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In this Quick Look, we're highlighting Just Todo. The developer describes Just Todo as a to-do management application for iPhone and iPod touch. The application has been designed for casual users who appreciate the beauty of custom and hand-crafted user interface and need a tool which is simple and easy-to-use.
The overall application workflow has been optimized to make to-do editing as efficient as possible. Related to-dos can be grouped into lists of things to do.
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Who doesn't enjoy a good deal? Your iPhone is a gateway to a whole world of savings on just about every type of product and service you can imagine, you just have to know where to look!
Today we've hand-picked ten top-notch apps to help you save money. Rather than throwing a hundred apps at you that all do the same thing, we've chosen our favorites from a number of different categories so that you can save on everything from hotels to fancy shoes!
Poor Microsoft. After Apple jumpstarted the PDA craze with the Newton, Microsoft's Windows Mobile became one of the most used mobile operating systems on PDAs and then smartphones for the first part of the 21st century. Fast forward to 2007, though, and Apple once again got the upper hand with iPhone. Today, iOS is much more popular than Windows Mobile, and even the new Windows Phone 7 has struggled to gain marketshare.
Since Microsoft is primarily a software company (they even makes software for Mac OS X), it's almost surprising that they've never made a mobile version of their popular Microsoft Office suite for competing mobile operating systems. That has now changed, as Microsoft has finally brought OneNote to the iPhone. OneNote is Microsoft's often-overlooked notetaking app that's included with Office 2010 for Windows, and now with OneNote for iPhone you can take your notes on the go just like you could with a Windows Phone 7 device. We're going to take a tour of OneNote's features and see if it's time to switch notetaking apps.
In this Quick Look, we're highlighting Infomaps Metro Washington DC. The developer describes Infomaps Metro Washington DC as a clickable offline GPS Metro Map with realtime arrivals provided by WMATA. Several search options to find a station, including a convenient nearby listing. Frequent used stations or lines can be saved as a favorite.
Read on for more information and screenshots!
Online backup is a popular business these days. Dropbox, Backblaze, Carbonite; the options go on and on. If you're in the market for a backup solution, SpiderOak is a strong competitor with a simple pricing structure and great support for accessing your files on the go.
In May of last year, we reviewed the SpiderOak Mac client on Mac.AppStorm, today we'll take a look at the accompanying iPhone app. We'll start off by briefly explaining the service and then we'll jump into the features found in the app.
This week Apple introduced an impressive new line of MacBook Pros. They threw in a curve this time though and not only released the standard jaw-dropping power and speed jumps, but also added a completely new I/O port for a technology called Thunderbolt.
Below we'll take a brief look into what Thunderbolt is, where it came from and why it could mean great things for future iPhone, iPod and iPad owners.
If you're like me, you take photos with your phone anywhere and everywhere. Whether it's inspiration for a design, or I just want to remember a random moment with some friends, I seem to always be snapping pics and loading up my library with images. The artist in me is never satisfied with the image though. I want to tweak. I tend to think "This would look so much cooler if I (fill in the blank)."
With Adobe Photoshop Express I have the tools at my disposal to tinker to my heart's content. Need a better crop? I can do that. Black and white? I can do that. In fact, I can do that and a lot more. So here's a look at some of the killer features and a few of the limitations of the app.
Here at AppStorm we love getting to know our readers better. The primary reason for this is always so that we can better target our content towards the people reading it. We want to make AppStorm as interesting as possible for you so we post polls like today's to get a better glimpse of who you are.
Today's poll asks whether or not you're interested in the development side of iPhone apps. We know you love playing with new iPhone apps, or else you wouldn't be here, but we'd also like to know how many of our readers are part of the amazingly talented group of people generating all of that lovely App Store content that keeps us afloat!
Vote in the poll at right and then leave a comment below telling us more. If you're a developer, what apps have you created and how did you learn the requisite skills? If you're not a developer but are interested in learning more, you might want to check out our sister site MobileTuts for daily tutorials on every mobile platform out there!
As we bid farewell to February and keep our eyes peeled for the upcoming iPad 2 announcement at the beginning of next month, it seems appropriate that we've had a very interesting week of game releases.
We've gathered up a few of the best, so have a look and make sure to let us know if you've come across others!
In this Quick Look, we're highlighting Rainbow RSS Reader. The developer describes Rainbow RSS Reader as an easy to use newsreader app designed to make your information easy to understand and quick to get a hold of. It is wrapped around a single timeline that keeps all your information up to date and a very intuitive and comfortable way of reading single news items and moving between one item and the other.
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Emerald Tablet: North Beach artists' spot
Published 3:57 pm, Wednesday, August 22, 2012
North Beach is known as a bastion of cultural and literary activity, but the neighborhood is experiencing something of a renaissance within the walls of the Emerald Tablet, a "creativity salon" that opened its doors last year across from Caffe Trieste.
"While history marches on, some experiences and resources persist well beyond our individual life spans, helping to weave together a thread of inspiration and meaning to connect what is gone to what is yet to come," says Lapo Guzzini, who runs the space with painter Della Heywood. "As life in our beloved city continues to become more and more expensive, and our artist community finds it increasingly difficult to thrive, that thread becomes a lifeline for our community. The Emerald Tablet is our modest but sincere offering to this endless process."
This attitude has engendered a place that appeals to multiple generations of people with various but like-minded interests, from art exhibits and workshops, to free classes as part of the University of the Commons and the Fools' School's symposia of philosophy, to one-act plays, poetry readings, film screenings and house concerts.
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On Friday, surrounded by the paintings of Sandro Sardella, who recently read there as part of the S.F. International Poetry Festival, the Emerald Tablet will host an event curated by Tenderloin poet William Taylor Jr. on the occasion of poet John Dorsey coming into town. In addition, Clattering Loom host Jonathan Hirsch and small-press legends Neeli Cherkovski and A.D. Winans will read. (7 p.m. $5. 80 Fresno St., S.F. bit.ly/SxDS9M)
On Saturday, Donna de la Perrière presents the second event of the annual three-part Bay Area Poetry Marathon. This year, de la Perrière had the idea to invite guest curators. "I think it will be a great learning opportunity for them as well as a great way to liven up the series," she says. This event, curated by Melanie Farley, will include readings by Ted Rees, Denise Newman and Aaron Shurin. (7 p.m. $3-$15. The Lab, 2948 16th St., S.F. www.bayareapoetrymarathon.com)
Sunday marks the third annual 8/26 Day, for which 826 Valencia hosts a writing marathon to support its free student programming. The public is invited to solicit pledges, then spend the day writing; prizes are awarded for those who raise the most money, with the grand prize being a personal reading at 826 Valencia during Litquake's Lit Crawl. The day begins at noon with a workshop from the Grotto focused on its new book, "642 Things to Write About." (Free; $25 suggested for the workshop. 826 Valencia St., S.F. bit.ly/NETKdc)
Also on Sunday, Litquake will produce its first major event on the Peninsula, with a full day of programming at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. The afternoon will include author readings and panels, events for teens and children, and a no-host social open to those over the age of 21. Among the nearly 40 authors appearing will be Ellen Sussman, Alan Kaufman and Ellen Ullman. In addition to readings, there will be live music and food, along with book sales and hospitality tables. Attendees are encouraged to bring new or like-new books for children between the ages of 5 and 8. The mini-festival culminates with Michael Krasny, host of KQED's "Forum," speaking about Jewish humor at 8 p.m.; this event is $30. (3 p.m. Free. 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. bit.ly/MCO7vh)
Evan Karp is a freelance writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Litseen

