Bulova seems to be on a roll as it relates to the company's vintage re-introductions. And now customers can vote on what comes next with a chance to win one if the watches.
I voted for the "Devil Diver", as this one is most likely to piss off my in-laws.
Now that I think of it I should have voted for my least favorite. That way there would be a Bullie bullie.
Come to think of this promotion, I suspect Bulova may be planning to produce all of them over the next year or two. Anyway, I hope so.
I also hope they take a cue from Timex and make the "re-intro" as close as possible to the original.
Somehow I see 46mm behemoths in all models.
That bracelet on the surfboard is the shizznit! If that wins I demand they replicate it.
I voted - and thanks for bringing this to our attention, fun stuff - but Bulova's gone down about 20 pegs in my mind's eye the past three years. Their follies here in NYC are just part of it; the quality of their lower end stuff these days there's just no excuse for.
Sorry Kev wasn't here to read that.
Surfboard. Bullhead is a bit much and the other looks like the Turtle. Agree they will likely make all three. The Moon Watch was too big for me, hope these are not.
As long as they are similar to the old style, retro is the way to go for me, regardless of the manufacturer.
That's one more vote than I cast in the election.
Cant wait for all the ad spam now.
There are 8 million stories in the naked city, about the odds on winning this one.
I voted for the Surfboard. Looks somewhat true to the original. All three look great.
I think the three they show are the originals. Not pictures of the yet to be determined "re-intros"
foghorn wrote: I think the three they show are the originals. Not pictures of the yet to be determined "re-intros"
That would explain the fucked up crystal on the DD.
Wow, all three have marks and imperfections upon close inspection. Surely not set in stone for all three.
conjurer wrote: I voted for the "Devil Diver", as this one is most likely to piss off my in-laws.


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A philosopher's life
October 30, 2018 Video
In 2000, Jessica Miller came to Maine to put philosophy into practice. Her teaching and leadership on campus are well known. But perhaps her broadest and arguably most profound influence is as a clinical ethicist in the state's health care communities.
Jessica Miller:
I think when people picture philosophy and philosophy professors, they think of ancient Greece and someone in robes walking around the marketplace pontificating.
Actually, we're all over. We are doing work in K-12 education. We're doing work in medicine. We're doing work in environmental studies. We generally engage with the world as, in fact, the person wandering around in the marketplace in ancient Greece was doing.
One of the biggest misunderstandings about a philosophy degree is that it's not practical. Actually, a lot of us are working in very applied settings. You can find ethicists on the board, involved in different corporations, in different nonprofits, in government.
For me, my avenue into practical ethics is clinical ethics. That is a field that is pretty new. It's, maybe, 30 or so years old. It emerged in a period in American history, at least, when medical decisions became really complicated by a lot of different things.
One example would be technology. Having a new technology, like a ventilator, and not knowing when to turn it off, when somebody stops benefiting from that even though it's keeping them organically alive.
The questions that we ask in health care and in medicine became in the '60s and '70s questions about, "What is it like to live a good life? How does my medical care fit into that question?" Instead of just, "What is the doctor telling me to do?"
You started to see theologians, philosophers, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, all kinds of people taking part in these ethical questions by creating hospital boards of ethics and other avenues.
What we're finding in more and more medicine, this is an issue particularly for physicians and for nurses, is what we call moral distress. Moral distress involves feeling bad about what you're doing, even though you're told it's the right thing to do.
An example might be a parent of a critically ill newborn who decides legally that they would rather help the newborn live its remaining days comfortably rather than doing a lot of extraordinary and invasive treatments.
While we all understand that that's something a parent gets to decide in certain cases, it can be hard for a nurse who's taking care of that baby. Maybe, if that were her baby or his baby, they would make a different choice.
What clinical ethics capacity does is it gives staff and patients, by the way, and families, a place to go to have these conversations about, "What is the right thing to do? What are we doing here?"
There are these different options. They have different virtues, different moral goods. We can't have both. Do we minimize suffering, or do we prolong life? These kinds of questions.
We can philosophize about anything. If you're reflective and thoughtful about something, you're doing philosophy about it. For example, I just wrote an article on death in Disney. I know, way to bring you down, but actually it's fascinating because there are numerous deaths in Disney animated films.
They mean different things and they say different things about what a valuable human life is, what evil is, what good is.
If you look at the ways the villains die, if you look at the significance of Bambi's mother dying and messages that might send about the importance of family and community.
Even though it's a Disney film, I can talk about Plato. I can talk about Epicurus and Native American philosophers and their attitudes about human life and death in relation to Disney films.
If that's the way somebody is going to get interested in philosophy, because they love Disney, great. I will take it.
For me, what is most rewarding in all of the work that I do is bringing the discipline that I love and that I spent my life studying to people who, maybe, won't spend their life studying it.
They'll be introduced to it, have an appreciation for it, and bring it into their lives.
One of my favorite things is to be in the community and run into a nurse that I taught at the University of Maine, or a social worker who took my ethics class, or a pre-med student who took my bioethics class.
They remember me, but more importantly, they remember what we did in the class. They have in some ways, sometimes, a new appreciation for that time they had at the University of Maine when they could sit in a class and spend an hour thinking about designer babies and whether that's something we should do.
That's not just about designer babies, right? That's about, "What is it to be a human being? What is it to be a parent? What is it to be a child?" They remember the chance that we gave them here to reflect, take a moment, and formulate their own ideas about these things.
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Gun economics in Trump's America
In the wake of #NeverAgain, the investment community is also waking up to its role in the US firearms economy.
25 Mar 2018 14:11 GMT Business & Economy, Gun control, United States, Gun violence, US & Canada
From Washington, DC, to Tokyo, students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the US, demanding an end to gun violence. The March for Our Lives in Washington is led by students from the school in Florida where 17 people were killed last month.
Meanwhile, the CEO's of the biggest gunmakers rarely give interviews and live lives far removed from the whole issue. But they're still profiting from the biggest unregulated gun market in the developed world.
The multibillion-dollar US firearms industry has been largely shielded by the US Constitution, which allows people the right to own a gun. But in the wake of #NeverAgain, the investment community is also waking up to its role in the weapons economy.
The stocks of these gun manufacturers actually took a big hit in the days following his [Trump's] election and have since come off pretty strongly. The revenues have done this as well. There doesn't seem the political risk, the political fear that regulation will be coming down, as result, they've come off their heights.
Jeffrey Moore, senior analyst, Global Risk Insights
Calls have been growing for Wall Street to dump gun stocks. Fund managers including BlackRock have said they are having another look at their relationship with gunmakers. And more than a dozen companies have ended partnerships with the National Rifle Association (NRA), the pro-gun ownership lobby.
Jeffrey Moore, a senior analyst with Global Risk Insights, talks to Counting the Cost about gun economics and the future of the multibillion-dollar US gun industry under the Trump administration.
"The gun manufacturers ... and retailers have a pretty sizeable economic impact overall. It's about $50bn directly and indirectly between gun manufacturers and retailers. You've got about $6.5bn of taxes that are paid every year. And about 300,000 individuals employed either directly or indirectly through the gun industry ... It is a long-lived and established industry that likely won't be going anywhere anytime soon," says Moore.
He explains that eight years of Obama administration as well as "a couple of large, highly public mass shootings and fears that gun regulations were going to come down in a very big way ... drove gun sales and ammunition sales through the roof."
"Especially after 2012, the Sandy Hook massacre, there were fears from the gun lobby and from gun owners that they may issue those regulations and some bans in cases. So the revenues and stock prices for those gun manufacturers really, really went haywire to the upside - and continued doing that through the remainder of his [Obama's] presidency," says Moore.
Moore believes much has changed for the gun industry since President Donald Trump was elected.
"The stocks of these gun manufacturers actually took a big hit in the days following his [Trumps'] election and have since come off pretty strongly. The revenues have done this as well. There doesn't seem the political risk, the political fear that regulation will be coming down, as result, they've come off their heights."
"You may see the gun industry enter a more natural ebb and flow of the business cycle."
Asked about ethical investments, #NeverAgain and its effect on the gun industry, Moore confirms that the business community is reacting to calls for increased gun control.
"We had Citigroup announce that their Citibank operations for their commercial clients will no longer support commercial clients in the gun industry or the retailing industry of guns that sell guns of any kind to individuals under 21 years of age," he says.
"So when you start having these commercial pressures from the bank and finance providers that give those services to the gun makers, the gun retailers; if they are changing policies ... you will probably see a spreading effect of at least raising the age ... So if things can't get done in Washington, you'll start to see private businesses take their own initiative to raise the age of purchasing guns."


