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Are you Pretty in Pink or Sixteen Candles? You can't be both. I find that, amongst my friends at least, loyalty lies with one movie or the other. Pretty in Pink is my jam. I've seen it at least 50 times and if it's on TV, I must watch it 'til the end, even if it's edited with commercials. Full Story

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From 1965-2006, USA Swimming recognized the fastest 16 swimmers in each age group. In 2000, rather than honor the top 16 in each age group, we chose to recognize the top 10 swimmers per age.
Starting on September 1 and continuing until August 31 of the following year, USA Swimming records the times of swimmers across the country. Then in September and October, we work to compile the list of the top 10 swimmers of each age. In November, those top athletes are recognized online and in a special section of Splash magazine.
Swimmers can qualify for the Top 10 list in any and all events. So get out there and get moving to get your name published as one of the fastest swimmers in the country!
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The archive below lists Top 16 times from 1965 until 2000 in each age group. From 2000 until now, the archived lists below report the top 10 times per age. The USA Swimming Times team started this archive with 08-09 times. The list will be Top 10 and then expand over time.
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Dhanani Law Firm needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 108 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
I need a logo for a boutique immigration law firm that will be used for business cards, letterhead, advertisements and website.
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I need a logo for a boutique immigration law firm that will be used for business cards, letterhead, advertisements and website. My clientele includes small to mid-size companies, professionals in various industries as well as nonprofessionals. You can read more about my firm by going to http://www.dhananilaw.com. The website will be redone in part based on the winning logo so don't rely on the current site's look for coming up with a logo.
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6. TAG LINE: Immigration Attorneys. If you can design a logo that also looks good without the tag line that would be ideal.
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1. The statue of liberty, globes, bald eagles and passports are overused on immigration law firm websites. Try to avoid these symbols unless they are used in a clever/creative way.
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Great American Beer Festival pre-sale comes off cleanly, but sell-out takes longer
Today's members-only Great American Beer Festival pre-sale appeared to come off smoothly without the technical glitches that marred the last two years, but there was an interesting twist – the ticket allotment took longer than last year to disappear.
Tickets made available early for members of the American Homebrewers Association and the Brewers Association sold out in four and a half hours, compared to about 90 minutes last year, said Barbara Fusco, sales and marketing director for the Boulder-based BA.
That sounds striking on the surface but note that the main holdup was slower sales for the Saturday evening session, which has gained a reputation over the years as being rowdier and just not as attractive to hard-core beer geeks buying today's tickets.
Tickets to the three most-sought after sessions – the Saturday afternoon members-only showcase, Friday evening and Thursday evening – were gone in 41 minutes, according to the BA's Twitter feed, which Fusco said reflects real time. Those tickets were gone in less than 20 minutes last year.
Most relieving to the Brewers Association – no reports of the kind of technical problems with festival ticket vendor Ticketmaster that caused much angst the two previous years.
Last year, many would-be ticket-buyers reported they were unable to input their AHA or BA membership numbers on the Ticketmaster web site during the pre-sale. That followed an even bigger debacle in 2012, in which for a short time non-members were able to purchase tickets during the pre-sale on their mobile devices – the BA ended up revoking those mistakenly sold tickets.
Of this year's pre-sale, Fusco said, "It went well. As we expected, demand was high … It did seem to be overall a smooth and error-free ticket sales for most of our members. We didn't have any complaints or notices of any technical problem."
We asked earlier on Twitter how things were going for consumers. One would-be purchaser reported Ticketmaster timeouts, which are typical for any high-demand event. This person found similar …
@First_Drafts was logged in before they went on sale and didn't get the Thursday tickets. Endless message saying high demand try again
— clay (@beergineer) July 29, 2014
There were other gripes …
I've been a member of @BrewersAssoc since the 90's and the only #GABF ticket I can get is the crappy Sat evening session when beer's gone!
— Tek Roo (@Tek_Roo) July 29, 2014
This year's GABF will feature approximately 700 breweries pouring more than 3,000 beers. The general public sale begins at 10 a.m. MT Wednesday.
The BA puts a cap on how many tickets it sells in the pre-sale for general sessions, although it does not disclose specific figures. The event will welcome a total of 49,000 participants over the four sessions Oct. 2-4 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver – the same as in previous years. The group does not disclose how many tickets are actually sold. Those attendance numbers include brewery reps, press and others in addition to ticket-buyers.
So is there anything to read into the ticket madness seeming to temper a bit? Have members of the AHA and BA grown weary of the GABF routine? There's been talk in recent years about a backlash against the festival by beer nerds who think it's grown just too big, popular and inaccessible – especially with the addition of other great beer events around town that week.
Note, too, that things slowed down even though BA and AHA membership has grown. Fusco said there are more than 45,000 members of the AHA, up from around 40,300 at the same time last year.
To be sure, some perspective is needed. GABF tickets used to be available on the day-of, and as recently as 2011 the event took 10 days to sell out. So demand, like Fusco said, remains high.
Asked about the slightly slower sales, Fusco said, "It's early to assess or make any assumptions from that. The fact of the matter is, I'm not certain what to make of that. We will have discussions about it."
Fusco added that the BA is proud of the Saturday night session, and suggested its poor reputation among some beer drinkers is rooted in a reality that is years or even a decade old. She said that more brewers are attending the final session, and behavior has improved. There are other reasons to skip Saturday night, too – first and foremost, if you snagged a ticket for Saturday afternoon.
As for those who want to be rid of Ticketmaster … the BA is in the final year of its contract with the ticket behemoth to handle GABF sales. Fusco noted that the event is "incredibly large and complex," which limits the number of vendors who can handle the task. But she said as always, the BA would evaluate the situation, as it does with all things GABF.
Of course, opportunists immediately began offering tickets for sale online today, as Scott Steigerwald of Brewtally Insane noted …
Anyone want to text/call "Randy" and tell him what an asshole he is? http://t.co/LHferDz9Ar #GABF
— Scott The Stig Man (@ssteigerwald) July 29, 2014
Hint: This is the worst possible time to pick up a GABF ticket on the secondary market. There's still the public sale tomorrow. And the last couple of years, tickets at or near face value have been easily obtainable on the street as the sessions begin.


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Jules Michaelis was the foremost local leader in the efforts to get the park built.
- Parks Commissioner August Heckscher, January 22, 1969
This park is named, in part, for Jules Michaelis (1893-1968), a long-time caterer and civic leader in the Rockaways. For 16 years he served as president of the Wavecrest Civic Association, and was also a member of the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce and the Borough President's Committee on Aviation. He was also a leader in the efforts to develop Bayswater Park. The community felt a need for more recreation space and better facilities, and Michaelis was particularly interested in creating a quality baseball diamond so that students from Far Rockaway High School would have a place to play.


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Beautiful Tudor Home
Los Angeles is a city of surprises, but few are as unexpected as Hancock Park. The leafy vest-pocket neighborhood is as charming as any scene Norman Rockwell ever portrayed. "It's a fabulous little hidden sliver of the East Coast," says L.A.-based interior designer Joe Lucas. He should know—both he and Parrish Chilcoat, his business partner at Lucas Studio, are transplanted New Englanders.
Lucas thinks the appeal of this 1925 Tudor-style beauty goes back even further than the 13 colonies. "It's like a mini Downton Abbey," he says. "It's even got an upstairs area that feels like it might have once been a staff wing." In a zip code dotted with notable homes, this house's sparkling diamond-patterned windows, enormous airy spaces, and exuberant moldings make it a neighborhood standout.
Photography: Karyn Millet
Produced by Jenny Bradley
Interior design: Joe Lucas and Parrish Chilcoat, Lucas Studio Inc., and Harbinger, 752 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069; 310/858-6884, lucasstudioinc.com, harbingerla.com.
Door Details
Yet when Jay Ackerman and his wife, Stacy Sibley, went in search of a "forever house" to raise their two growing sons—Brayden, 10, and Jonah, 4 —they dismissed this place as a rundown old pile. Despite its being the work of noted architect Arthur B. Benton, it was in disrepair and had been languishing on the market for years. Most evenings, Jay and Stacy would walk their dog past the house and speculate on what it was like inside. Their conclusion: "dark." And as much as Stacy loves Tudor architecture, Jay's antipathy to dimly lit spaces made it a no-go. Then one day, Stacy got an excited text from Jay, who was inside the house. "This is nothing like what you'd expect from the outside."
