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Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Effects of the Added Micro and Macro Fiber
Document Type: Research Papers
Seyed Ehsan Vakili 1
Peyman Homami 2
M. R. Esfahani 3
1 Civil engineering, kharazmi university, Tehran,Iran
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of civil engineering, Ferdowsi university of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
10.22059/ceij.2019.277143.1557
This study evaluated the effect of macro steel fiber (SF), micro glass fiber (GF) and micro polypropylene fiber (PF) in lightweight aggregate concrete, (LWAC) beams reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars. Firstly, concrete mixtures with different volume fractions of GF, PF and SF were tested up to compressive strength, then determine the optimum fiber content GF, PF and SF added into LWAC mix by 0.3%, 0.8% and 0.25% by the volume of concrete, respectively. Meanwhile, eight rectangular cross-section beams with 100 mm (width) × 200 mm (depth) × 1500 mm (length) were tested by four-point bending beam test up to the ultimate load. The GFRP bars were used to reinforce all beams. The failure modes, load-deflection behavior, ductility, flexural capacity and energy absorption were compared in the test results. The experimental results shown added fibers into LWAC improved the flexural capacity, ductility and energy absorption also enhanced moment capacity by 10.07% to 110%. The results indicated that failure modes of GF and PF specimens were in good consistency with the ACI 440.1R-06 predicted failure modes, but for SF specimens, only concrete crushing failure modes accrued. At the end step, the correction factor ( ) obtained from calculated of the experimental results with the flexural capacity according to the ACI 440.1R-06 and ISIS design manual No. 3.
GFRP Bar
Lightweight Aggregate Concrete
Macro Steel Fiber
Micro Glass Fiber
Micro Polypropylene Fiber
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Seyed Ehsan Vakili; Peyman Homami; M. R. Esfahani. "Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Effects of the Added Micro and Macro Fiber". Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 52, 2, 2019, 349-363. doi: 10.22059/ceij.2019.277143.1557
Vakili, S., Homami, P., Esfahani, M. (2019). 'Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Effects of the Added Micro and Macro Fiber', Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 52(2), pp. 349-363. doi: 10.22059/ceij.2019.277143.1557
Vakili, S., Homami, P., Esfahani, M. Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Effects of the Added Micro and Macro Fiber. Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 2019; 52(2): 349-363. doi: 10.22059/ceij.2019.277143.1557
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Khan Marjan
Baghdad, Iraq
Khan al-Mirjan is situated in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood, Al Rusafah, at the end of Suq al Thulatha' known today as the drapers' suq or Suq al-Bazzazin. It was built in 1358 by the Wali Amin al-Din Mirjan and belongs to the waqf of the madrasa Mirjaniyyah built by the same wali as explained in the inscription above the entrance. The materials used were brick and wood.
The building is rectangular in plan 31.5 by 45 meters, occupying two floors. It has two entrances one from the suq al-Thulatha' and the second from Dar al Khilafa today known al Samu'al Street. It is accessible from Suq al Thulatha' on its ground floor through a pointed arch. The spandrel of the arched doorway is filled with minute arabesque scrolls and bordered with a decorative band containing different types of interlaced scrolls. Above this are nine lines of calligraphic inscriptions according to the Nashki design. The khan penetrates the street on its northern side where it juts beyond the building's main mass. The entrance hall measures 2.5 by 3 meters from which two staircases of 1.5 meters wide provide access to the second floor.
The entrance leads to the main hall spanning 10.8 by 29.5 meters, with a fountain at its middle. Twenty-two rooms of different size are located on the ground floor and open through a pointed arched door onto the central hall. Corner rooms are larger than the others to accommodate the corner situation. Their access is chamfered at forty-five-degrees between the sides of the main hall. Middle rooms on every side of the hall have a lobed arch framing their opening. Dormer-windows rest on top of every room door.
The second entrance from Samu'al Street lies in the southern side of the Khan, facing Suq-Thulatha's entrance hall. The access door is 3.5 meters wide leads to a large iwan measuring 3.4 by 6.2 meters that is flanked by three rooms on each side and opens to the main hall.
The second floor, measuring six meters from the ground floor, includes a one-meter wide, open air corridor (riwaq) serving the twenty-five rooms overlooking the main hall. The passage is held by supports decorated with muqarnas on the upper two sides of every door of the lower level. The second floor layout is identical to the ground floor except for the entrance spanning the height of the two floors and the additional three rooms over the iwan on the southern side.
The main hall differs from other khan's courtyard as it is covered (in Turkish it is called Khan Ortumah, meaning covered khan). The roof is elevated 14 meters from the ground floor. It is composed of eight transverse pointed arches each are two meters wide and placed at equal intervals except the middle bay that is larger (approximately three meters). They span the shortest side, from north to south. Between each of the double arches, the vault goes in steps culminating in a dome on squinches. Windows within these spaces admit light to the central hall. This roofing and lighting feature is unique in Islamic architecture. According to the waqfiya, the building was used as a market place and an inn with shops on the ground floor and rooms on the upper floor. People from Khurassan know the market as Khan al-Yatim or the merchant's khan. Its covered courtyard was used to accommodate animal and load merchandise.
Michell, George, Ed: 1978. Architecture of the Islamic World. London, Thames and Hudson, 248.
Strika V. and Khalil J. 1987. The Islamic Architecture of Baghdad. Naploli: Instituto Universitario Orientale, 75-78.
Uluçam, Abdüsselam. 1989. Irak'taki Türk Mimari Eserleri. Ankara: Kültür Bakanligi, 166-169.
Shari' Samu'al, Suq al-Thulatha' (Suq Bazzazina), al-Rusafah, Baghdad, Iraq
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Khan al-Mirjan Restoration
1358/758 AH
Style Periods
Jalayirid
Ground floor area: 60,100 m²; total site area: 1,200,000 m²
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Khan al-Mirjan
Khan Ortmah
Khan al-Yatim
caravanserai
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Bennie and I have been trying to keep to our paddling schedule, but the fates have been against us. On this last day of summer we had a nice trip to Jocassee planned, but then illness struck, and Bennie was unable to go. I had my boat loaded up, so I decided I'd head on out anyway, with a slightly altered itinerary. I have been wanting to check out the old Harrisburg Plantation Cemetery on "Ghost Island" in Lake Hartwell, so that's where I set my sights.
I had only recently been made aware of the Harris Family Cemetery. The idea of an abandoned cemetery on an island in the middle of Lake Hartwell was right in my wheelhouse. I'd seen several photos of the site posted to Facebook and Flickr, and I knew I needed to check it out. Plus, I had included information about Harrisburg Plantation in my talk about submerged ghost towns that I had given last week. It was fresh on my mind.
John, Jr. acquired land for the plantation using "bounty money" he received as a Revolutionary soldier. He named the Plantation "Harrisburg", partly to honor the place that his family had emigrated from in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and partly for his own surname. He lived there for more than 40 years and during that time was the ordinary of Pendleton and Anderson Districts. He also served as the area's "high sheriff", was a magistrate judge, and practiced medicine treating most of the prominent people of the district. He and his wife were both buried in the plantation's cemetery.
Oddly enough, Find-a-Grave repeats some erroneous information that I've found on other websites. Even though the paragraph above says that Harris was a citizen of Pendleton and Anderson Districts, It says that "'Harrisburg Plantation' was on the banks at the confluence of the Seneca River and Conneross Creek near Hopewell in the Long Cane area of Abbeville Co., SC." While it is close to Andrew Pickens homestead Hopewell, this location is nowhere near Abbeville County nor Long Cane.
Sometime around 1770, the Synod of New York and Philadelphia directed Rev. John Harris to establish or serve congregations in South Carolina, and so the family made the long and difficult trip to the Carolinas, stopping briefly in Virginia and North Carolina to supply churches there with a minister.
The Harris family was allied with the Pickens and Calhoun families of this area and there were marriages among the three families.
I think Find-a-Grave and whomever else quoted the Long Cane reference conflated the senior Harris with the junior.
Regardless, when Lake Hartwell was constructed in the 1950s it inundated the former plantation, leaving a peanut-shaped island. This image from the USGS Historical Topo Explorer shows a pre-lake 1951 map on top of the present view.
Due to the resistance encountered by next-of-kin, the HARRISBURG CEMETERY, X2400-1-C, containing 59 graves was not relocated but left on its original site. A hearing was held on 31 May 1961 in the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina before the Honorable Judge C C Wyche, and as a result of this hearing an Order was filed 05 August 1961 refraining the removal of the Harrisburg Cemetery. This order further relieved the United States of any responsibility to furnish ingress and egress to said cemetery, or any responsibility for the care and maintenance of the graves located in said cemetery, and of any claims for damage resulting from the non-removal of this cemetery which might be occasioned by the operation of the Reservoir and from damage which might be caused by private individuals using said Reservoir for recreational purposes.
And so, Harrisburg Plantation became known as "Ghost Island", or "Cemetery Island" to the locals, and became a popular spot for camping.
Google Earth indicated several boat ramps within kayaking range of the island. The closest was at Oconee Point, but there looked like there might be another at the end of Conneross Road. From my starting point, Oconee Point would be the easiest to get to from Greenville, so that's where I planned to launch. From there it would less than a mile paddle out to the island.
My route from Greenville took a path that bypassed Clemson on the south side. I drove past the Old Stone Church and the site of Hopewell, home of General Andrew Pickens. There were several other historic places where I stopped for photos in the past. There was Friendship Methodist Church, and the Old Hepsibah Baptist Church – one of those old church names that always fascinates me. The road wound through the Clemson's Musser Fruit Tree Research Farm before finally reaching Oconee Point Campground.
Oconee Point Campground is operated by the Army Corp of Engineers. I pulled up to the gate and asked about day use facilities. I was told that this was for camping only. When I said I just wanted to launch my kayak, the attendant said he could give me a launch permit for $5. That was fine with me, so I headed on in.
There was a good bit of activity in the campground itself, but I had the boat ramp to myself. I off-loaded the kayak, setting it on the rocks to the side of the ramp so I didn't block it for motorboats, then parked the car. From the ramp I could see my destination island. It looked much, much closer than I had envisioned it.
It was hot and there was the smell of dead fish. Stepping into mucky silt to launch the boat didn't help with the first impressions of the lake, but once I was on the water things improved. There were were a few ripples and a breeze from the north that would come into play later in the day.
I made the crossing in very little time. There were a few boats and one jetski out and about, but none came close. Soon I was pulling up to the island.
On the south side of the island there is a deep cove with a wide beach. Water levels are down at Lake Hartwell, so the beach was even wider. I pulled up to the cove and stepped out into more mucky silt. Oh well.
From my landing site there was a path that led to the interior of the island. Sadly, the detritus of camp sites littered the area. I hadn't loaded the coordinates of the cemetery into my GPS, but relied on my memory of a graphic I'd used in my presentation. Turns out that was all wrong. There were several clear paths and openings, but nothing that looked like a cemetery where I thought it should be.
I continued to the east, roughly following the paths I found. I saw an open area ahead, and hoped it was my destination. It turned out to be an even larger camping area. There were rough benches, cables spread between trees, and even the remains of an abandoned Weber grill. Unfortunately, there was other trash, like a fire-ring full of broken glass bottles. I just don't understand why people are so lazy that they trash a place. In fairness, it was much neater and cleaner than some places I've been, but I still hate to see any litter.
I had assumed the cemetery was that white structure close to the shore. Turns out that was just a downed tree trunk. The shadows of the other trees create the segmentation on the trunk. The actual cemetery was more on the northwest end of the island. After the fact I was able to find it in Google Earth. The headstones are much more subtle.
Armed with the correct coordinates, I walked along the beach, since it was easier than pushing through underbrush.
Just up the beach from where I landed a path led steeply up the hill. There I found the cemetery.
Of the 59 recorded interments at this site, only a few of the headstones are extant. All of the original stones are illegible, but replacement stones have been added. There are a few fieldstones.
There had been reports of vandalism, and given the state of the campgrounds on the west end, that doesn't surprise me. I tried to imagine this area as it might have been before the lake. It would have been sitting on a hill with a view down to the Seneca River, probably a very peaceful place. I spent a few more minutes listening to bird calls until a motorboat disturbed my reverie. I decided it was time to continue my trek.
Back at the boat I paddled around the island. I could easily spot the campground from the water. I was surprised at the fall colors already creeping into the trees. The north side of the island actually looked more interesting, with deep erosion caves. On the west end of the island a large sand spit jutted into lake, and was marked with a hazard buoy now on dry land because of the low lake level.
It would have been a quick paddle back to the landing, but I wasn't done with the day. I wanted to explore some more. Apart from a couple of destinations like Andersonville Island and Ghost Island, I'd never really thought about Lake Hartwell as a paddling destination. Knowing how popular it is with boaters, skiers, etc., it just didn't seem very kayak-friendly. Plus, I imagined it ringed with lake houses and docks, not the most appealing scenery.
This bit of the lake seemed different, though. The east bank is bordered by the Clemson Experimental Forest, and the west bank by more Clemson land. While the view wasn't exactly pristine, it wasn't too bad, and there were mountains in the distance, to boot. It being mid-week during the school year, boat traffic wasn't too bad, either. I turned north, planning to explore as much of the Seneca River as I could.
A stiff north headwind blew up waves around me. I paddled until I got to the point that separates the Conneross/Martin Creek cove from the rest of the Seneca River and pulled over for a bit. Upstream a boat with a skier was making wide circles. I briefly wondered if I could make it all the way to Clemson from here. (For the record, it would have been an additional 7 miles one way with headwinds.) I dismissed that idea, and decided to head back. Since I had such good winds, I decided to deploy my sail. I used it to get me all the way back to my launch site.
In all I did about 4 and a half miles, not very far for one of my trips.
I did manage to keep the GoPro going the entire time, so I have a time-lapse. The bit with the sail flapping over the camera is kind of fun.
I was very sorry Bennie couldn't have joined me for this trip, but I'm glad I satisfied my curiosity about Ghost Island and the Harris Family. Now I have some correct information should I ever have to give that talk again.
This island is on my to-visit list, so I was very much interested in reading your report. The Oconee Point and Coneross campgrounds close for the season Sept 30. If you had chosen to come just a few days later, you would have been forced to launch much further away. Whew!
Lake Hartwell has a few minor waterfalls in the Clemson area you may be interested in visiting sometime. One is Horsehead Point Falls, on the western side of Lake Hartwell WNW of Clemson [map and directions link], and Meadow Falls [location link], north of Clemson near Six Mile. Horsehead Falls and Meadow Falls are both reachable by water from the Twelve Mile Recreation area. Meadow Falls can also be reached by foot.
You were lucky to be able to launch from oconee point. I had family members who wanted to view the island from the boat ramp. They traveled from Georgia to view it because they had researched some ancestry and found some ancestors actually buried there on Ghost island. The guard at the gate denied there being a boat ramp after I explained what we wanted to do. So, we went there only to he turned away. Very disappointing. I thought I had even read somewhere that the acoe would arrange travel out to the island by appt.
I'm sorry to hear that you had trouble. It sounds like you got a less friendly attendant than the one who helped me. I can assure you that there is a boat ramp there, but they did say that there was no day use – only camping. For whatever reason they let me in that day.
I'm not aware of any group that will take folks out to the island.


