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I rather like Nicole Kidman. As an actress, I mean. I've heard varying reports on what she's like to work with. I try to discount the Hollywood Personal Assistant Network, a.k.a. Nannywood, which naturally labels her a "bitch." But being hot gossip around Nannywood is rather like negative confirmation: if you're not a bitch or "total weirdo/asshole" (for the guys) then they don't talk about you, anyway.
Mcconaughey is the "Cannes revelation" because of his recent career-changing roles.
Indeed, there's no point being nice to PAs because that won't make them feel empowered when the network assembles to compare notes; they cannot feel they have the moral high ground over you, cannot one-up each other with who is more of an insider with the gods than whom.
If, on the other hand, you have treated them like mongrels and then been foolish enough to get on the phone with your publicist to scream and complain Mommie Dearest-style about why you "adopted those fucking children in the first place" with your non-gay, non-total-weirdo Scientologist husband "when they've done fuck all for my public image," then that anecdote is definitely gonna bounce around the Hills.
Never mind, Nicole. It's all in the past. We all know PAs are masochists, and then they become producers or agents.
In "The Paperboy."
I have no comment on Kidman's botox addiction or other self-diddlings because they don't look so much like cosmetic alterations as they do a deep intradermal wax job, like the sheen on the favorite vintage car of a collector with OCD that he can never stop polishing. She's odd that way. Plastic surgery either seems to go really well for some women (Nancy Pelosi) or really badly for others (Melanie Griffith), but Kidman lives in this peculiar limbo all of her own. You can't tell if what she's done to herself is good or bad, she's simply well preserved, literally, like a living corpse that's just been embalmed. There you go: she's alluringly spooky.
Kidman makes some admirably audacious choices for a major Hollywood star. You cannot fault her work ethic; if she likes the project, believes in the director, she'll slash a few zeroes off the paycheck, roll her sleeves up and muck in with everyone else. She's a bit like my Aussie mother that way, whom I suspect wouldn't pass muster with Nannywood, either.
Among her left-of-field indie choices, Kidman made the Diane Arbus biopic Fur and the filmed stage play Dogville with Lars von Trier. Now she has caused an uproar at Cannes with The Paperboy, the latest film from Lee Daniels, who directed Precious, a film I rather enjoyed—I accurately predicted an Oscar for Mo'Nique on exiting the theater.
The uproar is not just because Kidman gives her co-star in Paperboy Zac Efron a golden shower to cure his jellyfish stings, it's because the film itself is supposed to be horrendously camp, so much so it received a D+ average rating from critics at a press screening. As Robbie Collin from the conservative British rag The Telegraph put it:
"'The Paperboy' is a transcendentally awful romance-stroke-crime drama set in the sweltering Florida boondocks of 1969… As dogs' dinners go, 'The Paperboy' is a Michelin star-worthy, ten-course canine tasting menu."
Despite the fact that I have no time for The Telegraph and rarely agree with anything they write, I probably would have concurred with Collin; if there is one thing I can't stand in films, it's camp and kitsch. I don't get the appeal because I just can't connect. However, judging from the one scene I could find online, the film doesn't look that bad. See for yourselves:
Kidman must have a thing for kitsch and camp, given that she has made two films with that circus ringmaster of filmmakers, Baz Luhrmann: Moulin Rouge and Australia. The former was impossible not to like, the latter an exploding caldera of mess that actually made me reconsider telling people about my Aussie heritage. Now Luhrmann has regrettably adapted The Great Gatsby, and from the trailer it looks like a steaming pile of razzle-dazzle burlesque campy shit, but I could be wrong:
While the Robert Redford/Mia Farrow version of the book was cast so right, this seems all wrong, from Leonardo DiCarpio to Tobery McGuire to… wait, is that Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan playing Meyer Wolfsheim the Jewish gangster? WHAT? Oh, please don't tell me he does a Bollywood song-and-dance number. I may have to set fire to Warner Brothers for this grotesque transgression against literature.
Carey Mulligan looks great as Daisy Buchanan, though. We loves us some Carey Mulligan screen time, every time. It's her eyes, I think: they remind me of a couple of hits of premium Afghani opium.
The involuntarily campy Alec Baldwin showed his true colors again at Cannes when he publicly blasted Harvey Weinstein by calling him either a douchebag or an asshole. Nobody is quite sure which of the two it is, but few would disagree that Harvey can be both.
The spat erupted when Weinstein refused to participate in the documentary that Baldwin is making with director James Toback about trying to raise financing for a film at Cannes, which I would never see simply for the horrendous memory flashbacks it would trigger. Way too close to home.
In Bono-ish anti-crow's feet sunglasses after getting ejected from a plane.
As I've said before, I follow Baldwin on Twitter, and he's singularly unfunny for a comedian, rather fuddy-duddy. He's been busted before with these tirades: a rather Kidman-esque rant was caught on tape, in which he called his daughter a "pig" (gasp!); another time, one of his Twitter rants spilled into real life and he was booted off an American Airlines flight when he refused to switch off his phone because he was, well, neck-deep in a tweeting war.
Yes, Baldwin can be a tiresome tubthumping liberal, but I do sympathize with him over Kim Bassinger leaking their daughter's pig-naming tape. When I was a bratty eleven-year-old and my aforementioned Aussie mother was chasing me around the house wielding a wooden coat hanger like a boomerang, my favorite bit was when I got her to yell, "Come 'ere, you little son of a bitch!"
I would scream back, "And what does that make you? Huh? Exactly what you are!"
Oh, childhood. So glad thou art behind me.
Anderson isn't really Tilda Swinton's male persona, just seems that way.
Another example of unbearable camp is Wes Anderson, although I really enjoyed his stop-motion animated feature The Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I caught somewhere over Greenland on a Virgin Atlantic flight and regretted not seeing in the cinema. I thought his first film, Rushmore, which launched the career of non-actor Jason Schwartzmann, was amusing, but disjointed and overly long. I have absolutely hated everything he has done since then. Royal Tannenbaums made me dislike Anjelica Huston, and that's impossible. And if I didn't have an unlimited membership pass to a cinema chain in London when I saw the utterly meaningless tripe Darjeeling Express, I would have lost a boot after having thrown it into the screen in rage.
Following a screening at Cannes this past week, Anderson's latest turd pie, Moonrise Kingdom, starring Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, and Edward Norton, opens in major cities this weekend. Poor major cities. This is one of the few times I wish I lived in Iowa, wherever that might be (sounds really, really far away to me), rather than Los Angeles.
I won't embed the silly trailer for what is clearly an even sillier film. It makes my temples throb when Anderson is referred to as an 'auteur' instead of the more deserved 'crapmeister.' But that's Cannes for you, Birthplace and Home of the Auteur, and one of the reasons I'm glad I sat this year out, yet again. That and the fact it rained most of the time.
Instead of a trailer, I leave you with something upbeat and not campy, which was Tilda's red-carpet outfit and look that she wore to the premiere. Haider Ackermann's gown was no doubt the best thing surrounding Moonrise.
Rather than a schizo, I'm doing a Fantasy Cellmate of the Week: nineteen-year-old Dylan DiFalco from Naples, Fla., who pulled a Kidman and urinated in the back of a police car after being arrested for tripping up a busboy who was chasing one of Dylan's friends when he ran out on the bill. So classy, the whole scene.
How I would sink my fangs in that neck.
It seems all fantasy cellmates are in Florida. My last one, Valdet Gjeloshi, who was turned in by his two-year-old son, was from Tampa. If I didn't dislike that state enough before, now I'm beginning to think we should just seal it off and turn it into a penal colony, like Australia was for my dear ancestors.
From other pictures, I gather that Dylan is a high-school football player. Now, why would a classy guy like me want to share a cell with a Neanderthal meathead? Because nothing turns me on more than sodomizing big blond bullies, for some reason. Just one of those Killough quirks, I guess.
Filed under Killough Chronicles, The Week From My View
Tagged as Alec Baldwin, Baz Luhrmann Great Gatsby, Dylan DiFalco, Lee Daniels, Matthew Macconaughey, Moonrise Kingdom, Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
2 responses to "Camping Out"
chamblee54
Have you ever seen Hotandbusted?
http://hotandbusted.tumblr.com/
Apparently, they have laws in Florida about releasing the pics of perps. A lot of the talent at HAB comes from The Sunshine State.
Thanks for the tip. I shall definitely look it up.


The lass in the black shirt looks like she has something better to do and is looking at her watch about to say "Sorry! Got to dash!", unfortunately she's forgotten to put her watch on thus spoiling the lie. Either that or she is wondering whether or not the insect on the back of her hand bites and carries any interesting tropical diseases.
Do you have assassin bugs (Reduvidae (?)) there and if so do they carry Chagas? My favourite tropical nasty but hopefully you'll avoid it.
Chris - just how many women have you got sitting on your bony knees in that picture ?


JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency 1 features sStory and art by Hirohiko Araki.
The beginning of the Battle Tendency Arc! The Joestar family is called upon to do battle against evil again! This time, it's Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar! And his enemies are more powerful and diabolical than ever! Behold! The terror of the Pillar Men!


