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Editors Note (06/26/12): This article was originally published in late 2001 or early 2002
Indianapolis - The knee still bothers Steve Stipanovich, and always will. But it's strictly a physical discomfort now, a part of daily life to be tolerated. The mental anguish of a career cut short has long since passed.
Still, every once in a while, he can't be blamed for letting his mind wander, like when the Pacers recently waived Sam Perkins. A veteran of 17 NBA seasons, Perkins is just nine months younger than Stipanovich, who turns 41 in November. Perkins' career began the year after his, yet lasted 12 seasons longer.
But there's little time for such thoughts. Life after basketball has been good for the man called ''Stipo,'' even if it began a little sooner than he would've liked.
After a mysterious knee condition forced his retirement in 1989, Stipanovich took his family to Oregon, where he farmed, dabbled in real estate investment, and generally enjoyed life. But as the family expanded - he now has four daughters, ranging from 5 to 12 years old - he realized the need to settle down.
''Our kids were young and it was a time to just do some fun stuff (in Oregon),'' he said. ''It was a great seven years but we had to make a decision: do we stay out there the rest of our lives or do we move back? We decided to move back, and it's been a great move.''
Both natives of St. Louis, Stipanovich and his wife moved the family back to their hometown, where they've lived the past four years. He is the owner and operator of what he believes to be the only coal mine in the state of Missouri. That much closer to his only NBA home, Stipanovich has rekindled his connections with the franchise. He attended an NBA Finals game in 2000, and brought a group of 12 girls - his daughters and their friends - to a Fever game during their inaugural WNBA season.
He plans to return to Conseco Fieldhouse when time allows, though he expects his daughters will push for another Fever trip, since they're big fans of former Southwest Missouri State star Jackie Stiles, now with Portland.
''I figure that'll be a tough ticket to get,'' he said, ''but I'm sure I can call (franchise president) Donnie (Walsh). He's always given me good seats.''
Stipanovich came to the Pacers as a consolation prize in 1983, as the franchise lost a coin flip with Houston for the No. 1 pick in the draft. The Rockets' prize was Ralph Sampson, and they reached the NBA Finals in his third season.
The Pacers, meanwhile, averaged 25 victories in Stipanovich's first three seasons. But when Walsh took over the front office in 1986, hiring Jack Ramsay as head coach, things began to change. The team won 41 games and reached the NBA playoffs for just the second time ever that season, which proved to be a major step in the franchise's climb to prominence.
But Stipanovich missed most of the ride. He played just two more seasons before the degenerative knee disorder became apparent. The Pacers pursued every possible medical opinion, and Stipanovich endured multiple operations, all to no avail. His career ended after five seasons with averages of 13.2 points and 7.8 rebounds.
''I think I had two operations after I left Indiana and it's pretty stable right now,'' Stipanovich said. ''I have to really exercise the muscles around the knee a lot in order to be pain-free. I can't run much, but I do run on a treadmill once or twice a week at the most. I can't do a lot of hard physical activity but other than that I'm able to do pretty much whatever I want. But it's still problematic to some degree.''
Though Stipanovich remains a fan of the Pacers and the NBA, his old-school mindset doesn't jive well with the present state of the game. The NBA has changed dramatically in the 12 years since he retired, and it has evolved away from the game he knew. One example: the salary cap in his final season was roughly $6 million per team. This season, five Pacers players will earn at least that much.
''It's a lot different animal than when I was playing,'' he said. ''Obviously, the economy is different. I think in the '80s, it was a great time to be in the NBA. I might be prejudiced because I'm more familiar with those types of teams and the players back then, like the Celtics, the Lakers, the Sixers early on, then Detroit at the end of the '80s and early '90s, then Chicago coming on strong in the early '90s.
''The players were big, they were good and there was a lot of teamwork. I'm just old-fashioned. When I played, the socks were high and the shorts were short. I'm not saying it was better, but it was definitely different.''
Stipanovich also can't remember ever playing with a teammate who had a tattoo. Now, they are commonplace.
''Even (Dennis) Rodman, when I was playing, he didn't have any tattoos,'' Stipanovich said. ''When I think of the NBA, I think of (Larry) Bird, (Kevin) McHale, (Robert) Parish, James Worthy and (Kareem) Abdul-Jabbar, the guys that were classics. There's great basketball being played, and I still enjoy watching it and following it, but it's just a different attitude, I guess.''
As a proud alumnus of the franchise, Stipanovich is pleased to see Walsh has been able to build a team that has been among the most competitive in the NBA over the past decade, but has done so with players who represent the community well.
''That's the thing about Donnie and the Pacers,'' he said. ''They've always had good people, and that starts with the owners on down through the franchise, with Reggie Miller being around so long as a stabilizing force.
''With the success they've had, I'm happy for the Pacers.''


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The 65-team NCAA Tournament field was announced early Sunday evening with Kansas coming out on top as the overall No. 1 seed. Kansas will take on No. 16 seed Lehigh in the Midwest Region.
Joining Kansas with No. 1 tournament rankings are No. 2 overall Kentucky, No. 3 Duke, and No. 4 Syracuse. This came as a surprise to experts that anticipated Syracuse snagging the No. 3 overall spot, but the Orangemen will still get to play their first game in Buffalo.
Duke's spot in the top four also led to slight disappointment for the West Virginia Mountaineers, who hoped for a No. 1 seed after defeating the Georgetown Hoyas to win the Big East Tournament on Saturday. The Mountaineers had to settle for a No. 2 seed, and the team will take on No. 15 Morgan State in the East.
Other surprises included the University of Minnesota and the University of Florida edging out teams like Rhode Island and Virginia Tech. The 23-win teams will have to settle for bids to the National Invitational Tournament.
North Carolina, which won the NCAA tournament last year, did not make the cut this time around. Indiana, UCLA, Connecticut and Arizona also did not secure a spot on the bracket. It was the first time since 1996 that all five of those big-name schools failed to make the tournament, The Associated Press reported.
Wofford College earned an NCAA tournament bid after winning the Southern Conference the previous Monday, and in doing so were awarded with a No. 13 seed and the school's first ever trip to the Big Dance.
The University of Houston also earned a No. 13 seed, making super-coach Tom Penders the only coach in NCAA history to take basketball teams from four different colleges to the prestigious tournament.
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Hardeeville and Jasper County have agreed on a new location for the library.
City Council proposed to the Jasper County Council to use the county tax assessor's office property located on 30 Main Street for a new library during the joint meeting held last week among the Hardeeville, Ridgeland and Jasper County councils.
City Manager Bob Nanni and County Administrator Andrew Fulghum plan to present both councils with an agreement where both municipalities can move forward with the project.
