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I often look to the Internet for inspiration and information for starting a company. Now that I am starting a software/web company, I find the online resource indispensable and relevant to my endeavor. So I have compiled a list of relevant online articles and blog posts that I read and have provided some value to me in starting and building a digital media startup. Here's the list:
Entrepreneurship Wisdom and Advice
- How to Start a Startup – Paul Graham (Recommended)
An inspiring essay on starting a startup by a seasoned entrepreneur and entrepreneur mentor Paul Graham.
- Be Good – Paul Graham (Recommended)
I love this essay – it gives a sense and purpose on entrepreneurship. So go out and change the world. Entrepreneurs are motivated to solving people's problems – it's a higher calling for doing a startup.
- The Art of the Start (Video) – Guy Kawasaki (Recommended)
No B.S. advice on startup by Guy Kawasaki. The book, which is got me started, is also available from Amazon.
- Ten Rules for Web Startups – Evan Williams
The qualities of a founder and rules for starting a web company.
- Startups in 13 Sentences – Paul Graham
13 advices for startups.
- The 18 Mistakes that Kill Startups – Paul Graham
18 mistakes to avoid. Good read.
- A Dozen of Don'ts for Entrepreneurs – Guy Kawasaki
Instead of talking about what you should do in a startup. the article articulates what entrepreneurs should avoid doing.
- 37 Pithy Insights from Street-Smart Entrepreneurs – Dharmesh Shah
A collection of advice and inspiration from street-smart entrepreneurs.
- Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund – Y Combinator (Recommended)
A list of thought-provoking startup ideas (mostly software- and web-based).
- Your Idea Probably Sucks, Now Go Do It Anyway – Jason Cohen (Recommended)
Your idea probably sucks, and it doesn't matter because your business will probably turn out to be something completely different.
- Developing New Startup Ideas – Chris Dixon
Don't be secretive. Think and get inspired by walking around, and talk about your ideas.
- Not Disruptive and Proud of It – Jason Cohen
You don't need disruptive ideas, a case for incremental innovation.
- Six Principles for Making New Things – Paul Graham
6 principles for implementing an idea.
Strategy and Framework
- Lean Startup (Video) – Eric Ries (Recommended)
This is a great introduction video to Lean Startup, a framework of processes for managing a startup through Agile Product Development and Customer Development methodologies. Lean Startup has been successfully advocated and used by many successful startups.
- Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application – 37 Signals (Recommended)
Comprehensive, detailed guide to smarter, faster, and easier way to build web-based applications by 37signals. Must read if you are starting a web startup.
- 12 Months to Startup – Kimberly Stans, Entrepreneur.com
A step-by-step guide to have your business up and running.
- The Bootstrapper's Guide to Launching New Products – Darren Dahl, Inc.
How to bootstrap a startup using lean product development and minimum viable product.
- Competition is Overrated – Chris Dixon
Don't get inhibited by competition. As a startup, you are primarily competing against indifference and lack of understanding.
- No, that is Not a Competitive Advantage – Jason Cohen
Misconceptions about competitive advantages for startups.
- Startup Competitive Advantages that Work – Jason Cohen
What are the "real" competitive advantages for startups and advice on building them.
Product Design
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) – Nivi, Venture Hacks (Recommended)
Intro to minimum viable product, a strategy for a rapid development and release of a product or feature to help validate product and market assumptions. A follow-up to this post includes real world examples of MVP.
- Minimum Desirable Product (MDP) – Andrew Chen (Recommended)
One criticism of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is that the framework helps answers questions about a startup from a business perspective. A variant of MVP, calls Minimum Desirable Product (MDP) looks at the startup from a usability and user perspective. Great read if you are committed to creating an insanely great product experience. Here's a follow-up to the post (with slides included).
- Design Tips for Startups – Thomas Petersen
Great design tips for web startups.
Product Development and Management
- Customer Development Methodology – Steve Blank (Recommended)
Why product development alone is not enough for startups? The customer development model complements product development of startups. To learn more about Customer Development buy the book "The Four Steps to Epiphany" from Amazon or download a sample of the book.
- Customer Development Checklist for my Web Startup Part I (Customer Discovery and customer development background) – Ash Maurya (Recommended)
Need more details on customer development. Ash Maurya wrote a detailed, comprehensive guide on defining a customer development checklist for his web startup.
- Customer Development Checklist for my Web Startup Part 2 (Customer validation) – Ash Maurya (Recommended)
Follow-up to Ash's customer development checklist guide.
- You're a Little Company, Now Act Like One – Jason Cohen
Start small, but think big. Most importantly, be yourself, stay passionate, and go for the early adopters.
- Releasing Early is not Always Good? – Jason Cohen (onStartups)
Good arguments against releasing early.
Business Model
- 5 Business Models for Social Media Startups – Jun Loayza (Recommended)
5 business models analyzed. Excellent post.
- How to Create a Profitable Freemium Startup? – Andrew Chen (Recommended)
A thorough analysis of the Freemium model and how to make it profitable. Includes an Excel spreadsheet. A must-read for those interested in the Freemium model.
- SaaS – New Software Model, New Challenges – Don Dodge (Recommended)
A good intro to software as a service (SaaS).
- What Does the "Media Business Model" Mean? – Chris Anderson
Breakdown of 20+ business models (and their variants) for the digital media companies.
- Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack – Steve Blank
Looking at innovations and business models using both the Business Model Design and Customer Development methodologies.
- Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business – Chris Anderson
Free is in and here's why. Chris Anderson's thought-provoking article on giving away products in the digital age.
- User Growth vs Revenue (Why "Free Only" May Limit Growth) – Sean Ellis
An argument against free model.
Sales and Marketing
- If You Build It, They Won't Come – Jason Baptiste (Recommended)
Building a product isn't enough. Here is Jason's guide to launching products properly to ensure long-term success.
- 30 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Business – April Joyner (Inc.)
Great summary on how social media can be used to promote your business.
- How Not to Market Your Startup – Neil Patel
How not to repeat marketing mistakes of digital media startups.
- Jason Calacanis on How to Get PR for your Startup: Fire your PR Company – Jason Calacanis, Business Insider
Thought-provoking article on PR. You don't need a PR firm. You just need to be amazing, be everywhere, and be real.
Leadership, People, and Culture
- How to pick a co-founder? – Naval Ravikant, Venture Hacks (Recommended)
Choosing a co-founder is perhaps the single most important decision for an entrepreneur. What qualities to consider in a co-founder?
- Hiring Employee #1 – Jason Cohen (Recommended)
Excellent tips on hiring in an early-stage startup.
- Notes on Leadership: Be Like Steve Jobs,… And Bill Campbell, and Andy Grove – Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz argues that successful startups have CEOs that have these 3 qualities: ability to articulate vision, has the right ambition, and the ability to achieve the vision. Good read.
- Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers – Mark Suster
Roll up your sleeves and get do every job function of the startup.
- Personality of a Company: Establishing Culture and Values Early On – Jerry Kaplan
In companies, like children, personality is set early and expresses itself differently through the years but it doesn't change, says Kaplan. Entrepreneurs should establish values and culture early on and to remember that these values reflect the values of the founders
Funding and Pitching
- How to Fund a Startup – Paul Graham (Recommended)
A must-read essay on funding and the sources of funding.
- A Fundraising Survival Guide – Paul Graham (Recommended)
A follow-up post on Pau Graham's post "How to Fund a Startup." Some good tips and how to set the right expectations.
- No Plan Survives First Contact with Customers – Steve Blank (Recommended)
Don't waste time on a business plan. But do business planning and come up with a business model.
- How to Pitch to Investors – Paul Graham (Recommended)
A must-read essay on pitching to investors.
- 9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital – Dharmesh Shah
Good insights and tips in raising funds in initial venture rounds.
- Types of Angel Financing – Walker Corporate Law Group
So an angel investor is willing to invest in your venture. Now what? Issue common stock, preferred stock, or convertible notes?
- How to Bootstrap Your Startup – Matt Rodgers
Detailed tips on how you can bootstrap your startup.
- 10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Busines – Clate Mask
Raising money is hard and distracting. A case for bootstrapping a venture. In general, it's good to bootstrap the business as long as possible, but know when it's time to seek investors.