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As the Smart Grid movement gains traction with science, government, and industry, information sharing becomes ever more critical. Brookhaven Lab's series of workshops focused on grid resiliency, which began in 2011, have become important venues for education and collaboration. The latest gathering on April 16-17 brought together representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Los Alamos and Sandia national labs, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State Smart Grid Consortium, Eversource Energy, the New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank and utilities including ConEd, Central Hudson and Orange and Rockland Utilities to discuss programs and strategies to move Smart Grid forward in the Northeast U.S.
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Currently, power is auctioned on what's known as the bulk power market—very large amounts of electricity being bought and sold. But NY REV proposes to build markets at the distribution level so that utilities would effectively be operators of electricity markets. Under the New York REV vision, utilities would design and construct retail markets in their service territories where electricity will be bought and sold, and customers will be able to be active participants in the market — building greater customer choice. Brookhaven Lab will help to develop tools to support the NY REV initiative.
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While developing capabilities to use the DER-CAM tool, Brookhaven researchers used the Brookhaven Lab site as a test case.
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Since Brookhaven inaugurated the series of Smart Grid workshops in 2011, they have expanded their reach considerably.
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The details of that wrestler pay are notoriously hard to come by, and even a year ago, when we provided a breakdown of how WWE's booking contracts work, we could shed very little light on exactly how much wrestlers are paid. No longer. Over the last year we've pored over court documents, SEC filings and WWE's booking contracts and spent hours speaking with industry sources, allowing us to construct the first ever FORBES list of WWE's Highest-Paid Wrestlers.
We estimate that last year the highest-paid wrestler made nearly $10 million, and the 10 top-paid stars collectively hauled in more than $30 million. That doesn't come close to the checks cashed by the top earners in American sports and entertainment -- guys like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant make over $20 million a year just in salary, while Hollywood's top five actors were paid over $260 million combined last year -- but it's still far above what the average pro wrestler makes.
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Leading that list is none other than John Cena, who we estimate made $9.5 million. The face of the company for the last decade, Cena not only boasts the highest base salary among weekly performers, but he's also unrivaled when it comes to moving merchandise. If you need proof, just flip on any episode of Monday Night RAW and eye the rows upon rows of neon-clad fans cheering for the face that runs the place.
And Cena's earnings should only increase as he continues to follow former colleague Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson from the squared circle toward a second career in Hollywood. Last year Cena scored minor roles in comedy films Trainwreck, Sisters and Daddy's Home. Next month he'll start showing up on network TV as the host of American Grit, a new Fox reality competition show that will feature contestants taking on military-themed physical challenges.
Following Cena is Brock Lesnar, who made $6 million in earnings last year. Unlike Cena, who still mostly works a full-time schedule, Lesnar is a rare sight in WWE programming. Last year he entered the ring fewer than 20 times, and most of those occasions simply consisted of ominous standing while Paul Heyman performed his magic on the microphone. But when he does wrestle (or dismantle a Cadillac with an axe, for that matter), Lesnar is more entertaining than just about anyone else on the roster.
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And that sort of drawing power, coupled with an unmatched resume (NCAA wrestling champion, UFC heavyweight champion, youngest ever WWE champion and, dare we forget, the one in 22-and-one), grants him the leverage to negotiate tremendous deals. Back in 2003 Lesnar signed a seven-year contract that gave him a $1 million base salary and an increased share of merchandise sales. Over a decade later his contract negotiations became headline news thanks to an apparent bidding war between UFC and WWE. After the latter promotion won out, locking Lesnar into a three-year deal last March, the "Beast Incarnate" announced the news on SportsCenter.
Cena and Lesnar are far ahead of the other top earners -- no other wrestler made over $3 million last year. We estimate that WWE's 10 highest-paid performers made over a combined $31 million. While that's nearly two-thirds of the money the company spent on its in-ring talent last year, half went to Cena and Lesnar.
As we detailed a year ago, wrestler pay is essentially comprised of two key components. The first is base salary, also referred to as a wrestler's guarantee or downside. Those downside values are almost entirely tied to performer tenure. Longtime veterans receive the biggest guarantees, which have typically been capped at $1 million, while even the most popular youngsters are limited to the low six figures.
The second, and often more important, area is bonus pay. WWE has long functioned on the principle that employees, whether in-ring talent or board room executives, ought to be rewarded for demonstrated success. Thus wrestlers receive bonus payouts for events worked, scaling from pay-per-view main events down to a house show's preliminary match, as well as a share of their merchandise sales (typically 25% of profits from licensing and 5% of direct sales, either at shows or via WWE's online store).
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Those bonuses can be sizable even for the less active performers. Take Triple H as an example. No. 3 on our list with $2.8 million in earnings, Triple H has a booking contract that pays him a $1 million base salary, and last year he made over $700,000 in bonus money despite rarely taking a physical role in the ring (the rest of his total earnings are made up by executive compensation). In other words, he added more than 70% of his downside in bonus pay. Far more active and/or popular entertainers can do much better -- we figure the likes of Cena and Seth Rollins made multiple times their base salaries in the form of event and merchandise bonuses.
Rollins is an ideal example of how a heavy workload and popularity among fans can pay off. Fifth on our list with earnings of $2.4 million, Rollins absolutely carried WWE last year from a storyline perspective. He performed in 11 pay-per-view events, all but once with the WWE championship on the line. And on just three of those occasions did Rollins fail to take part in the main event, only getting topped by the Royal Rumble, Lesnar vs. Undertaker at Hell in a Cell and Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan for a WrestleMania title shot. To put his eight main events into context, consider that no other wrestler performed in more than five last year. Perhaps most impressively, Rollins accomplished all of that despite missing the last two months of the year with an ACL tear.
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And when it comes to workload Rollins is joined by two former teammates and fellow top-paid stars: Roman Reigns (No. 6, $2.1 million) and Dean Ambrose (No. 10, $1.1 million). In fact, the latter of the two did more than just about anyone last year -- by our count Ambrose worked nearly 200 events. That count includes more than 100 house shows, a feat matched by just four other performers (Luke Harper and The New Day trio of Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods).
Yet Ambrose spent little time at the top of the card. He had just four pay-per-view main events and only one was at a major show (a Survivor Series title match against Reigns). Consider that Rollins worked 81 house shows and was in the main event in all but five of them. Ambrose, by comparison, main evented just 36 of his non-televised events. And as described in WWE's booking contracts, a wrestler's live event pay is "consistent with the nature of the match in which [he] appears," ranging from dark matches up to main event.
As noted above, our earnings numbers are built off information gathered from court documents, SEC filings, WWE's booking contracts and interviews with industry sources. We've only included currently active wrestlers, which explains why you won't find The Rock anywhere on the list (for those who are curious, FORBES pegged his earnings at $31.5 million for the 12 months to June 2015). Also omitted from consideration are stock options that have not yet vested; last year Triple H earned some $600,000 in WWE stock, but those shares won't fully vest until the summer of 2018.
