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This is my good friend Naomi’s 9 month old daughter, M (second M of the M&M twins).  Naomi was blessed with a set of boy/girl twins last August and is also proud mom to big sister S. 2 1/2 yrs. Seat belt buckled – Check. Holding on tight – Check Hat & sunblock – Check Happiest baby [...]

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Family Vacations

I thought I’d turn the blog over to Kelley again because I was fascinated by our last conversation- she was telling me all about her latest family vacation and it occurred to me that maybe you’re never too old to vacation together as a family. This gave me some hope to know if I establish [...]

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Is Motherhood my Calling?

I have finally decided to come clean about something- I love babies and I cannot wait to be a mommy!! My husband Patrick thinks its really endearing how much I want to start a family. I think we were dating three months before we talked about our future children’s names (they’ve changed a few times [...]

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Graco & The Ellen Show-An Expectant Mom’s Best Friend!

Now this is a show I would have wanted to go to a couple of years ago!  The Ellen Show just (today!) gave a first-time expectant, mother-packed audience $3,500 worth of baby products! Wahoo! Every mom in the audience was saying “Oh My Gosh!” (which seemed to make Ellen a little nervous) and holding their [...]

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Mother’s Day in May – My Double Whammy

This month I am again facing my annual dilemma: Mother’s Day and my wife’s birthday in the same month. This year it is made more interesting due to the fact that this year will be a big birthday for my wife (you know, one of those that ends in a zero). So what’s a guy [...]

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Wondrous Wednesday #71

Meet 16 month old Juan, the adorable nephew of Graco’s National Event Marketing Manager, Heidi.   Doesn’t that face make you smile? Every Wednesday we’ll be sharing a photo showing off a little bit of wonder in the lives of our extended Graco family of customers.

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A First-Time Expectant Grandparent Flirts with an Empty Nest

We stored our baby crib a very long time ago not wanting to let go of the reminder of our three daughters’ magical first years. There was also the idea (hope!) that we’d someday get to set it up for a grandbaby here or there- an idea which amazingly comes into crystal clarity as one’s [...]

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Graco’s Monthly Nods – April

I love reading through all the nod posts when they are “submitted” to me by all of our contributors. I’ve often discovered new blogs this way and there are some great ones this month. A couple left me in tears, some made me laugh but they always remind me about the privilege of parenting. Our [...]

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Ten Reasons I Love Being a Mom

In the spirit of Mother’s Day later this month, Graco wanted to ask a simple question – What are the top ten reasons why you love being a mom? I took a stab at it here and I’m glad I took a quick 5 minutes out of my day to capture how I feel about [...]

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The $55,000 Question

Oct 11th, 2010 at 8am   |   48 comments

We’re still sorting through the numbers from the Monterey auctions, putting together coverage for our various titles. While looking over the spreadsheets, I happened to notice that these seven vehicles all had one thing in common: a selling price of exactly $55,000. So, the natural question is: If you had had $55,000 to spend in Monterey, which of these cars would you have brought home with you?

We’ll present these in chronological order. Leading off, above, is a 1909 Ford Model T sold by RM. Ford built about 10,000 Model Ts in 1909, but only a handful had aluminum bodies over wood frames, as this one does. It’s a former AACA First Prize winner, and was restored back in the mid-1960s. (Full disclosure: The blue Model T pictured here earlier was the wrong photo; the aluminum-bodied car is red. My mistake. If any of you want to change your minds based on this, feel free to add another comment!)

Number two is another Ford, a 1932 Hi-Boy roadster also sold by RM. From the description: “286 cu. in. H&H flathead V8, 1939 Ford three-speed manual transmission, live axle suspension with transverse leaf spring suspension front and rear and four-wheel hydraulic drum bakes. Wheelbase: 106″.  An all-steel ‘Hi-Boy’ originally built in the 1970s; Full race-built 286-cu. in. H&H flathead V8; Recent high-quality restoration; Drives like a new car – even at freeway speeds.”

Number three is – surprise! – another Ford, a 1936 three-window coupe sold by Mecum. “100% all steel original California car;  Stored in a garage in Rowland Heights, CA for 48 years until uncovered in 1996; incredible condition with a brand new grill still in FoMoCo cardboard stuffed in the trunk; 1968 Chevy 350, 400 steel crank (383 CI), TRW pistons, GM 350 HP camshaft, Wieand Team G manifold and Holley 650 carb; Chassis is stock rails boxed and C’d; 8″ Ford rear with 3.00 gears; Super Bell dropped front axle, Posies springs, Pete and Jake shocks and sway bar; Disc brakes in front;  Late model Turbo 350 transmission with B&M shift kit; Grey leather by Joel’s Interiors, Riverside, CA. Glide seat, wool carpet; Vintage air conditioning.”

On to number four, a 1960 Austin-Healey 3000 sold by Russo and Steele. The car was subjected to a nut-and-bolt restoration, and the straight-six was given a MK III BJ8 camshaft and larger, 2-inch SU carburetors to raise its output to 150hp. The seller also reported installing larger BJ8 discs with a power booster. An extra set of seats in ultrasuede were included, “for those days where it is too hot for leather.”

Number five is a 1965 Porsche 356 C Coupe sold by Gooding and Company. The color scheme of Heron Gray over blue was original to the car, which has had just three owners. Optional equipment includes chromed wheels and a Blaupunkt radio. The car has been refinished, but never restored, and has its original engine and four-speed transmission, as well as all of its original body panels.

Number six is a 1967 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Saloon, with coachwork by H.J. Mulliner-Park Ward Ltd. This one was owned by J.B. Nethercutt, and had spent all of its life in Southern California. Nethercutt used the car as his daily driver, putting 70,000 miles on it before retiring it to the museum. It was refinished once, though the parchment leather upholstery was original.

Rounding out the field is a 1973 Jaguar E Type V-12 Roadster, sold by Russo and Steele. This car was restored 10 years ago in New Zealand, and has been driven 2,000 miles since.

So, which would it be, and why?

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  1. The 1960 Austin-Healey 3000: the quintessential sportscar, beautiful and now fully roadworthy

  2. Sully says:

    For me, it’s a toss-up between the Austin-Healey 3000 and the Porsche 356 C mmm…. O.K. I’ll take the Austin-Healey 3000 since you are giving me the $55,000 to “throw around”. Good article, quite provoking.

  3. Jon Duva says:

    For me, it has to be the Red ’36, Ford.

  4. Jim says:

    The 1936 ford , this is class.

  5. Les says:

    I would take the 1973 series 3 Jaguar Roadster with the 12 cylinder engine assuming it has a 4 speed transmission with air conditioning.

    • claude says:

      La Jaguar E est vraiment magnifique et avec 12 cylindres!!!
      C’est une auto pour descendre a Saint-Tropez avec sa petite Chérie!!!

  6. The Jag … classic styling and a convertible plus the 12 cylinder … pure fun.

  7. james says:

    The al model T. No contest.

  8. Michael Lehner says:

    That’s a pretty cool article. Congratulations, Hemmings. You left me to choose from my favorite cars of all time. An XKE, A 356, A Healey and having had 5 Healeys, 2 Porsches, 2 Jags, but not a single High Boy, I’ll take that beauty.

    PS: I discussed it with my wife and my choice is:

    A kitchen re-do.

  9. Bill says:

    At first I though it would be the Jag hands down, but the more I think about the Healey…

  10. Johan says:

    the 1936 ford

  11. Pete Madsen says:

    Boy, the 36 Ford does it for me. I’ve always had a soft spot for the 1935 – 1940 Ford coupes.

  12. Miles Weigold says:

    I’ll vote for the Model T. Interesting that all ended exactly on the $55K number. Fun to think this over……..thanks!

  13. Bob says:

    It is the Porsche by all means. I have been drooling ,anticipating the day that I have such a treasure in me garage.

  14. Andrew says:

    The Rolls. Absolutely.

  15. Dale says:

    I was torn between the 32 highboy and the 36 3 window . . . but I’ll go with the 36 Ford ! ! !

  16. Les Bateman says:

    Well, I was going to go with the ’36 Ford until I noticed it’s a “700” car, i.e. 350 v8, 350 trans. Sorry but for $55k I want Ford in my Ford.

  17. Steve says:

    I had a red ’65 356 C Coupe (like the one you had in Sports & Exotics) but I’ll take the Model T since I now look like the original owner.

  18. Rog says:

    I’m with the guys caught between that Healey and the Porsche, but reality makes Lehner’s final choice the only one worth choosing.

  19. Darrell Chase says:

    i say the the modal t ford because they the most famous auto in the world because of the time they where in an drove where there was no road or mud an went through them they were unstopable regardless of type of roads or no roads more over more famous than the modal A ford ????? maybe modal t was a simple auto for anyone I wish i had one for myself just to put around in the loveable modal t ford

  20. Dennis M says:

    Like Les I was leaning toward the ’36 until I saw it had been hacked up with a Chevy V8.

