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The wooden version of a very popular traditional classic game, wonderful game for any occasion and can be played with 2 to any number of players.
This is a beautiful set of Pick-Up Sticks! It's a game to be enjoyed by the entire family! The player holds the sticks together and lets them go at once, resulting in an haphazard pile. The aim is to fish out the sticks carrying the highest score using fingers or other sticks without causing the others to move.
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The couple in the convertible sail down a pristine freeway, the pavement theirs alone. At the wheel, he smiles in suit and tie, while she leans closer, every blonde hair in place, her face a portrait of mobile bliss.
''To whirl along with all the joy your car has to offer,'' reads the ad. ''That's something to want.''
When it ran in the Saturday Evening Post in 1955 — bought by a steel company to hail the newly proposed interstate highway system — U.S. car culture was kicking into top gear. Americans embraced driving as the quickest route to independence, convenience and opportunity and cars as extensions of our homes and our personalities.
But six decades later, take a moment the next time you're stuck in traffic to consider where we're headed. America's romance with the road may be fading.
After rising almost continuously since World War II, driving by American households has declined nearly 10 percent since 2004, a drop whose start before the Great Recession suggests economics may not be the only cause.
''There's something more fundamental going on,'' says Michael Sivak, a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
The average American household now owns fewer than two cars, returning to the levels of the early 1990s.
More teens are waiting to get a license — or not getting one at all. Less than 70 percent of 19-year-olds now have one, down from 87 percent two decades ago, government figures show.
''I sort of marvel at this ... especially with my students. They're just not into cars even in the same way my generation was, and I'm 45,'' says Cotten Seiler, author of ''Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America,'' and a professor at Pennsylvania's Dickinson College. ''I wonder if they've decided that there's another, better way to be free and to be mobile.''
Our changing relationship with cars and driving isn't always obvious. But it becomes clearer on the road, where a journey through five states and across more than 900 miles reveals shifts in habits and attitudes. At a high school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, you'll notice that the parking lot remains half-empty even after students with cars return from lunch. In conversation at a Minneapolis coffee shop, customers tell of hours spent pecking away in place thanks to Wi-Fi, rather than driving to work.
And those changes — whether its car trips replaced by shopping and socializing online, or jams that have turned drives from an escape into a chore — raise complicated questions.
For much of the last century, the car has been Americans' primary vehicle for realizing individual freedom. But in an era of road rage, gas close to $4 a gallon and the temptation of texting behind the wheel, is driving still a love affair? Or is it just a way to get from here to there?
At 6:45 a.m., Sam Kirstein pulls into central Minneapolis after a 5-mile commute, parks and locks his vehicle — and heads for a hot shower.
You wouldn't know when he takes a seat minutes later, wearing a pressed striped dress shirt, that he arrived on two wheels.
Kirstein, an accountant, recalls growing up in a small town in South Dakota where ''cars were a way of life.'' In Minneapolis, he drove 45 minutes to work in traffic, until he and his wife wearied and set off to bike cross-country. They returned, but never put away the bikes. Last year, Kirstein cycled to work every day but five, and put 4,000 miles on a car that used to clock 15,000.
''The only thing I miss is being able to listen to the radio,'' says Kirstein, 45, nursing a mug of coffee at Freewheel Bike — sort of a rest stop for cyclists with lockers, bike parking and a cafe — before heading up to the office.
Each day, more than 3,500 others share Kirstein's route on the Midtown Greenway, a freight rail bed converted to bike highway. More than 4 percent of Minneapolis commutes now happen on a bike, doubling since 2000. Despite bitter winters, more are testing the idea of leaving cars behind.
A second light rail line opens in June, after criticism that it bypasses deserving neighborhoods. Street corners sprout racks of blue-and-green shared bikes. About 45 percent of the 150,000 who work downtown commute by means other than a car, mostly by express bus, despite the city's 1960s move to replace older buildings with parking lots. That syncs with figures showing Americans took a record 10.7 billion trips on mass transit last year, up 37 percent since 1995, far outpacing population growth.
''There's a lot of people who want the less-driving lifestyle, definitely — and the city is trying,'' says Sam Newberg, an urban planning consultant and transportation blogger.
At 3 on a weekday, inside Spyhouse Coffee, a caffeine depot crafted from what was the Land-O-Nod mattress factory, nearly every table is filled by patrons pecking away on laptops, including one dialed into a conference call. Kimani Beard looks up from his screen to explain that he's been working here for more than three hours.
Beard, 40, used to drive a suburban delivery route for DHL, the package express company, burning half a tank of gas a day. On the side, he was a graphic and apparel designer, now his full-time occupation. Today, he's negotiating a licensing agreement, aided by Skype and a chat app. A few days a week, he walks or bikes to Spyhouse from home, less than half a mile away, and tells friends he's going to the office.
''I don't want to drive anywhere,'' he says. ''I've spent my time behind the wheel, but I think I've done enough.''
For Americans, it's long been about more than just driving a car, but making it yours. A rearview mirror seems designed for a tassel or an air freshener. Install a baby seat, add a bumper guard or chrome wheel covers and you've made a statement.
But what if our cars were no longer ours alone?
The question intrigues Heath Anderson and his friends, gathered over beer and fries in a Minneapolis bar to compare experiences picking up passengers using a ridesharing app called Lyft. By day, Anderson teaches college anthropology and deciphers ancient Mexican civilization. But tonight he's sifting through culture-in-motion, looking for new patterns.
On Saturdays, Anderson says, many of his riders are bar goers who don't want to drive. On Sunday mornings, he takes people to church. Other times, people want a ride to go food shopping. Some say they don't want a car. Others can't afford one.
''We're talking about younger people who have different ideas about transportation than their parents do,'' says Anderson, 37.
Trading stories of rides given and received, he and fellow drivers conclude that shared transport breaches the cocoon that has long defined Americans' car time — ''like bringing back hitchhiking for the digital age,'' says Mallory Kurkoski, a lawyer who moonlights as a driver.
Kurkoski's second vocation highlights a new ''sharing economy'' and the technology powering it. But it also point to morphing relationships between people and cars.
That's clear talking with Eugene Dunn and Justin Sakofs, who live four miles apart in adjoining Chicago suburbs, but met only because Dunn's 2005 Pontiac broke down.
Dunn, 43 and a math tutor, takes a train to work. But he needs a car for his second job, refereeing youth basketball on weekends.
''When you're 21 you want to drive around, pick up girls, have fun,'' says Dunn, who lives in Evanston. ''Right now, I just need (a car) to get back and forth and make money.''
So Dunn needed a car he didn't have. But Sakofs, the director of a Jewish day school, had a Nissan he didn't need from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, when his Sabbath observance precludes driving. They found each other through RelayRides, whose app pairs individual car owners with neighbors looking to rent.
Meanwhile, 1 million Americans have signed up for car-sharing — short-term rentals sprinkled around city streets — up from 26,000 in 2003, according to Susan Shaheen of the University of California at Berkeley.
In Madison, Wisconsin, Melissa Malott walks to a city garage twice a month to do grocery shopping in a black Honda Fit that local Community Car rents for $10 an hour. Malott, a 34-year-old assistant to the county executive, recalls how a truck she drove in high school helped define her identity, but says the lack of a car is sort of freeing, provided she can have one when she needs it.
Every two years, ''I think I should just grow up and get a car,'' she says, turning a corner in early evening traffic. But then she remembers the car payments, insurance bills, monthly parking ...
A night later and 140 miles north, the sounds of woodwinds and cellos fill an assembly room in Green Bay, Wisconsin, backing a video about the critical role roadways play.
''But that system, built over generations and entrusted to our care, needs constant upkeep and attention, and the resources needed to support that care are becoming increasingly scarce,'' the narrator informs an audience of 60.
The video, softened by images of farms and smiling faces, raises a politically vexing question: If people keep driving more fuel efficient cars fewer miles how will states pay for roads funded largely with gas taxes? This is one of nine ''town hall'' meetings that Mark Gottlieb, Wisconsin's transportation secretary, hopes will build support for an answer.
''No one wants to pay more for things,'' Gottlieb says. ''We've explained to the public ... that the consequences of inaction are also very real.''
If taxes and fees go unchanged, Wisconsin will fall $680 million short of covering basic maintenance every year for the next decade, transportation officials say. In neighboring Minnesota, where officials held 20 similar meetings last year, officials say they expect to collect $18 billion over the next 20 years — $12 billion less than necessary.
Driving fell in both states during the recession, and is expected to rise just 1 percent a year, reflecting increasing population and truck traffic. Many states are watching Oregon's test of a tax on miles traveled, but skeptics are doubtful about letting government install technology to track — and tax — individual motorists' mileage.
But changes in driving are no longer just a headache for government.
When Jim Cable pulls into the rest stop near Exit 23 on the Indiana Toll Road at dinner hour, just three customers are seated at the Hardee's inside. Leaning against his car, he marvels at how different it feels from the late 1960s, when he worked as a busboy at this same service plaza.
Back then, the lot backed up with cars and buses. Inside, travelers cued up for tables until they could be seated by waitresses who wore matching yellow-and-black uniforms.
Cable says he hadn't heard that a private consortium that paid the state $3.8 billion in 2006 to operate the highway is considering filing for bankruptcy protection because traffic has fallen well below projections. He observes only that his 32-mile commute to work at an oil refinery almost never has traffic. And he laments the rest stop's bygone past.
''It was the kind of place you took your wife out to eat,'' he says.
In fact, American car culture has always been about much more than just getting somewhere. It's hard to measure, though, how much that may have changed.
To start, drive past the mall and the chain drug stores in Michigan City, Indiana, and take a left on Coolspring Avenue to an orange oasis of car culture memories.
''The main strip is right there ... and up and down everybody would go and this was one of the stops,'' Barry Oliver says, setting aside his cheeseburger to recall teen nights cruising to Carlson's Drive-In, a local institution for 67 years. ''Yeah, it definitely takes you back to an older time.''
The modern drive-thru is a pit stop. But places like Carlson's, where a car hop arrives at the window before you turn off the ignition and kitchen staffers call themselves ''Weenie Queenies,'' were destinations for Americans embracing driving as recreation. That explains why Oliver, introducing his girlfriend to Carlson's, tells her the food is best appreciated in park. And why Amanda Simmons, sharing a silver Kia with daughters Miya and Teja, favors the drive-in for ''family bonding time.''
Through the 1990s, Indiana had nearly 60 vintage drive-ins. Now, five or six remain, says owner John Hermann, as mom-and-pops surrender to age and operating costs much higher than quick-serve chains. Drive-in movie theaters, which numbered 4,300 in 1957, have dwindled to just 350.
If cruising is losing its touchstones, where does that leave car culture?
Walking a visitor past an 1897 gasoline buggy and a 1954 robin's-egg-blue Olds 88, Bill Adcock offers perspective. People rejected the first cars because belching engines frightened horses, says Adcock, executive director of the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, Michigan. But Americans soon realized cars' practicality and that bloomed into outright affection.
Adcock, a ''car nut'' since a childhood spent fixing engines, acknowledges that computers in today's vehicles make it harder to pop the hood and bond. But Americans still love them, he says, pointing to NASCAR's popularity.
Others aren't so sure.
''When I come back, I see it. I hear it. I smell it. Gear heads live here,'' says Todd Davis, a Lansing native visiting from Orlando. Away from Michigan, ''it's not like that — the love of your car and shining your car and waiting to go to the parking lot.''
Paul Kuhlmann, here from Westminster, Colorado, with wife Karen, says fellow Thunderbird enthusiasts are all over 60 and debate whether younger people will follow them.
''You talk to various kids that really aren't even interested in getting a driver's license,'' says Kuhlmann, 77. ''I think they're more interested in the technology kind of thing than 'let's go drive.'''
But Davis' cousin, Sol Jaffee, isn't convinced.
''Kids will always be interested in cars! I mean, cars are America, don't you think?''
You'd think so. Then a visit to Wisconsin's Oshkosh North High School provides both proof and reason to doubt.
A few minutes before the 4B lunch period ends, pickups and sedans zip across the asphalt bordering the Spartans' baseball diamond as older students — cups of soda in hand — rush back to class.
But when the bell sounds, the lot stays half empty. Enrollment in driver's education, no longer required for graduation or subsidized by the state, has declined 40 percent. While most students still look forward to the freedom conferred by a license, a small but self-aware contingent says it can wait.
''I've never really needed'' to drive, says senior Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, whose trip to school today started with a lift from his father and ended with a ride on the city's No. 2 bus. ''It's almost like a rite of passage for people to drive, but I know offhand probably about 15 or 20 people who don't have their license.''
Tim Gesteland recalls long-ago nights on farm roads outside Janesville, Wisconsin, when his father, Norm, used to line his children's faces with red food coloring and belt them into cars jackknifed to imitate a crash. Then they'd lay quiet and try not to smile when teens practicing driving skills pulled up to the scene, says Gesteland, whose dad was once considered Wisconsin's ''Mr. Driver's Education.''
When the elder Gesteland died four years ago, ''so many people came through the lines and told stories of how that night driving experience helped them,'' says his son, a teacher in nearby Burlington. ''I just don't know if kids are going to say the same thing nowadays.''
In the years since Norm Gesteland taught, Wisconsin joined other states in eliminating funding for driver's ed, raising the price of in-school programs now competing with private instruction. Once, nearly every Wisconsin district with a high school offered driver's ed. Today, only 45 percent still do, says Randy Thiel, who supervises programs for the state Department of Public Instruction.
At the same time, Wisconsin and every other state has adopted graduated driver's licensing that aims to reduce accidents by prolonging training for drivers under 18, limiting the hours they can drive and who can be with them. Add rising costs and busy schedules, and more teens are delaying getting a license once deemed essential.
At Oshkosh North, freshmen in teacher Scott Morrison's driver's ed class talk enthusiastically about taking the wheel. Landon Mueller, 15, has already bought a 2008 Jeep, anticipating ''the freedom, more or less, to be able to go places when you want to.'' But for some, the idea of not getting a license isn't such a reach.
''I debated waiting because I've always lived in a small town and I've walked or biked places,'' says Megan Schultz, 14.
''My older brother never got a license, and he's almost 20,'' Blaine Brown says.
''My brother doesn't have a license and he's almost 24,'' says another freshman, Lindsay Behlman.
Today's young people often rely on parents for rides, says Morrison. And then there's Facebook and other social media.
They ''don't need to be physically moving places to be able to connect with their friends,'' he says.
Long ago — well before those teens or their parents were born — General Motors offered a vision of driving's future. Five million visitors flocked to the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, captivated by its imagined landscape of boundless superhighways.
The greatest leap forward, the creators said, would come when technology linked roads and cars together to take over from the driver. It must have sounded pretty fanciful, and in fact it was — Futurama predicted this would happen by 1960.
But in 2014, Debby Bezzina will tell you, the promises are no longer farfetched.
Bezzina's van, a boxy 12-seat Ford, would look at home in a church parking lot if not for the knobby antennas on top and the route decaled in yellow across its doors: ''Connecting the Future.''
Pulling out of a lot in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bezzina has just begun to explain when the road interrupts. The rearview mirror flashes a snowflake icon and the words ''Ice Warning.'' Approaching a bend in Baxter Road, a staccato beep warns Bezzina's colleague, Rick Byrd, to slow down. Unseen and unheard are short-range signals the van transmits 10 times a second to receivers along the road, on traffic poles and in passing cars, buses, bikes and motorcycles.
At the intersection of auto and information technologies, researchers ''all think we're on the cusp of a revolution,'' says Bezzina, of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
For nearly two years, 2,800 vehicle owners in Ann Arbor, Michigan, have been participating in this federally financed bid to improve driving safety by connecting vehicles with their surroundings to make them partners in decision-making. Soon, it will expand to 9,000 vehicles and within three years to 20,000.
But this journey is just beginning. On the institute's second floor, a Nissan Versa wired to let drivers navigate a simulated cityscape on a trio of screens will soon be reprogrammed to make it almost entirely self-driving. Thanks to cameras and infrared flashers mounted to the dashboard, researchers will be able to track the behavior, even the eye movements, of those in the driver's seat to see what they do when the car takes over.
''You may not even have a steering wheel!'' researcher Anuj Pradhan says. ''You may not be reading your latest Stephen King, but you're certainly going to be checking your email.''
There are bound to be complications as people turn over some control to their cars, says the institute's director, Peter Sweatman. But Americans are pragmatic and are looking for ways to make more of limited time. Imagine, he says, using your smartphone to summon a driverless car you might not even own, being picked up and dropped off at curbside, and watching it pull away.
A car culture like that one would be quite a departure, he acknowledges.
But it might deliver even more of the freedom we prize, by letting us focus on family, work or the destination ahead — instead of the driving needed to get there.
Adam Geller can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/adgeller .