"We will discuss the transfer of property, basics of the grant, operations of the library including any types of training needed and whether there is enough funds to build it," Nanni said.
Once an agreement is approved by both councils, a grant application must be submitted to the Lowcountry Council of Governments by September.
"I think there are two primary components that we will need to discuss and that is the library as construction project which includes the site and the bringing together the funding to build and the other portion would be the operations since the county is a member of the regional library system and we contribute to that system financially," Fulghum said.
The proposed plan for use of the tax assessor's office would to tear down the building and obstruct a new library on the property. The county's office then would move to the Hargray building on the corner of Main Street and Martin Street.
While the majority agreed to let Hardeeville use the building, Etheridge suggested that in the agreement terms the city would find another building to house the assessor's office.
"Some people in Hardeeville don't even know that there is a library," County Councilman Henry Etheridge said. "We all need to work together to change that."
County Councilwoman Barbara Clark said the construction of a new building needs to happen for the children.
Whether or not a transfer of property is needed since the library is county's responsibility is to be determined.
"We need a partnership set up," Councilwoman Sherry Carroll said. "We welcome not having to own the property if that is an option. We just want to see this finally happen for everyone in the city and county, since it will be a county library."
After many failed grant applications to connect the library to the Heyward House, the county and City Councils met with the Friends of the Library to discuss the use of the property a few months ago.
Mayor Bronco Bostick and Clark suggested there be another open meeting where the public can give feedback to whether this is a location everyone supports.


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The 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) begins bright and early this Friday morning, March 8! It's an all-day affair from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. in the Forest Club Room, so come early and stick around if you can.
The event kicks off with breakfast and presentations from this year's panelists, and we are excited to welcome Dale Blahna, a research social scientist with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station; Phil Rigdon, deputy director of natural resources with the Yakama Nation; and Laura Six, a plant ecologist working in international environmental research with Weyerhaeuser.
Following the panel discussions, we will have the main event: our graduate student presentations, along with some special activities this year to celebrate 10 years of GSS. The theme is The Future of Forestry (which of course includes natural resource management, environmental science and the full range of the work we do here at SEFS).
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Eric Rindal – KF16 – La Paz, Bolivia
This Monday morning I woke up under new sheets on a small bed in a small room amid warm and verdant Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It took me 30 frantic and confused seconds to piece together where I was as the sun beamed through the cracks in the unfamiliar blinds. The day before I was living across the country for two weeks verifying loan terms of Kiva borrowers. Three weeks before that I was in La Paz, Bolivia for eight weeks creating new Kiva borrower profile templates. I wander, therefore I am…a Wandering Fellow.
A Wandering Fellow is a Kiva Fellow who works with one or more Kiva partner microfinance institutions (MFI) within one country during their 16 week Kiva Fellowship. Kiva headquarters in San Francisco serves as the foci to our plasma globe lives while us Fellows travel the world volunteering.The Wanderer, as he or she is often known, is never lost. However, they may wake up one too many mornings squinting, blinking, and darting their eyes around as they try to understand where in the world they are today.
But we're more than world travelers, we're traveling Fellows. You see, some, maybe most, Fellows have a relatively static Fellowship and are stationed at one MFI, in one city. These Stationaries may only venture to another city for Borrower Verifications of Kiva clients (checking loan terms, usage, and actual repayments made). The benefit of being a stationary Fellow is an ability to develop trust and friendship with MFI staff, from the person who cleans the office to the CEO. However, despite most efforts by the Wanderer, he or she may inadvertently prompt a sense of disloyalty or apathy from the MFI – which isn't helpful for anybody.
The real test for the Wanderer is how well they can complete and juggle their colorful Kiva Workplan. This Fellow To-Do list consists of audits to determine loan product types and interest rates, questionnaires about the social performance of a MFI (the target market, non/financial services, efforts made toward equality and poverty alleviation, etc.), and implementing process changes (e.g. new questionnaires or templates for the Kiva work). Make sense? Great.
What this means, in practice, is that cultivating trust, confidence, and familiarity with the MFI is imperative to completing these workplan items. Honestly, MFIs don't want some fly-by-night volunteer asking (or demanding) all their financial information. This has been one of my greatest challenges as a Fellow; during my first Fellowship in Sierra Leone, I worked with three different Kiva partners. This Fellowship in Bolivia bounces me between two partners and four large cities. I feel somewhat polygamous. And let me tell you, the dance of the Wandering Fellow is more complicated than the say Michael Jackson's lean (3:50), Michelle Kwan's figure skating, or learning to c-walk. I swear.
So, despite some disadvantages, how do we live our nomadic Fellowship to the fullest? The secret really comes down to harnessing presence, perspective and perseverance. Wanderers must be present with each loan officer, each client, and MFI employee – undivided attention and focus builds the necessary trust and confidence to complete the workplan items. Perspective on the purpose of the Fellowship: to cultivate and fortify the partnership between the MFI and Kiva, to better MFI processes and workflow, and to introduce innovative products or ways for the MFI to move forward. Each MFI has specific expectations and manner of operations, identifying these keep the wanderer abreast to any and all situations (…relatively speaking). Perseverance in the Fellowship is always somewhat difficult; Robert Service was right on the money when he said, "It's the keeping-your chin-up that's hard." The Wanderer, at times, may waiver, falling into the Trough of Disillusionment (see blog 1 and blog 2) where falsities of volunteering and being an unknown traveler may get the best of Fellows (especially the wanderer). But the Trough doesn't last forever. Amongst it all, perseverance is truly the anchor of maintaining presence and perspective.
Kiva works with 145 partners in 61 countries, so there is a lot of space to wander. However we live it , the Fellowship is a very personal, challenging, and rewarding experience. In reality, the Wanderer's journey is the destination. Before I departed to Sierra Leone for KF15 my mentor sincerely reminded me, "Eric, wherever you go, there you are." Apart from the cliché, this grounds us Wanderers and gives true substance to the places we go and the people we meet. In reality, Kiva makes the world seem smaller, the people more familiar, and our goals for microfinance to alleviate poverty attainable. I'm glad I get to wander around; it's the privilege of a lifetime.
Eric Rindal is a part of the Kiva Fellows 16th class in La Paz, Bolivia. He is currently working with Emprender and IMPRO. He was previously in KF15 based in Sierra Leone. If you would like to contact Eric, just visit his lender page.


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EA's Medal of Honor touted itself as a realistic look at modern warfare. Military experts and soldiers consulted on the game to ensure its accuracy. Those in-game ads, though? EA consulted with itself.
