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Photos: Pretty Lights at Red Rocks, 8/13/11
PRETTY LIGHTS at RED ROCKS | 8/13/11
The second sold out night of the Pretty Lights Music showcase was the perfect way to end a hometown run for Derek Vincent Smith, who plays music under the Pretty Lights moniker. With some help from Big K.R.I.T., Michael Menert, Gramatik and Skream, Smith delivered a show with immaculate production. We figured since it is called Pretty Lights, you might want to see some. Click through for video (just added) and photos.
Big K.R.I.T., Michael Menert, Gramatik and Skream all joined Smith for the night. Krit opened with some hard raps, but looking like he was having a blast on stage. Something about Krit is that he is always smiling when he raps, and that positive energy is contagious because everyone in Red Rocks was feeling his flow. Gramatik and Menert played similar sets to those of Friday, but the audio at Red Rocks really pushes the sound of the music.
The crowd filled the lots early in the afternoon. From the north along the road down to the bottom of the south lot, limos and party buses filled with smart thinking party-goers blared music and got their pre-game on.
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Big K.R.I.T. performed after Gramatik tested the audio for the openers. The rapper's performance was very well received, with the half-full amphitheater bobbing along to hits like "Country Sh*t," all sippin' drinks.
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Gramatik invited everyone to smartphone-film his opening song in his second set. The crowd complied, some attendees holding two cameras. The footage will be used for a video and anyone who submits will get credit in the video.
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Gramatik opened with a new song that he's been working on, then invited guitarist and friend Alex out to play alongside with him. The set was energetic, but very similar, if not identical, to the previous night's and the one he played at Beatport on Friday. Nonetheless, everyone was feeling his sounds and grooving hard towards the end when he really started letting the bass hit.
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Live television monitors displayed all the happenings up on the stage for anyone that may not have been close enough to see the sweat dripping from all their faces. Here, Gramatik filled the venue just as the clouds were overtaking the sky, preventing many from enjoying both a full moon and a meteor shower.
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Skream's set had a few bumps, including one point in which he simply stopped the track to start over because, he presumably missed the drop. He sampled everything from Nicki Minaj to Rage Against the Machine to Skrillex's remix of Benny Benassi's "Cinema." His attempts to pull the crowd in were good, but it wasn't until his dedication to his new son that people started to connect. Skream is a great DJ, but producers like Menert and Gramatik are probably intimidating to try and one-up, especially on Menert's home-turf.
The merchandise table has grown significantly with the popularity of Pretty Lights and the growing talent on the label.
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The crowd on the front row didn't stop for the whole show. This clearly caught the notice of Smith, who thanked them personally for raging so hard.
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Homemade shirts are always popular: This couple made their shirts with their favorite track number and song name on the back. Often, these shirts are cooler than merch-table shirts because you know they are unique and one of a kind.
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Michael Menert, who played after Skream, has been garnering a lot of attention since signing to the PLM label. Last night, his beats were mellow and cool, closing the night out with a dedication to anyone who has fallen in love.
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The set-up for Smith was grand and bulky, but when the lights came on and he opened with "Hot Like Sauce," the place erupted and the lights blasted hard. There were lasers, red-blasts and smoke machines: All the right ingredients for a great Pretty Lights concert.
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Smith unleashed the Pretty Lights beast again, but it was a much gentler giant. The atmosphere was a little slower than Friday night, but still everyone enjoyed it immensely. Again, it seems Smith is going back to his roots coming home to Colorado with hits like "Hot Like Sauce," and even as far back as "More Important than Michael Jordan," but it was with remixes like "Fly Like an Eagle" that really had everyone grooving. The nostalgia of old songs is great, but when his old sound is brought out in new songs, Smith thrives. The older hits have a much stronger hip-hop persona about them, whereas some of the newer stuff really shows where Smith is taking the Pretty Lights project in terms of glitch and electro-samples.
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Isn't the PrettyLights stage amazing?
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Much like Bassnectar's various imagery, Smith used his screens to display both words and images to the crowd. Here, Louis Armstrong images flashed during a some jazz samples.
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Smith glowing in the lights -- dropping the beats -- making it rain.
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This time last year, on May 15, 2011, the doors to the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center opened.
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As in each past strike, Mills-Peninsula continued to fulfill its mission to care for the community. According to Mills-Peninsula Health Services CEO Bob Merwin, the California Department of Public Health was on site every day and expressed confidence in the quality of care that was being provided.
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UBS Stock Value Plummeted Due To International Tax Evasion Scheme, Alleged Securities Fraud.
Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund and Attorney General John Kroger announced Wednesday that the State is seeking to recover over $25 million from Swiss Bank UBS AG that was lost to the Oregon Public Employees' Retirement Fund.
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Ever since Thrillist – the young guy's lifestyle email company – bought the men's apparel site JackThreads almost three years ago, Thrillist Media Group CEO Ben Lerer has promoted the idea that the future of media is to integrate it with commerce. Nice in theory, but in practice the synergies have been elusive.