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Update: Charges Filed in Montgomery County Kidnapping Case
MONTGOMERY CITY - The Montgomery County Prosecutor filed charges Thursday in a kidnapping case that left a 15-year-old girl missing overnight Tuesday and locked down Montgomery County R-2 Schools for about an hour on Wednesday.
Eighteen-year-old Robert Bethel has been charged with the kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, 15-year-old Amy Jordan. He has also been charged with armed criminal action and violation of an order of protection.
On Wednesday, KOMU 8 News learned that Montgomery R-2 Schools went on lockdown for about an hour in connection with the case, as Bethel had allegedly made threats to head to schools armed after he returned Jordan to her mother's home in Montgomery City.
According to a probable cause statement, a Montgomery City police officer responded to a call from Jordan's mother after 4 p.m. Tuesday, worried that her daughter had not come after getting off the school bus.
Jordan was missing until Bethel returned her home safely around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, police said. According to the statement, police interviewed Jordan and determined that Bethel had abducted her against her will. Jordan told police that Bethel pointed a .22 caliber revolver at her, and threatened to kill her and himself if she did not get in his truck.
Jordan also told police that during the nearly 20 hour period of the abduction, Bethel repeatedly threatened to kill her if she did not do what he told her. Jordan told police that at one point during the abduction, she tried to get a hold of the revolver. In a scuffle over the gun, the revolver discharged and put a bullet into the dashboard of Bethel's truck.
In the statement, police said Bethel violated an ex parte order of child protection that was filed by Jordan's mother. A Montgomery County sheriff's deputy served the order to Bethel on Dec. 13.