- Don't Write a Business Plan – Jason Cohen
Another post against writing a business plan.
- Pitch Yourself, Not Your Idea – Chris Dixon
It's about you and your team. Ultimately, you need to articulate to the investors that you and your team can build the product.
I also want to give a shout-out to Stanley Tang. While compiling this list, I constantly referred to his blog post: 256 Must-Read Content for All Tech Entrepreneurs. It's a great resource.


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'DUCK Dynasty' patriarch Phil Robertson will return to work on US network A&E's reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a boycott backlash.
In a statement Friday, the US network that airs the show A&E said it was bringing Robertson back after discussions with his Louisiana family featured in the hit reality series and "numerous advocacy groups."
Last week, the channel had put Robertson on what it called an indefinite "hiatus" because of his comments in a GQ magazine article that the Bible views gays as sinners akin to adulterers, prostitutes and swindlers.
A&E said it decided to drop Robertson from the show about a wealthy family that makes duck calls because it is part of a company whose core values are "centred around creativity, inclusion and mutual respect."
While reiterating that Robertson's views are not those of the channel, A&E noted Friday that he has publicly said he would "never incite or encourage hate." The show itself is more than one man's views, it added.
"It resonates with a large audience because it is a show about family, a family that America has come to love. As you might have seen in many episodes, they come together to reflect and pray for unity, tolerance and forgiveness," A&E said.
The Robertson family said it had no immediate comment Friday.
Robertson's remarks in GQ were quickly slammed by groups including GLAAD, the gay rights group, which responded critically to A&E's decision Friday.
"If dialogue with Phil is not part of (the) next steps then A&E has chosen profits over African-American and gay people - especially its employees and viewers," GLAAD said, referring to Robertson's comment to GQ that he never saw "the mistreatment of any black person" and that the ones he picked cotton with in the pre-Civil Rights South were happy.
But A&E's move against Robertson provoked a flood of support from those who share his views and others who defended his freedom of speech.
Within a day, more than a half-million people liked an impromptu Facebook page demanding A&E be boycotted until he returns. A petition calling for A&E to bring him back reached 250,000 signatures and counting in about a week.
While TV ratings tend to fluctuate, particularly during the holidays when viewing drops, the overall A&E audience was smaller after it landed in "Duck" soup than before.
For the week of Dec. 16-22, the channel averaged 1.5 million viewers, compared to 2 million for the week before, according to Nielsen figures.
During the week of Dec. 17-23 last year, a roughly comparable period to the post-Robertson flap period, the channel averaged 1.73 million viewers.
Duck Dynasty is the channel's highest-rated program and set a reality show record for cable with nearly 12 million viewers for its fourth-season debut this past summer.
Randy Schmidt, a Duck Dynasty fan in Illinois, said he's glad to see Robertson return to the show that Schmidt said has "Christian values."
He didn't care for Robertson's comments but he has a right to express his opinions, Mr Schmidt said, adding that he's likely not the only one pleased about Robertson's return.
"A&E's pocketbook will be happy, too," he predicted.
Robertson's well-known supporters included former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who complained that his free-speech rights were being trampled. Bobby Jindal, governor of the state of Louisiana, complained that Miley Cyrus got a pass for twerking on TV while Phil got shown the door.
Last week, the family said in a statement on its Duck Commander website that although some of Phil Robertson's comments were coarse, "his beliefs are grounded" in the Bible and he "is a Godly man." They also said that "as a family, we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm."
Duck Dynasty is on hiatus until January 15, and the network has said that nine of next season's 10 episodes have already been filmed. That means Robertson likely wasn't needed in front of the camera before next March.
A&E said it intended to launch a national public service campaign "promoting unity, tolerance and acceptance among all people."


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Jackson Prus is seven years old and awesome. He was Lady Gaga for Halloween last year ("There was a lighting bolt on my face.") His favorite animal is the panda, and his favorite house style is "modern." His favorite colors? "Teal, highlighter pink, highlighter yellow, lime green, orange, highlighter orange, and I like black. Black can be cool."
I would never wear gray. It's my least favorite color. I actually hate that color. It's the worst color ever. I like fun colors, not dark and lazy colors.
More at the link!
Image by Jonathan Willis, used with permission.


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JTF (just the facts): Published in 2008 by the Humble Arts Foundation. Large format book, soft bound, with 176 pages. Curated by Alana Celii, Jon Feinstein, and Grant Willing. Each of the 163 artists (or pairs of artists) is represented by a single large image and contact information. Includes a curatorial statement by Jon Feinstein and an introduction by Ruben Natal-San Miguel (a collector and blogger at ARTmostfierce).
Comments/Context: While most photography collectors, curators, auction house specialists, and art critics spend virtually all of their time and energy focused on artists that have some kind of credible gallery representation, the harsh reality is that 99+% of photographers out there aren't represented by a reputable gallery or dealer anywhere, much less in New York or London. And while photography became a broadly democratic medium a long time ago, the recent transition to digital imaging has made picture making and sharing even easier, touching off an explosion of new photography over the past few years.
Contrast this with the current state of the retail gallery world and the mismatch becomes clear. Given the challenges of a poor economy, the overall number of operating "bricks and mortar" galleries is generally flat, with some galleries expanding while others are failing. Finding new representation is therefore almost a zero sum game – someone likely has to fall off the list to make room for a new addition; the aggregate "shelf space" is effectively fixed. The prospects for new photographers trying to break in are dim at best.
Of course, the art world is a unique beast. Can you imagine U2 deciding to sell its music through a handful of tiny retail outlets in dodgy neighborhoods? Or Dan Brown selling his newest thriller via a single storefront? Of course not, and yet, this is the distribution model that most artists are killing themselves trying to find.
While gallery owners often complain about the "overwhelming" "deluge" of solicitations they receive and the challenges of responding to each and every one, the reality is having good "deal flow" (access to the best new artists that come along) is the key to a sustainable business, and smart dealers (especially those focused on emerging work) invest time in their networks and build systems for reviewing each portfolio with honest care and attention, ensuring that the artist feels genuinely respected and helped, as a positive experience leads to more deal flow down the road. Given that each gallery has a different vision of what will sell and what is important over a long time scale, the trick is to sift through literally hundreds in search of the one or two that fit the program as envisioned.
Silicon Valley venture capitalists work in much the same manner, looking for the needle (the next Google) in a haystack (a massive pile of marginal business plans), and often finding ways to get pre-screened deals (from known sources, feeder funds, and high quality referrals), where the bottom two thirds have already been cut away, leaving a smaller and higher quality pile that can then be reviewed with more attention.
In many ways, this is exactly what the folks at the Humble Arts Foundation are doing with the collection of emerging photographers in this book: taking the role of triage nurse or venture capitalist, with the idea that the filtered list they generate will have a higher percentage of signal to noise, and that professionals in the industry can use the book as a resource guide and hopefully sidestep some of the time consuming sorting of an ever growing population of aspiring photographers. If their hit rate (artists in the book finding solid gallery representation over time) is better than 1 out of 10, they'll be doing better than most Silicon Valley technology VCs.
To me, this reference book seems like an intermediate step on the way to something much bigger and more transformational. Today, this is a physical book, sent through the mail to a select group of hand picked insiders. While the world of photography is indeed small, this seems like a very 1980s mindset. Instead, it seems like a logical extension to take advantage of the Internet technologies at our disposal to do something much more powerful. Given that the cost of storage is effectively zero, think of these extensions:
- Put profiles of the all the artists onto a searchable website
- Make the review process a systematic and constant effort, rather than every few years
- Add 100 or 200 or however many new photographers that meet the standards threshold every year, rather than every few years
- Sort the emerging photographers into some sort of taxonomy to make it easier for dealers, collectors and curators to find potential matches
- Feature a dozen pictures by each featured artist instead of just one
- Add live links to the artist websites
The goal is to become the "filter" of choice for galleries and emerging photographers alike. Sure, it's a bunch of work, but there are literally dozens of ways to take the simple idea embodied in this resource book to the next level. (Chris Anderson's The Long Tail (here) would be a good place to get some ideas.)