Yes, JackThreads is doing just fine, finishing 2012 with about $40 million in revenue, Mr. Lerer said. And the business models are complementary – pairing a steady, high-margin one (media) with a fast-growing, low-margin one (commerce). Yet the company hasn't fulfilled the promise of meshing commerce into the content experience in a way that would make it easier for Thrillist readers to buy stuff that they're reading about, or shoppers at Jack Threads to read related content.
Mr. Lerer is now betting that the launch of its second media property, The Crosby Press, will help accomplish that commerce-content integration without forcing it on Thrillist readers initially. While Thrillist caters to men in their mid to late 20s interested in travel, food and drink, The Crosby Press is targeting younger guys — 18- to 24-year-olds — who live a different lifestyle with music, extreme sports, and fashion at the core. Essentially, Crosby Press is tasked with producing content that the core Jackthreads customer wants to read.
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The commerce integration will undoubtedly raise the question of whether Crosby Press writers and editors will feel pressure to feature designers or trends related to Jackthreads sales. Mr. Lerer said they have no personal incentive to do so and have the editorial freedom to cover what they choose to. But since the target reader is "the JackThreads guy," he expects natural overlap.
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"People come to the Thrillist Media Group to find great ways to spend their time and money," Mr. Lerer said. "Sometimes it's a local restaurant, sometimes it's a product from us, and sometimes it's a product from an advertiser."
The launch of The Crosby Press caps off a hectic seven months at the company. In August, Thrillist Media Group raised $13 million in a Series A funding round. In that time, it has also parted ways with several senior execs. Two of them — the company's president and head of sales – were gone less than a year after they were hired. Mr. Lerer said he will not be hiring a new president, and will instead oversee all product strategy himself.
"Whether or not I am going to be best person to run product here, I'm going to run product here for the time being," Mr. Lerer said in an interview last month. "Because right now I can close my eyes and I know what I want it to look like six months or a year from now…and I just feel like I can add a lot of value."
The company also killed its attempt at a deals business, Thrillist Rewards, because it wasn't growing fast enough and margins were too small, Mr. Lerer said. In its place, the company will look to throw more of its own local events that it operates itself.
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I'am sure all the pro's on here has done this with a scuff pad but thought maybe some of the newbie's may not of tried it. Have you tried to scuff the underside of a new hood or trunk and cussed at how beat up your hands where when done? Well take two or three red scuff pads. Cut them in two pieces. Then install them on a 1/4" long bolt with some flat washers off setting each pad a little as you put it on the bolt. then lock it down with a double nut and lock washer. Now install into your air drill and your set to go. You can scuff until your hearts content and no more beat up fingers.
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Excellent idea. Thanks a bunch! I thought I was onto something using them with my D/A with hook n loop fasteners.
Great idea. I use to work in a body shop back in the 80's and we used a trick to help remove the paint down in the bottom of a crease. We would cut old sanding disks in the shape of a stop sign. The points that were left would reach down in the crease.
Thats a old body guy trick. If you take your old grinder disks and cut them into a star shape one size smaller and use a smaller backup pad behind it. Not only do they grind better they don't run as hot. You use to be able to buy a bench top cutter that would cut them down that way.
Another little trick is if you get some adhesive on a fresh paint job like weatherstrip adhesive and you can't remove it with anything because your afraid it'll take off the paint. Take a soft rag and wet a little of it with w-d then rub the glue with it and it will take off the glue without hurting the paint.
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Hour-long work meetings can zap the energy out of even the peppiest of employees, with boring presentations read out loud to an even more lifeless crowd.
Nancy Duarte, the CEO of Duarte Design, has set out to change this with Slidedocs – a new medium Duarte describes as a visual document that is meant to be read and referenced during a presentation instead of projected like a Powerpoint.
Like a hybrid between a slideshow presentation and a document, Slidedocs helps people absorb more information by presenting findings and data in chunks, and combining visuals and bits of text.
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Often, presenters are basically hosting a readalong, not doing a presentation. But if you present information in chunks with a Slidedoc, readers can breeze through it and get at the heart of the ideas much more efficiently.
Duarte envisions a world where Slidedocs are distributed in organizations so people can read ahead prior to presentations, thereby making the actual presentation a time for collaboration or brainstorming instead of a one-way event where the speaker reads the information line for line.
The new book gives readers a step-by-step guide on how to choose the best mode of communication that suits their needs and helps them create their own Slidedocs. The book also presents real-world examples of how companies are able to get their points across by combining visual content and well-written copy.
Duarte's book can be downloaded from the company's website. She is also offering webinars on how to use Slidedocs.
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Catholics Upset over Naked College Student Dressed as Pope
The Bishop of Pittsburgh is calling on Carnegie Mellon University to take action against a half-naked female student dressed as the Pope who marched in a parade and ridiculed Catholics.
The incident happened on April 18 during a public parade organized by the university's art department. A university official did not dispute reports that the woman had her pubic hair shaved in the shape of a cross.
University spokesman Ken Walters confirmed that the half-naked woman is a student. He declined to say if she was facing any sort of punishment.