    I like my V8s with flat heads! I’ll take the highboy, thank you very much!

  21. Dave says:

    Although the 3000 isn’t my favorite AH I think I’d take it. Maybe not the best car but likely the most fun.

  22. Kevin says:

    1909 Ford Model T; the rarity is what attracts me

  23. Steve Tomlinson says:

    Holy Geeze…can I have them all? The duece would have my have vote…but I would love the Porsche as well…

  24. Fred says:

    I’m not too excited about any of them at that price, but the Jaquar seems like the most fun

  25. Cotton says:

    No question, the Model “T”. All the others are classics, but only one is vintage, and like fine wine the vintage makes the differenct.

  26. george shishido says:

  27. I would also go for the T, all cars are extremely nice cars, but they all can be seen during a roadtrip or a classic car meeting here in Holland. However, you just don’t ever see a real oldie like the T. I would love to go do my grocery shopping with it.

  28. Woods Allen says:

    Who would pay that much for a 36 Ford with a chevy in it! The ’32 Highboy is the pick of the litter. Ford in a Ford and will draw a crowed where ever it goes!!!!!

  29. L David Taylor says:

    The 1960 Austin Healy 3000.for sure. Pure nostaligy on my part. I owned one in 1964-65 and while for sure not the best car I’ve owned it was truly the most fun car ever for me.
    I bought hte car from the head mechanic at British ?Motor Cars in Portland , OR and he ended up being a best freind and took car of the roadster for me. Doubtful I could have afforded to keep it running without his skills and friendship.

  30. jay walsh says:

    its got to be the Jag. for me one of the most successfull automotive designs of all time

  31. Paul says:

    The E Type hands down. Blew it back in the middle 70s when I didn’t but a Jaguar for under $1500.

  32. Dale says:

    The Ford 36 3 Window Coupe, a fine example of motoring history. Not into the pommy stuff.

  33. Bill Miles says:

    The ’36 is a great car, but is there a more boring engine on earth than a Chevy 350 ?

    The Hi Boy with the Flattie V-8 would be the one.

  34. Adam Bahm says:

    If that 36 Ford was complete and in good unrestored condition, it was ruined. They are only origional once.

  35. FJP says:

    I would pass on all of these in favor of the Fiat Multipla visible behind the ’32 Ford. So, would I have saved some greenbacks, or would I have had to kick in more?

    • @FJP: You would have some money left over, but not a whole lot. The Multipla sold for $46,750. If you’d had your eye on the Goggomobil van that was done up in Krispy Kreme livery, on the other hand, you would have had to find another $33,000 buried in the couch cushions.

  36. Bill Hegerty says:

    not being a hot rod guy or a vintage person…I fall for the sport cars..I had to make this choice before…the year was 1965..the jag was a E 6 cylinder the Porsche was a 1964C and the Healey was a 1959 100/6……I had a budget of $3000……in Milwaukee Wis.the Porsche won…maybe not as pretty as the other two but less costly to maintain than the Jag and better in the winter than the Healey also more pure fun to drive than the other two

  37. clarke says:

    Either the Austin Healy, Hi-Boy or Model T.
    The Healy & Hi-Boy would be great cruising vehicles & quite fun to drive. As well they’ve got better maintenance records(Jags no so much) The Model T would be fun to have, you could drive it in parades & show it a lot. But I do think it would spend too much time in the garage.

  38. Steve says:

    I like ’em all, but I’d pop for the hi-boy in a heartbeat. I want, no, need a roadster, and this one has the right elements-nice motor, DuVall windshield, and can be driven at speed. That V-12 E-Type is sweet, but not sure about using it as a daily driver.

  39. OTDAYWAYMOFO says:

  40. DougD says:

    All are beautiful and I’m torn between the Healey and the Hiboy roadster.
    I think the Healey will give the most driving fun factor though.
    Healey FTW

  41. David Enfield says:

    The Hi Boy Roadster , nothing , nothing else anywhere near like it .
    A sign of the times .

  42. Gordon Summer says:

    So far, no-one has picked the Nethercut Rolls, so I will. It’s a coupe, fer cryin’ out loud, and I believe that there were only about 600 or so produced during the lifespan of the model (probably very few in this particular year). But more than that, this was Nethercut’s personal car! Isn’t that called ‘provenance’?

  43. Tony Miller says:

    The kid in me says the ’36, but been there, done that. I’d take the Porsche.

    If the E-type had been a 6 cylinder coupe, that would have been my choice.

    Great group!

  44. Paul Carson says:

    I’d have them all except the Model T but if I HAD to choose, the ’36 3W coupe. I would love to get an old Roller of that vintage, lower it, nice set of alloys and a cool exhaust note! Maybe even a blower through the hood? No, maybe not – keep it neat.

  45. 53panal says:

    would jump on the 36 even with the chev in it. first car was a 35 ford coupe with rumble seat ,payed 75 dollors for it in 1953.

  46. Andy says:

    I’ll take the Model T, as a side note the aluminum over wood body T’s were built by Fisher body.

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Anyone familiar with motorcycle museums and motorcycles in general will recognize these guys. The winner of the X2 Class for Italian Racing Motorcycles before 1979 at this past weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was George Barber of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Alabama. His 1956 MV Agusta 500cc Grand Prix outclassed a rare 1955 Moto Rumi Jr. presented by Dan Barnes and a wonderful original example of a 1978 Ducati 900 NCR TT Hailwood that Larry Auriana brought all the way from Stamford, Connecticut.

The MV Grand Prix was originally ridden by John Surtees to several world championships in the late Fifties, including 17 500cc Grand Prix races in a row. John retired from competitive motorcycle racing in the early Sixties to move on to Formula 1 auto racing. There, he won the Formula 1 championship in 1964 and is the only driver to win racing championships on both two and four wheels.

John Parham, owner of J&P Cycles, took first place in the X1 Class for Italian Touring Motorcycles built before 1979 at Pebble Beach last weekend with his 1957 Aermacchi Chimera. The bike was a recent acquisition for John, purchased at an auction last year, and has been on display at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa. John also took second place in the X1 Class with his 1956 Maserati 160 T4 LV SS0 Sport. Third place in the X1 Class went to Marcello Doffo for his 1947 Gilera 500 Saturno.

Most of us may have missed the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but it is nice to know that these winners will still be on display for us to see at these motorcycling venues.

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  1. Dave Burkart says:

    Let us not forget Joe Leonard who won both the AMA National Championship and the USAC championship.

  2. Earl Welch says:

    I had the pleasure of seeing Joe Leonard race on the old San Jose Mile many years ago. What a great rider!

  3. I posted some pics of the bikes on display at the Pebble Beach Concours here: http://coreylevenson.zenfolio.com/p305900190

  4. ron winder says:

    At least the 1978 Ducati had not been restored!

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WUWT gets sillier by the day

See updates here and here below and see this post about Darko's follow up article.

This is not just a silly comment from one of the WUWT rabble. It's from an article in WUWT - at the express invitation of Anthony Watts.

In the article the author, Darko Butina, claims that the global warming isn't real, based on his analysis of the temperature record at a single location, the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. The dataset used goes from 1844 to 2004.

Darko Butina writes (I've just realised this is the actual title he's given to his twenty page 'paper'. What a laugh!):
Should We Worry About the Earth’s Calculated Warming at 0.7OC Over Last the Last 100 Years When the Observed Daily Variations Over the Last 161 Years Can Be as High as 24 (degrees) C?
Good grief - I guess he's not experienced the Chinook:
In Pincher Creek, the temperature rose by 41°C (74°F), from -19 to 22°C (-2 to 72°F), in one hour in 1962.
And there's more:
So if one wants, for some bizarre reason, to compare two annual patterns then one year can be unequivocally declared as warmer only if each daily reading of that year is larger than each corresponding daily reading of another year:
Really? Here is an example to illustrate what Butina would have you think.  Butina's thesis would be that Week 1 below was not hotter than Week 2 because not every day of Week 1 was hotter than the same day in Week 2.

As more astute WUWT commenters observe:
lsvalgaard says:
April 15, 2013 at 2:22 pm Troed Sångberg says: April 15, 2013 at 1:56 pm
but claiming that every single day over the year would need to be warmer than every single day another seems to stretch things a bit. If “day”, then why not “hour”, “millisecond” or “three week period”? It becomes quite arbitrary.
More than arbitrary: nonsense. Why not “century”, or “decade” as well? There is no doubt that Houston, TX is hotter than San Diego, CHA, but there are every year days with temperatures below 25F in Houston, but never in San Diego.