Striking Entry
So the reinvention of this lovely grand dame began. Due to the couple's affection and respect for historical detail (they'd renovated five previous homes), the physical transformation consisted mostly of surface changes—painting and repair, sleek new bathrooms, and a beautiful 21st-century kitchen. "We didn't blow out spaces; we wanted to keep the old-house feel," Stacy explains.
To the designer's eye, the public spaces were oppressive. "The living and dining rooms were very formal and dreary. There was this dark-stained mahogany crown molding that looked like a big uni-brow in need of trimming. I felt very strongly it needed to be painted out," Lucas says.
"That did take time to digest," says Jay, "but now I see it was the right decision. And we kept the dark-stained paneling in the entry which makes that room really pop out at you."
The dark stain serves to emphasize the updated painted moldings in the home's other public spaces
Paneling; chandelier: existing.
Paint on upper walls ("Zephyr Hills" #33-10): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Carpet on stairs ("Heatherly" wool carpet): S&J Biren Floor Covering, sjbiren.com.
Area rug (Mongolian afghan rug): Jamal's Rug Collection, 310/289-9777.
Pedestal table: JF Chen, jfchen.com.
Sitting Pretty
Stacy says she and Jay were anxious about preserving the house's integrity. "Keeping the 1920s feel was very important to us." Lucas and Chilcoat's solution was to update the architecture with a dose of youthful glamour. "We used traditional shapes with fabrics that feel fresh," Lucas says.
A custom settee is striking against the dark paneling of the foyer.
Settee (custom): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Settee fabric ("Papyrus"/Amulet, by Katie Leede): Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com.
Art above settee: vintage still life.
Fearless Dining Room
The most fearless mix occurs in the dining room. "This room used to have such a sad old vibe," recalls Lucas. "The wallpaper elevated the room to amazing. It's a coral-y orange, pink, green, and purple world in there, and it makes Stacy so happy."
The dark-stained mahogany molding was painted over in the dining room, effectively lightening up the space. The designers paired a walnut dining table from Harbinger with painted Louis-style chairs upholstered in a Travers stripe (on the back) and a Schumacher velvet (on the seat). Emerald-green curtains mix playfully with a patterned wallpaper from Idarica Gazzoni.
Wallpaper ("Sash Flower," by Idarica Gazzoni, discontinued): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Dove Tale" #267): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Drapery ("Douppioni"/Emerald #1888): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Area rug (Mongolian Afghan): Jamal's Rug Collection, 310/289-9777.
Mirror ("Dawn"): Made Goods, madegoods.com.
Server: antique.
Dining table ("Harbinger Custom Perlin Walnut Pedestal Table" #FRN263): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Dining chairs: custom.
Chair-seat fabric ("Gainsborough Velvet"/Graphite #42770): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Chair-back fabric ("Tahoe Stripe"/Aqua Melange #40099.676, by Travers): Zimmer + Rohde, zimmer-rohde.com.
China: antique.
Stemware (vintage): owner's collection.
Flatware; napkins: World Market, worldmarket.com.
Chandelier ("Alexandra" #CHC1523); sconces ("Symmetric Single Twist Sconce" #CHD1610): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Hurricane on table: John Rosselli & Assoc., johnrosselli.com.
Flowers: Julep Custom Floral, julepstudio.com.
Pitcher and bowl on server: owner's collection.
China hutch holding antique plates; antique cup and saucer (antique): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Table Setting Detail
Conveying the family members' individual personalities seemed to be Lucas and Chilcoat's decorative aim. They diligently went about unearthing sentimental family treasures and integrating them into the design. In the dining room, they reflected Stacy's spontaneity and sense of fun.
At the table, antique china mixes with linens from World Market.
Antique China
The couple's antique china plays perfectly off the dining room's vibrant palette.
Lovely Living Room Window
If the dining room is Stacy, the living room is more Jay—subdued and smart. "The rest of the house is a good mix of the two," says Lucas, "so there's an undercurrent of who they are running throughout.
Designers Joe Lucas and Parrish Chilcoat honored the stately architectural details of the room, but injected a youthful glamour. The settee and chairs from Harbinger fit perfectly in the beautiful window bay.
Another view of the living room is on the next slide.
Drapery ("Andes"/Marble #DE11426): Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com.
Sea grass rug (with linen binding): S&J Biren Floor Coverings, sjbiren.com.
Settee ("Pierre Loveseat," by Bunny Williams Home); pair of chairs ("Charlie's Chair," by Bunny Williams Home); small table by chair ("Albero Drinks Table," by Bunny Williams Home): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Settee fabric ("Marlowe Stripe"/Oatmeal, by GP&J Baker, colorway discontinued): Lee Jofa, leejofa.com.
Pillows on settee ("Tivoli" #EMB1997); chair fabric ("Westminster Houndstooth"/Lewis #DE12239): Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com.
Round table: owner's collection.
Chandelier ("Regency Style Chandelier"#SN5107): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Display cabinets: original to house.
Living Room
Sentimental pieces enhance the personal design of the house. "My dad passed away when I was 4," says Stacy. "He had dabbled in painting, and some of his artwork was sitting in storage and some was stowed in a closet, but Joe got them out and hung one in Brayden's room and one in the living room. It's such a joy to see Dad's paintings every day."
The punch of pink on the pillows from Pat McGann Gallery makes the room both more approachable and more energetic. The tufted sofa upholstered in a Perennials fabric is from Harbinger.
Living Room
Colorful pillows pop on a neutral sofa. Opposite an armchair covered in Idarica Gazzoni painted canvas, a vintage leather adds masculine charm.
Wall paint ("Old Stone Wall" #2658, Lime Wash): Portola Paints & Glazes, portolapaints.com.
Trim paint ("Strong White" #2001): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Drapery ("Andes"/Marble #DE11426): Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com.
Sofa ("Nailhead Sofa," by Bunny Williams Home): Harbinger harbingerla.com.
Sofa fabric ("Carleton"/Natural #DE12155): Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com.
Table to right of sofa ("Cadiz Side Table," discontinued): Mr. Brown Home, mrbrorwnhome.com.
Table lamp ("Culloden Table Lamp"/Blue Lagoon with Linen Shade #ARN3608, by Aerin): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Chair to right of sofa (vintage); chair fabric (vintage leather): Lawson-Fenning, lawsonfenning.com.
Nesting tables to left of sofa ("Rope Nesting Tables"): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Mirror above nesting tables ("Isabella"): Made Goods, madegoods.com.
Armchair in front of mirror ("Regale Armchair," by Bunny Williams Home); chair fabric (painted canvas, by Idarica Gazzoni): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Coffee table in front of sofa ("Cara Oval Coffee Table"): Made Goods, madegoods.com.
Carpet (seagrass with linen binding): S&J Biren Floor Coverings, sjbiren.com.
Pretty Peonies
A beautiful pink floral arrangement holds court in the living room.
Coffee table ("Columbia" #6000, by Paul Ferrante): available through Hewn, hewnsf.com.
Vase (mercury glass); flowers: Julep Custom Floral, julepstudio.com.
White-on-White Kitchen
The newly renovated kitchen updates the home without distracting from its 1920s charm. The backsplash tile is from Waterworks.
Paint ("Zephyr Hills" #33-10): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Cabinetry: custom.
Cabinetry finish ("Stonington Gray" #HC-170): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Cabinetry hardware: Schaub& Co., schaubandcompany.com.
Backsplash ("Grove Brickworks"): Waterworks, waterworks.com.
Perimeter countertops: Absolute Black Granite, honed.
Hanging lights over island ("Small Amphora Bell Jar Pendant" #CHC2114): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Bar stools ("Abacus Counter Stool"/Hand Rubbed Black #GSTOOL201HBS-C): Noir, noirfurniturela.com.
Bar-stool fabric (faux leather): Zimmer + Rohde, zimmer-rohde.com.