Plenty of Internet ink has been spilled on the subject of whether WWE's stars are underpaid. From some perspectives that certainly seems to be the case. We figure that last year WWE paid its in-ring talent roughly $50 million, or just 8% of its $659 million in total revenue. Contrast that with the NFL and NBA, which share around half of league revenues with their athletes. Putting wrestling up against pro sports is obviously a case of apples and oranges, particularly in the sense that pro athletes benefit from collective bargaining while wrestlers are independent contractors who usually don't even have agents to negotiate their contracts. But wrestler pay hasn't risen nearly as much in recent years as that for other athletes and entertainers, and that's in spite of WWE revenue surging, up 36% from $484 million in 2012.
The reason, according to many, is that WWE no longer has a true competitor threatening to outbid the company for top talent. One of the most famous such instances came in 1996 when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash left then-WWF for rival WCW, where both performers ranked among the promotion's top-paid stars throughout the late 1990s; from 1997 through 2000 the duo collected a combined $9.4 million. When Bret Hart jumped ship to WCW a year later, he received $2.5 million in base salary plus a $6,500 bonus for any event worked beyond his limited schedule.
And when it comes to guaranteed payouts it's hard to beat Hulk Hogan's 1998 contract with WCW. Though he'd been with the company since 1994 (which in turn followed a decade with WWF), he apparently had a tremendous amount of leverage: Hogan's 1998 deal included a $2 million signing bonus, paid at least $675,000 per PPV event and ensured Hogan at least 25% of ticket revenue from any weekly shows he performed at. On top of that he received a staggering 50% cut of merchandise profits and was even given creative control (more specifically, "approval over the outcome of all wrestling matches in which he appears, wrestles and performs"). According to WCW pay documents, in 1999 Hogan made $4.6 million, and that doesn't appear to include the $4 million he was guaranteed for working a half dozen PPV events.
Today WWE has no such spend-happy competition to contend with, and the company has arguably taken on the vulture role. In January reports surfaced that WWE was after some of New Japan Pro Wrestling's top performers. Those rumors were proved true just weeks later when veteran AJ Styles entered the Royal Rumble, and the following month WWE officially announced the signing of Shinsuke Nakamura, arguably NJPW's biggest star. Those additions came just three months after WWE brought back Alberto Del Rio from Mexico's AAA promotion, purportedly because they made an offer that AAA couldn't match.
That spending power comes via WWE's undeniable financial success. The $1.3 billion (market cap) company made a major gamble on its WWE Network two years ago, moving away from the decades-old pay-per-view model. The online-only network got off to a slow start, but as of the end of 2015 WWE was averaging 1.2 million paid subscribers, putting the company ahead of its projected break-even point. Last year WWE's media division tallied $390 million in revenue, up 33% from $292 million the year before. And other parts of the business are thriving as well, with consumer products revenue up 26% to $98 million.
Heading into WrestleMania 32, WWE's stock price sits at just over $17. That's down from the $20-plus prices of six months earlier but is still well above the $11 floor that WWE shares hit after the company's stock tanked in the spring of 2014. Some analysts are touting WWE as a top growth stock pick in 2016.
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As for the future, it seems WWE's biggest concern is keeping its top moneymakers healthy. Cena, Rollins and Randy Orton (No. 4, $2.7 million) have all been sidelined by injuries and will likely miss their major WrestleMania paydays. Meanwhile fan favorite Daniel Bryan was recently forced into retirement due to medical concerns, and wrestling legend Sting may also be at the end of his career after suffering a neck injury that required surgery.
But fans will be no stranger to WWE chairman Vince McMahon's supposed "brass rings," the keys to success that are up for grabs by any performer willing to put in the necessary work. So while the rash of injuries is obviously a huge blow to WWE's creative plans, they've also seemingly created opportunities for others in the company to step into the spotlight. Should any succeed, we may very well see some new names on next year's list of WWE's top earners.
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For non-CPA events, a valid Penn State parking permit or payment of the event parking fee is required.
ADA parking is available on each level of the Eisenhower Deck, with elevator access located at the southwest corner of the facility. Additional ADA parking is available behind Eisenhower Auditorium and at the Yellow F surface lot on Eisenhower Road across from the parking deck. A valid state issued ADA placard or license plate is required.
For non-CPA events, in addition to the ADA placard or license plate, a valid Penn State parking permit or payment of the event parking fee is required.
Eisenhower Auditorium Parking Map
Recital Hall (Music Building I) and Playhouse Theater (Theater Building)
General parking is available for $1 per hour at the Nittany Parking Deck, with no charge on weekdays after 4 p.m. for vehicles displaying a valid Penn State parking permit.
ADA parking is available on each level of the Nittany Deck, with elevator access located at the southeast and northwest corners of the facility. A valid state-issued ADA placard or license plate is required, along with a valid Penn State parking permit or payment of the hourly parking fee.
Additional ADA parking is available at Lot Green H, but requires a valid Penn State parking permit prior to 9 p.m. on weekdays. One-day permits may be obtained at the Parking Office or at any parking information kiosk.
Music Building/Theater Building Parking Google Map
Palmer Museum and Pavilion Theater
General parking is available for $1 per hour at the East or Nittany parking decks, with no charge on weekdays after 4 p.m. for vehicles displaying a valid Penn State parking permit.
On Saturdays and Sundays, parking may also be available at Lot Yellow E.
ADA parking is available on each level of the East and Nittany parking decks. Elevators are located at the southwest and northwest corners of the East Deck and at the southeast and northwest corners of the Nittany Deck. A valid state-issued ADA placard or license plate is required, along with a valid Penn State parking permit or payment of the hourly parking fee.
Additional ADA parking is available at Lot Yellow E, located near the corner of Curtin Road and Shortlidge Road. In addition to the ADA placard or license plate, with a valid Penn State parking permit also required for events weekday events starting before 9 p.m. One-day permits may be obtained at the Transportation Services Office or at any parking information kiosk.
Palmer Museum/Pavilion Theater Parking Google Map
Penn State Downtown Theater
The closest facilities to the Downtown Theatre Center are the State College Municipal parking lot on Beaver Avenue and the Fraser Street parking garage. Interactive and printable maps of downtown parking are available from DowntownStateCollege.com.
General parking is provided at the Eisenhower Parking Deck, with no parking permit or event parking fee required for events sponsored by the Center for the Performing Arts (CPA).
For non-CPA events, parking is available for $1 per hour at the HUB Parking Deck, with no charge on weekdays after 4 p.m. for vehicles displaying a valid Penn State parking permit.
On Saturdays and Sundays, parking may also be available at the sections of Lot Brown C located behind Willard Building and Reber Building. Please note that the section of Lot Brown A behind Deike Building is reserved 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and requires a valid Penn State faculty/staff parking permit.
For Schwab Auditorium events sponsored by CPA, ADA parking is available at each level of the Eisenhower Parking Deck, with elevator access located at the southwest corner of the facility. Complimentary, wheelchair-accessible round-trip shuttle service is provided from Eisenhower Parking Deck to Schwab Auditorium. Patrons should board the shuttle in the area between the parking deck and the Eisenhower Auditorium rear loading dock. The first shuttle departs from Eisenhower at 6:05 p.m., with additional pickups made every 20 minutes until 7:05 p.m. After the event, the shuttle will make as many trips as necessary to return riders to Eisenhower.
Two ADA parking spaces are also located directly behind Schwab Auditorium.
Schwab Auditorium Parking Google Map