Two 4oz tuna filets grilled with brown sugar, crushed red pepper, garlic, and smoked paprika then served over long grain rice with your choice of one side.
A lump crab cake mixed with homemade basil pesto then grilled until golden brown and topped with tomatoes, feta cheese and a pesto hollandaise. This dish is served with your choice of two sides.
A grilled to order 10oz ribeye topped with sautéed mushrooms Swiss cheese. This dish is served with your choice of two sides.


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package com.pureperfect.ferret.vfs;

import com.pureperfect.ferret.ScanException;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;

/**
 * An implementation of a lightweight Virtual File System (VFS) appropriate for
 * scanning on the local file system or across a network.
 *
 * @author J. Chris Folsom
 * @version 1.0
 * @see WebFileSystem
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class FileSystem {
    private static FileSystem singleton = new FileSystem();

    //TODO delay file creation?
    private FileSystem() {
        // singleton
    }

    /**
     * Determine whether or not a URL is a directory on the local file system.
     *
     * @return whether or not a URL is a directory on the local file system.
     */
    private static boolean isDirectory(final URL url) {
        return "file".equals(url.getProtocol())
                && new File(url.getFile()).isDirectory();
    }

    /**
     * Determine whether or not the given file is an archive.
     *
     * @param file the file to test
     * @return whether or not it is an archive
     */
    private static boolean isArchive(File file) {
        return isArchive(file.getName());
    }

    /**
     * Determine whether or not the given url is an archive.
     *
     * @param url the url to test
     * @return whether or not the given url is an archive
     */
    private static boolean isArchive(URL url) {
        return isArchive(url.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Determine whether or not the given name is an archive.
     *
     * @param s the name to test
     * @return whether or not it is an archive
     */
    private static boolean isArchive(String s) {
        return s.endsWith(".jar") || s.endsWith(".zip") || s.endsWith(".war")
                || s.endsWith(".ear") || s.endsWith(".sar");
    }

    /**
     * Get an instance of the file system.
     *
     * @return an instance of the file system
     */
    public static FileSystem getInstance() {
        return singleton;
    }

    /**
     * Get the appropriate type of resource for the file.
     *
     * @param parent the parent directory if applicable. This can be null
     * @param file   the file
     * @return the virtual resource
     */
    public PathElement getVirtualPath(Directory parent, File file) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            return new ImplDirectory(parent, file);
        } else if (isArchive(file)) {
            try {
                return new ImplArchive(parent, file.toURI().toURL());
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                throw new ScanException(e);
            }
        } else if (file.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
            return new ImplFileClassFile(parent, file);
        }

        return new ImplFileFile(parent, file);
    }

    /**
     * Get the appropriate type of resource for the url.
     *
     * @param parent The parent directory of the given url. This can be null
     * @param url    the url to get the virtual resource for
     * @return the virtual resource
     */
    public PathElement getVirtualPath(Directory parent, URL url) {
        if (isDirectory(url)) {
            return new ImplDirectory(parent, new File(url.getFile()));
        } else if (isArchive(url)) {
            return new ImplArchive(parent, url);
        } else if (url.toString().endsWith(".class")) {
            return new ImplURLClassFile(parent, url);
        }

        return new ImplFileFile(parent, new File(url.getFile()));
    }

    /**
     * Get the appropriate type of resource for the archive entry.
     *
     * @param parent The archive containing the entry
     * @param entry  the entry
     * @return a virtual representation of the entry
     */
    public PathElement getVirtualPath(Archive parent, ZipEntry entry) {
        if (entry.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
            return new ImplArchiveEntryClassFile(parent, entry);
        } else {
            return new ImplArchiveEntry(parent, entry);
        }
    }
}

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Q: Xcode: New file not being placed in workspace Not sure why this started happening; I didn't change anything and I didn't update Xcode.
All of a sudden, when I add a new file (by any route), the files do not end up in my workspace, and instead are placed in a folder inside my project directory. For example, if I add a new UIViewController, it is placed into a folder in my project directory named "ective-C". If I add a .xib file, it is placed in the project directory in a folder named "emplate". It seems like the folders are being created based on the file type, but that a portion of the folder name is being cut off. This whole thing is weird because, why are the new files being placed into a random folder at all? And on top of that, why are they not immediately in my workspace? I have to go to the newly created folder, move them out of it, delete the folder, and drag/drop the files into my workspace.
Has anyone else dealt with this?

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In re A.G., No. 2012–2097.
Court United States State Supreme Court of Ohio
Writing for the Court O'CONNOR, C.J.
Citation 13 N.E.3d 1146,2014 Ohio 2597,139 Ohio St.3d 572
Docket Number No. 2012–2097.
Decision Date 19 June 2014
Parties In re A.G.
139 Ohio St.3d 572
13 N.E.3d 1146
2014 Ohio 2597
In re A.G.
No. 2012–2097.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
Submitted Oct. 23, 2013.
Howard C. Whitcomb III, Toledo, for appellant.
Hallett, Hallett & Nagel, Timothy W. Hallett, Wauseon, and Eric K. Nagel, for appellee.
O'CONNOR, C.J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, we decide whether a court may exclude from trial a child who is the subject of custody litigation arising from a divorce case. We first clarify that when a domestic-relations court certifies an ongoing custody case to a juvenile court under R.C. 3109.04(D)(2), matters related to the original divorce-custody case continue to be domestic-relations matters, governed only by R.C. 3109.04. And we hold that a child is not a proper party in a divorce action or its ancillary custody proceedings, even if she is joined as a
party defendant pursuant to Civ.R. 75(B)(2). We recognize that although not a party to the action, a child who is the subject of custody litigation arising from a divorce has an interest in the matter, and we hold that in child-custody litigation arising from a divorce, a court has discretion to exclude the child from any proceeding if, in the totality of the circumstances, exclusion is in the best interest of that child.
{¶ 2} Because the Sixth District Court of Appeals correctly held that the trial court had discretion to exclude A.G., a nonparty, from a hearing in custody litigation ancillary to her parents' divorce, we affirm its judgment.
RELEVANT BACKGROUND
{¶ 3} In early 1995, Lolita1 (a Russian citizen) and Patrick (a United States citizen) met and married in Russia and settled in the United States directly thereafter. A.G. was born in December 1995.
Henry County Domestic–Relations Proceedings
{¶ 4} When Patrick filed for divorce in June 1998, the court granted his motion for custody of A.G., and he and Lolita reached an agreement on her visitation rights.
{¶ 5} But in February 1999, Patrick absconded with A.G. As a result, the domestic-relations court found Patrick in contempt of the agreed visitation order, issued a bench warrant for his arrest, and designated Lolita as the custodial parent.
{¶ 6} According to Lolita, in June 1999, the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked Patrick down in Florida. When Patrick was arrested, he possessed $55,234 in cash, fake birth certificates for himself and A.G., and a fake identification card bearing his picture and the name "Michael James Phillips." Law enforcement also discovered evidence that Patrick had been in Arizona and was planning to take A.G. to Costa Rica imminently. The authorities returned A.G. to her mother. As a result, Patrick was convicted of attempted interference with custody.
{¶ 7} Nearly two years later, on February 23, 2001, the Henry County Domestic Relations Court approved a consent judgment entry of divorce, which resolved all of the issues between the parties except child support and visitation. That same day, the court issued another judgment entry that established a schedule under which Patrick's visitation rights would expand over time.
{¶ 8} Within weeks of the order, this time, Lolita absconded with A.G. One year later, according to a court-appointed guardian ad litem ("GAL"), A.G. was forcibly abducted from Lolita's Moscow home. Reportedly, a group of men entered the residence, injected Lolita and A.G.'s maternal grandmother with drugs, and tied them up, thereby disabling the women and permitting the men to kidnap A.G.
{¶ 9} After the GAL notified the domestic-relations court that the F.B.I. believed that Patrick was responsible for the abduction, the court determined that A.G. was at risk for serious physical and emotional harm and that it was in her best interest that neither parent be designated the residential parent or legal custodian. Accordingly, on July 25, 2002, it certified the case to the juvenile division, pursuant to R.C. 3109.04(D)(2), which authorized the juvenile court to place A.G. in the temporary custody of the county, pending a custody determination.
Henry County Juvenile Court Proceedings
{¶ 10} In turn, the juvenile court2 determined that "the urgent nature of the circumstances and the child's imminent risk of harm" necessitated A.G.'s placement in the care and custody of the Henry County Department of Job and Family Services for her "protection, safety and best interest." That court also ordered law-enforcement officers to seize A.G., if any should find her.
{¶ 11} The next day, July 26, 2002, Patrick delivered the child to the Henry County Department of Job and Family Services. A.G. remained in the temporary custody of the county for two months while the Department of Job and Family Services conducted an investigation.
{¶ 12} On September 23, 2002, the juvenile court awarded custody of A.G. to Lolita and granted Patrick unsupervised visitation according to a standard schedule.
{¶ 13} Eventually, both parties moved out of Henry County. In 2002, Patrick moved to North Carolina. And in 2004, Lolita (and A.G.) moved to Ottawa County, Ohio. Accordingly, on February 10, 2006, the Henry County Juvenile
Court transferred the case to the Ottawa County Juvenile Court, for proper venue.
Ottawa County Juvenile Court Proceedings
{¶ 14} The Ottawa County Juvenile Court promptly appointed a GAL pursuant to Civ.R. 75(B)(2), which provides that a court may join the child of the parties as a party defendant and appoint a GAL when it is essential to protect the child's interests. On June 23, 2006, the GAL filed a motion for an emergency order to suspend Patrick's visitation. In doing so, she stated that A.G. was "under a tremendous amount of emotional pressure due to the outrageous and unbelievable history of this case." And the GAL stated that she was confident that the child's "emotional and mental anguish and stress * * * increase with each visit that she is required to spend with her father." The cause of A.G.'s trouble, the GAL concluded, was Patrick's "alleged and documented violent and unpredictable nature and history." For all of those reasons, she asserted that it was in A.G.'s best interest to remain exclusively with her mother at least for the time being.
{¶ 15} That same day, the juvenile court granted the emergency motion.
{¶ 16} But on February 8, 2007, the GAL notified the court that she was uncertain of her earlier recommendation and that in her view, a best-interest determination in this case required expertise beyond that possessed by any GAL. Therefore, she recommended that a psychologist evaluate A.G. and her parents to determine what would be in A.G.'s best interest. The GAL also recommended that in the event of any trial, the juvenile court should excuse A.G. from appearing as a witness and instead interview her in chambers.
{¶ 17} The court ordered additional psychological evaluations and interviewed A.G. in chambers. As a result, on July 11, 2008, the juvenile court granted Patrick supervised visitation in Ottawa County only.
{¶ 18} Less than a year later, in February 2009, A.G. wrote a letter to her father wherein she stated that she had no intention of visiting him in North Carolina again. On September 14, 2009, Patrick responded by filing a motion for unsupervised visits in North Carolina.
{¶ 19} On October 14, 2009, counsel entered an appearance on behalf of A.G. and opposed Patrick's motion to expand his visitation rights and moved to terminate Patrick's then-existing visitation rights.
{¶ 20} On October 21, 2009, A.G. filed a motion to permit her attendance at trial. She was 13 years old at the time.
{¶ 21} Two days later, Lolita's counsel sought permission to withdraw from representation. In doing so, he explained that Lolita would be relying on the newly retained lawyer for the child and on her own pro se efforts. Moreover, counsel advised that Lolita had informed him that she was paying the bill for
A.G.'s counsel and could not also employ separate counsel for herself. On November 18, 2009, and after some reluctance, the juvenile court granted Lolita's counsel's motion to withdraw.
{¶ 22} On February 9, 2010, the GAL filed a status report and revised recommendation in which she recommended that the court grant Patrick overnight, unsupervised visitation during which A.G. should be prohibited from using her cell phone except for 30 minutes a day and at a time designated by Patrick, or in the event of an emergency. In doing so, the GAL stated that she had recently, since the first part of November 2009, begun to study "the issue of parental alienation," which she described as "where a child rejects a parent for no good reason." Even though the GAL...
Cyran v. Cyran, Nos. 2016–1737
United States State Supreme Court of Ohio
...American courts will not decide cases in which there is no longer an actual legal controversy between the parties. In re A.G. , 139 Ohio St.3d 572, 2014-Ohio-2597, 13 N.E.3d 1146, ¶ 37. Thus, when parties "lack a legally cognizable interest 97 N.E.3d 490in the outcome," a case bec......
In re J.T., No. 18CA9
United States Court of Appeals (Ohio)
...means that are "reasonably calculated" to inform the parent of the proceeding involving his or her child. In re A.G. , 139 Ohio St.3d 572, 2014-Ohio-2597, 13 N.E.3d 1146, ¶ 64. Furthermore, the state must exercise "reasonable diligence in attempting to notify [parents] that [......
Heartland of Urbana OH, LLC v. McHugh Fuller Law Grp., PLLC, No. 2016–CA–3.
...doctrine, " 'American courts will not decide * * * cases in which there is no longer any actual controversy.' " In re A.G., 139 Ohio St.3d 572, 2014-Ohio-2597, 13 N.E.3d 1146, ¶ 37, quoting Black's Law Dictionary 1100 (9th Ed.2009). This is based on the fact that courts have no du......
In re B.M., No. 16CA12
...jurisdiction and venue are distinct legal concepts. In re Z.R., 144 Ohio St. 3d 380, 2015-Ohio-3306, 44 N.E.3d 239, ¶ 16 ; In re A.G., 139 Ohio St.3d 572, 2014-Ohio-2597, 13 N.E.3d 1146, ¶ 53, citing Morrison v. Steiner, 32 Ohio St.2d 86, 290 N.E.2d 841 (1972), paragraph one of the syllabus......