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The Commonwealth of Dominica—situated between Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles archipelago—was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. But the "Green Island," a lush and mountainous place rich with natural beauty (and numerous rivers, waterfalls and hot springs), is working to revive tourism, and in an eco-friendly way with a new plan to ban single-use plastics in the island nation.
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25-year-old Taco Mac's Brewniversity loyalty program suffered from lengthy data backups that generated unreliable data quality. Printing out beer history for program members took the POS system down for up to 10 minutes causing service delays across the restaurant. To ensure data quality and add new feature(s), Taco Mac needed a new loyalty platform.
Once Taco Mac had migrated to the Paytronix Reward Platform, it added a mobile app, which quickly attracted a broader audience to the program. Guests are visiting and spending more, and marketing is running new promotions and contests, using the Paytronix dashboards to view results and make modifications in real-time.
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Simple to engage mobile app encourages customers to enroll, identify themselves, and view their beer history alongside real-time status updates to earn beer degree and rewards.
Rich guest profiles enable marketing to deliver targeted, one-to-one promotions using in-app messages and real-time email.
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Q: CMake phony target which duplicates another target I am trying to "duplicate" a target in my CMake file without maintaining 2 targets and all it's dependencies.
For example I have a main target MyBigLibrary
add_library(MyBigLibrary STATIC "")
target_compile_definitions(MyBigLibrary PRIVATE definitions..)
target_include_directories(MyBigLibrary PUBLIC public_directories..)
target_include_directories(MyBigLibrary PRIVATE private_directories..)
target_link_libraries(MyBigLibrary INTERFACE libraries..)
...
...
target_sources(MyBigLibrary ..source files..)