Window shades ("Florence"/Pale Almond, Natural Woven Shades): Horizons Window Fashions, horizonshades.com.
Breakfast Room
Woven chairs from Janus et Cie and a custom table add visual weight to the breakfast room. The shade fabric is from Pindler & Pindler.
Wall paint ("Zephyr Hills" #33-10); ceiling paint ("Zephyr Hills" with 50 per cent white): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Window shades ("Inez"/Indigo #INE002-BL01): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Chandelier ("Bead and Tassel Chandelier" #CHC1419): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Dining table: custom.
Dining chairs ("Melbourne Side Chair"): Janus et Cie, janusetcie.com.
Vase with flowers: Julep Custom Floral, julepstudio.com.
Blue glasses; dinnerware: owner's collection.
Flooring: original oak floors with walnut finish.
Green Bedroom
Upstairs, Lucas made sure young Brayden's room highlighted his passions with a coat of Boston Celtics green. What 10-year-old boy wouldn't jump at a chance to have his bedroom reflect his favorite team?
A bold Plumwich fabric on the headboard and a papier-mâché animal sculpture above it ensure that boring is banished from Brayden's room.
Wall paint ("Lafayette Green" #HC-135): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Upper wall and ceiling paint ("Windham" #33-11): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Window shades ("Holland Mesh"/Berkshire, Natural Woven Shades Collection): Horizons Window Shades, horizonshades.com.
Area rug ("Morello"/Surf, by Missoni): Stark Carpet, starkcarpet.com.
Bed: custom.
Headboard fabric ("Tessa"/Charcoal Grey and Citrus, by Plumwich): J.A. Design Studio, jadesignstudio.com. Through Nicky Rising Ltd., nickyrising.com.
Patterned sheets and pillow cases; blue bed cover; blue quilted pillow; animal head sculpture above bed (for similar, "Papier-Mâché Animal Sculpture-Impala"): West Elm, westelm.com.
Bed-skirt: Bed, Bath & Beyond, bedbathandbeyond.com.
Brown striped bolster pillow ("Lubeck"/Turquoise #2536, discontinued): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Bedside table ("Overland," discontinued): Serena & Lily, serenaandlily.com.
Wall light by bed: vintage.
Chair (vintage, with zebra hide): available through Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Lamp by chair ("Hudson Floor Lamp" #TOB1004, by Thomas O'Brien): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Colorful Bedroom
Beautiful beds from Noir Trading are topped with fresh bedding from West Elm. A Missoni Morello rug in "Bark" adds fun color underfoot.
Twin beds ("Bachelor Bed, Twin"/Hand Rubbed Black #GBED112): Noir, noirfurniturela.com.
Wall paint ("Minnow" #28-25); ceiling paint ("Winter's Gate" #28-29): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Area rug ("Morello"/Bark, by Missoni): Stark Carpet, starkcarpet.com.
Window shades ("Holland Mesh"/Berkshire): Horizons Window Fashions, horizonshades.com.
Hanging light ("Petite Star Pendant," discontinued): Ballard Designs, ballarddesigns.com.
Elephant head sculpture on wall ("Papier-Mâché Animal Sculpture-Elephant"): West Elm, westelm.com.
Bedside tables ("Smith Side Table" #POP006): CFC, customfurniturela.com.
Table lamps ("Jute Mariner's Table Lamp," discontinued): Restoration Hardware, rh.com.
Eurosham and bed cover; lumbar pillows: West Elm, westelm.com.
Cool Master Bedroom
In the master bedroom, walls are painted a cool cement gray. A four-poster bed from RH anchors the space.
Another view of the bedroom is on the following slide.
Bed ("Vienne French Four-Poster Bed"): Restoration Hardware, rh.com.
Bed fabric ("Brahma"/Mer #2076, discontinued): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Bed linens; blanket: Peacock Alley, peacockalley.com.
Striped pillows on bed: H.D. Buttercup, hdbuttercup.com.
Bedside table: Made Goods, madegoods.com.
Table lamp ("Mottega," Design Your Own Collection): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Master Bedroom Seating Area
A soft green, tufted wing chair acts as a curvaceous partner to a vintage dresser and provides a pop of color to the neutral room. Sconces flanking the Bunny Williams Home mirror are from Circa Lighting. The four-poster bed from RH is covered in a zesty, patterned fabric.
Wall paint ("Cement Gray" #2112-60); ceiling and trim paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Area rug ("Talisa Rug," wool): Restoration Hardware, rh.com.
Wing chair ("Franklin Chair"/Hand Rubbed Black #SOF133HB): Noir, noirfurniturela.com.
Wing-chair fabric ("Avignon," by Jacques Bouvet, discontinued): Jacques Bouvet et Cie, jacquesbouvet.com.
Bureau by wing chair: owner's collection.
Mirror ("Rex Mirror"): Bunny Williams Home, bunnywilliamshome.com.
Sconces flanking mirror ("Huntingdon Crystal Double Sconces" #SP2013): Circa Lighting., circalighting.com.
Flowers: Julep Custom Floral, julepstudio.com.
Pet Portrait
Kelsey, a terrier mix, enjoys the comfy new upholstery on the couch in the master bedroom.
Sofa (with dog): owner's collection.
Sofa fabric ("Wells"/Teal #1541, colorway discontinued): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Pillow on sofa ("Benaki"/Honey Dove #3102-3): Carleton V, carletonvltd.com.
Master Bathroom
A vanity painted in a soft gray from Pratt & Lambert is paired with a marble countertop. Sconces are by Ralph Lauren through Circa Lighting.
Paint ("Mirage Gray" #28-31); vanity paint ("Gigs Grey" #28-26): Pratt & Lambert, prattandlambert.com.
Vanity: custom.
Vanity hardware: Schaub & Co., schaubandcompany.com.
Vanity countertop: Haisa light marble.
Mirrors ("Sabine"): Made Goods, madegoods.com.
Lights over mirrors ("Deco Double Wall Sconce" #RL19035, by Ralph Lauren Home): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Art between mirrors (by Alex K. Mason): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Flowers: Julep Custom Floral, julepstudio.com.
Window shades ("Bargello"/Turquoise #BAR5): Peter Fasano Ltd. peterfasano.com.
Tile flooring: Haise light marble, hex.
Area rug (by Thom Felicia for Safavieh): Safavieh, safavieh.com.
Master Bathroom Tub Area
A Swedish arm chair cozies up to the soaking tub; the "Bargello" window shade draws out the colors in the watercolor painting.
Art over tub (Boathouse Watercolor): Natural Curiosities, naturalcuriosities.com.
Window shades ("Bargello"/Turquoise #BAR5): Peter Fasano Ltd. peterfasano.com.
Area rug (by Thom Felicia for Safavieh): Safavieh, safavieh.com.
Chair ("Harbinger Swedish Upholstered Back Arm Chair" #FRN294): Harbinger, harbingerla.com.
Family Portrait
Homeowners Jay and Stacy say they don't see the project ever truly ending. "The other day Joe brought some gorgeous coral fans over and they look incredible," says Stacy. "With a house like this, we can add things, and it will change as we change. Old houses can do that. That's what I love about them. The original owner's initial is still carved above our front door and we'll never get rid of it. Joe understood that, but he also knew we needed to make this place our own."
Jay Ackerman with his wife, Stacy Sibley, and their sons, Brayden and Jonah.


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It was a chilly yet beautiful Saturday morning and heading to the cafe (formerly known as Blake's) was a bit of a gamble, you see I like to hunt the internet for a menu before I arrive - shameful I know. I mean, why can't I just wait for the surprise? Well, I am a vegetarian, so it's in my nature to check thoroughly before I venture out to somewhere new and it's also probably because I like to always know things right away, patience is not a virtue I am equipped with unfortunately.
Arriving at the cafe it looked packed without being crowded and definitely enough room for us and even a few more. The waiter asked whether we wanted to be seated inside or out. Although is was chilly, outside was a lot quiter and more relaxing, I find that everywhere I go so we opted for the latter.
Inside the collection of baked treats was well received. I loved how they positioned the table in the middle of the cafe, it gives everyone a chance to really have a look, plus, let's be honest - it looks adorable and the lemon and lavender cupcakes with little butterfly wings looked delectable!