How not to determine temperature trends

Let's leave aside the fact that Darko Butina bases his dismissal of global warming on a single location in Northern Ireland. We'll look at how he determines the temperature trend despite having more than 150 years of detailed temperature observations at his disposal:
Can we detect unambiguous warming trend over 161 years at Armagh (UK) in thermometer data? All we need to do is to take difference between the youngest (2004) and the oldest (1844) annual fingerprints and display it as a histogram:
No, that is not "all we need to do".  Taking the difference between same day readings (ie 1st January compared with 1st January through to 31 December compared with 31 December) over two different years will not yield nearly as much information as would a series. In fact, it probably wouldn't tell you anything at all.
By contrast, here is the chart of the mean annual temperature at the Armagh Observatory, plotted with a ten year moving average (red line).  The chart is based on these data:

The data for the above chart were compiled by the same people who compiled the daily set used by the author of the WUWT article.

Does it prove or disprove global warming? Of course not.  It shows the temperature trends at Armagh in Northern Ireland.  It indicates that at Armagh Observatory there was a cooling trend to the 1870s, then a warming trend, then a slight cooling in the sixties and seventies followed by a more rapid warming since the late 1970s.

There's more...

There is a lot of other silliness in the article, such as:
Thermometer reading of 15.1 has several links attached to it that cannot be broken: it is linked to a unique grid point, unique date and time stamp, unique instrument – thermometer and that thermometer to unique symbol (OC). So if someone wants to analyse any temperature trends those trends have to come from thermometer readings; it follows that if thermometer to be used is calibrated using Celsius scale, no datapoint can be older than 1743, follow link to Anders Celsius.
Surely he is not saying that the entire history of Armagh observations were recorded in degrees Celsius? (They weren't.)  Or that degrees Fahrenheit cannot be converted to degrees Celsius?

Put on a head vice if you decide to read the article.

Anthony Watts seems to be getting sillier by the day inviting nonsense like this to his blog.  At least some of the commenters are a bit more discerning than he is.

Just for fun I subtracted the daily maximum temperatures in 1844 from those in 2004 and took an average of the daily difference for each month.  The result is shown as a chart below. The chart doesn't actually tell us anything much more than that 2004 was hotter in seven months out of twelve in 2004, and by a fairly large margin in February, August and December.

All the chart above suggests is that no two years are ever the same (more precisely, these two years were not the same). To see the trend over time you'd need to look at a time series (as above), not just compare two years of data.

Update 2:

Richard Telford has done some different calculations on his blog.  Worth a look see.

  1. This would mess with the head of the Deltoid troll KarenMackSunspot...

    It also recalls another Deltoid troll from years ago, one Harold Pierce Jnr, who use to cherry pick individual sites and then use multiple t>-tests which which to analyse them.

    The sad thing is that people such as these can never understand why they are so completely wrong.

    Bernard J.

    1. Yes, Bernard. The author says he has a 20 page paper published on the topic, but provides no information other than the title, which is itself weird and wrong. He also makes the preposterous claim that:

      it is the first paper that looks for temperature patterns in the data that is generated by the instrument designed to and used by experimental scientists since early 1700s – calibrated thermometer.

      My guess would have been that he's never read any papers on climate science or any other science for that matter. But my guess on the latter part would probably be wrong, going by his summary bio. Dunning and Kruger eat your heart out!

      Perhaps we should send him to Tamino's blog.

    2. Please no, there are enough occasional trolls on Tamino already.

  2. Have you discovered which journal this joke paper is published in?

    1. Richard, the title suggests it's not Nature or Science or PNAS. (Among other more obvious reasons, the title alone would take up half the allowable words.)

      Should We Worry About the Earth’s Calculated Warming at 0.7OC Over Last the Last 100 Years When the Observed Daily Variations Over the Last 161 Years Can Be as High as 24OC?

      All Mr Butina said was (Sou writes while trying to keep a straight face): is published in journal that deals with data analysis and pattern recognition of data generated by a physical instrument...

      The dog astrology journal perhaps?

    2. it's published in this paper. Volume 4 Issue 2-3 (International Journal of Chemical Modeling)

    3. Thanks - when I searched I could not find it. Here's the link. Hard copy only available from the look of it:

      He's written a part 2, which is even more ridiculous. I think he should stick to his own subject (or try to learn something of atmospheric physics and climate).

  3. In comments,the ever-ridiculous Richard S Courtney opines:

    "I submit that the above article is among the most important which have been posted on WUWT"

    It may be, but not in the way 'Dr' Courtney thinks.

  4. "Surely he is not saying that the entire history of Armagh observations were recorded in degrees Celsius? (They weren't.) Or that degrees Fahrenheit cannot be converted to degrees Celsius?"

    Comments like this show that you are not remotely serious in your discussion. The point being OBVIOUSLY made is that as the opening data is in C then it can not be earlier than the introduction of C as a measurement.

    If only you enthusiasts would deal in facts and prepare your own papers rather than spend time and energy trashing others. Could it be that fear beats facts.

    As I heard a scientist state recently "I believe in global warming as the place I am standing had a mile of ice in the past so it must have melted due to DA DA - GLOBAL WARMING. Dinosaur farts I suppose.

    1. ha ha ha. I don't know if nbl957 is extremely young or supremely ignorant or both. I've consigned the above comment to the HotWhoppery for obvious reasons, but I couldn't resist leaving it here as well.

      nbl957 thinks that Armagh thermometers were in degrees Celsius way back in the 18th century.

      Below is the page on the Armagh weather records with some links to papers on precipitation and temperature. I think I've got it in the above article as well.

    2. Holy shit, it was in the mid-50s in Armagh in May 1796 -- whereas last time I was in Ireland it was front-page news that it was sunny and the thermometer read 25. Clear proof that the world is cooling fast!

    3. "The point being OBVIOUSLY made is that as the opening data is in C then it can not be earlier than the introduction of C as a measurement."

      Someone didn't do his due diligence and RTFR before opening his mouth to change feet.

      There's another pseudonym that is now effectively useless unless the user has no self-dignity.

    4. Numerosis, have you considered that the temperature was not recorded in C in 1796. In F 50 would make for a fairly chilly May Day, even on the Emerald Isle these days.

    5. "As I heard a scientist state recently" - this would be while you were doing that very cool thing with the friend of yours who's a very famous Hollywood actor, right? Is the fart joke yours, incidentally, or this, um, 'scientist's? With the unclosed quotation it's hard to tell...

    6. Catmando, I believe Numerobis was having a little fun at nbl957's expense :)

    7. I've done it again - missed the sarc. For my benefit, could everyone post "I'm being sarcastic" at the end of their comments in future.

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Here at inSelly we love creative and talented people, who sell beautiful items. From handmade jewelry to trendy clothes, from charming home decor pieces to awesome drawings. We hate thinking that you might miss on them, so starting from today we’ll have two new blog categories: „Daily Featured inSellers” and „Daily Featured Item” where we are going to present you the most amazing stuff that you can find on inSelly! And today it’s all about fashion jewelry!

And not just any fashion jewelry, but jewelry with graphic design.

@jlatini probably love graphic motifs in jewelry as much as we do! Here is her collection of beautiful acrylic handmade necklaces.

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@michy1011 adds a bit of bling to those stunning oval shaped pendants.

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@peace_love_and_earrings sell cute little pin earrings with traditional peace sign.

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@zodijewelry are also very much into graphic motifs with their candy colored earrings.

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And here’s a wonderful necklace with Aquarius astrological sign by Jackie from @moonlight_collection

Another example of how great graphic prints look when applied properly. Shop these earrings at @blkgeisha1

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Last, but not least, graphic print in Chevron watches from @mona_boldandstylish shop. Elegant, simple, yet really catchy!

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Stay tuned and don’t miss our next blog post on vintage clothing sellers. Believe us, it will be an inspirational journey into the world of thrift shops!


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Searching for best cars for babies or the best cars for baby seats is easier than ever. Automakers have really stepped up their game in recent years, adding a slew of safety features that moms rank high on their list for protecting babies and the entire family. The Best Cars for Babies don’t have to be just minivans anymore, either.

How to choose? Look for top safety scores from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Read comments from automotive experts and what the editors at Mother Proof have to say on the subject. We did, and that’s how we selected these three Best Cars for Babies (and baby seats).

