modern American consumer culture, especially with respect to shifting relationships between producers, distributors, and consumers both within and beyond the theatrical auditorium. Commercial Broadway theater—vaudeville, "legitimate" drama, and musical comedy—did considerably more than display fashion, borrow marketing strategies, and appropriate advertising rhetoric. Through its extensive partnerships with department stores, manufacturers, and mass publications, the theater became a central locus for producing modern consumers, a place where audiences learned how to become discriminating buyers of a wide range of domestic as well as foreign goods and where they imagined themselves as part of a national and increasingly global consumer economy.
What made the theater such an ideal site for exploring these issues was the way it offered a safe, collective environment for audiences and performers to awaken new hopes and desires and to analyze, debate, and enact new ideas and ways of being. This process of imagination and enactment is rarely smooth, coherent, or homogenous; individual spectators interpret stage performances according to their individual desires and interests, often coming away from a performance having seen or experienced something quite different from that seen or experienced by their fellow spectators. Indeed, as much as each performance can be seen as a reenactment of the previous night's performance—as the celebration of the 275th night of The Merry Widow clearly suggests—the actors' moods, their interactions with other performers, the idiosyncrasies of the gathered audience, the specific events of the day, the surrounding environment, and countless other factors color and shape each performance, marking it as a single, irretrievable event. It is this fleeting, ephemeral quality, the experience of living, breathing, sweating, laughing, and crying together in a single room, and the sensation that anything could happen even if it doesn't, that separates theater from other mediated performances. Although it can at times produce consensus and often works to maintain dominant cultural ideologies, the theater nevertheless remains an important site of contestation, a place where audiences can debate and work through cultural change and participate in the formation of a very different world.


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After a long break during which Rometti has been working on some exciting projects (don't worry, we will share with you shortly), we are very happy to be back with out weekly blog!
To welcome the new season, and to embrace the cozy atmosphere that seems to surround us this time of the year, in preparation for the holidays we chose to come back with a New York cocktail, Smokin' Apple.
Created by Drew Zechman at Boom, an intimate Italian restaurant in SoHo (unfortunately now closed), Smokin' Apple combines Macallan Fine Oak whiskey, apple cider, fresh figs, sage leaves and of course, Rometti Limoncello.
There is no doubt that this is not a regular drink, it's indeed a smooth blend of some of the favorite flavors of the season. The fresh, thick and spicy taste of apple cider seems to go very well with the earthy flavor of the fresh figs, which once they are shaken with ice and the rest of the ingredients contribute to adding a little bit of a bite to this delicious drink. Rometti Limoncello, with its zesty sweet and sour character enhances the properties of both and blends them in a pulpy drink.
Needless to say that the Macallan not only is the main ingredient but it's also the "smoking" part of this exquisite Fall cocktail topped off with a few leaves of sage!
Every sip of Smokin' Apple warms you up, and it's like cuddling up with a cozy blanked by the fireside.
2 oz Macallan Fine Oak 10 Years Old whiskey
1 oz Rometti Limoncello
1.5 oz hand-pressed apple cider
2 fresh figs
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Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain over ice in a martini glass. Garnish with a couple of sage leaves.
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A new study published online in the journal Heart, showed that bariatric surgery, which includes getting a restrictive band placed around the stomach and gastric bypass surgery, may reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol levels, which can be detected with cholesterol testing.
The authors of the research used 73 different studies that were published between 1950 and 2012 that focused on the effects of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular risks, heart failure and structural changes to the heart. The studies focused on nearly 20,000 people, with an average age of 42 years old, 75 percent of whom were women.
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Published in the East Oregonian, Aug. 24-35
Rep. Walden:
On Medicare's 48th anniversary, I would again urge you to reconsider your stand on health care and support H.R. 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act in order to achieve universal coverage, cost savings and minimize the profit motive from being used in health care decisions. The recently published Friedman report shows how full access to care via improved Medicare for all would save over $14 Billion in 2014 alone:
from a PNHP.org email today (8/21/13):
"Professor Gerald Friedman released his new fiscal study, "Funding H.R. 676: The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act – How we can afford a national single-payer health plan in 2014," at a well-attended congressional staff briefing on Capitol Hill on July 31. The briefing was hosted by PNHP and Public Citizen. The study shows that a single-payer system would cover everyone, is economically feasible, and would save billions annually."
Counter to your recent Medford experience cited in your newsletter, many of the docs in the Pendleton IPA can recall how private insurers have postponed with-held payments on thin excuses, cost small offices perpetual extra administrative efforts due to claims and permission shenanigans which have repeatedly delayed and prevented appropriate care; many of us would not be sorry to see private insurers replaced by a universal single payer system that works. We are not so interested as you seem to be in protecting the existing insurers due to their past history of abuse of both patients and docs in the name of profit. PPACA simply perpetuates and increases utilization of third party insurers in the non-system we currently call health care in America. We want the everybody in, nobody out insurance provided by H.R. 676. Save lives, save money, stop medical bankruptcies. Support H.R. 676.