In the game, there are tattered fliers for Mirror's Edge and Battlefield: Bad Company. Both titles, of course, are EA games.
The likelihood of a soldier coming across these fliers while on patrol are low, but possible.
Personally, stuff like this doesn't bother me. Easter eggs like this — knowing self-references — are great. Really like when game developers are willing to break the fourth wall and toss a wink-wink nudge-nudge to the player. Yes, even if that knowing look is an EA advert.
Medal of Honor was released earlier this month to mixed reviews. It has sold 1.5 million copies.
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The implementation of this process for the function of avoiding data inconsistency or ambiguity among users is called as normalization. And, all those who aspire to build DataStage Careers must have clear idea of basic as well as advanced database concepts.
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Imagine that a user has asked you to form a contact-management solution, which the organization's sales staffs can employ for tracking orders and buying. Each sales representative can be connected to the organization's network. A traditional method to solve this problem is to separate tables from one object in the database, so that others info can sit in a back-end based on the internet, or network server, while the forms, macros, queries, modules, and reports reside in a separate front end base on the user's system. The things arranged in the front end are based on tables, which are correlated with back-end server. When sales executives need to update or retrieve data in the system, he can use front-end base.
The process enables one to take a new method to create this solution simply by building a single database, which has both the objects and data, and then making replicas for each sales executive. Replicas can be made as per each user's convenience and can be synchronized with Design Master on a server. A representative can make changes on computers during the course of work and users can see the replicas on the server as required.
Moreover, you can select to copy only a portion of the info in the Design Master and can create partial replicas for different users. In this case, an employee who uses replica is typically required to have only related data as replicating all information can create unnecessary duplication and processing of data. By doing partial replicas, one can copy only that info needed actually. Each replica in this case can handle a subset of that data, not the complete set of data.
As it is related to SQL server, it is the method of keeping info synchronized in multiple databases; maintaining and implementing duplication is not a simple process, if you've several servers, which needs various types of duplication. In such cases, even a simple replication task can become complex. Replication can be used in numerous scenarios and can be done in three main ways: snapshot, merging, and transactional replication. In snapshot, data on one network is simply copied to another. Merging is the method to combine data from two or more databases into single. The transaction is a method in which users get full initial replicas of the database and then get periodic upgrades as data updates.
It is the most reliable method that most companies use as it ensures that all additions, deletions, and changes executed on the data in any given circumstance is automatically reflected in the stored locations. Database replication helps manage a current backup of system settings and info to deliver fast restoration after a disaster occurs. And, all those wish to build longstanding DataStage Careers, must understand these concepts well.


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I have been involved in genealogy since way before my own birth. One of my favorite pictures is of my mother getting ready for an afternoon of cemetery transcribing just four days before I was born!
My parents were excellent genealogists, given the time they lived in. How well I remember the trips to the dusty courthouses and the cemeteries that were surely laden with snakes. They knew their extended relatives, some of which were born in the mid-1800's!
A couple of years after my mother died, my father made a trip to visit relatives in Kentucky. When he returned, he found only the front door and wall of his cabin standing. Lightning had struck the house and burned it to the ground while he was gone. My sisters and I helped him go through the remains of the house trying to salvage anything we could find. To our surprise, the only things that did surve were the genealogy, the photos, and a drawer that contained his underwear! The genealogy and the photos had been right up against the front wall - papers in a wooden cabinet! They suffered only a little bit of water and smoke damage.
My sisters and I continue on with the tracing of our family. The computer, the Internet, wonderful databases, and the ability to connect with relatives from around the world have made it so much easier work on our lines. My parents would have been utterly astounded.
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For those of you who pay attention to such matters, TNA wrestling is having some sort of pay-per-view event this weekend that will feature "Team Pierzynski" vs. "Team Eckstein." That's A.J. Pierzynski and David Eckstein, two people who have never been in our kitchen. In this "promo" clip, Pierzynski does some Springer trash talk before a "surprise" guest shows up and makes his own team.
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Leonard was absorbed by the red hues of the wide Arizona desert. It was hot outside in the late spring, the cascading layers of rock enthralling and the green shrubs and cacti complementing the red cliffs. Here Leonard could be alone with his thoughts, far from the problems of his life.
No one was chasing him in the desert. No one was telling him he wasn't allowed to set fire to buildings. No one was insisting Leonard couldn't punch a guy in the face and start fighting because Leonard didn't like how the guy was looking at him, or that the guy had a hot girlfriend which Leonard did not. In the desert, no one knew how much money he'd stashed away in offshore accounts from the company where he'd been an accountant with a falsified identity, these past two-years.
Out here in the desert, there was serenity and quiet. Leonard would in an hour, catch a private plane and reclaim his offshore funds. But he wasn't counting on the rattle snake who bit his leg when he stood up and stepped on the snake accidentally.
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Here are some of my go-to (super cheap) activities (when I'm not feeling all creative, Speech Lady Liz- like).
I get white, paper lunch sacks and the kids decorate their own. I put cards in the bag that target each child's articulation goal. The student rolls the dice and they have to say the word that many times. Such an easy game that often gets requested by the kids.
I also use this for my language kids. I put in verb cards and they have to put the word in a sentence, tell me the past, present, future tense or whatever their particular goal is.
This is a good activity to use after a holiday or weekend. The student draws a picture of what they want to talk about and then depending on level they:
- Tell me all about the picture and then we roll the dice and their classmates have to answer the who, what, where, when questions or…
- I roll the dice and the student answers the who, what, where, when questions. I write the answers on the board and then we figure out how to put all the information in 1-2 sentences so it's cohesive and listeners can understand what they are talking about.
Each child gets a dobber and a month themed page. We practice sounds and depending on how many they get, they get to either color in or use the dobber to mark off how many they produced correctly.
That's right, beans. For this activity you need two cups and a bag of dried beans. One cup is for "good" sounds and the other is for "not quite there" sounds. It's a good activity for those visual learners.
I hope this post goes to show that one does not need all the fancy, expensive products to facilitate appropriate and successful speech therapy strategies. That being said, anyone want to donate an IPad to this speech lady?
(This post originally appeared on Speech Lady Liz)
Elizabeth Gretz, M.S. CCC-SLP is currently working as a school-based SLP, clinical SLP and an avid SLP blogger in Austin, TX. She is the creator of www.speechladyliz.blogspot.com , a blog dedicated to providing other SLPs and parents easy, adaptable, fun and functional therapy ideas to use in any setting.