Brandon is going to go to school tomorrow.
Reiner was killed with this knife.
Stephen hopes that it doesn't snow tomorrow.
Skeeter isn't going to win.
Michelle should be in the hospital.
Sharon wasn't in a good mood then.
We never found out what happened to Marvin.
Kate says he's tone deaf.
I don't get up as early as Wolf.
Could I ask you to get a cup of tea for our guest?
Judith looked mad when Laurianne said that.
What did you get from Anatole?
Hughes was bullied at school because her mother was grossly overweight.
Randell used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.
I'd like to know more about what happened to Petr.
I know Thierry is still alive.
Rabin asked Curt how many people had come to her party.
I think I know where William put his keys.
Debi flosses his teeth at least once a week.
Mehrdad decided to try trimming his beard with a knife, but he wasn't very successful.
They ran out of soda so I got you a flavored water.
I think Nici has calmed down.
Subra has already left on her trip.
I still think it's unlikely that we'll find any evidence to prove Edith's guilt.
Pontus has been refusing to take his medicine.
Marsha appealed to us for help.
It's a pity we didn't visit Arne when we had the chance.


Welcome to Southwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United aw SEIU.
The Southwest Regional Joint Board primarily work in various industries such as Distributions, Laundries, Manufacturing and Food Services located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Martin Klaja does it again! Takes one of our pedals out for a test drive, and this time it's the Pusher boost. It's a one-purpose, no-nonsense pedal, but Klaja does conduct a very thorough test boosting clean and overdriven sounds beyond their safety limits, using various guitars to make sure that every sonic angle is covered.