The danger of a volume like this one is that it quickly becomes a quaint set piece of "what photography was like in 2008". And I will admit that on the whole, there does seem to be a heavy dose of deadpan introspection in this collection; there are plenty of quiet personal moments that seem derivative of Alec Soth and Wolfgang Tillmans. What I didn't find, and think is out there, is a staggering diversity of approaches and styles that we haven't seen before. While it is true that emerging photographers are still refining their voices and may not have it all figured out yet, a book like this should blow my hair back and explode in my hands, sizzling with electric new ideas; the point after all is to do something different. I'm sorry to say I didn't need fire proof gloves to hold this collection, but I think there is the nugget of a great idea buried in these pages.
Collector's POV: Since we are collectors, it seems only fair that we should take a stab at picking some winners from our particular perch. Unfortunately for us, much of the work here doesn't fit our specific collecting themes, and therefore wouldn't be a great fit for our walls; many subjects that were of interest to earlier photographers (and that we collect) seem to have lost their relevance for contemporary artists. That said, based on the single image presented in the book (a crazy premise we know), here are 10 photographers that we think have a better than average chance for longer term success. What we were looking for was a combination of a unique/authentic point of view and that elusive "timelessness", a picture (or overall vision brought forth in a larger body of work) that might still hold its power a decade or two on. Here's the list (in alphabetical order):
Robyn Cumming (here)
Amy Elkins (here)
Molly Landreth (here)
Shane Lavalette (here)
Alejandra Laviada (here)
Eric Percher (here)
Friederike Von Rauch (here)
Nadine Rovner (here)
Amy Stein (here)
Jeongmee Yoon (here)
Collecting is of course a personal process, and it seems obvious that others might flip through this volume and select an entirely different group of potential survivors. This is the critical takeaway I think: diversity is a good (and natural) thing. Part of the reason I believe the auction houses fared so well during the recent boom was that they were offering a further democratization of a relatively closed art distribution system; they were following the natural flow toward more choice in the right direction. There is no reason that this curated approach by Humble Arts couldn't be expanded to 1000 photographers, broadening the scope even further; if they did it right, just think of what a powerhouse in emerging photography it could become.
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We are rapidly approaching an age where portable computers may not be much to write home about if they don't have some kind of fast, wide area Internet access. The iPhone sports 3G capabilities, one of Acer's netbooks comes with a data contract, and now, if generic comments from an AT&T department president are to be believed, Apple may be working with AT&T to produce a 3G-enabled MacBook.
In a conversation with Fortune, Glenn Lurie, AT&T's President of Emerging Devices Division, discussed netbooks and the emerging business model of subsidizing devices in exchange for everyone's favorite two-year data subscription contract. Lurie says that AT&T's holiday experiment with a $99 Acer Aspire One netbook that requires a contract for data service went "extremely well," and the carrier is looking to expand on its prospects of supplying data services to more gadgets.
At the end of the interview, Lurie teases the fact that he recently sat down with Apple COO Tim Cook—who, once again, is stepping in during Steve Jobs' leave of absence. While Lurie did not namedrop any specific product opportunities, he did say, "I would very much like to do more business with Apple, and hope that we do" in response to questions about a discounted MacBook.
Combine these comments with Apple's statement from its Q1 2009 earnings call that it is "watching [the netbook] space," and it isn't hard to imagine a MacBook 3G in the company's future. While the $1,299 MacBook probably wouldn't drop to quite the price range of the Aspire One with AT&T's subsidizing, the possibility is there for either a cheaper MacBook/Pro, or the much-rumored arrival of an actual Apple netbook.
One minor detail that the two companies will have to contend with is how to handle iPhone owners who already pay $20-30 for data on their (non-tetherable) phones. Asking aspiring MacBook 3G owners who are already iPhone subscribers to drop what is typically $60 for data connections on a subsidized notebook might not go over well. Hopefully, some appreciation for doubling up on 3G devices will soften the financial blow.


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Earthworms are easy, kids: Christy Shi's Know Your Farms group, the people who started the local-farms buying club, are adding local food summer camps for kids ages 8-12 in Davidson. The one-week camps include organic vegetable gardening, community service, arts and crafts from recyled items, local food production and field trips on foot. Sessions are June 21-26, June 28-July 2, July 19-24, July 26-30 and Aug. 9-14, and run from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Suggested rate is $325 per child, although Shi says that's negotiable. E-mail Shi at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Top Chef-testants Jennifer Carroll (Season 6; left) and Ariane Duarte (Season 5) will be the chefibrities when the "Top Chef" hits Charlotte Thursday (yes, tomorrow) at East 3rd and Tryon Street. The Top Chef truck is part of the season debut of the Center City Green Market, which usually is at the Square, but will move for a week to accomodate the big truck. Top Chef show times are 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. Ticketed spots for seats at the show are already filled, but there may be some free tickets at the door. Show up 30 minutes early for those. Details: http://www.bravotv.com/
Welcome to The Meat House, which has opened at The Village at Robinson Road, 8410 Rea Road. It stocks high-quality meats and gourmet foods. It's part of a national franchise with locations in six states. The other N.C. location opened in Cary in January. Details: http://www.themeathouse.com/ or 704-542-4530.


text: To seek and serve the Catholic and evangelical faith of the one Church, to the end of visible Christian unity throughout the world This is the vocation of the Anglican Communion, and the vocation of the Living Church Foundation: to serve the cause of Christian unity, by offering our selves in service to God and one another, for the sake of the world and for the salvation of our souls. There is one Christian body, called to bear the one faith and the one hope of the gospel of our Lord (Eph. 4). The ecumenical vocation of Anglicanism, our urgent responsibility under God, is to speak ever more insistently of this reality, and to orient our prayer and our passion toward its accomplishment in love, by the power of the Spirit. "We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake" (2 Cor. 4:5). Animated by this commitment — to uphold the inseparability of Christian truth and Christian unity — the Living Church Foundation labors to lead Anglicans to be the first to "outdo" our brothers and sisters "in showing honor" (Rom. 12:10). In continuous publication since 1878, The Living Church served throughout the 20th century as the Catholic-minded magazine of record in the Episcopal Church in the United States, in firm support of the advancing ecumenical movement and the rise of a global, interdependent Anglican Communion. Heir to this tradition in a new century and committed to its continuation, The Living Church remains focused on the whole state of Christ's Church, amid major shifts in the landscape and culture of global Christianity, in a world riven by tribalism and tumult, earthquake and famine (Matt. 24:7). We are champions of a covenanted Anglican Communion as a means of healing the wounds of division in the body of Christ. Based primarily in the Episcopal Church in the United States, the members of the governing Foundation and Board of the Living Church are communion-minded and -committed Anglicans from several nations, loyal to the See of Canterbury as the focus of the Anglican family. We pledge: • to pray, as Christ prayed, "may they all be one … so that the world may believe" (John 17:21); • to teach, write, evangelize, and bear witness to the truth of our faith with joy in hope, refusing to capitulate to fractiousness; • to press forward in mission and service in cooperation with all Christians; • to cultivate a spirit of love and respect, while boldly proclaiming the gospel; • to produce the very best independent news reporting, incisive commentary, and edifying scholarship for a broad audience of thoughtful Christians; • to expand our circle of readers and friends, placing The Living Church in the hands of more and more people the world over. We invite you to join with us in our mission. Classic texts We, Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Council assembled as Bishops in the Church of God, do hereby solemnly declare to all whom it may concern, and especially to our fellow-Christians of the different Communions … who, in their several spheres, have contended for the religion of Christ: 1. Our earnest desire that the Savior's prayer, "That we all may be one," may, in its deepest and truest sense, be speedily fulfilled; 2. That we believe that all who have been duly baptized with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, are members of the Holy Catholic Church; 3. That in all things of human ordering or human choice, relating to modes of worship and discipline, or to traditional customs, this Church is ready in the spirit of love and humility to forego all preferences of her own; 4. That this Church does not seek to absorb other Communions, but rather, co-operating with them on the basis of a common Faith and Order, to discountenance schism, to heal the wounds of the Body of Christ, and to promote the charity which is the chief of Christian graces and the visible