What I am trying to achieve is to have a identical copy of MyBigLibrary target (e.g. MyBigLibraryModified) which then I can feed to external script via add_custom_command.
I know there is way to have 2 targets, but then you have maintain 2 targets and all of it's dependencies.
Is there a way to have a phony target, e.g MyBigLibraryModified which is built only MyBigLibrary, and inherits INTERFACE flags as a dependencies?

A: When I wanted to create two different libraries containing the same compiled objects but with different features, I used the OBJECT library type containing all the source files, then I created two different libraries that listed the OBJECT target in their target_link_libraries.
The OBJECT library in CMake is still not fully correct, even after years of waiting for it to be enhanced, but it works mostly OK in most situations these days.
See the documentation for more info.

A: Comments under question:

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*... Are you trying strip symbols from release version of your target? –
Marek R

*@MarekR that is correct. – pureofpure

So you are doing that wrong. You do not need (and you should not have) separate target for stripped version of your library/application.
For stripped version build proves is just a bit different.
One way to do it is just do:
$ cmake --install . --prefix PathWithResultsWithSybols  .....
$ cmake --install . --prefix PathWithStripedResults --strip ....

See cmake doc

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In this episode, I show examples of key light positions, and introduce the concept of key lights.
Haha. Yes, I've been watching it. I love that show.
This is great. Looking forward to more. I'm going to feature you on a Vlog Soup!
Wow what a great site. Keep up the good work. I have a few questions but but for now I am just wondering how you put the 4 views in your intro (split screen in fours) I have Final cut express and I can go under video filter/replicate and get a similar effect but it shows only the same video. any advice?
Are you going to post anything related to color distortion? What I mean by that is this: Have you seen the movie "Ray" or Trisha Yearwoods "Georgia Rain" video ? the music video seems to have very vivid colors – how do they do that?
Regarding the movie Ray. When he lost his sight as a boy they flashback to his childhood and that scene where he loses his sight had spectacular colors, the grass was really green and the clay seemed really oarnge, very interesting !
Do you work with any colors like that?
I love highly saturated stylized video, and although I'm not familiar with the scenes of which you're speaking, I believe I have an idea of that style. I've experimented with the look myself, and I've been planning on doing an episode which demonstrates my attempts. Without going into the whole thing here (because I wouldn't want to spoil my own show :-) ) I'll just say I use a combination of: 1)increased color saturation, 2)increased contrast, and 3)maybe a color filter on top of that as well.
Regarding the four screens in my intro. You'll be surprised when you see how easy it is. I simply place four video layers in Final Cut Pro on top of each other with multiple video tracks (I believe Final Cut Express can do this as well), and then reduce the size of the screen on the "motion" tab to maybe 25% or so. I then click and drag them to where I want them. And that's it!
Animating them is a different story. I use keyframes for those. Keyframes are more complex. I'll likely do a show at some point on animating through keyframes.
Anyway, I hope that helps at least a little. Thanks for watching. And thanks for the great question.
was interested in what kind of light you're using in Video 14.
In Episode 14, I used a Chimera Video Pro Small. BH Photo carries it.
It's a great light, and I highly recommend it.
I recently received an ipod as a gift. Two weeks ago my husband and I purchased our first video camera. Someone told me to check out the podcasts from itunes and I subscribed to yours. I listened to the first 10 espisodes and learned so many helpful things. I wish it were sunny today so I could try the key lighting technique (that is if our puppy would sit still since we don't have kids at home anymore). I hope to listen to more of your episodes after my battery recharges this afternoon. Thanks for being a great help. Your examples are great.
Many thanks for a great series of video tutorials.
Even as a person working in this field, it is great to watch your tutorials, allows me to think of alternative ways of doing shots.
I am a form four student in Hong Kong.Now, I am learning how to use the DV camera.I think all the video tutorials in this web site are very useful to me.I have to thanks you a lot for showing the shooting skills.
Love all the help. Great work Izzy.
Any suggestions on shooting an interview indoors ( like an office) with a window behind the subject showing an day time city skyline?
Gel the lights/or get day light blubs ??? can you get enough exposure to compete with a skyline backdrop?
Any ideas? I get request to shot this all the time. But the backlight issues are really tough.
I am a massive fan of your podcasts, my brother and I are starting to edit a pilot for community TV here in Brisbane Australia. I have a question for you as you seem to be the guru…I have reached a very competent level of proficiency on FCP however I am having trouble exporting my footage. I can export ok for YouTube and web easy enough however what is the best format to export if i want to create a high quality DVD? I am having real trouble with this part…importing my high quality DV footage is fine, editing is really good however I can not seem to get a good final product. I am using iDVD to create my DVD's and it seems to be very limited, can you suggest a better software solution or process to help me?