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The Kevin Roberts Show #18
Episode 17 | Tiffany Justice
Hosted by Kevin Roberts
The left is attempting to jam its radical ideology, including critical race theory and progressive beliefs on sexuality and gender, into every corner of society — including classrooms across the country.
Parents, however, are pushing back and Tiffany Justice is one of them. A former school board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty, she joins the show to explain what drove her to join the fight to protect education as well as parental rights, and how Moms for Liberty empowering Americans everywhere to do the same.
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Home > News > Current News > Li: Finance needed for busines.....
Li: Finance needed for businesses
Author:Leon Li
Release on :2018-12-01
Premier says small companies are leading forces for employment
Premier Li Keqiang called to fully implement supportive measures for private and small businesses, including ways to ease their burdens in getting financed, during an inspection tour in Jiangsu province that concluded on Friday.
On Thursday and Friday, Li visited several banks and companies in Nantong and Nanjing during his tour of Jiangsu, which had the second-largest GDP among provincial regions last year.
The premier started the tour at the Chongchuan branch of the Bank of Jiangsu in Nantong on Thursday. He asked the business owners about interest rates and how long it takes to open an account at the bank.
The bank's management reported to the premier that concerted efforts have been made to make more loans to small and micro-sized enterprises while reducing their costs. For seven consecutive years, the bank has maintained the biggest volume of loan balances for private and small businesses, with the largest number of such clients in the province.
Li said the difficulty for small and micro-sized businesses in getting financed should be overcome while costs should be reduced. Small businesses are the leading forces for maintaining stable employment, and the bank's support for small businesses is a way of investing in their own future, he said.
At textile maker Luolai Group, Li encouraged its employees to make innovations in line with China's upgraded consumption to keep its advantages in the market, even though the company is in a traditional industry.
Li visited Suning Holdings Group in Nanjing, the provincial capital, on Friday. Previously relying on selling traditional electric household appliances, the company has shifted to a new model of using internet technologies to sell its products online and offline. Sales surged by 38 percent this year, while online sales went up by 68 percent.
Li said the Chinese market is a huge one with great potential, and cloud platforms should be used to align production, sales and logistics. He also said new technologies, such as smart logistics, should be used to integrate online and offline sales and provide consumers with high-quality services and products.
Like many of his inspection tours, administrative streamlining was an interest for the premier in the Jiangsu trip.
At the "Smart Nanjing" center, run by the Nanjing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Li spoke highly of the center using internet-based technologies to get government approvals done online, calling it a highlight for administrative streamlining.
The premier said the government service platform has promoted information sharing and stimulated market vitality and social creativity. He told local officials to make further efforts to improve the business environment.
The above news was excerpted from china daily by China towel supplier Shenzhen City Dingrun Light Textile Import and Export Corp.Ltd, a company specialized in producing baby diapers, baby bibs, beach towel, blankets, bath towels, tea towels, compressed towels, microfiber towels etc.


Here are some easy points to help smooth out your life.
Plan your meals (and try to shop only weekly). It does take time but ends up saving so much time and money. I plan on Sundays because that's my most free day. Put planning time on your calendar.
Accept help, especially at first. When those kids arrive and people ask how they can help, say, "We could use some help with meals." You will need help for about three weeks, so accept it all. Every other day works well because people are so generous in what they bring. Or ask them to take out one child for a few hours. It's not logical, but one less child for a while changes everything, and they can benefit from the extra attention too.
Say yes to hand-me-downs of all sizes, but don't think you have to use it all. Used clothing is more than a money-saver, it's a time saver. If your child has 14 sets of clothes instead of six, you don't have laundry worries. When you get the clothes, sit right down with a "give away" bag sort out what isn't "you." Then store the rest by size, well-marked, in the attic. Don't shop for the next size until you pull these down and go through them again. Do the same for the smaller children as the bigger ones outgrow them.
Have your own priorities. Your mom or mother-in-law might think your towels should be folded just so, but if you prefer to spend your time making more elaborate meals, that is really okay. If you need your house spotless but don't love cooking, that's okay. For me, it matters to read to my kids every day. Sometimes that means I don't vacuum, or leave the dishes till morning. You cannot do it all, so you have to make your own priority list and stick to it– lovingly, of course.
Plan for interruptions. No sooner do we get in a good routine than someone gets sick or gets a new job or it's a holiday or company comes. Life is a series of interruptions interspersed with quiet periods of routine. If you plan flexibility into your life– though it sounds like an oxymoron– it makes the interruptions easier.
Most of all, know you can do it. If it's hard right now, it will be easier soon. If it's scary to think about, remember things are always easier than they seem. Trust what's within you that wants to love these kids, and let the love lead.