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Tag Archives: Harbor Watch
Roundup: Yankee Doodle's Logo, Compo Men's Hoops, Felicia's Salon …
The Yankee Doodle Fair is back.
The event — a decades-long herald of the end of school — was missing from the June calendar for 2 years, due to COVID.
It returned last September. Now it's back in its familiar slot: This Thursday and Friday (6 to 10 p.m.), Saturday (1 to 10 p.m.) and Sunday (1 to 5 p.m.), at the Westport Woman's Club on Imperial Avenue.
Also familiar: the Yankee Doodle Fair logo.
What most Westporters don't know is that the carousel horse was designed more than 30 years ago by Angela Mata. Her mother chaired the event, for the sponsoring Westport Woman's Club.
Growing up here, she was an avid fairgoer. She graduated from Staples High School, returned here, brought her own children — and is now a well-respected art teacher, at her alma mater.
Like the carousel on Angela's logo, whatever goes around, comes around.
Also back, after a pandemic break: Westport Parks & Recreation's men's summer basketball league, at Compo Beach.
The popular weeknight event runs for 8 weeks (June 20 to August 16). Teams can have a maximum of 15 players.
Games are Mondays and Tuesdays, at 7 and 8 p.m. The fee is $900 per team. To register or for more details, email mrobbins@westportct.gov.
Compo Beach basketball court. (Photo/Fred Cantor)
Speaking of (much younger) sports:
The Twins won the Westport Baseball "A" League (3rd grade) championship last weekend. Congrats, guys!
The "A" League champion Twins.
in 2019, Felicia Catale — a long-time hair stylist in Westport (Tony's, Karen & Frank's, Austin Rolfe) — opened her own salon in Nash's Plaza on Post Road West.
That first year was busy. She worked long hours, on hair and also the business end.
Then came COVID. She scrambled to serve customers, and keep her salon alive.
Finally, the pandemic is easing. She's back welcoming customers.
Finally too, she had a chance for an official "grand opening."
A small ceremony — with the big, official ribbon-cutting scissors — was held yesterday. She welcomed her guests — and then, in another long-delayed event, she threw a party for last fall's Staples High School boys soccer team.
"06880" would say "welcome to Westport," Felicia. But you've been here all along.
Cutting the ribbon at Salon Nash (from left): business consultant Ganesh Gupta, owner Felicia Catale, 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker, Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce director Matthew Mandell, Staples High School soccer tri-captain Bruno Guiduli.
Yesterday's "06880" Roundup included a photo of "Rev. Hezekiah Ripley." The long-ago, long-serving Green's Farms Church pastor showed up (looking very much like a 21st-century Westporter wearing a costume) at Sunday's rededication service. The 1789 church on Hillandale Road has undergone an extensive renovation.
Rev. Ripley was not the only dignitary taking part in the festivities. Senator Richard Blumenthal was there too, watching former 1st Selectman Jim Marpe cut the ceremonial ribbon. A Green's Farms parishioner, he was standing in for 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker, who was out of town.
From left: Capital campaign co-chair Tony Menchaca, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, former 1st Selectman Jim Marpe, capital campaign co-chair Diane Parrish, Senior Minister Jeff Rider. (Photo/Regina Madwed, Capitol Photo).
Also this past weekend: Norwalk's Copps Island Oysters was the place to be. A sold-out event raised important funds for Harbor Watch, the clean water research program of Earthplace.
Scientists provide data and field expertise to safeguard Connecticut waterways, educate residents about watershed issues, and train volunteers and student interns through hands-on research.
Plus, the oysters were delicious!
The Earthplace team, hanging out at the Harbor Watch fundraiser (from left): LaWanza Holder, Brenna Felt, Marisa Olavarria, Mary Donato, Nikki Spiller, Sophie Pollmann, Jess Mantzaris, Kasey Tietz, executive director Tony McDowell,
Temple Israel's first "Shabbat on the Beach" of the season is also the synagogue's "Pride Shabbat."
Temple officials say: "Together, we will send our clear message of love and acceptance for 'kol yoshvei tevel' — all who dwell on earth. BYO beach chairs and rainbows!"
A Westport beach pass is not necessary. Tell the gate attendant you're part of the Temple Israel service.
Speaking of Pride Month: The lineup is set for this Friday's Pride Cabaret at the Westport Library.
Comedian/activist Mina Hartong hosts Marvin Pittman, Sarah Ferro, Julie Loyd, Danielle Poyser and Staples High School senior Ellery Bodell.
Doors open on June 17 at 6:15 p.m. for cocktails, and mingling with local LGBTQ+ organization. The show begins at 7 p.m.
The cabaret is free. To register, click here. For more information, click here.
Cabaret emcee Mina Hartong.
Sure, bunnies are supposed to hop (and reproduce).
But this one stood still long enough for Jamie Walsh to snap a great "Westport … Naturally" close-up.