manifestation of Christ to the world; But furthermore, we do hereby affirm that the Christian unity … can be restored only by the return of all Christian communions to the principles of unity exemplified by the undivided Catholic Church during the first ages of its existence; which principles we believe to be the substantial deposit of Christian Faith and Order committed by Christ and his Apostles to the Church unto the end of the world, and therefore incapable of compromise or surrender by those who have been ordained to be its stewards and trustees for the common and equal benefit of all. —Preface to adoption of the Chicago Quadrilateral, American House of Bishops (1886; in BCP 1979, pp. 876-77) ♦ ♦ ♦ The view of the Anglican communion that has been written in more than one great instrument and presented to the Christian world has had a very marked influence in all Christendom in preparing for that day when with the guidance of the Holy Spirit all may in fact be one. It will not be the oneness of uniformity, the oneness of a hard, unloving intention to deprive men of the natural rights of thinking and doing. It will not be a unity in which all men will agree on everything, in which thought will be stifled, in which progress will be at an end; but we hope that the unity for which corporately the Anglican Church is working and praying is that unity which may so apprehend the whole truth of Almighty God as to bring the knowledge of the truth to all the nations and tongues upon the earth. We repudiate any unity based simply upon the thought of four centuries of Church history. The only unity that is worth having is one that combines the experience of all the Christian centuries and of every Christian land and Church in a careful synthesis; a unity of the historic Church, not a new Church to be manufactured for the purpose. —Frederic Cook Morehouse, editorial in The Living Church (April 28, 1928) ♦ ♦ ♦ We must never make the survival of the Anglican Communion an end in itself. The Churches of the Anglican Communion have never claimed to be more than a part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Anglicanism has a radically provisional character which we must never allow to be obscured. —Archbishop Robert Runcie, Lambeth Conference address, "The Nature of the Unity We Seek" (1988) ♦ ♦ ♦ [Each Church affirms] that our common mission is a mission shared with other Churches and traditions beyond this Covenant. We embrace opportunities for the discovery of the life of the whole gospel, and for reconciliation and shared mission with the Church throughout the world. We affirm the ecumenical vocation of Anglicanism to the full visible unity of the Church in accordance with Christ's prayer that "all may be one." It is with all the saints in every place and time that we will comprehend the fuller dimensions of Christ's redemptive and immeasurable love. —Anglican Covenant 2.1.5 (2009) Further reading W. Bertrand Stevens, Editor's Quest: A Memoir of Frederic Cook Morehouse (Morehouse-Gorham Co., 1940) Clifford P. Morehouse, A Layman Looks at the Church (Seabury Press, 1964) Christopher Wells, "Cross as Curriculum for Catholic Unity" (The Living Church, Nov. 29, 2009)


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The issue: Nov. 5 general election
Our view: Judge offers two decades of experience on court
The issue: Nov. 5 general election
Our view: Judge offers two decades of experience on court
If Richard J. Kubilus is not a household name, in part it's because he and the other three judges in Canton Municipal Court serve six-year terms, and Kubilus last faced an election opponent in 2001.
In part, though, it's because for 20 years, Kubilus has handled cases in a competent manner that has kept him out of the glare of controversy.
The Repository editorial board endorses Kubilus, a Republican, for a fourth full term on Canton Municipal Court.
Jail overcrowding remains Kubilus' top concern. As a veteran judge, he was part of the agreement that Stark judges forged with the Sheriff's Office to allot jail bed quotas for each court to use in sentencing.
Kubilus' experience with alternative sentencing was especially valuable during the years when Stark had no sales tax and only a small part of the jail was open.
His experience also includes serving as administrative judge for the court, with ultimate responsibility for budget, docket and personnel issues.
His challenger, Democrat Corey Minor Smith, has been an attorney for 12 years and is former director of compliance for the city of Canton. Currently she is director of legal services for the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Minor Smith was not involved with problems at SMHA that resulted in a federal audit citing $10.5 million in illegal and improperly documented spending. In 2012, however, she wrote a confidentiality agreement for SMHA employees that bars
disclosure of some information that is public record. The agency's board has since thrown out the agreement, which it didn't know about and which is more restrictive than the policy it approved in 2006.
Asked during a meeting with the editorial board about the 2012 agreement, Minor Smith said she doesn't believe it conflicts with public records law and that she was "given an assignment and completed it."
The editorial board believes Richard Kubilus' experience speaks for itself and should earn him another six years at Canton Municipal Court.


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Dunkin' Donuts files plans to launch Bagel Bunchkins in US
Dunkin' Donuts files plans to launch Bagel Bunchkins in US
Dunkin' Donuts took doughnut holes, called them Munchkins, and made them a hit. Can it work the same branding magic with bagel pieces?
The Canton-based restaurant chain, the nation's largest seller of bagels among quick service restaurants, recently tried to trademark the name "Bagel Bunchkin'' to market bite-size bagel pieces in the United States. Dunkin' won't say when it will introduce the new product or provide details of exactly what a Bagel Bunchkin might entail.
But Dunkin', which began selling bagels in 1996, has a history of bagel innovation, introducing a long, braided bagel called a "Bagel Twist'' in 2010. The company also started selling in South Korea a version of the bagel hole shaped like a small roll and stuffed with jalapeño-spiced sausage. "It's a little bit spicy,'' Dunkin boasts.
Some Dunkin' regulars have already spotted small, round bagel pieces, similar to doughnut Munchkins, occasionally sold at US stores. Jeff Cutler, a freelance journalist, even tweeted a picture of poppy-seeded bagel holes he found at a store on the South Shore last year.
Cutler said he could not remember what Dunkin' called them, but joked that they used to be called "scraps.''
The Dunkin' trademark application indicates the doughnut maker probably plans to launch the bagel pieces soon, said Anderson J. Duff, a trademark lawyer at Wolf Greenfield, a Boston firm specializing in intellectual property. He noted companies are not allowed to apply for US trademarks unless they are already using a brand name or intend to do so in the next few years.
"It's pretty safe to say they have plans to use it,'' Duff said.
Several other US companies, such as Einstein Noah Restaurant Group of Lakewood, Colo., are selling bagel holes or other downsized versions of the traditional bagel. Einstein's product, called Bagel Poppers, resembles doughnut holes — except made out of bagel dough. Poppers are coated with a variety of toppings, such as cinnamon-sugar and pumpkin cream cheese.
"They're very popular,'' said Chad Thompson, senior director of research and development at Einstein Noah, which operates 775 restaurants in 39 states, primarily under the Einstein Bros. and Noah's names.
But if Dunkin' enters the bagel pieces market, it is not certain the Bunchkin name will make it. In May, the US Patent and Trademark Office tentatively rejected the Dunkin' application, noting that the Fred Meyer Stores supermarket chain already registered the rights to the name "The Bagel Bunch'' for its traditional bagel line.
Dunkin' has until next month to appeal. If the company is ultimately turned down for the Bunchkin trademark, the chain could decide to use the brand anyway (without the same degree of legal protection against others using a similar name)or come up with something else. Maybe Bagel Munchkins?
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Choosing Your Charities Carefully
How do you pick a charity to donate to? Learn the ins and outs, and what to watch out for.
Today's tough economy has been doubly hard on nonprofit organizations that rely on charitable contributions. Many people feeling the pinch have had to cut back on their donations, and because so many are out of work, charities that assist low-income families are being swamped just when their funding has been reduced.
If you're able to make charitable donations, whether cash, material goods, or volunteering your time, make sure the organizations deserve your support.
Here are a few ideas that might help:
Make sure the non-profit organization is well-run. Ideally, it should apply at least 75 percent of contributions to programs that serve beneficiaries, as opposed to salaries, advertising, fund-raising, and other administrative expenses.
Study the organization's website, annual report, and mission statement, and ask for a copy of its IRS Form 990, which details how contributions are spent. Speak to staff members or volunteers, or volunteer there yourself. Or, if you know someone who has used its services, ask for their impressions of the organization's efficiency and client service.
Several online research tools can help:
- GuideStar (www.guidestar.org) provides financial summaries and other data on over 1.8 million IRS-qualified, tax-exempt organizations. Its basic search engine is free; you can order more customized research for a fee. The site also features helpful questions to ask and tips for choosing a charity.
- Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org) rates more than 5,500 large charities by financial strength, revenue spent on programs and services, and other criteria. Their "Top Ten" lists and "Tips and Resources" sections provide helpful evaluation tools.