Bali holidays with teenagers. Helping Dreamers Do.
Offering the perfect blend of culture, active adventure and relaxation, Bali works wonderfully well for families with teens. Brilliant snorkelling, rice terrace hikes, white water rafting and rural bike rides keep everyone active and engaged, all fuelled by tasty Indonesian food. Delve into Balinese culture, too, with temple and village visits, then kick back on the picture perfect beaches – Bali holidays with teens are a treat for all the family.
While Bali might seem like the classic beach break destination, beloved by honeymooners or backpackers looking for R&R, this Indonesian island can pull out all the stops for families after an adventurous break.
Teen-friendly trips tend to focus on eastern Bali, where there is white water rafting, treetop hikes on suspension bridge pathways, cycling to hidden beaches, and snorkelling and surfing in turquoise waters – plenty to keep teens off their phones and on the go. Village and temple visits, a cooking lesson or chocolate factory workshop provide some cultural fun to balance the activity, while staying in a handful of places means you see more of the island and get a real sense of travel and exploration.
Holidays to Bali for families with teenagers are run on a small group and tailor made basis. Small groups will be no more than 16 people (usually three or four families) and the minimum age for children is 10 – not strictly teens, but handy if your youngest child hasn't hit 13 yet. These trips are purely for families, although the term family is lightly applied; think 'extended' rather than 'nuclear'. So long as you're with a teenager, that's fine, and any other cousins, grandpas or uncles are welcome to come along, too. The benefit is that your young people can meet other young people, bond with them over exciting adventures and have mates to hang out with during downtime. You will also have similar aged adults to bond with over a beer. So, forget sulking or moody teen silences, this kind of holiday promises inter-generational sociability instead.
You can also opt for a tailor made family holiday to Bali. This might include activities suitable for children aged eight and upwards, but you can tailor what you do to suit the interests and fitness levels of teenagers – longer bike rides and hikes, and more or less time at the beach, depending on how lazy or active you all want to be. Whichever way you travel, Bali can cater brilliantly to families, combining activity, relaxation and culture. Its laidback atmosphere and friendly people make teens feels at ease in a place that is very different to home, and no one, of any age, is immune to the delight of a white sand beach, a coral reef and a warm ocean.
Consisting of a long strip of fishing villages in East Bali, backed by hills thick with palm trees, Amed is a great place to go snorkelling. Nearby snorkelling sites including Jemeluk coral bay, a Japanese shipwreck and the USA Liberty shipwreck in Tulamben. Snorkelling expeditions are accompanied by a qualified guide and tailored to match everyone's snorkelling and swimming ability.
There's a pretty but narrow beach and a beautiful lotus lagoon at Candidasa, the atmosphere is deliciously drowsy and the food is superb. Take a cooking class here, learning how to put together local dishes, or jump on your bike to pedal past rice paddies and plantations of peanuts, potatoes and flowers to reach White Sand Beach, a pretty inlet where you can swim and relax.
Trek through the rice terraces of eastern Bali, visiting local villages, exploring remote temples and seeing how local people tend the land. Visit the Tirta Gangga water palace, too, a maze of pools, fountains, carvings and statues, surrounded by a lush gardens. Stepping stones take you over the water and closer to the huge koi carp living here.
This upmarket, but relaxed beach town in the south of Bali provides a nice place to unwind at the end of a holiday (and is conveniently close to the airport), with big beaches, amazing food, and plenty of spa treatments and massages on offer for teens and parents seeking a treat.
This is the bohemian and cultural centre of Bali, an atmospheric place full of small artist studios, yoga schools and cafes. In the island's largest botanical garden is a treetops adventure, with suspended pathways, jumps and flying swings – serious fun for all ages. You can also travel from Ubud to the picturesque temple complex of Ulun Danu on Bratan Lake or try white water rafting on an 11km stretch of river with grade II and III rapids.
You can get a good feel for eastern Bali in a single week, and small group trips aimed at families with teens that last eight days will pack in plenty of activities and sights without feeling rushed – space and time to unwind, grab some time with the WiFi and away from the parents, is worked into itineraries. If you have longer to spare, try a tailor made trip of 13 days (or more, if you like), which can work in some barefoot, castaway chill out time on the Gili Islands, too.


If you've been searching for terms on Google in order to find the YouTube Hillary Clinton video of Hillary Clinton collapsing and the Hillary Clinton van video, then you have no doubt been directed to the YouTube video of Hillary Clinton fainting.
The Hillary Clinton collapse video took place as the Democratic candidate was leaving Ground Zero in Manhattan on Sunday, after attending the 9/11 ceremonies. The ceremony was the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with President Barack Obama, Clinton, and Donald Trump all in attendance.
The video is available on YouTube and all over social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. The online video (posted by an onlooker) shows Clinton leaning on a short steel pillar, while waiting outside of her van. Shortly after the doors open, Clinton is seen shaking and stumbling, struggling to stay still. She nearly falls to the ground but is caught just in time by her security staff. They didn't seem very surprised (almost as if they know this sort of thing happens) and quickly escorted her into her van.
There are several videos uploaded, all of which have at least over 100,000 views, showing clearly what has taken place.
Though "Hillary Clinton Parkinson" might be trending online (thanks to conspiracy theorists and several assumptions) a rep from Clinton's staff released a statement saying that she was not "over heated" but in fact has pneumonia. Now, the Hillary Clinton pneumonia video has been subject to many questions concerning the candidate's health.
A law enforcement official told The Daily Beast that Clinton looked a little pale when she arrived at the 9/11 ceremony. The official went on to say that she appeared slump and stumbled, and might even have fainted.
We now know that Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia Friday. According to sources, she is currently on antibiotics and is doing well in her recovery. In order to take better care of herself, the Democratic nominee has delayed a two-day trip to California, which was set to start on Monday.
Many are skeptical and think that Clinton has been hiding her diagnosis for some time now, trying to save face and seem healthier than she really is. It's not uncommon for candidates to feel overworked on the campaign trail and feel exhausted or experience fatigue. This can often lead to more serious health issues if they don't take time to rest.


Michael Gordon, 38, is charged with fatally stabbing two Haines City women - Patricia Moran, 72, and her daughter, Deborah Royal, 51 - in a brutal January 2015 home invasion.
BARTOW — After three weeks of testimony and more than four hours of closing arguments from lawyers Monday, jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Michael Anthony Gordon will begin deliberating their verdict Tuesday.
Gordon, 38, is charged with fatally stabbing two Haines City women in a brutal January 2015 home invasion, but his lawyer told jurors Monday there's not enough evidence against him to support a guilty verdict.
Clearwater lawyer Jervis Wise criticized law enforcement for not testing a bloody towel and other items for evidence, and suggested they focused solely on Gordon to the exclusion of other possible suspects, including the man Gordon said killed the two women.
But Assistant State Attorney Kristie Ducharme, in her closing argument to the jury, said all the evidence points to Gordon as the man who killed Patricia Moran, 72, and her daughter, Deborah Royal, 51.
Gordon and three others were arrested in January 2015 following an armed robbery at the Cash America Pawn Shop in Auburndale. A GPS tracker among the stolen jewelry enabled police to pursue the robbers, who led law enforcement to the Chanler Ridge subdivision in Haines City, according to court testimony.
Devonere McCune, 26, was the first suspect to be arrested after they crashed the car at the subdivision's entrance. Gordon would be next. Jovan Lamb and Terrell Williams, both 33, would be taken into custody within hours.
Prosecutors have accused Gordon of killing the Haines City women in an attempt to elude capture. During trial testimony, officers with Haines City Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff's Office told jurors they saw Gordon crash through the garage door of the women's home and drive Moran's Ford Focus across an open field, amid gunfire from officers, before crashing into a ravine bordering Lake Confusion.
Moments earlier, the two women had been stabbed more than 50 times, Ducharme told jurors in her closing argument.
"Miss Royal is stabbed 54 times," she said. "She had defensive wounds that we can see on her hands. Clearly, she was fighting back.
"Not only had her throat been slashed, but the cut went so deep that it went all the way through to her spine," she said.
Later, blood-soaked clothing that prosecutors say Gordon was wearing in the pawn shop robbery was discovered in the washing machine of the women's home, with Gordon's DNA on the collar, along with the DNA of at least one other person.
But Wise, in his closing argument, questioned why that would be the only DNA evidence linking Gordon to the crime.
He said Gordon could have worn the shirt months earlier and left his DNA on it.
Gordon also faces charges of armed robbery stemming from the pawn shop robbery and other related crimes.
On Monday, Circuit Judge Jalal Harb asked jurors to bring overnight bags as they begin deliberations, suggesting they will be sequestered if they don't reach a verdict Tuesday.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Gordon if he's convicted, which means the jury will continue to hear testimony and will decide a sentencing recommendation. The final decision on sentencing will rest with Harb.