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The second day of the quarter-finals was, as usual, full of good news and bad news.
The big defense of Spain, the up and down of Maria Stepanova in the win over Lithuania, the total control of Russia under the rims and the two aspects that didn't work for Belgium against Spain.
The Good News
Stepanova's Ups and Downs - Stepanova wasn't at her best against Lithuania. Just like Russia for two and a half quarters she struggled and wasn't 100% focused. With 4:06 to play in the third the 176cm Sandra Valuzyte took an offensive rebound and scored easily under the long arms of Stepanova to give Lithuania a 49-50 lead. Following that play the Russian star went to the bench and Irina Osipova came in. That was the last time Lithuania
|Kathy Wambe and Belgium struggled shooting the ball against Spain.
Spain's Defense on Wauters – The cold numbers will tell you Ann Wauters finished the quarter-finals match with Spain with another big double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, but the little details will tell you more. Spain made this game very uncomfortable for Wauters. After four games in a row shooting more than 60% for two-point range she dropped to 45.5%. She was so uncomfortable inside that she went beyond the arc three times to shoot (all in the first quarter), and that's the number she combined in all her last four games. Only one team, Germany, managed to do the same job in this tournament. Add to that four turnovers, one and a hald more than her average, and you will see why Wauters' double-double isn't quite what it seems, and why Belgium eventually lost by 19.
The Bad News
No Rebound – One of the main reasons Lithuania couldn't match up with Russia was the rebounding. Russia has dominated in the rebound category all tournament but rarely on the offensive glass. They averaged only 10.5 before the quarter-finals, but against Lithuania they pulled down 21 boards on offense. The total number of defensive rebounds for Lithuania was no more than 23. More or less every second miss of Russia was followed by a second chance and that went on from the first to the very last moment of the game.
Belgium Lost Their Head – Belgium stepped into the quarters as the team with the fewest turnovers per game. Just to show how much better this aspect of their game was, they made 23 turnovers against Spain but still lead that category with only 13.7 tpg. The worst part was that out of those 23 turnovers 19 were steals by Spain, which led to quick and easy points in the fast break.
Belgium Lost Their Hot Hand – Another aspect that Spain managed to eliminate is the hot hand of Belgium. Coming into the game they were the team with the best three-point percentages, but last night they hit only three out of 12 shots.


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of litter used in India and the neighboring countries, inferior to the palkee or palanquin, but also lighter, and used on long journeys.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Another tedious fanboy review ..in a tech blog? what need do apple people have of tech blogs? remember its all so so easy and its all about user experience, remember? you turn it on and it does everything you ever wanted, cos its just so cooly dooly to be in bed with jobsy
How Microsoft beat Apple to the Mac App Store by four years - and then dumped it
Hymserf, munchaowl, maden, born of thug tribe into brood blackmail, dooly redecant allbigenesis henesies.
Having your shirt forceably lifted in public by a two year-old while he calls out "dooly! dooly!"
"Dimminy-dooly-tibbly-tok, " said Bets, and gave him a sudden smile.
Major Moody, who commanded the rear companies, that a wounded officer was lying in a dooly a hundred yards up the road, without any escort.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War
Moody issued an order, and a dozen soldiers under a corporal started to look for the dooly.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War
A prayer prayed proper, and prayed by them as ain't plaguein 'the Lord constant about their souls an' other diseases, is always dooly regarded.
"Justice of the peace," he said proudly, "dooly signed and registered in Dartmouth County, Mass."
Bill Adams being on duty in the sick-bay, there wasn 'no difficulty in sewin' up a dummy in Eli's place; an 'the dummy, sir, nex' day we dooly committed to the deep, Cap'n Crang hisself readin 'the service.
His dooly was a very magnificent affair, made of wood, with gilt hangings all round it, and a gilt top, which could be put over it in wet weather.


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Del Bosque calls up youngsters as cover
MADRID - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque addressed a raft of injuries to defenders by calling three Under-21 players into the senior squad for a friendly against Chile and a Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein.
Alberto Botia (Sporting Gijon), Alvaro Dominguez (Atletico Madrid) and Martin Montoya (Barcelona) had been tapped to cover injuries to players including central defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique, Del Bosque said at a news conference.
There was no place for veteran defenders and 2010 World Cup winners Joan Capdevila and Carlos Marchena, though Del Bosque said he did not rule out recalling them in the future.
"There are a few new faces on the list but this doesn't mean we will eliminate anyone from future squads," the former Real Madrid coach said.
"We have chosen this occasion to bring in some young lads and we'll have a chance to look at them more closely."
Spain play Chile, who they beat in the group phase at last year's World Cup finals, in Geneva on September 2 and entertain Liechtenstein in Logrono four days later.
The world and European champions top qualification Group I with five wins from five, six points ahead of second-placed Czech Republic.
Montoya's surprise selection even wrongfooted Barca coach Pep Guardiola as the 20-year-old rarely gets a game for the club's first team.
"A reserve player being called up to the national team is a very pleasant surprise," Guardiola said at a news conference ahead of Friday's European Super Cup match against Porto.
"I know that they'll treat him well and he won't feel alone."


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When the new employee at the Jackson County Clerk's elections office gets warmed up sorting ballot envelopes, watch out.
When the new employee at the Jackson County Clerk's elections office gets warmed up sorting ballot envelopes, watch out.
"Right now, it's running at 12,960 an hour," said Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker. "But I've seen it do up to 19,000 an hour."
The worker is a state-of-the-art automatic Bell & Howell Co. ballot-sorting and signature-verification machine. It's being used for the first time in a general election in Jackson County.
Lights flash, gears roll and belts whir as ballot envelopes streak through in a blur.
"This saves a huge amount of time for us," Walker said. "The way this benefits the public is that we will get the results out quicker."
During the 2008 presidential election, the office had about a dozen human signature-verifiers working, she noted.
"Now we only have five," she said. "And they are doing it five times as fast as what we could do it before because they are not physically handling every ballot envelope. The less physical handling of the ballot envelopes the better.
"The way we used to do this was have signature-verifiers use a hand scanner to scan every single ballot envelope," she said. "They would take every ballot envelope and hold it up to compare it to the voter registration card signature on the screen."
With an estimated 100,000 ballot envelopes expected to be processed in this election, the automatic sorter is a big asset, she said.
The first results are expected at 8 p.m., Walker said, adding that it does help her staff if voters don't wait until the deadline before casting a ballot.
"Each ballot envelope has to go through this process whether you turned it in two weeks ago or election evening," she said.
Under a contract with the company, the county used a similar machine to test its potential in the May primary, and found it worked well, she said.
"We haven't purchased this machine," she said, noting that four other Oregon counties provided similar $100,000-plus machines had theirs paid for from federal Help American Vote Act funding.
"The state is still sitting on quite a few HAVA funds," she said.
"The sorter works like a big mail sorter at a mail processing facility," she said. "It reads the bar codes, takes a picture of the outer envelope and keys in on the signature."
The bar code contains such information as the precinct number, she noted.
The envelopes that pass the machine's test are then placed in "good" bins, she said.
"That means there has been nothing that causes them to be rejected," she said.
During a run of ballot envelopes on Monday, the lion's share of envelopes sailed through, but one popped into the bin marked "Wrong Ballot." It means the person voted on an inactive ballot, likely because of registration changes, she explained.
She estimated that fewer than 1 percent of the ballots are set aside for further review.
"We want to count every ballot that comes in," she said. "Anyone who gets a letter from us should not take it personal. The only way we have to determine if that person actually cast that ballot is by checking the signature on the outside of the ballot."
Often, as people age, a person's signature can change because of changing physical condition, she said.
"But we look at the mannerism of the signature in its entirety that we are looking at," she said.
If the machine does reject a ballot envelope, it is then checked by three human verifiers, with the final check falling to Donna Connor, the elections program manager who has been working in the department for 33 years, Walker said.
"Each ballot envelope goes through three steps before it is considered a good signature challenge," Walker said.
If a ballot envelope fails all three human tests, the voter has 10 days — Nov. 16 in this case — to rectify the signature problem, Walker said.
"Most of the time it is as easy as re-registering to vote," she said.
But sorting is just the beginning of the complicated process, she observed.
After the outer ballot envelopes are sorted, a group of 56 people known as a mixed-party affiliation board begins the job of hand-counting and inspecting individual ballots. They break into groups of four — two Democrats and two Republicans — to move the ballots along.
"They separate the outer envelope from the secrecy envelope, and then the ballot from the secrecy envelope," she said. "This is a bipartisan effort and they do a fantastic job. They help ensure the integrity of the election."
The ballots are kept in a vault for safekeeping until they are run through one of the county's four vote tabulators.
Observers from each party are permitted to watch all phases of the election, Walker said.
In the 2008 general election, Walker worked until 5 a.m. hand-sorting ballots, went home and got a couple of hours sleep, then returned to work.
"We continue it until it is done," she said. "With this sorter, it will be a faster process."
Reach reporter Paul Fattig at 776-4496 or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MORE TEXANS: Texans have much to work on after win | Harvey: Holliday is proving that he is special | Lestar Jean makes big case for No. 3 receiver spot | Injury scare nothing significant for Cushing
Cushing leaves with sore ribs
In the first half, inside linebacker Brian Cushing got up slowly after a tackle. He stayed in the game and combined with Tim Dobbins to stop running back Anthony Dixon on fourth-and-1.
Cushing, who afterward said he had sore ribs, left the game and went to the dressing room.
"He had finished with his reps, anyway, so we told him to go ahead to the dressing room," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "He kind of got the wind knocked out of him. He's fine."
Jean, Martin keep making plays
Second-year receiver Lestar Jean and rookie Keshawn Martin played well against the 49ers.
Martin had three receptions for 36 yards against the 49ers.
"He's doing everything he can to get on the field," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "He had a good camp. Like Lestar, he's one of our young receivers that's making a lot of good plays."
Jean caught four passes for 42 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown reception.
Kubiak impressed by Caldwell's play
Second-year offensive tackle Derek Newton started in place of Rashad Butler. Butler came off the bench and was on the field for the 12-play, 80-yard touchdown drive.
Antoine Caldwell played well at right guard for the second straight game.
"Antoine has stayed healthy and done well in camp, and he played well again tonight," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "Our young (right) guard (Brandon Brooks) struggled with penalties."
Brooks was called for two holding penalties, one that was questionable.
Johnson enjoys return to action
Texans receiver Andre Johnson played 1½ quarters and caught two passes for 49 yards, including a 43-yarder.
"It was just a lot of fun," Johnson said. "I was anxious to get back out there and actually get tackled for the first time. … That was my biggest thing — wanting to get hit. I felt like I was in OTAs the whole time, not wanting anybody to touch me. But after I got that first tackle, I felt like I was back."