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"RESIST, INSIST, PERSIST, ENLIST." – HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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July 28, 2010 by still4hill
Well I just have to share these pictures from yesterday because she looks so happy! She was going into Vera Wang's to meet Chelsea. I love the jacket, very playful.
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State | Tagged Clinton Wedding, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, MOTB, Secretary of State | 75 Comments
on July 28, 2010 at 4:57 pm | Reply marco
…a wonderfull smile !!
on July 28, 2010 at 5:17 pm | Reply Lilly
Wow! Thank you, Still! It´s nice to see Hillary as she´s enjoying this time with her little girl 😉 Okay, Chelsea isn´t little anymore, but I think that she´ll always be the little princess for Hillary and Bill.
on July 28, 2010 at 6:23 pm | Reply still4hill
It's true. Actually, Hillary is still Dorothy's little girl!
on July 28, 2010 at 5:43 pm | Reply discourseincsharpminor
2nd, 3rd, & 4th from the bottom – LOL! That's why we don't wear shinny underclothes with light fabrics. On the positive end, maybe people will stop saying she's flat-chested now.
on July 28, 2010 at 5:47 pm | Reply rachel
I didnt know people said that about her. It's obvious she's not.
I thought the sheen was coming off the fabric of the jacket. I don't know why people say that about her. Oh, well, I'm always saying it. She has a pretty figure, and isn't flat-chested at all.
on July 28, 2010 at 10:05 pm | Reply discourseincsharpminor
If that's the case, shiny fabric is one spot is usually a sign of wear. The question then becomes how did she wear down the fabric there. I sense the involvement of a misbehaving squire!
on July 28, 2010 at 10:25 pm | Reply still4hill
Bad Bill!
Too much "resting".
on July 28, 2010 at 5:54 pm | Reply pcfs
Well the gowns are carried out by Huma. Looks like two gowns. Mayb Huma is in the wedding. Gee they are all going to have a great time.
on July 28, 2010 at 6:04 pm | Reply jillforhill
Sally Quinn got owned when the interviewer asked if the Clintons invited her. Sally Quinn is such a sad person. As Hillary said "I will never allow that woman near my family".
She also was going for her above-it-all, decreeeing-from-Above position in Society, being OH-so-understanding at why "some A-Listers" didn't get invitiations: "500 guests is a *very* large number. Most weddings are THREE HUNDRED —-or less! You only invite those CLOSE to you, not campaign DONORS.".
She was about to stay on in her UpThere role, but the interviewer made it personal and asked whether SHE was invited.
She appeared taken aback and said, after collecting herself, "Oh, NO. (pause) We're not close to the Clintons."
"Oh, NO. (pause) We're not close to the Clintons."
Is that the 'royal we' coming from Queen S*!t-For-Brains? She seems like such a miserable person.
She was so mad when she was asked if she was going to the wedding. It was funny. She is just mad that no one wanted to hear about her son's wedding.
LOLOL!!! Thanks for sharing that, jillforhill. Guessing the interviewer had a hidden agenda in choosing her. 😀
who is sally quinn and who is her son and why would she think she would be invited I am lost on these things.
Married to Ben Bradlee (see Washington Post/All the President's Men) Washington hostess – former/sometimes guest columnist who went to war with Hillary the day she set foot in DC. Don't know much about the son except that I think he has a disorder of some kind.
Mymomsanut-itis?
LOL!!! That too!
Sally Quinn is a women who slept her way to where she is now. Called the Clintons trash and other not nice things about them. She lost her column because all she did was talk about her son's wedding and the readers were complaining. She never liked hillary or bill because they would rather spend time with chelsea than washington insiders.
And we don't like her.
Because she is a very arrogant, unpleasant individual based on what she feels comfortable saying about others.
on July 28, 2010 at 9:52 pm | Reply Linnette
great pictures, Hillary in a different role. And she said once she love going shopping, which she can't do anymore.
Yes, she did say that. She was having fun, and it's fun to watch!
on July 28, 2010 at 10:01 pm | Reply jillforhill
Here is what Hillary and Bill think of dowd,quinn and others in the great taylor branch book:
"On Monday, USA Today ran a front-page article on the soon-to-be-released book chronicling a series of secret interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch held with President Bill Clinton throughout the Clinton presidency. The piece focused on a bizarre episode in which Russian President Boris Yeltsin during a visit to Washington in 1995 ended up in his underwear and drunk on Pennsylvania Avenue, trying to hail a cab. As for the Lewinsky affair, Clinton told Branch, he "just cracked" under political and personal pressures. USA Today also noted that Clinton and Al Gore had an explosive conversation following the 2000 election. But the newspaper provided only a few details on this meeting.
I've obtained a copy of the book, and that encounter, as Clinton recalled it to Branch, was more than dramatic; it was also weird.
During the discussion, Clinton told his vice president that he was disappointed that Gore had not used him in the last ten days of the 2000 campaign in strategically significant state—Arkansas, Tennessee, New Hampshire, and Missouri. But Clinton said he could understand that. What was more upsetting for him, Clinton remarked to Gore, was that Gore had not crafted a more winning message during the campaign, that he had not campaigned on any grand themes. Clinton insisted to Gore that he hadn't cared about how Gore had referred to Clinton—and his personal scandal—during the campaign. Paraphasing this portion of the conversation, Branch writes that Clinton told Gore, "To gain votes, he would let Gore cut off his ear and mail it to reporter Michael Isikoff of Newsweek, the Monica Lewinsky expert."
At one point in the conversation, Gore told Clinton that he was still traumatized by having been caught up in the fundraising scandals of the 1996 Clinton reelection campaign, and he indicated that he blamed Clinton. Clinton could hardly believe this, and he told Branch that Gore was probably in shock from the election or unhinged, remarking, "I thought he was in Neverland."
In this same conversation, Gore pressed Clinton for an explanation of his affair with Lewinsky, noting that Gore had stood by him throughout the ordeal without Clinton ever confiding in him. There was little to say, Clinton replied. But Clinton did say that he was sorry. Gore responded that that this was the first time Clinton had apologized to him personally. This angered Clinton, who countered that he was only repeating what he had already said publicly. Moreover, Clinton noted, Hillary had more to resent that Gore did, and she had just campaigned successfully for Senate by unabashedly citing the Clinton-Gore record—not running away from it. Gore responded with his own anger, insisting that Clinton's character had been at the root of his failure to win the White House. Clinton acknowledged that he had not confessed to those closest to him, but that he was glad he had not talked more about the affair, for that would have made the controversy even worse.
The 707-page book, titled The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, is a fascinating read, full of the most inside information on the policy fights, political tussles, and personal controversies of the Clinton years. I haven't finished the book, but here are other intriguing portions that caught my attention:
* In an interview with Branch shortly after he left office, Clinton passionately defended his last-minute pardon of Marc Rich, the fugitive financier. Summing up Clinton's outrage over the dust-up caused by the pardon, Branch describes the now ex-president's rant: "They said Clinton had a conflict because Rich's ex-wife was a donor to his library. Lord have mercy, he cried, Papa Bush pardoned Caspar Weinberger and others before the Iran-contra prosecutions may have targeted Bush himself. Nobody fussed." Clinton showed no remorse to Branch about this pardon.
* In 1996, when Washington author Sally Quinn was telling people that Hillary had not written her book, It Takes a Village, Branch suggested to the First Lady that she invite Quinn and her husband Ben Bradlee to the White House. "You know," Hillary shot back, "she has been hostile since the moment we got here. Why would we invite somebody like that into our home. How could she expect us to." Branch writes, Hillary "said Quinn and her friends simply invented gossip for their dinner circuit. They had launched one juicy affair between Hillary and a female veterinarian attending Socks, the Clinton family cat, with tales about how somebody discovered them in flagrante on a bedroom floor in the White House."
* After the 1998 congressional elections, Clinton bemoaned the fact that GOP Rep. Jim Bunning had narrowly won a Senate seat in Kentucky. Branch writes, "He said Bunning, a former baseball player, was so mean-spirited that he repulsed even his fellow know-nothings. 'I tried to work with him a couple times,' said Clinton, 'and he just sent shivers up my spine….I know you're a baseball fan and everything, and you don't like to hear it, but this guy is beyond the pale.'"
* When Clinton prepared for military strikes against Iraq in 1998, he griped about former President Jimmy Carter. "[Republican Senator Bob] Dole will support me," he told Branch. "Carter will probably criticize me. Carter always criticizes, but he doesn't have much positive to say."
* In 1997, when Senate Republicans were opposing Clinton's pick for CIA chief, Anthony Lake, Clinton told Branch he considered Senator Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican (who had once been a Democrat) and a leading Lake detractor, to be a dogged and spiteful man. Clinton added that Shelby was supported by two GOP "know-nothings" on his Senate committee, Jon Kyl of Arizona and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.
* In 1996, Esquire magazine was looking for a writer to contribute a pro-Clinton article to its election issue. After Clinton hit snags with Texas columnist Molly Ivins, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson, and bestselling crime author John Grisham, Branch took on the assignment.
* In 1994, after Bob Woodward's book on the budget battles of Clinton's first year in office, The Agenda, came out, Clinton told Branch he suspected that the major sources for Woodward were George Stephanopoulos, Paul Begala, and Alan Greenspan.
* In 1994, Hillary Clinton told Branch that a year earlier she had been at a dinner party where Henry Kissinger had whispered to her that if her health care plan became law he would never be allowed to see his personal physician again. Hillary had tried to explain to Kissinger why this was not true. But, Branch writes, "she said Kissinger merely scowled and growled behind his 'game face' of impregnable secret knowledge." Hillary also disclosed to Branch that she had dreamed of being at a banquet with Kissinger and telling him that her health care reform effort was not dead and "there's always light at the end of the tunnel."
* In 1995, Clinton predicted to his confidantes that Colin Powell would challenge him in 1996, while Hillary and Gore contended that the retired general would not. After Powell declared he would not run, Branch writes, the president did not call Powell, fearing this would "advertise his relief." Clinton's "mistaken prediction about Powell," Branch adds, "seemed to gnaw at Clinton."