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See the many faces of the HTC One's Dot View case
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Earlier today, HTC announced the new One, its new flagship smartphone loaded with great design and tons of features. While the design of the One itself is striking, one of the most interesting things announced along with it is the new Dot View case, which provides protection for the phone, but still lets you see notifications and check the time easily. The $49.99 Dot View has a series of holes in the front of it that let you view the screen even when the case is closed (hence the name).
You can quickly see the time and current weather, alerts for missed calls and text messages (if you use HTC's Messages app), answer or decline calls, see if you have missed emails, and ignore calendar reminders all without ever opening the case. Everything is presented in a dot matrix font that's fun, retro, and informative. The Dot View case adds a bit of whimsy to the One that we like a lot, though we do wish it showed us more notifications (currently it doesn't support any third-party app notifications). The case also blocks the camera when you have it open and folded back and there's more plastic here than we'd expect from a case that's almost $50.
The Dot View case is available today alongside the One in grey, though HTC says more colors are coming soon (the blue and the orange look quite fetching). Until then, scroll down to see all of the different things you can do with the Dot View on the HTC One.
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I recently purchased two books with a gift card I'd gotten for Amazon. I'll put the photos, names and blurbs down below.
These synopses are from of Goodreads.
Both of these covers are absolutely beautiful. I love the chance to support female authors and Ibi Zoboi is Haitian so that's a plus. I'll try to get through these in the coming months between hours of studying for exams.
Do you have any new books you'd like to talk about? Let me know in the comments down below!
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Who is this white dude named Smith who came from the stars? Richard Smith is a Professional Life-Changing Speaker and Motivational Experiencer, Web Design Consultant and Visionary Author on the topic of Extraterrestrial Contact, the Moorish Legacy, Human Origins and related matters. Since 1991, he has been 'downloading' extraterrestrial information, turning it into the visual and literary expressions throughout his work as an artist, writer and speaker. His exploration into this realm began with acrylics. As time went on, the natural evolution of this exploration led him down the path of a mixed-media artist, writer and lecturer. In 1996, Smith graduated with high honors from New York State University for his dedicated work with Extraterrestrial Intervention and Alien Contact Phenomena.
Combining his passion for truth and justice with extraterrestrial intervention, ancient history and alien contact, Smith is best known for his groundbreaking lecture presentations on the Moorish Legacy, White Freemasonry, the Temple of Solomon and the Alien Abduction Phenomenon. Spanning a tremendous cross-cultural spectrum, Smith's lectures have inspired a wide range of people from multiple and diverse backgrounds while serving as a platform for a growing global movement, the human origins revolution, that began in New Egypt, New Jersey, at the Earth Mysteries and UFO/ET Conference in 2005.
Spearheading this revolution, he carries a dedicated special interest in making the manifestation of that movement, the annual Human Origins Conference, an international success in all regions of the global community for future generations while empowering people to realize how important they truly are in this grandest of all adventures known as life. He currently resides in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, with his wife Linda Smith. Working on his third book, The Moor, The Mason And The Alien Part II: A Vril Manifesto, he has been speaking worldwide with author events, interviews, lectures and conferences.
This presentation will take the audience on an educational and riveting journey through our evolving global society, the ever-vigilant galactic community and the family of man, exploring all things extraterrestrial and discussing the metaphoric, sociological and historical symbolisms therein and how they relate to the human condition. It will explore the principal and central influences originating from ancient and modern history that have brought the human race to its present sociological state of critical mass. Using the cosmology of our solar system as a platform, subject matter relating to linguistics, economics, history, health and wealth will be discussed. Topics will include extraterrestrial intervention, alien contact, the Moorish legacy, the Masonic agenda, the Temple of Solomon, the gene for passion and the human (hue-man) being's place in the scheme of things. Presented by Richard Smith.
A comprehensive organic battlefield resource guide for understanding the gonzo shenanigans of extraterrestrial intervention, creationism, evolution, linguistics, money, power, health, civil rights, real estate… and everything else, too.
This workshop presentation will serve as a continuation of my main presentation, The Moor, the Mason and the Alien: A Revolutionary Perspective on Humanity, taking the audience on an educational and riveting journey through our evolving global society, the ever-vigilant galactic community and the family of man, exploring all things extraterrestrial and discussing the metaphoric, sociological and historical symbolisms therein and how they relate to the human condition. It will explore the principal and central influences originating from ancient and modern history that have brought the human race to its present sociological state of critical mass. Using the cosmology of our solar system as a platform, subject matter relating to linguistics, economics, history, health and wealth will be discussed. Topics will include extraterrestrial intervention, alien contact, the Moorish legacy, the Masonic agenda, the Temple of Solomon, the gene for passion and the human (hue-man) being's place in the scheme of things. Presented by Richard Smith.
2. What brought me to this understanding?
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A visionary synthesis of alien contact, the Moorish Legacy, reincarnation and human origins, The Moor, The Mason And The Alien: A Call To Action engages the reader with a radically ambitious scope of knowledge and wisdom, putting us on track with a magnificent interstellar experience through the paranormal and extraterrestrial terrains of ancient history, psychology, economics and current affairs. Ranging from the author's personal odyssey to the global issues we all face, Smith serves up "a spiritual insurrection", an epic saga like no other representing the beginning of a new and riveting human adventure, taking the reader on an historical account of a global rebellion that begins with the Sasquatch going head to head with the Greys and transforms into the ancient Moorish Legacy of the Egyptian University System.
Disturbing, challenging, surrealist and controversial are but a few words to describe the author's epic anthology of original and powerful free verse exposing his own intimate, enlightening and horrific experiences for the first time. An autobiographical account about extraterrestrial bloodlines, the age-old struggle for civil rights and the raw passion of true love found amidst the backdrop of a hybrid war, Smith self-published the anthology in 1999 under the title Legions of Light / Armies of Darkness. Updated in 2005 with a special second edition, it was published through AuthorHouse and is currently available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble as well.


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Holiday Concert, Orchestral Music Review Print
Durham Symphony Orchestra Brings an Outstanding Holiday Pops
Courtesy of presenter
William Henry Curry
Durham -- ( Fri., Nov. 29, 2019 )
Durham Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Pops
Performed by William Henry Curry, conductor
$35 - $5 -- Durham Armory , 919-491-6576 , http://www.durhamsymphony.org -- 7:00 PM
November 29, 2019 - Durham, NC:
The pops concert à la Arthur Fiedler is alive and well in Durham. The Durham Symphony Orchestra, under the magical baton of William Henry Curry, set up in the Durham Armory with Christmas decorations, high spirits, and special guests. DeJuan Hoggard of ABC 11 Eyewitness News made introductions and announcements with his impressive trombone-like voice. The United Strings of Color – Kennedy Mitchell and Cameron Thomas, violins, Kenza Ngatchou, viola, and Lexi Etienne, cello – performed seasonal quartet music in the lobby before the concert and joined the orchestra for two selections on the concert program.
The audience was seated at tables; refreshments and socializing during the intermission added to the spirit of the evening. The congenial Maestro Curry and members of the orchestra mingled casually with the audience as well.
But, of course, the music was the attraction. Most of the selections on the program were brief, lively, and familiar. The first piece was a stately arrangement of "Adeste Fidelis" (O come all ye faithful) by Arthur Harris. The Durham Symphony filed the armory with glorious sounds, well balanced and elegantly expressed.
Next on the program were two compositions with the same title from the same family. We heard "Sleigh Ride" by Leopold Mozart and then by his son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Both are relatively simple pieces, and both have a bit of the Mozart charm. Leopold's "Sleigh Ride" was published as Divertimento in F and was popularly known as "Musical Sleigh Ride." Wolfgang's is one of his Three German Dances, K.605.
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" was written by Charles Wesley, the brother of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination. The melody was composed by Felix Mendelssohn. George Whitefield, another Methodist founder, changed the first line and shortened the text to the form that is familiar today. Curry conducted the DSO in a version arranged by Ted Ricketts, who worked for 24 years as a music director for Walt Disney. The arranger takes the original melody and essentially recomposes it in many differ ways. Ricketts' version opens with a big brass fanfare and develops the melody, as the text suggests, along the lines of joyful praise. It closes with a marvelous triumphal final cadence. All of this was brought to life through the skills of Maestro Curry and the individual musical artists performing together as the Durham Symphony Orchestra.
Assistant conductor and principal second violinist Shelley Livingston came to the podium to conduct the next two selections. She led the orchestra in a delightful and spirited "Polonaise" from Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Christmas Eve. It was an enthusiastic and pleasing performance. Next Livingston guided the orchestra in the "Prelude" and "Waltz of the Flowers" from Tchaikovsky's always charming and scintillating Nutcracker. It was such a pleasure to hear! There is nothing quite like hearing a familiar masterpiece in a live performance like this.
Curry returned to the podium for the second half of the concert, which began with a rousing arrangement of Jerry Herman's "We Need a Little Christmas." Oakley Lyon was the arranger.
The Maestro then introduced the next work, "Maoz Tsur" (Rock of Ages), from A Chanukah Celebration, composed by former colleague and bass trombonist with the North Carolina Symphony, Terry Mizesko. It opens with a soft tympani drum roll. An oboe sung over shimmering strings is followed by other winds developing the theme. More instruments join in as the dynamic increases. The ending is mystical and outstanding.
Two of Curry's main interests are American composers and women composers. Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-81) was an American composer, pianist and conductor who never gained wide acceptance in her native country but was quite popular in Europe, especially in Russia. On this program, we heard a fine performance of her "Dance No. 1," from Pioneer Dances. It is a light, delightful composition with some reflections of Copland's "Hoedown."
The singalong portion of the concert was "Christmas Memories Singalong," an arrangement by Bruce Chase. It includes a handful of Christmas carols and songs and was nicely sung by the audience.
Leroy Anderson's "Christmas Festival" provided a joyous finale for an altogether pleasurable evening. Enthusiastic applause was rewarded with Anderson's biggest light classical hit, "Sleigh Ride," composed in 1948 and heard everywhere since then but never better than tonight, with all the sound effects: bells, whip, and neighing horse. It was an outstanding holiday pops!