Frank Erickson, M.D. Is a Radiologist from Pendleton, Oregon who toured with the Mad As Hell Doctors in 2011 through eastern Oregon. He has served as a Radiation Safety Officer in the Navy and practiced as a Board Certified Diagnostic Radiologist since 1986. His interests are focussed on maximizing health care outcomes for his patients who he now sees as all of us through his participation in PNHP and Health Care for All Oregon.


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In addition to promoting positive body images through speakers and mentors, the charity provides needy girls with dresses for upcoming dances. For many girls, strained finances prevent them from keeping up with the latest fashion trends, which makes them feel like an outsider among their friends.
One of the goals is to reach girls at an early age and help them to feel better about their physical appearance. This, in turn, empowers them to participate in social situations within their schools. During the past year, the foundation has given formal dresses to underprivileged high school-aged and college students across the country. The result is encouraging: A lot of the girls felt confident enough to attend their first school dance.
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Review 1: Not an impressive game at all. You have to defend the United States from Russia as they are launching several attacks via missilies and similar weapons. The game offers different game play ... odds with enemy ships that appear constantly. My suggestion: play the Amiga version of this game instead, or Cinemaware's later classics. A good idea botched by technical limitations, so it seems.
One of the best squad-level turn-based games ever made, Sabre Team was a minor hit on the Amiga for Krisalis, but failed to make any impact in the PC market, no doubt due to the (well-deserve) success ... end up with too few action points to use them all. Perfect for fans of X-COM and Jagged Alliance who are looking for a game that bridges these two classics, and don't mind some user-unfriendliness.
Sacrifice is a tremendous masterpiece from Shiny that ranks as one of the most unique and compelling strategy games ever made. Despite a plethora of glowing reviews from critics, the game's sales figure ... blend of wondrous art and addictive gameplay, Sacrifice is a rare gem that every strategy fan should have in their collection and play at least twice. Highly underrated, revolutionary masterpiece.
Probably one of Keypunch's best releases, Santa Paravia and Fumaccio is a fun empire management game with a strong emphasis on economics. Up to 8 players compete against each other in a bid to become the ... if he/she can get friends to join a game. Those who are looking for a more authentic Renaissance experience would do well to skip this one, and play Holistic Design's Machiavelli The Prince instead.
Saralon is an entertaining Chinese-flavored puzzle game. Uses some ideas from Activision's earlier classic Mahjongg game Shanghai, though with different rules and offers more than enough of its own to ... it... me lazy webmaster ;) Recommended, especially to anyone who likes Mahjongg variants or Oriental board games in general who wants a more challenging game that relies less on luck than skills.
Review 1: The predecessor of the well known Worms games, made by Wendell Hicken, a solo programmer. Great multiplayer option will provide hours and hours of fun. Your goal - destroy the enemy artillery ... boosted graphics to have great game play. I recommend everyone to download it, it's especially fun to play if you have a laptop and are travelling. Fortunately it works great on my old 486 laptop.
Scrabble for Windows is a great Windows 3.1 update of previous Scrabble games that Mastertronic (which later was acquired by Virgin and became "Virgin Mastertronic" label) had been developing ... you, disallow 2-letter words, and see other players' racks. All in all, a very polished and highly playable Scrabble game that will keep fans entertained for many games to come. Highly recommended.
A great version of classic boardgame, Scrabble Deluxe features excellent AI with 9 different skill levels to suit both novices and experts, up to 4-player hotseat games, and a clean mouse-based interface. ... in this classic word game that is every bit as good as it looks. If you like the game, be sure to check out the 1994 updated version for Windows called Scrabble for Windows, also on this site.
One of the best spiritual successors to Sid Meier's classic Pirates! that unfortunately few knew about, Russian developer Mir Dialogue has painstakingly reproduced in Sea Legends almost all the elements ... hit points). In conclusion, Sea Legends takes all the elements that made Pirates! a classic, and adds a healthy dose of action and intrigue to make a great game even better." A must-have!
Sea Rogue is one of my most favorite old games of all time: it's eminently playable, fun, refreshing, original, and yet not many people have heard of it. Designed by ex-Navy veterans at Software Sorcery, ... replay value is high, as you will always come across wrecks that you have not previously encountered in the previous game. Overall, a must have for anyone with a slight interest in treasure hunting.
Second Conflict is a fun "beer & pretzel" style game of galactic warfare for Windows, and one of the first shareware strategy games that are worth the registration costs. Sequel to Galactic ... hotseat is supported, unfortunately). With a quick & fun gameplay and excellent user interface, Second Conflict is well worth a look for anyone who wants a quick, no-frills galactic war game.