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Nexsan has a great business model with its channel-only focus, Consiliant's Kadlec said. "It has been a very good partner," he said. "If Imation lets Nexsan run as a wholly-owned subsidiary, it will work well for us."
For Nexsan, a privately-held company with annual revenue of just over $80 million that has been profitable for many years on an EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) basis, a primary reason to be acquired by Imation is to gain critical mass, Nexsan's Black said.
"In the long run, storage companies need to be billion-dollar companies," he said. "Nexsan had been doing really well, but we were a small company."
Nexsan's acquisition by Imation is the latest in a long-running consolidation of second-tier storage vendors.
Black said that the consolidation in the industry is being pushed by a need for larger companies to acquire the kind of storage technology that they are not developing.
"The big guys -- HP, IBM, Dell -- are unable to create their own storage technology," he said. "EMC since it developed Symmetrix has not been able to generate its own technology. Small companies generate the IP [intellectual property] needed by the big guys. So the consolidation is not because the small guys can't succeed on their own."
When Imation looked at potential acquisition targets, it found a lot of smaller companies that were heavily weighted towards primary storage, which is not a focus of Imation, Imation's Williams said. "The Imation strategy has been more in terms of backup and archive storage," he said. "But primary storage is a core part of what Nexsan brings to the table."
Black said that, over the long term, it is hard to be in the storage business without primary storage. "It's very important to have a disk-based offering to succeed," he said. "Nexsan really didn't focus on primary storage until the last three years, but going forward, primary and secondary storage will merge."
Imation's acquisition of Nexsan has its detractors.
Karl Chen, chief marketing officer at Starboard Storage Systems, a Broomfield, Colo.-based developer of hybrid disk and flash storage system, wrote in a statement emailed to CRN that the deal values Nexsan, which pulled out of a potential IPO a few years ago, at only 1.5-times 2011 revenue.
While most of Nexsan's 11,000 installations are JBOD (just a bunch of disks) arrays, the IP for its new NTS5000 unified storage systems is based on the ZFS file system, which is controlled by Oracle, Chen wrote.
"Imation has been mostly an archive tape cartridge provider trying to move into storage systems with their acquisition of the ProStor RDX [InfiniVault] product more than a year ago," he wrote.


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I am trying to build a physics game similar to the classic jenga game.
I have a solid floor and several blocks that I build a wall with. What I want is to clock on a piece of the wall and remove it. This works, however the wall doesn't stop bouncing, even when I have elasticity set to off.
capx: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93868285/Physics%20Wall.capx
Game: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/93868285/Physics%20Wall/index.html
I played around with the amount of gravity which does improve things (like 2 or 3), but sometimes I again run into a situation where the blocks simply don't stop moving / swinging as if they have an engery source of their own :)
Answered my own question. Solved it by increasing the linear and rotational dampening.


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Kingwood resident competes in BVTA October Champ Major Zone 2013
Published 2:35 pm, Friday, November 1, 2013
Kingwood resident Jan Pempera won two matches before losing in the quarterfinals of the Boys 12 Singles Red Division at the Brazos Valley Tennis Association October Champ Major Zone 2013 held Oct. 12-13 in Bryan.
According to the United States Tennis Association, he lost to Jai Manning-Shaw, of Katy, 6-4, 6-3. He defeated Brayden Michna, of Taylor, 6-0, 6-4, and Andrew von Eschenbach, of Tyler, 6-3, 6-4.
Eighty-six people competed in this division of the tournament at Jane Long Middle School.
For more information, visit TennisLink.usta.com.


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One woman clapped the instant she saw Rod Blagojevich emerge from a courthouse elevator. An elderly woman, in tears, handed him a piece of candy in court and said she'd pray for him. On the sidewalk outside court, another person once held a placard that read, "Rod's not cuckoo, Rod's not guilty."
While many have come to revile or laugh at Illinois' disgraced former governor, a small but dedicated band of supporters gathered at the courthouse during his seven-week corruption trial to cheer him. No matter about Blagojevich's job ratings sinking to nearly 10 percent before he left office, or revelations about his alleged criminal schemings, or all the salty language the FBI captured on the wiretaps played in court. This odd bunch — mostly senior citizens — insisted they were sticking with him.
"The trial hasn't dented my confidence in him at all," May Farley, 78, the woman who held the "Rod's not cuckoo" sign, said after closing arguments. "It's only furthered my liking of him."
Blagojevich, who usually hammed it up for the crowd each day, surely hopes to find such a sympathizer on the jury, which begins its fourth day of deliberations Monday. All it takes is one or two people digging in their heels to produce a hung jury or possibly persuade others that Blagojevich did not seek to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat or use the power of his office to enrich himself. Judges try to screen jurors for any overwhelming biases before they are seated at trials. But after closing arguments, Blagojevich's lawyers said they saw signs of sympathy in the faces of some jurors.
"There are several I think are with us," said defense attorney Sam Adam Sr.
Dick Simpson, a University of Illinois at Chicago political science professor, said Blagojevich was always better at campaigning than governing. But Simpson didn't think Blagojevich's knack for winning over strangers would sway jurors.
"I don't think the charm can outweigh the evidence," Simpson said.
Blagojevich, elected governor twice, once had more widespread popularity. He boasted a job-approval rating of around 55 percent in early 2004 — after his first year in power. That sank to just above 10 percent in the weeks before his 2008 arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The Serbian-American with the hard-to-pronounce name swept to power vowing to fight corruption. He billed himself as a defender of the little guy, the elderly and minorities, and was especially proud of his successful push for legislation that let seniors ride public transport for free.
At the courthouse, the Blagojevich fans insisted it was their own idea to come and support him. When asked if they might have been recruited or paid, one called the idea "ridiculous."
On Wednesday, an elderly woman who said she was Serbian-American leaned over a spectator's bench and told Blagojevich she was praying for him. He tapped his hand on his heart. Later, she handed him chocolate candy made in Serbia.
Among Blagojevich's staunchest supporters while he was in office were African-Americans. According to a Chicago Tribune poll in fall 2006, his job-approval rating among blacks was nearly 70 percent. Zakiyyah Muhammad, who clapped as Blagojevich got off the elevator, describes herself as an independent activist. She says Blagojevich channeled more state money to black neighborhoods than other governors.
And, the 64-year-old added, "He felt comfortable coming to our community. It wasn't an act."
The jury in Blagojevich's case is comprised of eight whites, three blacks and one Asian-American. There's a religious elderly man, an older woman fond of knitting and a retired state health official. In one of the FBI recordings played in court, Blagojevich acknowledged his support had dwindled.
"(I gave) your grandmother a free (bleeping) ride on a bus. And what do I get for that? Only 13 percent of you all out there think I'm doing a good job," he says of his Illinois constituents. "So (bleep) all of you!"
Theresa Gajdos isn't among the ungrateful masses. "All those senior citizens who can go back forth on transportation and can now do it free — that's thanks to him," said the 82-year-old.
To show her support, she went to Blagojevich's house one day to hold a placard referring to former President Gerald Ford's pardon of his predecessor. It read, "If Nixon could be pardoned, so can be pardoned Blagojevich too."
But what of the revelations at trial? Overall, Blagojevich comes across in the wiretaps as greedy and self-absorbed, peppering almost every conversation with four-letter words. Surely, that's taken the shine off him even to his most passionate supporters? Not to those at the courthouse.
"We all do that," Muhammad said about the profanity. "It doesn't mean you're not a good person."


