Two ?Minnesota Market Warriors? scout out antiques in Red Wing ...

Part of an edited painting depicting Red Wing, inside Pottery Place.

RED WING, MINNESOTA. It?s a Mississippi River town synonymous with shoes and pottery. And antiques.

The sprawling Pottery Place complex.

On a day trip here this past winter, my husband and I shopped at Pottery Place Historic Center, the old Red Wing Pottery factory which today houses antiques and specialty shops, eateries and a pottery museum.

An antique store display of Red Wing pottery, I assume. It was too high to reach.

Because we were only in town for a few hours, part of that time at a park watching for eagles, we toured just a?minuscule?section of Pottery Place. You could easily spend half a day here. Truly. Randy and I didn?t even get downtown except to drive through on our way to Covill Park.

One of my more unique finds, a souvenir Minnesota-shaped ashtray displayed on a plate.

Now we don?t necessarily buy a lot of antiques or collectibles at antique stores, preferring to find ours at garage and yard sales or thrift stores. But that doesn?t stop us from window shopping, or scouting for others.

I had no clue what this was, but Randy identified it as an egg scale. If I would have looked a little closer?

You might call us ?Minnesota Market Warriors,? referencing the public television show by that name, minus the ?Minnesota.? The five cast members search for merchandise at flea markets with those items then sold at auction. It?s a competition. But, for the viewer, the show also presents history and market lessons.

On this particular Saturday, Randy would have won the competition. He found a Watt Ware pitcher stamped REDWOOD COUNTY, Farm Bureau Service Co., WABASSO, MINNESOTA. Score. Several extended family members collect Watt Ware from Redwood County, my home county.

The Watt Ware pitcher from Wabasso which we purchased on behalf of extended family.

Not being able to afford this pitcher ourselves, we called the potential buyers and were given the go ahead to purchase the piece, marked 20 percent off if paid for via cash or a check. After locating an ATM, the purchase was made.

Now, if we had been thinking, we would have auctioned off the pitcher to the highest bidder or charged a finder?s fee. But turns out one of the family members owns the exact same pitcher, gifted to her by our mother.

Jokingly, I told her, ?OK, then, $XXX will be deducted from your inheritance.?

Yeah, just call me Miller Gaffney, the persistent Market Warriors Southerner who always haggles for a bargain and holds her purse strings tight.

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BONUS PHOTOS from Pottery Place:

Love this Pottery Place sign.

A hallway on the first floor of Pottery Place.

One of the first things I spotted inside an entry, this lovely water feature around the corner from the Red Wing cityscape painting above.

Lovely spice jars and salt-and-pepper shakers all neat and tidy in rows in an antique shop.

The two antique shops we visited, Pottery Place Antiques and 3rd Floor Antiques, were on the second and third floors, up that stairway.

I was a little freaked when I encountered this fur among the vintage hats.

? Copyright 2013 Audrey Kletscher Helbling

All of the above images have been edited, some with a ?cartoon? application to create a yesteryear appearance.

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Source: http://mnprairieroots.com/2013/05/21/two-minnesota-market-warriors-scout-out-antiques-in-red-wing/

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A Quadcopter's-Eye View Of The Costa Concordia Shipwreck

The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in early 2012 resulted in 32 deaths and the destruction of the ship, resulting in a $300 million salvage operation that may be the most expensive in history. A pair of quadcopters equipped with cameras capture the sad vessel and the massive operation to remove it from the rocks.

According to Team BlackSheep, who created this video:

This video was shot at the location of a tragic accident. It is not our interest to gain attention on the backs of those who have lost loved ones. This video is supposed to be a showcase for possible UAV applications. Our goal is to display the stranded ship in a never-before seen way. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who drowned on this day and we are hoping for a swift removal to reveal again the underlying beauty of Giglio Island, Italy.

Indeed, the video doesn't seem particularly voyeuristic, but shows how close you can get with small, lightweight camera rigs that don't risk human life and have a low potential of causing any damage.

(Hat tip to TelstarLogistic!)

Source: http://jalopnik.com/a-quadcopters-eye-view-of-the-costa-concordia-shipwrec-509098496

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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) ? Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:

JAMES CAAN GOES BACK TO THE 70S

They don't make movies like they used to ? which is why James Caan was happy to go back to the 1970s in Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties."

An icon of '70s cinema through his role as Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," Caan plays the patriarch of a divided family in the Brooklyn-set drama. His younger son, played by Billy Crudup, is a cop; the elder, played by Clive Owen, is an ex-con trying halfheartedly to go straight.

"I've become very negative about the films of today, and that's why (I leapt at) the chance to do a film of the '70s with talent like this," 73-year-old Caan told reporters at a Cannes press conference Monday.