(Photo/Jamie Walsh)
And finally … today is Flag Day. Long may she wave, proudly and brave!
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Posted in Arts, Beach, Entertainment, Environment, Local business, religion, Sports
Tagged Angela Simpson, Earthplace, Felicia Catale, Green's Farms Congregational Church, Harbor Watch, Salon Nash, Temple Israel
How Healthy Are Our Rivers?
Posted on December 15, 2019 | 5 comments
Westport's waterways look beautiful.
You just don't see the bacteria.
Harbor Watch — the Earthplace-based research and education program — has just released a study of water quality in rivers throughout Fairfield County. All 4 of the Westport rivers studied are not as healthy as they look.
Muddy Brook — which discharges into Sherwood Mill Pond — and Pussy Willow Brook, a Mill Pond tributary, exceeded state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection criteria for E. coli.
Two rivers empty into Sherwood Mill Pond. (Drone photo/Patrick Sikes)
Sasco Brook failed DEEP criteria for bacteria. So did the Saugatuck River — which, with 2 sewage spills last summer, also showed elevated Enterococci concentrations.
The good news: our rivers are pretty good in terms of dissolved oxygen. That's an important water quality indicator, because many aquatic species rely on it for survival.
Overall, 77% of the 123 field stations studied by Harbor Watch exceeded either 1 or both of the state criteria for acceptable levels of baceria. Click here for the full report.
Posted in Beach, Environment, Organizations
Tagged Earthplace, Harbor Watch, Muddy Brook, Pussy Willow Brook, Sasco Brook, Saugatuck River
E. Coli In Westport's Waters: Here's The Poop
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 26 comments
First the bad news: Of 20 rivers in 17 Fairfield County towns, 77% exceed one or both of Connecticut's criteria for acceptable levels of E. coli. The bacteria can indicate the presence of sewage pollution.
The slightly better news: The Saugatuck River had the lowest percentage of failing sites.
The worse news: Muddy Brook — which drains into Sherwood Mill Pond — was one of 8 rivers tied for the most bacteria. (The others: Bruce Brook, Deep Brook, Goodwives River, Greenwich Creek, Keelers Brook, Pootatuck River and Rooster River.)
The Saugatuck River gets high marks from Harbor Watch. (Drone photo copyright Ben Berkley/@youreyeabove
That's this morning's news from Harbor Watch. The group — Earthplace's water quality research program — studied data from 169 stations, at those 20 rivers. They released their report this morning.
Harbor Watch director Dr. Sarah Crosby says: "The high incidence of failing bacteria concentrations shows us that there is still a great deal of work to be done to improve water quality in the Long Island Sound watershed."
No s—.
(Click here to read the full report.)
Posted in Environment, Organizations
Tagged E. coli, Earthplace, Harbor Watch, Muddy Brook, Saugatuck River
Tony McDowell Takes Earthplace Helm
Tony McDowell has spent his professional career in marketing and business development. His paper and forest product companies have emphasized sustainable development. But his most recent job was based in upstate New York. He commuted 3 hours every Monday, then stayed there all week.
His new commute is way better: 6 minutes.
McDowell is the new executive director of Earthplace. It's a great fit, he says — and not just because, after moving to Westport in 1987, he, his wife and 2 sons were frequent visitors to the environmental center.
Tony McDowell
A year ago, McDowell decided to shift his focus to non-profit management. He'd always been interested in environmental education and social issues — he was a founding board member of Stepping Stones Museum, board president of the Child Guidance Center, an advisor to Builders Beyond Borders and served on humanitarian missions to Haiti and Swaziland — and was an avid hiker and sailor.
He asked CEOs of non-profits for advice and insights. He networked. Then, last spring, Jeff Wieser — head of Homes With Hope — told McDowell about Earthplace. When the organization needed a new leader, he was one of the first to apply.
McDowell says that as Earthplace looks for fresh ideas — and the best ways to "deliver more value to the community" — his background in marketing is a great fit.
One example is Harbor Watch. Though the program — which monitors water quality in harbors, rivers, streams and estuaries here and in surrounding communities — has been part of Earthplace since 1993, few people know it.
McDowell's challenge is to "identify the needs of the community, and communicate the value of our programs to a variety of audiences." Most people associate Earthplace with its nursery school, he says. "That's great — but we also have high school and adult programs. There's a lot more that goes on here. We need to get the word out about everything."
McDowell begins work today. The staff and board are "very excited," he says.
He is too. And that 6-minute commute is just one reason why.
Posted in Environment, Organizations, People
Tagged Earthplace, Harbor Watch, Tony McDowell