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OCEAN CASTLE - Bulk Carrier
OCEAN CASTLE - IMO 9315537 - Details and current position
What is the ship's current position? Where is the ship located? OCEAN CASTLE last received position is 37.54351 N / 123.04186 E on Jan 18, 2018 at 10:17 UTC.
Vessel OCEAN CASTLE (IMO: 9315537, MMSI: 229236000) is a bulk carrier built in 2005 and currently sailing under the flag of Malta. OCEAN CASTLE has 185m length overall and beam of 24m. Her gross tonnage is 18825 tons. Below you can find more technical information, photos, AIS data and last 5 port calls of OCEAN CASTLE detected by AIS.
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Scar"let (?), n. [OE. scarlat,
scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf.
Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It.
scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per.
sakirlāt.] A deep bright red tinged with orange or
yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
All her household are clothed with
Scar"let, a. Of the color called
scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
Scar"let, v. t. To dye or tinge
with scarlet. [R.]
The ashy paleness of my cheek
Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.
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South Carolina's Biggest Victory in 2013 Has Been Its RankingNovember 5, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Coaches in all sports are fond of saying, "It's not where you start, it's where you finish."
Maybe, but in the FBS of college football, the only NCAA sport without a playoff, where a team starts can certainly impact where it finishes.
In the case of South Carolina, the Gamecocks are in position to have the best finish in school history thanks to the best start in school history, a No. 7 ranking in the ESPN preseason poll.
Actually, the Gamecocks were ranked sixth in the AP preseason poll, but that poll isn't used in the BCS formula, and the BCS standings are all that matter.
At present, the Gamecocks (7-2) are the highest-ranked two-loss team in the BCS at 12th, ahead of two unbeaten teams—No. 16. Fresno State (8-0) and No. 19 Northern Illinois (9-0)—and four teams with one loss—No. 14 Oklahoma State (7-1), No. 17 Michigan State (8-1) and No. 20 Louisville (7-1).
This is not to suggest South Carolina is undeserving of its ranking.
The Gamecocks' losses have been on the road to SEC foes Georgia and Tennessee.
They have a bell-ringer victory over then No. 5 (and unbeaten at the time) Missouri, and a narrow 28-25 road victory over Central Florida looks a lot better now that the Knights are 6-1 and ranked No. 21 in the BCS.
South Carolina's program has gained status as an upper-tier SEC program in recent years under coach Steve Spurrier with 11-2 finishes each of the last two seasons that included bowl victories over Nebraska and Michigan.
Alabama, Oregon and Stanford are the only other BCS schools to win 11 or more games each of the last two seasons, so the Gamecocks have been keeping fast company.
The Gamecocks finished 12th in the final BCS standings last season, No. 7 in the final coaches poll and No. 8 in AP.
It was their best finish ever, but South Carolina still fell short of competing in the school's first-ever BCS bowl.
South Carolina is still in there with a chance this season.
The Gamecocks have remaining games with unranked Florida, and Coastal Carolina, but a season-ending victory over currently seventh-ranked Clemson would give them a boost.
Of course, the Gamecocks also need to win the SEC East and then win the SEC Championship Game, very likely to be against an unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Alabama team.
That victory there would make those BCS dreams a reality, with a possibility, however remote, of playing for a national championship.
If that remarkable and improbable finish were to occur, the Gamecocks would do well to remember where it all started.


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Who's Spoofing the Marc Jacobs Ads?
Famed fashion photographer Juergen Teller is perhaps best known of late for his work on the Marc Jacobs ad campaigns: He's shot them all since 2005.
Famed fashion photographer Juergen Teller is perhaps best known of late for his work on the Marc Jacobs ad campaigns: He's shot them all since 2005.
Pete Wentz's clothing label is on the verge of a major expansion. Wentz will design a junior line for Nordstrom under his four-year-old Clandestine Industries brand. The line will be sold exclusively in Nordstrom and arrive in 600 stores this April.
When we heard last week that Project Runway runner-up Rami Kashou's clothes would be sold at Big Drop come May, we were impressed. So we rang him up for a "little chat," as Runway dominatrix Heidi Klum might say.
Eva Mendes can't lose. When most other starlets hit the damage-control circuit post-rehab, Mendes remained the face of Calvin Klein fragrance and even got a free shopping spree on her birthday.
We've never seen Marc Jacobs and boyfriend Jason Preston act very lovey-dovey, so we're not surprised they experienced turbulence in paradise last week. Today the Post reports they fought so badly on a recent trip to Turks and Caicos that they had to cut their vacation short:
Let's recap the recent career highlights of the Hills stars in actual reality, shall we? Lauren Conrad unveiled her new collection at L.A. Fashion Week on Tuesday. Heidi Montag, fast on L.C.'s heels, is launching her own clothing line soon.
Project Runway winner Christian Siriano might have America swooning over his whole "fierce" thing (and inexplicably so, in our book — our gay posse got over that word long ago), but Rami Kashou's doing just fine since his line will be sold at Intermix this spring.
Marc Jacobs's boyfriend, Jason Preston, seems to have a seedling of good in him after all. He boldly sacrificed himself outside of Hiro on Sunday to defend a girl who was disrespected at the bar.
Can you imagine finding Louis Vuitton bags for sale in Brooklyn? Like, the real kind? Well, we couldn't either, hence our surprise and downright excitement to learn the monogrammed leather goods would be on sale in conjunction with the Takashi Murakami retrospective opening at the Brooklyn Museum April 5.
Attention fashion editors (okay, interns): Get your foot petals and blister packs ready. Yes, Fashion Week may be moving to the Tenth Avenue rail yards.
Yesterday the news broke Dolce & Gabbana owe the Italian government an assload of cash and are facing a criminal investigation because they haven't paid all of their taxes.
Following allegations of tax evasions, Dolce & Gabbana is now the subject of a criminal investigation due to some financial messiness. WWD reports:
Upper East Siders, tourists, and anyone else taking a spontaneous shopping trip after an afternoon at Dylan's with the kids, be warned: Tomorrow,Playboy will be dispatching a real-live Playmate (Lindsey Vuolo, Miss November 2001, if that means anything to you) to the men's department at the 59th Street Bloomingdale's.
High-end designers have been moaning about copyright protection and the proliferation of knockoffs for years, but after working with the American Apparel and Footwear Association to iron out a fashion copyright bill called the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, the CFDA just received some bad news:
Last night the Council of Fashion Designers of America unveiled the nominees for their 2008 awards, the Oscars of the fashion world. You'll never guess who got nominated for womenswear — Marc Jacobs. Surprise! He's in the running with Calvin Klein head designer Francisco Costa and the boys of Proenza Schouler, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough.
We can officially confirm this season of America's Next Top Model is going to be awesome. Perhaps even off the chain. The Post reports that the show's fourteen contestants trashed the $6 million Tribeca loft they lived in for ten weeks:
Diane Von Furstenberg — riot grrl? The design genius is now the grande dame behind the latest girl-power movement. Last night, in celebration of International Women's Day (which is tomorrow), DVF turned her meatpacking-district studio into a theater, plastered with Warholian depictions of — what else? — her face.
Italian dynamic duo Dolce and Gabbana owes money to the man. Or should we say l'uomo. According to Italian newsweekly L'Espresso, the fashion house was fined $3 million for tax evasion after a third-party distributor resold more than 100,000 items off the books. But the Batman and Robin of fashion still have enough money to buy a monastery, WWD reports.
Has Project Runway gone stale? Season-four runner-up Jillian Lewis and winner Christian Siriano think so. Lewis tells WWD:
"Personally, watching it, they need to change the format or something to refresh the love people have for the show." … [Lewis] felt the show could last, "maybe another season or two. I love the show, but now it feels it's easier to predict what's going to happen."
We confess we were miffed when Victoria Beckham went nuts for Christian Siriano's collection in the Project Runway season finale and proclaimed she would love, even feel honored, to wear his clothes. Beckham may not be known for her minimalist fashion sense (when Roberto Cavalli designs your tour clothes, subtlety just isn't for you), but even we were surprised she went so gaga for Siriano's ruffle-and-feather parade.
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This song really makes me think for some odd reason, could just be my rusty insight again. But overall its a good dandy song :)
It makes you think? About what? :P
Thanks for the review!
Frisky.I quite enjoyed this track.It was somewhat adolescent ,but in a fun energetic sort of way.That's why 'I gave it a ten.It's reminds of a staircase climb.But not in that perpetual unbalance off set clumsy unbalanced sort of way.
I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
Hellagood XD
Sorry it took me so long to review that I actually missed out on two of your tracks, been working on a new song, the WIP of which is already up.
This is a nice song, perfect for a kid's game or a T.V. show.
The best advice I can think of at the moment, and you might think I'm crazy for saying this, but try replacing that guitar sample with a saxophone. That's the #1 advice I can give you.
Other than that, the flute kinda blends in with the synth. However, it occurred to me that the current tuning of the instruments is the best tuning, so this might be the best choice musically.
Which reminds me, excellent choice of instruments. Absolutely excellent.
It gets a little bit crazy after 1:20 because a huge collection of instruments start playing simultaneously. However, that may not be too much of a problem since the guitar is still very audible, which at that moment is the most important instrument.
I believe that sums up my review. The intro and outro is nicely done, mix is good, drums are exceptional as normal, everything is in order. On to the next song!
A saxophone?
I can try that :-)
Thanks for the review!
It sounds peaceful and energetic. Great work.
Thanks! :D
Pretty cool
This is a pretty good song. It sounds like something out of Animal Crossing. THis would be cool music for the stop motion I might do.
Cool, i like stop motion.
If you're going to use this song, please let me know :-)
And thanks for the review!
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.