- The American Institute of Philanthropy (www.charitywatch.org) is a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service whose Charity Rating Guide rates more than 500 major American charities on how they spend donor money.
- The Better Business Bureau (www.give.org) rates whether organizations have met its standards of accountability, including ethical conduct and honest solicitation practices.
Take advantage of tax deductions. If you itemize deductions on your federal taxes, you can deduct money and property contributions to qualified tax-exempt organizations, within IRS guidelines. And, although your time spent volunteering isn't tax-deductible, associated mileage and other expenses may be. The IRS' Tax Information for Contributors website (www.irs.gov/charities/contributors) features a search engine for eligible organizations, information on reporting and substantiating charitable deductions, and other helpful tips.
Guard against fraud. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous people and organizations will take advantage of your desire to help others – if you let them. A few tips:
- Be suspicious of telemarketing and email solicitations. When in doubt, hang up or delete the email and contact the organization yourself.
- Be aware that scammers often choose names that are similar to those of legitimate organizations.
- Never give out personal or credit card information unless you initiate the contact.
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- Ask if your employer will match a portion of your contributions and if it allows automatic payroll deductions to charities of your choice.
- As long as you charge a donation to your credit or debit card by December 31, 2013, it will be eligible for a 2013 tax deduction, even if the charge doesn't clear until next year.
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Okay, that was fun… I am now out of my long position for a small profit. Here's why:
This morning's rally did not impulse through overhead resistance. It needed to in order to keep the symmetrical time relationship in tact. The impetus to create that wave just wasn't there - so far.
Also, a triangle I've been watching threw over the top, but failed to stay above it and now we're creating a small megaphone pattern. I mentioned the sell signals earlier on the DOW and Transports, but it is the action on the VIX that has me concerned right now. Here's a daily chart of the past 4 months or so:
Note the obvious triangle. This morning the VIX dropped dramatically, hit that triangle bottom and launched back up as the markets just broke back down off their highs. Should the VIX be taking a trip back to the top of this triangle, that is very BEARISH, not bullish. Thus, I think caution is advised. For a rally to be sustainable the VIX needs to come down and break this lower boundary.
Should the VIX go back up to the top of this triangle and break in the upwards direction, you will NOT want to be owning stocks, as the target for that triangle is way, way up there (like 120 plus).
So, with that bounce off that VIX bottom, I decided to take a small gain on a very short term trade and not be a pig. I will be a whole lot more bullish if the bottom of that triangle gets broken. That would be a wrong-way break, by the way, as triangles usually break in the same direction they are entered. When they do break the wrong way, however, the move tends to be quick and violent.
While the market went higher, the XLF (financials) moved lower this morning. Below is a 30 minute chart. You can see a clear wedge that looks to be bearish. That said, note that the stochastic in this time frame is oversold, so some bounce on that is expected. Something to watch, the market will have a hard time moving higher with action like that.
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I am considering purchasing BIBM for a new build. I would prefer to use something else, preferably something that lives in Track 0 and does not use-up a partition, but nowadays only BIBM is maintained (there's plenty of alternatives to BootIt, but they are all 20 years old). Anyways, one of the plusses to BIBM is that there is this forum here :-)
So I have read the manual, and still have some questions :-(
First, can we install BM to an extended partition (more precisely, a sub-division of an extended partition)? Obviously running the product and trying it would tell me, but my new PC is not ready yet, and the manual doesn't say. I would prefer to install it on a primary, but none will be FAT32.
Second, the manual says that the boot drive which runs BIBM *must* be EMBR. I intend to limit to 4 primaries globally, so what exactly will converting to EMBR accomplish? As far as I know, EMBR is just a custom partition table living somewhere else, and where 4 of the partitions in that table are copied over to the real MBR upon boot. Also as far as I understand, limiting to 4 primaries "disables" this, so what changes, when converting a drive to EMBR, if limit-to-4-primaries is enabled? Why convert to EMBR at all?
This leads me to my next question: If I limit to 4 primaries, can you absolutely guarantee me that the "custom" EMBR partition table will NOT be used and that BIBM will use the standard MBR instead? Because I intend to use other software to manipulate partitions (I prefer a GUI like Partition Magic to entering sizes and starting sectors manually) and if BIBM still uses its own tables (remember, we converted the boot drive to EMBR as required by BIBM) then this will all go to hell very quickly (as soon as BIBM writes over the standard MBR, picking partitions from its custom partition table, which did not get updated when I used Partition Magic to resize partitions etc, then it will all break).
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Michael Poxon of the YSO group has sent a nice list of YSO stars that are good for visual observers. Please see the attachment. I suggest you go to Michael's web site and read about YSO stars. YOU can make star charts for the stars you choose from the VSP Variable Star Plotter on the AAVSO web site. A few stars do not have VSP sequences, so Michael has his own chart you can download. (See instructions on attachment). Please let me know how you are coming along with this project. Don't forget to send in your observations to WebObs on the AAVSO web site. Your observations will go into the International Data Base. Good Observing!
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Tyler Alexandra Handbag Collection Spring 2012, by Tyler Ellis
Tyler Alexandra's Softly Luxe Spring 2012 Collection
Tyler Alexandra Spring 2012
>> Tyler Ellis wants to make pieces that are timeless, timely, and sophisticated — or as she puts it, "based on classical elegance with a modern edge." If that credo sounds familiar, it should: Ellis is the daughter of Perry Ellis, a designer revered the world over for his clean-lined, understated approach to modern sportswear.

Inspired by her late father, Ellis created the Tyler Alexandra handbag line in 2010, and, with its architectural silhouettes and refined materials, the collection manages to strike a balance between luxurious and wearable. "It is all about distinctive shapes and, most importantly, touch. I chose leathers and skins that differed from the norm," Tyler Ellis explains. Slim box bags and chain-strap pouches come in a super-tactile assortment; there is suede baby-blue crocodile, pearly fuschia satin, and even a metallic "tweed" calfskin.

Handmade in Paris and Italy, the bags are also rife with the kind of smart details and personal touches one would expect from the daughter of an American design icon: Interior pockets are roomy, hardware is feminine, and each bag is adorned with a signature pinecone fastener. "[Pinecones hold] the spiritual significance of eternity, dating all the way back to ancient Egypt. When I was developing my brand in Paris, I began to notice the city is full of pinecones — door handles, tops of poles, the garden at the Ritz — so I decided to make the pinecone the Tyler Alexandra symbol, and hope to be around for eternity."