"The Eastern Front of World War II, covered from start to finish. Different levels allowed one to see losses taken down to squad level. One could replace commanders, build armies, seize objectives -- it was all here, but it was soon replaced by [Grigby's own] War in Russia."
Games Domain's Dean Gordon says it all about this atypical squad-level wargame that does not live up to Stanley Associates' earlier 5th Fleet, primarily because it is too short and too easy: "The ... Fi? As is, the game has some great gameplay aspects but feels and plays unfinished. For the hard-core amongst us though, there is enough there to sate your hunger until TacOps 98 is released."
Review 1: In my opinion the best game in The Settlers series, The Settlers II Gold Edition is a great compilation of the original Settlers II and the Mission Pack add-on. Arguably one of the best-looking, ... more than 30 different professions your men can have, and many different building types. Of course, there are other settlers in your area, too, so war is unavoidable. The graphic is Super-VGA, enjoy!
Review 1: Settlers of Catan is a faithful reproduction of the board game of the same name. You and three other competitors are newly arrived settlers on the undiscovered land of Catan. You must expand ... of finding all my roads blocked off by roads belonging to other players? There is a Robber piece too!! This is a great game and one of the better computer versions floating around on the Internet.
Settlers of Catan (2002) is yet another fanmade PC clone of classic German board game of the same name, originally published by Kosmos Games and later in the U.S. by Mayfair Games. For anyone who's never ... of Catan is a very faithful reproduction of the boardgame classic, with competent AI and better graphics than many other fanmade PC versions, including the 1998 one you can find on this site.
Review 1: A great start to a great series, The Settlers (published by SSI in the USA as Serf City) is a fun micromanagement game that is based on a tried-and-true 4X idea, but executed in an innovative ... this by mining resources as stones, water and trees. The creatures you play with look very funny and cartoonish. To complete a level you have to destroy your opponents houses and stuff. Top game!
Seven Years War is a decent WarCraft II clone - that is, a real-time strategy game - based on the "Seven Years War," the period between 1592 and 1598 A.D. during which Japanese shogun Toyotomi ... to set it apart from WarCraft II clones. However, if you're looking for a decent RTS that is accessible and not overly complex, or a RTS set in the Orient, Seven Years War is well worth a look.
Shadow Watch is a fun, albeit short sci-fi tactical strategy game in the same vein as X-COM that offers some original ideas that make up for the short length, slow gameplay, and none-too-bright AI. My ... mechanics that work quite well. I remembered it so well that I recently dug it out and played it all over again on my WinME box last year. I'd recommend giving it a try to any tactical RPG fan."
"SSI's first rendition of Civil War, The battle, it was a true "beer-and-pretzels" type of game. Easy to learn and play, it was marred by marginal graphics and ahistoric results. The "edge ... syndrome ruled here as it was the preferred method to fix and destroy the enemy." It was also a more accurate rendition of the Battle of Shiloh than the 1981 game SSI first released on Apple II.
Shogi is a Japanese variant of chess where you can return your opponent's captured pieces to the game, but on your side instead! There are many other rule differences (and unique pieces) in this fantastic ... been very popular in Japan for centuries. Shogi Master recreates the game superbly with a tough computer opponent. This product was only available by mail order but now you may download and enjoy it!
Shogi Variants is a great freeware game for Windows 3.x and up that boasts a wide range of variants of Shogi, a popular Japanese chess game. The official description says it all: "Shogi Variants is ... to judge ;)) If you already enjoy the actual game, you will likely have a lot of fun with this freeware old game. Otherwise, try Ishi Press' Shogi Master instead for a more beginner-friendly title.
Shortline is an excellent beer-and-pretzel realtime railroad management game that eschews complicated financial aspects (as in A-Train) and all realistic factors in favor of the pure joy of creating a ... passage of different trains to target points, and your success both in traffic dispatch and railroad management and construction determines your score. It's a lot of fun, and quite addictive :)
Review 1: A very promising game when you first take a look at the well done intro and the first few screens you see in the game. But Siege simply fails to live up the first parts and is an average strategy ... castles. The grahics are very well made. You can make own scenrarios or play already existing scenarios. Before you start the game you can choose whether you want to defend or attack the castle.
Siege is an excellent and unique puzzle/strategy game from Fallen Angel Industries. The review at Total Klik says it all about this underrated gem: "Siege blends the strategy and puzzle game genres ... download it now. Whether its the graphics, the gameplay, the music, or just the sweet menu, this game is awesome." A tremendous fun, especially in two-player mode against another human player.
Siege! is an interesting and unique board game that plays like a more 'real-world' version of Checkers. Your objective in the game is to control the most territory on the board after a given number of ... that is the case. Fortunately, you can play against a friend via hot-seat, modem, or LAN. Overall, a unique board game that is long on innovative ideas, but short on longevity. Worth a look, though.