"I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers. And (the films) had a beginning, a middle and an end, which was something very odd."

Today, he said, "it seems like most of the films they're doing, in Hollywood anyway, are these franchise films."

Canet is a French screen heartthrob-turned-director who made a splash with his taut 2006 movie "Tell No One." He said he was inspired by the '70s American cinema renaissance ? films like Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets" and Jerry Schatzberg's "The Panic In Needle Park" ? to revisit the gritty, litter-strewn streets of the era.

A remake of the 2008 French film "Les Liens Du Sang" (Blood Ties), which starred Canet as the policeman's brother in his English-language debut, is playing out of competition in Cannes.

Canet assembled an international cast including "Star Trek'''s Zoe Saldana, Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts and French star Marion Cotillard, who is also the director's romantic partner.

Cotillard plays the Owen character's Italian-born ex, adopting a New York-Italian accent ? an experience she admitted was "very, very stressful."

When an Italian reporter complimented her accent, she emitted a loud sigh of relief.

"I'm going to kiss you!" she said. "You can't imagine how much pleasure you've given me."

? Jill Lawless, http://Twitter.com/JillLawless

AHNA O'REILLY FETED AS SHE CELEBRATES TWO CANNES FILMS

Along the water on the yachts where many of the Cannes Film Festival's uber-exclusive parties are thrown, guests are required to take off their shoes before stepping on the boat. And for that "Fruitvale Station" actress Ahna O'Reilly is grateful.

"I can't be in heels for that long ? I'm so uncomfortable!" the smiling actress said Sunday evening aboard the posh Jettee Albert Edouard. "But it's amazing, I love seeing people all dolled up."

This is O'Reilly's first trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and she has two films on display. The actress, who was also in "The Help," is starring in "Fruitvale" with good friend Octavia Spencer and also in "As I Lay Dying," in which she was directed by another friend, James Franco, who also stars in the film. Both were in attendance as she was the guest of honor at the event, hosted by the charity Art of Elysium.

"I'm just pinching myself, I can't believe it, and I'm here with some of my best friends in the world representing projects that I'm deeply passionate about, and also here tonight representing the Art of Elysium, an organization I care a lot about," she said. "So it's just all of these people that I love in the most beautiful setting, where everybody is celebrating their love of cinema, so it's a total dream."

The Art of Elysium has thrown events at Cannes for the past five years. The charity brings artists into hospitals to entertain children afflicted with life-threatening diseases like cancer.

Founder Jennifer Howell said it was a natural to have the event at a film festival: "We're so artist-centric that we want to be tied into what are artists actually do as fundraisers."

O'Reilly hasn't had much down time to explore the Cannes area but had one to-do on her wish list:

"I'm dying to go to the Hotel du Cap," she said of the ritzy hotel outside of Cannes where some of the festival's top events are held. "Everyone says it's the most beautiful location."

? Nekesa Mumbi Moody, http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi

'INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS' AFTER-PARTY

What was inside the "Inside Llewyn Davis" after-party? Plenty of bold-faced names and of course, more folk music.

The movie, which got a rapturous reception when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, is about the folk-music scene in 1960s New York. The Coen brothers film stars Oscar Isaac and features Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and Garrett Hedlund.

Timberlake was on hand with wife Jessica Biel, while Hedlund cozied with his girlfriend, Kirsten Dunst. Others at the party included Frances McDormand, Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett, CBS head Les Moonves and his wife, Julie Chen.

A DJ played music from the film, which is in competition at the festival.

? Nekesa Mumbi Moody, http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi

LARS ULRICH WORKING HARDER THAN EXPECTED IN CANNES

Metallica's Lars Ulrich is used to fast-paced action, but even he was a bit taken aback by the pace at the Cannes Film Festival.

"Most people have a romantic notion of Cannes," said Ulrich, who was promoting the band's upcoming film "Metallica Through the Never."

"(But) there is a lot of work that goes on here. And I was a little bit unprepared for. basically the whole infrastructure of worldwide cinema and the movie business is here," he said in an interview.

"People have a tendency to think that is just red carpet and movie stars and sipping champagne but people come here to work. People come here to sell their films, people come here to finance their films, people come here to create hype."

"Metallica Through the Never" marries the concert film format with a dramatic narrative. Directed by Nimrod Antal and released by Picturehouse, the film stars young "Chronicle" actor Dane DeHaan as a member of Metallica's concert tour crew who's sent on a special mission by the band. The movie blends concert footage with a plot that includes computer-generated effects.

"We wanted to challenge ourselves a little bit and try and do something different and try and bring a little bit more of a film element into it," explains Ulrich.