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Are You Planning For An Adventurous Holiday Trip?
Going on traditional methods of holiday trips has become extremely boring and mundane. People want to do something that is exciting and will be a propeller for the adrenaline rush. That is why people are no longer looking forward to the best cars and swanky hotels. They want something that will be the experience of a lifetime and at the same time will be a little different from the manner in which they have always done things. The travel agents were operating in the market these days are well aware of the requirements of such tourists and have come up with the packages which will be suited to these requirements.
The destination matters the most
If you are somebody who is looking forward to a trip that is going to be a little different from the normal experience, the first thing that you will have to do is choose a destination that is out of the ordinary. One of the most obvious choices that you can go forward is desert excursions. At first it may sound a little bit risky, but that is not the case. Just imagine yourself wandering out into the desert without being aware of the direction in which you will be headed.
Nothing to fear
Just because you will be going on a marrakech desert trips does not mean that you will be completely unprotected. It is obvious that you will be on your own, but the people who have organized the venture will be keeping a constant eye on you. Any time that they feel you require assistance, they will be there in a matter of minutes. However, for the duration of the outing, you will be made to feel that you're completely on your own so that the experience is extremely exhilarating.
Have worthy companions
The only way trips like this will be successful is if the people who you will be going along with are like minded. This is because, unlike the other trips these types of trips can be exhaustive and you might also have to compromise a bit with the services. After all, going out on an adventure in the middle of the desert is not likely to be fun if the people who you are travelling with put you off. For more info about camel trekking Morocco, visit http://www.morocco-deserttour.com/trekking/
Be innovative
Instead of deciding to put up in a hotel, have a camp-out. That way, you will be able to explore the wild outdoors and give the luxurious accommodation of a hotel and room service. Plan something fun like a bonfire where everybody participates in the cooking. A long chat in the middle of the night will be all the more fun and the experience will be a memorable one.


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Aker Finnyards wins $155.5 million Baltic cruise ship order
In addition, the vessel meets the same environmental quality standards as the present Birka Princess. It is equipped with catalyzers and closed sewage treatment systems a non-toxic bottom painc.
There is an energy saving automation system in the cabins, that until now has only been used in some hotels.


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A world champion bobsledder visited a Welbourn school as part of the Sky Sports Leaders Programme.
Nicola Minichiello, who won gold and silver at two World Championships in 2005 and 2009 and also competed in three Winter Olympics, visited Sir William Robertson Academy. The former Olympian, who now works as head of performance for the Netherlands Olympic Bobsleigh team, treated key stage 3 pupils to a presentation in their assembly. Other year groups, including the sixth form, also enjoyed sessions with the ex-athlete.
Head of PE, Kerry Symmons, said: "It is wonderful for the pupils to hear first hand how successful sports personalities got started in their chosen sport and develop into a World Champion. The pupils found the whole day very inspirational."


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- n. A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
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The platform will enable applications such as amplicon sequencing, clone checking, small genome sequencing, ChIP-Seq, and RNA-Seq, all with a single, integrated instrument and at a fraction of current costs and time.
Illumina Announces MiSeq™ Personal Sequencing System - Yahoo! Finance
The ability to support paired-end reads is critical for a broad range of applications including amplicon sequencing, sequencing of complex genome regions, and efficient mapping.
Illumina Announces MiSeq™ Personal Sequencing System - Yahoo! Finance
In this study, we have inserted a human glioma-specific peptide sequence (denoted as MG11) into a peptide display HSV-1 amplicon vector replacing the heparan sulfate-binding domain of glycoprotein C (gC).
KIT and KDR are both located in the shoulder of the PDGFRA amplicon, which may represent the true target of amplification.
CDK4/AGAP2 amplicon, and may play a role in the development of neuronal cells that form ganglia
The combination of kDNA primer sets with LINE-1 5′-UTR-derived probes yielded 65% amplicon clones showing chimeric sequences.
Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of its amplicon tagging protocol for the Illumina GA II next-generation sequencer.
BioSphere Medical reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results Fluidigm releases amplicon tagging protocol for Illumina GA II next-generation sequencer Doctor, executive who pled guilty to Medicare fraud leave ailing practices behind them Neuroimaging study shows brain activity patterns that correlate to decision making process
While typically necessary for whole genome sequencing studies, library preparation can be almost entirely eliminated for targeted re-sequencing projects through the use of amplicon tagging.
Fluidigm releases amplicon tagging protocol for Illumina GA II next-generation sequencer


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milk bar toronto
milk bar toronto
sun-mon 11:30am – 10:30pm
tue-sat 11:30am – 11pm
(closed daily 4pm – 5pm)
190 university avenue, 2nd fl, toronto, on m5h 0a3
directly above noodle bar
to inquire about current stock call 855.333.milk ext 7
milk bar toronto brings a fun and interactive space where customers can select their own freshly made baked goods brought in from our nyc kitchen. we are located on the 2nd floor of momofuku toronto, selling our favorite milk bar items, such as compost cookies®, crack pie®, b'day truffles, and cereal milk™ mix.
order ahead and pick up in store. same day pick up is available.
q: why are certain flavors or items missing from your toronto menu? (karlie's kookies, breads, candy bar pie, etc)
a: milk bar toronto opened with a limited selection of milk bar favourites that we knew could make the trip from nyc without compromising quality or freshness. we are working to expand our offerings for the future, to bring even more of our fan favourites to the toronto menu. please check back for updates!
we are also able to ship any item that is not currently on the toronto menu directly to you from our nyc kitchen. please fill out a shipping request form here.
q: do you offer bake the book classes in toronto?
a: at this time our bake the book series of classes is only taught from our production kitchen in brooklyn, ny. however, we do occasionally schedule special event demos and classes at the toronto location. special events dates are posted on our tumblr, and on facebook and twitter.
q: can I purchase a cake from your toronto shop?
a: Yes! We currently carry 6″ Birthday Cakes year round, available for walk in purchase. We carry additional seasonal flavors, please check our menu for current offerings. If you would like a flavor not currently available, we can ship it to you from our NYC kitchen! please get in touch by submitting a shipping request here.
q: can I purchase a gift card for your toronto shop?
a: yes! gift cards can be purchased here. please note that gift cards purchased for the toronto momofuku restaurants cannot be used at the nyc or sydney momofuku restaurants.
q: are any of your items gluten free?
a: we offer a special wheat free, vegan cookie just for our toronto store called the maple-pecan-coconut cookie.
at this time our wheat-free line, klossies, is not available for purchase at our toronto location. klossies can be special ordered from our nyc kitchen and shipped directly to you, please get in touch by submitting a shipping request here.