  • Buick EnclaveIn the crossover/SUV category, Mother Proof singles out the 2009 Buick Enclave as one of its Family Cars of the Year, commenting that Enclave’s “luxurious environment, flexible seating and buick_enclave_2009quiet interior…its thoughtful details, like seat belt tethers for booster seats and tether anchors in the third row make us swoon.” Enclave is a 2009 IIHS Top Safety Pick and 2008 and 2009 models receive excellent NHTSA crash test ratings. Edmunds says Enclave is “a great pick for shoppers looking for an upscale large crossover SUV…it’s also the best Buick in memory.”
  • Volvo XC70The 2008 and 2009 Volvo XC70 garner spots in Mother Proof’s Family Cars of the Year. Editors love the optional built-in two-stage booster seats volvo_xc70_2009“that make life for moms and kids immeasurably easier” and “a slew of high-tech safety features that are famously Volvo.” Mother Proof writes, “safety is a primary concern for many parents, but it’s not enough to have the right child-safety seat or have it positioned in the best spot in your car…what you really need is to have the right car – the 2009 Volvo XC70.” Edmunds comments that “XC70 is one of a very few vehicles to offer integrated height-adjustable child booster seats.”
  • Ford Flex The midsize Ford Flex SUV, introduced in 2009, gets a “Momorable Mention” from Mother Proof in their 2009 Family Cars of the Year. Consumer Guide named Flex as a Recommended Pick. U.S. News and World Report lauds Flex as “a great alternative for familiesford_flex_2009 who want minivan features but not minivan styling,” although there’s “not as much interior space as a minivan.” The 2009 Ford Flex is also an IIHS Top Safety Pick. NHTSA crash test scores are similarly excellent.

Still want more options? Other considerations for Best Cars for Babies (or to hold baby seats) include: Chrysler Pacifica and Town & Country, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ford 500 Limited, Subaru Outback, and Toyota Sequoia.

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When does a workie become a worker?

Since I covered this issue on my blog at the weekend and I’ve noticed debate springing up elsewhere (Press Gazette / FSB: 1 & 2) I thought I’d post the work placement guidelines that have  just arrived in my inbox from the NUJ. Here’s one part that jumped out:

Placements can be unpaid provided the individual is not a ‘worker,’ as defined by the National Minimum Wage legislation as outlined below. However, work experience placements should be time limited and should not exceed 160 hours, carried out either full-time over a four week period or part-time over a three month period. If the terms of the placement are such that the individual is performing as a ‘worker’, and the placement is not being carried out as part of a further or higher education course, then the National Minimum Wage should be adopted throughout the duration of the placement. In both cases, reasonable and pre-agreed expenses should be reimbursed.

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Show Preview: Headlights @ Sunset Tavern 11/8

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Headlining the Sunset Tavern in Ballard this Sunday, with Anni Rossi, and Pomegranates, Headlights, quite possibly one of the most underrated bands of recent times, are back to woo Seattle once again. The Champaign, Illinois, trio have been making consistently solid and genuine indie pop albums since their debut in 2005. Headlining at the Nectar Lounge this past April brought only a thin crowd, but just a month later in May, they opened for Loney, Dear at The Crocodile and dazzled with the witty dynamic of a group of hard-working old friends who have been touring nonstop, and having a great time doing it.

Out of a farmhouse in the Midwest, the original trio of Erin Fein, on keyboard, Tristan Wraight, on guitars, and Brett Sanderson on drums recorded the Enemies EP, and two LPs. Now with bassist Nick Sanborn, Headlights have just released their third full-length, Wildlife on Polyvinyl Records on October 6 this year.

Fein and Wraight’s vocals are soft and inviting like fresh-baked cookies, and with their beautifully intertwining vocals, they deliver poignant and personal lyrics over deceitfully upbeat melodies. “Cherry Tulips” is hosed in off-putting “Pleasantville” perfection and brings to mind a soft-focus dream that takes place during a 1960s backyard tiki party, and “TV”‘ takes the reigns with a simple guitar riff and drives you away building into an anthemic ride about distrust in the media.

Discovery is right around the corner, and for only $10 it’s not a bad way to spend a rainy Sunday. Show begins at 9pm at The Sunset Tavern located at 5433 Ballard Avenue NW.

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This is why I call it a fog valley

Just back from a few days doing a lot of driving in and around biggerThanILikeCity and  I have determined two things:

  • I really love it out here in my quiet little corner of the world.
  • I need new stops for road food along I-5 in Washington state. Particularly between Centralia and Tacoma. The floor is open to suggestions.

In honor of my newly refreshed appreciation for my fog valley, I offer the following.
I like to say that we have our own private weather systems, and in many ways we do. Tucked in a long finger of a valley that undulates up from a large river, banked with multi-layered hills, and etched with dozens of streams, the valley floor exudes fog at the cusps of the day. A friend, who recently got his pilot's license and thus has related facts handy, explained one day that it's advection fog--coming up from the ground rather than down from the sky. (who says food blogs aren't educational?)

You know that saying about waiting a minute for the weather to change? Well, here you actually can watch it. I love to wander outside at dusk with a cup of tea and watch the last shards of sunlight peeking through the trees while baby cloudlets coalesce to scamper and dance before dissolving into mist and vanishing. It's not an every night affair in summer, but once we hit fall it's a nightly thing. I like fall.

Dusk has other magical aspects, the deer, especially does with young, come out to snack before dark. One such pair spent the year in our woods and we got the delight of watching this tiny fawn with a spotted butt who never left mommy's side, grow into a half-sized, and maturely unspotted, deer who only occasionally looks up to see how far away mom has wandered and almost never follows. In winter it is so quiet that you can hear the deer eating the grass, even when it's not frozen. It's amazing! On starless nights, when it is too dark to see anything, a small crunch, crunch from the seemingly empty yard is often the only sign there are such animals mere feet from where I stand.

What does this have to do with food? Not much. Except that, for me, food is all about connections: to people, to place, to personal rituals, and, ultimately, to home--however you define it. This is part of mine.

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It’s dark, I’ve been kicked out of the common area (glowng blobl in the bottom left) because it shuts at minight. It’s only twenty-five to in eastern standard time, damn it.

Yeah, I’m out here until the battery in my laptop dies, at which point I’m going to probably go to bed.

I’m up at 7 tomorrow (6 AM AEST) to pick up a rental (possible haggle over the no-show fee since I clearly did show up but they’d left early), and drive to Bermagui.

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My new N95 straight from Vodafone, initially I thought it just had a long boot time, but the Nokia logo never came off the screen apart from switching to the Vodafone symbol for a brief period when you don’t touch it.

It won’t even switch off without removing the battery and my laptop doesn’t recognise anything has been plugged in when I connect the USB cable.

My first non Orange phone, not a great experience.

Having experienced the problems of a Sony Ericcson P990 I know there can be significant problems with high end phones. But it just feels as if there isn’t enough quality assurance going on.

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The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa

We are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War Two by highlighting some items  in our collections relating to this event.

Nile C. Kinnick, Jr. was a University of Iowa student in 1939. The war began in Europe the same fall season when Kinnick and the UI “Iron Men” once again put Iowa on the nation’s sports map with their football victories. By the end of November, the team stood at 6-1-1, and Kinnick had won most major football awards in the country. Kinnick traveled to New York City, where on December 6, 1939 he accepted the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award at the Downtown Athletic Club.

Already before his acceptance speech, Kinnick had earned the high praise of sports writers and journalists across the country, some of who had called him “The Cornbelt Comet.” Yet even as he was achieving unprecedented fame at such a young age, Kinnick was aware of the terrible conflict unfolding in Europe, and the challenge it posed to Americans. In his brief acceptance speech, he devoted the last 3 sentences to taking a position on World War Two.

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Nile Kinnick's Heisman Trophy acceptance speech, December 6, 1939, New York City Downtown Athletic Club.

Kinnick’s thoughtful words show an appreciation of football as a physical tournament, peaceful conflict resolution through a contact sport. In preferring the Heisman to the famous French war decoration, he echoed an independent-minded version of U.S. isolationism, and an appreciation of the values of his American society.

Kinnick graduated from the University of Iowa in 1940 with a BA in Commerce, and turned down some NFL offers to go to law school. As the global conflict unfolded, Kinnick’s view of U.S. involvement in the war also changed. In 1941 he enlisted in the Navy Air Corps Reserve. He was called to active duty just three days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor – on December 10, 1941. Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. died on June 2, 1943, after his plane developed mechanical difficulties and was ditched in the Gulf of Paria.

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Art and Culture Take Center Stage in The Towers Suites

As New York City art is so deeply ingrained in our culture, it seemed fitting that, second to the incredible city views, art is the focal point of design in The Towers.  We have honored New York City’s dedication to art by incorporating interesting and intriguing pieces into the décor of The Towers Suites.

Working with Nancy Sweeney, Principal of Art Advisory Service, The Palace commissioned an abstract aluminum sculpture from Matt Gil to greet guests in each Towers Executive Suite. Gil explains that the elegant curves of the sculpture offer insight into the world around us, inspired by objects and beings we see every day. The sculpture is entirely unique to The New York Palace, it is a luxury reserved for our guests.

Matt Gil Sculpture

You’ll find more New York City artwork in the living room of The Towers Executive Suite, featuring a piece from Deborah Zlotsky. The print is an installment from the series “Adjacent Possibilities” in which the artist investigates the reality of alternating one’s state of being by deviating from a designated path. Zlotsky explains, “Accidents repeatedly redirect me, blurring my understanding of the difference between accident and intention.” She uses color, shadows and shapes to illustrate this evolutionary experience offering complex possibilities.
Deborah Zlotsky

The experience continues in each of The Towers guestrooms, where contemporary abstract prints offer a vibrant pop of color. Suzanne Ulrich uses a blend of collage and oil painting techniques to investigate the use of lines and shapes through layering and lifting. Her pieces no. 1757 and no. 1760 add a touch of intrigue to the decor. This installment is particularly interesting, marked by Ulrich as “by far my most mature body of work.”