"Whether anybody loves the film as much as we do we'll have to wait and see in a few months. But the one thing I can guarantee you, which there is no question about, is that it is a very unique film. Nobody has ever seen a film quite like this."

"Metallica Through the Never" is scheduled for release on Sept. 27.

? Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Adam Egan, (http://www.twittercom/nekesamumbi)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/seen-heard-cannes-film-festival-105240729.html

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Deadspin You're Fucked, But You're Free: A Message To The Class Of 2013 | Jalopnik Meet The 'Inflata

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CSN: Phillies get some revenge on Indians with win

BOX SCORE

The Phillies got some revenge on the Indians two weeks after being pounded in Cleveland with a 6-2 win to open their five-game, all-Ohio homestand.

Jonathan Pettibone gave up two runs in the second inning but cruised thereafter to improve to 3-0 on the season with a 3.41 ERA. The rookie right-hander has made five starts and allowed three runs or fewer in each of them.

The Phils supported Pettibone with runs in the first, fourth and sixth innings. The win improves them to 19-21, the closest they?ve been to .500 since they started last week?s west coast road trip 2-0. ?

Starting pitching
Pettibone allowed just two runs and six baserunners over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out three. He exited the game with two outs and nobody on in the seventh, at 92 pitches.

Pettibone continues to give the Phillies solid production out of the No. 4 spot in the rotation. He?s kept the Phillies in the game each time he?s taken the hill and the Phils are 4-1 in his starts.

Scott Kazmir (2-2, 5.33) needed 96 pitches to get 15 outs. He allowed four runs over five innings one start after striking out 10 Athletics.

The offense
Kevin Frandsen, starting in place of Chase Utley, homered to left off Kazmir in the first inning to get the scoring started. It was the second straight start Frandsen homered off a lefty. Frandsen was also hit twice, becoming the 100th player in major-league history to homer and be hit by two pitches in the same game. Since the start of 2012, Frandsen has hit .413 with a .625 slugging percentage in 80 at-bats vs. left-handers.

Domonic Brown later lined a homer to left off Kazmir, effectively ending his night. It was Brown?s third homer of the season off a southpaw, and it boosted his season batting average vs. lefties to .314. His work against left-handers has been a tremendous sign.

Batting eighth in place of Ben Revere, John Mayberry doubled in two runs to put the Phillies ahead for good in the fourth. In his first at-bat he singled with two outs to turn the lineup over, which is something the Phillies haven?t done much at all this season. With two outs in an inning, Phillies eight-hole hitters had a .238 on-base percentage entering Tuesday?s game. He ended his productive night with an RBI single in the ninth inning.

Later in the ninth, Freddy Galvis added more insurance with an RBI single. Galvis, who Charlie Manuel said might get some looks in center field (see story), is hitting .294 this season with an impressive .828 OPS.

Bullpen report
Antonio Bastardo finished the seventh inning for Pettibone, but put runners on first and third with one out in the eighth. Without Mike Adams (back spasms), a two-run lead was placed in jeopardy, but a beleaguered Phillies middle relief crew put out the fire. Justin De Fratus got the call against righty Mark Reynolds and popped him up, and Jeremy Horst struck out Michael Brantley to end the threat.

Stranding inherited runners has been a problem for the Phils? 'pen all season, but with De Fratus in the mix, the Phils appear to have another capable right-hander for late-inning situations. His getting the call in a crucial spot says something about the confidence, or lack thereof, Charlie Manuel and Rich Dubee have in Phillippe Aumont and Chad Durbin at this time.

Jonathan Papelbon faced the minimum to finish the game. Papelbon has made 15 straight scoreless appearances since allowing a meaningless two-run homer to Jason Heyward in the second game of the season. His ERA is down to 1.08.

Next up
The brief two-game series concludes tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 p.m. when Cole Hamels (1-5, 4.18) takes on right-hander Corey Kluber (2-2, 5.64).

Source: http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/instant-replay-phillies-6-indians-2

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As of today, every major mobile competitor... also makes apps for iOS

A few minutes ago BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS. With that announcement, every single one of Apple's major mobile competitors now makes apps for iOS. Google, who also has Android, makes many very popular apps including Gmail, Maps, Google+, etc. [Update: The biggest Android manufacturer, Samsung, also makes ChatOn]. Microsoft, who also has Windows Phone, makes a bunch of apps and games for iOS, including OneNote and Kinnectimals. Nokia, Microsoft's primary Windows Phone partner, also makes Here Maps.

Now, BlackBerry makes BBM.

Apple, by contrast, makes precisely nothing for Android, Windows Phone, or BlackBerry. Not even iTunes.

Interesting.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/GIPCTR07Tio/story01.htm

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