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3. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
4. Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
5. Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California
6. Luke Kuechly, ILB, Boston College
7. Mark Barron, SS, Alabama
8. Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
9. Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
10. Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
11. Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State
12. Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
13. Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis
14. Shea McClellin, OLB, Boise State
15. Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama
16. Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
17. Doug Martin, RB, Boise State
18. Melvin Ingram, OLB, South Carolina
19. Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
20. Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
21. Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina
22. Whitney Mercilus, OLB, Illinois
23. Courtney Upshaw, DE, Alabama
24. David DeCastro, G, Stanford
25. Cordy Glenn, OT, Georgia
26. Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State
27. Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
28. Harrison Smith, SS, Notre Dame
29. Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
30. Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall
31. Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin
32. Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
33. David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
34. Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
35. Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State
36. Jeff Allen, OT, Illinois
37. Amini Silatolu, G, Midwestern State
38. Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
39. Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt
40. Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
41. Bruce Irvin, DE, West Virginia
42. Devon Still, DT, Penn State
43. Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson
44. Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi
45. Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana
46. Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
47. Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson
48. Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida
49. Nick Perry, DE, Southern California
50. Cam Johnson, DE, Virginia
51. Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
52. Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State
53. Andre Branch, OLB, Clemson
54. Brian Quick, WR, Appalachian State
55. Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
56. Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut
57. A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois
58. Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
59. Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati
60. T.Y. Hilton, WR, Florida International
61. Brandon Boykin, CB, Georgia
62. Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California
63. Rueben Randle, WR, LSU
64. Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington
65. Brandon Taylor, SS, LSU
66. Kelechi Osemele, G, Iowa State
67. Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State
68. Olivier Vernon, DE, Miami
69. Mychal Kendricks, ILB, California
70. Mike Martin, DT, Michigan
71. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
72. Brock Osweiler, QB, Arizona State
73. Tyrone Crawford, DE, Boise State
74. Ronnell Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma
75. Dwight Bentley, CB, Louisiana-Lafayette
76. Brandon Brooks, G, Miami (Ohio)
77. Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati
78. Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
79. Philip Blake, C, Baylor
80. DeQuan Menzie, FS, Alabama
81. Sean Spence, OLB, Miami
82. Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
83. Billy Winn, DE, Boise State
84. Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Troy
85. Ben Jones, C, Georgia
86. Demario Davis, OLB, Arkansas State
87. Leonard Johnson, CB, Iowa State
88. Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple
89. Marvin Jones, WR, California
90. Jamell Fleming, CB, Oklahoma
91. Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
92. Orson Charles, TE, Georgia
93. Chris Polk, RB, Washington
94. Frank Alexander, DE, Oklahoma
95. Trevor Guyton, DE, California
96. Donald Stephenson, OT, Oklahoma
97. Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma
98. Bobby Wagner, OLB, Utah State
99. Robert Turbin, RB, Utah State
100. Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina


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Starting his career as a model at a young age, Moudy Mikha Tambayong then tested the role of the arts world.
The first time you jump in the modeling world, the actress who was born in Jakarta, 15 September 1994 and this, by following the model selection in a magazine in 2008.
Although not a winner, but by that event, his name began to familiar people. And her name began to soar when elected one of the players in the soap opera KEPOMPONG.
Mikha also Harvey Malaiholo singer's nephew, finally followed her uncle. Mikha started up a career in the world of drag votes. He issued his debut single, First Love, which also sinetrom KEPOMPONG soundtrack.
Not only a single, virgin Manado descendants who went to high school now Morning Star Academy 1 class, the plan issued a nuanced debut album RnB in December.
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Mikha Tambayong, is now getting serious in the world of drag votes. After a successful first single, Love received Indonesian music lovers, now's nephew Harvey Malaiholo began preparing her first album.
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Designed By M recently went up on Kickstarter with its version of what a minimalist aluminum bumper should be like, and as a result the AL13 aluminum iPhone 5 bumper case was a proven as a successful proof of concept people were willing to spend $80 on. We've been putting the AL13 thru our usual thorough testing just for you. So be sure to read our full review after the jump!


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Broncos owner Pat Bowlen reaches 300th win with 28-20 victory over Chargers
With the Broncos' eighth win of 2013, owner Pat Bowlen logged his 300th win during his tenure. He reached the milestone in 30 seasons, which is the fastest any NFL owner has done so. The next-fastest to 300 was Al Davis in Oakland. It took him 31 years.
Davis does have an edge over Bowlen in the race to 300, though; it took him 495 games at the helm of the Raiders, Bowlen 501.
Bowlen's teams' 284 regular-season wins are the ninth-most of any NFL owner. The 16 playoff berths and seven conference championship appearances of his teams both tie him for sixth all-time among owners, and his teams' five Super Bowl appearances tie him for second.


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VAIL — Lindsey Vonn looks and sounds happy. Even though she is recovering from the most serious injury of her career — a knee reconstruction that threatens the chances of defending her Olympic downhill title — her rehab is progressing well and she has gotten past the grieving that came with the untimely end to her season.
There is that other thing too — a relationship with Tiger Woods she declines to discuss in the media.
"You can just say that I'm very happy, but we really want to keep things as private as possible," Vonn said in an interview Friday. "All you really need to know is that I'm happy."
Actually, her social life has taken a hit. Vonn typically attends a lot of celebrity events in the offseason, but the injury is getting in the way. Her doctor, Vail's Bill Sterett, doesn't want her to wear high heels for a few more weeks.
"We're going to have to work on that. It needs to be a little sooner," Vonn said with a smirk. "I really haven't done anything exciting. I've been pretty pathetic in that I go to rehab, I go home, I go to rehab, I go home. It's a forced vacation. It's weird to wake up and I don't have a race, or I just have to go to therapy. It feels like I'm lazy sometimes, but it's also good for my body to recharge and recover."
There were steps of progress last week. On Monday, she started walking with only one crutch. Friday, she walked quite a bit without the other one.
"Being on one crutch to no crutches is a huge difference," said Vonn, whose surgery was seven weeks ago. "I feel like I definitely turned a big corner after the five-week mark, where I felt like my knee was really doing well and I was ready to walk on it again. … I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me. Now I'm really pumped. I feel like I have my independence back."
Until Feb. 5, when she crashed in a super-G at the world alpine championships, Vonn was the rare racer who had not suffered a serious knee injury. She tore the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee. She also suffered a fracture of her tibial plateau, which could have been a lot worse than it was.
"It's definitely hard to be experiencing something so new, but at the same time it gives me a lot of motivation to know that pretty much every person on the ski team and the World Cup has had an ACL injury, so I know it's not a problem to come back from it," Vonn said. "The fracture healed up perfectly, so that won't be an issue."
The first women's event at the Sochi Olympics is Feb. 10 — one year to the day after her surgery.