The cafe looks posh, very posh, but there was nothing stuck up about the way we were treated. I'm not really a fan of anyone or any place that acts pretentious. I was still a bit sleepy and although I wasn't hungover, I must have looked it when the waiter asked if I wanted a gin and tonic instead of a coffee! The fun and friendly relaxed nature made me instantly warm to the place, on top of this, the service was just simply impeccable. These are some well trained waiters/waitresses!
I did of course go for a soy hot chocolate. It was creamy and delicious but definitely could have been hotter, I also had a strong dislike for how small it was. There's something about those little glasses that cafes constantly use that I dislike immensely, I could gulp it in one! D ordered a soy flat white and although it was tasty, once again could have been hotter.
Most of the time when I head out for breakfast, I opt for eggs, I think it's the fact that during the week I make sure I have a decent yet healthy breakfast and eggs are always a weekend treat. This menu changed my mind. As much as I desperately wanted to try the poached eggs, I couldn't say no to the porridge and boy was that the best breakfast decision I've ever made! I honestly can't even explain the heaven in my mouth...you need to go try it for yourself! It was creamy but the oats still had that tiny bit of bite and whoever thought of adding pistachios on top of porridge is a genius! Not forgetting the strawberries that were slightly cooked down into a compote.
D went with his favourite poached eggs a side of beans and a potato cake (he was really looking to order a hashbrown of course). The beans were delicious and the eggs so perfectly cooked, it was impressive and the potato cake was 'pretty good'.


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Nathalie Rozot, professor at Parsons The New School for Design and founder of the lighting-design think tank PhoScope, has developed a collection of light-related neologisms aimed at increasing awareness about current lighting issues.
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Nathalie Rozot, professor at Parsons The New School for Design and founder of the lighting-design think tank PhoScope, has developed a collection of light-related neologisms aimed at increasing awareness about current lighting issues.
PhosWords is a new vocabulary for lighting, developed by US academic Nathalie Rozot. Her idea was to develop of a whole new vocabulary that then became a manifesto in the form of an etymological game. As one word led to another, she has published a first edition of the 'dictionary', comprising more than 400 words. She regularly creates more words and there is a second edition planned with over 500 words.
For Rozot this is just one aspect of her work and practice, both as an academic and a lighting designer. All this work is informed by her belief that we need a fundamental cultural shift in design. One way is for lighting designers to become more fluent in general design issues. We should raise our aspirations, she believes. Lighting designers should aspire to be the lead designers on large pluri-disciplinary projects, because for some projects a photocentric approach is relevant, especially today.
She set up a think tank called PhoScope to address the perceived lack of critical discourse. This has a number of strands. In addition to PhosWords there is PhoShaping which encompasses experimental, speculative design projects. PhosForum aims to launch public programmes that go beyond project-based presentations, to expand our culture with more critical conversations. PhotoTexts are writings on the theoretical issues that are developed or discussed in the other two activities.
Rozot is especially interested in this notion of urban lighting as part of urban ecosystems. "I see it as a broad area with many subtopics," she says, "but to build a theoretical foundation requires finding or inventing models to explore our nocturnal environments. I have found inspiration in architectural theory and from authors who studied popular culture and forces that drive the built environment, but lighting is not urban design and it's not architectural design: we need our own models."


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 13 (UPI) -- A witness says a teenager charged with attempted murder ordered a friend to pour rubbing alcohol on another boy, which lawyers argued led to the boy's burns.
Calvin Kenny, the best friend of victim Michael Brewer, testified Tuesday he and a group of teenagers found a jug filled with rubbing alcohol on the day of the incident. He said Matthew Bent ordered Denver Jarvis to pour the liquid on Brewer's back and neck, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported.
Prosecutors allege Bent is responsible for what happened after another friend, Jesus Mendez, flicked a lighter and set Brewer afire.
Bent's attorney's argued his client never threatened to harm Brewer explicitly, citing a conversation Jarvis had with Bent in an interrogation room following their arrests in October 2009 in which Jarvis said he acted on his own.
Brewer survived the burns after seven skin grafts and a two-month stay at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He still requires treatment to keep his skin and muscles flexible.


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Lutyens restaurant is holding a very special fundraising event 'The Fleet Street Dance' on the 17th September in order to raise money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. The organisation celebrates their 50th anniversary today, having achieved a great deal, so come and join us for a fantastic fundraiser to raise even more towards their work!
The event promises to be an evening to remember, with a cocktail reception featuring specially designed drinks by award winning cocktail barman Julian de Feral, a delicious dinner menu created by head chef David Burke, with wines to accompany the meal carefully selected by head sommelier Andrew Connor.
The Lord Colwyn Band will be providing music for the occasion, with tickets costing £135, which includes a donation to the charity.
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CLOUDY earns 4 Annie Award nominations
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS earns 4 Annie Award nominations, including Best Animated Feature
OPEN SEASON 2 nominated for Best Home Entertainment Production
CULVER CITY, CA, December 1, 2009 - Sony Pictures Animation's hit film, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, earned 4 Annie Award nominations, including Best Animated Feature, Best Directing, Best Writing and Best Animated Effects, as announced by ASIFA-Hollywood. OPEN SEASON 2, produced by Sony Pictures Animation for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, was nominated for Best Home Entertainment production.
The nominees are:
Best Animated Feature
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Feature Production – Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Feature Production Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animated Effects – Tom Kluyskens
Best Home Entertainment Production
The 37th Annual Annie Awards will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Since its release on September 18, 2009, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS has been critically acclaimed around the world and commercially embraced, grossing over $180 million to date. The movie is set for release on DVD and Bluray on January 5, 2010.
The film is based on a best-selling children's book by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett, and the team at Sony Pictures Animation and first-time animation directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller did an extraordinary job of taking the conceptual and thin book, and opening up the story in a creative and imaginative way that supported a full length feature film. In 3-D, the film really takes on another dimension for its innovation. Cloudy features celebrity voices including Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, and Mr. T, among others.
OPEN SEASON 2 is the sequel to the 2006 hit Open Season, Sony Pictures Animation's first theatrical film release. Open Season 2 is directed by Matt O'Callaghan. The co-director is Todd Wilderman. It was written by David I. Stern, based on the characters created by John Carls, Jill Culton, Steve Moore and Anthony Stacchi. The film is produced by Kirk Bodyfelt and Matt O'Callaghan. Sony Pictures Animation's sequel to OPEN SEASON, topped the Home Entertainment charts to be the #1 title of the week with its January 27 U.S. debut. The title also scored around the world, where it equaled or bettered the original 2006 release.
About Sony Pictures Digital Productions
Sony Pictures Digital Productions is the digital production center of Sony Pictures Entertainment and comprises Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. Sony Pictures Imageworks is a leading, state-of-the-art digital animation and visual effects studio creating computer-generated (CG) images for motion pictures through its live action, all CG animation, performance capture and 3D stereoscopic capabilities. Its work has been recognized with two Academy Awards® and numerous honors. Imageworks also houses Imageworks Interactive, a full service creative group that produces websites and supports digital marketing for the studio and outside clients. Sony Pictures Animation develops and produces CG animated feature films from storyboard to screens. Sony Pictures Animation's first two full-length features, OPEN SEASON, released in 2006, and 2007's SURF'S UP, were critically acclaimed and have together accumulated close to $350 million in worldwide box office revenue. SURF'S UP also received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature in 2007. Sony Pictures Animation most recently completed OPEN SEASON 2 for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and enjoying worldwide success with its current hit CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. Two new feature films, THE SMURFS and HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, are in pre-production for Columbia Pictures.
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The Bacon iPhone Case was a feat of engineering, for sure. But what about those times that you don't want to carry around 16GB of bacon in your pocket?
If you have a last generation iPod shuffle (you know, the version that doesn't judge your taste in music), then one Etsy seller will provide you with a coordinating handmade bacon case for just $19. Just keep in mind, as tasty as that case might look, you should never attempt to swallow your iPod shuffle.