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1.1 Panel on Adaptation: Dialogue on Regional Perspectives on Water, Adaptation and Climate: The session 'Dialogue on Regional Perspectives on Water, Adaptation and Climate' will discuss the development of regional enabling mechanisms on adapting to climate change, issues of common interest such as the global agenda on adaptation, the regional role to support national and basin level adaptation and the link of the regions to national and basin level adaptation. Contact: Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC)1.1.2 Can we plan our way to adaptation? Waiting for things to happen or trying to be prepared? The overall climate change context is clear: If mitigation is about energy, adaptation is about land and water. Climate change impacts us directly through water (wetter or drier, more frequent floods and droughts, rising sea levels), but also indirectly through human activities which depend on water. Can we plan our way to being well prepared? Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a widely accepted approach to deal with water across all its uses and to function for our environment. Can we build our strategies and plans for adaptation on this approach?Contact: Global Water Partnership, assisted by UNEP-DHI
1.1.3 Local Actions - Thinking beyond the water box: What adaptation to global and climate change? How will local climate adaptation be done in practice? Climate change impacts on the local level will look differently depending on where in the world you live and how much money you have to adapt. For example, the Netherlands and Bangladesh have many of the same problems in common when in comes to climate change, but completely different financial resources to deal with the problems. This session will give the framework for the vulnerabilities and the solutions and will provide an opportunity for strengthening global coalition building for climate adaptation on the ground to support local action.Contact: International Water Association (IWA) support from IUCN, WWF, ICID, GEF
1.1.4 The financial gap between what needs to be done and how to get it done. Can Climate Change Adaptation be adequately financed? According to studies by the UNFCCC and others, the additional investment and financial flows needed for adaptation to climate change are likely to amount to tens of billions of dollars annually for the coming decades. Several proposals have been put forward to identify additional sources of funding, but currently existing international financing mechanisms are small compared to the magnitude of needs. More appropriate funding is expected by the South that needs to be new and additional, predictable, equitable, and adequate. A partnership arrangement between North and South could be considered, aimed at helping developing countries in their transition to carbon-constrained and climate resilient economies.Contact: The World Bank, the European Investment Bank & KfW Bankengruppe
1.1.5 Special Focus On: Running Dry! How to turn droughts into opportunities for better management. Drought planning and management: successful experiences from around the Globe. Contact: SPANISH DIRECTORATE FOR WATER - Ministry of Environment, and Rural and Marine AffairsSpecial Focus-On: Water issues of Small islands: Several questions arise from the combined effects of severed draught period associated with climate change, uneven availability of water resources often associated with a downgrading of the quality of the resource. The growing demand for water has become one of the most poignant environmental issues in the PECC economies today. Contact: The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)Special Focus-On: Risk Management of Water Infrastructure Projects Related to Mega Natural Disasters: Development and management of more secure and reliable water infrastructure after mega disasters for human sustainability. Contact:Ministry of Water Resources, P.R. China, China Insititue of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchSpecial Focus-On: Climate Related Disasters and Their Management: The Special Session aims to discuss challenges for effective management of water-related disasters in light of future projections of climate change. The session aims to bring in the views of meteorological services and water sectors from different parts of the world to elaborate further discussions on coordination between meteorological and water sectors, data and products are critical for the water sectors, and dissemination of the data and products to the water sectors for a more effective management of water-related disasters. Contact: Turkish State Meteorological Service (DMI)
1.2.1 Rural-Rural Migration: Climate change, land degradation, water shortage, poverty and population pressure are the primary drivers of rural-rural migration. What is meant as an adaptation measure could trigger resource and ethnic conflicts. Large scale organized resettlement can accompany development projects or be implemented as precautionary measure to avoid natural hazard-triggered disasters. Rural to rural movements are often the first phase of migratory process. Therefore, a strong focus is needed to address the root of the problem.Contact: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), Bonn, Germany & Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP Administration), Turkey1.2.2 Rural-Urban Migration: The world's megacities, a majority of which are located along coastal areas, will most likely face the largest migration pressures in the future. Incoming rural populations, often concentrated in slum areas, create even more unexpected pressures on existing infrastructures. What new models exist to develop and manage water and sanitation services in quickly expanding urban areas, and how long will this influx towards the cities last? Which capacities need to be developed to provide an efficient water supply and sanitation service to the new influx of migrants? What does the rural exodus imply for both women and men?Contact: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP Administration), Turkey, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), Bonn, Germany1.2.3 Crossing Borders/Seas: For centuries, populations have moved towards water. But, global changes today can provoke mass displacements that have undeniable impacts on the environment and on water resources. Can improved access, know-how and funding reduce migration by providing solutions to the problems back home?Contact: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP Administration), Turkey, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), Bonn, Germany
1.2.4 Wrap-up and Synthesis: This slot will wrap up the previous 3 sessions exploring how water related migration challenges can be tackled through multi-stakeholder alliance and CCEMA as such an example will be officially launched. Contact: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany, Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP Administration), Turkey, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), Bonn, Germany
1.3.0 Opening of the Topic 1.3: Contact: Japan Water Forum (JWF)1.3.1 Trialogue Session: Building bridges between government, science and civic society: In the context of disaster management strategies, Government, Society and Science must interface effectively. Government, which is responsible for making decisions that are applicable to society as a whole, depends on Science to provide better understanding and to predict natural disasters, so that individuals, organisations and economic entities do not suffer the consequences.Contact: Royal Haskoning, Rotterdam
1.3.2 Technologies for Water-Related Disaster Management: Loss of life and livelihoods triggered by water-related disasters are major impediments to sustainable development and poverty reduction. However, a combination of indigenous knowledge, existing technologies and new innovations will most likely hold the key to safeguarding populations.Contact: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (Japan) and Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Turkey
1.3.3 Managing Water Related Risks in Changing Climate: Shifting from "Reaction" to "Prevention" of disasters will be key in the future. Water-related disasters have already increased their frequencies and magnitudes. How can political decision-makers be encouraged to create policies that anticipate disasters, rather than concentrating on relief efforts? Which new concepts have been developed to cope with these situations in different contexts?Contact: Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) of Republic of Korea & World Meteorological Organisiation
1.3.4 Water Management During and After Disasters /Conflicts: The provision of adequate water and sanitation is essential in preventing the spread of epidemics and diseases. Together with swift emergency responses, medium term solutions are key elements in establishing normality of services in the water sector. How can the various entities on the affected side, such as local governments, international agencies, donor organizations and NGOs streamline their efforts with regard to mid and long-term solutions?Contact: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Japan,International Cooperation Agency (JICA), League of Arab States, Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), UNICEF
1.3.5 Wrap-up: Contact: Japan Water Forum (JWF)
1.1 Adapting to Climate change
1.2 Water Related migration, changing land use and human settlements
1.3 Managing Disasters
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The long-awaited, much-anticipated 138-room Mandarin Oriental, Paris officially opened June 28th. It's at 251 rue Saint-Honoré, in the first arrondissement, with the Garnier Opera, the Louvre and the Tuileries all close by.
The company worked with an international design dream team including architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte (renovation of the building, facade, patio), Sybille de Margerie (rooms, spa, public spaces) and Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku (bar and restaurants). And speaking of dream teams, the chef is none other than Thierry Marx, previously at Châteaux Cordeillan Bages, the Relais & Châteaux in Pauillac
, , where he has held two Michelin stars since 1999. (Marx is the hotel's "culinary director," overseeing all restaurants and bars.) The GM/director is Philippe Leboeuf, previously of Claridge's ( France ), where he had been GM since 2007. The hotel has two restaurants and a bar: Marx's signature 45-seat Sur Mesure; the all-day Camelia (95 seats plus a 10-seat counter), and the 74-seat Bar 8. There's also a Garden Table ( guests) and a Cake Shop, where the wizardry of exec pastry chef Pierre Mathieu is on stage all day. The sommelier is David Biraud. An expansive inner garden courtyard with year-round al fresco dining is a prime feature of the property. London
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Paris, at 900 square meters, is one of the city's largest. Open to guests and non-guests, it has seven private suites, all equipped for hydrotherapy and heat treatments, a large indoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel also has facilities incorporating state-of-the-art technology for meetings and private events.
Room rates begin at €762 ($1,082). The "'Jaime Paris" opening offer is available for stays between July 17 and August 28, with rates from €765 that include a €300 credit per room or €500 credit per suite that can be redeemed in the hotel's spa or restaurants.
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Emirati firm promises to send citizen into space
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One lucky citizen of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates could soon get the chance to be rocketed into space.
Government-backed Aabar Investments on Sunday announced a competition to award an Emirati a free spot aboard Virgin Galactic's spaceship when it begins ferrying paying tourists on suborbital trips promising a taste of weightlessness and a view of the Earth's curvature.
The UAE is a seven-state federation that includes Dubai and the federal capital Abu Dhabi. The OPEC member country has a nascent satellite program and is eager to develop its own space industry as part of a broader push to diversify its economy.
Contest details have yet to be worked out, but it appears the millions of expatriates who far outnumber the local Emirati population aren't eligible.
Aabar is a partial owner of Virgin Galactic along with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.
The company, one of several state-linked investment firms backed by Abu Dhabi, gave Virgin Galactic a major financial jolt in 2009 by agreeing to pay $280 million in exchange for just under a third of the space startup.
It raised its stake to nearly 38 percent in 2011 after pumping in additional funds that would go toward developing a satellite launch program.
The free ride on offer is a way to give something back to the UAE, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said.
"Without the support of Aabar Investments, this program would not be where it is today," he said in a statement.
Virgin Galactic's initial deal with Aabar called for plans to build a spaceport in Abu Dhabi, though the company is for now focused on completing flight tests of its SpaceShipTwo and launching commercial service from its custom-designed spaceport in New Mexico.
A public relations firm working for Aabar's parent company, the government-run International Petroleum Investment Company, was unable to confirm whether the contest winner would be launching from Abu Dhabi or the U.S. spaceport.