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: I Hate that I Love You by TheMadsterWitch
Lily is in her 4th year at Hogwarts and is starting to get the hang of things. Then she bumps into Scorpius Malfoy. Even though she is in her 4th year she is very smart and is transferred to Scorpius's Dark of Arts class and they are appointed partners and they reluctantly start an relationship.
Genres: Mystery, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Albus, Gryffindor, Hugo, James (II), Lily (II), Rose, Scorpius, Slytherin , Victoire Pairings: Other Pairing, Teddy/Victoire
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2011.02.25 Latest Chapter: 2013.10.09 Updated: 2013.10.09 Status: WIP (8185 words)
: 2 Young Boys by TheMadsterWitch
For Buckbeak4LIfe's Impossible Challenge - Harry and Dudley, the theme was fluff and sorry if I dissapoint, it is supposed to be the impossible challenge!
Genres: Fluff Era: Hogwarts Characters: Harry, OtherCanon
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2011.12.07 Latest Chapter: 2012.01.16 Updated: 2012.01.16 Status: COMPLETED (549 words)
: Melantha: The Dark Flower by TheMadsterWitch
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A girl walks in Hogwarts with green eyes which hadn't been seen since Lily Evan's left. Melantha is the daughter of Professor Snape and Petunia Evans and catches the eyes of many boys, Draco Malfoy as one, but befriends Neville Longbottom instead. What will happen in the 2 years that lead up to the war?
Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco , Harry, Hermione, Luna, Neville, Ron, Snape Pairings: Other Pairing, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Draco/OC
Advisory: Strong Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
Published: 2011.09.09 Latest Chapter: 2011.10.13 Updated: 2011.10.13 Status: WIP (1756 words)
: Smile by TheMadsterWitch
Ginny and Harry are still in love but they are old and frail, and Harry's ill but they are very very happy!
Set in the Three Broomsticks
Second Place in Lizmusic16's Harry/Ginny Challenge!
Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Other Characters: Ginny , Harry Pairings: Harry/Ginny
Advisory: Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme, Contains Spoilers
Published: 2011.09.24 Latest Chapter: 2011.10.04 Updated: 2011.10.04 Status: COMPLETED (597 words)
: Arrangement by TheMadsterWitch
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Vanessa Hermione Granger is the daughter of two famous Death Eaters but at school she goes as Hermione Granger, her parents arrange for her to help Draco on his task. And she sees the side of him that he hides.
Genres: Romance, Angst Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco , Hermione, Lucius, Narcissa Pairings: Draco/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Lavender
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
Published: 2011.04.24 Latest Chapter: 2011.09.08 Updated: 2011.09.08 Status: WIP (2096 words)
: You are my Moon and Stars by TheMadsterWitch
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Remus is in his second last year at hogwarts, when he spots a girl from Slytherin who catches his eye. He doesn't want to hurt her due to his curse, so stays away but she pursues him and he gives in. But is she who she seems?
Genres: Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Marauders Characters: Dumbledore, James , Lily, Lupin, Sirius Pairings: Remus/OC, James/Lily, Sirius/OC
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2011.03.21 Latest Chapter: 2011.05.31 Updated: 2011.05.31 Status: WIP (1957 words)
: Life Does Go On by TheMadsterWitch
Harry is gone and he has left Ginny with a baby and she thinks its all over, until someone shows her life does go on.
Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Ginny Pairings: Draco/Ginny, Ron/Hermione
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2011.05.17 Latest Chapter: 2011.05.19 Updated: 2011.05.19 Status: WIP (688 words)
: Remember Me by TheMadsterWitch
Kiera Lake, is your average muggle, just started college and is loving her life, but it all changes when she meets a man in an alleyway which will complicate all that she is. The man you ask? Tom Riddle.
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Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Marauders Characters: OC , Voldemort Pairings: Other Pairing
Published: 2011.01.19 Latest Chapter: 2011.04.17 Updated: 2011.04.17 Status: WIP (2032 words)


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Undead Labs has released some new screenshots of their upcoming zombie survival game.
There's also quite a bit of exposition around how the game is shaping up.
Damn it looks great. I hope the game has a feel of the Walking Dead, ultimate survival. I hope State Of Decay MMO is still on board, then it would really be like The Walking Dead.
DL day one people we need the MMO version to happen. While at the same time enjoying this potential gem.
Really excited for this game. Never had a chance to play DayZ since I don't have a good PC, but I was always interested in it.
This is another reason why XBLA is so awesome.
Would love it if they had open cities that are highly zombie populated but offered more in terms of food, water and survival gear.
This game looks interesting in concept but it sucks that i have no 360 or PC at the moment, definitely will check it out later if i have the opportunity.


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Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008
Class 3A Regional Quarterfinals
Andrews vs. Lubbock Cooper
Format: Best-of-three series
When/where: Game 1: 7 p.m., today; Game 2: 1 p.m., Saturday; Game 3 (if necessary): 30 minutes following Game 2. All games at Lubbock's O'Banion Field
Records: Andrews 22-7, Cooper 22-8
Notes: This is a matchup between two teams who have yet to suffer a postseason loss, as both teams swept their respective area round series last weekend in Midland. Andrews took care of Pecos 11-1 and 2-1 at Christensen Stadium and Cooper dispatched Monahans 7-6 and 7-5 at Ernie Johnson Field. The Mustangs are now 4-0 in the playoffs, as they opened the postseason by sweeping Brownfield. "I don't know if peaking is the right word," Andrews coach Rod Gardner said. "I know we haven't had a perfect game but we're playing very good defense. Hitting just kind of comes and goes." In the second game against Pecos, the Mustangs had three hits, all singles, two of which came in the sixth inning, as winning pitcher Corey Lee singled and stole second then scored on Malachi Melton's base hit. … The Mustangs will stick with the same pitching order they used against Pecos, as junior right-hander Jesus Saldana will throw tonight, and Lee will throw in the second game. Junior right-hander Ryan Diaz is the main candidate to throw the third game if necessary. … Cooper is led by left-hander Austin Taylor, who figures to throw in one of the first two games, and is also the team's leading hitter. The Mustangs also figure to see Cooper right-hander Max Pope, who's 10-0 this season.
Next game: The winner will play the winner of the Sanger-Decatur series next weekend in the regional semifinals.
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there are things that change you.
stuff comes at us and if you are still breathing (during and after), it changes you.
there are those, those I've known, that change in unpleasant ways. they become selfish, self-centered, demanding, demeaning, bitter, biting, you know the type. they tout the drama on everyone and social media… (because that's how it's done anymore)
and there are those that rise. a thing stirs in their heart and soul, and it's as if they actually got the truth, the message from their Creator saying, "oh sweet soul, this stuff coming at you is not from Me, but if you work through it, trust Me, I'm gonna make it worth your while…I've promised this to you all along." (and those are the social media post I, myself, adore and relish and admire)
and so it goes — small people like you and me, without the means to do great things, get to do great things. and it's never when we've sought to become warriors of justice and love, nor when we jump on the back of another and their destiny. no, it's much more strange than that. it's something that is just for you.
a tweak, a wrinkle in time, that is yours alone….if you are watching.
seeing it.
you go through circumstances because it can bring you into destiny.
positive destiny.
when you get the opportunity to be light. love. salt.
do you see it?
so the next time you feel an emotional blow, a hard circumstance, a time when your heart squeezes so hard that you think you can't bear it anymore, then sweet soul, you have choices… if you are about learning through it, because something passionate ignites inside your depths of your gut… consider that something amazing can grow out of the fertilizer (aka: shit) of life.