"We are continuing our review of the incident," he said in a statement to Fox News. "If our community standards or laws were violated, we will take appropriate action."
But many local Catholics said an investigation is not needed to determine what they say is obvious – the demonstration was over the top.
"When we're growing up we do stupid things, but to cross over the line in this instance shouldn't happen with anybody," Bishop David Zubik told television station KDKA.
Students contacted by the station didn't see the problem.
"It's all in good fun and it's not meant to harm anyone," student Ivy Kristov said.
"The beauty about living in America is freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and I think that falls under that category," said Kyri Baker, another student.
Zubik disagreed.
"If you're going to argue from that perspective, that this is freedom of speech, God help us all," the bishop said, arguing there are larger issues at play. "What I do want to have happen is that this person can learn an important lesson that prejudice, bigotry, there's no place for it."
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, wondered why the student has yet to be punished.
"If CMU tolerates this incident, invoking no sanctions whatsoever, then it is opening a door it may regret," he said. "What if instead of shaved pubic hair in the shape of a cross, a student chooses to depict a swastika?"
With reporting from the Associated Press.
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Book Review: Anne's House of Dreams
05 September 2010
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I LOVE this book! Actually, I just read it again yesterday after I read this post just so I could get the wamr-and-cuddly feeling all over again after finishing it :)ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you: it took FOREVER for Anne and Gilbert to get married! Don't you just get SOOOO frustrated in Anne of the Island?!?!!? It's the one time where Anne is wrong about something :P Gilbert is probably as close as it gets to my "ideal" Prince Charming....except mine would probably be a bolder Christian. :)
I could ramble about the Anne books forever.....
Oh, one last thing: our church just called a new pastor, and he looks JUST like Gilbert (from the movie) instead with glasses. He even talks like Gil. Acts like Gil. It tickles me pink :P And, he and his wife have a baby daughter who looks like Zuzu's long lost twin sister. Talk about look-a-likes.....
Afternoon, dear! Wow, it's been way too long since I was last over here. I do enjoy reading your blog so much....you know how things pile up though:/ReplyDelete
I LOVE the Anne series. They are so fun, and charming, and, yes, even have an elegant feel to them. And they did such an amazing job with the movies (but I still love the books:) I had read the books first and was afraid that movies wouldn't do a good job but everyone is JUST like I picture them. I don't know how they did it...
Love you and hope all is well!
I just read this book! Great review.ReplyDelete
There was however one thing that I didn't quite like in this book. And it was the author's treatment of babies. For the first baby -- poor Joyce -- the author started with subtle hints, which I thought were well done. But she didn't actually mention "baby" until the birth. I think those hints would have been better with a clearer mention of what it was. If I had been younger and less intuitive into the author's writing style and Anne's character, I wouldn't have known what she was talking about at all...
And then the second baby. We didn't hear ANYTHING about a new baby until the chapter when they talked about "the stork" and the birth. All those other chapters, over the course of another year, I kept wondering....why isn't Anne having another baby?? I mean, you'd expect it. And then, all at once, it happened.
I think the author's discreet taste was wonderful, but am I the only one who thinks maybe this was a little too much secrecy about the whole matter? Including the stork symbol was fine, if there had been mention of another pregnancy.
The only hint I can think of is the one where Anne was out walking in the garden, and Susan had said she was worried, especially since Anne shouldn't be "on her feet as much." I was thinking hmm...it's been almost a year since the last baby. I'm sure Anne's strength has returned, so why does she need to be cautious? But yeah...
Otherwise, the book was a lovely pleasant read. I finished it in about 4 days. It was just a nice story of Anne and Gilbert's life together. I loved seeing that, and the experiences they had. I was so sad when the first baby died though! That was a huge shock.
I'm not going to read Anne of Windy Poplars (skipped that one because I didn't have it at the time.) And I'll read the whole series, so I can experience the whole story. I love Anne!!!
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I love grilling in the summer and I especially love grilling when we're up at our cabin. It's such a relaxed way to make dinner… sitting on the deck, taking in the view and sipping a cold beverage while your meal cooks over hot coals. So I'm always looking for new and different grill-able meals to try. If I find something that sounds delicious AND I can do the prep work early in the day I will definitely give it a try.
When I saw this recipe for island grilled chicken at Amee's Savory Dish, I knew right away that I had to give it a try. It met all of my criteria for a meal at the cabin. It sounded absolutely delicious, it's cooked on the grill AND I could prep everything in the morning. Then come dinnertime, all we had to do was grill the chicken and cook the rice. Easy, right?
I have to say, this chicken dish was absolutely delicious! My entire family absolutely LOVED it. Kelly has already requested that I make it the next time we're up at the cabin. The marinade was fantastic, it created a glaze on the chicken and had a perfect balance of sweet and savory. The salsa put the dish completely over the top. It was absolutely bursting with fresh flavor. The combination of pineapple and jalapeno was perfect, it had just the right level of spiciness. This recipe is definitely a keeper in my house!