Slave and JubMoo ("catch the pig" in English) are two most popular parlor card games in Thailand. The games are similar in that each player's moves depend on the previous player's move, and both ... publicize two original and fun card games from my homeland. Note: Although the Help screen is in English, the games don't include rules of the card games, so make sure you download the manual below.


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Abbeyfield Scotland, the charity that provides independent living for older people, cut the cake recently to celebrated the reopening of its sheltered housing service in an adapted Victorian house in Lenzie, after a £500,000 refurbishment and modernisation programme.
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According to the "European Network for Sports Injury Prevention" (http://www.eurosafe.eu.com), basketball gets the second share of injuries in team sports, with a percentage of 15.3. It might seem small, compared to the first position, football, which has a 45.8% of the injuries in team sports statistics. However, prevention is possible.
Not without implication and hard work, but understanding what injuries you are prone to, depending on your training level and role in the team and combined with your overall body health will help you manage your game and decrease the chance of getting injured in a basketball match.
Injury Situation and Mechanism
Men and women get injured differently when playing basketball, and this is due to their body's musculoskeletal system and their ability to concentrate in the game's ever changing focus point. Injuries can have different causes on the basketball court, but differentiating them based on the gender of the player is important, in order to take the proper course of action:
Body contact – Men: 36.8% / Women: 34.6%
Landing – Men: 24.2% / Women: 25.0%
Running – Men: 12.6% / Women: 15.4%
Fall – Men:9.9% / Women: 11.5%
Other – Men: 16.3% / Women: 13.3%
Injured Body Areas
Based on the same principle of the body being constructed differently in men and women, understanding these differences when it comes to the body part injured in the history of basketball is essential in order to seek professional help from an osteopath or a physiotherapist, which can help the player gain perfect function of his/her joints and muscles and determine if there are any abnormalities in his/her anatomy. At the same time, performance requires dedication and overuse can lead to the weakening of tendons and ligaments.
Knee Joint – Men: 24.9% / Women: 49.1%
Ankle joint – Men: 18.9% / Women: 17.0%
Hand/Wrist – Men: 14.1% / Women: 13.2%
Head – Men: 10.3% / Women: 7.5%
Shoulder – Men: 8.1% / Women: 3.8%
Preseason Screening
The most important aspect in injury prevention for basketball is taking action before something happens. No injury or, possibly, an increase in injury incidence should be the cause that leads to further investigation. Athletes, of any kind, should have regular screenings, during their training periods and most of all, before preseason ones, in order to determine the risk factors which can lead to basketball injuries:
- Muscular imbalances;
- Cardiovascular problems;
- Athletic and neuromuscular deficits.
Osteopathy can be extremely helpful in conducting these screenings, especially if there is a certified osteopath monitoring the entire team, with the help of the club's general doctor.
Having a close relationship with the patients can help him identify changes not only in the personal sessions, but also from watching training and game sessions and gathering information from both the players themselves, but also from the coach/coaches who are able to identify a small change in a player's routine or performance, without knowing the cause. Communication in these situations is mandatory, in order to get the best results.
Early Injury Prevention for Basketball
Early injury prevention for basketball can never start too early. All teams require structured warm-up programs, which must focus on strength, balance, agility and playing techniques, concentrating on cutting and landing movement, balance training on mats or wobble boards, as early as 10-12 years of age, without interruption, even when reaching the adult, professional playing.
At the same time, knee and ankle injuries can be prevented by involving strength, jump, coordination and balance exercises in the training, especially with female players, the "knee over toe" technique being extremely efficient. (Learn more about training exercises: http://www.piranhasportsfitness.com/basketball/jump-training-increase-vertical/equipment/)
Knee and shoulder stabilization and coordination are mandatory elements in the warm-up routine before training. It must involve proper jumping and landing technique, coordination practices and balance and stabilizing the core and shoulder girdle.
Preventing ACL injuries, especially in training elite female teams through neuromuscular training is essential, depending on the player's understanding of the importance of respecting the training schedule (Learn more about ACL injuries: http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/STOP/STOP/Prevent_Injuries/ACL_Injury_Prevention.aspx). There are different ways to make this possible:
- Plyometrics exercise, which include balance and strength exercises;
- Performing training sessions multiple times each week;
- Keeping a minimum of 6 weeks in length of training schedule.
From a medical point of view, having a correct knee joint position is vital in order to follow through the training routine and osteopathic manipulation techniques, combined with kinesio tapes will prove effective in correcting position mistakes or joint imbalances.
At the same time, diminishing the importance of external support for the players can prove to be a fatal mistakes. From mouth guards, which prevent dental injuries on contact, to ankle and knee braces, orthoses or kinesio-tapes, these are all helpful, especially when the history of the player has proven a predisposition for joint injuries in basketball.
Even if all of the above should be mandatory in any basketball club, depending on the area, experience and budget, some of the above recommendations might not be possible for your team. It might be up to you to take the required measures in order to ensure you are properly trained and fit to play basketball, especially if you desire to make a career out of it. Do not give up and keep training. Results will show up and, if injury prevention for basketball is done properly, with as few injuries as possible.