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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators spoiled the Winnipeg Jets' home opener with a 4-1 victory Saturday.
Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Chris Neil, with the game-winner in the second period, scored Ottawa's other goals.
Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Jets, whose fans didn't miss a beat with loud cheers and chants of ``Go Jets Go'' that began during warmups.
Craig Anderson stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced for the Senators, while Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec faced 37 shots.
Winnipeg fans had gained a reputation of being one of the loudest crowds in the league last season as they welcomed back an NHL squad after a 15-year absence. Games are sold out for three years and a waiting list is capped at 8,000.
Fans had something to cheer about early in the Jets' second season debut as Winnipeg took advantage of Ottawa's first penalty, a boarding call on Neil for sending Winnipeg defenseman Mark Stuart into the boards near the Jets' net.
Thirty seconds later, Byfuglien one-timed pass from Tobias Enstrom and sent the puck past Anderson at 6:00 of the first period for the 1-0 lead.
Byfuglien tied for second in league scoring last season for defensemen with 12 goals and 53 points in 66 games.
Michalek evened things up with 3:58 left in the opening period after Jets defenseman Paul Postma botched a clearing attempt.
The puck went to Sens defenseman Patrick Wiercioch at the point, who sent it toward the net for Michalek to poke it between Pavelec's legs.
Neil gave Ottawa the go-ahead goal with 2:58 left in the second period after the Jets couldn't clear a loose puck in their crease and he stretched his stick and tapped the puck in the open side.
Winnipeg had its fifth power-play opportunity early in third, but could not beat Anderson. The Jets finished 1 for 6 with the man advantage and the Senators were 1 for 2.
Karlsson got his team's power-play goal after Jets captain Andrew Ladd was in the penalty box for slashing.
Last year's Norris Trophy winner sent a shot from the point past a screened Pavelec a minute into the man advantage.
Turris stretched the lead to 4-1 when he went down the right wing and beat Pavelec on the stick side at 17:50.
Note: Daniel Alfredsson is the longest-serving captain in NHL, entering his 13 consecutive season wearing the C for the Senators.


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Nature is a resource for people and our well-being. Countries in South East Europe, like elsewhere, have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future where economies grow while protecting natural resources. Will they win the challenge?
IUCN Members in South East Europe are meeting this week to define the cornerstones of future nature conservation in the region. The meeting is taking place in Tirana, Albania, where IUCN is currently engaged in a project to identify the best ways to manage nature for people's benefit in two protected sites.
Boris Erg, Director of IUCN Programme Office for South Eastern Europe said "Countries in South East Europe have a tremendous opportunity to show the way for sustainable development. IUCN supports the efforts of its Members and the governments in the region to advance nature conservation while encouraging cross-border cooperation. We are very glad that this event on future directions for nature conservation takes place in Albania. Albania's economic development can go hand in hand with nature conservation and IUCN stands ready to support this process."
Conserving nature and the resources it provides would be possible only if scientists and policy-makers join their forces. The support of policy-makers in translating science into policy is essential and this is why IUCN works very closely with the Ministry of the Environment in Albania.
At the event, the Minister of Environment of Albania, Mr Fatmir Mediu, called for continued cooperation between science and policy "Appreciating the IUCN initiative on the organization of this regional meeting, I believe we should use this opportunity to jointly decide to have a clear long term cooperation between the countries and IUCN and other donors for the preparation and implementation of projects in the future."
The meeting of IUCN Members in South East Europe will result in a new strategic document defining the mid-term priorities for IUCN's work in the region. More than 80 people attended the first day of the event, including numerous local journalists.


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(Oxyuranus microlepidotus)
The fierce snake, otherwise known as the inland taipan or small-scaled snake, can reach a total length of 2.5 metres, although 1.8 metres is the average length. The upper surface of the snake can vary from dark brown to a light straw colour. Dramatic seasonal colour changes also take place, with dark winter and light summer phases.
The fierce snake inhabits the black soil plains in the region where the Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory borders converge. This area has little vegetation so the fierce snake uses deep cracks in the dry soil to escape predators and the burning heat.
The diet is almost solely composed of small mammals, particularly native rats, which, at times, reach plague proportions in this region. The prey is subdued with a rapid, accurate strike, injecting the extremely toxic venom deep into the prey item. The venom is unequalled in toxicity amongst any snake anywhere in the world.
Populations of this snake are highly dependent on the availability of its favourite prey, the plague rat. When the rats experience a good year, the numbers of fierce snakes will rise. By the same token, a poor year results in the loss of many rats and snakes from lack of food. The female fierce snake lays between 12 and 20 eggs per clutch, which are laid in an abandoned animal burrows or deep soil crevices.
The fierce snake produces drop for drop, the most toxic venom of any snake in the world. One bite possesses enough punch to drop 100 full grown men.


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The benefits system is complicated and applying can take lots of time, but there are people who can help. Macmillan has welfare rights advisers who you can call on the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00. They are specially trained to help you access any benefits you might be entitled to.
Depending on where you live, you may also be able to meet a Macmillan welfare rights adviser in person through a local service. Other organisations can also help, such as your local Citizens Advice.


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The long-awaited Android app player for BlackBerry has been demonstrated by a developer, giving PlayBook owners a future reason to stay loyal. It's Android, in a little window, courtesy of RIM's BBX 2.0 OS. [MacBerry via BGR via Gizmodo UK]
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My mom is a great mom. But the woman is a machine about cleanliness. (She's right next to God if that whole cleanliness/Godliness thing is true) As a kid I can remember wanting to buy things like silly string. I can't remember if we asked and she said no or if I just knew she would say no and so we didn't ask. This game of parenting is often times sharing things with our children that we loved when we were little, but I swear- sometimes parenting is doing all the things you really wanted to do as a kid and didn't get too. So tonight at the Terry household, it was war.
Reason # 4365 that summer is awesome? Silly string!
|Hubby's weirdest face ever. But Miles is having a ball!
Ever pulled silly string out of an Afro? I recommend it for anyone who is trying to earn their girl scout badge in patience. Other than that tiny aspect, it was super duper fun! Yeah Summer!
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hath: Hath manipulates network blocks in CIDR notation.
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Hath is a Haskell program for working with network blocks in CIDR notation. When dealing with blocks of network addresses, there are a few things that one usually wants to do with them:
Create a regular expression matching the CIDR block(s). This is because grep will throw up if you feed it CIDR.
Combine small blocks into larger ones. For example, if you have two consecutive /24s, they might combine into a larger /23.
View the result of block combination in a useful way.
List them.
Find their associated PTR records.
Hath has several modes to perform these functions:
- This computes a (Perl-compatible) regular expression matching the input CIDR blocks. It's the default mode of operation.
- This combines small blocks into larger ones where possible, and eliminates redundant blocks. The output should be equivalent to the input, though.
- Shows only the blocks that would be removed by reduce; that is, it shows the ones that would get combined into larger blocks or are simply redundant.
- Shows what would change if you used reduce. Uses diff-like notation.
- List the IP addresses contained within the given CIDRs.
- Perform reverse DNS (PTR) lookups on the IP addresses contained within the given CIDRs.
Compute a (Perl-compatible) regular expression matching the input CIDR blocks. It's the default mode of operation.
$ hath <<< "10.0.0.0/29 10.0.0.8/29" ((10).(0).(0).(0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15))
Combine two /24s into a /23:
$ hath reduced <<< "10.0.0.0/24 10.0.1.0/24" 10.0.0.0/23
List the addresses in 192.168.0.240/29:
$ hath listed <<< "192.168.0.240/29" 192.168.0.240 192.168.0.241 192.168.0.242 192.168.0.243 192.168.0.244 192.168.0.245 192.168.0.246 192.168.0.247
Perform PTR lookups on all of 18.104.22.168/30:
$ hath reversed <<< "188.8.131.52/30" 126.96.36.199: a.root-servers.net. 220.127.116.11: 220.127.116.11: rs.internic.net. 184.108.40.206:
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The province is giving flood victims at a temporary housing project in Calgary less than three weeks notice to move out.
Residents of the Great Plains neighbourhood in the city's southeast received written notices Monday that the modular camp will wind down operations Jan. 31 due to insufficient demand.
Built to accommodate approximately 700 people, provincial officials say the camp's population peaked at just over 70 residents shortly after it opened in October and now houses around 45 people.
"We knew the closure was going to happen sometime in the next few months," said resident Ainsley Tymchyna, "but this is pretty short notice."
With the fate of their heavily damaged High River home still in limbo, Tymchyna and her family of six are moving at the end of the month to Grande Prairie, where her husband has been offered work and affordable housing by a former employer.
But she worries that others at the camp will struggle to find accommodation in Calgary's hot rental market during the depths of winter.
"It will mean uprooting our family again, but we have been fortunate to find a solution," Tymchyna said.
"There are other people here with disabilities and low incomes, though, who find it tough to get a rental at the best of times."
Rates at the camp — including meals, utilities and recreation services — range from $627 per month for an individual to $1,360 per month for a family of two adults and four children.
Cam Traynor, a spokesman for Alberta Municipal Affairs, said the rates only represent about 10 per cent of the $200 per resident per day it costs to operate the camp.
"Our top priority was to temporarily accommodate people affected by the flood," said Traynor, "but cost is an issue."
He said staff at the camp have met with each of the 28 households at Great Plains and provided them with a range of other housing options, including relocating to the other modular camp the province has constructed on the fringes of High River.
"It may not be the best option for people from Calgary, but it is an option," Traynor said.
In the aftermath of June's floods, the province contracted with Edmonton-based Canada North Camps to build and operate the Great Plains facility on municipally owned land.
Traynor said the province is now in discussions with the City of Calgary on future use for the camp.
While some on city council have asked about repurposing the trailers as affordable housing, administrators are cool to the idea because safety codes prohibit use of the unit's kitchens.
The camp's life span is also limited because the site is in the path of a future extension to 61st Avenue S.E.
Greg Tymchyna said he is uncertain when or if his family will ever return to their home in High River.
After the water finally receded a month after the flood, their home in the town's Hampton Hills subdivision was deemed structurally unsound.
The Tymchynas are now one of 18 families headed to arbitration with the Alberta government in hopes of getting more than the $9,000 they've been allocated under the province's disaster recovery program.
"It was probably a waste of tax dollars to build this camp in the first place," Tymchyna said.
"They want it to disappear now before anyone asks how much it cost, and because they want Albertans to think the flood and its impact on families is finished when it's not."