I made a couple of small changes to Amee's recipe. Click here to see exactly how Amee made hers and check out the rest of her blog while you're over there. She has lots of great healthy recipes!
Island Grilled Chicken with Jalapeno Pineapple Salsa
For the chicken:
- 1 cup low sodium teriyaki sauce
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire
- 1/4 cup Newman's Own Italian dressing
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- hot cooked brown rice for serving
For the salsa:
- 2 cups fresh pineapple, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- juice of one lime
- 1 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- fresh ground pepper to taste
To prepare the marinade, combine first 8 ingredients in a medium size saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat while whisking. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Once marinade has cooled, pour over chicken breasts. Refrigerate and allow to marinate for several hours or overnight.
To prepare salsa, chop pineapple, cilantro and jalapeno.
Combine in a bowl with remaining salsa ingredients. Refrigerate for at least an hour to allow flavors to combine. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Grill chicken over medium-high heat for about 4-5 minutes on each side until the juices run clear. Serve on top of brown rice and top with pineapple salsa.
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If the epoxy doesn't work, I'd suggest you look at 3M's VHB tapes. They make quite a few different types, depending on what you're trying to stick together. For no more than you would need, you may be able to get a sample from 3M or one of their distributors.
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You will need a small gap between metal clip and plastic can, I suggest Goop brand silicone based adhesive. You can get it at hardware or many dollar stores. You will have to let it sit up overnight but it will hold well and you will still be able to peel it apart if you want to move the clip to a second can.
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I had an idea to make a spare magazine holder out of stuff I already had. I happened to have a small flashlight holder with a torn belt loop that was the perfect size for my mag. It fits nice & snug but still easy to slip out with velcro flap I also had an old cell phone cover with a good belt clip. I cut the belt clip off leaving plenty of leather material around it about the same size as the flashlight holder. I put the two together using Shoe Goo. I've found Shoe Goo the best for cementing unlike materials together, in this case leather to nylon. So far the mag holder works out real good on my belt. I have no fears of it slipping off because the cell phone holder where the clip came off always stayed on my belt.
I've used Shoe Goo for mending many things, even pockets with holes in them from otherwise good pants. I've used it even on shoes, lol. Leather, rubber, plastic, wood, cloth - they all stuck for a long, long time, longer than the item I glued had outlived its usefulness. I haven't tried it on metal yet. When using Shoe Goo use as much as you can at about the same time for different repairs. The stuff will harden in the tube once the tube is opened. It's much easier to use than epoxy.
Is this thread going to become a "sticky"?
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You could use a pop rivet. Just be quick with inserting the rivet.
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I am looking forward to rollo's follow up thread where everything went wrong. should be any day now..
Otherwise I think the best options have already been provided. Up to you to decide. If you go for drywall screws do youself a favor and step up to gold screws. Hardened as opposed to the pot metal drywall screw.
If you use a small c clamp you'll have a place to attach a carabiner, too. :D
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I have decided to go with a triple gauge pod dash mount and would appreciate some recommendations for which one to go with.....ie which one is the easiest install and best fit and looks the best....dont want anything crazy looking....as subtle as possible. Im going with propsport gauges cause they match everything the best. I think the autometer one looked aight? Do holes need to be drilled or glue need to be used to install and how difficult is the process? All the help is most apprecitated. Thanks!


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Macaulay Culkin's got a sense of humor.
The Home Alone and Saved! actor recently tweeted a photo of himself wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Ryan Gosling wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Macaulay on it.
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You make a great Madoka :-D
You look so cute! The details look lovely :) Great Job!
You look fantastic! That bow looks so well done too, amazing job!
Great job, this is soo cute! The bow is especially impressive *__*
You make a lovely Madoka! And that bow is really cool! :O
That looks really great! :D Pink suits you and I especially love your facial expressions! Lovely! =)
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So cute! Great costume, and it looks like you're having tons of fun here.
Your Homu-chan looks a bit self-conscious though :( I hope you gave her a big hug afterwards!
She did =3 She was very brave, I was so proud of her
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Rededicating the Newseum's Journalists Memorial
May 18th, 2011 | Published in Google News
Outside 555 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., the front pages of newspapers from all 50 U.S. states mark the entrance to the Newseum. Inside the lobby, a gallery of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs confronts visitors with moments of triumph and tragedy captured on camera. The museum's corridors display exhibit after exhibit highlighting the role of journalism and journalists throughout history.
One of the Newseum's most moving tributes is its Journalists Memorial, a wall of glass paneling imprinted with the names of more than 2,000 people around the world who have died while reporting the news. Nearby kiosks narrate their stories, an online database enables anybody with Internet access to learn more, and our new YouTube channel further remembers these fallen journalists through video.
Earlier this week, Krishna Bharat, founder and head of Google News, spoke at the memorial's annual rededication ceremony. As you can watch in the video below, he began by reflecting on what motivated those being honored "to walk a path that was not paved with gold, but with danger."