* Toward the end of 1995, when Japan was in the midst of political and economic crises, Gore urged Clinton to visit Japan. Clinton, though, nixed the dates Gore suggested, saying, "Al, I am not going to Japan and leave Chelsea by herself to take" her junior-year midterm exams. This caused a big fight between the two.
* Following his 1996 reelection victory, Clinton was mad about revelations of Democratic Party campaign finance irregularities. He feared—after Whitewater—that this could be a legitimate scandal. He was annoyed that Democratic Party officials could not provide him answers about what had gone wrong. But, Branch writes, "he thought fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe vaguely knew." Referring to antagonism toward him within the press at this time—especially at The Washington Post and The New York Times—Clinton declared, "I am bitter about it."
* In 1997, after New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote an acerbic column about Clinton and golfer Tiger Woods—maintaining that the the two green-eyed hucksters deserved each other—Clinton told Branch, "She must live in mortal fear that there's somebody in the world living a healthy and productive life."
It's a good book. I laughed at this bit.
Hillary walked in from the bedroom and froze. She was wearing her bathrobe, a head towel, and a layer of grayish face cream with a few white spots. Neither she nor the President spoke, but I said "Excuse me," as she retreated.
I'm glad she had the robe on!
on July 29, 2010 at 6:40 am | Reply discourseincsharpminor
I'm sure she was too. 😉
on July 29, 2010 at 12:12 am | Reply discourseincsharpminor
LOL, Boris.
The most famous BilLOL.
BTW, sorry for posting a video instead of a link. Curse you, YouTube!
on July 29, 2010 at 12:37 am | Reply still4hill
NONONO!!!! I PREFER the video. I'd have gone back and made it visible. It's easier this way.
LMAO! Awwww Boris! He loved Hillary. Kept a picture of her in his office.
Is it just me or is it just not possible to not end up laughing with them?
True! But only for people with a sense of humor. They are so funny, both of them. (I really need a funny POTUS.)
Me too, but not just any funny POTUS. I laughed at Dubya for eight years, but I wouldn't want him back.
This the interview with taylor branch
It has been nearly forty years since three young Democratic activists named Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and Taylor Branch moved into a small apartment together in Austin, Texas, to wage a presidential campaign for George McGovern. In the decades since, the Clintons have taken that political fire to the center of American political life, while Branch has chosen a quieter course, writing three definitive volumes on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and winning both the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur "genius" grant. Yet at the height of Bill Clinton's ascent—for the full eight years of the presidency—the historian and the politician reunited for a secret project, hidden from even Clinton's closest aides. Meeting late at night and sometimes through the night, Clinton and Branch embarked on a series of seventy-nine conversations about politics, the presidents, the Whitewater investigation, and yes, even Monica—recording every word for posterity. Acutely aware that their tapes could be subpoenaed at any moment and desperate to avoid making them public, Clinton squirreled away the cassettes in his sock drawer and has never spoken of them nor made them public. But this month, Branch releases a 670-page mammoth tome, The Clinton Tapes, that mines those conversations and delves into Clinton's presidency and state of mind through a tumultuous and historic eight years. Branch sat down on the sprawling porch of his Victorian home in Baltimore to discuss the project, the experience, and the book.—WIL S. HYLTON
Let's start in the fall of 1992. Out of nowhere, the president-elect calls you up and invites you to a dinner party at Katherine Graham's house. What happened?
It was bizarre. When we were kids, we were buddies down in Texas, trying to get McGovern elected. We lived together, but I hadn't seen him in twenty years, and I had no idea why he asked me to dinner. I had kind of reprocessed him out of my friendship, into being a politician. This is a guy who's run off to run for Congress in Arkansas, when all the rest of us were very alienated, and had this pile-driver political career, and so I had reprogrammed him away from somebody that you could know as a regular person. This is a president of the United States! He may just be all greed and selfishness. I was definitely tamping down my expectations.
Had you been a supporter in the campaign?
No! I thought his "forgotten middle class" sounded like Nixon's "silent majority." It was a formula—part of being a member of this species called "politician." But within twenty seconds, I completely reconnected with him. He just knocked me over intellectually. He comes up and out of the blue asks me all these questions about historic preservation, saying, "I read your footnotes, and I want to make sure there are things like that for historians in fifty years." Even if I hadn't known him, even if it had been Richard Nixon or George W. Bush, I would have been floored that he was thinking about that already. This guy who hadn't even taken office yet is thinking about raw material for historians fifty years later.
Within weeks, you were swept up in a whirlwind with him—staying up all night to write the inaugural address, being onstage during the ceremony, and then actually entering the White House for the first time with Bill and Hillary.
The day before, I thought I was going down to hear a final reading of the inaugural and wound up working all night, then being onstage with no seat or anything, just crouched down. And after the parade, he said, "Come on, let's go to the White House!" So it was just the three of us walking in, he and Hillary and me! I mean, he literally didn't know where the Lincoln Bedroom was. We were wandering around, poking in closets.
How did you decide to begin recording interviews for history?
He was angling to get me to move into the White House as house historian. But I responded more to the notion of preserving his thoughts. I only realized later on what a tremendous commitment that meant for him. Because the only time he could fit me in was when he was tired. There were stunning moments; I would be talking to him late at night and his eyes would go up, just roll back in his head. He would fall asleep in the middle of a sentence.
At the end of each session, sometimes late at night or even early the next morning, you would drive home to Baltimore and talk into a tape recorder the whole time. It must have been exhausting for you as well.
I would do those dictations until I dropped. I would sit here outside the house and dictate notes until I fell asleep in the truck. Because I felt that it was a significant experience that I should preserve. But on the tapes, there are a few times where it's amazing: I would yawn involuntarily four times a minute! Because my workday on the King books always started at five in the morning, and sometimes I wouldn't know I was going to go down to the White House until six at night. They would call up and say, "Can you come down at eight?" And I'd scramble and go down there, have this session with him, and it'd be two o'clock in the morning, and I'd be driving and dictating, then wake up the next morning again. But having that drive home to Baltimore for dictation was a forced habit that turned out to be very good.
The level of detail in your conversations is overwhelming. You discuss the most minute foreign-policy details, political calculations. Did you need to expand your reading habits to keep up with him?
Not really, because I actually didn't know a lot of that stuff! I would just set a subject out there and say, "This seems to be a significant topic." I didn't know the background and the parameters; he would explain those. And sometimes I would set a subject out there and he would give me what was already in The New York Times. Sometimes he would say, "We're going to appeal. End of story." And we'd move on.
The Bill Clinton in this book is very different than the version we came to know in the press. You describe a guy who was steadfast and idealistic, very different from the wishy-washy, flip-flopping caricature who let Dick Morris tell him what to do.
It was almost like a credential for old liberals to look down on Clinton, because if you looked down on Clinton, you could say, "He's betrayed liberalism," but you didn't have to uphold anything yourself. All you had to do was talk about what a shit he was or what a sellout he was and you could get this cheap credential.
Meanwhile, you're seeing this guy whose face is red with allergies, he's so tired that his eyes are rolling back in his head.… He's the last fighting baby boomer.
Well, yeah. For example, I admire Obama greatly, but if you compare Clinton and Obama on the National Rifle Association, Obama said, "It's not worth it." Right from the get-go. "You can't win." And Clinton was going after the NRA and assault weapons and cop-killer bullets the whole time. And he paid for it, and maybe it was a mistake, because it certainly hurt him in the 1994 congressional elections. But he did stick to his guns, as it were. He took risks. On Haiti—restoring Aristide. I would hear him say it: "This is going to hurt my presidency." Or, "I could go down the tubes for this."
In all the Kennedy and Johnson tapes you've listened to, do you hear the same resolve?
In some ways, Kennedy was just the opposite. People would idealize him, but then on the tapes, you hear him trying to kill Castro and all this other stuff. It's disillusioning. And Johnson does the Civil Rights bill, but then he does the Vietnam War—and you hear them saying essentially, "We know this is not going to work, but we're going to do it anyway." Then Nixon promises to end the war, and four years later the war is still going. Then you have Watergate. So it was kind of like we had this post–World War II optimism about politics that was yanked out of our generation by hard experience. In some ways, Hillary and I were more typical of our generation than Bill. We were bruised and disillusioned with politics. We had more in common with each other politically than either of us had with Bill. He seemed to be on automatic pilot: "I'm going to run for office!" At the time, I didn't connect that to idealism. I connected it to ambition. The notion that it came from a sense of idealism didn't rear up for me until I was able to watch him in the White House, seeing why he would do things.
How did you contain that for eight years, listening to people say the opposite about him?
I couldn't communicate with people, because I felt like I was in a different galaxy. I just dropped out. I didn't see a way of fighting it that didn't endanger the project. I couldn't challenge my friend [Washington Post critic] Jon Yardley, who would sit around and bitch and moan about Clinton: "He's no good, he doesn't care about anything, he doesn't believe in anything." I couldn't say, "Jon, I know that's not true." I couldn't start that conversation, because the only way I could combat it would be to say, "I've been around Clinton a lot, and my experience is totally different." And then some story would come out that he had these tapes, and they would get subpoenaed. So I just basically had to be quiet and not talk to people.
There are several parallels between Clinton and Martin Luther King—both are southern, same generation, men of faith, orators. But then there's adultery. How did you process that?