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Experience the art and culture that makes New York City fabulous from the comfort of one of its most iconic hotels. The New York Palace features carefully selected pieces from a number of contemporary artists in each guestroom and suite. Allow us to enrich your stay in New York City.

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So now there’s only a week left before Mother’s Day. Haven’t made plans? Have no fear! We are planning a very special day perfect for Moms! Make reservations for Mom and your family for our Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet. Just call (401) 272-2400. Then surprise Mom when she gets here as we are planning a few fun things with Moms in mind. We will have a local jewelry designer (and her mom) displaying her creations. Her story is so compelling and her jewelry is fabulous too! We will also have a special table with offerings from our fabulous G Salon & Spa – Mom can even take a tour if she’d like. Lastly, our award-winning Bluefin Grille will showcase some super Mother’s Day mimosas.  All these fun activities will start at 11 AM and will run until 2 PM. Reservations are required for our Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet and it will sell. But you still have some time; so call us and let us help you make Mom think you’ve had plans all along.

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Get yourself a 'Yoouukk!' bar right here

Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster By Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster
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Earlier this season, Kevin Youkilis debuted "The Slumpbuster," an energy drink that in part benefitted his charity, Hits for Kids. It was a noble goal, obviously, but it was one that certainly seemed to rub part of Red Sox Nation the wrong way.

As the Inside Track points out this morning, however, Kevin Youkilis is back with a new offering for charity: a "Yoouukk!" bar, a $3 candy bar made by Phillips Candy House, a Boston "chocolatier."

There's no word yet on what the "Yoouukk!" tastes like, but it looks a little something like this:

The company will be at Fenway Park tonight, it says. At least Bartolo Colon isn't pitching.


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Monthly Archives: July, 2012

Novelty, Simplicity, Buoyancy, and Pliancy

Novelty, simplicity, buoyancy, and pliancy – aren’t these all features we seek in every aspect of our day-to-day life?  Helen Traphagen certainly felt these attributes were important when she set … Continue reading

July 31, 2012 · 4 Comments

The Bowery

Walk the Bowery under the El at night and all you feel is a sort of cold guilt. Touched for a dime, you try to drop the coin and not … Continue reading

July 24, 2012 · 5 Comments

Officer Stanley Kronzak, North Brooklyn Beat from 1936-1954

Like most of New York City, the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of north Brooklyn have changed considerably in the last 75 years. I obtained a unique glimpse into these neighborhoods’ … Continue reading

July 17, 2012 · 3 Comments

Summer in the City

Now that summer is in full swing, we look back at the ways New Yorkers have either escaped or embraced the heat. The Drive in Central Park was a place … Continue reading

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Walt Whitman’s New York

Walt Whitman, one of America’s most celebrated writers, was born into a working-class Long Island family on May 31, 1819. Four years later, the family moved to Brooklyn. Whitman cherished … Continue reading

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Gratiot public access station has new director

Mike Beyer | The Saginaw News By Mike Beyer | The Saginaw News The Saginaw News
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ALMA -- Gratiot County's cable TV public access studio here has a new leader.

Mid-Michigan Cable Consortium, which oversees the studio, has hired Lori Broast, former Central Michigan University professor of broadcasting and communication arts.

Broast, a Wisconsin native, has a doctorate in mass communications from Indiana University.

She will teach volunteers to use the new studio equipment and cameras to assist in the production of about 1,500 hours of locally produced programs a year for Channel 3.

The station airs from 12 to 15 hours of programming daily.

The consortium serves residents in Gratiot, Isabella and Clare counties.


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The Weekend List: The Who's "Tommy" in Grand Rapids, Eastown Street Fair and more

John Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids Press By John Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids Press The Grand Rapids Press
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Slacktivist. That's the fashionable new term for energy-impaired activist -- folks who get behind causes, but only those that require a mouse click or two, such as sending an e-mail response or clicking on a link to "Save the Whales." Actually getting out and rebuilding a house or picking up beach litter is way too active for these modern-day firebrands. And how about that slacker mentality among music fans? What with YouTube, iTunes and myspace, hordes of these slacktivists never have to leave the basement to see a band live or even browse a record store for the latest release. C'mon, you slugs. Clamber from those basements. Nothing beats a live stage show, and I've got this weekend's Weekend List to prove it ...

"The Who's Tommy" opens at Circle Theatre tonight and runs through Oct. 4.

The big show: It's the first time it's ever been produced locally, so I've gotta go with "The Who's Tommy," which opens at Circle Theatre tonight and runs through Oct. 4. The Who's story of the "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who sure knows how to play pinball -- not to mention becoming a deity of sorts -- has entertained fans for nearly 40 years as the first bona fide rock opera. And director/choreographer Jay Berkow has updated the stage production (already "more accessible" than the 1975 movie) to place the action in the 1970s in the United States (rather than Great Britain after World War II). A full rock band will crank out "Pinball Wizard" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" right on stage with the actors, sure to impress classic-rock fans. The show plays 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays through Oct. 4 (plus 5 p.m. Sept. 28) at the Aquinas College Performing Arts Center, 1607 Robinson Road SE; tickets are $25 at the box office, 456-6656, online at

Other bracing stuff

Friday-Sunday -- Roar with "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" when the Grand Rapids Symphony presents "The Magical Music of Walt Disney" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave. NW. Tickets are $18-$90; 454-9451, online at

Saturday -- Political activists, not slacktivists, will rub elbows with art and food vendors Saturday at the Eastown Street Fair. Just as important, the 35-year-old event spotlights a host of stellar local bands, including Left Hand Daisy, The Mighty Narwhale, Simien the Whale, Nathan Kalish and the Wildfire, Adams Family, Delilah DeWylde, Potato Moon, Chance Jones, Lynn Thompson Band, Karisa Wilson and more. The fair runs 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m., with music starting around 12:30 p.m., on Wealthy Street between Atlas Avenue and Lake Drive, and on Ethel Avenue SE. It's free.

Saturday -- Kick back to the music of Jimmie Stagger and the Mark Arshak Blues Band when the Cottage Bar Chili Cook-off (in its 27th year) takes place Saturday in and around the bar at 18 LaGrave Ave. SE. The event co-sponsored by WLAV-FM and Grand Rapids Harley-Davidson starts at noon; chili judging takes place at 3 p.m. and sampling (50 cents each) at 3:20 p.m. Proceeds go to Gilda's Club Cancer Support Group, so this is way more fun than being a slacktivist.

Saturday -- Slacktivism and punk don't mix, either. So, put a few holes in a black T-shirt, climb out of the cellar and check out New Found Glory when the pop-punk outfit rolls into The Intersection, 133 Grandville Ave. SW, for 5:30 p.m. Saturday show. Also on the bill: A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong, Crime in Stereo and International Superheroes of Hardcore. Tickets are $15 in advance (Ticketmaster) or $18 at the door.

Sunday -- Country star Clint Black performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hill Ave. SE. Tickets, $42-$48, available through Ticketmaster or at the fine arts center box office (493-8966).

Under the radar pick: According to an e-mail I got from the band, it's an "all-instrumental aggressive fusion band of music school-educated, 20-something players" which mixes "progressive rock, jazz, pop and metal with a healthy dose of spirited ensemble improvisation to create a wall of dueling guitars and thunderous rhythm." Hmm. Having seen a YouTube video of The Hue from Chicago, I'll just say these guys are plenty talented in a prog-rock sort of way. They perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Founders Brewing Co., with a local band, Hazy Past, opening the show. Admission is $5 (and The Hue takes the stage around 11 p.m.)

On the horizon: Well, husk my corn. The Fallasburg Festival and a host of other harvest/fall festivals get into gear next weekend.

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DIY: A House Mouse For Your Cat Friend

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Anyone who’s had a cat knows that it can cost a pretty penny to continually replenish your stash of cute kitty toys. And as much as kitties love random bits of refuse (i.e. gum wrappers, plastic bags, bottle caps), they certainly aren’t the most sightly of animal accoutrements, which is why I decided to craft this cute little mouse out of bits of scrap fabric from my craft pile!

4 Responses to DIY: A House Mouse For Your Cat Friend

  1. Angela (ModCloth) 09/29/2011 at 5:53 pm #

    Cute! I think I might go home and make one of these tonight, maybe even stuff a jingle bell or something else noisy inside. Thanks for the project and diagram!

  2. Lindsay 09/30/2011 at 11:38 am #

    I just made one for my cats and they love it! Thanks for the idea Modcloth!