Over the course of his address, Krishna discussed the importance of a free press to society and of high-quality content to the web, observed the rising number of online journalists and bloggers coming under attack, and recounted incidents reported by the Committee to Protect Journalists. On a personal level, he also shared his memories as a boy in India and the influence of his grandfather in inspiring his appreciation for news.
"The journalists we remember and honor today chose lives that were full of meaning and purpose," he concluded. "Let their stories not be forgotten. Let us repeat them. Let us re-tweet them. And let us print them on our pages so the world knows that silencing a journalist simply does not pay."
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An ongoing segment The Lacrosse Coach aims to give guidance to young and veteran coaches alike. Whether this is your first season coaching or your 20th you're sure to take something away to improve your team or tweak a drill. Below, current Scotland National coach John Kenney explains how teaching your goalie communication through various drills can help you to develop the skills necessary to produce a goalie that will contribute to the success of your team.
By Coach John Kenney
This is the final segment of the 4 part series on goalie management. Part I, Part II and Part III have focused (primarily ) on the coaching and warm-up of the goalie.
Bob Rule, a great Cornell goalie, once said at a clinic, "Goalies must reek of confidence". To some, that confidence comes easily, to others…not so much. Like all position/skill development confidence can be built in practice.
Establish attainable, but challenging goals for a practice session. Create a notebook with those challenges/goals for the day's practice – write them down – keep your own score/stats of progress. Each day should have a different goal/challenge in mind.
Daily Examples:
Today, I will...
1. Not allow any scores from outside 12 yards!
2. Stymie/stuff at least two point blank shots!
3. Not make a throwing error on an unsettled clear!
4. Beat out a GB to the end line to obtain possession!
5. Not twirl my cross when attempting a clear.
6. Effectively recognize and call out the type of break (3 on 2, 4 on 3, 5 on 4) to
Place my defenders in the correct defensive position.
7. Recognize the need for a redirect on a clear.
Weekly Examples:
This week, I will...
1. String two (2) successful practices together!
2. Not allow at least 1 EMO opportunity to be successful!
3. Know the opponents offensive sets and be able to communicate the slide packages effectively!
4. Complete 2 successful clamps outside the crease for a possession.
5. Stop the best opponents shot.
For some, confidence is innate; for others, like many characteristics, it is a learned trait. Goalies, as the defensive QB of the team must be mentally engaged in the game/practices. These challenges will take some of the tedium of goalie play and begin the process of the confidence building.
Note: The Goalie notebook should also include any shooting tendencies of opponent's key shooters.
Coach Kenney is currently the head coach of the Scotland national team. He's also a former Long Island and Michigan high school lacrosse coach earning Coach of the Year honors eight times. During his tenure he racked up 354 career victories and was also named the 2005 US Lacrosse Man of the Year. John has coached all four of his sons into top Division I lacrosse programs at Princeton, Virginia, Syracuse and Penn State while helping countless others to go on to become All Americans, State Champions, National Champions and College Coaches. He has presented to coaches from all over the country at the National Clinic and is currently the publisher of the Lacrosse Coach Newsletter.


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Addressing childhood obesity in Michigan through after-school programs
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Michigan's children rank second in the nation for overweight. A startling one in seven Michigan children is expected to develop type II diabetes at some point during childhood. In southeast Michigan, African-American and Hispanic children bear this burden particularly, with disproportionately higher rates of overweight. This grant provides support for Michigan's Department of Education and Family Independence Agency in significantly increasing the delivery of physical activity and healthy eating within after-school programs throughout the state, with special emphasis on urban, low-income populations. The National Association for Sports and Physical Education, the Physical Activity for Youth Policy Initiative of the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are among a prominent and growing crowd of expert organizations that have called for embedding physical activity and healthy eating into the rapidly expanding field of after-school programs. If successful, this project could serve as a potential model for addressing childhood obesity through other statewide efforts to expand after-school services.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $100,000.00
Awarded on: 11/2/2004
Time frame: 11/15/2004 - 11/14/2007
Grant Number: 52216
State of Michigan Department of Education
608 West Allegan Street
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, 48933-1524
Lindy Buch
Project Director


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This covers the buildings and 'fixtures'.
We are responsible for insuring the building against certain potential risks, such as fire, explosion, lightning, smoke damage, water damage, falling trees or branches, etc.
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The buildings insurance also covers 'fixtures' we have installed and secured to the structure of the building, such as kitchen units and bathroom suites.
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The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the Middle East and North Africa's first ever multi-asset exchange, officially launched its operations today, February 1st, with an official launch ceremony in Bahrain hosted by HE Mr. Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain deputizing for His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
A 400-strong contingent of senior figures from ministries, government institutions, leading financial institutions, business houses, and exchanges were also present for the launch ceremony. In attendance from India representing the BFX in his capacity as Chairman was Mr. Jignesh Shah, Group CEO & Chairman of Financial Technologies Group, BFX's parent company, who was India's youngest dollar billionaire in 2008. Bahrain based Managing Director & CEO of the BFX and the BCDC, Mr Arshad Khan, was also present at the ceremony. During his time in Bahrain, Mr. Shah is scheduled to meet key ministers, senior government officials, finance professionals and businessmen to discuss business and investment opportunities in the region.