SpaceShipTwo is a prototype commercial version of SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 became the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space. Hundreds of would-be space tourists have already paid deposits on tickets now selling for $250,000 for a chance to fly aboard the craft.
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Terms of endearment: Neither Gov. Schwarzenegger (left) nor this animatronic replicant of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (right) are ready to back down from a Sacramento showdown over term limits and redistricting.
Pushing the Limits
Pax Sacramento is about to come crashing down in a political tug-of-war over defeat-proof districts
By Paul Wagner
CALIFORNIA politics might appear sunny at the moment, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger buddying up with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez for family dinners and touring the country as the nation's pre-eminent post-partisan and global-warming governor.
But dark clouds are gathering. The sources of the storm? There are two: a dispute over whether state legislators will be able to serve additional terms; and a struggle over whether the hand-drawn, dinosaur-shaped districts the two major political parties designed in 2001 to deliver defeat-proof elections will survive.
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In short, term limits and redistricting. Which are now, thanks to intense political jockeying, conjoined.
Why? Because if term limits aren't modified, nearly every experienced California legislator, from Nuñez to the 27th District's own highly esteemed Assemblymember John Laird, will be termed out of office in either 2008 or 2010. They want more time.
But Schwarzenegger has signaled that he'll support term limits loosening only if he gets a redrawing of districts. Not only statewide legislative ones, but congressional—which differ slightly in boundaries—as well. That's redistricting that voters have already repeatedly turned down, most recently in November of 2004.
And the sides are digging in. On June 26, all 19 Republican members of the House sent Schwarzenegger a letter demanding that all California congressional districts be redrawn as part of any deal. That in turn set off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who, freshly triumphant from 34 hard-fought statewide Democratic congressional victories, wants things to remain as they are.
Thus the battle has taken on national proportions, with even editorialists of the Washington Post and USA Today weighing in. And national groups have not been able to resist getting involved.
Conservative Virginia-based group U.S. Term Limits sued Attorney General Jerry Brown over ballot summary language he'd written for a term-limits-loosening measure now being circulated statewide for February's primary ballot. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian ruled against USTL on May 25, writing "I may well have written this ballot title and summary differently" but declaring that Brown's language was "not false or misleading." USTL, which took the case to the Court of Appeals, lost there on June 29 and says it's throwing in the towel. And the language seems to be working for the issue: San Jose State's survey organization released a poll on June 26 showing likely voters favoring looser limits 56 percent to 28 percent.
Meanwhile, an arm of USTL has taken on another terms-extension proponent, state Senate President Don Perata, filing a complaint with the California Fair Political Practices Commission over how he's been spending his approximately $1 million campaign war chest.
Compounding these challenges are questionable charges from the left that the campaign is compromising its legislative goals.
The assembly's public safety committee, for example, appeared ready last week to approve a bill opening police officers' discipline records to public scrutiny statewide, when the bill—already approved by the state Senate—suddenly died.
It turns out that just prior, Police Officers' Association president John Sites had emailed legislators stating that police "adamantly oppose this legislation" and that "if it is passed, we will move quickly to oppose any term limit reform." The L.A. Times immediately characterized the police's action as "union thuggery" and assemblymembers' response as "cowardice."
Then there's the incident this month in which Nuñez, a former labor organizer, quietly gave up his longstanding demand that Indian casinos put in writing guaranteed neutrality toward union organizers in newly approved facilities, settling for verbal guarantees. Jack Gribbon of hotel workers union UNITE-HERE declared the group "outraged," and threatened to sponsor a ballot measure asking its members to both overturn the new gaming agreements and oppose any term-loosening measure as well.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the deal, four redistricting-related bills—two in the Assembly and two in the state Senate—have survived committee hearings, but differ significantly in content. Laird says it's an "open question" whether a package will be hammered together by Sept. 27, the last date for anyone to qualify initiatives for the Feb. 5 primary.
"Everyone's trying to get the budget finished so we can move on to health care, which we actually might accomplish this year, and then come other matters," Laird says. On the other hand, pointing out that "we're not due to go out of session until Sept. 14," Laird sees plenty of time to put together a redistricting initiative.
And what of suspicions that politicos want loosened term limits badly enough to change votes? "Well, they would be nice, but I'm not going to do something I wouldn't otherwise do, like suddenly support costly new dams in the Central Valley," he says. "No one's going to sell their souls for this."
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a little bit of sweetness
New Dare is up today, and it's a sweet one. We're doing an ode to first crushes ... that first boy who held your hand or called you on the phone or wrote you a note in class. (Awwww.) My page is dedicated to my first big crush in 7th grade. We used to fight for first chair in band (we both played the clarinet) and I liked him because he wore a Jane's Addiction t-shirt and knew the words to "Unbelievable" by E.M.F. (What a heartbreaker.) ;) You can read the whole story here on Rachel's blog, where she's featuring several guest bloggers and their love notes in honor of V-Day. (Thanks, Rach!)
Another sweet thing ... this scarf. I worked on this guy on the plane home from L.A., and I'm super excited to send it off to The Orphan Foundation of America's Red Scarf Project.
I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick (in cranberry) to knit up this super easy pattern – Super Fast, Ultra Cozy Scarf by Jen Reilly. There's still a little bit of time left if you want to participate in Craft Hope's Project 6: scarves for foster care teens. The deadline is February 14th!
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so we're basically twins. - i DEFINITELY played the clarinet in gr. 7-9 too!!! haha.ReplyDelete
haha. too good.
Oooo...that cranberry is TDF!!! And the crush page is so cute....and funny! I was too shy to like any boys in grade school....and too crazy in HS to take a picture of any!ReplyDelete
Aaw....that page/story is so sweet! :) (Just hopped over from Rachel's). What a rad Dare! And what a rad scarf, also. your knitting inspires me! How did you learn? Did you teach yourself? :) Happy day, lovely!ReplyDelete
awww what a sweet layout.....and that scraf is beautiful but luv ur motive behind it even more !ReplyDelete
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WWE is expected to add at least one more match to tonight's Survivor Series pay-per-view card but here is what's confirmed so far. Remember to join us for live coverage tonight beginning at 7:30pm EST.
WWE Title Triple Threat
John Cena vs. Ryback vs. CM Punk
World Heavyweight Title Match
Sheamus vs. Big Show
Traditional Survivor Series Match
Team Foley: The Miz, Randy Orton, Kane, Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston vs. Team Ziggler: Damien Sandow, Wade Barrett, Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and a possible replacement for Cody Rhodes
WWE United States Title Match
R-Truth vs. Antonio Cesaro
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United inching closer to Mata move
Manchester United are hopeful of securing a deal for Chelsea's Juan Mata by this weekend, sources at both Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge have told ESPN.
United officials have remained in London over the last two days to conduct negotiations for Mata and one other "European-based central midfielder" - believed to be Juventus' Arturo Vidal.
While the second deal is still some way off, and may even be for the summer, sources have stated that there has been considerable movement in Mata negotiations and, for the first time, Chelsea are considering a sale to a domestic rival.
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While any such move would involve United breaking their transfer record - with figures of around £40 million being mooted - the Old Trafford hierarchy is said to have been jolted into the action by the urgency of the club's situation after Sunday's 3-1 defeat to Chelsea.
Previously, Old Trafford insiders had been hugely concerned that officials were too rigid in sticking to a policy of refusing to "pay over the odds" in terms of fees and wages, even though that was all that was required in the case of many of the players United have pursued since June.
Any deal for Mata would involve a marked departure from that, and it is understood they are finally prepared to do so. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, however, will have the final say over whether the Spanish playmaker leaves - amid suggestions the club would still prefer to sell Mata abroad.
Meanwhile, United feel a significant wage increase can entice Vidal to the club - either now or in the summer. Although the Chilean midfielder is hugely happy at Juventus, and turned down Bayern Munich for the Italian champions, initial negotiations were encouraging for United.
The fact that Vidal is also on relatively low wages for a player at a big European club, and that Juve are maintaining a comparatively prudent approach to transfers, means United feel they have some leverage.
United are also keeping tabs on Vidal's team-mate Claudio Marchisio, and have renewed interest in Roma's Miralem Pjanic, Atletico Madrid's Koke as well as Newcastle United's Yohan Cabaye.