After the Ocean City Barons claimed a 3-1 victory against the Richmond Kickers Future on Friday night, their fate in U.S. Open Cup qualifying was out of their hands. It was their fourth and final cup qualifying match, and they finished with a 2-0-2 record. While eight points in four matches is a respectable total, they would fall short of a berth due to victories by the Cape Cod Crusaders and the Fredericksburg Gunners later that night. OCEAN CITY, NJ (May 23, 2008) - After the Ocean City Barons claimed a 3-1 victory against the Richmond Kickers Future on Friday night, their fate in U.S. Open Cup qualifying was out of their hands. It was their fourth and final cup qualifying match, and they finished with a 2-0-2 record. While eight points in four matches is a respectable total, they would fall short of a berth due to victories by the Cape Cod Crusaders (5-2 at Vermont) and the Fredericksburg Gunners (2-0 vs. Hampton Roads) later that night.
"The Open Cup is just a bonus," said Barons general manager Neil Holloway after learning that his club would miss out on the 94-year old tournament. "We'll just continue to focus on the league and hopefully we can keep earning points on the road and wins at home."
Ocean City was led by three different goalscorers and the squad controlled much of the possession in their second home game of the season.
With Mama Mia's Chef Joe Massaglia serving gourmet food, and Miss Ocean City, Andi Cocozza, singing the national anthem, the Friday night matchup got off to a festive start ahead of Memorial Day weekend. However, the visitors would strike first.
A failure to communicate would be to blame when the Kickers played a ball over the top toward the Ocean City goal. Barons' defender Connor Gorman and goalkeeper Zach Zamek were left looking puzzled at one another after neither player took charge and cleared the ball. Boris Gatzky would pounce on it and put it into the empty net in the 27th minute.
The Barons would find an answer just eight minutes later when Adam Williamson sent a corner kick to the far post. Steve Miller would head the ball back into the danger area and his strike partner Lee Squires would head it home for his third goal of the season. With the assist, that gives Miller a point in three consecutive games.
Ocean City would control the run of play for the remainder of the first half, but couldn't find a way to break the 1-1 tie before the break.
10 minutes into the second half, the Barons would replicate the first goal. Another Williamson corner kick would find a head, this time it was defender John Fletcher, who headed it to Joe Banks and the veteran center back scored his first goal since the 2006 season.
Less than two minutes later, the Barons would put the game out of reach. The ball was crossed into the box and after pinballing around, it came out to Nick Sih who fired a well-placed shot into the back of the net for his first PDL goal. Sih, a high school All-American at Germantown Academy, will be a sophomore at Duke University in the Fall and has started the last three games for Ocean City.
Richmond's veteran goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra kept the game close, making eight saves for the visitors. Zamek was only forced to make two saves.
"I think the team is really starting to come together after four games," said Holloway.
The Barons improve their all-time regular season record against the Kickers Future to 2-0-1. While the Barons are eliminated from Open Cup qualifying, they are in a 3-way tie for first place in the Northeast Division with the Newark Ironbound Express and the Long Island Rough Riders.
The club will get Memorial Day weekend off and then it's back to work as they prepare for back-to-back road games next weekend at the Cape Cod Crusaders next Saturday and then they travel to Rhode Island to take on the Stingrays on Sunday.


This Polish Pottery creamer (item number H5100C) is made by Zaklady Ceramiczne factory in Boleslawiec, Poland. It is 3.3" high and measures 3.5" by 4.8". It holds 10 ounces of fluid. The weight of this creamer is 0.5 lbs. The price of this creamer is $17.99 and if your total is over $99 you will get FREE SHIPPING.
This particular Polish Pottery creamer is currently sold out from our Texas warehouse. It can be special ordered from Boleslawiec if you don't mind waiting 4-6 months for it. Why does it take so long? Typically, if we order it this month, manufacturer will have it ready for us by the end of next month, and it takes 2 months for the goods to travel by wheels and sea from Boleslawiec to Texas. That is roughly 4 months total if everything goes smooth. Sometimes it will take longer than 4 months if the manufacturer is very busy, but it should never take longer than 6 months.
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Latina celebrities like Fergie and Selena Gomez have been spotted wearing this new stylish hairdo that's a breeze to recreate. It may look like this cool weave is tricky, but New York City stylist Marcos Diaz swears that it's actually the easiest braid to master. Find out our simple tricks so you can rock this new look for the spring and summer months. Watch this video, and we guarantee you'll get hooked!