H.E. Rasheed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, commented: "The Central Bank of Bahrain welcomes the Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) to the Kingdom of Bahrain and is proud that the CBB's long track record and reputation as a transparent and effective regulator was a major factor in its location decision. I wish the BFX, its members and participants every success in establishing multi-asset markets within the Middle East financial services sector."
H.E. Tawfiq Al Alawi, Personal Secretary to HRH the Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Board Director of the BFX, commented: "The establishment of the BFX will result in additional business and employment opportunities in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region, and I am pleased to be associated with the BFX as its first independent director".
Scheduled to commence live operations on 7th February 2011, the BFX will see two phases to its roll out. In the first phase, its Islamic division Bait Al Bursa will launch its e-Tayseer platform for general use on the 7th of February 2011, followed one month later by its conventional division on the 7th of March, 2011. The phased approach has been purposely designed to allow market traders adequate time to develop their business on the BFX's Islamic division ahead of the conventional market launch.
Mr. Jignesh Shah, commented: "The launch ceremony marked the culmination of two years of concentrated work, during which time our teams have been working to ensure a seamless launch of operations. We are particularly proud of Bait Al Bursa (House of Exchanges), the first dedicated Islamic transaction platform in the region, and I am happy to say we have received interest from key Islamic financial institutions, a considerable milestone which demonstrates the appetite for our services, as well as serving as proof to Bahrain's strong status as a financial centre. As well as our distinguished guests from across the Middle East, I would like to thank our patron, His Highness Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, for recognising the contribution the BFX will make to the region's economy."
Being the first exchange of its kind, the BFX has been lauded by experts in the financial industry as revolutionary in the region with its multi-asset approach, and its platforms are expected to transform the concept of trading across the MENA region. The BFX's specialised teams have spent two years developing the sophisticated trading platform to ensure its robustness and transparency, while adhering to the strict regulatory standards of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
The unique Exchange allows users to trade a wide range of multi-asset class instruments through a single exchange environment which will be internationally accessible to trade securities, structured products, Shariah-compliant financial instruments and derivatives.
In its initial stage, 10 tradable products will be available on the BFX's conventional platform, including commodities, currencies and equity indices, as well as e-Tayseer on its Islamic platform, which offers traders and investors real portfolio diversification from day one. The BFX also provides a unique opportunity for the MENA financial services sector to link-in with established markets and take a step forward on the global financial services stage.
The BFX was set up in a purpose-built exchange building outfitted with state-of-the-art technology and facilities such as a fully integrated electronic trading platform and a plug-and-trade trading floor. These are supported by a global business and sales development programme, which includes the BFX Training Institute (BFX-TI), a dedicated and fully-accredited financial training institute.
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Arizona Onstage Productions Presents Forever Plaid
Forever Plaid is one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory. This goofy and charming revue centers on four young, eager male singers killed in a car crash in the 1950s on the way to their first big concert, now miraculously revived for the posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams and perform... Read more »Find out more »
January 8th Memorial Foundation: Together We Thrive
This exhibit, January 8th Memorial Foundation: Together We Thrive, presents a sampling of some of the thousands of diverse tribute materials created and offered at the three spontaneous community tribute memorial sites in Tucson where community members gathered to grieve and to share collective hope for positive change and a better world. These three community-created... Read more »Find out more »
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Our Baroque Window: Mission San Xavier
An art talk by Tucson Museum of Art docent John Carhuff about how Mission San Xavier serves as a gateway to the rich baroque art and architecture of New Spain and Europe. This art talk will focus on details of the White Dove of the Desert found in other churches and will journey back through... Read more »Find out more »
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TSO Masterworks, Schubert The Great!
Franz Schubert himself considered it the finest and most beautifully orchestrated work of all of his compositions and music lovers agree! Schubert's 9th, The Great, has stood shoulder to shoulder with Beethoven's finest compositions for more than 170 years. Opening with Corigliano's musical homage to Baudelaire's provocative poem about a poet's life, Voyage is a... Read more »Find out more »


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Question: I just bought a used car. Will I be covered by insurance if I drive it home without notifying the agent first? If so, how long do I have before reporting it.
It is always better to have your auto insurance for any car you are buying set up before you take ownership of it. If you don't have an insurance policy then you definitely would not have automatic coverage. If you were buying the car with a loan it is possible that the lienholder would require you to have insurance before you leave the dealership.
If you have a car and insurance then you may be afforded insurance. Each state has different laws and each insurance company has different rules.
Generally insurance companies will transfer coverage of an existing car (or vehicle that you traded in) to the "new" one for up anywhere from a few day up to 30 days. The amount of time depends on your insurance company's rules and state laws.
A common mistake is when someone has liability coverage only on a vehicle and then they purchase a car that needs physical damage (because of a loan or lease) and they are not covered. Be forewarned that the coverage transferred is typically limited to the amount of coverage on the old vehicle.