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Just like that, the Serie A season came to an end. Not even half of the league's fixtures had been completed, with most teams yet to return from their winter breaks, and yet the headlines on Monday morning suggested that they might as well save themselves the bother. The title race, you see, had already been decided. After beating second-placed Roma 3-0 in Turin, Juventus had been crowned as champions of Italy with 20 games left to spare.
"Juventus put their hands on the Scudetto" ran the headline on La Repubblica's website. An accompanying poll found almost two-thirds of readers in agreement that the Bianconeri could no longer be caught. The columnist Massimo Mauro shared that opinion. "Juve's victory over Roma is a true and proper sentence for the league," he wrote. "To think that a strong and complete team like [Antonio] Conte's could lose their eight-point advantage seems impossible to me."
Similar views were expressed elsewhere. Il Giornale's Riccardo Signori declared that Juve's latest victory "strips away any vain hope of a comeback that the others might have had". Gazzetta dello Sport's Luigi Garlando observed wryly that: "The Scudetto mystery appears to have been solved. Unless Juve's rivals start to arm themselves with Turkish tractors, at any rate."
His reference, of course, was to Juve's Champions League defeat to Galatasaray last month – a game that was delayed overnight after a flurry of snow in Istanbul. By the time it resumed, one half of the pitch had been thoroughly churned up by a tractor. It just so happened to be the half that Juventus would be attacking for 45 of the remaining 60 minutes. The Italians lost 1-0 and were eliminated from the competition, with Conte protesting that the game should never have gone ahead under such conditions. Leaving aside the merits of that argument for now, what we can say is this: Galatasaray are the only team to beat Juventus since the middle of October.
Conte's team slipped up twice in that month, losing to first Fiorentina and then Real Madrid in the space of four days. The former result left them five points off the pace at the top of Serie A, trailing a Roma side that had won all eight of its games under their new manager, Rudi Garcia.
Juventus were hardly performing disastrously, and yet somehow they looked vulnerable, their 10 goals conceded standing out in stark contrast to Roma's seven clean sheets to that point. One or two pundits had begun to speculate that, after consecutive league titles, Juventus's players were suffering from a 'pancia piena' – literally, a full belly, but used figuratively to convey the sense of a group that had already achieved all its goals, and no longer had the desire to press on for more.
Roma, by contrast, were "hungry like wolves", a phrase used more than once by Garcia after taking up his position. Their previous campaign had been a miserable one, the Giallorossi finishing outside of the European qualifying places in Serie A before losing to their city rivals Lazio in the final of the Coppa Italia. As such their returning players began the campaign anxious to right a few wrongs.
The new signings Kevin Strootman, Mehdi Benatia, Adem Ljajic and Gervinho seemed equally eager to prove their worth to their new employer.
But Roma's perfect start could not go on forever. Their winning run ended at 10 games, with a 1-1 draw at Torino. The Giallorossi went on to draw four of their next five league fixtures. They reached the end of 2013 still unbeaten, but no longer on top of the table. Juventus had overtaken them, rebounding from that loss to Fiorentina with a nine-game winning run of their own.
And so the stage was set for Sunday's head-to-head. After a brief winter break, Serie A would ring in the new year with a clash of first versus second – the reigning champions Juventus against a Roma side who might be the only ones capable of denying them a third consecutive Scudetto. Although Napoli had been cast as the 'anti-Juve' in pre-season, they had already slipped 10 points off the pace.
Both Juventus and Roma arrived for this crucial game at close to full strength. There was nervousness in Turin as Carlos Tevez's return from Argentina was delayed by a health scare for his pregnant wife, but the striker eventually made it back just in time. Andrea Pirlo had also recovered from the knee injury that kept him out for most of December. Garcia, meanwhile, had all six of his first-team forwards available for selection for the first time all season.
The most important of those, of course, was the captain, Francesco Totti, whose hamstring injury had coincided with the team's dry run at the end of last year. He added a little extra spice to proceedings with comments made to the newspaper Il Messaggero in the days running up to the game. "I once said that against Juventus you are always playing with 11 men against 14, and [the league] punished me for it" said Totti. "Have things changed? They [Juventus] will always get a little help."
Totti might feel such comments were justified by the two red cards that his team subsequently received on Sunday – although in truth it would be hard to argue with either of them. After Daniele De Rossi was dismissed in the 75th minute for a wild challenge on Giorgio Chiellini, his team-mate Leandro Castán was sent off for a blatant handball on the goal-line while defending the ensuing free-kick.
Roma were already two goals down by that stage in any case, undone by a 17th-minute effort from Arturo Vidal (teed up by a crafty assist from Tevez at the near post) and then a well-worked free-kick at the start of the second half. Pirlo's delivery from the left was met at the far post by the centre-back Leonardo Bonucci, who volleyed home with aplomb. Mirko Vucinic added his team's third from the penalty spot after Castán's dismissal.
Juventus had not dominated the game in a conventional sense – sitting back for long periods and leaving the ball to Roma, who finished with more than 59% possession. But they had drawn their opponents' sting expertly, denying them space to attack down the flanks and cutting off their supply lines in the process. Roma's only chances of note came from speculative long-range efforts.
Conte was not shy about taking his share of the credit afterwards. "An Italian manager prepared the game tactically just right this time," he said. "We wanted to close down their wingers without ever losing our own dangerousness going forward. This is my job, otherwise anyone could do it. This is why there are better managers and less good ones, well-paid managers and less well-paid ones."
Unlike most of the country, however, he was not yet ready to declare this season over. "The danger of this eight-point lead is that it makes us too comfortable," he said, before pointing out that his team's performance could also serve as a cautionary note to his players. "Anything can happen. In very little time we have been able to make up 13 points on Roma."
On present form, it is hard to imagine Juventus slipping up as their rivals have done. The Old Lady is on course to collect more than 100 points, and their 10 consecutive victories have equalled a club record set in 1931-32. Much as Roma did at the start of the campaign, they have built their success on an impenetrable defence, conceding just one goal during the run.
But the truth is that there is plenty of time for circumstances to change. Conte's team might have been eliminated from the Champions League, but they still have the added distraction of the Europa League – a tournament they will not take lightly despite its diminished status. And Roma, with no such continental concerns to worry about, are hardly about to run up the white flag.
"The league does not end here," said Garcia. "We have learned that to win these matches we need to be even stronger in future. But there are still 60 points up for grabs, and we will not relent."
Juventus have certainly taken a commanding lead, and it will take something special to catch them. But with more than four months left in the season, perhaps we can hold off on handing out those winners' medals for another few weeks yet.
Talking points
• A nation's worst fears were allayed on Monday, as Fiorentina announced that Giuseppe Rossi had not suffered a fresh cruciate ligament tear following a nasty foul by Livorno's Leandro Rinaudo. Instead scans revealed that he had damaged the collateral ligament in his right knee – a serious injury, certainly, but not one that is expected to require surgery or put his career at risk, as might otherwise have been the case. Early reports suggest he could return to the field within a couple of months, but with a World Cup on a horizon, the player must not allow himself to be rushed back too soon. As for Fiorentina, they can only hope that Mario Gomez returns soon from the injury that has kept him out of action since the middle of September.
• There was sad news from the Stadio Friuli, where Antonio Di Natale announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. The two-time winner of Serie A's capocannoniere (highest goal-scorer] award had extended his contract through to 2015 in the summer but insisted this was a considered decision, stating that he had already discussed it with his family and his agent. He has played through a variety of injuries over the last few years – most notably a long standing knee complaint that limits his ability to train during the week – and at 36 years old might simply feel that the time has come to give up the fight, though his comments suggested that his declining form this year (and the reaction to it) had also played a part.
• Napoli moved to within two points of second-placed Roma after beating Sampdoria 2-0 at the Stadio San Paolo, and are expected to further strengthen their squad in the coming days, with Maxime Gonalons heading the list of players who have been strongly linked. Owner Aurelio De Laurentiis was at his talkative best over the winter break, explaining that his team was "like Ferrari['s formula one team]". "They run great races; sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, but they are always close to the pinnacle," he explained. "We have been doing the same thing now for several years."
• Kaká scored his 100th, and then his 101st goals for Milan as they routed Atalanta, but his enduring quality was not the only reason for Milan fans to hope that better things might be around the corner in 2014. Eighteen-year-old Bryan Cristante made his first senior start, and marked it with a well-taken finish from outside the box. New signing Keisuke Honda (curiously unimpressed with Kaká's goalscoring feats) was also watching from the stands, and should be available for next week's game away to Sassuolo. And in defence, Adil Rami made his debut as a late substitute for Cristian Zapata.
• Antonio Cassano was jeered as he made a late entrance off the bench in Parma's 3-1 win over Torino. He had angered them by confessing his enduring love for Sampdoria at a press conference that was called specifically to reassure supporters that he was not going to leave Parma. "I have always said that I would like to return to Samp one day," said Cassano. "My relationship with that city is particular and goes beyond football. It is like Nutella: once you have tasted it, one spoonful could never be enough. But nobody has ever sought me out and I do not have any relationship with [manager Sinisa] Mihajlovic. I don't know if Samp really wanted to sign me. They had time to do it, now that opportunity has passed."
• Edy Reja is back in charge of Lazio, and marked his return with a 1-0 victory over Inter on Monday. The path was cleared for him to formally take over on Saturday, when Lazio finally fired his predecessor, Vladimir Petkovic, citing 'just cause' and claiming that the manager had destabilised his team by accepting a position to take over the Swiss national team after the World Cup. Petkovic, though, rejects that assertion, and intends to challenge the decision in court.
• And finally, Juventus, Milan, Lazio and Sampdoria all removed a chewable dog toy shaped like a referee from their official online stores this week after the item's discovery caused uproar over the winter break. The clubs have maintained that they themselves were unaware of the product, since the sites in question – despite their 'official' tag – are actually run by third-party suppliers. Still, it wasn't the first time that a Serie A team had been involved in such a story. The Genoa president Enrico Preziosi infamously released a whack-a-mole style game called Akkiappa l'Arbirtro through his toy brand a few years back. Brilliantly he claimed at the time that it might help increase respect for officials, rather than diminish it, saying it was "better to hit a ref at home and then be calm at the stadium".
Results: Catania 2-0 Bologna, Chievo 0-0 Cagliari, Fiorentina 1-0 Livorno, Genoa 2-0 Sassuolo, Juventus 3-0 Roma, Lazio 1-0 Inter, Milan 3-0 Atalanta, Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria, Parma 3-1 Torino, Udinese 1-3 Verona