  3. Leslie (Dalena Vintage) 10/03/2011 at 7:30 am #

    Such a cute tutorial! I saw this over on Erin’s blog and love the idea. Simple and fast. Just how I like my craft projects!

  4. Micro 11/08/2011 at 1:52 am #

    Adorable ! I’m sure my “Plume” will be so happy if I dot it for him :)

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Pencil Sharpener Is Stream-Lined (Jul, 1934)

Man, I bet that thing moves fast!

Pencil Sharpener Is Stream-Lined

THIS stream-lined pencil sharpener is a novel addition to any office, home, or workroom. It was designed by Raymond Loewy, well-known designer of automobiles and office equipment.

Even though the sharpener is much smaller than conventional units, the inventor asserts it is just as efficient and even easier to use. The stream-lined chromium-plated finish with tear-drop design head adds a dash of modernism to the tiny device.

This new sharpener can be fastened to any table top or to the wall. Shavings are readily removed from the base.

  1. Neil Russell says: July 23, 20087:17 am

    The inventor apparently is an adherent to the concept of “if it looks better it runs better”

    Although I do love the streamlined look, it’s sorely lacking today

  2. galessa says: July 23, 20088:14 am

    Mr. Loewy surely streamlined the sales curves of this thing.

  3. Alan Levita says: July 23, 20088:22 am

    Mr. Loewy was also the designer of the colour scheme for the Air Force One.

  4. nevrdull says: July 23, 20081:32 pm

    wow. now you can sharpen your pencil at 300 miles an hour..

  5. Charlene says: July 24, 200812:17 am

    I want that pencil sharpener so badly.

  6. Torgo says: July 24, 20086:14 pm

    How is it sorely lacking today? I sharpens pencils, and it looks beautiful — what more can it do?

  7. Randy says: July 24, 200810:30 pm

    From the mind who designed the Studebaker Avanti! No more needs to be said.

  8. Odon says: July 25, 20084:15 am

    â€œUntil the Thirties, all pencil sharpeners had looked like pencil sharpenersâ€”your basic Victorian mechanism, perhaps with a curlicue of decorative trim. After the advent of the designers, some pencil sharpeners looked as though theyâ€™d been put together in wind tunnels. For the most part, the change was only skin-deep; under the streamlined chrome shell, youâ€™d find the same Victorian mechanism. Which made a certain kind of sense, because the most successful American designers had been recruited from the ranks of Broadway theater designers. It was all a stage set, a series of elaborate props for playing at living in the future.â€

    –From â€œThe Gernsback Continuumâ€ by William Gibson

  9. galessa says: July 25, 200812:42 pm

    The commercial success of the streamlined redesign of many consumer goods in the 1930s points out important aspects of the relationship of design and the market. Although the inner works of this sharpener could be very similar to the victorian ones (but seldom the same), the ones that would get the preference of the public then were the streamlined ones, simply cause they were echoing the aspirations of the consumer of living in an idealized present, away from many restrictions of victorian times and the hard times of the early 30s.
    Besides, some designs represented REAL betterments over designs of the period. As an example, one can consider the refrigerator designs of the early 30s and the groundbreaking, trendsetting design of the Coldspot by Lowey, a better design in all aspects one could consider; from symbolic to strictly functional ones. To consider Streamlining as surface design only is a very superficial approach.

  10. Charlene says: July 25, 20082:42 pm

    Streamlining has a functional benefit: smooth surfaces are easier to keep clean than intricate designs.

    It’s not surprising that the Victorian and Edwardian ages were times of great detail in art, architecture, and interior design. If you could afford beautiful items in those days, you could also afford a maid to keep them clean. The streamlining of Art Deco and Retro occurred at the same time that the middle classes started doing their own housework, and I don’t think that’s a complete coincidence.

  11. Mike says: July 25, 20086:41 pm
  12. docca says: July 27, 200810:57 am

    “How is it sorely lacking today? I sharpens pencils, and it looks beautiful — what more can it do?”

    You bet if it was produced in China it would have some “extra functions”, like a flashlight, a card reader or a bottle opener :)

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David Filner on Classical Music

David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.

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Arts at Coker announces season

This is like a bad movie…my daughter (see my two previous blogs for the full story) has been away for just 24 hours and she has already been IN AN EARTHQUAKE! Since when does Washington, DC have earthquakes? Is this this some sort of cosmic joke on a nervous father?!?

Okay, I’m calm now. Julia is okay. She called. Back to today’s regularly scheduled blog…

San Antonio’s chamber music groups are all gearing up for the 2011-2012 season that begins in September. I wrote previously about the Tuesday Musical Club and Camerta San Antonio season announcements. I recently received information about the eclectic season planned by The Arts at Coker. Coker United Methodist Church has a wide variety of free concerts, some with visiting artists and some produced by their own orchestra. The Coker Orchestra features talented high school student from throughout the city and some adults. The Church was also the home of the Cactus Pear Music Festival this summer, and the San Antonio Symphony will perform Handel’s Messiah there in December.

One concert certainly destined to be a highlight of the San Antonio arts season will be violinist Nancy Zhou’s return from her freshman year at Harvard to give a recital on January 8, 2012. (Nancy will also be the featured soloist with the San Antonio Symphony in late March.) Another highlight of the Coker season will be the September performance of the Athens Guitar Trio. A guitar trio is an unusual chamber ensemble. Their web site describes the group:

The AGT brings an eclecticism to their programming by including styles as far apart as Classical and Klezmer, Americana and Spanish, or Renaissance and Contemporary. The addition of a rare eleven-string guitar extends their range and ensemble capabilities as well as adds to the sheer size of their sound…

Perhaps the best known artist on the Coker series is flutist Eugenia Zukerman. Zukerman’s career has many facets beyond being a performer. She created more than 300 portraits of artists as the Arts Correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. She is also an arts administrator, as her web site describes:

A creative and dynamic administrator, Eugenia Zukerman has been invited to curate Dallas Symphony’s inaugural Dallas Arts Fest in 2014. The appointment follows thirteen distinguished years as Artistic Director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. During her tenure, the festival in Vail developed an international profile through the annual residencies of the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony. Yo-Yo Ma, Lang-Lang, Yefim Bromfman and Jean-Yves Thibaudet were among the many internationally renowned artists who appeared during her directorship, further elevating the reputation of the Festival.

Here is the complete season for The Arts at Coker:
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 3 PM–The Athens Guitar Trio
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 3 PM–Dong-ill Shin, organ
Sunday, December 18, 2011, 7 PM–Christmas Pops
YuleTidings–Wednesday, 12 Noon–November 30, Jae Ha, organ
Wednesday, December 7, O’Connor High School Orchestra, Lisa McCutchan, conductor
December 14, The Hess Brothers Jazz Trio
Sunday, January 8, 2012, 3 PM–Nancy Zhou, violin
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3 PM–Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 3 PM—Don Irwin, piano
Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7 PM–Orchestra Honors Concert
Monday, July 2, 2012, 7 PM–Patriotic Pops

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NETROBE’s New Year’s Resolutions for your closet and an ever classic, fashionable wardrobe. . .

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3. Organise your closet by items first and then by colors. When they get all mixed up. . . take some time to re-organise!

4. Switch location of items and change your visibility, when you feel you are in a style slump! Chances are that you have the most common problem. . . you forget what you own!

5. It’s important to have a uniform look in your closet! Invest in good hangers, replacing the old wire ones with those from the Container Store!

6. As much as we love the high-street’s finds, the items should not be considered collector’s pieces! Make sure the ones left unworn to send them to Goodwill. . .

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The Niles Public Library’s Lego Club is built on the idea that motivated and creative kids, ranging from Kindergarten through 8th Grade, will produce clever and interesting projects if you take these steps: 1) put a few thousand Legos in front of them 2) maintain a safe space where they are free to experiment, plus “show off” […]

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Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist The Star-Ledger
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bobcol.JPGA Milstein family photo taken in May 2010: Nicolle Milstein (center) with her brother Craig and father George. Nicolle, 18, of Fair Lawn, raised money for cancer research in honor of her father, who died of pancreatic cancer in February.

FAIR LAWN — She and her older brother, Craig, sat across from their parents in the living room of their Fair Lawn home. They knew something was wrong, of course. Their father had not been well for weeks and the doctors were unsure why. But they didn’t expect this:

He had inoperable, stage four pancreatic cancer and his doctors said he would live just another six months.

"We cried," Nicolle Milstein says. "We said, ‘It's not fair.’ We're not bad people and we didn't deserve this."

George Milstein lived for more than three years, virtually the entire high school career of his daughter and, during that time, father and daughter learned a lot about each other and about themselves. He was 58.

"He was never really an optimistic person," says Nicolle, 18, "but yet he was determined to fight this. My father would do whatever he needed to do to live as normally as he could."