If you never notify the company or not within the days allows by law or rules (sometimes 5, 14 and even 31 days) then the new car would not be covered.


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By: Jennifer Adkins
There is a star in Heaven
and on it is a place,
that's been reserved for you since birth
a place meant for your name.
This star has watched you through the years
but it could not stand alone,
it rested high on angel wings
awaiting your trip home.
You slipped away, I held you close,
your soul flowed through my heart,
I felt your last breath through my tears
I felt your pain depart.
Tonight I looked up to the sky
and there for me to view
was one lone star shining bright
your name was shining too.
You were my angel on this earth,
you're my angel in the sky.
Wait for me, someday you'll see
our names shine side by side.
Happy Birthday Sweet Monkey Butt!!!
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"Teach Me How To Breathe Again"
By: Lindsay Eckert, Copyright 2000
Constricting pain,
Blackness, Death.
Two years now to the day,
And I still haven't exhaled that breath.
The breath I took when I knew it would be the last time
The last time I ever smelled your fur.
I simply cannot let that go,
The last memory I have of you.
The last living part of you on earth.
To exhale would mean vanquishing a soul.
Sitting, blue in the face, eyes rolling back into my head, thinking
"Really? Two whole years?"
Two years is quite some time.
730 days
17,520 hours
1,051,200 minutes
3,784,320,000 seconds.
But compared to it all..
how long is that really?
Two years is a split second in the history of the forever,
Yet those two years are a long time when you cant breathe
When you want to die
When you want to cease existence.
But I will keep holding that breath,
If I let it go, we both die.
A person can forget a lot in those short simple two years.
The sound of your tags hitting the metal bowl,
How utterly amazing your ears felt every single time
The wet doggy smell that would remain
no matter how much shampoo we used
Two years it's a long time.
Dear Sweet Cherry,
It is almost hard to believe it has been 2 years since I last petted your fuzzy ears. I miss you every day!
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Get More Out of Your Meeting Without Squeezing
One small-staff executive brought in more revenue when he created a dynamic exhibit hall.
Planning and executing a meeting with a large staff can be difficult. Imagine doing the job when you are a small-staff association. One idea I've had and one that's created lots of additional net revenue is moving away from a meeting where exhibitors are secondary players and moving toward a meeting where they are the stars of the show.
At a former association, we did like most other organizations and sold booth space for a static fee of $800 or $1,200 for an eight-by-ten-foot booth. We met revenue goals, but we weren't really giving attendees and exhibitors what they wanted, and I realized we needed a change. So I sat down with the key players at a breakfast and told them what I planned to do: charge exhibitors by the square foot. That's right, for the first year, exhibitors were required to buy a minimum of 80 square feet, which would run them about $1,500. Sure, the aisles would be jagged and the visual impact of the hall would change, but I was able to show everyone that the more that was charged per square foot, the more that registration fee would be driven down for our members. And it worked: Four years later, exhibitors were jumping at the chance to be included, and the price per square foot was so high that members received free registration, bringing in nearly 90 percent of the membership decision makers to the show.
I know the question you probably want to ask: How'd you do that? Really, it was a matter of creating what I referred to as a dynamic exhibit hall. I made sure the meeting attendees were the decision makers for their organizations. Doing this meant the exhibitors also had to bring their decision makers, which allowed for business transactions to happen on the show floor.
And when this magic happened, the door was kicked open for other sponsorships. Those jagged corners that people were worried about? We were able to sell them to sponsors as seating areas. We were increasing the cost and quality of face time, and exhibitors and sponsors were eager to pay for it.
And with the extra money, we were able to bring in significant speakers. Eventually sponsors wanted to fund the speakers in return for a small breakfast or photos with the speaker. But more importantly, they were able to create marketing buzz, which would attract potential clients.
As for us, we were experiencing significant net revenue. This was not the plan in the first place. Rather, we were looking to increase participation and boost the meeting experience. After all, if you always chase money, you're just stepping over dollars to pick up a nickel. But at the peak, we were able to charge $92 per square foot of exhibit space, and our two-and-a-half-day meeting earned $1 million in net revenue.
If you want to try to replicate this at your own organization, here are a few lessons that I learned:
Hire significant people. Find the people who are excited to go to work each day and figure out how to play to their strengths. This will pay off for your member benefits as your staff will continue to push for what's best. And make sure you have a meetings professional to keep meeting expenses in line.
Get the right people to your meeting. Make it so that the decision makers in the field want to attend your meeting. Offer them the opportunities they may not know they need, but when you tell them they're available, they don't want to miss it. Exclusivity rocks! Zero registration fees really rocks!
Be patient. It takes time to get everything in place, and you can't give up easily. You need to engage your exhibitors and create opportunity for everyone. Continually ratchet up face time for decision makers on both sides of the booth to meet. If an item has a budget line, sell it for anything. Once it's institutionalized, you can raise the fees and make money.