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Pluddies needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 118 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
Logo design for new business startup concentrating on personalised/customised print products. Logo must be large-scale but reproduce well at small sizes when printed. Logo must be colorful, fun yet professional at the same time - use bright colors, feel free to experiment with gradients or other effects.
Desired Color Scheme:
Bright? Glowy? Nothing dark and dull please.
Desired Style:
Colorful, fun yet professional
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Pluddies.com is a new business startup and we require a unique, colorful yet professional logo for our website, products and stationary.
The logo must reproduce well in print at small sizes - for example, it will feature on our products in a similar way to logo's of birthday/christmas card designers on the back of cards.
We have no set color scheme in mind at this stage, but please bare in mind the logo will more often than not be printed on a white background so it needs to stand out. We would like to see some experimenting with light greens.
The logo does not have to contain a symbol, it could simply be the word pluddies done in some sort of clever, appealing way, but of course we will leave feedback on all kinds of entries.
Take the word Pluddies,and work with what it suggests to you. Alternatively, concentrate on our business concentration of print products and somehow suggest what we do in your logo design. Your hands are untied!
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The Pope's Decision
What a bombshell. "Pope Resigns" is probably not a headline you ever thought you'd see. When I first heard, in a phone call at about 6:30 this morning, I literally had to shake my head to get the words understood. The announcement seemed jarring, out of the natural order of things: Popes don't resign, God takes them. A resignation seems worldly, like something that happens in the world, where people give you 30 days' notice and send a blast email saying they're moving on to newer opportunities.
I thought almost immediately of John Paul II in the final years of his illness. Asked why, in his suffering, he would not resign, he is reported to have said, "Christ did not come down from the cross." You accept your suffering and add it to the mystic chord of the world's.
And yet . . .
Benedict is old, 86, and for 24 years, as John Paul's Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was one of the few to see, up close and every day, the cost of John Paul's great courage and the price the Vatican as an institution was paying for the otherworldly endurance and grit of John Paul, whose last few years were one long goodbye, and whose ability to administrate was diminished as he became physically disabled. John Paul's illness, Parkinson's disease, was gradual, one of more or less steady, long-term decline. He could do the job until the last years. "Tell those American journalists the pope doesn't run the church with his feet," he had groused, half comically, to an American cardinal. Benedict's illness or illnesses on the other hand—we're not so sure about that, or those. And he is older than John Paul was when he died at 84.
Perhaps in Benedict's decision we are seeing not a witness to suffering but an act of self sacrifice and humility that in its own way too is other-worldly.
He had a hard act to follow in John Paul. Benedict was shy, an intellectual, a soft-spoken scholar, not a showman—there seemed not an ounce of the public actor in him. But all public figures in this age are called to act their roles. And John Paul was one gifted actor, full of zest and warmth. He had wanted for a time, when he was young, to be an actor and playwright. The world first met him, as pope, when he was only 58, and would always hold some of his youthfulness in its mental picture of him. Benedict was old when he came to the chair of Peter.
It is too early to say how his eight-year papacy will be seen by history and historians. He may come to be seen as a bridge between the 20th century and its men, and the 21st and its, between the last great long-serving pope and the next one. He was a writer and thinker attempting to lead in turbulent times. The scandals that grew under John Paul, who came from the heroic school of dissenter-priests, who'd himself bravely resisted the Nazis and the communists, and who probably couldn't believe priests would do such things as the crimes of which they were increasingly accused, had to be faced and addressed by Benedict. Maybe he hopes he took the burden on his back and, as he leaves, can bear it away.
To what is vulgarly—and it is vulgar, and fascinating, too—called the horse race with regard to his successor:
We will be hearing a great deal of speculation the coming weeks. We should keep in mind that it doesn't matter all that much what insiders say about who might have an inside track. Nobody thought it would be Karol Wojtylwa in 1978, just as nobody thought his predecessor, John Paul I, would die 33 days into his papacy. Almost nobody thought Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—too old, too conservative—would succeed John Paul II in 2005.
People never know. It's always surprising now.
They ask if it will be a European, or a cardinal from one of the developing countries. They ask: Will the Italians make a comeback after the papacies of a Pole and a German?
But if you go at the question through a different lens, the great question becomes: Will the College of Cardinals throw the long ball or a shorter one? Will they pick a relatively young man of accomplishment, high energy, and an assumed long future—a 21st-century priest who will have time to put his imprint on the church and the age? Or will they choose an older man who, like Benedict, might have a more limited amount of time and, for that reason, seem be a safer, less decisive choice?
It would be electric if the next pope were an African.
Or a South American.
Or young Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle from the Phillipines, or Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City.
It would be less electric but nonetheless stirring if he were our friendly neighbor to the oft-ignored north, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, formerly archbishop of Quebec.
But the papacy is not like the old American vice presidency, the choice doesn't hinge on geography. Nobody said, "How about a Pole?" before John Paul was chosen, and no one said, "A German is best," to argue for Cardinal Ratzinger.
The outcome will be determined more by questions like these:
Who is the most ardent, loving and truth-minded among us? Who, in that group, has been able to do things?
What is the mood of the cardinals as they begin to think and ponder? What assumptions do they hold about what the world most needs?
What specific and pressing need of the church—the re-evangelization of Europe and the West, growing tensions with Islam, the need to dramatically reach the world's young, the need to make the church new again, to have it understood as a revolutionary force again—is in their view predominant? And which cardinal's gifts, character, talents and history most closely match that need?
Do the Cardinals long for a certain stability? By March 31, Easter, we will have had three popes, including the new one, in eight years. If the cardinals long for stability, do they achieve that through the choice of a young man? Or will they in the end think no, a tried and true veteran might be the stablest choice in a charged and changing world?
What will the Holy Spirit do? In what direction will the Holy Spirit lead them? That is the most important question of all.
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Our Page 1 story on the first quarter's real estate activity contains some heartening news and figures, not just for people buying or selling a home, but for the community in general, for a slowly healing housing market beneficially impacts the region's economy.
Our accompanying chart now covers nine years, the reason being that this housing recession has been deeper and much longer lasting than any in the past few decades. The chart shows, in its central section, that in the last of the boom years — 2005 — there were 11,343 mortgages recorded at Strafford County Registry of Deeds. It took six years to hit bottom, with only 4,394 mortgages recorded in 2011. It wasn't until last year that things began to turn around, and the numbers for first quarter of 2013 show that the long awaited recovery is picking up pace — and that despite a tough February, weatherwise.
The impacts of the housing market crash are better understood by the average person than the complicated financial shenanigans that caused it. For example, thousands of construction workers have been unable to find work in their field in New Hampshire for such an extended period of time that they are officially classified by statisticians as "discouraged." You think?
Then there is the right-hand section of our chart — the foreclosures — where hardship and misery is clinically converted into numbers. Here, there is an overall pattern of continued improvement in the first quarter, but not all communities can celebrate quite yet. For instance, in the first three months of 2013, there were more foreclosures in the town of Farmington than in the city of Somersworth.
On the other hand, both Farmington and Milton have rebounded healthily in the first quarter with recorded mortgages, the numbers almost doubling compared to a year ago.
As the realtors interviewed for our story have noted, more potential sellers are coming off the fence, where they have been uncomfortably perched for a long time, encouraged by the slowly rising home prices. Rising home values also bring some folks who were below water (with mortgages greater than their home values) into a happier financial position, and make every other home owner feel a bit better off.
There is, of course, a long way to go before things get back to where they were, and this is as it should be, for in boom times in the housing market, prices exceed worth, based on the average ability of a family to repay the mortgage, while leaving themselves a cushion.
So, we will continue to monitor the housing market, quarter by quarter, in the expectation that the worst is behind us, and that, as people feel more financially comfortable, retail spending will rise and also strengthen the local economy.
Now we need job creation, especially of the kind that can put unemployed or underemployed graduates to work and allow them to pay off those crippling student loans so that they, too, can qualify for 30-year home mortgages.