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Government boosts estimates of corn, soybean suppliesST. LOUIS — The government predicted that corn and soybean reserves will be higher than initially estimated, easing some concerns about rising food prices.
ST. LOUIS — The government predicted that corn and soybean reserves will be higher than initially estimated, easing some concerns about rising food prices.
The U.S. Agriculture Department predicted Thursday that there will be about 123.1 million metric tons of corn left over after this year's harvest. That's up from an estimated 122.5 metric tons in last month's report. There should be about 58.3 million metric tons of soybeans left over, compared with last month's estimate of 58.2 million.
The new estimates should drive crop prices lower in coming weeks as traders worry less about tighter reserves, said John Sanow, a commodity analyst with Telvent DTN in Omaha, Neb.
Corn prices dropped 8 percent to $6.71 a bushel in morning trading while soybean prices fell 6 percent $13.2675 a bushel.
Lower reserves caused global grain prices to double this year. Corn was trading for just $3.50 a bushel as recently as this summer. But growing demand from ethanol producers and consumers in developing countries like China has stripped supplies. The government predicts corn reserves this year will be at their lowest level in 15 years.
The government estimates that food prices could rise more than 3 percent this year as processed food makers and grocery stores pass along their higher costs for raw ingredients. Still, crops like corn and soybeans account for just 10 percent of the raw ingredients used in processed foods. So it can take months for higher prices to reach consumers.
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March 26, 2012, 6:00 am
The Art of Beer: Amanda Willshire sculpts with bottle caps
For years, Denver resident and graphic designer Amanda Willshire made traditional mosaics. But as craft beer seeped into Colorado culture, she came up with a new idea: Beer bottle caps.
"I thought it would be cool to add recycled elements," Willshire said.
Willshire, who works out of a spacious studio in her backyard, has enlisted local venues like Highland Tap and Burger and The Bluebird Theater to collect tens of thousands of bottle caps, which she carefully washes "to kill some of the beer funk" and sorts by color.


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Skid Row
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Skid Row were one of the very last hair metal bands to hit the mainstream before grunge took over in the early '90s. While the band's self-titled debut employed standard pop-metal riffs and generic lyrics (albeit to great commercial success), 1991's Slave to the Grind and 1995's Subhuman Race broke away from the pop-metal mold with uncharacteristically hard, thrashy guitars and unique songwriting techniques. Though personal differences and changing trends would eventually tear the core lineup apart by 1996, Skid Row showed tremendous promise during their short time in the spotlight.
Based in New Jersey, Skid Row were formed in 1986 by bassist Rachel Bolan and former Bon Jovi guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. The pair added guitarist Scott Hill, drummer Rob Affuso, and a larger than life vocalist named Sebastian Bach to the lineup by early 1987, and the band spent the next year and a half playing a series of local clubs in the eastern U.S. Having remained in contact with Jon Bon Jovi, Sabo convinced the established rock star to land Skid Row a record deal with Atlantic Records. In 1989, the band released its first album, Skid Row, which went multi-platinum on the strength of the Top 40 singles "18 and Life" and "I Remember You." Success came with a backlash, however -- the bandmembers had naïvely signed away much of their royalties, and Sebastian Bach's wild, often childlike behavior landed the group in additional trouble. During the subsequent tour, Bach garnered harsh criticism for a T-shirt he publicly sported displaying the message "AIDS KILLS FAGS DEAD." Suits were also filed against Bach after a concert during the supporting tour, where the singer allegedly threw a glass bottle into the crowd and injured a young female fan.
Nonetheless, Skid Row's muscular songcraft retained a devoted audience. Released in 1991, Slave to the Grind debuted at number one on the Billboard chart, an unprecedented accomplishment for a metal band. While the album did not chart any real radio hits, Grind received stronger critical praise and eventually reached platinum status. However, like so many of their peers, Skid Row lost much of their fan base during the grunge invasion of the '90s. As Nirvana stormed the scene in 1992, Skid Row took a hiatus, waiting out the grunge period and pondering breakups (ironically, Nirvana had once gone under the name Skid Row in the '80s). Skid Row returned in 1995 with Subhuman Race, which surprisingly charted in the Top 40 but otherwise did not attract any real attention.
During the supporting tour, tensions between the group members ran high and Skid Row disbanded shortly afterward. Bach went on to form the Last Hard Men with Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but the group broke up after recording a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" for the Scream soundtrack in 1996. Plans to record new songs for the Skid Row greatest-hits album, 1998's Forty Seasons, fell through, and Bach went on to form a solo project and portray the title role in the Broadway musical Jeckyll and Hyde. In mid-2000, Skid Row re-formed with new singer Johnny Solinger and toured as the opening band for Kiss' farewell tour. They released Thickskin with Solinger in 2003, followed by Revolutions Per Minute in 2006. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bach enjoyed a surge in popularity when he appeared in a VH1 reality show opposite Ted Nugent and Scott Ian. ~ Barry Weber
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Is Pain A Good Excuse To Not Play Sports?
ESPN's Ross Tucker is a former NFL player and someone who played football through various injuries, both nagging and serious. So it behooves you to see things from his perspective when he tells you that the idea of "pain tolerance" in sports needs to be eradicated:
If a player can play so long as he can handle the pain, what does that say about him if he doesn't?... I didn't need somebody saying publicly that I was capable of playing as long as I could deal with the pain, just as (Tony) Romo and (Antonio) Cromartie shouldn't face that pressure.
Romo, if you missed it, beat the Redskins on Monday night playing with broken ribs, and for his trouble he was feverishly lionized by the ESPN announcing crew, so much so that it's possible Romo has already brought Lazarus back from the dead and ascended to his kingdom in the sky. In sports, pain has long been a badge. You play with it, and you're a god. You miss time because if it, and you're just an ordinary player at best and a coward at worst.
You only need to look at the criticism Jay Cutler faced after leaving the NFC title game earlier this year to see the flipside of not "gutting it out". Cutler was vilified despite the fact that, and I can't stress this enough, NO ONE ON EARTH EXCEPT JAY CUTLER KNEW WHAT JAY CUTLER WAS EXPERIENCING AT THAT EXACT MOMENT.
Pain is an extremely personal thing. No two people experience pain the exact same way. And pain, shockingly, is one facet of modern medicine that doctors are still trying to understand. Real pain, SEVERE pain, can often be its own injury. To say a player needs to only "play through the pain," or to say that a player risks only pain and no further injury when playing, lumps all pain into a single, common thing. Which is lunacy. Pain comes in more varieties than insect species. If you've ever broken a rib, you know that it feels like you've just taken your last breath. It is a DESTRUCTIVE kind of pain, one that can play with your mind and leave its mark on you well after it has subsided. Only you can know what that's like, and for someone else to evaluate it for you, and if it "harmless" pain, is preposterous.
Tucker is right. The people who admire players playing through pain are the same people who resent retired NFLPA members for suing the league for extra benefits. We need to have a better understanding of pain before we go treating it like some sort of casual ailment that can easily be overcome. Perhaps we should all have our ribs broken. I'm sure Tony Romo would be interested in pitching in.