Very painfully. I can't say I've got any great answers. I think King got something good out of it, in a perverse way. He was driven to seek penance by public sacrifice for private failings. He would preach about the mystery of evil: Why could we not cast out this demon? But you know, with Clinton, I just had this assumption that when you hear all this, some of it's true. I assumed that he had resolved to make it true no longer. Which is pretty much what King did. He resolved openly to his aides, "There's too much at stake here. I've got to stop this." And some of the greatest regret in King's life was that he couldn't do it. With Clinton, what he said was that it was a real lapse of feeling sorry for himself. He said it had to do with politics. Now, most people think that these compulsions have to do with more fundamental human things. I don't know whether that's true. All I know is that he said it happened when he thought he was doing a good job and got sucker punched. I didn't read the Lewinsky stuff until I was working on the book. It was so tawdry. It was depressing to me. It's fervid and tormented and brief. There were two bookends to it: He had these trysts with her during the shutdown and then banished her to the Pentagon or wherever the hell she went, and then she came back in that period right after the '96 election, when he thought [the Whitewater investigation] was going to go away and it didn't. He says he was feeling sorry for himself because of what was going on in politics, and that he just lost it. That's what he said.
Was he a Lothario in 1972?
No, and I was sharing an apartment with he and Hillary. I had just separated from my wife, had virtually no social life, and they were all over each other. The only story was that we were having a hard time getting this woman politician to endorse McGovern, and the McGovern campaign sent in a guy who had worked for Jack Kennedy. So he met her, and came back and said, "She just needs to get laid. I know just the guy." We were stunned. And then we realized he was serious! He went to the phone to call this guy in Boston and bring him down to Texas! And Clinton took the phone from him and said, "We're not gonna do that, and if you do that, we're leaving." I didn't do anything. I was paralyzed. And in retrospect, if Clinton was cynical about women, I would think he would have been more like that guy. Now, maybe he developed it later. I really don't know.
It was interesting to read your descriptions of Bill and Hillary. Halfway through the impeachment trial, the doorman at the White House refused to let you in because they were making out in a hallway.
Well, that only happened once. I don't know if their relationship is romantic, but it's not cold. Sometimes when I tell people that they finish each other's sentences, people say, "That's because it's a power alliance." Like a medieval marriage between the prince of Spain and the queen of Austria. But there's warmth there. There's communion. They would hold hands. How much eroticism is in there, I have no idea. But it was striking.
Have you shown them the book?
I just took two copies up to Chappaqua last week. Hillary has it in Africa now, and he's been off on this North Korea thing. But he did call. He's called a couple of times to fuss about things. But he has enormous tolerance for honest criticism. I think he can take it raw, as long as he doesn't detect that it's done for malice. I was trying to show him the way he really is, and I think he respects that."
Thanks for those posts, jillforhill! I know I have read the second one and might have bookmarked it. The first I have not seen.
1. Gore is a jackass
2. Hillary is the best
3. Bill is a great dad
I love that they were making out in the hallway and that hillary knows who her friends are and does not kiss butt
Look what Gore did to Tipper! Making out in the hallway … so cute.
What did he do (aside from leave her after 40 years)?
That! Preceded by screwing around! Shame on him! (& I VOTED for him and for Edwards – Well. Kerry/Edwards).
on July 28, 2010 at 10:41 pm | Reply rachel
now I remember that chick. Who was it that wrote that Bill started balling after he found out Chelsea read the star report?
Exactly still4hill. Bill did not owe gore anything. It was between him,hillary, and chelsea. I also liked that helping chelsea studying was important to them.
Al Gore – the only man in the world that can believe Bill cheating on Hillary was really about him.
To clarify, the 'him' I was referring to is Al.
I think the old saying "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" to gore,the edwards,the kerrys and the republicans like newt,barr, and others.
The one I dislike more than gore is edwards,he went to the senate floor during impeachment and said bill was a bad dad and brought up chelsea's name. That crossed the line with me because you do not bring up the children.
Yes – the worst ones are Edwards and Gingrich – impeaching Bill WHILE screwing around!
Weren't several of them guilty of that?
Probably – he's the one stuck in my mind.
on July 29, 2010 at 2:27 am | Reply rachel
add mark sanford to that list.
on July 29, 2010 at 12:58 am | Reply villager4ever
I'd like to chime in, jillforhill. Your 'dissertation' is simply amazing and quite enlightening. I've been an avid fan of the Clintons from the time I saw them on TV in 1992, a young couple with such high level of accomplishments bringing the most memorable times of economic prowess to our country.
Reading through, I became reflective of how I watched Starr on his daily briefings on the steps of the hill and it was mind-boggling how determined he was to destroy a human being, his eyes and body showing the determination. The only reasoning I can think of at the time and to the present is pure jealousy – jealous of seeing this accomplished person rise to power, with charisma and intelligence we haven't seen for a long time. As I look back, spending millions of dollars to go after someone like he did was not the way to right a wrong. But then, who am I to judge?
Today, we celebrate the Clintons for their parenting skills in bringing their daughter Chelsea Victoria to the world for all of us to love and admire and be inspired. God bless them.
on July 29, 2010 at 1:03 am | Reply still4hill
Well said, villager4ever! I propose a toast: To the Clintons!
on July 29, 2010 at 1:30 am | Reply pcfs
Villager4ever, How gracious to see a lovely comment of the Clintons. Yes their parenting skills does show the world how very much we admire them. God Bless them always.
Thanks Jillforhill for all your insight on the Clintons. They are amazing. This is the happiest time of their life right now.
I pray that they enjoy and love every moment this weekend.
You are all so sweet. I have never in my life heard of an MOTB Party, but that is what you all made tonight. It's a new tradition, begun around our fav MOTB, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
I wish she could have been here with us, but that would have subtracted from her time with her family. Luckily it is archived. Some day, maybe, she will see this party we threw for her. The first ever MOTB Party!
I have to credit all of you, because it was unplanned, spontaneous, and both nostalgic and fun.
Great job! Party on those who are still up. Me? I am closing for the night. great party!
on July 29, 2010 at 8:00 am | Reply jillforhill
Thanks for the kind comments. I want to say thanks to still4hill for starting this great blog.
Agreed. Thank you, Still4Hill.
on July 29, 2010 at 10:36 am | Reply Maria Dizon
Awww. I missed the party!! LOL
Love Hillary's pic.. shes just sooo classy! Thanks Stillfor Hill
I love all of you, and thank you! Seems Hillary never had a bridal shower or bachelorette party, so thank you for the spectacular surprise MOTB party you all put together for her last night!
See this. Very sweet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29collins.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
I missed this. It's been on Politico for an age. Thought you'd like it.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0710/Clinton_heads_to_NY_ahead_of_wedding.html?showall
That's where I got the picture on Tuesday! LOL!!! The circle closes!
Teeny tiny mention of the GMOTB, Mrs. Rodham.
But a BIG member of the wedding! Dorothy ROCKS! She gave us Hillary! I love her!
on July 29, 2010 at 6:54 pm | Reply footsoldier
GLAD SHE IS PICKING VERA – OSCAR OVERDRESS HER AND SHE NEED TO LOOK SLIMS. SEE HUMA DID NOT GO ON HER HONEYMOON YET.
Chels picked Vera. Hillary picked Oscar and I am VERY WORRIED about his penchant lately for lace overlay (Hillary's 2009 Inaugural *ihateit* and Huma's wedding gown). It MIGHT work on Huma because she's so slender. It's way too busy for Hillary, who IS the show. The dress should just be ON her. It should not distract from her pretty self. She's petite. Monochromatic is best per Elizabeth Arden.
on July 29, 2010 at 7:09 pm | Reply birdie
i luvr Hillary so much! thank you for your pics still4hill and your wordpress blog here!
Oscar will do great,chelsea may have got final say. Chelsea asked hillary to let her hair grow long so she could wear it up. They will both look beautiful.
I hope you're right about Chelsea. I saw the "hair requirement." Fingers are x she will look SMASHING! I need her to, to help her become POTUS! 😉
… to help her become POTUS!
The race for the presidency has officially become a beauty contest. (Be honest, you know it was practically one already.)Considering what our politicians look like I'm afraid of the swimsuit competition – especially since Gingrich is thinking about running in 2012. Yuck!
It IS! It is lookism, but it is true. Right now, Hillary looks beautiful, brave, and powerful. So, GO HILLARY!
Huma looked amazing, IMO, but she's already gorgeous, young, and very slender. If you can't make someone like that look good, you need to find another profession. The MOTB is about double Huma's age, a minimum of four inches shorter, and… well… not as slim and not lacking in the curve department, so dressing her well takes more effort. She's also a very conservative dresser overall, so it's hard to come up with something flattering that's modest enough to meet her standards.
Madame Secretary is a very forgiving woman. I wouldn't hire someone who said of my body "from the waist up she really looks great" and then proceeds to make me a dress that looked like it had been borrowed from the Queen of England.
Yes, that's the thing. Huma CAN wear (and SHOULD) ovelays. She is so slender and the lace picked up her hair and enhanced her curves. On Hillary, overlays are a distraction. She is the show – her face, skin, neckline, and cleavage. The dress does not need to add anthing to Hillary. Just cover the necessary parts artfully.
I just hope he doesn't make her look like she's in her 90's like her mother (who looks fabulous for what? 92?)
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Logistica este managementul (gestionarea) fluxului de mărfuri între punctul de origine și punctul de destinație, în scopul de a satisface cerințele clienților sau ale corporațiilor. Aceasta se ocupă de-a lungul producției și desfacerii (furnizării) cu organizarea, regularea, prezentarea (punerea la dispoziție), și optimizarea proceselor de trafic de informații, de mijloace financiare, de energie, de bunuri și de personal.
"Logistica înseamnă să ai obiectul potrivit, la locul potrivit, în momentul potrivit" Logistics World.
Procesul care asigură un flux coerent și neîntrerupt al produselor și serviciilor de la furnizorii organizației, ținând cont de procesele din interiorul organizației, până la clienții finali. Procesul de logistică se ocupă de operațiuni și resurse din domeniile: - aprovizionare; - achiziții; - stocuri; - depozite; - transport; - servicii clienți; etc.