Doing all of these things will turn your exhibitors and sponsors into kids in a candy shop. They will want to have a part in every piece of your meeting. But the greatest lesson to remember: Don't chase money; chase member benefits. Only then will net revenue come.
Joe Normandy is executive director of the Vermont Insurance Agents Association in Montpelier, Vermont. He is trying to convince VIAA that this program is worth adopting. Its first no-registration meeting took place last month. Email: [email protected]
Small-Staff Stats
Name: Vermont Insurance Agents Association
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Staff Size: 4
Members: 130 insurance agencies
Budget: $500,000


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Substratum interfacial energetic effects on the attachment of marine bacteria
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/13153
Substratum interfacial energetic effects on the attachment of marine bacteria
Ista, Linnea
Werner-Washburne, Margaret
Committee Member(s)
López, Gabriel P
Takacs-Vesbach, Cristina
Northup, Diana E
Takacs-Vesbach, Cristina
Northup, Diana E
University of New Mexico. Biology Dept.
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Marine bacteria.
Marine bacteria.
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Biofilms represent an ancient, ubiquitous and influential form of life on earth. They are interesting both scientifically and because of their impacts on our environment, health and technology. Biofilm formation is initiated by attachment of bacterial cells from an aqueous suspension onto a suitable attachment substratum. While in certain, well studied cases initial attachment and subsequent biofilm formation is mediated by specific ligand-receptor pairs on the bacteria and attachment substratum, in the open environment, including the ocean, it is assumed to be non-specific and mediated by processes similar to those that drive adsorption of colloids at the water-solid interface. Colloidal principles are studied to determine the molecular and physicochemical interactions involved in the attachment of the model marine bacterium, Cobetia marina to model self-assembled monolayer surfaces. In the simplest application of colloidal principles the wettability of attachment substrata, as measured by the advancing contact angle of water (θAW) on the surface, is frequently used as an approximation for the surface tension. We demonstrate the applicability of this approach for attachment of C. marina and algal zoospores and extend it to the development of a means to control attachment and release of microorganisms by altering and tuning surface θAW. In many cases, however, θAW does not capture all the information necessary to model attachment of bacteria to attachment substrata; SAMs with similar θAW attach different number of bacteria. More advanced colloidal models of initial bacterial attachment have evolved over the last several decades, with the emergence of the model proposed by van Oss, Chaudhury and Good (VCG) as preeminent. The VCG model enables calculation of interfacial tensions by dividing these into two major interactions thought to be important at biointerfaces: apolar, Lifshitz-van der Waals and polar, Lewis acid-base (including hydrogen bonding) interactions. These interfacial tensions are combined to yield ΔGadh, the free energy associated with attachment of bacteria to a substratum. We use VCG to model ΔGadh and interfacial tensions as they relate to model bacterial attachment on SAMs that accumulate cells to different degrees. Even with the more complex interactions measured by VCG, surface energy of the attachment substratum alone was insufficient to predict attachment. VCG was then employed to model attachment of C. marina to a series of SAMs varying systematically in the number of ethylene glycol residues present in the molecule; an identical series has been previously shown to vary dramatically in the number of cells attached as a function of ethylene glycols present. Our results indicate that while VCG adequately models the interfacial tension between water and ethylene glycol SAMs in a manner that predicts bacterial attachment, ΔGadh as calculated by VCG neither qualitatively nor quantitatively reflects the attachment data. The VCG model, thus, fails to capture specific information regarding the interactions between the attaching bacteria, water, and the SAM. We show that while hydrogen-bond accepting interactions are very well captured by this model, the ability for SAMs and bacteria to donate hydrogen bonds is not adequately described as the VCG model is currently applied. We also describe ways in which VCG fails to capture two specific biological aspects that may be important in bacterial attachment to surfaces:1.) specific interactions between molecules on the surface and bacteria and 2.) bacterial cell surface heterogeneities that may be important in differential attachment to different substrata.
July 2011
Surface Tension
Interfacial Tension
Cobetia marina
Biofilm formation
Bacterial attachment
Delta G
Interfacial Tension
Cobetia marina
Biofilm formation
Bacterial attachment
Delta G
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Communication technology is a fixed cost enterprise. Usage based pricing is a variable profit scheme in the monopoly pricing category. While not a "fair" proposal, the obvious effect of monopoly pricing on communication networks is to raise the cost of using the network.
The introduction of monopoly pricing to displace fixed pricing is a restructuring of the network. The cost of content as network payload changes from marginally decreasing to constant. The communication service producer's profit function changes from one dedicated to capital service to one dedicated to marginal exploitation.
Unfortunately nothing good can be said of the marginal exploitation of communication networks and channels aside from the glories of capital gains. The examples found in television and radio demonstrate the loss of economic utility in the form of content quality. Furthermore, this loss in value to the consumer is compounded by the effect for economic externalities like the environment and government. We can see in the world today how business will send government to the bottom of the ocean for a one percent benefit on a year. While wonderful for the next trip to Vegas for some one or another, it's a tragedy for millions and billions of others.


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