It will soon be the two hundred and forty-second anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride to alert the country to British aggression.
For eighty-six-years, Revere's ride hardly drew attention. Many of you know that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem elevated that memorable evening. Paul Revere had been dead forty-two years before Longfellow published his famous poem. Longfellow's motivation was to instill patriotism in the Union soldiers preparing to face the secessionist armies during America's Civil War. Clearly, Longfellow's intent was very successful at that time in our history and for every successive generation.
It is purely subjective on our part, but Paul Revere did not appear to promote his famous ride. He did his duty and answered many additional calls to jump in the saddle on behalf of the Sons of Liberty. However, he did not see his Express journeys as a stepping stone to gaining the respect and title of Esquire. Han Shin Kap's journal may help you understand the social network of Boston during that period. Towards the end of Paul's life, the Town of Boston and many of the Founding Fathers paid homage to the man's many enterprises on behalf of our young country. Unfortunately, he never did achieve white wig status as a sign of his acceptance into Boston's upper class. Being an Express rider on many critical occasions, for the various political caucuses, did not enhance his social position. He was not taken for granted. He was a merchant, and that is what they did in the social order.
We offer you another of our articles briefly covering Paul Revere's total worth to Colonial America. But now we wish to unveil three men, two women, a dog and a horse that assisted Paul Revere that night in accomplishing his midnight ride. It is no fault of Paul, but they deserve their place in history.
Robert Newman, the sexton of The Old North Church, was a dear friend of Paul Revere and a Son of Liberty. He hung the lanterns in the tower on April 18, 1775. As word reached Robert that the British "were out" he was on the upper floor of his mother's home with quartered British officers entertaining themselves on the first floor. He precipitously lowered himself to the back garden and undetected by the British Officers made his way to the tower of the Old North Church. The lanterns in the tower were the first call to arms that evening, launching thirty or more riders to small towns throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Surely, if caught, he would have been arrested for espionage or treason, and the end would have been predictable. The British were not too kind to spies. Nathan Hale was hanged the very next day after he was caught spying.
The following may be enhanced by lore but is widely accepted by historians; two women, three men, a dog, and a horse were essential to Paul's successful ride. Each is just a footnote in history, perhaps because there was no first-hand corroborating documentation.
Paul apparently rushed off, missing two vital tools. The first was his riding spurs that a good horseman must use to direct his horse laterally or forward if riding at breakneck speed or in close quarter combat. Seeing that he forget them, Paul's wife, Rachel, knew the importance and attached them to their loving dog that immediately rushed out to return to his master.[i] The dog avoided detection by the British sentries and the hundreds of soldiers marching to their embarkation points. Pets instinctively detect hostile people by the reaction of their masters. So the family dog navigated to Paul undetected.
The row to Charlestown was successful. The lanterns had already given the alert to all other riders. William Dawes was on his way as well. Deacon John Larkin of Charlestown provided the horse Paul would ride to Concord. He was galloping to Concord for the second time in two days. At the suggestion of Joseph Warren, he reconnoitered the road to Concord in anticipation of that nights trip. Deacon Larkin's son delivered the horse to Paul, but the name of that patriotic steed was not conveyed or had been forgotten, due to the urgency of the ride. Years later, in his official account of his midnight ride, Paul never named the horse, though he was most pleased with his mount.
Further complicating the matter, the events of June 17, 1775, made it difficult to catch up with Reverend Larkin to learn of the horse's name. Charlestown's 400[iii] dwellings were torched by the British during the Battle of Bunker Hill, on the claim that snipers had infested the town. As Paul's midnight ride drifted into obscurity, no one thought to document the horse's name or breed. Reverend Larkin never returned to Charlestown. Many years later the Reverend's family searched in vain.
As for the breed, the conjecture is that this horse was a New England hybrid, perhaps the forerunner to the Morgan Horse of Townshend, Vermont. Highly versatile, short in stature (a plus), sturdy on ice, can pull its weight and more, responsive to its rider's moves, lives off the land, highly maneuverable and free of illness.
Late in the evening of his ride, Paul was intercepted near Lexington by a fourteen man British patrol. He was very cunning, talking his way to freedom, but Reverend Larkin's horse was confiscated and lost to history. No one is sure of the fate of the Reverend's horse that rode into battle with a British Dragoon. Unfortunately, for one very patriotic horse, her[iv] name has been lost to history.
One exotic name given to Paul's horse was Scheherezade. It is certainly a beautiful name, but not likely one to expect from a very Puritan Reverend that looks to the Bible for practical matters. Mr. Revere and I [v] is an excellent book intended for the young but well worth reading regardless of your age. You might as well accept the horse's name as this book provides an entertaining historical look at Colonial Boston and America.
Learn more about Paul Revere's world on our walking tour through the Eighteenth Century.
Lawson, Robert. Mr. Revere and I. London: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2010. Print.
Wheildon, William Willder. History of Paul revere's signal lanterns, April 18, 1775, in the steeple of: with an account of Place of publication not identified: Nabu Press, 2010.
Esther Forbes, Paul Revere & The World He Lived In, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mas., 1942.
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Is the Lab-Created Burger Kosher?
The halachic status of lab-created meat
By Yehuda Shurpin
Scientists have recently demonstrated that they can now take stem cells from a cow and build them into hamburgers that look, feel and (almost) taste like the real thing. What does Jewish law have to say? Is this considered real meat? Is it kosher?
This is a fascinating question that needs to be studied carefully by expert rabbis when the issue becomes more practical and Petri-dish burgers become an affordable option. But here are some preliminary thoughts on the subject to give you some perspective.
Meat from Heaven
What makes this question so intriguing is that this is an example of how those seemingly fantastic Aggadic tales in the Talmud are nowadays becoming a starting point for new halachik questions.
There is actually a discussion in the Talmud about whether meat that does not come from an animal is considered kosher, although the origin of the meat in this case was even more miraculous:
A story of Rabbi Shimeon ben Chalafta, who was walking on the road, when lions met him and roared at him. Thereupon he quoted from Psalms: "The young lions roar for prey and to beg their food from G‑d,"1 and two lumps of flesh descended [from heaven]. They ate one and left the other. This he brought to the study hall and propounded: Is this fit [for food] or not? The scholar answered: "Nothing unfit descends from heaven." Rabbi Zera asked Rabbi Abbahu: "What if something in the shape of a donkey were to descend?" He replied: "You 'howling yorod,2' did they not answer him that no unfit thing descends from heaven?"3
Miraculous meat appears again in the Talmud, although this time it was man-made:
Rabbi Chanina and Rabbi Oshaia would spend every Sabbath eve studying the "Book of Creation"4 by means of which they created a calf and ate it.5
In discussing this story, later commentators debate whether such an animal would require shechitah (kosher slaughter) in order to be eaten.
Rabbi Yeshayah Halevi Horowitz, known as the Shelah, writes that it is not considered a real animal and does not need shechitah.6
Others write that while a technical interpretation of Biblical law may not require such an animal to be slaughtered, the rabbinical prohibition of "marit ayin" (not engaging in acts that look misleadingly similar to forbidden activity) would necessitate slaughter—lest an onlooker think that ordinary meat is being consumed without shechitah.7
Test-Tube Beef
So far we have discussed "miracle meat" that came from heaven or was created by spiritual means. Some commentators defined this meat as miraculous because it did not come from a naturally-born animal. But do we consider any meat that does not come from a naturally-born animal to be "miracle meat"? Or does it need to come through an actual miracle? How about test-tube meat, which does come from actual animal cells? In this case the dictum that "no unfit thing descends from heaven" obviously would not apply. Here are some of the issues that will need to be explored:
● The Cells The scientist extracted the cells of a real animal and used them to grow the tissues in a Petri dish. If, and that is not a small if, the mere cells are considered substantial enough to be called meat, this may present a problem. In addition to the prohibition of eating a limb from a living animal,8 there is an additional injunction not to eat any meat that was severed from a live animal.9
This is an issue for non-Jews as well as Jews, since Noahide law dictates that non-Jews may not eat even a minute amount of meat that was separated from a living animal.10
For Jews, if the cells are considered real meat, then presumably they would need to be extracted from a kosher animal that was slaughtered according to Jewish law.
Another consideration is that there is a halachik concept, "the product of non-kosher is itself not kosher, and the product of that which is kosher is itself kosher."11 While at first glance this would seem to imply that the cells need to come from a kosher source, it is not clear whether the above rule would apply to microscopic cells that were extracted from an animal.
● The Product In Jewish law, a food that contains only a minuscule amount of a non-kosher ingredient can still be considered kosher if the non-kosher ingredient is nullified (usually) by at least a factor of 60 to 1. At first glance it would appear that we can apply this rule to our scenario, since the original cells are greatly outnumbered by the "meat" produced. However, halachah states that the above rule does not apply to a "davar hama'amid," an ingredient that establishes the form of the item. The essential ingredient can never be nullified, no matter how small it is.12 It would seem that the same rule applies to the cells that are essential to growing the meat. If they don't come from a kosher source, they can never be nullified, and whatever is created with them is also not kosher.
As noted earlier, these are just preliminary thoughts on the subject. Any halachik ruling would have to come from rabbis who are expert in these matters.
Rashi explains that this is a species of bird that always seems to be wailing and mourning. Some commentators explain that he meant to admonish his student Rabbi Zera for his excessive asceticism. Rabbi Abbhu felt that the many fasts that Rabbi Zera undertook had taken a toll on his clarity of mind, this being an example of it, see Chavos Ya'ir 152.
Talmud Sanhedrin 59b
A Kabbalistic work ascribed to Abraham our forefather.
Shalaha Parshas Vayeishev. He cites this piece of Talmud in relation to the episode of the selling of Joseph by his brothers, which, some explain, was a punishment to Joseph. Thinking that he had seen the brothers eat the limb from a living animal, he went and tattled to his father. However, the Shelah explains that in fact the animal they ate was similar to the one described in the Talmud here, and therefore it did not required slaughter and was also not an issue of Eiver Min Hachai.
See Pischei Teshuvah on Yoreh Deih 62:1
Maimonides laws of kings 9:10. For more on the seven Noahide laws, see The Seven Noahide Laws
Talmud Bechoros 5b
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deiah 87:11
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Tabitha Lenox The Woodlands July 16, 2019
I love Chabad. This is reflecting Truth/Torah. Reply
Menachem Brooklyn May 15, 2018
I thought that a miniscule amount which "establishes the form" isnt battul because it cant be nullified since its still having a unique impact on the food. However in this case it isnt obvious its still there because the impact it ahs on the food is done after it creates it if I understand this correctly. Also wouldn't/couldnt the grown meat be removed from the cell which grows the meat? Reply
Oheve Yisrael brooklyn September 11, 2017
what came first? the chicken or the soup? Reply
Anonymous August 1, 2017
If one were to create a completely new cell then grew meat from that, is it Kosher or not? Or is it considered inanimate? Reply
Adam Steinbrecher Binghamton February 26, 2017
Lab Grown Meat Comes from Stem Cells; Fetal Stem Cells Can Be Kosher. Currently lab grown meat comes from stem cells. Stem cells are not "meat" in the traditional sense as they can become anything including bone, blood, or even hair follicles. Bone, blood, and hair follicles are not meat, (yes I understand that blood is not kosher, but again, stem cells are not blood anymore than they are muscle or organ tissue.)