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Toronto politics at SXSW
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When the photos first emerged of Damian Lewis on-set in prosthetic makeup as late Toronto mayor Rob Ford — whose crack smoking scandal and sometimes debaucherous behaviour became fodder for late night jokes (and a Kimmel interview) and global fascination — it was easy to assume the movie was all about him. Full Story
Homeland Season 2 episode 1 recap You can only do it once, what I just did. No matter how many seasons of a show there are, you can only once catch up so that you're ready with the rest of the world. After that, you have to wait between breaks like everyone else. I do know this – and yet I still feel like I got the best gift of all. Full Story
Homeland Turbowatch Part 5 – Episodes 9-12
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Homeland Episodes 9-12 Oh, Isa. Oh ,Brody. This was a tough, tough four episodes to watch. Only 12 episodes to tell this story – and I completely understand why they went the way they did. Learning about Brody's plans any earlier would have made us more and more sure that he was going to remain one of the "good guys", or made us more convinced that Carrie was going to be ineffectual. Full Story
Best Emmys Torch-Pass: Mad Men's Out; Homeland's In
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Two things can happen when a show sweeps an entire subsection of categories like Homeland just did: either fans who aren't watching jump in and catch up on this new phenomenon so they can be a part of the club, or they sniff that obviously it's already "too popular" and agree to miss out. Full Story
Most Improved Part Deux: Rosario Dawson
Finally! Something that fits! Something that doesn't cling to all her wobbly bits (as Bridget would say)! Something with no unsightly lumps and bumps! Something that actually does her justice! Hopefully this is an upward trend. Because I don't know if I can take another episode of Rosario Dawson Fashion Criminal. Full Story
Most Ill-Fitting: Rosario Dawson
Sweet Goddess. Any time a dress gives you lumps - imagined or otherwise - it ain"t a good thing. Such a shame for such a beautiful girl. And yet, despite dressing like ass on almost every high profile occasion in recent memory, Rosario Dawson has Jason Lewis. So she looks like sh*t. Well... when you get to go home with that kind of loin explosion - who the f*ck cares? Full Story
Juliette performs
Can you believe Brad Pitt used to date this crazy bitch? In the strangest way, I kind of see the attraction. And yet at the same time, I"m also oddly ashamed of admitting it. Is that the appeal of Juliette Lewis. Sort of like hating Celine Dion and yet somehow knowing all the words to her songs - and singing along at the top of your lungs whenever she comes on the radio? Full Story
I hate Rosario Dawson
Jason Lewis might be an airhead but he"s loin-mashing material. And as you can see, it looks like he"s totally smitten with Rosario Dawson. Thanks to Marcus in Sweden for the link. Love them as a couple, hate the bitch for getting to hit that every night. Full Story
From TJ: Josh Holloway for the Freebie 5
I have a nomination for your #5 spot. I know that he"s probably way too B list but he is the first man I"ve had a truly juvenile school girl crush on in years. Maybe it"s the bad boy thing - which we all experience in our teens don"t we? Anyway...for the number 5 spot I recommend Josh Holloway (Sawyer) from Lost. Full Story
Rosario Dawson is #5
Until one of you wins the Golden Globe Contest, I"m slapping Rosario Dawson"s hot as hell ass on the list in the #5 spot. There is something about this girl that could make me go gay for a day in second. Maybe it"s the skin. Maybe it"s her hair. Maybe it"s the fact that when I look at her, all I can picture is her in that crazy SinCity outfit with a whiop and when you throw Jason Lewis in the mix, looking on appreciatively, it"s a lovely little party, wouldn"t you agree? No??? Well then win the contest and put your own Freebie on my list! For more details, click here: https://www. Full Story


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I just quote wikipedia:
"Divisible groups are important in understanding the structure of abelian groups, especially because they are the injective abelian groups."
I am asking for detail explanation of this application (i.e. concrete theorems, methods and so forth), or/and sources on that issue. Are there some other applications of DAG besides abelian groups theory or even besides algebra?
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012
BioWare confirm a new MASS EFFECT game and a new IP
Flynn, in a clearly calming-the-waters move, reveals that BioWare are currently actively developing three projects. One of these is the recently-confirmed Dragon Age III: Inquisition, which looks set to launch in late 2013.
Secondly, he confirms that the Mass Effect team is, as expected, working on the long-awaited Omega DLC, which will round off the trilogy's last remaining major unfinished storyline. However, he also unexpectedly confirmed that the team is also starting work on a new, full game set in that universe. Based on previous tidbits, it appears that this new game might be a prequel set centuries or even millennia before the existing trilogy. If true, this will fascinatingly open up the possibility of a game featuring no human characters at all (as the trilogy is itself set only thirty years after humans make contact with the Citadel races).
Finally, he also reveals that BioWare are developing a whole new IP and ficitional universe, based on all-new tech. I'd wager that this game is probably in the earliest stages of development and may be aimed at the next generation of consoles.
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Any possibility that DA3 will not be even worse than DA2?
- 19 September 2012 at 00:49:00 GMT
- locusmortiis said...
The retirements could be down to the failure of the Star Wars: The Old Republic. I know a bunch of people who do technical support for the game and they say that they're being moved on to other EA games because demand is so low.
- 19 September 2012 at 04:04:00 GMT
Please use "titbit" instead of the prudish, blushing Americanisation "tidbid"
- 19 September 2012 at 06:57:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
A lot of DA2's more notable problems can be put down to the rushed production schedule. DA3 has been in production for two years already, apparently, and has another year to go before release. That should overcome the problems of repetitive dungeons and reused areas. We'll have to see about the others.
- 19 September 2012 at 17:41:00 GMT
No American has ever said the word "tidbid."
- 19 September 2012 at 18:10:00 GMT
To Anonymous of 6:57 GMT:
Tidbid is the word's original form as it appeared in England. Titbit is a much later form. The retention of the original English 17th century form in North American English has nothing to do with prudishness, as your arrogance would have it, and everything to do with the lexical conservativeness of North American English.
- 19 September 2012 at 19:09:00 GMT
i don't think, that reusing of locations and dungeons was the biggest problem of DA2. gameplay and plot quality was very low.
the whole thing with church, templars, mage circles and demons doesn't seem very interesting to me. of course, religion makes medieval setting more realistic, but all this stuff with 'bad magic' (blood magic) and demons doesn't worth to bring the whole plot to it.
THEDAS is such an interesting setting, elves, dwarwes, constant danger to be possessed by demon while using magic. and DA2 and (perhaps) DA3 are exploring the silliest part of it.
the even biggest problem is gameplay. it'll be more like DA2 gameplay, rather than DA:O. so no raunds, and some kind of slasher, this is sad.
i just hope that good things from DA2 will remain: combat grafics, design of locations. heavy friendly fire was pretty realistic, but it was deleted in later versions of the game.
- 19 September 2012 at 20:32:00 GMT


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Brandon McManus appears to be the Broncos' kicker
Andrew Furney, a rookie from Washington State, left the Broncos' headquarters Saturday without a contract.
Furney was given a tryout Saturday morning with Broncos' general manager John Elway and special teams coach Jeff Rogers in attendance. Furney made all his field goals, but was so-so on kickoffs. Another young kicker, Dustin Hopkins, had to scratch from the tryout because of a minor leg issue.
It appears the newly acquired Brandon McManus will be the kicker to replace Matt Prater, who was placed on the reserve/suspended list today. McManus demonstrated elite leg strength in the Broncos' preseason game Thursday at Dallas, going 5 of 5 in kickoff touchbacks and making field goals of 20 and 40 yards. But he also missed wide right on field goal attempts of 52 and 53 yards.
The Broncos are confident that once McManus spends more time with holder Britton Colquitt and longsnapper Aaron Brewer, that he'll become more consistently accurate.
The 6-foot-3 McManus was a first-team All Big East punter and second-team All Big East placekicker during his senior year at Temple in 2012. He went to training camps last year with Indianapolis, where Adam Vinatieri already had the job, and this year with the New York Giants, where Josh Brown was assured.


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Six months ago today, we launched GeekWire.
My most vivid memory of that morning is John jumping out of my car at a stoplight in Pioneer Square, thinking it would be faster to walk the last couple blocks to our developer's office to get things rolling. He was moving so fast that he turned out to be right.