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A Is For Amy
ZWhen I was a little kid, I used to think that my family's toilet could talk to me. That was all because, once, at a restaurant, there was a toilet that would say something along the lines of "Toilet needs cleaning" in a robotic voice after a certain period of time had passed. I was convinced that my toilet could talk and it was just staying quiet to protect its secret, and no one in my family had the heart to tell me it was just the toilet at the restaurant that could 'talk' like that. So up until I was eight, I spent half of my time talking to a toilet. A stinky, freaking, toilet. After I learned that my toilet really couldn't talk, I had problems believing things people told me. I had trust issues. That's probably why when Mr. Raker – my English IV teacher – assigned me to be partners with Amy Shepherd, I did a double take. Was he serious? Amy was the smart, b***hy type. She shot death glares at people when they weren't looking and constantly frowned at me. With my luck, she was probably going to make me fail. It didn't really matter to me – I already had a full ride scholarship at UNC for football, so grades weren't that important to me anymore – but it did matter to Coach. If I dropped below a C in any of my classes, I wouldn't be allowed to play. Pretty lame-ass rule, if you'd asked me. But Coach was Coach. Half of his rules didn't make sense to anyone. I took in a breath and glanced over at her from across the room. Her brown hair was the way it always was – pulled back in a plain ponytail. She wore the typical jeans and a t-shirt. I don't think she'd changed the way she looked since kindergarten. I blew out the air I'd taken in in a gust and walked over to where she was sitting, pulling out my phone to check the time. Only an hour and a half left in this hell-hole called school, two hours for practice, and then I was home-free. First thing I was going to do was eat, then sleep. That was my daily routine. Wake up, eat, go to school, eat, go to practice, eat, sleep. Lather, rinse, repeat. I tried to smile, to turn on the charm for her. Maybe I could pull the typical Jacob Benson magic on her and she'd suddenly stop hating my guts. Yeah, like that's possible. I groaned quietly and sat down beside her. Her muscles stiffened immediately as she stared at me, analyzing me. Suddenly she tensed up even more noticeably and scooted away from me. "You'll have to wear less of your cologne if you're going to be around me," she said. "I'm allergic to Limonene." "You know what chemical is in my cologne just by smelling it?" I asked skeptically, looking her up and down as I instinctively moved closer. How the hell could she do that? "Yes. So if you wouldn't mind staying away from me, that would be fantastic." She frowned in my direction. "Whatever." I loudly pushed my stool away from her, throwing my arms up in surrender. "What are we even supposed to be doing?" She glared at me again and pointed to the piece of paper sitting on the desk in front of us. "See that thing right there? It's called directions. You're supposed to read them." I clenched my teeth, trying not to flip my lid at her. She was just such a b***h. I didn't know how I was supposed to take it. "These are some pretty big words. I don't know if I'll be able to understand all of them." I smiled without humor, hoping she'd get my sarcasm. She didn't even look up from her binder, nonetheless show any sign of a smile. "I have a dictionary if you need one." I sighed and grinded my teeth, picking up the packet of papers to read them. And then I groaned. "We're doing an alphabet book?" I asked disbelievingly. "I haven't done one of these since I was in second grade!" "So this one shouldn't be much different, since your mental capability obviously hasn't improved since then, right?" she replied, still not looking up at me. I swallowed all the words I wanted to scream at her and slammed the papers down on my desk. "Fine," I mumbled, given up on trying to fight back. It was just a waste of energy. "Just tell me what we're supposed to do." "Well," she said, taking the papers from my hand, "if you'd read the directions, you'd know." I grinded my teeth again and waited for her to finish explaining. But she never did. She just read a few papers and then went back to her notes. Read a few more papers, went back to her notes. On and on for the next few minutes. "Well?" I asked, looking at her like she was insane. "It's a Senior Class alphabet book," she sighed, handing me a sheet of paper. "We write about our experiences, everything that happens to us. The only different thing is that we start with Z and end with A." "That's it?" I wondered aloud. "How is that worth half of our semester's grade?" "It isn't about the grade, Jacob," she sighed, glancing up at me from her papers. "It's about remembering." I raised my eyebrows a bit at how nostalgic she was being. All I wanted to remember were the things involving football and cheerleaders. The rest I'd forget by the time I got to college. "Remembering," I repeated softly, trying not to laugh. What a joke. "Class is almost out for today. Personally, I just want to get this done. If we can finish it in the next few weeks, we'll never have to talk to each other again until we present it. And even then, we won't really have to interact." "Sounds good to me," I muttered. "Come over to my house after school and we can start." She looked at me expectantly, like she was daring me to put up a fight. "I have practice tonight until four." "Fine," she said, like it was some sort of sacrifice on her part. She reached for a blank piece of paper lying on her desk and quickly wrote something on it, pushing it towards me from across the table. "That's my address. We can get started tonight." And with that she left me, pulling all of her crap into her bag and leaving the room before I could protest. It's only six weeks, it's only six weeks, I repeated in my head, over and over again. It's only six weeks. I only had to survive through Amy Shepherd for six more weeks and then I'd never have to see her annoying face again. That thought alone was enough to get me through the day. I was just about to get into my car to leave for her house when my best friend Sean stopped me. "I heard you got paired up with Amy Shepherd," he said, shaking his head. "That sucks major ass, man." "You're telling me," I mumbled. "She's probably the biggest b***h on the planet." "Eh, within no time she'll fall for the old Jacob Benson moves," Sean replied, elbowing me in the stomach and putting on his stupid grin. "Yeah, right," I said, pushing his elbow away as I grinned back. "I think I'd have better luck with a piece of wood." "For all we know, she just might have one," Sean laughed, punching me on the shoulder. "That's sick, man," I laughed, pushing him back. "But probably true." He laughed again as he shoved me against my car, trying to wrestle the keys out of my hand. "Come on, Jake," Sean began. "One time. Just once, let me drive your car." "I can't, Sean. I'm supposed to go to her house to work on our project." I made a fake gun with my fingers and pointed it to my temple, pulling the imaginary trigger. "Ouch. Sounds like fun." He began to turn away, shrugging. "Hope she doesn't rape you, or anything." I laughed, shaking my head at him. "You are one f***ed up kid, you know that?" "Yeah, I've been told that before." I sighed and sat in my car, turning the key in the ignition, and pulled out the slip of paper from my pocket. According to this, she lived on Elm Street. Creepy, I thought. Wonder if she realizes that's the setting for an old horror flick. I shrugged. Probably not. As I pulled out of the school, I turned the radio up. My favorite rock song was playing and I wanted it to calm my nerves down while I drove. For the first time in my life, I was nervous because of a girl. Not nervous for the reason you'd think, though. Nervous because I didn't know if I was going to find out her dad was some guy like Freddy Kruger, the dude that killed everyone in Nightmare On Elm Street. I shuddered. Hopefully I'd make it home that night – I still had Calc homework to work on. Sighing, I rounded the corner onto Elm Street. Her house was the first one on the right, pretty easy to find. It was a lot like I expected it would be. Small, quaint, with flower beds in front and blue shutters on the windows. The picture-perfect house for a picture-perfect girl. How annoying. I shut off my engine after I parked in her driveway and took in a breath. Only six more weeks, I told myself as I walked up to her front door. Only six more weeks and I'm done with her forever. "Who is it?" I heard Amy's voice ask from somewhere inside the house when I rang the doorbell. "It's Jake Benson," I answered. Who else would it've been? Jesus? I heard her sigh before she opened the door. "I forgot you were coming," she admitted bitterly. "Oh well. Come on in." She held the door open for me and I cautiously walked forward, looking for booby traps or things that could potentially kill me. Before I saw anything dangerous, I noticed her shirt. It was a plain white t-shirt, but it was covered in some sort of sticky mush that looked like it was either oatmeal or puke. I tried not to look disgusted, but she must've seen my face because she quickly gasped as she looked down and saw what was on it. "Ugh," she groaned. "Hold on. I'll get another shirt." She sighed and pointed to the living room. "Go ahead and wait in there. I'll only be a minute." I nodded uncomfortably and wandered over to the couch, looking at all of the pictures hanging on the wall. There was one with what looked like a younger version of her, someone I assumed to be her dad, and a little boy that was apparently her little brother that I didn't know she'd had. They were laughing hysterically and I wondered why no one at school ever saw her smile like that. Before I could look at anymore of the pictures, I heard a man clearing his throat from behind me. "He-l-lo," the man stuttered out, smiling at me. "M-y name is Za-ch-a-ry Shep-p-herd." I felt my mouth drop. He sounded like Mitchell, my little brother, did when he talked. Mitch had Down Syndrome. Is that what Amy's dad had? "Hi," I said confusedly, walking over to shake his hand but stopping when I saw his eyes widen in surprise. "I-I c-can't mo-o-ve my arms m-much," he choked out, staring at my outstretched hand nervously. "Oh. I understand, Sir." I took a step back and smiled tentatively. I knew, all too well, the effects having someone with disabilities in your family had on a person. For some reason, I felt myself thinking, Poor Amy. "S-so y-our na-ame is Jac-c-ob?" he asked, smiling a carefree grin at me. "Yeah, Jacob Benson," I replied, trying to enunciate my words. I knew with Mitch, he had a hard time understanding what people said when they mumbled. "I'm in the same grade as Amy." "A-Amy's my daugh-t-er," he said proudly, grinning. "S-she lo-oks like h-her moth-e-r." "I bet she does," I whispered, feeling myself smile. I'd never met anyone with a mental disability besides my brother. I'd never met someone as happy as him, either. But Amy's dad seemed to be a close second. I heard the stairs creak as Amy walked down them and looked up instinctively, only to see Amy staring daggers into my eyes. "Daddy, are you doing okay?" she asked, walking over to him quickly to touch his hand. "Are you hungry? Do you want me to make you something?" He smiled up at her peacefully and said slowly, "N-no thank y-you." Amy sighed and smiled slightly, looking at me painfully. "We're going to go work on our project now," she whispered. "Just call if you need me, okay?" He grinned up at her from his seat and replied something that sounded like okay. As I walked up the stairs with her, Amy looked like she was ready to punch a wall. Or worse, maybe my face. "You weren't supposed to see him," she said, trying to be quiet but failing. "He was supposed to be with his speech therapist." "Why would you hide your dad?" I asked, disgusted. Though not everyone in school knew about Mitch, I sure as hell didn't try to keep him a secret, like Amy had. "Don't sound so accusatory!" she shouted. "I love my dad. Don't you dare try to make me be the bad guy." I took a step back and widened my eyes. "Amy, why didn't you want me to see him?" The hateful expression on her face twisted into something of pain, pure agony. I'd never seen anyone look so… miserable. "My family was in a car crash three years ago. He had brain damage, and it changed him… Now he can barely function. It's like I'm the mother, and he's the two year old. Don't get me wrong, my dad is my life. I love him. That's why I didn't want you to see him. I wanted to protect him!" "Protect him from what? Me? What kind of guy do you think I am, Shepherd?" I asked incredulously. Did she really think I was that horrible, that I would hurt her dad? "I didn't want you to laugh at him! That's what everyone like you does. Then they go and tell all their friends that Amy Shepherd has a retard for a dad who can't even feed himself. And then everyone makes fun of him, because he doesn't understand that they're laughing at him. They make me want to slaughter all of them. That's why I didn't tell you." "I'm not like all of them." "Really? How do I know you're not going to go telling all your football buddies about him? How do I know you won't hurt him, or hurt me?" "Because my little brother is exactly the same as your dad. And there's no way in hell I'd do anything to hurt him or anyone like him." I clenched my jaw and stared down at her with pure anger. How could she have been so judgmental? What was wrong with her? I watched as Amy's jaw dropped and she stared at me in confusion. "Your little brother was in a car accident?" she whispered, looking at the floor. "No. He was born with Down Syndrome. But he and your dad act the same way." "I didn't know that." "Of course you didn't. I'm just a jock who probably goes around f***ing with every person who's different, just to be a d**k. I know how it is with people like you. You see a letterman and immediately think asshole." "That's not fair," she objected, and I blew her off by giving her the middle finger. I knew I was being immature, but I wasn't known for being the most grown-up person when I was pissed off. "Life isn't fair, Shepherd. Get used to it." I shook my head bitterly at her and adjusted my cap, forcing my legs to carry me down the stairs and out of her house. Towards my car. Away from her. I was never going to set foot in that house again.
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This is truly great. i just finished reading it and i have a few things to commend you on.
first the plot is great, a very strong aspect in your story.
the characters are believable, and i can see why you wanted to write from Jacob's view in opposing to Amy's, or third person.
it's a real-life situation with real-life people, though i still and doubting that Zack would really hit/beat a girl, even if she is "awful."
this is very emotional, and tou... (more »)
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Dec. 28, 2010 at 11:45 pm
So I'm totally new to this site and have no idea if I'm allowed to comment on my own work...
But to answer a couple of your questions:
Yes, I'm continuing AIFM. I'm actually in the process of writing another chapter. :)
How far I am is how far I've posted. I usually update immediately after I write the chapter, so what you see is everything I have.
Thank you so much for the comments! I appreciate it a LOT.
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ah! I loved this! .....are you adding to it?
this was so good. and it was exactly what I was in the mood to read:)
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According to several pics posted online, Patrick and Bella went to the Mud Hen Tavern in Los Angeles Wednesday night. There was no PDA or anything, so don't worry.
After their time together, Bella made it quite clear that they're just friends, too. She posted a photo of their dinner date and captioned it, "With my homie @patrickschwarzenegger if you aren't already following him you should :)) disclaimer *** we are just friends :)"
Got it. But that still can't stop us from wondering...Patrick SURE does have a lot of female friends. Isn't there a Dave Matthews quote out there that says a girl and a guy can't be "just friends"? We kind of agree with him on that one.
Anyway, we guess we'll let Patrick slide this time. But seriously dude, if you're trying to make nice with your boo and her fans, don't go out with ANY girl except her. For a long time. For reals.
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I love it, so original, so simple yet so poetic, the animation, music, sound effects and voices go along very well together, this is truly a masterpiece :)
I remember when this first appeared on newgrounds years ago.
I was a different person than but this is still one of the most beautiful Romance stories I have seen. The music is calming and smooth and offers a feeling of fleeting emotions through eternity.
I have to ask you what the song is. so please message me soon or I will to you. either-or
AWWW- Thats beatiful
Thats a really deep animation, and i love it. I wanna find that song that you have in it. I wanna learn it on guitar now. Its an amazing animation, so please make another one like it. It makes me think of a special someone.
Once again awesome work!!!
The animation in this is brilliant, I really liked it. I think the male voice actor fits the Albatross and the female one is great too. Definitly a ten from me, good work!
Very nice.
The animation was fantasic. The voice acting could use work, as others had stated. It's more of a poem than anything else, which is why I think most people don't get it.
What is music called? I really want to know, it's fantastic!