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Hearing Alone for the first time was like every holiday had been mixed together and stuffed inside a pie.
While I have been MIA for the past several months, I assure you my ears have been awake and working hard. Where some groups have been doing shit-all (that means you, EXO) others have been working their pretty, sculpted backsides off to no avail. Arguably, EXO's success—which has come about from one mere, mediocre mini-album—is riding off the power of their company and label mates' established names rather than their own merit and hard work. Because of this, I find it difficult to not to shed a tear for the poor souls on lesser known labels whose talents are just as good as—or perhaps better than—the power groups of SM, YG and JYP Entertainment.
Yes, I'm looking at you, U-KISS.
U-KISS have been so prolific in my absence (actually, I haven't gone anywhere—I've just been lazy) I'm actually using this semi-opinionated rant article as a mass review for the stream of releases in Japan and Korea over the past few months. Following DORADORA, our little workaholics have released eight MVs, two Japanese singles, two mini-albums, one full-length album, and two digital singles that no one actually remembers. The point is U-KISS have done more in seven months than some groups (coughexocough) have done their entire career. Is this the result of the age-old quality vs quantity debate? Maybe. Or a testament of label power? Most definitely.
As fun as it is to rip on EXO—their fans are so blindly and hilariously defensive it's actually sad—that is not the point of this article. I'm here to glance over U-KISS' recent endeavours and lament over their continued but unjustified lack of notable success. I know I'm supposed to be (relatively) unbiased but get over it: U-KISS are awesome and deserve my love and your money.
DORADORA was very quickly succeeded by yet another mini-album; The Special to KISSME hit our screens just one month after DORADORA with title track Believe. While notably lacking the edge and style of the previous release, Believe was certainly fresh and easy listening. I mean, how could it not be with all those pastels and aqua? Written by member AJ, the track was catchier and more likeable than anything called Believe should have been. Thus, AJ's decision to take a brief hiatus from the band to pursue tertiary education was the saddest day of my life. (It wasn't really, because I'm not insane.)
AJ's departure did not leave the hole I thought it would: Stop Girl was an amazing mini-album and despite its ballad-like appearance, it didn't make me want to kill myself as ballads tend to do. If that isn't a credit to U-KISS' talent then I don't know what is. The black and white MV was poignant and the inclusion of an English version of the song was very much welcomed. Another highlight of the Stop Girl mini was accompanying ballad Time to Go. I'm not really sure what it was about September that made me so welcoming to slower tunes, but I certainly won't complain because this album quenched a thirst I didn't know I had.
Somewhere in between Believe and Stop Girl were Japanese releases, Dear My Friend and One of You. I don't really have a much of an opinion to offer on these tracks because Japanese music labels are monumental tight-arses when it comes to offering full-length videos on YouTube, thus I have never given them more than a once over. Evidently, they were not that memorable—much like digital singles Cinderella and Gangstar Boy which no one outside the diehard KISSMEs have even heard of. Rounding out 2012 was yet another mediocre Japanese ballad by the name of Distance. It was … nice. And that's all I'm going to say.
If 2013 is not U-KISS' glory year then something is horridly wrong with the world. The year has started strongly in the industry, headed by new releases from big guns SHINee and Super Junior M. While I think Breakdown is brilliant and my ears like Dream Girl much more than my eyes do, my highlight so far this year is U-KISS' latest Japanese single. Hearing Alone for the first time was like every holiday had been mixed together and stuffed inside a pie. And if there's one thing I like, its pie. Alone is dark, gritty, catchy and undeniably sexy. Even Kevin with his androgynous looks and borderline homosexual mannerisms had me swooning. The sheer joy this song had AJ forgotten in seconds. But let's face it—what group actually needs three dedicated rappers? In any case, this song had me cursing avexnetwork more than ever for being so narrow-sighted and backwards and not having HD version of their music videos posted in full to their YouTube Channel. Believe it or not guys, free public exposure is actually helpful. Who would have thought?
No comeback, however, is official unless it takes place in Korea. While I question the decision to release so closely to SHINee I strongly commend U-KISS on their comeback stages. Personally found title track Standing Still had much more of an impact than SHINee's eye-murdering Dream Girl. If wardrobe was anything to take into consideration then U-KISS would have won hands down because God knows SHINee's stylist should have been euthanized years ago.
Standing Still is an amazing showcase of vocalists Hoon, Kevin and Soohyun. As with much of U-KISS' discography these three carry the bulk of the workload, and with well-earned justification. And Hoon's blond hair is just smokin'. Appearance aside, Standing Still is a solid track and I regret to say I'm unable as yet to locate a copy of the full album, Collage. How about you import some Korean CDs other than TVXQ, eh Japan?
Let's put praise on hold for a minute and remember: no band is perfect. While U-KISS' music and vocals are definitely up to snuff their choreography blows more than an underpaid prostitute. This is not really a reflection on the talent of U-KISS themselves but more the rather strange inspirations of their choreographer. How about we take a moment to remember the enraged chicken of the Neverland video.
But if the industry worked on dancing prowess alone, there would be some serious eyebrows raised over Super Junior's success. Yes, that is an unveiled stab at Heechul. Possibly Yesung. Definitely Ryeowook.
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Glastonbury 2014: My top 5 moments
Well it's over for another year… But Glastonbury sure was fun! Let's reminisce…
My top 5
5. Chvrches…This Glaswegian band brought out one of my favourite albums of the year and 'recover' is a massive, clever tune. They had a full tent and the atmosphere was buzzing.
4. Kodaline on the Other Stage. All the four seasons seemed to come at once during this set. Their instrumental interlude of 'dirty old town' was a big hit with the crowd too, as was 'high hopes'.
3. Kasabian headlining and closing the weekend. I remember seeing these guys right years ago play the paradise club in Boston. A small but really cool little venue. But they more than owned the pyramid stage. Their cover of Fat Boy Slim's 'praise you' was a nice touch too. As was Tom's white tux!
2. Festival Fashion: despite the weather you have to embrace the fun you can have dressing up at a festival… Appropriate footwear is important but play around with accessories. Stacking rings from Accessorize and a cute bum-bag (see pic) is a must (or as our American counterparts say Fanny pack)
1. Dolly Parton… and the random man with-the spray painted silver face who put me on his shoulders during her set. Dolly is Queen and her newly created song just for Glasto aptly named 'mud mud mud' is our anthem for the weekend.


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TimeO follows the adventures of two die-hard New Yorkers -- Zed Condor, an urban explorer and Violet Munro, an investigative reporter -- who get trapped deep in the shadow world of a parallel New York. The city itself is a war machine threatening to wipe out our world and they have three days to stop it.
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BullyBreedLover wrote:How about Premium Edge. Heatagold feeds the skin and coat formula and it seems pretty good. I was thinking of mixing this food with canidae. What do you think? Heartagolds dogs seem to GLEAM!
I'm not a fan of the food. I'm even less of a fan of the idea of mixing brands of food together. It's too complicated and hard on the dogs system. Multiple meat sources is hard for them to deal with in one brand let alone adding another manufacturers product. I would strongly recommend against that idea.
Adding fresh foods would be far more beneficial and cheaper.