We've become a little more patient since then, maybe, but we're just as excited about what we're doing. Building this thing is energizing, exhausting, scary, amazing, challenging, and basically lots of fun.
Six months later, GeekWire is our home. It's hard to believe we were ever anywhere else. We know this site has become a favorite hangout for many of you, and we're grateful that you've joined us here. (Yes, even you, "Guest." Congratulations on your persistence.)
When we started, we promised to periodically stop and provide updates on where we stand. We think it's important to tell you what we've been doing, where we're going, and ask for your continued feedback, involvement and support to shape the resource we're looking to build for the tech community.
So here it is, GeekWire's story so far, or at least my version of it …
Who we are, and what we're about
GeekWire is the only national technology news site based in Seattle.
Our goal is to inform, connect, entertain, support, challenge and sometimes even light a fire under the ass of the tech community. We live in Seattle, and what we write is flavored with our city like the salty brine of Puget Sound on the oysters at Fishermen's Terminal.
We cover national technology news with a Seattle lens, and we put a national spotlight on the personalities, companies and occasional revolutions coming out of the Seattle region.
At least that's our aspiration. And hey, if all else fails, we do know how to throw a party.
As many of you know, John Cook and I are longtime reporters on the tech news beat. We got our start in newspapers but we love the online world.
We do our best to cover a broad range of topics, but we also dig deep whenever we can — such as John scouring Capitol Hill this weekend with his son in tow to snap some exclusive photos of Amazon.com's new storage lockers at 7-Eleven. We've been getting so many inquiries from media organizations wanting republishing rights that I'm half expecting a call tomorrow from TMZ.
John and I have worked together for almost a decade now. We almost always get along, occasionally there's some yelling, but for the most part that's just me blowing off steam. We're a good team, and our skills and personalities are a good complement.
We've been part of big media companies in the past, and we started a site for one of those companies a few years back. But GeekWire is the first time we've done an honest-to-goodness startup, like making an apple pie from scratch, you might say.
GeekWire is our chance to not only cover tech startups but to experience just a bit of their world first-hand. We're livin' the life, baby.
Which is the scary part. Fortunately we've got some great people working with us — and two in particular — who actually know what they're doing.
Jonathan Sposato, our partner and investor, is the Obi-Wan of the Seattle startup scene, and we feel fortunate to get to sit down with him to go over business strategy and plans.
Rebecca Lovell, our chief business officer, has been advising startups and literally teaching classes in this stuff for years. Her last job was running the Northwest Entrepreneur Network.
I mean, seriously, how did we get so lucky?
One result of doing the startup thing is that we pay a lot closer attention to those guest posts that we publish from entrepreneurs, in which they share what they've learned. We usually have long email exchanges after they run, debating how the lessons apply to whatever crazy idea we're considering at the moment.
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That's right, email exchanges. Not conversations in the break room. Did I mention we're still virtual?
We are, and this is at the top of our list of things to change. In short, we've been working at home and meeting up a lot at coffee shops and bars. While the back table at the Red Door in Fremont is a fine place to hang out for an afternoon, it's becoming clear that we'd be far more efficient if the core team were working more regularly together in a fixed location.
Our families would be better for it, as well. Working from home brings a ton of advantages — including the chance to take my coffee breaks with my 9-month-old daughter — but at times the inevitable blending of work life into personal life hasn't always been great for my mental outlook.
John's 2-year-old son has started closing his laptop lid when he's working. Rebecca recently moved into a new place that offers Internet access from Broadstripe, with a quality of service that has made the company's name a swear word at our team meetings.
So, yeah, we're in the process of finding ourselves a GeekWire HQ.
Among other things, we're looking forward to having a place to meet up with the companies we partner with (big shout-out here to Bill Nordwall and the team at Foundry Interactive), and also with our cast of contributors — including Practical Nerd columnist Frank Catalano (who really knows how to stir up the Hacker News crowd) and photographer Annie-Laurie Malarkey (whose portraits accompany our Geek of the Week profiles and other features).
A (familiar) new voice on GeekWire
We actually have some news on this front: Our cast of contributors is growing.
We're pleased to report that Monica Guzman will soon be adding her voice to the site, writing a weekly column and periodic blog posts for GeekWire starting this week. Many of you know Monica from her work as the Seattle P-I's "Net Native" columnist before she became the voice of the newspaper's widely read Big Blog.
Fresh off a startup experience of her own, Monica is a true force, and we can't wait to see her take on topics such as the implications of social media, the idiosyncrasies of digital life and, well, I'm mostly just taking a wild guess at what she's going to write about … we've given Monica lots of suggestions but generally just asked her to tackle anything she finds interesting in the general realm of geekdom.
Look for her column starting soon, and please join us in welcoming her to the team.
More news: Our first iPhone app is on the way, in partnership with the Filter digital agency, one of our annual sponsors. Timing TBD, but for quick access to GeekWire headlines and stories, this will come in handy for many of you. And yes, we're looking at apps for other mobile platforms in the future.
Still more news: Our daily email newsletter has been redesigned by the ace team at Seattle's Design Commission. We love it, and we hope you will, too. Distributed at 11 a.m. each day, it's a great way to catch up on every last bit of GeekWire's newsy goodness, or at least give it a passing glance. (Sign up here.)
And hey, have you been listening to the GeekWire radio show? If not, stick that dial to 97.3 KIRO-FM for a conversation about the week's technology news, interesting guests, and our ever-popular Name that Tech Tune contest, with fabulous prizes. (The show is available here as a podcast.)
State of the business, and figuring out what's next
So where is this all headed? As a news business, our success depends on our ability to provide value to our readers and sponsors, and more broadly to the community at large.
GeekWire's readership has eclipsed the projections we laid out in our business plan, and surpassed any of the monthly numbers we've ever experienced in all our years of doing this. That's fascinating to us, because from our perspective we're really just getting started, and we believe there's still a lot we can do to produce better and more creative content as we grow.
Incidentally, on this topic, we'd love to hear your feedback — what you like, what you hate, the types of stories you want us to cover, and the angles you want us to explore. We also thrive on your news tips, not only the inside secrets but even the everyday messages passing on links to news and topics you think we should dig into. Please keep us in mind whenever you hear something you think we'd be interested in. firstname.lastname@example.com.
We're also thankful to all of you who comment on our posts and especially to all of you who contribute guest posts.
Content partnerships with msnbc.com, KIRO-FM, KING-TV, and Seattle Business magazine have helped us reach an even wider audience. We're proud of our top 20 ranking on TechMeme, the tech news aggregator of record, ahead of publications that have been in business many, many more years
But how's the GeekWire business doing? There, too, we're on a solid path.
For that, we're grateful for the huge show of support we've seen from a broad cross-section of people and companies in the Seattle tech community. More than 800 of you attended our launch event, and we're especially thankful to all of the companies that have signed on as GeekWire sponsors and advertisers, including innovative tech companies and top-notch service providers.
So far, advertisers are using GeekWire for everything from finding engineers to selling high-end condos to promoting their next big tech event and building their brands.
Big shout-out here to annual sponsors Filter and Barokas Public Relations. As Rebecca says, they "provide critical services to the ever-expanding tech community, kick ass at what they do, are edgy in their own right, get the job done, and are, in short, geeks of the highest order."
GeekWire is proud to be associated with them.
Of course, this startup thing isn't all wine and roses. Apart from the complications of working virtually, one of our biggest challenges continues to be time, and juggling everything that needs to be done. All of us routinely work late into the night, and early into the morning, to keep up with the daily demands of the site and the larger work needed to move the business forward.
It's no surprise that a big topic of our weekly team meetings is when we should expand, and how — weighing the various ways we want to improve GeekWire as a site and as a business, as well as opportunities we see to better serve the region's tech community. Lots of interesting stuff going on here. Stay tuned.
And yes, we're planning our next big event. (Rebecca is working her magic again.) Stay tuned on that, as well.
Most of all, thanks for being part of GeekWire. We hope you're enjoying it as much as we are.


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Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a snap general election.
There was anticipation over the unexpected statement outside Downing Street, which is only used for major announcements.