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Wine & Windows Instant Messaging Apps?
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I tried to run MSN messenger before for a friend and didn't get very far but I believe it can be done. I'm not sure about AIM but Yahoo have a linux client available anyway. And from what I've seen there is far less system hogging in the linux version than the windows version.
If you are thinking of running these for their webcam aspect the new gaim release has reintegrated the gaim-vv code which allows for web broadcasts. I find both gaim and kopete to be very capable, but if you want another alternative that is cross platform and more like MSN Messenger have a look at mercury messenger. It is java based.
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Yeah it's true that it lacks a lot in some areas. Are you referring to the file transfer functionality? It seems to be fixed in the last two releases. I've had very speedy transfers. All respect to gaim in that respect - they work hard to fix what's lacking.
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Direct Connect in GAIM doesn't work.
Direct Connect doesn't work for me either, it won't establish a connection. It sucks because I use it alot, and I only use AIM, so no real need for GAIM..I'd like to see either AIM on Linux or GAIM with direct connections.
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Guenther & Son purchase three Canadian bakeries
Published 1:14 pm, Monday, November 25, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — C.H. Guenther & Son Inc. said Monday it has acquired three Canadian bakery companies.
The locally based company purchased Golden West Baking Company and Gizella Pastry Ltd., both located in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Montreal, Quebec-based Les Boulangeries Rene Inc.
Golden West Baking and Les Boulangeries Rene produce buns, rolls and English muffins for the quick serve, foodservice and retail grocery channels, according to the release. Gizella Pastry produces frozen dessert items, including cheesecakes, brownies and bars.
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cool looking bot, its great thta you are on to the serephim now :)
This mod will add new units to your supreme commander Forged Alliance game. This mod can be played in both single player and multiplayer. All my units will have Sorian AI support.
cool looking bot, its great thta you are on to the serephim now :)
"Heavy-killer" FTW! I would use it just as normal t2,tho.
More Seraphim units FTW!
simply excellent.
The cool thing about making seraphim its because you didn have to think a lot to give then names!
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