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Das Lettische Nationale Kunstmuseum (Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs) ist ein Museum in der lettischen Hauptstadt Riga.

Es befindet sich am Park Esplanāde östlich der Altstadt in einem Gebäude von 1905, das der Architekt Wilhelm Neumann entwarf.

Das Museum beherbergt die bedeutendste Sammlung lettischer Kunst, darunter Gemälde von Vilhelms Purvītis und Janis Rozentāls. Insgesamt verfügt das Museum über etwa 52.000 Werke der lettischen, baltischen und russischen Kunst von der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts bis heute.

Nach einer mehrjährigen Restaurierung wurde das Museum im Mai 2016 wieder eröffnet.

Fußnoten

Weblinks

 Website des Museums

Museum in Riga
Kunstmuseum in Lettland
Bauwerk in Riga
Gegründet 1905

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The angry mob is at the door with pitchforks at the ready, and this time it appears John Mara may have to let them in.
The angry mob is at the door with pitchforks at the ready, and this time it appears John Mara may have to let them in. He can't agree that this is a "win or else" season then conveniently forget the "or else" part. He may inevitably have no choice but to make the coaching change he desperately doesn't want to make.
Did he really think this team was actually good enough to win more than it has?
Even if the answer is no, it doesn't completely excuse the job Coughlin's done. His game and clock management have been troublesome at times, and it certainly can be argued that his hard-to-comprehend decisions led directly to the Opening Night loss in Dallas and the one on Sunday against the Jets.
He also didn't help his case last week in Washington when, in an enormous game with huge NFC East implications, his team looked like it came out flat and unprepared.
But look what he has to work with. Besides the Eli Manning-to-Odell Beckham connection, what else does he have that screams "playoff team"? The defensive personnel is as bad as it's been in his tenure. The offensive line was questionable to begin with and three injuries later it's cracking due to its lack of depth. They don't have a running back who can consistently break tackles and there are no alternatives to Beckham in the passing attack.
Then add in the loss of his No. 2 receiver (Victor Cruz), two starting offensive linemen (Will Beatty, Geoff Schwartz), his middle linebacker (Jon Beason), his top two tight ends (Larry Donnell, Daniel Fells) and a starting defensive tackle (Johnathan Hankins). And consider the amount of time the defense was without cornerback Prince Amukamara and defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.
What makes you think this roster had the makings of anything better than a .500 team?
Down in the locker room and at the coach's press conference they of course insist the talent is there. What else are Coughlin and his players going to say? But every once in a while a hint of the truth comes out, like when Coughlin on Monday said he has to make some late-game decisions "based on what we have."
What does he have? On Sunday he started a seventh-round rookie (Bobby Hart) at right tackle, a kid from Stony Brook (Will Tye) that they pulled off the street at tight end (and playing the role of Manning's only trustworthy second option). His safeties — all three of them — included 30-year-old Craig Dahl, an ex-Giant rescued off the scrap heap this summer, and a rookie (Landon Collins) that coaches think has hit a wall. Whenever the Giants (predictably) lose a player like Beason they never seem to have a viable replacement, leaving them to scour the waiver wire and sift through whatever is there.
That's not good. It's also a continuing sign that the Giants are still paying for years of bad drafts, which falls squarely on GM Jerry Reese. (And with no indication at all that Reese's job is in jeopardy, Mara may have to explain that too if he cleans the rest of his house after the season.) He's had plenty of good first-round picks and some big hits in Round 2. But where are the mid-to-late round gems? Where are the solid third-, fourth-, and fifth-rounders who provide some starters and most of the depth?
To be fair, it certainly can be argued that Coughlin could've done more with the less he's been handed. Shane Vereen, their top free-agent signing, hasn't exactly been used as the dangerous weapon everyone was expecting, for example. And the running back rotation in general has been more a detriment than a help. They also wear the fact that they've been in every game but one as a badge of honor, but the record-tying five leads they've blown in the final two minutes is damning. A good coach in those situations finds a way to get it done, no matter what.
Coughlin is, of course, a good coach who is having a bad year in those situations. But his overall performance doesn't look so bad when you really look at the talent his team has. This might be the worst group he's been saddled with in his 12 seasons with the Giants — and that's saying something given what he's had to work with in each of the previous two years.
In the end, that probably won't matter. If the Giants miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season it'll be hard to argue that any coach should survive. And after allowing the "win or else" tag to be hung on the season, it would be very difficult for Mara to wiggle out of that now.
But these Giants, as constructed, are what their record says they are: a mediocre team led by two outstanding players. Sure, they had some chances to be better. But maybe realistically, nobody should've expected them to be any better than that.