"The more time goes on, the more confident I am that I'll be ready for Sochi," Vonn said. "I was a little bit nervous before the surgery, but every day since then the confidence has just gotten better and better. I have plenty of time, so I just have to make sure I do the rehab like I'm supposed to, and I don't have any setbacks. I should be perfectly on time to be skiing, hopefully in the first speed races of the season."
That's key, because the first speed races will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at Beaver Creek, traditionally a men's stop on the tour. This year the women will race there so they can get a feel for the new course that will be used for the 2015 world championships. A week later the women go to Lake Louise, Alberta, where Vonn has won 14 World Cup races.
Vonn got to race once at Beaver Creek, last December when a super-G scheduled for Val d'Isere, France, was moved here because of lack of snow there. She won.
"If I'm not ready, I'm not going to race," Vonn said. "I would love, love, love to race at home, to race on the new world championships course. The timing is really not ideal. If I'm not ready, I'm not going to push it, because next year the main priority without a doubt is the Olympics. … I'm going to make sure I'm 100 percent before I start racing, and I'm not going to do it sooner no matter what."
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Q&A: How to Paint a Brick Fireplace?
Question: I have hated my brick fireplace since day one of living in my otherwise-fabulous home. I have considered removing the brick altogether and creating a brand-new one by placing stucco over it with a mantle, or painting the brick white and adding a rich, dark wooden mantle on top. Actually, a Williams-Sonoma home store was my inspiration; it has the same painted white fireplace. It seems to be the most cost-effective. Do you recommend painting a brick fireplace white? How would you do this? What kind of paint? Some say oil, other say latex. Just curious to hear your thoughts. — Brianna
Answer: Brianna, I also like the look of a painted-brick fireplace. In fact, I wish I had brick on my fireplace instead of my big faux lava rocks that aren't so easily transformed with paint or plaster.
I asked the advice of Dan Gallagher of Gallagher's Decorative Painting & Design in Sierra Madre. Dan's a decorative and home painter who has been featured in this blog.
Dan says:
All your ideas are good and doable. If a painted look is the course of action (either decorative or straight paint), the most important thing is that oil-base primer should be used, at least two coats. It's best that the oil-base primer is a long-drying for maximum strength. Your usage of the fireplace should help to determine the type of paint — oil-base or water-base — for the finish. If the fireplace is used a lot, go with an oil-base paint. For low usage, like two or three times a year, go with water-base paint. Mark the can and store it for touch-ups in the future. Remember, removing paint from brick and mortar can be done, but it is extremely expensive.
If you were to go with a stucco or masonry-type finish, you might consider adding a relief design. It will add interest and personalize it to your home and decor.
For more insights, Dan can be reached at his website.
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It seems
to us
The builders of the pyramids have
provided a lesson of which today's pro-fessions
are taking heed. They knew
that in order to reach the apex they had
to build a broad and substantial base
of many angles and many corridors
which would eventually evolve into one
single edifice. Without the extensive and
well-planned foundation, the pinnacle
would not have been possible.
This ancient structural theory is being
applied in the professions today which
are urging specialization to meet the
growing demands of a complex world
society—but with one firm admonition.
They now know that there is a time for
specialization, and are advising a pre-lude
to concentration in one field. This,
they believe, should consist of several
years of general experience. T.N.B.&S.
accountants are counseled to utilize
their first on-the-job years to obtain
experience in auditing. They are offered
opportunities to learn the facets of ac-counting
for various types of enterprises
such as large and small businesses, manu-facturing,
retailing, eleemosynary and
financial institutions. There are many
advantages which can be derived from
this background in audit. The young
accountant is introduced to the inner
workings of business—he can see its
heart beat and he can feel its pulse.
It is also true that this audit experience
teaches and trains him in the ways of
accuracy—one of the cardinal rules of
this profession.
Experience in tax and management
services areas should follow audit pro-ficiency.
This develops more facility on
the part of the accountant with clients
both large and small. The latter may
have a problem in management services.
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business would not warrant the services
of a specialist. The accountant who has
had this experience can answer that
problem as well as take care of the
audit and tax questions. Even before the
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I am new to Linux and was hoping someone can help me get Shogun 2 up and running in Steam which was downloaded via PlayonLinux. Currently, the game installs and shows a license screen briefly before it shuts down with no error message.
In the System Info tab, Steam does not seem to detect my video card though the nVidia drivers have been installed and my computer recognizes the card (GeForce GT610). Maybe there is another issue though. Any help would be most appreciated! if useful, I have an ASUS M5A97 motherboard and running Ubuntu 12.04,
The system info Steam shows follows:
Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD Speed: 4200 Mhz 4 logical processors 1 physical processors HyperThreading: Supported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Supported SSE4a: Supported SSE41: Supported SSE42: Unsupported
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Operating System Version: Windows XP (32 bit) Wine version: wine-1.4.1 NTFS: Supported Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 323 0x0 0x0 0x0
Video Card: Driver Not Detected
DirectX Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
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DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
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DeviceID: 0x423
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
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Primary Display Resolution: 1440 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 1440 x 900
Primary Display Size: 15.00" x 9.37" (17.68" diag)
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Sound card: Audio device:
Memory: RAM: 7933 Mb
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Malocclusion (often called crooked teeth or a "poor bite") is the
improper fit and alignment of the teeth and jaws. A common cause of
malocclusion is teeth that have too much or too little room in the jaw.
Inherited traits, such as tooth and jaw size, mostly determine how
well your teeth fit together. The most obvious sign of malocclusion is crooked
or protruding teeth.
During the childhood and early teen years, orthodontists may
straighten the teeth by changing the formation of the jaw, removing
(extracting) selected teeth, or using fixed braces or removable
In adults, treatment with braces can straighten crooked teeth
caused by a jaw problem. But any restructuring of the jawbone must be done with
surgery, sometimes in combination with orthodontic treatment.
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Although overall spending on construction projects in the industrial manufacturing industry has been on a downward slope, the decline has not been as significant as many analysts predicted, says a recent survey from Industrial Info Resources, Sugar Land, Texas. However, the first large decrease in spending within the industry is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2008. Whether that decline will continue into subsequent quarters is not yet known.
According to Industrial Info Resources, the recession the nation is entering will cause an unavoidable contraction for spending on industrial manufacturing construction projects. However, there is hope that significant spending will still occur, causing a swift end to the recession.


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Vol. 27, No. 3: Children Aren't Goats
Children aren't goats
A Page One skybox that referred to paying for "kids' college" drew an admonition from our editor in chief. "I have previously decreed that we should never use the word 'Kids' in headlines, unless we are referring to baby goats," said Gerry Baker. The rule applies to articles, too.