She will now need to get the backing of two thirds of MPs in the House of Commons tomorrow, Wednesday, to overturn the Fixed Term Parliament Act meaning the next General Election must be 2020.
The Prime Minister used to a statement in Downing Street to set out the case for going back on her previous pledge there would be no election ahead of 2020.
Mrs May said the lack of "unity" in Westminster over the Brexit process was weakening the Government's negotiating hand with Brussels and meant an election was required.
"We need a General Election and we need one now," she said.
Explaining the timing, Mrs May said it would coincide with the European Union leaders finalising their Brexit negotiating position and come before full talks begin.
Under the terms of the Fixed Term Parliament Act, MPs will have to vote for an early election in Parliament tomorrow.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said: "This election is your chance to change the direction of our country.
"If you want to avoid a disastrous Hard Brexit. If you want to keep Britain in the Single Market. If you want a Britain that is open, tolerant and united, this is your chance.
"Only the Liberal Democrats can prevent a Conservative majority."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he welcomed Mrs May's announcement because it gave "the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first".
"Labour will be offering the country an effective alternative to a Government that has failed to rebuild the economy, delivered falling living standards and damaging cuts to our schools and NHS. In the last couple of weeks, Labour has set out policies that offer a clear and credible choice for the country. We look forward to showing how Labour will stand up for the people of Britain."
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Julie Flisnik has taught at the Creative Workshop since 2002. She earned her BA at Suny Geneseo, and her masters in art education at Nazareth College. An art teacher at Rush-Henrietta High School Since 1995. she did post-masters study at Bennington College, Columbus College of Art & Design and Manhattanville College.
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Q: The pH level in my pond always reads high. What can I do to reduce it?
Mike – Forest Hills, NY
A: Your pond's pH – or potential hydrogen – level is an important measurement to understand because it affects the health of those things swimming around in the water. If your pH level is too high or too low, it could affect your fishes' ability to reproduce, fight disease and metabolize food. It can also impact the well-being of other living things in your pond, like plants, amphibians and other aquatic critters.
A pH test, like the one found in the API® Pond Master Test Kit, can reveal a lot about your pond. But what does a high or low pH reading mean, and how can you adjust its level – or should you just leave it alone? Read on to learn more about understanding your pH level and how to change it.
Potential Hydrogen Defined
In super simple terms, pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a water body is on a scale from 0 to 14. Pure water is neutral. It has a pH close to 7.0 at 77 degrees F. Blood is also close to neutral. Ammonia's pH is ~11, which is high on the alkaline charts, while stomach acid's pH is ~1, which acidic enough to burn through your chewed-up chow.
Adjusting to a Proper pH
You don't have to keep your pond at a perfect 7.0 pH all the time. In fact, an acceptable pH reading for a pond is 6.5 – 8.5, so if your score falls in this range you need not make any changes at all. If it's outside those levels, however, you will need to make some adjustments. Here are some ways to reduce your pH:
- Partial Water Change: Replacing some of your pond water with fresh water is one way to reduce your pH. Remember to treat with water with a conditioner, like The Pond Guy® Stress Reducer PLUS, to remove impurities and heavy metals that could be harmful to your fish.
- Use pH Reducer: If you need to adjust your pH using a pH stabilizer like pH Lift or pH Drop, apply enough treatment to shift the levels 0.5 at a time, wait several hours before re-treating, and test the waters often with your API® Pond Master Test Kit.
- Test Your Water: Try testing your tap water, especially if you're on a well. If the pH is high from your well, then your pond will stay at about that level and you won't be able to do much to treat it.
- Try Clarity Defense®: A water clarifier like Clarity Defense® can help to add trace minerals while buffering pH to promote stable levels and prevent swings. Plus, it clears cloudy water by locking up excess nutrients and allowing your filter to remove them.
Try these tricks to reduce the pH levels in your pond – but remember to do so very gradually. Good luck!
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News tagged with campylobacter
Campylobacter (meaning 'twisted bacteria') is a genus of bacteria that are Gram-negative, spiral, and microaerophilic. Motile, with either unipolar or bipolar flagella, the organisms have a characteristic spiral/corkscrew appearance (see photo) and are oxidase-positive. Campylobacter jejuni is now recognized as one of the main causes of bacterial foodborne disease in many developed countries. At least a dozen species of Campylobacter have been implicated in human disease, with C. jejuni and C. coli the most common. C. fetus is a cause of spontaneous abortions in cattle and sheep, as well as an opportunistic pathogen in humans.
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How to create and edit permission levels
If you're a global or SharePoint admin in your organization, you probably want to control who can make changes on your site. For example, you might want employees in Finance to be able to edit lists, but employees in Marketing to only view those lists. That's where permissions and permissions levels come in.
Permissions allow SharePoint users to perform certain actions, such as edit items in a list or create a site. But you can't assign individual permissions to individual users in SharePoint. Instead, you group related permissions together into a permission level. Then you assign that permission level to a SharePoint group that includes the people you are assigning permissions for.
SharePoint comes with some default permission levels that you can use, such as Contribute and View Only. But if one of those doesn't meet your needs, you can create a new permissions level. It's easier to keep track of permission levels if you don't change the defaults.
Create a permission level
You create and make changes to permission levels on the Permissions Levels page.
To create or make changes to permission levels, you must belong to a SharePoint group that includes the permission to Manage Permissions. By default, you have this permission if you belong to the Owners group or if you are a Site Collection Administrator.
- On the top-level site of the site collection, select Settings .
- For a classic site, select Site settings. On the Site Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, select Site permissions.
- For a modern site, select Site permissions, and then Advanced permissions settings.
On the Permissions tab, in the Manage group, choose Permission Levels.
On the Permission Levels page, choose Add a Permission Level.
On the Add a Permission Level page provide the name and the description.
In the Permissions area, select the check boxes next to the list, site, and personal permissions that you want this permission level to include.
Click Create.
You can make changes to any of the listed permissions levels, except Full Control and Limited Access.
After you create the permission level, assign it to a SharePoint group.
Create a permission level by copying an existing permission level
A quick way to create a new permission level is to make a copy of an existing permission level. You might want to do this when the existing permission level has permissions similar to what the new permission level will have. After you make the copy, you can add or remove the permissions you need the new permission level to have.
To copy a permission level:
On the Permission Levels page, click the name of the permission level that you want to copy. Be sure to click the link; do not select the checkbox next to the name. For example, Contribute, as shown in the following figure.
On the Edit Permission Level page, choose Copy Permission Level, which is at the bottom of the page after the Personal Permissions section.
On the Copy Permission Level page, type a name and description for the new permission level.
Choose which permissions you want to add or remove, and then choose Create
After you create the permission level, assign it to a SharePoint group.
Make changes to a permission level
You can make the following changes to a permission level:
Update the name or description
Add or remove permissions
We recommend that you don't make any changes to the default permission levels that come with SharePoint. You can't make changes to the Full Control and Limited Access default permission levels.
To make changes to a permission level:
On the Permission Levels page, click the name of the permission level you want to edit. Be sure to click the link; do not select the checkbox next to the name. For example, Marketing, as shown in the following figure.
On Edit Permission Level page you can:
Change the description.
Add or remove permissions to the level.
- After you have made you changes, click Submit.
You can delete any permission level, except for Full Control and Limited Access. We don't recommend that you delete a default permission level.
To delete a permission level, on the Permissions Levels page, select the check box next to the permission level that you want to delete, and then chose Delete Selected Permission Levels.
Best practices for permission levels
Permission levels apply to a specific site collection. This means that any changes you make to a permission level will have an effect throughout the site collection. Therefore, here are some recommendations:
Don't edit default permission levels If you change a default permission level, the changes affect all the built-in SharePoint groups within the site collection. It can also cause confusion if you have two site collections that have permission levels with the same name, but each contains a different set of permissions.
Don't delete default permission levels If you delete a default permission level, it will be removed from all built-in SharePoint groups that contain it within the site collection. This can cause users assigned to those groups to lose critical permissions.
Assign permission levels to SharePoint groups You can assign a permission level to a single SharePoint user, but it's easier to keep track of who has permissions to which sites if you assign permission levels to a SharePoint group, and add that individual to the group. This can also help site performance.
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