The Overwatch All-Star weekend took place a few weeks ago in the Blizzard Arena, Burbank, California. The first day featured several events, one of the premiere events being a 1v1 Widowmaker tournament. Participants in the event include the best sharpshooters of the Overwatch League: Philadelphia Fusion's Carpe, New York Excelsior's Saebyeolbe, and Los Angeles Valiant's Soon to name a few. Possibly the most consistent Widowmaker players of the league, Los Angeles Gladiators' Surefour showcased his abilities during the event as well. Prior to his final showdown against Carpe, Surefour spoke to the media in regards to the all-star event, this year's Overwatch World Cup, and more.
Chris is an avid viewer in esports since 2010 with games such as Starcraft II, League of Legends, and Overwatch. He is also a staff writer for the esports team, Echo Fox. Besides video games, he enjoys playing guitar, hanging out at the beach, and networking with other people. Follow him on Twitter for more content.
Welcome back! In part two of our in-depth interview with Gladiators Head Coach David "Dpei" Pei, we broke down the Gladiators' playoff performance and their next steps as a team. You can review part one here. Enjoy!
Daniel is life long game player and day dreamer living in St. Paul, MN. He holds a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adult from Hamline University and writes scripts for both comics and plays. He enjoys playing competitive Overwatch, even if he isn't so great, and enjoys hosting friends for couch co-op gaming. Check him out on Twitter!
The LA Gladiators finished the inaugural season in fourth place overall, earning a spot in the seatson playoffs before losing in the first round to the London Spitfire. Gladiators Head Coach David "Dpei" Pei sat down with us here at Overwatchscore to talk about their first season. Part one of the extensive interview focuses on the Gladiators' intense regular season, and Dpei's growth as a coach. Check back in tomorrow for part two of the interview, where we discuss the playoffs and plans for Season 2!
LA Gladiator's main tank Chan-hyung "Fissure" Baek has spoken out on stream about the rumors behind his benching in today's quarter-final match against the London Spitfire.
Game 2 of the Overwatch League Quarterfinals began before either team stepped on stage. The rivalry between the London Spitfire and the Los Angeles Gladiators is steeped in history – a history that centers on Gladiators main tank Chan-hyung "Fissure" Baek. After trading Fissure to LA after Stage 1, the Spitfire have never won a match against their former teammate. That record was on pace to continue, until the Gladiators released an explosive statement right before the match.
Ash is an esports journalist and unrepentant underdog supporter. She loves all things Overwatch and has a soft spot for the abysmal Shanghai Dragons. Find her shouting about her love for Geguri on her Twitter profile here.
What a stage it's been so far, huh? I kinda (and by kinda I mean definitely) regret missing Watch Out last week, but final exams wait for no man, even if there were amazing Overwatch games to cover. With those finals now totally (hopefully) passed, it's time to take a look at this week's matches!
Brandon has followed competitive gaming since 2008 and has been featured several times in PCGamer Magazine, and has bylines with The Game Haus and Afterwatch. His mix of in-depth analysis and experienced opinions lends itself well to coverage of the Overwatch League.Follow Brandon on Twitter!
We knew there were big changes coming for the Overwatch League last week. I don't think anyone was ready for this, though. Boston's upset over New York on Thursday was electric, and it only got crazier from there. Saturday was one of the most impressive showings of the season, with all three games that day going to a tiebreaker. What a week!
This week could be even better. I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma, honestly. There are just too many good matches. I guess I'll just have to tell you about all of them? Yeah, sorry, I know. How dreadful. Don't worry, we'll get through this together.


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Q: I keep getting an error while using youtube v3 api with RAPIDAPI I was using the javascript mastery API course on youtube to try and create a youtube clone, but while trying to fetch videos using the api i got somer errors and the react app stopped rerenderng. The error occured after i put in this exact line {item.id.videoId && <VideoCard video={item}/>}
Here's my code for the video component
import {Stack, Box} from '@mui/material';
import {ChannelCard, VideoCard} from './';

const Videos = ({videos}) => {

  return (
    <Stack direction="row" flexWrap="wrap" justifyContent="start" gap={2}  >
        {videos.map((item, idx) => (
            <Box key={idx}>
                {item.id.videoId && <VideoCard video={item}/>}
            </Box>

        ))}
    </Stack>
  )
}

export default Videos

Here's the error
Videos.jsx:9 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'videoId')
    at Videos.jsx:9:1
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at Videos (Videos.jsx:7:1)
    at renderWithHooks (react-dom.development.js:16305:1)
    at mountIndeterminateComponent (react-dom.development.js:20074:1)
    at beginWork (react-dom.development.js:21587:1)
    at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (react-dom.development.js:4164:1)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (react-dom.development.js:4213:1)
    at invokeGuardedCallback (react-dom.development.js:4277:1)
    at beginWork$1 (react-dom.development.js:27451:1

A: Probably is because the videoId is on this path:
item.snippet.videoId

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      "kind": "youtube#caption",
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      "snippet": {
        "videoId": "M7FIvfx5J10",
        "lastUpdated": "2013-11-14T08:09:57.310379Z",
        "trackKind": "standard",
        "language": "bg",
        "name": "",
        "audioTrackType": "unknown",
        "isCC": false,
        "isLarge": false,
        "isEasyReader": false,
        "isDraft": false,
        "isAutoSynced": false,
        "status": "serving"
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