Mai concret, logistica se definește prin planificare integrată, organizare, impozitare și control a tuturor cursurilor de mărfuri și materiale împreună cu cursurile de informații legate de acestea începând de la livratori prin etapele creării de valori (ex. producție și/sau etape de distribuție) până la livrarea produselor către clienți, inclusiv a eliminării deșeurilor și a reciclării.

O definiție posibilă a noțiunii de logistică este aplicarea celor 6 P: Cantitatea potrivită a bunurilor potrivite, la timpul potrivit, de calitate potrivită, la costurile potrivite, la locul potrivit. Des mai apare si al 7-lea P cu informațiile potrivite tuturor participanților. În special în producția "just in time" prelucrarea de informații joacă un rol foarte important.

Logistică de automatizare
Logistica de automatizare este aplicarea de software de calculator sau mașini automate pentru a îmbunătăți eficiența operațiunilor logistice. În mod obișnuit, acest lucru se referă la operațiunile din cadrul unui depozit sau al unui centru de distribuție cu sarcini mai largi asumate de sistemele de gestionare a lanțului de aprovizionare și de sistemele de planificare a resurselor întreprinderii.

Mașinile industriale pot identifica în mod tipic produse prin tehnologii cu coduri de bare sau RFID. Informațiile din codurile de bare tradiționale sunt stocate ca o secvență de bare negre și albe variind în lățime, care, atunci când este citită de laser, este tradusă într-o secvență digitală care, conform regulilor fixe, poate fi transformată într-un număr zecimal sau alte date. Uneori, informațiile dintr-un cod de bare pot fi transmise prin frecvența radio, mai degrabă transmisia radio este utilizată în etichetele RFID. O etichetă RFID este o carte care conține un cip de memorie și o antenă care transmite semnale unui cititor. RFID-ul poate fi găsit și pe mărfuri, animale, vehicule și persoane.

Logistica activă

Logistica activa are in joc materialele brute care vor fi bagate in productie cu scopul de a se ajunge la material finit.
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Logistica sau SAMLM este conceputa pentru suportul   firmelor mari cu investitii si o Gama larga de Materiale (spre exemplu: componente, module, fire etc.)

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Instagram has evolved into a self-contained social media platform as opposed to the barebones features it offered during the initial builds. We have seen Instagram adding Stories, better controls overfeed and commands along with other useful features. The latest feature to make it onboard is a "poll" sticker.
The Poll sticker is similar to adding the other stickers, but the only difference is that it's interactive. Yes, the viewers can answer to your polls via the sticker that presents them with two options, yes and no. Needless to say, you will be able to check the vote counts on that particular picture by opening the viewer's list. That's, not all the poll result details lets you see who voted and also their votes.
Along with the new poll stickers, Instagram is also adding an eyedropper tool that will let you pick colors from the picture and use it on text and brushes. Yet another addition is an alignment tool (only for iOS) that will help you in making sure that the stickers are properly aligned on your pictures.
The Poll Stickers can be super useful when you want to ask friends about the new dress you are wearing or even other things like a party venue. The Poll results will only be available for Instagram stories and the voters will also be able to see the result when they open the story for the second time. Instagram has added plenty of features in the recent past; it has implemented the Snap Chat inspired stories, live streaming and also made changes to the algorithm.
While there is no dearth of polling apps implementing the same on a social media platform will add a different dimension. Most of us turn to friends and family to ask opinions on different things and with Instagram you can do this visually. Both the features are already available on the latest Instagram update.


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Minor Literature and Chicano Liberation in Heriberto G. Terán's Espejo de Alma y Corazón
Enrique Alberto Ibarra
Master of Arts in English (MA)
Heredia, Roberto R.
Murphy, Jonathan W
This thesis considers the power of Chicano poetics and its influence on liberatory rhetoric in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s-1970s. The late, Laredoan, activist Heriberto Gutiérrez Terán's Espejo de Alma y Corazón presents a tradition of Chicano minor literature identifiable in the work of the many writers and rhetoricians who emerged during this politically tense time. This thesis marks the first time Terán's literary work is subject to a literary analysis, positioning him among other known Chicano writers and figures from the 1960s and early 1970s, such as Alurista, José Angel Gutiérrez, José Rendón, Enrique Rodríquez, and Roberto Enrique Vargas. This thesis will attempt to demonstrate how selections from Terán's Espejo de Alma y Corazón along with other works by Chicano writers and rhetoricians can be considered a "minor literature," as theorized by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature. Finally, as part of identifying and analyzing this specific form of Chicano minor literature, this thesis will consider its potential for being used in calls for material, revolutionary change for Chicanos and Others.
Ibarra, Enrique Alberto, "Minor Literature and Chicano Liberation in Heriberto G. Terán's Espejo de Alma y Corazón" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 128.