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Louver rears its head again, as the hvac contractor notes the presence of several drains lines that cross right in front of our opening. Hard to tell from the ground but on the ladder it is easy to see why the lines may need to be moved so that our hvac work can make the required drop per foot and still exit out the louver. In discussions with multiple people about how to get this done and who's responsibility it may be. GC is invaluable at navigating complex arrangements such as these.
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Darrel & Jane Read - Wedding DPAG 3 April 2010Good Morning Daniel,
I just wanted to say thank you to yourself and The Savoy staff.
We had many excellent comments on the food and your staff were extremely friendly and the whole evening ran perfectly.
Thank you for all your input as well. The lead up to the wedding Jane and I were both fairly relaxed as we certainly knew that we were in good hands and it was evident that you understood our needs perfectly, the night was perfect and The Savoy had hit the nail right on the head.
Both Jane and I really appreciate all your thought and effort, we really had a truly memorable wedding, thanks again.
J & A Devereux - Golden Wedding Anniversary 20 March 2010Dear Mr Gin,
John & I wish to thank you most sincerely for the help you and your staff gave us on the occasion of our recent Golden Wedding celebrations on March 20th.
Our guests were delighted with the venue and paid compliments to the beautiful food and the discreet attention of your staff. Nothing seemed too much trouble.
The whole evening ran like clockwork and provided all of us with many happy memories.
Anne Devereux
Otago University Medical Students Association Wine & Cheese Night 17 April 2010Cheers for an awesome evening.
Nick Erskine
Treasurer OUMSA
Ballance Farm Environment AwardsI wanted to thank all the staff at The Savoy, from Daniel who had great suggestions about running the night and the menu, to Francine who was very patient and helpful on Friday when people kept moving things and changing their minds, to all the kitchen staff - I had a number of comments that the food was great.
Beatrice Lee
Otago Co-ordinator
Stirling & Xie Wedding Reception 27 January 2012Dear Dan,
I would like to thank you, Kat, the chef and the rest of The Savoy staff for a fantastic job at our reception last Friday. My sister and I also loved working with you leading up to the evening. You made us feel relaxed and gave us LOTS of advice (seriously, we were clueless!).
During the reception, we got lots of positive feedback from our family and friends about the food (especially the boneless chicken dish), the service and the atmosphere. Everyone on The Savoy staff bent over backwards to help us out and we really appreciated that!
I remember you mentioned that a couple plan to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary at The Savoy in March - the same place they celebrated their wedding reception 50 years ago. With any luck, my husband and I will be able to do something similar (though, we've probably left our run a bit late for 50 years).
Thanks again for a wonderful evening and we'll be sure to spread the word about the wonderful service/food at The Savoy.
Kind regards,
Lauren and Xie Bin
Dunedin Travel ClubDear Daniel,
Follow up to the letter we sent in April regarding our fortnightly Receptions.
We have continued to get comments from our members regarding the morning teas and we would like to let you know the gist of these remarks.
Absolutely Positive!
Lovely selection of food!
What a great change!
How easy it is to select our food!
Very satisfying!
Extremely pleasing!
Also the plates you now use are an excellent choice and relatively easy to pass around the table. The refilling of coffee/tea pots throughout the early part of our morning tea is appreciated.
We continue to enjoy the efforts the staff put in for us and really just wish to say "THANKS".
Rona M Potiki
Cure Kids Charity Auction 18 October 2012Dear Dan and Team,
We would like you to accept the sincere thanks of the Nidd Realty Team for your generous contribution and wonderful support during the night.
The layout and table settings looked fantastic and the menu worked so well with many compliments received throughout the night on the delicious array of food.
As you are aware, there were 34 lots autioned on the night raising in excess of $38,000. A fantastic result for Cure Kids.
Over the last three years we have raised over $100,000 for Cure Kids. We are estatic to have achieved such an amazing result and this would not have been possible without your help.
Thank you again for your support of this wonderful event. We would love to have your involvement in our event again next year.
Kind Regards
Liz Nidd & The Nidd Realty Team
Dunedin Conference Management ServiceA conference dinner for a medical group is always a challenge, it needs to be just so on every level, from the venue, food, service, flexibility.
Having The Savoy take care of the challenge... it is simply a treat to be able to take a group to this venue because they make us look good!
Pat Johnston
Judy Montague - Wedding 6 March 2010Many thanks Daniel!
Everything was superb. Meal was just beautiful and thanks for your great service.
Otago Girls High SchoolI have held our Year 12 Formal for around 240 guests at The Savoy for many years now and am always delighted by the venue.
The elegant atmosphere, combined with the efficiency, understanding of our needs, adaptation to many last minute changes, and above all the cheerful manner of the staff, make my organisation that much easier.