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Atlas of Science Literacy, Volumes 1 and 2
Mapping K–12 science learning
NSDL Adopts Atlas Maps as a Browsing Interface
See how the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) uses maps based on the Atlas of Science Literacy as a browsing interface.
Order copies of Atlas 1, Atlas 2, or the two-volume set
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Volume 1 ISBN: 0871686686
Volume 2 ISBN-13: 9780871687128
Atlas of Science Literacy is a two-volume collection of conceptual strand maps—and commentary on those maps—that show how students' understanding of the ideas and skills that lead to literacy in science, mathematics, and technology might develop from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The maps in Atlas are built from the K-12 learning goals presented in Project 2061's Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Benchmarks was derived from the recommendations for adult science literacy proposed in Project 2061's landmark report Science for All Americans.
Together, Atlas 1 and Atlas 2 map all of the goals that are recommended in Benchmarks as essential for every student to learn. Both volumes of Atlas of Science Literacy are co-published by AAAS Project 2061 and the National Science Teachers Association.
Nearly 100 Science Topics Mapped
The two Atlas volumes include nearly 100 maps that chart all of the learning goals specified in Benchmarks. The chapter organization of Atlas follows that used in both Science for All Americans and Benchmarks. Each Atlas chapter includes maps that correspond to the sections in the matching Benchmarks chapters. To help readers find particular benchmarks, Atlas 2 includes a useful index that can be used to locate benchmarks on maps in either volume.
Each Atlas map is accompanied by commentary on the facing page. The commentary provides a general discussion of the map topic, the content of the map and its major strands, and the focus of learning at each of the four grade ranges. The commentary also includes notes pointing out aspects of the map that may be of interest to readers and summaries of the relevant cognitive research, drawn from Chapter 15: THE RESEARCH BASE in Benchmarks and elsewhere.
Using Atlas of Science Literacy
An Atlas map focuses on a core topic and displays the K-12 benchmarks that are most relevant to understanding it, suggesting for each benchmark along the way earlier benchmarks it builds on and later benchmarks it supports. A Map Key explains the different features of the maps.
Educators working in a wide range of settings are making extensive use of Atlas maps to:
Understand benchmarks and standards. By studying maps carefully, teachers and other educators can get a better sense of the content and nature of the benchmarks as specific learning goals.
Design curriculum. The information in the maps helps educators distribute responsibilities for students' science learning across different grades and subjects, thus fostering K-12 coherence.
Plan instruction. Maps enable educators to develop instruction that is focused on the specific ideas in a benchmark and to take account of the precursors these specific ideas build on.
Develop or evaluate curriculum materials. Maps offer materials developers a helpful perspective on which benchmarks to target and at what level of sophistication.
Construct and analyze assessment. Maps help answer questions about when it is appropriate to assess particular ideas and skills, and why students might have had trouble with a particular task.
Prepare teachers. Whether in a pre-service or in-service context, using maps can sharpen teachers' sense of what benchmarks mean and how to help students attain them.
Organize resources. Maps are proving to be useful frameworks for organizing education resources and linking them to particular ideas that are found in national and state science standards.
The maps in Atlas 1 and Atlas 2 do not prescribe a particular curriculum or instructional strategy. Instead, they present a framework meant to inspire a variety of different ways to design and organize learning experiences suited to local circumstances.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0103678. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


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Its not about money
I pledge 0.2% of my personal GDP if you can identify which section this text is from: "Identify ways and means of providing new and additional financial resources, to developing countries, for environmentally sound development programs and projects in accordance with national development objectives, priorities and plans…" Well, this text was drafted twenty one years ago. A couple of years later a set of delegates pledged $125 billion of financial assistance to the developing world for implementing sustainable development practices as identified under the Agenda 21 of the Rio Earth Summit. It's a different story that most of that money never saw the light of the day.
But history, as they say, repeats itself. Climate change is apparently not as grave a threat as unsustainable development, so…
Yale Delegation meets with U.S. Senate Staffer
By Angel Hsu, Phd candidate, Yale Climate & Energy Institute Fellow
Yesterday, a few members of our Yale delegation here at COP-16 in Cancun met with Jonathan Black, who is a member of Senator Jeff Binagman (D-NM), who is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Our group was particularly interested in the current status of climate and energy legislation in the United States, considering multiple pieces of proposed legislation – including some that Senator Bingaman has had a direct hand in – have failed. Given this…
Article 6 & La Isla Hundida
When negotiations began last week on Article 6 (related to education, training and public awareness), the Chair of the Working Group, in somewhat patronizing jest, told youth delegates championing Article 6 that they'd deserve a gold star if consensus was reached on the text in Cancun. Just a few days later, agreement on Article 6 was announced. It marked the first consensus achieved at COP16.
"The most significant aspect of the consensus text," according to a press release…
Youthful Approaches in Cancun: Undergraduates Present MOU to Senior US-China Negotiators
By Angel Hsu, Phd candidate, Yale Climate & Energy Institute Fellow
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.
In the hectic hallway traffic of the Moon Palace Resort, where the UN climate negotiations have been underway since last week, Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates Jiakun Zhao and John Delurey met with lead Chinese negotiator Su Wei. And by a stroke of luck, Jonathan Pershing, a senior U.S. negotiator, happened to walk by in a fortuitous moment reflective of the U.S. and China's softer and more conciliatory tone in the talks.
Together with Su…
When $100 billion just isn't enough..
$100 billion dollars is the amount "agreed upon" in the Copenhagen accord to aid the developing world in adaptation efforts to protect themselves from the harmful effects of climate change, and mitigation initiatives to curb their carbon emissions. The prose from the accord set forth this amount as a "goal" for the world to raise each year by 2020, from "a wide variety of sources."
As I've learned more intimatley while here in Cancun, that this amount is just simply not enough. In fact, it's not even close to enough. The worrysome part of it all, is the current prose positiong the $100 billion figure as a ceiling, with no provisions to allow for a review of the amount and asses whether it's really is enough. If anything, $100 billion should be the floor.
The following…
It's all about justice
I went to a side event called Rethinking Climate Change Governance, organized by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in which some academics and diplomats shared their toughs about the international climate regime. The academics raised some very interesting questions as how subnational governments and civil society can be integrated into the negotiations? how can we ensure the adequate financial flows for mitigation and adaptation? should negotiations be liberated from sustainable development discussions to focus only in climate change? should we use existing financial institutions? or even what the UNFCCC is trying to govern? Even all these academic-like questions are important and very valuable to think about the process and its effectiveness, they didn't go to the foundations of the UNFCCC.
When the turn to speak was for…
Dwindling Momentum for REDD
Given that the momentum for mitigation 1b(iii), or REDD, appears to be dwindling, attention falls on adaptation to table the first draft decision for AWG-LCA. The earliest to start negotiations based on proposed text, much progress has been achieved after a guerilla warfare, which tackled different issues at different times, before the debate was focused on the establishment of an adaptation committee, as a permanent body to facilitate the implementation of adaptation actions by countries. As it stands currently, positions of negotiating partners have been drawn closer, and the spirit of compromise and flexibility will likely lead to an agreement on the text regarding the establishment of the adaptation committee and its functions.
However, what use will a stand-alone decision on an Adaptation Committee achieve? Without consensus and related…
Fast start finance: call for transparency and trust
Wanting Zhang
Fast start finance (FSF) is no doubt a popular topic in Cancun at COP16. During the first week of negotiations, the EU, Marshall Islands, US and UK all held side events to present their actions and positions on this issue. FSF was initiated in the Copenhagen Accord, where the developed countries collectively committed to provide new and additional financial support to developing countries amounting to USD 30 billion for the period between 2010 and 2012. The Accord explicitly states that funding for adaptation should be prioritized for the most vulnerable developing countries, such as the least developed countries (LDCs), small island developing states (SIDS), and Africa.
According to the reports issued by countries, the fulfillment of the commitment put forth by developed countries has been promising…
Cancun from a different perspective
My name is Erin Schutte and I am a junior at Yale College, representing Seychelles at COP16.
Locals from Cancun are used to foreign tourists visiting their native land and I've wondered what it would be like to live in such a spring break hotspot for young vacationers. But for over a year now, Cancun has been preparing for foreigners with a different mission – 10,000+ delegates and NGO participants who spend November 29-December 10 hopping from bus to bus, asking for directions to a particular meeting room rather than to the nearest beach. Hundreds of local staff are employed for these two weeks to make the conference run as smoothly as possible. I may not represent every participant's opinion, but I think that at COP16 it's hard not…
Smoke and Mirrors in US Climate Change Finance
To be clear, the United States faces significant challenges in the international climate change negotiations currently proceeding in Cancun. With a lame duck congress that is not exactly rational when it comes to climate science and a populace that oft chooses to stick its head in the sand with unprecedented vigor, negotiating with the majority of nations that are much more progressive on the issue is not easy. Add to this the large amount of emotional and ethical language from NGOs and vulnerable nations as well as the standing commitments of other developed countries, and the negotiators must walk a fine line. However, the PR campaign and amount of misleading information from U.S. delegation has been disappointing and disheartening.
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A team of more than 40 Environment Waikato staff is taking part in Bike Wise Month which gets underway on Sunday.
A team of more than 40 Environment Waikato staff is taking part in Bike Wise Month which gets underway on Sunday.
Tui appear to be thriving after a joint Environment Waikato and community-funded pest control operation in the Maungakawa Reserve near Cambridge last year.
Environment Waikato says it is encouraged by Local Government Minister Rodney Hide's response to council concerns about the increasing burden on regional tax payers of meeting Government driven costs.
By Bala Tikkisetty, acting programme manager - coasts, land and wetlands.
Wetlands are like giant kidneys protecting the health of waterways – they help dilute and filter material that could otherwise harm our lakes and rivers.
A new bus that emits almost nil carbon dioxide is a feature of new services being introduced by Environment Waikato next week.
Environment Waikato has announced it is buying a Hamilton East property at no additional cost to ratepayers and with a view to saving money over the long term.
By Cr Simon Friar, chairman of Environment Waikato's regional pest management committee.
Environment Waikato spends nearly $6 million a year on pest control, spending that is an important part of the regional council's work to protect the health of the regional economy and the environment.
Waikato farmers are being reminded they are not allowed to graze stock in designated conservation areas on privately owned land.
A truck accident just north of Tirau this morning does not appear to have caused any harm to the environment, Environment Waikato says.