The range of targets reflect what has been a frustrating period in the market for Moyes, with United said to have scouted up to 40 players over the past few months.


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The Peach State prepares for a political frenzy as a pair of January runoffs determine the balance of the Senate—and the shape of the presidency
The Peach State prepares for a political frenzy as a pair of January runoffs determine the balance of the Senate—and the shape of the presidency
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CHARLESTON, S.C.-In an open-air quad in the gleaming-white barracks at The Citadel military college in Charleston, S.C., cadet Ivan Rodriguez is demonstrating a proper march. Five freshmen cadets stand at attention, fixing their gaze on Rodriguez, a junior from Texas in a crisp summer uniform and pristine white gloves. Rodriguez makes precise turns around the quad's red-and-white-checkered floor, tracing the same steps that Citadel cadets have learned for nearly 165 years.
As the new cadets strain to follow marching orders, a small plane flies overhead, pulling a banner bearing a different order: "Stop Her Now." The blunt message paid for by a Washington, D.C.-based political group isn't intended for any of the female cadets below, but for Sen. Hillary Clinton, one of eight Democratic presidential candidates here for a CNN-sponsored televised debate.
The unorthodox advertisement signaled that the July 23 event at the Citadel was no ordinary debate. Instead, the old school made history by hosting a new form of political discourse: For the first time in a televised debate, presidential hopefuls faced questions from ordinary Americans submitted via the internet.
In the weeks leading up to the event, more than 3,000 people logged onto the video-sharing website YouTube.com to send homemade videos featuring their questions for Democratic candidates. CNN and YouTube selected about 40 of the video questions to air during the two-hour debate moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Republican presidential hopefuls will face YouTube questions in a debate of their own this fall. But the fact that Democrats christened the new forum is emblematic of one of the major realities of the 2008 presidential campaign so far: Democrats are dominating Republicans online.
The party's candidates are vastly outstripping the GOP in leveraging the internet for two key purposes: creating buzz and raising money. GOP strategists say old school Republicans must adjust to new school communication if they want to capture the swelling number of voters who absorb most of their information about candidates from the web. Failure online could mean failure on Election Day.
Cadet Tara Woodside isn't ready to predict success or failure yet. The rising senior from Salem, N.J., is following the campaign mostly online, but she says it's too early to pick a favorite: "Right now it's anybody's game."
Hours before Democrats commenced the YouTube debate in an auditorium across campus, Woodside told WORLD she was eager to hear what the candidates would say about the war: "That's definitely the No. 1 issue for me."
For Woodside, the issue is personal. Though she isn't pursuing a career in the military, many of her fellow cadets are planning to enter the service. Woodside knows that could mean tours of duty in Iraq, and she wants to know where candidates stand on the war. She wonders: "What's going to happen to the people I go to school with?"
For a handful of Citadel graduates, that question has already been answered: Scores have died in active military duty since Citadel cadets fired the first shots of the Civil War. At least a dozen have died in Middle Eastern combat since Sept. 11, 2001.
A capacity audience watching the Democratic debate in The Citadel's McAlister Field House rose to its feet when images of the 12 fallen men filled a large screen adjacent to the stage. It was a sober moment in a freewheeling debate that featured questions ranging from rigorous to ridiculous.
The opening word of the first video question of the evening demonstrated that this presidential debate would be different from any other before it. "Wassup?" asked Zach Kempf from Provo, Utah.
A decidedly casual and unpredictable format tested the candidates throughout the night: One moment they were responding to weighty questions about the war or Social Security. The next moment they were facing queries like the one from two men from Murfreesboro, Tenn. In exaggerated Southern accents, the pair asked the candidates about all the media attention given to Al Gore: "What we want to know is does that hurt y'alls feelings?" (The candidates chuckled, but didn't answer the question.)
Many of the videos forced candidates to address broad issues on a personal level. Mary and Jen, two women from Brooklyn, N.Y., asked: "If you were elected president of the United States, would you allow us to be married to each other?"
Congressman Dennis Kucinich answered yes. Sen. Chris Dodd and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answered no, but followed up with steadfast support for civil unions.
Reggie Longcrier, a minister from Hickory, N.C., directly asked John Edwards why he opposes gay marriage and uses religious reasons to "deny gay Americans their full and equal rights." Edwards answered that he felt "enormous personal conflict" about the issue, but didn't directly address Longcrier's question.
At that point, moderator Anderson Cooper unexpectedly revealed that Longcrier was in the audience. The minister stood and said Edwards had not answered his question. Cooper asked Edwards: "Why is it OK to quote religious beliefs when talking about why you don't support something?" An uncomfortable-looking Edwards replied: "It's not." He added that though he doesn't believe in gay marriage, as president he wouldn't use his faith "as a basis for denying anybody their rights."
Some of the most compelling videos of the evening showed questioners in difficult circumstances. Two brothers from Davenport, Iowa, sat at a kitchen table spoon-feeding their mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. They asked what candidates would do to help fight the illness.
A woman from Long Island, N.Y., removed a wig to reveal her hairless head. "I'm 36 years old and hope to be a future breast cancer survivor," she said. She asked the candidates what they would do to improve the affordability of health insurance for people like her. (All the candidates said they supported universal health-care coverage, but they squabbled over the details of how to make it affordable.)
One of the most pointed questions of the night dealt with the war in Iraq. Barry Mitchell from Philadelphia asked the candidates: "How do we pull out now?" He pointed out the dangers of destabilizing the Middle East and added: "And isn't it our responsibility to get these people on their feet? I mean, do you leave a newborn baby to take care of himself?"
Mitchell's question prompted an extended discussion of the war and foreign policy that led to a clash between front-runners Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Clinton pounced on Obama for saying he would be willing to meet with some of the world's most notorious leaders as president.
"Certainly, we're not going to just have our president meet with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, and the president of North Korea, Iran and Syria, until we know better what the way forward would be," she said. (After the debate, Obama's campaign pointed out that earlier this year Clinton criticized President Bush, saying: "I think it is a terrible mistake for our president to say he will not talk with bad people.")
Despite the star power on The Citadel debate stage, by the end of the two-hour event pundits were declaring an unexpected winner: YouTube. In the bustling post-debate "spin room," Andrew Rasiej told WORLD that the debate's video format revealed how the internet could transform a presidential election by making candidates more directly accountable to voters.
Rasiej is the founder of techPresident.com, a research website devoted to reporting on how candidates are using the internet. He said the web is "setting the tone and pace" for the presidential campaign, and that the YouTube debate only "dipped a pinkie toe" into the potential for harnessing the web's power to engage voters.
David All hopes to harness that power for Republicans. All, a GOP web strategist based in Washington, D.C., admits that Republicans lag significantly behind Democrats in using the internet effectively. Republicans have long maintained a well-defined communications structure, he says, but they haven't adapted that structure to the internet age.
One stark sign of the GOP's online weakness is campaign fundraising: Democratic candidates so far have pulled in about $100 million more than Republicans ahead of the 2008 elections. The three leading Democratic presidential candidates raised more than $28 million online through June 30. (Obama raised about $17 million of that online total.)
The top three Republican presidential candidates were much less successful, raising only about $14 million via the internet through June 30. That's barely half of the Democratic total.
Part of Democrats' online success, according to All, is due to a focus on drawing in hundreds of thousands of donors who contribute relatively small amounts at a time. (Online fundraising is also much cheaper than traditional methods like direct mailing.) Obama's campaign says it has a donor list of about 258,000 people, and that about half of those donors haven't yet reached the federal contribution limit of $2,300 per candidate.
Democrats have also carefully cultivated a significant presence on social networking sites that draw in thousands of supporters, including donors. For example, on MySpace.com Obama has more than 151,000 registered "friends," while Clinton boasts a total of 123,00.
Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner, has only 6,764. Giuliani's low total is likely due to the fact that his page on MySpace.com is private and accessible only to those he adds to a list.
All says Republicans must do better if they want to compete with Democrats for online funds, as well as younger voters who get their information from the web: "We're losing more Gen X voters than we have in decades." All said Republicans should learn a stark lesson about new school campaigning from the first YouTube debate. "No one really cared about the candidates," All said of the audience in the debate hall. "Everyone just wanted to see the next video."


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