The Savoy organise a Buffet meal catering and provide a lovely meal at a resonable price.
All in all, a first class venue, highly recommended.
Ann Babbage
Melbourne Cup Day Wingatui 2009
Melbourne Cup Day was fantastic, the thrill of being there, having a great position and the entertainment of the racing.
Dunedin Conference Management ServiceWith a conference theme of "environmental education" the decor and entertainment was chosen to reflect... Potted herbs in recycled pottery coffee cups, paper table cloths and local foliage adorned the tables. The venue provided an inspiring backdop to the "remade clothing fashion show".
The Savoy staff ensured that all food was locally sourced and only "in season" was offered in the menu selection. The food quality and wonderful presentation was a feature of the dinner.
As I have come to expect the service from The Savoy is constant, great pre-function planning, flexibility with use of venue and timing and excellent delivery... every time.
Pat Johnston
Class of 1979Dear Daniel, Martin and the lovely Savoy staff.
Just a quick note to thank you all so much for the wonderful dinner and evning you put on for the Class of 1979. They had a wonderful night and thought the food was superb.
Thanks again so much!
Kind regards
Kerry Buchan


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Hola Indio @PublicWorksSF: Hump Day Just Got Better
Remember those folks that brought you that awesome party with James Murphy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more. It was called something like Creators Project? Sure you do. Well, those same wonderful folks continue to put on amazing events that support local arts (and incorporate brand sponsors for "libations") like tonight's event with Francisco Y Madero. Get down at Public Works, make a small donation, and usher in (early) Mexican Heritage month with a cerveza.
To attend RSVP at http://www.rsvp.vice.com/holaindio/


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my sister had her baby!!! she ended up having a scheduled c-section because at 38 weeks, that little sucker flipped and went breech!
baby boy was born yesterday, 4/25 (my dad's birthday) at 12:10pm. 7lb even, 20". pretty big for a week-early baby! mama and baby are doing great, and hope to be home by sunday.
pictures and name to follow if she lets me! what i can tell you is that this little one is a FIFTH! daddy's the 4th in a line of men with his name, and though they weren't sure they'd go that direction, they ultimately did! his full name sounds very distinguished because of it.
matt, daxon, and i are headed to hershey tomorrow to meet the little guy. i am so stinkin excited, i can hardly stand it!


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My personal blog about stuff that happens which I can't fit on twitter or when I want to keep a diary.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Cory Doctorow's Little Brother
I have just finished reading Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it very insightful, although it appears to be set a little into the future (10 or 15 years), many of the technologies covered in the book could exist today! Over the last few years I've been watching with interest the "security theater" happening in Britain. I have enjoyed thinking about how such systems would fail and how people could easily bypass a system - further enhancing my view that these precautions are there for show and not increased security. This is what the protagonist in this book does all the time to fight his war against his own freedom.
When questioned about the increased restrictions; CCTV; tracking; RFIDs; and ID cards people always seem to take the point of view; "if you have nothing to hide, why worry?". I've always had a little bit of difficulty answering this question other than it's the attitude which allows the powers that be to make things worse with even more 'security'; and then point out a few areas where they fail. This book provides an answer to these by example.
It reminded me of a thought I had during the Christmas Lectures by Professor Chris Bishop, in one of the lectures he talked about using RFID technology to pay for items and for your fridge to acknowledge the expiration date of food contained within. As a 'bonus', the RFID could also store the components of the packaging for efficient recycling after being thrown out. My take on this was the superstore tracking you with the item knowing exactly when you picked the item up, from where and how long it spent in your basket - along with the rest of your items - and how you paid for it. The superstore would have an incredible amount of information about you which they could mine. Then when the packaging is thrown out, the recycling agency could have enough information to know exactly who threw said packaging out - and typical of Britain, this could be a taxable service, pay as you throw RFID style. Quite quickly you could obtain and track the eating habits of thousands of Britons! I have nothing to hide about my eating habits - but I certainly wouldn't want this information stored about my household.
I haven't read Orwell's 1984, but I bought 1984 along with Little Brother on Amazon, it is next on my reading list!
In summary I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it!
Buy Little Brother on Amazon
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Son charged in murders of ex-NFL player and wife reportedly blamed masked intruder
The 16-year-old boy charged with murdering his parents, ex-NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong and his wife, Dawn, initially blamed a masked intruder before police picked apart his story, prosecutors revealed in court Monday.
NEW:@HarrisCountyDAO says Antonio,Dawn Armstrong were shot in head, pillows covered faces when police arrived #abc13 pic.twitter.com/fVupKETWBE— Courtney Fischer (@CourtneyABC13) August 1, 2016
The boy will remain in juvenile detention for now. "It's the beginning of a very long process," said defense attorney Rick Detoto. "We're going to start gathering evidence and fight certification and figure out what happened."