He continued to work, making up days he lost to chemotherapy. He refused the idea of leaving the upstairs bedroom he shared with his wife, Andrea, even when walking became difficult. He did whatever he could to help ease the sadness, fear, and anger that comes with a diagnosis of terminal cancer.

"He fought the fight of his life with no intention of ever giving up."

Nicolle knew her father was doing that for his children. She wanted to do something in return. "I wanted to make my dad proud."

But how? She already was a straight-A student, a classical pianist who had won regional competitions, someone who volunteered to help children and senior citizens. "A perfectionist from the moment she started school," says Andrea. "She would get upset about a B-plus."

bobcol2.JPGNicolle Milstein, 18, of Fair Lawn, raised money for cancer research in honor of her father, who died of pancreatic cancer in February. Nicolle won a scholarship for kids whose parents are affected by cancer.

Nicolle says she would live her life in a way that would "honor" her father. She would not allow his illness to distract her from the hard work she always displayed in school. She might cry at night when she turned off her light but she would keep focused.

"I couldn’t let him see I was becoming a different person because of what was happening to him," she says.

She worked even harder in school, eventually graduating — four months after her father’s death — with high honors, near the top of her class. She worked harder at the piano, winning statewide honors. Nicolle took the most difficult courses she could and found herself studying for three Advanced Placement (AP) tests while her family sat shiva for her father.

But she was becoming a different person. "I began to see what really mattered, what was important and what wasn't important. I heard students complain about the most pathetic things."

Nicolle also was determined to do whatever she could to help eradicate the disease that would kill her father. With the help of teachers at Fair Lawn High School, she initiated "Purple Day," now an annual event in November designed to make students aware of pancreatic cancer. Other teachers also helped her raise money to donate to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, a national group that supports research and provides assistance to families affected by the disease.

Nicolle changed in another way as well. She had thought most of her life she would become a teacher — Andrea works with handicapped children in a public school — but her father’s illness made her reconsider that, too.

"I thought of the people who tried to help us get through my father’s illness," she says. She was impressed by local pharmacists who made sure her father got the medication he needed, even when insurance companies balked, prescriptions expired, and the manufacture of some medicines was discontinued.

"I’d be with my mother when she would go to the drug store and watch the people there got on the phone and insist that my father get everything he needed. I never thought of drug stores that way."

Nicolle was admitted to the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia where she planned to study pharmacy but, after her father’s death and his long fight with cancer, the family’s finances wouldn’t allow it. She will start at nearby Ramapo College in the fall and insists she will go on to pharmacy school eventually. She will bring her advocacy for eliminating the disease to the state college.

She will attend Ramapo with the help of a scholarship from the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. In an essay she wrote to win the grant, Nicolle explained she knows her father would be proud to know she wants to make a difference in the lives of other families stricken by cancer.

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Rihanna to launch collection for UK fashion brand River Island

The R&B/pop singer’s first collaboration with the high-end, street-style company doesn’t go on sale until March 5, but a behind-the-scenes clip shows a preview of some of the pieces as well as a few words from Rihanna herself. She sits … Continue reading

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Portland to Coast walking and knitting

Peggy McMullen, The Oregonian By Peggy McMullen, The Oregonian The Oregonian
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For a link to a PDF file with the Portland to Coast route and details, go here.
Are you looking for a little knitting-inspired exercise motivation? No, we're not talking about knitting a bikini. Chrissy Gardiner is trying to organize a group of knitters for the Portland to Coast walking relay. She emailed us to say they still need three more walkers and a couple of alternates/support folks. "I'd love to have a team full of knitters without having to resort to begging my family to fill in the last few slots."

The walk is a team relay event similar to the Hood To Coast runners relay. Walkers start in downtown Portland and rotate in relay fashion 127 miles to Seaside. Each walker does two 5 to 6 mile legs during the day (Aug. 22, same day as Hood to Coast runners relay start). Participants need to prepay an entry fee of $71 (which, along with entry, gets you a T-shirt and finisher medal.)

"Speedy walking is not a requirement!" Chrissy wrote. "In exchange, they'll get to spend the day with a group of wild & crazy knitters (one team member has proposed that we all knit on the same scarf as
we walk, passing it off when we pass the relay baton) and be motivated to get in shape over the summer."

If you're interested, email Chrissy ASAP, she says. "There are still around 30 team slots left but they'll fill before too long."

For more details on the Portland to Coast walk go here.

No team name yet, but Chrissy said they'll come up with something fun.

If anyone else out there has knitting/crocheting team walking or running in Hood to Coast, let us know! We'd love to keep track of how it goes!


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By Mary Blair

Slow lorises are enigmatic nocturnal primates that are notoriously difficult to find in the wild. The five species of slow loris that have been evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species are classified as threatened or critically endangered with extinction. So, how did one end up recently on the set of Lady Gaga’s music video? Lorises don’t make good pets or video props, especially as they are the world’s only venomous primates. But, unfortunately, it is easier to see a loris as an exotic pet in a Youtube video or on Rihanna’s shoulder as a photo prop than it is to see them in the wild.

In my current research at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, my team is surveying for Bengal (Nycticebus bengalensis) and pygmy slow lorises (N. pygmaeus) in Vietnam to determine their population status – how many lorises remain across different key sites in Vietnam, and how their current numbers compare to previous surveys. I have written before about the challenges my team has faced searching for these elusive creatures, but this time, I’d like to discuss the broader difficulties of searching for low-density, rare animals, and how knowledge gaps about these creatures can preclude the development of effective management plans for their conservation.

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Intensive fieldwork on Vietnam’s primates only began in the mid-1990s, focusing on those species assessed to be the most in danger of extinction, especially gibbons (Nomascus spp.) and colobines such as snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus), doucs (Pygathrix spp.), and leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus spp.). Comparatively little research to date has focused on species assumed to be common such as the macaques (Macaca spp.) and the nocturnal lorises (Nycticebus spp.). These groups are presumed common because they seem to be able to persist in more diverse habitats including agroforest and regenerating forest, while gibbons, doucs, snub-nosed and leaf monkeys are found in established primary or secondary forests, which are rapidly depleting in Vietnam. As a result of this assumption, very few studies have focused on macaques or lorises in Vietnam and thus, there is very little if any information available to accurately assess their conservation status.

Now that researchers have started collecting data more intensively on slow lorises in Vietnam, we are finding that they are at such low densities that it is difficult to accurately calculate their density with statistical precision. However, as more and more researchers choose to focus on nocturnal, rare mammals like lorises across the globe (from owl monkeys to galagos to colugos), we can synthesize across our efforts to learn from each other, refine our methods, and generate more appropriate statistical models. In addition to continuing our surveys, we also working to raise awareness about threats to slow loris populations in Vietnam, and we are training local forest rangers and researchers to conduct ongoing population monitoring.

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Ironically, in this case, there was the least information available about the animals assumed to be the most common. Without fundamental data on population status or distribution, it is difficult to either build effective conservation management plans for slow lorises or attract the federal and private funding necessary to implement such plans. And as such, major conservation actions in the region to date have focused on higher profile primate species, for which there is more information about conservation status. We are finally moving towards having enough scientific information to design a plan of action for improved conservation management of slow loris populations in Vietnam.

In Indonesia, at least 15,000 lorises are trafficked each year for the exotic pet trade. Numbers are not available for Vietnam or other countries in Mainland Southeast Asia, but our work so far suggests that pressure from the trade remains quite high. Our upcoming work in Vietnam, funded by the US National Science Foundation, will expand our research to include social science approaches to better inform policy makers about the underlying social and economic drivers of illicit trade in lorises. You can learn more about what other intrepid loris researchers are doing and how you can help to raise awareness and decrease demand for these endangered animals as exotic pets and photo props.

 Dr. Mary Blair is the Assistant Director for Research and Strategic Planning at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History. Her research explores how knowledge of evolutionary processes can inform conservation planning. Her work in Vietnam is supported in part by the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund and by a US National Science Foundation Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellowship under Grant No. NSF-CHE-1313908. Mary has blogged about her work in Vietnam for the Museum’s Fieldwork Journal and for the New York Times, and is the author of Primate Ecology and Conservation. You can follow Mary on Twitter @marye_blair. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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Missy Elliott To Release Two Singles Over Labor Day Weekend

I hope you didn’t forget how to work it. Or put your thing down, flip it, and reverse it, for that matter.

Beloved hip-hop songstress Missy Elliott is slated to make a return to the pop landscape over labor day weekend with the release of two new singles, “9th Inning” and “Triple Threat.” While Elliott has performed the tracks live in the past few months, their commercial release marks the first new music in over four years from the performer born Melissa Arentt Elliot.

If these tracks are anywhere close to the quality of past singles such as “Work It,” “Lose Control,” or “Get Ur Freak On,” then we’re looking at the comeback story of the year, ya’ll.