If "killed properly" the meat of a calf, or veal, can be just as kosher as the meat of an adult cow. Where is the line drawn on how young is too young? Would the same rules apply to a fetal calf? As long as the calf has reached a stage in it's development that it has a neck to cut, Shechitah can be performed.
Underdeveloped organs are not technically deformed, as they are as they were meant to be at the time of slaughter, but that is irrelevant because the only part of the fetus we're after are the stem cells. Which are not meat as previously established, and have come from a kosher slaughtered animal.
Fetuses too can be grown in test tubes. Reply
Feivel Bloch Chicago, IL January 27, 2016
The question here that should be a determinant is whether or not the source is a kosher animal and whether or not it has been ritually slaughtered. If it is still alive, then the problem of eating from a living animal would be in effect, and that is prohibited. If the animal has been slaughtered properly, it is not from a living animal given halachically the animal is considered dead. Given the latter situation, perhaps meat grown from the cells would be kosher. The last question would be regarding salting the meat. Would that be necessary if there is no blood? Reply
Alex Linton Singapore June 29, 2014
Possible solution? So perhaps the best solution then is to take the cells from a recently slaughtered kosher animal? That way, we'd still reduce the overall number of animals that would have to be killed and technically the meat would still be from a 'kosher' source.
Any thoughts? Reply
Joseph Vinegar September 25, 2017
in response to Alex Linton:
I was going to ask that. The real problem is, though, whether a scientifically "living" cell is "living" D'oraita as well. Reply
Gabriel London July 9, 2019
If one did this, would the resulting "meat" be considered pareve or fleishic??? Reply
Michael Newman March 21, 2018
in response to Joseph Vinegar:
Aren't most of the cells in the body still alive after the animal has been shechted? You can still eat it as far as I know. Besides the animal is dead. The issur isn't to eat it if some of it still lives. As a whole its dead. The real question is what about non kosher animals.... Reply
in response to Michael:
The carcass of an animal must not be touched. Reply
Josh Seattle, WA April 10, 2014
Maris Ayin For the same reason, it would seem it would not be recommended to put a slice of "vegan" (pareve) cheese substitute on a hamburger and eat it in public. Reply
Menachem March 11, 2014
Mar'it ayin Fruma: According to halacha, you are correct. The package of margarine should either be left on the table (so people can see that it is margarine), or it should be made to clear to everyone some other way. Reply
Yaacov Philadelphia March 11, 2014
To ya'akov ben avraham, New York state; not the State of New York From what the Torah teaches, all things come from "Heaven" including the "unfit". The concept of "fit" and "unfit" derives from those seven letters of the Hebrew alphabet called "doubling letters". They are known by the acronym "Beged Kaparat".
Some paints do require kosher supervision. They are often called "Natural Paints" and are more environmentally friendly. They often use flour for the binder and are prohibited to possess during Passover.
When we make blessings over what we consume or use, part of our intention as human beings (who are called medaber, 'speakers' in Torah) is to elevate those other classes of physical existence and uncover their inherent G-dliness. Those other classes are commonly divided into mineral (domem), plant (tzome'ach), and animal (chayah). Chemicals generally fall under the category of "domem", like salt.
Eating a bowl of Carolina Reaper peppers straight would be inedible for most people, even dangerous. But in moderation it seasons wonderfully. Reply
suzy hander woodland hills, ca March 10, 2014
Anonymous: I'm glad there's someone out there from my homeland, Texas. I'm from Houston and miss it from much. I never kept Kosher but I admired all of those that do. I thank G-d for all of our blessings and food that we eat. Reply
ya'akov ben avraham New York state; not the State of New York March 10, 2014
Test tube meat? I will address my thoughts on "In this case the dictum that "no unfit thing descends from heaven" obviously would not apply." My views are simple and semantically accurate to my observation though others in the past chose to see it as a "rant."
What man creates is not always heavenly no matter how novel the method. He did not create it, he manipulated it. As I see it, even a can of coca cola does not qualify by a long shot. I once asked a rabbi would you make a can of paint kosher; his immediate reply was "Why would you want to make paint kosher?" I continued by holding his can of soda up and pointed to the ingredients and asked why when you take such chemicals when they stand alone are uneatable would you deem it kosher because you combined it with other chemicals to make this? With an astonished look on his face he replied calmly; "No one ever questioned it before, not even I?"
Please don't offer me pork under the new pseudonym "other white meat" saying it's kosher. Reply
Sarah Masha W Bloomfield, MI, USA March 10, 2014
Gregory Koch Gregory, Could you please give the supporting reference for the reason you give for fish not needing shichtah? I think the reason fish don't need shichitah is that there is nothing to shecht. Shichitah involves cutting the windpipe, and fish don't have one, or anything that would correspond to one. Reply
Gregory Koch storrs March 8, 2014
IIRC, the reason fish do not require shechitah is because they do not have that much blood. The cells grown in a lab have no blood either, just meat. Shouldn't the same apply to them? Reply
Chaya Brazil October 16, 2013
Advantages of Keeping Kosher The only real "advantage" of keeping kosher is to be closer to G_d by following His commandments regarding what a Jewish person must eat. If you are looking for any other kind of advantages such as health benefits, then perhaps you may find some in the prohibition of not eating pork or shellfish, but that kind of advantage is not really the point. The advantages of keeping kosher are spiritual and psychological in nature. Many such spiritual lessons, such as respect for all life and the prohibition against cruelty to animals, can be learned from every dietary law in the Torah. Reply
suzy hander woodland hills, ca October 16, 2013
I can't understand the advantages of keeping kosher if you do not try and keep a kosher life. Although I have never kept kosher, I read the Talmud and Torah daily and try to keep all Commandments. G-d instructed Adam to tend the Garden and to study Torah. In other words, obey His laws and the environment. I wish I could eat meat but my stomach won't permit this. I never knew about kosher butter. Thank you for informing me about halachik laws. I learn a great deal from your articles. Reply
Fruma Delray Beach, FL October 16, 2013
Marit ayin Why isn't the use of margarine (yellow, in quarter-pound sticks) at a meat meal considered marit ayin? The margarine is deliberately made to look like butter. Reply
Minucha Chicago October 16, 2013
Lab-created meat I don't think I would want to eat this even if it were determined to be kosher. I'm happy with my soy burgers, which are paarve & have kosher certificate. Reply
Alexei Choquet West Palm beach September 25, 2013
Eating a limb extracted from a living animal There is a movement to ban Kosher killing as inhumane in some animal rights circles. Wouldn't be hypocrital if these lobbys had their bussiness lunches munching on stone crab legs .{torn from living animals}.And as if nonJewish slaughter houses and dairy farms have any heritage of putting humanity before profits. I am all for compulsory humanity towards animals that arises from our obligation as humans to behave rationally.When the motive is profit or flavour, I come down on the side of animals. When the motive comes from properly performing religious ceremonies, neither side seems interested in searching for a win-win agreement on this issue One thing we Jews Know;, Our lord is always open to a Jacob wrestling with him for good motives. Humane Kosher killing should not be beyond the imagination of any right-minded Jew, and allowing it should not be beyond the imagination of any right-minded government. Reply
Suzy Handler calabasas, ca August 20, 2013
meat Thank you for this outstanding article. I never eat meat, not since the gall bladder operation. I'm a Reformed Jew who doesn't keep kosher. I do understand the concerns of others who do and I respect them very much. Since the New Year is coming, I thank G-d that blessed us with food and health. Reply
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Top of the World at Stratosphere Casino,
Hotel & Tower Debuts New Menu
LAS VEGAS – September 19, 2018 – Top of the World restaurant, located on the 106th floor of Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, has introduced new lunch and dinner menus with dishes created by Golden Entertainment's new Corporate Executive Chef Johnny Church, as well as a remodeled dining room.
"Top of the World is the most iconic restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip," said Church, who recently won the 500th episode of Food Network's hit show, "Chopped." "Our aim with these new menus is to enhance that experience through elevating the cuisine."
Top of the World offers a new take on steaks and seafood complemented by fresh, seasonal ingredients. The new menu includes several chops and steaks, including a 16-ounce grass fed ribeye from Cape Grim, Tasmania, a 16-ounce prime center cut New York strip from River Ranch, Minnesota and 22-ounce bone-in prime ribeye black angus from Colorado. Australian and Japanese Wagyu selections include a 14-ounce Wagyu ribeye from Tajima Ranch, Australia, a 10-ounce Wagyu skirt steak from Tajima Ranch, Australia and a 3-ounce A-5 grade New York strip from Japan. Steaks may be paired with a Maine lobster tail, shrimp scampi or foie gras. Sauces and preparations include Béarnaise sauce, red wine reduction, peppercorn, blue cheese crust and truffle gouda cheese fondue.
Other new entrees include pan-seared Mary's chicken stuffed with Maryland lump crab and natural jus; zucchini and squash spaghetti style served with marinara sauce and vegan truffle parmesan; Rosen Farm Colorado lamb chop served with mint gel, horseradish and natural jus; and Fiji tuna served with Daikon radish, rainbow carrots, pickled Fresno chilis, mashed edamame and wasabi emulsion. Featured sides consist of creamed sweet corn topped with truffle and parmesan breadcrumbs; green beans with spiced Marcona almonds and brown butter; and roasted organic mushrooms with black garlic whipped cream.
Among the new appetizers are tuna tartare tacos prepared with avocado, citrus crema and crisp lettuce; and Maine lobster tail and filet mignon carpaccio, served with black garlic caper vinaigrette and brioche toast.
Top of the World has also introduced a new lunch menu. A few highlights include the "Top truffle burger," made with a half-pound triple Angus beef patty topped with Melkbus truffle gouda cheese fondue and served with a choice of locally grown greens or French fries; steak frites, a 10-ounce Aspen Ridge® hanger steak served with fries and truffle aioli; a free-range chicken sandwich topped with arugula and togarashi aioli in a focaccia bun, served with a choice of locally grown greens or French fries; and a local mixed greens salad made with cucumber, tomato, shaved root vegetables and superfood vinaigrette.
Among Top of the World's new dessert offerings are baked Alaska – a trio of strawberry, cookies and cream and brownie ice creams with streusel crumble and meringue brûlée; 21-layer chocolate cake topped with chocolate ganache; and Top of the World cake made with choice of white cake layered with Bavarian cream or chocolate cake, layered with chocolate mousse and raspberry marmalade.
Jason Shullo, a Certified Sommelier and Golden Entertainment's new corporate director of beverage, has introduced a new wine menu to complement Church's cuisine. Among the nearly 300 selections are hard-to-find, boutique selections as well as some of the world's most celebrated wines.
Top of the World has also unveiled a remodeled dining room inspired by the stunning, 360-degree views of the Las Vegas Valley. The tabletops are transitioning from white tablecloths to tables with a Kinon® surface that reflects the sky which accents the color of the mountaintops. The candle holders are reminiscent of street lights, as well as pull colors from the mountains. A new place setting is highlighted by Messermeister steak knives; a culinary classic. New chairs and reupholstered furniture bring shades of gray and blue, the colors of the sky, to the dining room. The remodel also includes a redesign of the lobby, improved lighting, and a full sound system upgrade.
Top of the World is open from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. daily for lunch and 4 p.m. until 3 a.m. for dinner.
Reservations for Top of the World may be made by calling 702.380.7711 or by visiting http://www.topoftheworldlv.com/reservations.php.
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Home Historic Derek Jeter 1998 First All Star Game Signed Game Used Hat PSA & JSA COA
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Incredible Derek Jeter signed game used hat from his first All Star Game appearance. The hat shows excellent game use and is signed under the brim by Jeter. Jeter gifted the hat to a sick girl after the game and signed it for her. Comes with full letters Certificate Of Authenticity from PSA DNA (John Taube) and James Spence JSA. One of the finest Jeter game used items in existence.
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