The law on 'ass'
The sentence in a March 7 article about a besieged law firm jumped out at us: "We kicked ass!" an employee, who wasn't named in the indictment, wrote….
There was a time when the Journal might have scrubbed the language with a long dash: "We kicked a—!" What has changed? Standards Editor Neal Lipschutz says it is a matter of slightly redrawing the line between being classy and being Victorian.
Rulings & reminders
● Digitization is the word for putting data into digital form, rather than "digitalization."
● Slideshow, one word, is officially the style now.
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Figure 1. Telstra Cloud Services Portfolio
Potential Barriers
• Service scalability. Telstra's cloud services strategy will require developing a broader partner ecosystem to scale its service offerings and optimize its network and platform investments. Building and managing the ecosystem of partners is a substantial task.
• Balance in-house skills. Telstra will need to vertically and horizontally integrate its assets and services with customer business processes. This integration will require advanced skills in system integration and professional services. In addition to partnering with integration providers, Telstra will need to develop these capabilities internally, or it may lose ownership of the customer relationship and become more of commodity asset.
• Expand internationally. Telstra's strategy requires it to expand cloud services and capabilities outside the domestic market to support multinational customers. Telstra has demonstrated that it is capable of supporting international projects on a case-by-case basis. But to attract new customers in the regional multinational corporation (MNC) market, Telstra needs to present a clear international product roadmap.
• Combine all assets to differentiate. The cloud computing model holds particular significance for Telstra and is an area of great expectation and focus. Telstra sees itself in the unique position of providing business-grade cloud computing services that combine its network services, applications, and quality of service guarantees, with end-to-end service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Develop new revenue streams. Telstra's goal is to achieve 20 percent growth annually for cloud services by 2014. Telstra estimates its addressable market opportunity in cloud services to be $3.4 billion.
• Provide unified security services. Security is one of the four elements of Telstra's Intelligent "Cloud Ready" Networks vision, which also includes mobility, application assurance and services enablers. The security product portfolio currently includes perimeter security, and there are future plans for mobility/end point security, application security and monitored security.
• Address customer concerns about data storage in offshore jurisdictions. Telstra emphasizes that customer data is stored locally in Australian data centers, thus avoiding the risks of managing compliance requirements and navigating the cross-border legal landscape. Telstra promotes its onshore data storage capabilities particularly when approaching government organizations.
• Internal cost savings and efficiency improvement. Telstra recently announced an US$800 million investment over five years to strengthen its cloud capabilities. In addition to developing new services for customers, a portion of the investment will enable Telstra to adopt cloud services internally. This strategy will improve cost management and provide proof points for the service benefits being proposed to customers.
Strategic Partnerships
• Deploying best-in-class cloud technology and platforms
• Leveraging global leadership for business applications
• Driving best practice service models in sales, consulting, integration, and managed services
Success Metrics/Monetization
• The company has more than 120 customers of IaaS. Although most customers are believed to be medium-sized companies, examples also exist of large deployments: Komatsu ($35 million) and Employment Plus, both which run critical business applications and validate Telstra's cloud proof of concept. Other major deals include Origin Energy, South Australia Health ($36.7 million), Coca Cola Amatil ($150 million), and Visy ($50 million).
• Telstra has an increasing number of SaaS customers. References include Steinhoff Asia-Pacific, with 1050 seats, and at the time of the announcement was the biggest customer of Microsoft BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite).
• The company also has over 125,000 users of UCaaS based on its IP telephony (TIPT) solution.
• For IaaS, Telstra offers dedicated hosting pricing based on specific customer configurations and plans. The customer can also select utility hosting pricing with the option to pay per usage (including CPUs, memory, storage, backup, operating system and Internet) or a fixed monthly subscription according to different subscription plans.
• SaaS and UCaaS are offered in monthly service plans for SMB, or 2-5 years contract plans for enterprises, in both cases with variable entry costs.
Company Background
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Skywatchers around the world are in for a treat tonight, as the annual Geminid meteor shower is poised to put on a spectacular show.
The Geminids will peak overnight Thursday night with the moon at its new phase. The skies will thus be free of the moon's glare, allowing viewers in rural areas to see perhaps 100 or more meteors per hour, experts say.
A new and as-yet unnamed meteor shower may also make an appearance tonight, ramping up the celestial display even further.
" Meteors from the new shower (if any) will be visible in the early evening, with the Geminids making their appearance later on and lasting until dawn," Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said in a statement. [ Photos: Geminid Meteor Shower of December 2011 ]
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The Geminids — so named because they appear to emanate from the constellation Gemini (The Twins) — result when Earth plows through debris shed by the huge, enigmatic asteroid 3200 Phaethon. This is unusual for annual meteor showers, which are typically caused by comet particles.
The potential new shower's source is a comet called Wirtanen, Cooke said. Earth hasn't run into Wirtanen's debris stream before, but computer models suggest this year could be different.
If the new shower does indeed materialize, it could produce up to 30 meteors per hour tonight by itself, Cooke said. These shooting stars will seem to be coming from the constellation Pisces (The Fish), so the shower may end up being called the Piscids.
A few scattered Geminids can be spotted shortly after sunset tonight. The show will really start picking up around 10 p.m. local time, experts say, and it should peak at 2 a.m. or so.
You won't need binoculars or a telescope to see the shooting stars; just crane your neck up, preferably in a spot away from bright city lights.
You can also watch the meteor action online tonight if you so choose. Cooke and several NASA colleagues will host a live web chat overnight from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST, complete with live video of streaking meteors captured by a special camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It will all happen here.
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Rascal Flatts and Jessica Simpson coming to JPJ
Four of country music's prettiest faces will soon grace the Jumbotrons of John Paul Jones Arena. Grammy-winning trio Rascal Flatts will headline at the JPJ on Thursday, January 29, at 8pm, and opening the festivities will be none other than former MTV reality star and current paparazzi quarry Jessica Simpson. Tickets for the double-bill go on sale at 10am next Saturday, November 15.
Vocalist Gary LeVox (n© Gary Wayne Vernon), bassist Jay DeMarcus, and guitarist Joe Don Rooney formed the group in Nashville in 1999, and it didn't take long for their polished harmonies and power-pop sound to catch that town's ear. Only a year after forming, their debut single "Prayin' for Daylight" reached #3 on the Billboard country charts. The buzz of that radio hit, as well as subsequent top 10 hits "This Everyday Love," "While You Loved Me," and "I'm Movin' On," moved 2 million copies of their debut album. Their 2002 follow-up Melt capitalized on that success with incredible staying power. They had their first #1 hit, "These Days," and scored three more singles that reached #3 or higher over the course of the next two years.