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New Sunscreen Rules – Again

If you ever wonder whether you’re doing it right – applying your sunscreen that is – you may be happy to know that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing new guidelines geared to helping protect consumers from skin cancer through clearer labeling on sun protection products. The guidelines take effect June 18, though it will take some time to filter through to store shelves.

Cause for concern is that the sun’s UV rays are comprised of both UVA and UVB rays. And if you’re judging a sunscreen by existing guidelines, namely the SPF (sun protection factor) rating, then you only know how much protection it offers against UVB rays – those that cause sunburn. UVA rays penetrate deeper into the skin and cause premature aging. UVA rays can also penetrate through clouds and windows and they are prevalent year round. Both types of rays contribute to skin cancer.

Sunscreen products will have to pass a new FDA test that allows them to be labelled as “broad spectrum”, followed by its SPF (sun protection factor), to indicate that it offers effective protection against both UVA and UVB rays. The FDA is also considering a proposal to cap the SPF indicator at “50+” (similar to the European Union) based on research that anything higher than 50 is only marginally better. For the very low SPF products (those that do not pass the broad spectrum test or have an SPF of 14 or lower), they will be required to carry a warning that reads, in part, “This product has been shown only to help prevent sunburn, not skin cancer or early skin aging.”

Skin care experts recommend wearing a sunscreen every day, year round. Yet, it’s estimated that only 1 in 5 people wear sunscreen properly on a consistent daily basis. You should apply a small shot glass worth of sunscreen to cover face, ears, neck, hands and any other exposed skin, but people typically wear about a half to a third of the recommended amount of sunscreen, which results in them only getting a half to a third of the coverage they think they’re getting. Suddenly, an SPF 30 product, will only deliver SPF 10 or 15 protection.

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Ian McFarland, Principal and VP of Technology for Pivotal Labs, reprises his popular RailsConf 2010 talk. Ian describes the technical and social aspects of how Pivotal practices agile software development.

“We’ve been practicing these methods for over 10 years, so we’ve learned a thing or two about how it all works. We want to share what we’ve learned…and we think it can make your own work more sustainable, delightful, and productive.”

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Productive Rails View Development in RubyMine

RubyMine includes several commands to simplify working with Rails views. In this post, we’ll look at OS X keyboard shortcuts for view navigation, creation, and previewing; ERB code generation and refactoring; and HTML code generation and navigation.

View Basics

Navigate from an action to its corresponding view with command + control + Up.

If an action doesn’t have a view, RubyMine will offer to create one.

Use command + control + Up again to navigate from a view back to its action.

Preview a view in a browser with option + F2.

Generate ERB expressions with command + shift + .

Use command + option + T to surround a selection with markup or ERB.

Refactor a selection into a partial with control + T.

Generate opening and closing HTML tags by entering a tag name followed by Tab, e.g., i m g Tab.

Use powerful Emmet abbreviations to easily generate markup.

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Change/rename a tag with shift + F6.

View a CSS selector’s declaration inline with option + Space.

Navigate to it with command + B.

Accurately search for its usage with usage search, e.g., option + F7 to “Find Usages”.

A Familiar Feeling

The Rails view equivalents of commonly used commands such as “Go to declaration”, “Rename”, and “Find Usages”, thankfully, have been designed to work with HTML tags and CSS selectors. Powerful code generation helps simplify tedious view ceremony. Add in a few more view-specific commands, and Rails view development feels just as productive as everything else in RubyMine.

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Upon choosing the StudioLive, Royal Teeth didn’t just end up hauling a mixer around. The StudioLive provided Royal Teeth with a complete solution for all of their touring needs, including:

• Live mixing of their shows
• Multi-track recording of shows along the entire tour, via Capture 2
• Mixing and publication of live show recordings via Studio One 2.5
• Room analysis and tuning using StudioLive’s integrated Smaart Wizards
• Onstage personal monitoring via QMix
• Remote iPad mixing via StudioLive Remote
• Fan acquisition via Nimbit’s FanCheck.In.

ALL of these technologies are included with the StudioLive mixers. For more on the StudioLive series, visit:

Here’s a whole slew of six videos featuring Royal Teeth’s experience on the road with their StudioLive, its Smaart integration, QMix, and Nimbit. Big thanks to Royal Teeth for their support of the PreSonus brand; glad to have you kind folks on board!

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PreSonus LIVE—Shoot the Club is now up on YouTube! Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:39:20 +0000 In this episode of PreSonus LIVE, Justin showcases the PRM1 measurement microphone and the Smaart Wizard functionality that is included in the StudioLive 16.4.2 and 24.4.2 mixers.

Learn how to use Smaart Spectra to fine tune your live rig to your environment. We also take a look at ringing out your stage monitors using Smaart features.

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Controlling Feedback With The StudioLive and Smaart from Sonic Sense Pro Audio Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:00:26 +0000 Marc Nutter, VP at Sonic Sense shares a couple techniques for controlling stage monitor feedback using the PreSonus Studiolive 24.4.2 and Rational Acoustics Smaart. Thanks guys!

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Of course, you still get the Smaart Spectragraph and Smaart Real Time Analyzer (RTA) that were added to VSL earlier this year, and they work with all three StudioLive models.

These Smaart tools enable you to vastly improve the quality of your sound system—and your effectiveness as a live-sound engineer! You can even interface with them via StudioLive Remote on your iPad.

With these tools in your arsenal, you should probably start charging more for gigs. Just sayin’.

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Tech Talk Live: Smaart Integration now Available on YouTube… Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:23:05 +0000 …and here ’tis. Learn about all the advantages of Universal Control 1.6, including Smaart spectra!

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Justin Bieber Multi-tasking on DWTS

Bieber fever (and maybe a touch of laryngitis) hit the stage last night on Dancing With the Stars. The challenge of dancing AND singing simultaneously seemed to take its toll on the Biebermeister’s musical magic, but at least it was proof he wasn’t lip-synching! With dancing ninjas flipping spectacularly around him, the Biebs might have been better off just focusing on the vocals, but ultimately he did what he does best: charming the ladies (and Len Goodman!).

Highlights of the evening, (besides J. Bieb) included Boyz II Men and a sensational, shirtless Derek Hough in a piece of sizzling, original choreography contributing to the “Ladies Night” feel of the show. David Arquette was voted off, and once again Nancy Grace can thank the appeal of her partner Tristan Macmanus for keeping the calls coming in.

Watch Bieber facing the fire in Never Say Never last night and check out Derek Hough’s dance, here (full episode).

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School Zone: The P-I's Seattle-Area Schools Blog

From the WASL to WAZZU, P-I education reporters Jessica Blanchard and Amy Rolph bring you need-to-know education news from around the Northwest — K-12 and beyond.

New school environmental health and safety rules on hold?

Looks like the chances are fading that the State Board of Health’s oft-delayed new environmental health and safety rule will be adopted soon. [Read More]

Fraternity house falls keep piling up

The Associated Press is reporting that another frat-house fall happened early Tuesday morning, this time at the University of Idaho. [Read More]

Study: Gay students often feel unsafe at school

GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, recently unveiled its 2007 “National School Climate Survey.” Among the findings: More than 86% of the 6,209 middle- and high-school students surveyed said they’d experienced harassment at school in the past year, and about 60% felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation. [Read More]

Online service tracks crime on college campuses

Seattle’s University District is peppered with fists, robbers and handcuffs, according to a recently-launched Web site that tracks crime near college campuses around the country. [Read More]

Don’t mess with Texas teachers – some are packing

In the wake of school shootings, some pundits have been quick to suggest that the crimes could have been averted if the teachers had been armed. Now, starting this fall, one tiny Texas school district plans to do just that. – [Read More]


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No on I-920

Statewide, 60 percent of early returns were against Inititative 920, which would remove taxes on large estates, called the “death tax.” In King County, opposition was running even higher against it, with 63.5 percent of voters saying no in early returns.

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Uncle Ted’s favorite Democrat

Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, takes time off from campaigning for indicted Republican Sen. Ted Stevens to hit up local Democrats. [Read More]

New Gregoire Ad – Your vote or Dino’s?

This from Mary Lane, a spokeswoman for the state Republicans, [Read More]

Don Young: Lipstick on a pig

The embattled, investigated Alaska congressman puts a new name on his annual “pig roast.” [Read More]
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Rossi to NPR: I won’t show

The Republican gubernatorial candidate blows off a joint public radio appearance with Gov. Chris Gregoire, says he will do no NPR interviews between now and November. [Read More]

Seattle finally unloads loos

City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech, self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5 million but sold online for just $12,549, The Associated Press reports. [Read More]
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Riley Griffiths

Skyline freshman balances football with Hollywood career

Skyline’s Riley Griffiths looks like a typical goofy freshman playing high school football. But the 6-foot, 186-pound lineman has a bit more on his resume than your average 14-year-old, Mason Kelley of The Seattle Times reported. [Read More]