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Aquinas Institute of Theology is accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
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Educational Effectiveness: Aquinas Institute of Theology measures its educational effectiveness through an assessment of outcomes of learning using the Degree Program Outcomes—at the time of the mid-program Candidacy application and also at the time of the end-of-program Integrative Seminar, MA Comprehensive Examinations, or DMin Thesis Project. Educational effectiveness in all programs also is assessed in terms of average time of completion for graduation.


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dizzipixel needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Calabrese House
A holding company for a number of smaller enterprises, including a premium cocktail bar, a gin manufacturer, a high-end nightclub, a security company, a record label and a production/events company. We require a logo that's non-specific to any of the above but conveys our corporate identity. Corporate, cutting edge and 'cool' - it must reflect all its products in a non-direct way.
Business investors, other companies.
1) A graphic for the logo that will become synonymous with the company name.
2) The brand name should be incorporated into the logo
3) Has to suggest the following: corporate, cutting edge and 'cool' - it must reflect all its products in a non-direct way. Prestigeous/emulate quiality.
4) Must look good in black and white
5) Use corporate colors
6) Must be a vector based logo
7) Submissions must include 2 variations of the logo: one logo graphic+text, the other logo graphic only. The graphic must wotk without text.
8) Work must be submitted in original format (illustrator/photoshop/etc)
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Teaching & Learning
The AHA's broad-based teaching mission includes making resources available to educators at all levels and at public history venues, introducing and integrating historians into the discipline, providing ongoing education for historians at every stage of their careers—through topical and professional sessions at the annual meeting, and by way of both innovative web resources and distinguished print publications.
Historians are equally concerned with learning—their own ongoing research and other activities that expand their mission to bring history into public life. The AHA provides resources to historians in all fields and career paths, and advocates for the profession as a whole.
NEW! - Future of the African American Past Video Resources
On May 19-21, 2016, the AHA and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) co-hosted the groundbreaking conference The Future of the African American Past. Video segments and reference material from each of the nine conference sessions are now available in AHA's online collection of teaching resources, and can be used to guide teaching and learning on a wide breadth of topics in African American history.
Teaching Resources
The American Historical Association has a long-standing commitment to teaching and history education at all levels, and supports teaching in a wide variety of ways. The AHA has developed resources for classroom teaching through the years, and the AHA Teaching Division is actively working on advancing conversations about teaching history. Find resources for use in your own teaching in our new Teaching Resources section, recently redesigned for greater easy of use.
The Decision to Secede and Establish the Confederacy: A Selection of Primary Sources
The American Historical Association encourages continued public debate about monuments to Confederate leaders and about the public spaces and buildings named after those individuals, as well as the role of Confederate flags in public culture. Historians' recent experiences in media interviews have suggested that too few participants in these conversations have read the essential primary sources that clearly articulate the reasons for secession and the establishment of a new nation. This page links to a limited set of documents with a singular focus: why did state governments decide to secede and form a new nation?
2016 Tuning Core Document
The Tuning Project's History Discipline Core is a statement of the central habits of mind, skills, and understanding that students achieve when they major in history. The document reflects the iterative nature of the tuning process. The most recent version was published in November 2016.
Teaching and Learning Video Resources
Teaching is an essential skill for any historian, and the AHA works hard to produce resources for those teaching at all career stages and at all levels of history. Our Teaching and Learning video library includes workshops on K-12 and undergraduate teaching, reflections from historians on globalizing their US survey courses, and sessions on issues of vital importance to history education such as learning outcomes, dual enrollment, and the transition from high school to college.
AHA Teaching Prizes
Nominate someone today!
The Eugene Asher Award for distinguished postsecondary history teaching
The Beveridge Family Teaching Prize for distinguished K–12 history teaching
The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of journal articles
The Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award for teachers of history who taught, guided, and inspired their students in a way that changed their lives
A New Guide for Teaching in Civics, Economics, Geography, and History
In collaboration with over 20 states and 15 social studies content organizations, including the AHA, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) has released a guide to help states strengthen their social studies standards. The "College Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies" encourages states to upgrade their social studies standards by offering robust guidelines to promote inquiry-based learning in civics, economics, geography, and history. AHA members and staff, joined by representatives of the Teaching Division, worked closely with the NCSS, state representatives, educators, and scholars to ensure that the standards demonstrate best practices in the discipline of history.


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St. Spiridon was born in Tremithous in Cyprus in 270 AD. He had no education. Like his parents, he was a peasant farmer and shepherd, and even after his wife died and he became Bishop of of Tremithous, he did little to change his humble way of living.
Through simplicity and deep devotion to God, he worked miracles throughout his life and became known as a great wonderworker, calling forth rain in the midst of drought, healing and even raising people from the dead, in addition to having the gift of prescience.
He was present at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea in 325 AD where he astonished many with his simple explanations of the Orthodox Faith. Though not well-educated, he surprised everyone at the Council of Nicea by converting a famous philosopher to Orthodoxy from Arianism. He explained the unity and diversity of the Trinity by holding up a brick, then commonly thought to be a combination of the elements fire, earth and water; as he spoke, fire blazed from the top of the brick while water gushed out underneath. There too, at Nicea, he met St. Nicholas, with whom he formed a lasting friendship.
During the Maximilian persecutions he was arrested and exiled. St. Spiridon lived most of his earthly life in Cyprus, where he also reposed in 348 AD and was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Tremithus.
When the Saracens took the island, the Cypriots opened his grave in order to remove his sacred bones to Constantinople. They found that his body had remained intact, while from the grave emanated a scent of basil, true signs of the sainthood he had shown during his lifetime. When Constantinople fell in 1453, he was transferred to Serbia, then a Corfiot elder, Georgios Kalohairetis, brought him to the island of Corfu in Greece where he is currently burried.
To this day St. Spiridon's incorrupt relics at his shrine in Corfu continue to manifest the power of God, wondrous in His saints. He is called the "walking saint" because the silk slippers which clothe the feet of his relics wear out each year and are replaced on his feast day. He is commemorated by the Church on December 12.


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joey-the-menace needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Need logo & redesign for CSM: an application where you can view, hear, search, etc customer service support conversations that has been recorded for quality purposes.
Desired Color Scheme:
None - Just a clean and simple
Desired Style:
Web 2.0 - Huge fan of Apple.com and Microsoft.com websites
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
This contest is for divided into two pieces: logo and redesign.
This application is pretty straight forward. It's an application where you can view, hear, search, etc customer service support conversations that has been recorded for quality purposes.
REDESIGN - There are 5 pages: Login, Home, Media View (the most important one), Reports and Playlist Management. I need to redsign the whole look and feel, including the positioning of the content. To see the current layout, go here: http://www.webstunner.com/csm/
Web 2.0 is a PLUS! We are huge fans of Apple.com, Microsoft.com and AperionAudio.com websites. Something in that line will be wonderful!
We love small icons, textures (like gradients, lines, dots), simplicity!
LOGO - logo is challenging. The team wants something related to NETWORK TOPOLOGY MAP and NOT about Customer Service. Do a Google search for more info on whats a Network Topology.
So it will be the logo and the words CSM - NOT CMS.
Keywords: Â Network, Manage, Circuit, Alarms, Metrics.
It is highly likely that the winner will be asked to complete future paid work on the layout. I have new upcoming projects that need designs so it would be great to establish contact with some talented designers.
NOTE: As a condition of this contest we will need a signed copyright release.
Thanks for participating and good luck!
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Web Page Design
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