None of this, however, could have anticipated the avalanche that was Feels Like Today. It sold 5 million copies (still their bestseller to date), reached #1 on the Billboard albums chart, spawned the platinum-selling #1 ballad "Bless the Broken Road," a second #1 hit with "Fast Cars and Freedom," and earned the group its first Grammy award for Best Country Song for "Bless the Broken Road." Since then, they've scored four more #1 country singles, two more albums that hit #1 on the Billboard albums chart, and have become one of country music's most consistently popular bands.
Jessica Simpson, while better known for her celebrity than her singing, has had no shortage of chart success. When she burst onto the scene in 1999, Simpson initially got lost in the shuffle amid fellow, more-popular blonde pop princesses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Then came her marriage to former member of boy band 98 Degrees Nick Lachey, their MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica (in which Simpson famously wondered whether Chicken of the Sea tuna was chicken or fish, or why she's never seen any buffalo with wings). The show was a ratings smash and propelled Simpson's third album In This Skin to sell 3 million records and included her first and only #1 single "With You."
Sadly for MTV viewers, the Lachey-Simpson union didn't last and since their divorce in 2005, she's stayed on the covers of tabloids with high profile flings with singer-songwriter John Mayer, and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, the latter of which earned her the nickname "Yoko Romo" because the Cowboys lost both games Simpson attended in 2007, including their playoff game against the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Apparently Romo may have equally jinxed Simpson. Since their fling, Simpson has failed to sell more than a million copies of her albums A Public Affair or Do You Know.
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Jessica Simpson
A fling??? After a year & you call it a fling? Ok then?
That's so poisonous I'll have to be in a different city when they're here.
bout time rascal flats came to town!
Its a fling because its over. Halleluah. Maybe Tony can concentrate on his job.
year and a half? try less than a year. don't u remember the infamous turkey day dinner where they 1st got together? they broke up in may and jess and joe hounded poor tony to not break up. he called it quits with her again before football season started.
country girl they've already been to town about 1 year and 1/2 ago and they weren't that great. They are all lights, screens, and unfunny jokes. Thankfully I attended by way of a free ticket. Poor big boobed Jessica Simpson just stinks and certainly is not believable as a country singer. -Will be a horrible show of the RF guys in too-tight pants and her strutting around screaming at the top of her lungs. The sad thing is that ticket sales will probably be high. JPJ needs to book better acts PERIOD.
Whew!!!! When did he call it quits before football season started? That's news. Never heard that one ever. Are you just raising crap or you actually know something. Please explain what is going on now then?
Give more details if you can not just hot air. Are they split now too?
How do you explain Jess & Tony's mom & pics of Jessica recently at the game with his parents plus the latest blogs with pics of Jessica with friends of the Romo family & there blog calling Jessica Tony's girlfriend & that she was very nice & grounded. Pics of these friends & Tony's mom & Jessica?
I think someones blowing smoke right now on this board & you knwo who you are. lol
always interesting to read more on raschal flats.


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Monday, April 30, 2012
DIY: Berry Lovely Necklace
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
What my week looked like (sort of)
This is at least what my week looked like through instagram.
There usually aren't as many dead birds and snails in my average week.
There usually aren't as many dead birds and snails in my average week.
Follow me on instagram...I'm cnic
|Oysters from a coworker.
|Flowers for Administrative Professionals Day (is that offensive...I mean, I never know)
|Garden snail friends.
|Dead bee in my laundry room.
|Breakfast with my B.
|Succulents at the local bark/garden store
|Tumwater Falls.
|Genevieve waiting for me to come home.
|Dead bird.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Spokane, here I come!
I'm heading out to Spokane today to spend the weekend with Christine. We're going to have a blast (obviously).
Our agenda so far includes: pancakes, yarn store, possible taxidermy museum, maybe Idaho, breakfast somewhere, margaritas, embroidery floss in a park, frozen yogurt from Didier's, estate sales/thrift stores, and the bead/mineral store. There will definitely be some Roseanne watching, too.
Basically it's going to be really amazing, and I cannot wait.
Here's a look back to the last couple of times I was in Spokane.
|Games in bars (this bar has since closed--but that won't stop us).
|Dry Fly Distillery.
|Lots of Matilda.
|Spokane Falls.
|Mini golf.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Brief Musical Interlude: Elastica
I don't know if it was the fact that I got about four hours of direct sunlight this weekend and spent it wearing these sunglasses. (And then continued to wear them to work, even though I was fairly certain it was a bit ridiculous.)
Or the chance discovery of my Elastica cd in the truck on Tuesday,
Or remembering that I luh-luh-loved Hackers as a teenager. Johnny Lee Miller as Crash Override? Duh.
Regardless of what sparked the nostalgia, I experienced a total nineties, ironic t-shirt clad, primary colored computer diskettes, chipped blue nail polish, motocross jacket-wearing, girls with boy's haircuts, rings for days, Dr. Martens stomping, messenger bagging your giant laptop, cyber-punk makeup, Discman listening, rollerblading (or as Jesse would correct me, "inline skating", because Rollerblade is actually a brand, not a verb), teenager remix feeling.
Much appreciated, Universe.
This Elastica video will serve as my love letter to 1995. God, could Justine Frischmann be any cooler?
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Dollar-dollar skills, ya'll.
I had a last minute house/cat-sitting gig this weekend, which means I ended up with a bunch of idle time. I spent that time re-watching a few episodes of The Walking Dead--I'm trying to decide if I hate it...I still don't have a clue--reading Catching Fire (which, of course, I love), and thinking someone was going to murder me. Pretty standard fare for all my house-sitting adventures...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
snail friends
This weekend was absolutely glorious--the first really nice weekend the PNW has seen this year. I spent the last 2 weekends in class, but after that was through, I did a bunch of yard work with Mom. We came across these two lovebirds as we were planting radishes and lettuce. I shall call them Edna and Timothy (pssst, the dark shell is Edna).
They shall be my garden pets.
We became fast friends.
Then I politely dropped them off back home.
See you around, Timothy and Edna!
Oh and PS, I also saw a dead bird on campus this weekend. I took a picture of it when no one was around. A couple of minutes later this girl rode by on her bicycle. She saw the bird and looked really sad. Then she picked up the dead bird (with her hands BIRD FLU, HELLO!!!), and she put the bird in her backpack.
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Labels: backyarding, birds, Garden, Glass Ave., mother, nature treasures
Monday, April 23, 2012
Brief Musical Interlude: WAINWRIGHT.
The US release date is 1 May. We're the last on the list... But Rufus is definitely worth the wait.For details on his new album and to preview some songs, go here. And here's the brand new video for the new album's title song, featuring the lovely Helena Bonham Carter.