The children's fantasy novel which the late, much-loved author Diana Wynne Jones was writing shortly before she died has been completed by her sister, and will be published next year.
Wynne Jones was working on the manuscript for The Islands of Chaldea when she became too ill to continue, said her sister Ursula Jones, also an award-winning children's author. Diana Wynne Jones died of cancer, aged 76, in 2011, leaving behind some of the best regarded novels in children's fantasy, from the Chrestomanci series to Howl's Moving Castle.
"Everyone in the family knew Diana was writing her book, but no one really knew how much she had left to write. She got so ill she had to stop and most of us felt 'oh, that's that'. And then her husband, I think it was, suggested someone might complete it," said Ursula Jones.
An actor and children's writer, Ursula Jones said it was felt by her sister's agent "that as I came out of the same stable, I rather than anyone else should have a go at it first". And so far, no one has guessed where she takes over the story, which is "a good endorsement".
Picking up where her sister left off was an "odd journey", said Jones. "Diana was very much my eldest sister, and I was very much aware of a fury from her, either that I was doing it, or that I was not doing it fast enough. I had awful nightmares about it. It was curiously traumatic," she said. "I was conscious of her looking over my shoulder in many different ways. To start with, there was this disturbing feeling of fury. Then once I'd got under way there was almost a moment of rather grumpy 'oh all right then'. I'm not a believer in any of this sort of thing but I tell you it was palpable, and quite uncanny.
"Then it went ahead very easily. I did notice I was moving things around and changing structures or settings almost at her prompting, possibly because I knew how to get right inside the book at that stage. I certainly managed to erase my style."
And writing the last sentence, she said, "was an unbearable second parting from her: as if she had died again".
Publisher Ruth Alltimes said that Ursula had "done an amazing job of tying together the several story strands that Diana so expertly set in motion. We are very lucky to have had someone with such an intimate and meaningful connection to Diana in a position to help bring the book through the final writing stages to publication."
The Islands of Chaldea is set on a group of four warring islands, where a king's son is held for ransom behind a magical force field which a young girl and her bossy witch aunt set out to fight. "Along the way they encounter a giant invisible cat, a very fiery lizard and a boy and his gas air balloon that relies on singing to keep it afloat," according to HarperCollins Children's Books, which will publish the book next March. It has "all the hallmarks of Diana Wynne Jones's very best books – it is funny, fantastical and packed with adventure", said the publisher.
Jones said there were also "other things were coming to light" among her sister's papers. "She left behind a mass of stuff," she said.


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Q: .NET Core command line interface fails to launch app on ubuntu I have used the following instructions to install .NET Core command line interface on my ubuntu box: https://github.com/dotnet/cli
the dotnet restore and dotnet compile work just fine. However I am getting the following error when trying to run the app with dotnet run:
failed to locate CLR files at /usr/share/dotnet/runtime/coreclr
Note that I have set the DOTNET_HOME to /usr/share/dotnet (as required by the instructions), however no runtime seems to be found at that location


If you love the Minions - you'll this ride and even if you don't - it's still impressive! It's a really immersive experience with a huge movie screen. What's special about the Hollywood version is that you have the whole neighborhood instead of just Gru's house which makes it even more exciting. Mak..e sure you try all the door bells - you'll have a good laugh and surprise!!
No surprise this is Universal Studios #1 attraction. It's fun, and brining you to the minions world and fits to everyone - children and adults.
I love the fact they before the attraction itself there's a short introduction video which is fun and interactive and kids are always laughing ..in this part of the attraction.
Highly recommended and wroth waiting inline for this! I recommend buying the Fast Pass ticket - I waited 5 minutes only while the regular line standby time was 60 minutes.
Oh, how we all love Minions! What if you had the chance to become one? Step into this unique 3D adventure and become a minion! Make sure you survive the Minion training (can you handle all that laughter and fun games?), take part in a thrilling mission and finish off with an amusing dance party. It's so fun being a minion!


If you're anything like me, you find yourself pinning beautiful images on Pinterest, flipping through pretty home photos in magazines, and looking for home decor inspiration wherever you can. I absolutely love decorating our home and find inspiration from televisions shows (hello, Fixer Upper), magazines, books, Pinterest, Instagram … the list goes on an on.
I love being crafty with home decor. I also love to upcycle items and repurpose them. Plus, an occasional stop at the local HomeGoods store never hurts. I tell ya, that store has something about it that just lures me in and helps me find so many fun and unique items to add to our home.
So, today, I'm sharing some of my favorite home decor blogs to follow for all sorts of inspiration and tips. Go ahead, click on the links, and be inspired. Trust me on this one.
This blog is one of my favorite sites to visit on a weekly basis. From simple design and decor tips to beautiful images, this blog has it all. Go ahead and click to that site. You won't be disappointed. The site is managed by Clique Media Group. They always have their finger on the lifestyle pulse.
If you're all about simple, timeless, classic elegance, then this is the blog for you. Julie's style stands the test of time. Her tips and ideas are easy to apply. Plus, Instagram account is just full of all sorts of beautiful ideas.
Julie is a regular contributor for Domino Magazine and Style Me Pretty Living. She also contributes to Better Homes and Gardens and Traditional Home Magazine. Her work has been featured on/in The Huffington Post, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Southern Living, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, Good Housekeeping, Apartment Therapy, BuzzFeed, Today, Oprah, Style Me Pretty Weddings, Style Me Pretty Living, Inside & Out Pottery Barn Blog, The Bump, TipJunkie, Babble, and more. She's made appearances on Better KC & Kansas City Live, as well as written articles for KC Parent.
Are you a fan of the television show Fixer Upper? Do the names Chip and Joanna ring a bell? If not and you absolutely love the farmhouse decor style, then you'll want to visit this blog. The site is full of simple design ideas, gorgeous home photos, and cute stories. Joanna is super relatable and down to earth. You'll love learning what she has to share on her site.
Melissa is the creative mind behind this blog. She is the author of the NY Times Bestseller Love the Home You Have released in March 2015, The Inspired Room, released in November 2015, and Make Room for What You Love released in May 2016. Her new home decor coloring book is available for pre-order now at Amazon.
She shares regular inspiration and helpful tips for decorating, homemaking and organization in every room, including a variety of posts on topics. Her blog is full of beauty and inspiration.
If you love unique, colorful design, then this is the place for you. Author of the New York Times best-selling book The New Bohemians, L.A. based designer and blogger Justina Blakeney credits her multiethnic family, her degree from UCLA in World Arts and Cultures and extensive travel for her boho aesthetic. With a passion for color, pattern and plants, and over 1.5 million followers on social media, Justina and her blog, TheJungalow.com, have quickly become the go-to sources for bohemian design inspiration. For Justina, decorating is about feeling free, having fun and getting a little bit wild.
Houzz is the new way to design your home. On the site, you can browse 10 million interior design photos, home decor, decorating ideas, and home professionals online. When you go to the site, you can create a free account, set your design preferences, and peruse countless photos that will give you loads of ideas and inspiration.
Coco began blogging in 2008 on COCOCOZY, her interior design blog. Coco's goal was simple: provide design and style inspiration with a personal and sometimes humorous approach. Little did she know COCOCOZY the blog would become so popular. In addition to the thousands who come to her blog on a daily basis, pop star Katy Perry and interior design guru Jonathan Adler both named COCOCOZY as one of their favorite interior design blogs in InStyle magazine. Less than three years after the launch of the blog, Coco took her passion one step further as she introduced the COCOCOZY textiles collection to the home furnishings market. You'll have to check out her products. So awesome.
Cassandra Lavalle is the founder of coco+kelley where they curate and create fresh ideas for designing and styling your life. From interiors, parties, and tabletops to travel, food, and fashion—they approach it all with an urbane eye that captures the essence of effortless sophistication.
Savvy Home has grown to become not just a blog, but an online decor destination providing inspiration and decor services to savvy millennial women. The Savvy Home aesthetic is influenced by a love for coastal destinations, mixed with a sleek modern edge.
Paloma launched her widely read blog, La Dolce Vita in 2007 and her Houston interior design business followed as her readers' interest in her style grew. Paloma has been featured in multiple publications and websites including the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, ELLE DECOR, House Beautiful, The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, 002 Houston, Apartment Therapy, Rue Magazine, Adore Magazine, Style Me Pretty, and Casa Sugar. Paloma has honed her distinct eye for style through her work as a blogger, editor, and decorator resulting in an aesthetic that is polished and refined, yet maintains an effortless ease.
What's your favorite home decor blog?
I just loved it! Thank you for sharing!
Such a nice blog about the luxury and styles home decor.
This is a very informative and well-written post. I appreciate how you broke it down and explained each tip. It was easy to follow and understand. I also love how uncluttered your blog site is. Thank you!
To make the house beautiful every single little things plays more vital role. Beautiful images with article.
Thank you for posting these. We have followed The Inspired Room for some time and it is a great blog. These are some other great options. If you are looking to do a home remodel then you really need to follow some of these for a couple weeks or even months to get some great ideas!
Really a beautiful blog. The presentation is also impressive. Not only home you need to improve the outside of the home also.