Prosecutors say the teen put pillows over his sleeping parents' faces and shot them with a .22-caliber pistol. Dawn Armstrong, 42, died at the home. An ambulance rushed Antonio Armstrong, 43, from the family's Bellaire-adjacent townhouse to Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center where he died.
Police say that when they arrived, the 16-year-old boy had to disable the security system to let officers in the home and that he was not able to come up with a convincing story about what happened, briefly blaming a masked man.
Antonio was a former Texas A&M Aggies football star who played professionally in the NFL and Canadian Football League. The couple owned a small chain of gyms.
One of his defense lawyers is also the family lawyer and says the accused teen and his son play football together.
"Our client is a stellar athlete that has attended excellent schools and had the greatest and brightest future in front of him and this is horrible what has happened," said Chris Collings. "It's our job to get his name cleared."


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Borussia Moenchengladbach confirmed on Monday that their German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who has been linked to Barcelona, will join a foreign club at the end of the season.
Ter Stegen, who has won three caps for Germany, has a Gladbach contract until 2015, but has told Borussia he wants to leave in June.
He has long been linked to Barcelona, whose goalkeeper Victor Valdes stands down at the end of the season after more than a decade.
Gladbach's director of sport Max Eberl revealed they had agreed terms with Ter Stegen's new club -- whom he did not name -- but confirmed it is based abroad.
The club are hoping to get a double-digit figure in the millions of euros for Ter Stegen and on Monday announced Swiss shot-stopper Yann Sommer as his replacement.
"After Marc-Andre ter Stegen informed us that he definitely wants to leave at end of season, we have reached an agreement with his new club on the transfer arrangements," said Eberl. "He will move abroad, that's now for sure.
"His successor in goal for Borussia will be Yann Sommer.
"He is an excellent goalkeeper who has already gained a lot of international experience and we are delighted that he has chosen us."
The 25-year-old Sommer joins from Swiss champions FC Basel and has signed a four-year deal, with the transfer deal reported to be around nine million euros.
"Everything is a little larger than in Switzerland," said Sommer, who will link up with Gladbach's Swiss coach Lucien Favre.
"Borussia is a traditional club and when you have the chance to play for them, you take it.
"The conversation with those in charge convinced me."
Swiss international goalkeeper Yann Sommer will leave Swiss champions FC Basel for German top flight side Moenchengladbach at the end of the season, his current club confirmed on Monday.
Sommer, 25, joined Basel as a 14-year-old, winning the Swiss title three times and the Swiss Cup once, and could add another double trophy haul this season before joining the Bundesliga.
Sommer will team up with another Swiss international, midfielder Granit Xhawa, at Moenchengladbach.


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Ronald Bruce Scott
Ronald B. Scott, who writes under the pen name of RB Scott, is the author of two books released in late 2011 and early 2012 and has completed work on a third book, a novel entitled "The Mending."
His independent biographical profile of presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney ("Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics") was released in October of 2011. Scott's debut novel ("Closing Circles: Trapped in the Everlasting Mormon Moment") arrived in January of 2012. Closing Circles was described by its publisher, Gray Dog Press, as "a big, complicated, ground-breaking debut novel about convoluted personal relationships and conflicts in contemporary Mormon culture."
Scott was a staff reporter and writer for many of Time, Inc.'s magazines, including Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated. He was part of the small editorial team that founded Time's eminently successful People Magazine in 1974. His freelance pieces have been published by many leading newspapers and magazines. He is a contributor to the "Cognoscenti" group at WBUR public radio in Boston.
In late 2005, Scott was the first journalist to note that as Mitt Romney prepared to run for president he abruptly changed his position on abortion and seemed to adjust his stance on gay rights by opposing same- sex marriage. In the run-up to the 2008 primary election season, Scott's 2005 profile of Romney in Sunstone Magazine was quoted or used as primary source material on Romney's political history by many leading news organizations.
In the process of researching the Romney book, Scott discovered he, too, is a distant cousin to Romney and the other Mormon presidential candidate, Jon Huntsman. "It is a classic Mormon arrangement," Scott laughs. "We share the same great-great-grandfather, but different great-great-grandmothers."
The novel "Closing Circles" is the first of a tetralogy – Scott calls it "The Mormon Quad" – of intimate, engaging and frequently irascible and irreverent perspectives on the Mormon culture.
Critics of Scott's debut novel noted that his voice and approach seems heavily influenced by Philip Roth, John Cheever and John Irving. One critic wrote: "Trouble is, [the protagonist], real or imagined, is quite amazing. I love his character; I sympathize, empathize at times with him; his storytelling is riveting; his brutal candor honest and convincing (though as hilarious as I find his discussion of Old George [the nickname for the protagonist's privates], I could get by with a little less). He has great, original language: "mind changers" is a term I have entered into my personal lexicon!"