UPDATE!! Catherine informs me that you can preview the new album in its entirety on NPR.
There's also a terrific little article. Happy Rufus-ing!
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
|stone structure
|trains across Trent
|Wendy by Jennifer Li
|night at the Museum
instagram christinesuzanne
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Friday, April 20, 2012
noble neon
I realize neon is a big thing again. Whatever. I'm thrilled because now I can find neon stuff, like wallets and whatnot, everywhere. And maybe in two months, I won't be so thrilled. But for now, I'm soaking it up. Well, not literally.
Actually, strike that. Reverse it.
Since neon is a noble gas (and on the periodic table of elements!!!), it is present in the air in trace amounts, which means that all of us are sort of soaking up neon. OH, SCIENCE SLAM! But in truth, neon's allure has nothing to do with the fact that it's an element. For me, neon is all about these fannypacks Monika and I had as kids. Yes. You read that right. Monika's pack was hot pink and white and mine was neon green and black. Oh yeah, we were some badass pre-teens with those babies slung around our hips. I think I took mine to Disneyland with my Girl Scout troop. And Monika's, being white, turned all gray and grimy after like two weeks. Regardless and nonetheless, I have been going over some very fond memories of those fannypacks recently. Yup, my nostalgia is rooted in alllllllllllllll neon.
The inspiration for this project (other than my pining for the fannypacks of days gone by) is the neon friendship ring above. Catherine gave this to me, purchased with her staggering ticket winnings from Wonderland in North Spokane. She's a Ticket Beast, believe me. I think she'll appreciate that moniker. Who wouldn't?
Rounding up the usual suspects: a selection of paints, paintbrush, scissors, cotton clothesline, and matches
Wrap the clothesline around your finger to determine ring size or around your wrist if you want to go bracelet.Leave a tiny bit of wiggle room because you'll lose a bit when you seal the ends together.
(With those matches. Yes, there is fire in this tutorial.)
Instead of making paint puddles on my magazine work surface, I used the paint caps. Keep it clean, I say.
I like to hold the clothesline thusly. I definitely do not mind getting paint on my fingers.
Give your clothesline a good coat of paint. Over, under, and all around.
I went for stripes and blocks of color, and I decided leaving the natural cotton rope was also nice.
Let the paint dry. I didn't really time it--a couple hours should be adequate. Once dry, form the rope into a circular shape. The paint will make it stiff, so you might have to bend it a bit to loosen things up.
Now you'll burn both the ends. Eeek! Only adults for this step.
As soon as the end heats up, the synthetic interior of the clothesline will get all melty.
That's your cue to smoosh the two ends together. They'll stick like glue.
Brush off the ashy bits and...Voila! Aww look, it's a brand new ring!
Now, I did wonder about burning the ends of the clothesline, like if there might be a less smokey way to go. But I tried a couple glues and found the results messy, and corralling the wild and wooly ends of the clothesline, as it started to unravel, was pretty difficult with glue alone. The matches are a nice option because they melt all those flyaway bits together and really do form a tight bond. I've been wearing my rings for a week now and haven't had any issues with things coming undone or the soot factor, so I'm sticking with fire. Duh, of course I am. I would, however, like to give them a coat of Modge Podge, so they don't get all soggy when I wash my hands...also so the natural cotton parts don't end up looking like Monika's white fannypack. You know, all gray and sad, yet well-loved. Always well-loved.
But that, my dears, is for another day. Right now, I'm just going to enjoy this neon nostalgia.
But that, my dears, is for another day. Right now, I'm just going to enjoy this neon nostalgia.
P.S. Do not even look at my nail polish. I took these pictures on Monday, and believe me, without any touch-ups, the nail polish situation has only gotten worse. Honestly, I don't know how I think I can get away with wearing half-scrubbed-away nail polish to work. What am I, fourteen? Actually, if we consider the evidence, the neon evidence... Tsk. Tsk. So slovenly.
Posted by Christine at 8:50 AM
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Labels: best friends, crafts, DIY, handmade, jewelry, projects, Super-nerd
Thursday, April 19, 2012
One was pink and the other gold.
I decided I was done with these gold "hecho in mexico" frames I'd purchased at estate sales over the years. They needed something new and fresh done to them, so I thought....spray paint. I have 2 different frames like this, but one is a little bit more ornate. They both worked out well. I also printed new pictures from last fall's vacation to Iceland/Copenhagen/Stockholm.
The before shots.
One was pink, the other a blue/gray.
Best to do this part outside.
Spray the shit out of the frame.
This is the first frame I did. After it was all dry (about 30 minutes), I brought it inside.
You'll notice that this frame has a natural border on the inside. This is made up of some weird canvas material. I thought it was the perfect place to put an accent color. I dug out my acrylic paints, and decided to mix white and orange and paint the border a light orange. Fact: It took a long time to paint the orange stripe and it was tedious!
I'll be honest, at first, I didn't love it, but it really has grown on me.
It adds a bright pop to the room and definitely updates the frame.
It adds a bright pop to the room and definitely updates the frame.
The colors seem to compliment the nice scene of one of the many harbor streets we saw in Copenhagen.
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Average ticket prices for Vegas shows hit a record high
The average ticket price for a Las Vegas show has broken the $80 barrier for the first time, reversing a decline and indicating tourists' willingness to pay more.
According to The Las Vegas Advisor's annual survey, done in March, the average ticket cost $80.22, including taxes and fees when bought via phone or Ticketmaster, the way many visitors do. That's a $4.78 increase over last year. Most expensive: a meet-the-stars VIP ticket for Donny & Marie at $310.50, up from $294.11.
The shows with the most expensive lowest-tier tickets in the survey (which excluded limited runs), according to Las Vegas Advisor publisher Anthony Curtis:
1. Le Rêve, $123.75
2. Donny & Marie, $121
4. Absinthe, $117.90
5. Peepshow, $91.20
6. Mystère, $90.85
7. David Copperfield, $89.94
9. Zarkana, $86.85
10. Zumanity, $86.85
Interestingly, you can book a seat to see popular Celine Dion at the 4,300-seat Caesars Colosseum for $72, the survey says ($69.50 direct from the box office). And this year's least-expensive ticket is the Riviera Comedy Club at $23.99
Note that it's usually cheaper to buy at the box office (Donny & Marie costs $116.60 that way, including tax, Caesars Entertainment says, and the top VIP package is $306), and even smarter to find discounts via sources such as the Advisor codes, offers noted on LasVegasAdvisor.com and other websites, half-price ticket offices in Vegas, or using coupons or players clubs to get the costs down.