Scott was born, raised and educated in Salt Lake City (The University of Utah), but lived on the east coast (New York City and Boston) for more than 40 years. In June of 2013, the Scotts relocated to San Francisco where his wife is a senior officer of an international investment and industrial property development firm.
Closing Circles: Trapped in the everlasting Mormon moment
A recusant and irreverent journalist and struggling author discovers that writing a novel is a productive way to recover from a disastrous marriage and untangle a complex relationship with the demanding Mormon religion, history and culture.
Mitt Romney: An Inside Look t the Man and His Politics
Press and Media Mentions
- New York Review of Books review of Mitt Romney biography
- On The Issues review of Mitt Romney biography
- Washington Times review of Romney biography (November, 2011)
- ABC (Australia) interview with R.B. Scott
- NPR quote extensively from Romney biography
- CNN (Soledad O'Brien ) interviews Scott
- NPR (Julie Rovner) interviews Scott
- City Weekley (Salt Lake City) reviews Romney biography (10/27/2011)
- Closing Circles review
- Closing Circles review in The Examiner (Brian Triplett)


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Friday, 25 June 2010
Fragments from petite chacal
This is what I see from one of my windows..I took this photo a while ago, I was simply stunned at the unlikely mix of colours and shadows and the sharp "golden" strike that stands out from the dark.
You see, I sit at this very same window nearly everynight, when I go home after work.
I pour myself a glass of wine, I lit up a cigarette and I sit quietly on the floor, looking out from the window.
I love it.It's a tiny "me time".One of the few I allow myself to indulge in (the other one is my candle-light bath!!). It's my time to think, to let immagination have its say into the rest of my very normal life.I love to look at other people's windows, and lives..and wonder if they are happy, if they're having a good time, if they are in love..if they are here to stay or are just passers by,as it often happens in London..It's just simple and simply irresistible for me: you look at someone's window and you can see a life!Well..in all honesty I don't get to see much my neighbours, most of the times I just stare at the windows, or at the street,or at some detail that cought my attention.. :)It's still nice and relaxing, though..
So, just for a change, I'm not talking about my jewellery, instead about some fragments of life!;)
And you guys? What's your favourite "me time" moment..?
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Your Guide to an Irish Fry-Up
The Irish love their fried breakfast, typically referred to as 'a fry-up' or 'rashers and eggs'. Internationally, it's called 'heart attack before noon'. I never learned to love the Irish breakfast, with its tomatoes, runny eggs, baked beans and, irk, blood sausage.
Because there's a blog about everything, now there's a blog (courtesy of Neatorama) dedicated to reviewing fry-ups at Dublin-area restaurants. Here's the accompanying Flickr photo set.
From a recent review of Cafe Moda in Rathmines:
The breakfast had scrambled eggs rather than my preference – fried, but there was an ample quantity. Along with the egg were two sausages, a very ham like rasher, a few slices of tomato and beans. On the side there was a slice of toasted bread cut in half. The menu said two slices of toast, but what came was one slice of bread cut in half.
Two bloggy notes to the site authors: get thyselves some permalinks, and give us a page which lists all the restaurants and their review ratings. You could do this cheap and cheerfully using a public spreadsheet from Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
Longtime readers may recall when I had a fry-up with the President of Ireland.
4 Responses to "Your Guide to an Irish Fry-Up"
The 'Ulster Fry' has to be the best tho – we get Potato Farl, Soda bread and a small pancake on ours, not just silly white bread – fried of course, not toasted!
for veges like me, all the meat is dropped in favor of mushrooms, hash brown and maybe a vege sausage if the cafe is particularly good.
It's the best hangover cure ever!!
Ah, I love a good fry-up in the morning once in a while (not to be eaten daily for obvious health reasons!). One of the best things about staying in a B & B (Bed & Breakfast) in Ireland or the UK is the breakfast in the morning and a big cup of tea. Love that review site, I'll be checking out those venues ;-)
Andy M
Very good points on the permalinks, but give me time. I am codign everythign myself rather than using a blog engine, so it takes longer to get going, plus I am out damaging my health for the cause so it takes longer to drag my fat ass to a PC :-)
On the list of all, I am plannign on doing one big map with all the locations (sort of like the map links I've done on some reviews).
Glad you liked the site anyhow. Check back over time as I add more features and content.
Classie Sulser
What is your most noted accomplishment. They may want very good listeners rather than very good talkers.
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Once again the Fair was there and a very good time was had by all who attended. A really big thank you must be said to the Parks Department staff who built the bonfire and looked after it until it was safely extinguished and also cleared up the park after the festivities.
There have been reservations expressed about the amount of money spent on this event (£29,000 this year alone) but the event has brought many visitors to our area and lifted the spirits of local people. It also offers a very safe and enjoyable way to celebrate this event and if it was not held there would, I think, be many more unauthorised and maybe unsafe fires and fireworks parties in the area.
However the future of this event for next year might very well be hanging in the balance but we will keep you informed on that as we have more information.